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Man indicted for alleged Coxsackie fraud scheme

By Bill Williams Columbia-Greene Media

ALBANY — A New Jersey man was arraigned Thursday following his indictment for wire fraud conspiracy involving a manufacturer in Coxsackie.

Juller Perez, 43, of Garfield, is accused of engaging in a kickback scheme to defraud a Greene County company from

2015 to 2019, U.S. Attorney Carla B. Freedman said.

Federal officials did not identify the company, but say it is a bedding company with a distribution facility in West Coxsackie.

Serta Simmons Bedding is located at 15 Houghtaling Road in West Coxsackie.

Perez was arraigned in federal court in Albany before U.S.

Magistrate Daniel J. Stewart, Freedman said.

According to the indictment, from at least 2015 to 2019, Perez co-owned a trucking company in New Jersey that transported products as a third-party contractor for Serta Simmons in West Coxsackie, Freedman said.

As part of the fraud scheme, Freedman said, Perez paid

kickbacks to the transportation manager of the bedding company in exchange for the use of the bedding company’s trucks and drivers to transport merchandise from West Coxsackie to Perez’s truck yard in Clifton, New Jersey, which allowed Perez to avoid certain transportation costs.

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A New Jersey man was arraigned on Thursday in Federal Court, accused of participating in a kickback scheme to defraud Serta Simmons in Coxsackie.

By Ted Remsnyder Columbia-Greene Media

CATSKILL — With a goal of attracting and maintaining businesses to the region, the Greene County Industrial Development Agency has a full slate of ongoing business park projects and PILOT programs.

During a presentation to the Greene County Legislature on Monday during an Economic Development and Tourism Committee meeting, Greene County IDA Executive Director April Ernst gave an update on the agency’s schedule.

The host of ongoing and upcoming initiatives includes 15 PILOT projects and three partner projects with the county.

“We can offer incentives like sales tax exemptions, mortgage tax exemptions or PILOT programs to encourage companies to come build in Greene County,” Ernst told the Legislature of the IDA’s mission. “Or to retain them or encourage them to stay.”

The agency has three major projects in progress, including the Exit 21 West project with Columbia Memorial Health. The IDA established a 60-acre business park in 2019 in the town of

Exit 21, Cairo, Tech Park top 2022 IDA project list

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The Exit 21 West project that will see the establishment of a Columbia Memorial Health medical facility in Catskill is one of a host of ongoing Greene County IDA initiatives.

Athens pair accused of jewelry theft

By Bill Williams Columbia-Greene Media

CAIRO — A man and a woman from Greene County were charged Wednesday following an investigation into the theft of jewelry and cash from a Cairo resident, said state police spokeswoman Marissa Debiase on Friday.

Lisa G. Barbieri, 31, of Athens, and David J. Palmer, 40, also of Athens, are accused of stealing jewelry from a victim and pawning it. They also allegedly transferred money from the victims’ bank account into another account, Debiase said.

Police did not say if Barbieri, Palmer and the unidentified victim knew one other. The value of the stolen items was

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A theft in Cairo had led to an Athens pair being arrested on felony charges.

not disclosed.

The investigation began April 11, when state police in Catskill received a report of

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A preliminary investigation indicated that Barbieri and Palmer were responsible for

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the crimes, Debiase said.

Barbieri and Palmer were charged with fourth-degree grand larceny, a class E felony.

Barbieri and Palmer were arraigned in Athens Town Court and released on their own recognizance, pending their next court appearance, which is scheduled for Thursday, Debiase said.

Palmer was also charged with weapons possession, Debiase said.

On Wednesday, when police arrived at a residence on Buttermilk Falls Road in Athens to arrest Palmer on the grand larceny charge, a pair of metal knuckles belonging to Palmer were discovered, Debiase said.

Palmer is prohibited from owning the weapon due to a previous conviction, See JEWELRY A11

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A pair of wild turkeys stand in the way of an approaching traffic on Buffalo Road in West Des Moines, Iowa, on Friday, March 25, 2022. Recently the turkeys have been holding up traffic in the area, pecking at car tires and chasing pedestrians.

the birds strutting their stuffing across the East Coast.

Rauch thinks the national flock is even bigger, at 7 million birds nationwide, though no one knows for sure. The District, he guesses, has about 100.

They tend to be secretive, he notes, and usually scatter when humans approach.

At least, most of them do.

On March 22, Clark Weigel, a special education specialist, was biking along the trail when he spotted a turkey in the path.

Weigel dismounted and tried to leave, but the tom attacked, pecking and flapping. After throwing two phones and a radio at the enraged bird, Weigel finally threw his bike. The turkey slunk off. He left behind scattered feathers and a shaken but unharmed cyclist. “It’s not something that I would expect to do at all, having to defend myself against a wild animal in D.C.,” Weigel says. “I actually stuck around to file [a] report solely because I thought I had injured the animal.”

That same day, the turkey appeared in the path of Terrance Savitsky, a research statistician at the Bureau of Labor Statistics out for a morning run. Savitsky

backed up and tried to run the other way. The turkey ran, too.

“Man, was it fast. I started running and realized it was gaining on me,” Savistky says.

Another victim posted a photo of the turkey in full plumage to the local blog PoPville, reporting that he ended up in urgent care “with puncture wounds on my legs and I had to get a tetanus shot and antibiotics” after getting the wrong end of its talons.

Running away won’t help, explains Long. “They’re really good on their feet. They’ll typically run from danger rather than fly,” he says. They can reach 25 miles an hour on the ground and can fly, too, up to 50 miles an hour.

Normally, turkeys top out around 20 pounds, with fleshy wattles that hang down their necks and another protuberance called a snood hanging over the beak. But when a tom turkey is out to display and intimidate, it stands up straight, up to 2 1/2 feet tall. Their wattles and snoods flush and swell.

Ruffled feathers are not unusual in the spring. Turkey mating season usually runs from March to May - and the

D.C. turkey dating scene could make anyone irritable. But Joe Cashman, a park guide at the Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens, first encountered the turkey on a bike patrol in October, when he spotted a male and two females. “The male kind of chased us a little bit. We thought that was odd,” he says.

Then the complaints came rolling in. Cashman estimates that Kenilworth has received at least a dozen. There are now warning signs around the turkey’s stalking grounds near the Aquatic Gardens and on the trail running north, an area another victim has taken to calling “Gobbler’s Gulch.” Cashman is also walking or biking the trail three times per day. He’s spotted the turkey numerous times - and been chased twice.

Most turkeys are not aggressive, Rauch notes. If you see a bird that won’t budge, he says, make yourself look big and make noise. Don’t turn your back on it. If you’re on a bike, don’t get off. A stick can be useful to make yourself look large and intimidating. And no matter how aggressive, turkeys can’t get or spread rabies.

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There’s a menace haunting the Anacostia Riverwalk Trail in Washington. It hunts the lonely, quiet stretch of woods between an aquatic garden and a recreation center. Suddenly, it appears in front of a biker, walker or runner and gives chase, flapping, slashing with its talons - and gobbling. It’s a male wild turkey, and it’s already sent someone to urgent care.

Now, scientists, park rangers and others are out to catch the wild butterball. Despite its fowl attitude, victims want it peacefully relocated. The turkey’s presence might ruffle feathers, but it’s also a sign of the recovery of a species - a story of conservation success.

If you’ve never seen a turkey outside of a sandwich, you’re not alone. “We probably went four or five, six decades without turkeys in the district, unless it was a very, very small population that no one knew anything about,” explains D.C. wildlife biologist Dan Rauch. “They have been pushed out by habitat change, by development, by hunting.”

Wild turkeys were abundant before Western colonization.

Indigenous peoples domesticated the bird across North and Central America, and most wild ones were relatively docile. Europeans recognized good food when they saw it, and turkeys became features of festive dinners by the 16th century, as Jim Sterba notes in “Nature Wars: The Incredible Story of How Wildlife Comebacks Turned Backyards Into Battlegrounds.”

But the drumsticks came at a price. Once abundant across North America, turkeys were missing from most of the East Coast by the 1920s.

Beginning in the 1960s, “there was a lot of interest in getting turkeys reestablished in the country,” explains Bob Long, wild turkey and upland game bird wildlife manager for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. The birds prefer environments where forest and meadow meet and came flocking to suburbs and parks. Now, Long estimates there are more than 4 million of

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Authorities in the Bay Area arrested a man suspected of a break-in Wednesday after he stabbed and bit a police dog, officers said.

Kurt Dasilva, 44, was booked into Solano County Jail on multiple felony charges after he was treated at a hospital, according to the Fairfield Police Department.

Around 2 p.m., authorities received a report of a man

breaking into a home in the 1700 block of Elm Street in the North Bay city, police said.

The resident left the home while contacting dispatchers, police said. At the same time, authorities got a report from an Amazon driver that a man threatened to kill him and take his delivery truck.

Officers responded and saw Dasilva running around inside the home, police said. They tried unsuccessfully to get him to come outside.

Law enforcement eventually went inside to arrest Dasilva and deployed a police dog named Cort, police said.

“The suspect bit K9 Cort in the face and stabbed him on his left side with a knife,” police said. “The suspect appeared to be under the influence of drugs. Officers were able to safely take the male into custody.”

Cort was treated at UC Davis Veterinary Hospital and is recovering at home with his

Best Buy recalls 772,000 air fryers after fire and burning reports Aaron Gregg The Washington Post

Best Buy is recalling 772,000 air fryers and air fryer ovens in the United States and Canada after more than 100 reports of them burning, melting or catching fire, safety regulators announced.

The 104 incidents involving the retailer’s Insignia brand included seven reports of minor property damage and two injuries, including to a child’s leg, according to a notice

Thursday from the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

The CPSC advised customers to immediately stop using the devices and return them to Best Buy for a refund, which is to be offered in the form of a $50 credit. The fryers, which are manufactured in China, retail from $30 to $150 depending on the model.

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handler, police said.

Jail records show Dasilva was booked on suspicion of carjacking, burglary, harming a police horse or dog, and on a parole violation, all felonies.

He was also booked on suspicion of misdemeanor obstructing or resisting an officer, records show.

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Monday, April 25 n Catskill Village Planning Board

7 p.m. Robert C. Antonelli Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill 518943-3830

Tuesday, April 26 n Catskill Central School District Board of Education regular business/ vote on BOCES annual budget and BOCES board members 6:30 p.m.

CHS Library, 341 West Main St., Catskill 518-943-2300 n Catskill Town Planning Board, 6:30 p.m. Robert C. Antonelli Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill

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Athens Fire Department, 39 Third St., Athens Consult the village website for updates the day of the meeting n Catskill Town Zoning Board of Appeals 6 p.m. Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill n Catskill Village Board of Trustees 6:30 p.m. Robert C. Antonelli Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill 518-943-3830 n Greenville CSD Business & BOCES annual election and budget 5 p.m. District Office, 4982 Route 81, Greenville 518-966-5070

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Wednesday, May 4 n Catskill Central School District

Board of Education public hearing on budget 6 p.m. CHS Library, 341 West Main St., Catskill 518-943-2300

Thursday, May 5 n Ashland Town Planning Board

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C-A adopts $34.7M school budget for 2022-23

By Ted Remsnyder Columbia-Greene Media

COXSACKIE — When Coxsackie-Athens taxpayers head to the polls May 17, they will render a verdict on a proposed $34,710,768 spending plan for the 2022-23 school year.

The school board adopted the proposed budget during its April 12 meeting, with the proposed spending plan now headed to district residents for the annual public budget vote.

The proposal represents a $711,768 increase over last year’s $33,999,000 approved spending plan, which is a 2.09% increase over the approved 2021-22 budget.

The proposed 2022-23 tax levy is $19,248,622, a 2.92% increase over last year’s $18,703,341 levy.

Coxsackie-Athens Board of Education President Michael Donahue said Ryan Palmer, the district’s administrator of business and finance, crafted the budget with input from the administration, with the school board also launching

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The Coxsackie-Athens Board of Education has approved a proposed $34,710,768 spending plan for the 2022-2023 school year in advance of the May 17 public vote.

its own budget committee to help shape the proposal.

“We start looking at this in January,” Donahue said. “We don’t know in January what the state aid will be, so we start with a ballpark idea. We also instituted a budget committee. This was a new addition to our board last fall. It’s a committee where the board can

look at the budget earlier and closer and look at the options and choices and the priorities and the board can have input. That was new this year and that was going along in tandem with our regular process that the whole board went through. So having the committee gave us an even closer look at the kinds of things that

people were asking for and which we may be able to provide.”

The proposed budget includes the addition of five paraprofessionals, a full-time counselor, a seasonal groundskeeper and a full-time teacher for grades 7-12.

“I think we were really well informed and prepared this

year, more than other years that I’ve been a part of it,” Donahue said. “We’re in good shape. We’re below the tax cap and we’re adding a few special ed positions. Through the American Rescue Plan Act, we’re looking at adding an alternative learning program for kids that are at-risk and could maybe use a little extra help.”

The proposed spending plan also includes the addition of a full-time fitness room coordinator for the district. The school board president said he hopes the community will support the budget when it’s on the ballot on May 17.

“It’s been a positive experience and I hope that the folks that vote agree with us and pass it and we can go ahead,” Donahue said. “We’re adding people and there’s been some years where you’re not in that position and you’re looking at where to cut. That’s really tough to look at that. But we’re not in that position.”

Police: Freehold home struck by bullet

By Bill Williams Columbia-Greene Media

FREEHOLD — Two teens from Albany County were arrested Monday on felony charges following a short investigation into a shooting incident in Freehold, state police spokeswoman Marissa Debiase said Friday.

Police did not identify the teens due to their age.

Police charged a 17-year-old girl from Selkirk and an 18-yearold boy from Ravena, Debiase said.

On Monday, at about 12:48 p.m., police were sent to county Route 67 in Freehold after receiving reports of a shots being fired in the vicinity of a home, Debiase said.

A preliminary investigation indicated that the two teens drove by a home and the 18-year-old fired a .22 rifle into the air.

A bullet hit the home and passed through a wall, Debiase said.

Police did not disclose if the two were familiar with the residents of the home or if the shooting was a random incident.

Both suspects were taken into custody and charged with firstdegree reckless endangerment, a class D felony, and fourthdegree criminal possession of a weapon, a class A misdemeanor, Debiase said.

The 17-year-old girl was issued an appearance ticket for Greene County Family Court and was scheduled to reappear on April 19.

The 18-year-old boy was arraigned in Greenville Town Court and released on his own recognizance. His next court appearance is scheduled for May 11.

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Two Albany County teens face charges, for allegedly shooting a gun in the area of a Freehold home.

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Heed the call of firefighters Firefighters accustomed to answering calls are today issuing a call of their own: “We need members and the need is great.”

Volunteer departments all over Columbia and Greene counties are opening their doors, hoping to increase their membership during the 11th annual RecruitNY weekend. The recruitment campaign comes at a time when many local fire departments are in dire need of new members.

Volunteer membership has suffered over the last few years due to various factors, including the state of the economy, according to the Firemen’s Association of the State of New York.

The economy is not the

only reason, however. COVID-19 exacerbated the staffing shortage. Training sessions that had been scheduled well in advance were canceled, reducing the number of firefighters with the qualifications to step in.

Another contributing factor to the volunteer firefighter shortage is the difficulty in recruiting candidates for a job that will not pay what their work is worth. Most volunteer firefighters have full-time jobs, so taking on another full-time job with unpredicatable hours and no pay is a hurdle volunteer fire departments have been dealing with for years.

Modern firefighters re-

spond to more medical calls for service than any other type of emergency call. For many volunteer firefighters, the job becomes far less exciting than they thought.

The standards to become a firefighter have become tougher and require a major commitment of time for training.

It is plausible to expect that fire departments in Greene and Columbia counties will attract some new recruits this weekend.

Otherwise, fire departments will be hard pressed for another year to do a demanding job — courageously put their lives on the line to protect ours. And that would be nothing less than a tragedy.

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Biden’s covid team should stop treating parents like idiots Alyssa Rosenberg The Washington Post

Parents of young children have been asked to put up with a lot during the covid-19 pandemic - working through day-care closures, mourning lost time with grandparents, teaching 2-year-olds to wear masks. The latest insult: The Biden administration seems to think we’re too stupid to make decisions about the vaccines that could give our kids a new normal.

Lest I be accused of exaggerating, Politico reported on Thursday that “regulators are leaning toward postponing any action until the early summer, arguing that it would be simpler and less confusing to simultaneously authorize and promote two vaccines to the public, rather than green-lighting one on a faster timetable and the other down the road.” Anthony S. Fauci, the chief medical adviser to President Biden, later confirmed that strategy in an interview with CNN’s Kasie Hunt.

Moderna plans to file for an emergency use authorization for its pediatric vaccine this month. Pfizer is waiting to measure the effect of a third shot on trial participants and may not be able to move forward until June.

Apparently, the administration thinks parents are too feebleminded to parse that different vaccines with different dosages might have different levels of efficacy or

require a different number of shots. “Try to explain that to parents,” an unnamed administration official told Politico.

Yes, please do explain it to us. Because Fauci told Hunt he couldn’t.

It’s easy to be snide about the way so many Americans have turned themselves into amateur infectious disease experts over the past two years. But the nature of the pandemic and the government response has forced people to independently cobble together what knowledge they could, to make the best decisions for themselves and their families.

Citizen efforts such as the COVID Tracking Project and Ryan Stahlin’s DCcovidwebsite made data about infections and hospitalizations comprehensible for general interest audiences. Now, as the widespread availability of home antigen testing has made case numbers and positivity rates less-reliable indicators of the state of the pandemic, the researchers behind Biobot Analytics which describes itself as “the first company in the world to commercialize data from sewage” - are tracking trends in wastewater samples and graphing them against reported case totals.

We’ve learned about the platforms used by Moderna, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson to design their vaccines.

We’ve balanced the varying

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comfort and efficacy of mask designs, and weighed the power of airplane filtration systems against the risks and annoyances of long car trips.

Parents in particular have been asked to make consequential, even wrenching decisions. Does it make sense to pull a child from nursery school in advance of the birth of a younger sibling to keep everyone healthy? Is the danger that covid-19 poses to a 2-year-old acute enough to quarantine her covid-positive father in the basement before Christmas? Before data was available about vaccination and pregnant people, did it make sense to get a shot early in pregnancy, when a fever could pose a risk to a developing fetus?

Sometimes these questions are hard to answer because data is inadequate or because information changes so fast. Sometimes it’s difficult to choose because each family’s circumstances are so specific that no bureaucracy could anticipate everyone’s needs. But parents have made these decisions rather than succumbing to paralysis, because that’s what parenting is: doing the best you can with imperfect guidance.

Rather than worrying whether overtaxed parents are capable of parsing yet another dilemma on behalf of our children, the Biden administration should be straight with us.

Biden has a tawdry new scheme to cripple charter schools WASHINGTON — There is honor, of a sordid sort, in the Biden administration’s showing more gratitude to a major donor than concern for the needs of millions of children, disproportionately minorities. The administration prefers the donor, a government-employees union, over the children, even though this tawdry fidelity to a funder will exacerbate Democrats’ growing problems with Black and Hispanic voters. This is the significance of the number 97.9.

From 1990 on, that is the lowest percentage of the American Federation of Teachers’ campaign contributions that went to Democrats. It explains the administration’s contemptible pettiness in persecuting charter schools with punitive regulations intended to be crippling.

Charter schools are tuition-free public schools authorized to exercise wider discretion in educational practices than most public schools that are tightly enveloped in union rules.

Although charters do not divert public funds from public education, teachers unions generally oppose them because charters expand parents’ choices, thereby infusing into public education something teachers unions dread: competition.

Last month, President Joe Biden’s Education Department released 13 pages of pettifogging rules patently written to discourage and impede charter schools from accessing a $440 million federal program of support for charters. The rules include: A charter must serve a “diverse” population. This could disqualify a school that serves, as many charters do, non-diverse — that is, non-White — inner-city populations.

A charter must prepare a “community impact analysis” demonstrating that there is an “unmet demand” for it. Such a demonstration must be evidence of “overenrollment of existing public schools,” not long waiting lists for admission to charters by parents dismayed by

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WILL public schools whose dismal performance has produced under-enrollment because of parental flight.

Charters must supply plans for “racially and socioeconomically diverse” staff, effectively a mandate for a racial spoils system. Charters must drown themselves in paperwork not required of traditional public schools — detailed reports on purchases of goods and services from for-profit companies.

Biden’s handmaidens of the AFT and other teachers unions say a charter should “collaborate with at least one traditional public school” and provide a letter from each such “partnering” school attesting to each partner’s “commitment” to the “collaboration.” This salad of weasel words requires charters to get permission from schools with which the charters would compete.

Biden’s tapestry of obstructions will not halt the proliferation of charters.

Despite the Democratic Party’s increasingly frantic opposition, more than 7,000 charters with 205,000 teachers now serve more than 3 million students. Furthermore, Frederick M. Hess and Hayley Sanon of the American Enterprise Institute say, “In some communities, tens of thousands of families who came up empty in charter admissions lotteries are on waitlists.” This large cohort of parents is opposed by progressives who are, to say no more, selectively “prochoice.”

Minnesota opened the first charter school in 1992.

In 1994, President Bill Clinton, celebrating Senate passage of the first federal support for charter schools, said the legislation “puts the Federal Government squarely on the side of public school

choice” and “innovative charter schools.” In 1995, at a San Diego charter, he said the school was “freed of a lot of the rules and regulations that keep some of our schools all across America from designing their own ways of educating children.”

He criticized congressional Republicans for proposing a budget that “would cut back on our ability to promote charter schools.” By the end of Clinton’s presidency, there were 1,941 charters.

This expressed the Clinton centrism that enabled him to become the first Democratic president reelected since Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Today, a Democratic president’s dismal poll numbers reflect, among much else, somewhat declining support among Black people, and hemorrhaging support among Hispanics. A 2019 poll of Democratic voters, before the pandemic deepened dissatisfaction with union tyranny over public education, showed Blacks supporting charters 58-to31, and Hispanic support at 52-to-30. Charters’ current enrollments are 24.9% Black and 35.2% Hispanic, far above each cohort’s portion of the nation’s population.

President Barack Obama, who made Biden’s presidency possible, said charters “serve as incubators of innovation” and “give educators the freedom to cultivate new teaching models and develop creative methods to meet students’ needs.” Biden, whose invertebrate embrace of progressives’ obsessions has ruined his presidency, is waging aggression against charters because they are the most accountable public schools: Parents choose them and if dissatisfied can change their minds.

If the Republican Party adopted, for obvious monetary reasons, a policy comparably hostile to minorities’ preferences and interests, progressives’ cries of “Racism!” would be deafening. Is there today another such clear connection between a party’s particular policy and the party’s cupidity?

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Virtual public information During Earth Week, meeting to discuss new opening of Hudson Valley visitor welcome facility at segment of statewide Olana State Historic Park Birding Trail announced ALBANY - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos announced the grand opening of the Hudson Valley segment of the New York State Birding Trail to highlight the State’s worldclass and wide-ranging birding opportunities.

The Hudson Valley segment includes 39 locations on public lands throughout six counties, providing a variety of quality birding experiences for New Yorkers and visitors to enjoy.

The announcement was made as part of DEC’s annual Earth Week celebration and in conjunction with the annual New York State Tourism Industry Association conference in Westchester.

“Spring is a fantastic time of year to visit one of the many sites on the newest segment of the New York State Birding Trail,” Commissioner Seggos said.

“The Hudson Valley region, with its stunning and historic parks and public lands, unique hawk watches, and sweeping Hudson River views, provides a unique and special birding experience for anyone interested in getting started in this fun, accessible activity.”

Birdwatching has quickly become one of New York’s fastest-growing recreation and tourism activities.

The New York State Birding Trail is managed by DEC in collaboration with partners including the Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation.

The statewide trail includes a network of promoted birding locations that can be accessed by car or public transportation, providing an inclusive experience for all visitors to enjoy birds amid beautiful natural settings with little or no cost or investment in equipment.

The Hudson Valley segment of the trail includes 39 locations on a mix of public and private lands throughout Columbia, Dutchess, Putnam, Rockland, Orange, and Westchester counties.

From Bird Conservation Areas (BCAs) including Hudson Highlands State Park, and Rockefeller State Park Preserve, to the tidal swamps and marshes at Tivoli Bays Wildlife Management Area, and the Mount Peter Hawk Watch that provides a scenic overlook for raptor watching, the Hudson Valley provides unique landscapes and habitats for birding along the Hudson River and beyond. W e invite you to take advantage of this incredible opportunity to experience birds firsthand by taking the time to visit one of the sites on the bird trail.

“Exploring the Hudson Valley segment of the New York State Birding Trail is a sure way to grow and enrich an appreciation for the natural world,” said State Parks Commissioner Erik Kulleseid. “Our State Parks on the trail offer exceptional places for people to see and learn about a diverse species of birds in their native habitats – and we welcome all to visit.”

New segments of the Birding Trail are opened in a phased approach.

DEC announced the New York City trail segment in October 2021, the Greater Niagara trail segment in February 2022, and Long Island segment in March 2022, totaling more than 130 birding locations.

GREENPORT — The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP) and The Olana Partnership (TOP) will be holding a virtual public information meeting to discuss a proposed new visitor welcome facility at Olana State Historic Site, located in Greenport. The meeting will be held online 6:30-8 p.m.

April 27.

During the meeting, OPRHP and TOP staff will provide a brief overview about the project, followed

by an open Question and Answer session. To participate in the meeting, please preregister by visiting OLANA. org/FCCenter, no later than 5 p.m. April 27.

OPRHP and TOP encourage interested parties to attend the April 27th online public information meeting and welcome all input. We hope that your schedule will allow your participation at the meeting. If you are unable to attend, a recording of the meeting will be available at the OPRHP website at

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Anyone who requires a reasonable accommodation for effective communications should contact Owen Gilbo at owen.gilbo@parks.ny.gov or at (518) 402-2648 as soon as possible, but no later than 48 hours before the scheduled event.

If you have any questions, please contact Linda Cooper at Linda.Cooper@parks. ny.gov.

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Once finished, the Statewide Birding Trail will provide birding opportunities for everyone, regardless of age, ability, identity, or background, across New York State.

To promote the trail as an inclusive experience for all, DEC and partners are working to select sites that are welcoming and accessible by public transportation.

Several Hudson Valley birding trail locations are accessible via the Cold SpringBeacon Trolley Shuttle which runs from Memorial Day to Veterans Day weekend.

DEC also continues to solicit input from a wide range of New Yorkers and organizations that represent Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities and is making information available in both English and Spanish. Bird walks will be held in collaboration with organizations working with BIPOC communities.

The New York State Birding Trail map is available at www.ibirdny.org and provides valuable information on each site such as location, available amenities, species likely to be seen, directions, and more. Additional information on birding, educational and interpretive information, is also available.

Digital information on the Birding Trail will be updated periodically, so budding outdoor enthusiasts are encouraged to check back often.

In addition to Stateowned and managed locations for the Birding Trail, publicly and privately managed sites can complete a simple self-nomination process to be considered for inclusion on the trail.

Sites all meet criteria to help ensure a positive experience for visitors throughout the state. Additionally, each site will post signage noting it as an official location on the birding trail. For information on the nomination process, see www. ibirdny.org.

DEC encourages birding enthusiasts to visit I Bird NY for more information on where and how to observe birds, upcoming bird walks, a downloadable Beginner’s Guide to Birding (available in Spanish), and additional resources.

DEC manages and oversees nearly five million acres of public lands and conservation easements and plays a vital role in both protecting New York’s

natural resources and providing opportunities for people to enjoy the outdoors.

From fishing on scenic streams, hiking and rock climbing, swimming and boating, birding, and nature study, or simply relaxing in a tent under the stars, there are endless adventures to be found. Visit http://www.dec.ny.gov/ outdoor/, connect with us on Facebook, or follow us on Instagram and Twitter.

In the 2022-23 Enacted State Budget, Governor Kathy Hochul succeeded in increasing the EPF from $300 to $400 million, the highest-ever level of funding in the program’s history.

The EPF supports a number of important objectives that benefit birds and other wildlife in the State, including climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts, promoting sustainable agriculture, protecting water sources, advancing open space conservation efforts, and providing recreational opportunities for New Yorkers.

Scott Silver, Director of the National Audubon Society’s Constitution Marsh Audubon Center and Sanctuary in Garrison, said, “From mountain forests to marshes and rivers, the Hudson Valley boasts an incredible variety of habitat that is critical to the health of birds and people. Nearly 200 species of both migratory and non-migratory birds have been identified in our 270-acre marsh alone. Audubon and our affiliated chapters are thrilled to welcome visitors to this newest segment of the New York State Birding Trail, where you can paddle in amidst waterfowl, and hike out to the tune of songbirds.”

Robert Provost, President/CEO NYS Tourism Industry Association, said, “The New York State Birding Trail opens the door to birding for New York’s families, classrooms, couples, visitors - everyone! It makes birding accessible and rewarding almost immediately by providing thoughtful, consumer-friendly navigational guidance that would normally require years of exploration and experience. Kudos to the team at the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation - the Birding Trail is world class both in concept and execution.”

RENSSELAERVILLE — Join your Albany County neighbors in combatting the dreariness of mud season, as well as our long “pandemic hibernation,” by celebrating Spring, poetry, and this beautiful place/planet that we call home, by coming to Rensselaerville Library’s 17th annual Favorite Poem Project on April 30.

Every April, as part of National Poetry Month, the Favorite Poem Project (begun by former Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky) brings communities together across the USA by inviting neighbors to bring their favorite poems to read (or sing) aloud in a relaxed poetry celebration.

This year’s Favorite Poem Project will take place 3-5 p.m. April 30 at Conkling Hall, 8 Methodist Hill Road, Rensselaerville. Conkling Hall is a large space with high ceilings and big windows and doors that will remain open (as long as the weather cooperates).

Conkling Hall also follows current NYS and CDC guidelines concerning the wearing of masks in indoor spaces.

For more than a decade, the Favorite Poem Project in Rensselaerville has brought together adults and children of all ages to read poems that have ranged from the hilarious to the somber, from poems by children’s poet Shel Silverstein to selections from

Emily Dickinson and William Blake, to poems by 20th and 21st century poets such as Tracy K Smith, Rita Dove, Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Frost, Billy Collins, Galway Kinnell, and song lyrics by Lin Manuel-Miranda, as well as original poems and songs by local poets and musicians.

So, bring your favorite poem or song, or a poem or song you’ve written, and join your neighbors for a relaxing afternoon celebrating poetry.

If you wish to sign up ahead of time, or have any questions, email Rensselaerville Library at info@rensselaervillelibrary.org or sign up online at https://www.conklinghall. org/favoritepoem-sign-up.

Bethlehem Grange 137 announces upcoming events SELKIRK — The Bethlehem Grange 137, 24 Bridge St., Selkirk, continues the tradition of holding the Spring Plant Sale in conjunction with their Craft Fair May 21.

The grange has been in continuous operation for more than 148 years, serving the surrounding communities with their constantly changing needs, as a not for profit organization, open to ages of 5 to 105.

The Grange is looking for donations of household plants, outdoor plants, rooted plants, cuttings, potted or unpotted plants for the Plant Sale. They would appreciate receiving the plant items as soon as possible, so that there is time to repot any that may need to be split apart and rooted. Donations of vegetable seedlings, herb seedlings, flower seedlings, catnip plants or seedlings, small bushes such as lilac bushes, Rose of Sharons, raspberry bushes, blueberry bushes, etc. are also being accepted, along with flower pots, plastic, pottery, or ceramic, hanging planters, plant hangers, potting soil, cactus soil, broken pots for drainage for the bottoms of pots and clean coffee filters.

Unopened seed packets and gardening tools are also being accepted. Call Carol Carpenter at 518-421-1384 to arrange delivery. Do not drop items off without a confirmation as there is no protected area from the elements. Items can also be dropped off on the front porch at 21 Ramsey Place, Albany.

The chicken barbecue dinner will be held 3-6 p.m. May 5. The dinner includes half a chicken, baked potato, cole slaw, roll and butter for $15.

Homemade baked goods will also be available for additional purchase of $1.50 each.

To reserve dinners, call Carol Carpenter at 518-421-1384, no later than May 4. Make sure your phone number is displayed, for a confirmation call back.

Goulash dinner will be held 3-6 p.m. May 14. Dinner will include goulash with tossed salad, roll and butter and dessert for $14. Pick-up of the Goulash Dinner is at Bethlehem Grange 137. Reserve meals by calling Carol Carpenter at 518-421-1384. Make sure your phone number is displayed, so that you can receive a confirmation phone call. Reserve your dinners by May 13.

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The annual Garage Sale will be held for three weekends of Friday and Saturday in June, June 10 and 11, June 17 and 18 and June 24 and 25.

We’ll begin accepting donations of gently used or new items after the Craft Fair/ Plant sale. Craft items, household items, small household appliances, kitchen utensils, decorative items, small wooden furniture, tools, toys, stuffed animals (cleaned please), records, CDs, DVDs, books, holiday items, dishes, glassware, silverware, clean clothing for men, ladies and children, outdoor furniture, garden tools and items and so much more will be accepted.

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Margaret Locker Wright May 9, 1924 - March 5, 2022 Tannersville, NY - Margaret Locker Wright, of Tannersville, NY, passed peacefully at The Pines in Catskill NY on March 5, 2022. She was born in Bronx, NY May 9, 1924 to the late Lucy and Daniel M. Locker. Margaret enjoyed a care-free childhood surrounded by her loving, close-knit Irish-American family, which included her dear brother, James and many aunts, uncles and cousins. It was on one of the extended-family trips in 1939 to Tannersville, that Margaret fell in love with the Catskills and the magical mountain-top community, a community that she supported and that supported her for over 80 years.

A mass will be held at the Immaculate Conception Church Haines Falls NY May 20th at noon. Burial/interment at St. Francis de Sales Mission Church in Elka Park, NY later in the spring. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Immaculate Conception Church, Haines Falls.

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Ronald Edwin Garvey August 26, 1942 - April 18, 2022 Ronald Edwin Garvey, 79, devoted husband, father and grandfather, of Maplecrest, NY, passed away April 18, 2022, with his loving family by his side. He was born in Catskill, NY on August 26, 1942 to the late Edwin and Beatrice (VanValkenburgh) Garvey.

Ronald graduated from WindhamAshland-Jewett Central School in 1961 and went to work as a mechanic and welder at the family-owned business, Maplecrest Garage. In October 1964 he entered military service, joining the NYS Army National Guard where he served until April 1970, earning a ranking of SP5. He was also a member of the Saugerties Antique Auto Club.

Ron continued working at the Maplecrest Garage, becoming a partner with his father and then later becoming the owner and operator until he went to work for the Greene County Highway Department in 1988. He worked as a heavy duty truck mechanic and welder with the County until his retirement in December 2007.

Ron was a mechanic and welder his entire career. He always had a hobby project to work on at home, restoring old cars, trucks, and tractors or building homemade ‘doodlebugs’. If it didn’t have a switch or hidden gadget, he gave it one!

Ron is survived by his loving and devoted wife of nearly 57 years, Carolyn (Wank) Garvey, who he married August 5, 1965.

Also surviving are two children, son Brian (Heather) Garvey, daughter Cynthia Garvey, two grandsons Noah and Jared Garvey, and brother-in-law, Richard Rhoades, and several nieces, nephews, and cousins. He was predeceased by his parents and his brother, Lawrence R. Garvey.

Services will be held at Decker Funeral Home in Windham, NY on Saturday, April 23, 2022. Calling hours are from 2 – 3:30pm, followed by a service, with internment immediately following at Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Ashland, NY. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Glioblastoma Foundation, www.glioblastomafoundation.org

Thomas H. Willt April 22, 2022 Thomas H. Willt, 67, of Snake Rd., Catskill passed away on April 22, 2022.

He was born in Catskill, a son of the late Harold and Jane Craw Willt.

After college, Tom owned and operated Daybreak Restaurant, Leeds for several years. He later worked at Agway, Hudson and then Persico Oil Co, Ravena. He retired last year. Tom belonged to the F. & A.M., Lodge #468.

Loving husband of Mary Beth Mahar Willt, brother of Susan Jane Adsit (Charles A.) of Catskill, brother in law of Pierce Mahar (Mary) of Guilderland, James Mahar of Troy and Kathy Mahar of Spartanburgh, SC, uncle of David Charles, Jeffrey Thomas Adsit and several other nieces and nephews. Tom’s mother in law, Dot Mahar referred to Tam as “her favorite son in law!” Tom leaves behind his camping dog, Jasper.

Calling hours will be held on Tuesday from 10:00 – 12:00 pm at Millspaugh Camerato Funeral Home, 139 Jefferson Hgts., Catskil. A funeral service will be offered at 12:00 pm at the funeral home followed by interment in Town of Catskill Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to Community Hospice Foundation, 310 S. Manning Blvd., Albany, NY 12208 or Peppertree Rescue, POB 2396, Albany, NY 12220. Messages of condolences may be made to www.MillspaughCamerato.com.

Florida teen accused of driving 151 mph in crash that killed 6 people Andrea Salcedo The Washington Post

Noah Thomas Galle, 18, had a history of recording himself speeding through southeast Florida in a 2019 white BMW and later posting the videos on social media, a criminal affidavit states.

His Instagram handle was displayed on the car windows, and in at least one video, Galle offered $25 to anyone who could correctly guess his rate of speed, according to the report.

On Jan. 27, one of those stunts turned fatal, a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office report states.

That evening, Galle, driving the BMW at 151 mph, struck the back of a 2018 gray Nissan Rogue, causing the SUV to flip multiple times before coming to a halt, according to the report.

All six people in the Nissan Rogue, which landed upside down, were killed. When interviewed by law enforcement at the scene, Galle, then 17, confirmed he was the driver of the BMW, which had no other occupants, court records state.

Authorities on Monday charged Galle with six counts of vehicular homicide. He has pleaded not guilty.

On the night of Jan. 27, Galle raced the BMW M5 down a Delray Beach, Fla., highway, the affidavit states.

Then, close to 11 p.m., a Nissan Rogue turned onto the road. Galle’s vehicle allegedly rammed into the back of the Nissan, sending it flying several feet and killing its six occupants. Five of them were pronounced dead at the scene and one at a hospital, court

records state.

Authorities identified the victims as Mirlaine Julceus, 45, Remize Michel, 53, Marie Louis, 60, Michel Saint, 77, Filaine Dieu, 46, and Vanice Percina, 29. The six were colleagues exiting the farm where they worked, police said during a news conference.

As Galle was taken to a hospital to be treated for an ankle injury, an officer asked him, “Hey, how fast were you driving?” court records state. He allegedly responded, “above 120.”

Galle was transported to Delray Medical Center, where an emergency room doctor told law enforcement that Galle said he was going 120 mph at the time of the collision, according to the affidavit.

A day after the crash, a woman contacted the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office and told an investigator she had taken screenshots of the teenager’s Instagram and TikTok videos in which he allegedly recorded himself driving at “extremely high rates of speed.”

Days later, the same woman emailed investigators a video of Galle allegedly speeding on I-95, which he had posted to his Instagram account. Galle allegedly posted the video two weeks before the car crash. The caption, according to the woman, read: “whoever can guess the speed correctly wins $25 on cash app.”

On Feb. 24, police obtained access to Galle’s Instagram account through a search warrant. Investigators found a video of Galle driving the BMW on I-95 at 182 mph, court records state.

During a court appearance Tuesday,

Galle’s attorneys argued that the teenager is suicidal and should be released to his family, WPBF reported.

“Since the night of the accident, Your Honor, he’s had a very difficult time dealing with the tragedy and he’s been seeing a psychiatrist,” defense attorney Liz Parker said.

The victims’ family members also took the stand and described life without their loved ones. Some left orphaned children, WPBF reported. Pero Family Farms, where the six victims worked, set up a fundraising page to help the surviving families.

“This has been a very, very hard situation for my whole family, my sister and I and my daughter,” Marie Louis’s daughter Lyndie said at the court hearing covered by WPBF. “She’s 8. Every time she comes home, she’s been asking, ‘Why can’t grandma come back, Mom?’ My mom was a very loving and devoted woman.”

She added, “I think that the defendant should be in jail and not at home.

We can’t see our families now and why should he? This was a very reckless crime and not just for my mom - everybody’s lives. We need justice.”

By the end of the court hearing, the judge agreed to place Galle on house arrest. He must be supervised by his parents, refrain from driving and have no contact with the victims’ families.

On Thursday, a judge ordered Galle to be transported to a hospital to undergo a mental health evaluation before he returns home, court records show.

GOP’s Kevin McCarthy risks Trump backlash on ‘you should resign’ audio Billy House

know how the reporters got it.

Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, the only other Republican on the Jan. 6 panel, said in a tweet after the audio was released that McCarthy “ought to be ashamed. Republicans, your leaders think you are dumb. Let’s be done with them.”

Kinzinger is not running for re-election.

Bloomberg

House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy risks the wrath of Donald Trump that could dash his hopes of becoming speaker next year after an audio tape exposed he told colleagues he’d urge the thenpresident to resign after last year’s Capitol insurrection.

In the audio recorded four days after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot by a mob of Trump supporters, which posted late Thursday by the New York Times and aired on Rachel Maddow’s MSNBC show, McCarthy can be heard telling fellow Republicans during a leadership call that he planned to discuss with Trump the Democratic effort to impeach and remove him from office.

“The only discussion I would have with him is that I think this will pass, and it would be my recommendation you should resign,” McCarthy says in the recording, which was first reported by the New York Times and has not been independently verified

by Bloomberg.

McCarthy - who ultimately voted against Trump’s impeachment - tweeted a denial of the New York Times story posted earlier in the day before the audio was broadcast.

He called the report “totally false and wrong.”

His office didn’t immediately respond on Friday to a request for comment.

The tape could have ramifications for McCarthy’s hold on House GOP leadership and aspirations to become speaker if Republicans win a House majority in the November midterm elections.

McCarthy’s ascension to speaker already was no sure thing. He made a bid for the speakership in 2015, when John Boehner stepped down from the role, and he was next in line. But Paul Ryan was selected instead.

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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy walks back to his office after a vote on Feb. 9.

A major question is whether he’ll get backing from Trump, who continues to exert heavy influence in the party, particularly among House members.

McCarthy has publicly treaded lightly on matters that could draw Trump’s scrutiny, since he initially issued a rebuke of Trump on Jan. 6, declaring on the House floor that the former president “bears responsibility” for the mob attack on the Capitol.

The House panel investigating the insurrection, in requesting McCarthy’s testimony, cited comments the GOP leader made to CBS about his call with Trump while the mob swarmed the Capitol.

“I told him he needs to talk to the nation. I told him what was happening right then,” McCarthy said in that exchange. “I was very clear with the president when I called him. This has to stop and he has to go to the American public and tell them to stop this.”

But Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, a Washington state Republican, said McCarthy relayed to her a slightly different account of the call at the time. Her statement was entered into the official record of Trump’s second impeachment trial last January.

“When McCarthy finally

reached the president on Jan. 6 and asked him to publicly and forcefully call off the riot, the president initially repeated the falsehood that it was antifa that had breached the Capitol,” the statement said. “McCarthy refuted that and told the president that these were Trump supporters. That’s when, according to McCarthy, the president said: ‘Well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you are.’”

McCarthy has refused to cooperate with the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, denying requests for an interview. He also has met with Trump since then and has made other public expressions of loyalty to the former president. McCarthy endorsed the opponent of GOP Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, a persistent Trump critic, in Wyoming’s Republican primary.

Cheney, who was ousted from House Republican leadership for her criticism of Trump and his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection, was among those recorded on the call.

A spokesman for Cheney, who is on a panel investigating the riot and Trump’s actions, said she did not record or leak the call and doesn’t

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a.m.-3 p.m. June 11 in Spring Park on Scenic US Route 20.

The event will also feature a Brooks’ chicken barbecue as well as a bake sale, both adding to the popularity of the day from those near as well as far.

For information and an application go to www.rschurchofchristuniting.com and click on the “Women’s Guild” tab; email friendshipcraftfestival@yahoo.com or call Carla at 315-858-1451.

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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.

VENDOR CRAFT FAIR SOUTH BETHLEHEM — The South Bethlehem United Methodist Church, 65 Willowbrook Ave., South Bethlehem, will hold a Vendor Craft Fair 9 a.m.-2 p.m. May 14. Breakfast and lunch will be available plus a bake sale to support the church’s United Methodist Women. The Thrift Shop ‘Boutique’ will be open as well.

Contact Emily Shutter at 518813-0661 for further information.

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.

FIRST REFORMED CHURCH OF ATHENS ATHENS — First Reformed Church of Athens, 18 North Church St., Athens, worships at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Communion is celebrate the first Sunday of each month. Senior Choir rehearsal is at 6:30 p.m. each Wednesday. We ask that you be vaccinated if you would like to join us. Hudson River Bells will resume rehearsals in the Fall. For information, call the church at 518-945-1801.

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.

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Pictured are Rabbi Daniel Fried of Congregation Anshe Emeth, Hudson presenting a donation in the amount of $3,000 to Father Janusz Jedrychowski, administrator of St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church. According to Father Jedrychowski, the money will be used for humanitarian aide for the victims of the war in Ukraine.

beans and more.

BOOSTER CLINIC WEST GHENT — Ghent Reformed Church, 1039 County Route 22, West Ghent, is hosting a COVID Booster Clinic 1-3 p.m. May 4 for anyone wishing to receive a second COVID booster shot. They will also have initial doses of Pfizer and Moderna, if you haven’t been previously vaccinated, along with the first booster dose.

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WEST GHENT — The Ghent Reformed Church, 1039 County Route 22, West Ghent, Book, Bake & Lite Café Sale will be held 11 a.m.-2 p.m. April 30.

There is a huge collection of books, there will be baked goodies, and the kitchen counter will be providing a small selection of summer foods for take-outs. Hamburgers, hotdogs, pepperoni sliders, baked

CATSKILL — The Catskill Glee Club will present their annual Spring Concert “A Night on Broadway!” at 7:30 p.m.

May 7 at the First Reformed Church, 310 Main St., Catskill.

The 25-voice all male chorus will be directed by Michael Wright and accompanied by Lisa D’Arcangelis. The guest artist will be Michael Benedict Jazz Vibes. Suggested offering

is $10 at the door. Information can be found at www.CatskillGleeClub.org.

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.

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.

GARAGE SALE FUNDRAISER EAST BERNE — Helderberg Christian School, 96 Main St., East Berne, will be hosting a garage sale fundraiser 8 a.m.3 p.m. May 7. For information, email hcslibraryfund@yahoo. com.

SPRING RUMMAGE SALE CATSKILL — The First Reformed Church of Catskill, 310 Main St., Catskill, will be holding their Spring Rummage Sale 9 a.m.-5 p.m. May 13 and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. May 14. On Saturday items will be sold for $4 a bag.

CRAFT FESTIVAL SEEKING APPLICANTS RICHMOND SPRINGS — Applications are being accepted until May 1 for the 41st Annual Friendship Craft Festival sponsored by the Church Of Christ Uniting in Richfield Springs. It will take place 9

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

518-249-7009.

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.

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.

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

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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

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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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Athens Cultural Center Writers in the Mountains presents the Second Saturday presents Modern Love with Film Series Elizabeth Koster May 6 throughJune 10

ATHENS - The Athens Cultural Center announces the line-up for its inaugural Second Saturday’s Outdoor Film Series. The organization will host a no-cost film screening every Second Saturday from May through September. Most screenings will take place under the stars at Athens’s historic Riverfront Park, right on the Hudson River, with special guests, performances and events in partnership with The Stewart House Hotel.

May 14: Harold and Maude, 1971 [PG] June 11: Thirsty, 2016 [R] July 9: A Trip To The Moon, 1902 [NR] August 13: Summer of Soul, 2021 [PG-13] September 10: I Dream Too Much, 2015 [PG-13] Showtime is at 8:30 p.m., but arrive early to enjoy a sunset picnic and gather with friends before the free screenings begin. Grab a drink to-go from The Stewart House and other tasty treats. Be sure to also stop by the Athens Cultural Center before 6p to view

the latest in our exhibition programming. May 14, we begin with the iconic 70s cult classic, Harold and Maude, and follow an eccentric pair’s relationship and deep connection in spite of a 60-year age gap. Experience indelible performances by Bud Cort and Ruth Gordon in concert with a remarkable soundtrack

by Cat Stevens.

On June 11, we’ll introduce you to Thirsty, a true-life coming-of-age drag story, and host a LIVE after-screening performance by the film’s star, Thirsty Burlington, at The Stewart House. It’s a celebration of Pride Month and visitors are encouraged to start at The Athens Cultural Center’s gallery show, Spectrum, an exhibit of Hudson Valley-based LGBTQ+ artists and allies.

The Athens Street Festival returns on July 9, during which we’ll move indoors to host two afternoon screenings of the legendary 1902 short film, A Trip to The Moon, projected by 16mm film. Meet special guest Denny Daniel of The

Museum of Interesting Things to learn film history tidbits alongside a display of zoetropes, kinetoscopes, camera obscuras and other artifacts.

Note: these two screenings are at 2 and 3:30 p.m. at the Athens Cultural Center, 24 Second St., Athens.

On Aug.13, we’ll be back at The Athens Riverfront Park with this year’s Oscar winner for Best Documentary, Questlove’s Summer of Soul.

Sing and dance along to this incredible live performance footage of the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival.

The Second Saturday’s 2022 season comes to a close on Sept.10 with I Dream Too Much, directed by local filmmaker and writer, Katie Cokinos. Set in upstate New York, I Dream Too Much is a heartwarming tale illustrating the challenges that women and families experience from the perspective of three different generations performed

by Eden Brolin, Diane Ladd, Danielle Brooks and Christina Rouner.

Introducing the Greenville Seed Library GREENVILLE — Do you have a delicious tomato variety that your great-aunt used to grow? Or a bean variety that does great in our unpredictable weather of the Northeast?

You can save and bring those seeds to the seed library at the Greenville Library. My hope is to get our community involved in saving and sharing heirloom flower and vegetable seeds in a seed library.

What is the purpose of a seed library? Seeds from the plant world are an essential part of our existence here on this planet. Without them, we would not have much of the things many of us consume on a daily basis. There are hundreds of thousands of varieties of seeds on our planet, and each time we save a seed, we are saving the genetic information of a variety of plant that can successfully live in our type of environment.

When we go to a big box store and buy seeds or plants, we are not always buying an open pollinated, heirloom variety that is true to the type of seed it will produce. It is important to be sure that we buy, nonGMO, heirloom, organic varieties that you can collect seeds from. Smaller growers and companies that are dedicated to practicing safe and sound growing principles are the places you want to get seeds and plants.

Here is an example of what saving seeds could look like. I plant 10 calendula flowers (a good remedy for all kinds of health ailments) during a very hot and dry season that had an unusually high infestation of flea beetles. All of the plants seemed to suffer under the environmental stress, except for one plant that grew strong, and vibrant, despite the conditions. I would be sure to harvest only a few flowers from that plant and let them mature to produce seeds to save. I want those strong genetics to live on in the seed that I save.

It is important to save seeds so that we may help nature ensure the survival of plant varieties, that will in turn, help all living beings survive, and thrive, on this beautiful planet. Every Fall when I harvest seeds, I am blown away by the tremendous generosity of Mother Nature. That single seed I planted in the spring, has now produced dozens, if not hundreds, of seeds for me to save and plant in the future.

I am humbled every day by the generosity of Nature.

I am interested in keeping seed varieties alive that thrive in this climate of the Northeast. After traveling the world for many years with my Husband Peter and our daughter Bella, we have made our home here in Freehold. I have made it one of my goals to learn

about, and grow as many different plants from seed in my greenhouse. I love the learning process of growing different seed varieties to help them thrive.

I have decided to share the seeds I’ve saved with the Greene County community.

Along with Barbara Flach, Director of the Greenville Library, fellow farmer Jackie Spencer and Members of the Clematis Garden Club, Terry Buel, Diana Marshall and Deb Teator, we have begun the process of establishing the seed catalog. My hope is that these seeds and those of the community will get into the hands (and gardens) of people who will ensure the success of future seed generations.

We are asking for people that would like to help with this project. We need help packaging and cataloging seeds and growing information in the old card catalog of the Greenville Library. We will have a place at the Greenville Library for people to drop off their seeds and write a little info about the variety, or to sign up and volunteer with this project. Please join me in this important project of saving and sharing seeds for the people who love and depend on them. You can contact me Ashley Jensen at surprisehillfarm@gmail.com

ROXBURY — Writers in the Mountains (WIM) presents Modern Love, a sixweek creative writing workshop with Elizabeth Koster, May 6 through June 10. The class will be held online1-3 p.m. Fridays. Once you egister and pay, you will be given instructions on how to join the class.

In this class, you will have the opportunity to complete an essay that you can submit for consideration in the New York Times

Modern Love column.

Through prompts and exercises, supportive feedback, a study of published essays, and discussions on tips and pitfalls, you will be able to sculpt and hone the story that you need to tell and the world needs to read.

Koster was published in the New York Times Modern Love column and holds an MFA in creative nonfiction from Columbia University. She serves as a writing mentor for Girls Write

Now and has taught creative writing to high school students, Columbia undergraduates, senior citizens at JASA, and incarcerated women on Rikers Island.

She lives in New York City and is currently completing a memoir.

To register for this class, e-mail writersinthemountains@gmail.com. To register online, visit writersinthemountains.org. Class fee is $120. This class is limited to 10 students.

Tops Friendly Markets & Herban Fresh partner for contest supporting community gardens WILLIAMSVILLE — Tops Friendly Markets, a leading full-service grocery retailer in New York, northern Pennsylvania and Vermont is partnering with refrigerated soup line Herban Fresh for a contest supporting the launch of the Herban Fresh Farm Fund. The contest will be open to non-profit groups and schools with one winner being awarded $5,000 for the purpose of building or enhancing a local community garden in the areas Tops operates. Applications will be accepted from April 1 through April 30. To find out more details and to apply, visit https://www.topsmarkets.com/herbanfresh during the month of April. The positive impacts of community gardens include building stronger neighborhoods,

increasing access to healthy foods, and improving air quality.

The Herban Fresh line was created in 2019 by Massachusetts-based food manufacturer Plenus Group, Inc. to offer premium soups tied to a strong social mission. Two percent of each sale from the soups go directly to support urban agriculture initiatives, including community gardens, education, and other activities that support access to quality foods.

“Plenus Group is proud to be a partner with Tops,” added Joe Jolly, CEO of Plenus Group, Inc. “They were one of the first retailers to give us the opportunity to introduce Herban Fresh into the marketplace. We look forward to growing this partnership and having a positive impact on

the communities Tops serves through the Herban Fresh Farm Fund.”

Herban Fresh has distributed over $100,000 toward urban agriculture to date. Beyond the initial $5,000 grant, the Herban Fresh Farm Fund will continue to distribute two percent of sales at Tops to local organizations.

“Tops is thrilled to be able to partner with Herban Fresh on this initiative that will help a local non-profit enhance their community garden which in-turn will help our communities thrive,” said Pam Saxon, category business manager of prepared foods for Tops. “This project was also a natural fit as it aligns seamlessly with Tops mission to help eradicate hunger and improve the quality of lives of children.”

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All about that springtime treat, ramps

By Bob Beyfuss For Columbia-Greene Media

In recent years the native, wild, woodland plant called ramps, aka wild leeks, (Allium tricoccum) has become quite popular from a culinary perspective in the metropolitan Northeast and other urban areas. Depending on your perspective, this is either a good phenomena, or “not so good” as I will explain. In most of rural Appalachia, the popularity of ramps has been widespread for centuries. According to John Mariani, author of “The Encyclopedia of American Food & Drink,” the word ramps comes from “rams” or “ramson,” the name of the wild garlic plant in an Elizabethan dialect.

Unlike the skinny, circular stemmed, wild garlic, or onion grass that grows in our lawns, meadows and elsewhere, in full sun, ramps grow in areas that will be heavily shaded by early summer. Also, unlike wild onions or garlic, which are considered as noxious weeds, by most famers and lawn keepers, ramps are native wild herbs that can be wiped out by overharvest.

You can harvest all the wild onion and garlic in any pasture or lawn and you are doing no harm to the resource, but ramps are different. They differ distinctly in appearance to wild onions or garlic by their much broader leaves. To me they don’t look like leeks at all!

The bulbs do look very much like large scallions, with flat, instead of round leaves.

Ramps are among the first greens to appear in forested areas. They grow best in rich, moist, but well drained, soil, often under sugar maple, basswood, butternut, beech and other northern forest tree species. In the Hudson valley they may emerge in early April and at the higher elevations of the Catskills they may not appear until mid-May. They often form extensive patch-

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BEYFUSS es, covering acres in some places, but more commonly in smaller patches, also commonly found along creek beds in flood plains. Last summer my favorite, personal, ramp harvesting floodplain, got completely washed away by a major flood. My only condolence is that this, roughly, half acre, patch has now reestablished itself somewhere downstream.

Ramps perennially grow from scallion like bulbs that send up two or three leaves each spring. After the leaves turn yellow and die back, about a month after emergence, a flower stalk is produced that is a typical Allium flower, with about twenty small blossoms arranged in a round umbel. By late summer you may see the stalk still standing with small, black seeds on it. They can be confused with a few other wild plants in the woods, but the characteristic garlic fragrance rules these others out.

The leaves and bulbs taste like a cross between garlic and onion and as the season progresses they become much more pungent. Both the leaves and the bulbs are quite mild tasting when they first emerge, but by the time the leaves start to senesce, in May, they are pretty strong flavored. Like garlic, the fragrance of ramp lingers on your body and breath for a day or more after eating them. If you enjoy eating ramps in quantity, it might be a good idea to self-isolate from others who are not fond

of the characteristic odor you will emit! I recall a rather uncomfortable two hour drive in the cab of a pickup truck with a guy who consumed lots or ramps the previous day.

Ramps have been seriously overharvested in many places in our region and entire patches have been wiped out as a result. There is really no need to allow this practice to continue because you can harvest one or two of the leaves, leaving the bulb intact and they will regrow the following spring. The bulbs do transplant easily as well and can be tucked into a shady, moist perennial bed for your own use. The leaves taste exactly like the bulbs, but are perhaps a bit more pungent. I have a few ramp recipes that I enjoy. My favorite is ramp butter, which is easily made by processing the leaves and mixing with soft butter. You can also flavor olive oil with them, or make ramp salt by drying the leaves completely and mixing the finely ground powder with table salt. The bulbs are also sometimes pickled, but for conservation purposes, I would suggest you only harvest some of the leaves.

Apparently, Chicago was named after ramps, which comes from the Algonquin word “shikaakwa” meaning “striped skunk” or “onion.”

According to early explorers, the lakes and streams around Chicago were full of wild onions and ramps. The first known reference to Chicago is from the explorer Robert de LaSalle. In his journal from September 1687, he writes: “We arrived at the said place called “Chicagou” which, according to what we were able to learn of it, has taken this name because of the quantity of garlic which grows in the forests in this region.”

Reach Bob Beyfuss at rlb14@ cornell.edu.

Finally an opportunity to discuss bathrooms

By Dick Brooks For Columbia-Greene Media

I have found that the older I get, the higher bathrooms go on my priority list. When I was a mere lad, bathrooms were not held in high esteem. For a small male child, cleanliness was next to impossible and not a realistic goal to pursue. Bathing was something to be done seasonally or hopefully not at all, I could see no sense in wetting body parts which weren’t going to be seen by the general public anyway. There is no one of the male persuasion who has not tried wetting his hair under the faucet and trying to make She Who Must Be Obeyed believe that it was a full body dunk. Bathrooms weren’t necessary, there was the creek to soak in and the swamp to slosh in. Occasional rain storms also helped keep body dust down.

Farm boys didn’t run to the house when nature called, not with acres of bushes to hide behind. I remember reading in third grade about how Pumas and Wolves and other cool animals marked their territory.

The dominant male marked the boundaries of his territory with urine. It took me 30 gallons of cherry kool-aid and about two weeks to sprinkle our 40 acres making me the dominant nine year old in the neighborhood.

There were urination games of distance, handwriting and accuracy that we played in the great outdoors which Mother would never have allowed in the bathroom. One in particular I remember involved betting my little brother that he couldn’t

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BROOKS hit the wire of our neighbor’s electric fence, he did — with spectacular results! He did grow up to father several normal children so it couldn’t have been as bad as he let on.

Then girls happened and the bathroom became a haven filled with Life-bouy soap and Old Spice after shave. I became a good smelling prune and the hot water heater died of exhaustion. The bathroom became my own teen apartment, the only private space available in a household of six.

As an adult, bathrooms have become more important. The call of nature becomes a scream as you age, something you don’t ignore. I now know where there are bathrooms in places where I would never have looked for them as a youth. Supermarkets have them, Libraries have them, Parks have them. Porta-potties can be found if you know where to look. If you need a bathroom, ask an old person, they’ll know.

I can proudly say that I know the location of all the bathrooms in a 30-mile radius. I have always referred to rest rooms, men’s rooms, johns, WCs, etc.

as bathrooms. I remember my oldest son laughing at this once and saying, “Dad, you don’t go to a rest room to take a bath!” I answered by telling him that I didn’t visit one to rest either.

My boys are grown and gone, I understood them, having been one myself. I now live with my wife. I do get to the bathroom during my scheduled time which is from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on alternate Wednesdays.

Our bathroom has changed, the soap in the shower has been replaced by row upon row of bottles and jars. Really, the soap’s still there, it’s just hard to find. On occasion, when I couldn’t locate the soap, I have used some of the stuff in the bottles and jars. On these occasions I have emerged from the bathroom smelling much better than I have any right to.

Sometimes an aroma of ginger or tropical flowers or exotic mid-eastern oils lingers in my path, resulting in strange looks from some of my male friends or in knowing smiles from my friends with teen daughters and wives.

There, I’m glad I finally got to write about bathrooms, it needed to be done and I did it, I guess you could say that I’m flushed with pride!

Thought for the week — A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don’t need it. — Bob Hope Until next week, may you and yours be happy and well.

Reach Dick Brooks at whittle12124@yahoo.com.

DEC announces May 1 opening of turkey hunting seasons ALBANY — New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos announced that spring turkey season opens on May 1, in all of upstate New York north of the Bronx-Westchester County boundary. In addition, DEC’s annual youth turkey hunting weekend will take place April 23 and April 24. The youth turkey hunt for junior hunters ages 12 to 15 is open in all of upstate New York and Suffolk County.

“May is a great time to get outdoors and enjoy the fantastic turkey hunting opportunities throughout New York State,” Commissioner Seggos said. “The gobble of a tom turkey keeps hunters going afield year after year to chase these popular game birds.”

The spring turkey harvest in New York averages approximately 19,000 birds and varies based on the number of participants and turkey productivity in the previous few spring seasons. This spring, DEC biologists expect hunters to take more turkeys than last year. Hunters prefer to take toms (birds older than two years) over younger male jakes, so typically wildlife managers see a two-year lag between summer productivity and spring take. Overall, turkey populations are lower than a few years ago due to below-average reproductive success in two of the last three years. However, improved turkey productivity in 2020 will mean a greater proportion of toms available to hunters this spring compared to last year.

Important Information for the May Spring Turkey Season: Hunting is permitted in most areas of the state, except for New York City and Long Island; Hunters must have a turkey hunting permit in addition to their hunting license; Shooting hours are from one-half hour before sunrise to noon each day; Hunters may take two bearded turkeys during the spring season, but only one bird per day; The bag limit for the youth hunt is one bearded bird.

This bird becomes part of the youth’s regular season bag limit of two bearded birds.

A second bird may be taken in upstate New York (north of the Bronx-Westchester County boundary) beginning May 1; Hunters may not use rifles or handguns firing a bullet.

Hunters may hunt with a shotgun or handgun loaded with shot sizes no larger than

No. 2 or smaller than No. 8, or with a bow or crossbow (except crossbows may not be used in Westchester County); Successful hunters must fill out the tag that comes with their turkey permit and immediately attach it to any turkey harvested; Successful hunters must report their harvest within seven days of taking a bird.

Call 1-866-426-3778 (1-866 GAMERPT) or report harvest online at DEC’s Game Harvest Reportingwebsite; and For more information about turkey hunting in New York, see the 2021-22 Hunting and Trapping Regulations Guide or visit the Turkey Hunting pages of DEC’s website.

Hunt Safe, Hunt Smart!

While statistics show that hunting in New York State is safer than ever, mistakes are made each year. Every hunting-related shooting incident is preventable, and DEC encourages hunters to use common sense this season and remember what they were taught in their DEC Hunter Education course: Point your gun in a safe direction; Treat every gun as if it were loaded; Be sure of your target and beyond; Keep your finger off the trigger until ready to shoot; and Stalking stinks! Sit with your back against a tree or other object wider than your shoulders and call birds to you.

DEC also encourages all hunters to wear blaze orange or blaze pink when moving between hunting spots to make themselves more visible to other hunters. A blaze orange or blaze pink vest or other material can be hung in a nearby tree when you are set up and calling birds so other hunters are alerted to your presence.

A hunter education class is required for all new hunters.

To find a hunter education class in your area, visit DEC’s Hunter Education Program website or call 1-888-HUNTED2 (1-888-486-8332).

Tips for a Successful and Safe Turkey Hunting Season Don’t stalk. More than half of turkey hunting injuries happen when a hunter is stalking.

Always assume any call or footsteps you hear are from another hunter. Don’t shoot until you clearly see the whole turkey and know its sex; If you see another hunter, talk to him or her clearly, and don’t move. Never wave or use a turkey call to alert another hunter;

Turkeys are tough. You need to be close (30 yards or less is best). You need to get a clear head and neck shot. Do not try to shoot them in the body or when they are flying; Smaller shot, no. 4, 5, and 6, work better than larger shot, due to denser shot patterns; When calling, sit still with your back against a big tree, to hide you from turkeys and stalkers; Never wear turkey colors -red, white, or blue; Wear hunter orange or pink when going in or out of the woods and when walking around; When sitting still waiting for a turkey, put hunter orange or pink on a tree near you; and If you take a turkey or carry a decoy, wrap it in hunter orange or pink.

For more information about getting outdoors and protecting public lands, go to DEC’s Love Our NY Lands website and learn how to be prepared, Leave No TraceTM, and other tips to be outdoors safely.

Sporting licenses may be purchased online at any time, and privileges can be used immediately by simply carrying the transaction number (DEC-LS#) while afield. Anglers, hunters, and trappers may also use the HuntFishNY mobile app to display an electronic copy of their license.

The HuntFishNY app is available for download through the Apple App or Google Play stores. Back tags and carcass tags must still be mailed, and customers should allow 10-14 days for receipt of their tags. Please visit DEC’s website for more information about sporting licenses.

Turkey hunters can record the number of ruffed grouse they hear drumming while afield to help DEC track the distribution and abundance of this game bird. To get a survey form, go to DEC’s website or call (518) 402-8883. To participate in DEC’s Summer Wild Turkey Sighting Survey or other wildlife surveys, visit the “Citizen Science” page of DEC’s website.

Turkey hunters are reminded that DEC is accepting public comments through June 5, 2022, on proposed regulations that would expand turkey hunting opportunities beginning this fall, changing the minimum shot size from #8 to #9, and establishing a spring turkey season in Suffolk County in 2023.

More information about these proposals can be found on DEC’s website at https:// www.dec.ny.gov/regulations/propregulations.html.

CCE annual spring gardening event returns beginning May 9 HUDSON — 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 518828-3346 ext.106.

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FORTNIGHTLY CLUB OF CATSKILL DONATES TO CATSKILL FARMERS MARKET

APRIL 23 CATSKILL — The Catskill Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary will host a sub sale fundraiser 4-6 p.m. April 23 at the firehouse, 1 Central Ave., Catskill.

Choose from sausage and peppers, meatball and pepperoni.

Subs are $10 each.

TANNERSVILLE — The Mountain Top Arboretum present the webinar Plants for Birds: Creating a Year-Round Garden Habitat 2-3:15 p.m.

April 23. Admission is free.

Sign up at www.mtarboretum. org. Each spring and fall, we welcome migrating songbirds back to our yards and parks as they stop to rest and refuel on their long journeys. In a world beset by ongoing habitat loss, pollution, and climate change, many of these migratory bird species are in decline. We can each do our part to support them, however, by choosing the right plants for our yards and gardens. New York City Audubon’s Tod Winston will explore why native plants are so important to this effort, and how to create an enriched habitat for birds during migration, nesting season, and through the winter. For information, call 518-589-3903.

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.

ALBANY — Capital District Genealogical Society will meet at 1 p.m. April 23 via Zoom. Registration is free and will open to the public on April 16. See www.CapitalDistrictGenealogicalSociety.org under meetings and events.

There is a 100-person limit.

Marian Smith will provide an overview of US Immigration Service correspondence files, 1891-1957, and US Naturalization Service correspondence files 1906-1946, both of which have become more accessible to researchers in recent years.

In addition to describing the different file series, she will explain all the old (and new!) finding aids available to identify a specific correspondence file and request it from the National Archives. Throughout, correspondence file examples will demonstrate the breadth and depth of these rich record resources.

APRIL 24 HUDSON — Hudson Rocks for Ukraine 1-4 p.m. April 24 at St. Michael’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 59 Partision St., Hudson. Donate money for medical assistance for Ukraine.

Concert includes Tommy Stinson, Cowboys in the Campfire, Tony Kieraldo, Foggy Otis, Rick and Marilyn, Brad Berk, Dust Bowl Faerie Duet, The Sweetlife Music Project featuring Carla Page; also a hudge community food fair.

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Spring is here and warmer weather is on its way. Jamie Hyer-Mitchell of the Fortnightly Club of Catskill presented a donation to support this summer’s Catskill Farmer’s Market. The Market will be held 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Sundays May through October on the Catskill Creek next to the newly developed Foreland Building on Water Street.

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. 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.

APRIL 30 ASHLAND — The Ashland Fire Department, 12096 Route 23, Ashland, will serve a roast beef dinner on April 30. Take outs start at 4:30 p.m. Starting at 5 p.m. seating will be available inside. Adults, $15; children 5–12, $6; under 5, free.

CAIRO — The Greene County Women’s League Cancer Patient Aid will host their first Cancer Patient Aid Mother’s Day Craft Fair 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

April 30 at the Red Rooster Restaurant, 851 Main St., Cairo.

More than 24 handcraft vendors, chance auction, 50/50 and food available. Admission is free. For information, email greenecountywomensleague@ gmail.com.

MAY 1 ATHENS — The West Athens-Lime Street Fire Company,

933 Leeds Athens Road, Athens, will hold an all you can eat breakfast 8 a.m.-noon May 1. All proceeds will benefit the family of deceased West Athens-Lime Street Firefighter William K. Kohler Jr. Freewill offering accepted.

MAY 3 CAIRO — The Greene County Women’s League Cancer Patient Aid (GCWL) will meet at noon May 3 at Red Rooster, 845 Main St, Cairo. Greene County Women’s League (G.C.W.L.) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization whose mission is to provide Greene County Cancer patients (men, women and children) with assistance in paying medical expenses resulting from the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. For information, call 518-819-1249, visit GCWL at www.greenecountywomensleague.com.

MAY 5 SELKIRK — Bethlehem Grange 137, 24 Bridge St., Selkirk, will serve a chicken barbecue dinner 3-6 p.m. May 5 in the Grange Hall. The dinner will include half a chicken, baked potato, coleslaw, roll and butter for $15. Home made baked goods will also be available for additional purchase of $1.50 each. To reserve dinners, call Carol Carpenter at 518421-1384, no later than May 4.

Make sure the phone number is displayed, for a confirmation call back.

MAY 7 EAST BERNE — Helderberg Christian School, 96 Main St., East Berne, will be hosting a garage sale fundraiser 8 a.m.-3 p.m. May 7. Vendors are being sought for the run your own table sale. Bring it in and take what’s left when you leave. If you donate all your proceeds to the school there is no table fee. The table fee is $10. Sign up

by April 14 to secure a table. For information, email hcslibraryfund@yahoo.com.

CATSKILL — The Catskill Glee Club will present their annual Spring Concert “A Night on Broadway!” at 7:30 p.m.

May 7 at the First Reformed Church, 310 Main St., Catskill.

The 25-voice all male chorus will be directed by Michael Wright and accompanied by Lisa D’Arcangelis. The guest artist will be Michael Benedict Jazz Vibes. Suggested offering is $10 at the door. Information can be found at www.CatskillGleeClub.org.

MAY 8 CATSKILL — Catskill Elks Lodge, 45 North Jefferson Ave., Catskill, will serve Mother’s Day breakfast May 8 with seatings at either 9 a.m. or 10:30 a.m. Reservations must be made by May 4 by calling Debbi at 518-610-1301. Mons and kids under 6 are free; all others, $9.

MAY 13 CATSKILL — The First Reformed Church of Catskill, 310 Main St., Catskill, will be holding their Spring Rummage Sale 9 a.m.-5 p.m. May 13 and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. May 14. On Saturday items will be sold for $4 a bag.

CATSKILL — Catskill Elks Lodge, 45 North Jefferson Ave., Catskill, will serve a chicken parm dinner 4:40-6:30 p.m.

May 13, eat in or take out. Full dinner, salad and dessert, $14.

Reservations must be made by May 9 by calling Brenda at 518945-1179.

MAY 14 HAINES FALLS — The Mountain Top Historical Society presents A Hike at Latvian Camp at 9 a.m. May 14.

Longtime MTHS member Nancy Allen will lead an easy hike around the grounds of the Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Summer Camp located in Elka Park. Learn about the history of the camp, visit the

lake and buildings, and take a walk through the woods on the camp’s trails. Meet at the parking area on the left at the end of Green Hill Road, just past the camp entrance and before the Elka Park entrance. See the exact Google maps location at: https://tinyurl.com/camphike The hike will end at approximately 11:30 p.m. Steady rain will cancel. Registration is required, email mthsdirector@ mths.org or call 518-589-6657 to register.

WEST SAND LAKE — Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Master Gardener will hold their “Garden Hand Tool Sale,” May 14. A wide selection of gentlyused garden tools, new Spearhead Spades, and CobraHead Weeders, unique plant containers, glittering glass garden totems, English stone trough planters and other garden delights will be offered. This sale is in conjunction with the larger Garden Faire hosted by the Sand Lake Garden Club. Sales start at 8 a.m., rain or shine, at the Salem United Methodist Church, 349 Shaver Road, West Sand Lake. For more information on Extension’s gardening programs visit http://ccerensselaer.org/ or contact Cornell Cooperative Extension at 518272-4210 or mmp74@cornell. edu.

SOUTH BETHLEHEM — The South Bethlehem United Methodist Church, 65 Willowbrook Ave., South Bethlehem, will hold a Vendor Craft Fair 9 a.m.-2 p.m. May 14. Breakfast and lunch will be available plus a bake sale to support the church’s United Methodist Women. The Thrift Shop ‘Boutique’ will be open as well. Contact Emily Shutter at 518-8130661 for further information.

SELKIRK — Bethlehem Grange 137, 24 Bridge St., Selkirk, will serve a goulash dinner 3-6 p.m. May 14. Dinner includes goulash with tossed salad, roll/butter and dessert for $14. Pick-up the dinner at Bethlehem Grange. Reserve dinner by calling Carol Carpenter at 518-421-1384. Make sure the phone number is displayed to receive a confirmation phone call. Reserve your dinners by May 13.

MAY 15 TANNERSVILLE — An Inclusive Bird Walk with Martha Harbison will be held 7:30-10 a.m. May 15 at Mountain Top Arboretum, 4 Maude Adams Road, Tannersville. Suggested donation of $10 for non-members. No advanced reservations necessary. The Northern Catskills are a birding hotspot for both native and migrating species throughout the region. Spring migration is one of the best times to go birding in the Catskills. You need not be a hiker, however, to enjoy birding. Join us for a morning of birding accessible to all. We welcome those who are mobility or sight impaired. This walk will be led by Martha Harbison of the Feminist Bird Club.

This program is in cooperation with the Catskill Center’s Taking Flight. This is an in-person,

outdoor program. Masks are required for entry inside the Education Center during programs. For information, call 518-589-3903.

MAY 17 CAIRO — The Cairo-Durham Booster Club is hosting a Frese Chicken & Rib Barbecue to benefit the Class of 2023 May 17 at the Cairo-Durham Middle/High School, 1301 Route 145, Cairo. All orders must be picked up between 2 and 6 p.m. and are take out and prepaid only. Chicken barbecue is $13 and includes cole slaw, half a barbecue chicken cooked in the famous house marinade, baked potato, seasonal corn on the cob, rolls/butter and cookies. Barbecue ribs is $15 and includes cole slaw, half a rack of pork ribs, baked potato, seasonal corn on the cob, rolls/ butter and cookies. To place an order, contact bragostinoni@ cairodurham.org or call 518821-3364.

MAY 20 ATHENS — The Athens Volunteer Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary, 39 Third St., Athens, will be holding a sub sandwich fundraiser 4-6 p.m. May 20.

Meatball, sausage and peppers, and pepperoni subs will be for sale for $8 each. Orders can be called in to 518-9452599 after 2 p.m.

HUDSON — The Hudson Area Library History Room, in collaboration with the Jacob Leisler Institute for the Study of Early New York History, presents Spaces of Enslavement: A History of Slavery and Resistance in Dutch New York, an author talk by Andrea Mosterman 6-7:30 p.m. May 20 in the community room of the library, 51 North Fifth St., Hudson. Masks are required for attendance. A Q & A will follow book discussion and reading by the author and there will be copies available for purchase and signing. For information, call 518-828-1792.

MAY 21 ATHENS — The TGM American Legion Post 187, 94 Second St., Athens, will host a Spring Fling Flea Market 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

May 21 with set up starting at 7:30 a.m. Vendors are welcome and applications are available at the Facebook page and at the Post. Indoor space, 6’ by 8’ is $25; outdoor space, 10’ by 10’ is $35. Proceeds to benefit the kitchen renovation project.

JUNE 11 KINDERHOOK — The 22nd Kinderhook OK5K, sponsored

by Community Bank, will be held June 11 in the village of Kinderhook. Start time is 9 a.m.

Online registration, day-ofrace registration, free kids’ one mile fun run, reading ramble, awards and community spirit.

Chip certified 5K race, chip timed-walkers welcome. For information, contact kinderhookok5krace@gmail.com.

To learn more, go to www.ok5krace.com.

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APRIL 28 CAIRO — The Cairo Public Library, 15 Railroad Ave., Cairo, will hold Botanical Drawing with Ruth Leonard 4:30-6:30 p.m. four Thursdays beginning April 28. Materials will be provided. Admission is free. For information and to register, call 518-622-9864.

APRIL 29 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

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in Clifton, New Jersey, which allowed Perez to avoid certain transportation costs.

Federal officials said Perez then fraudulently invoiced and received payment from Serta Simmons as if his trucking company had transported and delivered the merchandise from West Coxsackie, when Perez and his trucking company transported the merchandise only from the Clifton, New Jersey, location.

Following his arraignment, Perez was released pending trial before U.S. District Judge Mae A. D’Agostino at a future date.

The charges filed against

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CATSKILL — With a goal of attracting and maintaining businesses to the region, the Greene County Industrial Development Agency has a full slate of ongoing business park projects and PILOT programs.

During a presentation to the Greene County Legislature on Monday during an Economic Development and Tourism Committee meeting, Greene County IDA Executive Director April Ernst gave an update on the agency’s schedule.

The host of ongoing and upcoming initiatives includes 15 PILOT projects and three partner projects with the county.

“We can offer incentives like sales tax exemptions, mortgage tax exemptions or PILOT programs to encourage companies to come build in Greene County,” Ernst told the Legislature of the IDA’s mission. “Or to retain them or encourage them to stay.”

The agency has three major

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Palmer was charged with third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a class D felony.

Palmer was also arraigned in Athens Town Court on the weapons charge and released on his own recognizance, Debiase said.

According to New York Penal Law, a person is guilty of fourth-degree grand larceny

Perez carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000 and a term of supervised release of up to three years. The judge imposes a sentence based on the particular statute the defendant is charged with violating, U.S. sentencing guidelines and other factors, Freedman said.

The charges in the indictment are accusations. All defendants are is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

The announcement was made on Thursday by Freedman, Janeen DiGuiseppi, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Tammy L. Tomlins, Special Agent in Charge of the Newark Field Office of Internal Revenue Service, Criminal

Investigation.

The case is being investigated by the FBI and IRS-CI,

and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Alexander P. Wentworth-Ping.

projects in progress, including the Exit 21 West project with Columbia Memorial Health. The IDA established a 60-acre business park in 2019 in the town of Catskill west of New York State Thruway Exit 21. The county and Columbia Memorial are working to establish a medical facility at the site. The IDA has spent $2.64 million so far on the project, with the county committing $1.6 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds.

The Exit 21 Catskill East hotel development project is fueled by $807,000 in IDA funding.

Ernst said a Stewart’s Shop is ready to be built on the site once a final survey is completed, with a new tourism facility also slated for the project site.

The IDA is also working with the county on construction of the Cairo water-sewer extension that will commence in 2023.

“I want to highlight these because they’re the collaborations between the county and the IDA,” Ernst said.

Greene County Administrator Shaun Groden said the IDA provides the county with another avenue to bring companies to

Greene.

“They have tools to incentivize businesses that counties don’t have,” Groden said Wednesday. “We can’t give a PILOT plan to a company that would attract them to come set up business here and create jobs. That’s what IDAs do.

So our history with the IDA has been that they have always focused on the big employers. If you go to Catskill and look at the corridor, that’s hundreds of jobs that’s created in each of those businesses that IDA was able to make the land shovel-ready.

The utilities were all there and the road systems were there, so the company only had to come in and plop down their business. They didn’t have to wait for utilities.”

The IDA has nine PILOT programs in the works, with $1,167,891 in funding earmarked for the slate of projects, which include Ski Windham, Village of Coxsackie Solar, Peckham Asphalt and Serta Simmons.

The PILOT projects brought 790 jobs to the county in 2021, with $11 million in local

spending and a gross payroll of $63 million.

The IDA spent $6.7 million to build the Greene Business and Technology Park in Coxsackie that will contain a Save-A-Lot warehouse distribution center, Bank of Greene County branch and Sfoglini Pasta manufacturing site.

With the IDA attracting largescale employers to the region, the county is concentrating on promoting and facilitating local businesses in Greene.

“On our side, we have focused more on the smaller employer,” Groden said. “The mom and pops and the people who have smaller businesses that wouldn’t qualify and wouldn’t need a 100,000 square-foot manufacturing facility. So we have a different loan program to help them launch. The partnership with IDA has been there for a number of years where they focus on the big-scale stuff and we focus more on the smallscale stuff. But the common thread is job base and maintaining or expanding the tax base. At the end of the day, it’s all about the jobs.”

when he steals property and when the value of the property exceeds one thousand dollars.

If found guilty in a court of law, the sentence may range from probation to four years in prison.

Third-degree criminal possession of a weapon is defined by New York Penal Law as being in possession of a weapon, after being previously convicted of any other crime.

If the defendant is found guilty in court, the prison sentence may run between

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A New Jersey man appeared in Federal Court on Thursday. He is accused of participating in a kickback scheme to defraud Serta Simmons in Coxsackie.

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A pair from Athens has been charged, following an investigation into a theft in Cairo.

two and seven years. The judge may include a fine, and court costs.

The sentence will depend on a person’s prior criminal history.

ATLANTA — Georgia Republican U.S. Marjorie Taylor Greene testified Friday at a legal hearing involving a challenge filed by constituents who want her banned from seeking another term in Congress because she promoted the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

The challenge filed by five of her constituents contends that the firstterm Republican violated a provision of the 14th Amendment by engaging in an insurrection to block the peaceful transfer of power to Joe Biden.

Greene took the witness stand shortly before noon and immediately faced sharp questions about her role in the proDonald Trump mob. In a tense back-and-forth, she tried to avoid several of the queries and was admonished by an attorney for the challengers, who sought to treat her as a hostile witness.

She has said she played no role in the deadly mob that stormed the Capitol and that the challenge is nothing more than a publicity stunt by her political enemies. Her attorneys framed the legal battle as an attempt to deprive Georgians of a choice at the ballot box.

“The right to vote is at stake — right here, right now,” said Greene attorney James Bopp. “Because they want to deny the right to vote to the thousands of people in the 14th District of Georgia by having Greene removed from the ballot.”

Ron Fein, an attorney for the challengers, told Administrative Judge Charles Beaudrot that the most devastating witness against Greene is her own remarks on social media and in interviews, including calling the protests surrounding Jan. 6 a “1776 moment.”

“Instead, it turned out to be our 1861 moment,” said Fein, the legal director of Free Speech For

People.

Greene became the first member of Congress to publicly testify under oath about the events leading to the Jan. 6 mob, which began with a pro-Trump “Stop the Steal” rally that she had promoted on social media.

At one point in the back-and-forth, Greene began to criticize House Democrats, prompting Celli to cut her off and urge her to answer her question. Beaudrot soon stepped in, seeking a sense of calm.

“This is not theater.

This is not an argument before the Supreme Court,” he said. “This is an evidentiary hearing.”

The state administrative court hearing, in a downtown Atlanta office building, was held under intense scrutiny.

More than a dozen reporters gathered outside the Peachtree Street tower for live broadcasts.

Inside the fourth-floor hearing room, Greene supporters erupted into applause as she entered with her attorneys, triggering a stern rebuke from a law enforcement officer.

Greene was joined in the hearing room by Florida U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, another controversial Republican who is one of her most steadfast allies in Congress.

After the hearing, which is expected to last through much of Friday, Beaudrot will deliver his findings to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who will then determine if Greene is qualified to appear on the ballot.

It will put Raffensperger, who is facing a Donald Trump-backed Republican challenger, in a peculiar spot. He attracted Trump’s fury after he refused the thenpresident’s demand to “find” enough votes to overturn Biden’s victory.

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Mountaintop to honor Earth Day

By Maura Rosner Columbia-Greene Media

TANNERSVILLE - The Mountaintop Library of Tannersville is hosting their annual Earth day event this weekend. The celebration is Saturday at 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The town of Hunter and the library have partnered with the Mountaintop Progressives to invite the public to the Earth Day event. It’s a celebratory event, but also an opportunity for the community to consider the importance of preserving and protecting the environment.

The celebration program features a ribbon-cutting by local officials such as Greene County Legislator Daryl Legg, D-Hunter; Hunter Town Supervisor Sean Mahoney; and Tannersville Mayor Lee McGunnigle.

Maureen Garcia, director of the Mountaintop Library, is also scheduled as a guest speaker.

The day will also include various activities for children — puzzles, games, music, and art. There will be a live Birds of

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Brian Robinson and a Bird of Prey live demonstration.

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Bill Robinson and owl.

Prey demonstration with Bill Robinson of Palenville from 11 a.m. to noon. Robinson works with Peregrine falcons, owls, eagles, and other feathered friends. Free buttons, stickers, and other giveaways will be

available.

Other local organizations such as the Greene County Soil & Water Conservation District and Mountain Top Arboretum will be in attendance.

Michelle Yost of Greene

County Soil & Water plans to discuss “Watershed and the Mountaintop.” Ryan Moore of the Mountain Top Arboretum will familiarize the public with invasive species. Musicians Andy Shapiro, Liz Grossman

and Susan Kukle are scheduled to perform.

The Earth Day event will showcase the unique history and environment that is the Catskill Forest Preserve, Catskill Park, and the New York Department of Environmental Protection Watershed.

Free seeds, soil and pots will also be available.

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Progressives and library have another event scheduled for April 30. Both organizations are encouraging people to sign up and volunteer for a Trail/ Stream Clean-up. The Cleanup will start at 10 a.m. and finish at noon. There will be a picnic at the Rip Van Winkle Lake Park Pavilion immediately following the clean-up.

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Put fresh spring vegetables and fruits on display. Options include artichokes, apricots, asparagus, carrots, dandelion greens, and radishes. Put together a pasta primavera, which essentially is a spring pasta dish laden with fresh vegetables. · Decorate with flowers.

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H.S. SOFTBALL:

Panthers keep perfect record intact Columbia-Greene Media

CHATHAM — Abby Taylor homered, tripled and singled, driving in three runs to lead Chatham to an 11-2 nonleague softball victory over Saugerties on Thursday.

Olive Mountain had a home run and single with two RBI as the Panthers improved to 7-0. Emily Mesick added a double and two singles with two RBI, Anna Friedman had a double and single, Erin Madsen contributed two singles and an RBI, Hannah Pinto had two singles, Emily Scheriff singled and drove in a run and Addi Perry singled.

Mesick was the winning pitcher, striking out eight and allowing two runs and five hits.

Voorheesville 12, Taconic Hills 3 CRARYVILLE — Taconic Hills dropped a 12-3 decision to Voorheesville in Thursday’s non-league softball game.

Michaela Masten had a double and two singles for the Titans. Kersten Keeler added a double and single with an RBI, Ava Skabowski had two singles, Grace Alvarez singled and drove in a run, Kailey Proper singled and Skylar Waterhouse drove in a run.

Masten pitched the first four innings for the Titans, striking out four, walking six and allowing 12 runs (3 earned) and five hits. Marissa Ensign pitched three innings, striking out two, walking one.

PATROON Greenville 20, Watervliet 0 GREENVILLE — Shea Landversicht fired a onehit shutout and Emma

Haller went 3 for 4 with a double and six RBI as Greenville defeated Watervliet, 20-0, in Thursday’s Patroon Conference softball game.

Landversicht struck out seven and walked three before the game was stopped in the fifth inning because of the 10-run rule.

Maddy Prayto added a double and single with three RBI to Greenville’s cause. Landversicht had two singles and three RBI, Nuala Kappel contributed a double and two RBI, Isabella Zarcone collected two singles and two RBI, Camryn Childs singled and drove in a run and Brianna Shutter singled.

Maple Hill 15, Catskill 2 CASTLETON — Maple Hill scored nine runs in the first inning and went on to defeat Catskill, 152, in Thursday’s Patroon Conference softball game.

The game was stopped in the fifth inning because of the 10-run rule.

Sydney Rogers ripped a double and single with two RBI for the Wildcats (5-1 Patroon). Olivia Mueller added a double and single with an RBI, Emma Dugan doubled and drove in two runs and Emma O’Donnell collected two singles and three RBI. Kaitlyn McGee doubled and drove in a run for Catskill. Jayda Mower added a single.

Kate ackerman was the winning pitcher, striking out three, walking five and allowing two runs and two hits.

Mairin Apjohn took the loss, surrendering 15 runs and seven hits with one strikeout and 10 walks.

H.S. BASEBALL:

Riders sweep twinbill; Pierro sparks Chatham Tim Martin Columbia-Greene Media

VALATIE — Alex Schmidt threw six innings of shutout ball before giving way to Kyle Bartlett, who threw a perfect seventh, as Ichabod Crane completed a non-league doubleheader sweep of Columbia High with a 1-0 victory on Thursday.

The Riders won the first game, 3-2.

Schmidt struck out four and walked four in earning the win.

The Riders scored the only

run of the game in the first inning when Jack Mullins singled, stole second, went to third on a wild pitch and scored on Topher Pelesz’s ground out.

Gunnar GrethenMcLaughlin, Holzhauer and Mullins all singled for Ichabod Crane.

Steven Heller had two singles for Columbia.

In the opener, Kyle Bartlett, Brady Holzhauer and Dominic Pelizza each See RIDERS B5

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Greenville’s Jake Miller (2) waits on a pitch during Thursday’s Patroon Conference baseball game against Watervliet.

Spartans roll at home, mercy-rule Cannoneers in five Matt Fortunato Columbia-Greene Media

GREENVILLE — The Greenville Spartans earned another Patroon Conference baseball win on Thursday at home, defeating the Watervliet Cannoneers, 17-2, in five innings.

Sam Buquet got the win for the Spartans, after allowing just one hit over four innings and striking out five batters as Watervliet’s offense struggled throughout.

Buquet issued a walk with one away in the top of the first but induced a pop up to catcher Jack Motta for the second out. After an error at third base Buquet was in a jam with runners on the corners with two outs. He got the next batter to line out to shortstop and the inning was over.

After Jack Motta and Jake Miller both grounded out to start the inning, Donovan Gallagher worked a two out walk and quickly stole second base. Joe Domermuth walked as well to bring up Trey Smith.

Smith grounded a ball past the third baseman and into the outfield for a base hit, driving in Gallagher to give the Spartans a 1-0 lead.

Buquet stepped into the box and laced one into left field for an RBI double as the wind took the ball right over the defender’s head.

Buquet went back to work on the mound in the top of the second with the confidence of a 2-0 lead in his pocket. Buquet sandwiched a groundout in between two strikeouts and retired the Cannoneers in order to bring the Spartans back to the plate.

Brett Larson and Jack Motta worked back-to-back walks to lead off the bottom half, and Isaiah Edmonds ripped an RBI single to left to increase the lead to 3-0. After an RBI base hit off the bat of

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Greenville’s Sam Buquet had two doubles and two RBI in the Spartans’s 17-2 victory over Watervliet on Thursday.

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Greenville’s Joey Domermuth runs to first base during Thursday’s Patroon Conference baseball game against Watervliet.

Domermuth made it 4-0, Smith popped one in the

air to left field. The wind played a factor again and

took the ball sailing over the left fielder’s head to plate two more runs.

The Spartans scored their seventh and ninth runs on wild pitches, while their eighth run came across on a single by Miller to center field. Edmonds reached on an infield single, forcing in another run to make it 10-0 Greenville. Gallagher worked a bases loaded walk, and Domermuth rounded out the inning with a two run single into left, bringing the lead to 13-0 by the end of the second.

Edmonds made a fine play on defense in the top of the third on a grounder up the middle. He picked it off of the ground behind second base as he glided across the infield dirt, and fired to first as his hat flew off in the wind and the out was made.

Buquet got another groundout and a strike out for the third out of the inning as Greenville looked to pile on. With a runner on first and one out, Miller See SPARTANS B3

Mike Tyson punches man badgering him on flight, video shows Timothy Bella The Washington Post

It was 4/20 in San Francisco, and nothing could stop Mike Tyson from having a great time. The legendary boxerturned-cannabis businessman was eating edibles on the annual marijuana holiday and telling the thousands gathered

in Robin Williams Meadow in Golden Gate Park that they were taking the good vibes “to another level in life.”

But as Tyson was about to fly back to Florida on Wednesday night, a JetBlue passenger sitting behind him in first class seemingly ruined his high. After the man reportedly kept

harassing him, video from TMZ Sports shows Tyson appearing to repeatedly punch the man and bloodying his face.

“My boy just got beat up by Mike Tyson,” a man is heard saying on one of the videos posted to TMZ. The passenger whom Tyson

appeared to punch, who is identified as “George” by a witness filming an interaction, sported three or four bloody cuts on the right side of his head moments after the encounter.

It was not immediately clear whether Tyson was arrested or faces charges stemming

from the incident. Federal law prohibits passengers from assaulting other passengers or crew members. Passengers are subject to civil penalties for any misconduct that “can threaten the safety of the flight by disrupting or distracting cabin crew from their safety duties,” according to the

Federal Aviation Administration.

A spokesperson with the San Francisco Police Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday. When asked about the incident, Doug See TYSON B5

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ML Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE East W L Pct GB 8 5 .615 — 7 6 .538 1.0 7 6 .538 1.0 6 7 .462 2.0 4 9 .308 4.0 Central W L Pct GB Cleveland 7 5 .583 — Chi. White Sox 6 6 .500 1.0 Kansas City 5 6 .455 1.5 Detroit 5 7 .417 2.0 Minnesota 5 8 .385 2.5 West W L Pct GB LA Angels 8 5 .615 — Seattle 7 5 .583 .5 Oakland 8 6 .571 .5 Houston 6 6 .500 1.5 Texas 2 9 .182 5.0 Tuesday’s games Chi. White Sox at Cleveland, PPD NY Yankees 4, Detroit 2 Boston 2, Toronto 1 LA Angels 7, Houston 2 Kansas City 4, Minnesota 3 Oakland 2, Baltimore 1 Seattle 6, Texas 2 Wednesday’s games Cleveland 11, Chi. White Sox 1 Cleveland 2, Chi. White Sox 1 Baltimore 1, Oakland 0 LA Angels 6, Houston 0 NY Yankees 5, Detroit 3 Toronto 6, Boston 1 Kansas City 2, Minnesota 0 Seattle 4, Texas 2 Thursday’s games Cleveland 6, Chi. White Sox 3 Detroit 3, NY Yankees 0 Toronto 3, Boston 2 Minnesota 1, Kansas City 0 Oakland 6, Baltimore 4 Texas at Seattle, 9:40 p.m.

Friday’s games Cleveland at NY Yankees (Taillon 0-1), 7:05 p.m.

Boston (Wacha 0-0) at Tampa Bay (Kluber 0-0), 7:10 p.m.

Chi. White Sox (Kopech 0-0) at Minnesota (Ober 1-1), 8:10 p.m.

Toronto (Stripling 0-0) at Houston (Verlander 1-1), 8:10 p.m.

Baltimore (Zimmermann 0-0) at LA Angels (Detmers 0-0), 9:38 p.m.

Kansas City (Keller 0-1) at Seattle, 9:40 p.m.

Texas at Oakland (Oller 0-1), 9:40 p.m.

Toronto NY Yankees Tampa Bay Boston Baltimore

NATIONAL LEAGUE East W L Pct GB 10 4 .714 — 6 8 .429 4.0 5 7 .417 4.0 6 9 .400 4.5 5 8 .385 4.5 Central W L Pct GB St. Louis 7 4 .636 — Milwaukee 8 5 .615 — Chi. Cubs 6 6 .500 1.5 Pittsburgh 5 7 .417 2.5 Cincinnati 2 11 .154 6.0 West W L Pct GB LA Dodgers 9 3 .750 — Colorado 8 4 .667 1.0 San Diego 9 5 .643 1.0 San Francisco 8 5 .615 1.5 Arizona 5 8 .385 4.5 Tuesday’s games Washington 6, Arizona 1 NY Mets 5, San Francisco 4, 10 innings NY Mets 3, San Francisco 1 St. Louis 5, Miami 1 Washington 1, Arizona 0 Milwaukee 5, Pittsburgh 2 Colorado 6, Philadelphia 5 San Diego 6, Cincinnati 2 Atlanta 3, LA Dodgers 1 Wednesday’s games Milwaukee 4, Pittsburgh 2 Philadelphia 9, Colorado 6 LA Dodgers 5, Atlanta 1 San Diego 6, Cincinnati 0 St. Louis 2, Miami 0 Arizona 11, Washington 2 San Francisco 5, NY Mets 2 Thursday’s games NY Mets 6, San Francisco 2 Arizona 4, Washington 3 Miami 5, St. Louis 0 Pittsburgh at Chi. Cubs, 7:40 p.m.

Friday’s games Pittsburgh (Quintana 0-1) at Chi. Cubs (Smyly 1-0), 2:20 p.m.

St. Louis (Matz 1-1) at Cincinnati (Greene 1-1), 6:40 p.m.

San Francisco at Washington (Corbin 0-2), 7:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Peralta 0-1) at Philadelphia (Suarez 1-0), 7:05 p.m.

Miami (Rogers 0-2) at Atlanta (Wright 1-0), 7:20 p.m.

NY Mets (Peterson 0-0) at Arizona (Gallen 0-0), 9:40 p.m.

LA Dodgers (Urias 0-1) at San Diego (Martinez 0-1), 9:40 p.m.

NY Mets Atlanta Miami Washington Philadelphia

INTERLEAGUE Tuesday’s games Tampa Bay 6, Chi. Cubs 5 Wednesday’s game Tampa Bay 8, Chi. Cubs 2, 6 innings Friday’s game Colorado (Senzatela 1-0) at Detroit (Skubal 0-1), 7:10 p.m.

Pro hockey NHL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OT SO Pts Florida 77 56 15 2 4 118 Toronto 77 51 20 5 1 108 Tampa Bay 76 46 22 3 5 100 Boston 77 47 25 3 2 99 Buffalo 79 30 38 8 3 71 Detroit 78 30 38 8 2 70 Ottawa 77 29 41 5 2 65 Montreal 78 20 47 9 2 51 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT SO Pts Carolina 78 50 20 6 2 108 N.Y. Rangers 78 51 21 3 3 108 Pittsburgh 78 44 23 4 7 99 Washington 77 43 23 9 2 97 NY Islanders 77 35 32 4 6 80 Columbus 77 35 36 4 2 76 New Jersey 77 27 43 2 5 61 Philadelphia 78 24 43 7 4 59 Western Conference Central Division GP W L OT SO Pts Colorado 77 55 16 5 1 116 Minnesota 77 49 21 3 4 105 St. Louis 77 46 20 8 3 103 Nashville 77 44 28 3 2 93 Dallas 77 43 29 3 2 91 Winnipeg 78 35 32 7 4 81 Chicago 77 26 40 9 2 63 Arizona 77 22 49 2 4 50 Pacific Division

GF GA 325 222 300 237 253 216 236 209 224 280 220 299 210 251 200 303 GF GA 260 192 244 194 258 215 266 229 213 219 247 285 236 285 204 286 GF GA 298 212 289 238 290 222 247 227 223 232 237 252 208 276 189 296

GP W L OT SO Pts 77 47 20 8 2 104 77 45 26 5 1 96 78 41 27 6 4 92 78 42 31 4 1 89 78 38 29 7 4 87 78 30 34 9 5 74 76 30 34 9 3 72 76 26 44 5 1 58 Tuesday’s games Toronto 5, Philadelphia 2 Minnesota 2, Montreal 0 Detroit 4, Tampa Bay 3 NY Rangers 3, Winnipeg 0 Florida 3, NY Islanders 2, OT Boston 3, St. Louis 2, OT Nashville 3, Calgary 2, SO Los Angeles 2, Anaheim 1 Ottawa 4, Vancouver 3, SO San Jose 3, Columbus 2 Wednesday’s games Edmonton 5, Dallas 2 Chicago 4, Arizona 3, OT Vegas 4, Washington 3, OT Seattle 3, Colorado 2 Thursday’s games Philadelphia 6, Montreal 3 Florida 5, Detroit 2 Buffalo 5, New Jersey 2 Pittsburgh 4, Boston 0 Carolina 4, Winnipeg 2 NY Rangers 6, NY Islanders 3 Minnesota 6, Vancouver 3 Toronto at Tampa Bay, 8 p.m.

Dallas at Calgary, 9 p.m.

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

St. Louis at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

Friday’s games Ottawa at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Seattle at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Colorado at Edmonton, 9 p.m.

Washington at Arizona, 10:30 p.m.

Saturday’s games NY Islanders at Buffalo, 12:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Detroit, 12:30 p.m.

Carolina at New Jersey, 12:30 p.m.

NY Rangers at Boston, 3 p.m.

Montreal at Ottawa, 7 p.m.

Nashville at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Florida, 7 p.m.

Chicago at San Jose, 8 p.m.

Seattle at Dallas, 8 p.m.

St. Louis at Arizona, 10 p.m.

Vancouver at Calgary, 10 p.m.

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

Calgary Edmonton Los Angeles Vegas Vancouver Anaheim San Jose Seattle

GF GA 275 193 269 237 224 227 250 232 236 223 220 255 198 243 200 262

Pro basketball NBA PLAYOFFS FIRST ROUND Monday Philadelphia 112, Toronto 97 Dallas 110, Utah 104 Golden State 126, Denver 106, Golden State leads series 2-0 Tuesday Miami 115, Miami 105, Miami leads series 2-0 Memphis 124, Minnesota 106 New Orleans 125, Phoenix 114, Series tied 1-1 Wednesday Boston 114, Brooklyn 107, Boston leads series 2-0 Philadelphia 104, Toronto 101 (OT), Philadelphia leads series 3-0.

Chicago 114, Milwaukee 110, series tied 1-1 Thursday Memphis 104, Minnesota 95, Memphis leads series 2-1 Dallas 126, Utah 118, Dallas leads series 2-1 Golden State at Denver, 10 p.m.

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

Milwaukee at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

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

Transactions BASEBALL American League Boston Red Sox - Activated C Christian Vazquez from the 10-day IL. Optioned C Ronaldo Hernandez to Worcester (IL).

Chicago White Sox - Optioned RHP Jimmy Lambert to Charlotte (IL). Recalled CF Adam Haseley from Charlotte (IL).

Cleveland Guardians - Recalled SS Gabriel Arias from Columbus (IL). Selected the contract of LHP Kirk McCarty, LHP Tanner Tully, and RHP Enyel De Los Santos from Columbus (IL).

Detroit Tigers - Outrighted RHP Bryan Garcia to Toledo (IL). Placed RP Matt Manning on the 10day IL, retroactive to April 17. Recalled SP Angel De Jesus from Toledo (IL).

Houston Astros - Placed 2B Jose Altuve on the 10-day IL, retroactive to April 19. Placed 1B Taylor Jones on the 10-day IL. Selected the contract of 1B J.J. Matijevic from Sugar Land (PCL).

Oakland Athletics - Activated LHP A.J. Puk from the 10-day IL. Optioned LHP Zach Logue to Las Vegas (PCL). Placed SS Kevin Smith on the 10-day IL, retroactive to April 19. Selected the contract of CF Mickey McDonald from Las Vegas (PCL). Sent RP James Kaprielian on a rehab assignment to Las Vegas (PCL).

Seattle Mariners - Placed RHP Paul Sewald on the 10-day IL. Selected the contract of RHP Penn Murfee from Tacoma (PCL).

National League Arizona Diamondbacks - Optioned LHP Tyler Gilbert to Reno (PCL).

Atlanta Braves - Acquired RHP Jesse Chavez and cash from the Chicago Cubs for RP Sean Newcomb. Placed 3B Austin Riley on the paternity list. Recalled LF Travis Demeritte from Gwinnett (IL).

Cincinnati Reds - Placed C Tyler Stephenson on the 7-day IL. Recalled C Mark Kolozsvary from Chattanooga (SL).

Los Angeles Dodgers - Placed LHP Andrew Heaney on the 10-day IL. Recalled 2B Zach McKinstry from Oklahoma City (PCL).

Miami Marlins - Placed RHP Paul Campbell on the 10-day IL, retroactive to April 18. Recalled LHP Daniel Castano from Jacksonville (SL).

New York Mets - Activated RHP Jake Reed, optioned him to Syracuse (IL). Activated LF Mark Canha from the 10-day IL. Designated SS Matt Reynolds for assignment. Optioned RHP Yoan Lopez to Syracuse (IL).

San Francisco Giants - Optioned 3B Luke Williams to Sacramento (PCL).

Washington Nationals - Optioned LF Donovan Casey to Rochester (IL). Placed LHP Sean Doolittle on the 10-day IL. Recalled LHP Samuel Clay from Rochester (IL).

COLLEGE BASKETBALL Gonzaga - Announced C Chet Holmgren will enter the NBA draft.

Kentucky - Announced G Shaedon Sharpe will enter the NBA draft.

Michigan - Announced F Brandon Johns Jr. has left the program and is transferring to VCU.

PRO FOOTBALL National Football League Buffalo Bills - Signed G David Quessenberry to a one-year contract.

Los Angeles Rams - Cut C Drake Jackson.

Philadelphia Eagles - Announced DE Cameron Malveaux has retired.

PRO HOCKEY National Hockey League New York Islanders - Assigned C Otto Koivula to Bridgeport (AHL). Signed RW William Dufour to a three-year, entry-level contract.

San Jose Sharks - Assigned D Santeri Hatakka to San Jose (AHL).

Mavs weather late push from Jazz, steal 2-1 series lead

Callie Caplan

The Dallas Morning News

SALT LAKE CITY — The Dallas Mavericks expected to take an immediate punch from the Utah Jazz as soon as Game 3 tipped off Thursday night.

They weathered it — about three quarters later than they expected.

Dallas won 126-118 to take a 2-1 lead in the first-round series and reclaim home-court advantage despite playing a third consecutive game with Luka Doncic on the bench, still rehabbing his left calf strain.

The Mavericks led by 17 points (83-66) with less than six minutes left in the third quarter, but Utah fought back to cut Dallas’ lead to 1 point (103-102) with 6:42 remaining.

Time for panic without their superstar?

Not Jalen Brunson and Spencer Dinwiddie, who scored 18 of the Mavericks’ 29 fourth-quarter points, including eight unanswered after the Jazz’s comeback push, to seal the franchise’s first victory in Utah since April 2016, snapping an 11-game losing streak in Vivint Arena.

Brunson finished with 31 points (12 of 22 shooting) and five assists in 31 minutes despite facing physical — and, at times, controversial — defense.

Dinwiddie, Reggie Bullock, Dorian Finney-Smith, Maxi Kleber, Josh Green and Davis Bertans finished in double-figure scoring, too.

And the Mavericks finished what could be their last game this series without Doncic with the decisive, winning haymaker.

Name a statistic or sequence from Thursday night, and the Mavericks likely had their way in the first half.

Brunson scored six of their first eight points, and then Kleber hit three 3-pointers in his first two minutes off the bench. Green followed with his first two career playoff threes and a pair of steals, and Bertans added a chasedown block.

The Mavericks led 27-20 after the first quarter and then by 15 points a couple minutes into the

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Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert (27) tries to block the shot of Dallas Mavericks guard Spencer Dinwiddie (26) during the fourth quarter at Vivint Arena on Thursday.

second.

Bertans logged a four-point play, and Trey Burke drew a flagrant foul on a 3-point attempt soon after, leading to a rare sixpoint possession for Dallas.

And so the Luka-less Mavericks cruised — until Brunson went down.

As Jazz guard Mike Conley swished a 3-pointer with five minutes left in the second quarter, Brunson waited near the paint, preparing for the Mavericks to start their next offensive possession.

But before Conley’s shot fell through the hoop, Jazz forward Royce O’Neale forcefully shoved Brunson in the back with his elbow. Brunson struggled to stand and limped across the court, holding his lower back.

Brunson intentionally fouled to stop play so he could check out, and as he walked gingerly to the bench, officials whistled him for a technical foul, just the second unsportsmanlike call he’s triggered since his junior year of high school.

Good news for the Mavericks:

They outscored Utah by seven points in 4:38 without Brunson to lead 68-50 at halftime, and their leading point guard in Doncic’s absence returned to start the third quarter.

But the Jazz — notorious this season for blowing large, late leads — didn’t wilt.

All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell tallied 18 of his 32 points in the third quarter to help Utah outscore Dallas 40-29 in the period.

Jazz coach Quin Snyder sat Rudy Gobert and Hassan Whiteside for an extended stretch while turning to smaller lineups and little-used reserves to spark his offense.

But Dallas’ poise as the NBA’s best team in clutch situations since Feb. 1 didn’t waver.

The Mavericks’ defense limited Utah’s league-leading offense to 9 of 27 from three while tormenting Gobert and the Jazz’s frontcourtheavy defensive scheme with consistent corner threes.

After Utah earned a 19-rebound advantage in each of the first two games, the Mavericks cut their deficit on the boards to 32-31 in Game 3.

From the bench, Doncic showed some of his most explosive movement since he strained his calf April 10, dancing with cheer for big plays, particularly Dinwiddie’s thunderous dunk over Gobert early in the third quarter.

Dallas ruled Doncic out a few hours before tipoff Thursday, his third consecutive playoff absence because “we said from the start of his injury we were going to be cautious,” coach Jason Kidd said.

But he again ran through a pregame workout on the arena court, showing more lateral movement and ease in various shooting spots. Except on one shot — when he faked out assistant coach Peter Patton, who served as his defender, and tossed the ball up over his head without even attempting to post up first.

No-look swish.

Attention for Luka Calf Watch turned to his increasingly likely return for Saturday afternoon’s Game 4 But not before the Mavericks relish their heavyweight triumph Thursday night.

Timberwolves melt down late in Game 3 loss to Grizzlies Chris Hine Star Tribune

MINNEAPOLIS — The Timberwolves tried to give a 26-point first-half lead away in their 104-95 loss to Memphis.

When that didn’t work, and they rebuilt a 25-point lead in the third quarter, they used that experience to give away that lead completely by the start of the fourth.

Never have there been as big of swings in emotion and the scoreboard in this Wolves season as there were Wednesday night. Like their play-in victory over the Clippers, they had to play most of the night with Karl-Anthony Towns either in foul trouble or limited by double teams.

The Wolves helped him out initially, but they played a dangerous game of Jekyll and Hyde all night. They disappeared for stretches after building two big leads, and it ended with Memphis dealing them the strongest gut punch they’ve felt this season.

The Wolves limited Ja Morant to 16 points on 5-for-18 shooting, but Desmond Bane had 26 points, which included seven 3-pointers.

Towns had just eight points on four shot attempts. D’Angelo Russell led Minnesota with

22 points. A crowd that had been roaring in approval most of the night had a smattering of boos by the end of it.

After Minnesota saw a 26-point lead in the second quarter shrink to seven by halftime, they came out with renewed confidence in the third quarter, as Russell played his best quarter of the playoffs in scoring 12 points and dishing out four assists.

But the Wolves went silent after that. They were ahead 83-62 with 46.7 seconds remaining in the third quarter. By the 7:09 mark of the fourth, they had given it all away after Tyus Jones hit a 3. They never got it back.

The raucous crowd quieted. The Wolves were silent on their bench as the Wolves missed shot after shot. Towns could only watch for most of it after foul trouble again put him back on the bench for the late third and early fourth quarters.

Shortly after he checked back in with just over five minutes remaining in the fourth, Bane, who lived up to his last name from the Wolves’ point of view, hit his seventh 3 of the night to put Memphis up 93-88.

The Wolves would get within three on multiple occasions, but they couldn’t rebound

missed free throws, which was a silent killer in the second half. When Dillon Brooks canned a 3 to put the Grizzlies ahead 102-92 with 1:17 to play, that was it. Memphis began celebrating its monumental comeback.

The Wolves went the final 10 minutes, 28 seconds of the second quarter while scoring only four points. They went 9:29 between the late third and fourth quarter while scoring only five points.

Their offense just disappeared for stretches like it never has this season, this came after their defense played for stretches like it never had this season to get the lead in the first place.

There was no question Target Center would bring the energy from the start of the night.

The question was how would the Wolves channel it in a game that carried a lot of pressure. They channeled it the right way to start.

They couldn’t maintain it.

After extending the lead to 26, 47-21, with 10 minutes, 28 seconds remaining, after scoring eight quick points. Then the game changed dramatically -- a few times over.

They started getting sloppy on the offensive end and scored just four points the rest of the quarter.

Flaws in three-guard lineup on display in Warriors’ Game 3 win over Nuggets Madeline Kenney The Mercury News

DENVER — After the Golden State Warriors dominated the first two games of the series, coach Steve Kerr anticipated the Denver Nuggets to play a more physical and aggressive game out of desperation as Denver faced the possibility of being swept out of the postseason for the second consecutive season.

And that’s exactly what the Nuggets did Thursday night in Denver.

But Golden State found a way to win anyway, beating the Nuggets 118-113 to take a 3-0 lead in the series.

Golden State answered Denver’s intensity in the first half.

But in a game where defense seemed optional for the most part, the Warriors had too

many turnovers and missed key open shots, which had them struggling to maintain a lead in the fourth quarter.

The Warriors’ small-ball lineup left the lane open for Nikola Jokic to get an easy layup to give the Nuggets an 111-109 lead with 3:20 left in the game. After a timeout, Andrew Wiggins answered with a corner 3, which sparked the Warriors’ 9-2 run to close out the game.

The Warriors’ highly praised three-guard lineup consisting of Steph Curry, Jordan Poole, Klay Thompson, Wiggins and Draymond Green was not nearly as efficient as it was in the two previous games. In Games 1 and 2, that group played a combined 11 minutes and limited the Nuggets to an average of just .75 points per possession while Golden State

averaged a ridiculous 2.04 points per possession.

But the group showed its flaws in Denver.

Maybe it was the altitude. Or perhaps it was just shoddy defense and poor ball security. The latter seems more reasonable.

Kerr deployed the three-guard unit around the 7-minute mark in the first quarter, the earliest appearance of the group this postseason. Over the next 2 1/2 minutes, the Nuggets went on a 14-7 run and tied the game at 22 apiece, forcing a Golden State timeout during which the team regrouped and issued out a different lineup.

The lineup was used again in the final three minutes of the first half. The Warriors scored as many points as they gave up (seven), but had four really bad turnovers,

including three committed by Curry.

In the third quarter, Denver outscored that lineup 11-4 and the Warriors committed another two turnovers which added to the team’s total of 16. And in the fourth, the lineup looked more like the first two games and carried the Warriors to the win.

Poole left the game in the third quarter and appeared to have a heat pad on his forearm. He re-entered the game minutes later and seemed fine. He finished with 27 points on 9-of-13 shooting.

Meanwhile, Thompson, who converted on six of his 13 3-point attempts, surpassed Ray Allen for third place on the NBA’s all-time postseason threes list, trailing only Curry and LeBron James. Thompson finished with 26 points.

Curry, who came off the bench for the third consecutive game, contributed 27 in 31 minutes, his most minutes in a game since returning from a month-long absence with a foot injury. Gary Payton II added a much-needed spark at times as a reserve, adding 11 points while shooting a perfect 3-for-3 from 3-point range.

Jokic again led the Nuggets’ offensive efforts. He scored a gamehigh 37 points and recorded 18 rebounds and five assists in 38 minutes.

The Warriors hold a 3-0 lead over the Nuggets in the best-of-seven series. They’ll play Game 4 Sunday in Denver before traveling back to San Francisco — for either Game 5 on Wednesday or at least a few days off ahead of the Western Conference semifinals.

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to deep left-center field and drove in another run as he missed a home run by less than a foot, making it 14-0.

Motta hit a ground ball to shortstop but it was bobbled and another run scored as he reached first base safely and it was 15-0.

Buquet started the fourth with a strikeout and then gave up his first base hit of the outing so far. He got the next hitter to hit a soft pop up back to the mound off of the weakest part of the bat, and Buquet caught it himself for the second out.

Buquet got the next batter looking at strike three to shut the Cannoneers down yet again. The bottom of the fourth was highlighted by back-to-back RBI doubles from Trey Smith and Sam Buquet and Greenville’s lead was now 17-0.

Domermuth entered the game in relief for the Spartans in the top of the fifth, needing only three outs to end the game via mercy rule.

Domermuth got into a bit of trouble in the inning, and gave up Watervliet’s only two runs on a two run single that made it 17-2.

After another base hit and a walk, the Cannoneers had the bases loaded with two outs. Domermuth found the plate soon enough and got the next hitter to hit a soft liner back to himself and he caught it on the mound for the final out and the game ended via a mercy rule.

The Greenville Spartans defeated the Watervliet Cannoneers 17-2 over five innings of play via a mercy rule Thursday through relentless wind and with little sunlight.

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Greenville’s Jack Motta attempts to avoid an inside pitch during Thursday’s Patroon Conference baseball game against Watervliet.

Greenville’s Trey Smith follows the path of his fly ball during Thursday’s Patroon Conference baseball game against Watervliet.

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Greenville’s Jack Motta (9) leads off of first base during Thursday’s Patroon Conference baseball game against Watervliet.

Greenville’s Brett Larson leads off of second base during Thursday’s Patroon Conference baseball game against Watervliet.

Copp scores a natural hat trick in Rangers’ win over Isles Colin Stephenson Newsday

The Rangers are rolling now, and not even their greatest rivals are enough to stop them.

Locked in a battle for first place in the Metropolitan Division, and determined to raise their game to its absolute peak when the playoffs start in 10 days, the Rangers got three goals from Andrew Copp, four assists from Artemi Panarin, and three assists from Adam Fox and beat the Islanders, 6-3, Thursday night at UBS Arena.

The victory allowed the Rangers to keep pace with the Carolina Hurricanes, who beat Winnipeg, 4-2, and remain in a first-place tie in the division.

Both teams have 108 points with four games remaining, including one against each other Tuesday at Madison Square Garden.

Chris Kreider, chasing the Rangers’ single-season record of 54 goals, got his 51st, and his NHL-leading 26th powerplay goal of the season. And Ryan Strome scored his 20th of the season, the first time he’s reached the plateau.

With the victory, the Rangers (51-21-6) clinched at least

second place in the division, and home ice in the first round of the playoffs. And the season series between the Islanders and Rangers ended 2-2, with each team winning both games in the opponent’s arena.

Brock Nelson had two goals for the Islanders and Josh Bailey had one, plus one assist.

The Islanders played without forwards Anthony Beauvillier, out with an upper-body injury, and Jean-Gabriel Pageau, who was in COVID protocol, along with assistant coaches Lane Lambert and Jim Hiller.

For the Rangers, the victory was their fourth straight, though their shutout streak ended at three games, after Nelson scored 37 seconds into the second period. The Rangers didn’t allow a goal for 200 minutes, 43 seconds. Before Nelson’s goal, the last one allowed was an empty-netter at 19:54 of the third period in their 4-2 loss to Carolina on April 12.

Copp’s hat trick came in the first period and was the third first-period hat trick in franchise history, the last coming on December 26, 1986, from Kelly Kisio. It was the second natural hat trick - three

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New York Rangers center Andrew Copp (18) celebrates his second goal against the New York Islanders during the first period at UBS Arena on Thursday.

consecutive goals - completed in the first period in franchise history. Don Raleigh was the first to do it, on Feb. 25, 1948.

Panarin assisted on all three goals, and then assisted on Strome’s goal, that made it 5-1 at 19:07 of the second period and gave Panarin a career high 96 points on the season. He set his previous standard of 95 in his first season with the Rangers, in 2019-20. He needs four points in the final four games to get to 100.

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The Islanders actually started faster than the Rangers, and Mathew Barzal nearly gave

them a early lead when he stole a pass inside the Rangers’ blue line and broke in alone on goaltender Alexandar Georgiev.

But Georgiev (26 saves) stood his ground and made the save, 1:33 into the game. Georgiev, who has now won his last seven starts, was solid in the first few minutes of the first period, until the Rangers got settled, and started to take over.

Copp scored his first goal at 3:43 of the first, trailing the play and one-timing a pretty backhand pass from Panarin past Semyon Varlamov (17 saves) from the top of the right circle.

His second goal, a shot from below the right circle, on a pinpoint pass by Panarin, through a maze of bodies, made it 2-0 at 7:48. His third goal, which

made it 3-0, came off a giveand-go return pass from Strome, but it was Panarin who started the play, carrying the puck into the zone and taking a hit from Brock Nelson as he backhanded a feed to Copp to start a two-on-one with Strome.

Nelson’s goal made it 3-1, but Kreider scored at 17:15 of the second period to make it 4-1, and Strome’s goal made it 5-1 before the period was over.

Nelson scored on a power play to make it 5-2 at 2:06 of the third period, but Ryan Reaves finished a 3-on-1 break with his fourth goal of the season to make it 6-2 at 12:53. Bailey scored 29 seconds later to make it 6-3.

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NHL roundup: Panthers, Flames seal division crowns Field Level Media

Mason Marchment had a goal and an assist as the Florida Panthers clinched the Atlantic Division title and the best record in the Eastern Conference with a 5-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday in Sunrise, Fla. The Panthers extended their winning streak to a franchise-record-tying 12 games, matching a run from Dec. 15, 2015, to Jan. 10, 2016.

Aleksander Barkov and Sam Reinhart netted power-play goals and Noel Acciari and MacKenzie Weegar scored for the Panthers, who won for the 10th consecutive time at home.

Sergei Bobrovsky made 28 saves for his 38th triumph to tie Nashville’s Juuse Saros for the NHL lead. The Red Wings got goals from Sam Gagner and Tyler Bertuzzi and two assists from Pius Suter.

Flames 4, Stars 2 Matthew Tkachuk reached the 40-goal and 100-point plateaus and Christopher Tanev’s third-period goal broke a tie as host Calgary beat Dallas to clinch the Pacific Division title.

Andrew Mangiapane had a goal and an assist and Noah Hanifin also scored for the Flames, who are on an 8-1-1 tear. Jacob Markstrom made 21 saves.

Jason Robertson and Luke Glendening replied for the Stars, who have lost three straight games.

Jake Oettinger stopped 33 shots.

Lightning 8, Maple Leafs 1 Steven Stamkos had a goal and two assists to break the Lightning’s record for career points in a victory over visiting Toronto.

Stamkos scored his 34th goal of the season on a second-period power play to record his 954th point, passing Martin St. Louis as the franchise’s all-time leader. Stamkos added two assists in the third period.

Alex Killorn and Ross Colton each had two goals and an assist, Ondrej Palat contributed a goal and two assists and Nikita Kucherov added a goal and an assist for Tampa Bay. Ilya Mikheyev scored for Toronto.

Hurricanes 4, Jets 2

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Florida Panthers left wing Mason Marchment (17) looks to pass during the second period against the Detroit Red Wings at FLA Live Arena on Thursday.

Rookie Seth Jarvis scored the go-ahead goal against his hometown team with 11:39 to play as Carolina defeated visiting Winnipeg.

Jaccob Slavin and Jordan Staal (empty-net goal) also scored in the third period to help Carolina complete a comeback from a 2-0 deficit. Teuvo Teravainen notched the Hurricanes’ first goal.

Antti Raanta made 20 saves.

Pierre-Luc Dubois and Kyle Connor scored in the first period for Winnipeg. Eric Comrie stopped 42 shots.

Flyers 6, Canadiens 3 James van Riemsdyk had two goals and one assist while Ivan Provorov had one goal and one assist to lift Philadelphia past host Montreal in a matchup of the two worst teams in the Eastern Conference.

Oskar Lindblom, Travis Konecny and Morgan Frost added one goal apiece for the Flyers, who snapped a six-game losing streak. Bobby Brink contributed two assists for Philadelphia, and

Martin Jones made 31 saves for the win.

Mike Hoffman, Jake Evans and Cole Caufield scored one goal each for the Canadiens, who dropped their seventh in a row.

Wild 6, Canucks 3 Kevin Fiala scored two goals and Kirill Kaprizov and Mats Zuccarello each had a goal and two assists to lead Minnesota to a victory over Vancouver in Saint Paul, Minn.

Ryan Hartman had a goal and an assist, Jared Spurgeon scored once and Frederick Gaudreau added two assists for Minnesota, which secured second or third place in the Central Division and will face the St. Louis Blues in the playoffs.

Elias Pettersson scored two goals, Conor Garland had two assists and Matthew Highmore also scored for Vancouver.

Blues 3, Sharks 1 Robert Thomas scored the go-ahead goal as St.

Louis extended its point streak to 14 games with a victory at San Jose.

The Blues have gone 12-0-2 during their clubrecord streak to keep pace with the Wild in the race for second place in the Central Division.

Pavel Buchnevich had a goal and an assist while Dakota Joshua also scored for the Blues. Jordan Binnington made 20 saves.

Noah Gregor scored and James Reimer made 25 saves for the Sharks, who are 1-7-4 in their past 12 games.

Sabres 5, Devils 2 Rasmus Dahlin had a goal and an assist to help Buffalo earn a win in Newark, N.J. Owen Power scored his first NHL goal, Victor Olofsson had three assists and Tage Thompson had two assists for the Sabres, who have won three in a row. Craig Anderson made 29 saves.

Jesper Boqvist and Nikita Okhotiuk scored and Andrew Hammond made 23 saves for the Devils.

Penguins 4, Bruins 0 Jake Guentzel had a hat trick to reach 40 goals and Casey DeSmith stopped all 52 shots he faced as host Pittsburgh beat Boston.

It was DeSmith’s ninth career shutout, his third of the season and his first against Boston. His save total was a franchise record for a shutout. Jason Zucker also scored for the Penguins, who had lost nine of 13 (4-7-2) entering the night.

Jeremy Swayman made 28 saves for the Bruins, who had a two-game winning streak snapped.

Kings 4, Blackhawks 1 Andreas Athanasiou and Trevor Moore each scored goals 15 seconds apart in the third period as Los Angeles beat visiting Chicago and inched closer to its first playoff appearance in four seasons.

Phillip Danault and Anze Kopitar also scored goals while Jonathan Quick made 15 saves for the Kings, who can secure their spot in the postseason with two victories over their last three games.

Patrick Kane scored a goal and Collin Delia had 31 saves for the Blackhawks, who lost for the third time in four games. Chicago is 2-9-2 going back to March 26.

Former Raiders great Daryle Lamonica has died at 80 Thaddeus Miller and Anthony Galaviz The Fresno Bee

FRESNO, Calif. — NFL AllPro and Clovis (Calif.) High School graduate Daryle Lamonica has died.

Lamonica, who was 80, is also the namesake of the school’s football stadium. A family member confirmed the death on Thursday but declined to immediately comment further.

The Fresno County Coroner’s Office said Lamonica died at his Fresno home Thursday morning and that the cause of death is considered to be natural causes.

“The Clovis Unified community lost an icon today with the passing of legendary athlete Daryle Lamonica, the namesake of Lamonica Stadium on

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had a single and an RBI to lead Ichabod Crane victory.

Gunnar Grethen-McLaughlin doubled for the Riders. Alex Schmidt singled.

Steven Heller and Naim Greenberg-Nielsen both had a single and an RBI for

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Yakel, a spokesman with San Francisco International Airport, directed all questions to JetBlue. A spokesperson for JetBlue has yet to respond to a request for comment.

Jo Mignano, a representative for Tyson, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

In the years since his boxing career and personal life careened off the rails, Tyson has reshaped himself into a humanitarian, family man and unlikely redemption story.

“I’m capable of helping a lot of people less fortunate than myself - that’s what I’m capable of doing, all over the world,” Tyson said during a post-fight news conference after his 2020 exhibition match against Roy Jones Jr. that ended in a draw. “In a perfect world, I’m a missionary, in a

1966.

He signed with the Bills and later played for the Oakland Raiders.

Announcer Howard Cosell gave him the nickname “The Mad Bomber” in 1967 while watching Lamonica play on Monday Night Football.

He told Sports Illustrated at first he thought it was a “dumb name,” but quickly changed his mind. “I thought, ‘Ooh. I like that. Maybe that is not such a bad nickname.’ It stuck and that is what I ended up with. ... Now it’s my registered trademark.”

Lamonica accomplished a lot on the field.

— He played football and baseball and lettered in four sports (football, baseball, track

and basketball) at Clovis High.

— He was an All-American quarterback at Notre Dame.

— Lamonica was drafted by the Bills of the AFL and the Green Bay Packers of the NFL in 1963 and played for the Bills from 1963-1966.

— The Raiders acquired Lamonica from the Bills in 1967 and Oakland went 13-1 and went to the Super Bowl in his first season with the Silver and Black.

— Two-time American Football League Player of the Year in 1967 and 1969.

— Three-time American Football League All-Star in 1965, 1967, 1969.

— Two-time Pro Bowl selection in 1970 and 1972.

and single with an RBI, Tyler Kneller doubled and drove in two runs, Kyle Jackson collected two singles and an RBI, Jameson Balich singled and drove in a run, Anthony O’Dell singled and Skyler Laurange drove in a run.

Kneller (5k,3bb,3r,3h) and Gavin Tanner (1k,2bb,2r,3h) shared pitching duties for the Panthers.

“We got off to a rocky start stranding 4 runners in scoring

position over the first 2 innings while allowing 2 runs on an error,” Chatham coach Scott Steltz said. “Ty locked in after that and only allowed 2 balls to leave the infield over the next 4 innings.

“Once he started getting ahead in counts, we were able to mix more pitches and get them to chase off the plate.

Kyle Jackson also snared a few line drives at third base that saved some runs.

“Once we got back to our approach at the plate, the hits just kept coming. Our guys were disciplined and used the barrel when we got our pitch.

Ty did a great job working off his fastball for most of the afternoon and the team supported him with their gloves and bats.”

Chatham is 9-1 and travels to Coxsackie-Athens on Monday.

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After Tyson took a selfie with him, the man is shown saying something to the former boxer. Tyson appears unimpressed and bothered.

“He over here rapping with Tyson,” said the witness in one of the two videos posted to TMZ. The witness said of his friend, “He don’t know how to act.”

Another video shows Tyson and the passenger in the middle of the altercation, with Tyson swinging at the man’s chest as the passenger tried to stave him off.

“Hey, hey, hey, hey!” one man is heard yelling in the video. “Hey, Mike! Mike, c’mon!”

It’s not the first time in recent weeks that someone has badgered Tyson in a public setting. While he was attending a comedy show in Hollywood last month, a rowdy spectator interrupted the comedian to challenge Tyson to a fight. Tyson remained calm and eventually hugged the man, but the scene turned dangerous when the man

pulled out a loaded gun from his waistband, causing audience members to scramble under their tables.

While questions remain about the airplane incident, many on social media have already sided with Tyson. Comedian Jim Norton joked that Tyson “handled an unruly passenger on a plane the way every unruly passenger should be handled on a plane.” Rapper and actor Ice T reflected on how it’s a problem when people like the JetBlue passenger “think they WON’T get punched in the Face.” Another observer comically summed up what most people would have done if the former “Baddest Man on the Planet” asked him to stop bugging him.

“While I am not saying Mike Tyson was right in punching dude, if Mike Tyson tells me to leave him alone, I’m going to try to change seats just in case I fall asleep so my snoring doesn’t disturb him,” he wrote.

the Clovis High School campus. Lamonica established a high standard of athletic excellence, performance and character for student athletes who followed his graduation from Clovis High School. In recognition of Lamonica’s impact on local high school athletics, and his outstanding collegiate and professional career, Clovis High School’s football stadium was named in his honor in 1974.

Daryle Lamonica was also an inaugural honoree in both Clovis Unified’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 2016, and in Clovis High School’s Football Hall of Fame in 2018. His legacy is one that lives on not only through the beloved stadium that bears his name, but in the coaches,

student athletes, and fans who are a part of the Clovis Unified athletic tradition,” Clovis Unified wrote in a statement.

Lamonica in college played

quarterback at Notre Dame, and the 6-foot-3, 218-pounder was drafted by Green Bay Packers and the Buffalo Bills. That was before the NFL merger in

Columbia.

Topher Pelesz pitched 6 1/3 innings for Ichabod Crane, striking out six, walking three and allowing two runs and five hits. Jack Mullins earned the save, getting the final two outs of the game.

Carter Albano ((5k,2bb,2r4h) and Andrew Gabrial (1k,2bb,1r,1h) shared pitching duties for the Blue Devils.

Chatham 14,

Ballston Spa 5 BALLSTON SPA — Michael Pierro went 5 for 5 with a double and two singles to highlight a 19-hit attack as Chatham defeated Ballston Spa, 14-5, in Thursday’s nonleague baseball game.

Cam Horton ripped a home run and single with four RBI for the Panthers. Matt Radley had a double and two singles, Tate Van Alstyne and Noah Hutchinson each had a double

perfect world. What I’m doing in the ring, I realize, is a gift not only for myself.

“Before it was all about me and the hot chick and the nice car and plane and the boats. It doesn’t do it for me anymore, so I want another way. I help somebody else, I guess, right, because I don’t get into that no more. I like my pigeons and my fancy clothes, but other than that, I don’t want anything. I have a life.”

All the while, the Tyson 2.0 cannabis brand has become a multimillion-dollar success.

His company offers several strains of cannabis flower, according to SFGATE. Among the products offered are earshaped edibles - a callback to Tyson’s 1997 rematch against Evander Holyfield in which Tyson bit off part of Holyfield’s ear in one of the most bizarre fights in boxing history.

On Wednesday, Tyson appeared at the 420 Hippie Hill festival in San Francisco to promote his cannabis brand and present Eve Meyer, who

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Former Oakland Raiders quarterback Daryle Lamonica has died at the age of 80.

Mike Tyson attends the Citi Taste Of Tennis on August 22, 2019 in New York City.

headed up the nonprofit San Francisco Suicide Prevention for 30 years, with the festival’s inaugural community and compassion award, according to SFGATE. “Listen, we’re going to take this to another level in life,” said Tyson, whom one person described as being in “the best mood.” “I’m the world champion, and now I’m the world

champion of cannabis, and we can’t be stopped. Look at us. Thousands of people [are] looking at us, and we’re getting high. This is beautiful. . . . Look at me, baby, look how beautiful I look up here.”

Hours later, Tyson’s mood on his redeye flight to Fort Lauderdale was ruined by a passenger who appeared to talk his ear off, TMZ reported.

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2022 NFL draft Big Board: Top 41 prospects Eddie Brown The San Diego Union-Tribune

Part of my weekly mock draft preamble explains it is an attempt at figuring out the best players available in this season’s draft class, and which teams they’d match up well with considering the draft order. The closer we get to draft day, the more I attempt to match what teams will actually do with their draft picks as opposed to what I believe they should do.

Last season, I was the fourth most accurate NFL draft prognosticator in print according to The Huddle Report. I’m tied for seventh overall (out of 133) over the past five years.

My big board is an attempt to discern who the best players in this draft class actually are.

Here’s my final 2022 NFL draft Big Board: — 1. Kyle Hamilton, S, Notre Dame, Jr. Hamilton is a hybrid playmaker who combines the versatility of Isaiah Simmons with instincts that are reminiscent of Hall of Famer Ed Reed. Those who pick nits with his 40-yard dash times are digging really deep for criticism.

— 2. Evan Neal, OT, Alabama, Jr. Neal improved every season in Tuscaloosa while thriving at both tackle positions and left guard after joining the Crimson Tide as a top-10 overall recruit in 2019.

— 3. Aidan Hutchinson, Edge, Michigan, Sr. Hutchinson’s season was shades of Chase Young’s 2019 dominant campaign, culminating in him finishing second in the Heisman voting. He’s a high-floor prospect who wins with technique and strength.

— 4. Kayvon Thibodeaux, Edge, Oregon, Jr. Thibodeaux is a top tier athlete who wins with speed. His ceiling is massively high, but it might take a few years for his technique and toolbox to catch up to his talent.

— 5. Ahmad Gardner, CB, Cincinnati, Jr. Gardner made it through the playoff loss to Alabama unscathed. He finished his collegiate career with 1,100-plus snaps with nine interceptions and zero touchdowns allowed.

— 6. Derek Stingley Jr., CB, LSU, Jr. Stingley features rare balltracking skills that make him a threat to take the ball away anytime it’s in his vicinity. As an 18-year-old, he produced one of the most impressive true freshman seasons in college football history in 2019. Durability has been a concern ever since.

— 7. Devin Lloyd, LB, Utah, Sr. Lloyd product can rush the passer (he had seven sacks), impact the run game and make plays in coverage -- he had four interceptions last season.

-- 8. Ikem Ekwonu, OL, NC State, So. Ekwonu was the most dominant run-blocking tackle in the Power-5 conferences this season -- it really wasn’t close -- and I envision him thriving at tackle or guard in the NFL. — 9. Travon Walker, Edge, Georgia, Jr. Walker offers premium versatility, athletic ability and immense power. He is an elite run defender, but is only scratching the surface of his potential as a pass rusher.

— 10. Tyler Linderbaum, C, Iowa, Jr. The Rimington Trophy winner and unanimous AllAmerican won’t go this high in the draft because of positional value, but he’s one of the best all-around players in this draft class. The future All-Pro center was a multisport athlete in high school who earned multiple letters in wrestling, track, baseball and football.

— 11. Jordan Davis, DL, Georgia, Sr. At 6-foot-6, 340 pounds, the Outland and Bednarik trophy winner is an immovable object who could anchor a run defense for years to come. His 4.78-second 40-yard dash in Indy suggests there’s some potential as a pass disruptor as well.

— 12. Drake London, WR, USC, Jr. London led the nation in

contested catches with 19 and he only played eight games after his season ended with a broken ankle. His size, athleticism, and flair for the spectacular catch (reminiscent of Mike Evans) will make him a problem for defensive coordinators in the NFL. — 13. Charles Cross, OT, Mississippi State, So. Cross is a powerful blocker who can do damage at the second level in the run game with premium athleticism and his target-lock awareness.

— 14. George Karlaftis, Edge, Purdue, Jr. Karlaftis has been one of the most consistent pass rushers in the nation during his three seasons in West Lafayette.

His inside-outside versatility, and overwhelming power has seemed to fly under the radar during this draft process.

— 15. Trent McDuffie, CB, Washington, Jr. McDuffie plays bigger than his 5-11 frame. He’s one of the surest tacklers at the position in this draft class and his instincts are elite.

— 16. Jameson Williams, WR, Alabama, Jr. Williams has sprinter speed and is a threat to score anytime the ball is in his hands -- he set an Alabama single-season record and led the FBS with four touchdowns of 70-plus yards in 2021. He was in the mix to be the first wide receiver drafted before he tore his ACL in the national championship game.

— 17. Jermaine Johnson, Edge, Florida State, Sr. Johnson is capable of being three-down player as a potentially elite run defender and an underrated pass rusher.

— 18. Garrett Wilson, WR, Ohio State, Jr. Wilson leaves Columbus ranked top-10 in receptions (143), receiving yards (2,213) and receiving touchdowns (23) for the Buckeyes. He can threaten a defense at every level, but will need to improve against physical press corners because of his lean frame and play strength.

— 19. Nakobe Dean, LB, Georgia, Jr. Murmurings about Dean’s size not translating well to the next level have hurt his draft stock. It certainly didn’t hurt the Butkus Award winner in the SEC, where the tape showed a dynamic blitzer who is capable of making plays all over the field.

— 20. Zion Johnson, OL, Boston College, Sr. This team captain has thrived at left tackle and guard, but he projects as an impact interior lineman in the NFL -- Johnson even practiced at center during Senior Bowl week and looked good.

— 21. Chris Olave, WR, Ohio State, Sr. It’s rare you find a route technician with reliable hands who can also run this fast. Olave surpassed David Boston as the Buckeyes all-time leader in touchdown receptions (35).

-- 22. Devonte Wyatt, DT, Georgia, Sr. Wyatt was dominant at the Senior Bowl. His first step is as good as it gets in this draft class.

His explosiveness and agility are elite for his size (6-foot-3, 315 pounds).

— 23. Kenyon Green, OL, Texas A&M, Jr. This former five-star recruit can play either guard or tackle at a high level -- Green made starts at every single offensive line position except center this season.

-- 24. Kaiir Elam, CB, Florida, Jr. Elam is a 6-foot-2 corner with elite ball skills who fine-tuned his technique after an underwhelming sophomore season.

His game is built on speed and physicality, which you normally don’t see in the same toolkit.

— 25. Treylon Burks, WR, Arkansas, Jr. There are shades of Deebo Samuel here, but in a linebacker-sized package. Burks’ physicality, acceleration and vision make him a terror after the catch -- he broke 15 tackles on 66 receptions in 2021 -- but there is work to do as route runner.

— 26. Trevor Penning, OT, Northern Iowa, Sr. Penning finished tied for 10th in the Walter Payton Award voting, an award given to the most

outstanding offensive player in Division I FCS. He faced superior competition in Mobile for the Senior Bowl and didn’t flinch while showcasing his athleticism at the combine.

— 27. Kyler Gordon, CB, Washington, Jr. Gordon is an aggressive, uber-athlete who showed significant development in his technique this season.

— 28. Matt Corral, QB, Ole Miss, Jr. Corral is slightly undersized, but he’s an NFL-caliber playmaker with genuine arm talent, and features the quickest release in this class. The dualthreat QB was the only FBS player with at least 3,300 passing yards and 500 rushing yards in each of the past two seasons.

— 29. Breece Hall, RB, Iowa State, Jr. The two-time All-American has the size and skills -- Hall is very capable in pass pro -- to be a three-down back. His 800 collegiate touches will concern some scouts.

— 30. Bernhard Raimann, OT, Central Michigan, Sr. The former tight end turned tackle graded out as one of the best offensive lineman in the country, according to Pro

Football Focus.

— 31. Jahan Dotson, WR, Penn State, Sr. Dotson features the gamebreaking speed to beat defenses at all three levels, has excellent hands (only two drops on 138 targets in 2021) and is good against press coverage despite his size.

— 32. Kenneth Walker III, RB, Michigan State, Jr. The Walter Camp National Player of the Year and Doak Walker Award winner features legit home run speed, but doesn’t shy away from contact either. He led all of college football with 89 broken tackles this past season, according to Pro Football Focus. Walker will need to develop as a pass protector to maximize his potential.

— 33. Desmond Ridder, QB, Cincinnati, Sr. Ridder is the most pro-ready signal-caller in the draft. He’s a field general with solid anticipation, a good arm and is athletic enough to make plays outside of the pocket while also being a weapon in the run game.

He was 43-6 as a starter for the Bearcats, never losing a start at home (26-0).

Coaching should be able to help refine his technique in the

NFL and help improve some fixable accuracy issues.

— 34. Roger McCreary, CB, Auburn, Sr. McCreary simply doesn’t allow much separation and he’s battle-tested out of the SEC. He’s capable of thriving in man and zone.

— 35. Daxton Hill, S, Michigan, Jr. Hill features a mix of athleticism, intelligence and instincts that will enable him to play every position in the defensive backfield. He will need to tamp down his tendency to gamble, but that’s part of being a playmaker sometimes.

— 36. Boye Mafe, Edge, Minnesota, Sr. Mafe’s immense pass-rush repertoire was on display in Mobile. He’s tenacious off-the-line.

— 37. Sam Howell, QB, North Carolina, Jr. Howell is the best downfield passer in this group and he proved to be a legitimate threat as a runner last season. He needs to improve his patience within the pocket and dig deeper in his progressions on early downs -- his production on third down in 2021 reveals he’s capable of leveling up.

-- 38. Malik Willis, QB,

Liberty, Sr. Willis’ dynamic mobility, strong arm and intangibles have taken center stage during the draft process, but there are serious accuracy/consistency issues that will need to be ironed out in the NFL, likely requiring him to carry a clipboard for at least one season.

— 39. Skyy Moore, WR, Western Michigan, So. Moore’s elite agility makes him a nightmare in the open field, but he’s even more difficult to bring down if a defender gets their hands on him -- he broke an FBS-high 26 tackles last year. Speaking of hands, his measured larger than DeAndre Hopkins (known for his giant mitts) -- 10 1/4 to 10 inches even.

— 40. Jaquan Brisker, S, Penn State, Sr. Brisker is a polished, physical playmaker with few holes in his game.

— 41. David Ojabo, Edge, Michigan, Jr. After playing only 26 snaps for the Wolverines before his junior year, Ojabo was a revelation this season with 11 sacks. He was a lock to be a first-rounder before rupturing his Achilles at his pro day.

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Baseball is changing its uniforms — The culture needs some updating, too Candace Buckner The Washington Post

The foreign patch looks as though it has always been there. It’s circular and matches the brown that accents the San Diego Padres’ uniforms. You won’t be able to miss it on the right sleeve when Fernando Tatis Jr. flips his bat after hitting a homer, which is exactly the point of Motorola becoming the first corporate sponsor to reach a deal to appear on the uniform of a Major League Baseball team.

Just in time for the next millennium, baseball will join other major sports in adopting sponsor jersey patches, because nothing quite screams modern! more than a franchise finding every inch of real estate on playing surfaces, broadcasts and players’ clothing to make an easy buck. The spacey, double-arched “M” logo belonging to Motorola already appears on the jerseys of the NBA champion Milwaukee Bucks as well as that of the Indiana Pacers.

By next spring, it will be woven into - or, in some traditionalists’ opinion, blemish - the Padres’ pinstripes.

“You do lose that kind [of] classic uniform, I guess,” Padres pitcher Craig Stammen said, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune. “But you watch the NBA, they’ve got it on there. It’s kind of part of the world as

it is today, and I don’t have an issue with it one way or the other.”

This is what progress looks like in baseball: a step steeped in capitalism so owners can fatten their pockets, with the hope that the millions paid out from these partnerships will trickle down to the labor. Yet and still, a baby step into the future, no matter how loudly the purists protest.

Always a beat slow and a decade or two late, baseball is trying to catch up with the times. The sport would do itself a favor if it modernizes its culture in more meaningful ways, whether there are dollar signs attached or not.

Baseball needs to do away with forcing assimilation and stunting individualism under the pretense of teaching young players “the rules.”

That goes along with allowing players to express opinions that may not fit the confined space of a conservative clubhouse. If that sounds like too much, too fast, then let’s take it slow and start here: Can a Yankees player grow a beard already?

In 2022, we have self-driving cars and billionaires taking pleasure cruises into space, but the New York Yankees still make their players look like the ghosts walking out of the mystical cornfield in Iowa. All players still sport a clean-shaven look and trim their tresses as part of an

outdated policy that started under George Steinbrenner in the 1970s.

For the demographic that baseball tried to appeal to with its “Let the Kids Play” campaign: Just know that was a very, very, very long time ago.

Inexplicably, this policy has remained almost a half-century later, long after Steinbrenner’s death. Just take a look at the before and after photos of pitcher Miguel Castro.

Last season when Castro pitched for the New York Mets, his goldendipped dreadlocks nearly touched the nameplate on the back of his jersey, and his thick beard covered his impressive jawline. Now with the Yankees, Castro looks like he’s in the Sunken Place: braids gone, beard shaved, completely altered to fit what the Yankees deem an acceptable appearance.

The Yankees may not have a full roster available during crucial divisional games in Toronto next month, but hey, at least their unvaccinated players will look acceptable, like clean-cut office managers, while sitting at home.

The Atlanta Braves may not have the same formal policies as the Yankees, but recently Ronald Acuna Jr. peeled back layers of his franchise’s stodgy rules when discussing his beef with former teammate Freddie

Freeman. Apparently when Acuna, now a 24-year-old Venezuelan star, first made it to the big leagues, Freeman and a few others took it upon themselves to teach the then-rookie how to be a Braves player. How to wear his hat the right way, his hair the right way and even his eye black the White way. They were, in Acuna’s telling, bold enough to wipe the grease off his face.

In an interview with MLB Network, Freeman responded to Acuna’s grievances. Though Freeman defended his role as den mother, his acknowledgment of certain rules revealed, again, that a culture of conformity is keeping baseball frozen in its past.

“When you put on a Braves uniform, in that organization, there’s organizational rules. You don’t cover the ‘A’ with sunglasses, you don’t wear earrings, you have your hair a certain length. You wear a uniform during BP. You don’t have eye black coming down across your whole face,” Freeman said. He added: “I guess I was one of the older guys that did have to enforce those kinds of things in the clubhouse. But when you put on a Braves uniform, those [rules] are what happens there.”

Acuna later backtracked. Proving how well he has blended into

baseball’s customs, he blamed the media instead of standing behind his raw and honest views about a former teammate. You can imagine that maybe Acuna received another talking-to - in the same way it was natural to believe that someone might have directed St. Louis Cardinals ace Jack Flaherty to delete tweets that were critical about baseball in 2020.

On the day when the NBA, the WNBA and other leagues came to a halt, as athletes protested the shooting of Jacob Blake as a show of solidarity, baseball played on. Flaherty expressed his displeasure with the decision through a series of tweets but would later expunge several of the more fiery messages from his account and express regret for putting “my teammates in a bad position.”

Baseball moves slowly - in the way the game is played and how it evolves over time. By adopting jersey patches, the sport is only following a trend set by other leagues. The decision makes financial sense, even though it adds nothing to the viewing audience nor to the game itself. But there are more significant changes that America’s former pastime should make, to better reflect the diversified nation it once represented - even if they won’t help the bottom line.

Carlos Carrasco shines again as Mets beat Giants, 6-2 Matthew Roberson New York Daily News

NEW YORK -- It’s going to be hard to beat the Mets if they get this version of Carlos Carrasco all year.

They already have Max Scherzer, at some point they’ll hopefully get Jacob deGrom back, and now Carrasco has found the wayback machine.

In Thursday’s 6-2 win over the Giants, Carrasco went 7 2/3 innings, notched seven strikeouts, and kept San Francisco to just four hits.

His slider -- the telltale sign of Carrasco’s effectiveness -- appears to be back, at least through the first three starts of his so-far resurgent year.

Carrasco unspooled 23 of them on Thursday afternoon; 10 of them resulted in either a called strike or a swing and miss.

After the visitors got on the

board in the bottom of the second, Carrasco retired 18 straight Giants, a run that took him from the second inning to the first batter of the eighth, when Luis Guillorme ruined the streak with a throwing error. Carrasco’s combination of efficiency and filth is a godsend for the Mets, who watched last summer as Carrasco turned in the worst stretch of his career.

The six runs from the Mets’ hitters -- five of which came in the first three innings -- were more than enough to support Carrasco. The way they got some of those runs (two home runs, a sac fly after a picturesque old-school hit-and-run, and a two-out, two-run RBI single) showed the type of offensive diversity that manager Buck Showalter is looking for.

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Carlos Carrasco (59) of the New York Mets pitches against the San Francisco Giants during their game at Citi Field on Thursday.

356 feet to right field off Anthony DeSclafani. Escobar has been one of general manager Billy Eppler’s moves already paying tremendous dividends.

Thursday was probably a

manifestation of the offseason visions that Eppler had when he signed Escobar, as the versatile infielder supplemented his home run with yet another walk, bringing his total to 12 on

the season.

Francisco Lindor had the other long ball for the Mets.

Playing a day game after a night game, Lindor was the designated hitter for this one, and it goes down as another correctly-pressed button by Showalter. Lindor went 0 for 5 in the Wednesday night loss and wasted no time moving on from that. The second pitch he saw on Thursday quickly became his fourth home run of 2022.

While Carrasco was unable to finish the eighth inning (Mike Yastrzemski rudely redirected his final pitch of the day off the facing of the right field upper deck), his mid-inning removal allowed for a thunderous ovation from the Citi Field crowd. Carrasco became the first Mets starter to pitch into the eighth inning this season.

Prior to Thursday’s virtuoso

performance, the last time he went 7 2/3 innings was May 4, 2019 while pitching for Cleveland.

The victory gives the Mets three out of four against the National League’s best regularseason team from a year ago.

The hype around this team is both real and well-earned. At the conclusion of their game on Thursday, the Mets led the National League in wins (10) and runs scored (67). If the 28,760 fans in attendance on a midweek, overcast afternoon are any indication, the city is behind them too.

Next up is six games in Arizona and St. Louis. If the Mets can sustain this level of play while they’re on the road, their next home series against Philadelphia to end the month is sure to be one of the hottest tickets around.

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MLB roundup: Miguel Cabrera goes hitless, but Tigers top Yanks Field Level Media

Miguel Cabrera remained one hit shy of 3,000 for his career while Michael Pineda won his Detroit debut as the Tigers downed the visiting New York Yankees 3-0 on Thursday afternoon.

Cabrera was 0-for-3 before he was intentionally walked with runners at second and third and two outs in the eighth inning. The strategy backfired when Austin Meadows followed with a two-run bloop double.

Pineda gave up three hits in five scoreless innings and Gregory Soto notched a five-out save in Detroit’s first shutout this season. Robbie Grossman had three hits, scored a run and drove in another.

Yankees starter Jordan Montgomery (0-1) gave up one run on three hits in six innings with two walks and five strikeouts.

Rangers 8, Mariners 6 Kole Calhoun doubled home the tiebreaking run with two outs in the top of the ninth inning as Texas rallied from an early five-run deficit to defeat host Seattle.

Nick Solak hit a two-run homer for the Rangers, who snapped a five-game losing streak. Rangers reliever Joe Barlow (1-0) got out of a bases-loaded jam in the eighth and pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his first major-league victory.

Ty France went 3-for-4 with two RBIs for Seattle, and J.P. Crawford hit a three-run homer.

Pirates 4, Cubs 3 Five Pittsburgh relievers held the Cubs to one hit over six scoreless innings in Chicago.

Pirates cleanup hitter Yoshi Tsutsugo delivered a go-ahead, two-run double in the fifth inning.

Daniel Vogelbach clubbed a two-run homer and Ben Gamel had three hits for the Pirates, who improved to 2-5 on the road.

Cubs starter Mark Leiter Jr. gave up two runs on three hits and two walks in four innings.

Marlins 5, Cardinals 0 Pablo Lopez, who got married on Monday, celebrated by striking out nine batters in seven scoreless innings as host Miami defeated St. Louis.

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Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers gestures to the first base umpire after he was called out after failing to check his swing on strike three during the sixth inning at Comerica Park on Thursday in Detroit. Cabrera sits at 2,999 career hits.

The Marlins snapped their eight-game losing streak against the Cardinals, a skid that started last year. Miami had scored just seven runs in those eight defeats.

Jesus Sanchez and Jazz Chisholm Jr. slugged homers for Miami, which snapped a two-game losing streak and ended its homestand with a 4-3 record.

Guardians 6, White Sox 3 Franmil Reyes hit a two-run homer and Zach Plesac pitched into the seventh inning as Cleveland completed a three-game sweep of visiting Chicago.

Josh Naylor had two hits and two RBIs for the

Guardians. Plesac (1-1) ended a six-start winless streak, allowing two runs (one earned) on seven hits over 6 2/3 innings. Emmanuel Clase retired Chicago in order in the ninth for his second save.

Luis Robert and Gavin Sheets had two hits apiece for the White Sox, who have lost four in a row after winning six of their first eight games.

Blue Jays 3, Red Sox 2 Kevin Gausman pitched into the ninth inning and Matt Chapman went 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI as Toronto held on to beat host Boston.

Gausman (1-1) was relieved by Jordan Romano after allowing a first-pitch single to Trevor Story in

the ninth. Romano stranded the tying run on third base to record his seventh save. Raimel Tapia and Bo Bichette each had two hits for the Blue Jays.

Xander Bogaerts capped a 3-for-4 day with an RBI double for the Red Sox in the ninth. Bobby Dalbec added two hits.

Twins 1, Royals 0 Joe Ryan pitched six scoreless innings as visiting Minnesota won a pitchers’ duel to salvage the finale of a three-game series at Kansas City.

Ryan allowed no runs on two hits, walked one and struck out five. He allowed only one runner to advance past first base. Emilio Pagan earned his first save of the season.

Gio Urshela walked to lead off the second inning and went to third on a single by Max Kepler before Miguel Sano drove him in on a sacrifice fly, marking the game’s only run.

A’s 6, Orioles 4 Sean Murphy drove in three runs with a home run, a double and a single and Cristian Pache hit his second homer as Oakland beat visiting Baltimore.

Sheldon Neuse was 3-for-4 with two RBIs for the A’s, who also got a pair of hits from Tony Kemp. Paul Blackburn (2-0) earned the win, allowing one run and three hits in five innings. Dany Jimenez tossed a 1-2-3 ninth with two strikeouts for his second save.

Austin Hays had a double and a single and drove in a pair of runs for the Orioles.

D-backs 4, Nationals 3 Zach Davies pitched five solid innings as visiting Arizona defeated Washington to earn a split of the four-game series.

Cooper Hummel had two hits, including a tworun homer run, and Matt Davidson and Jake McCarthy also homered for the Diamondbacks, who have won two straight for the first time this season.

Davies (1-1) gave up two runs on two hits in five innings. He struck out seven and walked two. Nelson Cruz homered for the Nationals. Washington starter Josh Rogers (1-2) was lifted after allowing four runs on six hits in 4 1/3 innings.

Jets GM Joe Douglas vows to ‘be aggressive’ after Deebo Samuel DJ Bien-Aime II New York Daily News

NEW YORK — Joe Douglas is staying ready. The Jets GM is locked and loaded and ready to make a big move if the chance is available.

“If the right opportunity presents itself, we are going to be aggressive,” Douglas said during his pre-draft press conference on Thursday.

The latest potential opportunity is superstar receiver Deebo Samuel, who has asked out of San Francisco.

Samuel, 26, earned first-team All-Pro and Pro Bowl honors last season after finishing with 77 catches, 1,405 yards and six

touchdowns and displayed explosive versatility when the 49ers placed him in the back field (365 yards and eight TDs).

But Samuel’s usage in the San Fran offense frustrated him, according to NFL Network, and that is one of the reasons why he’s asking out of the last year of his rookie year.

And the Jets are in a great position to strike because of the assets they hold.

The Jets and 49ers run the same system and Jets offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur was the passing game coordinator and receivers’ coach when Samuel was drafted in 2019 out of South Carolina.

So it would be an easy fit for the Jets, if they could pry Samuel away from the 49ers.

The Jets possess two top-10 picks and two second-round picks at the top of the round (No. 35 and No. 38) in next week’s draft. When they aggressively went after Tyreek Hill last month, they offered their two second-round picks and the Chiefs agreed to it. Hill ultimately decided on the Dolphins.

It might cost more since Samuel is two years younger.

But Douglas declined to reveal if he would offer more than what was offered to Kansas City for Hill.

“Not gonna get into any

specifics or hypotheticals,” Douglas said. “But again, if the right opportunity presents itself to make this roster better, we’re gonna attack it and be aggressive.”

Samuel would accelerate Zach Wilson’s development similar to how Buffalo Bills star Stefon Diggs and Arizona Cardinals WR DeAndre Hopkins propelled Josh Allen and Kyler Murray’s development, respectively.

And that’s what this offseason centers around: getting more talent around Wilson.

“I think when you break it down to keeping the main things, it’s going to be about

developing and helping our young quarterback,” Douglas said. “It’s about adding as many difference-makers as you can to the roster and making sure that they fit within the culture and the scheme that we’re trying to provide.”

And throughout the offseason, the Jets have shown they’re willing to be aggressive to add pieces around Wilson.

They added two tight ends in ex-Viking Tyler Conklin and C.J. Uzomah from the Bengals who combined last season for 110 catches, 1,086 yards and eight touchdowns. They re-signed Braxton Berrios and signed Pro Bowl guard Laken Tomlinson.

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Those additions will directly contribute to Wilson’s development in Year 2.

They also added former Seahawks CB D.J. Reed and exBuccaneer safety Jordan Whitehead who should help improve the 32nd-ranked defense.

The concerted effort to provide Wilson with a good environment to thrive is apparent as the talent around him is already improved from last season’s 4-13 campaign.

And Douglas is waiting in the wings to attack if another opportunity presents itself and he has the assets to pull it off.

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Weekend Preview: Talladega Superspeedway Field Level Media

The famed Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway is a track beloved for its high action and unpredictability. And those are apt adjectives for NASCAR’s Cup Series competition this season as well, with eight different winners through the first nine races.

The NASCAR Cup Series heads to the 2.66-mile Talladega Superspeedway high banks for Sunday’s GEICO 500 (3 p.m. ET on FOX, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) which is traditionally a sure-bet season highlight.

There have been four different winners in the last four races at Talladega, including a careerfirst NASCAR Cup Series trophy earned by 23XI Racing driver Bubba Wallace last fall (October).

Former series champion Brad Keselowski is the defending winner of this spring race and with six career Talladega victories is the winningest driver in the field. He boasts an impressive double the number of victories there as any other active driver.

A win would definitely be a huge boost for Keselowski, whose only top-10 finish of this season was a ninth place in the season-opening Daytona 500.

The new owner-driver for RFK Racing was penalized after the Atlanta race when NASCAR inspectors found the team modified a “single source” supplied part on the No. 6 RFK Racing Ford. Keselowski lost 100 driver points and 10 playoff points and crew chief Matt McCall was suspended for four races. And now Keselowski shows up at one of his career-best tracks ranked 30th in the driver standings.

A victory this weekend would go a long way toward turning the season around for the Keselowski. He scored a win and a runner-up finish in his two Talladega starts last year.

Perennial crowd favorite Chase Elliott has led the championship standings for four of the last five weeks. The driver of the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet currently holds a slim three-point edge on Team Penske driver Ryan Blaney and a 21-point advantage over Blaney’s Penske teammate Joey Logano heading to Talladega.

Interestingly, these three drivers ranked highest in the series driver standings are all still winless on the season. But they are all former Talladega winners and race favorites this weekend.

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Blaney has two victories - fall 2019, spring 2020 - and is the first driver to score back-toback wins at Talladega since NASCAR Hall of Famer Jeff Gordon swept the 2007 races. However, as with Elliott, Blaney has had a rough go

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NASCAR Cup Series driver Brad Keselowski (6) before the start of the EchoPark Automotive Texas Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas on March 27.

otherwise, with only three top-10 finishes (including those two victories) in the last 11 Talladega races despite leading laps in eight of those 11 outings.

Logano, driver of the No. 22 Team Penske Ford, trails only Keselowski in the victory count with three wins, the last coming in the spring 2018 race. He also has struggled recently with only a single top 10 (third place in fall 2020) in the last five races. He does boast nine top-five and 11 top-10 finishes in his 26 career starts, however, and has led laps in 12 of the last 13 races.

Any of these drivers has a compelling case to win this Sunday - past Talladega performance plus a desire to score that first 2022 victory.

And not to be overlooked is the season’s only multiple-winner, Elliott’s Hendrick Motorsports teammate William Byron. He was runnerup to Keselowski in this race last year and has top-five finishes in two of the last three Talladega races.

The driver of the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet scored his first career NASCAR Cup Series win on the series’ other superspeedway in Daytona Beach in August 2020.

“Talladega is one of those places where you just don’t know how your day is going to end up,” Byron said. “I think that’s why driving smart and just doing what you can to make it to the checkered flag is the main focus. Your race can change so fast if you’re in the wrong lane or you get caught up in someone else’s mistake.

“I think if you can avoid those things and finish the race, you’re going to have a decent result.”

Qualifying for the GEICO 500 is schedule for

Saturday morning at 11 a.m. ET on FS1.

–Dash 4 Cash continues for NASCAR Xfinity Series at Talladega: The NASCAR Xfinity Series returns after a week off to compete in the Ag-Pro 300 this Saturday, April 23 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway (4 p.m. ET on FOX, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

Jeb Burton earned his career first NASCAR Xfinity Series victory in this race last year, leading the final nine laps and ultimately holding off Austin Cindric, current series points leader A.J. Allmendinger, Riley Herbst, Ryan Sieg and Noah Gragson.

Burton, who now drives the No. 27 Our Motorsports Chevrolet, would love to back up his victory with his first top-10 finish of the year - and first for his new team - at Talladega this weekend.

However, he can expect typically tight competition, among multiple drivers and the kind of last lap drama that has long characterized the speedway and made this one of the most thrilling races of the season.

Kaulig Racing’s A.J. Allmendinger is in the midst of a stellar season start, earning his first victory of the year at Austin’s Circuit of The Americas road course and is the only driver in the NASCAR Xfinity Series with top-10 finishes in all eight races. Last year’s third-place effort at Talladega is his best showing in four Xfinity Series starts there.

Ty Gibbs, 19, who will be making his Xfinity Series Talladega debut, is currently second in the Xfinity Series driver standings trailing Allmendinger by 20 points, with a series-best three victories. His only superspeedway experience-to-date, however, is an 11th-place finish

2022 NFL Draft: Top tight ends Eddie Brown The San Diego Union-Tribune

Welcome to draft season!

This is the third of 11 positional breakdowns leading up to the NFL draft (April 2830). Here are my top 10 tight ends: — 1. Trey McBride (Sr., Colorado State, 6-foot-3, 246 pounds) Everyone knew the ball was coming his way, and McBride still dominated. The 2021 Mackey Award winner was the first FBS tight end to surpass 1,100 receiving yards since Texas Tech’s Jace Amaro in 2013. The two-time team captain has excellent hands (only six career drops) while also providing value as a blocker and on special teams. Projected: Round 2 — 2. Greg Dulcich (Jr., UCLA, 6-4, 243) From no-star recruit and preferred walk-on to first team All-Pac 12, Dulcich developed into one of the best all-around athletes at the position in this draft class. He’s a proven big-play threat with six catches of 30-plus yards in 2021 and three touchdown receptions of 50-plus yards the last two seasons. The effort is there as a blocker, but the functional strength is underdeveloped. Projected: Rounds 2-3 — 3. Charlie Kolar (Sr., Iowa State, 6-6, 252) Kolar’s height and leaping ability make him an obvious red zone, 50/50-ball target.

The only three-time AllAmerican in Cyclones history won the 2021 William V. Campbell Trophy (Academic Heisman) and he holds every tight end record in school history. My only real criticism is his blocking leaves a lot to be desired. Projected:

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Colorado State tight end Trey McBride (85) fends off Iowa linebacker Jestin Jacobs (5) after a pass reception at Kinnick Stadium on Sept. 25 in Iowa City, Iowa.

Rounds 2-4 — 4. Jelani Woods (Sr., Virginia, 6-7, 253) Woods was rated a top-25 quarterback prospect in the 2017 recruiting class before switching positions. He tested through the roof athletically during the draft process, but he regressed as a blocker in 2021 despite his elite size and physical traits. He’s still really raw, but he took a big step forward during his only season in Charlottesville — eight touchdowns in 11 games. Projected: Rounds 2-4 — 5. Jeremy Ruckert (Jr., Ohio State, 6-5, 252) Ruckert made plays when his number was called, but the athletic tight end was seriously underutilized in Columbus — only saw 73 targets in four seasons. However, he’s a bulldozer as a blocker in the run game and has advanced ball skills thanks to his background as a soccer goalie that could make him a legit red zone threat at the next level. Projected: Rounds 2-3

— 6. Isaiah Likely (Sr., Coastal Carolina, 6-4, 245) Likely’s 1,513 receiving yards since 2020 are the most by a tight end in college football. The under-recruited former wide receiver had five touchdowns of at least 50 yards during his collegiate career. Projected: Rounds 3-5 — 7. Cade Otton (Sr., Washington, 6-5, 247) Otton was underutilized as a pass catcher as a four-year starter despite being a disciplined route runner with excellent hands. He’s an exceptional run blocker, especially on the move. Projected: Round 3 — 8. Jake Ferguson (Sr., Wisconsin, 6-4, 250) Ferguson is a well-rounded prospect who can contribute as a blocker and receiver -- he produced at least 30 receptions in all four seasons in Madison. Projected: Rounds 3-5 — 9. Daniel Bellinger (Sr., San Diego State, 6-4, 253) The lack of production was more about the Aztecs’

run-heavy scheme than Bellinger. He features steady hands (zero drops as a senior), above average athleticism and natural ball skills on top of being an effective blocker in both the run and pass game. Projected: Rounds 4-6 — 10. Cole Turner (Sr., Nevada, 6-6, 249) Turner is a converted wide receiver who ranked top five in the nation among tight ends in catches, yards and touchdowns in each of the last two seasons. He’s limited as a blocker, and likely always will be due to his lean frame.

Projected: Rounds 5-7 — BONUS. Jalen Wydermyer (Jr., Texas A&M, 6-3, 255) Wydermyer was a productive three-year starter in College Station and needed only three years to become the school’s all-time leader in receptions (118), receiving yards (1,468) and receiving touchdowns (16) among tight ends. He has showcased jump-ball talent and YAC potential, but he requires maturation as a blocker and it will be hard for teams to get past the catastrophe that was his pro day. Projected: Rounds 4-7 — BONUS. Derrick Deese Jr. (Sr., San Jose State, 6-3, 244) Deese has impressive ball skills — he averaged 15.5 yards per reception in 2021 — and functional athleticism, while performing adequately as a blocker despite being undersized. The NFL pedigree doesn’t hurt — his father was an offensive lineman who played 14 seasons with the 49ers and Buccaneers. Projected: Round 7/PFA

in the season-opener at Daytona.

The driver of the No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota has a series-best 325 laps led on the season and has won pole position in the last three races.

Gragson sits just behind Gibbs in the standings and the driver of the No. 9 JR Motorsports Chevrolet has been good on the Talladega high banks earning top-10 finishes in four of his six starts there with a best showing of third place in 2020.

Gragson was third in the first superspeedway race of 2022 - at Daytona. And his four-race run atop the championship standings mid-season is the longest time a driver has led the points consecutively so far.

Brandon Brown, Sieg and the most recent Xfinity Series race winner Brandon Jones (at Martinsville, Va.) all have good cases as race favorites too. Brown won the series last race at Talladega in October of 2021 - his only win in the series. He’s finished top-10 in the last three races at the track.

Sieg, who has five top-10 finishes in 2022, has finished 11th-place or better in the last three Talladega races, including a runner-up finish in 2020. Jones, driver of the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, has three top-five finishes and was runner-up to Brown in the Fall race last year Saturday’s race marks the third round of the Dash 4 Cash incentive with $100,000 on the line to the top finishing driver Saturday among these four: Brandon Jones, Landon Cassill, Allmendinger and Austin Hill.

The top-four finishing eligible drivers at Talladega will then race for the final $100,000 courtesy of Xfinity - when the series competes at the “Monster Mile,” Dover (Del.) International Speedway next week. Allmendinger and Jones each pocketed one of the two $100,000 bonuses already awarded this season.

NASCAR Cup Series Next Race: GEICO 500 The Place: Talladega Superspeedway The Date: Sunday, April 24 The Time: 3 p.m. ET The Purse: $7,420,008 TV: FOX, 2:30 p.m. ET Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Distance: 500 miles (188 laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 60), Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 120), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 188) NASCAR Xfinity Series Next Race: Ag-Pro 300 The Place: Talladega Superspeedway The Date: Saturday, April 23 The Time: 4 p.m. ET The Purse: $1,475,583 TV: FOX, 3 p.m. ET Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Distance: 300.58 miles (113 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 25), Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 50), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 113)

No PGA Tour player should want any part of the new Saudi-backed LIV Golf Series Mac Engel Fort Worth Star Telegram

FORT WORTH, Texas — When Phil took out his driver and aimed it at the PGA Tour, we all winced.

No reputation in golf was as pretty as Phil Mickelson’s, and now he’s exiled because he hates the PGA Tour’s rules.

As globally popular as Tiger Woods was, and still is, even he recognized he cannot beat the PGA Tour.

The PGA Tour made Tiger.

Tiger always needed the PGA Tour more than the PGA Tour ever needed Tiger Woods.

Phil’s ego grew so big that he failed to see the player needs the event more than the event needs the player.

Golf remains aflutter at the “threat” of the Saudi Arabian start up LIV Golf Invitational Series, which is expected to begin in June. It promises to throw money at golfers the way you’d expect an oil sheikh to spend cash.

There is so much money involved that it could potentially pose as a threat to the PGA Tour, but this is not about golf. This is another attempt by a dirty

government to “sports wash” both their money, and their globally sullied reputation.

The Nazis tried this with the Olympics in the 1930s.

China has tried it twice this century by hosting both a Summer and Winter Olympics.

Russia tried this with the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Then the 2018 World Cup. Qatar is trying it out with the 2022 World Cup. Hosting a few big-name golf tournaments cannot erase host country’s human rights records, and according to Amnesty International, Saudi Arabia’s human rights record is slightly terrible.

If this startup golf series was affiliated with a different country, the PGA Tour could afford to be a little less strident, but not for this one. There is no incentive for the PGA Tour to let the LIV Golf Invitational Series play through.

Golf legend Greg Norman is attached to a series that currently has eight announced sites this year, including four in the United States, with one of those locations being at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J.

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Woman faces uncertainty in marriage, health and future Dear Abby, I’ve been married for 14 years and have two kids. Our youngest is 11. For the last nine years, it has been a loveless marriage.

Luckily, he works a lot, but when he’s home, I stay in my bedroom. The only thing we do together is eat dinner. Our kids are thriving DEAR ABBY in school, and I worry that leaving will hurt them terribly. Should I wait until our youngest graduates?

I am 47 and have multiple sclerosis that is slowly progressing. I do not have family and friends for support. Could I be even more lonely if I leave? The thought of divorce feels overwhelming, but I feel like life is passing me by.

Hoping you can point me in the right direction.

Living In Limbo In Missouri

JEANNE PHILLIPS

I wish you had mentioned what it was nine years ago that created a rift between you and your husband. If it was your diagnosis, it is truly regrettable. In the interim, have you tried talking about this with a marriage and family therapist? If the answer is no, you should.

I am concerned about the degree of isolation you are feeling. The National Multiple Sclerosis Society (nationalmssociety.org) offers virtual and in-person support groups that might benefit you greatly.

Divorcing one’s spouse is not a guarantee that one’s loneliness will end, as many divorced women and men can attest. The National MS Society may be able to provide what you need right now.

Dear Abby, My husband and I are expecting our first child. We are over the moon about it, and have lots of support from family and friends near and far. My husband’s family lives in

another state and would need to fly to visit us. His parents are separated, and elderly.

I love his mother dearly, but I have an issue with her best friend, “Myra.” Myra has always been passive-aggressive. She makes things difficult and makes rude, snide comments. My mother-in-law plans to travel to meet our new baby, but she wants Myra to be her travel companion.

Abby, after the stress and exhaustion of delivering a baby and any postpartum aftermath, plus the desire to keep our circle small due to COVID, I do not want to see Myra in the first few months after delivery. I have no issues with my mother-in-law, and don’t want to prohibit her from seeing her new grandbaby. But she refuses to travel alone. Am I going too far in saying I won’t be up for visiting with her snide best friend?

Pregnant In Pennsylvania I don’t think you are going too far. You have the right to control who comes into your home.

Tell your mother-in-law you would welcome her coming to see the new baby, but that Myra is not welcome in your home and will have to make other plans while Grandma is visiting your infant.

If she asks why, tell her the truth — that Myra is negative and snide, and you don’t want to be exposed to that while you are in a vulnerable state. If she can’t agree to your wishes, tell her you and her son will visit her when the baby is older, but you will make sure she has plenty of pictures and videos in the meantime.

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Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Horoscope

Zits

By Stella Wilder Born today, you are both a student of tradition and a proponent of the new, one who isn’t limited in any way by the way things should be or how they have been in the past, while always moving forward into a future that encourages the creation of that which is untried and quite challenging. You are always keenly interested in the ways you are connected with the world and other people in it.

It is essential that you balance your more impulsive, flighty side with that part of yourself that keeps your feet firmly on the ground and your hand tightly on your purse strings. Indeed, it is your more practical, pragmatic side that most surprises other people; you seem in many ways to be an “artist,” and yet you are never unrealistic or overly self-indulgent.

Also born on this date are: William Shakespeare, playwright and poet; Shirley Temple Black, actress and ambassador; George Lopez, comedian; Taio Cruz, singer; Valerie Bertinelli, actress; Lee Majors, actor; Roy Orbison, 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 24 TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — You may sense the difference in the way you do certain things today, but that’s what sets you apart. Trust your methods!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — You are seeing things through a lens that distorts them ever so slightly at this time. Making a judgment call today may be somewhat risky.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — You can profit from another’s losses today — but only for a moment. You must be ready to abandon your posi-

tion very soon.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Self-awareness is on the rise today, and you suspect that now is the time to make that decision you’ve been putting off. Who can help you?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — You may feel disconnected from a friend or loved one at this time, but this gives you a rare chance to reflect honestly on the relationship.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Your own independence is very important to you, and today it may be threatened by someone who doesn’t understand what you have to lose.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — You must follow your own path today, or choose a different destination altogether. You’ll have time to give a key issue the consideration it deserves.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — It’s time to mount an official search for something that’s been missing for far too long. The trick is to let someone else make the plan.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You’ll have much more energy in the beginning of the day than usual, perhaps, and you’ll want to get things done quickly and efficiently.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — You will surely benefit from a kind of “second sight” today, as you anticipate certain important developments with uncanny accuracy.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — You’ll be inspired to do something quite unusual during the latter portion of the day. The risk of failure may be smaller than you think.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — You must take your own decision-making seriously today, or no one else will — and it’s important that you be taken seriously at this time.

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Daily Maze

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Goren bridge WITH BOB JONES

Q 4 - Both vulnerable, as South, you hold:

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WEEKLY BRIDGE QUIZ Q 1 - Neither vulnerable, as South, you hold:

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♠ 10 7 4 ♥ K J 10 8 6 ♦ 6 3 ♣ 6 4 2

Partner opens 1D and right-hand opponent bids 2S, weak. What call would you make?

Partner opens 1S and right-hand opponent passes. What call would you make?

Q 5 - North-South vulnerable, as South, you hold:

Q 2 - North-South vulnerable, as South, you hold:

♠ 10 9 8 4 ♥ A K J 8 ♦ K J 9 8 ♣ 8

♠87532♥7♦A853♣K94 NORTH 1♥ 2♠

EAST Pass Pass

SOUTH 1♠ ?

WEST Pass

What call would you make?

Q 3 - East-West vulnerable, as South, you hold:

NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST 1♥ Pass 1♠ Pass 2♣ Pass 2♦* Pass 2♠ Pass 3♥ Pass 4♥ Pass ? *Fourth suit, an artificial game force

What call would you make?

Q 6 - East-West vulnerable, as South, you hold: ♠ 8 7 6 3 ♥ A Q J ♦ A 10 8 6 ♣ K 5 NORTH 1NT 2♠

EAST Pass Pass

SOUTH 2♣ ?

WEST Pass

What call would you make?

Look for answers on Tuesday.

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4/23/22 Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9.

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For Better or For Worse

Wizard of Id

Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS 1 “Chicago Med” network 4 Mac maker 9 Actor Arkin 13 Within reach 15 Reverie 16 Fly alone 17 Mourners’ gathering 18 Author Jules 19 Average 20 Cayenne or pimiento 22 Press 23 Rackets 24 Household fuel 26 Address word 29 Most highly seasoned 34 Bank offerings 35 Sully 36 Zodiac sign 37 Painting, sculpting, etc.

38 News journalist Connie __ 39 Coffee 40 TV series for George Eads 41 As __; generally 42 Liver spreads 43 Nuttiest 45 Museum guide 46 Ms. Lupino 47 Writing table 48 Give a headsup to 51 Slam dunk 56 Frosted 57 “Saying __ thing; doing is another” 58 Listening organs 60 “Let’s Make a __” 61 Hornet homes 62 BBQ attachment 63 Spot 64 Say hello to 65 Mata Hari or 007

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4 Christmas preceder 5 Readies, for short 6 Criminal, in police jargon 7 Passageway 8 Coming into view 9 Home for Francis 10 Entryway 11 Hemingway’s “The Sun __ Rises” 12 Night light 14 Blushes 21 Bakery display 25 Read the riot __ to; berate 26 Not taut 27 Upper body 28 10:1 or 3 to 4 29 __ Ste. Marie 30 Evergreen 31 Fill with gladness DOWN 1 180 degrees from 32 Prime number 33 Drink to SSE 35 Consequently 2 Growler 38 Making a fold line 3 Layered dessert

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

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

AnswersMonday) Tuesday (Answers Jumbles: UNWED COURT COPPER DUPLEX Answer: Farms that grow fruits and vegetables — PRODUCE PRODUCE

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Drew Barrymore finally found

her perfect role

Lifelong actor charms talk show audiences as herself

By SONIA RAO Washington Post

Visitors look at Yayoi Kusama’s monumental “Pumpkin” at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C. The exhibit is on display at the museum through Nov. 27. Ticket information is on F6. Shuran Huang/Washington Post

Icon of immersive art featured in D.C. exhibit Visitors have until November to visit and experience the work of Yayoi Kusama

By KELSEY ABLES Washington Post

WASHINGTON — The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden’s 2017 blockbuster “Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors” indulged the best and the worst of our smartphone-centric, hyperconnected selves, showing that art museums aren’t just for looking, but for participating, posing and posting. Luring crowds with photogenic installations, the show proliferated online, breaking museum attendance records. A generous critic might praise it for exposing a wider audience to art. A cynic might liken it to clickbait.

Now Kusama is back — albeit in a more petite size. “One With Eternity: Yayoi Kusama in the Hirshhorn Collection” highlights five Kusama artworks owned by the museum, including two “Infinity Mirror” rooms.

But it opens in a different era.

For a society obsessed with images and the endless ways to present yourself online, Kusama’s work was a perfect match.

Her immersive rooms functioned as visual echo chambers, multiplying the viewer, like tweets that affirm your beliefs and customized ads that stalk you across the Internet.

They showed us our favorite product — ourselves — and bolstered a primal belief: By replicating ourselves through images and reflections, we too can become infinite.

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NEW YORK — It’s Drew Barrymore’s birthday, which means it’s everybody’s birthday.

Moments after bursting into her Midtown talk show studio on a late February morning and announcing she is “tripping” over the palindromic date — 2-22-22, which makes her 47 years old — Barrymore wishes a happy birthday to each crew member who says it to her. “I have to say it back,” she explains. “‘Thank you’ is really exhausting.” They accept the explanation.

Why wouldn’t they? It’s classic, silly Drew.

A few hours later, the milestone appears to have a more sobering effect on her. Seated across from Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Barrymore asks her guest, also a former child actor, how he learned to develop boundaries in such an intense, high-profile industry. It took her decades to start doing so, she says, describing it as “an honor to be in my 40s and fall in love with a notion I should have known as a child, but didn’t.”

In its two seasons, “The Drew Barrymore Show” has proved to be a chaotic mishmash of daytime television antics and unexpectedly moving moments. A nail-painting session with musician and beauty entrepreneur Machine Gun Kelly turned into a frank discussion of parenting and vulnerability in the public eye. In another episode, Barrymore began to cry while chatting with “Queer Eye” personality Bobby Berk ahead of a first date, worried she didn’t know how to handle dating as a divorced, single mother.

“She is just unapologetically fearless and spontaneous,” said Elaine Bauer Brooks, executive vice president of development and multiplatform content at CBS. “She will share it all, show it all, reveal it all.”

Barrymore’s birthday marks yet another year of navigating life in the spotlight, a journey she began as an infant. The actress-turned-host often references her turbulent childhood in a winkwink sort of way but adopts a more sincere tone when discussing how it has informed her approach to adult life. While the show stretches her creatively, it was the steady schedule that attracted her most. She wanted to make it home for dinner, to provide her two young daughters with the sense of stability she rarely experienced.

Recently renewed for its third season, “The Drew Barrymore Show” launched mere months into the coronavirus pandemic, when studio productions were still scrambling to figure it all out. But for Barrymore, who speaks to the Washington Post while folded up on a couch in her CBS Broadcast Center dressing room, the timing couldn’t have been better.

“I was ironically making changes in my own personal life that were really helping me believe that people can change. I wasn’t as much of a prisoner to my own demons,” she says. “I was so happy to be free of that for a change and feel like, whatever comes my way, I’m going to figure out how to handle it rather than feel under threat. I mean, that’s a good time for something like this, right?”

——— Barrymore’s show is designed to be an extension of her persona: bubbly and welcoming with a hint of self-awareness. In the realm of daytime television, she’s far from an Oprah Winfrey, more likely to seek advice from guests than to dole it out herself. She invites on plenty of celebrity friends but doesn’t veer toward an Ellen DeGeneres prank vibe, either, prioritizing the guests’ comfort over all else. She says she is “going to die the day I step in it and do something wrong and offend someone or, you know, take a misstep.”

“I love people,” she adds. “I care about them, and I have their backs, and I want to do this for them. This is not for me. And I swear to God, if you’re not selfless in a job like this.”

After Machine Gun Kelly expressed that he was having a “really weird day,” Barrymore switched gears and recounted her own mental health struggles. He opened up. But she knows when to cede the floor; when interviewing Dylan Farrow about her childhood sexual assault allegations against her father, Woody Allen, Barrymore granted Farrow the time to unravel her thoughts and the space for them to breathe.

Comedian Jimmy Fallon — Barrymore’s

She is just unapologetically fearless and spontaneous.

She will share it all, show it all, reveal it all.”

ELAINE BAUER BROOKS Executive vice president of development and multiplatform content at CBS

Motherhood changed the former wild child’s approach to work-life balance, who now has her own show, “The Drew Barrymore Show.” Calla Kessler/Washington Post

“The Drew Barrymore Show” contributes a level of absurdity to daytime television, which can otherwise be quite formulaic. It was recently renewed for its third season. Calla Kessler/Washington Post

friend and former co-star who is married to her producing partner, Nancy Juvonen — said in an email that the “smart and well-read” star can “have a conversation about basically anything.”

A talk-show host himself, he added that she “knows how to put on a good show and make sure everyone is welcome at the party.”

Barrymore, speaking to Gordon-Levitt about growing up on sets, says she considers the camera her “friend.” She naturally approached the studio as a safe space and wants her guests to feel that way, too.

But the camera hasn’t always been a kind friend to Barrymore. Born into an industry

family and famous after starring in “E.T.” at age 6, she began to use drugs and alcohol and entered rehab at 13. The next year, she was emancipated from a mother who used to take her to Studio 54. As a young teenager, Barrymore gave a detailed account of the circumstances surrounding her substance abuse to People magazine, a move the Los Angeles Times described at the time as “a pre-emptive strike against the tabloid press.”

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1989 cover story came from therapists who thought it to be a positive way for her to handle all the attention. “From now on she can say, ‘Yes, I have a problem, I’ve talked about it’ ... and put it behind her,” Gold said.

More than 30 years later, Barrymore still has no trouble doing interviews. She enjoys them, in fact. When a CBS publicist knocks on the dressing room door to signal that time is almost up, Barrymore brushes it off. (When it really matters, she says, they barge right in.)

She embraces speaking to the press as a chance to test her boundaries. “What does feel good? What doesn’t feel good?

It’s trial by fire, and that’s life,” she continues. “So why hide behind shame? I’ve never had the luxury of it. Not since I was 13.”

And yet, having written more than one memoir — the first, 1991’s “Little Girl Lost,” alongside Gold and another, 2015’s “Wildflower,” on her own — Barrymore recognizes the power in telling your own story. During the “Drew’s News” segment of her birthday taping, in which she and her guests run through headlines and read aloud from selected clippings, Barrymore responds to the news of embattled pop star Britney Spears landing a book deal with a knowing expression: “This is smart,” she says.

“The Drew Barrymore Show” offers her an opportunity to control the narrative, which she accomplishes by sharing enough about herself to stomp out whatever speculation remains. She doesn’t hesitate to divulge aspects of her personal life, even twice inviting on her second ex-husband, comedian Tom Green.

Speaking to Gayle King onair last year, Barrymore referred to her 2016 split from her children’s father, businessman Will Kopelman, as “the most devastating thing I’ve ever gone through in my life.” She waited years to start

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Five years later, the conditions that set up Kusama’s work for success have changed. From the Museum of Ice Cream to immersive Van Gogh experiences, Instagram-ready installations have become a cottage industry — attempting to mimic Kusama’s appeal for profit, but with a small fraction of her artistic flair.

The social media that fueled the Kusama craze has taken a darker turn, with Instagram at the center of conversations about mental health and the wider realization that looking into dizzying reflections of ourselves and our desires through online algorithms can be more distorting than dazzling.

There’s an argument that Kusama’s rooms might be even more appealing today. The maximalist aesthetic of the artist’s classic works only grew in popularity during the pandemic. And after two years during which many of us found ourselves confined to our homes, looking at four walls that seem to unfurl into an ever-receding horizon can seem almost poetic, like a symbolic release.

So it’s tempting to wonder: Will the Hirshhorn be able to woo visitors with Kusama 2.0?

From the first room in the show

Drew Barrymore enters the studio for a taping of her show at the CBS Broadcast Center in Manhattan. Calla Kessler/Washington Post

dating again, and her experiences back in the game make for some of the more candid moments on her show. In February, Barrymore told King, a frequent guest, about working up the courage to approach a handsome stranger in Central Park. (Turned out he was 28, too young for her liking.)

Barrymore has also been open about deciding to quit drinking shortly before the pandemic. “I was just like, this thing in your life does not work for you, and you [are] fooling yourself thinking, ‘You’ve got this’ or ‘You will master this one day,’ “ she says. She talked about it on television because, as the journalist Gold made note of years ago, acknowledging a problem in public seems to help her move forward.

“This stuff is so important and fascinating that I can’t imagine trying to say it without saying it,” she adds. “I don’t have a family ... that sweeps s—- under the rug. It doesn’t have to be out there in a TMI way, but we cannot fool ourselves or pretend or tread lightly. That’s not the way the world works.”

There is one line she draws: “I am a g--d--- Doberman when it comes to my kids.”

She has turned away opportunities for them to appear in

commercials — or even on her show — and admits she struggles with figuring out how to bring them along on her unpredictable Hollywood journey. She expects Olive, 9, and Frankie, 7, to become frustrated with their overprotective mother, but has made peace with the inevitability. “All the grays that happened in my life are so severely black and white with them,” she says.

Motherhood changed the former wild child’s approach to work-life balance. Until wrapping production in 2018, Barrymore starred for three seasons with Timothy Olyphant in the Netflix series “Santa Clarita Diet” as married real estate agents whose lives turn upside down when the wife becomes a zombie.

According to Barrymore, her friends believe that character, Sheila, to be most like her in real life. Series creator Victor Fresco said there’s a fierceness to Sheila when it comes to protecting her family that he can sense in Barrymore, too.

Fresco recalled a time on set when Barrymore got injured doing a stunt. She fell back and hit her head but turned out to be OK, more upset than hurt.

She said she wanted to be with her children.

“Which I just thought was

— which features just the single, quiet drawing “The Hill” — it’s clear that this exhibition isn’t out to wow but to pull us into Kusama’s inner world. From her massive, fiber-reinforced plastic pumpkin, which has been placed in a new polka dot room, to a sculpture of a coat that seems overgrown with playful flowers, each work is rich with the distinctive touch of the selfanointed high priestess of polka dots. With her show opening this weekend, here’s our guide to “Eternity,” and ways to think about Kusama’s art.

for Sale.” Today, we’re still buying what she’s selling. In a clever sleight of hand, she has conscripted us in an ongoing, collaborative performance piece, tricked us into supporting a career-long commentary on narcissism. Much like social media, where we think we are receiving a service but really we’re being sold, we, the narcissists, might just be Kusama’s product — with every photo we post a brushstroke on her everexpanding canvas.

KUSAMA AS PERFORMANCE ART When you enter the “Infinity Mirror” rooms “Phalli’s Field” or “My Heart Is Dancing Into the Universe” and take out your phone, you’re tapping into ideas long active in Kusama’s work. Success has sanitized her, but before Kusama became a household name, she was a performance artist.

She burned American flags to protest the Vietnam War and hosted parties at which naked people covered each other in polka dots. For one of Kusama’s early performance pieces — a critique of commodification in art — she stood outside the Italian Pavilion at the 1966 Venice Biennale and sold 1,500 plastic mirror balls for $2, in front of a sign that read, “Your Narcissism

18-month-old Isla McGill plays inside visionary artist Yayoi Kusama’s “Infinity Mirror” room, “My Heart Is Dancing Into the Universe, “ at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.

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interesting,” Fresco said.

“That was touching to me. Her children were in New York and she was in L.A., but that was her first thought. To me, that’s Drew.”

——— ‘The Drew Barrymore Show” contributes a level of absurdity to daytime television, which can otherwise be quite formulaic. Asked what about the show speaks to Barrymore’s strengths as a host and executive producer, the CBS executive Bauer Brooks and showrunner Jason Kurtz each pointed to “Drew Stans for Stains,” a recurring segment inspired by her passion for removing stains from different fabrics.

A frenetic energy coursed through the Halloweenthemed “Stans for Stains,” shot when the show still lacked a live studio audience. Shortly before doing a Dracula impression to introduce a call-in viewer, Barrymore exclaimed that she was “completely obsessed” with stain removal, her voice strained with excitement.

The lightheartedness extends to the mood on set.

While the crew prepares for the first of two tapings on Barrymore’s birthday, she yells for the sound guy to blast “that

Post Malone song” and later requests a new single by Sabrina Carpenter, an upcoming guest. He obliges, though neither track is particularly good. Barrymore is constantly studying up for interviews, which she says helps her avoid feeling “naked and like a fraud.” As Carpenter’s voice floods the studio, Barrymore tells another executive producer, Chris Miller, about how quickly she made her way through several episodes of Gordon-Levitt’s new series.

Until he left last month to run “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon,” Miller and Barrymore were attached at the hip. He joined her production company, Flower Films, in 1999 — just four years after she co-founded it with Juvonen — and quickly rose through the ranks, from executive assistant to company president.

He said of his longtime boss, “She’s got longevity all around her.” Part of that, Fallon wrote, is because working with Barrymore is “like golfing with Tiger Woods — even if you suck, you still play the best you’ve ever played.”

Barrymore works to keep people happy. Actor Michael Vartan starred alongside her in 1999’s “Never Been Kissed,” the first project she produced under the Flower Films banner, and years later told the reporter on the phone with him to enjoy all the great stories she would inevitably hear about Barrymore, whom he called “the antithesis of a pretentious person.” He recalled an ease to acting opposite her in a romantic comedy, adding that he would “challenge a bag of potatoes not to have chemistry with Drew.”

Melanie Lynskey, who starred in 1998’s “Ever After” as the reimagined Cinderella story’s kinder stepsister, noticed her co-star’s ability to run the show even before she officially became a producer. Lynskey remembered Barrymore making a concerted effort to foster community among the cast, gifting each member a musical instrument because “we’re all a band, and we’re creating music.” Lynskey received a bongo

drum, as Barrymore considered her character “the drum beat of the movie.”

“She has something about her that is truly magic,” Lynskey said. “She feels like your best friend.”

According to Fresco, the “Santa Clarita Diet” creator, Barrymore just wants people to be proud of her. “I think we’re all informed by what our childhoods were like,” he said. “Drew wants to be loved, and is loved.” The warmth she radiates is the main reason Bauer Brooks approached her to host.

As “The Drew Barrymore Show” continues to evolve, it might stray a bit from its sunny reputation. While noting there “was definitely a ‘stay away from politics’ mandate for me,” Barrymore suggests she is interested in dipping her toes into murkier waters. But she does so carefully, framing her desire as a way to invite onto the show “more people from more walks of life, be it someone of immense power [or] someone you didn’t know about until this day.”

When it comes to her own experiences, Barrymore has successfully avoided sugarcoating (or, as she refers to it, any sort of “Vaseline veneer”).

At one point during the taping, she comments on how irritating it can be to encounter egomaniacs throughout the industry: “Thank you, you’ve taught me exactly what not to do,” she says. She tells Gordon-Levitt that it was her godfather, director Steven Spielberg, who took it upon himself to give her “how the world should function” lessons, including to never speak down to anyone.

She considers people her equal — which makes it a fair match when she and GordonLevitt play a game requiring them to scribble portraits of one another in under a minute. After his implied victory, as they stand next to each other and say goodbye to the audience, he pauses and turns toward her.

“You know, I’ve done a lot of these shows,” he says. “You’re quite good.”

KUSAMA AS OBLITERATION OF THE SELF Beneath the surface of Kusama’s eye-popping art, you’ll find a methodical, meditative practice. In the Hirshhorn show, you can see it in the meticulous, hand-stitched plush sculptures of “Phalli’s Field” or in the dots that line “The Hill,” one of 5,000 works on paper Kusama made in the 1950s.

Implicit in her work is a quiet tedium, a thankless process, an accumulation of “meaninglessness” that Kusama has said brings her closer to the profound. For the artist, who had a difficult childhood in Japan during World War II, repetition became a kind of escape. Some scholars believe her polka dot motif may have been born at a river she retreated to near her childhood home. There, she saw millions of white stones, prompting what she called “a mysterious vision” in which the stones “confirm[ed] their ‘being’ one by one under the glistening sun.” Throughout her life, she has experienced similar visions, where shapes multiply and blot out her surroundings.

The sculpture “Flowers — Overcoat” recalls another vision: one in which the rich, red flowers of a patterned tablecloth appear to have filled the space around her. She described feeling restored, “returned to infinity,” her “soul obliterated.” In a world of information overload, her repeating visuals appear like a mantra, an

Lamont Spears and Terrell Miles, visiting from Atlanta, experience “Phalli’s Field,” by Yayoi Kusama., at the Hirshhorn Museum. Shuran Huang/Washington Post

immensity you can grasp.

KUSAMA AS CONNECTION When Kusama made “Phalli’s Field,” her first mirror room, she hoped the viewer would “experience their own figures and movements as part of the sculpture.” Inside the work, the lighting is so unforgivingly bright, you feel every pore on your skin illuminated. Here, phallic forms grow like weeds, toppling over each other, handicapped by their abundance. Standing above them, your figure deteriorates into the mirrored distance, leaving you acutely aware that you too are no more than an assemblage of tangled, gooey organic shapes.

In “My Heart Is Dancing Into the Universe” (2018), you follow a dark pathway around polka dot lanterns, lulled along by shifting colors. The boundary between the floor, the walls and the ceiling seems to melt. Interrupted by the floating lanterns, your figure becomes a hallucination, akin to a fickle mirage in water. For Kusama, the depersonalization experienced in these rooms has a moral significance. In a Vietnamera letter to President Richard Nixon, Kusama suggested art as a way to nonviolence.

“Lose yourself in the timeless stream of eternity,” she wrote.

“Self-obliteration points out the way. Kusama will show you how by covering your body with polka dots.” The artist believed that through radical repetition, we could rid ourselves of ego and become connected to a greater whole. Modesty was essential in Kusama’s view: It was even the reason she loved pumpkins, which she called “humble and amusing.” So while we stand in her mirrored rooms, we might consider that we are just one of many. In Kusama’s excess, there is a reminder that, as she put it, “Our Earth is only one polka dot among a million stars in the cosmos.”

BONUS KUSAMAS If you’re craving a little more Kusama after the Hirshhorn, the Smithsonian American Art Museum has two of her early works included in the exhibition “Artist to Artist.” Made when Kusama was in her mid20s, the works “Autumn” and “Forlorn Spot” were purchased by her friend, the sculptor Joseph Cornell, and discovered by an archivist in 2019. Kusama described her relationship with Cornell as deeply romantic but platonic. They exchanged notes, he wrote her poems and, when Kusama was a struggling artist in New York, Cornell, who was nearly three decades older,

gave her artworks that she could sell to support herself. Given Kusama’s larger-than-life reputation, the delicate works on paper read like artifacts from some primordial era, fossilized traces of her artistic thinking, in which her hand — rather than her brand — is on view. Both works have a glow that seems to swell, as if lit from behind, with a taste of her “Infinity Mirror” rooms’ luminescence.

The warm “Autumn” simulates the sensation of looking through a microscope. Geometric and organic patterns collide, as if building to a bigger form and recalling the automatic drawings of the surrealists. “Forlorn Spot” appears like a glimpse of a far-off constellation, coming into focus. Here she is trying out shapes: dots and net patterns that will appear in her later “Infinity Nets” series. The works are displayed alongside Cornell’s mixed-media work “Ideals Are Like Stars; You Will Not Succeed in Touching Them,” which echoes that yearning feeling of standing in one of Kusama’s rooms, on the edge of eternity and yet lightyears away from it.

“Artist to Artist” is on view through Sept. 3, 2023. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Eighth and G streets NW. americanart.si.edu. Free.

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Puzzles From meats to drinks, here’s how to enjoy the delightful flavor of garlic

By DANIEL NEMAN St. Louis Post-Dispatch

N

ot too long ago, few Americans ate garlic.

It had too strong a taste; it was too sharp. It made your breath smell bad. There is a reason that it was associated with keeping away vampires — the flavor and aroma were too intense, even for them.

If consumed at all, garlic would only be eaten in Italian food, and only in small amounts.

That was how we thought at least through the 1960s. But now, we love the stuff. On average, Americans now eat more than two pounds of garlic each year, according to the Garlic Seed Foundation.

So I thought I would make several dishes that make the most out of garlic. I wanted the garlic flavor to be at the front and center of each dish, but I did not want it to be too strong, too pungent. I wanted the garlickiness to be redolent, but relatively mild.

Nothing offensive here. Just garlic that is smooth and mellow.

There are a couple of ways to achieve this result, both of which I used in all seven of my recipes.

The first is to leave the cloves whole.

Most people mince or chop their garlic, exposing more surface area. That makes the flavor more acute and concentrated. In Italy, where they know something about garlic, the cloves are left whole so that the flavor is noticeable but not overpowering.

The other trick is to cook it at a relatively low temperature for a relatively long time. That way, the flavors get a chance to ripen and mature until the garlic is almost sweet.

Perhaps the purest example of these concepts is oven-roasted garlic.

I first had this at a wonderful French restaurant in Chicago, Bistro 110, in the late 1980s or early 1990s. It made such an impression on me that they happily provided the recipe, printed nicely on an index card.

An hourlong braise in the oven renders an entire head’s worth of cloves impossibly soft and spreadable.

Cooked to the point where its natural sugars have caramelized, the garlic is at its best simply smeared on a piece of baguette. If the baguette has been buttered, well, so much the better.

Oven-roasted garlic plays an essential role in the next food I made, too: garlic vodka.

All you do is roast a head of garlic in the oven and then drop it in a jar with vodka. All it takes is 12 to 24 hours, for a subtle to a progressively stronger flavor.

I like garlic and I like vodka, but I have to admit that I am not a huge fan of garlic vodka — and this is coming from someone who thinks horseradish vodka is the king of alcoholic drinks. But if you, too, like garlic and vodka, you might want to give it a try.

It would make a wonderful bloody mary. And think of how great it would be in pasta with vodka sauce.

If you are still wary of using a lot of garlic in a dish, then you have probably forgotten about chicken with 40 cloves of garlic. It was all the rage in the 1970s and ‘80s.

It is indeed chicken cooked with 40 actual cloves of garlic, and it is sublime. Far from being acrid, as you would expect, the chicken is suffused with a warm, garlicky glow. But not too garlicky. The garlic does not even compete with the chicken; it only serves to enhance it.

If you have never had chicken with 40 cloves of garlic, I cannot recommend it enough. It may become your favorite way of preparing chicken.

And if the thought of 40 cloves scares you, then feel free to use 38 cloves. Just tell everyone it was 40.

No such deception is needed with the garlic bread I made. I used my Italian wife’s recipe.

Her garlic bread begins with an equal combination of butter and olive

No-cook mango dessert cups are a sweet treat This recipe calls for little to no added sugar

By ELLIE KRIEGER Washington Post

Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic. Colter Peterson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/TNS

Use whole cloves in these

7 garlic recipes

This refreshing, no-cook dessert is all about the mango, showcasing the fruit’s vibrant color, tropical flavor and inherent sweetness, while embellishing it just enough to make for an extra-special treat. Besides being simple to prepare, all the ingredients can be kept on hand in your cupboard and freezer, so it is ultraconvenient, too.

All you need to do is blend chunks of fresh or frozen (and defrosted) mango with light coconut milk until smooth, then stir that mixture with just enough dissolved gelatin so that, once set in the refrigerator, it becomes a softly bound, creamy, puddinglike dessert. If your mango is sweet enough, you won’t need any added sugar, which is a nutritional plus, but you can always blend in a touch of honey or your sweetener of choice to taste.

Once set in individual serving cups, the pastel-colored “puddings” are topped with finely diced mango and a snow-white sprinkle of shredded coconut, beautifully announcing what’s underneath, for a fruit-focused dessert with a fun, fresh twist.

MANGO DESSERT CUPS

Stir-Fried Spinach with Garlic. Colter Peterson/St. Louis PostOven-Roasted Garlic. Colter Peterson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/TNS

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Garlic Bread a la Mary Anne. Colter Peterson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/TNS Garlic vodka. Colter Peterson/St. Louis PostDispatch/TNS

oil, the way her mother made it. Into the mixture goes a couple of whole cloves of garlic — never minced or crushed in a garlic press, she warns.

For this garlic bread, the subtlety of the garlic is key.

She does not touch her garlic beyond peeling it to make hers, but I made mine just a little stronger by crushing my cloves before adding them to the butter and olive oil. Either way is fine, but frankly I think I might like her slightly milder version better.

Subtlety was never on my mind before when I made stir-fried spinach with garlic, which I first had 25 years ago at the City Lights of China restaurant in Washington, D.C. I recall it being the sort of dish that left you smelling like garlic four days after you ate it,

and I gleefully made it that same way in my own kitchen ever since.

But that’s not the effect I was going for this time. Instead of essentially making the spinach a backdrop for the garlic, this time I left the cloves whole and allowed the garlic to flavor the spinach.

I like the old, garlicky way just fine, but I like this more understated dish better.

For an unexpected dish, I made fresh thyme and garlic soup. It was particularly easy to make, the sort of soup that you could easily whip up on a weeknight and serve either as a first course or as an entree, if paired with something else such as cheese and bread. It is too thin to stand alone as an entree.

It is unexpectedly good, because it is so easy to make. All you do is simmer

garlic cloves in chicken (or vegetable) stock and sprigs of fresh thyme. When the garlic is soft, you remove the thyme and puree the garlic and stock.

A healthy splash of lemon juice gives it just the right acidic counterpoint.

A slice of stale — or toasted — bread on the bottom of the dish provides a foundation on which the other flavors are built.

Finally, I made a shrimp and garlic sauce — not the familiar Chinese dish but a version that would be more at home in Italy or Provence.

The dish comes together quickly, as it usually does when shrimp is involved, and it is unusually satisfying.

It isn’t just the shrimp and it isn’t even the garlic. The way the shrimp and garlic come together with lemon See GARLIC C8

Active time: 15 minutes | Total time: 15 minutes, plus at least 3 hours chilling time 6 servings (about 3 cups) These no-cook dessert cups are a simple blend of mango and light coconut milk, bound together ever so softly with gelatin, so it sets up puddinglike. If your mango is sweet enough, you won’t need any added sugar, but you can always blend in a little honey or your sweetener of choice to taste. Served in individual cups topped with finely diced mango and a snow-white sprinkle of shredded coconut, it’s a fruit-focused dessert with a fun, fresh twist.

Make Ahead: The dessert needs to be made at least 3 hours in advance of serving.

Storage Notes: Refrigerate for up to 3 days.

2 teaspoons unflavored gelatin 1/3 cup boiling water 2 cups fresh or frozen mango chunks (16 ounces/453 grams), divided (see NOTE) 1 cup (240 milliliters) light coconut milk Honey, to taste (optional) 1/3 cup (30 grams) unsweetened shredded coconut, for garnish In a medium bowl, cover the gelatin with the boiling water and immediately stir until it’s dissolved.

In the pitcher of a blender, combine 1 ¾ cups (12 ounces/340 grams) of the mango with the coconut milk and blend until smooth. Add honey to taste, if desired, and blend to incorporate. Add the gelatin mixture to the blender and pulse a few times to See MANGO C8

Mango Dessert Cups. Tom Shrimp and Garlic Sauce with rice. Colter Peterson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/TNS

Thyme and Garlic Soup. Colter Peterson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/TNS

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Last week’s puzzle answers

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By Stella Wilder Born Sunday, you know, more often than not, precisely what’s what — and why that is so! You are knowledgeable, studious, curious and always on the lookout for that which can send you off on a new and exciting journey of exploration and discovery.

You possess a “joie-de-vivre” that is almost catching; those who spend any time with you are likely to assume your positive and fun-loving attitude — even when there is hard work to do.

You have been endowed with many talents, and while you always want to be free to explore them as you will, you also know well enough to focus on one or two more keenly than the others so that you can develop them more fully and derive the kinds of practical rewards from them that allow you to live the life you want to lead in a world that can treat people harshly who aren’t as realistic as you are.

Also born on this date are: Kelly Clarkson, singer; Barbra Streisand, singer, actress, director; Chipper Jones, baseball player; Cedric the Entertainer, actor; Shirley MacLaine, actress and author.

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find your birthday and read the corresponding paragraph. Let your birthday star be your daily guide.

MONDAY, APRIL 25 TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — You likely have more at stake today than you even know, but a close friend has been keeping score and can tell you just what you’re facing.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — The more you dream, the less you’ll do — unless, of course, you are ready to combine thought and action in a new and productive way today!

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — How you see yourself in five years has changed recently, and today is a good day to give yourself a very honest and thorough self-assessment.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You can be there for someone today — and your timing couldn’t possibly be more perfect. This is not something you’ll be able to repeat.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — You are able to look a serious challenge directly in the face today — and you’ll recognize what it requires of you almost immediately.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — You may wish you were anywhere but where you are today

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — You may be strangely affected today by something that happened many days ago — if not many weeks — but isn’t it time to move on?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — You can get things rolling today without causing too much disruption around you. Your primary goals are soon to be within reach.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You may receive permission to do something for which you’re not likely to get a second chance — so now is no time for a delay!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Someone’s behavior is likely to tell you something about your own today — especially when you are maneuvering behind closed doors.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — You may be the subject of someone’s emulation today, like it or not. Never fear, you shouldn’t feel any additional pressure!

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Your potential may have decreased somewhat over the past few days, but today you’ll want to raise the stakes and go after a valued prize.

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Operation to save endangered animals inspires graphic novel

By DAVID A. TAYLOR

FOR THE KIDS

Don’t miss ‘Cress Watercress’

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The hand-drawn panels are inky dark. The plot is a thriller.

It’s a graphic novel presented in a familiar style — but the subject matter is far from typical. It’s called “Fighting for the Vaquita,” a true-crime tale starring a porpoise, a fourfoot-long fish and undercover activists trying to stop illegal animal trafficking.

The artist behind the work is 20-year-old Ava Salzman. The panels unspool a tale of a black market in endangered animals and a sting operation to bring smugglers to justice. This story actually involves two endangered species, both in the Gulf of California off Baja California, Mexico. The totoaba is a large fish — up to 200 pounds — nicknamed “cocaine of the sea” for the black market value of its swim bladder, an organ prized (erroneously) for special healing powers. Then there’s the vaquita, an even more endangered species of small harbor porpoise, caught as collateral damage in nets set out for totoaba.

By making the scourge vivid, “Fighting for the Vaquita,” released in 2020 during the pandemic, shines a spotlight on international crime rings that have hooks in the extinction of both species, and in other forms of trafficking. For the story of the totoaba and vaquita, Salzman teamed with Andrea Crosta, head of Los Angeles-based Earth League International (ELI), a small nonprofit that investigates wildlife crime and hands over its research to government agencies.

Their partnership began during Salzman’s freshman year at Harvard University, when she saw a documentary about Crosta’s work, “Sea of Shadows.” “I was really, really struck by it, and wanted to dive more into issues of environmental crime,” she told me by video chat. She interviewed Crosta about ELI’s work for the Harvard Political Review, a student publication. The story lingered with her long after she submitted her article. On a whim, she sketched a comic about the totoaba for another student publication, the Harvard Independent. Salzman, who has drawn comics since elementary school, shared it with Crosta and it resonated.

He asked if she was interested in telling the story in a new way.

Crosta, who has been conducting undercover investigations since 2013, was stunned when he learned of the black

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Ava Salzman, the 20-year-old artist behind “Fighting for the Vaquita,” poses for a portrait at her Los Angeles home. Jessica Pons/Washington Post

market for totoaba bladders just a four-hour drive from L.A. A fishing crew typically makes $600 a month from catching shrimp, but one totoaba fetches up to $4,000. “It’s really, really difficult to refuse that kind of money,” Crosta told me. He recalls thinking: “Right, let’s start there. Let’s try to explain that.”

Readers meet a former FBI agent now with ELI and see his team plan a stakeout, and worry as it goes off course. We watch a researcher named Chiara fit the pieces together.

We’re inside their experience.

The graphic novel format let Salzman balance the factual integrity of ELI’s operations with the anonymity required for its work. “We consider ourselves an intelligence agency,” Crosta explained on video chat.

Black markets in illegal wildlife products yield profits estimated up to $23 billion a year, according to Crosta.

What’s more, the same people smuggling animal parts are invested in money laundering, human trafficking and drugs. By emphasizing that convergence that connects wildlife crime with other major crimes, Crosta got law enforcement in Mexico and the United States involved.

“The [crime] network goes from China into Mexico, and

then there are roots into the U.S.,” Louise Shelley, director of the Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center at George Mason University, told me. “Andrea’s investigations that link this activity to other activities like drugs are so crucial.”

Because of its targets, ELI’s ventures require stealth and patience. Going after top-level, powerful traffickers means gaining trust on the ground, gathering evidence. “We collect a lot of video and audio material, and this is how you really understand how they do what they do,” says Crosta.

A gritty, twisting narrative of a shadowy investigation proved a perfect fit for a graphic novel. It also suited Salzman’s aesthetic. First, she drew in black-and-white and then added watercolors. She and Crosta storyboarded the whole operation-the research, the stakeouts, the meticulous preparation. They agreed this story needed more than a few panels and committed to a length of more than 40 pages; that allowed for the complexity of environmental crime and the emotional ride of a crime novel.

“I really wanted to capture that and be able to share these stories in the way that they actually unfold,” Salzman says, “which is full of stress and

pressure and letdowns, but also really hard work.” These elements come through in the close-ups on faces taut with resolve or frustration.

Since “Fighting for the Vaquita” was published on ELI’s website, it has connected with readers. “People will just come out of the woodwork,” says Salzman about the emails she gets from fans. But the pandemic pushed the story out of the spotlight. And as vaquita numbers dwindled to just a dozen in the wild, even other animal-protection organizations stopped feeling hopeful of preserving the species.

Then a few months ago, Mexican authorities made some high-profile arrests.

They charged a half-dozen people with poaching along with smuggling meth and cash. A prosecutor in Mexico City called and expressed thanks to ELI for the leads, according to an official announcement from the prosecutor’s office. While the case grew to ensnare bigger actors in money laundering and human trafficking, says Crosta, “they all started from totoaba, all of them.” The arrests are “inspiring,” says Salzman, “but it’s also a signal that we need to keep working.”

“Transnational crime has not been enough of a priority,” says George Mason’s Shelley, and environmental crime receives even less. Shelley loves the graphic novel because it can help build public awareness and pressure, and shift enforcement priorities of agencies such as the FBI and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Salzman, now a junior majoring in folklore and mythology, sees potential for graphic novels to depict other complex and layered true-crime stories, and wants to make more; “they allow so much artistic license — just you and your hand and the page.”

“People see what graphic novels and graphic novel storytelling can do,” she says.

“It’s a great reminder.”

‘Candy House’ an electrifying companion to Pulitzer-winning ‘Visit From the Goon Squad’

By ELLEN AKINS Star Tribune

“The Candy House” by Jennifer Egan; Scribner (352 pages, $27) Midway into Jennifer Egan’s “The Candy House” you may find yourself moaning, “Why don’t novels come with an index?” A “sibling novel” — per Egan — to her Pulitzer Prizewinning “A Visit From the Goon Squad,” this book takes a similar form, with a considerable cast of intricately connected characters shifting through different configurations in interlocking stories set in the recent past and not so distant future and told in a dizzying variety of ways.

Some of “Goon Squad’s” people reappear here, but perhaps more to the point is the appearance in passing of someone from Egan’s 2001 novel, “Look at Me.” To the point, because that startlingly prescient novel anticipated the conundrum of digital reality, with a model selling her

reinvented self online to viewers craving “authenticity” — and the question of authenticity is central to “The Candy House,” which speculates further down the digital line, to a time when people can “externalize” and save and share their experience and memories.

When we meet Bix Bouton, he’s already a “tech demigod on a first-name basis with the world,” having started a social media company called Mandala, based on (some say stolen from) an anthropologist’s “formulas for predicting human inclinations,” laid out in her book “Patterns of Affinity.”

His next big idea is Own Your Unconscious — that externalizing of memory that can then be uploaded to the Collective Unconscious.

Going forward in the book and backward in time, we see

the anthropologist’s daughters encountering the notion of music sharing via Napster. “Once the Internet was inside your computer rifling through your music, what else might it decide to look at?” one of them asks, unbelieving. “Nobody would be dumb enough to do this.” And so, the world, and the families, in the book split between those who embrace the technology, epitomized by the senior empiricist and metrics expert, Lincoln, who narrates his own love story in the touchingly funny form of data analysis; and those who eschew it, like the people at Mondrian, whose business is helping “eluders” of the Collective Unconscious.

At issue is how people frame their experience, whether it can be quantified or shared. As Charlie puts it, after dredging one of her father’s stories out

of the Collective Unconscious: “My problem is the same one had by everyone who gathers information: What to do with it? How to sort and shape and use it?”

“The Candy House” answers in myriad ways: Lincoln’s and Charlie’s; the game of Dungeons & Dragons, with a player, whose character is a spy, later narrating her actual spy story as “field instructions”; an extended exchange of messages that tells a story even as it cleverly reveals the history behind it.

Each has its own language, its own tropes and terms, which Egan somehow manages to use and skewer at the same time, while maintaining the mystery that makes each person unique and worth knowing.

As she puts it, near the exquisitely moving conclusion of “The Candy House,” “Knowing everything is too much like knowing nothing; without a story, it’s all just information.”

A charming fable of a rabbit family and its friends — and enemies.

Gregory Maguire struck gold with his 1995 book “Wicked,” a prequel to “The Wizard of Oz” told from the point of view of the Wicked Witch of the West. A bestseller, it became a Broadway musical, which won three Tony Awards.

His charming new novel for middle-grade readers, “Cress Watercress,” has vivid animal characters and an engaging story. Cress, a young rabbit, narrates the story of a family’s move from pleasant digs to a shabby place after the father rabbit goes missing. Cress never gives up

looking for her dad, even as she helps her mom tend her adorable baby brother Kip, slowly makes new friends and explores her new neighborhood. The new neighborhood is full of characters who look nothing like Cress and might be dangerous — Mr. Owl, for instance, or Lady Cabbage, the nearly sociopathic skunk.

There are plenty of harrowing adventures here, but as Cress’ world expands and she gets to know her neighbors, she figures out that life is not always as scary as it seems and the most unlikely creatures might become a friend.

There’s plenty to chew on here, with Cress’ story never preachy but sure to resonate in all kinds of ways with young readers. David Litchfield’s illustrations — many full-page — glow with the colors of the forest and the faces of its critters.

Take a trip to the national parks with this four-legged tour guide

By KELSEY HALL BookTrib.com

From sea to shining sea, the U.S. is a nation of geographic wonder. The United States National Park Service is dedicated to protecting and preserving over 84 million acres of wild landscapes and the creatures that inhabit them.

Laura Taylor is living the dream: traveling far and wide to witness the magic of nature, all with her four-legged buddy along for the ride. In doing so, K-So becomes our tour guide to all the wonders this nation has to offer.

K-So visits a variety of geographic and historic areas: the towering trees in the Redwoods, magnificent volcanos in Hawaii, the breathtaking sparkle of the stars in the night sky in Joshua Tree, and Old Faithful in Yellowstone Park, to name a few. He also meets other animals along his trek, some with four legs just like

him, a few with wings or paws with claws, and even one with flippers!

“K-So Visits the National Parks” is a fun and educational read. Taylor’s writing flows lyrically with catchy rhymes, telling the story of the many attractions of the National Parks in memorable ways. Going hand in hand with the whimsical words are the imaginative illustrations by Catarina Neto. The vibrant colors and creative perspectives of iconic landmarks truly bring K-So’s adventure to life on the page.

This book is the perfect pick for the kid who dreams of traveling the world and families who love camping, the outdoors and going on adventures. Even if your child isn’t an explorer, who doesn’t love a story about an adorable pup? “K-So Visits the National Parks” is a crowd-pleaser that parents and kids will enjoy reading over and over.

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Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, April 2, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered.

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. Run, Rose, Run. Parton/ Patterson. Little, Brown 2. What Happened to the Bennetts. Lisa Scottoline.

Putnam 3. The Diamond Eye. Kate Quinn. Morrow 4. The Recovery Agent.

Janet Evanovich. Atria 5. The Paris Apartment.

Lucy Foley. Morrow 6. Shadows Reel. C.J. Box. Putnam 7. The Match. Harlan Coben. Grand Central 8. French Braid. Anne Tyler. Knopf 9. One Italian Summer. Rebecca Serle.

Atria 10. High Stakes. Danielle Steel. Delacorte

HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. Half Baked Harvest Every Day. Tieghan Gerard.

Clarkson Potter 2. The Mothers and Daughters of the Bible Speak. Shannon Bream.

Broadside 3. Atlas of the Heart. Brene Brown. Random House 4. The Whole Body Reset.

Stephen Perrine. Simon & Schuster 5. Genius Kitchen. Max Lugavere. Harper Wave 6. The Great Reset. Glenn Beck. Forefront 7. The Women of the Bible Speak.

Shannon Bream. Broadside

8. Korean American. Eric Kim. Clarkson Potter 9. Life Force. Tony Robbins. Simon & Schuster 10. CEO Excellence. Dewar/Keller/ Malhotra. Scribner

MASS MARKET 1. Nine Lives. Danielle Steel. Dell 2. Dark Night in Big Rock.

Johnstone/Johnstone.

Pinnacle 3. Sooley. John Grisham.

Anchor 4. Ocean Prey. John Sandford.

Putnam 5. Daylight. David Baldacci.

Grand Central 6. Black Ice. Brad Thor. Pocket 7. 1st Case. Patterson/ Tebbetts. Grand Central 8. Any Sunday. Debbie Macomber.

Harlequin 9. Tom Clancy: Target Acquired. Don Bentley. Berkley 10. Hideaway. Nora Roberts. St. Martin’s

TRADE PAPERBACK 1. Where the Crawdads Sing. Delia Owens. Putnam 2. Verity. Colleen Hoover. Grand Central 3. Reminders of Him. Colleen Hoover. Montlake 4. The Viscount Who Loved Me. Julia Quinn. Avon 5. The Love Hypothesis. Ali Hazelwood. Berkley 6. People We Meet on Vacation. Emily Henry. Berkley 7. An Offer from a Gentleman.

Julia Quinn. Avon 8. The Silent Patient. Alex Michaelides. Celadon 9. 21st Birthday. Patterson/Paetro. Grand Central 10. The Viscount Who Loved Me (TV tiein). Julia Quinn. Avon

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Docuseries takes look at issues more sinister than leadership hypocrisy ‘Hillsong: A Megachurch Exposed’ reveals allegations of exploitation, sexual misconduct

By ASHLEY FETTERS MALOY Washington Post

For the first two decades of my life, there was very little I did that wasn’t touched somehow by evangelical churches.

I can still sing a random smattering of Bible verses, thanks to catchy little melodies we played on cassette tapes in the car. I still remember the first time I ever felt so overwhelmed by the Holy Spirit that I wept during a church service — I was 11, and it was during a rendition of “Shout to the Lord,” a beloved praise anthem from none other than Hillsong, the Australia-based global charismatic church network known best at the time for its stirring, internationally popular worship songs.

I’m still working out why exactly I quit going to church in my early 20s, about a decade ago; for a long time, all I could really muster was that I could no longer ignore the gnawing suspicion that I’d be happier if I did.

(I was.) As an adult, though, I’ve started to piece together that perhaps it had less to do with God or the Bible or Christianity itself than with the fallible, corruptible, misguidable human beings I answered to every Sunday.

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juice, dry sherry and olive oil is quite a marvel.

It is the stuff that culinary dreams are made of.

CHICKEN WITH 40 CLOVES OF GARLIC Yield: 4 servings 40 cloves garlic, peeled 2 teaspoons vegetable oil, divided 1/2 teaspoon granulated sugar 8 (5 to 7-ounce) bone-in, skinon chicken thighs or 4 bone-in, skin-on chicken breasts halved crosswise 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon pepper 1/2 cup dry sherry 3/4 cup chicken broth 1/2 cup heavy cream 2 teaspoons cornstarch dissolved in 1 tablespoon water 2 sprigs fresh thyme 1 bay leaf Note: To peel many cloves of garlic at once, break garlic heads into cloves and place in a zipper-lock bag. Squeeze out air, seal bag and gently pound garlic with a rolling pin. Remove peeled cloves from bag.

1. Adjust oven rack to upper-middle position and preheat to 450 degrees Fahrenheit. Toss garlic in a microwavable bowl with 1 teaspoon

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combine.

Divide the mixture among six (6- to 8-ounce) ramekins or jars. Cover and refrigerate until set, about 3 hours.

Finely dice the remaining

So when I watched Discovery Plus’s new three-part documentary “Hillsong: A Megachurch Exposed,” some of what it uncovered felt wholly, sadly familiar. Other revelations, though, were uniquely horrifying.

“A Megachurch Exposed” aims to spotlight the many alleged wrongdoings of Hillsong, which now has locations in 30 countries. It airs allegations that Hillsong’s leadership got rich off donations while heavily exploiting volunteer labor.

And it argues that pastors have engaged in extramarital affairs and mishandled accusations of sexual misconduct by church staff, despite teaching the evils of impurity and lying.

Arguably Hillsong’s most famous scandal stateside involved the downfall of Carl Lentz, the young, attractive pastor (dubbed a “hypepriest” by GQ) often spotted wearing luxury streetwear and hanging out with the celebrities among his congregation — including Justin and Hailey Bieber, Kourtney Kardashian and Kevin Durant.

In 2020, Lentz admitted to having a months-long extramarital affair and was fired from his position as head of Hillsong’s only American church, located oil and sugar. Microwave garlic until slightly softened with light brown spotting, about 4 minutes, stirring halfway through.

2. Pat chicken dry with paper towels and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Heat remaining 1 teaspoon oil in 12-inch oven-safe skillet over medium-high heat until just smoking. Cook chicken skin-side down until browned, 7 to 10 minutes. Transfer to plate, skin-side up. Pour off all but 1 tablespoon of fat from skillet. Reduce heat to medium low, add garlic, and cook until evenly browned, about 1 minute.

3. Off heat, add sherry to skillet. Return skillet to medium heat and bring sherry to simmer, scraping up any browned bits. Cook until sherry coats garlic and pan is nearly dry, about 4 minutes. Stir in broth, cream, the cornstarch mixture, thyme sprigs and bay leaf, and simmer until slightly thickened, about 3 minutes.

Return chicken skin-side up to skillet along with any accumulated juices. Transfer skillet to oven and roast until chicken registers 175 degrees, 18 to 22 minutes (15 to 20 minutes if cooking breasts).

4. Using pot holder (skillet handle will be hot), remove skillet from oven. Transfer chicken and half of garlic to serving platter. Discard thyme and bay leaf.

Using potato masher, mash remaining garlic into sauce and mango. Top each cup with a sixth of the diced mango, sprinkle with the coconut and serve.

NOTE: If using frozen mango, defrost first.

Nutrition information per serving (about 1/2 cup) | Calories: 76; Total Fat: 3 g; Saturated Fat: 2 g; Cholesterol: 0 mg; Sodium: 4 mg; Carbohydrates: 12 g; Dietary Fiber: 1 g; Sugar: 11 g; Protein: 1 g This analysis is an estimate based on available ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s or nutritionist’s advice.

From cookbook author and registered nutritionist Ellie Krieger.

“A Megachurch Exposed,” a three-part documentary on Discovery Plus, aims to spotlight the many alleged wrongdoings of Hillsong, which now has locations in 30 countries. Discovery Plus

in New York City. “A Megachurch Exposed” delves into that saga, while also featuring testimonies from former staffers, volunteers and congregation members — plus students at the church-adjacent Hillsong College — who allege that they’ve been worked to exhaustion for no pay or that at least one report of inappropriate behavior toward a young woman by a male staffer was underinvestigated. (On the latter, the church has claimed it reported it to Australian authorities shortly after leadership found out. Hillsong has not responded to The Washington Post’s request for comment on the documentary’s various allegations.)

This specific brand of leadership hypocrisy in church settings is, unfortunately, not

specific to Hillsong. It’s practically a trope by now, the hypersuccessful church leader who quite literally fails to practice what he preaches.

Famed televangelist Jim Bakker went to prison in 1989 for fraud related to church fundraising. Jimmy Swaggart, whose televised sermons and Bible studies were broadcast all over the nation in the early 1980s, was suspended by the Assemblies of God Fellowship and eventually defrocked after he was caught hiring sex workers.

The first two-thirds of “A Megachurch Exposed,” in other words, reveal the misdeeds of more than just its one titular megachurch.

The series’ final episode, however, is where “A Megachurch Exposed” takes a turn

for the truly shocking, depicting an institution so profoundly compromised that its leaders won’t even fully confront the rot. It digs into a scandal that those who know Hillsong solely through its Bieber association may never have heard of: the child sex-abuse saga involving Frank Houston, founder of the church out of which Hillsong eventually grew, and the alleged coverup by his son Brian, who officially founded Hillsong in 1983.

According to the documentary, Frank repeatedly sexually abused at least one young boy in the late 1960s and paid him 10,000 Australian dollars as “compensation” in the late 1990 — when the abuse had been reported to the church but not yet to the authorities. The documentary then cites the minutes from a 1999 meeting of church elders that details their plans to keep the abuse quiet and reinstate Frank as head pastor after a temporary suspension. According to the documentary, at least seven other men have since come forward to allege sexual abuse by Frank Houston between 1965 and 1977.

In 2014, Brian Houston was summoned by the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse for questioning.

season with salt and pepper to taste. Pour half of sauce around chicken. Serve, passing remaining sauce separately.

SAUCE Yield: 6 servings 1/3 cup olive oil 4 cloves garlic, lightly crushed 1 bay leaf 1/4 teaspoon dried red-pepper flakes 2 pounds large shrimp, shelled 1 1/4 teaspoons salt 1/4 teaspoon pepper 3 tablespoons dry sherry 2 tablespoons lemon juice 3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

Per serving: 580 calories; 40 g fat; 14 g saturated fat; 207 mg cholesterol; 35 g protein; 17 g carbohydrate; 4 g sugar; 1 g fiber; 820 mg sodium; 83 mg calcium Recipe from “The Chicken Bible” by America’s Test Kitchen

GARLIC VODKA Yield: 10 servings 1 large head of garlic, cut in half widthwise Olive oil Salt Pepper 2 cups good-quality vodka 1. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees; place a rack in the middle of the oven.

2. Place garlic halves cut-side down in a small baking dish.

Drizzle with olive oil, and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cover the baking dish tightly with foil, then transfer to the oven. Cook until the garlic is tender and golden, about 1 hour. Let the halves cool completely.

3. Add garlic to a jar with the vodka. Let sit for 12 to 24 hours, depending on how strong a garlic flavor you want.

Strain into a clean container.

Cover and store in the refrigerator for up to 2 months.

Per serving: 115 calories; 1 g fat; no saturated fat; no cholesterol; no protein; 1 g carbohydrate; no sugar; 1 g fiber; 233 mg sodium; 1 mg calcium Recipe by Brandon Matzek, via kitchenkonfidence.com

OVEN-ROASTED GARLIC Yield: 16 servings 4 heads fresh garlic 1/4 cup olive oil Water 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Using a sharp knife, remove the top of the garlic head to expose the inner cloves.

Brush heads with olive oil and place in a shallow casserole or au gratin dish. Fill dish with 1 inch of water and cover. Bake 45 to 60 minutes until garlic is soft and light brown.

3. To eat, remove garlic from its skin with a knife and spread onto baguette rounds with butter.

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FRESH THYME AND GARLIC SOUP Yield: 4 servings 4 heads of garlic 1 bunch (12 sprigs) fresh thyme, or 4 fresh sage leaves or 3 fresh tarragon sprigs or 6 springs of fresh marjoram or 1 large bunch of parsley

The documentary includes footage of his official testimony, in which he acknowledges his father’s sexual abuse of a minor but denies having tried to cover up the payment. A year later, the Commission found he had failed to report knowledge of child sex abuse to the authorities.

Earlier this year, Brian Houston stepped down as head pastor of Hillsong “for the rest of the year” to focus on fighting the formal charge of concealing sex abuse. This week, after an internal investigation into two complaints that Brian had acted inappropriately toward women, he resigned.

The documentary presents an impressive array of former employees, volunteers and members who readily condemn both Hillsong’s common megachurch problems and its devastating specific ones. But a quietly striking aspect is that few if any seem to have soured on Christianity.

A less thoughtful documentary on the subject might miss such a nuance, but “A Megachurch Exposed” doesn’t.

Memorably, one former volunteer says, “If Jesus were to walk into a Hillsong church today, I don’t know if He would be welcomed.” And with a slow smile, she adds, “He would probably flip the tables there, too.”

1. In a large frying pan, heat the oil over moderate heat.

Add the garlic, bay leaf and red-pepper flakes, and cook for 3 minutes, stirring occasionally.

2. Add the shrimp, salt and pepper to the pan and stir to combine. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the shrimp are just done, 4 to 5 minutes. Stir in the sherry, lemon juice and parsley.

Oven-Roasted Garlic, pictured on Wednesday, March 9. Colter Peterson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch

1 quart chicken broth or water Juice of 1 lemon or lime Salt and pepper 4 slices of stale or lightly toasted French bread, plus extra slices for passing 1. Break up the heads of garlic into cloves. Discard the papery membrane that comes off while you’re breaking up the heads, but don’t bother peeling the cloves.

2. Tie the thyme or other herbs into a small bundle and put it into a 4-quart pot with the garlic. Pour in the stock, cover the pot and bring the soup to a slow simmer. Cook about 30 minutes, until the garlic cloves are very soft and can be crushed easily against the inside of the pot.

3. Strain the soup through a strainer into a blender. Peel the garlic (the peels will come off very easily) and add the cloves to the blender, or simply use the ladle to crush the unpeeled cloves against the strainer into the blender. Add the lemon or lime juice, season with salt and pepper, and puree.

4. Place a slice of stale bread in each bowl and pour the soup over it. You can top each bowl of soup with a spoonful of virgin olive oil or a dollop of butter, but this isn’t essential. Pass slices of French bread brushed with olive oil in a basket.

Per serving: 210 calories; 2 g fat; 1 g saturated fat; 5 mg cholesterol; 10 g protein; 42 g carbohydrate; 3 g sugar; 2 g

fiber; 1,183 mg sodium; 148 mg calcium Recipe from “Splendid Soups” by James Peterson

GARLIC BREAD A LA MARY ANNE Yield: 6 servings 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 tablespoons butter 2 cloves garlic, peeled, see note 1 loaf Italian bread Note: For the subtlest flavor, leave the garlic cloves whole.

For a slightly more garlicky taste, lightly crush the garlic.

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Heat oil and butter in a small saucepan over mediumlow heat until butter melts.

Add garlic and gently cook, stirring occasionally, 10 minutes. Remove from heat and let sit at least 10 minutes with the garlic still in the mixture.

3. Cut bread into 12 slices, but don’t cut all the way through; the slices should resemble an accordion. Brush the butter-oil mixture on both sides of each slice. Place bread on a baking sheet and heat in oven until warm, about 10 minutes.

Per serving: 260 calories; 10 g fat; 3 g saturated fat; 10 mg cholesterol; 8 g protein; 36 g carbohydrate; 2 g sugar; 2 g fiber; 410 mg sodium; 10 mg calcium Recipe by Mary Anne Pikrone

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Per serving: 250 calories; 13 g fat; 2 g saturated fat; 243 mg cholesterol; 31 g protein; 2 g carbohydrate; 1 g sugar; no fiber; 713 mg sodium; 105 mg calcium Adapted from Food & Wine

STIR-FRIED SPINACH WITH GARLIC Yield: 4 servings 1 1/2 pounds (24 ounces) fresh spinach, see note 1 tablespoon peanut or vegetable oil 4 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon granulated sugar Note: If using baby spinach, you do not have to remove the stems. If using regular spinach, remove the stems before cooking.

1. Wash the spinach thoroughly. Heat a wok or a large skillet over high heat until it is hot. Add the oil, and when it is very hot and slightly smoking add the garlic; stir-fry for 25 seconds.

2. Add the spinach and salt, and stir-fry for about 2 minutes to coat thoroughly with the oil. When the spinach has wilted to about one-third of its original volume, add the sugar and continue to stir-fry for 4 more minutes (less if using baby spinach). Transfer the spinach to a plate and pour off any excess liquid. Serve hot or cold.

Per serving: 75 g calories; 4 g fat; 3 g saturated fat; 0 mg cholesterol; 5 g protein; 8 g carbohydrate; 2 g sugar; 4 g fiber; 716 mg sodium; 174 mg calcium Adapted from a recipe from “Complete Chinese Cookbook”

by Ken Hom