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C-GCC celebrates 50 years of education

Probe into Athens crash

By Melanie Lekocevic Columbia-Greene Media

GREENPORT — It was 50 years ago this week that higher education came to the Twin Counties. Columbia-Greene Community College opened its doors at its first home, in Athens, on Sept. 15, 1969, with nearly 350 full-time and part-time students and 18 faculty members. On Tuesday afternoon, the 50th anniversary of the college was observed in the school’s Professional Academic Center. Students, faculty and staff who comprised the first class of Columbia-Greene Community College a half-century ago turned out to recall memories and share in the history, with professor Ted Hilscher moderating the panel. Columbia-Greene Community College President Carlee Drummer welcomed the audience. “Fifty years ago, on Sept. 15, the first day of classes was held at the college in Athens,” Drummer said. The college’s first home was at a former elementary school, which now houses Athens

By Sarah Trafton Columbia-Greene Media

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ATHENS — A Greene County man was killed in a two-vehicle head-on crash in Athens on Monday afternoon. Eric P. Wallace, 29, of Catskill, was pronounced dead at the scene at 3:03 p.m., Greene County Corner Richard Vigilo said. First responders were called to the scene at the intersection of Route 9W and Schoharie Turnpike at about 3 p.m. Wallace, who was operating a 2011 Subaru Impreza and traveling south on Route 9W, moved into the northbound lane to pass a Greene County Transit bus that was stopped at the intersection waiting to turn left, according to state police. “Upon entering the opposite lane of travel, the Subaru was struck head on in the intersection of State Route 9W and Schoharie Turnpike by a 2004 GMC pick-up truck,” according to a statement issued by state police. The driver of the pick-up truck was able to get out of the vehicle uninjured, state police said. A section of Route 9W was closed at the time of the crash, according to state police. Wallace’s body was taken to Ellis Hospital in Schenectady where an autopsy was scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Vigilo said. The preliminary cause of death was massive trauma, Vigilo said. State police were assisted by Greene County Emergency Medical Services. An investigation into the crash is continuing.

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In this April 23, 2019, file photo, Greene County lawmakers discuss an amendment to remove a $1.3 million garage from the plans for the new jail. Debate on the garage resumed Monday.

CATSKILL — Greene County lawmakers briefly addressed a controversial garage to be built on the site of the new Greene County Jail at a special Public Safety Committee meeting Monday night. The garage is a $1.3 million investment equipped with a full heating, ventilation and air conditioning system and restrooms. The Legislature found itself in a 7-7 deadlock when trying to remove the garage from the jail plans in March. Legislators Matthew Luvera, Michael Bulich, Linda Overbaugh and Jack Keller, all R-Catskill; Charles Martinez, R-Coxsackie; Thomas Hobart,

R-Coxsackie; and Patricia Handel, R-Durham, voted for the removal of the garage. Legislators William Lawrence, R-Cairo; Harry Lennon, D-Cairo; Patrick Linger, RNew Baltimore; Ed Bloomer, R-Athens; James Thorington, R-Windham; Larry Gardner, D-Hunter; and Gregory Davis, R-Greenville, voted against the resolution. The topic first arose Monday night during Public Works when a resolution for a $190,408 Morton Building was passed. Morton Buildings in Rhinebeck is a company that specializes in the construction of residential, farm, equestrian, commercial and community See GARAGE A8

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Granville County Sheriff Brindell Wilkins learned one of his deputies had a tape of him making “racially offensive” comments, prosecutors say. So the North Carolina lawman encouraged another man to kill the officer, according to a felony indictment revealed late Monday night. “The only way you gonna stop him is kill him,” Wilkins allegedly told the would-be shooter in a 2014 recorded phone call about a plan to kill former deputy Joshua Freeman. The plot was not carried out. Wilkins is charged with two felony counts of obstruction of justice charges for his failure to arrest the unnamed person or report the threat on Freeman’s life, and for also allegedly giving the man advice about how to get away with the murder. Wilkins has been sheriff of the small county in northern North Carolina, where the biggest town is home to about 8,400 people, since 2009 and was most recently reelected in 2018. Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman, who brought the charges, told the News & Observer that Wilkins is still the sheriff. “Technically,” the prosecutor said, “he can continue to serve if he chooses to until convicted.” According to the indictment, Wilkins found out in 2014 that Joshua Freeman claimed to have a recording of the sheriff using “racially offensive language,” and that the deputy planned to publicly reveal the tape and turn it over to authorities in Raleigh. It’s unclear what Wilkins might have said on that alleged tape or what became of the recording. In the August 2014 phone call, prosecutors said, Wilkins’s “personal animosity” toward

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Joshua Freeman led him to go along with the plan to kill the deputy. The recorded call makes it clear the sheriff had no intention to protect Freeman or intervene, according to the indictment. On the call, the sheriff advised the unnamed man, whom Wilkins knew, that “if you need to take care of somethin’, just take care of something,” according to the indictment. The man gave Wilkins a specific time and location detailing when he planned to kill Joshua Freeman, plus described the firearm he planned to use in the shooting, the indictment says. Wilkins then “counseled the individual how to commit the murder in a manner as to avoid identification,” the indictment says. He had two major pieces of advice for the would-be gunman. First, don’t let police find the murder weapon. “You ain’t got the weapon, you ain’t got nothing to go on,” Wilkins allegedly said. And second, don’t talk. “The only way we find out these murder things is people talk,” Wilkins allegedly said. “You can’t tell nobody nothin’, not a thing.” Wilkins assured the man that

if he followed through on the killing, Wilkins would not reveal anything to authorities about having any prior knowledge of the plot, according to the indictment. The indictment describes the person’s threat as “credible.” Wilkins “failed to make reasonable and professional efforts to help prevent harm to victim Joshua Freeman, including failing to immediately warn Joshua Freeman of the credible threat ... or failing to effectuate an arrest of this individual,” the indictment states. Wilkins “failed to properly execute his duties because of his personal animosity towards Joshua Freeman, who [Wilkins] was told had expressed an intention to publicly disclose to authorities a purported audio recording of the defendant using racially offensive language.” Wilkins did not immediately respond to a request for comment late Monday night. Wilkins’s indictment in Granville County comes after a 10-month investigation by the FBI and N.C. State Bureau of Investigation, although authorities were aware of the phone call since 2014, according to a news release from Lorrin Freeman.

The Wake County prosecutor took over the investigation in 2018 after Granville County District Attorney Mike Waters disclosed a conflict of interest in the case, according to the news release. Waters may also be a witness in the case, because he represented Joshua Freeman in his private practice in 2014. At that time, Waters obtained a copy of the recording of Wilkins allegedly encouraging Freeman’s killing. Waters contacted the FBI and handed over the recording in August 2014, he wrote in a letter to the Wake County district attorney. In January 2017, Waters said he met with leaders of the State Bureau of Investigation and gave them the recording as well. After nothing appeared to be happening, he provided the recording to a different agent in October 2018 and also wrote to Lorrin Freeman, asking her to take over and advise the state agency on whether to open an investigation due to his conflict. Freeman agreed. “I have reviewed this recording,” Lorrin Freeman wrote to SBI agents, requesting help. “It contains a conversation between two individuals, one of whom appears to be the Granville County Sheriff, about a former deputy sheriff and culminates in a discussion about committing a homicide.” Wilkins appeared before a Granville County magistrate Monday and was released on a $20,000 bond. Wilkins’s office is also under investigation for its accounting practices and its drug interdiction unit, according to the Wake County district attorney. Joshua Freeman worked at the sheriff’s office as a K-9 narcotics interdiction officer between 2011 and 2014, according to his LinkedIn profile, although it’s unclear when he left the sheriff’s office.

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Confused about what new gun laws Congress is going to make after a summer of backto-back mass shootings? So is Congress, apparently. There seems to be a political opening to do something to strengthen gun laws, but it’s got to hit the Goldilocks zone of not too conservative and not too liberal to pass the Democratic House and the Republican Senate and get signed into law by President Donald Trump. And right now, no one seems to know what that just-right legislation is. The most difficult task seems to be finding common ground on background checks, specifically enough common ground that a majority of senators maybe even a supermajority if some conservatives in the Senate launch a filibuster - agree. Here are the most-talked about proposals and their factions: • Universal background checks What it would do: What it says it would do is make every gun sale go though a background check. Right now, all sales from a licensed gun dealer (so, say, a sporting goods store) require buyers to go through a background check. But that’s not the case for most internet sales, sales at gun shows and private sales, such as between friends. Supported by: House Democrats. They passed a universal background bill earlier this year; it was one of the first things they did after winning back the House of Representatives. Add

to this list the two Democratic leaders of Congress, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, N.Y. They told Trump this week that it’s this or nothing. Whom it would alienate: Nearly all Republicans. • The Manchin-Toomey proposal for background checks What it would do: Expand background checks to include internet and gun-show sales. Supported by: The two senators whose names are on the bipartisan bill, Sens. Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., and Patrick Toomey, R-Pa. They put together this legislation in 2013 after the Newtown elementary school shooting. It failed in the Senate by six votes, with most Republicans voting against it. But now some of those Republicans are open to expanding some background checks, notably Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who chairs the key committee for such bills and who has become a Trump confidant, and Sen. Lamar Alexander, RTenn., who chairs another committee more focused on mental health and mass shootings. Whom it would alienate: Likely both wings of either side, who think it either doesn’t go far enough (Pelosi and Schumer want private sales as part of the deal, too) or goes too far. On the right, there are some who might see any expanded background checks as an unacceptable restriction on guns. It’s notable that this is the most obvious compromise, and Trump has not yet embraced it despite lobbying from Toomey

and Manchin. • Strengthen enforcement of existing background checks What it would do: There are a couple ways to do this. The Washington Post reported that Attorney General William Barr is looking into ways to expedite the death penalty for mass shooters (although many die or expect to die in the first place). The Washington Post also reported that Trump was open to an app that would make the background checks that exist more accessible to gun sellers. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said Sunday that Congress needs to “strengthen background checks” and pushed his 2013 bill to make it a crime to lie on background check forms. And Graham is working on red-flag legislation to incentivize states to allow a judge to temporarily remove firearms from those whose families deem them a threat to themselves or others. There is recent precedent for Republicans successfully nibbling around the edges of background checks. In 2018 after mass shootings at a Parkland, Florida, high school, a church in Texas and an open-air concert in Las Vegas, Trump signed into law a bipartisan bill requiring

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federal agencies and states to more thoroughly report people’s criminal records to the federal background-check system. It was a modest effort to make it more expansive, and it didn’t come easy in a Republicancontrolled Washington. The legislation passed only when it got folded into a must-pass spending bill. Supported by: Likely a number of Republicans, who would be relieved if this is what they ended up voting on. It’s politically safer, from the perspective of the National Rifle Association, than expanding background checks. In fact, the NRA supported the 2018 bill. COLUMBIA-GREENE MEDIA The Register-Star/The Daily Mail are publishedTuesday through Saturday mornings by Columbia-Greene Media (USPS 253620), One Hudson City Centre, Suite 202, Hudson, NY 12534, a subsidiary of Johnson Newspaper Corp. Periodicals postage paid at Hudson, N.Y., and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Register-Star, One Hudson City Centre, Suite 202, Hudson, NY 12534. TO SUBSCRIBE To order a subscription, call our circulation department at (800) 724-1012 or logon to www.hudsonvalley360.com SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Digital Pass is included with print subscription Daily (Newsstand) $1.50 Saturday (Newsstand) $2.50 Carrier Delivery (3 Months) $71.50 Carrier Delivery (6 Months) $143.00 Carrier Delivery (1 Year) $286.00 EZ Pay Rates: 3 months $65.00 6 months $130.00 1 year $260.00 DIGITAL PASS ONLY RATES: Includes full access to HudsonValley360.com and the e-edition. 3 Months $30.00 6 Months $60.00 1 Year $120.00 Home Delivery & Billing Inquireries Call (800) 724-1012 and reach us, live reps are available Mon.-Fri. 6 a,m - 5 p.m., Sat. 6 a.m. - noon Sun. 8 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

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CALENDAR Wednesday, Sept. 18 n Catskill Library Board 6:45 p.m. at either the Catskill Library, 1 Franklin St., Catskill or Palenville Library, 3303 Route 23A, Palenville n Catskill Town Board 5 p.m. community presentation Glide Path followed by committee meeting Robert A. Antonelli Senior Center n Greene County Legislature regular meeting No. 9 6:30 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., Catskill

Thursday, Sept. 19 n Coxsackie-Athens Central School

District BOE 6:30 p.m. High School Library, 24 Sunset Blvd., Coxsackie n Coxsackie Village Planning Board 7 p.m. at Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie

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

Tuesday, Sept. 24 n Catskill Town Planning Board 7 p.m. Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill

Wednesday, Sept. 25 n Athens Village Board 6:30 p.m. at

Village Hall, 2 First St., Athens n Catskill Village Board 7 p.m. Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill n Greene County Legislature workshop 6 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., Catskill

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meeting 7:30 p.m. Town Hall, 7309 Route 81, East Durham

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

Thursday, Oct. 3 n Ashland Planning Board 6 p.m. Town Hall, 12094 Route 23, Ashland n Cairo Town Planning Board 7 p.m. Town Hall, 512 Main St., Cairo

Monday, Oct. 7 n Athens Town Board 6:45 p.m. at

the Town Hall, 2 First St., Athens n Cairo Town Board 7 p.m. at the Town Hall, 512 Main St., Cairo n Greene County Board of Electrical Examiners 1 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., 4th Floor, Room 469, Catskill

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

Wednesday, Oct. 9 n Athens Village Board 6:30 p.m.

Village Hall, 2 First St., Athens n Catskill Village Board 7 p.m. Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill n Jewett Town Board 7 p.m. Jewett Municipal Building, 3547 County Route 23C, Jewett

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shop 6 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie 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

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Tuesday, Oct. 15 n Athens Village Planning Board

6:30 p.m. Village Hall, 2 First St., Athens n Coxsackie Village Board 7 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie n Durham Town Board 7:30 p.m. Town Hall, 7309 Route 81, East Durham n Hunter Town Board 7 p.m. Town Hall, 5748 Route 23A, Tannersville

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BOE 6:30 p.m. High School Library, 341 West Main St., Catskill n Catskill Library Board 6:45 p.m. at either the Catskill Library, 1 Franklin St., Catskill or Palenville Library, 3303 Route 23A, Palenville

Thursday, Oct. 17 n Coxsackie Village Planning Board

7 p.m. October 17 Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie

Correction In the story “Albany County unlikely model for Greene jail” in Tuesday’s Daily Mail, the Saratoga County Jail will have a section for veterans and inmates struggling with addiction. The pod will be for inmates only, not for members of the public.

Bridge named for decorated Vietnam hero By Amanda Purcell Columbia-Greene Media

VALATIE — The Roger J. Mazal Memorial Bridge named in honor of the solider who was killed in action in Vietnam was unveiled Saturday with his family and friends looking on. The overpass was dedicated in the name of Spc. 4 Roger Mazal who was shot and killed March 7, 1969, in the Pleiku province of Vietnam while serving as a member of Company D, 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army. He was 20. Family and friends of Mazal, a Valatie native, gathered Saturday for the bridge-naming ceremony on Main Street in Valatie that passes over the Kline Kill. The dedication was made possible by a bill introduced by Assemblyman Jake Ashby, R-107. The state Department of Transportation installed the new signs for the bridge. “Roger Mazal is the symbol of the best that this community has to offer — somebody that made the ultimate sacrifice,” Ashby said. “And this is a solemn way for us as a community that we are not going to forget that. We are going to remember you everyday.” State Sen. Daphne Jordan, R-43, who co-sponsored the bill, called Mazal, a “true American Hero” and “highly decorated member of the armed forces.” Jordan listed numerous commendations earned by Mazal, including the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Parachute Badge, the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal, the Vietnam Campaign Medal and the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm Unit Citation. Mazal, born July 23, 1948, was 6-foot-1-inch, athletic and a good baseball player, his former next door neighbor and childhood friend, John Coons, of Valatie, recalled. Coons and his brother, Joseph, who was in the same grade as Mazal, used to spend their summers swimming in “the deep hole” and winters sleigh riding. Mazal held the record for long distance running for a period at Ichabod Central School. Mazal is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Niverville. “He was well liked and a lot of people thought highly of him,” his cousin, Linda Wildermuth, said Monday. “He would have done anything for anybody.” Roger’s nickname was “Piser,” said his aunt, Isabelle Mazal, adding she is the last person alive who knew Roger enough to tell his stories. Isabelle died earlier this year before the dedication. “Everybody called him Piser because that was the name his Uncle Bobby gave him,” Coons said. “He was always giving everyone nicknames.” “In November 1967, Piser saved a lot of people in a house fire,” Isabelle said in an October 2018 interview. “He was only 14 or 15 years old at the time.” The home that caught fire was a twofamily home. The Mazals, including

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Friends, family and state lawmakers gathered for a dedication of the Roger Mazal Memorial Bridge in Valatie on Saturday.

Roger, lived on one side and the Hagadone family lived on the other. The Hagadones had 14 children, and Roger was able to rescue eight from the fire. The Hagadones, including Daniel Hagadone, one of the children saved by Roger in the fire, was present for the bridge’s dedication Saturday. “Roger was a hero,” Coons said. The week that Mazal died, Coons remembers his brother got a letter from Roger addressed from Vietnam, and his words were dire. “He wrote, ‘This is bad, and I don’t know if I will make it back,’ and, within the week, he perished,” Coons said. Originally the bridge was set to be built over the Kline Kill Creek along state Route 203 on the bridge that links Chatham to Kinderhook, starting in Valatie. Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation Sept. 26 to designate the bridge. But after further consideration and the family’s wishes, the dedication was moved to Valatie. Wildermuth called the ceremony a “nice tribute” and was relieved the bridge is finally relocated in Valatie. “He [Roger] did a lot for Valatie, and he was from Valatie” Wildermuth said. “This is where his bridge should belong.”

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New Baltimore, was arrested at 12:51 p.m. Sept. 13 in Coxsackie and charged with fourth-degree grand larceny, a class E felony. She was held. n Kristina M. Moore, 23, Greenville, was arrested at 2:34 p.m. Sept. 14 in Greenville and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol content greater than 0.08% and driving while intoxicated, both unclassified misdemeanors. She was issued an appearance ticket. n Kayli G. Goetz, 24, of Troy, was arrested at 5:30 a.m. Sept. 14 in Greenville

and charged with seventhdegree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a class A misdemeanor, and unlawful possession of marijuana, a violation. She was issued an appearance ticket. n Davall Croskey, 31, of Greenville, was arrested at 2:01 p.m. Sept. 13 in Greenville and charged with two counts of second-degree criminal mischief, both class D felonies. His arrestee status is unknown. n Tyler W. Wood, 21, of Earlton, was arrested at 2:35 p.m. Sept. 15 in Durham and charged with second-degree

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A wake-up call for e-cigarette users Spending few moments in ethical clashes or political controversy, Gov. Andrew Cuomo did something Monday to benefit public health. He ordered a statewide ban on the sale of flavored e-cigarettes, which are suspected of causing a mysterious debilitating respiratory illness. Six people have died nationwide and their deaths seem to have been caused by a respiratory illness thought to be related to vaping. No deaths have been reported in New York state, but Cuomo isn’t taking any chances. Forty-one people in the state have fallen ill. Doctors have said that many

patients suffering from acute lung disorders appear to have vaped some THC or cannabis-related products, although others have reported using e-cigarettes. No e-cigarette companies have been accused of wrongdoing in connection with the illnesses or deaths and no local cases have been reported. Cuomo’s executive order Monday backs up legislation he signed last week expanding school-based educational programs about the dangers of tobacco use and vaping and follows up on an executive order, also from last week, halting e-cigarette advertising aimed at young

people. Joining the fight are the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. Officials urged nonsmokers and teenagers not to start smoking e-cigarettes. And the CDC has recommended that cigarette smokers trying to quit should consult a doctor rather than take up e-cigarettes as an alternative. The governor’s executive orders, the reports of deaths and illnesses and the CDC’s strong recommendations should be a wake-up call for people, especially young people, to quit e-cigarettes immediately or heed the warnings and don’t start at all.

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Minnesota have made their supposed appeal to MidIn 2016, Hillary Clinton western voters a central part infamously declined to of their “electability” pitch. make a campaign stop in “I’m accustomed to winning Wisconsin. That decision places like Pennsylvania proved disastrous, as Donand Ohio, Michigan and ald Trump stunned Clinton Wisconsin,” Biden boasted in the Badger State, along at a campaign stop this with Michigan and Pennsummer. sylvania, on his way to capDemocrats can no longer turing the electoral college. take their “blue wall” in the Now, almost four years later, upper Midwest for granted; Democrats are at risk of that much is clear. But winoverlearning from Clinton’s ning back the states that mistakes. Trump turned red should No primary ballots have not come at the expense of been cast, but a consensus is the party’s efforts to expand already emerging that next the electoral map, compete year’s presidential election for new voters and build will be decided by fewer a more diverse coalition states than any election in nationally. If it does, Demorecent memory: Wisconsin, crats are likely to regret it Michigan, Pennsylvania even if they pull off a victory and Florida. Democratic in the presidential race. strategist Jim Messina, who Narrowing the playing managed President Barack field to a few swing states Obama’s re-election camcould severely undermine paign, said the circumstanc- Democrats’ efforts to win es dictate an unusually nar- back the Senate. The porow playing field. “We are tential success of the next now looking at the smallest president’s domestic agenmap in modern political his- da depends on control of tory,” he told The Washing- the upper chamber, where ton Post’s Dan Balz. Republicans currently hold Based on this analysis, it is 53 seats. With legitimate easy to envision Democrats pickup opportunities in investing a disproportionate Arizona, North Carolina and amount of the party’s enGeorgia (where two seats ergy and resources into win- are up for grabs), Democrats ning a few key battleground need to energize voters in states in 2020. Indeed, Dem- places that are widely conocratic hopefuls are already sidered less winnable and making frequent stops in therefore less important to the Rust Belt between visits the outcome of the presito early primary states. For- dential race than the Rust mer vice president Joe Biden Belt. Fiercely competing for those states’ electoral votes and Sen. Amy Klobuchar of

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No, not that season. This season. Fall. My favorite season. Maybe. The other possibility would be spring. I’m not too crazy about summer or winter, the two extremes of our weather. Summer because of the heat and winter because of the cold. Too much of both for me. I find I spend as much time as possible indoors during both seasons because of labor free heating systems and air conditioning. Yes, summer is beautiful with its lush greens and myriads of flowers. And winter is beautiful with new fallen snow and a silence that is unlike any other. There was a time when I liked winter better than I now do. Those were the years when I skied, usually at Catamount. I’d never skied until I was in my 50’s and that came to an end after my heart attack when I was 59. Otherwise, it’s staying inside for me to avoid the cold unless I have to go outside to blow some snow around. And summer, in my childhood, was a time mainly spent at sleepaway camps when I was old enough, reluctantly planting or weeding in my mother’s garden (or avoiding it) or caddying at the Copake Country Club from time to time when I was in high school. But always sweating in the heat of my parents’ house on Copake Lake. I hated that heat. I could do without both seasons. Spring is obviously the time of rebirth, of new growth, of green leaves appearing where dead looking branches had been, of lawns springing to life, of crocuses and daffodils and tulips poking their heads above ground and stirring us with their colorful displays. But then there is fall, a season that reveals astonishing truths. It’s easy to say that I love the glorious colors of Fall, the leaves of trees turning all shades of reds and yellows, of vermillion and ochre. What is astonishing, though, is not that the leaves turn these colors. It is that they are there all along. They are only revealed as chlorophyll breaks down in the cooling air, and the green gradually disappears, not to change into fall’s colorful display but to reveal their true basic colors, to reveal who they really are. For me, personally, it was in the fall, that I discovered America, the Beautiful. Not the America of liberty, freedom and democracy, the

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SALZ America of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, a discovery I began to make during a journey that I took with my grandfather to Washington, DC when I was 12 year old and that I described in a column for this newspaper (“Becoming an American”) on June 29, 2018. No, not that America but of this other America, the aesthetic marvel that it is, In 1984, one of my assignments for PBS’s MacNeil/ Lehrer NewsHour, was to travel wherever in the country I chose, looking for postcard views of the American landscape, the kinds of pictures that we used to think of as Kodak moments. And so, starting that September, just after Labor Day, I traveled the country with a cameraman, shooting what we saw along the way. Wild buffalo in South Dakota. A rusting plow in a long-abandoned field in the Badlands. The wonders of Mount Zion and Bryce Canyon national parks. A 40-milelong dirt road near Utah’s southern border, driving south to Lake Powell, every mile revealing one alien looking landscape after another. Moonrise at dawn over Death Valley. Old mining towns in Arizona clinging to the hillside. The thousands of acres of the vast Yavapai Ranch near Prescott. All these a West that I had never seen before. And then, moving east. The endless rolling fields of western Kansas. The lush, impossibly green cattle ranches along the Mississippi. The mighty Mississippi itself rolling south to the sea. The mountains of West Virginia in its coal mining regions where, if you tried, you could manage not to see the ugly detritus of the mines. And then, finally, my last trip on this journey. We flew up to Lake George and then drove into the Adirondacks to an inn near Saranac Lake where we parked ourselves for a few days. Fall was in its full colorful glory, a riot of reds, browns and golds. We shot all sorts of scenes but

one moment I particularly remember was driving down an unpaved road for a few miles. It was getting late in the day, the sun casting that particular golden glow that is almost foreign to any other season, the leaves on the trees luminescent with the sun shining behind and through them. Every inch of the road was covered by fallen leaves, so much so that it seemed never to have been traveled before. As we drove, the leaves swirled behind in our wake, rising up in glorious swirls and then settling back to earth, once again completely masking the road, once again leaving no trace of a traveler. I so wanted this piece to be able to end with my personal discovery of that America, America, the Beautiful but I cannot. We live in a very disconcerting time in our country, one in which partisan divide and anger seem to touch just about every aspect of our lives. For over a century, ever since President Grant created Yellowstone, the first national park, in 1872, we have sought to preserve, protect, and enhance the natural wonders and gifts of this great country. No longer. The current federal administration seems to have decided that you can have too much of a good thing and a sizeable portion of America apparently agrees or, at least, goes along with it. They have decided that you can have too much clean air and too much clean water. You can have too little logging, too little mining, too little drilling, all enterprises that exact enormous tolls on the land, much of it land controlled by the federal government. The one thing you can’t have too little of is greed, too little of the wealthy having ever greater opportunities to make ever greater amounts of money and a government dedicated to making that possible. Those two things are not unrelated: the despoiling of our natural resources and the opportunity to make more money. One would not exist without the other. Ultimately, though, it will not be the wealthy who will bear the true cost of their rapaciousness. It will be us – we the people – and our children and our children’s children, who will have to pay the real price. Michael Salz is an awardwinning, long-time, now-retired Senior Producer for what is now called “PBS NewsHour.” He is a resident of Hillsdale.

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Journalist and author Cokie Roberts in her home in Bethesda, Md., in February 2019.

Cokie Roberts, veteran broadcast newswoman, is dead at 75 Neil Genzlinger The New York Times News Service

Cokie Roberts, the pioneering broadcast journalist known to millions for her work with ABC News and National Public Radio, died Tuesday. She was 75. ABC News, in a posting on its website Tuesday morning, said the cause was breast cancer, which was first diagnosed in 2002. Roberts started her radio career at CBS, then in 1978 began working for NPR covering Capitol Hill. She joined ABC in 1988. Her three decades at the network included anchoring, with Sam Donaldson, the news program “This Week” from 1996 to 2002. “Cokie’s kindness, generosity, sharp intellect and thoughtful take on the big issues of the day made ABC a better place and all of us better journalists,” James Goldston, president of ABC News, said in a statement. Roberts was both reporter and commentator during her career and was widely respected both by her fellow journalists and by those she covered. Danielle Kurtzleben, an NPR reporter, praised Roberts as an example for younger generations of journalists. “I’m proud as hell — proud as hell — to work at a news organization that has ‘Founding Mothers’ whom we all look up to,” she said on Twitter. “God bless Cokie Roberts.” If Roberts brought deep knowledge and keen insight to her work, that was in part because she was a child of politicians and first walked the halls of Congress as a young girl. Her father was Hale Boggs, a longtime

Democratic representative from Louisiana who in the early 1970s was House majority leader. After he died in a plane crash in 1972, his wife and Roberts’ mother, Lindy Boggs, was elected to fill his seat. She served until 1991 and later became U.S. ambassador to the Holy See. It was a background that gave Roberts a deep respect for the institutions of government that she covered. Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs was born Dec. 27, 1943, in New Orleans. She said that her brother, Tommy, invented her nickname because he couldn’t say “Corinne.” Although her father had considerable influence on her, so did her mother, who was active in furthering her father’s career, and other women she came to know like Lady Bird Johnson. “I was very well aware of the influence of these women,” she said. “I saw what they did. They were very busy, and they were always doing everything.” “I very much grew up with a sense, from them, that women could do anything,” she added, “and that they could sort of do a whole lot of things at the same time.” Many of her eight books explored the role of women in shaping the country, including “We Are Our Mothers’ Daughters” (1998) and “Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation” (2008). In 1966 she married Steven V. Roberts, then a correspondent for The New York Times. She became a radio correspondent for CBS, then in 1978 joined NPR. With Nina Totenberg and Linda Wertheimer, she began to change the journalistic landscape.

Border fence construction could destroy archaeological sites, Park Service finds Juliet Eilperin and Nick Miroff The Washington Post

The bulldozers and excavators rushing to install President Donald Trump’s border fence could damage or destroy up to 22 archaeological sites within Arizona’s Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in coming months, according to an internal National Park Service report obtained by The Washington Post. The 123-page report, completed in July and obtained via the Freedom of Information Act, indicates that the administration’s plan to convert an existing five-foot-high vehicle barrier to a 30-foot steel edifice could pose irreparable harm to unexcavated remnants of ancient Sonoran Desert peoples. Experts identified these risks as U.S. Customs and Border Protection seeks to fast-track the pace of construction to meet Trump’s campaign pledge of completing 500 miles of barrier by next year’s election. New construction began last month within the internationally recognized biosphere reserve, a national monument southwest of Phoenix with nearly 330,000 acres of congressionally designated wilderness. The work is part of a 43-mile span of fencing that also traverses the adjacent Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge. With the president demanding weekly updates on construction progress and tweeting out drone footage of new fencing through the desert, administration officials have said they are under extraordinary pressure to meet Trump’s construction goals. The Department of Homeland Security has taken advantage of a 2005 law to waive several federal requirements that could have slowed and possibly stopped the barrier’s advance in the stretch in Arizona, including the Archeological Resources Protection Act, the National Historic Preservation Act and the Endangered Species Act. The Organ Pipe Cactus area has been one of the busiest along the border for migrant crossings this year, an influx that includes large groups of adults with children walking through the desert to surrender to U.S. agents, typically seeking humanitarian protections. Some archaeological features along the border already have suffered damage as Border Patrol agents zoom through the desert in pursuit of migrants and smugglers in all-terrain vehicles, according to federal officials and two experts who have conducted research in the region. Environmental groups have fought unsuccessfully to halt construction in the protected areas, arguing that more-imposing barriers could disrupt wildlife migration corridors and threaten the survival of imperiled species. But to date there has been little mention of the potential damage to archaeological sites, where stone tools, ceramic shards and other pre-Colombian artifacts are extremely well-preserved in the arid environment. Desert-dwelling peoples have populated the area for at least 16,000 years, particularly in the area around the oasis of Quitobaquito Springs in the national monument, one of the few places where the endangered Quitobaquito pupfish and Sonoyta mud turtle still live in the wild. The oasis was part of a prehistoric trade route, the Old Salt Trail, where northern Mexico commodities including salt, obsidian, and seashells were plentiful, according to the Park Service. The traders were followed by Spanish missionaries, western settlers and other travelers and nomads who came to drink. The springs and

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The U.S.-Mexico border barrier in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, in Ajo, Ariz.

surrounding desert wetlands are just 200 feet from the border, where crews plan to bring in heavy earthmoving equipment to install the giant steel barriers. Scientists also have raised concerns that the springs could dry up if crews pump groundwater from the area for the barrier’s concrete base. CBP officials said the agency has looked at “most” of the archaeological sites identified in the Park Service report and found just five that are within the 60-foot-wide strip of land on the U.S. side of the wall where the government will erect the structure, an area of federal land known as the Roosevelt Reservation, which was set aside along the border in California, Arizona and New Mexico. Of those five, officials said, one had a “lithic scatter” - remnants of stone tools and other culturally relevant artifacts. Construction crews do not yet have a plan to begin work at that location, CBP officials said, noting that the agency has had discussions with the Park Service about collecting and analyzing fragments of historic significance from that site. “We’ve been working very closely with the park,” said a CBP official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the administration’s plan for building near archaeological sites along the border. The officials said they have not delayed or otherwise altered their construction plans to conduct more detailed surveys or excavations in the area. Officials said crews with earthmoving equipment have started installing barriers in a two-mile section east of the border crossing at Lukeville, Arizona, a particularly busy stretch for illegal crossings. CBP officials acknowledged that trucks and earthmoving equipment driving through the fragile desert risk harming sites outside the specific border construction zone. The officials said they are following Park Service guidance as to where they can drive. With CBP, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and their construction contractors under pressure from the White House, federal land in the West has become the easiest place to quickly add fencing. There are few private landowners in the desert terrain outside of Texas, and it is a far easier place to build than along the winding river banks of the Rio Grande. At least a dozen Native American tribes claim a connection to the lands within Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, especially near Quitobaquito. The group includes the Tohono O’odham Nation, which used to inhabit a large swath of the Sonoran Desert and whose reservation lies north of the park’s boundaries. Members of the Nation - who have revived the practice of following the Old Salt Trail - have protested the idea of any new construction in an area once inhabited by their ancestors, the Hohokam, who lived in the area between 200 and 1,400 A.D. Tohono O’odham Nation Chairman Ned Norris Jr. said that his tribe remains opposed to any new border fence construction.

“We’ve historically lived in this area from time immemorial,” he said. “We feel very strongly that this particular wall will desecrate this area forever. I would compare it to building a wall over your parents’ graveyards. It would have the same effect.” Rick Martynec, an archaeologist who is conducting volunteer surveys of sites within the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge along with his wife Sandy, said that researchers have not had time to properly evaluate the area now targeted for construction. “Quitobaquito, as we know it, may be destroyed before anyone has had a chance to evaluate the consequences of the current actions,” Martynec said. “What’s the rush?” He noted that relevant sites in the monument “include evidence of hunting, farming and home sites” along with “historic cemeteries.” He added that the adjacent National Wildlife Refuge has other archaeological artifacts, including a rare intaglio figure spanning several hundred yards that was likely created for a ritual. The Martynecs were doing research in the refuge at one point and saw a Border Patrol agent on a four-wheeler motoring up a road on which the agency was not authorized to drive, “right over a huge roasting pit” used by an ancient community, he recalled. They later checked to see if an incident report had been filed - as would be required if the agency was traversing that land but none had been, Martynec said. In the Park Service report summarizing the results of a survey of 11.3 miles along the U.S.-Mexico border, the agency’s archaeologists note that previous research had “identified and recorded 17 archaeological sites which likely will be wholly or partially destroyed by forthcoming border fence construction.” The park experts, who conducted their survey in June, identified another five archaeological sites that also would be imperiled and would deserve to be protected under a National Register of Historic Places designation. The report notes that staffers were unable to complete a survey of the entire length of the U.S. side of the border that lies within the monument’s boundaries. Park Service archaeologists plan to survey another 1.7 mile section of the park’s southern border later this month. Kevin Dahl, Arizona senior program manager for the National Parks Conservation Association, said that under normal circumstances the agency would take steps to protect archaeological sites under its purview, which could involve a lengthy excavation process if necessary. CBP has announced plans to complete this section of barriers through the national monument by January. Those plans call for new fencing in five or six “non-contiguous areas,” including areas within the monument where the archelological sites are found, agency officials said. Sections of new barrier through the area are not necessarily contiguous because the terrain might be too steep or mountainous to install a single,

unbroken span of fencing. The project within the monument includes a new steel bollard fence running continuously for 9.1 miles, and the fencing will be reinforced with an 8- to 10 footdeep concrete-and-steel foundation. “Archaeology takes time, and they have a deadline,” Dahl said, referring to CBP. “Putting a wall there is insane. This is just one more reason why ramming this wall through, using illegal, unconstitutional money, is damaging to these public resources. We’re destroying what the wall is supposed to protect.” National Park Service spokesman Jeremy Barnum said the agency’s mission “is to preserve unimpaired the natural and cultural resources and values of the National Park System for the enjoyment, education, and inspiration of this and future generations.” But he noted that some of the parks along the U.S.Mexico border have been subjected to “cross-border illegal activities” and that the agency has coordinated with Homeland Security to address the issue. In 2002, a park ranger at Organ Pipe was shot and killed as he pursued members of a drug cartel hit squad who had fled to the United States from Mexico. The Park Service closed more than half the monument to the public the following year, but reopened it entirely in September 2014. “The National Park Service appreciates the role of an integrated border security approach and values the ongoing interagency efforts to address the multidimensional issue,” Barnum said. An archaeologist working for a CBP contractor, Northland Research, is on site every day when crews are working on the barrier fence, according to federal and tribal officials. The firm referred requests for comment to the government agency.

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Lafayette’s 1824 visit to Catskill

By David n Dorpfeld, Greene County Historian For Columbia-Greene Media n Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834), n known here as Lafaybetter ette, served under George Washington and played a n role in helping to enmajor sure victory over the British in the American Revolution. n A French citizen, he is greatly revered in his home country andnthe United States. In Coxsackie where I live we even have a Lafayette Avenue. UnlikenGeorge Washington and his protégé Nathanael Greene, who never set foot in Greene County, Lafayette made a brief n visit to Catskill in 1824 as part of a grand tour he made of the United States that year. At that time the country consisted of n 24 states and Lafayette visited them all over a 16 month period. n The book Old Times Corner published by the Greene County Historical Society in 1932 contains an account of Lafayette’s Catskill visit found n old scrap book. Accordin an ing to the account the little village was abuzz on September n

17, 1824. Hundreds of people began to gather at the landing as early as 5 am and a military parade began at 6 am. At this time the landing was nothing like what we know it as today. It was reached by a long wharf that had to be cleared of people by militia to make way for Lafayette’s visit. “A few minutes before 10 o’clock, the James Kent steamed up with colors flying and was greeted by a salute of 13 guns. The general had been detained for some hours at Clermont and was reluctant to land because of an engagement at Albany which could not be delayed.” A compromise was made and he disembarked the ship to another salute of 24 guns. He entered a barouche drawn by four white horses “which carried him rapidly to the head of the street and back again to the Croswell hotel, where he stopped amid loud cheers, to bow to the spectators.” The barouche was driven by Erastus Beech, father of Charles L. Beech, long time proprietor of the Catskill Mountain House. Charles was 16 at the time and drove the second coach in the

Marquis de Lafayette as a French Lieutenant General in 1791.

procession containing the

welcoming committee.

The account goes on to say: “At the entrance to the village an arch had been formed and decorated with flowers and evergreens bearing the words, ‘Welcome, Lafayette.’ It was surmounted by a stuffed eagle, shot the previous day along Snake road. (Can you imagine such a thing today?) On the opposite side of the arch were the words: ‘Farewell Our Country’s Friend.’” Following the procession up and down Main Street an address and presentation had been planned. One of the village children had been selected for the honor, but Lafayette did not have time to hear it. One hundred fifty dollars had been raised to make Lafayette a life director in the American Bible Society. An amount worth over $3,000 today. What do you buy the man that has everything? The account says: “Later the general ‘returned kind acknowledgement of the honor done him.’” As the steamer left the point with a committee of citizens from Catskill he received another salute of 14 guns. From there he went on the Hudson where his visit was also shorter

than planned. Coincidently, I just finished reading David McCullough’s book “The Pioneers” in which he chronicles Lafayette’s visit to Marietta, Ohio on May 23, 1825. During his visit “a list of fifty military officers who had been among the pioneers who settled Marietta was read to him.” McCullough says that “practically the whole population of Marietta cheered from the shore” as Lafayette’s steamboat departed on the Ohio River. Once again as in Catskill, Lafayette’s visit was short, but well received. In researching Lafayette I discovered an interesting fact which demonstrates his love for the United States. When he returned to France in 1825 he took soil from Bunker Hill to be placed on his grave. He died in 1834 at age 76 and was buried in Paris. His son George Washington sprinkled the soil from Bunker Hill on his grave. To reach columnist David Dorpfeld, e-mail gchistorian@gmail. com or visit him on Facebook at “Greene County Historian.”

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CATSKILL — Historic photographer who uses the Bridges of the Hudson Valley, ancient camera obscura proThomas Cole National His- cess. The performance of light n toric Site and Olana State His- is influenced by his artistic toric Site announced the third practice, Taoist rituals, and n annual Skywalk Arts Festival the relationship between artto take place on the afternoon ists Thomas Cole and Frederic of Sept. 22. The Festival cel- Church. The performance is n ebrates the art of the Hudson part of a new solo exhibition Valley and the inaugural year of Shi Guorui’s work that will of the Hudson River Skywalk, open at the Thomas Cole Site n a new scenic walkway at the at 2 p.m. on the same day. Thomas Cole Historic Site place where American art began.n The new walkway con- Contemporary Art opening nects the homes and studios and free admission, 2-4 p.m. of the major Hudson River Visit the Thomas Cole Site to School artists, Thomas Cole see the new exhibition SHI and Frederic Church, over GUORUI: Ab/Sense-Pre/ the Hudson River via the Rip Sense, presented as part of its Vann Winkle Bridge, offering annual series OPEN HOUSE: sweeping views of the Hudson Contemporary Art in ConverRiver Valley and the Catskill sation with Cole. The exhibiMountains. tion features a new series of Rip Van Winkle Bridge giant landscape photographs Park, noon-4 p.m. Visitors made by the contemporary are invited to the park next to artist Shi Guorui. The phothe historic Rip Van Winkle tographs are created using Bridge’s toll plaza in Catskill a camera obscura and pay from noon-4 p.m. to view and homage to the landscapes and purchase artwork by local art- legacy of Thomas Cole (1801ists, participate in art-making 1848), founder of America’s activities, listen to live music first major art movement, now by songwriter James Hearne known as the Hudson River and enjoy Carnival Foods food School of landscape painting. truck. To enter the Bridge Au- Shi Guorui is internationally thority Parking Lot, motorists recognized for his large-scale must travel on Route 23 east camera obscura photographs. and pass through Toll Lane 1 His work has been featured Let Us Make Your Life EZ-er... in exhibitions at The Metro(Full Service Lane). The bridge park is also a short walk from politan Museum of Art in New the Thomas Cole National York and the de Young MuHistoric Site. seum in San Francisco, among Performance of Light across other museums in North the Hudson River at 1 p.m. America, Europe, and Asia. Internationally acclaimed art- Originally based in Beijing, ist Shi Guorui will present a China, Shi Guorui now has a performance of light entitled studio and home in Catskill. Frederic Church’s OLANA, 1.7 Mile Lights to connect Frederic Church’s Olana with 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Start your day the Thomas Cole National at Olana and join Stephanie Historic Site. He will reflect Fischer for a monthly “Yoga beams of light across the sky of the Earth” class in the landabove the Hudson River to il- scape at 9 a.m., open to all levluminate the bonds between els. At 10 a.m., attend a “Spots the two 19th-century artists, of Time: Writing and Thinking their homes, and our con- Walk” along Frederic Church’s temporary moment. The light carriage roads, with poet Celia performance will be visible Bland and art historian Susan from Olana’s Ridge Road, the Merriam who will engage in Rip Van Winkle Bridge walk- a creative interdisciplinary way, and the Skywalk path conversation about nature; from the Thomas Cole Site as the gorgeous panoramas to the Bridge. Shi Guorui is from Olana unfold, Bland and a renowned contemporary Merriam evoke Romanticism

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CATSKILL — The 50 artisan felines disappearing from Main Street this week, have not been taken hostage, although there is a price to see them again. The Cat‘n Around Catskill cats are headed once again to Historic Catskill Point, 1 Main St., for the Heart of Catskill Association’s (HOCA) annual Cat‘n Around Catskill auction and gala on Sept. 21. The preview runs from 4-5 p.m. The live auction will start at 5 p.m. and conclude when all 50 cats have new homes, (usually by

7 p.m.). Village Mayor Vincent Seeley will reprise his role as auctioneer, a role he has held for the past four years. Peter Markou, HOCA executive director, will serve as master of ceremonies. The Village of Catskill Department of Public Works have already started removing the large, artisan decorated, fiberglass cats, so they will be set up for viewing and admiration at the Dock Master’s Warehouse at Historic Catskill Point in anticipation of Saturday’s event.

This is the 13th year that HOCA has brought the cats back to Catskill, where they continue to attract visitors from far and wide. Karen Robinson, administrative support for HOCA, noted that raffle tickets for the raffle cat, “In the Garden,” by artist Sara Pruiksma, are selling quickly with only a few days left to buy tickets. Raffle ticket prices are one for $5 or 5 for $20. They may be obtained on HOCA’s website, www.catskill.ny.org.

Peace Village Retreat Center celebrates 20th anniversary HUNTER — Peace Village Retreat Center will be celebrating its 20th anniversary 2-6 p.m. Sept. 22 at the center, 54 O’Hara Road, Haines Falls. This is an International Day of Peace event. It’s been 20 years since Peace Village opened on Hunter Mountain, reminding us of the peace we all hold within, by offering a peaceful setting for spiritual learning

and retreats to the public. Since then, we’ve served thousands who are searching for ways to quiet their minds and bring peace to their lives. Come and experience the tranquility. From 2- 4:30 p.m. Outdoor Events include Pop-up Talks, Meditation and Yoga exercises, Special activities for children and parents, live music, tours and walks, virtue reality

wheel, food tents, games, circle dancing, book stall tent. 4:30-6 p.m. Public program in Inspiration Hall. Welcome and greetings from local leaders, meditation experience, talk “Celebrating the Peace Village Within,” entertainment, presentations, refreshments. For information and reservations, call 518-589-5000.

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When will my earnings not hurt my SS benefits? Dear Rusty: I will turn 66 in June of next year. I do not plan to stop working but I do plan on starting to collect my Social Security. How soon can I start to collect without having to give it back because my income is too high? And after I start collecting will I still have to pay into the program with deductions from my current salary, and if I do, will those payments from me help to increase what I will be able to collect from SSA? Signed: Planning Ahead Dear Planning Ahead: Social Security’s earnings limit goes away when you reach your full retirement age (FRA), which for you is 66. So, if you claim Social

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GLOOR Security benefits to start in June of next year you do not need to worry about your earnings causing Social Security to take back benefits — you’ll have reached your full retirement age (FRA) and the earnings limit disappears at your FRA. But, whether you

can claim any earlier in the year without it affecting your benefits depends on your earnings level. Starting next year, because that will be the year you reach your FRA, the usual earnings limit ($17,640 for 2019) will be about 2.5 times greater, or a little more than this year’s limit of $46,920 for those in their FRA year. So, if you claim benefits to start before June when you reach your FRA, you’ll be subject to that higher 2020 annual limit and — depending on the month you claim — perhaps a monthly limit (the annual limit divided by 12). Exceeding the annual limit will cause Social Security to take back some of your

benefits, and If you exceed the monthly limit you won’t be entitled to benefits for that month. However, if your income starting next year won’t exceed those limits you can claim earlier in the year without having benefits withheld. And if you don’t start your benefits before June of next year you won’t be subject to an earnings limit at all next year, nor for any year thereafter. And just to be sure you’re aware, you can apply for Social Security about 3 months before you want your benefits to start — but if you want to start benefits at your FRA just be sure to specify June 2020 as your benefit start month. For clarity, you can get benefits for

the full month of June, the month you reach your FRA, regardless of the day of the month you were born. As to your question about continuing to pay into the program, yes, for as long as you continue to work you will need to pay Social Security FICA payroll taxes — everyone who works and earns must pay that tax. But paying Social Security FICA, by itself, doesn’t increase your benefit. What may affect your benefit is if your current earnings are more than the inflation-adjusted earnings in any of the 35 years used to compute your benefit when you start Social Security. Each year, Social Security will look at your annual earnings

broccoli, fruit cocktail.

Sites Closed. FRIDAY: Vegetable lasagna, fresh salad, Italian vegetables, fresh fruit. MONDAY: Sweet and sour pork, brown rice, broccoli, tropical mixed fruit. TUESDAY: Meatloaf with gravy, buttered noodles, green beans almandine, mandarin oranges. WEDNESDAY: Taco bake with Spanish rice, corn, lima beans and carrots, pumpkin mousse.

TUESDAY: Chicken and biscuits, California mixed vegetables, peaches. WEDNESDAY: Jaeger Schnitzel with mushroom gravy, boiled potatoes, red cabbage, apple cake.

and, if an increase is appropriate because you have more recent higher earnings, they will automatically make that adjustment for you. 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 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;

518-263-4392. Washington Irving Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill; 518-943-1343. Town of Coxsackie Senior Center, Mansion Street, Coxsackie; 518-731-8901.

SEPT. 18 THROUGH SEPT. 25. WEDNESDAY: Beef pot pie, boiled potato, carrots, birthday spice cake. THURSDAY: Salmon with dill sauce, brown rice pilaf, broccoli, butterscotch pudding. FRIDAY: Roast chicken with gravy, green salad, braised cabbage, sweet potato, fresh farm apples. MONDAY: Chili con carne, brown rice, wax beans, lemon whip. TUESDAY: Chicken and biscuits, cold beet salad, parsley boiled potatoes, California mixed vegetables, pineapple delight. WEDNESDAY: Beef burgundy, buttered noodles,

SEPT. 25 THROUGH OCT. 2 WEDNESDAY: Beef burgundy, buttered noodles, broccoli, fruit cocktail. THURSDAY: Meatloaf with gravy, mashed potatoes, spinach puff, fresh pears. FRIDAY: Baked ziti with cheese, fresh green salad, Italian mixed vegetables, fruited gelatin. MONDAY: Herbed fish, roasted red potatoes, carrots, mandarin oranges. TUESDAY: Chicken divan, brown rice, hot beets, low sodium V8, chocolate mousse. WEDNESDAY: Turkey with gravy, mashed potatoes, stuffing, Parisienne vegetables, poke cake.

OCT. 2 THROUGH OCT. 9 WEDNESDAY: Turkey with gravy, mashed potatoes, stuffing, Parisienne vegetables, poke cake. THURSDAY: Nutrition

OCT. 9 THROUGH OCT. 16 WEDNESDAY: Taco bake with Spanish rice, corn, lima beans and carrots, pumpkin mousse. THURSDAY: Broccoli and Sweet quiche, fresh salad, red potatoes, cauliflower, angel food cake with strawberries. FRIDAY: Baked chicken with gravy, mashed potatoes, brussels sprouts, fruited gelatin. MONDAY: Closed.

OCT. 16 THROUGH OCT. 23 WEDNESDAY: Jaeger Schnitzel with mushroom gravy, boiled potatoes, red cabbage, apple cake. THURSDAY: Seafood scampi, linguine, spinach, lemon pudding. FRIDAY: Chef’s salad, beet salad, sliced tomatoes, fresh fruit. MONDAY: Macaroni and cheese, green beans, stewed tomatoes, pears. TUESDAY: Crab topped cod, rice, carrots, apple crisp. WEDNESDAY: Lemon chicken, au gratin potatoes, California mixed vegetables, spice cake.

OCT. 23 THROUGH OCT. 30

WEDNESDAY: Lemon chicken, au gratin potatoes, California mixed vegetables, spice cake. THURSDAY: Pulled pork, mixed vegetables, wax beans, cole slaw, fresh fruit. FRIDAY: Pepper steak, fresh salad, baked potato, zucchini, pumpkin pie. MONDAY: Beer battered fish, rice pilaf, oriental mixed vegetables, chocolate mousse. TUESDAY: Baked ziti with meatballs, Italian mixed vegetables, pears. WEDNESDAY: Fresh ham with gravy, scalloped potatoes, applesauce, braised cabbage, peaches.

OCT. 30 THROUGH OCT. 31 WEDNESDAY: Fresh ham with gravy, scalloped potatoes, applesauce, braised cabbage, peaches. THURSDAY: Beef stew, buttered noodles, brussels sprouts, tapioca.

Senior Briefs We want to hear from you. To send information to be included in Senior Briefs, email to editorial@thedailymail. net; mail to The Daily Mail, Atten: Senior Briefs, One Hudson City Centre, Suite 202, Hudson, NY 12534; fax to 518-828-3870. 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.

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.

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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.

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.

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

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371 Route 296, Hensonville.

WATERCOLOR CLASSES ATHENS — Watercolor classes taught by Regine Petrosky will be held 1-3 p.m. six Tuesdays Sept. 17 through Oct. 22 at the Rivertown Senior Center, 39 Second St., Athens. Sign up at the center for classes. Maximum 12 people. Supplies will be provided.

information can be found at the face book page at Coxsackie Grief Support Group and also by contacting Jeffrey Haas at 518-478-5414 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.

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

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 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. Sept. 19, Oct. 17, 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 518-7193559.

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 518-719-3555 and ask to speak to Ken.

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town and village municipal offices. The Athens building was just a temporary home from the outset. The college’s permanent home in Greenport was already in the works. “We were founded in 1967, but the first classes were held in September 1969, in Athens,” said former staff member Carol Novack. “While we were there, they were building this building. In the summer of 1974, we moved to Greenport.” The first few days in Athens held some surprises. “It was in an abandoned elementary school in Athens, and when they opened the doors, a ton of dust came pouring out,” said Professor Emeritus Diane Koenig, who taught English. But when they left the doors open for the building to

Garage From A1

buildings. The Morton Building will be used for highway department equipment storage at the Greene County Highway Department facility in Athens, according to the resolution. “I don’t see why we can’t have this type of garage at the jail,” Luvera said. Linger, who is the legislature chairman, said the uses of the two buildings would be different. “There is no concrete floor in the Morton Building,” he said. “They are two completely different buildings.” The jail’s garage will be built for the Greene County Sheriff’s Office boats, allterrain vehicles, SWAT team trucks and possibly dogs for the K9 unit, Sheriff Greg Seeley said in March.

air out, all the neighborhood dogs rushed inside, Koenig said as the crowd laughed. Faculty member Donald Woods, the school’s first basketball coach, recalled some of the team’s early games — like the student who ended up with a large gash on his forehead as he went for the ball in the first game. For a new school, Woods said, the team did pretty well in its inaugural season. “We were 5-11, so a good record for a new school,” Woods said. In those early years in Athens, the college breathed new life into the community, several panelists said. “The economic impact and the things [the college] did for the community were overwhelming,” former student Philip Miller, of Athens, said. “Businesses flourished... Grocery stores, bars — they were all busy. What it brought to the community was its spirit. Athens was a blue-collar

The sheriff’s office does not have a current central storage location for its vehicles, Seeley said. “Instead of being scattered around the county, they will all be right there for corrections and deputies to use for training,” he said, adding that other agencies will be welcome to train at the site. Construction on the new jail began in late June off Route 9W in Coxsackie east of the Greene Correctional Facility. The project is expected to be half completed by December, according to the latest engineering update. Linger advised Luvera to hold his discussion of the matter until the Public Safety Committee met. Luvera revived the topic during the Public Safety meeting. “If they are truly looking for a storage garage and not a training room or more office space, this would satisfy that need,” Luvera said.

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Columbia-Greene Community College President Carlee Drummer welcomes the crowd to a celebration of the college’s 50th anniversary.

town, and all of a sudden, we had the opportunity to get an education here.” Lynn Erceg, who started as a secretary and still works in the college’s library, said there have been a multitude of changes since those early

Luvera said he believes the needs for office space and training are already satisfied and anything more would be redundant. “We already have a training room in the jail facility and a training room at the Emergency Services building in Cairo, we don’t need that in the storage building,” Luvera said. Linger asked Gardner, the legislature’s parliamentarian, if the garage discussion was appropriate given that it was not on the agenda. Because the Public Safety meeting was considered a special meeting, the legislators should limit their discussion to agenda items only, Gardner said. The discussion will be postponed until the next Public Safety Committee meeting on Oct. 2, Linger said. Construction has not begun on the garage.

U.S. Examining Missile and Drone Parts for Clues in Saudi Oil Attacks Eric Schmitt The New York Times News Service

WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence analysts and military investigators are examining a missile guidance mechanism recovered in Saudi Arabia that may provide clues as to the missile’s origins and flight path, as they continue gathering information to make the administration’s case that Iran was responsible for last weekend’s attack against Saudi oil facilities. Analysts are poring over satellite imagery of the damage sites, and assessing radar tracks of at least some of the low-flying cruise missiles that were used. Communication intercepts from before and after the attacks are being reviewed to see if they implicate Iranian officials. And, perhaps most important, forensic analysis is underway of missile and drone parts from the attack sites, including at least one mostly intact cruise missile recovered from the area, officials said. U.S. military investigators are in Saudi Arabia working with counterparts to examine the guidance mechanism in the cruise missile that was recovered. Investigators are hoping they can trace the missile’s flight path, using data in the guidance system, back to its origin — possibly to precise geographic coordinates. Within the administration, there is much discussion over what retaliatory action to take, if any, and whether such a response would appear to be just doing the Saudis’ bidding. Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Gen. Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, have presented President Donald Trump with an

array of military options — presumably both bombing targets such as the missile-launching sites and storage areas and covert cyber operations that could disable or disrupt Iran’s oil infrastructure. A big concern is to ensure that any strikes be proportional and not escalate the conflict, particularly with world leaders gathering in New York City next week for the U.N. General Assembly. Officials also voiced worry about the cost of doing nothing, at least openly, in response to attacks that have cut in half the oil production of one of Washington’s main allies in the Middle East. U.S. officials say they have no doubt that the drones and missiles used in the attacks were Iranian technology and components. But they have not yet released information on whether the strikes were planned and directed by Iran, and launched by Iran’s proxies in the region — or whether they actually were launched from Iranian territory. Intelligence officials have ruled out Yemen as the origin of the attacks and do not believe they emanated from Iraq, either. That leaves Iran or possibly some vessel in the northern Persian Gulf as the staging ground. Several U.S. military and intelligence officials said they believed they would ultimately conclude that the attacks were launched from Iran. Officials have said Iran is almost certainly behind the strike, given the scope, scale and precision of the attacks. Michael Morell, a former acting director of the CIA, said in remarks at a speech in Northern Virginia on Monday night that if Iran was found

responsible for directing or carrying out the attacks, that would amount to act of war and the United States would “need to respond.” Morell, who said he had no inside information, said he favored some kind of proportional military strike, perhaps against Iranian missile sites and storage areas but not against Iranian oil infrastructure. He also said it would be important to have allies such as the Britain and France join any retaliation so it was not just the United States going it alone. Adm. Mike Mullen, who retired from the military after serving as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, noted the danger of the current situation because there is little effective way to communicate with the Iranians to avoid escalation and miscalculation. “It’s a situation ripe with the possibility of miscalculation,” he said. “We have not had a good line of communication with Iran since 1979, so if something happens, the odds of us getting it right are pretty small.” France has no evidence showing where drones that attacked the Saudi oil facilities came from, the French foreign minister said Tuesday. “Up to now France doesn’t have evidence to say that these drones came from one place or another, and I don’t know if anyone has evidence,” JeanYves Le Drian told reporters in Cairo. Several top administration and military officials said they remained keenly aware of Trump’s reluctance to carry out military strikes that could pull the United States into a larger, longer conflict in the Middle East.

years. “Technology has changed a lot. And I think it was more personal when it was in Athens. It was more relaxed — it was small,” Erceg said. When the college moved to its new home in Greenport,

Erceg said the impact on Athens was tremendous. “When the college left Athens, it was like a ghost town, all the hustle-bustle left,” Erceg said. “It was kind of heartbreaking.” But panelists recalled their fondest memories of those early days — like when you could buy a beer in Athens for 16 cents, according to former student Pete Mullins. “It was a good time, we had fun,” Mullins said. “I graduated from Columbia-Greene in the first class... and went on to a school with 2,400 students. Columbia-Greene was a different experience,” Mullins said fondly. Another big change from then to now is the cost of college tuition, he said. “It was $300, and that included tuition and fees. I had a scholarship for $200 and another for $50, so I paid $50,” Mullins said. “It has gone up a little bit since then.” Several recalled that their

favorite thing about the school was always the people. “The supportive nature of the people here was very important and very helpful to me,” said Professor Emeritus William Cook. He, too, remembered how technology changed over the years. “There was only one calculator in the whole building, which was used to figure out the students’ grades,” Cook said. While higher education was new to the Twin Counties in those early days, the first commencement ceremony showed how important it was to the families who lived here. “Parents came in and they were dressed to the nines,” Koenig remembered. “We barely needed to put the lights on because there was the gleam of their smiles.”

Trump plans to kill California’s Clean-Air Authority Coral Davenport The New York Times News Service

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is expected on Wednesday to formally revoke California’s legal authority to set tailpipe pollution rules that are stricter than federal rules, in a move designed by the White House to strike twin blows against both the liberal-leaning state that President Donald Trump has long antagonized as well as the environmental legacy of President Barack Obama. The formal revocation of California’s authority to set its own rules on tailpipe pollution — the United States’ largest source of greenhouse emissions — will be announced Wednesday at the Washington headquarters of the Environmental Protection Agency, according to two people familiar with the matter.

A White House spokesman referred questions on the matter to the EPA. A spokesman for the agency did not respond to an email requesting comment. Xavier Becerra, the attorney general of California, wrote in an email: “California will continue its advance toward a cleaner future. We’re prepared to defend the standards that make that promise a reality.” The move has been widely expected since last summer, when the Trump administration unveiled its draft plan to roll back the strict federal fuel economy standards put in place by the Obama administration. That draft Trump rule also included a plan to revoke a legal waiver, granted to the state of California under the 1970 Clean Air Act, allowing it to set tougher statelevel standards than those put

forth by the federal government. The revocation of the waiver would also affect 13 other states that follow California’s clean air rules. Major automakers have told the White House that they do not want such an aggressive rollback. In July, four automakers formalized their opposition to Trump’s plans by signing a deal with California to comply with tighter emissions standards if the broader rollback goes through. The Obama-era tailpipe pollution rules that the administration hopes to weaken would require automakers to build vehicles that achieve an average fuel economy of 54.5 mpg by 2025. The proposed Trump rule would lower the requirement to about 37 mpg.

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C-GCC women drop two matches Columbia-Greene Media

The Columbia-Greene Community College women’s soccer team played two away games this weekend at Genesee CC and Finger Lakes CC. On Saturday, CGCC matched up against nationally-ranked Genesee CC. The Twins came prepared and motivated, leaving the game tied 0-0 at halftime. Genesee struck first on a well placed shot in the 75th minute. The Twins quickly recovered and, five minutes later, Maggie Ryan scored unassisted, tying the game 1-1.

Genesee scored the golden goal five minutes into the second overtime period to squeeze out the win. On Sunday, the Twins continued their Western NY road trip, traveling to Finger Lakes CC. C-GCC started slow and found themselves down 4-0 at halftime. The Lakers extended their lead to 5-0 seven minutes into the second half. The Twins reorganized and controlled the rest of the game. Ashley Pettengill put the Twins on the board in the 54th minute with a well See C-GCC B3

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Coxsackie-Athens’ Justin Caruso in action against Taconic Hills on Monday.

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Coxsackie-Athens shuts down Taconic Hills By Tim Martin Columbia-Greene Media

COXSACKIE — CoxsackieAthens posted a 3-0 victory over Taconic Hills in Monday’s Patroon Conference boys soccer match. Ian Leon scored a goal for the Indians off an assist from Nick Agovino. Spencer Tergeoglou added an unassisted goal. The Indians’ third goal was scored by a Taconic Hills player. C-A goaltender Aiden Boehm stopped one shot in recording the shutout. “It’s nice to get a win, especially after that Cairo tie,” C-A coach Curt Wilkinson said. “We played so well against Cairo and we just couldn’t get the ball in the back of the net. One thing that we tried to do is switch things up a little bit and create some more opporunities. It seemed to work, but I am still no happy with where we are at. “Not enough communication and all around effort. We are playing hard but not playing smart. I think we can do better. I think our defense locked it down pretty well.

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Greenville earned a 2-0 victory over Hudson in Monday’s Patroon Conference boys soccer match.

They give a great effort every game.” Maple Hill 2, Cairo-Durham 0 CAIRO — Eli Charlebois

scored a pair of goal to give Maple Hill a 2-0 victory over Cairo-Durham in Patroon Conference boys soccer action on Monday.

Maple Hill came out in the first half controlling the play and keeping Cairo-Durham on itsfeet. The Mustangs’ defense worked well together to keep the Wildcats from getting a good look at the goal. After 25 minutes of hard play, Maple Hill earned a direct kick just outside the penalty box. Charlebois took advantage of a missed clear and put it in the back of the net. The half ended witht he Wildcats on top, 1-0. Cairo-Durham came out determined in the second half and never let down. Both teams defense held the game’s score. Then with only 3 minutes left in the game, Charlebois was able to slip a ball past the defense into the the lower 90. Maple Hill outshot Cair-Durham, 14 to 7. The Mustangs’ goalkeeper Robert Lampman had eight saves. Maple Hill keeper Aidan Percy had four. Greenville 2, Hudson 0 HUDSON — Greenville handed Hudson its first loss of the season on See SOCCER B3

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Coxsackie-Athens’ Sarah Tyner earned a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Catskill’s Audra Street during Monday’s Patroon Conference match.

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C-A tennis blanks Catskill Columbia-Greene Media

COXSACKIE — CoxsackieAthens defeated Catskill, 7-0, in Monday’s Patroon Conference girls tennis match. Results Singles: Sarah Tyner (CA) defeated Audra Street, 6-1, 6-2; Piper Chimento (CA) defeated Emma Brown, 6-3, 6-3; Rachel Marino (CA) defeated Anna Sweeney, 6-1, 6-0; Josie M. Johnston (CA)

defeated Brianna Stevens, 6-2, 6-2; Myesha Alam (CA) defeated Serena Carter, 6-1, 6-2. Doubles: Brielle Gorecki and Madison Archibald (CA) defeated Cayden Van Alstyne and Cristina Signoretti, 6-4, 6-4; Jayden Pulver and Sydney Howard (CA) defeated Katelynne Reilly and See TENNIS B3

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Clippers alone at the top in CHVL Columbia-Greene Media

NEW LEBANON — The Germantown girls soccer team traveled to New Lebanon Monday evening with the top spot in Central Hudson Valley League on the line and came out on top, 4-2. According to Germantown Coach Mike Pudney, his team has consistently out-possessed every opponent they’ve faced so far this season and Monday’s opponent was no exception. Pudney noted that while junior midfielders Megan Dunn and Riley Gibbons again dominated the middle third of the field, “the entire team’s work top to bottom was extraordinary tonight and we earned a total team win against a very good New Lebanon squad.” Germantown struck first when junior striker Olivia Johnson converted an inside feed from Gibbons at just under the 18 minute mark of the first half. New Lebanon knotted the match at 1-1 two minutes later when senior midfielder

Sydney Smith converted a corner kick by senior midfielder Emily Schafer. The Clippers went up 2-1 with 9:33 left in the first when a shot toward goal by junior striker Kaycee Hayes was mishandled by a New Lebanon defender resulting in an own-goal. Germantown finished the first half with a 3-1 lead after coach Pudney sent junior defender Emma Howard into a set piece to convert Gibbons’ corner kick into the six yard box with a perfect head-ball finish with just over five minutes remaining in the half. New Lebanon cut the lead to 3-2 with just under 10 minutes to play when Schafer intercepted an outlet pass and scored unassisted. The visiting Clippers added an insurance goal with just over six minutes to go in the match when Johnson scored her second of the night off of a cross from Hayes. Germantown outshot New Lebanon, 13-9. Germantown is home today for a CHVL matchup against Doane Stuart.

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The Germantown girls soccer team was all smiles after defeating CHVL rival New Lebanon, 4-2, on Monday night.

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Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE East W L Pct GB 98 53 .649 — 89 62 .589 9.0 79 70 .530 18.0 59 91 .393 38.5 49 101 .327 48.5 Central W L Pct GB Minnesota 92 58 .613 — Cleveland 87 63 .580 5.0 Chi. White Sox 65 85 .433 27.0 Kansas City 55 95 .367 37.0 Detroit 45 104 .302 46.5 West W L Pct GB Houston 98 53 .649 — Oakland 90 60 .600 7.5 Texas 74 77 .490 24.0 LA Angels 68 82 .453 29.5 Seattle 62 88 .413 35.5 Saturday’s games Minnesota 2, Cleveland 0 NY Yankees 13, Toronto 3 Detroit 8, Baltimore 4, 12 innings Minnesota 9, Cleveland 5 Houston 6, Kansas City 1 Oakland 8, Texas 6 Tampa Bay 3, LA Angels 1 Seattle 2, Chi. White Sox 1, 10 innings Sunday’s games Toronto 6, NY Yankees 4 Cleveland 7, Minnesota 5 Baltimore 8, Detroit 2 Houston 12, Kansas City 3 Oakland 6, Texas 1 LA Angels 6, Tampa Bay 4 Seattle 11, Chi. White Sox 10 Monday’s games Detroit 5, Baltimore 2 Minnesota 5, Chi. White Sox 3 Kansas City at Oakland, 10:07 p.m. Tuesday’s games LA Angels (Suarez 2-6) at NY Yankees (Severino 0-0), 6:35 p.m. Toronto (Thornton 5-9) at Baltimore (Shepherd 0-0), 7:05 p.m. Detroit at Cleveland (Plutko 6-4), 7:10 p.m. Chi. White Sox (Giolito 14-9) at Minnesota (Perez 10-7), 7:40 p.m. Texas (Lynn 14-10) at Houston (Verlander 18-6), 8:10 p.m. Kansas City (Lopez 4-7) at Oakland (Anderson 12-9), 10:07 p.m. NY Yankees Tampa Bay Boston Toronto Baltimore

NATIONAL LEAGUE East W L Pct GB Atlanta 93 58 .616 — Washington 82 67 .550 10.0 Philadelphia 76 72 .514 15.5 NY Mets 77 73 .513 15.5 Miami 52 97 .349 40.0 Central W L Pct GB St. Louis 84 66 .560 — Chi. Cubs 82 68 .547 2.0 Milwaukee 81 69 .540 3.0 Cincinnati 70 81 .464 14.5 Pittsburgh 65 85 .433 19.0 West W L Pct GB LA Dodgers 97 54 .642 — Arizona 76 74 .507 20.5 San Francisco 72 78 .480 24.5 San Diego 68 82 .453 28.5 Colorado 66 85 .437 31.0 Saturday’s games Chi. Cubs 14, Pittsburgh 1 Atlanta 10, Washington 1 NY Mets 3, LA Dodgers 0 Milwaukee 5, St. Louis 2 Arizona 1, Cincinnati 0 Colorado 11, San Diego 10 Miami 4, San Francisco 2 Sunday’s games Washington 7, Atlanta 0 Milwaukee 7, St. Louis 6 Chi. Cubs 16, Pittsburgh 6 Colorado 10, San Diego 5 San Francisco 2, Miami 1 Cincinnati 3, Arizona 1 LA Dodgers 3, NY Mets 2 Monday’s games Milwaukee 5, San Diego 1 St. Louis 4, Washington 2 Chi. Cubs 8, Cincinnati 2 Colorado 9, NY Mets 4 Miami at Arizona), 9:40 p.m. Tuesday’s games Philadelphia (Velasquez 6-7) at Atlanta (Keuchel 8-5), 7:20 p.m. San Diego (Paddack 9-7) at Milwaukee (Woodruff 11-3), 7:40 p.m. Washington (Corbin 12-7) at St. Louis (Mikolas 9-13), 7:45 p.m. Cincinnati (Gray 10-7) at Chi. Cubs (Darvish 6-6), 8:05 p.m. NY Mets (Stroman 2-2) at Colorado (Melville 2-2), 8:40 p.m. Miami (Smith 8-10) at Arizona (Young 7-4), 9:40 p.m. Interleague Saturday’s game Boston 2, Philadelphia 1 Sunday’s game Boston 6, Philadelphia 3 Tuesday’s games Seattle (Gonzales 15-11) at Pittsburgh (Keller 1-4), 7:05 p.m. San Francisco (Webb 1-2) at Boston (Eovaldi 1-0), 7:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Snell 6-7) at LA Dodgers (Stripling 4-4), 10:10 p.m.

Pro football NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE American Football Conference East W L T Pct PF New England 2 0 01.000 76 Buffalo 2 0 01.000 45 N.Y. Jets 0 2 0 .000 19 Miami 0 2 0 .000 10 South W L T Pct PF Tennessee 1 1 0 .500 60 Houston 1 1 0 .500 41 Indianapolis 1 1 0 .500 43 Jacksonville 0 2 0 .000 38 North W L T Pct PF Baltimore 2 0 01.000 82 Cleveland 1 1 0 .500 26 Cincinnati 0 2 0 .000 37 Pittsburgh 0 2 0 .000 29 West W L T Pct PF Kansas City 2 0 01.000 68 L.A. Chargers 1 1 0 .500 40 Oakland 1 1 0 .500 34 Denver 0 2 0 .000 30 National Football Conference East W L T Pct PF Dallas 2 0 01.000 66 Philadelphia 1 1 0 .500 52 Washington 0 2 0 .000 48 N.Y. Giants 0 2 0 .000 31 South W L T Pct PF Tampa Bay 1 1 0 .500 37 Atlanta 1 1 0 .500 36 New Orleans 1 1 0 .500 39 Carolina 0 2 0 .000 41 North W L T Pct PF Green Bay 2 0 01.000 31 Detroit 1 0 1 .750 40 Minnesota 1 1 0 .500 44 Chicago 1 1 0 .500 19 West W L T Pct PF San Francisco 2 0 01.000 72 L.A. Rams 2 0 01.000 57 Seattle 2 0 01.000 49 Arizona 0 1 1 .250 44 Week 2 Thursday, Sept. 12 Tampa Bay 20, Carolina 14 Sunday’ games Baltimore 23, Arizona 17 Dallas 31, Washington 21 Indianapolis 19, Tennessee 17 Seattle 28, Pittsburgh 26 San Francisco 41, Cincinnati 17 Detroit 13, L.A. Chargers 10 Green Bay 21, Minnesota 16 Houston 13, Jacksonville 12 New England 43, Miami 0 Buffalo 28, N.Y. Giants 14 Kansas City 28, Oakland 10 L.A. Rams 27, New Orleans 9 Chicago 16, Denver 14 Atlanta 24, Philadelphia 20 Monday’s game Cleveland 23, N.Y. Jets 3

PA 3 30 40 102 PA 32 42 47 53 PA 27 46 62 61 PA 36 37 44 40 PA 38 51 63 63 PA 45 48 55 50 PA 19 37 33 24 PA 34 36 46 50

Browns 23, Jets 3 Cleveland N.Y. Jets

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First Quarter CLE—Seibert 23 yard field goal, 10:27. CLE—Seibert 48 yard field goal, 6:15. Second Quarter CLE—N.Chubb 19 yard rush (Seibert kick), 10:16. NYJ—Ficken 46 yard field goal, 2:56. CLE—Seibert 43 yard field goal, 0:00. Third Quarter CLE—Beckham Jr. 89 yard pass from Mayfield

(Seibert kick), 3:32. A—78,523. TEAM STATISTICS CLE NYJ First Downs 16 13 Total Net Yards 375 262 Rushes-Yds 21-70 24-93 Passing 305 169 Sacked-Yds Lost 3-20 4-32 Comp-Att-Int 19-35-1 23-31-0 Punts 6-38.5 7-47.0 Punt Returns 4-48 1-5 Kickoff Returns 1-23 3-50 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-13 Penalties-Yards 9-85 12-89 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1 Time of Possession 29:41 30:19 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-CLE, N.Chubb 18-62, De.Johnson 3-8. NYJ, L.Bell 21-68, T.Montgomery 3-25. PASSING-CLE, Mayfield 19-35-1-325. NYJ, Falk 20-25-0-198, Siemian 3-6-0-3. RECEIVING-CLE, Beckham Jr. 6-161, N.Chubb 4-36, De.Johnson 3-42, J.Landry 3-32, Ratley 2-50, De.Harris 1-4. NYJ, L.Bell 10-61, Rb.Anderson 4-81, Crowder 4-40, T.Montgomery 3-15, Bellamy 1-5, Dm.Thomas 1-(minus 1). MISSED FIELD GOALS-CLE, None. NYJ, None

Bills 28, Giants 14 (Sunday’s game)

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First Quarter NYG—S.Barkley 27 yard rush (Rosas kick), 12:36. BUF—Js.Allen 6 yard rush (Hauschka kick), 3:43. Second Quarter BUF—Singletary 14 yard rush (Hauschka kick), 13:24. BUF—McKenzie 14 yard pass from Js.Allen (Hauschka kick), 7:30. Fourth Quarter NYG—TJ.Jones 4 yard pass from Manning (Rosas kick), 11:56. BUF—Gore 1 yard rush (Hauschka kick), 5:53. A—74,569. TEAM STATISTICS BUF NYG First Downs 24 21 Total Net Yards 388 370 Rushes-Yds 34-151 20-129 Passing 237 241 Sacked-Yds Lost 3-16 1-9 Comp-Att-Int 19-30-0 26-45-2 Punts 7-46.4 5-48.4 Punt Returns 2-6 3-75 Kickoff Returns 0-0 2-40 Interceptions Ret. 2-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 9-65 7-40 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0 Time of Possession 32:38 27:22 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-BUF, Gore 19-68, Singletary 6-57, Js.Allen 7-21, McKenzie 1-4, DiMarco 1-1. NYG, S.Barkley 18-107, Fowler 1-20, Manning 1-2. PASSING-BUF, Js.Allen 19-30-0-253. NYG, Manning 26-45-2-250. RECEIVING-BUF, Jo.Brown 7-72, Beasley 4-83, McKenzie 2-40, Gore 2-15, Da.Knox 1-18, Z.Jones 1-14, L.Smith 1-8, DiMarco 1-3. NYG, Engram 6-48, Fowler 5-51, TJ.Jones 3-38, Latimer 3-30, S.Barkley 3-28, Core 3-28, R.Shepard 2-19, Ellison 1-8. MISSED FIELD GOALS-BUF, None. NYG, Rosas 1

Auto racing MONSTER ENERGY CUP SERIES South Point 400 Results Sunday At Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas Lap Length: 1.50 miles 1. (24) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 267 laps, 0.0 rating, 53 points, 6 playoff points 2. (3) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 267, 0.0, 51, 0 3. (18) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 267, 0.0, 34, 0 4. (8) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 267, 0.0, 39, 0 5. (23) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 267, 0.0, 35, 0 6. (19) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 267, 0.0, 32, 0 7. (14) William Byron, Chevrolet, 267, 0.0, 39, 0 8. (15) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 267, 0.0, 39, 0 9. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 267, 0.0, 47, 1 10. (17) Ryan Newman, Ford, 267, 0.0, 27, 0 11. (9) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 267, 0.0, 26, 0 12. (7) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 267, 0.0, 31, 0 13. (4) Aric Almirola, Ford, 267, 0.0, 32, 0 14. (21) Paul Menard, Ford, 267, 0.0, 23, 0 15. (13) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 267, 0.0, 26, 0 16. (27) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 267, 0.0, 21, 0 17. (6) Daniel Hemric, Chevrolet, 267, 0.0, 20, 0 18. (28) Chris Buescher, Chevrolet, 266, 0.0, 19, 0 19. (20) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 266, 0.0, 18, 0 20. (2) Daniel Suarez, Ford, 266, 0.0, 24, 0 21. (25) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, 266, 0.0, 16, 0 22. (11) David Ragan, Ford, 266, 0.0, 15, 0 23. (31) Darrell Wallace Jr., Chevrolet, 266, 0.0, 14, 0 24. (10) Michael McDowell, Ford, 266, 0.0, 13, 0 25. (1) Clint Bowyer, Ford, 266, 0.0, 12, 0 26. (12) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 265, 0.0, 11, 0 27. (16) Ryan Preece, Chevrolet, 265, 0.0, 10, 0 28. (33) Corey LaJoie, Ford, 265, 0.0, 9, 0 29. (30) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 265, 0.0, 0, 0 30. (29) Matt Tifft, Ford, 264, 0.0, 7, 0 31. (32) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 262, 0.0, 0, 0 32. (36) JJ Yeley, Ford, 260, 0.0, 0, 0 33. (35) BJ McLeod, Ford, 259, 0.0, 0, 0 34. (38) Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet, 257, 0.0, 0, 0 35. (34) Garrett Smithley, Ford, 255, 0.0, 0, 0 36. (26) Erik Jones, Toyota, 254, 0.0, 2, 0 37. (37) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 250, 0.0, 1, 0 38. (39) Joey Gase, Toyota, 249, 0.0, 0, 0 39. (5) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, Accident, 187, 0.0, 8, 0 Race statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 142.555 mph Time of Race: 2 hours, 48 minutes, 34 seconds Margin of Victory: 4.173 seconds Lead Changes: 24

College football AMWAY COACHES POLL Record Pts Prv 1. Clemson (62) 3-0 1,622 1 2. Alabama (3) 3-0 1,560 2 3. Georgia (0) 3-0 1,463 3 4. Oklahoma (0) 3-0 1,409 4 5. LSU (0) 3-0 1,361 5 6. Ohio State (0) 3-0 1,342 6 7. Notre Dame (0) 2-0 1,182 7 8. Florida (0) 3-0 1,095 8 9. Auburn (0) 3-0 1,093 9 10. Michigan (0) 2-0 928 10 11. Utah (0) 3-0 915 12 12. Penn State (0) 3-0 864 11 13. Texas (0) 2-1 847 13 14. Wisconsin (0) 2-0 806 14 15. Texas A&M (0) 2-1 702 15 16. Central Florida (0) 3-0 697 16 17. Oregon (0) 2-1 586 17 18. Iowa (0) 3-0 553 18 19. Washington State (0) 3-0 518 20 20. Boise State (0) 3-0 322 22 21. Washington (0) 2-1 277 21 22. Virginia (0) 3-0 223 NR 23. California (0) 3-0 124 NR 24. Arizona State (0) 3-0 110 NR 25. Kansas State (0) 3-0 106 NR Others receiving votes: Oklahoma State 100, Memphis 68, Texas Christian 55, Michigan State 40, Wake Forest 33, Army 31, Brigham Young 28, Kentucky 14, Appalachian State 12, Temple 7, Mississippi State 6, Minnesota 5, Navy 4, Nebraska 4, Duke 4, Iowa State 3, Tulane 3, Southern Methodist 1, Arizona 1, Wyoming 1.

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Giants bench Eli, name rookie Jones starting QB Cindy Boren The Washington Post

Sooner or later, the New York Giants were going to make the difficult decision to bench Eli Manning and start Daniel Jones. “Sooner” arrived Tuesday, with the team announcing that Jones, the No. 6 pick in April’s NFL draft, would replace the two-time Super Bowl winner for Sunday’s game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. For the Giants, winless in their first two games, the decision was announced on a day when players are unavailable to the media. “Eli and I spoke this morning,” Coach Pat Shurmur said, according to the team. “I told him that we are making a change and going with Daniel as the starter. I also talked to Daniel. Eli was obviously disappointed, as you would expect, but he said he would be what he has always been, a good teammate, and continue to prepare to help this team win games. Daniel understands the challenge at hand, and he will be ready to play on Sunday.” Shurmur had on Monday declined to say which man would be his starter, a sign that the end was likely coming for Manning, who will turn 39 in January - particularly with the Giants 0-2 for the third consecutive season and for the sixth time in the last seven seasons. “Ultimately, this is a move that I felt was best for this team at this time,” Shurmur said Tuesday. “I have said it since I got here, I am very fond of Eli. His work ethic, his preparation, his football intelligence. All those attributes are as good as I have ever seen in a player. And Eli worked as hard as you could ask of anybody to get ready for this season. This move is more about Daniel moving forward than about Eli.” Manning has completed only 62.9 percent of his passes, is averaging only 6.2 yards per attempt and has compiled a 30.0 QBR in two Giants losses. In a loss

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New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning (10) and Daniel Jones (8) prior to the game against the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium.

Sunday to the Buffalo Bills, he threw his first two interceptions of the season and failed to complete a pass in the first quarter for just the third time in his career. Manning was asked Monday if he would be more motivated to improve based on Shurmur’s apparent no-confidence vote. “The motivation is to win,” he told reporters. “There’s nothing more than that.” Jones completed 25 of 30 passes for 369 yards and two touchdowns during preseason, although he’ll have to navigate the same depleted corps of receivers as Manning. Golden Tate was suspended for the first four games of the season after violating the league’s performanceenhancing drug policy. Sterling Shepard missed Sunday’s game with a concussion, and Cody Latimer suffered a concussion Sunday. Manning’s status as the starter has been threatened before. He

was in the midst of a streak of 210 consecutive regular-season starts, second only to Brett Favre, when he was benched in hamhanded fashion by Ben McAdoo two years ago. The decision to go to Geno Smith flabbergasted New Yorkers, who were accustomed to seeing the city’s sports legends handled gently as their careers waned. Manning was left to stand before his locker, explaining that he was given the option of starting to preserve his consecutive-starts streak. The veteran declined, so he was replaced by Smith, a quarterback with 28 touchdown passes and 36 interceptions in 34 games. That experiment lasted all of one game. Manning has been the starter since. Manning, the No. 1 draft pick by the San Diego Chargers in 2004, was traded to the Giants for their fourth overall pick, Philip Rivers. He became the starter in Week 11 of that season. He has started 232 of the Giants’ last

Gregg Williams once again is at the center of controversy Bob Glauber Newsday

That Gregg Williams is at the center of controversy should come as a surprise to ... absolutely no one. After all, it was never a question of whether Williams would become a polarizing figure as the Jets’ defensive coordinator. It was simply a matter of when. That time is now. Williams wasn’t the one who injected himself into the fray this time. Credit Browns receiver Odell Beckham Jr. with relaying information he’d heard from his new teammates, who told him that Williams had instructed his players to go after Beckham in a GiantsBrowns preseason game in 2017. Beckham suffered an ankle injury in that game, reinjured the ankle a month into the regular season and had surgery. No Browns players have stepped forward to publicly corroborate Beckham’s story, and Williams vehemently denied any suggestion he had his players purposely try to injure Beckham. Or anyone else, for that matter. “We don’t do that,” Williams told reporters Friday as he prepared to face his old Browns team for the first time in Monday night’s game at MetLife Stadium. “Never done it anywhere that I’ve been. We don’t do anything to hurt the team.” Williams’ history suggests, however, that the truth is a bit murkier than that. He was at the center of the Bountygate scandal that resulted in his indefinite suspension — which turned out to be the 2012 season — for his alleged actions in running a program with the Saints that rewarded defensive players for big hits against opposing players. NFL investigators determined that Williams had initiated a bounty fund, which included cash contributions from him and his players. There were rewards for “cart-offs,” when opposing players had to be removed from the field on a cart, and “knockouts,” when players couldn’t return for the remainder of the game. According to documents reviewed by the league, Saints players usually earned $1,000 for “cart-offs” and $1,500 for “knockouts.” Williams initially denied his role in the bounty program, but eventually admitted wrongdoing to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and apologized for his actions.

Among other things, Williams said he knew the bounty program was wrong. Since being reinstated after the 2012 season, Williams has worked for the Titans as a defensive coach in 2013, the Rams as defensive coordinator from 2014-16 and the Browns from 2017-18 as defensive coordinator and interim head coach after Hue Jackson’s ouster last October. He was then hired as part of Adam Gase’s staff. What Williams’ continued employment since Bountygate tells you is that he is valued for his defensive mind, and his schemes, which rely on a heavy amount of pass pressure, have been generally effective. The Jets hope his high-energy style can invigorate a defense that had grown stale under Todd Bowles. And when Beckham openly ripped Williams last week, Jets players came to their coach’s defense. Third-year safety Jamal Adams has been a particularly outspoken supporter of Williams, telling reporters that he is a fan of Williams’ aggressive style. He also took to social media on Friday afternoon, tweeting, “G Dub! I luv you, coach! Got your back!” Keep in mind that Adams and Beckham both went to LSU and call themselves friends. Gase also issued support for Williams. “Everything I’ve heard from Gregg Williams and our staff has been the type of things that we want football to be played like, which is about it’s about us, energy, effort,” he said. “I mean, everything I’ve seen, we’re coaching it clean.” Adams went into Monday night’s game saying the players will be mindful of Williams in this one, especially as he faces his former team. And though Williams tried to downplay any personal stake in facing the Browns, you’d better believe he was emotional about going against the team that chose offensive coordinator Freddie Kitchens instead of Williams to be the head coach. Williams has been a polarizing coach through much of his NFL career, and especially throughout the Bountygate scandal and its aftermath. He’s with a new team in a new season, but that won’t change the man’s approach. Williams is an in-your-face coach who will never back down. And will not go quietly, no matter the opponent and no matter the criticism.

233 regular-season games; Sunday’s loss dropped his record as a starter to 116-116. But he has shined in the playoffs, with an 8-4 record as a postseason starter, including victories in Super Bowls XLII and XLVI. Both times, he was named the game’s most valuable player, making him one of only five players with multiple Super Bowl MVP awards. (Tom Brady, Joe Montana, Bart Starr and Terry Bradshaw are the others.) Manning’s benching comes in the same week that two fellow Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks suffered serious injuries. The Steelers’ Ben Roethlisberger is out for the season with an elbow injury, and the Saints’ Drew Brees is considering whether to have surgery for a thumb injury. Of the 32 presumed NFL starting quarterbacks in Week 3, only four have won a Super Bowl: Brady, Aaron Rodgers, Russell Wilson and Joe Flacco.

Steelers acquire DB Fitzpatrick from Dolphins Field Level Media

Minkah Fitzpatrick got his wish, and the Miami Dolphins landed another first-round pick in a trade with the Pittsburgh Steelers on Tuesday. Fitzpatrick was traded to the Steelers for a 2020 first-round pick, a 2020 fifth-round pick and a 2021 sixth-round pick . As part of the return, the Steelers also will get the Dolphins’ 2020 fourth-round pick and a 2021 seventh-round pick. The 0-2 Dolphins have traded multiple starters for draft selections since breaking training camp and appear to be full steam ahead on a rebuild under first-year general manager Chris Grier and first-time head coach Brian Flores. “We are very excited to add Minkah to our defense,” Steelers general manager and vice president Kevin Colbert said in a statement. “We had him rated very high during the 2018 NFL draft process and we thought that he could be an impact player in this league.” Fitzpatrick, 22, requested a trade because his role changed week to week under Flores, including playing strong safety. Fitzpatrick was critical of the team’s plan to play him as an in-the-box defender instead of in coverage. The Steelers will have Fitzpatrick under contract for the rest of this season and three more, should they choose, and at below-market rates for a highly regarded defensive back. Fitzpatrick has salaries of $1.9 million in 2020, $2.7 million in 2021 and a fifth-year option in 2022. Miami is setting itself up to be a major player in upcoming drafts. The Dolphins have three first-round picks and two second-rounders in 2020. They also have two firstrounders and two second-rounders in 2021.

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Antonio Brown controversy threatens to envelop cousin, Marquise Brown Jonas Shaffer The Baltimore Sun

BALTIMORE — The growing controversy surrounding NFL star Antonio Brown threatens to envelop his cousin — Ravens rookie wide receiver Marquise “Hollywood” Brown. In a lawsuit filed last week against the New England Patriots wide receiver, a former trainer alleged that an unnamed football player was present at Antonio Brown’s home last year before she was sexually assaulted. According to a report Sunday night by NBCSports.com’s ProFootballTalk, the player was Marquise Brown. In the lawsuit, Antonio Brown’s accuser, Britney Taylor, does not accuse the unnamed player of any wrongdoing. The Baltimore Sun has not been able to corroborate whether he is the witness referred to in the suit. In the suit filed Tuesday in the Southern District of Florida, Taylor, 28, accused Antonio Brown, 31, of rape and sexual assault. Antonio Brown has denied the allegations, and no criminal charges have been filed. A Sports Illustrated story published Monday revealed a new accusation of sexual misconduct against Antonio Brown. The Sun does not typically identify alleged victims of sexual assault, but Taylor was identified in the federal lawsuit and was quoted in a statement provided by her lawyer, David Haas. Asked at his weekly Monday news conference about the report, Ravens coach John Harbaugh said it’s “not going to be a distraction. ... Believe me, it’s the last thing on my mind right now.” Harbaugh, who said he read only the headline of the report, said he didn’t know whether the Ravens have asked Brown about his whereabouts on the date of the alleged incident. A source with knowledge of the situation said that if Brown is a witness in the case, the NFL has not told the Ravens, and that the team has no plans for Brown to meet with the NFL. “If there’s something that needs to be done that way, we have people in the building that look at those things,” Harbaugh said. “If they do, and I need to be involved in it, I certainly will be. Until it comes to that, it’s not an issue. We’re not there at this point. If someone comes to me and tells me that we need to be there, then we’ll get there.” In her lawsuit, Taylor said that on

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The Arizona Cardinals’ Byron Murphy Jr., top, climbs on the back of Baltimore Ravens’ Marquise Brown to break up a pass in the fourth quarter on Sunday at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Md.

approximately May 20, 2018, Antonio Brown invited her, a few friends and “another football player who trained with them” to a club while they were in Miami. Antonio Brown, Taylor and the unnamed football player later left the club together, according to the lawsuit, and she drove them back to Antonio Brown’s home. The unnamed player is not mentioned again in the lawsuit. Taylor alleged that as she was leaving Antonio Brown’s home to drive back to her hotel room, he grabbed her arm before she reached the front door and pulled her into his bedroom. Antonio Brown proceeded to rape her, the lawsuit alleged. It was Taylor’s third and most serious incident involving Antonio Brown, according to the lawsuit. Taylor also said that Antonio Brown sexually assaulted her twice in June 2017. Darren Heitner, Brown’s attorney, said

Antonio Brown and Taylor had “a consensual personal relationship.” The NFL reportedly planned to meet Monday with Taylor, who said in a statement last week that she would cooperate with the league and any other agencies. Neither Haas nor Heitner could be reached for comment. Since his rise to stardom at Oklahoma, Marquise Brown has characterized his cousin’s role in his life as that of a mentor. He told The Oklahoma Daily in October that he spoke with Antonio every day and that they’ve worked out together since Marquise’s high school days in the Miami area, where both grew up. Before last season, the cousins trained with then-Sooners quarterback Kyler Murray, the eventual No. 1 pick in the NFL draft. “He doesn’t have anything not figured out, and that’s why he’s the best in the game, in my

opinion,” Marquise told the student newspaper. “He has an attitude that makes him great.” When Oklahoma played at West Virginia in late November, Antonio made the 75-plus-mile trip from Pittsburgh to watch Marquise play. There wasn’t a better game to watch from the sideline: Marquise finished with a career-high 11 catches for 243 yards and two touchdowns in the Sooners’ high-octane 59-56 win. Weeks before Marquise traveled to Indianapolis for the NFL scouting combine, as reports about his cousin’s dissatisfaction with his role in Pittsburgh spread, Antonio requested a trade from the Steelers. In late February, when reporters asked Marquise at the combine about Antonio’s protracted standoff, Marquise asked, “What’s going on?” Brown said in Indianapolis that he’d last talked to his cousin two weeks earlier, when Antonio visited him in Florida. He said he wished Antonio “the best and nothing but success” with “whatever he likes to do.” (On March 9, the Steelers agreed to trade Antonio to the Oakland Raiders for thirdand fifth-round picks in the NFL draft. On Sept. 7, three days after reportedly getting into a verbal altercation with Raiders general manager Mike Mayock at practice, Oakland released Antonio, and he signed a reported one-year, $15 million deal with the defending Super Bowl champion Patriots.) “Mostly when we talk, he motivates me, helping me deal with what I’m going through,” Marquise said. “It’s mostly talk about me.” Marquise said at the combine that Antonio “leads by example” in how he studies game film and treats his body. He also said they have similarly aggressive playing styles. “Anytime he gets the ball, he wants to score as well,” Marquise said. “In that sense, we have the same mentality — get the ball and score.” After the Ravens took Marquise with the No. 25 overall pick in April’s draft, a reporter asked how close he was with his superstar cousin. “We’re pretty close,” he said. “He just congratulated me. He said this is a great place to be, that I’ll love it, and just enjoy the moment and get to work. It’s time to become a pro.” In two Ravens wins this season, Brown leads the team with 233 receiving yards and two touchdowns on 12 catches.

Roethlisberger, Brees injuries create nightmares for Steelers and Saints Sam Farmer Los Angeles Times

Most NFL teams would give their right arm for Pittsburgh’s Ben Roethlisberger or New Orleans’ Drew Brees. Problem is, the talented right arms of Roethlisberger and Brees are out of service. Roethlisberger, 37, needs surgery on his right elbow that will end his season after two games. Brees, 40, needs surgery on his right hand that will sideline him at least six weeks. It’s a nightmare for the Steelers and Saints, who are built around their Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks and now move reluctantly to Plan B. For Pittsburgh, that contingency is Mason Rudolph, a third-round pick

in his second season out of Oklahoma State. He made his NFL debut in the second half of Sunday’s home loss to Seattle, completing 12 of 19 passes for 112 yards with two touchdowns and an interception in the 28-26 defeat. Rudolph makes his first start Sunday at San Francisco against a team that rolled over Tampa Bay and Cincinnati in the last two weeks. “I’m not into the business of predicting the future,” Rudolph said when asked about the daunting challenge that awaits him. “You never know. You’ve just got to attack every day like it’s your last.” Teddy Bridgewater is the new starter for New Orleans, perhaps the best backup in the league. He struggled against the Los Angeles Rams on

Sunday after replacing Brees in the first quarter, but it was a rough day all around for the Saints. They lost a wideout in warmups, another during the game, and had to finish with quarterback Taysom Hill running routes as the third receiver. The Saints are staying on the West Coast to prepare for Sunday’s game against Seattle, with the Seahawks 2-0 as well. The Saints sent a third-round pick to Minnesota for Bridgewater last year, then re-signed him to a one-year deal worth at least $7.25 million. “I felt real confident in Teddy — and do feel confident,” Saints coach Sean Payton said in the wake of Sunday’s loss. “Listen, if you’re not playing well

up front, I don’t care if it’s your Hall of Fame guy or your No. 3 guy. It’s going to be difficult.” Age didn’t appear to be a factor in Brees’ injury. He was hurt when his hand collided with that of Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald. It was like an unintentional and clearly excruciating high-five between the players. “The thumb injury with Brees, I had that happen to me so many times, where you bang your hand,” said Hall of Fame quarterback Kurt Warner, an NFL Network analyst. “For me, I didn’t suffer many major injuries, but I suffered a whole bunch to my hand. I broke my hand numerous times, (hurt) ligaments, all that stuff. It just happens. Unfortunately for him, it was worse. I

don’t think it has anything to do with age.” Medical experts say that Roethlisberger’s injury is likely an attritional problem as opposed to a traumatic one, the result of wear and tear on the elbow joint that could relate to the way a quarterback pronates when he spins the ball. Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana had a similar surgery late in his career. “I guess you don’t ever know when you’re a thrower,” Warner said. “I guess you always say there are only so many throws in your arm. But I look at (Tom) Brady and Brees, and I played until I was 38, and never really thought that was much of an issue.

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Cairo-Durham 5.5 CAIRO — Chatham defeated Cairo-Durham in a close match 6.5-5.5 in Patroon Conference golf action on Monday at Blackhead Golf Course. Zach Gregg shot a sectional qualifying score of 38 to lead the Panthers (3-6).

Results Zach Gregg (Chatham) defeated Steven Maggio (CD), 2-0; Kevin Feeney (CD) defeated Taylor Van Wie (Chatham), 1.5-0.5; Jordan Cody (CD) defeated Vinny Marasco (Chatham), 1.5-0.5; Kylie Kleinmeir (CD) defeated Will Hogencamp

(Chatham), 2-0; Zach Casivant (Chatham) defeated Chloe Cunningham (CD), 2-0; Sam Alamillo (Chatham) defeated Charles Sternbach (CD), 1.50.5. Maple Hill 8, Catskill 4 CASTLETON — Maple Hill earned an 8-4 victory over

Catskill in Monday’s Patroon Conference golf match at Pheasant Hollow. John Russell’s sectional qualifying 38 led Maple Hill (7-0). Kyle Tedford carded a 44. Results John Russell (MH) defeated Dylan Osswald (CAT), 2-0; Kyle

Tedford (MH) defeated Ricky Edwards (CAT), 2-0; Mike Jubie (CAT) defeated Bella Maruca (MH), 2-0; Markham Daly (MH) defeated Storm Hicks (CAT), 2-0; Jack Wildermuth (MH) defeated Ryan Persinski (CAT) 2-0; Andrew Holliday (CAT) defeated Tyler Dorn (MH), 2-0.

executing our game plan perfectly. It’s a shame we didn’t get a positive result. “Keegan Deyo played another great game in goal with 12 saves. Defenders Ashley Petrocca, Jessica Steinke, Holly Kleinmeier, and Amanda Rustick were solid. Ashley Wixon played her best game as a Twin so far and Maggie Ryan again showed her quality

with the ball. As for Sunday, we came out flat against an inspired Finger Lakes team and found ourselves down 4-0 at halftime. “It took a few minutes for our halftime adjustments to work out but we eventually started playing Co-Greene soccer again and got a couple goals back. Ashley Petrocca and Jess Steinke stood out on

defense. Maycie Reich, Jenna Quick, and Ashley Wixon really picked it up in the second half. It’s too bad we didn’t come home with at least one

win, but we learned a lot from our experience. Everyone is excited to get back to practice and prepare for our next game.”

placed rebound shot. Maggie Ryan scored on a perfectly placed long distance free kick in the 78th minute. The Twins shut down the Lakers and created more

chances to score but couldn’t close the gap losing 5-2. “This weekend was a great opportunity for us,” Columbia-Greene coach Andy Lashua said. “It gave the players a chance to spend time together and bond as a team. Our effort on Saturday was outstanding. We shut down their best players and played fantastic soccer. I’m proud of the team for

scored in the second overtime period to give Albany Academy a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Ichabod Crane in Monday’s Colonial Council boys soccer game Academy took 21 shots on goal and Ichabod Crane had 18. Cadets’ goaltender Chris Hanchar had 15 saves, while the Riders’ Quinn Murphy collected 16. Both teams are now 4-1 in the Colonial Council’s Division 1.

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earning a 2-0 victory inPatroon Conference boys soccer action. Greenville had 12 shots on goal to Hudson’s two. Hudson goalkeeper Kasey Moore collected nine saves.

COLONIAL Albany Academy 1, Ichabod Crane 0 ALBANY — John Derrick

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His dream school passed on him; now Clemson’s best player on defense Matt Connolly The State

As Isaiah Simmons stood on the turf at the The Carrier Dome answering questions after Clemson’s 41-6 victory against Syracuse on Saturday night, the Tigers’ redshirt junior linebacker couldn’t help but smile. Simmons seriously considered entering the NFL Draft following the 2018 season to pursue his lifelong dream of playing at the next level, but “unfinished business” led to his decision to play one more year for the Tigers. The 6-foot-4, 230-pound athletic freak was told that he would go anywhere from the first round to the third round in the 2019 draft if he opted to leave school after his redshirt sophomore season, but that wasn’t good enough. “I told Isaiah, ‘Whatever happens, you have to be OK with this,’” recalled his father, Victor Simmons. “And Isaiah said, ‘No, I’m not OK with being a second or third round draft pick. I’m a first round draft pick.’ So to solidify that, he decided to go back to school.” That decision could not be working out better for the Kansas native through the first three weeks of the 2019 season. Simmons leads the Tigers with 27 tackles, including 17 solo stops. No other player on Clemson’s roster has more than eight solo tackles. Simmons had perhaps the best game of his career Saturday against the Orange, recording a game-high 11 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss and a career-high two sacks. He continues to raise his draft stock after telling Clemson coach Dabo Swinney before the season that this will be his last year. And Simmons will likely be a first-round pick in the 2020 draft, with the potential to climb into the top 10. As crazy as it is to think about now, with Simmons being a star on the Clemson defense, he almost didn’t end up with the Tigers at all. It took his dream school passing on him, a Clemson safety turning pro at the last minute and Brent Venables receiving a late tip for Simmons to end up with the Tigers, where he has blossomed into a superstar. “Me and Isaiah have had this conversation several times. I asked Isaiah, ‘Do you think if you were playing somewhere else you would have the (fame) you have, that you would be in the spotlight that you’re in if you played somewhere else?’” Victor Simmons said. “And he said, ‘No, I still would be good, but I don’t think I would get all of this attention that I’m getting now.’” It’s attention that is much-deserved and will only continue to grow. Simmons was recruited by several schools within driving distance of his hometown of Olathe, Kansas, but the school he really wanted to attend was not one of them. “He wanted to go to Arkansas. And for some odd reason they would not offer him a scholarship,” Victor said. “He liked Fayetteville. He liked the town and everything like that. And it’s only four hours away from our house.” Simmons camped at Arkansas and performed well for head coach Bret Bielema and the Razorbacks’ staff as his recruitment was heating up, but apparently not well enough to earn an offer. “At the time I just felt like that’s where I should be. I went there just for an unofficial visit. It happened to be a day they had a camp. They asked me if I had cleats with me and could work out. And I happened to have them, just in case, honestly,” Simmons said. “That’s when I found out I was pretty fast. I remember running the 40 there and at the

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Clemson Tigers linebacker Isaiah Simmons (11) reacts to a defensive play with teammates defensive end Justin Mascoll (7) and defensive tackle Xavier Kelly (22) against the Syracuse Orange during Saturday’s game at the Carrier Dome.

end after I ran everybody was looking at me. I was like, ‘Dang, I must have run a slow time.’” Not exactly. Simmons asked his brother, who was accompanying him on the trip, what his 40-yard dash time was and found out that heads were turning because he had run a 4.37 at 6-foot-3, 207 pounds. Simmons spoke with then Arkansas assistant Sam Pittman, who is currently on staff at Georgia, about joining the Razorbacks. “He took me in there with the head coach, and I was like, ‘Coach, I want to be here if you’ll have me. If you’ll offer me a scholarship I’ll commit.’ And I guess they just didn’t know what position I was,” Simmons said. Arkansas was far from the only Power 5 school to pass on Simmons. Several Midwest school recruited him hard from an early stage, but he didn’t get a lot of national attention. Simmons was rated as a three-star recruit and the No. 25 safety in the country coming out of high school, by the 247Sports Composite rankings. “He had some offers around here, and no disrespect to those places, but they weren’t Clemson,” said Simmons’ high school coach, Chris McCartney. “Around here we have Mizzou, K State, Nebraska ... He was getting recruited pretty hard, it just wasn’t national power type schools. He was one of those guys who was kind of a late bloomer.” While Simmons is now a star on the defensive side of the ball, he played both ways at Olathe North High. He hauled in 29 passes for 994 yards and 13 touchdowns as a senior receiver, and several schools were recruiting him to play offense in college. “His senior year he had a really good year for us at receiver, and he was thinking maybe that would be the direction he would go,” McCartney said. Nebraska, a school that had recruited Simmons all along, was interested in him playing receiver. As was Michigan, a team that threw its hat into the ring in January of 2016, about a month before Signing Day. “They were like, ‘We don’t care what you

do. You want to come and play both sides? You can do that,’” Victor recalled. “Nebraska said, ‘If you wanna come be a wideout you can do that.’ The same thing with Michigan. Michigan said, ‘I don’t care what you do. I just want you on the team.’” Simmons was leaning toward attending either Michigan or Nebraska,. Late in the game, Clemson got involved. Dabo Swinney found out less than a month before Signing Day in 2016 that three of his defensive backs were leaving early for the NFL Draft. “Well boys, we’ve got three weeks. We’re in the DB business,” Swinney told his staff. Tigers defensive coordinator Brent Venables was searching for players he thought could help the Tigers when he was made aware of a potential fit. “Coach Brent Venables has connections in the Midwest, and so he asked a gentleman that does a lot of the sports reporting up here in our area, ‘Is there anybody up there that we should take a look at?’” Victor explained. “And the guy informed him that, ‘Yeah, there’s this one kid here by the name of Isaiah Simmons who is an incredible athlete.’” It didn’t take Venables long after checking out Simmons’ film to be sold. As Victor remembers it, Swinney asked Venables to choose tape of his favorite five players and they would decide on one together to heavily pursue. “Coach V said to me that once he looked at Isaiah he said he didn’t need to look at anyone else,” Victor recalled. “He said he showed it to coach Swinney and he said it was a unanimous decision to go after Isaiah.” Within a couple of days, Venables was on a plane to meet Simmons and his family. A couple of days later Venables made a return visit and was joined by Swinney. Clemson’s staff convinced Simmons and his family to take a visit, and Simmons fell in love with the school. “What went into his decision making to go to Clemson was that it seemed like family,” Victor said. “He said Michigan just seemed

like it was all business. And Clemson seemed like family. He told me and his mother,’This is further than I want to go away for school, but I know it’s the best place for me.’” Simmons redshirted his first year on campus in order to get bigger, faster and stronger, and he flashed during his redshirt freshman season, recording 49 tackles, including three for loss. He earned a starting job as a redshirt sophomore in 2018, moving from safety to linebacker, and led the Tigers in tackles in his first season as a starter with 97 as Clemson won its second national title in three years. Simmons filled up the stat sheet with 9.5 tackles for loss, seven pass breakups, three forced fumbles and an interception that he returned for a touchdown. He was eligible to turn pro after the 2018 season and was close to doing so, not announcing his decision until the deadline day to declare for the draft. “The last day was when I definitely decided and it was just best that I came back. I would be selling myself short,” Simmons said. “My goal for this season is to be, if not the best defensive player in the nation, then at least the best linebacker.” Venables, who is Simmons’ position coach, encouraged his talented playmaker to return for one more year. “It was good for him because he needed to. It was huge because football’s a developmental game. He’s just now starting to really come into his own,” Venables said. “I told him, ‘You aren’t even scratching the surface of what you’re going to be. If you go to the NFL you’re not a complete player. They’re going to redshirt you. So when you get your one opportunity to make a first impression, you go there and be the best, most prepared you can be.’” Simmons has certainly taken his game to another level in 2019 and is on pace to have an All-American type year. “He’s flying around, having fun, playing aggressive and physical,” Venables said. “He shows his range deep. He shows his man coverage. He shows his instincts and his discipline, reading his keys and just playing within the framework of the defense. He’s playing at another level from a confidence standpoint.” Simmons’ rise from a player that Arkansas didn’t want to one of the best linebackers in college football came from a lot of hard work and determination, but it also helped that he was pushed by Venables. Clemson’s defensive coordinator and linebackers coach is arguably the best assistant in all of college football. He saw the potential in Simmons early and challenged him to reach it. “I think coach Venables has played a very, very important role in Isaiah’s success, because Isaiah has shared with me a couple of times that he’s been very hard on him,” Victor said. “They push him. They don’t give him a pass. Coach V knows what he can do, and he gets every inch out of Isaiah that he can get. They make him work and it’s paying off.” If Arkansas would have offered, Simmons could be playing for the Razorbacks. If T.J. Green wouldn’t have turned pro or Venables wouldn’t have gotten a tip, he might be a receiver at Nebraska or Michigan. But Victor and Simmons say it’s clear Simmons is in the right spot. “Him choosing Clemson and rising to the level of player that he has become on this elite team is just unimaginable,” Victor said. Added Simmons: “I’m so glad everything worked out how it did.”

Kaepernick’s work on Nike ad earns Emmy, not NFL QB gig Gary Peterson The Mercury News

Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is out for the season with an elbow. Saints quarterback Drew Brees is out for six weeks with a hand. Dolphins quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick is suffering from an incomplete understanding of how to play quarterback in the NFL. In other news, Colin Kaepernick’s phone is ringing off the hook. No, those aren’t personnel executives from Pittsburgh, New Orleans and Miami beseeching the former 49ers quarterback to Save Our Ship. They’re well-wishers who just heard that Nike’s “Dream Crazy” spot was named the outstanding commercial at the Creative Arts Emmys. The ad features Kaepernick

exhorting all of us to think big and aim high. While Kaepernick is the spirit and voice in the spot, the Emmy went to the ad agency Wieden and Kennedy, and production company Park Pictures. In a perfect world, Kaepernick would be flying to Pittsburgh today. There never would have been any need for a “Dream Crazy” commercial. There would have been no collusion grievance against the NFL brought by Kaepernick and his former 49ers teammate Eric Reid last year. There wouldn’t have been any need for Kaepernick to start kneeling down during the national anthem three years ago. But it is what it is, and we are who we are. “All of the best advertising is

reflective of the zeitgeist of the times, and the zeitgeist of today is a divided America,” David Hollander, an assistant dean at New York University’s Tisch Institute for Global Sport,” told the New York Times. “It’s no secret to anyone that we’re in an extremely tense time, and it’s the job of marketers to translate that into the movement of their product or service.” The commercial was a poignant message launched at a pregnant time. It has not been a difference maker. Kaepernick says he works out every day so he can be ready if called on to return to the NFL. He has to know that will never happen. But it’s a good thing that he is out there, reminding everyone about the intolerant times in which we live. And

to shine a light on the disingenuous, hypocritical manner in which the NFL does business. The Washington franchise last season saw two quarterbacks go down with broken legs in late November. Kaepernick was never going to get that call. He isn’t going to hear from the aforementioned franchises who are desperate for a healthy body and half a clue. Contrast that dynamic to the manner in which Antonio Brown burned his bridges on his way out of Pittsburgh, then turned the Raiders’ training camp into a full-on circus. The Patriots couldn’t wait to get their hands on Brown quick enough after the Raiders cut him. He had barely touched down in

New England when he was sued by a former trainer alleging sexual assault and rape. Then came the release of text messages purportedly from Brown addressed to the alleged victim, some of the most repulsive language and attitudes you can imagine. In the midst of this odious whirlwind came a release in which Patriots owner Robert Kraft said he wouldn’t have signed Brown if he had known about the lawsuit. If you believe that, you have likely forgotten how Kraft prepares for a playoff game. None of the above is going to change Kaepernick’s world. But there is benefit in the next best thing — Kaepernick sticking his finger in the league’s eye and mocking it without saying a word.

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Severino returns, but Yankees’ slew of injuries remains a mystery James Wagner The New York Times News Service

On Tuesday night, Luis Severino will step onto a major league mound for the first time this season. With just 11 games remaining before the playoffs, the New York Yankees will welcome back their best starting pitcher after a long, frustrating saga that began with a shoulder injury and then was compounded by a mysterious latissimus dorsi ailment. Even though the Yankees have been one of the best teams in baseball this season, Severino’s powerful right arm has been missed in a rotation that had endured a steady stream of injuries and uneven performances all summer. “He could be a game-changer guy for us,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said last week. But much like the rest of this injury-plagued season, which has seen the Yankees set a major league record with 30 players spending time on the injured list, steps forward have been frequently met with steps backward. It has renewed a spotlight on the Yankees’ conditioning, medical and rehabilitation processes. “We’re concerned about any time we lose players,” Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said Monday. “We know injuries are part of the game, but we’ve had an enormous amount of injuries this year, more so than anybody else and more so than probably all of baseball history. “So yes, it’s a massive concern, and it’s something that clearly we are looking into.” There has been progress beyond Severino’s return: The standout reliever Dellin Betances, out since spring training with injuries similar to Severino’s, made his season debut Sunday. Giancarlo Stanton, one of the most potent hitters in the game when healthy, is expected to do the same at some point this homestand. He has played in only nine games this season because of injuries to his biceps, a shoulder, a calf and, most recently, a knee. Others who returned from the injured list in recent weeks include infielders Thairo Estrada and Gio Urshela, first basemen Luke Voit and

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New York Yankees pitcher Luis Severino in the dugout during a game against the Baltimore Orioles at Yankee Stadium.

Edwin Encarnacion, and pitchers Ben Heller, Jordan Montgomery, Stephen Tarpley and CC Sabathia. There has also been regression: All-Star catcher Gary Sanchez suffered a left groin strain while stealing a base during a game last week in Detroit, his fourth such strain since the start of the 2018 season. After coming back, Encarnacion sustained a left oblique strain the same day as Sanchez. While the ever-optimistic Boone said he hoped to have Sanchez and Encarnacion back before the end of the season, neither return could be assured. Should the Yankees claim the American League East crown as expected, their first playoff game wouldn’t be until Oct. 4. The other injury steps backward included outfielder Mike Tauchman, a one-time fillin who unexpectedly became important; he

suffered a season-ending calf strain on Sept. 8 during a game in Boston, after noting improvement in the preceding days. Starter J.A. Happ received a cortisone shot, a go-to medication for the Yankees this season, on Friday for biceps tendinitis in his throwing arm. Happ, who was enjoying his best stretch of the season, told reporters after a start last week that he had been dealing with discomfort in his arm for a handful of starts. Boone said Happ could return to the rotation Thursday. And there was oft-injured center fielder Aaron Hicks, who has been out since Aug. 3 and was recently prescribed more rest; Tommy John elbow surgery remains an option. Some injuries are inevitable hazards of playing a contact sport — like Miguel Andujar’s torn labrum, suffered while he was diving to a base, or Encarnacion’s fractured wrist from being hit

Braves could repeat 1973 feat: three players with 40 homers Tim Tucker The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

ATLANTA — Not even the 1927 New York Yankees, despite a lineup famously known as “Murderers’ Row,” had three players with 40 or more home runs. They had two, Babe Ruth with 60 and Lou Gehrig with 47, but no one else with more than 18. In fact, only three teams in MLB history have had three 40-homer hitters in the same season: the 1973 Atlanta Braves, the 1996 Colorado Rockies and the 1997 Rockies. Now the 2019 Braves are challenging to join the list. Entering their final regularseason homestand, which opens Tuesday night against the Philadelphia Phillies, the Braves have three players closing in on 40 homers. Outfielder Ronald Acuna has 39, first baseman Freddie Freeman 38 and third baseman Josh Donaldson 37. With 11 games remaining, it’s possible, albeit far from certain, all three will make it to 40. If so, they’ll join the 1973 trio of Hank Aaron, Darrell Evans and Davey Johnson in Braves history. In that season 46 years ago, Johnson hit 43 home runs, Evans 41 and Aaron 40, marking the first time an MLB team had three 40-homer sluggers in one season. Eleven times previously, two teammates had reached 40 homers, including the Ruth-Gehrig tandem three times from 192731. The 1973 Braves were an improbable team to achieve the three-at-40 feat. Only Aaron seemed to belong in such a group. Johnson was a 30-year-old second baseman acquired the previous winter from Baltimore for his defense, and he had hit only five home runs in 1972. Evans was a 26-year-old third baseman in his second full big-league season, having hit 19 homers in ‘72. Aaron was engulfed by a bigger home-run chase, closing in on Ruth’s career record of 714, but by the final week of the 1973 season Evans and Johnson recognized the historical implications of their potential parts in MLB’s first 40-homer trio.

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Atlanta Braves center fielder Ronald Acuna Jr. (13) runs the bases after hitting a home run against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park.

“That’s the only way we’ll get in the Hall of Fame,” Evans said at the time. Entering the final weekend of the season, Evans and Johnson had reached or surpassed 40. Aaron, who played in only 120 games and got only 392 at-bats that season, was at 39. “We told him he had to have one more to make it a threesome,” Johnson recalled in a 1989 Atlanta Journal column by Furman Bisher, “and Hank was the kind who always got what was needed.” In the Braves’ next-to-last game of the season, Aaron hit his 40th homer, the 713th of his career. Early the following season, April 8, 1974, he broke Ruth’s record. Evans went on to hit 414 home runs across a 21-year big-league career, including another 40-homer season for Detroit in 1985, while Johnson didn’t hit more than 18 in any other season of a 13-year career. The Braves also have connections to the Colorado

teams, nicknamed the Blake Street Bombers, that had three 40-homer hitters. For the 1996 Rockies, future Brave Andres Galarraga hit 47 homers, former and future Brave Vinny Castilla 40 and Ellis Burks 40. For the 1997 Rockies, Larry Walker hit 49 homers, Galarraga 41 and Castilla 40. Galarraga signed with the Braves as a free agent after the 1997 season, while Castilla, who first reached the big leagues with Atlanta, returned to the Braves in 2002. Not coincidentally, the 1973 Braves and 1996-97 Rockies had homer-friendly home stadiums. The 1973 Braves played in Atlanta Stadium (later renamed Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium), which was appropriately nicknamed The Launching Pad. Johnson, Evans and Aaron hit significantly more home runs at home than on the road in ‘73 — Johnson 26 at home vs. 17 on the road; Evans 24 at home vs. 17 on the road; Aaron 24 at

home vs. 16 on the road. The 1996-97 Rockies played in the mile-high altitude of Coors Field, and that was before the stadium installed a humidor (in 2002) in which the baseballs are stored to keep them from drying out, becoming harder and flying out of the park quite as often. In 1996, Galarraga hit 32 homers at Coors vs. 15 on the road, Castilla 27 at Coors vs. 13 on the road and Burks 23 at Coors vs. 17 on the road. In 1997, for whatever reason, such disparities didn’t exist: Walker hit more homers on the road (29) than at home (20) that year, while Galarraga and Castilla were within one and two homers, respectively, of hitting as many on the road as at Coors. Acuna, Freeman and Donaldson have mixed homeroad splits this season. Acuna has hit fewer homers at SunTrust Park (16) than on the road (23), while Freeman has hit 22 at home vs. 16 on the road and Donaldson 22 at home vs. 15 on the road. As a team, the Braves already have tied their franchise singleseason record for home runs (235, including 123 at home and 112 on the road). Even in a power-packed season in which a record number of home runs have been hit around the big leagues, leading to much talk of juiced baseballs, the Braves are the sole team within striking range of the three-at-40 feat this year. Whether the 2019 Braves join the 1973 Braves and 1996-97 Rockies in home-run history, they are assured a more successful season than those teams. The ‘73 Braves had a losing record (76-85) despite leading the National League in runs scored, because they also led the league in runs allowed. The ‘96 and ‘97 Rockies had winning records (83-79 in both seasons) but failed to make the playoffs. These Braves, who are more than the sum of their home runs, open their final homestand with a 93-58 record, a secured playoff spot and a chance to clinch the NL East championship as soon as Wednesday.

by a pitch — but these latest Yankees’ ailments have raised new questions: While the merits of a catcher being given the green light to steal can be debated, shouldn’t a professional baseball player be able to run 90 feet from first to second base without an injury? Is Sanchez predisposed to soft-tissue injuries in his lower body, or can the Yankees help him improve his training? Should Happ or Tauchman have been resting instead of playing, especially given the Yankees’ sizable division lead? No injuries are welcome, but the weeks before the playoffs are an inopportune time for the Yankees to lose key power hitters such as Sanchez and Encarnacion, along with a surehanded versatile outfielder like Tauchman. And while Severino is finally back, mystery still surrounds how he hurt his latissimus dorsi in the first place. Severino, a two-time All-Star, has said he believes that problem and the shoulder injury occurred at the same time, while the Yankees have said they happened separately. Severino is one of a handful of players, including Betances and Stanton, who developed new health problems while under the Yankees’ rehabilitation care. Cashman, who has expressed confidence in the team’s medical and training officials, investigated Severino’s injury but declined to disclose his findings. He later admitted one misstep in the team’s handling of Severino’s return. Hal Steinbrenner, the Yankees’ principal owner, said in June that the team would do a deep dive into all the injury data in the offseason and make changes if needed. Asked over the weekend what he could do to try to avoid such injuries in the future, Severino was unsure. “I work hard every offseason and try to get spring training in shape, and I was feeling good all year before that happened,” he said. “It happened with no reason. I’ve been asking the trainers, ‘What did I do to bring that?’ Just do the same thing I’ve been doing. Do exercises and try to be better in my work.”

Big Papi: Didn’t know if I would survive shooting Field Level Media

David Ortiz said he feared the worst after being shot in the Dominican Republic in early June. “I thought I wasn’t going to be able to be who I am right now and go back to normal, you know? At some point, I started losing hope,” the former Boston Red Sox slugger told MLB.com on Monday. Ortiz underwent surgery to repair damage to his intestines and liver and to remove his gallbladder in the hours immediately following the June 9 shooting. After being transported to Massachusetts General Hospital, Ortiz underwent a second surgery to make sure the first had been done correctly. The man known as Big Papi continued to struggle and remained on a feeding tube for weeks. Doctors then figured out why he wasn’t improving. “They discovered that this bullet gave me a bacteria that they had never seen before,” Ortiz said. “They had this team, antibacteria team. They were really on me, hard, because they want to get this out of my body. The reality is that they did, but they fought with it. The reason why they went in the third time is because the bacteria had my intestine all kinked. It wasn’t able to function.” Unlike before the first two surgeries, Ortiz had time to think about everything going on. “Now I know what I’m dealing with,” Ortiz said. “Now I know where I got damaged and I know that those parts weren’t working the way the doctor expects. They started talking about a third surgery. Then, when I was hearing all that, you get scared because you don’t know if you’re going to be able to survive. But then I survived, and my next thing to worry about was, ‘What am I going to be like after everything?’ That’s when you really start worrying about things.”

Admitting that time surrounding the third surgery presented a low point, Ortiz and the doctors soon knew he would survive. That’s when Ortiz began worrying about his ability to eat normally. “I spent six weeks without eating or drinking,” he said. “I had this tube going from my nose to my stomach that was the one that was going to dictate ... whatever I got in my stomach, that tube would get it back out. I used to move it sometimes trying to drink water, because I would get so thirsty.” Ortiz said he began eating solid foods again after returning home in late July. When asked about June 9, Ortiz said he remembered a “wonderful day” with his kids before going out socially with a friend. He was sitting and enjoying a drink, when his life changed. “It’s a very nice place, a lot of big-time people go – I sit down and have a drink, and all of a sudden, I got shot,” he said. “It’s something that I will not forget about. “I wasn’t hurting (at first). I felt like a little burn, but I don’t even look at that. I know that I was hurting because of the impact and the sound. I started hurting later, probably when I was about to walk into the surgery.” Ortiz said he plans to return to his homeland in November or December. Despite reports offering reasons for the shooting, he said had no explanation for the incident. “There were so many rumors out there. But like I told them, the Dominican is a country that social media informs you somehow, some way, because there is no consequence,” he said. “There are people that ... come out there with some things that aren’t true, just because they want to get followed or get some likes. There are a lot of rumors, a lot of bad things came out, but none of them were related to what really happened to me.”

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Moving brings out social insecurities Dear Abby, My husband and I are moving to a retirement community where we won’t know a soul. I hate leaving our friends and the relationships we have formed here. I have never been especially outgoing or good at making small talk, but I DEAR ABBY know I will have to to fit in. I believe you have written something for people who have this challenge. Can I get a copy? What are some tips on how to get started? We’re relocating soon. Facing It Head On

JEANNE PHILLIPS

You and your husband are opening an exciting new chapter in your lives. Managing it successfully will depend upon your attitude, so think positive. Please understand that the majority of people have the same insecurities you do. Not everyone is born socially adept. It is a skill that can be learned and polished with practice. Everyone wants to be the kind of person others find interesting, attractive and worth knowing. The key to being well-liked by both sexes is: Be kind. Be honest. Be tactful. Don’t be afraid to offer someone a compliment if it’s deserved. Be well-groomed, tastefully dressed and conscious of your posture. Confident individuals stand tall. You do not have to be the smartest person in the room. Ask others what they think and encourage them to share their opinions. My booklet “How To Be Popular” contains many useful tips for polishing social skills for people of all ages. It can be ordered by sending your name and address, plus check or money order for $8 (U.S. funds)

to Dear Abby, Popularity Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. Shipping and handling are included in the price. Remember, part of fitting in is showing an interest in and an appreciation of others. Be a good listener and people will think you’re a genius. Good conversationalists are interested in what others have to say rather than feel pressured to fill the air with the sound of their own voices. It isn’t necessary to be an authority on every subject. Keep in mind that most people can concentrate on only one thing at a time. Forget about yourself and your own insecurities and concentrate on the OTHER person. If you try it, you will find that it works. Dear Abby, I have been divorced for nine years. I take responsibility for the end of my marriage. I fell in love with another man. Although I never intended to divorce, my husband discovered my affair and divorced me. I am now in a new relationship with a man I adore. Should I tell him the reason my marriage ended? My ex died in 2017, so the only other person who knows why we divorced is no longer alive. Whole Truth? In Arizona

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Excuse me. Someone else does know — the person with whom you had the affair. If you are asked why you and your ex divorced, answer the question honestly. If you aren’t asked, keep your past where it belongs — in the past.

A question of shrinkage I’m an 81-year-old man. About two years ago, I began to realize that my testicles were shrinking, and they are now about the size of a marble. I have asked my primary care doctor and urologist about this, and the reply is that nothing can be done about it. I have read that boxer shorts are recommended to keep the testicles cooler and healthier. I am wondering whether my extensive time sitting at a desk and reading could be related to my shrinkTO YOUR ing testicles. Or is it related to GOOD HEALTH erectile dysfunction, which is caused by decreased blood flow? I have ED. My last testosterone result was about 500. Is there nothing that can be done, not even any exercises?

DR. KEITH ROACH

The medical term for what’s happening to you is “testicular atrophy,” and it has several possible causes. Age alone is one: At age 81, many men have noticed some shrinkage in testicular size, but yours is beyond the norm. You are right that cooler temperatures are healthier for the testicles, but again, I am a little surprised by the severity of your description. Among the other common causes are a history of trauma or infection. However, any underlying cause can also affect the ability of the testicles to make testosterone. Your blood testosterone level is surprisingly normal for your age (400-500 is the average for a man in his 80s). A low testosterone is a common cause of erectile dysfunction (poor blood flow is only one cause of ED). After two years, it is very unlikely that any treatments will affect the testicles now, unfortunately.

I’m am a 91-year-male who makes frequent visits to the bathroom to urinate. I am in good health and I wonder what causes this. Where does all that liquid that come from?

Blondie

What goes in must come out. All the liquid you urinate came from fluid you consumed when drinking and eating food. But it may be more about perception than volume. Frequent urination is extremely common in both men and women, and although some causes are the same, such as an overactive bladder, men have an Hagar the Horrible additional anatomical structure that can lead to urinary problems as they get older: the prostate, a normally walnut-sized gland that may increase in size as men age. It is through the prostate that the urethra, and thus all the urine, has to flow. If the prostate is enlarged, the urinary flow slows down. As the prostate obstruction becomes worse, men may have trouble emptying the bladder completely. This has the effect of making men go to bathroom more frequently, since the bladder has less functional size. In this case, you aren’t urinating any more volume than before, just Zits more often in smaller amounts. Treatment needs to be directed at the underlying cause. Overactive bladder and enlarged prostate have similar symptoms and different treatments. It is possible that you really are having excess volume, however. Diabetes is the biggest concern here, and you should be tested if you have truly large volumes of urine.

Horoscope By Stella Wilder Born today, you are one of those who seems to be always in the right place at the right time, and the secret to your success must be a readiness to do what is necessary when opportunity calls to you and invites you to take part in extraordinary affairs. When young, you will no doubt do all you can to learn all you can about all manner of jobs, careers and lifestyles so that later in life you can take advantage of what presents itself to you and succeed where others likely have fallen short. The difference between what is on the outside and what is on the inside will always matter to you — even if it doesn’t become conscious to you in your work. Sincerity is a key component of your modus operandi. Also born on this date are: Ronaldo, soccer player; Jada Pinkett Smith, actress; Lance Armstrong, cyclist; James Gandolfini, actor; James Marsden, actor; Frankie Avalon, actor; Greta Garbo, actress; Robert Blake, actor; Fred Willard, actor. 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, SEPTEMBER 19 VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Another day older, but not yet another day wiser? Today you’ll experience a few things that certainly add to your own store of knowledge. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — You’ll want to avoid any missteps today as you approach someone with an offer that might, if you’re not careful, be completely misinterpreted. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — You won’t want to break up the flow today; keep things going, and let others join in if they choose. You can maintain a controlling influence.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Someone you know well has been trying to obscure a central issue lately — but you’ll see through the ruse and reveal the truth. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You are eager to know what others will bring to the table, but you are certainly no mind reader, and you’ll have to wait like everyone else. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Patience is more than a virtue today; it is an essential component of what should turn out to be a resounding personal victory for you. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — You have the chance to return a favor rendered to you quite some time ago. Never fear — the party in question remembers well your debt! ARIES (March 21-April 19) — There’s no such thing as an “empty gesture,” especially where a certain key issue is concerned. You can be sure your efforts will be noted. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — The rules must not be broken today, but that doesn’t mean you cannot move forward according to a rather liberal interpretation of them. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — The impossible becomes possible before the day is out. Something exciting is in the wind, and you’ll want to take advantage of it, surely. CANCER (June 21-July 22) — You can progress in a new way today without attracting a great deal of attention to yourself or your activities. Later you can reveal all. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You may have to do something wrong in order to do something else that is right. This kind of trade-off is nothing new to you, is it? COPYRIGHT 2019 UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE, INC.

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SUPER QUIZ

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

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

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.

Literary villains Level 1

In which novel is the villain featured? (Alternate answers may be possible.) (e.g., Mr. Hyde. Answer: (The Strange Case of) “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.” Freshman level 1. Simon Legree 2. Captain Hook 3. Norman Bates Graduate level 4. Bill Sikes 5. Iago 6. Hannibal Lecter PH.D. level 7. Uriah Heep 8. Sauron 9. Nurse Ratched

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

Ans. here: Yesterday’s

(Answers tomorrow) Jumbles: MAKER TABOO OUTING SQUARE Answer: When it came to destroying the morning newspaper, their dog was — ON A TEAR

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Solution to Tuesday’s puzzle

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

SUPER QUIZ ANSWERS 1. “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” 2. “Peter Pan.” 3. “Psycho.” 4. “Oliver Twist.” 5. “Othello.” 6. “The Silence of the Lambs” (“Red Dragon”). 7. “David Copperfield.” 8. “The Lord of the Rings.” 9. “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” 18 points — congratulations, doctor; 15 to 17 points — honors graduate; 10 to 14 points — you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 4 to 9 points — you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 3 points — enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points — who reads the questions to you?

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Dilbert

Pickles For Better or For Worse

Get Fuzzy

Hi & Lois

Crossword Puzzle Mother Goose & Grimm ACROSS 1 Clamor 4 Leftover fragment 9 As __ as molasses 13 Horse’s hair 14 In a __; quickly 15 Hairy fruit 16 Pesky insect 17 Parties with wedding cakes 19 Incensed 20 The Mamas & the __ 21 Hose down 22 Run and wed 24 Olive Oyl’s hairdo 25 Pouty moods 27 Stick around 30 Grown-up 31 T-bone or New York 33 Cistern 35 Bona fide 36 Male animals 37 Actress Behrs 38 Tit for __ 39 “Dancing with the __” 40 “Ave __” 41 Wiggle room 43 Deep narrow valley 44 Razz 45 Tendon 46 One-masted sailboat 49 Smiles 51 “I’ve __ it!”; cry of disgust 54 “Alice’s Adventures in __” 56 Person listed in a will 57 Suffix for bear or wash 58 Brink 59 Military force 60 Mattel products 61 Look of contempt 62 “__ Miserables” DOWN 1 Plato or Carvey 2 Deficient 3 Badminton court divider 4 Sandal features 5 Thin pancake

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Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews

6 Costa __ 7 King toppers 8 Get-up-and-go 9 Winter Olympics sport 10 Wild feline 11 __ up; admits guilt 12 Shrewd 13 Major movie studio 18 Main part of a tree 20 Verse writer 23 Pause in business activity 24 Unfair slant 25 Go separate ways 26 Perfect 27 Table supports 28 In all places 29 Numerical comparison 31 Remain 32 Street paver’s goo 34 Better __; superior to 36 Take a __ at; try to do

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Non Sequitur

37 Source of harm 39 Steal 40 “A __ home is his castle” 42 Wears away 43 Fragment of ash 45 Burn at the edges 46 Kill flies 47 Mexican wolf

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48 “You __ Live Twice”; 007 film 49 Singer Campbell 50 Scarce 52 Goals 53 Help with the dishes 55 Winnebagos, for short 56 Actor Linden

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