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By Ted Remsnyder Columbia-Greene Media

COXSACKIE — The Village of Coxsackie suffered four water main breaks this week as crews worked around the clock to repair them.

Village of Coxsackie Mayor Mark Evans announced Thursday that

over the prior 36 hours the village had experienced three water main breaks on Bailey Street, with an additional break on John Street.

Evans said village highway employees worked two straight overnight shifts and all day Thursday to repair the breaks.

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The village of Coxsackie experienced 4 back-toback water main breaks on Bailey and John streets this week.

Water service was shut off on Bailey Street on Thursday, but Evans said service had been restored as of Friday.

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New York unemployment rate drops in March

By Ted Remsnyder Columbia-Greene Media

CATSKILL — New York state’s unemployment rate dropped three-tenths of a percent in March as local businesses continue to seek workers from a dwindling labor pool.

According to the New York State Department of Labor, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased from 4.9% in February to 4.6% in March as the state economy added 27,500 jobs last month.

The unemployment rate in Greene County, not seasonally adjusted, stood at 4.3% in February, while the Columbia County rate was 3.4% in February.

In March 2021, the state unemployment rate stood at 7.9%.

Greene County Chamber of Commerce President Jeff

Friedman said local employers are facing a shortage of available labor in the area.

“Basically where we are at the moment is there aren’t enough job seekers to fill the available positions,” Friedman said Friday. “It’s been that way throughout the pandemic, but this is not something new. This is something we were experiencing pre-pandemic. The pandemic exacerbated the situation, but that’s a contributing factor, not the main factor. There wasn’t enough available help prior to the pandemic. We had fairly low unemployment in 2019.”

Friedman said the Greene County Chamber of Commerce conducted an informal job survey six months ago that identified approximately 3,000 available jobs in the county by searching online job listings.

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The New York unemployment rate dropped from 4.9% in February to 4.6% in March, according to the New York State Department of Labor.

Schumer calls for new investment in outdoor industry

By Natasha Vaughn-Holdridge Columbia-Greene Media

KINDERHOOK — U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., visited Kinderhook on Friday to outline new legislation aimed at invigorating the state’s outdoor industry.

Schumer chose the Empire State Trail as the site to discuss the Rural Outdoor Investment Act at a news conference.

“Outside tourism is a booming industry for us,” Schumer said. “And despite this, federal investment has remained low for programs that support outdoor recreation. We have lots of federal programs to encourage manufacturing, encourage small business, encourage lots of different things, but we don’t have much to encourage

outdoor tourism, and that’s why I’m here today.”

The Rural Outdoor Investment Act is designed to get the federal government to enhance and invest in rural outdoor areas, Schumer said.

New York’s outdoor recreation industry generates more than $21 billion in additional economic activity and $15.9 billion in salaries and wages, Schumer said. New York’s outdoor recreation industry provides 240,000 jobs.

The legislation does three things: Invests in outdoor recreation infrastructure, supports communities with money for planning and offers business assistance.

Outdoor infrastructure has See SCHUMER A8

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Ben Ashlock thought he’d settled things with a customer complaining about the Ukrainian flag atop the Kentucky steakhouse he manages.

Ashlock had opened up to the man about his personal connection to the war-torn country: He and his wife had adopted a teenage son from Ukraine three years earlier and forged friendships in the process. When Russia invaded, he wanted to show his support.

The 41-year-old general manager of a Colton’s Steak House & Grill franchise figured that was it.

It wasn’t. About a half-hour later, hate started coming from all fronts - the restaurant’s phone, Facebook page and reviews on Google. Over the past week, the firestorm has kept raging in Bardstown, a city of about 13,500 in central Kentucky. Ashlock, describing himself as an uncontroversial person, said he had planned to keep the flag up until Russia left Ukraine.

“I would love to take the flag down . . . because that would mean that they’re not at war anymore,” he said.

Ashlock and his wife of 19 years, Darrci, forged lifelong friendships in Ukraine while there to adopt their son. The 16-year-old is one of the couple’s 13 children - eight biological and five adopted or in the process of being adopted.

When the Russian military attacked on Feb. 24, Ashlock felt helpless. The owner of the steakhouse, who’d helped Ashlock raise money for the adoption and paid for all three of the trips he took to Ukraine, sent the country’s blue-andyellow flag days later. Ashlock decided to fly it outside the restaurant. Once it was up, he took photos and sent them to his friends in Ukraine.

“You just let them know, even in little old Kentucky, we see you, and we’re supporting you,” he said, adding that he didn’t think it would be a problem.

And for more than a month, it wasn’t.

Until April 9 - what Ashlock called “that fateful Saturday.”

That afternoon, Ashlock was

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Ukrainian and American flags fly atop a Colton’s Steak House & Grill in Bardstown, Ky.

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Ben Ashlock, left, and the son he and his wife adopted from Ukraine, Zhenya David Ashlock, who’s now 16.

working when someone sent the Colton’s Facebook page a direct message: “My family eats at Colton’s steakhouse, but will not eat there again until the Ukrainian flag is replaced with our national Flag.”

Ashlock replied about 30 minutes later, explaining that Ukraine’s flag hadn’t replaced an American one but one of two Texas state flags the steakhouse uses to cultivate the chain’s Wild West, old saloon theme.

Ashlock also told the man about adopting his son “whose hometown is now in ruins and under occupation.”

“I am sorry you feel this way, though,” Ashlock wrote. “And I hope you’ll reconsider.”

He thought that, at worst, they ended in an agree-to-disagree stalemate.

About a half-hour later, his employees started noticing Facebook users swarming the restaurant’s page to tar workers as disrespectful and unpatriotic. Some vowed never to eat there again.

Then the phone started ringing. Ashlock took the first call, a man asking why he “took the flag down.” Again, Ashlock explained what had happened before food orders pulled him into the kitchen. He passed off the phone.

But it kept ringing. At one point, one of the restaurant’s hosts came to him crying. “I felt

horrible,” he said.

Meanwhile, the negative comments kept coming. Many were removed, but before they disappeared, Ashlock took screenshots, some of which he shared with The Post.

One said: “Take that trash flag down! May Ukraine be leveled to the ground!”

Another read: “It seems the only thing you accomplished flying this foreign flag is to further divide your fellow americans. One can’t even [sit] down to a meal these days without having politics flown in ones face.”

“I hope that Ukrainian flag is gone,” one user said, adding a face-with-monocle emoji. “I prefer my steak without a side of Nazi.”

Over on Google, someone left a one-star review of Colton’s: “food tasted woke, management is a war monger” “I hate to say it, because I try to be thick-skinned,” Ashlock told The Post, “but it was hurtful.”

Ashlock said he tried a compromise. After the blowback and misunderstanding that they’d replaced an American flag, Ashlock swapped out the other Texas state flag for the Stars and Stripes. He consulted with military friends to make sure he was practicing proper flag etiquette by flying it higher than the Ukrainian one.

Doing that wasn’t a “crisis of conscience” - Ashlock said that’s who he is. Twenty five years working in the service industry has trained him to be the first to apologize, to defer to customers, and to admit when he or the restaurant has made a mistake.

“I’ve never been in a predicament before where I couldn’t make someone happy and not, like, violate my conscience.”

Until now. While Ashlock said he was happy to fly the American flag, he didn’t think it would be right to cave in to demands to take down Ukraine’s as people there - including his friends - fight for their freedom.

So he hasn’t.

At a steakhouse chain in the middle of Kentucky - more than 5,000 miles away from its mother country - the Ukrainian flag still flies.

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A woman was pushing her child in a stroller on a sidewalk in downtown Greenville, S.C., on Wednesday when a man suddenly pushed a plate covered in whipped cream into her face, police said.

But that was not his first incident, the Greenville Police Department said in a statement. Earlier that day, police say the man had done the same thing to other strangers walking down the street.

It didn’t take long for police to identify the suspect using video surveillance - they quickly matched the footage to a YouTube account, which showed the man wearing the same clothes he had been sporting on Wednesday, police said. The email associated with his social media account, which had his first and last name, ended up giving him away, according to an affidavit obtained by The Washington Post.

Now, police have issued an

arrest warrant for Andre Eugene Moore-Gerald, who faces a misdemeanor charge of assault and battery.

Moore-Gerald did not respond to requests for comment from The Post late Thursday.

Moore-Gerald posts videos under the name “Savage_dre,” WYFF reported. The YouTube account, which has 83 subscribers, shows over 20 videos in which he tells jokes and showcases his pranks.

A video published on Tuesday titled “Pie in the face prank part 1” depicts him sporting a black T-shirt and gray joggers, the same clothes worn by the man seen in surveillance footage holding a plastic plate and a can of whipped cream.

The four-minute clip shows him walking with a plate topped with whipped cream as he heads toward a movie theater.

“All right, here we go,” he says. “Here we go.”

He tells a worker at the theater’s concession stand that

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what he’s doing is a “social experiment.” The woman asks him not to throw the plate with whipped cream on anyone. He leaves the theater without doing so after asking the employees to subscribe to his YouTube channel.

Then, he follows a woman pulling a cart - dubbed “suspect number one” - before approaching her from behind and smashing the whipped cream plate on her face. Second later, he runs away.

The next day, he posted a one-minute clip titled “Pie in the face prank part 2 second half coming later on” where he is again dressed in the same clothes. In that video, he holds a can of whipped cream and a

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As of early Friday, MooreGerald remained at large.

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Catalytic converter thefts rise in area

By Bill Williams Columbia-Greene Media

Authorities are warning local residents of a rise in thefts of catalytic converters from parked cars and trucks.

State police in Livingston are investigating numerous complaints of stolen catalytic converters from vehicles throughout the Columbia County area, said Aaron Hicks, public information officer for state police Troop K. The majority of the thefts are centered in the Ghent and Philmont areas, but the number is rising in other areas as well, said Beau Duffy, director of information for state police.

State police in Catskill are not investigating similar cases in Greene County, Duffy said.

The catalytic converter is part of the exhaust system that’s necessary for a car to pass safety and emissions inspections in many states. Some vehicles have more than one, and replacing stolen converters can cost as much as $1,500 to $3,000, according to Consumer Reports.

The thefts are being committed at all hours of the day.

Vehicles that are parked close to roadways or have high-valued catalytic converters are more likely to be targeted, Hicks said.

High-value converters contain larger amounts of platinum and are usually found on highpriced vehicles, Duffy said.

Trucks, which are higher off the ground, are at greater risk for theft because the converters are easier for thieves to reach.

The Toyota Prius, a popular gasoline-electric hybrid with two converters, is a favorite target of thieves. Also at risk are vehicles parked on the street and trucks parked overnight in unattended lots, Consumer Reports said.

Catalytic converters contain platinum, palladium and rhodium, all expensive precious metals that react with exhaust emissions, heat up a ceramic honeycomb element and convert harmful combustion byproducts such as nitrogen oxide

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Catalytic converter thefts are on the rise in the area, according to police.

remaining vigilant and report any signs of suspicious activity immediately to local law enforcement, whether it is a person, vehicle or noise, Hicks said.

Police have issued a list of tips that vehicle owners can use to help prevent catalytic converter thefts. n Always park in well-lighted

areas. n At shopping centers and other similar parking lots, park close to the entrance of the building or near the access road where there’s a lot of traffic. n If you own or work at a business or factory, park within a fenced area that’s busy during the day and secured at night. n Engrave your license plate number on the converter to make it traceable. n Purchase a vehicle security system and make sure it’s set to trigger with just the slightest motion. n Visit a local muffler shop and have the converter secured to the vehicle’s frame with a hardened steel welded to the frame. n Examine the different types of catalytic converter theft deterrent systems at your local auto parts store or online.

For information related to a previously reported crime, contact state police at Livingston Bureau of Criminal Investigations at 518-851-2893. To report a past crime, contact the New York State Police at 845677-7300. For an emergency response, call 911, Hicks said.

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Catalytic converters, like the one pictured at Northeast Auto Parts in Hudson, are being stolen from area vehicles.

and carbon monoxide into less harmful gases.

Prices for the three metals have spiked over the past few years. Price for an ounce of platinum is $1,000, while palladium costs more than $2,300 and rhodium, which is extremely rare, costs more than $20,000, Consumer Reports said.

State police strongly encourage vehicle owners always to lock their vehicles and park in well-lit conspicuous locations.

Exterior sensor lighting, driveway alarms and video surveillance systems may also help

prevent your vehicle from being targeted or aid the criminal investigation should a theft take place, Hicks said.

If a thief can reach the underside of a vehicle, converters are easy to remove with battery-operated power tools or, in some cases, simple hand tools. Scrapped converters can then be processed to remove the precious metals, which is what makes them so valuable to scrap metal dealers and thieves, according to Consumer Reports.

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Emergency readiness key in remote rural areas One of the lessons taught by living in this part of the Northeast is the weather can be gentle one day and ferocious the next.

Three memorable examples are the historic flooding and loss of life and property wrought by Tropical Storm Irene in 2011. Mobile homes were picked up and deposited against trees and houses were scoured off their foundations and splintered.

The raging floods were blamed for six deaths, two in Tannersville and four in Prattsville. Two years later, a winter storm swept over Hunter and Windham. Instead of tracking through

the area and departing, the powerful low pressure center stayed behind and spun over the communities for three days in a phenomenon known as a “cut-off low.” When the low finally pushed on, an astonishing seven feet of snow buried the mountaintop. Some lifetime residents said it was more like 10 feet. Just weeks ago, a massive ice storm left more than 60,000 people without power in Ulster, Columbia and Greene counties. Thousands of people in Ulster County lost power for days.

If you’ve lived through these weather-related catastrophes or any of a dozen other damaging storms,

you’ll understand an emergency preparedness training course Wednesday in Tannersville presented by the American Red Cross and hosted by state Sen. Michelle Hinchey, D-Saugerties, had merit. The mountaintop region offers unique challenges for dealing with emergencies thanks to its remote location and high elevation.

With the emergence of climate change as a prime factor in this region’s weather, superstorms such as Irene, Hurricane Sandy, the historic snowfall in Hunter and Windham and the recent ice storm could become more commonplace in the future.

And the future is at hand.

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China is expanding in the Pacific while the West is distracted Josh Rogin

to U.S. territories than ever before.

Over the past few weeks, China surely hasn’t forgotthe world has been underten the role played by the Solstandably transfixed by omon Islands in World War Russian President Vladimir II, especially during the 1942Putin’s horrific invasion 43 Battle of Guadalcanal. of Ukraine. Meanwhile, “Ensuring that these though, his close ally Chinese islands, within striking President Xi Jinping has been distance of Australia and quietly taking advantage occupying critical strategic of the West’s distraction by geography, remain free expanding China’s sphere from Chinese coercion and of influence in the South Pa- military presence is a mascific. If Washington doesn’t sive strategic imperative for wake up to this threat, the U.S. and Australia,” Alex China’s efforts to dominate Gray, director for Oceania the region will gain dangerand Indo-Pacific Security at ous and perhaps irreversible the National Security Counmomentum. cil during the Trump adminOfficials and experts istration, told me. throughout Asia expressed Predictably, Beijing says shock last month when a that the agreement is no leaked document emerged big deal and is “beyond reshowing a draft of a “security proach.” But the U.S. and cooperation” agreement Australian governments between China and the have been scrambling to try Solomon Islands, a small to stop its completion. Ausformer British colony in the tralian officials are engaged South Pacific that has been in frantic shuttle diplomacy independent since 1978. The with the Sogavare governdraft agreement would enment. President Biden’s top able Beijing to send armed NSC official for Asia, Kurt police or military personnel, Campbell, will become the at the request of the Solomon administration’s first senior Islands, for a variety of purofficial to visit the Solomon poses, including to “assist in Islands next week, in a remaintaining social order.” gional tour that will include Marked confidential, the several other stops. agreement would also exIt was Campbell who prepand the Chinese military’s dicted in January that China ability to send ships and would unveil a “strategic troops to protect Chinese surprise” in the Pacific this people and projects on the year. Clearly, the U.S. and islands.

Australian governments had If you haven’t been paysome indication that this was ing attention to the Solomon coming. Yet neither seems Islands government, led by to have done much to try to Beijing-friendly Prime Minprevent the Chinese move. ister Manasseh Sogavare, Now, experts say, both govyou’re like most policymakernments are struggling to ers in Washington. But if you catch up to Beijing. doubt the islands’ strategic “Reversing momentum, significance, just look at the rather than stopping it in map. A Chinese military the first place, is risky and presence there would put expensive,” said former People’s Liberation Army Australian national security troops less than a five-hour official John Lee, now with flight from the eastern coast the Hudson Institute. “The of Australia and far closer failure to do more to prevent

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the deal from even being contemplated means the U.S. and allies will need to spend more resources and regional political capital than they would like.”

Biden administration officials maintain that they are, in fact, heavily engaged in the Pacific Islands. Biden spoke to Pacific Island leaders in August, via Zoom. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Fiji in February. Last month, Biden appointed Ambassador Joseph Yun as a special envoy to work on completing negotiations to renew U.S. compacts with three other Pacific Island nations. State Department climate envoy John F. Kerry attended a conference in Palau this week.

A senior Biden administration official told me that covid restrictions hampered face-to-face diplomacy until recently, but the official assured me that the Biden team is determined to step up the United States’ game in this region. Nevertheless, details of exactly how the Biden administration plans to try to persuade Sogavare to turn away from China are scarce.

“This did not come as a surprise, and this is not the only place in the Pacific or globally where China is extraordinarily active,” the official said. “This is but a recent manifestation, and it’s probably one of the boldest.”

To be sure, the Solomon Islands is only one of many places in the Pacific Islands where China is expanding its influence. Beijing has persuaded two Pacific Island countries to drop diplomatic recognition of Taiwan in recent years, including the Solomon Islands.

Josh Rogin is a political analyst with CNN and author of “Chaos Under Heaven: Trump, Xi, and the Battle for the 21st Century.”

A tantrum by infantilized French populists could elect Marine Le Pen Populism is, always and everywhere, a cri de coeur — populism has a French accent this month — by people feeling a painful scarcity: of esteem. Marine Le Pen might be elected France’s president on April 24, elevated by her nation’s contradictory populism. It is the surliness of those who resent the predictable consequence of the political culture that the resentful embrace, paternalist statism.

The consequence is individuals diminished as infantilized wards of a government that, by presuming to provide almost everything, subtracts from one thing: the social esteem of those in the lower strata of a government-ordered society.

Le Pen’s measures to “detoxify” (her term) her party have included purging the party’s founder, her antisemitic father (he once called the Holocaust a “detail” of history).

And destroying campaign leaflets showing her pleased to be shaking Vladimir Putin’s hand (her party has received Russian funding). And deploring inflation even more than immigrants. All this is cosmetic, but successful.

In 2002, Le Pen’s father, Jean-Marie Le Pen, reached the two-candidate second round of presidential voting, where he was trounced 82% to 18%. In 2017, his daughter won 33.9% in the second round while losing to Emmanuel Macron by 32.2 percentage points.

In this month’s first round, she trailed Macron by only 4.7 percentage points, and defeated him among every age category except voters over 65.

In democracies where performative candidates now blur the distinction between politics and entertainment, fortune favors the entertaining.

Le Pen’s opponent, Macron, exemplifies something annoying: “French Caesarism.” This phrase is French-British professor Brigitte Granville’s.

Her answer to her book’s title — “What Ails France?” is a “righteous consensus,” the statism that “asphyxiates the

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WILL country’s potential.” France’s paternalism expresses the “tenacious notion of the state as saviour.” Sixty-two percent of France’s gross domestic product is spent by government, the European Union’s highest level.

The French distrust of free markets is related to low trust of one another, and high trust in government bureaucracy, which employs 20% of France’s workforce. Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929) said, “France is an extremely fertile country: bureaucrats are planted in its soil, and taxes spring up.” High income taxes (on top of a 20% value-added tax on most purchases) help explain why average annual hours worked per employee has decreased 20% in 30 years. France’s labor code fills 3,784 pages.

A French word describes the French disease: dirigisme, the micromanaging state as source and director of society’s creativity, which for that reason is another scarcity.

The self-fulfilling assumption is that the public is infantile.

Another assumption is that the civil service is omnicompetent. A French thinker, Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850), warned against the cognitive dissonance inherent in paternalistic statism: “The government should know everything and foresee everything in order to manage the lives of the people, and the people need only let themselves be taken care of. ... Nothing is more senseless than to base so many expectations on the state ... to assume the existence of collective wisdom and

foresight after taking for granted the existence of individual imbecility and improvidence.”

In 2018, Macron’s climate change grandstanding produced a short-lived 23% increase in the tax on diesel fuel.

Nearly two-thirds of French vehicles, which are disproportionately outside Paris, run on diesel. The diesel debacle included mass protests that are the preferred French mode of notifying the paternalist state that the children are grumpy about government-as-parent.

Macron named the party he founded 13 months before winning the presidency in 2017 En Marche! (On the move). He titled his book “Revolution.”

Since then, he has been on the move defining revolution down, retreating even from his vow to raise the pension-eligibility age from 62 to 65. Now, fighting populism with a dose of it, he suggests sending pension reform to almost certain defeat in a referendum.

The “verbally incontinent” (Granville’s description) Macron began his tone-deaf presidency by promising both “humility” and government with the grandeur of Jupiter, a Roman god. Really. Macron has, Granville writes, a politically perilous trait — an “ingrained dislike for ordinary people — or, at least, an inability to disguise that fact.”

France’s flirtation with Le Pen’s version of Henry Adams’s curdled notion of politics (“the systematic organization of hatreds”) illustrates how populists’ rote denunciations of “elites” open a path to power for demagogues. Today, one such is implicitly promising to wield the French state’s gigantic redistributive power to somehow redistribute esteem, thereby assuaging populists’ resentments. She could become president of the nation once considered the cradle of the Enlightenment.

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Don’t rush into the garden in April Questioning the Easter Bunny

By Bob Beyfuss For Columbia-Greene Media

Don’t be in too big a rush to get out in your gardens this month. Wet, clay, soil is easily compacted at this time of year and the damage may not be easily fixable. Stay off your lawn if possible even and let the grass grow to suck up some of the extra soil moisture. As wet as it is now, by May we may be experiencing drought conditions. This is a good time to install some rain barrels to collect water, using 55 gallon drums or even watering troughs designed for livestock. A 10 foot long gutter and downspout attached to a shed or garage roof will collect lots of rain water this spring that you may need later on. My barrels fill up completely with only a half inch of rain, using a 10 foot long gutter. Of course any standing water provides mosquito breeding habitat so you need to take precautions. There is a product called “Mosquito Dunks” that releases a type of bacteria which kills mosquito larvae, (Bacillus thurigensis) but is pretty harmless to most other living things. The dunks last about 30 days in the barrels unless the water overflows and washes them out.

Of course you need to empty any container that holds water for more than a couple of days, now that these blood drinkers are active once more. Old tires are particularly common mosquito breeding grounds, but bird baths, clogged gutters and even persistent puddles can be troublesome. Ponds with fish rarely are a problem since mosquito larvae are a favorite fish food.

Black bears have emerged from hibernation now, so make sure you either remove your winter bird feeders, or

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BEYFUSS bring them in at night, every night. Once a bear discovers a free snack from a bird feeder it is very likely to return. Likewise, make sure your garbage is well secured outside. Bears can open unlocked dumpsters and will go in a shed for a free meal.

Resist the urge to apply lawn fertilizer to “green up” your spring lawn. If your lawn does not green up on its own, it is most likely dead. This is NOT a good time to apply fertilizers, in general, since they may be washed away and can pollute other water bodies downhill or downstream from you. Likewise, avoid applying herbicides, but be on the lookout for early emerging insect pests such as tent caterpillars in fruit trees. Early treatment is preferable to waiting until the pests are fully grown and doing damage.

Deer ticks are already becoming active, sadly, so be diligent after walking, hiking or doing any outside activity.

Perform frequent tick checks of your clothes while outside and before you go to bed at night. It takes at least 24 hours of ticks feeding on you to get Lyme disease or most other tick borne diseases. Deer ticks do not hatch carrying the Lyme disease bacteria, they acquire it from another host, usually a small mammal, like a mouse, after feeding on the

host’s blood.

This usually occurs when the ticks are in their initial larval stage and almost impossible to see because they are so tiny. Spraying cotton balls with permethrin repellant and placing them in cardboard tubes, such as toilet paper or paper towel tubes, will attract mice to gather the cotton for nesting and these will kill any ticks they mice acquire. One reader told me that since he started doing this, he has noticed a dramatic decrease in the tick population around his property. There is a commercially available product, called “Daminex” (I think that’s the name) that is specifically designed for this purpose. I don’t even try to control the mouse populations that inhabit my sheds and even my house while I am here in Florida, but I do use the tubes when I return. We still know very little about the ecology of tick borne diseases or why, for that matter, some people seem to be much more inclined to attract them. I can spend hours working outside with no ticks seen, but often times a visitor walking with me seems to get two or three of them in 20 minutes.

I suppose some people are “tick magnets” as some people are also “mosquito magnets” while others are rarely attacked. Some say that eating lots of garlic will repel them as you emit the fragrance from your pores. Eating lots of garlic may also repel people, however. I had planned to write this column on ramps, aka wild leeks, which is a garlic relative that also lingers in your body for days, but that will have to wait until next week. For me, perhaps it is my blood alcohol content that deters them!

Reach Bob at rlb14@cornell.edu.

The Family Repertory Company presents ‘The Crucifixion’ a celebration today in Catskill CATSKILL — The Family Repertory Company presents “The Crucifixion,” a celebration at 2 p.m. April 16 at Community Life Church, 20 West Main St., Catskill. Festivities at 1 p.m. include Easer bunny and egg hunt. Admission is free. The performance will also be at 6 p.m. April 16 at Anthony’s Banquet Hall, 746 Route 23B, Leeds. A short holiday themed cabaret will precede the oratorio. The $5 cover will be donated to the Matthew 25 Food Pantry.

There will be a cash bar. For information, https://thefamilylafamilia.wixsite.com/familyrepco.

“The Crucifixion” is a musical adaptation of the poem

by James Weldon Johnson.

First conceived of by founder,

Marvin F. Camillo Sr., it has been presented many times over the years. The concepts and some of the music change from year to year, but what is consistent is that it is a celebration of the joy and rebirth of the Easter season, showing Jesus and other biblical characters as human beings only, understanding that Jesus is beyond gender, race and culture and that we all suffer the same plight. Each year, we invite our entire company to join the cast, so that seasoned actors, dancers and singers may stretch themselves in ways they have not before, while it is also the opportunity for new members and less experienced artists to work with the team to learn the craft of creating a musical theatre

piece.

In the past, we have featured young people making their theatrical debut, helped people who had left the arts for years find their place onstage again, and created a multi-generational, multi-talented cast. This year, the show will be directed by EAD Marvin F. Camillo Valentine. Our Community Relations Ambassador, Elizabeth “Lizzy” Marcano will be the Assistant Director and Co-Artistic Director Traci Timmons will be the Musical Director. The cast includes CiMa Birch, Matthew Davis, Joy Grant and Kevin Shivcharran. Performances are dedicated to the memory of our beloved brother James Grant, a true force of nature and Son of God.

CCE annual spring gardening event returns beginning May 9 ACRA — Are you looking forward to getting back into the garden this spring? Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) of Columbia and Greene Counties is hosting Spring Gardening Days: Tips and Tricks for a Successful Garden from May 9 through May 21.

This is a series of virtual and in-person classes to build or enhance your gardening skills.

Join Master Gardener Volunteers, and other gardening experts, to learn about various aspects of growing flowers, fruits and vegetables, as well

as birding, composting and mushrooming.

Webinars will be held via Zoom. Workshops will be available at the Hudson and Acra offices.

Webinars May 9-20: Birding 101 An Introduction to Growing Unusual Fruits Sequence of Bloom Grow your own Vegetables!

Landscaping for the Home Gardener The Importance of Soil Health Workshops (Hudson and

Acra) May 14, and 21: Build your own worm bin!

Undercover gardening Learn to make hypertufa pots Everything is coming up Roses (Hudson only) Growing forest fungi Pest Identification and Management for Vegetable Crops For more dates, course descriptions, and to register, visit columbiagreene.org or contact Sandra Linnell 518-8283346 ext.106.

By Dick Brooks For Columbia-Greene Media

The Easter Bunny has come and gone, bless his little cotton tail. He left, as usual, a trail of jelly beans, colored eggs and marshmallow peeps. He’s been doing this since I can remember, a secular little rodent doing for the Christian holiday of Easter what his buddy Santa Claus does for Christmas.

He’s never quite been as credible as old St. Nick though. Kids don’t lie awake waiting to hear his big feet thumping across the living room to deliver their Easter baskets. He doesn’t have a whole raft of little people working in a sweatshop somewhere in a jungle, on the desert or on some remote mountaintop. Nope, Santa cornered the elf market and THE really cool remote location. The Bunny’s got nothing that compares.

Where all the eggs come from and how they get decorated is another mystery that has never been explained to my satisfaction. I do know that rabbits are mammals and as such don’t lay eggs

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BROOKS and they aren’t noted for their artistic ability so where do these thousands and thousands of hard boiled and decorated eggs come from?

Is there a rabbit mafia “providing protection” for thousands of terrified hens? Is the Easter Bunny really a power crazy dictator forcing intimidated chickens to lay day and night, dropping powerful hints about the production of chicken noodle soup?

What kind of a delivery system does this little hair ball have? We know all about Santa, the reindeer, the chimneys and all, but how does one little rabbit that can’t fly and has no known helpers manage to deliver massive

overdoses of sugar in just one night. Is UPS mixed up in here somewhere? Could those big brown trucks have false floors hiding massive quantities of eggs and candy?

Yup, I’ve got a lot of questions. One might even suspect that I didn’t believe in the Easter Bunny. No Way! These are just questions, the little guy has managed to deliver for every Easter that I’ve seen. I don’t know how he does it or why he does it, but he does it. This is enough, he delivers and always has, so I figure it’s one of those faith things. As long as he continues to deliver, he’s got a fan here. I love the fuzzy little guy but I have learned that when rabbits are around, you don’t eat the brown M & Ms, especially if they’re not shiny.

Thought for the week — Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.

Until next week, may you and yours be happy and well.

Reach Dick at whittle12124@ yahoo.com.

Mountain Top Progressives annual Mountain Top Earth Day event April 23 TANNERSVILLE — The Mountain Top Progressives, located on the mountain top in Greene County including the towns of Ashland, Halcott, Hunter, Jewett, Lexington, Prattsville and Windham, announce the Annual Mountaintop Earth Day Event on APRIL 23. Partnered with the Mountain Top Library in Tannersville and the Town of Hunter, all are invited to attend.

Hosted at the Mountain Top Library, 6093 Main St., Tannersville, EARTH DAY/22 celebrates the beautiful and historic mountain top environment. Residents and visitors are encouraged to

celebrate its history, its art and its beauty, and to join the Mountain Top Progressives in preserving and protecting the environment.

This unique event will open at 10 a.m. April 23 with a welcome by Library Director Maureen Garcia, Tannersville Mayor Lee McGunnigle, Hunter Supervisor Sean Mahoney, Mountain top County Legislator Daryl Legg and MTP Environment Chair Ellen Schorsch. This event will run until 2 p.m. with displays, demonstrations, workshops and presentations; music, poetry, and art too. Kids puzzles, games, play, and giveaways run throughout

the day, including a display of their personal art and poetry.

EARTH DAY/22 will explore the unique history of the mountain top located inside the Catskill Forest Preserve, the historic Catskill Park and the NY DEP Watershed; it has been the central focus of the Hudson River School of Art, all dating back to the early 19th Century and carrying into the 21st.

Residents and visitors are also encouraged to sign up as volunteers for a Trail/Stream Clean-up that will take place 10 a.m.-noon April 30. The clean-up will be followed by a picnic at the Rip Van Winkle Lake/Park Pavilion.

Celebrate Earth Day in the Albany Pine Bush ALBANY — The Albany Pine Bush Preserve will host its annual Earth Day celebration 9 a.m.-noon April 23. The public is invited to volunteer on a variety of conservation projects in the Pine Bush. Projects will take place in different parts of the preserve and all equipment will be provided. All registered participants will meet at their worksite location and receive a commemorative sticker.

Dress appropriately for the weather and outside working conditions and bring snacks and water. Space is limited. Reservations can be made at www.albanypinebush.org/events or by calling 518-456-0655.

The Albany Pine Bush Earth Day celebration is a free event.

“This is a wonderful day to meet many of our neighbors dedicated to helping the preserve” said Lead Educator, Jackie Citriniti. The event will consist of many different projects such as trash collection and tree planting. “It’s always amazing to see how much we get done in just a few hours! If you’re looking for a great way to contribute to helping a rare ecosystem right here in your backyard, join us on April 23rd to celebrate Earth Day” continued Citriniti.

John McConnell, a peace activist, first proposed Earth Day at a UNESCO

Conference in San Francisco to be celebrated on March 21, 1970, the first day of spring, to honor the earth and the concept of peace. A month later on April 22, 1970 Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin organized a second Earth Day as a national teach-in on the environment. Earth Day is now an annual occasion, a day on which events are held around the world to demonstrate support for environmental protection.

The 3,400+ - acre Albany Pine Bush Preserve (APBP), located in New York’s Capital District, protects one of the best remaining inland pitch pine-scrub oak barrens in the world.

This extraordinary firedependent ecosystem provides habitat for many plants and animals, including more than 20 percent of New York State’s wildlife Species of Greatest Conservation Need, such as the endangered Karner blue butterfly.

The APBP is a National Natural Landmark, Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area Site, National Recreation Trail site, a New York State Unique Area and Bird Conservation Area, and a National Audubon Society Important Bird Area. Characterized by rolling sand dunes and over 20 miles of trails, the APBP offers visitors many recreational opportunities

including hiking, bird watching, cross-country skiing, horseback riding, mountain biking, hunting, fishing and canoeing. The Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission is a publicprivate partnership created by the NYS Legislature in 1988 to protect and manage the APBP and provide the public with educational and recreational opportunities.

The Management Plan for the APBP guides all aspects of expanding and managing the preserve.

The Commission’s goal is a preserve of 5,380 acres.

As the gateway to the Pine Bush, the Discovery Center at 195 New Karner Road, Albany, is a “green” certified interpretive center where visitors come to understand why the Pine Bush is rare and special.

A visit to this unique destination is an exciting exploration where learning comes naturally through interactive exhibits, an outdoor Discovery Trail, and numerous programs on the ecology, natural history, cultural history and management of the Pine Bush.

Admission to the Discovery Center is free (there is a fee for some programs).

The Center is open daily weekdays 9am-4pm, and weekends 10am-4pm. For more information, visit www.AlbanyPineBush.org or call 518-456-0655.

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Phyllis “Pan” Libman Ruzzi November 15, 1935 - January 12, 2022 Phyllis “Pan” Libman Ruzzi, 86, passed away peacefully on January 12, at Granite Ledges in Concord, NH, surrounded by loved ones.

Pan was born in Staten Island, New York, daughter of the late Earl and Phyllis (Moffat) Libman. A graduate of Catskill High School and Middlebury College (Vermont), Pan traveled to Israel as part of a teaching exchange program, and it was there that she met her first husband, Menashe Sofer, and had her first child. She later married Gordon Usticke after being widowed and together they had four children.

Pan ultimately reunited with her former high school sweetheart (CHS class of ‘53), Francis “Pep” Ruzzi. Pan and Pep married and made a home together at Sleepy Hollow Lake, Athens, NY, where they hosted legendary July 4th parties for 25 years.

Pan taught elementary school in Vermont, Michigan, Long Island, and upstate New York before staying at home to raise her five children. During this time, Pan was the NYS area coordinator for Le Leche League, and she spent many years educating and supporting mothers in breastfeeding and natural parenting methods. She and her then-husband Gordon were advocates for family-centered birth, teaching classes and championing father’s rights in the delivery room, leading to new policies at the local hospital in Kingston, NY. Pan was the birth attendant at many home births and her youngest was born at home during a time when that was unconventional.

Pan returned to work as the elementary school counselor at Greenville Elementary School and later returned to the classroom to teach her favorite grade (5th) until she retired in 2000.

Pan found immense joy working with children and considered it to be her life’s purpose.

After retirement, Pan and Pep spent a decade traveling the world with a group of fellow explorers who dubbed themselves “The Sweet Travelers.” Pan was an avid reader and active participant in book clubs that met monthly in Greenville. She was enriched by live theater, music, and movies; enjoyed supporting artisans and craftspeople; was a devotee of the New York Times crossword puzzle; and was generally eager to participate in any adventure that involved good conversation and good food.

In high school, Pan was voted “Longest Remembered” and indeed she has been. Pan could not stand in line anywhere without making a friend and sharing their “life stories.” She found perhaps her greatest joy in the special relationships she shared with her grandchildren: annual beach trips to Cape Cod, Christmas-cookie decorating, swimming at the lake, belting the “Fiddler on the Roof” soundtrack, dressing up in Grandma’s scarves and jewelry, playing and being silly.

Pan is survived by her husband of 33 years, Francis “Pep” Ruzzi; her daughter Erica Bodwell (Andy Gray) of Concord, NH; her son John Usticke (Heather Ciampa) of Athens, NY; her son Alec Usticke (Jill) of Peekskill, NY; her daughter Caitlyn Usticke (Dennis Sherman) of East Montpelier, VT; her daughter Roxanna Usticke of Concord, NH; 13 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; her sister, Bo Keppel, of Santa Fe, NM, and her three children; cousin Bob Rogers of Brooklyn Heights, NY; and Pep’s family.

Pan’s life will be celebrated this summer when family and friends gather at Sleepy Hollow Lake for a July 4th party in honor of Pan (on 7/9/22). Please consider making a donation in Pan’s name to one of several organizations she supported throughout her life: Planned Parenthood, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Southern Poverty Law Center, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), or the Greene County Historical Society.

Bird flu in top U.S. egg region boosts processed food prices

By Zijia Song Bloomberg

The prices for processed eggs, which go into everything from salad dressings to cake mix, are soaring to record highs due to bird flu outbreaks in the midwestern U.S. Avian influenza is spreading in flocks around the country at a pace that could make it the worst outbreak in U.S. history. The virus has already taken out 20 million birds and it’s hitting the market for breaker eggs, mostly produced in states like Iowa.

These eggs are processed into liquid or powder form, and go into manufactured foods. The skyhigh prices for breaker eggs are going to add to higher production costs for food makers and further stoke inflation that’s already rising the fastest in four decades.

More than half of U.S. farms affected by the bird flu are tied to egg production that goes into further processing, said Karyn Rispoli, egg market reporter at commodity researcher Urner Barry. Many companies have shut down plants to comply with sterilization procedures, and are unable to fulfill orders.

“There’s simply not enough to go around at this point,” Rispoli

said.

The price of eggs that are cracked and sold in liquid form hit a record high of $2.37 a pound on Wednesday, according to Urner Barry. Those are used by wholesale bakers and restaurants such as McDonald’s Corp. Other products like some types of dried eggs, powdered products that go into pasta and cake mixes, are also at their highest ever prices.

Michael Foods, a Minnesotabased egg producer, detected bird flu in its Nebraska farms with two million egg-laying hens, according to an April 12 release. In March, Rembrandt Enterprises Inc. culled more than five million birds in Buena Vista County, Iowa.

Meanwhile, the shell egg market remains steady with slowing demand, as retailers already finished their Easter shopping ahead of the religious holiday.

But further bird flu spread looms over the market that provides directly to grocery stores. An additional five to ten million infected birds could tighten the whole industry’s supplies more and raise prices, said John Brunnquell, chief executive officer of producer Egg Innovations.

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Pasqualino Galli July 5, 1944 - April 7, 2022

By Crystal Tse Pasqualino Galli, 77, of Coxsackie, New York passed away on April 7, 2022, at St. Peter’s Hospital in Albany, New York.

He was born to parents Domenick and Bianca Galli, on July 5, 1944, in Regio Calabria, Italy.

Pasqualino spent much of his working life as a taxi and limousine driver in New York City.

Pasqualino is survived by his daughters Marlene Duncan and her husband Brian, Dina Schauer and her husband Dwight, Jennifer Ghanai and her husband Kelani as well as his sons Dominick and Patrick Galli.

Pasqualino was pre-deceased by two granddaughters, Melissa Davis and Naomi Lynn Galli.

He is survived by 8 grandchildren. Michael and Gigi Davis, Chris Park, Sarah Todaro, Kailene and David Galli, Chelsea Galli, Ashton Hassan, and 1 great grandson, Cole Coons.

Pasqualino will be inurned in the family plot of St. Mary’s Cemetery, Rye Brook, N.Y., where his parents are laid to rest.

Arrangements are under the direction of Richards Funeral Home, 29 Bross Street, Cairo, N.Y. 12413.

Condolences may be made at www.richardsfuneralhomeinc.net.

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Steinway Musical Instruments Holdings Inc., the 169-year-old piano builder founded in New York City by a German immigrant, has filed to go public through an initial public offering.

The company, based in the city’s Astoria neighborhood, plans to sell shares on the New York Stock Exchange, according to a Thursday filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Investment firm Paulson & Co., founded by billionaire John Paulson, acquired the master piano maker in 2013. The company has attracted takeover interest over the years including a $1 billion offer from Chinese state-owned company China Poly Group Corp. in 2018.

Proceeds of the offering will go to selling shareholders including

Paulson, who will control more than half of the company’s voting power after the listing, the prospectus showed.

Luxury goods spending has held up during the coronavirus pandemic, Steinway noted, with net sales increasing 30% yearover-year in 2021 to $538 million. Net income rose 14% to $59 million.

Steinway has added company-owned retail showrooms and now has 33 in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Those stores have added to the company’s sales and profitability, according to the filing.

Henry Engelhard Steinway founded the company in a Manhattan loft in 1853. Its factories are located in Astoria and Hamburg, Germany. The prices of its grand piano range from $60,000 to $340,000, the prospectus showed.

Yellen challenges China in ‘moment for choosing’ on world order

By Christopher Condon, Eric Martin Bloomberg

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has sketched out her vision for a new era of economic cooperation among nations that share key values and principles, in a sweeping speech that laid down a stern challenge to China.

Yellen, speaking a week before global finance chiefs meet in Washington, called Beijing to account for its ever-closer relationship with Moscow and blasted China for practices that “unfairly damage” the national-security interests of others. She alluded to the use of market positions — China is a key provider of crucial rare-earth metals — for “geopolitical leverage.”

While she said she didn’t want the evolution of a “bipolar” global system between U.S.-led and China-led elements, the Treasury chief said that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine marked a moment where nations need to decide where they sit. “The future of our international order, both for peaceful security and economic prosperity, is at stake,” she said.

“The key section for me was the ‘fence-sitting’ section calling out China — that they should not be helping Russia economically in this moment,” said Josh Lipsky, director of the GeoEconomics Center at the Atlantic Council, where Yellen spoke. It was “an implicit warning to other countries, who are unnamed in the speech, that this is a moment for choosing.”

Yellen laid out a number of proposals or warnings without detailing specifically what Washington is seeking: “Modernize” the approach to trade integration that deepens economic efficiences but protects workers and favors “friendshoring” -- where supply chains are made up of “trusted” countries.

Potentially revamp the governance of the International Monetary Fund “to ensure that it reflects both the current global economy and also members’ commitments to the IMF’s underlying principles and objectives.”

“Revisit our strategies, policies, and institutions to better mobilize capital in support of people in developing countries,” where funding needs are seen in the trillions of dollars, not billions. Private capital can be better mobilized, in a world so “awash” with savings that interest rates have been dropping for decades Yellen also said she’ll convene a meeting of top international financial officials next week to address a global food-security crisis stemming from record prices for agricultural goods in the wake of Russia’s Ukraine invasion.

The Treasury chief didn’t pledge any specific new U.S.-led financial assistance commitments or trade negotiations.

That would require the backing of Congress, amid an increasing focus on reducing fiscal deficits while expanding defense

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Janet Yellen, U.S. Treasury secretary, speaks during an event at the Atlantic Council in Washington, D.C., on April 13, 2022.

spending.

The Biden administration has consistently spoken about confronting the challenge of a rising China, and demonstrating that democracies can follow through on grand economic and social visions -- as Chinese President Xi Jinping extolls an alternative, authoritarian model.

China’s stance on Ukraine is “objective and just,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said Thursday at a regular press briefing in Beijing, adding the nation has supported peace talks and provided aid. Xi’s government opposed any “smearing of China’s position,” he said.

Yellen’s speech marked another attempt to show renewed American leadership on the international stage, said Martin Muhleisen, a former director of the IMF’s strategy, policy and review department. The push would likely be welcome, but other governments may also be wary about how long such leadership might last, he said.

“The United States will need to reassure its partners that its policies will remain constant even after the fall elections and the presidential elections” in 2024, Muhleisen said.

While the European Union, Japan, Australia and others have aligned with the U.S. in joining sanctions against Russia for its Ukraine invasion, key nations have remained largely neutral -- including India. Indonesia, the world’s fourth most-populous nation, said in late March it planned to invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to a Group of 20 summit later this year.

Yellen defended the U.S.-led sanctions, and rebutted any

criticism that the efforts led by Washington to isolate Russia from the dollar-based global financial system were “motivated by any one country’s foreignpolicy objectives.”

Russia “predestined an exit from the global financial system” when it decided to invade Ukraine, she said.

As for China, Yellen said, “it will be increasingly difficult to separate economic issues from broader considerations of national interest, including national security. The world’s attitude towards China and its willingness to embrace further economic integration may well be affected by China’s reaction to our call for resolute action on Russia.”

Former IMF board member Douglas Rediker, who is also founder of political-consultancy firm International Capital Strategies, said the language on China and on national economic-security considerations “was a huge evolution on the part of Treasury.”

The remarks come a week before the annual spring gathering of global finance chiefs in Washington for meetings hosted by the IMF and World Bank — known as the Bretton Woods institutions, set up in the 1940s to help build a stable global economy after World War II. Yellen’s timing was deliberate, not only because of the coming meetings, but also for her proposal to modernize the international financial institutions so they are better able to respond to modern global crises.

“The new Bretton Woods won’t be built overnight,” said Lipsky. “But I think she was

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EASTER VALATIE — Roman Catholic Community of Northern Columbia County announces the Holy Week schedule. For information, www.CCNCCParishes.org.

Holy Triduum: April 16 8 p.m. St. Joseph Church, Stuyvesant Falls Bilingual/Bilingue.

Easter Vigil – Reservations Required/Se Requiren Reservaciones Easter Sunday: April 17 7:30 a.m. St. John the Baptist, Valatie; 9:15 a.m. St. James Church, Stuyvesant Falls; 11 a.m. St. Joseph Church, Stuyvesant Falls (English); 12:30 p.m. St. Joseph Church, Stuyvesant Falls (Spanish); 5 p.m. St. Joseph Church, Stottville, new time, all welcome.

KINDERHOOK — The Easter week services at Kinderhook Reformed Church, 21 Broad St., Kinderhook, Easter Sunday, April 17 at 6 a.m. Easter Sunrise Service at North Chatham United Methodist Church, 4274 Route 203, North Chatham. Easter Sunday Service at Kinderhook Reformed Church at 9:30 a.m. For information, call 518-758-6401.

CLAVERACK — The Reformed Dutch Church in Claverack, 88 Route 9H, Claverack, announces the Holy Week schedule. Easter Sunday Service will be at 9:30 a.m. April 17. Everyone is welcome to a coffee hour which follows each morning service. The traditional Hot Cross Buns are served on Easter Sunday.

The Lenten Offering boxes distributed in March at the beginning of Lent will be collected on Easter Sunday. Proceeds from the boxes will go to Ukrainian Relief. Anyone who would like to help in the aid to Ukrainian refugees may make a check out to the Reformed Dutch Church of Claverack, earmark the check for Ukrainian Relief, and send it to Drawer K, Claverack, New York 12513.

For information, call 518-8513811.

VALATIE — The Tri-County Lutheran announces the Holy Week schedule.

Easter Vigil, April 16, 6 p.m. at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, 1010 Kinderhook St., Valatie.

Gather on the north side of the church around the fire.

Easter Sunday, April 17, 8:30 a.m. Emanuel Lutheran,

1723 Route 9, Stuyvesant Falls; 9 a.m. Trinity Lutheran, 68 Green Ave., Castleton; 9 a.m.

Zion Lutheran, 102 North Washington St., Athens; 9:30 a.m. Christ Our Emmanuel Lutheran, 19 Park Row, Chatham; 10:30 a.m. St. Luke’s Lutheran, 1010 Kinderhook St., Valatie; 11 a.m. Emanuel/St. John’s Lutheran, 20 South Sixth St., Hudson; 11 a.m. St. Paul’s Lutheran, 96 Oak Hill Road, Oak Hill; 11 a.m. St. Stephen’s Lutheran, 751 County Route 7, East Schodack.

NORTH CHATHAM — The North Chatham United Methodist Church will be having an Easter Egg hunt beginning at 9 a.m. April 16. Kids 12 and younger are welcome to join.

On Easter Sunday we will be having a SonRise Service at 6:30 a.m. and regular worship at 11 a.m. Our weekly in-person worship services are also available on Zoom. The Zoom login information is at northchathammethodistchurch. org. For information on North Chatham United Methodist Church, call 518-766-3535 or visit the website.

FIRST REFORMED CHURCH OF ATHENS ATHENS —The First Reformed Church of Athens, 16 North Church St., Athens, worships at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. All are welcome to join us. Communion is celebrated the first Sunday of each month. Senior Choir rehearsal is at 6:30 p.m. each Wednesdays. We ask that singers are vaccinated.

Hudson River Bells rehearsal is at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays.

Masks are worn during rehearsal.

For information, call the church at 518-945-1801.

LIVING FAITH COMMUNITY CHURCH MAPLECREST — Living Faith Community Church, 54 Route 56, Maplecrest, welcomes locals and visitors to worship together at 10:30 a.m.

Sunday. Adult Bible Study meets before service at 9:30 a.m. Fellowship meal follows service on the second Sunday of each month. For information, call 518-734-4275.

FIRST REFORMED CHURCH OF COXSACKIE COXSACKIE — The First Reformed Church of Coxsackie, 285 Mansion St., Coxsackie, worships at 9:30 a.m. Sunday.

All are welcome. Communion is celebrated the first Sunday of each month. Sunday School is available during the worship service time. Free Food Fridays provide a meal for anyone at 6 p.m. on the third Friday of each month; www.

firstreformecoxsackie.com.

SOUP KITCHEN OPEN CATSKILL — The Camp Grace Inc. Soup Kitchen, located at the First Reformed Church of Catskill, 310 Main St., Catskill, is open noon-1 p.m. Tuesday through Friday.

For information, call Director Lamont Taylor at 518-2497009.

EMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH STUYVESANT FALLS — Emanuel Lutheran Church is located at the junction of US Route 9 and County Route 46 in Stuyvesant Falls. Church services are at 8:30 a.m. Sunday and all are welcome and invited.

ST. MARK’S SECOND EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH HUDSON — St. Mark’s Second Evangelical Lutheran Church, 8 Storm Ave., Hudson, worships 9:30 a.m. Sunday. Communion is celebrated on the first Sunday of every month with Pastor Stan Webster. Child care is offered during the service and Sunday school after the service ends.

Easter Sunday at 9:30 a.m. For information, call the Church office at 518-828-9514.

ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN CHURCH STUYVESANT — St. John’s Lutheran Church, 159 Route 26A, Stuyvesant, has in-person and live online worship services at 10:15 a.m. Sunday.

Sunday School is at 9 a.m. for children 3 and older. Face masks and social distancing is required at this time. The live broadcasts are on www.facebook.com/St-Johns-Lutheran.

CHRIST CHURCH EPISCOPAL HUDSON — Christ Church Episcopal, 431 Union St., Hudson, worships at 9 a.m. Sundays in person and online.

Masks are not required. Live broadcast on Facebook.com/ ChristChurchEpiscopalHudson, or christchurchepiscopalhudson.org.

Midweek Eucharist Wednesdays 12:15 p.m. in the church; join us for a quiet and uplifting service with anointing and prayers.

Easter Vigil Saturday 8 p.m.

April 16; Easter Sunday 9 a.m.

April 17.

For information call 518828-1329 or email christchurch1802@gmail.com.

SAINT PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH KINDERHOOK — St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 8 Sylvester St., Kinderhook, Holy Communion in person at 8 and 10 a.m. Sundays. Face masks and distancing required regardless of vaccination status. For information and news, www. saintpaulskinderhook.org/

or follow us on Facebook.

Subscribe to our newsletter: http://eepurl.com/cG4YSv; 518-758-6271 or saintpaulskinderhook@gmail.com.

Office open 1:30-4:30 p.m.

Tuesday-Thursday and by appointment.

KINDERHOOK REFORMED CHURCH KINDERHOOK — The Kinderhook Reformed Church, 21 Broad St., Kinderhook, will have in person and live online Sunday worship include Sunday 8:45 a.m. prayer group 1; 9:30 a.m. worship and youth Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. coffee hour; and 11 a.m. prayer group 2. Weekly Bible studies available. Live broadcast on http://www.youtube. com/channel/UCCTUNikeMHshkf-mqhM-NxCw or www.facebook.com/KinderhookReformedChurch. For information, call 518-7586401 or kinderhookreformedchurch.com.

CLAVERACK REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH CLAVERACK — The Reformed Dutch Church, 88 Route 9H, Claverack, worships at 9:30 a.m. Sundays in the sanctuary. For information, call 518-851-3811.

GHENT REFORMED CHURCH WEST GHENT — The Ghent Reformed Church, 1039 County Route 22, West Ghent, worships at 9 a.m. Sundays. Sunday School begins at 10:15 a.m. Sunday for pre-school to middle school aged children.

In accordance with the New York state mandate, masks will be required. Cleaning is as diligent as always. Coffee time follows worship.

REFORMED CHURCH OF GERMANTOWN/MT. PLEASANT REFORMED CHURCH GERMANTOWN — The congregations of the Reformed Church of Germantown, 20 Church Ave., Germantown and the Mt. Pleasant Reformed Church, 33 Church Road, Hudson. The Germantown congregation meets at 9 a.m. and the service at Mt. Pleasant begins at 10:30 a.m. A weekly Bible Study on the book of Revelation meets at the Germantown Church Office at 7 p.m.

Wednesdays.

TRI COUNTY LUTHERAN PARISH VALATIE — The following is the worship schedule for the Tri County Lutheran Parish.

Visit TCLParish.org website for weekly Zoom worship schedule and link.

Columbia County: Emanual Lutheran Church, 506 County Road 46, Stuyvesant Falls, worships at 8:30 a.m. Sunday. St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, 1010

Kinderhook St., Valatie, worships at 10:30 a.m. Sunday with Sunday School also at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday. Emanuel/St. John’s Lutheran Church, 20 South Sixth St., Hudson, worships at 11 a.m. Sunday.

Greene County: Zion Lutheran Church, 102 North Washington St., Athens, worships at 9 a.m. Sunday. St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, State Route 81, Oak Hill, worships at 11 a.m. Sunday.

Rensselaer County: Trinity Lutheran Church, 68 Green Ave., Castleton, worships at 9 a.m. Sunday. St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church, 751 County Route 7, East Schodack, worships at 11 a.m. Sunday.

GRACE BIBLE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH RHINEBECK — Grace Bible Fellowship Church, 6959 Route 9, Rhinebeck, worships at 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday. Sunday School for all ages meets at 9:30 a.m. Women’s bible study and Grace Bible Institute meets at 7 p.m. Mondays. Mid-week prayer meeting is at 7 p.m. Wednesdays.

For information, call 845-8766923 or cdfcirone@aol.com.

LUTHERAN PARISH OF SOUTHERN COLUMBIA COUNTY GERMANTOWN — Lutheran Parish of Southern Columbia County has updated its worship schedule. In-person worship has resumed by prayerful discernment of the Church Councils. St. John’s in Manorton, Elizaville, 9 a.m.

April, June and August; Christ Church in Viewmont, Germantown, 9 a.m. May and July; St. Thomas in Churchtown at 11 a.m. Communion celebrated on first Sundays and Holy Days.

ST. JOHN’S REFORMED CHURCH RED HOOK — St. John’s Reformed Church, 126 Old Post Road North, Red Hook, worships at 10 a.m. Sundays in person and via Zoom. Worship services can be viewed after the service on YouTube.com at “St. John’s in Red Hook.”

Social distancing and hand sanitizing encouraged. Masks are not required. Children are dismissed to Sunday School after the Children’s Message.

Communion is celebrated the first Sunday of the month.

All are welcome. Bible Study meets Tuesdays at 10:15 a.m. in the fellowship hall. For more information, call the Church Office at 845-758-1184, email <office@stjohnsreformed. org>, check out St. John’s website www.stjohnsreformed.org or follow us on Facebook.

SHABBAT SERVICE GUEST SPEAKER GREENPORT — Congregation Anshe Emeth, 240 Joslen

Blvd., Greenport, the regular Shabbat Service will be held at 7 p.m. April 29. It will include a special guest speaker, Robert W. Linville, who will be appearing in conjunction with Holocaust Remembrance Day. Linville was educated at Haverford College and later graduated from Columbia University. He was Counsel to UNDP economic development missions in Ghana and Kyrgyzstan. From 1998 to 2013 Linville was a private attorney in general practice in New York and Massachusetts.

In addition, during those years he was the public defender in Columbia County managing a legal office of eight attorneys and four support staff. Following the Shabbat Service, Linville will be remembering his late father who was assigned by the United States Treasury Department to track down and locate stolen Nazi assets following World War II.

LIFE IN THE SPIRIT SEMINAR GUILDERLAND — The Catholic Charismatic Renewal announces ”Life in the Spirit” seminar to be held 6-9 p.m.

May 6; 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. May 7; 6-9 p.m. May 20 and 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. May 21 at Christ the King Church, Guilderland.

Pre-registration is necessary by going to WWW.AlbanyCCR. org. For information, email infor.dsc.albany@gmail.com.

YARD SALE AND BAKE SALE SAUGERTIES — The Katsbaan Ladies Aid Society will hold a Yard Sale & Bake Sale 9 a.m.-3 p.m. April 29 and April 30, rain or shine, in the Katsbaan Reformed Church Hall, 1801 Old Kings Highway, Saugerties. Tables full of household items, books, toys, games, jewelry, etc. and delicious homemade baked goods. Visit church website at http://www. katsbaanchurch.org.

CONCERT KINGSTON — Internationally acclaimed Tibetan singersongwriter Yungchen Lhamo will perform a Benefit Concert for the One Drop of Kindness Foundation 2-3:30 p.m. April 23 at the Old Dutch Church, 272 Wall St., Kingston. Preordered tickets are $12.50 at www.eventbrite.com/e/onedrop-of-kindness-benefitconcert-tickets-293864967027 or $15 at the door.

TREASURE & TRIFLE SALE CHATHAM — St. James Parish, 129 Hudson Ave., Chatham, Treasure & Trifle sale will be held 9 a.m.-3 p.m. April 30 and May 7 and 10:30 a.m.1 p.m. May 1 in the basement.

This sale is to benefit a community in Haiti.

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News & Services Catholic Community of Saint Patrick

New Baltimore Reformed Church

Church of Saint Patrick 21 Main Street, Ravena, NY 12143 • (518) 756-3145 https://churchofsaintpatrick.wixsite.com/church-ravena

24 North Washington Street, Athens 12015 · 943-3150 66 William Street, Catskill 12414 · 943-3150

518 756 8764 • Rt. 144 and Church St. NBRChurch@aol.com • www.nbrchurch.org

Rev. Rick L. Behan, Pastor

Fr. Joseph O’Brien, Parochial Vicar

Sunday Worship - 9:30 AM Communion First Sunday every month Fellowship before and after worship Thursday - Choir Rehearsal 4:45 PM Tuesday - Bible Study 10:00 AM 2nd Sunday - Helping Hands 10:30 AM

Weekend Masses: Saturday Vigil 4:30 p.m. Sunday 9:30 a.m. (also St. Patrick’s YouTube channel or Mid-Hudson 901) Weekday Mass: Tuesday 8:30 a.m.

Also Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 8:30-9 a.m. Wed, Thurs Food Pantry Hours: Tues & Fri 10–11 a.m. and Wed 6–7 p.m.

Thrift Shop Hours: Thurs 1 – 3 p.m. Sat from 9 a.m. – Noon

Come to the Church in the Hamlet! Working together since 1833

You Are Welcome Here!

Janine O’Leary, Parish Life Coordinator Fr. Michael Melanson, Parochial Vicar Saturday* 4:00 p.m. *1st / 3rd Athens and 2nd / 4th Catskill Sunday 8:45 a.m. Catskill / 10:45 a.m. Athens

All Are Welcome!

St. Mary’s Church 80 Mansion Street, Coxsackie, NY 12051 (518) 731-8800 • stmaryscoxsackie.com

Fr. Joseph O’Brien, Parochial Vicar Weekend Masses: Sunday 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.

11:30 a.m. Mass is livestreamed at St. Mary’s YouTube Channel Weekday Mass: Wednesday 8 a.m.

Also Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 8-8:30 a.m. Mon & Tues

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3,500 jobs because not everybody lists their jobs in those ways,” he said. “Sometimes you’ll just go to a diner and see a help wanted sign. So there’s those jobs out there that are word of mouth. I don’t think that number if we did it again would be significantly different.”

Chris Nardone, director of Columbia-Greene Workforce NY, which is located on the Columbia-Greene Community College campus in Greenport, said the career center is training potential employees on the skills that could get unemployed workers back into the job force.

“One of the big things that we’ve been doing lately is

working with Columbia County ReEntry that serves the formerly incarcerated,” he said Friday.

“We help them get the skills they need to get back into the workforce. We also work with the local disability providers to help them train the people that they support. The real problem is just the lack of availability of bodies in the labor market right now.

So we’ve been trying to identify every possible demographic that could potentially come up and fill some of these entry-level positions, because that’s where there’s a real desperate need right now.”

Friedman said the larger employers in the county are seeking to fill multiple positions from a limited number of available workers.

“Every single place I go to practically is looking for at least

one person if not multiple people,” he said. “Our large employers in the area are looking for multiple people. Our big box stores like Walmart and Home Depot or our supermarkets all have numerous job openings.

The hospital (Columbia Memorial Health), their network had over 200 job openings as of several months ago. That goes from starter positions to skilled professional positions.”

Localized March job numbers have yet to be released for Greene and Columbia counties.

“I would expect the local numbers to be similar, if not lower to what they were in February,” Friedman said. “In Greene County, 100 more people going on unemployment can swing it by several percentage points. I believe we’re under 900 people on unemployment,

so there’s not a massive crowd of people out there on unemployment. There’s a natural churn in the marketplace with people either fired or leaving jobs or people get jobs. We’re pretty much at the bottom now (of unemployment numbers).”

With fewer than 1,000 available workers in the county and more than 3,000 jobs available, the squeeze could be felt in sectors across the board.

“We’re not alone in this,” Friedman said. “Greene and Columbia counties are very similar and this is also true of every county in upstate New York. It’s probably true of every rural or suburban-rural county in the country. I talk to counterparts from other places and we’re all in the same boat, especially since there’s been a population migration to urban

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historically been underfunded, Schumer said. Columbia County, he said, has terrific waterfronts in many of the towns but access to them is limited because of the lack of boat ramps, boardwalks and other outdoor facilities.

“The bill creates a $150 million grant program each year for outdoor recreation infrastructure, through the EDA (Economic Development Administration),” Schumer said.

Money for planning will go to small towns and villages to help with items such as marketing, branding, business development, fundraising and tourism management. Schumer said the legislation would provide $25 million over five years for planning grants to communities to create recreation economy plans, and $12.5 million over five years for university partnerships to promote research, education and technical assistance to local stakeholders and businesses. “A lot of our villages have great ideas,

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Sen. Chuck Schumer visited the Empire State Trail Rothermel Park Trailhead in Kinderhook on Thursday to discuss outdoor recreation funding.

but you know you can’t just have a great idea,” Schumer said. “You need to plan it, you need to hire an engineer, an architect, a planner to do it.”

Business assistance will help recreation-related businesses such as

outdoor gear and equipment rentals, shuttles, guides and outfitters in addition to hotels, restaurants and retail, Schumer said. The legislation would invest $62.5 million for the recreational economies of rural communities.

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A help wanted sign on the window of Oak Pizzeria Napoletana in Hudson.

environments.”

Friedman said that Greene could be facing shortages of workers to handle the upcoming influx of summer tourists

“This bill is, of course, about the outdoors,” Schumer said. “Connecting with nature, getting exercise, staying healthy, enjoying the beauty of the globe. But it’s also about a four-letter word — J-O-B-S jobs.”

This type of activity brings people into the towns and villages and helps create jobs, Schumer said.

“We’re very supportive of the senator being here and choosing Kinderhook to introduce his legislation,” Kinderhook Village Mayor Mike Abrams said. “We are fully behind it and we think it would be a great thing.”

The positive to come out of the pandemic has been people discovering the beauty of this area, Schumer said. Outdoor Magazine ranked the Empire State Trail the best rail trail in America last month.

“What was No. 1? Was it Yellowstone?” Schumer asked the crowd of about 30 people. “Was it Moab Canyon? It was right here. Here it is folks. The 25 best rail trails in the United States. No. 1: Empire State Trail.”

The trail attracts thousands of people to the county and to small towns such as Kinderhook every year, Schumer said.

visiting the region’s resorts.

The Greene County Chamber of Commerce official said the job market is fruitful now for anyone seeking employment.

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fixing them,” Evans said Friday. “They usually have them fixed in an hour or two. Unfortunately we get a rash of them at times, especially in the spring when the frost comes out of the ground. So this is really kind of commonplace, unfortunately. We get a series of them usually.

So hopefully that’s it for this spring, but you never know.”

While Evans noted on Thursday that water service on Bailey Street had to be turned off because the water main break would not allow the village to sustain service with the amount of water loss occurring, village road crews try to fix breaks without halting water service.

“Most of the time we will try to leave the water on and they fix it on the fly, so to speak,” Evans said. “So if they dig down and get the pipes exposed and it’s just a small hole, they can fix it without actually turning the water off. So we usually put out an alert that will say, ‘Your water may be turned off,’ but it doesn’t mean it’s always going to be turned off.

It just depends on what they find when they start working.”

Twitter adopts ‘poison pill’ to ward off Musk takeover Sarah Frier Bloomberg

Twitter adopted a measure that would shield it from hostile acquisition bids, taking steps to thwart billionaire Elon Musk’s unwelcome offer to take the company private and make it a bastion of free speech.

The board set up a shareholder rights plan, exercisable if a party acquires 15% of the stock without prior approval, lasting for one year only. The plan seeks to ensure that anyone taking control of Twitter through open market accumulation pays all shareholders an appropriate control premium, according to a statement Friday.

Twitter enacted the plan to buy time, according to a person familiar with the matter. The board wants to be able to analyze and negotiate any deal, and may still accept it.

“The Rights Plan does not prevent the Board from engaging with parties or accepting an acquisition proposal if the Board believes that it is in the

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Twitter headquarters in San Francisco on July 16, 2020.

best interests of Twitter and its shareholders,” the company said.

The Tesla chief executive officer on Thursday offered $54.20 a share in cash for Twitter, valuing the social media company at $43 billion. Musk, who said it was his “best and final” offer, had already accrued a stake of more than 9% in Twitter since earlier this year. Twitter’s board met Thursday to review Musk’s

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Under Twitter’s plan, each right will entitle its holder to purchase, at the then-current exercise price, additional shares of common stock having a thencurrent market value of twice the exercise price of the right.

Included in Musk’s securities filing disclosing the bid Thursday morning was a script of text he sent to the company. In it he said, “it’s a high price and your shareholders will love it.”

At least one prominent investor, though, said the offer was too low and the market reaction appeared to agree. Saudi Arabia’s Prince Alwaleed bin Talal said the deal doesn’t “come

close to the intrinsic value” of the popular social media platform.

Speaking later Thursday at a TED conference, Musk said he wasn’t sure he “will actually be able to acquire it.” He added that his intent was to also retain “as many shareholders as is allowed by the law,” rather than keeping sole ownership of the company himself.

Twitter shares dropped 1.7% in New York on Thursday, reflecting the market’s view that the deal is likely to be rejected or to fall through. The Wall Street Journal earlier reported the San Francisco-based company was

considering a poison pill defense.

Musk first disclosed his Twitter stake on April 4, making him the largest individual investor.

At the TED conference, he indicated that he has a Plan B if Twitter’s board rejects his offer.

He declined to elaborate. But in his filing earlier in the day, he said he would rethink his investment if the bid failed.

“If the deal doesn’t work, given that I don’t have confidence in management nor do I believe I can drive the necessary change in the public market, I would need to reconsider my position as a shareholder,” said Musk.

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Hudson’s Hunter DeGraff connects with a pitch during Thursday’s Patroon Conference baseball game against Coxsackie-Athens.

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Hudson starting pitcher Ashton Hotaling throws during Thursday’s Patroon Conference baseball game against Coxsackie-Athens.

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HUDSON — The Hudson Bluehawks defeated the Coxsackie-Athens Riverhawks 8-7 in Thursday afternoon’s Patroon Conference baseball match-up.

The Riverhawks trailed 8-3 in the top of the seventh and scored four runs to cut the lead to 8-7. However Isaiah Maines came in to close the door for the Bluehawks and stranded the tying run on third, striking out Brayden Conrad for the final out.

Ashton Hotaling started the game on the

mound for Hudson and gave up a leadoff double to Sean Scott of Coxsackie-Athens.

Sam Mozzillo popped out to shortstop for the first out as the Riverhawks looked to put a run on the scoreboard early. However, Dillon Hynes flew out to center on a hitand-run and Scott was doubled off on the throw back to second base and the inning was over.

Andrew Sager took the ball for the Riverhawks in the bottom of the first, and Isaiah Maines started the inning with a base hit.

After a shallow fly out by Connor Tomaso,

Yankees’ Montgomery not expected to miss next start Kristie Ackert New York Daily News

Jordan Montgomery said he felt no soreness or stiffness in his left knee when he threw his bullpen Wednesday, so the Yankees lefthander is expecting to make his scheduled start Friday in Baltimore.

“Feeling good, getting better every day,” Montgomery said before Thursday night’s series finale against the Blue Jays at the Stadium.

“Pitching I feel nothing.

So it’s a blessing.”

Montgomery was hit in the back/side of his left knee in Sunday night’s loss to the Red Sox. “It’s like a pitcher’s nightmare, but honestly, I’d rather be in my leg than above the hips,” Montgomery said with a laugh.

“I got hit last year against the Astros, I got hit against the Pirates, and they should just call me a pinata,” he continued. “I’ve had worse (like in) Houston last year.”

Still, the knee was swollen and that caused some stiffness, so the Yankees sent him for an MRI and CT scan.

“They just wanted to kind of check on everything and stuff like that.

I think Charlie Morton got hit (last year in the

playoffs) and then ended up breaking his leg.

Yeah, kind of just make sure that didn’t happen,” Montgomery said.

Montgomery got hit in the first inning, but managed to stay in the game and complete 3.1 innings. He allowed three earned runs on four hits. He walked one and struck out four.

WELCOME TO THE SHOW JP Sears’ girlfriend and parents had been waiting for nearly a week. The young lefty had them in New York since Opening Day, hoping they would be able to share in the moment when he made his major league debut.

Wednesday night, Sears made it worth the wait.

He went out and pitched a perfect inning, striking out Blue Jays center fielder George Springer in his big league debut.

“It was the last night my girlfriend was able to be here before she had to go to work today so that was great,” Sears said. “And then obviously it’s just better to have a debut in Yankee Stadium.”

Sears was invited to big league spring training after a pretty See YANKEES B6

Maines stole second but was picked off and tagged out in the ensuing rundown trying to take third. Jordan Moon worked a two out walk, stole second base, and came around to score on an RBI single from Hunter Degraff to give Hudson a 1-0 lead.

The Riverhawks had the bases loaded with nobody out in the top of the second as Michael O’Connor came up and struck out for out number one. Berno Carey hit a foul pop that Maines tracked and made a See MAINES B3

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Coxsackie-Athens pitcher Andrew Sager throws during Thursday’s Patroon Conference baseball game against Hudson.

How Alex Cohen’s humble upbringing and life-altering illness drive her to help others Deesha Thosar New York Daily News

NEW YORK — Fifteen years ago, Alex Cohen knew something was wrong. Always smiling and upbeat, she was used to being on her feet all day, hardly ever slowing down or pacing herself. Now, her foot constantly hurt, she experienced memory loss and fatigue, and other neurological issues. At times, Cohen couldn’t get out of bed or remember where she lived. Simple tasks such as driving by herself became terrifying.

Alex’s husband, hedge-fund billionaire Steve Cohen, a confident money manager and usually unflappable, grew more worried about his wife as her condition became more stressful. Doctor after doctor, expert after expert, was unable to pinpoint a root cause. Multiple times, she was misdiagnosed. Motherhood made no room for her limitations. No matter how much See COHEN B5

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New York Mets owner Steve Cohen (right) and his wife Alex watch the seventh inning of an opening day game against the Miami Marlins at Citi Field on April 8, 2021.

Will Simmons be ready for Nets’ first-round series?

Kristian Winfield New York Daily News

Once again, Nets head coach Steve Nash said injured star Ben Simmons is still a ways away from making his season debut.

And once again, a series of reputable reports suggest otherwise.

Quite frankly, no one knows what to believe as it pertains to Simmons, the 25-year-old Australian All-Star forward who has been recovering from a herniated disk in his lower back. Simmons was still limited to only individual rehab work at Thursday’s practice at Brooklyn’s HSS Training Facility.

“He’s still not working with the group, so to speak,” Nash said after practice. “He’s with the group, watching, observing, taking everything in, but his physical plan is still

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Brooklyn Nets guard Ben Simmons (10) takes warmups prior to the game against the Indiana Pacers at Barclays Center on April 10.

individual.”

Nets veteran guard Goran Dragic arrived at Nets practice early on Thursday and said Simmons was not at the facility while the team played pickup and practiced.

That makes it near impossible to believe Simmons could be ready to take the floor in 11 days, which is the timeline The Athletic’s Shams Charania provided on Thursday, and even more impossible to

believe that Simmons could ramp-up to playing five-onfive basketball by the end of next week, which is what ESPN’s Brian Windhorst reported Thursday morning on “Get Up.” Both Windhorst and Charania are now reporting Simmons can make his Nets debut at some point after Game 3 of the Nets’ upcoming firstround playoff series against the Boston Celtics. Charania gave a specific window between Games 4 and 6 of the series, which would be sometime between April 25 and 29.

“For seven, eight weeks now, I’ve heard nothing but pessimism on the Ben Simmons front, and that has switched dramatically in the last few days,” Windhorst said on ESPN Thursday morning.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE East W L Pct GB N.Y. Yankees 4 3 .500 — Tampa Bay 4 3 .571 — Toronto 4 3 .571 — Boston 3 3 .500 0.5 Baltimore 1 5 .167 2.5 Central W L Pct GB Chicago White Sox 4 2 .667 — Cleveland 4 2 .667 — Detroit 3 4 .429 1.5 Kansas City 2 4 .333 2.0 Minnesota 2 4 .333 2.0 West W L Pct GB Houston 4 2 .667 — Oakland 4 3 .571 .5 L.A. Angels 3 3 .500 1.0 Seattle 3 4 .429 1.5 Texas 1 4 .200 2.5 Wednesday’s games Boston 9, Detroit 7 Oakland 4, Tampa Bay 2 Toronto 6, N.Y. Yankees 4 Chicago White Sox 6, Seattle 4 Thursday’s games Oakland 6, Tampa Bay 3 Seattle 5, Chicago White Sox 1 Detroit 4, Kansas City 2 N.Y. Yankees 3, Toronto 0 L.A. Angels at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Friday’s games Minnesota (Ryan 0-1) at Boston (Pivetta 0-1), 2:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (TBD) at Baltimore (Lyles 0-1), 7:05 p.m.

Oakland (Jefferies 1-0) at Toronto (TBD), 7:07 p.m.

Tampa Bay (TBD) at Chicago White Sox (Cease 1-0), 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Detmers 0-0) at Texas (TBD), 8:05 p.m.

Detroit (Skubal 0-1) at Kansas City (TBD), 8:10 p.m.

Houston (Odorizzi 0-0) at Seattle (TBD), 9:42 p.m.

Saturday’s games Tampa Bay at Chicago White Sox, 2:10 p.m.

Oakland at Toronto, 3:07 p.m.

Detroit at Kansas City, 4:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Boston, 4:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Texas, 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Houston at Seattle, 9:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE East W L Pct GB N.Y. Mets 5 2 .714 — Philadelphia 3 4 .429 2.0 Atlanta 3 5 .375 2.5 Washington 3 5 .375 2.5 Miami 2 4 .333 2.5 Central W L Pct GB Chicago Cubs 3 2 .600 — St. Louis 3 2 .600 — Milwaukee 4 3 .571 — Pittsburgh 3 3 .500 .5 Cincinnati 2 4 .333 1.5 West W L Pct GB Colorado 4 1 .800 — San Francisco 4 2 .667 .5 San Diego 5 3 .625 .5 L.A. Dodgers 3 2 .600 1.0 Arizona 2 4 .333 2.5 Wednesday’s games Washington 3, Atlanta 1 Pittsburgh 6, Chicago Cubs 2 N.Y. Mets 9, Philadelphia 6 San Francisco 2, San Diego 1 Thursday’s games Milwaukee 5, St. Louis 1 Pittsburgh 9, Washington 4 Miami 4, Philadelphia 3 San Diego 12, Atlanta 1 Chicago Cubs at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

Cincinnati at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

Friday’s games Arizona (Davies 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (Bassitt 1-0), 1:10 p.m.

Washington (Fedde 0-0) at Pittsburgh (Keller 0-1), 6:35 p.m.

Philadelphia (Eflin 0-0) at Miami (Lopez 0-0), 6:40 p.m.

St. Louis (Mikolas 0-0) at Milwaukee (Peralta 0-0), 8:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Stroman 0-0) at Colorado (Marquez 0-0), 8:40 p.m.

Atlanta (Wright 1-0) at San Diego (TBD), 9:40 p.m.

Cincinnati (Gutierrez 0-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Gonsolin 0-0), 10:10 p.m.

Saturday’s games Arizona at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m.

Atlanta at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.

Philadelphia at Miami, 6:10 p.m.

Washington at Pittsburgh, 6:35 p.m.

St. Louis at Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Colorado, 8:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

INTERLEAGUE Wednesday’s games Cleveland 7, Cincinnati 3 L.A. Dodgers 7, Minnesota 0 Kansas City at St. Louis, ppd.

Arizona 3, Houston 2, 10 innings Milwaukee 4, Baltimore 2 Friday’s game San Francisco (Rodon 0-0) at Cleveland (Plesac 0-0), 7:10 p.m.

Saturday’s game San Francisco at Cleveland, 6:10 p.m.

Pro basketball NBA PLAYOFFS PLAY-IN FIRST ROUND Tuesday Eastern Conference Brooklyn 115, Cleveland 108 Western Conference Minnesota 109, L.A. Clippers 104 Wednesday Eastern Conference Atlanta 132, Charlotte 103 Western Conference New Orleans 113, San Antonio 103 PLAY-IN SECOND ROUND Today Eastern Conference Atlanta at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m., ESPN Western Conference New Orleans at L.A. Clippers, 10 p.m., TNT

NHL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OT SO Pts Florida 73 52 15 2 4 110 Toronto 74 48 20 5 1 102 Tampa Bay 74 45 21 3 5 98 Boston 74 45 24 3 2 95 Detroit 74 29 35 8 2 68 Buffalo 76 27 38 8 3 65 Ottawa 74 28 40 4 2 62 Montreal 74 20 43 9 2 51 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT SO Pts Carolina 75 48 19 6 2 104 N.Y. Rangers 75 48 21 3 3 102 Pittsburgh 76 43 22 4 7 97 Washington 74 41 23 8 2 92 N.Y. Islanders 73 34 30 3 6 77 Columbus 74 35 33 4 2 76 New Jersey 73 26 41 2 4 58 Philadelphia 74 23 40 7 4 57 Western Conference Central Division GP W L OT SO Pts Colorado 73 53 14 5 1 112 Minnesota 73 46 21 2 4 98 St. Louis 74 44 20 7 3 98 Nashville 74 42 27 3 2 89 Dallas 74 42 27 3 2 89 Winnipeg 74 35 28 7 4 81 Chicago 73 24 38 9 2 59 Arizona 73 22 46 1 4 49 Pacific Division GP W L OT SO Pts Calgary 73 45 19 8 1 99 Edmonton 75 43 26 5 1 92 Los Angeles 76 39 27 6 4 88 Vegas 74 40 29 4 1 85 Vancouver 74 36 28 7 3 82 Anaheim 76 29 33 9 5 72 San Jose 72 29 33 8 2 68 Seattle 73 23 44 5 1 52 Wednesday’s games N.Y. Rangers 4, Philadelphia 0 Columbus 5, Montreal 1 Colorado 9, Los Angeles 3 Thursday’s games Ottawa 3, Boston 2 St. Louis 6, Buffalo 2 Toronto 7, Washington 3 Tampa Bay 4, Anaheim 3, OT Pittsburgh 6, N.Y. Islanders 3 Detroit 3, Carolina 0 Edmonton 4, Nashville 0 Minnesota 3, Dallas 2, OT San Jose at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

New Jersey at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Vegas at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Arizona at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Today’s games N.Y. Islanders at Montreal, 7 p.m.

Winnipeg at Florida, 7 p.m.

Saturday’s games Chicago at Nashville, 12:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Boston, 12:30 p.m.

Detroit at NY Rangers, 12:30 p.m.

Minnesota at St. Louis, 3 p.m.

Vegas at Edmonton, 4 p.m.

Philadelphia at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Washington at Montreal, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Ottawa, 7 p.m.

Winnipeg at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.

San Jose at Dallas, 8 p.m.

Carolina at Colorado, 9 p.m.

New Jersey at Seattle, 10 p.m.

Arizona at Calgary, 10 p.m.

Columbus at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

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Transactions BASEBALL American League Cleveland Guardians - Signed 3B Jose Ramirez to a seven-year, $141 million contract extension.

Detroit Tigers - Acquired 2B Jamie Westbrook from the Milwaukee Brewers for cash.

Tampa Bay Rays - Optioned RHP Ralph Garza to Durham (IL). Selected the contract of RHP Dusten Knight from Durham (IL). Transferred RP Luis Patino from the 10-day IL to the 60-day IL. National League Cincinnati Reds - Designated RHP Riley O’Brien for assignment. Optioned RHP Daniel Duarte to Louisville (IL). Selected the contract of LHP Nick Lodolo from Louisville (IL). Sent LHP Mike Minor on a rehab assignment to Chattanooga (SL).

Philadelphia Phillies - Activated RHP Corey Knebel from the 10-day IL. Designated LHP Jeff Singer for assignment. Optioned LHP Damon Jones and RHP Connor Brogdon to Lehigh Valley (IL).

San Diego Padres - Recalled RP Pedro Avila from El Paso (PCL).

San Francisco Giants - Activated RHP John Brebbia from the bereavement list. Optioned CF Heliot Ramos to Sacramento (PCL). Optioned RHP Yunior Marte to Sacramento (PCL).

COLLEGE BASKETBALL Arizona - Announced G Bennedict Mathurin will enter the NBA draft.

PRO BASKETBALL National Basketball Association Charlotte Hornets - NBA fined SF Miles Bridges $50,000 for striking a fan with his mouthpiece.

Minnesota Timberwolves - NBA fined PG Patrick Beverley $30,000 for inappropriate statements.

MLB roundup: Freddie Freeman leads Dodgers to home-opening win Field Level Media

Freddie Freeman had two hits and scored a pair of runs, including the go-ahead score in the eighth inning, to help the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 9-3 victory over the visiting Cincinnati Reds on Thursday.

Playing in his first regular-season game at Dodger Stadium since signing a free agent deal with the club in the offseason, Freeman doubled to left-center to lead off the eighth inning. He scored on a single to right by Trea Turner off Reds right-hander Tony Santillan to snap a 3-3 tie.

Three batters after Turner’s go-ahead hit, Will Smith added a three-run home run off Santillan as Los Angeles pulled away with six eighth-inning runs.

Aristides Aquino and Brandon Drury hit home runs for the Reds, and Jonathan India had two hits before leaving in the fifth inning with a right hamstring injury. Cincinnati lost for the fifth time in six games since defeating the World Series champion Atlanta Braves on Opening Day. Padres 12, Braves 1 Manny Machado tied his career high with five hits, capped by a two-run homer, as San Diego opened its home season with a rout of defending World Series champion Atlanta.

Machado went 5-for-6 with four runs and two stolen bases. He flied out to center in the eighth while attempting to tie the Padres record of six hits in a game.

Joe Musgrove (1-0) worked 6 2/3 shutout innings, allowing four hits with no walks and six strikeouts. Ozzie Albies homered leading off the ninth off Pedro Avila for the Braves’ only run.

Brewers 5, Cardinals 1 Brandon Woodruff allowed three hits over five scoreless innings and Omar Narvaez homered and doubled in a run to pace Milwaukee to a home-opening victory over St. Louis.

Woodruff (1-1) struck out two and walked one as the Brewers won their third straight.

Trevor Gott pitched two scoreless innings before Jandel Gustave allowed Tommy Edman’s leadoff homer in the eighth.

The Brewers reached Adam Wainwright (1-1) for four runs over the first three innings.

Wainwright, who pitched six scoreless innings in his first start of the year, allowed four earned runs on eight hits in 4 1/3 innings, striking out seven and walking two.

Marlins 4, Phillies 3 Joey Wendle stroked a go-ahead, two-run double in the fourth inning, helping Miami win its home opener against Philadelphia.

Garrett Cooper slugged a solo homer in the fourth and had a fielding gem in the ninth, and Sandy Alcantara (1-0) was charged with two runs in 6 1/3 innings as the Marlins snapped a three-game losing streak. Alcantara worked around seven hits – including a pair of doubles – and one walk.

Bryce Harper drove in all three runs for the Phillies, who have lost three straight games.

Starter Kyle Gibson (1-1) lasted just 4 2/3 innings, allowing five hits, three walks and four

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Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman (5) hits a single against the Cincinnati Reds during the first inning at Dodger Stadium on Thursday.

runs.

Rangers 10, Angels 5 Jonah Heim, a backup catcher batting in the No. 9 spot, had three hits and a careerhigh five RBIs to propel Texas past Los Angeles in Arlington, Texas.

One of those hits was a grand slam off Angels starter Shohei Ohtani, who gave up six runs in 3 2/3 innings. Heim also had an RBI single off Ohtani (0-2), who allowed six hits and two walks and now has a 7.56 ERA. Corey Seager had two hits, including his first home run as a Ranger, and three RBIs. Max Stassi hit a two-run homer for the Angels, Mike Trout hit a solo shot and Brandon Marsh drove in two runs.

Pirates 9, Nationals 4 Daniel Vogelbach went 4-for-6 with a home run and two RBIs as Pittsburgh won the opener of a four-game series against visiting Washington.

Bryan Reynolds added a two-run homer for Pittsburgh, which battled back from an early 3-0 deficit. Cole Tucker had three of the Pirates’ 14 hits and Kevin Newman hit a tworun double. Rookie reliever Roansy Contreras (1-0) struck out five over three scoreless innings for the win.

Yadiel Hernandez went 3-for-4 and drove in two runs for Washington. Keibert Ruiz had two hits and an RBI, and Josh Bell scored twice.

Athletics 6, Rays 3 Oakland used a strong performance by starter Cole Irvin and a fluke play on offense on its way to a victory over Tampa Bay at St. Petersburg, Fla. With Kevin Smith and Elvis Andrus on base for the Athletics in the second inning, Cristian Pache hit a ball through the infield and into center field. As Randy Arozarena tried to field the ball, he kicked it toward the wall. Smith and Andrus scored with ease and Pache was able to circle the bases.

Irvin (1-1) allowed three runs on five hits in 6 1/3 innings. He exited the game in the seventh inning after Brandon Lowe hit a two-run home run.

Tigers 4, Royals 2 Miguel Cabrera had three hits and scored a run as Detroit defeated host Kansas City in the first game of a four-game series.

Cabrera, who turns 39 on Monday, is now six hits shy of 3,000 in his 20-year career. Joe Jimenez (1-0) earned the win, and Gregory Soto picked up his second save. Jake Brentz (0-2) took the loss.

Kansas City starter Zack Greinke lasted 5 1/3 innings, allowing two runs on five hits.

Detroit’s Casey Mize allowed two runs on six hits in five innings.

Cubs 5, Rockies 2 Frank Schwindel homered and singled, Jonathan Villar, Nick Madrigal and Yan Gomes each added two hits and Chicago beat Colorado in Denver.

Keegan Thompson (1-0) tossed 3 1/3 innings of scoreless relief and Mychal Givens picked up his first save for the Cubs.

Kris Bryant, C.J. Cron, Yonathan Daza and Connor Joe had two hits each for the Rockies.

Mariners 5, White Sox 1 Jarred Kelenic, Cal Raleigh and Mitch Haniger homered, Logan Gilbert pitched five effective innings and Seattle avoided a threegame sweep at the hands of host Chicago.

The Mariners ended their four-game skid and Chicago’s four-game winning streak with a power-packed attack after having hit just five homers in their first six games.

Seattle never trailed, although the White Sox threatened to draw even in the fifth when an error by Raleigh, the catcher, and two singles made it 2-1 and put the potential tying run in scoring position. Jake Burger collected the RBI. But Gilbert (1-0) escaped further damage by striking out Luis Robert.

PRO FOOTBALL National Football League Indianapolis Colts - Signed S Rodney McLeod.

Luis Severino tosses five shutout innings in Yankees’ win

PRO HOCKEY National Hockey League Boston Bruins - Recalled RW Jesper Froden from Providence (AHL).

Calgary Flames - Assigned D Juuso Valimaki to Stockton (AHL).

Columbus Blue Jackets - Assigned D Jake Christiansen to Cleveland (AHL).

Detroit Red Wings - Waived G Magnus Hellberg.

Minnesota Wild - Recalled LW Connor Dewar from Iowa (AHL).

Nashville Predators - Recalled C Cody Glass from Milwaukee (AHL). Signed D Adam Wilsby to a two-year, entry-level contract.

Philadelphia Flyers - Recalled C Tanner Laczynski from Lehigh Valley (AHL), assigned him to Lehigh Valley (AHL). Recalled G Felix Sandstrom from Lehigh Valley (AHL), assigned him to Lehigh Valley. Assigned to Lehigh Valley. Recalled D Egor Zamula from Lehigh Valley.

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NEW YORK — Luis Severino threw five shutout innings and struck out Vladimir Guerrero Jr. three times to earn his first win as a starter since 2019 as the Yankees topped the Blue Jays, 3-0, on Thursday night at Yankee Stadium.

Guerrero hit three home runs against the Yankees on Wednesday. But Severino, in his second start of the season, became the first pitcher to strike out the Blue Jays slugger three times in one game.

Severino (83 pitches) allowed two hits, walked two and struck out six in an 83-pitch gem in a game that was delayed 90 minutes at the start by rain. Severino’s fastball averaged 97.4 miles per hour and got up to 99.5. It was his first win as a starter since Sept.

22, 2019, also against Toronto, as Severino has missed most of the last three seasons with various injuries. He picked up a win in relief at the end of last season.

The Yankees took a 3-0 lead into the ninth before Aroldis Chapman came on and walked the first three batters.

Manager Aaron Boone called in Michael King, who struck out George Springer and got Bo Bichette to hit a soft liner to second.

DJ LeMahieu alertly threw to first to double off Matt Chapman for a game-ending double play for King’s first career save and spare him a matchup with Guerrero, who was on deck when the game

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New York Yankees starting pitcher Luis Severino (40) pitches in the first inning against the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium on Thursday.

ended.

Guerrero also struck out against Clay Holmes in the eighth.

Jose Trevino (2-for-3, two RBIs) drove in Isiah Kiner-Falefa (3-for-3) twice as the Yankees finally got some production from the bottom of their order to split the four-game series and end the season’s first homestand at 4-3.

Severino also got a little feisty with the Blue Jays bench in the first inning.

There were two outs and Bichette was on second when Severino hit Lourdes Gurriel Jr. in the hand with a 97-mph fastball.

Gurriel went down and stayed down amid concern that the ball may have done some damage.

He eventually got up and took

first base. But not before Blue Jays pitcher Alek Manoah started yelling at Severino from the dugout.

Severino yelled back. Cameras also caught Gerrit Cole coming out from the Yankees dugout, but no one else moved.

The inning ended when Severino got Raimel Tapia to line to third.

Severino worked out of more trouble in the second after a leadoff single by Alejandro Kirk, a walk to Cavan Biggio and a oneout error by Anthony Rizzo loaded the bases.

As Lucas Luetge warmed, Severino got Springer to hit a medium fly ball to right, with the runners holding as Giancarlo Stanton fired a strike to the cutoff man. Bichette ended the inning

by grounding out to third.

The Yankees didn’t get their first hit until Kiner-Falefa’s oneout single in the third off Toronto starter Kevin Gausman. KinerFalefa moved to second on a balk and scored the game’s first run when Trevino singled to left and the ball was booted by Gurriel for an error.

Falefa had to initially hold up on the liner, but was alertly waved home by third base coach Luis Rojas as soon as the ball eluded the befuddled Gurriel, who turned hither and yon in a fruitless attempt to find the ball as it headed towards center.

Severino really locked in once he got the slim lead. He struck out Guerrero and Gurriel to open the third (the latter looking at a 98mph fastball) and got Tapia on a comebacker.

Kirk walked to open the fourth, but Severino struck out the next two and retired Zimmer on a fly to left.

The fifth was more dominance against the top of the order: a Springer pop-up, a Bichette comebacker and the third consecutive strikeout of Guerrero.

Severino exclaimed and pumped his fist after the son of the Hall of Famer swung through a 90-mph changeup.

Kiner-Falefa and Trevino teamed up again to make it 2-0 in the bottom of the fifth. KinerFalefa smacked a two-out double and scored when Trevino dunked a single into center.

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dangerous grab as he and two other infielders converged on the ball. Brayden Conrad struck out on three pitches to end the inning.

Brian Curran hit the first pitch he saw into the outfield for a leadoff single in the bottom half of the second, and then stole second base. He then ran into a tag at third for the first out on a ground ball hit by Jake Hromada. After the bases were loaded, the Riverhawks convened on the pitcher’s mound to calm Sager’s nerves.

Maines stepped into the box and poked one to right field for a two-run single and the Bluehawks led 3-0 after two full innings of play while the teams fought through rain and clouds that soon circled the field.

Coxsackie-Athens had runners on second and third with one out in the top of the third, and they both scored on a single to left by Keegan O’Callaghan that got past Curran to make it 3-2.

With the bases loaded and two outs, Carey singled to left field to tie the game 3-3 but the go-ahead run was gunned down at the plate on the throw from Curran. Sager had a nice bounce-back inning in the bottom of the third and got the Bluehawks out 1-2-3 on a groundout and two strikeouts.

Ahead to the bottom of the fourth with the game still tied at three, Matt Antonelli walked with one out and stole second after making a great catch in right field in the top half.

Hotaling moved Antonelli to third on a grounder to the right side, and Maines brought him home on a hard-hit ball through the third baseman’s glove. Tomaso flew out on a line to Carey in left field, but Hudson had a 4-3 lead through four.

Sager lined one into the

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Hudson’s Hunter DeGraff dives safely in to second base ahead of the tag of Coxsackie-Athens second baseman Michael O’Connor during Thursday’s Patroon Conference baseball game.

outfield with one out in the fifth, just out of Moon’s reach at shortstop, and hustled for a double on the play.

After a Christian Tedford fly out, Sager was picked off of second base by Hotaling to escape the extra base hit unscathed.

Sager walked Degraff with one out in the bottom half and after Degraff stole second, he was awarded third on a puzzling balk call. Sager had already thrown the pitch and it was called after the catcher threw it back to him. He was unbothered however, and struck out Curran to end the inning.

Hotaling had a quick inning of his own in the sixth, retiring the Riverhawks in order to get the Bluehawks back to the plate.

Tedford took the mound in the bottom of the sixth in a relief role for the Riverhawks as Sager moved to short and stayed in the game.

With pinch-runner Jeremiah Wilburn at second base, Antonelli popped one up into the shallow outfield behind short and Sager made a basket catch over his shoulder for the first out. After Wilburn moved up to third on a groundout, Maines drove him in with another RBI base hit to make it 5-3.

Tomaso and Moon hit

back-to-back RBI doubles for Hudson to drive in a run each and extend the lead to 7-3. After another Riverhawks pitching change brought in Blaine Apa, the Bluehawks scored one last run as Degraff got caught in a rundown. He bought enough time for the runner to score from third before he was tagged out and the lead was now 8-3, and Hudson needed just three outs to end it.

Scott doubled to start the inning and the Bluehawks finally gave Hotaling a much needed break as they brought Tomaso in to hopefully close it out. Tomaso walked Mozzillo and

allowed one run on a wild pitch, allowing the Riverhawks to come back within “slam range” 8-4.

Tomaso loaded the bases and was quickly exchanged for another pitcher, Jordan Moon this time. Coxsackie-Athens scored once again on a wild pitch, and then another on a mishandled throw to first on a routine ground ball to third by Tedford. Tedford quickly stole second base to move the tying runs into scoring position for the Riverhawks, trailing 8-6.

Brady Penet was called on to pinch hit and he worked a walk to load the bases with one out

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Hudson’s Connor Tomaso reacts after reaching third base during Thursday’s Patroon Conference baseball game against Coxsackie-Athens.

as Maines took off his catching gear and went to the mound.

Maines traded a run for an out as Carey grounded one to second and was thrown out at first for the second out and the lead was down to one run 8-7.

Brayden Conrad stepped into the batter’s box and fouled off the first three pitches he got from Maines, with the tying run

still 90 feet away.

After taking a ball outside the zone, Conrad was fooled by Maines on a ball low below the strike zone this time and was struck out. The catcher threw to first base to complete the strikeout and the Riverhawks left the tying run on third base as the Hudson Bluehawks held on to win 8-7 in thrilling fashion.

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Cohen, then 43, was ailing, she still had young kids, including a five-year-old daughter, to take care of while tending to her own health problems.

Her kids still needed to go to school early in the morning, and when they came home, somebody needed to be there to help with their homework.

After two years, and a lot of dollars spent, Cohen was eventually diagnosed with Lyme disease in 2009. Cohen tried lots of different supplements and antibiotics, but it wasn’t until she flew to Germany five years ago, for hyperthermia treatment that was not yet approved in the United States, that Cohen’s brain began functioning normally again. She underwent two weeks of intensive treatment at Klinik St. Georg, and recovered after three months, finally Lyme-free.

“That really stopped me in my tracks and I said, number one, my life is so important,” Cohen said in an interview with the New York Daily News.

“My health is so important. So I had to give up being the busy woman that I was.”

Receiving the diagnosis and reclaiming her life were solid first steps, but they weren’t enough for Cohen, who has two decades of philanthropy work behind her at the Steve and Alex Foundation, which was founded the day after 9/11.

“I believe that I got Lyme because I was going to be the one to change things,” Cohen said.

To date, she has given $73.7 million toward Lyme disease research, treatment and development efforts, including $16 million to Columbia University for the Cohen Center for Health and Recovery from Tickborne Diseases. In New York, the Cohen Center was the first of its kind.

Today, a year and a half after the Cohens purchased the Mets, Alex remains something of an unknown to most Mets fans. She is not involved with baseball operations, but

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has carried a lifetime of professional experience, and a not-small amount of personal experience, into a role as president of the Amazin’ Mets Foundation, where she is focused on expanding the organization’s efforts to aid underserved groups throughout Queens.

It’s a role perfectly suited to Cohen’s life and upbringing, which was made up of equal parts Tom Seaver and Tom Aquinas. A movement of the soul toward charity and Flushing Cohen was born in Harlem and grew up in Washington Heights, or as she calls it, Bronx West. Her mother, Rosa, was very religious, attending mass every day, and her father, Ralph, worked in the post office. “So we were a typical Latino family,” Cohen said. “The mom stayed home and the dad went to work.”

Alex attended the same Catholic school where her mother worked, the nearby St. Elizabeth’s.

When Cohen wasn’t at school, helping her community or spending summers in Puerto Rico, she was watching Mets games every night with her dad, 90-year-old Ralph Garcia, now better known as Mets Grandpa. There was one TV in her Washington Heights childhood home, and everyone in the family knew not to touch the remote.

“It was always the Mets that were playing, that’s all we watched,” Cohen said. “My father would have a bad day if the Mets lost. The whole day was ruined -- for everybody -because he was annoyed. He’d gnaw off the edge of his mustache all the time. So he always had half a mustache because the Mets were always giving him a hard time.”

While the Mets fandom may have come from Ralph, it was Alex’s mother, Rosa, who instilled in her the ethic of charity. When Rosa wasn’t at church or handling the brunt of her domestic responsibilities, she would spend her time rummaging through a thrift shop. Cohen would go to a rummage sale store after school, to work. For about two hours after school, Cohen

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would set up at a table, and do her homework there, but she would also help dress and wash the dolls in the store, all of which would be re-sold for the church.

Cohen’s love for humanitarianism began, at least in part, in that rummage sale store.

But the act of giving and generosity in general was always present in her Washington Heights community. Cohen grew up in a neighborhood that was very close. If someone had a new baby and they didn’t have any money, Cohen’s family would organize the baby shower and make sure the neighbors pooled together to buy something.

“Even if it cost a dollar,” Cohen said. “We would show them that we were a part of the family. Growing up, whatever money we made, I helped my parents or if someone in the building needed it, I helped them. We grew up in such a connected community, which you don’t see as much anymore. If you don’t really know your neighbors, you wouldn’t know if someone needs help.

We didn’t have that kind of life. We grew up helping anybody who needed it.”

Around 20 years ago, Cohen started giving away tickets and upgrading seats for fans sitting in the upper level at Shea Stadium. Now, as Mets owner, Cohen still keeps up this tradition by strolling through Citi Field’s cheap seats, occasionally shooting the breeze with Mets faithful and listening to their stories about how they became fans, before upgrading them to the best seats in the house -- field level and right behind home plate. It brings her joy to give to people, but mostly, Cohen said: “It’s just who I am and I couldn’t change it if I tried.”

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Mets-related, and she tries to wear every shirt that people, including fans, will buy and send to her. “I tell people that are having a dinner party, ‘If I can’t wear jeans, I’m not coming,’ “ she said.

Cohen said their ownership of the Mets is unique in part because they have an opendoor policy and because they emphasize the importance of family. Before Max Scherzer signed with the Mets last December, Scherzer’s wife, Erica, said she had to talk to Alex first.

Cohen said Scherzer wouldn’t sign with the Mets until they made sure that Steve and Alex had a winning vision for the organization.

“Buying the Mets has been weird,” Cohen said. “There’s a lot more pressure. People say, are you going to do this? And I’m like, I don’t have anything to do with this -- like guys on the field. My dad is going to be 91 in August. I’m like, they gotta win a World Series for this man before he leaves this earth!”

This year, Steve and Alex Cohen will celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary after meeting for the first time in 1990 through a dating service. They each received binders full of pictures and information about each other. Alex was 25 when she first met Steve, and though she had hesitations about being with him at first, eventually his charm and humor won her over. They met on a Friday, she called him again on a Sunday, and they’ve been inseparable ever since.

“I met Steve, and I said, ‘If you marry me, you marry my family,’ “ Cohen recalled. “And my parents moved in with us.

They lived with us until I was 47, and then someone gave me a T-shirt that said, “I Still Live With My Parents” and I was like, ‘Uhhh, you guys gotta go.’

So we built them a house right next door. So they’re always close to us.” ‘Giving back is my way of life’ While Cohen’s philanthropic mentality was instilled in her by her mom from a young age, her efforts to give back kicked into gear after the terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers. One day after 9/11,

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the Cohen’s pledged $5 million to help families of the victims of the attacks.

“She lets what’s going on in the world and what’s going on in her life really direct her giving and what the foundation does,” Melino said. “It’s personal. She’s just a good person. It’s so genuine. She’s not looking for attention.”

Now, 20 years later, the Steve and Alex Foundation has given a total of $989 million to causes that have a personal connection, including improving children’s healthcare and education, fighting hunger, helping underserved populations and communities, protecting the environment, improving access to the mental health for veterans, and furthering medical research, particularly in the areas of COVID-19 and Lyme disease.

Cohen said: “People ask Steve, ‘Does Alex spend a lot of money?’ And he says, ‘No, she gives it all away.’ “ But Cohen doesn’t just sit at an office and write checks all day. She also takes her show on the road, as with her Giving Tour in 2016, which saw her take family and friends on a bus trip across the middle of America in search of nonprofit organizations to support.

“She’d be like, ‘How many people are working today, including your busboys and your dishwasher?’ And everyone would get $100,” Melino said of the Giving Tour. “We were just passing through. It really meant a lot to her to see what was happening in the middle of the country.”

And when the COVID-19 pandemic began to crest in March 2020, she took to calling hospitals and simply asking them, “What do you need?”

New York City hospitals needed iPads so family members could communicate with their in-patient loved ones. So Cohen bought and donated hundreds of iPads.

Now Cohen’s main role for the Mets is growing the Amazin’ Mets Foundation, which raised just over $3.8 million in its first year and funded around $1.9 million in grants and contributions to about 58 organizations that support underserved communities

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in Queens. Some notable grant recipients include the Chinese-American Planning Council, New York Hall of Science, Flushing YMCA, Queens Public Library, and Korean Community Services.

Cohen loves taking an active role in her foundation -- with offices based out of Stanford, Connecticut, Hudson Yards, and Citi Field -- even when it means being on her feet, sometimes for 12 hours a day, liaising with community partners, dotting Citi Field, chatting up Mets diehards, and in those precious in-between moments, carving out quality time with the New York native’s friends and loved ones.

But she’s still learning how to govern a self-described Type-A personality with some remaining health Lyme-related health constraints, like cognitive disabilities. Unless there’s an event, Cohen intentionally ends her day at 4 o’clock. Embedded into everything that comes with being Tia Alex and Uncle Steve, Cohen has learned to decompress with meditations, taking breaks with walks, eating better and worrying less.

Managing her health is far more important than managing everything else, even the Mets. But still, she is convinced even the limitations she began to experience 15 years ago allow her to leave an enduring legacy. Cohen is fully aware she was able to mostly recover from Lyme disease largely because of her wealth.

But she doesn’t want people who don’t have that privilege to suffer in silence. Her legacy, she hopes, will resound even louder than the streets of Flushing on an October night if her hometown team can recapture their glory.

“We’re the largest private funder of Lyme disease research in the world right now,” Cohen said. “We have changed things. For me, that’s important. There are people who get cancer, they heal, and they just move on with their life. But they’ve been given that for a reason. For me, Lyme disease became a goal of not only finding a diagnostic, but of finding a cure and a treatment. And I’ll always have that goal.”

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Alyssa Nakken, Giants not just setting example for girls Alex Simon Bay Area News Group

SAN JOSE, Calif. — When Alyssa Nakken stepped into the first-base coach’s box in the third inning Tuesday night, it was a moment worth celebrating.

There’s now been a woman in an on-field role in a regular season Major League Baseball game, a glass ceilingshattering that Nakken and the Giants have been building towards for a few seasons. And now, Nakken’s bright orange City Connect helmet is heading to Cooperstown.

The helmet, as well as other mementos of Nakken’s from the three seasons on staff, are symbols ostensibly to show girls and women that there is a place in this game for them.

But the example that Nakken and the Giants are setting for boys and men is just as important, too. And it’s one that I keep thinking about, given

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that it is possible we will see Ben Simmons in this series against the Celtics.”

The reports, however, contradict what Nash has told the public. He said Simmons still has not started sprinting. Nash said Simmons is doing exercises in the water and has been using the Anti-Gravity AlterG Treadmill, but the star forward has not progressed beyond individual work and needs to get to one-on-one, two-on-two and eventually to five-on-five.

As of Thursday, Nash remained noncommittal as to whether or not he expects to see Simmons on the floor this season. If he returns, the Nets will welcome him with open arms, but if not, they will forge ahead without him.

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impressive season between Double-A and Triple-A last season. Sears pitched to a 3.46 ERA in 25 games, including 18 starts. In 104 innings pitched, Sears struck out 136 and walked just 29.

“We’ve been kind of in these high leverage games each and every night where we haven’t had a lot of chances to let our length guys to just roll. So again, that gets back to we’re six games into this. So it was a chance last night to get him in,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said.

“That it was really good to see him pitch as well as he did against a really good part of the lineup. He came in with a really efficient three strikes tactic, he trusted his stuff and I think everyone got a little peek at why we’re excited about him.”

Sears, a Sumnter, South Carolina native, grew up with Montgomery. Their parents are friendly and they’ve worked with the same pitching coach for years.

“It was awesome. I was ready for him to get out there.

He’s been chomping at the bit there in the bullpen to get in and especially the first strikeout is George Springer. That’s pretty exciting,” Montgomery said. GETTING CLOSE Isiah Kiner-Falefa grew up dreaming about being a Yankees, but so far the shortstop has had a nightmare of a start to his career with the Bombers. Kiner-Falefa went 1-for17 in the first six games.

Boone said that KinerFalefa is not far away from turning it around.

“I feel like it’s close. Some of his best contact has been that hard ground ball at someone. So just by getting those elevated a little bit, turning those into line drives and he should be able to take off,” Boone said of the shortstop that the Yankees got from the Twins in spring training. “He’ll settle in here and be the quality of contact guy that we know and like a few of these guys. I do feel like he’s on the verge.”

my own baseball upbringing.

My parents have been sports fanatics since long before I was born. My father, Michael, has had Giants season tickets since the 1970s. But his athletic pedigree pales in comparison to my mom, Angie.

Angie was a four-sport athlete in high school and played college softball for Cal Poly in the 1980s, twice making the all-conference team for the then-Division II Mustangs. And ever since their wedding in 1991, they’ve also played adult-league baseball — starting with spending the second week of their honeymoon playing for a week at Giants Fantasy Camp.

Even after she gave birth to me in 1995 and my younger brother three years later, she kept playing baseball, mainly switching between catcher, third base and second base. She was playing in a tournament just three months after I was born when a hot

“Yeah, I think that’s it. I mean, it’s up to Ben’s back,” Nash said after practice. “You know, it’s not up to me, any of us other than his back and how we can help that resolve.

There’s a chance Ben comes back, there’s a chance he doesn’t come back.

“So I think for us, we’ve got to focus on the group, support Ben and his journey to get back on the floor, but at the same time, we don’t have time to lose focus on the group that’s playing.”

Kevin Durant said it’s easier for him not to expect Simmons is going to return any time soon.

“I’m not putting any pressure on Ben to come out there and hoop,” Durant said after Thursday’s practice. “So I’m

grounder to third broke her wrist — an injury that forced my dad to get really good at changing diapers really quickly.

By the time I could realize what was happening, women playing in baseball didn’t seem out of place to me. I had been watching my mom and other women in their adult league play on most spring and summer weekends my entire life.

And naturally, when she had pointers for me or my brother, they didn’t seem out of place (though I wasn’t really good enough to put them to use).

And she was always willing to play catch for me and my younger brother — even when my brother’s fastball started hitting 75 miles per hour or faster.

While my mom’s involvement with baseball never felt out of place to me as a kid, it became clear how unusual it was when I would talk to people as

an adult.

I can’t even tell you how many times I have told people, “My mom and dad play baseball” in conversations, only for the return to either be a question — “Baseball?” — or just an assumption that I misspoke and meant softball.

Seeing women in baseball remains an anomaly, and makes each instance stand out that much more. There was the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League that sprung up during World War II and that the movie “A League Of Their Own” is based off of.

There was three women who played in the Negro Leagues, most notably Toni Stone.

There’s even been a professional women’s baseball team in the 1990s, the Colorado Silver Bullets. The barnstorming team that played for four seasons even played multiple times in the Bay Area, including in front of

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New York Yankees’ Jordan Montgomery pitches in the first inning against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium on April 10.

not expecting him to do anything but just to get his body right and get healthy as fast as he can. So in my mind, I’m

preparing as if we’re playing with the team we have.”

He also said he’s not thinking about what it would look

42,082 on May 15, 1994 at Candlestick Park.

There have been women playing baseball in independent leagues at various points since then, most recently with both Stacy Piagno and Kelsie Whitmore playing for the Sonoma Stompers in 2016.

Whitmore, now 23, recently signed with the Atlantic League’s Staten Island FerryHawks for this year, and MLB is hosting its Trailblazer Series for 5th-8th grade girl baseball players this weekend in Miami to try and grow the pipeline for girls and women in baseball.

Yet save for a one-season show on Fox, it seems like we’re still far away from a woman playing in the majors.

But there’s no reason why women’s input on the sport shouldn’t be valued, and the influx of female coaches shows that baseball is finally realizing that.

like with Simmons on the floor alongside the other Nets starters.

“We all know what type of player Ben is,” Durant added.

“You can put together scenarios in your mind on your own on what it’ll look like, but I’m not gonna go there because we’re just taking it a day at a time.”

Nash, however, previously told the Daily News he sees the comparison between Simmons and Golden State Warriors’ star Draymond Green.

Nash doubled-down on that comparison on Thursday.

“Absolutely. I think that’s Ben’s brilliance,” he said. “You look at the athlete that he is, the ability to handle and pass, rebound, defend, push and transition. That’s a lot of skills,

and a lot of ways that he can affect the game.”

Thinking like that, however, is putting the cart before the horse, and despite reports suggesting Simmons could make a debut in the first round, the star forward has benchmarks he must clear before he can take the floor. Nash has to coach the team he has in front of him while also keeping tabs on Simmons’ progress.

“Ben’s a franchise cornerstone, but right now, it’s about supporting him physically and mentally to get back on the floor and coaching the group to put his best foot forward in the first few games of the series at least,” he said. “Internally, we’re not sitting here saying Ben’s returning in this series.

We’ll see what happens.”

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Dad signals he may bring girlfriend to guys weekend Dear Abby, My father, who has been a widower for 17 years, has been dating a woman on and off for 12 years, a couple years after my brother and I left for college. My brother and I have never cared for her, but we live three hours away from them in opposite directions now. We figDEAR ABBY ure if he’s happy, then it’s none of our business. I try not to be rude, but I simply do not enjoy spending time with her.

I’ve been planning an out-ofstate sports weekend with my dad and brother. I have been looking forward to it, because with three small kids, I have little time for these kinds of activities. I got us all tickets and hotel rooms, but my brother now has to skip it because of a family medical issue.

Dad has just hinted he may bring his girlfriend to take my brother’s spot, because “she’s upset and not talking to me because I didn’t take her to my brother’s son’s birthday.” I can’t imagine a more excruciating weekend.

I told him plainly, “I expected this to be a ‘guys’ weekend.” But, like always, he was cagey, and I’m terrified he is going to show up with his girlfriend. How can I impress upon him that I don’t want her to use my brother’s unused ticket because I do not want to spend the weekend with her?

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Is your dad unaware of how you feel about his lady friend? The solution to your problem would be to tell your father that while you are pleased he has found happiness with this woman, you do not enjoy her company.

While you’re at it, tell him what it is about her that you cannot tolerate. Then “remind” him that her presence would change the character of the “guys weekend,” and if he plans to bring her, he will spend the weekend alone with her — your treat — because you, too, will change your plans.

Dear Abby,

My 43-year-old son will be married for the second time soon. Because of his fiancee’s problem drinking, I am absolutely against the marriage. I hate the idea of going to the wedding. Should I go anyway, and have the most miserable day of my life?

I doubt that I would be able to hide my sadness. Or should I decline, tell my son I wouldn’t be a good guest to have and wish them “all the best”?

Hesitating In Washington I will assume that your son is aware of your concerns about his fiancee’s drinking. Do not boycott this wedding. If you do, you will create a wedge between you and your daughter-in-law that could last for decades. Plaster on a smile and attend so you can wish them all the best in person. Then cross your fingers that your wish comes true.

Dear Abby, My fiance often leaves memory cards out on his dresser after a day of being home alone.

I was by myself one day and looked at them.

There were photos of a nude woman wrapped in his bed sheet on his bed back in 2018. In them, she is posing. We were dating when they were taken, but not yet living together or engaged.

He dabbles in photography, but never mentioned this or informed me he was doing this shoot. I found another set from 2017 — prior to our relationship — that is not as “tastefully” done. Do I have reason for concern? I thought these things were professionally done off-site.

His bedroom, though?

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If the photos were taken before you and your fiance were exclusive, I doubt you have any reason to worry. However, rather than ask me if you have anything to be concerned about, any questions you have about his “dabbling” would be better addressed directly to him.

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Horoscope

Dark Side of the Horse

By Stella Wilder Born today, you are studious and observant, and you never let anything in life pass you by without giving it a great deal of attention and learning as much about it as you possibly can — even if it doesn’t directly affect you in any way.

You are perhaps the most serious-minded individual born under your sign, and even when you are at play you are working hard to improve yourself and increase your overall odds of success. You are quick to understand what makes other people do what they do.

You can sometimes be too focused on your own affairs and neglect the needs of those closest to you. When this happens, you can sink into a kind of depression from which it is difficult to recover, for it is born out of guilt and disappointment in yourself. Fortunately, your friends and loved ones know how to help you when you most need help.

Also born on this date are: Martin Lawrence, actor and comedian; Selena, singer; Charlie Chaplin, actor; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, basketball player; Pope Benedict XVI; Jon Cryer, actor; Wilbur Wright, inventor, pioneer aviator; Bobby Vinton, singer.

To see what is in store for you tomorrow, find your birthday and read the corresponding paragraph. Let your birthday star be your daily guide.

SUNDAY, APRIL 17 ARIES (March 21-April 19) — You should be able to get the attention of others in such a way that they are more willing to give you the assistance you need today.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — You may have doubts about another’s plans, but your own are not necessarily yielding the expected results.

Joining forces could be beneficial.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Information

comes to you from an unexpected source today, and though you’re tempted to run with it, you would be wise to mount an investigation.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Keeping your head in the sand is no answer to the problem that is threatening you at this time. You must be willing to face it head-on!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You are growing tired of hearing others complain about the same old problems — especially since you think you have developed a solution.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — You may be drifting further and further away from those who have recently provided you with certain stability. Do what you can to reverse course.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — You are aware of the expectations that others have of you today, but you also know what’s possible. Stick to your plan.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — A rendezvous of sorts complicates your day, even as it offers you an emotional boost. Soon you may find a way to simplify matters.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Now is no time to remain in the dark about what is going on around you. It’s time to raise your voice and object to a lack of fairness.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Focus on that which promises you some form of measurable progress today; you don’t want to spend too much time on an uncertainty.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — An analysis of a particular problem yields an answer that surprises you and those working with you. A new solution may be revealed.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — How you interpret a certain message will make all the difference today. Others may disagree with you, but you can make measurable gains.

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ACROSS 1 Difficult 5 Undress 10 Exhibit 14 “Ode” homonym 15 Ecuador’s capital 16 Mauna Loa outflow 17 National League team 18 Skeptic 20 “Just __ suspected!”

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Is radio in a

second golden age Here’s what the first looked like

By DARYL AUSTIN Washington Post

The ‘30s through mid-’50s are the one time when the whole nation gathered together and listened to the same programs every night. People believed the news and shared in a collective experience like never before or since.”

MURRAY HORWITZ Tony Award-winning playwright and the host and co-producer of NPR’s “The Big Broadcast”

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n Oct. 30, 1938, America was rocked by shocking news: Aliens had been spotted crash-landing outside Grover’s Mill, N.J. Additional sightings were soon made across the Northeast, including reports of Martians unleashing poisonous gas on Manhattan and burning onlookers alive with ray guns. Periodically, the breathless news reports would be reduced to static.

Listeners reacted in real time; many of them flooded the streets wearing gas masks and wet towels over their faces. Stores were raided, bridges and expressways were inundated with traffic, and pregnant women reportedly went into early labor.

Of course, the alien invasion never actually happened.

The news bulletins were part of a live Halloween program a young producer and a cast of talented actors were presenting over the radio. The producer was 23-year-old Orson Welles, and the name of the episode was “War of the Worlds.”

The H.G. Wells-adapted story had been produced for radio as part of Welles’s regular Sunday

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Only this Sunday was different, as millions of Americans who had tuned in to listen to Bergen and McCarthy changed their dials when the duo introduced a guest opera singer.

“No one was in the mood for opera that night, and much of the country stumbled onto Welles’s broadcast by mistake, not knowing the news bulletins they heard were part of a See RADIO C2

Speed demon sequel is, of all things ... slow ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 2’ is still likely to delight young fans

By THOMAS FLOYD Washington Post

In “Sonic the Hedgehog 2,” there is no problem that can’t be outrun by its titular speed demon. With that in mind, it’s especially perplexing that this

video game-inspired sequel should be, of all things, a bit sluggish.

If 2020’s surprisingly appealing “Sonic the Hedgehog” stayed true to its lightningfast protagonist by delivering humor and heart in a brisk, 100-minute package, the follow-up gets bogged down in some muddled franchise bloat.

By revisiting every major and

supporting character from the first film while padding the story with new ones, redundant “fetch quests” and a two-hour run time, returning director Jeff Fowler goes all in on an illfitting Marvel-izing of Sonic’s story. (And that’s not even taking into consideration the film’s Infinity Gauntlet-esque MacGuffin, use of sky beams and mid-credits stinger.)

This second installment opens with Robotnik where we left him at the end of the first film: stranded on a remote, mushroom-populated planet after Sonic got the better of him.

But he soon forms an alliance with a temperamental echidna named Knuckles (voiced by Idris Elba), and the villainous See SONIC C2

When Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello travels to the Amazon jungle and tells villagers the reason for her visit, their first response is often laughter.

“Did you come all this way just to see my poop?” they ask.

She did — no humor intended — and she has been doing it for more than 20 years.

She and husband Martin Blaser, both scientists at Rutgers University, are the stars of a new documentary called “Invisible Extinction,” describing their years of research on how modern diet and medicine are disrupting our internal colonies of bacteria and other microbes — the human microbiome.

The microbiome has been a hot topic for well over a decade, as they and other researchers continue to identify connections between the loss of “good” bacteria and a variety of human diseases, such as obesity, certain cancers, and autoimmune disorders. Yet the science of how to reverse these problems remains in its infancy.

That’s the message that the Rutgers couple hopes to convey in the film, which premiered March 24 at a Copenhagen film festival. They are racing to identify which kinds of bacteria are essential to human health, and how they might be restored through the use of targeted probiotics and other treatments.

The couple think the fecal samples from the Amazon are a big part of the solution, as they are teeming with microbes that have yet to be altered by antibiotics or sugary, low-fiber Western diets, Dominguez-Bello tells filmmakers Steven Lawrence and Sarah Schenck.

“We seek answers in places where the problem hasn’t yet begun,” she says.

No screenings of the documentary have been scheduled yet in the U.S., but the filmmakers are on the hunt for a streaming service. More information and a movie trailer can be seen at theinvisibleextinction.com.

In the meantime, the Rutgers scientists are helping to create the Microbiota Vault: a secure, subzero repository to preserve the full richness of the microbiome — including species found in the oral and fecal samples from the Amazon.

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One day, we will probably be giving back bacteria to children just to restore the ancient organisms that they have lost.”

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facility has already been set up in Switzerland, and it could someday be a source of treatments, Blaser said recently before flying to Denmark for the film premiere.

“One day,” he said, “we will probably be giving back bacteria to children just to restore the ancient organisms that they have lost.”

In their research, the Rutgers couple explore how a variety of modern practices can alter the microbiome, such as diet, the overuse of antibiotics, delivering babies by Csection, and the use of infant formula in lieu of breastfeeding.

The answer, they say, is not to reject drugs, C-sections, and other elements of modern medicine, as all can save lives.

The key is to use them only when appropriate, so as to minimize collateral damage to the microbiome.

When antibiotics are overused, for example, not only do the drugs wipe out beneficial bacteria (along with the disease-causing pathogens for which they are designed), they also clear the way for any drug-resistant microbes to take hold.

The overuse of antibiotics is often portrayed as a problem of the developing world, where the drugs are sometimes administered without a prescription, says Blaser, a physician and author of a 2014 book, “Missing Microbes,” that explores many of the same themes.

But he cautioned that the drugs are overused in developed countries, too. He cited a 2018 study that found Spain and Greece were among the top antibiotics users per capita, and a 2014 study by researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, who found that some pediatric practices prescribed twice as many antibiotics as others — a difference that could not be explained by the patients’ medical histories or demographic factors.

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radio drama,” explained Carl Amari, a syndicated radio host and the founder of Radio Spirits, a large distributor of classic radio programs.

The resulting panic prompted a Federal Communications Commission investigation, changed the way studios used “news flash” bulletins on fictional radio programs, and launched the film career of the previously undiscovered Welles. Shortly afterward, Welles landed an unprecedented movie contract, and two years later he gave the world “Citizen Kane.”

“Something like that could only happen during the golden age of radio,” said Murray Horwitz, a Tony Award-winning playwright and the host and co-producer of NPR’s “The Big Broadcast.” He added, “The ‘30s through mid’50s are the one time when the whole nation gathered together and listened to the same programs every night. People believed the news and shared in a collective experience like never before or since.”

Until now, that is. The audience numbers might not quite match those of the mid-20th century, but with more Americans than ever listening to audiobooks and podcasts, audio-only formats have made a massive comeback in recent years, suggesting we might be entering a second golden age of radio — or at least audio.

Podcasts such as “Serial,” “The Daily,” “The Shrink Next Door” and “This American Life” have “revitalized audio storytelling,” said Susy Schultz, a radio historian and the former executive director at the Museum of Broadcast Communications — in addition to being very lucrative for some of their creators.

And podcasts and

A new documentary called “Invisible Extinction,” describes years of research on how modern diet and medicine are disrupting our internal colonies of bacteria and other microbes,” the human microbiome. Dreamstime/TNS

The Rutgers researcher is candid about his family’s own experience with apparent overuse of the drugs. In the film, he speaks with Genia Blaser, his adult daughter from a previous marriage, about her diagnosis with celiac disease.

She suffered repeated ear infections as a child and underwent many rounds of antibiotics, as was common practice.

Years later, she was treated with powerful antibiotics after contracting a foodborne illness in Peru.

Blaser thinks the drugs contributed to her celiac condition, disrupting her immune system so that it reacts to foods containing gluten.

“To me, that combination of those early childhood antibiotics and those later antibiotics, that’s kind of what led you to this problem,” he tells her. “Which of course I feel terrible about.”

Among Blaser’s research specialties is a common bacterium called H. pylori, which causes ulcers. When that connection was proven years ago, some physicians argued the microbe should be eliminated in everyone. Not so, according to Blaser’s research. These bacteria are present in many audiobooks are only the beginning. Immersive audioonly works of fiction like “The Sandman” and true-crime dramas such as “Killing Hollywood: The Cotton Club Murder,” have proven compelling enough to entice stars back to the forgotten medium. Nick Jonas lent his voice last year to Apple’s “Calls,” while Kate Winslet, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Lee Curtis and Meryl Streep have all read iconic roles for Audible.

Actor John Lithgow, who recently narrated Audible Original “The Guilty,” said, “Audio dramas today are reviving the great golden age of the ‘30s and ‘40s, when radio was right up there with movies as an essential entertainment.”

But in today’s splintered media environment, it’s hard to wrap our minds around just how dominant the leading radio shows were three-quarters of a century ago. By 1940, the Census Bureau estimates, 82.8 percent of American households owned a radio, many of which tuned into the same programs day and night.

Evenings were family affairs, when parents and children gathered around the radio to listen to the latest episode of “Suspense,” “Lux Radio Theater,” “Sherlock Holmes” or the comedy of Bob Hope. Many women kept their afternoons open for their favorite soap operas, and children raced home from school to see if Dick Tracy had gotten his man.

“The percentage of Americans who listened to almost any radio program of the time is vastly greater than anything the country is watching on Netflix today,” said Jim Carlton, interim director of the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago.

“The progression of modern American entertainment all came about through radio,” said Neil Grauer, a radio historian and writer based in Baltimore. Radio paved the

people’s microbes with no ill effects, and they appear to have a protective effect against certain cancers.

Sometimes Blaser and his wife conduct studies together, other times independently.

Dominguez-Bello, a native of Caracas, Venezuela, comes at the problem through the lens of urbanization and economic development, studying differences in the microbiome across rural, small-town, and big-city environments in South America.

Once, during a trip to the Amazon, she even studied the impact of diet on her own microbiome.

She and four colleagues had arranged with the locals to stay in their village and eat their food. That meant fruits, vegetables, some fish, and occasional game meat — but nothing like the fatty, juicy varieties on North American grocery shelves.

“It’s so hard,” she said.

“It’s like chewing the sole of a shoe.”

After a month on the Amazon diet, all had lost weight.

And as Dominguez-Bello predicted, before-and-after fecal samples revealed that their microbiomes had changed,

too — though the impact was less dramatic for the five adults than for two children who came on the trip.

Certain types of bacteria became more abundant in the guts of all seven, whereas the children’s microbiomes saw gains not only in abundance but also in diversity. After a month, analysis of the children’s feces revealed types of bacteria that had not been there before.

“We gained on evenness,” Dominguez-Bello said. “They gained richness.”

It was just a small sample, yet the results were consistent with earlier research suggesting that the human microbiome is more plastic — flexible — early in life.

Still, none of the changes were permanent, once the visitors returned to their usual diet and other habits back home.

Restoring one’s microbial diversity is harder than it sounds. One option is a fecal transplant, a technique that has helped some patients battle an infection called C. difficile. But research is needed to develop a more targeted approach for treating other conditions, Blaser said.

Another option is the oral supplements called probiotics. Yet more work is needed there, too, as many current products are more about marketing than scientific substance, Blaser said.

So the research continues, with a strong emphasis on communication.

In the Amazon, for example, Dominguez-Bellow takes pains to teach villagers about her mission, bringing explanatory posters and microscopes so they can see the microbes in question. She also works with local scientists to set up labs and microbe collection facilities.

“The times that rich countries went to poor countries and extracted things, those days are over,” she said. “We have to train them and educate and them and empower them.”

The result, she and Blaser hope, will be better for the long-term health of all.

Jim Carrey stars as Dr. Robotnik in “Sonic The Hedgehog 2.”

Carrey, 60, has speculated that this could be his acting swan song.

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duo travel to Sonic’s adopted home planet of Earth in hopes that the quippy blue hedgehog can steer them toward an all-powerful emerald. A lore-heavy, globe-trotting adventure — complete with a baffling Siberian dance battle — ensues. But you just need to know it’s standard-issue “stop the bad guys before they destroy the world” stuff.

It’s a joy hearing Elba flaunt his underused comedy chops by playing Knuckles as a simple-minded warrior, lacking in wit and self-awareness, even if the shtick is a shade too close to Drax from the “Guardians of the Galaxy” movies. Fans of the video games will also recognize Colleen O’Shaughnessey’s Tails, an anthropomorphic flying fox who tags along for the ride after making his big-screen debut in the first movie’s credits sequence.

While both characters make for welcome additions, their presence tends to leave the live-action cast in the dust.

James Marsden and Tika Sumpter are back as Tom and Maddie Wachowski, Sonic’s surrogate parents in the sleepy Montana town of Green Hills.

But they spend half the movie sidelined on a Hawaiian vacation while attending the wedding of Maddie’s sister (a scene-stealing Natasha Rothwell, who, between this and “The White Lotus,” apparently

Photo of Orson Welles meeting with reporters in an effort to explain that no one connected with the War of the Worlds radio broadcast had any idea the show would cause panic. Acme News Photos

way for sketch comedy shows such as “Saturday Night Live,” evening talk programs such as “The Tonight Show,” modern soap operas and sports broadcasts. It also ushered in countless technological advancements, government oversight divisions such as the FCC, and some of today’s major media organizations. Many of the most beloved television shows of the 1950s through the 1980s began on radio, such as “Perry Mason,” “Whose Line Is It Anyway,” “Gunsmoke,” “Adventures of Superman” and “I Love Lucy.”

“Before radio, if you wanted entertainment you had to go to a local dance, a vaudeville house, the movie theater or gather around a player piano,” Horwitz said. “After radio, everyone was able to be entertained within the walls of their own home.”

Audiences tuned in not just for entertainment, but to connect with their favorite stars.

“Anybody who was anybody was on the radio,” Amari said.

The list includes Jimmy Stewart, Clark Gable, Katharine Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, Judy Garland, Cary Grant, Gene Kelly and Shirley Temple. It was a different time, when actors weren’t chasing individual paydays but worked on salary.

“Everyone in the business was under contract with a studio,” Amari explained. Because pay was salaried, actors would be “loaned out” to radio shows between movies to promote their work and build star power.

Radio was, after all, where the people were. “You have to remember that the 1930s was dominated by the Great Depression and that radio was a cheap form of entertainment when people couldn’t afford to go out,” Schultz said.

When Americans weren’t

catching up with movie stars, they were listening to the president guide them through trying times. “It is difficult to overstate the impact Franklin D. Roosevelt’s ‘Fireside Chats’ had on the American public,” said David Childs, a professor of history and social studies at Northern Kentucky University. Childs said that 58 percent of the country listened to the president’s messages about World War II. But just as “shock jocks” and controversial podcasters have been blamed for spreading hate and misinformation in recent years, Roosevelt had to compete with his share of bad actors. Father Charles Coughlin, with about 30 million listeners, frequently blamed Jews for Nazi violence until networks made him tone down his rhetoric. Famous aviator Charles Lindbergh also used the medium to dish out antisemitic commentary and denouncements of the

can’t get enough of Hawaiian resorts). It’s an entertaining enough detour, but one that feels like it belongs in another movie. Although it’s nice to see actors Lee Majdoub, Adam Pally and Tom Butler also reprise their bit parts, their shoehorned scenes do little more than take gags from the first film and beat them to death.

There’s no denying that kids will delight in “Sonic 2’s” zany antics, explosive set pieces and commendable lessons.

Older viewers should get a kick out of the punning dialogue and meta-humor, which wryly calls out homages to Batman, Ghostbusters and Indiana Jones. (“I don’t want to die like this,” Jim Carrey exclaims, while outrunning a boulder straight out of “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” “It’s derivative!”)

And Schwartz still knows how to slip in a clever pop culture reference, including a delightful dig at Dwayne Johnson’s feud with Vin Diesel.

Carrey, 60, has speculated that this could be his acting swan song, telling “Access Hollywood” last week that he was “fairly serious” about retiring.

Even if this is the final showcase for Carrey’s idiosyncratic talents, the mid-credits stinger makes clear that this franchise has every intention of zooming on. Next time, let’s hope Sonic is back up to speed.

Two out of four stars. Rated PG. At theaters. Contains action, some violence, rude humor and mildly crude language. 122 minutes. president and the war.

As radio audiences grew, advertisers paid attention.

“Anywhere there’s a large audience, advertisers follow,” Schultz said. Indeed, despite the Depression, advertisers kept increasing their spending on the medium, according to the Library of Congress.

“Many radio shows in the 1930s were in fact produced by ad agencies who put together their own radio production departments,” said Susan Douglas, a media professor at the University of Michigan and the author of “Listening In: Radio and the American Imagination.”

Until the technology to prerecord broadcasts was developed and perfected in the mid-1950s, most programs had to broadcast live. That resulted in countless on-air mispronunciations, sound effect mishaps and fits of laughter, in addition to profanities and innuendos that would have otherwise been edited out during the more prudish era. For instance, actress Mae West ran afoul of the FCC when, while doing a bit on a comedy show opposite a ventriloquist dummy, she explained in her rich, hallmark voice: “Come on home with me, honey. I’ll let you play in my wood pile.”

Scripted or unscripted, listeners were swept away. “People’s imaginations run wild when they’re relying on only one of the five senses,” Carlton said. “Listening is more stimulating and immersive than a book because there are sound effects and music in addition to words and the audience is filling in every blank mentally.” Paradoxically, he added, “it’s the most visual of all the mediums.”

Daryl Austin is a journalist based in Utah. His work has appeared in the Atlantic, the New York Times, National Geographic and Bloomberg News.

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How to love salad (when you hate salad)

Your guide to salad greens

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Q: I can’t stand greens — lettuce/arugula/spinach/ mixed greens etc. — I don’t like any of them. Are there any salads you really love that are essentially just the good parts of salad with no (or minimal) greens? They’re always my hurdle to having salads on a regular basis.

A: Consider a Cobb salad!

The leafy greens are optional in my opinion, and you can pick and choose the vegetables, proteins, crunchy additions and dressing you like. And in summer, how about panzanella?

Plus tips to pick, prep and store them

By AARON HUTCHERSON

Q: What are your favorite ways to dress up cabbage as a main course salad?

A: I love the idea of slaws as a main course! To turn them into a main course I like thinking of them as I would any other salad.

Pulled chicken, pork or beef, cooked and drained chickpeas or other beans, crisped cubed tofu, or shredded tempeh could be tossed in with a slaw to bulk it up into a main course.

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“Salad” is a pretty broad category of foods. It can be composed primarily of ingredients such as potatoes, eggs or chicken, but the first image that pops into my head is one with leafy greens — even though green isn’t the only color these leaves can come in.

When choosing the right salad greens for your next bowl, the options are bountiful. The world of salad greens can be surprisingly complex and confusing, so here’s a breakdown of some of the more common types you’re likely to encounter along with how to best pick and store them.

Q: I had just pruned some leaves from my dwarf banana plant when I saw a recipe for Fish Fillets en Papillote. I am so excited to try this with banana leaves instead of paper!

Do you have any experience or tips for using banana leaves for cooking a dish?

A: What a great idea! You can absolutely do that with this recipe for Fish Fillets en Papillote, just be sure the leaves are big enough. First, I would steam the leaves so they are flexible enough to make packets out of. Then, wrap the fish and any additions into the insides, wrapping them as well as you can, and using toothpicks to create seams as close to the top of each packet as possible.

(If your banana leaves aren’t big enough, you can still capture the flavor of the leaves by including smaller pieces into the parchment packet.) These packets, like the paper ones, aren’t airtight, and that’s fine because the steam needs a place to escape anyway.

Q: I like shallots — a lot — but why do they cost so much, especially compared to onions or garlic?

A: It seems to come down to location. You can’t grow shallots in as many places as you can grow onions, which means less supply and a higher price.

LETTUCES: Up until now, I thought that “lettuce” was just another synonym for salad greens. However, lettuce refers to a specific species of plants classified as Lactuca sativa. (It’s a squares and rectangles situation where all lettuces are salad greens, but not the other way around.) There are See GREENS C8

Options are bountiful when it comes to salad greens. From familiar, crunchy options like iceberg and romaine to the less familiar bitter and sweet flavors of radicchio, there are plenty of options, green and otherwise, for your salad bowl. Scott Suchman/Washington Post

The perfect ‘little crust’ for your bowl of greens How to make crispy, flavorful croutons to upgrade your salad

flexibility, Jensen suggests avoiding “dipping” loaves with very open, irregular crumbs, such as ciabatta.

It’s not mandatory, but using older bread will facilitate the bread soaking up the fat and create a crisp texture.

Jensen’s sweet spot is three-day-old bread. If your bread is on the fresher side and you know you’re going to want croutons, cut or tear them in advance, set them on a baking sheet, cover with a kitchen towel (to protect from dust and pests — or pets) and let them hang out for at least a few hours. If you want to speed up the process, Jensen suggests placing the croutons on the baking sheet in an oven with the light turned on, which is gentler than actually baking them.

By BECKY KRYSTAL Washington Post

Raise your hand if you think, or have ever thought, that the best part of a salad was the croutons.

Yup, I thought so.

“They barely make it into the salad bowl if it’s a good crouton,” says cookbook author and baking instructor Tara Jensen. Those nubs of toasted bread — crouton is derived from the French word for “little crust” — can be hard to resist. And why would you?

Whether you want to make the best croutons for snacking, salads or soups, here are some things to keep in mind.

THE BREAD Almost any kind of bread you have sitting around can be turned into croutons. Jensen is a big fan of sourdough, especially loaves made with some whole wheat, so that the bran rehydrates and soaks up more of

How to make crispy, flavorful croutons to upgrade your salad. Rey Lopez/ Washington Post

the oil for optimal flavor and a slight chew.

Hearty white sandwich bread, such as the sliced loaves you might get at the store, is a great option. (Just nothing too thin, please.) You can also go bolder with rye or pumpernickel, though darker breads will require

a little more attentiveness since it can be harder to gauge doneness based on color alone. In “Vegan Soul Kitchen: Fresh, Healthy, and Creative African-American Cuisine,” Bryant Terry even makes garlic croutons out of cubes of leftover cornbread.

While there’s a lot of built-in

THE SHAPE Jensen prefers to tear the bread for croutons by hand. The irregular shape means you’ll get contrasting textures — crispy point here, softer bready spot there. Plus, the craggy edges are “just a trap for everything delicious,” Jensen says.

In “Salt Fat Acid Heat,” Samin Nosrat walks a line between cutting and tearing. She suggests cutting

the bread into 1-inch slices, cutting the slices into 1-inch strips and then tearing the strips into 1-inch pieces.

She says this strategy speeds up the process and gives you more evenly sized pieces that still have the benefit of rustic edges.

Prefer your croutons in cubes? Go for it. Make them as small or big as you want, depending on whether you want them crisp all the way through (small) or with a slightly bready core (large). About ½-inch is a good middle ground.

If you want to be able to cook the bread at a higher temp for longer without burning, you can leave the bread in slices to toast and then tear after. That also preserves the possibility of a slightly bready interior.

HOW TO FLAVOR THEM Fat is crucial for flavor in addition to texture. Extra-virgin olive oil is a go-to, and you want to make sure you’re using something you like since it’s such a prominent ingredient. To “help produce super-crunchy and flavorful croutons,” consider a See CROUTONS C8

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Puzzles

Last week’s puzzle answers

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By Stella Wilder Born Sunday, you are one of the most forceful and aggressive individuals born under your sign, and you are never one to back down from a fight when you believe there is something important at stake — be it your own well-being, the well-being of others, or a principle or ideal that lies at the center of your being. Though you are always quick to act when action is called for, you are also quite adept at balancing that action with careful thought, which usually prevents you from doing anything ill-advised or impulsive.

You are likely to model yourself, in large part, upon someone you admire and look up to as a kind of hero — though it is likely that your accomplishments will eclipse this person’s and you will become a hero to others in your own right. You always try to carry yourself as one worthy of the good opinions of others.

Also born on this date are: Victoria Beckham, singer; Jennifer Garner, actress; Sean Bean, actor; Olivia Hussey, actress; Luke Mitchell, actor; Rooney Mara, actress; William Holden, actor; John Pierpont Morgan, entrepreneur; Thornton Wilder, playwright.

To see what is in store for you Monday, find your birthday and read the corresponding paragraph. Let your birthday star be your daily guide.

MONDAY, APRIL 18 ARIES (March 21-April 19) — A piece of news that comes to you today may prove a real shocker — but you can recover in time to do the right thing and give a friend a boost.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Your patience may be tested by someone who simply won’t follow the rules. Is it time to go your own way? Consider all such options — right now!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — The actions of someone who is trying very hard to impress you may actually be underwhelming, but you don’t have to say so — just yet.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — The view from where you are right now gives you renewed hope for a very bright future — which begins almost immediately. Make some plans!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — A look back gives you a new perspective on something that is a pivotal part of your own personal history — but do you want to share it with others?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — What begins

as a disappointment today may prove quite satisfactory when all is said and done, thanks to last-minute maneuvering.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — You may have to work harder than usual to do what you know is right. Today, efforts that buck the system are met with unexpected resistance.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Things are likely to pan out very much as expected today — provided you do precisely what you’ve been told to do at the right time.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Despite your own thorough preparations, you are harboring doubts about today’s contest, but you may devise a new way to get ahead.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Perspective is everything today, so you must be sure to look both backward and forward to get your bearings and maintain your balance.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — It may be time for you to refuse someone’s all-too-familiar request for assistance. You have your own work to do today, surely!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — There is little danger of you living in the past, even if you spend time looking back in that direction.

Study what has worked for you.

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Books & authors

Illuminating the art of the written word A collection of essays on the joy of reading and the art of writing

By MALCOLM FORBES Star Tribune

“In the Margins: On the Pleasures of Reading and Writing” by Elena Ferrante, translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein; Europa Editions (112 pages, $21.95) There is a moment in Elena Ferrante’s “My Brilliant Friend” when Elena, the narrator and possibly the author’s alter ego, reacts to a letter she has received from the book’s other main character, Lila.

“The voice set in the writing overwhelmed me, enthralled me even more than when we talked face to face: it was completely cleansed of the dross of

The lucid, well-formed essays that make up “In the Margins” are written in an equally captivating voice, one that is also free of “the dross of speech.” speech, of the confusion of the oral.”

The lucid, well-formed essays that make up “In the Margins” are written in an equally captivating voice, one that is also free of “the dross of speech.” All four were presented last year as lectures by two Italian women, an actress and a scholar, each of them standing in for the reclusive,

anonymous Ferrante. Now they have been translated into English by Ann Goldstein. Although a slim collection, there is more than enough meat here to nourish both the common reader and the Ferrante aficionado.

The first piece, “Pain and Pen,” takes the form of a learning curve. Ferrante reveals how as an adolescent and apprentice writer she only read male authors and as such came to imitate them. Eventual exposure to female writers like Virginia Woolf and poet Gaspara Stampa taught her how to break free of “the male tradition” and turn out writing which is both “compliant” and “impetuous.”

In “Aquamarine,” Ferrante explains that in her earlier years she was gripped by a “mania for realism.” She

wanted to “circumscribe, inscribe, describe, prescribe, even proscribe, if necessary” but was never able to faithfully replicate reality. She expounds on five “fundamental” discoveries gleaned, in part, from close-readings of “essential” books, all of which altered her writing approach and helped her emerge from her creative dead end.

Ferrante’s third essay, “Histories, I,” examines female literary influences and the challenges faced by female authors who are committed to producing “writing of truth.”

The last essay, “Dante’s Rib,” sees Ferrante reflecting on the Italian poet and “his boldest creation,” Beatrice.

Every essay here is a blend of deep thought, rigorous analysis and graceful prose.

We occasionally get the odd glimpse of the author (“I’ve never had much courage — it’s my cross”) but mainly the focus is on the nuts and bolts of writing and Ferrante’s practice of her craft.

The essays are at their most rewarding when Ferrante discusses the origins of her books, in particular the celebrated Neapolitan Novels, and the multifaceted heroines that power them. As she says of characters in general: “I feel they are false when they exhibit clear coherence, and I become passionate about them when they say one thing and do the opposite.”

These essays might not bring us any closer to finding out who Ferrante really is. Instead, though, they provide valuable insight into how she developed as a writer and how

she works her magic.

Malcolm Forbes has written for the Times Literary Supplement, the Economist and the Wall Street Journal. He lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.

A ER doc’s take on why fat is not the enemy Book examines how cardiologists are somewhat like plumbers

where the problem is, involves understanding the branching of the pipes that feed the whole hospital, or the arteries that feed the heart.

Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono in East Stroudsburg, Pa. We interviewed him about what he admits are his “offbeat perspectives” on the field of medicine.

Q: Was he surprised when you approached him?

A: He was. I was like “Hey, I’m writing this book. Can you show me where you work and how you solve problems?” I was the first doctor to go into this room he called the valve room. It was the heart of the hospital’s plumbing. He spent an hour giving me a tour. He probably still thinks I’m a little strange. He showed me what I would call the arteries — the supply of fresh water to the hospital, and what I would call the veins — draining wastewater under gravity.

Q: In one hospital where you worked, you asked the head of maintenance to give you a tour of the building’s plumbing system. What did you learn?

A: I learned that when there’s a problem with the plumbing, that the plumber solves the problem in the same way a cardiologist solves the problem of a heart attack.

When the water pressure drops in the whole hospital, it tells him something different than if it just drops in one particular wing or one floor of the hospital. It’s that regional vs. global problem. Zeroing in on where the blockage might be,

Q: As a lifelong naturalist, you described the kidney in terms of its role in the body’s ecosystem. What prompted that idea?

A: I call it a keystone species in the book. That’s an ecological term for a species on which an entire ecosystem can rest.

When that keystone species is reduced in number, it can bring the whole house of cards crashing down. Kidneys are the first to get injured in severe illness. They’re one of the first things that start to fail. I compare it to a canary in the coal mine. Often, kidney failure is what we look for first in people with severe overwhelming

By TOM AVRIL The Philadelphia Inquirer

PHILADELPHIA — When Jonathan Reisman treats patients in the emergency room, a lot is going on in his head beyond what he learned in medical school.

The physician, who lives in West Philadelphia, studied math in college. He then spent five years in Russia, studying forestry, water quality, and anthropology, and working as a translator for outdoor adventure tour groups. He has developed a keen interest in outdoor survival skills, teaching himself which mushrooms are safe to eat and how to tan animal hides. He has gone to sea on a Indigenous whaling boat.

All of it comes into play in “The Unseen Body” (Flatiron Books, $27.99) in which he takes readers on an organ-byorgan journey through human anatomy, drawing parallels with natural phenomena and his world travels.

A graduate of Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Reisman works as a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Cooper University Hospital in Camden, N.J., and also does emergency room shifts at Schuylkill Medical Center in Pottsville, Pa., and at

infection, or what we call a cytokine storm.

From an ecology perspective, the kidney also purifies, much like wetlands act as a buffer against changes in water level and pollution, sucking up toxins and helping to protect inland waterways from salt.

Q: Years ago, you went to sea on an Inupiat whaling boat. Describe how you gained new appreciation for the beneficial side of fat.

A: When I finished medical school, fat was always portrayed as the enemy. That goes for fat in our diet, fat in the bloodstream in the form of cholesterol and triglycerides and fat on our bodies in the sense of obesity. When I was in Alaska and learned about the traditional culture and diet, I found that fat was a humongous part of their lives. More than half of all calories is animal fat. No greens or vegetables. And if you go far enough north, there are no berries. For them, fat was the single thing that allowed human beings to even live in such a harsh environment. Fat is like the currency in the Arctic. Yet they actually have very low rates of cholesterol and heart disease. Now that they’ve partly switched to a modern American diet, they suffer from the same diseases as all the rest of us. I think the science of nutrition is only beginning to

When I was in Alaska and learned about the traditional culture and diet, I found that fat was a humongous part of their lives. More than half of all calories is animal fat. No greens or vegetables.”

JONATHAN REISMAN Physician and doctor

understand fat and its role in health and disease.

Q: You wrote that one part of the human body seems especially vulnerable and badly designed: the throat. How would you fix it?

A: It would be much better if the windpipe for air, and the esophagus for food and drink and everything else — it would be more convenient if they were not right next to each other.

Every time we swallow, unconsciously, all day, every day, if you swallow incorrectly just one time, you could die (from choking or aspiration pneumonia). It seems like a really stupid design. The muscles and cranial nerves are part of this very orchestrated system.

It’s very coordinated and perfectly timed so that the tongue moves upward just as the food is passing over the windpipe ...

That plugs it so that food can flow right past it without going in. When you learn some of these of things in medical school, you sort of become amazed that it works as well as it does. In a similar way, when you find how sperm and egg find each other, it is miraculous that it ever works at all.

Q: Given your background in mathematics, do you find that both your fellow providers and patients could use a refresher course in statistics?

A: So could I, honestly. We’ve all gotten a crash course in statistics over the last two years (with the COVID-19 pandemic).

For me and a lot of my classmates, statistics was the hardest class in medical school. It doesn’t come naturally for people to think that way. It takes a lot of training. The trip that took me to Alaska, I was there studying infectious disease in native people. Epidemiologists, when they design studies, the biggest thing they do is trying to figure out how to control for variables that might affect their results.

You have to pull this stuff out of the real world and create an artificial environment to get a result. I don’t blame anyone, either medical professionals or patients, for struggling to understand a lot of the public health concepts.

A close up look in three tide pools reveals diversity of life

By KATHERINE A. POWERS Star Tribune

“Life Between the Tides”

by Adam Nicolson; FSG (370 pages, $30) Adam Nicolson is the author of two dozen strangely assorted books, including a brilliant history of the making of the King James Bible, accounts of the Battle of Trafalgar, Homer’s world and its antecedents, life in the Hebrides, sailing the sea, and an intimate look at the lives, manners and mores of a dozen seabirds.

These works and others are, to a greater or lesser degree, concerned with grasping views of the world that are either lost to time or alien to our species. Now, in “Life Between the Tides,” Nicolson provides us with dramatic

glimpses into the activity and consciousness of a number of sea creatures and, following that, of the way of life and outlook of the ancient coastal peoples for whom these beings provided sustenance.

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, March 26, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by NPD BookScan.

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. Run, Rose, Run. Parton/Patterson. Little, Brown 2. The Recovery Agent. Janet Evanovich. Atria 3. The Paris Apartment. Lucy Foley. Morrow 4. The Match. Harlan Coben. Grand Central 5. Shadows Reel. C.J. Box. Putnam 6. French Braid. Anne Tyler. Knopf 7. A Sunlit Weapon. Jacqueline Winspear. Harper

Few places have been more entrancing to naturalists, past and present, than rockpools.

Nicolson builds three of them in a bay on the west coast of the Scottish Highlands and, following his predecessors, explores the anatomy, habits and personalities of the creatures he finds in them.

Beginning with the sandhopper, he notes how adeptly it adjusts its behavior according to circumstances: “These half-soft, semi-elastic, glossyshelled bodies shelter a decision-making, life-perpetuating, ingenious set of selves that has evolved over the aeons.”

Scientific though Nicolson’s descriptions are, it is clear that these tiny crustaceans are like people to him as he observes their “little hands and feet” removing grit from

their shell-coats. Also at work are “the shore engineers,” the winkles (Littorina littorea, or “shorey shore things”) who can cultivate little gardens and who defend them by lifting their shells and “stamping on the invader.”

Prawns, crayfish, starfish, anemones, crabs, mussels and limpets all spend time under his gaze. Along with their anatomical design, activities and means of communication and orientation, he discusses their “feeling of selfhood” — which he insists these seemingly insignificant creatures have just as we do.

Detailed and wide-ranging, the book covers natural phenomena — tides, salinity, geological formations, symbiosis among creatures — as well as myth, legend and words

Detailed and wideranging, the book covers natural phenomena — tides, salinity, geological formations, symbiosis among creatures — as well as myth, legend and words themselves. themselves, which, when delved into, offer a conduit back to a vanished understanding of existence.

Finally, as he did in “The Seabird’s Cry,” Nicolson shows, depressingly, the continuing devastation wrought

Publisher’s Weekly best-sellers 8. A Safe House. Stuart Woods. Putnam 9. One Italian Summer. Rebecca Serle. Atria 10. High Stakes. Danielle Steel. Delacorte

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Morrow 7. The Whole Body Reset. Stephen Perrine. Simon & Schuster 8. CEO Excellence. Dewar/Keller/Malhotra.

Scribner 9. The Wok. J. Kenji Lopez-Alt. Norton 10. I’ll Start Again Monday. Lysa TerKeurst.

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by human activity on the ecology of coastal regions. The book ends with a description of the calamity of the Torrey Canyon, the supertanker which, carrying 117,000 tons of crude oil, struck a reef and broke apart in 1967 off the coast of Cornwall.

The disaster, which killed 20,000 sea birds, was compounded by the decision to pour millions of gallons of toxic chemical dispersant into the sea. It killed everything it touched. When life finally returned to the poisoned shoreline it was in boom-andbust cycles, unable to sustain the diversity of animal and plant life that previously existed.

It is a melancholy end to an informative, engaging and beautifully written book.

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generous amount of butter, especially when cooked in a skillet (see below), Andreas Viestad wrote in The Washington Post in 2010.

And if you think vinegar is best left to the salad dressing, think again. Jensen likes to include a splash of balsamic vinegar in the coating for her croutons (1 tablespoon vinegar for every ½ cup oil) to add bright, contrasting flavor.

It’s easy to flavor your croutons any way you want. Garlic is classic. You can stir grated cloves into your fat or use crushed cloves to infuse the butter or oil, as in this Caesar salad. Garlic powder makes another wonderful addition, along with a variety of other pantry staples, including onion powder, dried herbs (parsley, dill, thyme, basil) and freshly ground pepper. Finely grated Parmigiano-Reggiano can be stirred into the mixture or grated on top of the croutons as well. A hit of dried mushroom powder or even MSG for umami? You do you, friend.

Whatever you flavor the croutons with, make sure the bread is evenly coated. Really work the mixture into the pieces, even massaging it with your hands so that it has a good chance to penetrate and flavor the inside, too.

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four, five or seven categories of lettuce, depending on who you ask, but for the purpose of salads there are only four that you need to worry about: butterhead, crisphead, romaine and loose-leaf. n Butterhead: “Head” in lettuce-speak refers to when the leaves overlap to a form a dense rosette or spherical structure. In this instance, the name says it all when it comes to describing the silky smooth texture of these leaves, which make it a salad favorite. Because of their delicate nature, butterheads are usually sold packed in plastic clamshells for protection. The most common types are bibb and Boston, with the latter having looser heads and slightly softer leaves. n Crisphead: The most popular of this type, and perhaps most popular of all the greens on this list, is iceberg lettuce. It was created in the 1940s as a sturdy head of lettuce that would hold up well to shipping. Though it’s not the best source of nutrients, it does have a terrific crunch that’s hard to beat. (Copy editor Jim Webster called it “crunchy water” in passing the other day, which I find to be a spot-on description.) Iceberg is the standard base for chopped and wedge salads, two classics in the pantheon of the category. n Romaine: This star of the Caesar salad is also known as cos. It has oblong leaves with sturdy, crunchy ribs and frilly edges. Its sturdiness means that it can also stand up to cooking, such as getting tossed on the grill or run under the broiler for a quick char. n Loose-leaf: “Named as such because they do not have hearts and do not form tight heads, loose-leaf lettuces are clusters of individual leaves,” according to “The Book of Greens” by Jenn Louis with Kathleen Squires. They have soft leaves and come in a variety of colors, with some varieties — red leaf and green leaf

By KARU F. DANIELS New York Daily News

To check for doneness, look for the croutons to be crispy and golden. Pexels

The toasting method. The oven is an excellent way to toast croutons, since it’s relatively hands off and makes it simple to cook up a big batch. Aim for 350 to 400 degrees, and expect the toasting to take anywhere from 10 to 20 minutes depending on the size and type of your bread, the temperature and your preferred level of doneness. Look for the croutons to be crispy and golden, though Jensen looks for a bit char for a range of flavors and textures.

If you’re working with smaller amounts, you can toast croutons in a skillet on the stovetop.

If you use butter here, Viestad advises, be sure it’s melted in the pan first so that it can evenly coat the bread. If you use oil, properly preheating the pan is key so that the bread starts toasting as soon as it hits the skillet. To harness the flavor of butter with less risk of burning,

combine it with some oil. Work over medium heat, stirring frequently, until the bread is crisp and golden.

Jensen also grills slices of bread that have been coated in the same mixture she uses for her baked croutons. Then she tears the bread into pieces after it has been toasted.

STORING I commend anyone who has the willpower to not eat all the croutons before they are added to the salad (be sure you put them on at the last minute so they don’t go soggy), let alone keep them around for a few days. If you can manage it, store them in an airtight container at room temperature. Jensen suggests eating them within three days, while others extend the window to up to a week. Pop them back into the oven to recrisp, if desired.

Lizzo’s plus-sized body positivity movement is paying off big time.

The Grammy-winning superstar announced Wednesday the launch of revolutionary new shapewear brand that’s inclusive of all body types, specifically larger ones.

YITTY, backed by Fabletics, Inc., is described as “a no-shame, smile-inducing shapewear designed for all body types that blurs the lines of inner and outerwear with intentional-meets-functional designs, sexy silhouettes, and bold colors.”

On sale April 12, the brand will range in sizes from 6X to XS, deliberately listing largest sizes first.

“Instead of thinking about size in this linear way, we’re thinking about it on a spectrum where everyone is included,” Lizzo said in a statement.

“Everyone’s size is just their size. It’s not high, it’s not low. It’s not big, it’s not small. It’s just your size.”

The “Juice” singer further explained that most of her life, she was told to “reshape” her body to confirm society’s beauty standards.

“I felt that I was constantly being told through TV and magazines that my body wasn’t good enough. And, in order to be considered ‘acceptable’ I had to inflict some sort of pain upon it to fit into an archetype of beauty. Because of this, I’ve been wearing shapewear for a long time, maybe since I was in fifth or sixth grade,” she said.

Created and co-founded by the 33-year-old singer, rapper and flutist, YITTY will launch with the release of three drops: Nearly Naked, described as a “lightweight, seamless collection “for everyday wear; MESH ME, designed to wear as underwear or outerwear; and MAJOR LABEL

Lizzo performs live at Treasure Island Resort & Casino Amphitheater in Red Wing, Minn., on Sept. 11. Alex Kormann/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS

everyday lifestyle pieces that are “super soft and super bossy.”

Some of the body-hugging pieces will come in lavender, taupe and other colors that reflect Lizzo’s musical tastes and use of song titles.

“I was tired of seeing this sad, restrictive shapewear that literally no-one wanted to wear,” she added. “I had an epiphany like, ‘who can actually do something about this?’”

She added, “I decided to take on the challenge of allowing women to feel unapologetically good about themselves again.”

— being named for their tint.

Oak leaf, which also can be red or green, is another common variety that closely resembles red and green leaf lettuces.

However, oak leaf’s leaves are slightly shorter and broader.

Loose-leaf lettuces are generally mild, though red varieties tend to be more robust than green ones. n Mesclun: Also called “spring mix,” mesclun is a mix of soft and tender — often baby — greens. This term is “traditionally used for a spring mix of early greens harvested in the area around Nice, in southern France. Its meaning now includes fall and winter fare, sown in late summer or early fall for a continuous winter harvest,” Barbara Damrosch wrote in a gardening story in The Post. Components might include spinach, arugula, romaine, chard, frisée, radicchio, kale, red leaf, green leaf and oak leaf. As such, its flavor varies depending on the exact blend.

CHICORIES: This group of leafy vegetables is named for their genus, Cichorium, and is known for a bitterness that can range from mild to assertive. Belgian endive and radicchio are the most common tightly headed chicories, and the loose-leaf varieties include frisée, curly endive and escarole. Unfortunately, there is quite a bit of confusion when it comes to naming.

For example: “What we in the U.S. (and France) refer to as frisée is in turn called endive in the U.K.,” Danilo Alfaro wrote in The Spruce Eats.

“Complicating matters even further is the fact that restaurant owners are always on the lookout for new ways to describe familiar ingredients to make them sound exotic because doing so means they can charge more. Thus, for years the word frisée supplanted the prosaic-sounding chicory on U.S. menus. But as the pendulum inevitably swings the other way, and restaurants look to cater to patrons seeking a more rustic, ‘locavore’ experience than what the Frenchsounding frisée implies, the

When choosing the right salad greens for your next bowl, the options are bountiful. Metro Creative Graphics

word chicory is finding its way back onto menus.”

As such, you may encounter other names for certain varieties (I’m looking at you, curly endive). Regardless of what they’re called, they’re all worthy additions to your salad greens lineup. n Radicchio: The most common radicchio in the United States is Chioggia, and it is a pleasing mix of bitter and sweet. Some might mistake it for small red cabbage, but it is much more bitter.

(One way to tell them apart is that the leaves of cabbage are more uniform in color whereas radicchio will have white veins.) Treviso is elongated, with a shape similar to romaine, and is less bitter than Chioggia. Another type you might encounter is Castelfranco, an heirloom variety with pale green leaves speckled with red. It’s much milder than the magenta-colored radicchios. n Belgian Endive: Shaped like little torpedoes, these chicories are known for having a juicy crunch. They can be either red or pale green, with the latter having a milder bitterness. In addition to salads, the leaves of Belgian

endive make a great addition to a crudité platter as they are great for scooping dips and spreads. n Frisée: The word means “curly” in French, which makes sense when you see its frilly leaves. Part of the naming confusion comes from the fact that frisée is the same plant as curly endive (see below). “When curly endive is about three-fourths grown — about 30 days from seeding — the plant is covered and pressed and hidden from the sunlight: sometimes with boards, sometimes with cups,” Steve Albert wrote on the website Harvest to Table.

Covering it keeps the majority of the leaves a creamy color at the base and in the center that transitions to pale green. The growing process also tames the bitterness compared to standard curly endive. n Curly Endive: When grown out in the open to full maturity, curly endive takes the flavor of frisée and cranks it up a notch or two, making it more bitter while still maintaining a gentle sweetness. The leaves turn a darker shade of green and become a bit heartier, meaning that they can also withstand cooking. Curly endive is sometimes simply called “chicory,” further adding to the confusion. n Escarole: Compared to curly endive, escarole has nice broad leaves that are less frilly.

“Dark green, leafy, and assertively bitter, escarole is an Italian favorite, appearing often in soups, as a companion to beans, or as a side dish,” “The Book of Greens” states. But

of course, it can also be eaten raw, too.

OTHER COMMON SALAD GREENS: n Mustard greens: Curious as to how these nutrient dense greens taste? “Quite simply, mustard greens taste like mustard,” “The Book of Greens” states. “Some even like to say they are the wasabi of salad greens, as they have that certain sinus-clearing quality.

Sharply flavored with a lingering bite, mustards are one of the more versatile greens because they can be eaten raw, dried, and cooked in many fashions.” The mature greens, such as those in the photo above, have a thick rib that is best removed when eaten raw.

If you want to eat the whole leaf, look for baby mustard greens, which come in a variety of shapes and shades. You might find them at a farmers market. n Kale: Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve likely encountered at least a handful of kale salads on restaurant menus. Remove the sturdy rib and give mature leaves a nice massage to tenderize them. (Baby kale leaves can be eaten whole.) Curly is the most common variety of kale, resplendent with emerald ruffles, but another you are likely to come across is lacinato — also called Tuscan or dinosaur kale — with dark, blue-green leaves. n Arugula: Also known as rocket, arugula’s tender leaves are known for its peppery bite. “This ubiquitous salad green may seem ordinary and

common today, but in ancient Rome, where it was first cultivated, arugula was known as an aphrodisiac,” states “The Book of Greens.” “Indeed, it was believed so potent that it was often mixed with less powerful greens in order to temper longing, and it was forbidden to be grown in monasteries.” n Spinach: Like Popeye, I love this omnipresent green.

“Native to Asia, likely Iran, it has flourished around the world for millennia,” says “The Book of Greens.” When it comes to salads, flat-leaf or baby spinach is the variety of choice as curly-leaf spinach can be tough and fibrous and is better suited for cooking. n Watercress: “One of the oldest documented greens, watercress dates back to ancient Greece, Rome, and Persia, where it was typically fed to soldiers to build their strength,” according to “The Book of Greens.” These leaves pack a peppery punch, but can have a fibrous stem, so consider removing part of it before adding to salads (or sandwiches).

This list is just the tip of the iceberg — pun intended — when it comes to the leaves you can use to make salads.

Some others to consider include beet and dandelion greens, various cabbages and other brassicas, Swiss and rainbow chard, more niche restaurant favorites such as little gem, mâche and purslane, and that’s before we even get to all the different herbs!

Assemble your salads however you please.