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CATSKILL — The Greene County Economic Development Corporation has launched a survey to learn from businesses what reopening the economy would be like for them.

Greene County Chamber of Commerce President Jeff Friedman encouraged businesses to be prepared.

“There has been a lot of conversations about reopening the economy, but I would

caution business owners and the public on what that will look like,” he said Monday.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo extended the shutdown of nonessential businesses in New York until May 15.

“It’s likely to be a slow opening, it’s likely to be phased,” he said. “If you’re looking for a map as to how that might happen, look at how it was closed down and flip it in reverse. I caution people who think it’s going to happen quickly. Folks need to plan for well beyond

May 15.”

A phased opening is critical, Friedman said.

“If we do this wrong and we get a second wave (of COVID-19) and it is as bad or worse as this wave, the impact economically will be far worse than this has been, so we have to do this right,” he said. “I’m advising people to be patient and cautious.”

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Greene County Legislature Chairman Patrick Linger, second from right, said Monday the surveys received by businesses will be completed and sent to the Empire State Development Office.

Health officials study antibody tests as limits ease

By Kate Lisa Johnson Newspaper Corp.

ALBANY — Updated coronavirus COVID-19 antibody test results show almost 15% of New Yorkers have been exposed to the virus, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said, as the state Board of Elections voted Monday to cancel New York’s presidential primary.

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SEE RELATED STORY PAGE A8 Phase-two results of the state’s antibody testing survey show 14.9% of New York’s population has COVID-19 antibodies, indicating they were exposed to, recovered and are immune to the illness. The state has not conducted antibody testing on anyone under age 18.

Of about 7,500 New Yorkers tested to date, 52% were female and 48% were male. About 24.7% of positives were collected in New York City, with 14.4% on Long Island, 15.1% in Westchester and Rockland counties and 3.2% in the rest of the state.

The antibody study shows 2.6% positive in the Mohawk Valley, 1.2% in the North Country, 2.1% positive in the Capital Region, 10.4% in the Hudson Valley including

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Westchester and Rockland counties and 7.1% in Western New York.

“The antibody testing tells you where we are,” Cuomo said during Monday’s briefing in the state Capitol. “It gives us a snapshot of where we are.”

The virus infection rate continues to be highest in African-American, Latino, Hispanic and other communities of color. About 22.2% of people who identify as multiple, or other, races tested positive for virus antibodies. About 32% of Latino or Hispanic, 16.9% of blacks and 14.6% of Asians tested have COVID-19 antibodies. About 8.9% of whites tested positive. The state continues to prioritize diagnostic and antibody testing in communities of color.

New York’s COVID-19 fatalities reached 17,303 Monday — up from 16,599 Saturday and 16,966 Sunday. The state saw 337 virus-related deaths Sunday, including 313 in hospitals and 24 in nursing homes.

The daily death toll continues a slight decline from 367 Saturday and 437 Friday.

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New York’s coronavirus COVID-19 infection rate is at 0.8%, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said from the state Capitol on Sunday afternoon down from 0.9% last week.

Government agencies continue to monitor the state’s virus-related hospitalization and death rates to determine which regions of New York can reopen first.

Union worries as fiscal woes hit nursing home

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Livingston Hills Nursing and Rehabilitation Center faces complaints amid COVID-19 pandemic.

LIVINGSTON — Health care workers at Livingston Hills Nursing and Rehabilitation Center are concerned about the facility’s financial woes amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, the union that represents Livingston Hills workers, posted a petition on Facebook on behalf of the workers alleging the nursing home could lose Medicaid funding if ongoing financial concerns are not addressed.

“In my opinion, I believe we started the petition for

one simple reason. It is that we needed some kind of stability at the nursing home, not only for the residents and the workers but also for the community. That was our main goal,” said AnnMarie Fran, who works in housekeeping at Livingston Hills.

Two residents tested positive for COVID-19 at Livingston Hills as of Friday. The Columbia County Department of Health had received no information about new cases as of Monday, said Columbia County Public Health Director Jack Mabb.

1199 SEIU, which represents the licensed practical nurses, certified medical

assistants and other workers at Livingston Hills, took to Facebook to express concern over the facility’s financial management. 1199 SEIU is one of the largest health care unions in the nation.

On Saturday, the union posted a petition titled “Save Livingston Hills Nursing Home” to its regional Facebook page, The petition alleges that the facility’s owners have ignored workers’ concerns over finances and stopped paying for benefits.

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Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, during the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Beijing on Nov. 21, 2019.

organization that was focused on HIV and malaria and polio eradication, and almost entirely shifted it to work on this,” he told the FT. Gates also defended the World Health Organization

against accusations from U.S. President Donald Trump that the body had mishandled the virus response.

“WHO is clearly very, very important and should

actually get extra support to perform their role during this epidemic,” Gates said.

He said he doesn’t believe Trump will follow through on his threat to withdraw funding for the WHO.

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Billionaire Bill Gates’s foundation will focus all of its resources on fighting the coronavirus, according to the Financial Times.

The philanthropist and founder of Microsoft said the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, with an endowment exceeding $40 billion, will give “total attention” to the pandemic that has killed more than 200,000 and is roiling economies around the world, he said in an interview with the newspaper.

“You’re going to have economies with greatly reduced activity levels for years,” Gates said. The pandemic could cost the global economy “tens of trillions of dollars,” he said in the interview.

The foundation has contributed $250 million to help counter the coronavirus and is re-purposing units dedicated to fighting other diseases to join in the battle against the pandemic.

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Nobel prize winning economist Paul Romer says a return to a nearly normal life is possible this summer if the United States does wide-scale testing for the coronavirus.

Romer is calling on the U.S. government to test everyone in the nation once every two weeks and isolate people who test positive for the deadly coronavirus. He estimates that would cost $100 billion, a hefty sum but far less than the $2 trillion Congress has spent so far and less than the cost of keeping the economy partially closed for months to come.

“I’m on the optimistic end of how quickly we can scale testing up,” said Paul Romer, who won the 2018 Nobel prize for economics. “I do think there’s a way most people could feel safe returning to what feels like normal life this summer if we do this wide-scale testing.”

So far, the nation has tested about five million people — or less than 2% of the population.

Last week Congress approved an additional $25 billion for

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On the flip-side, re-opening much of the nation too soon could cause deaths to skyrocket again.

Top White House officials voiced support for more testing over the weekend. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Fox News Sunday that the Trump administration would “balance” re-opening the economy with “more testing” in order to “monitory this very, very carefully.”

Deborah Birx, the White House’s coronavirus task force coordinator, also said Sunday that more testing would be needed and that “social distancing will be with us through the summer.”

As Congress and the White House debate another round of economic relief, it’s unclear how much more money will be allocated for testing. Evidence from China and Germany, which have begun to re-open much of their economies, shows that people remain reluctant to go out and spend again. Subways in China remain half full, big public spaces

like casinos remain nearly empty and economic activity is still way off from normal.

While some have balked at the price tag for testing every American, Romer points out that the United States is losing at least $500 billion a month from the Great Lockdown. His estimate is more modest than some other economists such as St. Louis Federal Reserve President Jim Bullard, who says the nation is losing $25 billion a day right now. Bullard has also endorsed universal testing as the only way to fix the health — and economic — problems the nation faces.

“Every month of delay makes the recovery slower and take longer,” Romer said.

Romer won the Nobel prize for modeling the U.S. and global economies. A former chief economist at the World Bank, he has built a career thinking through big international problems and what to do about them. But the coronavirus fight is also personal for Romer. He has a daughter who is a an intensive-care physician in Philadelphia.

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testing as part of the latest funding bill, which Romer calls a good start but not enough.

Re-starting the U.S. economy isn’t just about government officials clearing certain businesses to re-open. People have to feel safe enough to venture out. Romer says that will only happen when nearly everyone in the country is getting tested on a regular basis and people who are sick are being quarantined.

“It’s totally in our control to fix this,” Romer said in a phone interview. “We should be spending $100 billion on the testing. We should just get it going. It’s just not that hard.”

He advises starting with testing all health care and front line workers in the next month and then scaling up the testing to the rest of the nation this summer by using university labs to process tests.

Romer says massive testing is the only viable option for the nation. Otherwise the economy will limp along, leaving millions of people unemployed and forcing small business to shut forever. That kind of pain could

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The new coronavirus appears to linger in the air in crowded spaces or rooms that lack ventilation, researchers found in a study that buttresses the notion that COVID-19 can spread through tiny airborne particles known as aerosols.

At two hospitals in Wuhan, China, researchers found bits of the virus’s genetic material floating in the air of hospital toilets, an indoor space housing large crowds, and rooms where medical staff take off protective gear. The study, published Monday in the journal Nature Research, didn’t seek to establish whether the airborne particles could cause infections.

The question of how readily the new virus can spread through the air has been a matter of debate. The World Health Organization has said

the risk is limited to specific circumstances, pointing to an analysis of more than 75,000 cases in China in which no airborne transmission was reported.

But as the virus fans across the globe and infections near three million, scientists are trying to understand exactly how contamination occurs.

People produce two types of droplets when they breathe, cough or talk. Larger ones drop to the ground before they evaporate, causing contamination mostly via the objects on which they settle. Smaller ones — those that make up aerosols — can hang in the air for hours.

The researchers, led by Ke Lan of Wuhan University, set up so-called aerosol traps in and around two hospitals in the city that was home to the pandemic’s first steps.

They found few aerosols in patient wards, supermarkets

and residential buildings.

Many more were detected in toilets and two areas that had large crowds passing through, including an indoor space near one of the hospitals.

Especially high concentrations appeared in the rooms where medical staff doff protective equipment, which may suggest that particles contaminating their gear became airborne again when masks, gloves and gowns are removed.

The findings highlight the importance of ventilation, limiting crowds and careful sanitation efforts, the researchers

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Wednesday, April 28 n Catskill Town Planning Board canceled 518-943-2141

Monday, May 4 n Athens Town Board 6:45 p.m. Town

Hall, 2 First St., Athens 518-945-1052 n Cairo Town Board 7 p.m. Town Hall, 512 Main St., Cairo n Greenville CSD BOE/Budget discussion 5 6 p.m. Virtual Meeting only (see website for link)

Ghent man dies in Hunter crash

By Bill Williams Columbia-Greene Media

HUNTER — A Columbia County man died Saturday afternoon after his motorcycle collided with a car in the town of Hunter, Greene County Sheriff Pete Kusminsky said.

Timothy Melino, 35, of Ghent, was traveling west on Route 23A, in the area of Horseshoe Bend, about 12:40

p.m., when he attempted to pass a tractor-trailer, Kusminsky said.

Melino was unable to re-enter Timothy Melino the west lane and struck a car traveling east head-on,

according to the sheriff’s office.

Melino was pronounced dead at the scene, Kusminsky said.

The occupants of the second vehicle were not injured, according to the sheriff’s office.

They were not identified.

Greene County 911 placed a Lifenet helicopter on standby, but it was not needed,

according to the sheriff’s office.

Route 23A was closed between the Kaaterskill Creek Bridge in Palenville and Wingate Road in Haines Falls for two and a half hours while the sheriff’s office investigated the accident, Kusminsky said.

Melino was a data scientist with UL and Meso in Albany and Troy. He leaves behind a fiancee, Natasha Burger, who is

expecting their child this year, and a daughter, Alivia Melino.

The Greene County Sheriff’s Office conducted the investigation, assisted by Town of Hunter Police, state police, Hunter Area Ambulance, Greene County Paramedics, Tannersville Rescue Squad and the Haines Falls Fire Department.

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Tuesday, May 5 n Durham Town Board workshop meeting 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 7309 Route 81, East Durham

Thursday, May 7 n Ashland Planning Board 6 p.m.

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

Town Hall, 512 Main St., Cairo n Coxsackie-Athens CSD, special Board of Education virtual meeting 6 p.m. n Coxsackie Village Workshop 6 p.m.

Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie 518-731-2718

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

Town Hall, 12094 Route 23, Ashland n Catskill Village Planning Board 7 p.m. Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill n Coxsackie Village Board 7 p.m.

Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie 518-731-2718

Tuesday, May 12 n Coxsackie Village Historic Preserva-

tion Committee 6 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie 518-731-2718

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

Village Hall, 2 First St., Athens 518-9451551 n Jewett Town Board 7 p.m. Jewett Municipal Building, 3547 County Route 23C, Jewett

Monday, May 18 n Athens Town Board 6:45 p.m. Town

Hall, 2 First St., Athens 518-945-1052 n Greenville Town Board 7 p.m. Town Hall, 11159 Route 32, Pioneer Building, Greenville

Tuesday, May 19 n Athens Village Planning Board 6:30

p.m. Village Hall, 2 First St., Athens 518945-1551 n Durham Town Board 7:30 p.m.

Town Hall, 7309 Route 81, East Durham n Hunter Town Board 7 p.m. Town Hall, 5748 Route 23A, Tannersville

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

STATE POLICE n Matthew D. Rinaldo, 25, of Freehold, was arrested at 8:34 p.m. April 19 in Catskill and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a bloodalcohol content greater than 0.08% and driving while intoxicated, both unclassified misdemeanors. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Andrew J. Smith, 26, of Ancramdale, was arrested at 7:21 p.m. April 19 in Athens and charged with seventhdegree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a class A misdemeanor. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Mason J. Lewis, 19, of Catskill, was arrested at 9:24 p.m. April 20 in Coxsackie and charged with operation of a motor vehicle while impaired by drugs, an unclassified misdemeanor. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Robert E. Lambert, 31, of Cairo, was arrested at 4 p.m.

April 21 in Cairo and charged with first-degree criminal contempt and aggravated family offense, both class E felonies. He was held. n Connie M. Akersloot, 61, of Leeds, was arrested at 6 p.m. April 16 in Cairo and

charged with violating environmental conservation laws, an unclassified misdemeanor. She was issued an appearance ticket. n Danielle S. McKenna, 38, of Cairo, was arrested at 3:42 p.m. April 22 in Cairo and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a class A misdemeanor. She was issued an appearance ticket. n Katie S. Stein, 28, of West Coxsackie, was arrested at 9:18 p.m. April 22 in Athens and charged with driving while ability impaired by alcohol and driving while intoxicated, both unclassified misdemeanors. She was issued an appearance ticket. n Joseph W. Caracciolo, 33, of Windham, was arrested at 3:17 a.m. April 24 in Windham and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol content greater than 0.08% and driving while intoxicated, both unclassified misdemeanors. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Melissa A. Moon, 42, of Cairo, was arrested at 7:31 p.m. April 17 in Cairo and charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, an unclassified misdemeanor; failure to obey a traffic device, an equipment violation, and using her turn signal less than 100 feet from a turn, all

infractions. She was issued an appearance ticket. n Lucius S. Jenkins, 41, of Catskill, was arrested at 11:10 a.m. April 20 in Catskill and charged with second-degree assault, a class D felony. He was released on his own recognizance. n Michael Manchur, Jr., 54, of Freehold, was arrested at 7:42 p.m. April 22 in Freehold and charged with thirddegree criminal mischief, a class E felony; resisting arrest and second-degree obstruction of governmental administration, both class A misdemeanors; and disorderly conduct, a violation. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Rhett B. Butler, 36, of Albany, was arrested at 11:15 a.m. April 22 in New Baltimore and charged with petty larceny, a class A misdemeanor and third-degree criminal trespass, a class B misdemeanor. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Laurent Danthine, 47, of Sloansville, was arrested at 11:15 a.m. April 22 in New Baltimore and charged with petty larceny, a class A

misdemeanor, and third-degree criminal trespass, a class B misdemeanor. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Brian Palmer, 26, of Catskill, was arrested at 2:57 a.m. April 25 in Catskill and charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a class D felony; two counts of seconddegree criminal use of drug paraphernalia, both class A misdemeanors; and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, an unclassified misdemeanor. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Robert E. Lambert, 31, of Cairo, was arrested at 8:45 p.m. April 25 in Cairo and charged with first-degree criminal contempt and aggravated family offense, both class E felonies. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Anthony J. Beaudoin, 45, of Coxsackie, was arrested at 9:55 p.m. April 25 in Coxsackie and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol content greater than 0.08% with a prior conviction, a class E felony, and driving while intoxicated, an

unclassified misdemeanor.

He was issued an appearance ticket. n Brian Palmer, 26, of Catskill, was arrested at 1:01 a.m. April 26 in Catskill and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and seconddegree criminal use of drug paraphernalia, both class A misdemeanors, and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, an unclassified misdemeanor. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Kaitlin E. Barnhart, 26, of Saugerties, was arrested at 1:04 a.m. April 26 in Catskill and charged with seventhdegree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a class A misdemeanor. She was issued an appearance ticket. n Austin T. Hollister, 21, of Purling, was arrested at 3:30 a.m. April 27 in Saugerties and charged with operation of a motor vehicle while impaired by drugs, an unclassified misdemeanor. He was issued an appearance ticket.

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Wednesday, May 20 n Cairo Town Board workshop meet-

ing 7 p.m. Town Hall, 512 Main St., Cairo n Catskill Library Board 6:45 p.m. at either the Catskill Library, 1 Franklin St., Catskill or Palenville Library, 3303 Route 23A, Palenville

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Thursday, May 21 n Coxsackie Village Planning Board 7 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie 518-731-2718

Monday, May 25 n Coxsackie Village Offices closed in

observance of Memorial Day

Wednesday, May 27 n Athens Village Board 6:30 p.m.

Village Hall, 2 First St., Athens 518-9451551

Monday, June 1 n Athens Town Board 6:45 p.m. Town Hall, 2 First St., Athens 518-945-1052 n Cairo Town Board 7 p.m. Town Hall, 512 Main St., Cairo

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Food pantries will not fail us Getting food to people who are sequestered in their homes because of the coronavirus, either by choice or by fate, is the very definition of an essential service.

Using a little money and a lot of imagination, Community Action of Greene County is taking its food pantry on the road. The mobile pantry was scheduled to start rolling Monday. It will make stops at Medway Congregational Church and Cairo-Durham Elementary School, followed by B&B Lounge and Pine View Apartments on Thursday.

Community Action received a $20,000 donation from the Dyson Foundation, as well as support from local businesses, to make the mobile pantry a reality. The Bank of Greene County also supports Community Action on an annual basis.

Community Action’s pantry has seen a 15%-25% increase in newcomers during the pandemic, a rise comparable to many

food pantries in the Twin Counties. To receive food from the mobile food pantry, you must pre-register by calling Community Action at 518-943-9205.

Community Action’s regular food pantry remains open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Monday through Friday.

Catskill Community Center’s food pantry has been extremely busy, serving about three times the normal number of customers. The pantry is open every Wednesday from 1:30-3 p.m.

The Coxsackie Area Food Pantry doubled its last food order. Village Mayor Mark Evans granted the pantry access to warehouses for the necessary storage space. The Coxsackie Area Food Pantry is open 1-2 p.m. on Tuesdays, 7-8 p.m. on Thursdays and 10-11 a.m. Saturdays.

Like the Coxsackie Area Food Pantry, Chatham Area Silent Food Pantry is seeing a decline in customers. The Chatham pantry is getting the word out reminding people it is open if

they need it. Chatham Area Silent Food Pantry is open 10 a.m.-noon on Mondays and Tuesdays, 4-6 p.m. on Wednesdays and Thursdays and 10 a.m.-noon on Fridays. To place an order call 518-392-7794.

The Cairo Food Pantry remains open on Tuesdays from 6-7:30 p.m. for drivethru service.

Matthew 25 Food Pantry in Catskill is open from 1-3 p.m. on Sundays, 6-8 p.m. on Wednesdays and 4-6 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Matthew 25 has increased its hours and deliveries. Customer are served one at a time and food is distributed in prebagged packages.

These are days of anxiety, but people in isolation because of COVID-19 should push fear out of their hearts. Thanks to volunteers, contributors and many others keeping local pantries going, people will not run out of food. By delivery, by registration, by phone order, by visit, the food pantries will not fail us.

ANOTHER VIEW

Sending the virus to poor neighbors (c) 2020,The Washington Post ·

Guatemala had confirmed just 25 cases of the coronavirus on March 26, the day U.S. officials in Arizona put a group of Guatemalan detainees on two deportation flights to their native country. Of the 41 passengers on those planes, according to Guatemalan health officials, roughly 30 tested positive for the virus shortly after arriving in the impoverished Central American country. This month, dozens more Guatemalans tested positive after arriving on a deportation flight from Texas.

With the coronavirus spreading across the United States, the Trump administration’s ongoing deportations are spreading the disease to struggling countries in this hemisphere whose anemic health-care systems are ill-equipped to deal with it. Guatemala has pleaded with Washington to test detainees for the virus before deporting them. But U.S. officials have committed only to screen them for obvious symptoms; they are not tested before being loaded onto flights. As evidence mounts that the pandemic is taking hold in Guatemala partly on account of deportees, Guatemalan officials have repeatedly suspended U.S. deportation flights.

The story is similar in Haiti, the hemisphere’spoorest nation, which, fearing the arrival of infected individuals, has asked U.S. officials to suspend deportation flights, only to be rebuffed. Already, Haitian officials say, three deportees from the United States early this month have tested positive for the virus upon arrival. An additional129 deportees landed there Thursday on a flight from Texas; none had been tested before departing. Haiti’s dysfunctional government, presiding over a broken-down economy and wobbly health-care system, is hardly able

to care for the sick under the best of circumstances. It is utterly incapable of handling an influx of covid-19 patients.

In Mexico, where officials have also asked that the United States not send infected deportees, the request has fallen on deaf ears - even as health-care workers blame recent deportations for an outbreak in a Mexican migrant shelter just south of the border with Texas, The Washington Post reported.

Notably, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which is in charge of deporting undocumented immigrants, is barely testing the more than 30,000 migrants it holds in detention centers, which health-care experts describe as petri dishes for unimpeded infections. Just 220 detainees had tested positive as of last Monday, a number that undoubtedly understates the actual spread of the infection in facilities where physical distancing is inadequate or nonexistent.

So lax is ICE’s attitude toward its detainees’ health, and so susceptible are the detainees to contracting the coronavirus, that the Lancet, a respected medical journal, said the “situation represents a moral and public health imperative for rapid action ... to mitigate the human toll of the pandemic.” No such rapid action has occurred.

It is bad enough that migrant detainees, many of whom have been charged with no criminal offense, are put at risk of being infected with a potentially lethal disease in U.S. detention centers. It is callous and irresponsible that no systematic effort is underway to test those detainees. And it is despicable that the United States, the richest country in the hemisphere, would then blithely deport some of them to nations that are among the hemisphere’s poorest.

Presidential purse snatching WASHINGTON — Some constitutional language is necessarily open-textured, as when it forbids the “establishment” of religion or “unreasonable” searches, or when it guarantees the “free exercise” of religion, “due process” and “equal protection” of law.

There is, in Chief Justice Warren Burger’s phrase, “play in the joints” of the Constitution.

The Framers, however, favored precision when it is possible and necessary, as in the Appropriations Clause: “No money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law ... .” This defines Congress’ core power, control of the government’s purse.

James Madison called it “the most complete and effectual weapon” that the House of Representatives possesses “for obtaining a redress of every grievance, and for carrying into effect every just and salutary measure.” Today, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia will hear oral arguments about whether this weapon is still effectual, or whether presidents can effectively nullify it, thereby substantially reducing Congress’ significance, and radically shifting in the executive branch’s favor the Framers’ intended equilibrium in the separation of powers.

Early in 2019, the political branches were at daggers drawn. Disagreement between the president and Congress about funding a border wall had resulted in the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, and then a deal: Donald Trump, who had requested $5 billion for his wall, grudgingly accepted what Congress grudgingly offered: $1.375 billion. Then Trump reneged.

The third of his four (so far) fungible chiefs of staff vowed, with the rhetorical swagger favored by the rhinestone cowboys in this White House, that the wall would be built “with or without Congress.”

Trump began diverting for his wall money that Congress had

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WILL appropriated for other uses — money that Congress had explicitly refused to provide for a wall.

Technically, Tuesday’s arguments will concern whether the House of Representatives has standing to seek judicial relief when a president violates the Appropriations Clause. Practically, the arguments will concern whether Congress has, as the Framers intended, a serious, indeed controlling role in the nation’s governance.

The House argues that, unlike constitutional provisions empowering Congress to enact legislation pursuant to its enumerated powers, the Appropriations Clause prohibits presidents from spending money not appropriated by both houses of Congress. It does not say presidents can spend money unless doing so is specifically forbidden by Congress.

Some members of the D.C. Circuit might be inclined to say that courts should steer clear of such interbranch tussles — that the House should instead use the “political tools at its disposal” to defend its interests. But its nuclear weapon, so to speak, can be its refusal to appropriate, even to the point of shutting down the government. It used this a year ago to no avail. The weapon achieved something worthless, this president’s promise.

The Trump administration first argued that even the House and the Senate acting together never have standing to sue to remedy an institutional injury. The almostas-flimsy reed on which the administration now leans its

case is the contention that the House cannot bring a suit without the Senate’s concurrence. Never mind that this is currently impossible because the Senate is controlled by Republicans who are controlled by the president, whom they fear more than they value their institution.

There are ample precedents of courts adjudicating interbranch disputes.

Besides, as James Wilson stressed during the 1787 Constitutional Convention, the federal purse has “two strings” that “both houses must concur in untying.”

Because both houses must agree on appropriations, each house can veto spending. Given that the Framers intended each house to have independent power over appropriations, the House argues, it follows that “a single chamber of Congress has standing where, as here, it seeks to protect an institutional power committed to it independent of the other chamber.”

In his 1833 “Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States,” Justice Joseph Story, then serving on John Marshall’s Supreme Court, wrote that without Congress’ control of appropriations, “the executive would possess an unbounded power over the public purse” and “might apply all its monied resources at his pleasure.” In bicentennial year 1976, the Supreme Court held that “the expenditure of public funds is proper only when authorized by Congress.”

In 2012, the D.C. Circuit held that the Appropriations Clause is a “bulwark” of the separation of powers. On Tuesday, the court, the nation’s second-most important, will revisit all this in a case that is probably en route to the most important court, which sits about 1,000 yards away, and can stand athwart presidential overreaching.

George Will’s email address is georgewill@washpost.com. (c) 2020, Washington Post Writers Group

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Mother Earth is sick, too To the editor: It seems all we see on the news is coronavirus coverage and all we can talk about is getting society back to normal. While we all need to stay informed and continue to social distance, it seems we’ve forgotten the Earth has been sick for quite some time now too. We’re asked to stay home, but as humans encroached on wild land, we kicked animals out of their homes. We’re asked to use masks, but as we polluted the air, trees couldn’t keep up with filtering the

toxins. We’re asked to not go out to eat with friends, but as we polluted the soil, the animals couldn’t find anything to eat.

The choices we’ve had the privilege to make in the past century, we’ve taken from mother nature, and now that we can’t do those things, some cry our rights are being taken away. Where’s America’s outcry for our Mother Earth?

Is it in the leaky oil pipelines we build across wetlands and forests? Is it in the increase in detrimental logging over the

past 3 years?

I’m not saying humans deserve this virus, and I’m not saying all hope it lost. I’m just pleading that the next time you go on a walk along the road, in the park, or at your favorite conservation area you leave with more trash than you brought. Defend Mother Earth, not just on Earth Day but every day because without her we wouldn’t have homes, food, or life itself.

MICHELLE DUFFICY GHENT

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Alan J. Schneck It is with great sadness that with people. He had that rare we announce the passing of Alan ability to put anyone at ease so J. Schneck, 62, who died peace- they would open up to him. He fully on Monday, April 20, 2020 learned a great deal from evat his home in Palenville, NY. eryone he spoke with and they He was born on May 23, 1957 in walked away knowing what a Fort Lee, New Jersey, the only uniquely kind person Alan was. son of the late Albert and DoloAlan was predeceased by his res Schneck. He graduated from parents, Albert and Dolores SchCatskill High School in 1976 and neck, his beloved sister Sharon Ulster County Community Col- Schneck, and his brother-in-law, lege with a degree in engineer- William Kane. He is survived by ing. He worked for his his spouse, Linda Dunn, Dad at Aldee Machine their son Albert SchWorks in Palenville until neck, his sister, Darlene his father’s retirement, Kane of New Jersey, when Alan purchased his sister Stacey Hodothe business and incorroski and her husband porated as Precision Michael of Rotterdam, Tool and Manufacturhis two nieces Marissa ing, Inc. Alan truly enKane and Amber Hodojoyed his work and was roski and his nephew Schneck exceptionally gifted as a Devin Hodoroski. tool and die maker. He Due to Covid-19, also loved spending time with graveside services will be prihis family and many friends. He vate for family only with burial at enjoyed camping, warm weather the Palenville Cemetery. In lieu vacations and had a kind and of flowers, contributions can be compassionate heart for all ani- made to the Columbia-Greene mals, having taken in numerous Humane Society, Hudson, NY. strays over the years, including Arrangements are with Traver cats, dogs, a horse and even a and McCurry Funeral Home, at goat. Most of all, he loved to talk Catskill, NY.

George David Beecham, III George David Beecham, III, humble and a great wit. He domi73, died April 26, 2020 at his nated at Jeopardy!, he loved a home in Holden Beach, North good prank, he was an ingenious Carolina, surrounded by his fam- inventor of necessity, and was ily. George was born in Taylor, always the consummate gentlePennsylvania, on April 14, 1947, man. He is survived by his wife of to George and Catherine (Jones) 50 years, Jacqueline; his brother Beecham. and sister-in-law, Lee He and his brother and Andrea Beecham; Lee grew up Riverside his two daughters and Vikings, playing football their spouses, Amy and and basketball, and atMichael Quinto, Cristen tended college together and Erik Zipf; his son at Bloomsburg UniBrett Beecham; his five versity. He married his grandchildren; several high school sweetheart, nieces and nephews; Jacqueline (Joyce), on April 3, 1970, and relo- Beecham, III and his devoted dog, Lola. Dad, you will live cated to Canaan, New York. He served his church, forever within us and we will love First Baptist Church of Pittsfield, you always.

A private memorial service Massachusetts, as a deacon, a Sunday school teacher, and a was held at the home. Donations youth fellowship leader. He was can be made to the Lewy Body a published endocrine biologist Dementia Association at www. and a dedicated employee of the lbda.org/donate. Online condosame pharmaceutical company lences may be made at www. for 43 years, ending his career peacocknewnamwhite.com. in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. He Peacock - Newnam & White and Jackie retired to Holden Funeral and Cremation Service, Beach in 2014. George was kind, Southport, NC.

Genevieve Virginia Snyder Genevieve Virginia Snyder, 95, of Claverack, passed away Sunday April 26, 2020 at Pine Haven Nursing Facility in Philmont. Born October 22, 1924 in Troy, NY, she is the daughter of William and Erma (Williams) LeBrecht.

Genevieve was a professional seamstress for over 30 years.

Her talents had her working at L & B Textiles for several years.

Her hobbies were designing, knitting, home decorating and gardening. Her family bestowed on her the title of best pie crust maker in the world. Left to cherish her memory include her

daughter Pamela Wood Decker, daughter in law Judith Griffin, grandchildren, Michele Clarke, Jennifer Wood, Laurie Brown, Danny Griffin, and Peggy Sheldon, and greatgrandchildren, Dylan, Olivia, Addison, Courtney, Treyvon, Tyler, James, Sophia, and Gianna. In addition to her parents, Genevieve was predeceased by her husband Edward W. Snyder, son Alan David Griffin, brother David Williams, and sister Lillian Williams.

Funeral services and interment will be private and at the convenience of Genevieve’s family.

Eleanor May (Lampman) Field Earlton - Eleanor May (Lampman) Field, April 26, 2020. Born July 30, 1935 to the late Percy and Elsie Lampman on Indian Ridge in Leeds, NY. Eleanor is survived by her faithful husband of 67 years Clifford (Skip) Field and four children, Susan Field-Cohen (Frank) of Spring Hill, FL, Roger Field (Lorri) of Catskill, Alan Field (Kyle) of Saugerties and Victoria Field (Edwin) of Tannersville, NY. She was blessed with seven grandchildren and ten great grandchildren, all of whom she adored. One of 15 chil-

dren and being an identical twin, Eleanor’s life was rich with family ties. Allthough some have passed including her beloved twin Elsie Miller of Round Top, she is survived by William Lampman (Helen) of Coxsackie, Charles Lampman (Mercy) of Leeds, Percy ‘Pete’ Lampman of Sandy Plains, Walter Lampman (Jane), Patricia Rotolo of Leeds and all of the members of her extensive loving family.

Eleanor had requested no formal ceremony, in lieu of flowers, please donate to a charity that is dear to your heart.

George A. Raynor George A. Raynor, of Catskill, New York, former U.S. Marine, peacefully passed away at the age of 89 on Sunday, April 19th. He is survived by daughters, Laura Raynor Jensen, Diane Coughlin, sons, George J. Raynor and Kenneth Raynor, ten grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

He will be laid to rest with his wife, Loretta, at Maple Grove Cemetery in Queens, New York.

Raynor

On Sunday April 19th, David Brenenstuhl, longtime resident of Hillsdale, New York and regular reader of the obituaries first, passed away from complications of the coronavirus.

Born on October 2, 1949 to Thomas and Margert Brenenstuhl, he was one of five sons, four having served in the military. David, feeling he chose best, served in the Navy. David was very proud of his time with the Navy and would often look to encourage others (especially grandsons John and Theo) to enlist or head to Annapolis. David traveled the world with the Navy on the USS Reeves during and after the Vietnam War. During his time in the service, he gained skills as an electrician, served as an entertainment coordinator, and acquired the ability to ask to for a beer and the restroom in countless languages. As you can imagine, this was the perfect prerequisite to his career as chef and owner of the Hillsdale House.

Using funds from a GI Bill, and customers as family. He David attended the Culinary In- knew everyone’s drink and fastitute of America at Hyde Park vorite food. You felt cared for while running his business with in his presence because you wife Deborah, helping to raise were. David was a man of quick his two children, Christina and wit and a great sense of humor.

Jason, and also serving He loved chatting with in the Navy Reserves. friends and helping David might have deothers. Other loves… veloped his affinity for heavily starched and naps during this time. pressed shirts, straight A spot on the hamcreases in his pants, a mock with the paper good game of Hearts was a favorite of his for with friends, and mowa “catnap”; claiming ing the lawn. Between with pride that 15 minlunch and dinner prep utes was all he needed Brenenstuhl David could be found to work through the rest mowing the lawn on his of the night.

Snapper. David loved keeping Taking the Hillsdale House the lawn tamed while also getfrom bar to restaurant was a la- ting some sun. In fact, he put bor of love for David. He had an in a pool so he could clean and uncompromising dedication to maintain it; a job he loved as a quality, loved developing a sea- teenager at Kaydeross Park in sonal menu, and working with Saratoga Springs. local farmers. He was a collecDavid had dreams of traveling tor of unusual and craft beers to the world again and sampling serve before it was trendy and each country’s local cuisines. a collector of friends from far We don’t think there was a food and wide. He thought of staff he wouldn’t try until Crohn’s

Disease robbed him of this passion. As David grew older and his health declined he had to stop his work at the restaurant.

He continued to love his “catnaps” now with the cuddle of his cat, Henri. He became Papa to his grandsons. He raised ducks and chickens (naming each and every one of them). And, he continued to love history, to watch the news, Jeopardy, old Westerns and Italian cooking with Lidia Bastianich. David could always be counted on for a donation to a local charity, a good meal, and a helping hand if needed. To honor his memory, please lift a glass and toast this man that we sorely miss, eat a good meal with fresh ingredients, and consider a donation to a local charity or the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation.

Arrangements are with the Peck and Peck Funeral Home of Copake, NY. To send an online condolence please visit www. peckandpeck.net.

Angelo “Larry” Markessinis Angelo “Larry” Markessinis, 97, of Elizaville, passed away Thursday April 23, 2020. Born October 27, 1922 in Hudson, NY, he is the son of Angel and Helen (Vassilou) Markessinis.

In 1936, just before entering his freshman year at Hudson High School, Larry’s father, with a need to conquer some health issues, decided to bring his family to Greece. Larry would plan on finishing high school in Greece, return to Hudson, and pursue further education for a career in medicine. When World War II started, all plans changed.

Germany and Italy had declared war on Greece, and in December of 1941, when Germany declared war on the United States, Larry and his family were arrested as enemy allies, and would

spend three years as prison- discharge, Larry attended Albaers. With British forces gaining ny Business College, and joined control, the British Army HQ in his parents’ business New York Athens, knew of Larry’s fluency Confectionary. Larry joined Loof English and Greek, which en- cal 1249 IBEW and worked as abled him to be a coma powerline foreman bat interpreter. Local for over 23 years. After Draft Board 23 of Hudretiring from powerline son, NY had requested construction, Larry was to British HQ in Athens, Superintendent of Cethat Larry’s services dar Park Cemetery for would be best served 20 years. His commitin the US Army. With ment to the community US troops more than a included over 70 years thousand miles away, of service to HW RogLarry was repatriated Markessinis ers Hose Fire Co. where and he and his family he served as Lieutenwould be sent back to the Unit- ant, Captain, and Chief. Larry ed States on a neutral Swedish also loved stamp collecting, ship in October 1945. He was and fly fishing. He was a meminducted into the US Army two ber of Stony Clove Rod and Gun months later, and was Honor- Club. Larry leaves to cherish ably Discharged in 1947. Upon his memory, his daughter Dona

(Larry) Saulpaugh, son Michael (Sandra) Markessinis, grandchildren, Reginald (AnneMarie) Osterhoudt, Danielle and Nicole Markessinis, and Christina (Tadd) Benoit, along with great grandchildren, Zachery, Benjamin, and Angelia Osterhoudt, Maximus Hall, and Garrett Cozza, Several nieces and nephews also survive. Larry was predeceased by his wife Shirley (Hamm) Markessinis, sister Angela Wurster, and brother Basil Markessinis.

A graveside service at Cedar Park Cemetery will be held Tuesday April 28, 2020 at 11:00am.

Contributions in memory of Larry are encouraged to be made to HW Rogers Hose Co. PO Box 482 Hudson, NY

Florence I. Ponkos Florence I. Ponkos 94, of Hudson, passed away Sunday April 26, 2020 at Columbia Memorial Hospital. Born in Randolph, NJ on November 1, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Pauline Ivankow.

Florence and her husband Rudy owned and operated Rudy’s TV in Hudson. She was an extremely loving and devoted wife, mother and grandmother and made the world’s best pies, cakes and cookies. Her holiday dinners were always spectacu-

lar. Florence loved fashion and as well as, many loving nieces had an eye for style and was a and nephews. She was prewonderful seamstress. deceased by her sons: She was a member of David B. Ponkos and Holy Trinity Parish/ St. Robert G. Ponkos, as Mary’s Church in Hudwell as brothers: Steve son. She is survived Ivankow, James Ivanby her loving husband hoe, Eugene Ivankoe, of 69 years Rudolph Roy Ivankoe and her Ponkos, her daughter sisters Catherine DragBarbara Ponkos-Meroon and Olga Brooks. la and husband (John), Calling hours for Ponkos daughter-in-law Laura family and friends will Ponkos, grandchilbe Friday May 1, 2020 dren Robert and Sarah Ponkos, from 9:30-11:00AM at the Sac-

co Funeral Home 700 Town Hall Drive Hudson, NY where building occupancy limits will be observed to 10 persons inside at a time. Burial will follow at 11:30 at Cedar Park Cemetery with committal prayers offered.

A Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be announced after restrictions are lifted. Donations in lieu of flowers to the Holy Trinity Parish PO Box 323 Hudson Hudson, NY 12534 To leave online condolences visit: www. saccofuneralhome.com

Timothy James Melino, Jr.

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Timothy James Melino, Jr. 35, of Ghent, died Bradley Melino and his fiancé (Amanda Race), , Saturday April 25, 2020 in Hunter, NY. Born Au- sister: Jessica Melino and her fiancé (Walter Nogust 1, 1984 in Hudson he was the son vack) and his nephews: Jacob Melino of Timothy James Sr., and Nirell M. (Hall) and Kolten Novack.

Melino.

Calling hours for family and friends Timothy was a graduate of Chatham will be Wednesday April 29, from 10High School and SUNY Albany where 12:00pm at the Sacco Funeral Home 700 he earned his Masters in Atmospheric Town Hall Drive Hudson, NY where buildScience, he was a Data Scientist with ing occupancy limits will be observed to UL and Meso in Albany and Troy NY. 10 persons at a time. Burial with prayers Timothy was loved by many, we will algraveside will follow in Cedar Park Cemeways carry his memory in our hearts. In tery. A fund has been set up to benefit his addition to his parents he will be greatly children, donations can be mailed to The Melino, Jr. missed by his fiancé Natasha Burger, National Bank of Coxsackie 3-7 Reed St. his daughter Alivia Melino, and the couples un- Coxsackie, NY 12051 To leave online condolencborn son Timothy James Melino, III, also brothers: es visit: www.saccofuneralhome.com

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Pamela S Edwards (Snyder) Pamela S Edwards (Snyder) of East Green- Edwards formerly of Granville, NY; daughters, bush, NY, passed away at home on Thursday, Theresa K. (Edwards) Boniello (John) April 23, 2020 at the age of 72. She was and granddaughter Grace of Larchborn in Chatham, NY on Oct 5th, 1947 mont, NY, Natalie M. (Edwards) Geceto the late Harold H. Snyder formerly of wicz (Justin) , granddaughter Addison Hudson, NY and Kathryn M (Belcher) and grandson Owen of West Sand Lake, Snyder of Chatham.

NY; son, First Class Petty Officer ChrisShe is a graduate of Chatham High topher A Edwards and granddaughSchool, class of ’65. She was retired ter Abigail of Gulfport, MS; sister Joan from the Chatham School District and (Snyder) Ackerman (Curtis) and many enjoyed spending time caring for her two dear nieces and nephew. youngest grandchildren. Pam remained Edwards Memorials in Pamela’s name may be very active with helping the planning of the CHS Class of ’65 class reunions over the made to the American Heart Association and/or American Cancer Society. Condolences may be years.

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Joseph Wagner CLIMAX - Joseph Wagner, 93, was granddaughter, Adalynn. They were his called home on Saturday April 25, 2020 world. after a short illness. He was born on July Due to the current circumstances, the 29, 1926 in Yugoslavia. He moved to the service will be private. A graveside serUS in 1955 and worked as a meat cutvice will take place on Tuesday April 28th ter at West Point. He was predeceased at 12:30pm at the Fairlawn Cemetery, by his parents and two sisters. Joseph Prattsville, NY. The family would ask in leaves behind the love of his life, Elealieu of flowers, donations be made to nor. They were married 63 years. He’s the Community Hospice, 47 Liberty St, also survived by his pride and joys, Josef Catskill, NY 12414 or to the American and his wife Kristine, and Lawrence and Cancer Society, 1 Penny Ln, Latham, NY Wagner his wife Christine. He was blessed with 12110. Condolences can be posted at ajtwo grandsons, Joey and Jonathan; and a great cunninghamfh.com.

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Postal workers need praise Dear Warriors, Forgive me if I veer off the subject of cancer and focus on something that is very upsetting to me and should be to you also.

During this horrible health crisis I, like everyone else, am focused on the television to see what the newest development is. I also see the much deserved praises on the doctors, nurses, emergency workers, police, truck drivers, etc.

But there seems to be one group of vital workers that are left out – United States Postal workers.

We all know they deliver no matter rain, snow, etc., but we have to now add national pandemics! Just stop and think — these workers are working around the clock, risking their own health, just to make sure your mail, packages and medical equipment are being delivered. They are not clothed in hazmat suits as they handle millions of parcels every day!

Yet what do they get in return?

They are subject to insults like if anybody commits a horrible crime (unrelated to the Post Office) the term is “they went postal!” Or the delivery of mail is referred to as “snail mail.”

But in spite of this they push through. The Post Office is a staple in our country. They do deliveries for Amazon, UPS, Fed Ex, all the rural routes these companies don’t deliver

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Our genius president claimed in a tweet, “I am right about Amazon costing the United States Post Office massive amounts of money for being their Delivery Boy. Amazon should pay these costs (plus) and not have them bourne by the American Taxpayer. Many billions of dollars. P.O. leaders don’t have a clue (or do they?)!” It’s sad he doesn’t know that tax dollars do not pay for the U.S.P.S! You think 55 cents is a lot for stamps, wait until you see the price you are charged for stamps if they privatize! In case you don’t know, the post office cannot raise the price of stamps without the approval of Congress.

I guess he is unaware of the 2006 (Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA) law passed by a Republican led Congress forcing the post office to prepay their pensions for 75 years (at a cost of 5

billion a year)! What other corporation does this? This was done to bankrupt the business forcing them to privatize the organization. Without this law the post office would be turning a profit!

The Postal Service sounded the alarm that they could run out of funding by June if Congress doesn’t act. Trump refused to sign the Cares Act stimulus package if it included a bailout for the Post Office, yet he praises Boeing (remember the crashes due to their faulty planes) and supports a bailout for them!

So please support our postal service. Thank them. Most of all, call your Congressperson and tell them to support them through this crisis. Remember, they are there for you, now you be there for them!

Check out: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/ articles/2018-04-04/ congress-not-amazonmessed-up-the-u-s-postalservice https://www.axios.com/ trump-coronavirus-warnings46ea8006-2e19-4810-82c10f10f4f9aa97.htm https://www.businessinsider.com/postal-service-funding-crisis-could-harm-votingby-mail-coronavirus-2020-4 Reach Inez Whitehead-Dickens at callerid8@aol.com.

Coxsackie-Athens High School students work to finish yearbook COXSACKIE – Even though the 2019-20 school year has been disrupted and students may not be able to participate in many springtime traditions as usual, one part of the year will remain the same: the yearbook.

The staff of the CoxsackieAthens High School yearbook has been working hard in never-before-experienced conditions to complete their yearbook and provide lasting memories of the entire year.

“We have met our deadline to send the yearbook pages off to our publisher, the Walsworth Company, and we expect to have a yearbook delivered in early June, just as in previous years,” said Bob Dial, co-adviser of the C-A Yearbook. “Details about how the

yearbook will be distributed are still being finalized at this time.”

The COVID-19 pandemic changed many plans for this yearbook staff. Teachers and students at C-A have been teaching and learning remotely from home since March 18, and details about such spring activities as prom and graduation are still being ironed out. Staff members worked through these challenges, and students at C-A can expect to receive their yearbooks. Distribution plans will be announced later in the year.

Using extra yearbook photos taken earlier in the school year, editors were also able to create a slideshow video that went out to all students and

staff and was a much-needed morale booster. This video can be viewed at this link : https://animoto.com/play/ YRpARk9VMcJooSoA7t383 w?autostart=1 and be sure to turn up the volume.

This school year will never be forgotten, schools officials said in a statement. Decades from now these students will be able to revisit their memories of the entire school year with a Coxsackie-Athens High School yearbook.

Although students are missing many springtime school highlights, don’t miss out on a yearbook to remember the whole year. You can purchase your copy at yearbookforever. com.

DEC and Agriculture and Markets announce seventh annual invasive species awareness week ALBANY - The State Departments of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and Agriculture and Markets announced that New York state’s seventh annual Invasive Species Awareness Week (ISAW) will be held June 7-13.

ISAW is an annual educational campaign featuring numerous statewide events focused on invasive species.

During to the COVID-19 public-health crisis, organizations are encouraged to plan virtual experiences and events that incorporate social distancing guidelines and give New Yorkers the opportunity to participate from the safety of their homes.

“New York State agencies and local groups held more than 180 events across the state in 2019, raising awareness about invasive species and encouraging New Yorkers to become active in protecting their communities,” said DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos.

“DEC encourages academic institutions, environmental

organizations, municipal groups, and others to work with their local Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management (PRISM) to develop new programs, including virtual programs accessible on-line, for the seventh annual Invasive Species Awareness Week.”

“New Yorkers are a critical component of our invasive species outreach programs, helping us to monitor for invasives and slow the damage that they do to our natural resources and agricultural industries,” said State Agriculture Commissioner Richard A. Ball. “We encourage New Yorkers to take part in some virtual experiences this Invasive Species Awareness Week and learn more about how to spot these non-native species and protect our agricultural industry and the environment.”

Initiated in 2014, ISAW’s goal is to engage citizens in activities that promote an understanding of invasive

species and their negative impacts and empower people to take action to help stop the spread of these invasive pests.

New York State is particularly vulnerable to invasive species due to its role as a center for international trade and travel.

Managing invasive species is a long-term effort and requires collaboration from state agencies, stakeholder organizations, and the public.

Partners interested in hosting an event should visit the New York Invasive Species Awareness Week website for more information. All types of programming and events are encouraged, with a new focus on virtual programs and experiences.

Partners should provide local PRISM coordinators with information about local events by May 25, to ensure they can be added to the statewide list. To learn more about ISAW, or to find a local PRISM website, visit the New York Invasive Species Awareness Week website.

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Widow Jane Distillery and Century House Historical Society announce partnership ROSENDALE - Widow Jane Distillery and Century House Historical Society, a nonprofit organization in Rosendale, announce a partnership to preserve Rosendale’s local history and culture including the landmark Widow Jane Mine.

The Widow Jane Mine, located on the grounds of the Century House is one of the first and one of the oldest examples of a natural cement mine in the country.

For more than 100 years, cement from the Widow Jane Mine was used to build early American icons including the Brooklyn Bridge and the base of the Statue of Liberty.

While the era of natural cement is long gone, the area’s 32-square-mile limestone shelf is now the source of the limestone-rich water used to proof Widow Jane whiskeys.

SCOPE OF THE PARTNERSHIP n Widow Jane Distillery will make an annual contribution to support the Century House Historical Society in its mission to preserve and present the history of Rosendale and the Hudson Valley’s renowned cement industry, transportation links, businesses and, most importantly, the people who lived and worked in the area. n Widow Jane will support the refurbishment of an exhibit within the Century House’s on-site museum.

The Century House Historical Society and Widow Jane Distillery will co-host an annual celebration of the local history to be held in the Widow Jane Mine and the surrounding picnic grounds.

“Thousands of families lived here, worked and sacrificed in these mines for generations producing the building material that helped construct American landmarks.” — Althea Werner, director of Century House Historical Society.

“For over a century, natural cement from Rosendale was used to build America,” Werner said. “The history and contributions made by the miners and their families to America are too important to let time erase. Our partnership with Widow Jane Distillery will help preserve this history for future generations while recognizing the newest industry to come to Rosendale.”

“The Rosendale Mines are a huge part of New York state’s rich history and the hard-yet-sweet, limestonerich water found in these mines is what makes Widow

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Cement from the Rosendale Mines was used to build early American icons including the base of the Statue of Liberty. The area’s 32-square-mile limestone shelf is now the source of the limestone-rich water used to proof Widow Jane whiskeys.

Jane whiskeys so special,” said Lisa Wicker, Widow Jane president and head distiller.

“Further, there’s a shared roll-up-your-sleeves, DIY sensibility that unites the communities of Rosendale and Red Hook, Brooklyn.

We’re proud to support the tireless, entirely volunteer team who maintain the Estate and Mines, keep that history alive, and protect that precious water.”

TIES THAT BIND: ROSENDALE AND BROOKLYN The connection between Rosendale and Brooklyn extends to materials used to build one of the borough’s most recognizable landmarks.

Limestone mined from Rosendale is ideal for manufacturing into a tough and durable natural cement.

By the end of the 19th century, the superior quality of Rosendale cement was known worldwide and was actively used in the construction of some of America’s most iconic monuments, including the Brooklyn Bridge.

MORE ROSENDALE MINE FACTS: n In 1830, commercial mining began in Rosendale and spread throughout the region. n By 1840, Rosendale had 13 cement companies operating 16 sites collectively producing 600,000 barrels of cement annually. n By 1891, half of the cement in North America was Rosendale cement.

Other major landmarks constructed using cement made of Rosendale limestone include the base of the Statue of Liberty, the U.S. Capitol Building, the American Museum of Natural History, Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge, and the New York State Capitol.

WHO WAS WIDOW JANE? The legend of Widow Jane is shrouded in mystery.

Here’s what we know: The name Widow Jane is a reference to Jane LeFevre Snyder who lived at the Century House and was a beloved figure in the community.

Jane became a widow the age of 31 and lost all four of her male children as infants.

The Widow Jane Mine is currently open in accordance with New York State Parks regulations. Small donations are accepted for admission.

The Century House museum is open 1-4 p.m. Sundays in the summer or by appointment. Check CenturyHouse. org for updates.

Widow Jane is an awardwinning artisanal distillery located in the New York City neighborhood of Red Hook, Brooklyn.

The company is named in reference to the legendary Rosendale mines in upstate New York that produced the natural cement used in constructing the Brooklyn Bridge and the Empire State Building, among many other structures.

The pure, limestone-filtered water from the mine, along with heirloom corn varietals grown specifically for Widow Jane, are among the components that make Widow Jane bourbon unique in the industry.

The facility in Red Hook includes warehousing, aging, barreling, blending and bottling.

For more information, visit www.widowjane.com.

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MAAF announces artist grantees for 2020 ACRA — Wave Farm announced 15 artist grantees for the 2020 Media Arts Assistance Fund (MAAF), a regrant partnership with the New York State Council on the Arts Electronic Media and Film Program.

The MAAF Panel concluded on March 6 and named grantees in two categories: Completion Support and Distribution/Exhibition Support.

MAAF Grantees: James Autery; Bob Bellerue; Caitlin Berrigan; Mariangela Ciccarello; Mike Crane; Michael Gitlin; Nicolas Jenkins; Emily Lobsenz; Michael McCanne, in collaboration with Jamie Weiss; Idrissou Mora-Kpai; Britt Moseley; Robert Nideffer; Stephanie Rothenberg; Woody Sullender; and Jingjing Tian.

The Media Arts Assistance Fund (MAAF) supports electronic media and film organizations, as well as individual artists, in all regions of New York state.

For individual artists, MAAF provides support for the completion, distribution and exhibition of new works in all genres of sound and moving image art, including emergent technology. Grant awards assist artists in completing new work, reaching public audiences, and advance artistic exploration and public engagement in the media arts.

NYSCA Electronic Media & Film Program Director, Karen Helmerson, said “Now more than ever, this investment of public funds strengthens the advancement of creative culture through new technology and emerging fields, bringing new opportunity for artists and audiences alike.” Wave Farm Executive Director Galen Joseph-Hunter said, “The 2020 application pool was the largest to date, and Wave Farm is delighted to be able to support these fifteen outstanding projects that represent the diversity and direction of the media arts landscape in New York State.”

The annual deadline for the Media Arts Assistance Fund for Artists is Jan. 15. Grantees are selected through a competitive panel process. Detailed information about the 2020 MAAF projects is available below.

The New York State Council on the Arts is dedicated to preserving and expanding the rich and diverse cultural resources that are and will become the heritage of New York’s citizens. The Council believes in artistic excellence and the creative freedom of artists without censure, and the rights of all New Yorkers to access and experience the power of the arts and culture, and the vital contribution the arts make to the quality of life in New York communities. http://arts.ny.gov Wave Farm is a non-profit arts organization driven by experimentation with broadcast media and the airwaves. A pioneer of the Transmission Arts genre, Wave Farm programs provide access to transmission technologies and support artists and organizations that

engage with media as an art form. Major activities include the Wave Farm Artist Residency Program, Transmission Art Archive, WGXC 90.7-FM, and the Media Arts Assistance Fund in partnership with NYSCA EMF. https://wavefarm. org

GRANTEES AND PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS James Autery—Mantra Columbia County, Completion Support Mantra is a contemplative work documenting 10 artists: Guya Fletcher, Angela and Jennifer Chun, Chris Fitzwate, Reggie Madison, Juliet Gentile, Sandra Koponen, Sheena Wells, Sita Gomez, and Philip Howe. The film portrays the meditative state many artists experience while making art.

Shot entirely in slow motion and black and white, Mantra is accompanied with a score by Australian composer Austin Buckett. MAAF funding will support sound engineering and post-production editing of this experimental documentary.

Bob Bellerue—Radioactive Desire Completion Support, Queens County Radioactive Desire is a multi-dimensional sound work by Bob Bellerue, for chamber instruments, pipe organ, percussion, electronics, and homemade speaker objects. Working with skilled musicians in a guided improvisation, sound from their instruments is fed into Bob’s feedback systems and amplified via resonant metal objects that have speaker drivers attached to them. These speaker instruments are used to make rich reverberant feedback, and can also be used to amplify the sounds of the instruments. Percussion played with bows and rolling spheres creates textures and rhythms and modulates the feedback, and the entire acoustic space is harnessed for its particular idiomatic sound. MAAF funds will support the completion of Radioactive Desire as a live public presentation, a recording, and 2xLP album.

Caitlin Berrigan—Imaginary Explosions, Episode 3 Completion Support, Kings County Contemporary science blurs with art and fiction in Imaginary Explosions as queer-feminist scientists interpret volcanic activities across place and time, cooperating with the desires of the mineral earth to simultaneously erupt all volcanoes. Artists and scholars whose reallife work pushes the limits of science and culture depict fictionalized versions of themselves in this video work and collaborate on the narratives.

Improvised from scientific research and visits to active volcanoes, Imaginary Explosions is speculative fiction that explores possible presents and futures to think beyond the framework of the human.

The video takes place at an Icelandic geothermal energy plant where heat from volcanic vents is transformed into electricity. It is the site of an experiment in carbon dioxide

capture, where the CO2 gas is liquefied, injected into volcanic basalt in the earth, and remineralized into calcite.

Ethics of disturbance, contamination, and geoengineering are explored. MAAF funding will support 3D modeling and animation, sound design, and color grading.

Mariangela Ciccarello— Calypso Completion Support, Kings County Calypso iis a medium length experimental narrative film that explores intersections between female desire and a patriarchal classical legacy.

Two young women traverse Naples during the course of a day: Angela intends to leave the city of her birth, Paola plans to stay. Both are theater actresses, preparing a production of The Odyssey. Rehearsing and discussing their roles releases them into a parallel world where dream and desire intertwine, pushing the two friends to free themselves from society’s masks on and off the stage. MAAF funding will support the film’s postproduction.

Mike Crane—Futures Completion Support, Kings County Futures is an experimental short fiction film outlining the psychological profile of an arson investigation, narrated by Constance DeJong. Recorded in the Needle Trades Auditorium, located in Manhattan’s Garment District, a remotely operated camera performs a forensic scan of the space and the two WPA murals that line the walls. MAAF funding will support the necessary tools for completion and distribution, including 5.1 surround sound mix, color grading, and DCP authoring.

Michael Gitlin—The Night Visitors Completion Support, Dutchess County The Night Visitors is a 60-minute experimental documentary that explores some aesthetic, theoretical and social questions about moths. While the film examines moths as organisms, with fascinating life histories, staggering biodiversity, and a functional importance as indicators of climate change and habitat degradation, its approach is not primarily entomological. Rather, the film is drawn to moths as aesthetic beings and as carriers of meaning. The Night Visitors proposes a kind of radical interspecies engagement that asks us to find a way into the inner life of these other creatures, whose way of being is so incommensurably different from our own. MAAF funding will support color correction and a 5.1 sound mix.

Nicolas Jenkins—Inverse/ The Future is Often A Step Behind Distribution Support, New York County Inverse/ The Future is Often A Step Behind is a multi-part experimental documentary project that weaves together the lives of a diverse group of people who celebrate difference by challenging the mainstream assimilation of

LGBTQIA+ identity. Experimental in approach, the project takes form as a three-part immersive video installation that vividly combines stories, interviews, and portraits. Inverse foregrounds fluidity and change; both of gender and sexuality and our understandings around them. MAAF funding will support Jenkins touring exhibition of this new work in New York and beyond.

Emily Lobsenz—The Clock Distribution Support, New York County The Clock is a futurist short film that opens in 2040 when Earth’s become a feminist utopia. Dr. Octavia shows Mel how to use the Abortion App on her Clock. This biometric device, invented by Octavia gives women precise control over their reproductive system. When Mel pries into the history of the Clock’s invention, she tears open the dark secrets of Octavia’s tragic sacrifices in sparking this new world order. The Clock explores reproductive justice, ecological order, and the moral quandaries of technological innovation amidst sisterhood’s bonds as it dances between apocalyptic and playful. It is a standalone film, but is also the basis for a dramatic TV series that was inspired by Lobsenz’s experiences as a female athlete, her conversations with an abortion provider from China and feminist titans of futurist literature Octavia Butler and Ursula Le Guin. The short will tour film festivals starting in 2020 then continue screening in community-based events and through online distribution supported by MAAF. Michael McCanne, in collaboration with Jamie Weiss—A Minor Figure Completion Support, Kings County A Minor Figure is a short film that recreates the story of a left-wing Japanese radical arrested in New Jersey in 1988 with homemade time bombs. Mixing elements of documentary and noir, the film follows the protagonist as he drifts through the United States, confronted by the complex banality of the country he is supposed to hate and the memories of a revolution that never materialized. The film tells this story through audio fragments, shots of roadside Americana, and pieces of evidence, taken from the real arrest, and examines how those who try to shape the flow of history are so often lost to its currents. MAAF funding will support the film’s sound design, 5.1 mix, and voice-over recording as well as the preparation of a cinema package for festival submissions.

Idrissou Mora-Kpai— America Street Distribution Support, Tompkins County What makes a neighborhood feel like home? And what happens to that feeling when the neighborhood is threatened by gentrification and horrific violence by outsiders?

Idrissou Mora-Kpai explores these questions through a focus on the predominantly African-American neighborhood

of East Side in Charleston, South Carolina. Mora-Kpai gives particular attention to the efforts of corner-store owner, Joe Watson, and his allies to maintain a strong sense of solidarity in the face of poverty, looming displacement, and resurgent racist aggression. The film includes footage shot over three months in 2015, with which Mora-Kpai not only illuminates the demanding daily work of community building but also provides an intimate perspective on two killings that brought national attention to the city at that time. Joe Watson’s store is located on America Street, an apt name for a place long shaped by developments of vital significance well beyond the immediate focus of this film. MAAF funding will support the release and distribution of the film through digital promotion and screenings throughout New York State and beyond.

Britt Moseley—Buena Vista Completion Support, Queens County Buena Vista is a cinematic live feed video performance shown in theatrical settings and gallery installations. Onstage, video equipment is used to study the interiors of fish tanks and buckets that house miniature dioramas created out of everyday materials such as soap, Pepto-Bismol, oils, and ketchup. The narrative of the show is the creation myth of a planet and a journey through that new place.

Alongside these galactic visuals, a live electronic score is composed and performed by Sean Petell. MAAF funding will enable the completion of the Buena Vista into a full-length work that will be exhibited in full or in partial segments in both theatrical venues and art galleries.

Robert Nideffer—12 Years in Azeroth Distribution Support, Rensselaer County 12 Years in Azeroth: A Case Study is a web-based book/3D action adventure game scheduled to be released pseudonymously and episodically.

It’s written from the point of view of an anthropologist conducting an ethnographic analysis of the text’s central character, who’s spent more than a decade immersed in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game, and who unlike many of those around him has great difficulty drawing boundaries between his physically and computationally mediated realities. It’s primarily played from the protagonist’s point of view, since he’s the one responsible for authoring the companion game component. The project explores such topics as community, mediation, race, class, gender, identity, relationships, work, play, life, and death, and spans several disciplinary genres including sociology, anthropology, game studies, and new media arts. The project’s first public release is planned for the Whitney Museum’s Artport in late 2020/early 2021. MAAF funding will support the

technical expenses related to hosting this computationally demanding web-based project running in real-time.

Stephanie Rothenberg— Aphrodisiac in the Machine Completion Support, Erie County Aphrodisiac in the Machine is a multimedia installation that explores the queering and eroticization of biopolitical power in the quest to bioengineer non-human life for human survival. The project takes the form of an environmental sci-fi narrative about a futuristic aquaculture farm. Merging fact and fiction, the story centers around the bioengineering of a new species of cyborg oysters that are able to convert toxic water into an aphrodisiac fluid that is piped into municipal water sources. Playing on the libidinous myth of the oyster, a hermaphroditic organism, the project explores aphrodisia as a more sentient state of being and empowerment that moves beyond mere sexual connotations. It questions the contradictions within new technological models of bio/ geo environmental engineering that can often adversely affect nonhuman life and how creating more sentient and perceptible “humans” might be another path to consider.

MAAF funding will support 3D modeling/animation and special effects for videos, as well as design, fabrication, and programming assistance of installation components.

Woody Sullender—Four Movements Completion Support, Queens County Four Movements is a music “album” authored in the video game software Unreal Engine.

As the music album historically shifted from a “record” of an event to an idealized construction of an artificial space, Four Movements expands this notion into multiple explorable, listening spaces constructed in game worlds. MAAF funding will support optimizing the work as a cross-platform application, as well as audio mastering.

Jingjing Tian—Meatloaf or ‘Til Death Do Us Part Completion Support, New York County Set in the Lower East Side neighborhood of New York City, Mary Anne is a senior citizen whose husband passes away. The landlord sells the building and she has to move out. Alone and unable to cope with her husband’s death and rising economic concerns, she lives in denial, believing that he’s still alive until a version of her younger self helps her to face reality. Meatloaf is a short film about a reclusive woman who attempts to deal with gentrification and the passing of a loved one by going to her first nightclub. MAAF funding will support the final postproduction activities necessary for completion.

For more information about the The New York State Council on the Arts in Partnership with Wave Farm: Media Arts Assistance Fund (MAAF) visit https://wavefarm.org/grants/ maaf-artists.

The Wesley Community hiring more than 100 full-time and temporary positions SARATOGA SPRINGS – The Wesley Community is seeking candidates for more than 100 full-time and temporary positions to help meet the needs of aging adults residing at its senior living campus in Saratoga Springs.

Positions available include: registered nurses; licensed practical nurses; certified nursing assistants; home

health aides; dining; maintenance; laundry; and housekeeping. Wesley Senior Solutions, a licensed home care service agency, is hiring companion care and personal care assistants. Paid training is available for certified nursing assistants and home health aide positions.

“The Wesley Community is looking for dedicated and

compassionate candidates to work with seniors who need health care services and other quality of life assistance on our campus and in the community,” said J. Brian Nealon, CEO of The Wesley Community. “We are offering a wide range of positions which provide an ideal opportunity for both non-clinical staff, as well as for seasoned and new

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healthcare professionals.

Successful candidates will be rewarded with employment opportunities that will allow them to help the numerous aging adults served by The Wesley Community.”

For a full list of employment opportunities at The Wesley Community, visit www.thewesleycommunity.org/careers.

Employment at The Wesley

Community and Wesley Senior Solutions gives individuals the opportunity to make a difference in the daily lives of seniors who need medical or personal care services and daily assistance to maintain their quality of life.

In addition to an excellent work culture, Wesley also offers numerous benefits to all full-time employees,

including: health insurance, dental and vision insurance, paid time off and 401K retirement savings. Part-time employees are also eligible for some aspects of the benefits package.

For an immediate interview, contact The Wesley Community at 518-252-0414 or visit www.thewesleycommunity.org/careers.

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NY cancels Democratic presidential primary

By Jon Campbell Gannett New York

ALBANY — New York has canceled its Democratic presidential primary for 2020, angering Bernie Sanders supporters who were hoping to win more delegates to influence their party’s platform.

The state’s Democratic election commissioners voted Monday to remove Sanders and nine other presidential candidates from the New York ballot, making use of a new measure in state law allowing them to do so if a candidate publicly suspends his or her campaign.

The move left former Vice President Joe Biden — the lone remaining Democrat actively seeking the Democratic nomination — as the only name on New York’s Democratic primary ballot, effectively canceling the primary.

The primary election had originally been scheduled for Tuesday before Gov. Andrew Cuomo delayed it to June 23 in response to the coronavirus pandemic, which has hit New York harder than any other state.

Both Democratic commissioners, Doug Kellner and former Westchester County Executive Andy Spano, voted to cancel the primary.

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state with input as it develops a regional plan to reopen the economy, according to greenecountyedc.com. Information compiled from the surveys, which are due today, will be sent to the Empire State Development office.

“We had 30-some responses within the first 10 minutes,” Greene County Legislature Chairman Patrick Linger, RNew Baltimore, said Monday.

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Voters are seen at a polling site in November. The New York Democratic presidential primary slated for June has been cancelled.

Kellner called the vote “a very difficult decision.” But he said holding the primary

The surveys were distributed to about 700 businesses in the county’s database, Linger said.

As leaders begin to lay out the framework for opening up regions of the state, they are turning to regional economic development councils for input, Linger said.

The surveys will get the regional council information on what local businesses can accomplish, Linger said.

“How do they open in some capacity and still keep people safe?” he said. “What do you think it will take for you to be able to open?”

The survey asks businesses how much time they need to reassemble employees and modify operations once restrictions are lifted, what challenges are unique or specific to their business sector [in terms of the pandemic], what percentage of their usual occupancy/customer traffic do they need to operate profitably and what percentage of their usual business comes from outside of Greene County?

“This will answer some key questions the Regional Economic Development councils are looking for,” Linger said.

would have been “unnecessary and frivolous” in the age of the coronavirus outbreak.

“We’re doing this as a proactive approach.”

“Here’s what our businesses are telling us,” Linger said.

“Couple that with whatever the trends are. Maybe businesses will be open at a smaller level. At least we’ll get them up and running and get some employees back to work.”

Liam Singer, owner of Hi-Lo and Avalon Lounge, said he believes it will take more than easing restrictions to truly reopen.

“It’s going to take some serious change in the state of testing or scientific understanding for us to feel comfortable

“Senator Sanders has not only announced that he’s suspending his campaign but he’s also announced a public endorsement of Joe Biden,” Kellner said. “That has effectively ended the real context for the primary election.”

Kellner and Spano were bombarded with emails in recent days from Sanders supporters, who were hoping to win a share of the state’s 274 pledged delegates up for grabs.

Sanders dropped out of the Democratic primary race last month, but said he still wanted to win delegates in order to effect change in the party’s platform and rules.

Monday’s vote delays after Cuomo canceled a number of June 23 special elections across the state, including those for Queens borough president, a state Senate seat in central New York and an Assembly seat in the Rochester area.

Those seats will now be filled at the general election in November and will sit vacant for the rest of the year.

Cuomo has also ordered the Board of Elections to mail an application for an absentee ballot to all eligible voters for the remaining state, local and congressional primaries June 23.

having people inside, whether or not it becomes allowed,” he said.

Avalon Lounge will continue to offer takeout and delivery and Singer said he foresees sidewalk service starting up at Hi-Lo. “I don’t know if it will be economically viable but we will give it a try,” he said.

Both venues featured live music.

“I don’t see [live music] starting up anytime this year,” Singer said.

Once a region experiences a 14-day decline in its hospitalization rate, it can begin a

phased reopening, according to governor.ny.gov.

The first phase will include construction and manufacturing sectors, followed by businesses considered to be more essential and with reduced risk of infection.

There will be two weeks between each phase to monitor its effect on hospitalization rates. Regions must also avoid opening attractions or businesses that draw a large number of visitors from other areas, according to governor. ny.gov.

training, risk and communication processes.

“This is not a one-sided equation here,” Cuomo said.

“Businesses need to think how they will open under this new normal...We need them to be creative and think outside of the box.

“These are all factors for businesses to consider who want to reopen quickly,” he added. “The way a business opens determines the risk.”

The state does not have a time frame when regions will start to reopen. The NY

Pause executive order, which closed all schools and nonessential businesses, is in effect through May 15. The NY Pause order will be extended in many parts of the state beyond May 15, the governor said.

“There is no ‘x’ date,” Cuomo said. “You listen to the national experts...who said there could be a second wave. Nobody’s giving anybody a date here.”

Grocery store workers, transit workers, teachers and all essential employees are eligible for diagnostic testing under the state’s expanded testing criteria. Under the new testing criteria, Cuomo said diagnostic and antibody testing will become more widely available to frontline workers.

The state will dramatically increase testing on first responders, health care workers and essential workers such as paramedics, police officers, EMTs and firefighters. Providing testing to those groups is a way of acknowledging the sacrifices frontline workers have made during the crisis, Cuomo said.

To see the complete county breakdown of positive COVID-19 cases and deaths statewide, view the COVID-19 map and tracker at hudsonvalley360.com/site/covid19. html The Tribune News Service contributed to this report.

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as of Monday, revealing 291,996 total positive cases of COVID-19. Hospitalization rates also continued a downward trend to 12,819 Monday, down 685 patients from 12,839 Sunday. New hospitalizations remain flat at about 1,000 new virus patients per day statewide.

COVID-19 hospitalizations statewide have returned to numbers from March 31.

“We don’t want to see flat, we want to see an increasing decline,” Cuomo said, adding hospital discharges may be down on Sundays. “Hopefully it was a Sunday anomaly.”

The state reported 4,157 patients in intensive care.

The net change in intubations was down 92 fewer patients Monday to 3,485 total, according to the governor’s office.

The state’s overall infection rate is 0.8%, which means one person infected with COVID-19 is infecting about 0.8, or less than one, other person. A week ago, New York’s infection rate was 0.9%. The state’s margin of error is 0.8-1.2%, so the margin error for a virus outbreak resurgence is small, Cuomo said.

“You can blow through

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plaguing the nursing home’s owner,” according to the petition. “He has been trying to sell the facility for quite a while, but hasn’t been able to reach a deal. Many times over the last two years, the fiscal situation has been so severe that he couldn’t pay for our contractually guaranteed health benefits.”

Livingston Hills Administrator Christopher Roberts did not respond to repeated calls for comment.

According to the state Department of Health website, Livingston Hills is operated

by Livingston S and V Operations LLC. Nursing homes across Columbia County are struggling

that window like wind through reeds,” Cuomo said. “The worst situation is when one person infects two people — that’s fire in dry grass...that’s where we were when this started. Right now, we’re at 0.8%, and that is good news. Statistically, it’s very close.”

Upstate New York’s infection rate is 0.9% compared to 0.75% downstate. Officials continue to monitor the state hospitalization rate and COVID-19 antibody and diagnostic tests results to to keep COVID-19 out of their facilities.

A total of 35 residents have tested positive and 13 residents have died at Pine Haven Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Philmont, the site of the county’s largest COVID-19 outbreak.

The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Barnwell announced its first cases over the weekend, with one resident and one staff member testing positive for the virus, Mabb confirmed.

Livingston Hills has been rated as a one-star nursing home, the lowest federal rating, according to the Long Term Care Community Coalition, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving quality of life in nursing homes. The ratings consider the number of substantiated complaints made against a facility and the total number

determine if the infection rate continues its downward trend.

Under new guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, states and regions must show a 14-day decline in COVID-19 hospitalizations, Cuomo said.

The state’s first phase to reopen will include low-risk businesses, such as construction and manufacturing industries. State officials are speaking with more essential and lower-risk businesses

one-on-one about their reopening plans. Businesses must consider the vulnerable populations in their staff, how employees and customers can maintain social distancing, limit gathering sizes and have adequate personal protective equipment, such as masks or gloves, before reopening.

Businesses and government agencies must also assess the cleaning and hygiene in the workplace, capacity requirements, access, travel, transportation,

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Livingston Hills Nursing and Rehabilitation Center faces complaints amid COVID-19 pandemic.

of nursing staffing hours devoted to each resident. The Long Term Care Community Coalition compiled the list of nursing home ratings issued by the federal government in

August 2019.

Pine Haven and The Grand at Barnwell were also listed as one-star nursing homes, as was Greene Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation

Center in Catskill.

Long Term Care Community Coalition hosts the Hudson Valley Ombudsman Program, an advocacy group that inspects nursing homes in six counties, including Greene and Columbia. The inspections, performed by certified volunteers, were suspended on Mar. 13 due to COVID-19.

During the suspension of inspections, Gloria Murray, ombudsman coordinator for six counties, including Greene and Columbia, has been fielding calls from concerned residents and family members about nursing home care.

“We are getting calls, emails and we are talking with families and residents who are concerned over mandates that came down that nursing homes have to accept COVID-positive

patients,” Murray said.

Murray has been calling facilities to inquire about residents’ conditions amid the COVID-19 shutdown and is investigating nursing homes based on information provided by concerned residents and family members.

“They are concerned, staffing has always been a concern, a question because there is always a shortage,” Murray said.

Residents or family members with concerns can contact Murray at gloria@ltccc. org or 845-229-4680. Families of nursing home residents can also file complaints with the state by calling 833249-8499 or by visiting www. ag.ny.gov/nursinghomes.

Nora Mishanec is a reporter for Columbia-Greene Media. She can be reached at nmishanec@ columbiagreenemedia.com

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NYSPHSAA cancels Spring State Championships; regular season remains on hold Columbia-Greene Media

LATHAM — The New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) announces the cancellation of the 2020 spring state championship events.

The impacted events are boys and girls track & field, boys tennis, softball, baseball, golf and both boys and girls lacrosse state championships scheduled to be held between June 4 – 13.

“Unfortunately, with the continued impact of the COVID-19 crisis, hosting the spring 2020 state championships is no longer feasible (time factor, facility and venue availability, etc.)” said Paul Harrica, NYSPHSAA’s President.

“Canceling the remaining winter state championships in late March was challenging and the cancelation of our spring state championships today is equally disappointing.”

Dr. Robert Zayas, NYSPHSAA Executive Director said, “Today’s decision is difficult for

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UConn’s Matt Peart has always bled Giants blue, and now he’ll get to wear it Dom Amore The Hartford Courant

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Matt Peart’s long-held dream of playing for the New York Giants has come true. The offensive tackle from UConn was their third-round pick on Friday night.

Things unfolded in alignment with Matt Peart’s fondest dreams, so much so, it was hard to believe it was real when his phone rang late Friday night and the Giants were on the other end.

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the membership of NYSPHSAA. We certainly sympathize with the students, coaches and their school communities, especially the graduating seniors.”

The NYSPHSAA will continue to rely upon information from the New York State Department of Health, local health departments as well as the Governor’s office for information and guidance on COVID-19 and its impact upon the spring regular season. As of today, the spring regular season remains on hold for nine of the 11 Sections; Section VIII and XI (Long Island) officially canceled all spring events on April 21st. Individual Sections have the authority to decide whether to hold regular season contests.

For student-athletes to return to athletic participation this spring, schools need to be reopened by the Governor of New York State. The date students can return to school will play a significant role in the possibility of a spring sports regular season.

Ryan Newman says he plans to return to racing when NASCAR resumes Alex Andrejev The Charlotte Observer

The NASCAR season started off with a terrifying bang when No. 6 driver Ryan Newman was involved in a violent crash at the Daytona 500. Following Newman’s miraculous recovery, the coronavirus pandemic worsened, forcing NASCAR to postpone its season through at least mid-May. Now, Newman could return to the sport only having missed three races. When asked by FOX Sports broadcaster Mike Joy during Sunday’s virtual Talladega

race, Newman confirmed his plan to return to racing when the sport resumes, which could be as early as May 17.

“That’s the absolute plan for sure, yeah,” Newman said. “I’m healthy. I’ve been blessed with another layer of this situation giving me more time to heal and looking forward to being back in the seat for sure.”

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Q&A: Roger Goodell tackles pulling off virtual 2020 NFL draft Sam Farmer Los Angeles Times

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell spoke exclusively to Los Angeles Times writer Sam Farmer on Sunday, a day after the league concluded its first virtual draft.

Q. So how did you feel the draft went?

A. It came out better than any of us thought. I had told them a few weeks ago that I wasn’t going to judge this on ratings or normal numbers — attendance, obviously that was not a factor.

It’s all going to be about, can we demonstrate that we can work from home safely, productively, which goes to the operation of the draft itself? And can we send the right tone and messaging. And finally, can we do something really to give back to our communities that are so much in need? I think those things we really hit.

Q. What was important to do in order to make the teams comfortable with the format?

A. The most significant thing is, everybody is doing the same thing. It’s not like one team is going to be in their facility, and another team has got to sit and go through all this other stuff.

We put redundancy behind their communications. We didn’t have one incident where we

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In this still image from video provided by the NFL, Commissioner Roger Goodell speaks from his home in New York during the first round of the NFL Draft on Thursday.

had to extend the clock or do anything unusual.

In fact, it worked just as well as it worked during

a normal draft. We had zero problems on that front.

Q. Did you learn something from doing the dress rehearsal?

A. Definitely. The whole reason for the mock draft was to work out the kinks. We had a team who had the wrong phone number in the mock.

But those are easy things to correct, and we did.

And it’s also just getting teams and our team comfortable with using the technology.

When change occurs, some people react really well to it and some people don’t, because it usually requires more work, it requires some anxiety, it requires some risk. This was ambitious. It was an ambitious plan.

Q. Overall, what did you learn?

A. We can accomplish things that we don’t think we can accomplish. The word I use is we have to adapt. You have to pivot, and you have to work the problem for solutions, and that’s what we’ve done. When we saw a problem, we fixed it. We found a way to accomplish it.

It was different. We can’t hug the draft prospect. So what are we going to do to find something that’s as close and may even have additional benefits? The additional benefit for us was, we got to do it with more. I think I See DRAFT B3

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Pro Football 2020 NFL DRAFT Thursday-Saturday Arizona 1 (8) Isaiah Simmons, lb, Clemson.

3 (72) Josh Jones, ot, Houston.

4 (114) Leki Fotu, dt, Utah.

4 (131) Rashard Lawrence II, dt, LSU. 6 (202) Evan Weaver, lb, California.

7 (222) Eno Benjamin, rb, Arizona State Atlanta 1 (16) A.J. Terrell, cb, Clemson.

2 (47) Marlon Davidson, de, Auburn.

3 (78) Matt Hennessy, c, Temple.

4 (119) Mykal Walker, lb, Fresno State 4 (134) Jaylinn Hawkins, s, California 7 (228) Sterling Hofrichter, p, Syracuse Baltimore 1 (28) Patrick Queen, lb, LSU. 2 (55) J.K. Dobbins, rb, Ohio State.

3 (71) Justin Madubuike, dt, Texas A&M. 3 (92) Devin Duvernay, wr, Texas.

3 (98) Malik Harrison, lb, Ohio State.

3 (106) Tyre Phillips, g, Mississippi State.

4 (134) Ben Bredeson, g, Michigan 5 (170) Broderick Washington Jr., dt, Texas Tech 6 (201) James Proche, wr, SMU 7 (219) Geno Stone, s, Iowa Buffalo 2 (54) A.J. Epenesa, de, Iowa.

3 (86) Zack Moss, rb, Utah.

4 (128) Gabriel Davis, wr, UCF. 5 (167) Jake Fromm, qb, Georgia 6 (188) Tyler Bass, k, Georgia Southern 6 (207) Isaiah Hodgins, wr, Oregon State 7 (239) Dane Jackson, cb, Pittsburgh Carolina 1 (7) Derrick Brown, dt, Auburn.

2 (38) Yetur Gross-Matos, de, Penn St. 2 (64) Jeremy Chinn, s, Southern Illinois.

4 (113) Troy Pride, cb, Notre Dame 5 (152) Kenny Robinson, s, West Virginia 6 (184) Bravvion Roy, dt, Baylor 7 (221) Stantley Thomas-Oliver, cb, Florida International Chicago 2 (43) Cole Kmet, te, Notre Dame.

2 (50) Jaylon Johnson, cb, Utah.

4 (121) Logan Stenberg, g, Kentucky 5 (166) Quintez Cephus, wr, Wisconsin 5 (172) Jason Huntley, rb, New Mexico State 6 (197) John Penisini, dt, Utah 7 (235) Jashon Cornell, DT, Ohio State.

Cincinnati 1 (1) Joe Burrow, qb LSU. 2 (33) Tee Higgins, wr, Clemson.

3 (65) Logan Wilson, lb, Wyoming.

4 (107) Akeem Davis-Gaither, lb, Appalachian State 5 (147) Khalid Kareem, de, Notre Dame 6 (180) Hakeem Adeniji, ot, Kansas 7 (215) Markus Bailey, lb, Purdue Cleveland 1 (10) Jedrick Wills Jr., ot, Alabama.

2 (44) Grant Delpit, s, LSU. 3 (88) Jordan Elliott, dt, Missouri.

3 (97) Jacob Phillips, lb, LSU. 4 (115) Harrison Bryant, te, Florida Atlantic 5 (160) Nick Harris, c, Washington 6 (187) Donovan Peoples-Jones, wr, Michigan Dallas 1 (17) CeeDee Lamb, wr, Oklahoma.

2 (51) Trevon Diggs, cb, Alabama.

3 (82) Neville Gallimore, dt, Oklahoma.

4 (123) Reggie Robinson II, cb, Tulsa.

4 (146) Tyler Biadasz, c, Wisconsin.

5 (179) Bradlee Anae, de, Utah.

7 (231) Ben DiNucci, qb, James Madison Denver 1 (15) Jerry Jeudy, wr, Alabama.

2 (46) K.J. Hamler, wr, Penn St. 3 (77) Michael Ojemudia, cb, Iowa.

3 (83) Lloyd Cushenberry, c, LSU. 3 (95) McTelvin Agim, dt, Arkansas.

4 (118) Albert Okwuegbunam, te, Missouri.

5 (178) Justin Strnad, olb, Wake Forest.

6 (181) Netane Muti, g, Fresno State.

7 (252) Tyrie Cleveland, wr, Florida.

7 (254) Derrek Tuszka, de, North Dakota State.

Detroit 1 (3) Jeff Okudah, cb, Ohio State.

2 (35) D’Andre Swift, rb, Georgia.

3 (67) Julian Okwara, de, Notre Dame.

3 (75) Jonah Jackson, g, Ohio State.

4 (121) Logan Stenberg, g, Kentucky.

5 (166) Quintez Cephus, wr, Wisconsin.

5 (172) Jason Huntley, rb, New Mexico State.

6 (197) John Penisini, dt, Utah.

7 (235) Jashon Cornell, dt, Ohio State.

Green Bay 1 (26) Jordan Love, qb, Utah State.

2 (62) A.J. Dillon, rb, Boston College.

3 (94) Josiah Deguara, te, Cincinnati.

5 (175) Kamal Martin, lb, Minnesota.

6 (192) Jon Runyan, g, Michigan.

6 (208) Jake Hanson, c, Oregon.

6 (209) Simon Stepaniak, ot, Indiana.

7 (236) Vernon Scott, s, TCU. 7 (242) Jonathan Garvin, de, Miami.

Houston 2 (40) Ross Blacklock, dt, TCU. 3 (90) Jonathan Greenard, lb, Florida.

4 (126) Charlie Heck, ot, North Carolina.

4 (141) John Reid, cb, Penn State.

5 (171) Isaiah Coulter, wr, Rhode Island.

Indianapolis 2 (34) Michael Pittman Jr., rb, Southern Cal. 2 (41) Jonathan Taylor, rb, Wisconsin.

3 (85) Julian Blackmon, s, Utah.

4 (122) Jacob Eason, qb, Washington.

5 (149) Danny Pinter, g, Ball State.

6 (193) Robert Windsor, dt, Penn State.

6 (211) Isaiah Rodgers, cb, UMass.

6 (212) Dezmon Patmon, wr, Washington State.

6 (213) Jordan Glasgow, lb, Michigan.

Jacksonville 1 (9) C.J. Henderson, cb, Florida.

1 (20) K’Lavon Chaisson, lb, LSU. 2 (42) Laviska Shenault Jr., wr, Colorado.

3 (73) DaVon Hamilton, dt, Ohio State.

4 (116) Ben Bartch, ot, St. Johns.

4 (140) Shaquille Quarterman, lb, Miami.

5 (157) Daniel Thomas, s, Auburn.

5 (165) Collin Johnson, wr, Texas.

6 (189) Jake Luton, qb, Oregon State.

6 (206) Tyler Davis, te, Georgia Tech 7 (223) Chris Claybrooks, cb, Memphis.

Kansas City 1 (32) Clyde Edwards-Helaire, rb, LSU. 2 (63) Willie Gay Jr., lb, Mississippi State.

3 (96) Lucas Niang, ot, TCU. 4 (138) L’Jarius Sneed, db, Louisiana Tech.

5 (177) Mike Danna, de, Michigan.

7 (237) Thakarius Keyes, cb, Tulane.

Las Vegas 1 (12) Henry Ruggs III, wr, Alabama.

1 (19) Damon Arnette, cb, Ohio State.

3 (80) Lynn Bowden Jr., wr, Kentucky.

3 (81) Bryan Edwards, wr, South Carolina.

3 (100) Tanner Muse, s, Clemson.

4 (109) John Simpson, g, Clemson.

4 (139) Amik Robertson, cb, Louisiana Tech.

L.A. Chargers 1 (6) Justin Herbert, qb, Oregon.

1 (23) Kenneth Murray, lb, Oklahoma.

4 (112) Joshua Kelley, rb, UCLA. 5 (151) Joe Reed, wr, Virginia.

6 (186) Alohi Gilman, s, Notre Dame.

7 (220) K.J. Hill, wr, Ohio State.

L.A. Rams 2 (52) Cam Akers, rb, Florida State.

2 (57) Van Jefferson, wr, Florida.

3 (84) Terrell Lewis, de, Alabama.

3 (104) Terrell Burgess, s, Utah.

4 (136) Brycen Hopkins, te, Purdue.

6 (199) Jordan Fuller, s, Ohio State.

7 (234) Clay Johnston, lb, Baylor.

7 (248) Sam Sloman, k, Miami (Ohio).

7 (25) Tremayne Anchrum, g, Clemson.

Miami 1 (5) Tua Tagovailoa, qb, Alabama.

1 (18) Austin Jackson, ot, Southern Cal. 1 (30) Noah Igbinoghene, cb, Auburn.

2 (39) Robert Hunt, ot, Louisiana-Lafayette.

2 (56) Raekwon Davis, dt, Alabama.

3 (70) Brandon Jones, s, Texas.

4 (111) Solomon Kindley, g, Georgia.

5 (154) Jason Strowbridge, de, North Carolina.

5 (164) Curtis Weaver, olb, Boise State.

6 (185) Blake Ferguson, ls, LSU. 7 (246) Malcolm Perry, wr, Navy.

Minnesota 1 (22) Justin Jefferson, wr, LSU. 1 (31) Jeff Gladney, cb, TCU. 2 (58) Ezra Cleveland, ot, Boise State.

3 (89) Cameron Dantzler, cb, Mississippi State.

5 (155) Trevis Gipson, de, Tulsa.

5 (163) Kindle Vildor, cb, Georgia Southern.

5 (173) Darnell Mooney, wr, Tulane.

7 (226) Arlington Hambright, g, Colorado.

7 (227) Lachavious Simmons, ot, Tennessee State.

New England 2 (37) Kyle Dugger, s, Lenoir-Rhyne.

2 (60) Josh Uche, lb, Michigan.

3 (87) Anfernee Jennings, lb, Alabama.

3 (91) Devin Asiasi, te, UCLA. 3 (101) Dalton Keene, te, Virginia Tech.

5 (159) Justin Rohrwasser, k, Marshall.

6 (182) Michael Onwenu, g, Michigan.

6 (195) Justin Herron, ot, Wake Forest.

6 (204) Cassh Maluia, lb, Wyoming.

7 (230) Dustin Woodard, c, Memphis.

New Orleans 1 (24) Cesar Ruiz, c, Michigan.

3 (74) Zack Baun, lb, Wisconsin.

3 (105) Adam Trautman, te, Dayton.

7 (240) Tommy Stevens, qb, Mississippi State.

N.Y. Giants 1 (4) Andrew Thomas, ot, Georgia.

2 (36) Xavier McKinney, s, Alabama.

3 (99) Matt Peart, ot, Connecticut.

4 (110) Darnay Holmes, cb, UCLA. 5 (150) Shane Lemieux, g, Oregon.

6 (183) Cam Brown, olb, Penn State.

7 (218) Carter Coughlin, de, Minnesota.

7 (238) T.J. Brunson, lb, South Carolina.

7 (247) Chris Williamson, cb, Minnesota.

7 (255) Tae Crowder, lb, Georgia.

N.Y. Jets 1 (11) Mekhi Becton, ot, Louisville.

2 (59) Denzel Mims, wr, Baylor.

3 (68) Ashtyn Davis, s, California.

3 (79) Jabari Zuniga, de, Florida.

4 (120) Lamichal Perine, rb, Florida.

4 (125) James Morgan, qb, Florida International.

4 (129) Cameron Clark, ot, Charlotte.

5 (158) Bryce Hall, cb, Virginia.

6 (191) Braden Mann, p, Texas A&M. Philadelphia 1 (21) Jalen Reagor, wr, TCU. 2 (53) Jalen Hurts, qb, Oklahoma.

3 (103) Davion Taylor, lb, Colorado.

4 (127) K’Von Wallace, s, Clemson.

4 (145) Jack Driscoll, ol, Auburn.

5 (168) John Hightower, wr, Boise State.

6 (196) Shaun Bradley, lb, Temple.

6 (200) Quez Watkins, wr, Southern Miss.

6 (210) Prince Tega Wanogho, ot, Auburn.

7 (233) Casey Toohill, OLB, Stanford.

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Pittsburgh 2 (49) Chase Claypool, wr, Notre Dame.

3 (102) Alex Highsmith, lb, Charlotte.

4 (124) Anthony McFarland Jr., rb, Maryland.

4 (135) Kevin Dotson, g, Louisiana.

6 (198) Antoine Brooks Jr., s, Maryland.

7 (232) Carlos Davis, dt, Nebraska.

San Francisco 1 (14) Javon Kinlaw, dt, South Carolina.

1 (25) Brandon Aiyuk, wr, Arizona State.

5 (153) Colton McKivitz, ot, West Virginia.

6 (190) Charlie Woerner, te, Georgia.

7 (217) Jauan Jennings, wr, Tennessee.

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Seattle 1 (27) Jordyn Brooks, lb, Texas Tech.

2 (48) Darrell Taylor, de, Tennessee.

3 (69) Damien Lewis, g, LSU. 4 (133) Colby Parkinson, te, Stanford.

4 (144) DeeJay Dallas, rb, Miami.

5 (148) Alton Robinson, de, Syracuse.

6 (214) Freddie Swain, wr, Florida.

7 (251) Stephen Sullivan, te, LSU.

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Tampa Bay 1 (13) Tristan Wirfs, ot, Iowa.

2 (45) Antoine Winfield Jr., s, Minnesota.

3 (76) Ke’Shawn Vaughn, rb, Vanderbilt.

5 (161) Tyler Johnson, wr, Minnesota.

6 (194) Khalil Davis, dt, Nebraska.

7 (241) Chapelle Russell, OLB, Temple.

7 (245) Raymond Calais, rb, Louisiana-Lafayette Tennessee 1 (29) Isaiah Wilson, ot, Georgia.

2 (61) Kristian Fulton, cb, LSU. 3 (93) Darrynton Evans, rb, Appalachian State.

5 (174) Larrell Murchison, dt, N.C. State.

7 (224) Cole McDonald, qb, Hawaii.

7 (243) Chris Jackson, s, Marshall.

Washington 1 (2) Chase Young, de, Ohio State.

3 (66) Antonio Gibson, wr, Memphis.

4 (142) Antonio Gandy-Golden, wr, Liberty.

5 (156) Keith Ismael, c, San Diego State.

5 (162) Khaleke Hudson, lb, Michigan.

7 (216) Kamren Curl, s, Arkansas.

7 (229) James Smith-Williams, de, N.C. State.

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On Twitter, I was recently part of a discussion over how the ticket-buying public will behave when big-time American spectator sports are again open to fans.

When fans are free to attend Kentucky Wildcats games, other college events and NBA, MLB and NFL matchups, what will happen?

Will a pent-up demand for normalcy lead to throngs of fans packing our nation’s major sports venues the first chance they get?

Or will the combination of the lingering threat of COVID-19 plus the economic dislocation caused by the government-mandated shutdowns of American businesses lead to persistently smaller crowds?

In the current vacuum without live sports, there are metrics that suggest how much the games are missed.

The TV ratings for ESPN’s telecast of the WNBA Draft on April 17 were up 123% over 2019.

In its first two installments shown last Sunday night, ESPN’s 10-part Michael Jordan film, “The Last Dance,” drew the largest audience ever for a documentary on that network, an average of 6.1 million viewers.

Thursday night’s first-round of the 2020 NFL Draft also drew 6.1 millions viewers on ABC alone. That is more than 1.5 million viewers more than the 2019 first round drew — and does not include the multi-platform

FOOTBALL NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE Baltimore Ravens - Acquired a 2020 sixth-round draft pick and a 2020 seventh-round draft pick from the Minnesota Vikings for a 2020 sixth-round draft pick and a 2021 fifth-round draft pick.

Carolina Panthers - Acquired a 2020 secondround draft pick from the Seattle Seahawks for a 2020 third-round draft pick and a 2020 fifthround draft pick.

Chicago Bears - Acquired a 2020 fifth-round draft pick and a 2020 sixth-round draft pick from the Philadelphia Eagles for two 2020 sixthround draft picks and a 2020 seventh-round draft pick. Acquired a 2020 fifth-round draft pick from the Minnesota Vikings for a 2021 fourth-round draft pick.

Dallas Cowboys - Acquired a 2020 fourth-round draft pick from the Philadelphia Eagles for a 2020 fifth-round draft pick and a 2021 fifthround draft pick.

Detroit Lions - Acquired a 2020 third-round draft pick and a 2020 sixth-round draft pick from the Indianapolis Colts for a 2020 thirdround draft pick, a 2020 fifth-round draft pick and a 2020 sixth-round draft pick.

Houston Texans - Acquired a 2020 fourth-round draft pick from the Los Angeles Rams for a 2020 fourth-round draft pick and two 2020 seventhround draft picks.

Kansas City Chiefs - Acquired a 2020 seventhround draft pick from the Tennessee Titans for a 2021 sixth-round draft pick.

Las Vegas Raiders - Acquired a 2020 fourthround draft pick from the Detroit Lions for a 2020 fourth-round draft pick and a 2020 fifthround draft pick.

Miami Dolphins - Acquired a 2020 fifth-round draft pick from the Philadelphia Eagles for a 2020 fifth-round draft pick and a 2020 seventhround draft pick. Acquired a 2020 fourth-round draft pick from the Houston Texans for two 2020 fourth-round draft picks. Acquired RB Matt Breida from the San Francisco 49ers for a 2020 fifth-round draft pick.

New England Patriots - Acquired a 2020 sixthround draft pick from the Indianapolis Colts for two 2020 sixth-round draft picks. Acquired a 2020 third-round draft pick and a 2020 fifthround draft pick from the Oakland Raiders for a 2020 third-round draft pick, a 2020 fourthround draft pick and a 2020 fifth-round draft pick. Acquired a 2020 third-round draft pick from the New York Jets for two 2020 fourthround draft picks and a 2021 sixth-round draft pick.

New Orleans Saints - Acquired a 2020 thirdround draft pick from the Minnesota Vikings for a 2020 fourth-round draft pick, a 2021 fifthround draft pick, a 2021 sixth-round draft pick and a 2021 seventh-round draft pick.

New York Jets - Acquired CB Quincy Wilson from the Indianapolis Colts for a 2020 sixthround draft pick.

As of April 23, a whopping 26 million Americans had filed for unemployment since the coronavirus-containment shutdowns of businesses began.

Given those grim numbers, one would surmise that the level of disposable income available to buy sports tickets will not be the same as before the pandemic.

“I will be shocked (if the current economic distress) doesn’t have an impact on virtually every spending decision,” Simendinger says, “whether it has to do with sports or entertainment or even just purchasing in general.”

If there is a positive in the current situation, Simendinger says, it is that once the various state governments start allowing businesses to operate again “you can’t open things back up without (re-hiring) some employees.

So you will immediately have some people, at least, coming back.”

Stein says his father and the generation that survived the Great Depression were impacted by that experience for the rest of their lives. “Those who lived through the Depression were much more parsimonious, much more conservative (with money), even as the economy grew stronger and they did well in life,” he says.

Stein thinks young people now going through the current economic tumult might be affected in a similar manner. “Even when we have recovered from this, which we will, I think there may be an attitudinal change

about how we spend and what we spend on,” Stein says.

In the meantime, it seems possible that major American pro sports will recommence at some point this summer with no fans in the stands.

“We may have a summer full of football and baseball being played in empty arenas for the sake of television,” Stein says. “If that happens, and those habits get ingrained, that’s a very dark prospect for spectator sports as we know them.”

Against these headwinds, we will have to see if the rush of adrenaline that comes with being a part of big-game crowd and the fun of spending time with buddies in the stands will still put fans in seats in traditional numbers.

“The whole camaraderie thing is as much a part (of the experience) as watching the game or the horse race you are attending,” says NBC’s Rice. “That’s the biggest part of it, to share it with your friends.”

A Notre Dame graduate, Simendinger says he has spent part of his time during quarantine watching video of the epic Fighting Irish men’s basketball upset of No. 1 UCLA in 1974 that ended the Bruins’ 88-game win streak.

“You watch all the Notre Dame people storm the court, it’s the crowd that makes (the moment) great,” Simendinger says. “That’s what people miss, and that’s what they will want to be part of again.”

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People, clearly, are seeking a sports fix. But will that translate into game attendance once that again is possible? Seeking theories, I surveyed some prominent Kentucky sports figures.

“I think (sports fans) will come back as soon as they can,” says Kenny Rice, the NBC Sports television reporter who lives in Lexington. “I definitely think people are going to be clamoring to get back to doing something, and sports will be a big part of it.”

Alan Stein, the Lexingtonbased, former minor league baseball executive/team owner, is not so sure.

‘I think there will be an initial euphoria about going back to (ballgames),” Stein says. “I believe it will wane quickly and be a very tepid rebuild to get back to where we were. I don’t think it will even come close to that until and unless we get a vaccine for this thing.”

Whether the public has confidence in its safety as part of crowds when the quarantine ends — whether that is the result of an effective coronavirus vaccine or some other measure — is the key to the successful relaunch of fan-attended sporting events, Kentucky Speedway General Manager Mark Simendinger says.

“I think once people gain the confidence to know they can congregate, I think people will choose to congregate,” Simendinger says. “People enjoy (being in a crowd), they miss that.”

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If baseball is played this year, we can expect a season that deviates from the ordinary.

The calendar will soon flip to May and there is still no sign of Major League Baseball receiving the go-ahead for a 2020 season amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

It’s tough to imagine an opening day before late July or August, let alone playing games with fans packing stadiums.

So things will look and feel different if baseball returns this year, beginning with one of MLB’s proposed plans to play all games in bubble destinations like Arizona and Florida. Despite the uncomfortable reaction that plan may cause — which includes all 30 teams being restricted to competing in their respective Grapefruit or Cactus Leagues and decadesold rivalries being expunged for a moment — experimenting with the 2020 season should not end there.

Implementing a pitch clock, seven-inning doubleheaders, placing a runner on second base if the game goes to extra innings: These are all potential ideas that could be tested in an abbreviated season. If some of those approaches sit well with fans and players alike, there’s no reason not to implement them in subsequent years.

MLB commissioner Rob

Manfred has for years tried to make the sport more attractive to a younger and larger audience.

There’s always pushback when baseball’s conservative framework is urged to take a more modern approach. (It doesn’t help when that same commissioner mishandles an illegal sign-stealing scandal and accountability is nowhere to be found.) But, in a world of declining attendance and low ratings, his openness to modifying the sport is coming from the right place.

During a time when routines are obsolete and normalcy is begging for a reinvention, MLB should pounce on the opportunity to introduce new rules and surprising strategies. Every idea might not stick, but there’s no harm in testing concepts in an already unconventional year.

Tournament or bracket-style baseball? Bring it on. Universal DH? Sorry pitchers, but unless you’re raking from the nine-hole, you can sit this one out.

The 2020 season could certainly go a lot longer than it ever has before. However many games it takes to justify a champion could mean playing into late October or early November. Maybe too much time has already passed to validate a winner. It may not be legitimate to those who feel playing anything less than 162 games goes against the integrity of the sport. But this is a different year

with unique circumstances and hopefully, the likes of which we don’t see again.

At the same time, MLB has to be careful with its desire to squeeze in as many games as possible. If that results in the season trickling into late November or December, it would be a very quick turnaround before spring training in 2021. Pitchers and catchers report to spring camp in early February, on the heels of what is usually their rest period. A

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NEW YORK — Last time around, A-Rod wanted an office. This time, he wants the whole team. Who’s going to stop him?

With reports that Alex Rodriguez and his soon-to-be-wife Jennifer Lopez have hired JPMorgan Chase to raise capital for a possible bid to own the Mets, memories of Rodriguez’s previous flirtation with Flushing begin to make a lot more sense.

Twenty years ago, the ex-Yankees slugger and childhood Met fan nearly suited up for the Amazin’s, if only they would acquiesce to a simple list of demands. His then-agent Scott Boras presented the dowry A-Rod would be expecting: An office in Shea Stadium, his own personal marketing staff, a luxury box, a private jet, several billboards and a separate merchandise tent at spring training dedicated to branded A-Rod gear.

And that was when Rodriguez was a simple 24-year-old free agent. This time around they might have to name the borough after him.

Hard as it is to believe, Rodriguez may have even more leverage on the Mets now than he did in the winter of 2000. He’s been through a lot: the steroid-tainted MVP awards, the championship ring, the lawsuit against Major League Baseball, the high-profile romance with J. Lo and a comeback story that turned him from a baseball pariah to an omnipresent bigwig.

The end result is an A-Rod almost fully rehabilitated in the public eye, richer than God, and the second-wealthiest person in his engagement. Meanwhile, the Wilpon family couldn’t even sell the team without tripping over their own feet, leading the search for a buyer right into the COVID-19 shutdown.

If the mega diva and J. Lo were to own the Mets, Rodriguez wouldn’t have to ask anyone to fulfill his list of self-absorbed demands.

He would have the authority to roll out a red carpet every day he arrived at work. He would have the wherewithal to create an A-Rod-style

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time being able to experience everyone that’s near and dear to my heart, just happy and joyous for the moment.”

Peart, born in Jamaica, grew up in the Bronx as a Giants fan, an Eli Manning fan, and this was long before he’d even played any football. He switched from basketball when he got to prep school, The Governor’s Academy in Byfield, Mass., a Giants fan playfully sparring with teachers who rooted for the Super Bowl rival Patriots.

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was on FaceTime with 70 or 75 players. We couldn’t have done that in the past. We could have, but we wouldn’t have thought about it.

Q. When you took over as commissioner, you made the draft a prime-time event.

Then you moved it from city to city. Were those changes unwitting building blocks for what we saw this weekend?

A. Challenges drive the innovation. When Radio City said that we couldn’t have the draft until June, something that I had been pushing for a while which was, how do we move this draft around so that other fans can have the opportunity? There’s risk to it. You have to do things differently again. That always has the risk of, can you do it and execute?

But also you’re leaving New York. You’re leaving the No. 1 market in the world.

Success is something that inhibits innovation because

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medically cleared by NASCAR. Newman said in March that he was knocked unconscious during the crash, and suffered an injury that was “basically like a bruised brain.”

“We share Ryan’s enthusiasm in his return to the

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Recording artist Jennifer Lopez (center) and former New York Yankees baseball player Alex Rodriguez (right) attend a 2018 NCAA basketball game between the Miami Hurricanes and the Duke Blue Devils at Watsco Center.

circus at the newly renamed J-Rod Palace.

Move over Seaver Way. Google Maps only recognizes Alex Rodriguez Boulevard.

So we envisioned what a Mets world would look like if the most attention-seeking person on the planet installed his throne in the owners’ suite.

A-Rod would take a chopper to the park every day, landing in center field as the grounds crew rushed to set up a helipad before and after lift off. He’d walk on a red carpet from center field to home plate before venturing into the Mets clubhouse, where players would be ready and waiting at their lockers for a highfive or pat on the back from their grinning owner.

He’d slip into his office, where a mini-fridge

full of Presidente awaits. He’d sign-off on the starting lineup for that day, take multiple selfies at his desk, then join J. Lo on the field as she practices singing the National Anthem — nationally televised games only, of course; J. Lo does not play SNY matinees.

Once the game begins, there would be more cameras pointed to the owners’ suite than focused on the field. Pete Alonso, batting cleanup, crushes a grand slam on the first pitch. As per the new mandate A-Rod enforced, Alonso drops his bat and immediately points to the owners’ suite before running the bases. Alonso knows that grand slam, and the rest of his homers, wouldn’t be possible without A-Rod’s mentorship.

But let’s talk about that home run. It would

sail to straightaway center field where the Home Run Apple is replaced with the Temple of Love. Inside that temple is an altar, with life-sized replicas of A-Rod and J. Lo locking hands and waving at the crowd. Every time a ball goes out of the park, white rose petals shower from the temple and cover the outfield grass. The grounds crew would take a couple of minutes cleaning up the mess.

The seventh-inning stretch rolls around and Mets fans’ favorite sing-along-tradition, belting out the lyrics to the Italian melody “Luna Mezzo Mare” by Lou Monte, is replaced with an amped-up version of “Jenny from the Block.” The jumbotron pans to the newly renamed Couples Corner (previously, the Coca Cola corner) where couples-only seating results in a reality-TV-worthy kiss-cam.

On “J-Rod Night,” season-ticket holders must bring an A-Rod jersey and an old J. Lo concert ticket to enter the Palace. A biopic of A-Rod and J. Lo’s journey is played on the jumbotron as fans take their seats. Players are forced to wear No. 13 jerseys during the game in honor of A-Rod. Concessions that night are limited to A-Rod and J.Lo’s favorite foods and drinks — salads and green smoothies.

The first 13,000 fans receive a bobblehead of A-Rod proposing to J. Lo and a T-shirt of the power couple embracing each other.

By this point, it’s late in the season and the Mets are two games back from a postseason berth. To ensure the team won’t financially suffer and miss out on the playoffs from a potential A-Rod and J. Lo breakup, a bronze copy of their prenup is framed and displayed at the main entrance of J-Rod Palace.

The Mets fall short of the championship, but in this fantasy land, no one seems to mind because A-Rod and his merry men put together the most talented roster they could procure. It was a good shot, an entertaining season. Fans are just happy that J-Rod are the Mets owners. What else could they need?

Then he got to UConn, and football became his ambition.

After four years, 48 starts, with personal development in spite of the Huskies’ lack of success, he was there when the Giants were ready to use their thirdround, compensatory pick, No. 99 overall.

“It’s rare to describe someone as 315 pounds and skinny,” Giants coach Joe Judge said, “but that’s what he is.

He’s an athletic guy, he has a lot of length to him. We feel good about his character and his work ethic. He’s excited to come on in here and work hard and we can’t wait to get him on the field.”

The Giants have been struggling to rebuild their offensive

line for several seasons, and when they used their firstround pick, No 4 overall, to take Georgia’s Andrew Thomas, GM Dave Gettleman said he wanted to fix the line “once and for all.” They were looking for an interior, guard-center type, but Peart, 6 feet 7 and 318 pounds, with his raw talent — speed, agility and unusually long, 36 5/8-inch arms — was too interesting for them to pass up. They had reached out to Peart during the long, mostly “virtual” pre-Draft process and liked what they heard, especially after his impressive performances in the Senior Bowl and the Combine before the coronavirus shut things down.

“We just got a really good value with Matt Peart,” Gettleman said. “He’s a solid prospect and we got a really good value.”

Peart’s family moved from the Bronx to Fishkill, N.Y., an hour north of the city, last year, and he watched the NFL Draft with his mother, Faith, and other family and friends connected on line. It was near midnight when the Giants made the pick.

“Growing up in New York,” Peart said, “I kind of fell in love with the Knicks and then also the Giants soon after that. Just watching them on the TV, just the culture and everything the Giants stand for was something that was appealing for

me as a young kid. Especially growing up, especially that moment in high school when they had that Super Bowl win my freshman year (in 2012).

That was a very, very fun time for me.”

Manning is Peart’s favorite Giant, but he misses the chance to block for him by one year; Manning retired after the 2019 season. But Peart, Thomas and Shane Lemieux, a guard from Oregon the Giants took in the fourth round, could form the core that protects quarterback Daniel Jones and opens holes for Saquon Barkley for years to come.

Peart and Thomas trained together in Florida before the NFL Combine in February.

The Giants drafted Will Beatty, a tackle out of UConn in the second round in 2009 and he had a long, successful career, ending in 2017. Now, Peart will join as many as nine fellow Huskies in the NFL, including Pro Bowl players Byron Jones, with the Dolphins, and Anthony Sherman, with the Super Bowl champion Chiefs.

“I always wanted to be a Giant and I’m just happy to put on the blue,” Peart said. “It still feels so surreal to me and I’m just looking forward to the future.”

you don’t take the chance because you’ve already reached success.

Our point and our philosophy is we can always continue to innovate and learn from it so it makes us better. We had to go on the road, and look what happened to it. We took it to prime time, then we went on the road, and now we’re doing something that’s got — there are clearly a lot of elements from the last few days that we’ll want to incorporate going forward.

Q. So building blocks?

A. You’re building a franchise. It’s like building a house. You don’t start with a roof. And you can’t put the roof on the same time you do the foundation. You’ve got to say, “OK, so how do we do this so this thing is long lasting and comes out to be not only functional but beautiful and impactful?” People are going to look at that, look back and say, “Wow, that’s beautiful. That’s great.”

Q. The production was pretty smooth, but what was going on behind the scenes?

A. Our IT folks did a great

job. (Executive Vice President of Club Business & League Events) Peter O’Reilly did a great job of keeping everyone focused. (Chief Information Officer) Michelle McKenna was great too.

We were trying to do this safely. We weren’t trying to cause greater risk with people coming into people’s houses.

So coming into someone’s home, we had to know we were doing that safely and not putting people at risk. Whether people coming into the house were at risk, or people in the house were at risk.

The technical side itself, with getting equipment to getting the lines — AWS, their CEO (Andy Jassy) reached out and said, “I see you’re doing this, we want to help.” Verizon (CEO Hans Vestberg) said, “We’re partners and we want to help.” Microsoft. Bose, ESPN, we used all of them.

We needed their equipment, their lines, some software. We needed security. That was a big thing on these lines. The thing I was most concerned about, other than the safety, was the security of the lines

and the information so that someone’s not accessing someone’s board or conversation. That was a huge issue for us.

Q. What are the memories you’ll hang onto?

A. We had a cool thing yesterday. We called it the fan inner-circle. Those were 15 or so fans that were selected to be up on the screen. That was really cool because I could interact with them. You guys didn’t see a lot of that because I was doing it before the pick came in.

To get in there, you had to submit something in video.

One of them was a doctor in Baltimore who wears his Ravens shirt. I FaceTimed with him yesterday. Basically, he looks at the FaceTime and says, “Yeah, I can’t talk right now, I’m in the middle of something.” He says, “Who is this?” I say it’s Roger Goodell, and he goes, “What?”

The guy was almost in tears.

The thing he submitted was

how he uses the Ravens with his patients to talk and to raise their spirits. What he’s been doing with COVID. He’s right on the front lines. It’s powerful as hell. So we just gave him two Super Bowl tickets. I thought the guy was going to cry. It was like the coolest moment.

When you see those stories behind those faces, and you bring them to life, it’s creating moments. One of those is powerful. Then you do it in 20 different places. People love seeing that.

Q. What about moving forward? What do you draw on from this experience?

A. Our next task is really to get our facilities open. We’re putting protocols together. ...

There are challenges. There are things that are unknown that we need to figure out.

We need to get experts in and help us. But the objective here is X, let’s figure out how to get there.

The objective for us is let’s get our facilities open. The

challenge is you’ve got 50 states, and 32 teams operating in a little bit over half of those.

How do we do that, because you’ve got different standards.

So for me the focus is, let’s go back and show the protocols and let’s work with each of our states, obviously on the federal side too, and say, “Here’s how we’re approaching this.”

And make sure we’re doing this in a way that’s responsible and safe. That’s the key.

That’s what we did with the draft. Maybe we got some credibility in doing the draft like we did so that people see that we can do these kind of things. And that’s externally and internally, by the way.

Part of it is convincing your own people that, yeah, we can do this. We all now know we can do these kinds of things.

The challenges are now going to be different. But they’re the same, which is, work the problem. That’s part of what I love about the job too. I’m pretty relentless.

track,” NASCAR said in a statement on Sunday. “We look forward to Ryan returning to racing as soon as he is medically cleared to race.”

Once NASCAR gives Newman the go-ahead, that could free up driver Ross Chastain, who was running the No. 6 Ford in place of Newman, to move to Chip Ganassi Racing.

CGR terminated its relationship with No. 42 driver

Kyle Larson a few weeks ago after Larson used the N-word on a Twitch livestream that caused many of his sponsors to drop him.

Chastain ran the No. 77 Chevrolet Camaro for CGR at the Daytona 500 prior to racing the No. 6. Because he has competed in each of NASCAR’s races this season as a full-time driver, Chastain would be eligible to run for the championship.

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Reading, writing and board games keeps family busy

By CAMDEN ZEHR Special to Columbia-Greene Media

During COVID-19 I’ve been riding my bike and my fourwheeler. I also have been playing games like War, Chutes and Ladders and Yahtzee. I’ve been writing in my diary and reading.

I colored eggs at my grandma’s house.

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During COVID-19 I’ve been doing lots of different stuff. I’m playing games with my family like Chutes and Ladders, War, Monopoly, Yahtzee and other different kinds of games.

We’ve been taking lots and lots of walks. It was mostly nice out when we do them. I’ve also been riding my bike and driving the four-wheeler.

I’ve been doing lots of homework like i-Ready math and reading and also Zearn Math.

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NFL draft grades for every team: Jets get a B, Giants earn a C+ Mark Maske The Washington Post

The remote NFL draft was completed without any major glitches, justifying the league’s decision to move forward with one of its signature events amid the novel coronavirus pandemic and allowing the focus on to be on the football aspects of what took place.

No one knows for certain which players drafted will become NFL stars and which will be regarded as disappointments. But what can be evaluated is which teams made the most of the draft resources they had, based on current evaluations, and which didn’t.

That forms the basis of our 2020 NFL draft grades for all 32 teams.

NFC East Dallas Cowboys: B+ Some had been worried about what owner Jerry Jones might do with no one in the same room to stop him, thinking of the time that Jones supposedly had to be prevented from drafting quarterback Johnny Manziel over guard Zack Martin. The fears were unfounded. The Cowboys did well as WR CeeDee Lamb fell to them 17th overall, with Jones celebrating in his draftnight office on his yacht, and they came back to get the CB they needed by taking Trevon Diggs in Round 2.

New York Giants: C+ The Giants were appropriately intent upon addressing their offensive line issues. But there is plenty of room to wonder whether GM Dave Gettleman took the right offensive tackle at No. 4 overall, opting for Andrew Thomas over Tristan Wirfs, Jedrick Wills and Mekhi Becton. Getting safety Xavier McKinney in the second round was a major plus.

Philadelphia Eagles: BUsing a second-round pick on Jalen Hurts was a bit curious, with a young franchise QB already in place in Carson Wentz. Yes, Wentz has had injury issues. But there are other QBs the Eagles could have taken later in the draft to serve as a backup. At least they used their first-rounder to give Wentz some playmaking help with WR Jalen Reagor.

The Eagles added more speed at receiver with some Day 3 selections and the trade for the 49ers’ Marquise Goodwin.

Washington Redskins: B The Redskins did the right thing by staying put at No. 2 and taking Chase Young. He’s a game-changing pass rusher and those don’t come around all that often. The Redskins finally managed to resolve the Trent Williams situation by trading the disgruntled former Pro Bowl left tackle to the 49ers but received a relatively modest return, a fifth-round pick Saturday and a third-rounder next year. Even so, it’s better to have closure to that entire saga, and the Redskins moved quickly to add a potential replacement in fourth-round T Saahdiq Charles.

NFC North Chicago Bears: C+ The Bears were without a first-round choice because of the Khalil Mack trade. They got good value at positions of need with their second-round selections of TE Cole Kmet and CB Jaylon Johnson. But they just didn’t have enough premium picks for this to be a

truly impactful draft class.

Detroit Lions: B The Lions had four picks in the first three rounds and did reasonably well with them.

Taking CB Jeff Okudah third overall was a solid move, especially after the trade of standout CB Darius Slay earlier in the offseason. Still, finding a way to trade down and add picks would have been even more desirable and the Lions, whether it was their fault or not, didn’t make it happen.

D’Andre Swift was regarded by many as the top available RB but it remains debatable whether it’s wise to devote even a high second-round choice to a running back in today’s NFL. Green Bay Packers: D Yes, Aaron Rodgers is 36, one year older than Brett Favre was when the Packers drafted Rodgers in 2005. And yes, the decision to draft Rodgers worked out just fine for the Packers, even if it led to Favre’s unceremonious exit from Green Bay. But that doesn’t make the trade up to take Jordan Love 26th overall in this draft the right move. Rodgers remains highly productive and has four years left on his contract. The Packers reached last season’s NFC title game.

Perhaps they would be ready to take the next step if the first-round choice had been devoted to a top WR. Love is a very intriguing QB prospect.

But he’ll do little to nothing in the next few years to help the Packers reach another Super Bowl as Rodgers’s career winds down.

Minnesota Vikings: B+ The Vikings clearly believe in quantity, stockpiling thirdday picks and ending up with an immense draft class. That’s a bit unwieldy for roster management, and perhaps they should have traded up a few times in a more targeted approach. Even so, it’s easy to like what they did early in the draft, using their first-rounders on WR Justin Jefferson and CB Jeff Gladney and getting T Ezra Cleveland in the second round rather than trading for the Redskins’ Trent Williams.

NFC South Atlanta Falcons: B The Falcons now must face Tom Brady and Teddy Bridgewater as well as Drew Brees in division play, and they focused on their pass defense.

Taking CB A.J. Terrell was a sound move at 16th overall and second-rounder Marlon Davidson should bolster the pass rush whether he lines up at DE or DT. Carolina Panthers: B The Panthers devoted every pick to their defense and did plenty to upgrade it. DT Derrick Brown was worthy of the seventh overall choice. Second-round pass rusher Yetur Gross-Matos was considered a first-round talent by some observers, and S Jeremy Chinn was a good value late in Round 2. The biggest question is whether Carolina should have done something - anything on the offensive side.

New Orleans Saints: C There’s plenty to like about what the Saints did. It’s unusual to use a first-round pick on an interior offensive lineman but getting Cesar Ruiz was worth the 24th choice and his arrival should benefit QB Drew Brees. Getting LB Zack Baun in Round 3 was a

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tremendous value and TE Adam Trautman, another thirdrounder, also could have a role. The only issue is whether it’s advisable to allow yourself to have only draft three picks before the seventh round.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers: AIt was a good few days for the Bucs, who traded for TE Rob Gronkowski before the draft and then were both lucky and wise when they were able to get T Tristan Wirfs by trading up one spot to 13th overall Thursday night. Both moves help QB Tom Brady immensely. The Bucs continued to address major needs with second-round S Antoine Winfield Jr. and thirdround RB Ke’Shawn Vaughn.

They’re suddenly in win-now mode with Brady’s arrival and they’ve done plenty to improve Brady’s chances of making the post-Patriots portion of his career successful.

NFC West Arizona Cardinals: B Coach Kliff Kingsbury wasn’t exactly roughing it in his scenic work-from-home environment, and he and the Cardinals did well. They took the draft’s coveted all-purpose defender, Isaiah Simmons, eighth overall. The only modest quibble with that is that they might have addressed their offensive line issues for their prized second-year QB, Kyler Murray, as their top priority. But the Cardinals did circle back and use their next pick, in Round 3, on T Josh Jones.

Los Angeles Rams: BThe Rams were without a first-rounder after the Jalen Ramsey trade but still made four picks in the first three rounds. They took Cam Akers to replace Todd Gurley at RB and Van Jefferson to offset the trade of WR Brandin Cooks.

The two third-rounders, LB Terrell Lewis and S Terrell Burgess, should contribute on defense.

San Francisco 49ers: A The Niners are coming off a Super Bowl appearance and maintained that level. They landed former Pro Bowl left tackle Trent Williams for a modest price in the trade with the Redskins. He replaces the

retiring Joe Staley and his familiarity with Coach Kyle Shanahan should allow the 49ers to get the best out of him.

Williams and the two firstrounders taken Thursday, DT Javon Kinlaw and WR Brandon Aiyuk, should be major contributors. Kinlaw replaces DeForest Buckner, who was traded earlier this offseason.

The Niners could have taken Jerry Jeudy or CeeDee Lamb instead of Kinlaw but traded up to get Aiyuk to fill their WR need later in the opening round.

Seattle Seahawks: C The first-round selection of LB Jordyn Brooks was curious.

The Seahawks probably could have moved down and taken him later, and they didn’t address their glaring pass-rush need until midway through Round 2 with Darrell Taylor.

Their best move might have been getting G Damien Lewis in the third round.

AFC East Buffalo Bills: BThe Bills, with the AFC East suddenly there for the taking, were justified in trading their first-round pick to the Vikings earlier in the offseason for WR Stefon Diggs. They used a second-rounder on DE A.J. Epenesa. But their most intriguing pick was the fifthround choice they used to end QB Jake Fromm’s draft plummet. Fromm’s drop prompted talk of a weak arm and a poor showing at the NFL Scouting Combine. But he was an accomplished college QB and he could give the Bills a reliable backup behind Josh Allen.

Miami Dolphins: A The Dolphins made the most of the draft assets amassed from last season’s roster dismantling. They made the bold move with their QB choice, taking the risk that Tua Tagovailoa will recover fully from last season’s hip injury to be a franchise centerpiece.

That was a chance worth taking for a franchise that once passed on Drew Brees in free agency because of injury concerns. The Dolphins made six of the draft’s first 70 selections and split them evenly between offense and defense. They fortified Tagovailoa’s offensive

line with T Austin Jackson and G/T Robert Hunt, and they strengthened the defense with CB Noah Igbinoghene, DT Raekwon Davis and S Brandon Jones. They also traded for Niners RB Matt Breida.

New England Patriots: BCoach Bill Belichick’s dog became a star of the workfrom-home camera shots, and the Patriots focused on rebuilding their defense and accumulating TEs for the post-Tom Brady era. Belichick traded out of the first round entirely, opting against taking QB Jordan Love, and took Division II safety Kyle Dugger early in Round 2. TEs Devin Asiasi and Dalton Keene were taken in the third round. The Patriots passed up QB Jake Fromm even in the fifth round to take a kicker. It was all very Belichick-like, but this approach puts a tremendous amount of trust in secondyear QB Jarrett Stidham.

New York Jets: B The Jets rebuilt their offensive line in free agency and completed that project by choosing T Mekhi Becton 11th overall. That should aid thirdyear QB Sam Darnold. So, too, should the second-round selection of WR Denzel Mims.

AFC North Baltimore Ravens: B+ GM Eric DeCosta had a very good draft and is proving to be a worthy successor to the masterful Ozzie Newsome.

First-round LB Patrick Queen is a perfect fit for the Baltimore defense and second-round RB J.K. Dobbins can split carries with Mark Ingram and improve a rushing offense that already was record-setting.

Cincinnati Bengals: B+ The Bengals should have improved their roster considerably, given the picks they had, and that’s what they did. They were unwavering in making QB Joe Burrow the top overall choice and they used the first selection of the second round to give Burrow some WR help with Tee Higgins.

Cleveland Browns: B The Browns did well to get T Jedrick Wills at No. 10 overall.

They have upgraded QB Baker Mayfield’s offensive line in a big way after signing T Jack Conklin in free agency. The second-round selection of S Grant Delpit gives Cleveland a playmaker in the secondary.

Pittsburgh Steelers: BThe trade for Minkah Fitzpatrick last season left the Steelers without a first-round choice. But they did address some of their issues on offense by taking WR Chase Claypool in the second round and RB Anthony McFarland in Round 4.

AFC South Houston Texans: BCoach Bill O’Brien was caught by the draft cameras having an angry outburst, reportedly after a near-trade fell through. He and the Texans avoided any major gaffes, although they were without a first-round selection due to the Laremy Tunsil trade. The Texans fortified their defensive front with second-round DT Ross Blacklock and thirdround pass rusher Jonathan Greenard.

Indianapolis Colts: B+ The Colts’ first-rounder went to the 49ers in the DeForest Buckner trade. If that’s factored in, this is a very good

draft haul for Indianapolis.

The second-rounders, WR Michael Pittman and RB Jonathan Taylor, will be assets for incoming veteran QB Philip Rivers. The fourth-round choice used on Jacob Eason gives the Colts a developmental QB behind Rivers and Jacoby Brissett.

Jacksonville Jaguars: B+ The Jaguars seem firmly in rebuilding mode and they pushed that process along.

They landed the draft’s second-best CB, C.J. Henderson, and its second-best pass rusher, K’Lavon Chaisson, in the first round. They participated in the run on WRs with the second-round choice of Laviska Shenault. About all that went wrong is that the Jaguars did not find a team willing to trade for RB Leonard Fournette or pass rusher Yannick Ngakoue.

Tennessee Titans: B The Titans, coming off their run to the AFC championship game, gave themselves a candidate to replace the departed Jack Conklin at right tackle with their first-round choice of Isaiah Wilson. They have not re-signed Logan Ryan in free agency to this point but bolstered their CB ranks with second-rounder Kristian Fulton.

AFC West Denver Broncos: B Front office executive John Elway did all he could to help second-year QB Drew Lock, who showed promise last season as a rookie. Elway used the Broncos’ first two picks on WRs, getting Jerry Jeudy 15th overall and KJ Hamler in Round 2. There were no major additions to the offensive line other than third-round center Lloyd Cushenberry III, but the passing offense should be revved up if Lock is given enough time to throw.

Kansas City Chiefs: B+ Using a first-round selection on a RB usually isn’t the way to go in the modern-day NFL. But the Chiefs taking Clyde Edwards-Helaire at No. 32 was an exception. He’s a versatile player who will be a major factor in the passing game as he splits time with Damien Williams. It’s the sort of move that a reigning Super Bowl champ that’s keeping its roster mostly intact can afford to make as a luxury addition.

Las Vegas Raiders: CThere were some puzzling decisions made by the Raiders. They made Henry Ruggs, not Jerry Jeudy or CeeDee Lamb, the first WR taken with their pick at No. 12. They used a first-rounder, questionably, on CB Damon Arnette. Ruggs and Arnette very well might be productive players, but this is about maximizing the value of the picks. The Raiders used three of their first four choices on WRs, apparently intent on compensating for last season’s failed pairing with Antonio Brown.

Los Angeles Chargers: B The Chargers took the safe route at QB, remaining behind the Dolphins and choosing Justin Herbert at No. 6 after Miami went with Tua Tagovailoa. That’s not as exciting, but it could work out well for the Chargers. Trading up for LB Kenneth Murray later in the first round was a bolder move, and it was justified.

Wake Forest fires basketball coach Danny Manning Chip Alexander The News & Observer

RALEIGH, N.C. — Wake Forest has parted ways with basketball coach Danny Manning after six seasons, the school announced Saturday.

Manning leaves with a 78-111 record. The Demon Deacons were 1318 this past season.

“I am very thankful for having had the opportunity to lead the Wake Forest men’s basketball program,” Manning said in a statement. “I am very proud of the numerous student-athletes I had the pleasure of coaching, especially the student-athletes who earned their

degrees. I am particularly thankful for all of the hard work my staff has put in through the years. I am so grateful to the Wake Forest community, who have made WinstonSalem a special home for my family and I from the second we stepped on campus in 2014. I wish the program nothing but success going forward.”

Randolph Childress will serve as the acting head coach.

The decision to fire Manning was made by John Currie, who became athletic director in March 2019, succeeding longtime AD Ron Wellman. Manning’s contract buyout is more than $15 million, Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports reported.

“After a comprehensive review of the men’s basketball program, and with the support of President Hatch and University leadership, I have determined that it is time for a change in our head coaching position,” Currie said in a statement.

“We thank Coach Manning, Julie and Evan for their service to Wake Forest and for their commitment to our student-athletes and the Winston-Salem community over the past six years.”

Among the names of possible candidates being mentioned in media reports are UNC-Greensboro coach Wes Miller, UMBC coach Ryan Odom and Winthrop’s Pat Kelsey.

Manning’s dismissal comes a few days after 6-5 guard Chaundee Brown announced he was leaving the program, either through the NBA draft or as a transfer. Guards Sharone Wright Jr. and Michael Wynn earlier had entered the transfer portal.

The Deacons had a 30-80 ACC record the past six seasons under Manning and finished 13th in the league this season with a 6-14 ACC record. His teams had three 20-loss seasons and never posted a winning ACC record.

Wake Forest had one winning season under Manning, going 19-14 in 2016-17, finishing 9-9 in the ACC. Selected for the NCAA

tournament’s “First Four” round that year, the Deacons lost to Kansas State.

Manning, 53, received a contract extension in November 2017. But the program was beset with a number of players who transferred in 2018, accelerating the downward spiral.

Manning starred for Kansas during the Jayhawks’ 1988 national championship run, then had a long NBA career before moving into college coaching. An assistant at Kansas, he was head coach at Tulsa for two seasons before being hired by Wake Forest in April 2014.

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Wife laughs off man’s pleas to end their marriage Dear Abby, I have a problem I can’t fix. I have been married for 54 years. For the last 20 we have slept in different bedrooms. I get no affection from my wife, and everything has to be her way. We no longer have anything in common except our children and grandchilDEAR ABBY dren who, for the most part, come to me only when they need something.

Over the years, we have drifted apart, and there is no longer anything we enjoy doing together. I have told her many times that for my mental health we should part ways. She laughs and shrugs it off. Basically, to her I am a paycheck. She thinks we don’t have a problem. Her parents lived pretty much the same way. I need someone who will sit with me when we go out to dinner, hold hands in public, have a couple of similar interests, share the same bed, etc.

I have met a woman online who seems to care and who wants to be with me. I haven’t followed through, but every time I’m verbally abused, it’s pushing me more and more toward her. Help.

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JEANNE PHILLIPS

Tell your wife you are making an appointment with a licensed marriage and family

therapist to discuss your marital situation. It may be the wakeup call she needs to get her to quit laughing and pay attention to the fact that you are seriously unhappy. Ask her to go with you, but if she refuses, follow through and go without her. It may help you emotionally as you disengage from this marriage.

If you do end the marriage, recognize there will have to be a fair distribution of any assets that accumulated and be prepared to discuss your options with more than one lawyer. A word of caution, however: Do NOT immediately rush into a romantic relationship with someone you know only through the internet. It is crucial that you take the necessary time to detoxify and regain your balance after you exit this marriage.

Dear Readers: For those of you having trouble coping with stress and anxiety during this challenging time, Jack Drescher, M.D., respected psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and member of the American Psychoanalytic Association, contacted me offering a resource for emotional health matters related to the coronavirus crisis. For more information, go to psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psychoanalysis-unplugged-0.

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Wellness visits don’t double as regular checkups Our excellent insurance allows for a yearly wellness visit at no cost. My regular copay is a very reasonable $10. So, the cost is not the real issue. For the past few years, after my visit, I have received a bill for $10, with the explanation that while the wellness visit was free, I was being charged for a regular visit also. This because we discussed TO YOUR my blood pressure, which is a GOOD HEALTH preexisting condition. It seems that should be part of my wellness discussion.

The billing office says Medicare Advantage programs allow for this (double?) billing, based on how the doctor codes the exam. Interestingly, my wife, who sees another doctor in the same practice, has never been billed in this manner, even though her doctor has discussed preexisting conditions.

I have a good relationship with my doctor, but have not discussed this with him to any real degree. But this just seems wrong. Or, if it is permissible, then it seems like a contributor to runaway health costs. I’ve used the word unethical with the billing staff and supervisor.

They say it’s not. Am I overreacting?

DR. KEITH ROACH

The annual wellness exam is intended to allow you and your doctor time to discuss strategies for keeping you healthy. It may include performing or scheduling screening tests, discussing physical activity and diet, and other interventions to help reduce injury and disease. The annual wellness exam is NOT a regular visit to discuss problems and do a physical exam.

Some physicians will, in addition to the wellness visit, also do a brief regular visit, such as monitoring and discussing blood pressure. In that case, an additional charge for a “problembased visit” is allowed. It is neither illegal nor

unethical to bill the insurance for both types of services if both are provided. That’s what your physician has done, assuming he did the wellness visit appropriately. However, discussion with my colleagues has shown me that many will NOT bill the insurance for the problem-based part of the visit, as many of their patients don’t understand this issue and the doctors don’t want to upset their patients. It sounds like your wife’s doctor is in that camp.

People without your excellent insurance have to pay a much larger fee, and I can understand why they might be upset, as the nature of the annual wellness visit is often not well explained.

Born today, you are an original thinker, but you’re not always the first one to decide to do something when something needs to be done.

The problem? You have difficulty at times translating thought into efficient and effective action. You come up with one good idea after another, surely, but you may rely on others, more often than not, to put those ideas into motion. Only when your back is against the wall — or you are compelled to react to circumstances in some other way — are you likely to step out of your comfort zone and follow up quick and thorough thinking with the kind of action it deserves.

You are not an imposing figure, but you have a way of presenting yourself on social and professional occasions in such a way that you’re sure to be remembered, and you are able to change the energy in a room quite dramatically just by walking into it.

Also born on this date are: Jessica Alba, actress; Jay Leno, comedian and late-night host; Penelope Cruz, actress; Ann-Margret, actress; James Monroe, U.S. president; Mary McDonnell, actress.

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.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29 TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — You’ll be able to charge ahead with greater confidence and at a faster pace than before. You put a competitor on the defensive.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — You’re eager to see if a new idea can be put into motion as anticipated today — but before that happens, you must ad-

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Several different religions use a single cup during communion that is shared by the members of the congregation. The cup is just lightly wiped off between each person’s communion.

Isn’t this an almost certain way to spread germs, especially during the cold and flu season? I’m surprised that this practice is still used.

The available data suggest that the risk of acquiring infection from a shared communion cup is very low. Wiping a silver chalice with a linen cloth reduced the bacterial count on the cup between each person by 90%. Viral infections are more likely to be spread via respiratory droplets from sitting next to someone than by sharing a communion dish.

Current restrictions put in place specifically to slow the spread of coronavirus have effectively suspended church services in most countries.

Many are live-streaming their Masses, and the Catholic Church, for one, has encouraged “spiritual Communion” until a return to safe in-person service is possible.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22) — You will be able to identify nearly all threats and challenges today — but one may escape your notice until you are nearly on top of it.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You may feel as though you are less prepared than those around you today, but you have one particular advantage that will enable you to win the day.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — You must resist the temptation to judge another’s performance today.

Instead, focus on doing your best as circumstances shift and change.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — You and a rival are both working toward the same goal — and whoever gets there first will enjoy much acclaim. What happens if it’s a tie?

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — You will want to consider options that have never seemed realistic to you in the past — but today a changing reality means all bets are off.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — You can demonstrate to another how grateful you are for his or her recent assistance by returning the favor in an unexpected way.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You may fear that something you managed to avoid in the past will prove unavoidable today — but you’re prepared this time, surely.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — You must give yourself credit for doing something others thought was impossible. More than recognition should come your way very soon.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — You are able to see the dangers that lie ahead better than anyone else in your inner circle, so be sure to speak up when given the chance!

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — You feel closer to someone than ever before — but he or she may not feel the same. There are certain issues to address before the day is out.

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SUPER QUIZ

THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

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

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

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Find the name of an animal hidden in the sentence. (e.g., There is a lot of static at that station. Answer: Cat.) Freshman level 1. Most rich people are educated.

2. He tries to be artistic.

3. Alice came late.

Graduate level 4. The young boys terrified the elderly women.

5. Put the saucepan there on the table.

6. The bride thought that her ring was beautiful.

PH.D. level 7. Give the imp a large brandy.

8. I signed my name on the dotted line.

9. I would not be averse to that situation.

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

Answer here: Saturday’s Yesterday’s

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Solution SolutiontotoSaturday’s Monday’s puzzle

4/28/20 Complete the grid grid so so each each row, row, column and 3-by-3 box (in (in bold bold borders) borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9.

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SUPER QUIZ ANSWERS 1. Ostrich. 2. Bear. 3. Camel. 4. Oyster. 5. Panther. 6. Herring. 7. Impala. 8.

Myna. 9. Beaver.

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Crossword Puzzle Mother Goose & Grimm ACROSS 1 Secretary’s goof 5 To no __; fruitlessly 10 Steady radiance 14 Slightly less than a meter 15 VCR insertion 16 European capital city 17 Poke roughly 18 Slightly ill 20 Suffix for hard or soft 21 Apple products 22 Removes the lid from 23 Fill with joy 25 Kick oneself for 26 Point the finger at 28 Ballpark lunch 31 Money 32 Devoutness 34 Prefix for verb or noun 36 Play divisions 37 Physicist Marie or hubby Pierre 38 Extend from end to end 39 Herd word 40 Potato or yam 41 Gall; audacity 42 McDonald’s symbol 44 Delhi dollars 45 French article 46 Sweet, creamy drinks 47 At the __ the day; ultimately 50 Colorado ski resort 51 Weep 54 Rambunctious 57 Fruit that stays green 58 Recipe direction 59 Give up, as one’s rights 60 Fervent 61 Cast off 62 Stopped 63 Bookie’s collection DOWN 1 Sort; variety 2 Crocheter’s need 3 District attorney

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4 Not normal 5 Fly a plane 6 Coach Lombardi 7 Also says 38U.S. “…onstate that capital farm there was a pig, E,__,O…” 69Ending for super __ Alamos, NM 10 Felt about blindly 11 Diet successfully 12 Foreboding sign 13 Abandons bachelorhood 19 In a sullen mood 21 Loretta Swit sitcom 24 Drags 25 Learn by __; memorize 26 West, for one 27 Ski lodge cupful 28 One listed in a will 29 Tyrannical 30 Burial plot 32 U.K. social spots 33 Wrath 35 Small bills 37 Signals to an actor

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38 Five months from now: abbr.

40 Burglar’s crime 41 Invalid; no longer binding 43 Behind __ doors; in private 44 Lifted up 46 Purple shade 47 Flows back

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48 One who put animals on a boat 49 Flood preventer 50 Empty space 52 Leave out 53 Flower gardens 55 Woolly mama 56 __ out on; deserted 57 Friendly dog

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