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HUNTER — State and local officials showed off significant upgrades at North South Lake Campground on Wednesday.

The renovations, which will cost $336,000, coincide with Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Adventure NY initiative to connect New Yorkers with the outdoors. The project was announced in August 2018 and includes improvements to the beach and campground area.

Funding for the project was provided by NY Works and the state’s Environmental Protection Fund.

“The North-South Lake Campground and Day Use area has been a majestic escape for the public for more than 80 years,” Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos said in a statement. “The improvements announced today continue our efforts to expand recreational opportunities for people of all abilities.

These upgrades, supported by Gov. Cuomo’s Adventure NY Initiative, are designed to better serve everyone who wants to enjoy New York’s great

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One of the improvements was a ramp at the North Lake Beach.

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Stakes high in Windham as full slate competes EDITOR’S NOTE: Missing photos and profiles are the result of candidates not responding to our reNick Bove quests.

WINDHAM — Here are the supervisor and council candidates who will appear on the ballot in Windham in the 2019 election. Early voting in New York state begins Oct. 26. Candidates are listed in alphabetical order.

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Name: Nick Bove Age: 54 Family: Partner, Lori Torgersen Place of residence: Windham

How long you’ve lived in the county: 33 years Previous residence: Delmar Occupation: Small b u s i n e s s Thomas Hoyt owner Incumbent? No. Party affiliation(s): Independence Party, Democratic Party and Work for Windham Party Endorsements received: None Previous elected offices, if any (include years served): None High school: Bethlehem Central College: SUNY Canton-Associate Degree, SUNY Plattsburgh-Bachelor’s Degree,

SUNY Albany-Graduate School Military service? No What do you think is the top issue facing your community? Kurt Goettsche What would you do to address this issue if elected?

Declining year-round population and associated threat to economic prosperity and quality of life. As Windham Town Supervisor I will explore how other communities of similar size and character to Windham have been successful in enhancing their interest, vibrancy and competitiveness for year-round residents as well as second home owners and visitors. My goal is to

enhance our amenities and opportunities to encourage new families to call Windham home… and second home. I will Steve Walker explore grant opportunities, public/private partnerships and other untapped revenue sources to accomplish these goals without impacting property taxes.

If you are the incumbent, what are you most proud of accomplishing? If you are not, what are you looking forward to most about serving your town/city?

I am not an incumbent, but I have been a community leader and in that volunteer role I am most proud of my work as

the founder and president of the Windham Area Recreation Foundation. In this capacity, some of my Natasha accomplish- Shuster ments in improving the quality of life in Windham have been: n The Windham Path n More than 25 miles of Elm Ridge Mountain Bike Trails n The Windham World Cup (4 years — generating $6 million in revenue to the area each year) n Raising and distributing over $200,000 for local victims of Hurricane Irene.

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Growth, EMS cited as key Prattsville issues EDITOR’S NOTE: Missing photos Occupation: Art and profiles are the result of candiTeacher dates not responding to our requests.

Incumbent? Yes PRATTSVILLE — Two supervisor Party affiliation(s): candidates and four council candiNot of Party, but on dates will appear on the ballot in the Democratic ticket town of Prattsville in the 2019 election.

Previous elected ofEarly voting in New York state begins fices, if any (include Oct. 26. Candidates are listed in alphayears served): Town betical order. Supervisor candidate Kristin Council 2013-2017, Greg Cross and council candidates Tompkins Town Supervisor Crystal Cornell and Joyce Peckham did 2018-present. not respond to requests for questionHigh school: Gilboa-Conesville naires.

Central School College: M. Ed. - University of PhoeSUPERVISOR nix, B.S. - SUNY Oneonta, A.A.S. - FashName: Kristin Tompkins ion Institute of Technology Age: 46 Military service? Not personally. My Family: My husband’s name is Chris husband is a veteran and the Comand I have two daughters, Abbey - 17, mander of the American Legion Virgil and Anna - 13 E. Deyo Post #1327, my daughters and I Place of residence: Prattsville How long you’ve lived in the county: are all members of the Auxiliary.

What do you think is the top issue My whole life minus college and a few facing your community? What would years at the beginning of my career.

Previous residence: New Rochelle you do to address this issue if elected?

First, having been identified as one and Conesville.

of the fastest growing towns in New York by the Center for Economic Growth, I think we have found a wonderful balance between growth and maintaining the country living and Kenneth environment which Aurigema attracted us and keeps us happy while maintaining a tax rate that allows us to stay. This is not an easy task, but we have been dedicated to keeping the balance and will continue to do so.

Second, we have been struggling with the division of our community.

While this is not an issue that is isolated to Prattsville, it certainly makes a significant impact on our lives as this is our home and these are our neighbors.

We have to relearn as a society that we can disagree with each other and not be enemies.

The only way I know to help with

this is by continuing to be fair, honest, trustworthy and approachable while doing the job of being fiscally responsible for our taxpayers.

If you are the incumbent, what are you most proud of accomplishing? If you are not, what are you looking forward to most about serving your town/ city?

If people are honest, there is nothing that is done successfully in a town by any one person alone. True accomplishment at this level comes from a community of individuals willing to work towards a common goal. I feel my best personal accomplishment has been to bring together those who are ready to work towards that. We will never be able to truly move forward if we continue to look back. I have spent my term as Supervisor working with other individuals (officials and neighbors), groups, businesses, towns and other entities to successfully move this See PRATTSVILLE A7

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Just over three months before Iowans caucus for Democratic presidential candidates, four polls out this week present a muddled picture of a primary race that is unfolding in varying, and sometimes conflicting, ways nationally and in early-voting states.

A pair of new national polls present starkly different results. A CNN survey released Wednesday had former Vice President Joe Biden with a commanding lead of 15 percentage points ahead of Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts. But a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday had Warren as the front-runner, 7 points ahead of Biden.

Sen. Bernie Sanders of VerAntonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/TNS mont finished a strong third in both national polls, sug- Democrat presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren is greeted gesting that his standing in the upon arriving at a Chicago Teachers Union rally in Chicago, race has not been diminished Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. by his heart attack earlier this do so. Candidates must meet a month — and that he may poll with 3% support.

It is not clear why the CNN donor requirement set by the have been buoyed by endorsements from Reps. Alexandria and Quinnipiac polls pres- Democratic National ComOcasio-Cortez of New York ent such divergent results for mittee as well as a polling reand Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. Warren and Biden. But the quirement; Klobuchar, who Two other polls from early- polls, both considered to be is getting a second look after voting states show a tight race of high quality and able to a strong performance in the in Iowa and Biden maintain- help candidates qualify for October debate, received 3% ing a comfortable lead in the next Democratic debate, support in the Quinnipiac suradd data points to a divide that vey and two others this week, South Carolina.

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WASHINGTON — The late Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the powerful Democrat whose booming baritone and impassioned cries for decency reverberated through the halls of Congress for more than two decades, made history one final time Thursday, as the first African American elected official to lie in state in the U.S. Capitol.

A son of sharecroppers who rose to the chairmanship of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, which gave him a towering perch from which to investigate President Donald Trump, Cummings, 68, who died last week after a series of health challenges, was memorialized by congressional leaders in both parties as a man of faith and dignity, and a dedicated public servant, but also as a friend.

“Perhaps this place and this country would be better served with a few more unexpected friendships,” said a teary-eyed Rep. Mark Meadows, the conservative North Carolina Republican whose close friendship with Cummings, despite their strong political differences, was well known in the Capitol. “I know I’ve been blessed by one.”

Political luminaries and lawmakers — including Cummings’ fellow members of the Congressional Black Caucus, many wearing African kente cloth scarves

— poured into the Capitol to witness his coffin draped with an American flag ascend its marble steps, carried by a military honor guard. The Rev. Al Sharpton came. So did the former House speaker, Paul Ryan.

One luminary not in attendance was Trump, whose fractious relationship with Cummings hit a low point over the summer, when the president attacked Cummings as a “racist” and described the congressman’s home city of Baltimore as a “disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess.” Cummings responded by urging the president to visit.

Vice President Mike Pence, however, was expected to come to the Capitol early Thursday afternoon, when the coffin was moved to a spot in front of the House chamber so the public could come to pay respects.

Cummings’ loss was a profound one inside the Capitol, especially among freshmen, whom Cummings took care to mentor. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called him a “master of the House” and a “mentor of the House” and described how Cummings asked to have as many freshmen as possible on his committee because he saw in them so much energy and potential.

Two Democratic freshmen — Reps. Ayanna S. Pressley of Massachusetts and Lauren Underwood of Illinois, both black women whose

own elections made history last year — walked out of Thursday’s ceremony with tears streaming down their cheeks.

“Elijah would continually remind us when we came short of our goals and ideals: We are better than this,” said Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, the Democratic leader and Cummings’ fellow Marylander.

“That was his answer when confronted with the differences between America’s promise and its reality.”

The service, featuring remarks by leaders of both parties, took place in National Statuary Hall, which served as the House chamber before 1850. Cummings’ coffin lay just feet from the statue of civil rights leader Rosa Parks, who in 2005 became the first African American to lie in honor (the title reserved for private citizens) in the Capitol.

Cummings’ ascent in American politics was, in his own view, something of a miracle. A lawyer and former state legislator, he was the first African American in Maryland history to be named speaker pro tem. He once spoke of his bringing

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had registered 28% support compared with 21% for Biden.

Biden’s support in the survey was down 6 points from a similar national poll that Quinnipiac released 10 days earlier and was conducted before the October debate; Warren’s support was around the same in that poll. Support for Sanders rose slightly in the post-debate poll, to 15%, while Buttigieg remained in fourth place with 10%.

The CNN poll, which had a margin of error of 4 percentage points, put Biden’s support at 34% and Warren’s at 19%. It seemed to add credibility to the results coming out of Fox News and other polling operations, which have consistently shown Biden alone at the front of the Democratic pack.

Members of CNN’s polling team declined to comment about the results of their latest survey.

At the state level, the Suffolk University/USA Today poll of Iowa Democrats showed Biden in the lead with 18% support, Warren just behind him with 17%, Buttigieg next with 13% and Sanders finishing fourth with just 9% support.

The outcome of Iowa voters’ caucus in February could influence South Carolina voters, who go to the polls about four weeks later. Throughout the primary, Biden has held on to a steady and sizable lead in the polls there. The Monmouth University poll out of South Carolina this week showed his support there dipping to 33% this month from 39% in July, but Warren still finished a distant second with 16% support.

his father to his first swearing-in after he was elected to Congress.

“He said, ‘Isn’t this the place where they used to call us slaves?’” Cummings said, recounting their conversation. “I said, ‘Yes sir.’ He said, ‘Isn’t this the place where they used to call us threefifths a man?’ I said, ‘Yes sir.’

‘And isn’t this the place they used to call us chattel?’ I said, ‘Yes, yes sir.’ “ The congressman said he would never forget his father’s next sentence: “When I think about you being sworn in today, now I see what I could have been if I’d had the opportunity.”

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CALENDAR Monday, Oct.28 n Catskill Village Planning Board 7 p.m.

at the Catskill Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill

Spike in overdoses alarms officials

By Amanda Purcell Columbia-Greene Media

Wednesday, Oct.30 n Athens Town Board public budget hearing 6 p.m. Athens Town Hall, 2 First St., Athens n Catskill Town Budget Workshop 6:30 p.m. Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill

Monday, Nov.4 n Athens Town Board 6:45 p.m. at the

Town Hall, 2 First St., Athens n Cairo Town Board 7 p.m. at the Town Hall, 512 Main St., Cairo n Durham Town Board workshop meeting 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 7309 Route 81, East Durham n Greene County Board of Electrical Examiners 1 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., 4th Floor, Room 469, Catskill

Tuesday, Nov.5 n Coxsackie Village Offices closed in

observance of General Election Day

Wednesday, Nov.6 n Greene County Economic Develop-

ment Corporation 4 p.m. Greene County Economic Development, Tourism and Planning Conference Room (Room 427), 411 Main St., Catskill.

Thursday, Nov.7 n Ashland Planning Board 6 p.m. at the

Town Hall, 12094 Route 23, Ashland n Cairo Town Planning Board 7 p.m.

Town Hall, 512 Main St., Cairo n Coxsackie Village workshop 6 p.m.

Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie

Monday, Nov.11 n Ashland Town Board 7:30 p.m. Town

Hall, 12094 Route 23, Ashland n Coxsackie Village Offices closed in observance of Veteran’s Day

Tuesday, Nov.12 n Coxsackie Village Historic Preser-

vation Committee 6 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie

Wednesday, Nov.13 n Athens Village Board 6:30 p.m. at Vil-

lage Hall, 2 First St., Athens n Catskill Central School District BOE 6:30 p.m. High School Library, 341 West Main St., Catskill n Coxsackie Village Board 7 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie n Jewett Town Board 7 p.m. at the Jewett Municipal Building, 3547 County Route 23C, Jewett

Thursday, Nov.14 n Windham-Ashland-Jewett CSD BOE audit finance committee 5:15 p.m. in superintendent’s office; regular meeting 6 p.m. in the School Library, 5411 Route 23, Windham

Monday, Nov.18 n Athens Town Board 6:45 p.m. at the Town Hall, 2 First St., Athens n Durham Town Board 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 7309 Route 81, East Durham n Greenville Town Board 7 p.m. at the Town Hall, 11159 Route 32, Pioneer Building, Greenville

Tuesday, Nov.19 n Athens Village Planning Board 6:30

p.m. at Village Hall, 2 First St., Athens n Hunter Town Board 7 p.m. at the Town Hall, 5748 Route 23A, Tannersville

Wednesday, Nov.20 n Catskill Library Board 6:45 p.m. at

either the Catskill Library, 1 Franklin St., Catskill or Palenville Library, 3303 Route 23A, Palenville

Thursday, Nov.21 n Coxsackie Village Planning Board

7 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie

HUDSON — A spike in drug overdoses last week in Columbia County garnered a swift response from addiction recovery advocates and the police.

Seven overdoses, including one death, were reported as part of the spike that lasted from Friday to Saturday.

The Columbia County Sheriff’s Department and other police agencies use a digital tool known as ODMap to track and map overdoses. Overdoses are logged into the map designed by the Drug Enforcement Agency, and the online database notifies police agencies when there is a spike in overdoses.

“Our spike threshold is three (overdoses),” Columbia County Sheriff David Bartlett said Monday.

With the data in hand, police agencies and their partners are deployed to areas where overdoses are likely to have occurred or will occur. This time, the focus was in and around the village of Chatham.

Police also took action against two suspected drug dealers in Chatham on Saturday.

Columbia County Sheriff’s Office Drug Enforcement and Education Unit and the New York State Police Violent Gangs and Narcotic Enforcement Team raided an apartment at 34 Hudson Ave. in Chatham at about 8 p.m. Two people were taken into custody as a result of the raid.

Charley Cintron, 41, and Kimberly Hines, 49, both of Chatham, were charged with third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and criminal possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell, both class

STONE RIDGE — Cornell Cooperative Extension Ulster County is creating a pollinator-friendly meadow on the SUNY Ulster campus to provide habitat for bees and other pollinators that are under increasing environmental stress due to pesticides, industrial agriculture and climate change.

“Ninety percent of flowers and the plants we eat are pollinated by bees, beetles, moths, flies, bats and birds,” said Dona Crawford, who coordinates Cornell’s Master Gardener Program in Ulster County. “This is an experiment to see if we can support and sustain these pollinators by letting a swath of lawn revert to a natural state. If we’re successful, we can demonstrate to homeowners and farmers that with very little effort they can restore some of the biodiversity that we’ve lost.”

How little effort? At SUNY Ulster, the college’s maintenance crew stopped mowing a 210-by-60-foot area of lawn that Cornell master gardener volunteers had marked off with orange spray paint. What

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will become a 12,600-squarefoot meadow will be mowed once every year or two.

This win-win decrease in lawn moving saves the college labor and fuel costs, while trimming carbon dioxide emissions, stabilizing the soil, reducing erosion and slowing storm water runoff.

Here’s the rest of the minimal effort: This fall, the master gardeners will scratch the soil’s surface to plant native seeds that need a cold period to germinate, like mountain mint, Joe Pye weed, types of milkweed and giant coneflower. The Hudson Valley Seed Company donated the seeds.

“The college site formerly was an orchard, so it may or may not have an existing seed bank which will yield native plants over time. We are expecting to see mostly grasses in the first year, with some pockets of flowers,” Crawford said. “We hope to attract ground-nesting pollinators and birds.” This is a “see what happens” project, she said.

By the third year, the gardeners expect more plants and maybe small shrubs. In five to

10 years, there may be trees.

Meanwhile, they expect to cut a path through the meadow, so people can wander through.

The idea for creating the meadow arose after a SUNY New Paltz instructor, Laura Wyeth (‘18) who had received a Cooperative Extension scholarship for environmental biology invited the gardeners to her campus. Laura had been instrumental in creating a pollinator meadow there, which resulted in SUNY New Paltz being certified as beefriendly campus.

“We were impressed with the simple beauty of that meadow, and since we’re always talking to people about doing something with their land other than lawns, we saw it as a great example of what can happen when you don’t mow,” Crawford said.

Visitors can see the beginnings of the new meadow at SUNY Ulster on the left of the main campus road just before the traffic circle. It arcs behind Cornell’s Xeriscape (or dry) garden, a long-established and

On Sunday, no new overdoses were reported and the “overdose spike alert” by local nonprofit addiction agencies had ended.

There are steps citizens can take to keep themselves and their loved ones safe, according to the county Health Department: • If you must use, use safely or seek help for your addiction.

• Have access to overdose reversal drug naloxone (If you need a supply of naloxone, call Greener Pathways 518822-7437. Training on how to use the overdose reversal drug also is available.)

• Let a friend or loved one know where you are.

If person has overdosed and is at the emergency room, they should request to see a peer advocate to come to the hospital, who can assist with access to treatment and treatment facilities, Antonson said.

If they are not ready, they can offer support for them in the meantime,” Antonson said.

Help is available by calling Greener Pathways at 518-822-7437 or Columbia County Pathways to Recovery at 877467-3365. In an emergency, call 911.

“If someone you know experiences an overdose call 911 immediately,” according to a statement from the county Department of Public Health. “You can be protected by the Good Samaritan Law.” Minutes matter in an overdose and you can save a life, according to Greener Pathways.

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

Mountainside residents to give Folkloric Dance Recital, Oct. 26

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MARGARETVILLE — Residents of Mountainside Residential Care Center in Margaretville, operated by n HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley, a member of the Westchester Medical Cenn ter Health Network (WMCHealth), will give a free n public recital of folkloric dances at 2 p.m. Oct. 26 at the Open Eye Theater, 960 n Main St., Margaretville. Reservations are strongly encouraged.

The recital will culminate six months of dance trainn ing that the 10 Mountainside residents received from dance educator Columbine n Macher from May through this n month.The dances will include original choreogran phy to “Las Chiapanecas” (“The Women of Chiapas”), a traditional melody from Mexico’s Chiapas state; “Tangos,” flamenco-type n music from Andalusia,

Spain, influenced by traditional rhythms, melodies and dances from Afro-Cuban neighborhoods in Havana; and “Frühlingsstimmen” (“Voices of Spring”), a well-known orchestral waltz by Johann Strauss II. The Mountainside dancers will answer audience questions after the performance. The training, in a workshop titled “Moving Mountains,” was funded with a decentralization grant from the New York State Council on the Arts and a grant from the A. Lindsay & Olive B. O’Connor Foundation of Delhi, with support from the Roxbury Arts Group, the Roxbury Library Association and the MARK Project of Arkville.

The 99-seat Open Eye Theater is wheelchair accessible. For information and to make reservations, call the theater at 845-586-1660.

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Catskill Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill

n Coxsackie Village Offices closed in observance of Thanksgiving holiday

which offers addiction services in Columbia and Greene counties, and Columbia County Department of Health deployed to Chatham to provide services to addicts. Overdose Kimberly Hines reversal kits and training and a peer advocate was on hand at the Chatham Firehouse for anyone who wanted to talk about their substance abuse disorder.

Alerts were put out on websites and social media by those agencies to make people aware of the spike in overdoses and what help is out there. Those alerts can be helpful in stopping the spike, said Lori Antonson, acting president and vice president of Columbia County Pathways.

“Nonprofit and the police departments and putting these announcements really help to curb overdoses and does create awareness,” Antonson said.

“We basically encourage people in these upticks to seek help for their addiction in terms of treatment and/or through peer advocates, and that is what our helpline is for.”

Antonsen said it can be difficult to predict when a spike will occur — the last one happened a long time ago, she said.

Greener Pathways to Recovery’s Mobile RV Response Unit was available Saturday at the Columbia-Greene Community College. A supply of naloxone kits were on hand and people were trained on how to use them. A peer advocate also was on hand to talk to anyone that is looking to get help.

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B felonies, according to the sheriff’s office.

In addition to the approximately 25 grams of a controlled substance that field tested positive for the presence of heroin and fentanyl, more Charley than $2,000 in cash Cintron and items used in the sale and distribution of the drug such as scales and packaging material were seized, according to the sheriff’s office.

A child under the age of 15 was also in the home at the time, police said.

That means between 400 and 500 bags of heroin were taken off the street in that arrest, Bartlett said. The drugs have a street value of approximately $3,700, he added.

Stockport Town Judge Malcolm Smalley ordered Cintron to be taken to Columbia County Jail without bail.

Hines was released on her own recognizance.

Cintron has priors, and previously served prison time for criminal possession of a weapon, a class D felony,and criminal possession of a controlled substance, a class E felony.

The search warrant for the raid was signed by Columbia County Judge Jonathan Nichols and secured by the Columbia County District Attorney’s office.

Columbia County District Attorney Paul Czajka declined to say at this time whether the raid was connected to the overdoses. Bartlett said the source of the drugs would have to be determined by toxicology tests.

Meanwhile, Greener Pathways,

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STATE POLICE n Soloman A. Goldberg, 65, of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, was arrested at 10:46 p.m. Oct. 21 in Coxsackie and charged with second-degree reckless endangerment and endangering the welfare of a child, both class A misdemeanors, and second-degree harassment, a violation. He was released on his own recognizance. n Matthew J. Beatty, 27, of Leeds, was arrested at 5 p.m. Oct. 22 in Cairo and charged with fourth-degree criminal mischief and endangering the welfare of a child, both class A misdemeanors, and second-degree harassment, a violation. He was held in lieu of a $20,000 bail

bond. unclassified misdemeanors. He was isn Latoya S. Stots, 35, of South Ozone sued an appearance ticket. n Park, was arrested at 2:55 a.m. Oct. 23 in Catskill and charged with seventh-den Jeremy J. Costa, 43, of New Baltin gree criminal possession of a controlled more, was arrested at 12:13 a.m. Oct. substance, a class A misdemeanor, and 23 in New Baltimore and charged with unlawful possession of marijuana, a vio- third-degree criminal mischief, a class lation. She was issued an appearance E felony. His arrestee status is unknown. n ticket. n Glenn Privitera, 55, of Earln ton, was arrested at 9:18 p.m. Oct. 22 in Athens and charged with The Village curfew will be strictly enforced operating a moon Halloween Night - October 31, 2019 from n tor vehicle with a blood-alcohol 8:00 PM until 6:00 AM the next morning content greater n of 19 unless for anyone under the age than 0.08% and accompanied by an adult. driving while intoxicated, both n

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Fountain of youth for libraries Libraries aren’t quite an endangered species yet, but the internet has been encroaching on the domain of printed books for years.

It’s painful to think books (and, by association, reading printed material) are declining in popularity, yet that seems to be the case.

After six straight years of growth in print sales, 2019 is off to a rocky start for publishers, according to Publishers Weekly. Growth in print sales is trending down, with 2019 showing a decline so far.

The overall market is down by about 2.5% from last year, according to Publishers Weekly, thanks in part to a 2.9% decrease in the first quarter of 2019.

There was no blockbuster novel or non-fiction work to lift interest or sales.

Now, libraries aren’t bookstores, but the passion

for books appears to be waning as more readers turn to the internet, social media and audio books that can be played in cars.

E-books, too, are trending downward, according to Publishers Weekly.

Public libraries serve their local communities in many ways. And the more rural or economically disadvantaged a community is, the more its library is essential for it to thrive. That’s why giving libraries access to more state funding to improve their facilities so they can serve their communities better is an excellent idea.

Legislation sponsored by Assemblywoman Didi Barrett, D-106, will fund up to 90% of certain public libraries’ construction, renovation or rehabilitation projects.

Most such projects in the targeted communities pertain to installing broadband or updating library buildings to

be more ADA-compliant.

Libraries continue to function as major hubs in their communities. Not only that, they are cornerstones and democratic institutions that provide resources and access to information to all, no matter who they are, where they come from, or how rich or poor they are.

The Twin Counties is one area that relies on public libraries. These libraries, like most others, are not just about books. They feature programs for children and teens. They offer internet service to people who don’t have internet, a reason expansion of broadband goes hand in hand with libraries.

Just as important, funds for renovation are needed for local libraries that are aging.

Funding has been approved for libraries many times in the past. But age and competition are taking a toll.

Now is the time to do it again.

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The White House resorts to character assassination of courageous public servants The Washington Post

Unable to answer the mounting evidence that President Donald Trump abused his office to advance his re-election campaign, the White House is resorting to character assassination.

Following reports of the congressional testimony Tuesday of William Taylor Jr., the chargé d’affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, a statement attributed to press secretary Stephanie Grisham described “a coordinated smear campaign from farleft lawmakers and radical unelected bureaucrats waging war on the Constitution.”

We’ll let House Democrats defend themselves. But the attempt to sully Taylor’s reputation, and that of other government servants who have testified in the Ukraine affair, is ludicrous - and vile.

For the record: Taylor has served his country with distinction for 50 years. After

graduating from West Point, he was deployed for six years as an infantry officer, including with the 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam. Later he worked at NATO and as a State Department diplomat in Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel and Ukraine, where he was first appointed ambassador

by George W. Bush.

In his testimony Tuesday, Taylor recounted that, after being asked to return to Kyiv earlier this year by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, he approached a former senior Republican official for advice. He said “the mentor counseled: ‘If your country asks you to do something, you do it - if you can be effective.’ “ Despite the strong opposition of his wife, the 72-year-old Taylor accepted the assignment.

We feel confident that it was in that same spirit that Taylor agreed to testify about Trump’s extortion of

the Ukrainian government.

He, and former ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Kent, and former Pompeo adviser Michael McKinley, and former National Security Council aide Fiona Hill, are the opposite of “radicals.” They are conservatives in the best sense - patriots who tried, and are still trying, to defend the country’s interests and values from a radically reckless and corrupt president.

They spoke in spite of the administration’s attempts to silence them, and at the risk of losing jobs or otherwise becoming targets of retaliation.

Two others who testified, Kurt Volker and Gordon Sondland, are Republicans appointed to their posts by Trump. By Taylor’s account, Sondland, who donated $1 million to Trump’s inaugural committee, did not disclose

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Support for DiPietro and Rosenthal On Nov. 5 we have our say in who will lead our city going forward. Based on the past two years, we’ve seen how vitally important this choice is for our pocketbooks, the local economy and our future direction. Mayor Rector did not listen to the many warnings about his property tax revaluation process and the questionable integrity of the firm providing the data. Despite opposition from the Common Council and a majority of his constituents, our mayor pushed the measure through and as a result the city is reeling from the effects. We’ve all seen the ‘For Sale’ signs on what feels like a record number of homes and businesses across all of Hudson.

Our city is now at a dangerous inflection point where we either refocus on policies that protect our residents, businesses and the very diversity that makes Hudson such a wonderful place — or we give in to rampant gentrification and watch our city become Hamptons North. A weekend playground for the rich as life-long residents are forced to move out. The exodus has already begun and our mayor — who is on the ballot (as a Republican) but not actively running — has only accelerated it. Fortunately, the expected next mayor is Hudsoncentric, listening closely to the people and already working on ways to fight gentrification.

The big choice then comes down to Common Council president. Who best represents the will of the people?

It’s important to note that current Council president Tom DePietro, championed a resolution to stop the property tax revaluation process not once, but twice. He was the voice that stood up to the mayor to slow down the process and allow Hudson to take an easier, more equitable path toward property tax revaluations over time. He heard the retiree who spoke up at a public hearing and said he feared losing his home because the property taxes

were going to be too high for him to manage. And he acted.

It’s important to note that his opponent, 1st ward alderperson Rob Bujan, at first opposed the revaluation, then flip-flopped to become a vocal advocate supporting the mayor’s property tax plan.

He voted against the second common council resolution authorizing the mayor to halt the process and take more time to get the revaluation right. Mr. Bujan touts it as part of his leadership abilities even.

Tom also listened when constituents questioned spending $75,000 on a branding firm from Tennessee to ‘market’ Hudson as a ‘destination of distinction.’ Tom was criticized recently by former council president (and as the current mayor’s assistant, presumably the architect of the property tax increases) Don Moore recently for “neutering of the tourism board” when in fact Tom listened to both the board recommendations and strong opposition from the public. He presided over the Common Council leading to a fair, albeit close vote. It was the alderpersons who voted against spending the money and a demonstration of good governance in action.

Once again, Mr. Bujan was a vocal supporter of spending city money on a Tennessee branding consultant rather than contracting local talent.

How do you advocate for the local economy and discuss job creation when you outsource marketing?

Perhaps most important in choosing our common council president is integrity and values. Tom was, by his own admission, overly passionate regarding the property tax revaluation discussion.

But keep in mind, that he was consistently against it and fought to stop it twice. Mr. Bujan seems to follow the political winds, shifting in what seems to be calculated political moves to advance his candidacy.

When Democratic voters

definitively chose Tom to be the party candidate, Mr. Bujan quickly picked up the Republican mantle – the very next day. How does a Democrat run as the standard-bearer for a party that is separating children from their asylumseeking parents? A party outwardly attacking women and reproductive rights while also endorsing discrimination against LGBTQ+ people?

A party actively fomenting racial hatred and division for political gain?

Where is the integrity in shamelessly dismissing a party’s core values just to gain office? Such candidates are fully complicit in how those policies affect our lives, including here locally where ICE continues to raid restaurants, already closing at least one.

Mr. Bujan has yet to explain how he justifies running as a Republican. The same can be said for 4th Ward alderperson Rich Volo. It’s disingenuous and also unfair to Republican voters who deserve a candidate aligned to their core values.

This election is crucial to the very future of Hudson. We need to elect leaders who’ll listen to the people, respect the choices the primary voters made in June and champion everyone in Hudson. Elected officials who are willing to make the tough decisions and focus on property tax relief, jobs and slowing gentrification before Hudson becomes the new Hamptons. That candidate for Common Council president is Tom DePietro.

And John Rosenthal in the 4th Ward, our Democratic candid for alderperson.

Chris McManus is a Columbia County native and proud resident of Hudson. He is active in local politics and a founding member of Our Hudson Waterfront, a grassroots advocacy group working to protect our riverfront as an economic, environmental and recreational asset for the people of Hudson. He owns his own marketing agency and is passionate about local arts and developing new economic opportunities for Hudson and the region.

ANOTHER VIEW

China jails another dissident The Washington Post

China’s helter-skelter pace of economic growth in recent decades has often ripped through the countryside like a tornado. Farms and villages have been unceremoniously uprooted to make room for housing, highways and highspeed trains. Farmers and landowners responded in waves of protest, furious at being shoved out of the way with little compensation.

This is where Chen Jianfang got her start as an activist in the 2000s, challenging the government over farmland seized for development in her village near Shanghai.

She was beaten up by thugs and police, and sent to a labor camp for 15 months.

Undeterred, in 2008 she began a broader advocacy for the rights of grass-roots activists and citizen petitioners. She has been a thorn in the side of the ruling partystate and on March 20 was detained. Chen has been held incommunicado ever since and is being charged with

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“subversion of state power,” which can lead to a long prison term. This is yet another in a string of cases since China began six years ago to silence the lawyers and activists who support the struggling human rights movement. It is further evidence that China’s system of justice is a fiction - laws and courts exist, but, at the end of the day, they serve the whims of the party-state above all and offer little protection to the individual.

Chen, 49, is a protege of Cao Shunli, also a well-known activist. According to Amnesty International, they worked together seeking grass-roots participation in drafting China’s report for the U.N. Human Rights Council’s periodic review in 2013. Chen and Cao staged a sit-in along with other activists outside the foreign ministry in Beijing. Then, in September of that year, China prohibited them from leaving China to attend a human rights training session in Switzerland. Chen was released after a brief detention,

but Cao died from organ failure in a hospital on March 14, 2014, after six months in Chinese detention. Ever since, Chen has been under surveillance and banned from traveling abroad.

This year, Chen wrote an essay to mark the fifth anniversary of Cao’s death. She was soon detained and disappeared into the Chinese penal system. She was later charged with subversion and remains locked up in a Shanghai detention center. In an open letter, several human rights groups declared Monday that Chen has been denied the right to a fair trial, not allowed to meet with the lawyer of her choice, and it is “unclear if she has received any legal counsel in custody.”

Chen should be released and the charges dropped.

Helping people claim their rights and raise their voices, to express themselves freely and to protest is not a crime or subversive, except in a system that puts the party on a pillar and the people under a boot.

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Anna L. Bernhard Anna L. Bernhard, 85, of Case-Keel of Athens and TamRound Top passed away on Oc- my Bernhard Knott of W. Coxtober 23, 2019. sackie.

Born in the Bronx, she was Calling hours will be held on a daughter of the late John L. Sunday from 3:00 – 6:00 pm at and Anna J. Lawston Bernhard. Millspaugh Camerato Funeral Anna moved to this area in 1943 Home, 139 Jefferson and for over 30 years Hgts., Catskill. A Fuworked in the Office neral Service will be of the State Comptrolconducted by Deacon ler’s office. She retired Mike McDonald on 1989. A pet lover, Anna Monday at 10:00 am was involved with the at the funeral home Greene County Animal followed by interment Welfare Alliance. One in St. Patrick’s Cemesister, Jeanette Case tery. Memorial contriand one brother John C. Bernhard butions may be made Bernhard both died preto AnimalKind, 721 viously. Beloved aunt Warren St, Hudson, NY 12534. of Richard Case of Westerlo, Debra Case Greco of Cairo, Messages of condolence may Carol Rose of W. Winfield, Jean be made to MillspaughCamGuerin of Round Top, Patricia erato.com

Jean Alice Blackie Skipper Jean Alice Blackie Skipper, 79, of New Rochelle, NY, passed away Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at her home.

Born January 29, 1940 in Bronxville, NY, she was the daughter of the late William Reid Blackie Jr. and Alfreta (Burton) Blackie. Jean graduated from Eastchester High School in 1958 and St. Joseph’s School of Nursing in Yonkers NY in 1960. She was a member of the Kinderhook Reformed Church, the Order of the Eastern Star, Laurel Chapter in New York City and the Senior Center of New Rochelle, NY. She is survived by her son Robert John Skipper, wife Amy and grandchildren Sean Augustus and Cindy Lou Mei-Ying Skipper of Mansfield, TX; her daughter Susan Burke, husband Daniel and grand-

children Lachlan James and Damien Henry Burke of New York City; her brother John Allison Blackie and wife Margaret of Lillian, AL and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband Robert Lee Skipper in 1993, her son William Allen Skipper, sisters Emma Schmeling and Dorothy Barrett and a brother William Reid Blackie,III. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, October 26th, 2019 at the Kinderhook Reformed Church, Route 9, Kinderhook, with Rev Edward VanKampen officiating. There will be no calling hours. Burial will follow in Hillsdale Cemetery.

Arrangements are with the Raymond E. Bond Funeral Home, Valatie.

80 years later, sit-in arrest charges at Virginia library are dismissed

By Patricia Sullivan The Washington Post

It was the quietest of protests.

Five young African American men sat reading at separate tables in Alexandria, Virginia’s new whites-only library on Queen Street. They had just been refused library cards; in 1939, that was a privilege barred to black citizens.

But the demonstration caused an uproar. Within minutes, the police arrived to find about 300 counter-protestors and press outside the building. After some consultation, police arrested the five men on charges of disorderly conduct.

Those charges have finally been dismissed, after lingering unresolved for 80 years.

City leaders will present copies of a judge’s order Monday night to the descendants of those demonstrators during a public meeting at the Charles E. Beatley Jr. Central Library.

“They didn’t do anything disorderly other than sit and read a book,” said Alexandria’s Commonwealth Attorney Bryan Porter, who sought the dismissal of the charges at the suggestion of Mayor Justin Wilson, D. “Obviously it’s a symbolic gesture, but it’s a very, very opportune and appropriate gesture.”

Circuit Court Chief Judge Lisa Bondareff Kemler agreed.

She signed an order Friday that said William Evans, Edward Gaddis, Morris Murray, Clarence Strange and Otto Tucker were “lawfully exercising their constitutional rights to free assembly, speech and to petition the government to alter the established policy of sanctioned segregation at the time of their arrest,” and that “sitting peacefully in a library reading books . . . was not in any fashion disorderly or likely to cause acts of violence.”

No laws had been bro-

should have been filed, according to the judge’s order, which also cited U.S. Supreme Court and Virginia court decisions that overturned the “separate but equal” policies of the time.

The sit-in is fairly well known in Alexandria, and the incident was fully covered in the black press. The city’s Black History Museum had an exhibition about it in 2009 and 2014, and The Washington Post wrote about the group’s attorney, Samuel Tucker, in 2000. The Commonwealth of Virginia erected a historical marker about the sit-in along North Washington Street, around the corner from the library, in 2008.

It all began when Tucker, annoyed that black residents were not allowed to use the then-new Alexandria Free Library — now the Kate Waller Barrett Branch Library — orchestrated and meticulously planned the demonstration for Aug. 21, 1939. Although 11 men had volunteered themselves to be arrested, only five showed up on the morning of the demonstration.

After each had been refused a library card by the assistant librarian on duty, the men each selected a book from the shelves and sat down, refusing to leave. The library page ran to the residence of head librarian Catharine Scoggin and called out, “Oh mercy, Miss Scoggin, there’s colored people all over the library!”, according to material in the Alexandria Black History Museum’s archives.

Porter said the judge, whose identity is lost to history, never adjudicated the case, which means the men were never declared innocent or guilty. That meant the charges were still technically outstanding. All the official records of the case have been destroyed over the years, Porter said.

Bernard Fisher, pioneering breast cancer surgeon-scientist, dies at 101

By Emily Langer The Washington Post

PITTSBURGH Penn. — Bernard Fisher, a surgeon and scientist who revolutionized the standard treatment for breast cancer by demonstrating that the disfiguring procedure known as a radical mastectomy was often unnecessary, and that chemotherapy and hormone therapy could prolong women’s lives, died Oct. 16 in Pittsburgh. He was 101.

His daughter Beth Fisher, who is also a medical doctor, confirmed his death but did not cite a specific cause.

Fisher was recognized as one of the most significant cancer researchers of his era — “the bold field marshal of hundreds of staunchly independent surgeons, thousands of dedicated patients [and] millions of research dollars,” as the Philadelphia Inquirer once described him, who “rallied legions to his crusade: to stop breast cancer.”

He began his cancer research in the 1950s at the University of Pittsburgh, where he would spend his entire career. At the time, routine treatment for breast cancer included the “radical mastectomy,” introduced by American surgeon William Stewart Halsted in the late 19th century, in which the breasts were removed along with nearby lymph nodes and the muscle tissue beneath the breasts.

The procedure, which left patients disfigured if not debilitated, was based on the then-prevailing belief that breast cancer spread directly from the original tumor. The more surrounding tissue was removed, went the theory, the greater the chance of stopping the cancer.

Working with his brother, pathologist Edwin Fisher, Bernard Fisher determined that breast cancer did not, in fact, spread in such an organized way, and that it could instead move throughout the body by entering the lymph system. That premise, one of the first fundamental ways that Fisher upended decadesold medical dogma, inspired the sprawling studies that he went on to lead.

From 1967 to 1994, he headed the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project, a consortium based in Pittsburgh and funded by the National Cancer Institute that during his tenure ran clinical trials involving 500 institutions, 5,000 medical professionals and nearly 50,000 patients, according to figures cited by The Washington Post in 1994.

Among the project’s first studies was one testing the efficacy of the radical mastectomy — a line of inquiry that at the time, Fisher said, was “tantamount to heresy.”

“For most of the 20th century, and certainly in 1971 when we started the study, the concept was that more surgery was more likely to cure people with breast cancer,” he told the publication Oncology Times in 2002.

The studies Fisher led compared survival rates among

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Bernard Fisher, an eminent breast cancer surgeon and researcher, died Oct. 16 at 101.

women who had undergone radical mastectomies, simple mastectomies in which only the breast was removed, and lumpectomies in which only the tumor was excised. The research revealed no advantage to the radical mastectomy.

Such was the resistance to his ideas, Fisher told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, that at one early conference a colleague grabbed him by the lapels and excoriated him.

Fisher, however, remained unswayed. “In God we trust,” he once remarked. “All others [must] have data.”

In time, Fisher’s research received wider acceptance.

By 1979, The Post reported that physicians had “all but abandoned the radical mastectomy in the treatment of breast cancer.”

In 1985, Fisher received the Albert Lasker Clinical Medical Research Award, an honor often considered a precursor to the Nobel. The award, which recognized his research on the benefits of chemotherapy as well as his findings about mastectomies, honored him as having “done more than any other single individual to advance the understanding of the clinical biology of breast cancer.”

Fisher also investigated the benefits of hormone therapy such as tamoxifen, which is used to prevent the recurrence or even, in some cases, the onset of estrogen-sensitive breast cancer.

“Our 1998 report indicating, for the first time, that breast cancer could be prevented with tamoxifen was probably the capstone of my career,” he told a publication of the University of Pittsburgh’s medical school on the occasion of his 100th birthday. “Certainly, in 1958, when I began this journey, the idea of using an agent to try to prevent breast cancer was . . . science fiction.”

Bernard Fisher was born Aug. 23, 1918, in Pittsburgh, where his father ran a produce operation. Both his parents emphasized the importance of education — to the extent, Fisher told the Post-Gazette, that his father banned Bernard and Edwin from setting foot in the family business.

Fisher enrolled at the University of Pittsburgh, where he received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry in 1940 and a medical degree in 1943, then joined the faculty.

In the early years of his surgical career, he performed a kidney transplant as well as research on liver regeneration. He said he had no interest in breast cancer until 1958, when a mentor, a military doctor who had operated on President Dwight D. Eisenhower, invited him to a National Institutes of Health conference on the matter.

“You don’t turn down a two-star general,” Fisher told the medical school publication.

Fisher endured a painful chapter in his career beginning in 1994, when it was revealed that a Canadian researcher involved in one of his studies had falsified data to allow the participation of patients who did not meet the established criteria.

The revelations sparked widespread panic among breast cancer patients whose treatment plans had relied on that study, which showed lumpectomies followed by radiation to be as effective as full mastectomies.

Fisher, who emphasized that the results of the study remained valid, was not accused of falsifying data but was criticized for failing to immediately report the falsifications when they were discovered. He was removed from his role at the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project and his actions

were scrutinized in hearings by a congressional subcommittee led by U.S. Rep. John Dingell.

Investigations continued until 1997, when the federal Office of Research Integrity cleared Fisher of allegations of scientific misconduct.

“My life was ruined,” he told the Times. “My reputation was ruined. I lived through the McCarthy era, and I saw what that was all about. Now I have lived through it in science and fear that it could happen again to others.”

But “the great tragedy of this, beside my personal harm, is that women in this country thought that the work I did all of these years was not credible,” he said. “They questioned their therapeutic decisions and suffered anxiety needlessly.”

Later that year, the University of Pittsburgh apologized to Fisher and agreed to pay him $2.75 million, with the National Cancer Institute contributing $300,000 for his legal fees, in a settlement in which Fisher agreed to drop a lawsuit he had filed.

Fisher’s brother died in 2008, and his wife of 69 years, bacteriologist Shirley Kruman Fisher, died in 2016.

Survivors include three children, Beth Fisher of New York City, Joseph Fisher of Scottsdale, Arizona, and Louisa Fisher Rudolph of Pittsburgh; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Throughout his career, Fisher sought to recognize the physicians who joined his studies and their patients, whom he described as the “real heroes of our efforts.”

“By consenting to participate in our clinical trials,” he said when he accepted the Lasker, they “gave of themselves in an unselfish noble fashion so that future generations might benefit. Every woman owes those brave women a perpetual debt of gratitude.”

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Thousands raise $700,000 Latest technologies, techniques critical for best to fight breast cancer ALBANY — More than 16,000 Capital Region residents came together on Sunday at Washington Park Parade Grounds for the American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk and raised $700,000 to help save lives from breast cancer.

“The Sunday event was a moving example how — united — we can make huge progress toward a world without breast cancer,” said Cynthia Somma, community development manager for the American Cancer Society.

“Our Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk helps the American Cancer Society fund groundbreaking research into causes, prevention, and treatments for breast cancer, provide free rides to chemo and places to stay near hospitals, a live 24/7 cancer helpline, and so much more.”

Since 1993, 15 million Making Strides supporters have raised more than $935 million nationwide. The 2019 walk was made possible in part by the generous support of Best Fitness, CAP COM Federal Credit Union, CAP COM Cares Foundation, NYSUT, Price Chopper, Market by Price Chopper, St Peter’s Health Partners, Empire BlueCross BlueShield.

This is the second year we are partnering with Avon as our first ever National Presenting Sponsor. For more than 130 years, Avon has inspired the financial independence, health and wellbeing of women — and the fight against breast cancer is central to their mission.

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Walkers at the American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk.

Making Strides participants can be proud that we’ve seen a 39 percent drop in breast cancer death rates since 1989, but we still have much more to do.

Excluding cancers of the skin, breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in women and is the secondleading cause of cancer death in women.

According to the American Cancer Society Cancer Facts & Figures 2019, more than 268,000 women in the United States will be diagnosed with

breast cancer and more than 41,760 will die from the disease this year.

It’s not too late to make a donation to the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk in Albany. Visit MakingStridesWalk.org/Albany to help the American Cancer Society continue saving lives.

For free breast cancer information and resources or to donate, visit the American Cancer Society, anytime day or night, at cancer.org or call 1-800-227-2345.

Breast Cancer screenings in the Albany Area ALBANY — St. Peter’s Health Partners announces breast cancer screenings.

Why should I be screened for cancer? Cancer is most treatable, and often curable, in its earliest stages. Because cancers do not always show physical symptoms in the early stages, it is important to be screened regularly. Screenings can also give you peace of mind about your current state of health. Early cancer detection saves lives.

UPCOMING SCREENING EVENTS St. Peter’s Breast Center operated by Samaritan Hospital, St. Mary’s Campus, 1300 Massachusetts Ave., Troy, 4–5:45 p.m. Nov. 21 and Dec. 12.

To sign up for one of these free screenings or for more information, contact the Cancer Services Program of the Greater Capital Region at 518-5258680.

For residents outside of those counties, call 1-866-442-CANCER (2262) to find a Cancer Services Program near you. The call is free and available 24/7.

Eligible Patients: n Live in New York state n Do not have health insur-

ance n Have health insurance with a cost share that may prevent a person from obtaining screening and/or diagnostic services n Meet income eligibility requirements n Meet age requirements Our Services & Age Requirements* n Breast Cancer Screening (Clinical Breast Exam and Mammogram): Women 40-64, or women under 40 at high risk

for breast cancer.* n Cervical Cancer Screening (Pelvic Exam, Cervical Pap Test, HPV test): Women 40-64 n Colorectal Cancer Screening (Fecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) Kit): Men and women 50 and older who are at average risk for colorectal cancer. n Colorectal Cancer Screening (Colonoscopy): Men and women at increased or high risk for colorectal cancer.* *Only as determined by a New York State-licensed health care provider per program guidelines.

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The American College of Radiology and the National Cancer Institute recommend that all women age 40 and older receive a screening mammogram every year.

Younger women with a family history of breast cancer should ask their family doctor about starting screening earlier.

Because of new technology and advanced techniques, women have increasingly more convenient and accurate ways to detect breast cancer. Options include: Screening Mammogram: While the patient is standing, each breast is compressed between two plates for very low-dose X-rays in a procedure that takes less than 20 minutes. A specially trained physician (radiologist) examines the pictures.

Diagnostic Mammogram: In cases where a breast exam or other tests have shown some abnormalities, additional images are taken to clarify the situation. These follow-ups involve about 10 percent of mammogram patients.

Breast Ultrasound or MRI:

For additional information, the physician may order an ultrasound (an image provided by sound waves) or MRI (magnetic and radio waves).

Biopsy: While images can show unusual areas in the breast, a biopsy (removal of cells or tissue) may be needed so that laboratory specialists can determine whether the sample is cancerous.

Having all the latest technologies and techniques in one location streamlines the process for patients, providing seamless, efficient care and reducing anxiety. With that goal in mind, St. Peter’s Health Partners offers exceptional breast care in two convenient locations: St. Peter’s Hospital Breast Center in Albany and the Women’s Imaging Center at St. Mary’s Hospital in Troy.

The spaces offer a full array of services — including 2-D and 3-D mammograms, ultrasounds, breast biopsies, and DEXA bone scans — on the St. Peter’s Hospital campus in Albany and the St. Mary’s Hospital campus in Troy.

In addition to offering

enhanced services, both locations feature spacious waiting areas, changing rooms, and consultation areas, as well as 3-D mammography units and ultrasound equipment. In Albany, the space is also right next to the offices of St. Peter’s Hospital breast surgeons.

All of St. Peter’s Health Partners’ radiologic facilities are accredited by the American College of Radiology. In addition, the St. Peter’s Hospital Breast Center and the Women’s Imaging Center at St. Mary’s Hospital have accreditation from the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), a program administered by the American College of Surgeons.

For more information, contact St. Peter’s Hospital Breast Center at 518-5257536, or Women’s Imaging Center at St. Mary’s Hospital at 518-268-5353. To view a complete list of the nearly dozen SPHP mammography locations throughout the Capital District, please visit: http://www.sphp.com/ breast-health.

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Windham From A1

I also facilitated the return of a Windham weekly newspaper after hearing from residents about the impact of losing the former Windham Journal.

Name: Thomas Hoyt Age: 53 Family: Wife Lisa (53) Daughter Elisa (32) Grand Daughter Ava Grace (6) 8th generation to make Windham her home.

Place of residence: Hamlet of Maplecrest Occupation: Occupational Safety & Health/Safety Officer Party affiliation(s): Republican Party, Conservative Party Previous elected office: Town of Windham Highway Superintendent (18 years) High School: WindhamAshland-Jewett Central School What do you think is the top issue facing your community?

What would you do to address this issue if elected?

Sustainability. If elected, I will work the other elected town officials and department heads to develop a five-year plan for all services that the town provides to the residents of Windham and staying within the 2% tax cap.

This plan will include the level of services an overall cost of

Prattsville From A1

town forward. I am extremely proud of the work we have done towards completion of our post-flood plan all while keeping taxes stable. We have two new bridges that are intended to bring down future flood levels. Business is booming. The streetscape is beautiful. The Mews (Senior Housing) is open. We have been pursuing improved ambulance service with neighboring towns and working on advancement of our Health Center with Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital. We have a spectacular plan and work

Renovation From A1

outdoors.”

The upgrades at the North Lake beach area caused the beach to be closed during the construction but visitors could use the nearby beach at South Lake.

The beach now has new picnic tables and grills, a solar cell phone charging station, benches, 400 feet of sidewalk along the beach, a ramp to the beach, a new water fountain, an outside shower and foot-washing station, a pavilion, changing rooms, a new lifeguard office and a crosswalk island in the parking lot, according to a release from DEC. Hunter Town Supervisor Daryl Legg said the upgrades are impressive.

“Any improvements would generate interest to people coming to the area,” Legg said. “They added a lot of amenities that make it easier for people visiting. The solar phone charging station is pretty neat.”

Other improvements include a bike rack, 500 tons of beach sand, a demo lifeguard cabin, hand rails, new signage, parking lot striping and sealing, pollinator gardens and a new information kiosk,

the services with personnel, equipment and state mandates.

I will also setup a committee of residents, business owners and second homeowners that call Windham home. This committee will discuss all the needs and issues that the town may have to overcome in the future and give input and to keep Windham moving forward without having to rebrand the community.

I look forward to serving the people of Windham with a hands on approach as Town Supervisor who will listen and work with his constituents and maintain the identity of Windham.

COUNCILMAN Name: Kurt Goettsche Age: 34 Family: Dasha (wife), Maddox 7 (son), Aiden 3 (son) Place of residence: Windham How long you’ve lived in the county: 34 years Previous residence: None Occupation: Hotel manager Incumbent? No Party affiliation(s): Republican Endorsements received: None Previous elected offices, if any (include years served): Windham Fire District Commissioner (5 years) High school:

being done in conjunction with the Pratt Museum for a landmark restoration of Pratt Rock Park, and more exciting things on the horizon.

Perhaps most importantly, I am proud that I have been able to be of service to the community that raised me.

I feel it is extremely important to give back. This job is so much more than crossing T’s and dotting I’s; it is about doing what is best for the community while maintaining transparency and human decency. I think people like to live where they can live while liking people.

COUNCILMAN Name: Kenneth J. Aurigema Age: 60

Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central School College: SUNY Oswego Military service? None What do you think is the top issue facing your community?

What would you do to address this issue if elected?

The top issue facing Windham is similar to the rest of upstate New York — people and businesses are leaving. To address this issue, performing and analyzing a comprehensive plan is the start. From there, we would build a strategy that works for the town to create sustainable, organized growth.

If you are the incumbent, what are you most proud of accomplishing? If you are not, what are you looking forward to most about serving your town/city?

As a newly elected member of the Windham Town Board, I am looking most forward to bringing my knowledge of business in the private sector as well as experience on an elected municipal board to make sure the Town Board works efficiently and harmoniously.

Name: Natasha Shuster Age: 56 Family: Drew Shuster, husband. Children Sydney 21, Gus 20, and Tori 16 Place of residence: Windham How long you’ve lived in the county: Since 1982

Previous residence: Hilltown, Pennsylvania Occupation: Owner of the Catskill Mountain Country Store Incumbent? No Party affiliation(s): Republican Endorsements received: Independence, Democratic Previous elected offices, if any (include years served): Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central School PTA president.

High school: Pennridge High School College: University of Vermont Military service? No What do you think is the top issue facing your community?

What would you do to address this issue if elected?

The dropping population is a huge problem. We need to create new technology-based opportunities for families.

There is a lack of services — internet and cell — in many areas. Restore already existing assets in the Windham community (Center Church and C.D. Lane Park) and use them to their full potential.

I will make sure all grant and fundraising opportunities are explored. No new taxes. Make sure our town government is transparent and responsive.

If you are the incumbent, what are you most proud of accomplishing? If you are not, what are you looking forward to most about serving your

town/city?

I am not an incumbent, but I am proud to be on the board of the Windham Area Recreation Foundation. I designed and source the covered bridge on the Windham Path. I also started the Autumn Affair with my husband and four other couples, 25 years ago. I also conceived and implemented the WAJ Back-to-School BBQ in 2003, and many other programs for the youth of Windham.

Name: Stephen Walker Age: 60 Family: Nancy Walker, wife Place of residence: Windham How long you’ve lived in the county: Since 1979 Previous residence: Muhlenberg, Pennsylvania Occupation: Self-employed, run a lodge established by my grandmother in 1937.

Incumbent? Yes. Party affiliation(s): Republican Endorsements: Republican and Conservative parties.

Previous elected offices, if any (include years served): Councilman, Jan. 1, 2004 to Dec. 17, 2009; Supervisor, 2009 to Dec. 31, 2013; Councilman, 2015, term expires Dec. 31, 2019.

High School: Muhlenberg Township High School, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

College: Muhlenberg

College, Allentown, Pennsylvania; four-year degrees in history and accounting.

Military service? No. What do you think is the top issue facing your community?

What would you do to address this issue if elected?

Current top issue: Infrastructure, aging and lacking.

Simply and concisely, I hope to continue to replace and improve necessary infrastructure — sewer, water, stormwater, cable, broadband and cell phone service — both for existing residential and business interests as well as to facilitate prudent growth while keeping in mind protection of historic assets and scenic and rural qualities that attract people to the area, and also keeping in mind fiscal responsibility to taxpayers, particularly seniors and those with limited incomes.

If you are the incumbent, what are you most proud of accomplishing?

Aiding the town with recovery from the snowstorm of 2010 as well as from Hurricane Irene. I was also active as a member of the Coalition of Watershed Towns and a member of the Schoharie Watershed Advisory Committee as a representative for our area. In those positions I was able to promote our town’s interests, particularly regarding access and recreational issues.

Family: Karen Aurigema, spouse Place of residence: 14615 Main St., Prattsville How long you’ve lived in the county: 24 years Previous residence: Ronkonkoma, New York Occupation: Electrician Office being sought: Town Council Incumbent? No. Party affiliation(s): Republican Endorsements received: None Previous elected offices, if any (include years served): None High school: Smithtown High School East College: Ozark Christian College Military service? No

What do you think is the top issue facing your community?

What would you do to address this issue if elected?

Working on bringing more business to the town, and working on the emergency medical services for our town.

Name: Bonita Chase Age: 48 Family: Husband, Lester Chase, sons, Mason and Reese Chase, Parents – Jerome and Phyllis Raeder (mom was supervisor for many years during the 1980s.

Place of residence: Prattsville How long you’ve lived in the county: All my life, born and raised in Prattsville.

Occupation: School Business Manager at GilboaConesville Central School

District.

Incumbent? Yes, served on Prattsville Board since 2006 Party affiliation(s): Democrat Endorsements received: None Previous elected offices, if any (include years served): None High school: GilboaConesville College: Masters – SUNY New Paltz, BA – SUNY Empire State Military service? No What do you think is the top issue facing your community?

What would you do to address this issue if elected?

Jobs – We are trying to bring people into our community.

The recent improvements are all meant to bring residences

to our community. The new senior housing and duplexes are now in place and the facility is nearly full. Now we need to try to offer our residence more employment options, with job growth.

If you are the incumbent, what are you most proud of accomplishing? If you are not, what are you looking forward to most about serving your town/city?

I’m most proud of the work we have accomplished to rebuild Prattsville in the aftermath of the flooding caused

by Hurricane Irene. After an initial decline in residents and growth the town is now rebounding and our numbers are growing.

according to the release.

Opened in 1926 and one of the DEC’s most popular campgrounds, North South Lake features 219 campsites.

The campground received some TLC as well, with paving, trail rehabilitation, drainage improvements and accessible parking additions, according to the DEC. “I think it’s a great addition,” Greene County Tourism Manager Heather Bagshaw said. “Any time any attraction does any updates or adds any amenities, it really adds to what we have to offer from a travel perspective.”

Bagshaw also commended the state’s work on trail connectivity.

Recently, trails were developed connecting the Kaaterskill Falls Viewing Platform and Kaaterskill Rail Trail to the campground, she said.

“It makes the campground even more appealing,” she said. “People will go there not Contributed photo just for the amenities but also Upgrades at the campground included making the site more for the additional trails.”

State leaders Assembly- accessible. man Chris Tague, R-102, and state Sen. George Amedore even more residents and residents to enjoy outdoor Jr., R-46, were pleased with visitors,” Amedore said. “Sig- recreational activities.”

Tague echoed Amedore’s the progress at the site, they nificant infrastructure improvements, along with new remarks. said.

“The natural beauty of “The improvements at amenities and conveniences the mountains here is one of for parkgoers, will make this North/South Lake will allow this beautiful natural an even more attractive des- the nation’s treasures, and resource to be enjoyed by tination for Greene County as a member of the Tourism

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The ribbon cutting Wednesday at North South Lake Campground

Committee, I always fight to invest in them,” Tague said.

“North-South Lake is an example of the gorgeous aesthetic of our home. I can’t wait to see the improvements that get made to the campground.”

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“It is exciting the state is paying more attention to our area,” Legg said. “They are always doing something to positively enforce visitors to our area.”

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Tim Martin, Sports Editor: 1-800-400-4496 / sports@registerstar.com or tmartin@registerstar.com

Phelan’s OT goal sends Clippers to Class D quarterfinals

Fortunes of the Knicks and Nets have changed dramatically

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Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving (11) attempts a pass against Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns (32) during Wednesday’s game at Barclays Center.

Barbara Barker Newsday

It’s hard not to shake your head in disbelief when you look at the fortunes of the Knicks and the Nets over the past year.

Last October, both teams were in rebuild mode. The Nets were further along in the process, but the Knicks – at least we all thought– were poised to have a huge summer in both free agency and the draft.

So what the heck happened? Because it’s difficult to imagine the Knicks having had a worse 12 months or the Nets having had a better.

Who would have thought heading into last season that the team from Brooklyn would improve by 14 wins, make the playoffs, land the two biggest names in free agency and then find themselves labeled the cool team in town? Um, certainly not me, who predicted that the Nets would continue to steadily improve but weren’t likely to be in the

postseason.

Some savvy team building by general manager Sean Marks and solid player development by coach Kenny Atkinson has taken a franchise that was mired in a prolonged postPaul Pierce/Kevin Garnett hangover to one that is just a healed Achilles tendon away from being a contender.

That’s right, contender.

With the signing of Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, the Nets jammed down the accelerator on their rebuild.

Yes, the team has said that Durant will miss the season as he recovers from the Achilles injury he suffered in the NBA Finals. What they haven’t said is if missing the season also means missing the playoffs. The assumption here is that the team will be cautious, but if the Nets are playing well late in the season and Durant suddenly returns, they could go very deep.

Without Durant, the Nets See FORTUNES B6

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Germantown’s Connor Phelan is greeted by his teammates after scoring the game-winning goal gainst Bishop Maginn midway through the first overtime period in Wednesday’s Section II Class D playoff game.

By Tim Martin Columbia-Greene Media

GERMANTOWN — Connor Phelan’s goal midway through the first overtime period gave No. 7 Germantown a 1-0 victory over No. 10 Bishop Maginn in Wednesday’s Section II Class D boys soccer opening round game.

In a hard-fought battle, nei-

ther team was able to score until Phelan found the back of the net from 25 yards out to give the Clippers the victory over their Central Hudson Valley League rivals.

“Our defense did a good job of clearing the ball out and it was a 50-50 ball between their defender and my striker,

Cameron D’Sousa,” Germantown coach Ryan Broast said of the game-winning goal.

“He could have let it go, but he didn’t. He sprinted through the ball, he got it in his favor, hit off of his chest and that changed the whole game, right there at that moment.

“He put the pressure on and

Connor Phelan took the shot at the end, and their goalie just didn’t see it. And he was a good goalie. Connor drilled it, and I’ve been telling these guys all year that if we put the ball on the goal, good things will happen.”

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WORLD SERIES: Road Warriors are halfway home David Waldstein The New York Times News Service

HOUSTON — First came silence from the shocked Houston Astros fans, then grumbling, and finally a dose of sarcastic cheers when the home team finally converted a routine play.

The Astros won a major league-high 107 games during the regular season and established themselves as the favorites in the World Series by playing solid all-around baseball. But in the seventh inning of Game 2 against the Washington Nationals on Wednesday, they played one of their worst innings of the year, leaving their fans to wonder if they will see them again here at Minute Maid Park this

year.

In that inning, the Astros gave up a tiebreaking home run to Kurt Suzuki, bobbled a ball for an error, made an errant throw, threw a wild pitch and allowed the Nationals to score six times in the nightmarish frame. When Astros shortstop Carlos Correa finally threw across the diamond for the final out of the inning, the taunting cheers followed.

There would be little else to celebrate. The surging Nationals, behind a strong performance from starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg and a virtual collapse by the Astros, beat Houston, 12-3, to capture Game 2 of the World Series and take a two-games-tonone lead in the World Series.

The next three games are at Nationals Park in Washington, starting Friday.

There have been 55 teams that took a 2-0 lead in the Fall Classic, and 44 of them went on to win the championship, including the last 11. The last team to come back from a 0-2 deficit was the 1996 New York Yankees, who lost the first two games at home against the Atlanta Braves and won the next four.

When the Nationals swept the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League Championship Series last week to win their first pennant, historians pointed to the 86 years that had passed since a See SERIES B6

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Washington Nationals catcher Kurt Suzuki (28) andrelief pitcher Javy Guerra (48) celebrate after defeating the Houston Astros in game two of the 2019 World Series at Minute Maid Park.

Phillies hire Joe Girardi as manager

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Former New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi was hired as manager of the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday.

By Matt Breen The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS) PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Phillies’ decadelong quest to bring back John Middleton’s World Series trophy led them Thursday to hire the manager who ripped their title away in 2009.

The Phillies, according to a source, have hired Joe Girardi as their manager. Girardi managed the Yankees for 10 seasons, led them to the playoffs six times and guided the Yankees past the Phillies in the 2009 World Series. The Phillies, for the first time in franchise history, have hired a

World Series champion manager.

Girardi also interviewed earlier this month with the Chicago Cubs and New York Mets, teams with which he has history. He played nearly half of his major-league career with the Cubs, and the Mets would have allowed him to return to New York, where he won three world titles with the Yankees as a player before managing them.

But the Cubs opted for former catcher David Ross, and the Mets moved slower than the Phillies, who pegged Girardi as their favorite after his

second interview on Monday at Citizens Bank Park. They selected Girardi over finalists Buck Showalter and Dusty Baker as they limited their search to managers with experience and proven track records.

The majority of Girardi’s staff is likely already in place as the Phillies retained nine of their coaches after the season, including bench coach Rob Thomson, who was Girardi’s bench coach with the Yankees. Girardi will have to hire a hitting coach and pitching See PHILLIES B6

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Pro football NFL American Football Conference East W L T Pct PF New England 7 0 01.000 223 Buffalo 5 1 0 .833 121 N.Y. Jets 1 5 0 .167 63 Miami 0 6 0 .000 63 South W L T Pct PF Indianapolis 4 2 0 .667 143 Houston 4 3 0 .571 185 Tennessee 3 4 0 .429 121 Jacksonville 3 4 0 .429 144 North W L T Pct PF Baltimore 5 2 0 .714 214 Pittsburgh 2 4 0 .333 123 Cleveland 2 4 0 .333 120 Cincinnati 0 7 0 .000 114 West W L T Pct PF Kansas City 5 2 0 .714 202 Oakland 3 3 0 .500 127 Denver 2 5 0 .286 112 L.A. Chargers 2 5 0 .286 140 National Football Conference East W L T Pct PF Dallas 4 3 0 .571 190 Philadelphia 3 4 0 .429 171 N.Y. Giants 2 5 0 .286 132 Washington 1 6 0 .143 90 South W L T Pct PF New Orleans 6 1 0 .857 164 Carolina 4 2 0 .667 166 Tampa Bay 2 4 0 .333 173 Atlanta 1 6 0 .143 145 North W L T Pct PF Green Bay 6 1 0 .857 184 Minnesota 5 2 0 .714 192 Chicago 3 3 0 .500 112 Detroit 2 3 1 .417 149 West W L T Pct PF San Francisco 6 0 01.000 156 Seattle 5 2 0 .714 181 L.A. Rams 4 3 0 .571 190 Arizona 3 3 1 .500 161 Week 8 Today’s game Washington at Minnesota, 8:20 p.m.

Sunday’s games Seattle at Atlanta, 1 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Tennessee, 1 p.m.

Arizona at New Orleans, 1 p.m.

Cincinnati vs L.A. Rams, at London, , 1 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.

Philadelphia at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

L.A. Chargers at Chicago, 1 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at Detroit, 1 p.m.

Denver at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.

Carolina at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.

Oakland at Houston, 4:25 p.m.

Cleveland at New England, 4:25 p.m.

Green Bay at Kansas City, 8:20 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 28 Miami at Pittsburgh, 8:15 p.m.

PA 48 91 156 211 PA 138 164 112 148 PA 156 131 154 186 PA 150 165 136 141 PA 124 186 187 176 PA 147 133 185 223 PA 139 123 105 160 PA 64 176 164 192

ML Baseball WORLD SERIES (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Washington 2, Houston 0 Tuesday: Washington 5, Houston 4 Wednesday: Washington 12, Houston 3 Friday: Houston Greinke (18-5) at Washington, (Corbin 14-7) 8:07 p.m.

Saturday: Houston at Washington, 8:07 p.m. x-Sunday: Houston at Washington, 8:07 p.m. x-Tuesday, Oct. 29: Washington at Houston, 8:07 p.m. x-Wednesday, Oct. 30: Washington at Houston, 8:08 p.m.

Nationals 12, Astros 3 WAS AB R HBI Turner ss 4 2 1 0 Eaton rf 42 22 Parra ph 1 0 0 0 Rendon 3b 4 0 1 2 Soto lf 32 10 Kndrck dh 5 1 2 1 Cabrera 2b 5 1 2 3 Zmrmn 1b 5 0 2 1 Suzuki c 51 21 Robles cf 3 2 0 0 Taylor cf 1 1 1 1 Totals

HOU AB R HBI Sprngr cf 5 0 0 0 Altuve 2b 5 0 3 0 Brntly lf 412 0 Mrsnck cf 1 0 0 0 Brgman 3b 4 1 1 2 Grriel 1b 4 0 1 0 Alvarz dh 3 0 1 0 Correa ss 4 0 0 0 Chrnos c 2 0 0 0 Tucker ph 1 0 0 0 Mldondo c 1 1 1 1 Rddick rf 3 0 0 0 40121411 Totals 37 3 9 3

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IP H R ER BB SO Washington Strasburg W, 4-0 Rodney Rainey Ja.Guerra Houston Verlander L, 1-3 Pressly James Rondon Devenski

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T—4:01. A—43,357 (43,836)

Pro hockey NHL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OT SO Pts Buffalo 10 8 1 1 0 17 Boston 9 6 1 1 1 14 Toronto 11 5 4 1 1 12 Tampa Bay 9 5 3 1 0 11 Florida 9 4 2 1 2 11 Montreal 9 4 3 1 1 10 Detroit 10 3 7 0 0 6 Ottawa 9 2 6 0 1 5 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT SO Pts Washington 11 7 2 2 0 16 Carolina 9 6 3 0 0 12 Pittsburgh 11 6 5 0 0 12 NY Islanders 8 5 3 0 0 10 Columbus 9 4 3 2 0 10 Philadelphia 7 3 3 0 1 7 New Jersey 8 2 4 0 2 6 NY Rangers 7 2 4 1 0 5 Western Conference Central Division GP W L OT SO Pts Colorado 9 7 1 1 0 15 Nashville 9 5 3 0 1 11 St. Louis 9 4 2 2 1 11 Winnipeg 11 5 6 0 0 10 Dallas 11 3 7 0 1 7 Chicago 7 2 3 1 1 6 Minnesota 9 3 6 0 0 6 Pacific Division GP W L OT SO Pts Edmonton 10 7 2 0 1 15 Vegas 11 7 4 0 0 14 Vancouver 9 6 3 0 0 12 Anaheim 10 6 4 0 0 12 Arizona 8 5 2 1 0 11 Calgary 11 5 5 1 0 11 Los Angeles 9 4 5 0 0 8 San Jose 9 3 5 1 0 7 Tuesday’s games Boston 4, Toronto 2 Buffalo 4, San Jose 3, OT Florida 4, Pittsburgh 2

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Arizona 3, NY Rangers 2, OT Vancouver 5, Detroit 2 Nashville 6, Anaheim 1 Minnesota 3, Edmonton 0 Los Angeles 3, Winnipeg 2 Vegas 2, Chicago 1, SO Washington 5, Calgary 3 Wednesday’s games Ottawa 5, Detroit 2 Tampa Bay 3, Pittsburgh 2 Thursday’s games San Jose at Montreal, 7 p.m.

Arizona at NY Islanders, 7 p.m.

Buffalo at NY Rangers, 7 p.m.

Carolina at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Los Angeles at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Minnesota at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Philadelphia at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Anaheim at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Florida at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Washington at Edmonton, 9 p.m.

Friday’s games Colorado at Vegas, 6 p.m.

San Jose at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Arizona at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

NY Islanders at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Washington at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Thomas Boswell The Washington Post

Pro basketball Eastern Conference Atlantic W L Pct Philadelphia 1 0 1.000 Toronto 1 0 1.000 Brooklyn 0 1 .000 Boston 0 1 .000 New York 0 1 .000 Central W L Pct Detroit 1 0 1.000 Milwaukee 0 0 .000 Chicago 0 1 .000 Cleveland 0 1 .000 Indiana 0 1 .000 Southeast W L Pct Orlando 1 0 1.000 Charlotte 1 0 1.000 Miami 1 0 1.000 Atlanta 0 0 .000 Washington 0 1 .000 Western Conference Northwest W L Pct Minnesota 1 0 1.000 Utah 1 0 1.000 Denver 0 0 .000 Portland 0 0 .000 Oklahoma City 0 1 .000 Pacific W L Pct L.A. Clippers 1 0 1.000 Golden State 0 0 .000 Phoenix 0 0 .000 Sacramento 0 0 .000 L.A. Lakers 0 1 .000 Southwest W L Pct Dallas 1 0 1.000 San Antonio 1 0 1.000 Houston 0 0 .000 New Orleans 0 1 .000 Memphis 0 1 .000 Tuesday’s games Toronto 130, New Orleans 122, OT L.A. Clippers 112, L.A. Lakers 102 Wednesday’s games Charlotte 126, Chicago 125 Detroit 119, Indiana 110 Orlando 94, Cleveland 85 Minnesota 127, Brooklyn 126, OT Miami 120, Memphis 101 Philadelphia 107, Boston 93 Dallas 108, Washington 100 San Antonio 120, New York 111 Utah 100, Oklahoma City 95 Sacramento at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

Denver at Portland, 10 p.m.

Thursday’s games Atlanta at Detroit, 7 p.m.

Milwaukee at Houston, 8 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

Friday’s games Toronto at Boston, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

New York at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.

Chicago at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Dallas at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Washington at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.

Phoenix at Denver, 9 p.m.

Portland at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

Utah at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

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Transactions BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit Tigers - Outrighted RHP Zac Reininger, RHP Dustin Peterson, LHP Nick Ramirez, and RHP Eduardo Jimenez to Toledo (IL).

NATIONAL LEAGUE Colorado Rockies - Released RHP DJ Johnson.

Miami Marlins - Outrighted LF Cesar Puello to New Orleans (PCL).

Pittsburgh Pirates - Announced the organization has parted ways with team president Frank Coonelly.

FOOTBALL NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE Arizona Cardinals - Signed RB Alfred Morris and RB Zach Zenner. Waived DB Trevor Williams.

Atlanta Falcons - Activated WR Christian Blake from the practice squad. Added WR Devin Gray to the practice squad.

Carolina Panthers - Cut T Caleb Benenoch.

Cincinnati Bengals - Signed DT Anthony Zettel.

Waived WR Damion Willis.

Denver Broncos - Acquired DE Jonathan Harris off waivers from the Chicago Bears. Added WR Kelvin McKnight to the practice squad. Removed T Tyler Jones from the practice squad.

Detroit Lions - Activated RB Paul Perkins from the practice squad. Added RB Wes Hills to the practice squad.

Houston Texans - Activated WR Steven Mitchell Jr. from the practice squad. Added NT Javier Edwards to the practice squad.

Jacksonville Jaguars - Added DB Parry Nickerson and DT Brian Price to the practice squad.

Placed QB Nick Foles on IR/Designated for Return list.

Kansas City Chiefs - Placed QB Chad Henne on IR/Designated for Return list.

Los Angeles Chargers - Added WR Jalen Guyton to the practice squad. Placed G Forrest Lamp on IR. Removed T Tyree St. Louis from the practice squad. Signed DT Sylvester Williams.

New England Patriots - Acquired WR Mohamed Sanu from the Atlanta Falcons for a 2020 second-round draft pick. Added T Aaron Monteiro to the practice squad. Cut DB Jordan Richards.

Placed WR Josh Gordon on IR. Signed DB Justin Bethel.

New Orleans Saints - Added DB Trae Elston and TE Jason Vander Laan to the practice squad.

Signed LB Stephone Anthony and DB Johnson Bademosi.

New York Giants - Cut TE Garrett Dickerson and LB Tuzar Skipper.

New York Jets - Cut DB Mark Myers.

Oakland Raiders - Added C Kyle Kalis to the practice squad. Signed DE Kasim Edebali.

Philadelphia Eagles - Placed DT Hassan Ridgeway on IR. Pittsburgh Steelers - Signed LB Jayrone Elliott.

San Francisco 49ers - Acquired WR Emmanuel Sanders and a 2020 fifth-round draft pick from the Denver Broncos for a 2020 third- and fourth-round draft picks.

Seattle Seahawks - Acquired DB Quandre Diggs and a 2021 seventh-round draft pick from the Detroit Lions for a 2020 fifth-round draft pick.

Added LB Malik Carney to the practice squad.

Removed NT Bryan Mone from the practice squad. Waived G Jordan Roos.

Tennessee Titans - Cut LB Derick Roberson.

Placed K Ryan Succop on IR/Designated for Return list.

NCAA FOOTBALL Colorado State - Suspended RB Marvin Kinsey indefinitely for an unspecified reason.

HOUSTON — The Washington Nationals had just smeared six stunning runs all over the faces of the Houston Astros in the seventh inning of Game 2 of the World Series, seizing a 2-0 lead with the next three games at Nationals Park.

When you win the first two games of a best-of-seven series in the other team’s park, history says you have about an 88 percent of finishing the job. Since postseason play began in 1903, the series record of teams in the Nationals’ position is 22-3. Only the 1985 Cardinals, ‘86 Red Sox and ‘96 Braves lost from this same position.

The final score of Game 2 12-3 - is not the only thing that bodes so well for the Nationals. It was the work of Stephen Strasburg, who got the win and outdueled future Hall of Famer Justin Verlander that defined this game.

Strasburg shook off a two-run homer by Houston’s Alex Bregman in the first inning, then kept the game tied at 2 into the seventh inning, giving the Nats the chance to finally wear down Verlander.

Kurt Suzuki delivered the blow, leading off the seventh inning. The catcher blasted Verlander’s second offering deep to left for the go-ahead homer.

Verlander walked the next batter, Victor Robles, and then left the game as the Astros’ bullpen imploded.

Bregman, perhaps the Astros’ most praised and poised young star, had a horror of a seventh inning at third base, failing to field a potential inning-ending grounder that could have kept the game 3-2. Instead, the ball trickled off Bregman’s glove for an infield hit. The inning unraveled from there, and now the favored Astros, winners of 107 games in the regular season, are in a deep hole.

Houston is the latest team to grossly underestimate these Nationals, totally healthy and suddenly a steamroller with sublime timing. And they’ve been this way for five full months, taking off in their run May 24, posting an 84-40 mark since that fateful sweep in New York before Memorial Day. They’ve won 18 of their past 20 and are 10-2 in this postseason.

“It was great to steal two from them here,” Houston native Anthony Rendon said. “But we still have a job to do.”

For those who have watched all of this unfold, seen the pieces come together, the big innings that blew apart this game were not a surprise. But the man who set the stage for it with his championship-caliber grit was Strasburg.

Moments arrive early in the World Series, and key players along with them, which everyone on both teams realize are essential to deciding which team will win. Or, sometimes, as is the case with the Nationals now, those moments and men let everyone know whether it’s suddenly feasible, nay, probable, for the underdog to pull off its mini-miracle.

The core insight of Game 1 was that the Nationals have a lineup that can cope with the four-seam rising fastballs of Gerrit Cole better than perhaps any team in baseball. No one had beaten him, or scored more than four runs off him, since

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Washington Nationals starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg (37) throws against the Houston Astros during the first inning of game two of the 2019 World Series at Minute Maid Park.

May 22. The Nats scored five and hung an “L” on him.

However, the one huge question, and hurdle for the Nats to have a chance to win this World Series, was whether Strasburg, the true ace of the 2019 staff, could use his fabulous curveball and change-up to dominate, not merely survive. If he was needed twice in this Series, he could provide the Nats with a total of at least 12 innings and perhaps more.

The Nats needed Strasburg to go deep. And he did just that.

This powerful, dogged and typical Strasburg outing in Game 2 flipped the script of this Series. In a blink, Houston’s weaknesses - flaws that so many experts have been able to ignore in their silly lopsided-Series predictions - now jump up in the Astros’ faces.

The Astros don’t have a fifth starter. No problem. But they also don’t have a fourth starter - big problem! Lefty Wade Miley was so awful in September with a 16.67 ERA in five starts that he’s not even on the World Series roster. Houston is committed to a “bullpen game” in Washington in Game 4.

Not only is Game 4 a potential problem for the Astros, but Game 3 starter Zack Greinke, who doesn’t enjoy the spotlight if he’s in an empty room, has a 3-6, 4.44 ERA postseason record. He can be good (or lucky).

Or bad (or unlucky). But starting him is not like starting Cole, Verlander, Scherzer or Strasburg.

The Nats are 91-35 in Strasburg’s last 125 games, an astronomical .722 percentage. Part of that is run support or randomness. But give credit where it is due: The Dodgers winning percentage in Sandy Koufax’ final five immortal seasons was .743.

So, Strasburg’s in the adjoining ritzy neighborhood.

After Game 1, a disgusted Bregman said, “I’ve been terrible this postseason. I need to get in that video room, get in the cage and figure it out. . . . Better take my bat home, sleep with it and figure it out.”

Whatever pillow talk Bregman tried on his bat certainly worked. Also, a fairly-fat 2-2 change-up, which caught too many inches of the plate, downand-in, helped Bergman’s leverage. His 411-foot rising rocket of a home run has hit so hard that the ball appeared to be interested in drilling for natural gas by the time it landed - at least

the blast almost put a hole in the Cheniere Energy sign above the Crawford Boxes in left field.

As Bregman rounded the bases, before he could reach the plate, pumping both his arms over his head to excite the crowd and tie the score at 2, Strasburg had already walked off the mound and tugged his hat down lower over his eyes.

In his early years, Strasburg might have been upset, for an inning, or the rest of a game, by leaving a change-up - his best pitch - well into the strike zone on a 2-2 pitch when he still had a ball to play with. Wih only a man on first base and two outs, never “give in” to the hitter.

The perfectionist in him would have said, “Put that change-up on the bottom edge or miss off the plate. Never miss over the plate.”

But the mature Strasburg, like every pitcher who learns and improves, is a much different creature now. The day before his start, Strasburg said, “You just learn over the years that you go out there and compete with what you have.”

Doesn’t matter how the pregame bullpen session goes, whether you have your best stuff in the first inning or not, whether you start the game with butterflies and nerves.

“You’re going to get the butterflies. Done it enough times that the more you try and settle in, the more it gets,” Strasburg said. “I think it’s beneficial to just play wherever you’re at (emotionally or in terms of good pitching stuff).

“You know it’s going to be a storm out there. You’re going to weather it.”

Those 15 words epitomized Strasburg’s night - the Astros tried to start a storm but, just as

Verlander found his form and started putting up zeroes, Strasburg matched him and weathered both the Astros hitters and their crowd. After Bergman’s home run, he allowed only three singles to the next 17 Astros batters. And the score stayed 2-2.

Entering the sixth inning, and more storms, he still had enough ammunition to compete - and just as important to keep the game close without bringing the Nats’ toxic middle relievers into a close game.

After a double by Yuli Gurriel into the left field corner and an intentional walk, Strasburg thought he’d gotten star shortstop Carlos Correa on a called third-strike fastball and let out a scream on the mound when home plate umpire Doug Eddings said, “Ball three.”

Strasburg composed himself and, with his 107th pitch, popped up Correa with a change-up on his fists. To end his night, Strasburg dialed up a rainbow curveball on a fullcount pitch - his 114th - to fan catcher Robinson Chirinos for the third time of the night.

An animated Strasburg bounced off the mound, rushed into the dugout to exchange fired up high fives with teammates. After a stunningly bad first inning, he’d put up five straight zeroes and to put the Nats in position to make a push against the great Verlander as he edged toward 100 pitches.

No sooner had Strasburg taken his seat in the dugout than Suzuki, who’d had menacing swings against Verlander all night, crushed a 1-0 Verlander fastball high and deep to left field. Suzuki’s blow cleared the Crawford Boxes, home to cheap homers, and smashed against off a sign high above the bleacher seats.

In that lizard-quick snap of Suzuki’s bat, on Verlander’s 100th pitch, the Nats not only took a 3-2 lead, but Strasburg had officially outdueled the future Hall of Famer. Rattled, Verlander walked Victor Robles and left after 107 pitches, having allowed seven hits, including homer and walked three more Nats.

World Series matchups pivot on duels like this. In two days, Scherzer has bested Cole, although straining to do it, and Strasburg, in an almostabsolute must win for Houston, stood to his full 6-foot-5 all night.

In the end, it was Strasburg, the symbol of Washington promise for 10 years, and now the emblem of this team’s polished maturity, who was still standing. And, at least for now, the flattened Astros who must search for a way to stand.

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With NFL trade deadline looming, here are some potential deals John Clayton The Washington Post

Many of the NFL’s top teams are stockpiling talent ahead of the league’s trade deadline next Tuesday.

The unbeaten New England Patriots grabbed wide receiver Mohamed Sanu. The Seattle Seahawks took a flier on safety Quandre Diggs. The Los Angeles Rams have added cornerback Jalen Ramsey, linebacker Kenny Young and guard Austin Corbett. The Baltimore Ravens improved their secondary with cornerback Marcus Peters. The Houston Texans dealt a thirdround pick for cornerback Gareon Conley.

What these five playoff teams from last season have in common is that they all possess compensatory picks next season. The Patriots, for example, will likely get two third-rounders and two sixths to go along with seven other choices in the 2020 draft, which makes sending a second-rounder to Atlanta for Sanu - a pick likely to be at or near the end of the round - a lot more tolerable.

While several big names have already been moved, don’t be surprised if more deals take place between now and Tuesday - in part due to the separation between the league’s best and worst teams. Entering Week 8, 14 teams have winning records, while 12 have two wins or fewer.

Let’s take a look at some of the struggling teams that could consider dealing away a key player, along with potential trade partners for each.

- Miami Dolphins Potential trade: Running back Kenyan Drake to the Detroit Lions The real question regarding Miami is what players it has left to deal, after having traded so many this year.

Safety Rashad Jones is one of two Dolphins players who have been to the Pro Bowl, along with cornerback Xavien Howard, who might be too valuable to trade. That leaves Drake, who would be a useful back for a team that has had

an injury at running back, like Detroit or perhaps the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

- Cincinnati Bengals Potential trade: Tight end Tyler Eifert to the Patriots Even though they are 0-7, it’s not certain the Bengals will be sellers. The Brown family likes to keep their homegrown talent. If they were willing to, however, they could put out a pretty impressive list of trade offerings. It would be headed by wide receiver A.J. Green, but he’s not likely to be traded. Eifert, defensive lineman Carlos Dunlap, center-guard Billy Price and cornerback William Jackson could attract good values in trade.

- Washington Redskins Potential trade: Cornerback Josh Norman to the Kansas City Chiefs The Redskins continue to say they won’t trade holdout left tackle Trent Williams. The Cleveland Browns have been interested, but they might opt to go after Nate Solder of the New York Giants.

Two veteran players who might draw interest from opposing teams are cornerback Josh Norman and outside linebacker Ryan Kerrigan.

Norman, who missed Sunday’s loss to the 49ers due to injury and is questionable for Thursday’s game at Minnesota, would be an interesting fit for a Chiefs team that still needs help at corner.

- Atlanta Falcons Potential trade: Edge rusher Vic Beasley to the Ravens Sanu was the first to go, and Beasley could be next.

Like Dante Fowler Jr. a year ago, who provided big plays for the Rams during their run to the Super Bowl, Beasley could be moved to a team like Baltimore that is need of a second pass rusher. You have to figure the Patriots asked about Austin Hooper when they dealt for Sanu, given their need at tight end, which would indicate Hooper is staying in Atlanta. Two other Falcons to watch are running back Devante Freeman and defensive end Adrian Clayborn.

- New York Jets Potential trade: Defensive end Leonard Williams to the Indianapolis Colts After being the one of the most aggressive teams in unrestricted free agency, the Jets might not be sellers, despite their start. But that spending was under their former general manager, not the new man in charge, Joe Douglas.

If the Jets were to enter the trade market, defensive lineman Leonard Williams would net at least a first-round pick.

Would a playoff hopeful contender like the Colts be willing to make a big move for him?

For much less, the Jets would trade cornerback Trumaine Johnson, who hasn’t been a great fit since joining the team.

- Los Angeles Chargers Potential trade: Running back Melvin Gordon to the Bucs After a 12-win season, the Chargers are stunned they are 2-5. More than likely, they won’t be sellers unless they can get some value for running back Melvin Gordon, who admits holding out hurt his performance and vowed to never hold out again. Wide receiver Keenan Allen would fetch good value, but he’s a key piece of their offense and receiver-needy teams like the Patriots and Niners have already made moves.

- Denver Broncos Potential trade: Cornerback Chris Harris Jr. to the Philadelphia Eagles The Broncos are reluctant sellers, but after starting 2-5, they moved Emmanuel Sanders to the San Francisco 49ers in exchange for third- and fourth-round picks (they also sent a fifth-rounder to the Niners). Harris could be next. They won’t trade him to the Chiefs because they’re a division rival, but the Eagles would be a logical consideration for the right value. They need cornerback help and are still just a game back in the NFC East after Sunday’s blowout loss to the Dallas Cowboys. Defensive lineman Derek Wolfe could draw some interest as well.

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Miami Dolphins running back Kenyan Drake (32) carries the ball against Washington Redskins strong safety Montae Nicholson (35) at Hard Rock Stadium.

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The following property will be sold at public auction on Friday, November 8, 2019 at 1:30 p.m. on the premises of Catskill Self Storage, Inc. at Rt. 23 and Cauterskill Road in Leeds, New York 12451. Catskill Self Storage, Inc. reserves the right to cancel a sale at any time for any reason.

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NOTICE CHANGE OF Valatie, DATE FOR THE LI- Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activVINGSTON ZONING BOARD OF ity.

APPEALS FOR NOVEMBER NOTICE OF FORMADue to the Election be- TION OF 613 RUing on Tuesday No- DOLPH WEIR JR vember 05, 2019 the ROAD, LLC regular November A DOMESTIC LIMITED meeting of the Living- LIABILITY COMPANY ston Zoning Board of (LLC) Appeals will be held Articles of OrganizaMonday November 04, tion filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York on October 1, 2019. New

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York Office Location Greene County. Secretary of State of the State of New York is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. Secretary of State of the State of New York shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her at: c/o 613 Rudolph LLC, Weir Jr Road, Earlton, NY 12058. PURPOSE: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Formation of HUDSON ELECTRIC LLC Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 10/07/2019. 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: PO Box 138 , Hudson, NY 12534. Purpose: any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Name: Simone's Kitchen LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 3/28/19. Office location: Greene County.

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

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 18 Hope Plaza, West Coxsackie, NY 12192.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Name: Simone's Kitchen NYCD1 LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 8/6/19. Office location: Greene County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 18 Hope Plaza, West Coxsackie, NY 12192. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

PERENNIAL DEVELOPMENT, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 09/19/2019.

Office loc: Columbia County.

SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 79 South 3rd Street, Hudson, NY 12534. Reg Agent: U.S. Corp. Agents, Inc. 7014 13th Ave., Ste 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

NOTICE of Organization of Limited Liability Company Top Notch Home Inspections of the Hudson Valley, LLC

BROOKS CHICKEN BBQ TAKEOUTS ONLY 4PM-6PM TUES 10/29/19 DINNER $12 HALF CHICKEN ONLY $8.00 PREORDER 518 851-2439 CALLS DAY OF EVENT 518-828-8775 NOON-5:30PM SACRED HEART-MT CARMEL SHRINE 442 FAIRVIEW AVE (RTE 9) HUDSON

POT ROAST DINNER FAMILY STYLE Saturday, October 26th, 2019 4:30 & 6:00 p.m. Seatings Tickets: $15.00 Tickets available at the door Take outs available Call 518-851-7181 to reserve Handicapped Accessible Mt. Pleasant Reformed Church Corner Cty. Rt. 31 & Church Road, Hudson, (Lower Greenport) Pre Election Turkey Or Ham Lunch Or Dinner Thursday, October 31, 2019 11:00 AM - 5 PM State Street A.M.E. Zion Church 201 State Street, Hudson, New York Rev Darwin G Abraham- Pastor Cleveland Samuels 518-828-3916 Church- 518- 828-0718 Donation: $15.00 We only deliver for $45 or more.

Menu Consists of: Turkey or Ham, green beans, mashed potatoes, candy yam, dressing, cranberry sauce.

Dessert (choice of): Apple, Sweet potato or pumpkin pie.

Lien Law Spot On Storage, 61 Maple Ave Catskill NY 12414 will sell the contents of the following units on location for CASH only, if payment is not received. Unless otherwise stated the description of the contents are household goods and furnishings, boxes, misc.

Public sale will be held on Friday, November 8th, 2019 at 11:30 am or any day thereafter that weather permits at Spot on Storage 61 Maple Ave Catskill, NY 12414. Spot on Storage reserves the right to refuse any and all bids, remove units from auction list and to cancel the auction at any time for any reason.

Unit #203 Brianna Andrews, Unit #505 Shamonque Bell, Unit #430 Elizabeth Dallas, Unit #407 Eugene Holloway, Unit #448 Debra Norton, Unit #462 Debra Norton, Unit #513 Debra Norton, Unit #139 Patricia Sirianni, Unit #533 Sasha Smith.

Owner reserves the right to bid at sale, reject any/all bids, cancel or adjourn the sale.

All purchased goods are sold “as is”; CASH ONLY. Any parties NOTICE OF PUBLIC having interest in said HEARING TOWN OF Units, or require more LIVINGSTON information, or to make ZONING BOARD OF a payment, please call APPEALS 518-943-5400.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that at 7:02 P.M. Publication Notice: on Monday November Lala & Moi LLC, a do04, 2019 the Town of mestic LLC, filed with Livingston Zoning the SSNY on Board of Appeals will 8/29/2019. Office lohold a public hearing cation: Columbia at the Livingston Town County. SSNY is desHall, 119 County Route ignated as agent upon 19, Livingston, New whom process against York on an application the LLC may be

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SSNY shall Huseby an Area Vari- mail process to 51 ance. They will need Marsh Hawk Road, an area variance of 10 Craryville, NY 12521. feet to relocate a (5)-8 Purpose: retail and panel- articulating-top wholesale of luxurious of a pole-solar panel fibers and general from the front yard to business purposes. the rear of the house.

Property located 62 Bingham Mills Road in The Cairo Cemetery the LDR2 zone. Mem- Association, will hold bers of the public may their Annual Meeting be heard on the appli- on Monday evening, cation at the public October 28th, 2019, in hearing or may submit the Conference room comments in written of the Cairo Town Hall form. The application located at 512 Main materials are on file Street, Cairo. The plot with the Town of Li- owners will meet at vingston and are 7:00 pan., with the available for public in- Trustees to meet at 7:30 p.m. By Order of spection. the Board of Trustees.

Eileen Yandik ZBA Secretary PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF FORMANOTICE OF SALE Notice is herby given TION OF A LIMITED pursuant to Chapter LIABILITY COMPANY 182 of New York State (LLC)

1) The name of the Limited Liability Company is Top Notch Home Inspections of the Hudson Valley, LLC (hereinafter referred to as the “Company “) 2) The Articles of Organization of the company were filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (SSNY) on : July 26, 2019 3) The County within the State of New York in which the office of the company will be located is Columbia 4) The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it be be served. The Post Office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him or her is: Top Notch Home Inspections of the Hudson Valley, LLC P.O. Box 21, Columbiaville, NY 12050 5) The company is organized for all lawful purposes, and to do any and all things necessary convenient, or incidental to that purpose. Dated July 26, 2019 6) The specific date upon which the LLC is to dissolve is : None

The name of the LLC is Round Top Construction, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on September 19, 2019.

New York office location: 52 Alpine Drive, Town of Cairo, County of Greene and the State of New York.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is: Round Top Construction, LLC; 52 Alpine Drive, Round Top, New York 12473.

Purpose/Character of business: Any lawful business purpose permitted under the New York Limited Liability Company Law. This notification is made pursuant to Section 206 of the Limited Liability Company Law. Thriving Libraries, LLC filed with the SSNY on 10/02/19.

Office: Green County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 31 Prospect Ave, Catskill, NY 12414. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF: PICKENS IN THE PROBATE COURT CASE NO. 2017ES3900453 SUMMONS IN THE MATTER OF: BLANCHE JULIA NICHOLOS Decedent GAIL DEMAR, Petitioner(s), vs.

GLORIA WILOWSKI DEMAR, EDMOND WILOWSKI, JENNIFER WILOWSKI, PHYLLIS BRIDENBAUGH, LINDA MANOLI, JEANNE BIFUS AKA JEANNE WILOWSKI, and JOHN DOE, Respondent(s).

TO THE RESPONDENT(S) LISTED ABOVE: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to Answer the Petition to Sale Real Property in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer upon the Petitioner(s) listed above at the following address(es): STEVEN L. ALEXANDER ALEXANDER LAW FIRM, LLC PO BOX 618 107 E. MAIN STREET PICKENS, SC 29671 ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER Your Answer must be served on the Petitioner at the above address within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Petition upon you, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Petition within that time, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Petition. s / Steven L. Alexander Attorney for Petitioner October 16, 2019 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF GREENE INDEX NO. 0962/2014 Plaintiff designates GREENE as the place of trial situs of the real property SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Mortgaged Premises: 215 SOUTH MAIN STREET NEW BALTIMORE, NY 12124 Section: 7.16 Block: 3 Lot: 19 CIT BANK, N.A. F/K/A ONEWEST BANK N.A. F/K/A ONEWEST BANK, FSB, Plaintiff, vs.

NICHOLAS J. RULISON A/K/A JACOB N. RULISON, AS HEIR AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES POTTER RULISON, JR. A/K/A JAMES P. RULISON

A/K/A JAMES RULISON; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DISTRIBUTEES OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES POTTER RULISON, JR. A/K/A JAMES P. RULISON A/K/A JAMES RULISON; any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, creditors, legatees, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE-TAX COMPLIANCE DIVISION-C.O.ATC; INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A., Defendants.

To the above-named Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of ap-

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COLUMBIA-GREENE MEDIA pearance on the Plaintiff's Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the Summons; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.

NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $240,264.00 and interest, recorded on July 14, 2004, at Liber 1927 Page 83, of the Public Records of GREENE County, New York, covering premises known as 215 SOUTH MAIN STREET NEW BALTIMORE, NY 12124.

The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above.

GREENE County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county.

NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.

Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.

Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action.

YOU MUST RESPOND

BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. RAS BORISKIN, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff BYHans Augustin, Esq. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310 Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675

TO: DOROTHY BLEAU and CAMERON COLEMAN, who are distributees or heirs at law of FRANKLIN JUNE, a/k/a FRANKLIN D. JUNE, deceased, such person being the niece and nephew of the decedent, if living on April 13, 2019, the date of decedent's death, or if they died after that date, then to their executors, administrators, heirs, distributees and all persons interest in their estates, their names and addresses, if any, being unknown.

The foregoing Citation is served upon you by publication pursuant to Order of Hon. Richard M. Koweek, Judge of the Surrogate’s Court of Columbia County, New York, dated the 18th day of October, 2019, and filed with the petition and other papers in the office of the Clerk of the said Surrogate’s Court at Hudson, New York.

The object of the proceeding is to probate the Last Will and Testament of FRANKLIN JUNE a/k/a FRANKLIN D. JUNE, dated November 5, 2009, and the issuance of Letters Testamentary upon the Estate of FRANKLIN JUNE a/k/a FRANKLIN D. JUNE, lately domiciled at 105 Apple Lane, Claverack, New York 12513 in the County of Columbia, deceased, to JAMES DECROSTA, 105 Apple Lane, Claverack, New York 12513.

Dated: October 18, 2019 FREEMAN HOWARD, PC Attorneys for Petitioner Office and Post Office Address 441 East Allen Street Post Office Box 1328

Hudson, New 12534 Telephone (518) 828-202

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LOS ANGELES — The new NBA season just launched Tuesday, but Charles Barkley is already in midseason form when it comes to dishing out takes.

The Hall of Famer and outspoken commentator is entering his 20th season with TNT, a milestone he acknowledged during a preseason luncheon with reporters at a downtown Los Angeles restaurant owned, and named after, his “Inside The NBA” colleague Shaquille O’Neal.

Still fresh on Barkley’s mind was the NBA’s opening night, which saw Kawhi Leonard’s Clippers beat LeBron James’ Lakers 112-102 in a crosstown battle at Staples Center on Tuesday.

“I don’t hesitate,” Barkley said, when asked about the brewing rivalry between James and Leonard. “At this stage, Kawhi is a better player than LeBron. He does everything better. He’s a better defender, a better scorer, he’s better at imposing his will on the game. You just saw him will a good Toronto team to the championship. They played Philadelphia and then Milwaukee [in the playoffs], and it’s fair to say they were underdogs in both of those series. But Kawhi would not let them lose.”

Although the 34-year-old James has been widely viewed as the NBA’s top player for most of the decade, Barkley wasn’t interested in being overly deferential. After all, he’s seen the baton pass before during his nearly 40-year run as an NBA player and commentator.

“You don’t get to have the mantle of best player for your whole life,” Barkley said of James. “It passes on. [Anthony Davis] is going to have to be the best player on the Lakers if they’re going to win the championship. Father Time is undefeated.

“When it hits, it’s a shocker. You start to realize how hard the game is. When you’re 25 or 26, the game is easy. I knew it was time to retire when guys who couldn’t play were kicking my [butt]. It’s tough. One of the things that makes you great is your ego and your pride. Guys keep hanging on because you think mentally you can still do it, but you can’t do it physically.”

In addition to James’s basketball mortality, Barkley weighed in on the playoff races in both conferences, Zion Williamson’s knee injury, Giannis Antetokounmpo’s future and the NBA’s ongoing China controversy.

The following conversation has been lightly edited for clarity.

Q: What else did you take from James’s debut?

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Philadelphia 76ers great Charles Barkley speaks at the podium during the unveiling of a statue honoring him in a ceremony at the Philadelphia 76ers Training Complex.

A: The Lakers have to take LeBron off the point [guard position]. They need to play at a much faster pace to get those other guys involved.

“LeBron and [Davis] are going to have to ball to get out of this Western Conference. I’ve been in the NBA over 30 years. The Western Conference is the best I’ve ever seen it. Utah, Denver, Portland. There’s no bad teams. I mean, Sacramento is solid. Phoenix and the Pelicans might be the two worst teams, but they’ll be young and exciting.

Q: Clippers forward Paul George finished third in 2019 MVP voting. Could he be in contention as a top-five player?

A: [Finishing third in MVP] doesn’t mean you’re in that group, it means you’re having a good year.

Nobody says he’s a top-five player, stop that. He hasn’t had a lot of success in the playoffs. In Indiana, people said he didn’t have a lot of help but Indiana did just as well without him. Then he goes to play with Russell [Westbrook] and Steven Adams, and they still have no success. There’s a lot of pressure on Paul George this year.

Q: Did the NBA go too far by scheduling Zion Williamson to play 11 of his first 20 games on national television as a rookie? The plan backfired when he injured his knee before his debut.

A: I think the NBA probably did him a disservice. He’s a very talented kid, seems like a great kid. I hope he gets healthy.

Q: Williamson has now suffered three knee injuries in 2019. Does he need to lose weight or change his playing style to avoid persistent injuries?

A: When I got to the NBA, I was 300 pounds. I had to lose 50 pounds to become a great player.

But I was kind of fat. He doesn’t look fat. He’s a lot more explosive than me, but 285 pounds is a lot, 285 is a big man.

Q: The Philadelphia 76ers and Milwaukee Bucks are the favorites in the East. Can any other team crash the party?

A: They are my top two teams. Boston is the third-best team. I love them getting Kemba [Walker] and Enes Kanter. My sleeper is the Detroit Pistons. I think they could be the fourth-best team, but Blake Griffin pissed me off last night because he’s hurt already. They can’t beat Milwaukee or Philly, but I think they’re going to surprise some people.

Q: A lot of stars have relocated to big markets.

Have the Bucks done enough to convince Giannis Antetokounmpo to re-sign next summer?

A: It’s really unfortunate where all these guys want to play together and they’re best friends. Our whole [team-building] goal is stealing the next superstar.

I think the owners are going to do something.

They’re not just going to keep letting these guys make their own decisions. This is a business. I think [the owners are] going to lock out [the players]. We can’t have players making trades for each other.

Clearly, Kawhi had already orchestrated that he would come to L.A. if they could get him Paul George. Clearly, there was a lot of tampering going on behind the scenes. Even with the Anthony Davis situation, it’s clear that LeBron’s guys were like, “He’ll only be traded to the Lakers.”

Q: What’s your advice to Antetokounmpo?

A: I would love to see him stay in Milwaukee and win it there. That’s one of the reasons why we respect Dirk Nowitzki. He kept banging on the door and finally won one.

Q: Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey sparked a controversy with a tweet in support of Hong Kong protesters. LeBron James criticized Morey’s timing and received a lot of backlash . You have defended James. Why? A: Morey has the right to freedom of speech, but he also has to understand that he works for the Houston Rockets. That’s the No. 1 brand in China for the NBA because of their affiliation with Yao Ming. You can’t insult a foreign country and go make money there. If he believes that [tweet] so much, he should not work for the Rockets.

Everybody in this country does business in China. All of a sudden, these people want to get on LeBron and Adam Silver for trying to protect their money. Why should [James] sacrifice his money because of some tweet this fool put out? Why should [the NBA] sacrifice their billions?

We have not heard from [Morey] since that tweet. All these congressmen and politicians were saying Adam Silver needs to stand up to China and that LeBron is selling out. That’s the problem I had with the whole thing: Daryl Morey hasn’t had any consequences. He’s been hiding out since he put out the tweet.

Q: What next? Should Morey resign or apologize to his NBA colleagues?

A: If you’re going to jump in the fire, stay in the fire. But he jumped right out. He was not wrong, but he put the NBA, the Rockets, LeBron and Nike in a really bad situation. I don’t know exactly what I want to hear from him now. I don’t want to give you a bogus answer. I hope it goes away.

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Germantown’s Dylan Mayr (15) steps into the ball during Wednesday’s Section II Class D boys soccer playoff match against Bishop Maginn.

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The victory was Germantown’s third over the Griffins this season and Broast said he expected it would be a good match.

“We played them tough twice, we had a 5-3 game, then a 2-1 game here, so I did expect it to be close. I didn’t know if

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are a playoff team. How good of a playoff team depends on how quickly this team of young role players can gel with Irving.

Irving, a premiere point guard, is an upgrade from D’Angelo Russell. Yet, he has a nasty rep of being a flaky teammate and questionable leader.

Irving, however, was enough of a leader to have orchestrated his and Durant’s signing with the Nets. He should be motivated to show that he made the right decision.

“I’m real grateful to be here,” Irving said.

Beyond the new guys, the Nets also need to see further development from their young players, especially Caris LeVert, who has the potential to become the team’s No. 3 star. The team’s best two-way player, LeVert had a great start to last season before suffering a gruesome ankle injury and missing 42 games. He averaged 21 points to lead the Nets in their first-round playoff loss to the Sixers.

Finally, the pressure is also on Atkinson to prove that he can coach a team with big stars and big expectations.

One thing in his favor? Durant is a big fan. The two-time NBA Finals MVP said he decided to come to the Nets after watching replays of Atkinson’s press conferences on YouTube. It’s always good to have the most important player on the payroll in your corner.

This, of course, is something the Knicks found out the hard way.

The beginning of the Knicks’ horrible year began when things went south with Kristaps Porzingis and they were forced to trade him to Dallas. Then, despite having torn their team down to the

it would come down to overtime, but I figured it would be a close game because they are a good team.”

Broast was ecstatic with the win and was pleased with the team’s overall performance, but felt there were a few things that needed cleaning up.

“Just finishing in front of the goal, we had a couple of opportunities where I felt we should have scored, but we came out strong today,” he said. “We usually start slow

studs in order to get to max spots and a chance at the No. 1 draft pick, the Knicks whiffed with the big names in free agency and didn’t win the Zion Williamson sweepstakes despite winning a league-low 17 games.

It’s a very low bar, but there is some good news for Knicks fans this year: They won’t be as bad as they were last year.

The Knicks improved their roster and maintained some flexibility by signing a bunch of free agents to short-term contracts. Their top free agent addition, Julius Randle, was signed to a multi-year contract and is looking to prove that he is more than a free agent consolation prize. Randle, who averaged 21.4 points and 8.7 rebounds last year with the New Orleans Pelicans, will be the team’s top offensive option.

Also in the consolation prize department, No. 3 draft pick RJ Barrett needs to develop into a star given that he is the highest draft pick the franchise has had since Patrick Ewing in 1985. The team needs to give him plenty of floor time along second-year players Mitchell Robinson and Kevin Knox.

And that’s the challenge for coach David Fizdale. Though not exactly on the hot seat yet, he does have a big challenge in the makeup of this roster as he attempts to keep veterans playing in contract years happy while developing his young core. Not the easiest of assignments.

The Knicks have the talent to win at least 10 more games than they did last year and if all the talk about playing hardnosed basketball and improved defense is more than just talk, they could flirt with winning more than 30 games and landing at the bottom of the lottery.

Not exactly the season fans were envisioning a year ago.

For either team.

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Germantown’s Robbie Eaton controls the ball during Wednesday’s Section II Class D boys soccer playoff match against Bishop Maginn.

and we’ve played from behind all year long. Today, we didn’t play from behind.

“I told these guys if they play the first half and they play tough and we don’t give up a goal in the beginning of the game, we’re a second-half team, we’re going to take over and we’re going to come out on top. They did a good job.”

Germantown improves to 11-4 overall, a remarkable turnaround from last year when the team failed to win a

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Washington team, the longgone Senators, last made the World Series.

But now that this team has won the first two games on the road against an opponent that led the majors in home victories this season, the focus will turn to a 95-year drought: The only World Series the Senators won was in 1924.

These Nationals have now won eight straight postseason games and are 17-2 in their past 19 games, dating to the regular season. The only teams to win eight consecutive postseason games are the 2014 Kansas City Royals, the 2005 Chicago White Sox and the 2004 Boston Red Sox. The Nationals also became the only team to win five consecutive postseason road games.

On Wednesday, the game was tight through the first six innings. It was 2-2 in the seventh when Suzuki, who had 17 regular-season home runs, hit his shot off Justin Verlander, who gave up seven hits and four runs, falling to 0-5 over his four career

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coach. For hitting coach, Girardi could be interested in Jim Thome, who worked with him the last two seasons at MLB Network. Thome said last year that he’s interested in coaching, but the timing might not be right as his frontoffice job with the White Sox allows him time to stay home with his family.

Gabe Kapler, whose only

game.

“This season is unbelievable because last year we were 0-12 with one tie, and this year we turn around and go 10-4 in the regular season,” Broast said.

“I thought maybe we’d get a higher seed, but we’ll take it.

We didn’t even go to sectionals last year and this year was just a complete turnaround.

“These guys committed more to the team this year and came together. It’s hard to believe we won a sectional game

Germantown’s Cameron D’Sousa collides with Bishop Maginn goaltender Saion Willingham during Wednesday’s Section II Class D boys soccer playoff match.

today.”

With a sectional victory under their belts, the Clippers are looking forward to their next challenge.

“We’ve played some tough teams this year and we’ve beat some bigger schools and some very good teams,” Broast said.

“I think the sky’s the limit with my team. I have the athletes that have the desire and I have the teamwork and this game we put it all together. I thought

we played very well.”

The Clippers’ next test comes tonight at 7 when they take on No. 2 seed OESJ at Gloversville High School.

“They’re a strong seed, they’re the 2 seed, but they haven’t played any teams that we’ve played so it’s hard to compare,” Broast said. “I just think that we match up well with other teams. I think we have size, speed and strength in our favor in a lot of cases.”

trips to the World Series.

The only pitcher with more losses is Whitey Ford, the Yankees star from the 1950s and ‘60s who was 10-8 in the World Series.

Houston’s Alex Bregman, who broke out of a hitting slump with a two-run home run in the first inning, bobbled a ball at third base in the seventh that allowed a run to score and loaded the bases. It was ruled a hit, but the play was fairly routine.

Later in the frame, he was charged with an error when he barehanded a ball from Ryan Zimmerman’s bat and then threw it wide of first base to allow another run to score.

After Bregman’s miscues, the fans made no noise, so enamored are they of their third baseman that booing would have been unthinkable. But they grumbled a bit after Ryan Pressly threw the wild pitch and were streaming for the exits after Adam Eaton hit a two-run home run for Washington in the eighth inning to make it 102.

On most occasions when Bregman comes to the plate at Minute Maid Park, the fans chant “MVP” in recognition of an eye-popping

regular season in which he hit 41 home runs and 37 doubles and amassed a 1.015 on-base plus slugging percentage and 8.4 wins above replacement, the second-highest in baseball.

He started the postseason well, batting .353 with a home run and two doubles in the Astros’ five-game division series against the Tampa Bay Rays. But when the American League Championship Series against the Yankees began, Bregman tailed off precipitously. He batted only .167 in the ALCS with a .645 O.P.S., and including Game 1 of the World Series, he was 3 for 22 (.136) with only one extra base hit — a double in Game 4 at Yankee Stadium — and one RBI. “Right now, I just don’t feel the adjustments that I need to make,” he said after Game 1. “Everything is quick. Normally, I’m a lot slower in the box movement wise, and I’ve got to figure it out ASAP. I’ve got to be better.”

Bregman implemented that plan quickly. In his first trip to the plate in Game 2 he worked a 2-2 count and then rocketed a changeup off the signs above the seats in left.

From the moment the ball left the bat, there was no debate about whether it would be a home run.

It was a long time coming, and Bregman thoroughly enjoyed his cruise around the bases, carrying his bat the first few steps, jogging slowly with his arms down by his side for some of it, and then raising both fists in the air at the end, just before touching home plate amid a loud roar from the fans.

Bregman had gone 0 for 4 with three strikeouts and a walk in Game 1, whiffing twice with runners in scoring position. He was disconsolate in the quiet Astros clubhouse after that the game. As the cleanup hitter, he blamed himself for Houston’s overall offensive woes and sarcastically credited himself for drawing a walk in the seventh inning — his only time on the bases in that game.

“It starts with me,” Bregman said late Tuesday. “I was horrible all night.”

He was talking about his offense in that game. On Wednesday, the same could be applied to his defense, and most of the rest of the Astros, too.

coaching experience was a season he spent managing in Class A ball during a sabbatical from his playing career, lasted just two seasons with the Phillies. Middleton, the team’s managing partner, pushed to fire Kapler after deciding during the summer that change was needed.

Kapler was analytically driven, relying more on numbers in the dugout than feel.

Girardi, too, will rely on analytics. With the Yankees, he kept a binder in the dugout filled with pages of statistical

information. The Yankees are one of baseball’s most forward-thinking franchises, and Girardi was among the first managers to bring analytics into the dugout. But he is also able to balance that information with the feel he gained during a 15-year playing career.

And that’s what attracted the Phillies. Their analytics department is continuing to grow, and the movement continues to spread throughout baseball, especially among franchises who play

deep into October. But the Phillies needed to find a balance. They said they have a roster ready to compete, and they needed to find the manager who can keep them playing past September. (c)2019 The Philadelphia Inquirer Visit The Philadelphia Inquirer at www.inquirer.com Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

Conor McGregor announces his UFC return but refuses to name his opponent Cindy Boren The Washington Post

Conor McGregor is ready to return to the Octagon, and the former champion in two UFC divisions has a date and location in mind for the fight. However, he won’t reveal who his opponent will be.

McGregor told reporters at a news conference Thursday in Moscow that he will fight Jan. 18 in Las Vegas’s T-Mobile Arena. Although he said he knows whom he’ll fight, he would not reveal the name because, he said, UFC would “flip” it. ESPN reported that Donald Cerrone and Justin Gaethje were the top two possibilities, with Cerrone the more likely choice.

“I have agreed the date with

the company,” McGregor said (via MMA Junkie) during a promotional event for Parimatch, a Russian betting website. “As for the opponent, I have the opponent’s name. But for me, the game that I am in and from experience, if I was to give you people the name as I would love to do, I know the UFC would flip it, because they are a crafty company.

McGregor said he has already begun training for the fight, which he said will be the beginning of a “season” in which he intends to fight three times. After the January event, he intends to face the winner of the UFC 244 main event between Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal on Nov. 2. Beyond

that, he is eyeing a fight for the UFC lightweight title against the winner of a possible bout between Khabib Nurmagomedov, the champion, and Tony Ferguson.

For more than financial and athletic reasons, a rematch with Nurmagomedov is the goal for the 21-4 McGregor, who has not fought since losing by submission to the Dagestani fighter a year ago. That fight was marred by a post-bout brawl that resulted in UFC suspensions for both men.

The bad blood between Nurmagomedov and McGregor extends at least as far back as April 2018, when McGregor attacked a bus containing Nurmagomedov and several other

fighters in a backstage area of Barclays Center in Brooklyn a few days before UFC 223. McGregor eventually pleaded no contest to a count of disorderly conduct after that incident and was sentenced to community service. The run-up to their October 2018 fight was peppered with ugly insults, including McGregor accusing Nurmagomedov’s manager of being a terrorist.

“That is the bout we want,” McGregor, 31, said, referring to their “heated, heated rivalry.”

“We want this bout in Moscow.

The people of Russia deserve this bout to take place. The people of the world deserve this bout to take place.”

The Irishman has more

frequently made headlines out of the Octagon the last couple of years and hasn’t won an MMA bout since 2016, when he won the UFC lightweight title with a victory over Eddie Alvarez and became the first UFC fighter to hold titles in two weight classes at the same time. McGregor tried his hand at boxing the following years and lost to Floyd Mayweather Jr. by TKO. This time, he swears he is focused on the goal of facing Nurmagomedov again, with the Jan. 18 bout “the beginning of my season.”

“It is an inevitable rematch,” McGregor said. “It is a rematch that I will come in sharp, fresh. I will have no injuries. I will have no alcohol, I will have no outside influences. I will be fully

focused, exactly what the people deserve, exactly what the fans deserve, and we will settle it, once and for all.”

It is not clear whether outside legal issues could factor into his schedule. In early October, he was charged with an assault after an April incident in which video showed him punching a man in a Dublin pub. In March, McGregor was arrested in Miami on strong-arm robbery and criminal mischief charges after allegedly taking a man’s cellphone and smashing it on the ground. Charges were subsequently dropped after the man, who settled a lawsuit with McGregor, reportedly stopped cooperating with authorities.

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Niece would rather stay home than help entertain Dear Abby, My aunt is a perfectionist who loves hosting get-togethers at her house once a week. I love being at home on a day off, so I can get chores done around the house and catch up on rest. I feel like I’m suffocating when she insists DEAR ABBY on including me, because it is time away from my home on a Sunday or a holiday.

When I attend, I feel like I’m really there to do the behindthe-scenes things, like dishes, trash, etc., and I don’t get to relax, visit and enjoy the get-togethers. If I don’t attend or I protest in any way, she gets really upset.

I don’t know how to achieve a win-win for both of us. My aunt has a big heart and loves entertaining people. I’m an introvert, and I’m definitely not an entertainer. Being around people makes me feel overwhelmed, where it revitalizes her. Please help.

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JEANNE PHILLIPS

Explain your feelings to your aunt exactly as you have to me. If she’s as big-hearted as you say, she should understand and let you off the hook without becoming “really upset.” From where I sit, you are being treated less as a guest than as a one-person, free kitchen and cleanup crew. You have the right to spend your holidays and weekends exactly as you wish, just as she does.

I recently confessed my feelings to a married man after a year of liking him. We have known each other for five years. I ignored the signs of his interest in me until this past year. He hasn’t even been married a year yet, but he gives me attention and flirts with me.

After I told him how I felt, he didn’t tell me where he stood with it, didn’t shut me down or tell me he feels the way I do. But he did hug me four days later, something he has never done before. What do I do in a situation like this? I can’t let these feelings go.

Letting Go In The West What you do in a situation like this is stop

chasing a married man. You knew him for four years before his wedding. During that time he not only never asked you out, he courted and married someone else. For your sake, you had better find a way to let those feelings go or channel them elsewhere, because what you want is not going to happen and will keep you from finding someone who is available.

Dear Abby, Our family went away for a two-week vacation. One of my co-workers suggested I hire her daughter to stay in our home and take care of our pets and plants in our absence. The daughter is 20 years old and a student. We agreed upon a generous payment and paid her as soon as we got home.

Everything was fine, except our stockpile of Costco items (granola bars and juice boxes) out in the garage was nearly depleted. When I asked her about it, she texted me back almost in a joking way that she had helped herself and meant to replenish the supply, but it had slipped her mind. She had also “borrowed” a couple of items from our home she forgot to return (blow-dryer, a game and our wine glasses), but returned them once it was brought to her attention.

I was happy just to come home to my plants and animals being alive and our house in one piece. My husband, on the other hand, was not. He suggested I inform my co-worker that I won’t be hiring her daughter again because she was very unprofessional. What is your opinion on the matter?

House-sitting in the east I agree with your husband. Although the daughter isn’t a professional house-sitter, she should not have taken items from your home without permission or without informing you about what she had “borrowed.” And if she was not given permission to help herself to the goodies in your garage, she should have left them where they were or offered to compensate you for them upon your return. I suppose the omission could be chalked up to immaturity, but I do think it should be mentioned.

Should breast cancer survivor become a teetotaler?

I have been reading and hearing that alcohol is now suspect in causing breast cancer. As a stage 1 survivor (lumpectomy and tamoxifen), should I completely give up all alcoholic beverages? I may have between one and three drinks per week. All of my medical team say that is fine. Daily heavy consumption TO YOUR is the problem. What are your GOOD HEALTH thoughts on this?

DR. KEITH ROACH

The increased risk for breast cancer among women who drink alcohol depends on how much they drink. Moderate and heavy daily consumption has a clear increase in risk, as does binge drinking, where a woman does not drink daily but drinks four or more alcoholic drinks in one day. I recommend strongly against that kind of drinking for anyone, with or without breast cancer.

For women who drink less alcohol, there is a smaller increase in risk. In an analysis of all published studies, women who drank less than one drink per day had about a 5% increased risk of

breast cancer. With the lifetime risk of breast cancer being about 12% in women, these data would suggest the risk is about 12.6% in women who drink small amounts of alcohol. Put another way, among 160 women who drink less than a drink a day, one additional woman will get breast cancer.

For a woman drinking on the low end of that group, like the one to three drinks per week you do, the increase in risk would be even smaller. However, since you already have had breast cancer, your attributable risk due to alcohol would likely be somewhat higher.

Drinking small amounts of alcohol has a measurable but small increase in breast cancer risk, and you need to balance the risks against the enjoyment you get from this very modest drinking.

Because the increase in risk is so small, it’s worth it for many women.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — You’re able to keep certain fears at bay today, but one in particular refuses to lie quiet. You must be willing to face it directly.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Sleep and other rest may be interrupted by concerns over that which you have no control. Seek advice from someone in your inner circle.

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Horoscope

By Stella Wilder Born today, you are never one to shrink from the spotlight, and in fact more often than not, you will seek it out — or, if at all possible, grab it with your own two hands and train it on yourself! You rather thrive on notoriety, and you will do almost anything to attract attention to yourself or to a cause for which you are dedicating your time and energy. Your beliefs are strongly held, and you will abandon them for nobody.

Though you may come across as quite rough and ill-mannered to some, to others you simply have the unfettered enthusiasm of a child.

When you do a thing, you do it all the way — and when you are in love, there is nothing else so important to you. You lavish gifts and attention on the object of your affection, and you never hide your feelings from those whom you love.

Also born on this date are: Tracy Nelson, actress; Anne Tyler, writer; Helen Reddy, singer; Minnie Pearl, comedienne; Marion Ross, actress; Pablo Picasso, artist; Richard E. Byrd, polar explorer; Leo G. Carroll, actor; Georges Bizet, composer.

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.

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Baby Blues CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You may find yourself and a rival going round and round over the same tired issue. Isn’t it time to move on to something more urgent?

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — You’ll be able to swing into action today just in time — and help someone else stay out of a situation he or she will not be able to control.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — You may be able to pull off a trick today that others have only tried unsuccessfully to perform. Your secret is safe — for now.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Take care that you are not unintentionally firing someone up and inviting a challenge that you are not equipped to counter. Play it safe today.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — You can rely on what you know to see you through today, without having to worry about learning something new — but this will change soon.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — You’re ready for a payoff that might not come today. You’ll want to keep your disappointment in check, as it will only hold you back.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — It’s time to speak the truth, regardless of what others might think of you as a result. Only you know what’s really going on right now.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You may be seeing yourself in the wrong light at this time. An adjusted self-image will allow you to move forward more quickly — in many areas.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — You’ll be able to show off one or two valuable skills today. A rival watches you closely but can’t match you just yet.

Seek an agreement.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — You’ll see things clearly for the first part of the day — until a surprise event has you doubting yourself. Difficulties arise as a result.

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SUPER QUIZ

THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

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Yesterday’s

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Scientific instruments Level 1

2

3

(e.g., It is used to show the direction of the wind. Answer: Weather vane (weathercock).)

Freshman level 1. To examine things that are too small to see normally.

2. It detects and measures the intensity of radiation.

3. Used to measure body temperatures.

Graduate level 4. It measures atmospheric pressure.

5. Used by doctors for listening to someone’s heart or breathing.

6. Used by surveyors to measure angles.

PH.D. level 7. It rotates at a very high speed in order to separate liquids from solids.

8. What does an anemometer measure?

9. Used to maintain a reference direction in navigation systems and automatic pilots.

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

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Answer here:

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

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

(Answers tomorrow) Jumbles: WHOSE COUPE GUTTER TUXEDO Answer: She was having twins and was experiencing all the things she — EXPECTED “TWO”

Solution to Thursday’s puzzle

10/25/19 Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9.

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SUPER QUIZ ANSWERS 1. Microscope. 2. Geiger counter. 3. Thermometer. 4. Barometer. 5. Stethoscope. 6. Transit. 7. Centrifuge. 8. Wind speed. 9. Gyroscope.

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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Hi & Lois

Crossword Puzzle Mother Goose & Grimm ACROSS 1 Pitcher 4 Two quartets combined 9 Gas station chain 13 Walking aid 14 Largest bank in the U.S. 15 Kauai feast 16 “Ticket to __”; Beatles song 17 Self-satisfied & not worried 19 Spanish cheer 20 Young boxer 21 Expenses 22 Raises, as kids 24 Andrew Cuomo’s title: abbr.

25 Competitors 27 Woods 30 Warning device 31 News anchor __ Williams 33 Cheap metal 35 Slay 36 Gem in an oyster shell 37 Positive 38 Thirsty Frenchman’s need 39 1 of the 5 senses 40 Cables 41 Fraud 43 Unassuming 44 Youth 45 Lucifer 46 Footwear 49 Part of a theater 51 …FDR, HST, __, JFK… 54 Mischievous elf 56 Warty amphibian 57 Trail Blazers’ state: abbr.

58 1/16 of a pound 59 Grooves 60 Yankee Doodle’s mount 61 Beginning 62 Cool __ cucumber DOWN 1 Lockup 2 Rate too low 3 Seventh letter 4 Happens 5 Minces

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6 Pat down, as soil 7 Catch sight of 8 __ Aviv 9 Room recess 10 Feels remorse 11 “__ Take My Eyes Off You”; Frankie Valli hit 12 Time-__; game breaks 13 __-Magnon man 18 Oak tree dropping 20 Part of the hand 23 British noble 24 Hockey score 25 Gather leaves 26 Ancient Greek epic poem 27 Blaze 28 Mind-boggling 29 Goodyear products 31 “Father Knows __” 32 Traitor 34 Home in a tree 36 __ for; bought 37 Ice cream parlor order 39 Rib

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40 Learn by __; memorize 42 Priests & ministers 43 “Attractive” metal 45 Gravy 46 Make a mess at table 47 Novel’s lead character

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48 __ up; express one’s feelings 49 Have nothing to do with 50 Brown shades 52 Facts and figures 53 Harris & Begley 55 Dove’s cry 56 Refrain syllable

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