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CATSKILL — Town planners could vote on a proposed battery storage project next week, planning board chairman Joseph Izzo said.

Members of the public had an opportunity to learn more about the proposal by Glidepath at a recent public hearing.

Izzo expects the board to be ready to vote at its Nov. 5 meeting.

Prior to voting, the board

has to decide whether the project will have an impact on the environment by completing a state Environmental Quality Review.

Izzo said he is unsure if any special conditions will be placed on the project.

“They’ve listened to what we’re asking for,” he said.

“They’ve added a berm and landscaping.”

Special conditions will be discussed by the board and

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Volunteers at Columbia Greene packing up comfort kits from SUNY’s Got Your Back to be delivered to local victims of sexual assault and domestic violence.

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GREENPORT — Students gathered in the dining hall at Columbia-Greene

Community College for a good cause Tuesday.

SUNY’s Got Your Back is a program designed to raise awareness about sexual assault and domestic violence.

Started in 2016, the program expanded in 2018 with a $5 million grant from the state Office of Victim Services. Participating SUNY campuses create comfort kits to assist

victims with self-care. These kits are then distributed to rape crisis centers, hospitals and shelters, according to a release from the college. Tuesday’s event was held from 11

a.m. to 2 p.m.

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‘Suspicious’ food pantry fire investigated

By Amanda Purcell Columbia-Greene Media

HUDSON — Police are investigating the cause of a fire that damaged a food pantry on Fairview Avenue early Tuesday.

The fire at 200 Fairview Ave. was reported sometime after midnight by a state trooper who spotted the flames while passing by on patrol.

Greenport Fire Chief John Onufrychuk said the fire has been deemed suspicious at this time, and the investigation was turned over to state police. The Columbia County Cause and Origin Team was at the scene along with state police investigators Tuesday morning.

Firefighters arrived at about 1:30 a.m. to see smoke and fire in the front of the building, Onufrychuk said. Flames had extended from the bottom of the building to the eaves when firefighters arrived. But, with the help of Hudson Fire Department, firefighters were able to extinguish the blaze before it spread to the rest of the building.

The damage was limited to the outside of the building and is repairable, Onufrychuk said.

No one was hurt battling the blaze, the chief said.

The building, St. Mark’s Lutheran Food Pantry, regularly

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State police are investigating the cause of a fire at St. Mark’s Lutheran Food Pantry, 200 Fairview Ave., on Tuesday.

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Rochester 57/53

Utica 61/54

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Syracuse 63/56

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After a day of relative calm, Northern California is bracing for another windstorm that could complicate efforts to contain the immense Kincade Fire that has forced nearly 200,000 wine-country residents to evacuate.

The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory for parts of Sonoma and Napa counties between 12 p.m. Tuesday and 11 a.m. Wednesday, with the strongest gusts expected overnight. The increased wind will create “rapid fire growth potential,” the Weather Service said.

At the same time, conditions in Southern California, where the Getty Fire scorched the western edge of Los Angeles on Monday, are expected to be even more dangerous: The Storm Prediction Center warned of “extremely critical fire weather” beginning late Tuesday, when powerful Santa Ana winds are expected to whip across the region. A “long duration of low humidity and dry vegetation will make this a very critical event!” the Weather Service said.

The dire weather warnings came just days after Gov. Gavin Newsom, D, declared a statewide emergency over wildfires - and amid an unprecedented wave of blackouts ordered by Pacific Gas & Electric, which has shut power to millions of customers in an effort to curb fire risk.

The state’s largest utility has told regulators that a jumper on one of its transmission towers broke close to where the Kincade Fire started, near

PHOTO FOR THE WASHINGTON POST BY STUART W. PALLEY

The Kincade Fire burns through Mayacama late Sunday night near Windsor, Calif.

Geyserville. The cause of the fire, which has been burning since Wednesday, is under investigation.

Fire officials said Monday that they had contained only 15 percent of the blaze, which now covers nearly 75,000 acres - an area more than twice the size of San Francisco - and is moving steadily toward the city of Santa Rosa.

Firefighters got a brief reprieve Monday when gusts died down, but they struggled to keep pace with the expanding blaze as winds changed direction, officials said. Even as officials lifted mandatory evacuation orders for parts of the county along the Pacific coast, they issued new evacuation warnings for a part of Lake County as the flames threatened to lurch eastward.

At least 123 structures have been destroyed in the fire, but

only one injury has been reported - and there have been no deaths attributed to the blaze, which is burning in the same region where 22 people were killed in the Tubbs Fire in 2017. Evacuations have largely gone smoothly as the nation’s most populous state adapts to increasing wildfires that many officials link to climate change.

Emergency responders on the other end of the state are trying to beat back a fast-moving brush fire that has consumed about 618 acres on the western edge of Los Angeles. Mayor Eric Garcetti, D, said Monday evening that the Getty Fire was 5 percent contained and had not grown since midday.

The Getty and Kincade fires have been sparked by hurricane-like winds that for three years have caused fiery infernos to break out across the Golden State, which is coming to accept

the blazes as the new normal.

The gusts are known as “Diablo winds” in the San Francisco Bay area and Santa Ana winds in Southern California.

Northern California faced a blast of wind last Wednesday and Thursday, and again over the weekend, when it was whipped with hurricane-force gusts. The coming surge, on Tuesday and Wednesday, is expected to be the third windstorm in quick succession.

“I’ve been in this business for 28 years. I’ve never seen anything like this,” said Steve Anderson, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service’s forecast office serving the San Francisco Bay area.

The Washington Post’s Kim Bellware, Kayla Epstein, Derek Hawkins, Hannah Knowles and Jason Samenow contributed to this report.

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before.

That cladding would not have been allowed on a high-rise in the United States and many other countries because of the fire danger it posed.

The report expected on Wednesday, from an official inquiry led by Martin Moore-Bick, does not go in depth into the tower’s renovation and the materials used in it. The next phase of the investigation is expected to do so.

Toddler dies after being trapped in well for days

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LONDON — Some of the 72 people who died in the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017 would have survived if firefighters and emergency operators had not told them to shelter in place, according to a government report to be released Wednesday.

The 1,000-page report, which comes more than two years after the worst fire

disaster in recent British history, is harshly critical of the London Fire Brigade, which it said was dangerously unprepared for such a tragedy, according to multiple British news organizations that gained access to the conclusions before their release.

The fire on June 14, 2017, began on the fourth floor of the 24-story apartment building and spread rapidly upward because of flammable exterior cladding that had been added to the building the year

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NEW DELHI — More than three days after a 2-year-old boy slid some 100 feet into a tiny borehole in southern India, setting off a panicked roundthe-clock mission to rescue him, his body was pulled from the opening early Tuesday morning.

Officials said they had done everything they could to reach the boy, Sujith Wilson, who fell into the hole while playing near his house Friday evening.

Rescuers with India’s disaster management response team pumped oxygen into the muddy pit, a primitive well that measured a few feet wide and was thought to extend more than 500 feet into the earth. They lowered a rope and managed to get it tied around the boy’s hands several times before the knots slipped.

As Sujith sank deeper into the pit, the workers used a drilling machine to dig a larger, parallel hole, hoping to merge the two and lower men down to help. Over the

weekend, Sujith’s mother, Kalairani, started stitching a white cloth pouch for rescuers to put her son in.

With a microphone, she and her husband leaned over the opening many times in the initial hours and told him not to cry, bursting into tears when they stepped away, according to people at the scene.

Later, a camera lowered into the hole showed that the toddler had fallen unconscious: He was jammed in the dark cavity, his arms caught above his head.

The urgency rose as rain started to wash over their village, Nadukattupatti, in the state of Tamil Nadu. More than 1,000 people had gathered.

“My prayers are with the young and brave Sujith Wilson,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote on Twitter.

“Every effort is being made to ensure that he is safe.”

But the authorities were unable to rescue him in time. J. Radhakrishnan, the transportation department’s principal secretary, told Asian News

International that a bad smell had started coming from the hole late Monday. By early Tuesday morning, Sujith’s body was pulled out in a “decomposed state,” he said.

It is unclear whether the hole was covered at any point before Sujith started playing near it Friday evening.

Earlier this year, the state government of Punjab ordered criminal action against those who do not plug boreholes, a common feature on India’s farms, where they are used to extract water. Many sit dry and abandoned.

In June, a 2-year-old child fell into a pit in Punjab and remained trapped for 110 hours without food and water before rescuers pulled out his lifeless body.

HUDSON RIVER TIDES High tide: 4:44 a.m. 4.4 feet Low tide: 11:21 a.m. −0.4 feet High tide: 5:09 p.m. 5.0 feet Low tide: 11:58 p.m. −0.4 feet

On Tuesday morning, as a crowd gathered for Sujith’s funeral, officials vowed to fill the hole with concrete before leaving. Mourners from several villages covered the boy’s coffin with bright flowers.

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CALENDAR 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 Development 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 Catskill Village Board special meeting/public hearing 7 p.m. Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill 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

Man charged in Copake shooting

By Amanda Purcell Columbia-Greene Media

PHILMONT – A Columbia County man was charged with attempted murder after he allegedly shot a man several times at a Halloween party in Copake on Sunday morning, state police said.

Jesus Figueroa, 26, of Hudson, was charged with attempted murder, a class A felony, and criminal possession of a weapon (a loaded firearm), a class C felony, according to state police.

Figueroa was taken into custody by state police Sunday night at a relative’s home at 84 Main St. in Philmont.

Police also executed a search warrant at that address, police said.

He was sent to Columbia County Jail without bail after his arraignment in Claverack Town Court.

The man who was shot, who has not been identified by police, was airlifted at about 1 a.m. to Albany Medical Center, where he is listed in stable condition.

The man, who underwent surgery early Sunday to repair several bullet wounds, is expected to recover,

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The house at Waldorf Ridge Road where a shooting occurred early Sunday.

Columbia County District Attorney Paul Czajka said.

The shooting occurred at a Halloween party held at a home on Waldorf Ridge Road in Copake at about 12:30 a.m., state police said.

“The homeowner hosted a Halloween party for several friends,” according to state police. “Throughout

the night, the party grew to more than 60 guests as it was advertised on social media.

During the party, an argument between attendees broke out and the victim was shot several times with a handgun.”

The guests were mostly teenagers and adults in their early 20s, Czajka said.

It is unclear if the alleged victim was the intended target. Police declined to comment on motive, saying the investigation is ongoing. Police have also declined to say whether the handgun was found. Police declined to say whether drugs or alcohol were a factor in the shooting. Beer cans could be seen

lying on the ground outside the home midday Sunday.

“A preliminary investigation has determined that the incident is isolated and there is no specific threat to the community,” according to state police.

Members of the state police’s Forensic Investigation Unit have been at the scene collecting evidence.

The investigation is ongoing, and police said they are still piecing together the events of that night.

State police are urging anyone with information about the Halloween party or the shooting to contact the State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation at 518-8512972.

State police Livingston were assisted by the city of Hudson Police Department, Columbia County Sheriff’s Office, Columbia County District Attorney’s office, Copake Rescue and Copake Fire Department.

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

n Coxsackie Village Historic Pres-

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

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

Village Hall, 2 First St., Athens n Catskill Central School District BOE 6:30 p.m. High School Library, 341 West Main St., Catskill n Catskill Village Board 7 p.m. Senior Center, 15 Academy 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

Wrong-way driver killed in Chatham crash

By Amanda Purcell Columbia-Greene Media

CHATHAM — A Schenectady man who state police said was driving in the wrong direction was killed in a head-on collision with a tractortrailer on Interstate 90 eastbound on the Berkshire Spur of the New York State Thruway on Saturday.

The crash occurred at 12:12 a.m.

The accident remains under investigation, but state police released a preliminary report Monday about the crash.

Michael E. Jones, 54, of Portland, Massachusetts, was driving a 2019 Volvo tandem tractor-trailer west in the left lane when a wrong-way driver entered his path, head-on, according to police.

Jones was unable to avoid the vehicle, a 2006 Volvo S60, driven by George E. Tiggle, 45, of Schenectady. The tandem tractor-trailer then struck the guiderail, and spun 180 degrees, causing the second trailer of the combination vehicle to overturn and block all eastbound lanes.

Tiggle drove off the north shoulder

of the road and into the median, police said.

Jones was not injured in the accident, police said.

Tiggle was pronounced dead at the scene by the Columbia County Coroner’s office.

The eastbound lanes of the Berkshire Spur were closed for more than three hours as police investigated the crash, and while crews cleaned up 100 gallons of diesel fuel that spilled from the tractor-trailer.

No tickets were reported to have been issued in the incident.

State police from Albany were assisted at the scene by Troop K Bureau of Criminal Investigation, Troop K Collision Reconstruction and Commercial Vehicle Enforcement units, state Thruway Maintenance and Traffic Safety. State Department of Environmental Conservation crews were on scene to respond to the fuel spill.

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

GREENE COUNTY POLICE BLOTTER

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

Monday, Nov. 25 n Catskill Village Planning Board 7

p.m. Catskill Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill

Thursday, Nov. 28 n Coxsackie Village Offices closed in

observance of Thanksgiving holiday

Friday, Nov. 29 n Coxsackie Village Offices closed in

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

STATE POLICE n David M. DePaulo, 56, of Saratoga Springs, was arrested at 2:15 p.m. Oct. 23 in Cairo and charged with petty larceny, a class A misdemeanor.

He was issued an appearance ticket. n Aaron K. Hendrickson, 37, of Catskill, was arrested at 11:55 p.m. Oct. 23 in Athens and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a bloodalcohol content greater than 0.08% and driving while intoxicated, both unclassified misdemeanors, and unlawful possession of marijuana, a violation. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Mark R. Stapchuk, 31, of Catskill, was arrested at 5:50 p.m. Oct. 24 in Durham and charged with third-degree assault and criminal obstruction of breathing, both class A misdemeanors, and aggravated family offense, a class E felony.

He was held. n Robert A. Kovacs, 59, of Haines Falls, was arrested at

2:45 p.m. Oct. 24 in Hunter and charged with assault causing injury to a person less than 7 years of age and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, both class D felonies, and endangering the welfare of a child, a class A misdemeanor.

He was held in lieu of cash bail. n Vincent L. Pagano, 49, of Baldwin, was arrested at 1:56 a.m. Oct. 26 in Catskill and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol content greater than 0.08% and driving while intoxicated, both unclassified misdemeanors. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Zachary J. Tassone, 30, of Sleepy Hollow, was arrested at 8:18 p.m. Oct. 25 in Athens and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a bloodalcohol content greater than 0.08% and driving while intoxicated, both unclassified misdemeanors. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Shian R. Ferguson, 19, of Tannersville, was arrested at 3:55 a.m. Oct. 27 in Hunter and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a bloodalcohol content greater than

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0.08% and driving while intoxicated, both unclassified misdemeanors. She was issued an appearance ticket. n Pedro A. Cordero, 53, of Saugerties, was arrested at 4:12 a.m. Oct. 27 in Catskill and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a bloodalcohol content greater than 0.08% and driving while intoxicated, both unclassified misdemeanors. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Kevin J. Mayer, 25, of Central Valley, was arrested at 1:44 a.m. Oct. 27 in Windham and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a bloodalcohol content greater than 0.08% and driving while intoxicated, both unclassified misdemeanors, and illegally parking, an infraction. He was

issued an appearance ticket. n Tina M. Gray, 42, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was arrested at 4:30 p.m. Oct. 27 in Coxsackie and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a class A misdemeanor, and unlawful possession of marijuana, a violation. She was

issued an appearance ticket.

CATSKILL POLICE n Tina M. Rivenburg, 52. of Catskill, was arrested at 2:45 p.m. Oct. 23 in Catskill and charged with petty larceny, a class A misdemeanor. She is scheduled to appear in court Nov. 13 at 4 p.m.

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Another path to save small farms As many area farms teeter on a precipice, farmers and other interested spectators are getting a look at how different elected officials are tackling this complex but elusive problem.

The latest to take a stab at endangered farms is state Sen. Jen Metzger, D-42, whose district includes much of the Hudson Valley west of the river and portions of the Catskill Mountains. She has offered legislation to enable farmers to claim a refundable tax credit of $1,200 for each of their employees.

If passed, Metzger’s proposed legislation, announced Monday, would double the current Farm Workforce Retention

Credit applied to each farm employee who works 500 hours or more each year. It would also extend the tax credit indefinitely, beyond its current 2022 expiration date.

Metzger’s legislation, if it achieves what it was shaped for, would aid the relatively smaller family farms operating in New York in shouldering increasing farm expenses.

New York farmers contend with significantly higher labor costs than farmers in other states and other nations, making it difficult if not impossible for them to compete in the marketplace.

Compounding their problems, New York farm-

ers face a rising minimum wage, a tightening labor market and the new Farm Labor Rights Act law that ensures farm workers get paid overtime after working 60 hours a week and get one day off each week.

Local farmers face so many challenges that the game seems rigged against them. That leaves the door ajar to the closing of generational farms and a virtually unalterable drain on the economy. U.S. Rep. Antonio Delgado, D-19, is attacking the problem at the national level; Metzger is responding at the state level. They are doing all they can, but more help is needed or local farms will walk off the cliff.

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Children are the losers in Elizabeth Warren’s plan for charter schools The Washington Post

“I have a plan” is the battle cry of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., as she campaigns for the Democratic presidential nomination. She has laid out a series of detailed policies that challenge what she sees as powerful interests standing in the way of better lives for Americans.

But when it comes to education, Warren has a plan that seems aimed more at winning the support of the powerful teachers unions than in advancing policies that would help improve student learning.

As part of a comprehensive K-12 education plan recently released, Warren took a page from the union playbook in calling for a clampdown on public charter schools. In addition to banning for-profit charter schools (which make up about 15% of the sector), she would subject existing charters to more scrutiny and red tape and make it harder for new charters to open by ending federal startup funding and allowing only local school districts to authorize charter schools.

Other parts of the unionpleasing plan: an end to rigorous testing for all children to measure whether they are in fact learning.

The attack on charter

schools is particularly disappointing given Warren’s past support for charters in her home state, which has some of the nation’s best charters.

She once touted the “extraordinary results” of many Massachusetts charters and spoke of the need to “celebrate the hard work of those teachers and spread what’s working to other schools.”

The federal program she wants to end helped to start some charters in Boston that have shown good results in educating low-income and minority students.

Warren’s change of heart (which started in 2016, when she opposed a referendum that would have lifted caps on charter schools in Massachusetts), along with the silence of other Democrats who once championed charter schools (Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey and former vice president Joe Biden come to mind), is no mystery. The teachers unions wield outsize influence in the Democratic Party, and they revile the mostly nonunionized charter sector.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., another presidential candidate, unveiled a proposal similar to Warren’s in May. The losers in these political calculations are the children whom charters help. Charters at their best

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offer options to parents whose children would have been consigned to failing traditional schools. They spur reform in public school systems in such places as the District of Columbia and Chicago. And high-quality charters lift the achievement of students of color, children from low-income families and English language learners. Research from Stanford University’s Center for Research on Education Outcomes found, for example, that African American students in charter schools gained an additional 59 days of learning in math and 44 days in reading per year compared with their traditional school counterparts.

More than 3.2 million children already attend charter schools, and 5 million more would choose a charter school if one could open near them. No question there are bad charters; unlike bad traditional schools, they are shut down if they don’t improve in jurisdictions that set rigorous standards in authorizing and overseeing charters. That Warren would go after charters while letting traditional schools off the hook even more by lessening accountability is a plan for serving adult interests and not student needs.

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The supreme international crime — and the Ukrainegate dustup A fascist and a capitalist go into a bar and the bartender says, what can I get for you, Mr. Trump?

Something truly momentous has occurred. President Trump recently tweeted that we’ve spent eight trillion dollars fighting and policing the Middle East, with thousands of our soldiers dead or badly wounded, and with millions of people dead on the other side.

“Going into the Middle East is the worst decision ever made in the history of our country! We went to war under a false and now disproven premise: weapons of mass destruction. There were NONE!” Make what you will of Trump’s fetish for publicity, but he shouldn’t have said this. Put it this way: Presidents are not supposed to say this. Here’s why.

The admission by a sitting U.S. president that Washington invaded Iraq under a “false” and “disproven” premise — a lie — that ended up “killing millions” amounts to an official admission from the U.S. government that the G. W. Bush and successive administrations are responsible for war crimes resulting in mass murder.

What to do about it? Well, Article Six of the Constitution seems to make it clear.

The invasion was an act of aggression (the supreme international crime) as codified in the UN Charter, which, upon ratification by the United States made it “the supreme Law of the Land” under Article Six. There’s a couple of “supremes” in there, but in this case it reminds of the childhood game of rock-paperscissors where supremacy is relative because all the perpetrators got away clean. A less quoted clause in Article Six — the one following the “supreme Law of the Land” — points the way: “and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby.”

Taken seriously, this seems to mean that any individual can bring the case to any judge. The virtual impossibility of doing this is a measure of the bromide that we are a nation of laws, and that nobody is above them.

You could say Trump is owed something for his admission, except that nothing will come of it save for its further shattering of a national myth. His compulsive and unchecked selfpromotion — the sword he lives by — looks like it may be the sword he dies by. That which led him to release the

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ROTHENBERG summary transcript of his telephone call with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.

He did it for the hit on Joe Biden, his leading political contender and the favored candidate of old guard capitalist imperialists. Evidently, Trump figured his role in the conversation would be written off as business as usual, while Biden’s role would be front and center and not just for a news cycle.

Trump’s mistake was of atomic proportion. It would have been so simple to deny the transcript’s release on “national security” grounds, the presidential excuse of choice. But like the fable of the frog and the scorpion, his nature couldn’t pass up the chance to advance the cause he fights for. Himself.

But back to Biden. He really did force Ukraine’s then-president Petro Poroshenko to fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin, who was investigating Burisma Holdings, the natural gas company on which Biden’s son, Hunter, sat as a board member with pay up to $50,000 a month.

According to InterfaxUkraine News Agency, on Oct. 9, 2019, Ukrainian MP Andriy Derkach publicized documents which he claims “describe the mechanism of getting money by (sic) Biden Sr.” (He clarifies in an interview with IUNA two days later that the son was “built into” the structure, which was headed by Biden Sr.).

“This was the transfer of Burisma Group’s funds for lobbying activities, as investigators believe, personally to Joe Biden through a lobbying company. Funds in the amount of $900,000 were transferred to the U.S.based company Rosemont Seneca Partners, which according to open sources, in particular, The New York Times, is affiliated with Biden. The payment reference was payment for consultative services.”

(Writer’s note: A NYT article does not allege that Joe Biden is personally affiliated with Rosemont, only that shortly after his

father became vice president, Hunter Biden created the network of Rosemont firms jointly with Christopher Heinz and Devon Archer. The Times article goes on to say that Burisma paid $3.4 million to a Rosemont company from April 2014, when Biden and Archer joined the board, to late 2015, with payments continuing after that).

And Joe Biden does not deny that he had the prosecutor fired. He openly boasted about it on videotape from a Council on Foreign Relations affair last year (which anyone with an internet connection can watch), where he said he told Poroshenko that his plane was leaving in six hours, and if he wanted that $1 billion loan guarantee that prosecutor had to be gone by then. And he got that assurance.

Biden claims in his defense that his role in the firing was not driven by personal motives, instead relegating it to the general “ineptitude” of the prosecutor in rooting our corruption. His take on this is unsurprising in that prosecutor Shokin did slant proRussian, enough to make Biden’s world shake.

If any more evidence of why Biden had Shokin fired is needed, there is the sworn affidavit of Viktor Shokin before an Austrian court on Sept. 4, 2019, in which he states (excepted directly from the affidavit): “Poroshenko asked me to resign due to pressure from the US Presidential administration, in particular from Joe Biden, who was the US Vice-President. Biden was threatening to withhold USD$ 1 billion in subsidies to Ukraine until I was removed from office.”

“The truth is that I was forced out because I was leading a wide-ranging corruption probe into Burisma Holdings (“Burisma”), a natural gas firm active in Ukraine, and Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, was a member of the Board of Directors.”

What set out to be a zero sum game — Biden’s loss is Trump’s gain, or, Trump’s loss is Biden’s gain — could turn out to be a double loss.

As far as it goes, that would be a gain.

James Rothenberg, of North Chatham, writes on U.S. social and foreign policy.

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Kristin Paul ‘Kris’ O’Connor Kristin Paul “Kris” O’Connor, age 47 years formerly of Cairo, N.Y. presently residing in Pearce, Arizona, passed away suddenly on September 29, 2019.

Kristin was born on September 24, 1972 and was the son of the late Judith “Judy” McKenna O’Connor who passed away in 2011, and Joseph O’Connor, Sr. of Florida. Besides his father, survivors include his loving, long-term partner Colleen

Hara, sister Terry Lynn Mau- eration Desert Storm. He also riello (Dan Callihan), served his community his brothers Robert as a registered nurse.

O’Connor (Deb) and Kris enjoyed ham raJoseph O’Connor, dios, hiking and speJr. (Kari), and his sislunking. He also loved ter Karlee Callahan animals having dogs, (James). He is also surcats, and chickens, vived by many aunts, even having a ram at uncles, cousins, nephone time. Kris, being ews and nieces. Krisa very intelligent man, O’Connor tin proudly served in was also a computer The U.S. Army, serving whiz with great mehis country bravely during Op- chanical skills. Not only intelli-

gent, he was a passionate man.

At Kris’ request, there will be no services. Donations in Kris’ memory may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758516, Topeka, Kansas, 66675-8516. Messages of condolences may be expressed at www.richardsfuneralhomeinc.net. https://www. richardsfuneralhomeinc.net/m/ obituaries/Kristin-O-Connor/ Memories

Sandra A. Coonrad (Silvernail) Sandra A. Coonrad (Silvernail), 80, passed away on October 28, 2019, at St Peters Hospital in Albany, NY. Sandy was born in Oneonta, NY., April 30th, 1939 to the late Dana H. Silvernail and her mother who is survived by Ingra M. Silvernail.

She is survived by her husband John W. Coonrad, her children Lisa C. Kay, Dana F. Coonrad and her late daughter Cindy A. Bowlby. Also, she is survived by grandsons Christopher, Anderson, Alec and granddaughter Hannah. In addition Sandy is survived by her life long friend

Patrica Roach.

Calling hours will be held Thursday, October 31st from 4-6pm at Wenk Funeral Home, 21 Payn Ave., Chatham, NY. A funeral service will take place Friday November 1st at 11am with the interment to follow in the Ghent Union Cemetery.

Those who wish to remember Sandy in a special way may consider a donation to the Columbia Greene Humane Society, 125 Humane Society Rd., Hudson, NY 12534. For on-line condolences visit wenkfuneralhome.com

Ronald John Plambeck A well-loved man, who loved Plambeck of Rhinebeck, April well (Gregory) Mountain of Chatham, Ronald John Plambeck, of and Erica (Atiba) Celestine of Rhinebeck, NY passed away on Red Hook; and his eight adoring October 28th 2019, after a long, grandchildren, Pamela Mounwell-fought, battle with cancer. tain, Georgia Plambeck, Donald He was born in the Bronx, NY Mountain, Olive Mountain, Ewan on March 19, 1949, to Lily (King) Celestine, Meta Mae Mountain, Plambeck and John Plambeck, Eve Celestine and Nico Celesboth of whom predecease him. tine. Also surviving are his lovHe spent his childhood in La- ing sisters Marilyn Hamilton and Grange, NY. A graduate of Arling- Lynn Freed, and brothers John ton High School Class of Plambeck and Rick 1967, he next attended Plambeck; along with Dutchess Community many nieces and nephCollege at which time ews. His brother Robert he met his future wife of Plambeck predeceases 50 years. Continuing his him. Ron was an avid education, he attended hunter, hiker, kayaker Western New England and woodworker. He College where he rewas a lover of flight, a ceived a bachelor’s of bird watching, enjoyed Plambeck science in Psychology, beach vacations and and then went on to SUhuman connection. He NY New Paltz, where he received was a giver of support to everya master’s degree in Clinical Psy- one he met. chology. Moving to Rhinebeck A Memorial Service will be NY in 1974, he raised his fam- held on Friday November 1, 2019 ily, giving them unconditional at 10 am at St. Paul’s (Wurtemlove and support, until the day burg) Lutheran Church in Rhinehe died. With an entrepreneurial beck. Burial will be handled prispirit he was self-employed by vately. Arrangements are under the age of 35, making him ever the direction of Burnett & White more present for the things he Funeral Homes 91 E. Market St., enjoyed and those that he loved. Rhinebeck, NY. For directions, He is survived by his wife, Pa- or to sign the online guest book, mela Thornton Plambeck; his please visit www.Burnett-White. three children, Nathan R. (Heidi) com.

Barbara Jane Weiss Barbara Jane Weiss, 84, of ing retirement, Barbara enjoyed Poughkeepsie, NY, died peace- reading, gourmet cooking, travelfully at Lutheran Care Center on ling, visiting friends in Austria, at10/28/19. Barbara was born in tending concerts, trips to NYC via Catskill, NY on Sept. 5, 1935, the train, plus roaming around and daughter of John K. Weiss and eating out with her best friend.

Catherine Weiss of Catskill. She Barbara was a member of Holy is survived by her sister Rose- Trinity Church in Poughkeepsie mary Weiss, now living in Pough- until illness brought her to Lutherkeepsie but formerly in Lynn, MA. an Care Center in Poughkeepsie.

She is also survived by many Many thanks of appreciation are second-cousins and long-time extended to all of the Staff memfriend, Kathy Roach. bers at Lutheran Care Barbara graduated Center for their kindness from St. Patrick’s Acadand care during Barbaemy in Catskill, NY. She ra’s stay as a resident for completed her BA at over 4 years.

Marywood University in In lieu of flowers, doScranton, PA, and her nations can be made MA in Mathematics at in memory of Barbara the University of PennWeiss to Holy Trinity sylvania-Philadelphia.

School, Attn. Mrs. Kathy Weiss Barbara taught MathSpina, 20 Springside ematics locally at HaviAve., Poughkeepsie, NY land Jr. High in Hyde Park for 6 12603 (for support of their Mathyears. She then began working at ematics programs). Calling hours Central Hudson Gas and Electric will be at Miller Funeral Home, Company from which she retired 371 Hooker Ave. in Poughkeepafter 30 years from her position sie, on October 30, 2019 from as Supervisor of Budgeting and 5 to 7 PM. A Mass of Christian Forecasting.

Burial will be offered at St. Mary’s As an active volunteer, Bar- Church, 231 Church St., Poughbara served on the Board of The keepsie, NY on October 31, 2019 Children’s Home in Poughkeep- at 10:30 AM. Burial will follow in sie. Also, for 27 years, she volun- St. Patrick’s Cemetery, Catskill, teered at Vassar Brothers Medi- NY. If you wish to send an online cal Center in the Gift Shop and condolence please visit our webAuxiliary Board. She was also a site at www.wmgmillerfuneralmember of the Coterie. Follow- home.com

Maryland offers about $9 million to five wrongly convicted men Ovetta Wiggins The Washington Post

Maryland is offering about $9 million in compensation to five wrongly convicted men, including about $3 million - the largest-ever such settlement paid by the state - to a man who spent 39 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit.

The settlement offer, confirmed by two of the exonerees’ attorneys, amounts to $78,916 for each year of wrongful incarceration. It could be voted on by the state Board of Public Works at its meeting on Wednesday.

A vote would be the first time in 15 years that the state has approved compensation to exonerees seeking redress, and the end of a protracted journey for the men, who served a collective 120 years in prison and have waited as long as 20 months for the state to respond to their petitions.

“We’re very pleased that the board has moved to get this underway and to get it wrapped up,” said Kristen Lloyd, an attorney for Hubert James Williams, who served 11 years for an attempted murder.

Williams, who is being treated for drug addiction and has frequently been homeless since his release, signed papers to accept the offer on Friday, Lloyd said, while “crying happy tears.”

“This is a huge development for James,” she said. “It means life or death for him. It means he won’t be living on the streets, and he can get the help that he has desperately needed.”

Republican Gov. Larry Hogan said two weeks ago that the state would decide by the end of the month how much to offer Williams, Lamar Johnson, Jerome Johnson, Walter

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Four exonerees, clockwise from top left: Walter Lomax, Hubert James Williams, Lamar Johnson and Clarence Shipley.

Lomax, and Clarence Shipley Jr. The men asked for $12 million, or roughly $100,000 a year of incarceration, and have been in negotiations with the state over the past couple of weeks.

The settlement being offered covers money for each year the men served after sentencing, not their pre-trial detention.

Lamar Johnson has also agreed to the settlement, he and his attorney, Geoffrey Derrick, said. Lomax referred calls to his attorney, who could not be reached. The attorney representing Jerome Johnson and Shipley declined to comment.

A spokesman for Hogan did not immediately respond to request for comment.

Hogan’s decision to compensate the men came after weeks of pressure from Comptroller Peter Franchot and Treasurer Nancy Kopp,

both Democrats - who serve with him on the Board of Public Works - as well as dozens of state lawmakers, including new House Speaker Adrienne Jones, D-Baltimore County.

Franchot and Kopp argued that the men should not have to wait any longer to be compensated. But neither pushed the issue to the board agenda.

Hogan initially said the panel was not equipped to respond to the requests and asked Maryland’s chief administrative law judge to work with the board’s general counsel to put in place a procedure for compensating the men and future exonerees.

The governor was later told that creating a procedure was “complicated” and would take more time than he was willing to wait. He then instructed the general counsel to work on a settlement offer.

Maryland has paid a total of

Federal judge blocked a near-total ban on abortions from taking effect Alan Blinder The New York Times News Service

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked a near-total ban on abortions from taking effect next month in Alabama, ensuring the act remains legal and available in the state while the legislation winds its way through the courts.

The ruling against the Alabama law — the most farreaching measure passed by state lawmakers this year — was an early step in a legal confrontation that abortion opponents orchestrated to try to reach the U.S. Supreme Court.

Several states, including Missouri, Kentucky, Mississippi and Georgia, approved laws that would ban abortions

after the heartbeat of what becomes the fetus can be detected, all with the aim of setting the stage for the renewed legal fight over abortion rights. In each of those states, a federal judge has blocked the measures from taking effect.

Judge Myron H. Thompson of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama issued the injunction against the Alabama law, which banned abortion at every stage of pregnancy and criminalized the procedure for doctors, who could be charged with felonies and face up to 99 years in prison. It included an exception for cases when the mother’s life is at serious risk, but not for cases of rape or incest — a subject of

fierce debate among lawmakers this year.

The Alabama law had been set to go into effect on Nov. 15.

The legal challenge was mounted by the ACLU and the Planned Parenthood Federation of America on behalf of Dr. Yashica Robinson, an obstetrician and gynecologist in Huntsville who provides abortions.

Opponents of the law hailed the injunction as a positive signal as the case pushes ahead. But activists also said it underscored that the measures had not gone into effect, an important point as they heard from women who believed the procedure was no longer available to them once the law had been passed.

$3 million to seven exonerees since the General Assembly passed a law allowing such compensation in 1963, according to a Board of Public Works official.

Prior to Lomax’s award, the largest award was $1.4 million, paid over 10 years, to Michael Austin. That settlement, approved by the Board of Public Works in 2004, was equivalent to $194 per day in today’s dollars, or $70,810 a year for the nearly 27 years Austin was incarcerated.

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Daylight saving time: 5 things to know about it

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ATLANTA — If you love sleeping in, Sunday is sure to be bring joy.

On Nov. 3, the end of daylight saving time will offer an extra hour of sleep; in turn, the arrival of sunset will come one hour earlier.

For those who may not know the backstory on the timechanging occurrence, we’ve

gathered some notable facts about daylight saving time.

• The tradition started with bug hunting (of all things).

In 1895, George Hudson, a New Zealand entomologist, thought up the modern concept of daylight saving time. He proposed a two-hour time shift so he’d have more after-work hours of sunshine to go bug hunting in the summer, according to National Geographic.

He presented his idea to the Wellington Philosophical Society, but it didn’t have any legs until British builder William Willett suggested a similar concept in 1905. His idea would be presented to the British Parliament in 1909 but would not officially become standard in the United Kingdom until 1916.

• Germany was the first country to observe daylight saving time.

On April 30, 1916, shortly after World War I, Germany embraced daylight saving time to conserve electricity, according to History.com. Weeks later, the United Kingdom followed suit and introduced “summer time.”

• It’s “saving,” not “savings.”

Though many people add an ‘s’ at the end of “saving” when writing and talking about it, the term is daylight saving time.

• Not every U.S. state recognizes daylight saving time.

Though it’s become an international practice, there are a few places in the United States that do not observe daylight saving time. It is not observed in Hawaii and some areas in Arizona.

• What time does it officially begin?

At 2 a.m. Sunday, clocks are to be turned back one hour.

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CAIRO HARVEST FESTIVAL REVIVED

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ThenChamber has been revived by the efforts of its new president, Mike Esslie, along with the help of John and Gail Kargoe. The event ran from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and was sponsored by a great number of vendors as well as having music and a football game dedicated to the event. Greene County Legislators William B. Lawrence and Harry A. Lennon helped out by obtaining a Wayne Speenburgh n Legislative Grant check for the occasion, which was given to the Chamber to help defray their costs while they get the organization back on track. Pictured, from left, are Legislator Harry Lennon, John Kargoe, Gail Kargoe, Chamber President Mike Esslie and Legislator William Lawrence. n

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Olivia MacGiffert has been chosen as the Cairo-Durham High School Student of the Month for September. Olivia chose her music teacher, Mrs. Clermont, as the teacher to be pictured with her as she received this award. She has an extremely strong passion for the field of music and Mrs. Clermont has played a large role in supporting that passion. She has played the clarinet since 4th grade, was a member of the bell choir, participated in the NYSSMA Solo for three years, All County Chorus for six years, All County Band for three years, and was involved in the Cairo-Durham HS musical for four years. She has worked as a Vacation Bible School youth counselor for three years, babysitter for several community families, a farmEZ-er... assistant, and as a helper in the CDE kindergarten Let Us Make Your Life classroom. She participates on CD soccer, basketball, softball and track teams. She has chosen a rigorous curriculum that includes several Honors-level courses, was inducted into the Junior National Honor Society in middle school and has been on the High Honor roll for all of middle school, as well as for her entire first year of high school.

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The Children’s Law Project (CLP) provides legal advice and assistance for lowincome children and youth with disabilities. CLP focuses on protecting the rights of students with disabilities in special education and school discipline matters.

“Legal Aid and the Children’s Law Project are here to help children thrive and develop to their full potential,” says Christen Smith LASNNY Staff Attorney. “Education is a major social determinant of health and ensuring access to education and protecting the educational rights of children with disabilities not only positively impacts the individual child, but also members of their family and their community.”

Through the Children’s Law Project, LASNNY successfully advocated for a local middle school student to receive an education alongside her peers. After being moved to a special school attended only by students with disabilities, this student regressed both socially and academically. She desperately wanted to return to her home school and to interact with children both with and without disabilities, but her school district refused. We represented her at meeting with the school district and successfully advocated for

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a change in her classroom placement and changes to her IEP. She was moved back into an in-district classroom and is thriving with the right accommodations and supports. In 2018 LASNNY closed over 40 cases in the areas covered by CLP, which include school disciplinary concerns, special education/learning disabilities, and access to education (including bilingual and testing), impacting over 150 individuals, just like this local student.

“The assistance and advocacy provided everyday at the Legal Aid Society helps residents of Northeastern New York of all backgrounds, including those who face the toughest legal challenges; children, veterans, seniors, people living with disabilities, and victims of domestic violence,” says LASNNY Executive Director Lillian M.

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Moy. “We are grateful that the Community Foundation is here to help our community, and for the vital funding they provided to our Children’s Law Project with the award of this Impact Grant in September.”

“The Community Foundation is thrilled to support the Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York’s Children’s Law Project,” said Shelly Connolly, vice president of Community Grantmaking at the Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region. “In 2019, The Foundation awarded $256,731 in Community Impact Grants to address the community’s most pressing needs. Legal Aid Society was one of 39 organizations throughout the Greater Capital Region to receive a Community Impact Grant this year.”

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By AMAC Certified Social Security Advisor Russell Gloor, Association of Mature American Citizens

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Dear Rusty: I’m 59 years old. When do I need to start looking at what’s available for me — when I start getting closer to age 65?

Signed: Planning Ahead Dear Planning Ahead: Kudos to you for thinking about Social Security in advance! Fifty-nine years of age is a great time to start planning. Your strategy may be different, depending on whether you are married, if you plan to continue working well into your 60s (or later), your health, and your expected longevity.

You have an 8-year window between ages 62–70 during which you can claim your benefits, and the age you claim will greatly influence the amount of your benefit. If you claim at age 62, your payment

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GLOOR will be 30% less than it would be if you wait until your full retirement age (FRA), which for you is age 67. If you choose to delay past your FRA until age 70, your benefit will be 24% more than it will be at your FRA. Your full retirement age is when you get 100% of the benefit you have earned from a lifetime of working — claiming earlier will result in a lower benefit and claiming later (up to age 70) will mean a higher benefit (8% more per year of

delay).

The age you claim should consider your plans for working, because if you claim earlier than your FRA and continue to work you’ll be subject to Social Security’s earnings limit until you reach your FRA. If you exceed the limit ($17,640 for 2019), SS will take back $1 for every $2 you are over the limit by withholding future benefits. The earnings limit goes up by about 2.5 times during the year you reach your FRA and goes away once you reach FRA. If you exceed the earnings limit SS will withhold benefits for as many months needed to recover what is due, which means you could go months without receiving any benefits. Although, at your FRA, you will get time credit for any months withheld (thus a benefit adjustment), it could (depending upon the amount) take many years to recover any

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For information and questions, please call 518-828-1616 ext. 2490. We would like to have information at least two weeks in advance.

ATHENS SENIOR CITIZENS ATHENS — The Athens Senior Citizens meet at 1:15 p.m. the second and fourth Monday of the month at the Rivertown Senior Center, 39 Second St., Athens.

CAIRO GOLDEN AGERS CAIRO — The Cairo Golden Agers meet at 1:30 p.m. the second and fourth Wednesday of the month at the Acra Community Center, Route 23, Acra.

CATSKILL SILVER LININGS SENIORS CATSKILL — The Catskill Silver Linings Seniors meet at 1 p.m. the second Thursday of the month at the Robert C. Antonelli Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill.

COXSACKIE AREA SENIORS COXSACKIE — The Coxsackie Area Seniors meet at 1:30 p.m. the second and fourth Wednesday of the month in Van Heest Hall, Bethany Village, 800 Bethany Village, West Coxsackie.

SENIOR CITIZENS OF COXSACKIE COXSACKIE — The Senior Citizens of Coxsackie meet at 1:30 p.m. the first and third Monday of the month at the Coxsackie Senior Center, 127 Mansion St., Coxsackie.

GREENVILLE GOLDEN YEARS CLUB GREENVILLE — The Greenville Golden Club meet at 1:30 p.m. the first Wednesday of the month at the American Legion Hall, 54 Maple Ave., Greenville.

MOUNTAIN TOP GOLDEN AGERS TANNERSVILLE — The Mountain Top Golden Agers meet at 1:30 p.m. the fourth Thursday of the month at Tannersville Village Hall, 1 Park Lane, Tannersville.

WAJPL GOLDEN AGERS HENSONVILLE — The WAJPL Golden Agers meet at 1:30 p.m. the first and third Monday of the month at Hensonville Town Building, 371 Route 296, Hensonville.

THANKSGIVING DINNER WINDHAM — Hope Retoration Church, 117 Route 296, Windham, 21st annual Thanksgiving dinner will be held 4:30-7:30 p.m. Nov. 1.

The gourmet chefs are ready to serve a full course turkey dinner. Reservations will not be necessary. Take outs are for shut-ins only.

SUPPORT GROUPS COXSACKIE — A grief support group will start meeting at 6 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at the Bethany Village in Coxsackie.

While the loss of a loved one is a common source of grief other reasons include the loss of a job, the death of a beloved pet, experiencing a major health challenge such as cancer and the ending of a relationship.

Grief is a very personal and individual emotion. Support groups provide many benefits to those who are grieving.

Those who are experiencing grief early on can connect with others in the group who have successfully managed their grief and are further along on their road to feeling happy once again. More information can be found at the face book page at Coxsackie Grief Support Group and also by contacting Jeffrey Haas at 518478-5414 or jhaasrph@aol. com.

CATSKILL — The Alzheimer’s Association holds support group meetings at 3 p.m. the first Wednesday of the month at The Pines, Jefferson Heights, Catskill.

COXSACKIE — The Alzheimer’s Association holds support group meetings at 6 p.m. the third Thursday of the month at Heermance Memorial Library, 1 Ely St., Coxsackie.

CATSKILL — The Pines at Catskill and Columbia Memorial Health will host a Stroke Survivor and Caregiver monthly support group at 3 p.m. the second Wednesday of the month at The Pines at Catskill Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation, 154 Jefferson Heights, Catskill. For information, call 518-943-5151.

SHOPPING BUS CATSKILL — The Greene County Department of Human Services offers a shopping bus to Greene County residents 60 and older, living in the towns of Ashland, Athens, Cairo, Catskill, Coxsackie, Greenville, Hunter, Jewett, Prattsville and Windham. Seniors are picked up at their door, driven to Catskill for shopping and then have lunch at a local senior center before returning home. Special trips are scheduled periodically.

Monday: Mountain Top/ Catskill (Windham, Ashland, Prattsville, Jewett and Hunter).

Tuesday: Cairo/Greenville/ Catskill.

Wednesday: Athens/Coxsackie.

The Shopping Bus does not run on the following holidays: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther

withheld benefits.

Your health and expected longevity are key factors in determining the age to claim SS. The life expectancy for the “average” man your age today is about 84. If your health and family history suggest you will enjoy at least average longevity, then delaying your claim to a later age will yield more in cumulative lifetime benefits, as well as a higher monthly payment. Conversely, if you’re in poor health and expect less than average longevity, delaying may not be a practical option for you.

If you are married there are special considerations if your wife is, or was, a lower-earner or stay-at-home mom and has a smaller SS benefit than you. Your wife may be eligible for a spousal benefit from you and will also be eligible for a survivor benefit if you should predecease her. The widow’s

benefit your wife would be entitled to is based upon the actual amount you are receiving at your death. If you claim at age 62, your widow would get your age 62 benefit, but if you wait until later (up to 70) to claim, your widow gets the higher benefit you were receiving because you delayed claiming (if that’s higher than her own).

Finally, your financial needs should be included in your planning. If your circumstances are such that you do not urgently need your Social Security benefits to live comfortably, then delaying your claim will provide you with a higher monthly benefit in retirement. If, on the other hand, you need the extra money to make ends meet, then claiming early makes sense (but beware of the earnings limit mentioned above).

By setting up your personal

online account at www.ssa. gov you’ll be able to see the benefit amounts you are estimated to receive at age 62, at your FRA, and at age 70. Having these numbers, and taking the above points into consideration, should allow you to develop a strategy for when you should claim your Social Security benefits.

This article is intended for information purposes only and does not represent legal or financial guidance. It presents the opinions and interpretations of the AMAC Foundation’s staff, trained and accredited by the National Social Security Association (NSSA). NSSA and the AMAC Foundation and its staff are not affiliated with or endorsed by the Social Security Administration or any other governmental entity. To submit a question, visit our website or email us.

Senior Menu King Jr. Day, Presidents’ Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Election Day (November), Veterans Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

The trip to Colonie Center will be Dec. 20.

The following is the 2019 trips to Colonie Center. Trips are the third Thursday of the month. The cost is $10. Payment is due at time of departure/boarding. Nov. 21, Dec. 19. Reservations must be made no later than 3 p.m. of the Wednesday before the trip.

In addition, during snow or ice storms, it may be necessary for us to close our senior service centers because of hazardous driving conditions.

When we close the centers, we also cancel our transportation services for the day, which includes the Shopping Bus. Advance notice/reservation required for all shopping bus transportation. For information or to reserve a seat, call Janet at 518-719-3559.

COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING DINNER ATHENS — The Senior Angels’ fourth annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner will be held Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28 at the Rivertown Senior Center, 39 Second St., Athens.

Open to all seniors 60 and older. Doors open 11 a.m.; lunch served noon-2 p.m. There will be music, door prizes and conversation over coffee and pie 2-4 p.m. For information, or to donate to help offset costs, contact the Department of Human Services at 518-7193555 and ask to speak to Ken.

TURKEY DINNER WINDHAM — Hope Restoration Church, 117 Route 296, Windham, 21st annual Thanksgiving dinner will be held 4:30-7:30 p.m. Nov. 1.

The gourmet chefs are ready to serve a full course turkey dinner. Reservations will not be necessary. Take outs are for shut-ins only.

IRISH NIGHT CATSKILL — St. Patrick’s Church of Catskill, will host Irish Night with the Andy Cooney Band, buffet dinner show/dance at 6 p.m. Nov. 2 at Anthony’s Banquet Hall, 746 Route 23B, Leeds. Tickets are $50. For information and reservations, call Rosemary at 518-943-4259 or Anne at 518965-7778.

SPAGHETTI DINNER CAIRO — The annual spaghetti & meatball dinner sponsored by the Cairo Hose Company Auxiliary will be held 5-7:30 p.m. Nov. 5 at the Cairo Firehouse, Railroad Avenue, Cairo. Take outs at 4:30 p.m.

Adults, $9; children 5-12, $5; under 5, free.

CATSKILL — The following is the weekly nutrition menu offered by the Greene County Department of Human Services’ Senior Nutrition Program. Served daily with each meal are bread or alternative with Promise Spread; low fat milk, coffee or tea.

All persons 60 and older and their spouses are invited.

The suggested donation for each meal is $4.

The menu will be the meal that is delivered to all Greene County home bound meal clients. Those wishing to receive lunch at a center are asked to call the respective location at least a day in advance.

Rivertown Senior Center, 39 Second St., Athens; 518945-2700.

Acra Community Center, Old Route 23B, Cairo; 518622-9898.

Jewett Municipal Building, Route 23C, Jewett; 518-2634392.

Washington Irving Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill; 518-943-1343.

Town of Coxsackie Senior Center, Mansion Street, Coxsackie; 518-731-8901.

OCT. 30 THROUGH NOV. 6 WEDNESDAY: Fresh ham with gravy, scalloped potatoes, applesauce, braised

cabbage, peaches.

THURSDAY: Beef stew, buttered noodles, brussels sprouts, tapioca.

FRIDAY: Chicken pot pie, fresh salad, green beans, chocolate cake.

MONDAY: Creole pork, brown rice, broccoli, mandarin oranges with pineapple.

TUESDAY: Closed.

WEDNESDAY: Crap topped cod, mashed potatoes, spinach, fruit cocktail.

NOV. 6 THROUGH NOV. 13 WEDNESDAY: Crap topped cod, mashed potatoes, spinach, fruit cocktail.

THURSDAY: Meatloaf with gravy, braised cabbage, sweet potatoes, lemon mousse.

FRIDAY: Cheese lasagna, fresh salad, Italian green beans, fresh pear.

MONDAY: Closed.

TUESDAY: Chicken Florentine casserole, Parisian mixed vegetables, parsley potatoes, vanilla pudding.

WEDNESDAY: Shepherd’s pie, broccoli, beet salad, peaches.

NOV. 13 THROUGH NOV. 20 WEDNESDAY: Shepherd’s pie, broccoli, beet salad, peaches.

THURSDAY: Baked ziti, fresh salad, Italian mixed vegetables, fresh fruit.

FRIDAY: Braised beef tips with mushrooms, buttered noodles, California mixed vegetables, apple crisp.

MONDAY: Chicken Divan, rice, peas and carrots, tropical fruit mix.

TUESDAY: Salmon with dill sauce, brown rice pilaf, spinach, mandarin oranges.

WEDNESDAY: Roast turkey with gravy, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, carrot coins, pumpkin pie.

NOV. 20 THROUGH NOV. 27 WEDNESDAY: Roast turkey with gravy, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, carrot coins, pumpkin pie.

THURSDAY: Broccoli and cheddar quiche, green beans, hash brown potatoes, fruited gelatin.

FRIDAY: Seafood sampi over linguini, Italian mixed vegetables, orange juice, fresh fruit.

MONDAY: Chili con carne, brown rice, wax beans, fruit cocktail.

TUESDAY: Baked chicken with gravy, mashed potatoes, California mixed vegetables, chocolate mousse.

WEDNESDAY: Apple glazed pork chops, brussels sprouts, winter squash, spice cake.

Adult Learning Institute announces programs for November HUDSON — The Adult Learning Institute has announced its programs for November. All programs are held at Columbia-Greene Community College, 4400 Route 23, Hudson. For information and registration, call or email the ALI office at 518-828-4181 ext. 3431 or ali@sunycgcc.edu.

Open Pinochle Group 1:30-4 p.m. Nov. 4 and Nov. 18 in the Faculty/Staff Lounge with Madeline Dickerson. Whether you’re a novice, expert, or fall somewhere in between, the Open Pinochle Group welcomes you.

This group, which generally meets twice a month on the first and third Monday, provides a wonderful opportunity to learn, share and meet new people with a similar interest.

Bridge Group with Bridge Lessons — 1:30-4 p.m. Nov. 5, Nov. 12, Nov. 19 and Nov. 26 in the Faculty/Staff Lounge with Nancy Feller. The bridge group generally meets every week and is open to all members of ALI. If you are interested in learning to play bridge or just need to brush up on your skills, come to the bridge class. Call Barbara in the ALI

Office to register for a beginner or refresher class.

Mahjongg 1:30-4 p.m. Nov. 6 and Nov. 13 in the Faculty/ Staff Lounge with Barbara Troy. Mahjongg is a rummylike game played with tiles rather than cards and the group meets three Wednesdays each month. If you are an experienced player, just call the office and let Barbara know you will be attending. If you are interested in learning to play Mahjongg, contact the ALI Office and your name will be placed on the list for the next beginner class.

Exploring Your Family History with Glenn Fisher 1-2, 2-3 and 3 p.m. Nov. 18 ALI Office, Room 103 and 1-2, 2-3 and 3 p.m. Nov. 20 in the F/S Lounge. Learn about your family history, local history and/or cultural heritage without expensive online subscriptions, expense or travel by scheduling a consultation with ALI member Glenn Fisher. Exploring family history should go beyond just constructing a family tree filled with names and dates, but should rather be a study of the individual stories and

collected heritage that these names and places represent.

Proper study is generally time consuming, expensive and needs a high degree of research skills—however, this is an opportunity to explore your family history without any of those commitments! Advance registration is required as this program is restricted to one person per session. One-time trial consultation for non-ALI members is also encouraged.

Steamboat Days on the Hudson with Stanley Wilcox 10:30 a.m.-noon Nov. 14 in the Faculty/Staff Lounge.

“Captain Stan” is a Coast Guard licensed Master with more than 30 years on the Hudson River. For 12 years he has served as senior captain on the Spirit of the Hudson.

The “Hudson River Book,” with a foreword by Riverkeeper, co-authored by Captain Stan, is now in its fourth printing. He also teaches “Hudson River Boating and Seamanship” each winter at Columbia-Greene Community College and guest speaker on American Cruise Lines.

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Convicted Rapist in Georgia Is Released From Prison ‘in Error’

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Emily S. Rueb donates food and other goods to the needy, and is operated

by St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 8 Storm Ave. The pantry is typically open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. A representative of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church could not immediately be reached for comment on Tuesday.

Yellow police tape surrounded the building and investigators were seen at the scene for most of the day.

As of 3 p.m. Tuesday, police had not ruled the fire to be an arson.

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

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An early morning fire damaged St. Mark’s Lutheran Food Pantry, 200 Fairview Ave., Greenport, on Tuesday.

Murray Energy is 8th coal company in a year to seek bankruptcy Clifford Krauss The New York Times News Service

Murray Energy, once a symbol of American mining prowess, has become the eighth coal company in a year to file for bankruptcy protection. The move Tuesday is the latest sign that market forces are throttling the Trump administration’s bid to save the industry.

The collapse of the Ohiobased company had long been expected as coal-fired power plants close across the country.

Its chief executive, Robert E. Murray, has been an outspoken supporter and adviser of President Donald Trump.

He had lobbied extensively for Washington to support coalfired power plants.

Murray gave up his position as chief executive and was replaced Tuesday by Robert Moore, the former chief financial officer. Murray, who will remain chairman, expressed optimism that the company would survive with a lighter debt load.

“Although a bankruptcy filing is not an easy decision, it became necessary to access liquidity,” he said in a statement, “and best position Murray Energy and its affiliates for the future of our employees and customers and our long-term success.”

Murray, the nation’s largest privately held coal company, has nearly 7,000 employees and operates 17 mines in six states across Appalachia and the South as well as two mines in Colombia. It produces more than 70 million tons of coal annually.

But with utilities quickly switching to cheap natural gas and renewable sources like wind and solar power, Murray and other coal companies have been shutting down mines and laying off workers. Murray’s

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voted on prior to voting on the project as a whole.

Glidepath, an alternative energy company based in Illinois, is before the planning board seeking a permit to site 40 battery storage containers on 10 acres near the intersection of Route 9W and Route 23. The lithium-ion batteries will supply 20 megawatts of power.

Catskill resident Hudson Talbott attended the meeting and came away feeling positive about the project, he said Tuesday.

“I was concerned with the visuals,” Talbott said. “Will it be unsightly? The meeting reassured me that it will be very contained.”

The containers will be sheltered from view behind an earthen berm, Talbott said.

“It will not be very visible from the road,” he said.

Talbott said he likes the idea of energy capture and preservation.

“It seems like a really good

the incident. It did not explain how the error had occurred or why it had not been revealed sooner.

A spokeswoman for the department, Lori Benoit, said it was reviewing the circumstances surrounding his release According to online corrections records, Munoz-Mendez, 31, was sentenced to life in prison for rapes that occurred in 2010 and 2012, as well as aggravated child molestation in 2010.

John Warr, the Gwinnett County prosecutor who handled the case, said that MunozMendez had begun molesting the 7-year-old daughter of his girlfriend at the time.

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bankruptcy follows those of industry stalwarts like Cloud Peak Energy, Cambrian Coal and Blackjewel.

Murray was most closely identified with Trump administration promises to reverse the industry’s fortunes.

Murray contributed $300,000 to Trump’s inauguration. Shortly after, he wrote Trump a confidential memo with his wish list for the industry, including shaving regulations on greenhouse gas emissions and ozone and mine safety, along with cutting the staff at the Environmental Protection Agency by at least 50%.

Several of the suggestions were adopted.

In July, Murray hosted a fundraiser for Trump attended by the Republican governors of Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia.

With Murray applauding his efforts, Trump installed former coal lobbyists in regulatory positions and slashed environmental rules. But utilities continued to shut down coal plants that could not compete with a glut of natural gas produced in the nation’s shale fields.

More recently, the improved economics of wind and solar energy production hastened coal’s decline.

Once the source of over 40% of the country’s power, coal produced 28% in 2018. That share has declined to just 25% this year, and the Energy Department projects that it will drop to 22% next year.

The only bright spot for Murray and other coal companies in recent years has been growing demand from Europe, Latin America and Asia, but exports have dropped by nearly 30% in the third quarter compared with last year. All told, domestic coal production is expected to decline by 10% this year from

idea for the environment,” he said. “To me it makes a lot of sense.”

Energy storage projects are critical to support renewable sources of energy, Glidepath Chief Development Officer Peter Rood said at a meeting last month.

Part of managing the grid involves matching supply and demand and making sure the frequency of energy stays within a certain range.

“With a renewable grid, these services aren’t always as easy to provide,” Rood said.

“The sun isn’t always out, the wind isn’t always blowing.

Battery projects provide these services that renewable projects can’t provide as easily.”

Battery storage projects are essential to meeting Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s goal of becoming 50% to 70% dependent on renewable energy by 2030, Glidepath Director of Development Erin Hazen said in September.

“This is a chance for Catskill to be leading the way,” Hazen said.

Glidepath has battery storage projects in Illinois and Pennsylvania and one under

2018 and by an additional 11% in 2020, the Energy Department said recently.

Environmentalists cheered the bankruptcy.

“Bob Murray and his company are the latest examples of how market forces have sealed the fate of coal, and there’s nothing the president can do about it,” said Ken Cook, president of the Environmental Working Group.

Murray entered into a restructuring agreement with some of its lenders and said it had received $350 million in loans to keep operating its mines.

Many coal companies have gone through bankruptcy in recent years only to reemerge smaller, with reduced debts and eroded pension and health care benefits. Murray had been the last coal company contributing to the pension fund of the United Mine Workers of America.

In a statement, the United Mine Workers president, Cecil E. Roberts, warned that Murray “will seek to be relieved of its obligations to retirees, their dependents and widows,” adding, “We have seen this sad act too many times before.’’

He promised to fight for the interests of workers in bankruptcy court.

While coal is in sharp decline in the United States, it remains a major power source in developing countries like India and China.

For coal to grow again in the United States and other industrialized countries, energy experts and even some coal executives say a concerted effort will be needed to develop technologies to capture carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. So far, the Trump administration has stopped short of pushing such an initiative.

construction in Texas, Hazen said.

The project will disturb less than two acres, one-tenth of which are wetlands, Glidepath Chief Operating Officer Chris McKissack said last month.

In an evaluation performed by the state Historic Preservation Office, no artifacts of cultural or archaeological significance were found, McKissack said.

The battery containers are equipped with a series of safety features such as a fail-safe fire suppression system and fail-safes for overcharging, overheating and short-circuiting, McKissack said.

The batteries will be monitored 24/7 by the company and they will receive commands from the grid operator every four seconds so they are always charging or discharging, Rood said.

If the project is approved, Glidepath hopes to complete the permit process by the end of the year and begin construction in 2021, Hazen said.

Construction is expected to take six months to a year.

A manhunt is underway in Georgia for a convicted rapist and child molester who is serving a life sentence and was released “in error,” the authorities said.

The inmate, Tony Maycon Munoz-Mendez, who had been incarcerated at Rogers State Prison in Reidsville, Georgia, about 65 miles west of Savannah, walked free Friday around 11:30 a.m., according to the Georgia Department of Corrections.

The department, one of the country’s largest prison systems with nearly 52,000 inmates, announced his release in a statement three days after

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President Carlee Drummer said Tuesday. “By enlisting the help of our students, the program raises awareness of sexual assault and domestic violence issues and it positively affects the lives of people living right here in the Twin Counties.”

Columbia-Greene Community College, which was hosting the event for the first time, opted to create 500 bags.

“At the end of today, we will have made our 100,000th bag,” SUNY’S Got Your Back Staff Associate Roma Shah said.

When the program started three years ago, the goal was to make 2,016 bags, Staff Associate Morgan Clifford said.

“We have a goal of 100,000 this year,” Clifford said.

Each bag contains hygiene products such as soap, a toothbrush and toothpaste, a comb and deodorant, along with a pen, notepad, stress ball and a message from a volunteer. The bags also contain information about support services and educational materials intended to alert victims of their rights under state law, according to the release.

About 20 people from the campus community volunteered to help run the event.

“There was a great enthusiasm for the project,” Drummer said. “As soon as we announced the event, we were inundated with volunteers.

This is a campus where everybody gets involved and we are very proud of that.”

Associate Professor of Psychology Barbie Shaffer brought her class of about 30 students to make bags.

“I think this is a wonderful opportunity to engage our students in a way that is meaningful for the community,” Shaffer said. “My psychology students volunteered to give up some of their day to help members of the community that are more in need.”

Shaffer’s students grabbed the draw string bags and hopped into the assembly

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Columbia Greene’s mascot, Rip Van Winkle, got in on the action and made several comfort kits for SUNY’s Got Your Back.

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Dozens of students participated in Columbia-Greene’s first SUNY’s Got Your Back event Tuesday. The event provides comfort kits to local victims of sexual assault and domestic violence.

line of volunteers. At the end of the line, the bags were gathered into boxes, packaged and stacked onto a dolly to be rolled out to the truck that will deliver them.

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program is open to all SUNY campuses, Shah said, but generally the event is scheduled at a college’s request.

Drummer said she is interested in making SUNY’s Got Your Back an annual event.

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Titans to play for Section IX championship

By Matt Fortunato Columbia-Greene Media

CRARYVILLE — In Monday’s Section IX Class field hockey semifinal, the Taconic Hills Titans rolled to a 5-0 victory over the Ellenville Blue Devils.

The Titans (13-3) advance to play Onteora for the Section IX Class C championship today at 2 p.m. at Taconic Hills High School.

The highlight of the matchup was Titans’ biggest contributor Amelia Canetto, who put on an absolute clinic with a hat trick. Sage Pulver added a goal and an assist to her stat sheet, as well as two assists and a goal for Delana Bonci.

Blue Devil keeper Lauren Franza had a number of brilliant saves with her blocker, but there was not much else she could do to stop the onslaught of offense that the Titans relentlessly brought.

Taconic Hills’ passing attack throughout the game

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Taconic Hills’ Madison Rowe (right) knocks the ball away from an Ellenville player during Monday’s Section IX Class C field hockey semifinal.

seemed to completely outrank any defensive stops Ellenville was able to manage in this contest. By halftime, Canetto had already scored two of her goals, and Bonci

both of her assists, to have the Titans up 2-0 at the break.

Things could have gotten uglier in the second half, but Taconic Hills failed to score on more than a few penalty

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Taconic Hills’ Delana Bonci moves the ball up the field during Monday’s Section IX Class C field hockey semifinal against Ellenville.

C-GCC women win big in season finale Columbia-Greene Media

HUDSON — The Columbia-Greene Community College women’s soccer team played it’s final game of the season vs. Jefferson CC on Saturday. The Twins celebrated “Sophomore Day” by defeating the Cannoneers 10-1.

Twins forward Katie Christman started the scoring in the 12th minute assisted by midfielder Chandler Hoose. In the 27th minute, forward Jenna Lashua received a pass from midfielder Amanda Rustick and scored the Twins second goal.

C-GCC struck again in the 30th minute when midfielder Riley Knoetgen scored off a pass from Jenna Lashua. The Twins scored their forth goal of the half in the 38th minute when Chandler Hoose (1 goal, 1 assist) scored assisted by Jessica Steinke.

After the halftime ceremony honoring it’s sophomores, the Twins started the second half strong when in the 48th minute; Lashua scored her 2nd goal assisted by Christman. In the 54th minute, midfielder Jenna Quick scored unassisted. Jenna Lashua (3 goals, 1assist) completed her hat trick in the 58th minute assisted by Christman.

In the 63rd minute, Katie Christman (2 goals, 2 assists) scored off an assist by Ashley Wixon.

Jefferson CC got on the board in the 67th

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The 2019 Columbia-Greene Community College women’s soccer team. Front row (from left): Nicole Kernan, Ashley Wixon, Katie Christman, Keegan Deyo, Holly Kleinmeier. Back row: Coach Paul Pape, Chandler Hoose, Amanda Rustick, Olivia Elliott, Jenna Lashua, Jenna Quick, Maycie Reich, Riley Knoetgen, Ashley Petrocca, Sophia Martino, Jessica Steinke, and Coach Andy Lashua. Natalie Meir is missing from photo.

minute when a well-placed penalty kick deflected off the left post into the net. Two

minutes later, Ashley Wixon (1 goal, 1 assist) responded when she skillfully moved the ball

through the Cannoneer defense and scored unassisted.

After halftime, Twins keeper Keegan Deyo (4 saves) was replaced by Jessica Steinke (8 saves).

In the 88th minute, Deyo blasted a shot from outside the 18 yard line into the right corner to cap off the Twins scoring.

“What a great way to send off our sophomores,” Twins coach Andy Lashua said. “coring 10 goals was our best offensive effort of the year. Better yet, having seven different players score and recording seven assists is a testament to their ability to work together. Center back Ashley Petrocca played another great game.

“Keepers Deyo and Steinke made some superb plays. Jenna Lashua really stepped it up in our last three games recording six goals and three assists. Katie Christman, Jenna Quick, and Chandler Hoose also contributed big during our three game win streak.

“Congrats to Ashley Wixon and Riley Knoetgen for scoring their first goals. We had a large group of supporters today so I’m glad they were treated to such an awesome performance. Hats off to Athletic Director Nic Dyer and his staff for providing a great environment for the women’s soccer program to grow. Coach Pape and I are very proud of the team for all of their hard work and finishing the season strong.”

Clippers advance to Class D semifinals Columbia-Greene Media

GLOVERSVILLE — The No. 5 Germantown girls varsity soccer team prevailed in the quarterfinals of the Section II Class D tournament on Monday with a come-from-behind 2-1 win against the No. 4 home seed Oppenheim-Ephratah/St Johnsville.

OESJ posted the only goal of the first half when striker Abby Johnson converted a cross from striker Ashley Engel with 18:16 remaining in the half.

Germantown knotted the score at one just under 15:05 into the second session when junior midfielder Riley Gibbons received an inside pass from junior striker Olivia Johsnon at the top of the 18 yard box, eluded two OESJ defenders and tucked a finish inside the right post past OESJ senior net-minder Ashlee Shelmandine.

With just over 18 minutes remaining in the second half Germantown scored the winning goal when junior midfielder Megan Dunn converted a Gibbons corner kick served between the penalty kick stripe and the top of the six-yard box.

OESJ outshot Germantown, 11-8.

Clippers goalkeeper Kaitlyn

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The Germantown girls soccer team is all smiles after its Section II Class D quarterfinal win over OESJ.

Stagno had 10 saves. OESJ’s Shelmandine turned away six shots.

After seeing his team out shot in the first half 8-2, Germantown coach Mike Pudney challenged his team to raise

their level of play in the second half, “and to just play with the same poise and intensity they’ve played with all season long.”

The coach said he was very pleased with the second half

effort and the final score.

The Clippers next play Thursday at neutral site Fonda-Fultonville in the semifinals against either CHVL rival New Lebanon or independent Saratoga Central Catholic.

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NEW YORK — Fresh streams of data and analytics have informed the New York Yankees’ game preparation and their decision-making, which in turn, can impact the old guard.

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Pro football NFL American Football Conference East W L T Pct PF PA New England 8 0 01.000 250 61 Buffalo 5 2 0 .714 134 122 N.Y. Jets 1 6 0 .143 78 185 Miami 0 7 0 .000 77 238 South W L T Pct PF PA Indianapolis 5 2 0 .714 158 151 Houston 5 3 0 .625 212 188 Tennessee 4 4 0 .500 148 135 Jacksonville 4 4 0 .500 173 163 North W L T Pct PF PA Baltimore 5 2 0 .714 214 156 Pittsburgh 3 4 0 .429 150 145 Cleveland 2 5 0 .286 133 181 Cincinnati 0 8 0 .000 124 210 West W L T Pct PF PA Kansas City 5 3 0 .625 226 181 Oakland 3 4 0 .429 151 192 L.A. Chargers 3 5 0 .375 157 157 Denver 2 6 0 .250 125 151 National Football Conference East W L T Pct PF PA Dallas 4 3 0 .571 190 124 Philadelphia 4 4 0 .500 202 199 N.Y. Giants 2 6 0 .250 158 218 Washington 1 7 0 .125 99 195 South W L T Pct PF PA New Orleans 7 1 0 .875 195 156 Carolina 4 3 0 .571 179 184 Tampa Bay 2 5 0 .286 196 212 Atlanta 1 7 0 .125 165 250 North W L T Pct PF PA Green Bay 7 1 0 .875 215 163 Minnesota 6 2 0 .750 211 132 Detroit 3 3 1 .500 180 186 Chicago 3 4 0 .429 128 122 West W L T Pct PF PA San Francisco 7 0 01.000 207 77 Seattle 6 2 0 .750 208 196 L.A. Rams 5 3 0 .625 214 174 Arizona 3 4 1 .438 170 223 Week 8 Thursday’s game Minnesota 19, Washington 9 Sunday’s games Seattle 27, Atlanta 20 Tennessee 27, Tampa Bay 23 New Orleans 31, Arizona 9 L.A. Rams 24, Cincinnati 10 Jacksonville 29, N.Y. Jets 15 Philadelphia 31, Buffalo 13 L.A. Chargers 17, Chicago 16 Detroit 31, N.Y. Giants 26 Indianapolis 15, Denver 13 San Francisco 51, Carolina 13 Houston 27, Oakland 24 New England 27, Cleveland 13 Green Bay 31, Kansas City 24 Monday’s game Pittsburgh 27, Miami 14 Week 9 Thursday’s game San Francisco at Arizona, 8:20 p.m.

Sunday’s games Houston vs Jacksonville, at London,, 9:30 a.m.

Washington at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

Tennessee at Carolina, 1 p.m.

Minnesota at Kansas City, 1 p.m.

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

Chicago at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.

Indianapolis at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Seattle, 4:05 p.m.

Detroit at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.

Cleveland at Denver, 4:25 p.m.

Green Bay at L.A. Chargers, 4:25 p.m.

New England at Baltimore, 8:20 p.m.

Monday’s game Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 8:15 p.m.

Steelers 27, Dolphins 14 Miami Pittsburgh

14 0 0 0 — 14 0 10 7 10 — 27 First Quarter MIA—A.Wilson 5 yard pass from R.Fitzpatrick (J.Sanders kick), 10:55.

MIA—Hurns 12 yard pass from R.Fitzpatrick (J.Sanders kick), 1:34.

Second Quarter PIT—Boswell 42 yard field goal, 2:45.

PIT—Di.Johnson 45 yard pass from M.Rudolph (Boswell kick), 0:17.

Third Quarter PIT—Smith-Schuster 26 yard pass from M.Rudolph (Boswell kick), 3:16.

Fourth Quarter PIT—Conner 9 yard rush (Boswell kick), 12:01.

PIT—Boswell 41 yard field goal, 5:32.

TEAM STATISTICS First Downs Total Net Yards Rushes-Yds Passing Sacked-Yds Lost Comp-Att-Int Punts Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Interceptions Ret. Penalties-Yards Fumbles-Lost Time of Possession

MIA 16 230 19-60 170 4-20 21-34-2 2-46.5 3-35 4-83 1-0 5-45 3-2 24:42

PIT 21 394 29-158 236 2-15 20-36-1 3-46.7 1-2 1-25 2-6 9-70 2-0 35:18

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-MIA, M.Walton 11-35, R.Fitzpatrick 5-17, Ballage 3-8. PIT, Conner 23-145, Snell Jr. 5-13, Te.Edmunds 1-0.

PASSING-MIA, R.Fitzpatrick 21-34-2-190. PIT, M.Rudolph 20-36-1-251.

RECEIVING-MIA, D.Parker 6-59, Pr.Williams 4-42, M.Walton 3-19, J.Grant 2-32, Gesicki 2-10, Hurns 1-12, Ballage 1-11, A.Wilson 1-5, Deiter 1-0. PIT, Smith-Schuster 5-103, Di.Johnson 5-84, V.McDonald 3-19, Conner 3-5, Nix 2-4, J.Washington 1-21, Vannett 1-15.

MISSED FIELD GOALS-MIA, NA. PIT, NA Sunday

Lions 31, Giants 26 N.Y. Giants Detroit

0 13 6 7 — 26 14 3 7 7 — 31 First Quarter DET—Kennard 13 yard fumble return/recovery (Prater kick), 7:12.

DET—M.Hall 49 yard pass from Stafford (Prater kick), 2:31.

Second Quarter NYG—Slayton 22 yard pass from Dn.Jones (Rosas kick), 12:27.

NYG—Slayton 28 yard pass from Dn.Jones(Kick failed), 4:39.

DET—Prater 52 yard field goal, 0:20.

Third Quarter DET—Golladay 9 yard pass from Stafford (Prater kick), 9:51.

NYG—Engram 2 yard pass from Dn.Jones (Slayton pass from Dn.Jones - failed), 4:54.

Fourth Quarter DET—Golladay 41 yard pass from Stafford (Prater kick), 12:12.

NYG—S.Barkley 4 yard pass from Dn.Jones (Rosas kick), 1:19.

A—58,509.

TEAM STATISTICS First Downs Total Net Yards Rushes-Yds Passing Sacked-Yds Lost Comp-Att-Int Punts Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Interceptions Ret. Penalties-Yards Fumbles-Lost Time of Possession

NYG 24 370 24-80 290 3-32 28-41-0 3-45.0 1-2 6-123 1-10 5-44 2-1 30:47

DET 17 375 25-59 316 4-26 25-32-1 2-44.0 1-4 0-0 0-0 7-75 1-1 29:13

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-NYG, S.Barkley 19-64, Dn.Jones 4-13, E.Penny 1-3. DET, T.Carson 12-34, Ty.Johnson 7-25, Perkins 3-4, McKissic 1-(minus 1), Stafford 2-(minus 3).

PASSING-NYG, Dn.Jones 28-41-0-322. DET, Stafford 25-32-1-342.

RECEIVING-NYG, G.Tate 8-85, S.Barkley 8-79, Engram 4-40, Slayton 2-50, Latimer 2-28, Fowler 2-21, Gallman Jr. 1-20, Ellison 1-(minus 1). DET, Amendola 8-95, Golladay 6-123, Jones Jr. 4-22, McKissic 3-2, M.Hall 1-49, Hockenson 1-21, L.Thomas 1-17, Ty.Johnson 1-13.

MISSED FIELD GOALS-NYG, None. DET, Prater 1

Jaguars 29, Jets 15 N.Y. Jets Jacksonville

7 0 0 8 — 15 13 6 3 7 — 29 First Quarter JAC—K.Cole 6 yard pass from Minshew II(Kick failed), 12:39.

NYJ—R.Griffin 24 yard pass from Darnold (Ficken kick), 4:51.

JAC—C.Conley 70 yard pass from Minshew II (Lambo kick), 1:11.

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Second Quarter JAC—Lambo 29 yard field goal, 2:57.

JAC—Lambo 43 yard field goal, 0:11.

Third Quarter JAC—Lambo 24 yard field goal, 2:11.

Fourth Quarter NYJ—R.Griffin 3 yard pass from Darnold (R.Griffin pass from Darnold), 13:07.

JAC—Chark Jr. 8 yard pass from Minshew II (Lambo kick), 4:13.

A—57,833.

TEAM STATISTICS First Downs Total Net Yards Rushes-Yds Passing Sacked-Yds Lost Comp-Att-Int Punts Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Interceptions Ret. Penalties-Yards Fumbles-Lost Time of Possession

NYJ 15 213 15-46 167 8-51 21-30-3 5-49.2 0-0 2-31 0-0 10-83 1-0 26:39

JAC 21 389 34-111 278 2-1 22-34-0 4-38.3 5-25 2-49 3-25 9-70 3-1 33:21

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-NYJ, L.Bell 9-23, V.Smith 1-13, Powell 4-11, Darnold 1-(minus 1). JAC, Fournette 19-76, Minshew II 8-28, R.Armstead 6-7, Chark Jr. 1-0.

PASSING-NYJ, Darnold 21-30-3-218. JAC, Minshew II 22-34-0-279.

RECEIVING-NYJ, D.Thomas 5-63, R.Griffin 4-66, Rb.Anderson 4-43, Crowder 3-24, L.Bell 3-12, V.Smith 2-10. JAC, Fournette 7-60, Chark Jr. 6-79, C.Conley 4-103, K.Cole 2-12, DeValve 1-11, Mi.Lee 1-8, J.Oliver 1-6.

MISSED FIELD GOALS-NYJ, None. JAC, None

Eagles 31, Bills 13 Philadelphia Buffalo

3 8 13 7 — 31 0 7 6 0 — 13 First Quarter PHI—Jk.Elliott 37 yard field goal, 3:38.

Second Quarter BUF—Beasley 14 yard pass from Js.Allen (Hauschka kick), 14:48.

PHI—Goedert 5 yard pass from Wentz (M.Sanders rush), 0:25.

Third Quarter PHI—M.Sanders 65 yard rush(Kick failed), 14:02.

BUF—Singletary 28 yard pass from Js.Allen(Kick failed), 9:36.

PHI—B.Scott 4 yard rush (Jk.Elliott kick), 5:38.

Fourth Quarter PHI—J.Howard 3 yard rush (Jk.Elliott kick), 6:12.

A—69,435.

TEAM STATISTICS First Downs Total Net Yards Rushes-Yds Passing Sacked-Yds Lost Comp-Att-Int Punts Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Interceptions Ret. Penalties-Yards Fumbles-Lost Time of Possession

PHI 21 371 41-218 153 3-19 17-24-0 4-46.0 1-6 2-40 0-0 4-44 2-1 35:57

BUF 16 253 20-98 155 4-14 16-34-0 6-42.8 0-0 2-50 0-0 8-57 3-1 24:03

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-PHI, J.Howard 23-96, M.Sanders 3-74, Wentz 8-35, Agholor 2-7, B.Scott 5-6. BUF, Js.Allen 8-45, Gore 9-34, Singletary 3-19.

PASSING-PHI, Wentz 17-24-0-172. BUF, Js.Allen 16-34-0-169.

RECEIVING-PHI, Jeffery 4-64, Agholor 4-7, M.Sanders 3-44, Goedert 3-22, Ertz 2-20, J.Howard 1-15. BUF, Jo.Brown 5-54, Singletary 4-30, Beasley 3-41, Kroft 2-32, L.Smith 1-6, Dh.Williams 1-6.

MISSED FIELD GOALS-PHI, None. BUF, Hauschka 1

Auto racing NASCAR Monster Cup Series First Data 500 Results Sunday At Martinsville Speedway Martinsville, VA Lap Length: .53 miles 1. (3) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 500 laps, 0.0 rating, 60 points, 7 playoff points 2. (11) William Byron, Chevrolet, 500, 0.0, 45, 0 3. (15) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 500, 0.0, 35, 0 4. (1) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 500, 0.0, 45, 0 5. (6) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 500, 0.0, 48, 0 6. (25) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 500, 0.0, 31, 0 7. (22) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 500, 0.0, 30, 0 8. (10) Joey Logano, Ford, 500, 0.0, 42, 0 9. (14) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 500, 0.0, 37, 0 10. (35) Ryan Newman, Ford, 500, 0.0, 27, 0 11. (17) David Ragan, Ford, 500, 0.0, 26, 0 12. (20) Chris Buescher, Chevrolet, 500, 0.0, 25, 0 13. (26) Darrell Wallace Jr., Chevrolet, 500, 0.0, 24, 0 14. (13) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 500, 0.0, 29, 0 15. (16) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 500, 0.0, 22, 0 16. (12) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, 500, 0.0, 21, 0 17. (18) Daniel Hemric, Chevrolet, 500, 0.0, 20, 0 18. (36) Corey LaJoie, Ford, 500, 0.0, 19, 0 19. (21) Ryan Preece, Chevrolet, 500, 0.0, 18, 0 20. (8) Erik Jones, Toyota, 499, 0.0, 19, 0 21. (28) Paul Menard, Ford, 499, 0.0, 16, 0 22. (23) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 499, 0.0, 15, 0 23. (5) Michael McDowell, Ford, 499, 0.0, 14, 0 24. (27) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 498, 0.0, 13, 0 25. (29) Matt Crafton, Ford, 495, 0.0, 0, 0 26. (30) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 495, 0.0, 0, 0 27. (38) BJ McLeod, Chevrolet, 494, 0.0, 0, 0 28. (32) JJ Yeley, Chevrolet, 494, 0.0, 0, 0 29. (33) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 494, 0.0, 0, 0 30. (19) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 494, 0.0, 7, 0 31. (9) Daniel Suarez, Ford, 488, 0.0, 7, 0 32. (34) Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet, 487, 0.0, 0, 0 33. (31) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, Rear Gear, 452, 0.0, 4, 0 34. (37) Timmy Hill, Chevrolet, Transmission, 450, 0.0, 0, 0 35. (7) Clint Bowyer, Ford, Accident, 449, 0.0, 9, 0 36. (2) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 445, 0.0, 4, 0 37. (4) Aric Almirola, Ford, Accident, 363, 0.0, 11, 0 38. (24) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, Accident, 361, 0.0, 1, 0 Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 75.448 mph Time of Race: 3 hours, 29 minutes, 9 seconds Margin of Victory: 0.373 seconds Lead Changes: 3 NASCAR Driver Rating Formula A maximum of 150 points can be attained in a race.

The formula combines the following categories: Wins, Finishes, Top-15 Finishes, Average Running Position While on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish

Transactions FOOTBALL National Football League Arizona Cardinals - Acquired RB Kenyan Drake from the Miami Dolphins for a conditional 2020 sixth-round draft pick. Placed RB D.J. Foster on IR. Atlanta Falcons - Waived DB D.J. White. Waived QB Danny Etling.

Baltimore Ravens - Placed DB Iman Marshall on IR/Designated for Return list. Re-signed WR Willie Snead IV to a one-year, $6 million contract extension.

Buffalo Bills - NFL lifted the suspension on LB Tyrel Dodson.

Carolina Panthers - Added WR Quadree Henderson to the practice squad.

Dallas Cowboys - Cut DT Justin Hamilton.

Jacksonville Jaguars - Cut RB Alfred Blue.

Miami Dolphins - Activated DT Robert Nkemdiche from the physically unable to perform list.

New England Patriots - Signed QB Cody Kessler.

New Orleans Saints - Cut WR Lil’Jordan Humphrey. NFL lifted the suspension on DB P.J. Williams.

New York Giants - NFL lifted the suspension on TE Isaiah Searight.

New York Jets - NFL lifted the suspension on DE Nathan Shepherd.

Philadelphia Eagles - Acquired LB Genard Avery from the Cleveland Browns for a 2021 fourthround draft pick. Added TE Scott Orndoff to the practice squad. Waived DT Bruce Hector.

Tennessee Titans - Cut RB Dalyn Dawkins and DT Matt Dickerson. Waived DB Kareem Orr. Washington Redskins - Placed RB Derrius Guice on IR/Designated for Return list.

NCAA Football Arizona - Fired defensive coordinator Marcel Yates.

Arizona - Fired linebackers coach John Rushing.

Arizona - Named Hank Hobson to an on-field coaching role.

Arkansas - Announced T Colton Jackson has retired from football due to medical reasons.

Wyoming - Announced assistant coach and safeties coach Willie Mack Garza has resigned.

NHL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OT SO Pts Buffalo 13 9 3 1 0 19 Boston 11 8 1 1 1 18 Florida 11 5 2 1 3 14 Toronto 13 6 5 1 1 14 Tampa Bay 10 5 3 2 0 12 Montreal 11 5 4 1 1 12 Ottawa 11 3 7 0 1 7 Detroit 12 3 8 1 0 7 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT SO Pts Washington 13 8 2 3 0 19 NY Islanders 11 8 3 0 0 16 Carolina 11 7 3 1 0 15 Pittsburgh 12 7 5 0 0 14 Columbus 11 5 4 2 0 12 Philadelphia 10 5 4 0 1 11 NY Rangers 9 3 5 1 0 7 New Jersey 9 2 5 0 2 6 Western Conference Central Division GP W L OT SO Pts Colorado 11 8 2 1 0 17 Nashville 11 7 3 0 1 15 St. Louis 12 6 3 2 1 15 Winnipeg 12 6 6 0 0 12 Dallas 13 4 8 0 1 9 Chicago 10 3 5 1 1 8 Minnesota 11 4 7 0 0 8 Pacific Division GP W L OT SO Pts Edmonton 12 8 3 0 1 17 Vegas 13 8 5 0 0 16 Arizona 11 7 3 1 0 15 Anaheim 13 7 6 0 0 14 Calgary 13 6 5 2 0 14 Vancouver 10 6 3 0 1 13 San Jose 12 4 7 1 0 9 Los Angeles 12 4 8 0 0 8 Saturday’s games Carolina 4, Chicago 0 Boston 3, St. Louis 0 Montreal 5, Toronto 2 Nashville 3, Tampa Bay 2, OT Philadelphia 7, Columbus 4 Pittsburgh 3, Dallas 0 Minnesota 5, Los Angeles 1 Anaheim 5, Colorado 2 Winnipeg 2, Calgary 1, OT Sunday’s games Florida 6, Edmonton 2 St. Louis 5, Detroit 4, OT Chicago 5, Los Angeles 1 Ottawa 5, San Jose 2 NY Islanders 5, Philadelphia 3 Boston 7, NY Rangers 4 Vegas 5, Anaheim 2 Monday’s games Arizona 3, Buffalo 2 Florida at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Tuesday’s games San Jose at Boston, 7 p.m.

Washington at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Tampa Bay at NY Rangers, 7:30 p.m.

Edmonton at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Chicago at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Minnesota at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Winnipeg at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

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Pro basketball NBA Eastern Conference Atlantic W L Pct Philadelphia 3 0 1.000 Toronto 3 1 .750 Boston 2 1 .667 Brooklyn 1 2 .333 New York 1 3 .250 Central W L Pct Milwaukee 2 1 .667 Detroit 2 2 .500 Cleveland 1 2 .333 Chicago 1 3 .250 Indiana 0 3 .000 Southeast W L Pct Atlanta 2 1 .667 Miami 2 1 .667 Charlotte 1 2 .333 Orlando 1 2 .333 Washington 1 2 .333 Western Conference Northwest W L Pct Denver 2 0 1.000 Minnesota 3 0 1.000 Utah 2 1 .667 Portland 2 2 .500 Oklahoma City 1 3 .250 Pacific W L Pct Phoenix 2 1 .667 L.A. Clippers 2 1 .667 L.A. Lakers 2 1 .667 Golden State 1 2 .333 Sacramento 0 3 .000 Southwest W L Pct San Antonio 3 0 1.000 Houston 2 1 .667 Dallas 2 1 .667 Memphis 1 2 .333 New Orleans 0 4 .000 Monday’s games Detroit 96, Indiana 94 New York 105, Chicago 98 Philadelphia 105, Atlanta 103 Toronto 104, Orlando 95 Houston 116, Oklahoma City 112 Milwaukee 129, Cleveland 112 Golden State 134, New Orleans 123 San Antonio 113, Portland 110 Utah at Phoenix, 10 p.m.

Denver at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

Charlotte at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

Tuesday’s games Atlanta at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

Dallas at Denver, 9 p.m.

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

Wednesday’s games Chicago at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

New York at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Milwaukee at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

Indiana at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.

Detroit at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

Houston at Washington, 8 p.m.

Portland at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Utah, 10 p.m.

Charlotte at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

Phoenix at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

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

Denver at New Orleans, 9:30 p.m.

San Antonio at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

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Golf PGA Money Leaders Through Monday Trn 1. Justin Thomas 3 2. Lanto Griffin 5 3. Tiger Woods 1 4. Hideki Matsuyama 4 5. Joaquin Niemann 5 6. Kevin Na 5 7. Sebastian Munoz 5 8. Sung-Jae Im 5 9. Danny Lee 5 10. Cameron Champ 4 11. Byeong-Hun An 6 12. Adam Hadwin 3 13. Mark Hubbard 5 14. Gary Woodland 3 15. Harris English 4 16. Tom Hoge 4 17. Patrick Cantlay 2 18. Scott Harrington 4 19. Cameron Smith 4 20. Charles Howell III 4 21. Corey Conners 4 22. Carlos Ortiz 5 23. Xin-Jun Zhang 5 24. Rory McIlroy 1 25. Brian Harman 4 26. Pat Perez 4 27. Dylan Frittelli 5 28. Denny McCarthy 4 29. Kevin Streelman 6 30. Marc Leishman 4 31. Nate Lashley 5 32. Ryan Palmer 3 33. Bronson Burgoon 5 34. Richy Werenski 3 35. Brian Stuard 5 36. Ryan Moore 4 37. Bryson DeChambeau 3 38. Scottie Scheffler 4 39. Cameron Percy 4 40. Billy Horschel 2 41. Bud Cauley 4 42. Harold Varner III 5 43. Tyrrell Hatton 1 44. Matt Jones 5 45. Ian Poulter 2 46. Collin Morikawa 4 47. Brian Gay 4 48. Zac Blair 5 49. Robby Shelton 5 50. Talor Gooch 4 51. Cameron Tringale 4

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NFL power rankings, Week 9: Patriots stay No. 1, but Saints, Niners, Packers are gaining Mark Maske The Washington Post

Each week during the season, Post NFL writer Mark Maske ranks the 32 teams. This week, the Bills plummet with their troubling loss at home to the Eagles. The Ravens are gifted a spot in the top five as they prepare, coming off their bye week, to face the Patriots. The Seahawks, Texans and Rams move into the top 10.

1. New England Patriots (8-0) | Last Week’s Rank: 1 The Patriots are halfway to an unblemished regular season as the defense was dominant again against the Browns and the offense was good enough. But some cracks are evident heading into Sunday night’s game at Baltimore. The run defense was exploited by Cleveland’s Nick Chubb, and kicker Mike Nugent was less than reliable.

2. New Orleans Saints (7-1) | Last Week’s Rank: 2 Drew Brees made his return from thumb surgery and, mostly, looked like his usually reliable self in the victory over the Cardinals. If the Saints go on to accomplish big things, the great work done by Teddy Bridgewater to hold things together while Brees was sidelined should not be forgotten.

3. San Francisco 49ers (7-0) | Last Week’s Rank: 3 It’s time to stop nitpicking about the quality of the 49ers’ opponents so far. They’re just flat-out good, as their dismantling of the Panthers reinforced. They continue to get it done with fairly ordinary passing numbers from QB Jimmy Garoppolo.

4. Green Bay Packers (7-1) | Last Week’s Rank: 4 Remember when wondering whether this Matt LaFleur-Aaron Rodgers pairing was going to work was a thing? It’s not now. Rodgers is back in the MVP conversation, and LaFleur has coached the Packers to topcontender status in the NFC. 5. Baltimore Ravens (5-2) | Last Week’s Rank: 6 The Ravens return from their bye to host the imposing Patriots on Sunday night. It will be interesting to see if the dual threat of QB Lamar Jackson as a runner and passer will put a dent in the historic greatness of the New England defense.

6. Indianapolis Colts (5-2) | Last Week’s Rank: 7 Adam Vinatieri is back to his old game-winning ways, with the decisive kick against the Broncos. The Colts continue to amaze, piling up the victories even without retired QB Andrew Luck.

7. Minnesota Vikings (6-2) | Last Week’s Rank: 8 Kirk Cousins has played splendidly over the past month. But is that another mirage or is that version of Cousins here to stay? It’s an intriguing story line as the Vikings try to elbow their way into the jumbled mess of teams vying for NFC supremacy.

8. Seattle Seahawks (6-2) | Last Week’s Rank: 11 Winning in Atlanta is not exactly a major accomplishment at this point. But the Seahawks certainly weren’t complaining, as they rebounded from the loss at home to the Ravens.

9. Houston Texans (5-3) | Last Week’s Rank: 12 The loss of J.J. Watt to a season-ending torn pectoral muscle is agonizing. If only there was someone around - like, say, Jadeveon Clowney - to pick up the slack on defense.

10. Los Angeles Rams (5-3) | Last Week’s Rank: 13 Being the NFL’s best third-place team doesn’t completely change the fact that you’re still a third-place team. Beating the Bengals in London keeps things from getting worse for the Rams but shouldn’t convince anyone that they’re back to being what they were expected to be. At least not yet.

11. Kansas City Chiefs (5-3) | Last Week’s Rank: 10 The Chiefs showed Sunday night against the Packers, with Matt Moore filling in capably at QB, that they can be competitive against a good team without Patrick Mahomes. But they didn’t show that they can beat a good team without Mahomes. Still, this is about the big picture. The Chiefs need to be very careful with Mahomes, protect him from himself and make certain that he doesn’t put his future at risk by coming back too soon from his dislocated kneecap.

12. Dallas Cowboys (4-3) | Last Week’s Rank: 14 The Cowboys return from their bye and simply must beat the Giants on Monday night at the Meadowlands.

The schedule toughens after that, with games against the Vikings, Lions, Patriots and Bills.

13. Philadelphia Eagles (4-4) | Last Week’s Rank: 20 The win at Buffalo was decisive and impressive after all the talk about locker room issues. But the Eagles need to show that they can play like that more often.

14. Buffalo Bills (5-2) | Last Week’s Rank: 5 The loss at home to the Eagles was alarming. The Bills are a good team if they’re able to play their game without deviating from that script. But when they’re forced to throw the ball, they can’t do it effectively enough.

15. Jacksonville Jaguars (4-4) | Last Week’s Rank: 16 Coach Doug Marrone says he’s not yet thinking about his upcoming QB decision between Gardner Minshew and Nick Foles. That choice is still weeks away. But Minshew’s play certainly is making things interesting.

16. Carolina Panthers (4-3) | Last Week’s Rank: 9 Kyle Allen had a bad game against the 49ers. The San Francisco defense can do that to a QB. Allen is entitled to one ugly performance, but it does potentially change the dynamics about when Cam Newton might return to the starting lineup.

17. Tennessee Titans (4-4) | Last Week’s Rank: 17 Ryan Tannehill, savior of the Titans’ season? Stranger things have happened, haven’t they? OK, maybe not.

18. Pittsburgh Steelers (3-4) | Last Week’s Rank: 21 It was an ugly beginning Monday night against the winless Dolphins. But QB Mason Rudolph, RB James Conner and WRs JuJu Smith-Schuster and Diontae Johnson got things going on the way to 27 straight points and a win that moved the Steelers within a game of .500.

19. Detroit Lions (3-3-1) | Last Week’s Rank: 24 The Lions got back into the win column by beating the Giants. Unfortunately for them, there’s almost no way they’ll catch the Packers and Vikings in the tough NFC North.

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Oct 27, 2019; Foxborough, MA, USA; New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman (11) reacts after scoring a touchdown during the second half against the Cleveland Browns at Gillette Stadium.

20. Los Angeles Chargers (3-5) | Last Week’s Rank: 28 The Chargers finally had something go their way with the Bears’ miss on their would-be game-winning FG. It probably won’t matter, with the Chargers’ season already in such ruins. But you just never know.

21. Arizona Cardinals (3-4-1) | Last Week’s Rank: 15 The failed fourth-down try by coach Kliff Kingsbury in the Cardinals’ half of the field Sunday is drawing some criticism. But it was fine. The Cardinals were not going to win in New Orleans by taking a conservative approach.

22. Oakland Raiders (3-4) | Last Week’s Rank: 18 The Raiders are probably going to have to be satisfied this season with taking a step toward respectability.

They’re doing that. Believing that they’ll accomplish more than that is probably unrealistic.

23. Chicago Bears (3-4) | Last Week’s Rank: 19 There’s just something about the Bears and kickers, isn’t there? Of course, an offense that failed to get touchdowns instead of field goal attempts all day against the Chargers and the passive play-calling at the end of the game didn’t help, either.

24. Cleveland Browns (2-5) | Last Week’s Rank: 22 They have been one of the NFL’s biggest disappointments and they’re well on their way to still being, well, the Browns. Freddie Kitchens is having his issues as a rookie head coach. His team played sloppy and undisciplined football at New England and his two failed instant replay challenges, seemingly based on hope for a good outcome rather than on solid video evidence, didn’t help.

25. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2-5) | Last Week’s Rank: 23 Bruce Arians came back to coaching for this? Is it too late for him to change his mind?

26. Denver Broncos (2-6) | Last Week’s Rank: 25 There was nothing wrong about what Joe Flacco said in criticizing the Broncos’ lack of offensive aggressiveness. And Flacco, as a former Super Bowl MVP, certainly has the stature to say such things. But he hasn’t played particularly well for Denver, and now he’s sidelined by a neck injury. Maybe if he’d been playing better, the Broncos wouldn’t have been in such a predicament.

27. New York Giants (2-6) | Last Week’s Rank: 26 The initial excitement about rookie Daniel Jones taking over at QB has faded, with Jones committing turnovers in bunches and the Giants on a four-game losing skid. But that’s just how it goes with a rookie QB. At least the Giants, unlike the Redskins, have gotten the development phase underway.

28. New York Jets (1-6) | Last Week’s Rank: 27 The woes continued in Jacksonville. Maybe the Jets should have been less concerned about QB Sam Darnold’s “seeing ghosts” comment getting attention and more concerned about what was causing Darnold to feel that way.

29. Washington Redskins (1-7) | Last Week’s Rank: 29 All those with a grudge against the Redskins, please line up and get ready to take your turn for revenge, right behind Kyle Shanahan and Kirk Cousins. Meanwhile, it’s beyond time to turn to rookie Dwayne Haskins at QB. Give him all the practice reps. Put him on the field.

Let him make his mistakes. And start to find out whether he’s the real deal or not.

30. Atlanta Falcons (1-7) | Last Week’s Rank: 30 It’s beginning to feel like it would be an act of kindness if owner Arthur Blank fires Dan Quinn as his coach.

This entire situation has become so dreary.

31. Cincinnati Bengals (0-8) | Last Week’s Rank: 31 All those seasons when Marvin Lewis coached the Bengals to the playoffs but couldn’t manage to get a postseason victory don’t seem all that terrible right about now, do they?

32. Miami Dolphins (0-7) | Last Week’s Rank: 32 From the failed two-point conversion against the Redskins to the lost fourth-quarter lead in Buffalo to the early two-touchdown advantage Monday night in Pittsburgh, the Dolphins have been going off script lately and actually threatening to get a win.

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Cubs embrace David Ross as their new manager Paul Sullivan Chicago Tribune

CHICAGO — Cubs co-owner Laura Ricketts, the only Ricketts sibling to attend David Ross’s introductory news conference Monday, was excited to talk about the team’s new manager.

“Of course we know everything about him,” she said. “We know his character, we know his experience, we know ... excuse me, but I’m going to give him a hug right here.”

Ross, having finished his news conference, was waiting nearby to give his new boss a big ol’ hug, even though she technically already was his boss because Ross had a part-time gig as a special assistant to President Theo Epstein.

No matter.

Ross apologized to Ricketts for not returning her text, having apparently forgotten the first rule of etiquette when beginning a new job is answering your boss’ text. But Ricketts shrugged it off, knowing he’d been busy since Thursday when it was announced that he was Joe Maddon’s replacement.

Ricketts told Ross he was her choice, which almost made him blush. Ross told Ricketts that her brother Pete had told him she was the “most excited” of the Ricketts clan about his hiring. The two had another big ol’ hug, before Ross was off to do some more interviews.

When asked to confirm Pete Ricketts’ assessment of her excitement level, Laura demurred.

“I don’t know if I was the most excited,” she said. “But I was kind of rooting for him all along. Obviously I want them to do their process and (conduct the interviews) and make the best choice for the job. But, yeah, I was really hoping in the end it would turn out to be David.

“I know his character, how he holds people accountable. We’re just really thrilled.”

“Accountable” was the operative word Monday during Ross’ introduction, which did not include any offerings of a shot and/ or a beer, as Maddon famously did with the media at the Cubby Bear five years ago. Accountability also was the thematic motif during Epstein’s postmortem after a late-season collapse saw the Cubs miss the playoffs for the first time since 2014.

So at least we know what we’re working with here. Ross obviously was hired to kick some assets, namely the talented core in the

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The Cubs introduced David Ross as the 55th manager in franchise history on Monday.

Cubs clubhouse that underachieved together, even as their individual 2019 stats look fine on the back of their baseball cards.

The 2019 Cubs were a supergroup that somehow didn’t mesh, like Blind Faith, which recorded only one album together despite the talents of Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood and Ginger Baker. It’ll be Ross’ responsibility to make it mesh in 2020, though we’re still not sure if Epstein will break up the Javier Baez-Kris Bryant-Anthony Rizzo supercore this winter.

Ross handled himself well Monday and was much more serious than the guy we watched as the clubhouse leader in 2015 and ‘16. He took pains to shoot down what he called the “misconception” about the “fun-loving, Grandpa Rossy theme out there,” undoing the hard work Rizzo and Bryant did to create the character. It was their “GrandpaRossy — 3” Instagram account in 2016 that hammered home the image, which is tough to ignore.

“If you ask any of my friends and ex-players what kind of teammate I was, I didn’t shy away from the tough conversations,” Ross said, pointing to some mound conversations with big ol’ pal Jon Lester that were “rarely friendly.”

‘Miracle on Ice’ player Pavelich found incompetent to stand trial Pam Louwagie and Paul Walsh Star Tribune

GRAND MARAIS, Minn. — A player on the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” U.S. Olympic goldwinning hockey team was found incompetent to stand trial in a criminal case involving charges that he beat a friend with a metal pole.

The case against Mark Pavelich, 61, of Lutsen, Minn., was suspended while Cook County authorities will petition to have Pavelich civilly committed to treatment.

In a hearing late Monday morning, district Judge Michael Cuzzo told Pavelich that a psychologist’s report “indicates you need some assistance to fully understand” the criminal proceedings.

Pavelich was booked into the Cook County jail on Aug. 15 after friend James T. Miller, 63, told authorities he was struck with a 3- to 4-footlong metal pole by Pavelich after returning from a day of fishing to the hockey star’s home down a dirt road near Deer Yard Lake. Pavelich had accused Miller of “spiking his beer,” the criminal complaint read.

Miller, who’s been Pavelich’s neighbor for 20 years, suffered cracked ribs, a bruised kidney and a fracture to one of his vertebrae, the charges detailed. The beating also left bruises on his arms and legs and a large mark across his back.

Pavelich was charged with second- and third-degree

assault, possession of an illegal shotgun and possessing a gun with a missing serial number.

Wearing a black and white striped jail suit, his hands cuffed, Pavelich sat quietly during the hearing in the courtroom with windows overlooking Lake Superior.

Prosecutors asked to raise his bail from $250,000 to $5 million, citing a “significant risk to public safety,” based on the psychologist’s report.

Defense attorney Christopher Stocke disagreed and added that Pavelich would not have the means to bail himself out at the lower bail level.

Cuzzo set the bail at $500,000 and required the county proceed promptly with civil commitment proceedings so that Pavelich could get help.

Pavelich’s sister, Jean Gevik, said the family is convinced that “all the concussions and the blows he had” in the National Hockey League left Pavelich suffering from CTE, or chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative brain disease that has been linked to erratic behavior and deaths among hockey and football players and others in sports that inflict trauma to the head.

“Mark is the most kind and gentle person you’d ever know,” said Gevik, who lives in the Twin Cities and spends summers near Pavelich’s home on property

her brother gave her. “This is a totally different guy.”

Gevik and other family members said they started seeing changes in her brother about five years ago.

Gevik said that Herb Brooks, Team USA’s coach at the 1980 Games and later in the NHL with the New York Rangers, once recalled that Pavelich had one especially severe head injury that could have ended his life.

“All the research is out there about CTE,” she said.

“This should not be a surprise here.”

Pavelich, a center who starred for Eveleth High School and the University of Minnesota Duluth, assisted on Mike Eruzione’s winning goal against the Soviets in the semifinal game. Team USA’s story was turned into the hit movie “Miracle” in 2004.

Pavelich played five seasons with the Rangers. He joined the Minnesota North Stars in 1986-87, but only for 12 games. After a brief pro stint in Italy, he was out of the game before a career-ending two-game stint with the San Jose Sharks in 1991-92.

Away from the game, Pavelich has been a virtual recluse. In 2012, his 44-yearold wife, Kara, died in an accidental fall from a secondstory balcony at their home.

Two years later, he sold his gold medal for $262,900 in an auction, explaining he wanted to provide financial security for his adult daughter.

Former Cubs starter Jason Hammel seemed to verify that anecdote on Twitter last week, facetiously asking Ross if Willson Contreras “will be managing the days ur babysitting (Lester).”

We can joke about the Ross-Lester relationship now, but with the Cubs in the stretch run this year Lester posted a 6.45 ERA with a .921 OPS against in 10 starts from Aug. 1 to Sept. 18. Ross may have a difficult decision to make if Lester starts similarly in 2020 and is the weak link of the rotation.

Epstein isn’t worried about good ol’ boy Ross being able to manage his ol’ buddies.

“It’s easy to get in a player’s face,” Epstein said. “Anyone can do that. It’s hard to get in their face and then have them come back a half hour later and want to talk about it more and still want to be around you.”

Epstein denied the Ross hiring was a fait accompli, as many — including me — have suggested from the start of the interview process. Ross did not interview with any of the other eight teams searching for a manager this month, so he only had one choice — manage the Cubs or return to his analyst job at ESPN. “I think it’s the perfect fit for him and

the organization at the perfect time,” Ross’ agent, Ryan Gleichowski, said.

Epstein said he learned a lot about Ross’ ability to manage during the interview process, which included a mock opening news conference that Ross apparently nailed. Ross also successfully dodged a reporter staking him out near Starbucks during his first interview with Epstein and general manager Jed Hoyer, which probably earned him some points as well.

So why was Ross the “perfect fit” for the job?

Epstein said Ross had “special gifts as a leader, the things you can’t teach.” He revealed that players had said during exit interviews that there was not enough team bonding, which obviously was Ross’ forte as a Cubs player.

The perception of Ross simply carrying out Epstein’s directives will be difficult to shake, at least at the outset. Ross said he understands it will be a “collaborative effort” between him, Epstein and Hoyer, but he insisted he would be “making my own decisions (with) continued feedback” from his bosses.

“I’m going to be myself and figure out who I am and my passion on the field,” he said.

WMVP-AM 1000’s John Jurkovic already has dubbed him “the Manchurian manager,” so Ross will have to prove he’s not.

“If you’re a front office and you want a puppet, you don’t hire David Ross,” Epstein said.

“Anyone that knows Rossy knows that.”

Epstein added Ross is “absolutely his own man,” and said he was looking for a “partner” and not a “yes man.”

“I’m looking forward to someone with his own ideas,” Epstein said.

Ross received a three-year contract through 2022, which gives him one more year than Epstein to make things right, assuming Epstein goes on to bigger and better things after his 10-year stint with the Cubs is up after 2021, which is mere speculation at this point.

“I never for one second think about my contract or the duration of it,” Epstein said.

“We’re always going to act in the best interest of the organization for the long haul. ... I think he’s somebody the entire organization felt good about. It wasn’t one person picking him. He was the consensus choice throughout the organization, and hopefully he’s here for a really long time.”

If it works, it should be a good ol’ time for everyone involved.

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Notice of formation of a Limited Liability Company. Unique Nutrition LLC. Articles of organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 9/23/2019.

Office location: Columbia County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 197 Morner Rd, Rensselaer, New York 12144. Purpose: The Limited Liability Company is formed for any lawful purpose or purposes.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Notice of formation of Ambrosiaand, LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company LLC Article of Organization filed with the Secretary of State on May 24,2019, New York office location: 99 Washington Ave. Albany, NY Secretary of State is designated as Agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to 164 Elliot Rd. East Chatham, NY 12060. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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Please Recycle This Newspaper NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF COLUMBIA, KEYBANK, N.A., Plaintiff, vs. CHRISTOPHER L. MILLER A/K/A CHRISTOPHER MILLER, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to an Order Confirming Referee Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly filed on September 23, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Columbia County Supreme Courthouse, 401 Union Street, Hudson, NY 12534 on November 20, 2019 at 11:00 a.m., premises known as 88 Royal Road, Stuyvesant, NY 12173. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Stockport, County of Columbia and State of New York, Section 72.4, Block 2 and Lot 23.

Approximate amount of judgment is $167,487.41 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 13043-2018.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PRELIMINARY BUDGET FOR THE TOWN OF GREENPORT FOR THE YEAR 2020 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Preliminary Budget of the Town of Greenport, New York (the "Town") for the Fiscal Year beginning January 1, 2020 has been completed and filed in the Office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Greenport, Columbia County, New York, where it is available for inspection by any interested person during office hours.

FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Town Board will meet and review said Preliminary Budget on the 6th Day of November, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. at the Town of Greenport Town Hall, 600 Town Hall Drive, Hudson, New York, for the purpose of holding a Public Hearing on such Preliminary Budget, and that at such Hearing any person may be heard in favor of or against the Preliminary Budget as compiled or for or against any item or items therein contained.

The proposed yearly salaries of Town Officers of the Town of Greenport are hereby specified as follows: OFFICER SALARY BudgetOfficer $1,500.00 Supervisor $14,733.00 Councilperson (4) $ 6,520.00 HighwaySupt. $53,500.00 TownClerk/TaxCollector $38,226.00 Judge (2) $12,093.00 By order of the Greenport Town Board Sharon Zempko/Town Clerk Sharon Zempko Town Clerk/Tax Collector Town of Greenport P. 518-828-4656 Ext. 1 Opt. 2 F. 518-828-2350 SARAH CONSTAN- sion of sealed bids for TINE, PH.D., PSY- the sale of the followCHOLOGIST, PLLC, a ing surplused items: Prof. LLC. Arts. of Org. · 2002 Suburban filed with the SSNY on · 2002 GMC Bus 09/20/2019. Office loc: · 2007 Dodge Van Columbia County. · John Deere SSNY has been desig- F911 Front Mower nated as agent upon Forms for proposal, whom process against certification, condiit may be served. tions, or specifications SSNY shall mail pro- may be obtained at the cess to: The LLC, 1091 District Business OfLongview Drive, Chat- fice, 424 Main Street, ham, NY 12037. Pur- Cairo, New York. Bids pose: To Practice The will be received no latProfession Of Psy- er than Tuesday, Nochology. vember 12, 2019, 10:00 a.m. at the District Office, Main NOTICE TO BIDDERS Street, Cairo, New Sale of Surplus Items York, at which time The Board of Educa- and place all bids will tion, Cairo-Durham be publicly opened.

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Jeffrey J. Miriello School Business Official PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF FORMATION OF A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) The name of the LLC is Farmstead Hudson Valley LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on September 23, 2019.

New York office location: 200 Station Road, Town of Stockport, County of Columbia 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: Farmstead Hudson Valley LLC; 200 Station Road, Hudson, New York 12534. 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. Sealed bids will be received as set forth in instructions to bidders until 10:30 A.M. on Thursday, November 21, 2019 at the NYSDOT, Contract Management Bureau, 50 Wolf Rd, 1st Floor, Suite 1CM, Albany, NY 12232 and will be publicly opened and read.

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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 York 12534 Telephone No. (518) 828-2021 CITATION File No. 2019-191 TO: SURROGATE’S COURT, COLUMBIA COUNTY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent

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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

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. A petition having been duly filed by James DeCrosta who is/are domiciled at 105 Apple Lane, Claverack, NY 12513 YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Columbia County, at Columbia County Court House, Hudson , New York, on December 12, 2019 , at 1:00 o’clock in the after noon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of Franklin June, aka Franklin D. June lately domiciled

at 105 Apple Lane, Claverack, New York 12513, United States admitting to probate a Will dated November 5, 2009 (and Codicil(s), if any, dated a copy of which is attached, as the Will of Franklin June deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that: Letters Testamentary issue to James DeCrosta Dated, Attested and Sealed, HON. RICHARD M. KOWEEK Surrogate October 18, 2019 Chief Clerk s/Kimberly Jorgensen Kimberly Jorgensen Andrew B. Howard, Esq. Print Name of Attorney Freeman Howard, PC 441 E. Allen Street, Hudson, New York 12534 (518) 828-2021 h o w a rd @ f re e m a n h o ward.com Note: This citation is sserved upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested.

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Do the Celtics spark joy? Early on, yes Sopan Deb The New York Times News Service

NEW YORK — Don’t call these Boston Celtics underdogs in front of their coach, Brad Stevens.

He bristles. As much as his mild-mannered nature will allow him to, anyway. And don’t suggest the expectations are different from last year, either, just because the team lost Kyrie Irving and Al Horford to free agency and because their bench is stocked with rookies.

Last season, the Celtics were expected by many in the national media, including me, to cruise to the NBA Finals on the backs of Irving, Horford and a healthy Gordon Hayward (in theory). They were to be helped along by dynamic young players like Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown and Terry Rozier. They fell short, though, losing to the Milwaukee Bucks in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Now the team is considered to be on the outside of championship contention, even in the weakened East. Without those stars, the Celtics’ precipitous decline has been predicted by much of the basketball punditry — they are projected to finish no higher than (checks notes) third in the conference.

“I don’t feel any different,” Stevens said before the Celtics played the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden on Saturday. “I didn’t feel any different last year because I don’t think you ever look at your team that way. When you’re favored by everybody, I looked at it as, ‘We better be good at these five things on the court.’ When you’re not favored by everybody, ‘You better be good at these five things on the court.’”

If last season’s Celtics team was a test of how far a team focused on its talent could go, this season’s will be one of how far culture will get you.

And the early results are positive. Boston won all of its preseason games — three of the four in blowouts. Yes, preseason results should be taken with a grain of salt, but last year, the Celtics lost three of their four exhibition games.

On Saturday, the Celtics thumped the Knicks, 118-95, giving Boston a 2-1 start to its regular season. If you believe in symmetry, last season’s Celtics also played the Knicks in their third game, also at Madison Square Garden. If you believe in signs, that was one of several bad signs

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Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens gives direction during a recent game against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden.

to come, as the Celtics barely edged one of the worst teams in the NBA, 103-101. I won’t make the mistake of not seeing signs again.

This season’s team seems happier. (Asked whether he was happier, Stevens wouldn’t take the bait: “No matter what I say, everything is going to get compared to last year. I don’t really have any interest in talking about that.”)

Brown, with a recently signed extension in hand, seems to be relishing his new role as a Celtics alpha-dog (and no longer playing off the bench) as well as playing with Irving’s replacement, Kemba Walker. I couldn’t help but notice this quotation from Brown, referring to Walker, after a rousing win against the Toronto Raptors in Boston’s home opener Friday night.

“It’s great for me just to know that he has your back because you don’t always have that case or that scenario,” Brown said about a poor shot he took during the game. “Easily somebody could have said something or got upset or thrown a tantrum or whatever, but Kemba was like: ‘No, you’re good. Just play.’ It was the confidence I

needed to make sure the next play was the right play.”

That’s not a shot at Irving’s leadership. But it’s certainly an indication of a different culture in Boston this season. Several of the Celtics, including Tatum, Brown, bulldog guard Marcus Smart and Walker, played on Team USA last summer, where they had ample opportunities to reset the team’s chemistry for the upcoming season.

“It’s ridiculous the camaraderie we have now,” Smart told MassLive in September. “And, getting ready to go back to Boston is going to continue to escalate it for us and be successful for us. I think it’s going to help us a lot.”

The Celtics’ rookies who are getting regular playing time — Grant Williams and Carsen Edwards — seem to have at least two fearless plays each game where you wonder how they do that.

In the case of Williams, it’s his ability to be wherever the ball is, on either end of the floor. For Edwards, it’s his shot. The 7-foot-6 rookie Tacko Fall receives uproarious cheers whenever he does, well, anything on the floor. It’s becoming

a craze in itself: Even Knicks fans were chanting for him to get playing time Saturday.

Teams led by Stevens have traditionally thrived as underdogs. These Celtics don’t have a top-10 player or the kind of power duo that contenders like the Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers or Philadelphia 76ers have. The bench lacks a go-to scorer. The team goes through offensive droughts, even with a bona fide A-list player like Walker.

Then there’s the strange case of Tatum, who showed promise two years ago in his rookie season, which was punctuated by a dunk on LeBron James in the playoffs. Last season, he took a step back offensively. His shot selection, filled with midrange 2-pointers and isolations, was difficult to watch.

The early results this season haven’t been much better. He is shooting 34% from the field through three games, while taking 20 shots a game, by far a career high. The bright side is that Tatum is going to the hoop more: 39% of his shots have been at the rim, according to the NBA’s tracking numbers. Three games is a small sample size, but last season that number was 33%. He’s just not converting those opportunities. He is also shooting exceptionally well from deep at 46%.

Tatum is just one reason the Celtics will “surprise” some prognosticators this season, “surprise” being a completely relative term dependent on expectations. I would not be shocked, based on early results, to see an Eastern Conference finals run, but not because the Celtics are more talented than the top contenders in the NBA. They are not.

Whatever the standings end up saying, this Celtics team is fun to watch, which will lead to an improved fan experience. Seeing how far Walker, Brown and Tatum take the Celtics is going to, with apologies to Marie Kondo, spark joy — because they seem to be experiencing joy.

Will it last if the Celtics end up as the fifth seed, as some have predicted? I don’t know. Can liking your teammates be enough to advance deep in the playoffs in the NBA? We’re about to find out.

For now, I don’t care. I just want Tacko Fall to start.

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New Phillies manager Joe Girardi feels a connection to Philadelphia Scott Lauber The Philadelphia Inquirer

PHILADELPHIA — Joe Girardi began his first formal remarks as the 55th manager in Phillies history by listing his many coincidental connections to the organization.

• Growing up in Peoria, Ill., he watched former Phillies stars Larry Bowa and Gary Matthews play for the Cubs.

• In 1986, soon after he began dating his wife, Kim, he took her to a Phillies-Cubs game at Wrigley Field. They sat in the bleachers and Kim caught a home-run ball hit by a Phillies player (Girardi couldn’t remember which one).

• His first big-league hit came against Phillies pitcher Floyd Youmans in 1989.

• The first baserunner Girardi threw out from behind the plate was the Phillies’ Bob Dernier.

“I started to look for signs for

where I might end up because I really wanted to manage again,” Girardi said Monday during a 32-minute news conference at a beer garden within Citizens Bank Park. “I got calls from people and it started triggering all these things that I thought about.”

Add it all up, Girardi said, and he felt Philadelphia was the right fit for the next chapter of a managerial career that has spanned 11 seasons, including a decade with the New York Yankees.

Girardi, 55, was hired last Thursday from a three-candidate field and signed a three-year contract with a club option for 2023. General manager Matt Klentak sat alongside Girardi at the news conference. First baseman Rhys Hoskins stood in the back. So, too, did Bowa and other team employees. Notable absent: Managing partner John Middleton and team president

Andy MacPhail.

Klentak openly disagreed with the firing of former manager Gabe Kapler. But once Middleton made that decision, Klentak set about trying to find a skipper with experience. He selected Girardi over Buck Showalter and Dusty Baker, all of whom received two interviews.

“When we talked to people who knew Joe throughout his career, every single one of them would begin that conversation talking about what a good person Joe is,” Klentak said. “And they would end it with, ‘Don’t forget, he’s an incredible person.’ When you’re betting on people and making a hire like this, it’s a good move to bet on quality individuals.”

Girardi’s challenge: End the Phillies’ eight-year postseason drought. The Phillies haven’t had so much as a winning season since 2011. Girardi led the Yankees to 10

consecutive winning seasons, six playoff appearances and a World Series championship at the Phillies’ expense (another Philadelphia connection) in 2009.

There will be other, more immediate work to do, including naming a hitting coach and pitching coach.

Larry Rothschild, Girardi’s longtime pitching coach in New York, was conveniently let go by the Yankees on Monday.

“I thought he did a great job with the seven or eight years we were together,” said Girardi, who added that he already has interviewed a few potential pitching coaches. “I thought that the game has evolved a lot, Larry continued to evolve with how the game is evolved. And obviously Matt (Klentak) and I have a couple positions that we need to fill and we’re going to talk about every name that is out there and get who we think the best person is for

Philadelphia.”

Girardi is expected to bring more structure to the organization after two years with Kapler, who had few rules in the clubhouse. Girardi said he doesn’t have many explicit rules either, but he demands that players be accountable to themselves and do whatever it takes to win.

“I’m well aware of the passion for the great game of baseball here,” Girardi said. “I’ve lived it as a player and as a manager. I know the importance of winning here. I had a chance to compete against a great team with Charlie Manuel here in 2009, and it was a great place to come watch a game. The passionate fans of the Phillies were great — they were not easy to play against — and I want it to be that way for many years to come.”

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Taconic Hills’ Amelia Canetto (right) greets teammate Sage Pulver (23) after Pulver scored a goal in the second half of the Titans’ 5-0 victory over Ellenville on Monday.

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Kirsten Shumsky had an assist in Taconic Hills’ 5-0 victory over Ellenville on Monday.

Taconic Hills’ Megan Savage (2) moves the ball between a pair of Ellenville defenders during Monday’s Section IX Class C field hockey semifinal.

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goal with 22:00 left in the second half to give her the early hat trick. Pulver assisted on this goal, and rattled one into the cage herself for a goal, nine minutes later, thanks to an assist by Kirsten Shumsky.

The final score came at the 9:00 mark, on a laser by Delana Bonci that made its way through the entire crowd of defenders.

Taconic Hills outshot Ellenville, 20-3, and held a 13-3 edge in penalty corners.

Franza finished with nine saves, while Taconic Hills goalkeeper Sydney Kiernan had three saves.

“Our corners were executed very well tonight,” Taconic Hills coach Angela Webster said. “Our offense just connected beautifully,

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Taconic Hills’ Kirsten Shumsky passes the ball during Monday’s Section IX Class C field hockey semifinal against Ellenville.

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scoring three goals on corners. It was great to see their

hard work pay off. Overall, I was very pleased with our

level of intensity and speed to the ball.”

Taconic Hills’ Zoey Ryan (9) in action during Monday’s Section IX Class C field hockey semifinal against Ellenville.

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Taconic Hills’ Delana Bonci takes a shot during Monday’s Section IX Class C field hockey semifinal against Ellenville.

Yankees From B1

On Monday, the Yankees dismissed long-time pitching coach Larry Rothschild from the big-league staff.

As a three-day period of organizational meetings began Monday, the club announced that Rothschild, 65, would not be returning for a 10th season.

“I want to personally thank Larry for his near-decade of commitment to this organization,” Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said in a statement.

“Larry cares deeply about his craft and the pitchers

under his tutelage and he played a significant role in our successes over the past nine seasons.

“There’s a reason why Larry has had the type of distinguished baseball career he’s had, and it starts with experience and dedication that is difficult to emulate.”

Rothschild had a year remaining on his contract. He was a holdover from manager Joe Girardi’s staff, along with bullpen coach Mike Harkey, when Aaron Boone was hired prior to the 2018 season.

On Monday, Girardi was introduced as the new Philadelphia Phillies manager and there’s at least a possibility of a reunion with Rothschild, who resides in Tampa, Fla.

Taconic Hills’ Marilyn Roque-Velasquez in action during Monday’s Section IX Class C field hockey semifinal against Ellenville.

Taconic Hills’ Madison Rowe chases down a loose ball during Monday’s Section IX Class C field hockey semifinal against Ellenville.

The next Yankees pitching coach could be someone steeped in analytics, as has been the trend within the organization and the game in general.

Upon hiring Driveline Baseball’s Sam Briend to the new position of Yankees director of pitching development in June, Cashman said: “There’s an explosion of technology and data and analytics in our entire sport that we’re on top of. But what we’re not on top of, we’re going to close the gap on.”

Late this summer, the Yankees parted ways with minor league pitching coordinators Scott Aldred and Danny Borrell, who accepted a pitching coach position at Georgia

decades of pro baseball experience.

Former Cincinnati Reds manager Bryan Price and exBoston Red Sox manager John Farrell might also be in the mix, both having previously served as big-league pitching coaches.

Rothschild spent nine seasons as the Chicago Cubs’ pitching coach, from 20022010. He was on the coaching staffs of two world championship teams, the 1990 Reds and 1997 Marlins.

The first manager of the Tampa Bay (then Devil Rays) franchise in 1998, Rothschild pitched briefly in the majors with the Detroit Tigers in the early ‘80s.

Since joining the Yankees

Tech.

Rothschild worked to incorporate the club’s data-driven ideas with the pitching staff, but his own philosophies — such as teaching and permitting starters to go further in games — do not resonate as much in baseball’s “bullpening” era.

Briend might be under consideration to replace Rothschild, as could current YES analyst David Cone and Class AAA Scranton/WilkesBarre pitching coach Tommy Phelps.

Cone expressed interest in the last Yankees’ managerial opening and has embraced the game’s new stats and analytics, incorporating that into his foundation, with four

in 2011, his pitchers have led the AL in winning percentage (.567), strikeouts (12,634) and first-pitch strike percentage (61.9).

“Larry is someone I leaned on extensively over these past two years,” Boone said in a statement released by the Yankees. “I’m truly grateful that I had someone as established and loyal as Larry as I made my transition to the dugout.

“Seeing him work day after day, I have a deep appreciation for how devoted he was to his craft and how tirelessly he dove into his responsibilities.

“His distinguished career clearly reflects how highly he is regarded amongst his peers in baseball, and I wish him the very best moving forward.”

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Old flame returns as spark fades in woman’s marriage Dear Abby, I have been married to a wonderful man for six years, and we’ve been together for 10.

We bought a house a few years ago, and since then our sex life has significantly decreased. I know the stress of being homeowners DEAR ABBY hasn’t helped our situation, and over the last year I have felt like I’m falling out of love.

A few weeks ago, I ran into a man I dated before my husband, and there was a spark between us that neither of us can deny. He broke my heart years ago, but I can’t shake this feeling of wanting — needing — to be with him. I can’t get him off my mind.

I hate the idea of breaking my husband’s heart, but I also don’t want to lose the chance to see what could be with my old flame. How can I come out of this on top? I’m terrified that I may have signed on to spend my life with someone who isn’t my soul mate.

At A Crossroads In N.C.

JEANNE PHILLIPS

May I introduce a dose of sobriety? The man who broke your heart years ago is capable of doing it again.

After 10 years have passed, the chances are he, too, is married. If you pursue this, there will be collateral damage. No one, including you, will come out “on top” because someone always pays the price. You and your husband need to figure out why things changed after you bought that house and deal with it. If you do, it may improve your marriage.

Dear Abby, My grandfather has been put on a pedestal as the pillar of our family. Everyone except me adores him. I can barely stomach him.

He’s a racist and a sexist, and he abused my grandmother to her dying day. He now abuses his current wife. He has made her cry many times, but she still continues to cater to and worship him.

Whenever I bring up his issues, family members say it doesn’t matter, and he deserves respect no matter how he acts. When I’m around him, I remain polite and respectful.

However, I feel no love for him and have no desire to spend more time with him than I absolutely have to.

Am I a terrible person?

Uncertain In The South

Family Circus

Classic Peanuts

Not at all. You are simply someone who has a lower tolerance for racism, sexism and people who abuse others than the rest of your family.

Dear Abby, I understand that a person should stay home when he or she is sick in order to avoid spreading the illness to others. However, if you have plans with a friend, and your brother or sister has the flu but you have NOT gotten sick yet, is it your responsibility to warn your friend that you have been exposed?

Should you cancel plans? I mean, what’s the considerate thing to do in this situation?

Careful In Washington

Garfield

In a case like this, full disclosure is imperative. If you know you have been exposed to a contagious illness and may be carrying the bug, the considerate thing to do would be to tell your friend so the person has the choice of whether to opt out.

Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Blondie

Can you actually catch shingles?

I am hoping you can clarify a lot of conflicting information regarding shingles. I know it is contagious, but can you actually catch shingles from a person? If you never had chickenpox or the vaccine, would you catch shingles or chickenpox?

During an outbreak, how does a caregiver protect himor herself from catching the TO YOUR virus? Does the chickenpox GOOD HEALTH vaccine make a person more vulnerable to shingles at an earlier age? Many younger people are starting to get shingles. Is the shingles vaccine effective for people over age 60? How about 90 to 100?

DR. KEITH ROACH

Shingles is a recurrence of the chickenpox virus (also called varicella-zoster virus), which lies dormant in every person who has had chickenpox or the live chickenpox vaccine. Shingles is nowhere near as contagious as chickenpox, which is found in respiratory secretions, but it is contagious to people who are not immune.

Natural infection from chickenpox or the vaccine makes a person immune. Two doses of the vaccine are about 94% effective in conferring immunity. Thus, a few people who got the vaccine might still catch chickenpox (not shingles) after exposure to shingles. Most adults (98%) in

the U.S. are immune. Professional caregivers are encouraged to have immunity proven by blood testing and to be vaccinated if not immune.

People who had the chickenpox vaccine as children are actually LESS likely to develop shingles in the future than those who got a natural infection. This makes sense because the vaccine is a weakened strain. Nonetheless, the new shingles vaccine (Shingrix) is recommended for people whether or not they received the vaccine, and whether or not they recall an episode of chickenpox, which can be missed, especially at a young age.

In the two trials of Shingrix, 13% of the study participants were over 80, and the vaccine had the same effectiveness in this older group compared with the overall group. Those over 90 were not reported separately. The vaccine is recommended for people age 50 and over. Adverse reactions were less common in those who are older (over 70) compared with younger (50 to 69 years old), so I would still likely recommend a shingles vaccine to a person in their 90s. Shingles can have devastating complications, especially in the oldest old.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — It’s time to get out of your head and rely more on your heart — at least for a while. Friends are wondering when you’ll be more engaged.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — You are facing a challenge that threatens to upend much that you have been working on lately — but you can avoid any lasting harm.

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Readers may email questions to ToYourGoodHealth@ med.cornell.edu.

Horoscope

By Stella Wilder Born today, you are one of the most solid, stable, predictable and upstanding individuals born under your sign — and yet, there are times in which you wish you were anything but! The truth is that you sometimes think that you are bland, dull, even outright boring — but that’s hardly the case! Beneath your calm, easygoing exterior are currents of passion and creativity that are remarkable and rare, but unlike others who share those traits with you, you are not the kind to let those currents dictate where you will go or when.

You may, at times, surprise those around you by speaking your mind in such a way that your passions and opinions are given free rein.

There are those who will accept this occasional candor and even come to rely on it; there are others who may not appreciate it because they are in some way threatened by it.

Also born on this date are: Ruth Gordon, actress; Grace Slick, musician and singer; Henry Winkler, actor, director, producer; Harry Hamlin, actor; Ezra Pound, poet; John Adams, U.S. president and patriot.

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.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31

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Baby Blues CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You’ve been trying to figure out a tricky sort of puzzle that only now is beginning to reveal itself to you. Don’t give up!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — The challenges you imagine today are likely to be far more serious than those you actually encounter. Don’t keep frightening yourself!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — You’ll want to tend to domestic affairs today — but a career issue is likely to take priority for a time. It affects what goes on at home.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — You have what it takes to solve a tricky problem for those around you today. All it requires is the ability to juggle several key issues.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — You must stick to the game plan today if you want to come out ahead of your closest competitors. You know what’s really at stake.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — You may have to color outside the lines today in order to attract the kind of attention that, in time, can give you what you really want.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — You may have to go back and study something that you thought was a “dead” issue. Today, many influences from the past are felt once more.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You must be willing to listen closely to yourself all day long and to pass judgment on what you say in an honest, straightforward manner.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — You are in no mood to go along with the crowd today — so why even consider doing so? You can do your own thing, surely — and profit from it.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Once you begin to apply the lessons you’ve been teaching others to yourself as well, you’ll make the very breakthrough you’ve been hoping for.

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SUPER QUIZ

THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME

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

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By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

Famous addresses Level 1

2

3

4

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

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Print your answer here:

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Yesterday’s

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.

(Answers tomorrow) Jumbles: OMEGA ROBOT RUDDER CUDDLE Answer: Debuting centuries ago, the fourth letter of the alphabet was now an— “OLD-D” BUT A “GOOD-D”

Solution to Tuesday’s puzzle

10/30/19 Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9.

For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit

Heart of the City

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Identify the notable resident who lives, or once lived, there. Clues are provided. (e.g., 110 Center Dr., Dyess, AR 72330, USA (country singer). Answer: Johnny Cash (boyhood home).)

Freshman level 1. 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C., 20500, USA (political) 2. Saint Martha House, 00120 Citta del Vaticano, Vatican City (religious) 3. 931 Thomas Jefferson Pkwy., Charlottesville, VA 22902, USA (political) Graduate level 4. Prinsengracht 263-267, 1016 GV Amsterdam, Netherlands (diarist) 5. 5225 Figueroa Mountain Rd., Los Olivos, California 93441, USA (Neverland) 6. 10 Downing St., London, U.K. (political) PH.D. level 7. 351 Farmington Ave., Hartford, CT 06105, USA (author) 8. 10236 Charing Cross Rd., Los Angeles, California 90024, USA (celebrity mansion) 9. Henley St., Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6QW, U.K. (author’s birthplace)

SUPER QUIZ ANSWERS 1. The U.S. president (the White House). 2. Pope Francis. 3. Thomas Jefferson. 4. Anne Frank. 5. Michael Jackson. 6. The prime minister of the U.K. 7. Mark Twain. 8. Hugh Hefner (Playboy Mansion). 9. William Shakespeare.

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?

Mutts

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Pickles For Better or For Worse

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Hi & Lois

Crossword Puzzle Mother Goose & Grimm ACROSS 1 Kourtney, to Khloe 4 __ from; in addition to 9 Scenic range 13 Baseball’s Aaron 14 Bit of parsley 15 Sing alone 16 Williams or Warhol 17 Small radio 19 Jet __; personal watercraft 20 Singer/actress Della 21 Take just one bite 22 Long look 24 __ alai 25 Walking __; notice that you’re fired 27 Ornamental column 30 Residence 31 Singer Carmichael 33 Siesta 35 Mountain road 36 __ over; delivers 37 Commotion 38 Feasted on 39 Hemorrhoids 40 Playground sight 41 Murphy & Van Halen 43 Elegant; stylish 44 “How Green __ My Valley” 45 Wed secretly 46 Actor Buddy 49 Undress 51 Greek letter 54 Easter basket wrapping 56 Night twinkler 57 Falling ice pellets 58 Altercation 59 Cry from a sty 60 Pitcher’s goals 61 Beginning 62 A’s followers DOWN 1 Couldn’t stay afloat 2 Slightly ill

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3 Heaven above 4 Fall flowers 5 On a __; spending freely 6 Retirement accts.

7 Eat 8 Actor Marshall & others 9 Attack 10 Parcels of land 11 Story line 12 As __ as a boil 13 __-been; one no longer popular 18 Florence’s nation 20 Unusual 23 Turner & Cruz 24 Lively dances 25 Family member 26 Diminish 27 Cushions 28 Germ killer 29 Sudden attacks 31 Holbrook & Linden 32 TV’s “__ Life to Live” 34 __ on; victimize 36 Rushes

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Non Sequitur

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37 Swat 39 Stringed instrument 40 Feed the pigs 42 __ in; inhabits 43 Customer 45 Bert’s buddy 46 Repeated sound 47 Actor Bridges

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48 Narrow cut 49 Have nothing to do with 50 Sunbathes 52 Beach surface 53 Annoy 55 Prefix with claim or create 56 Cry

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