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ClubLife Health and Fitness in Valatie.

VALATIE — One local business owner is saying enough to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s NY on Pause order and is hoping to reopen soon.

ClubLife Health & Fitness, 3143 Highway 9, in Valatie, posted the following on its Facebook page: “.03% chance of dying from China Virus. This rate is only dropping. This was a planned sabotage on our nation. Open back up. Open your business, go back to school.”

The post was later edited to replace “China Virus” with “Coronavirus,” which ClubLife owner Alex Rosenstrach said was a “social experiment.”

But some people aren’t buying that explanation.

Joel Funk, of Stuyvesant, commented on the post, calling the term “China Virus” racist.

“It’s one thing to say that the virus originated in China because that is fact,” Funk said Tuesday. “To refer to it as the China Virus uses language that perpetuates hatred for China

and Chinese people and assigns blame to a particular group of people. It’s insensitive and dangerous for a pillar of the community to spout blind misinformation and use language that feeds into fear-mongering and hatred on a public forum.”

There has been an uptick in hate crimes against the Chinese community, Funk said.

A March 12 post on the ClubLife Facebook page referred to COVID-19 as the “Chinese See GYM A8

Cuomo seeks pandemic relief in CARES II

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ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo called on federal lawmakers to provide pandemic relief to state and local governments as legislators negotiate the CARES II bill on Capitol Hill.

Additional state and local funding from Washington is essential as New York faces between a $13 billion and $15 billion budget shortfall and expects to slash school district and hospital spending by 20%.

Last week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., spoke out against such a “blue-state bail out” bill and suggested states declare bankruptcy. Congressional aid to state and local governments would not be a “bail out,” said Cuomo, who argued Democratic states like New York put more into the federal budget than Kentucky or Florida.

New York gives $29 billion more in federal spending than it receives while Kentucky receives $37 billion and Florida $30 billion more from the federal government than either pay in federal taxes, according to the governor’s office.

Cuomo fired back Wednesday after U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., said of Democratic states fighting COVID-19, “We’re supposed to bail them out? That’s not right.”

Scott’s statements divide Americans with an “us versus them” mentality, the governor said.

“Who is ‘we’ and who is ‘them?’” Cuomo said.

“Them, the people who had

COURTESY OF GOV. ANDREW CUOMO’S OFFICE

Gov. Andrew Cuomo reveals a wall of several hundred masks Americans from across the nation have mailed to help New York, which remains the country’s epicenter of COVID-19 cases.

coronavirus... we, without the virus, are supposed to bail out those people who have the virus? What an ugly sentiment.

“New York bails them out

every year. They’re not bailing us out. ... How dare they? How long are you going to play the American people and assume they’re stupid? They are

numbers, and they are facts, and they can’t be distorted.”

State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and other assembly members in the

Democratic majority sent a letter to New York’s congressional delegation Wednesday calling on it to support See RELIEF A8

Bridge tolls increase amid pandemic

By Melanie Lekocevic Columbia-Greene Media

Cash tolls on the Rip Van Winkle Bridge will increase from $1.50 to $1.75 starting Friday.

The state Bridge Authority’s Board of Commissioners voted in December to raise the tolls on all five of its bridges effective May 1.

The increase will be implemented despite the stay-athome mandates by the state due to the COVID-19 outbreak and the financial difficulties faced by business owners and residents.

“While we acknowledge the timing of this is far from ideal,

the simple fact is that toll rates cannot be set or changed at will,” Bridge Authority Public Information Officer Christopher Steber said Wednesday.

“The new toll rates set to take effect on May 1 are the result of an extensive and lengthy public review process that closely followed a regulatory implementation timeline. It involved sending notifications to state officials, as well as a public hearing and comment period to gather input from citizens in the Hudson Valley.”

The five spans under the Bridge Authority’s jurisdiction include the Rip Van Winkle Bridge, Kingston-Rhinecliff

Bridge, Mid-Hudson Bridge, Newburgh-Beacon Bridge and Bear Mountain Bridge.

Motorists pay the same toll at all five bridges and the toll hike will be the same as well.

Drivers who use EZPass will see an increase of 10 cents, from $1.25 to $1.35. EZPass users with the commuter plan — those who use the bridge at least 17 times a month — will see a 10-cent increase, from $1 to $1.10.

“This is still lower than the $1.80 it cost to travel roundtrip on the Rip Van Winkle Bridge when it opened in 1935, See TOLLS A8

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New toll rates are set to go into effect on the Rip Van Winkle Bridge this Friday.

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The record-long U.S. economic expansion is over after almost 11 years, with what’s likely to be the deepest recession in at least eight decades now underway.

The world’s largest economy shrank at a 4.8% annualized pace in the first quarter, the biggest slide since 2008 and the first contraction since 2014, as the need to fight the coronavirus forced businesses to close and consumers to stay home.

The current quarter is likely to be far worse, with analysts expecting the economy to tumble by a record amount in data going back to the 1940s. Bloomberg Economics has projected a 37% annualized contraction, but UniCredit is the most bearish with a 65% estimate.

The first-quarter downturn, reported Wednesday by the Commerce Department, was led by the steepest drop in consumer spending since 1980 and the fastest decline in business investment in almost 11 years.

The worse-than-expected report reveals the wide-scale hit to U.S. output from covid-19 and the subsequent freezing of economic activity.

“It’s kind of incredible when you think about the fact that the economy was running pretty much on a normal footing for over 80% of the first quarter,” Stephen Stanley, chief economist at Amherst Pierpont Securities, said on Bloomberg Radio.

U.S. stocks gained amid renewed hopes for a drug to fight the coronavirus, helping investors shrug off the GDP data. The dollar slipped and Treasury yields were lower.

The report indicates an end to an expansion that began in mid2009 when the economy began to recover from the financial crisis. Since then, gross domestic product swelled by $7 trillion and unemployment had fallen to a five-decade low of 3.5%, although some have questioned how widely the benefits have been spread with an increasing concentration of wealth at the top and wages rising at a relatively tepid pace for most of the expansion.

The pain is being felt worldwide with China already reporting a sharp decline in output and the euro-area set to deliver grim figures Thursday.

As the U.S. government and

Bloomberg photo by Luke Sharrett.

A worker drives a forklift through a grocery distribution center in Louisville, Ky., on March 20, 2020.

states debate when and how fast to lift restrictions on companies and schools, there remains considerable doubt over the duration of the economic slowdown and the shape of the recovery.

Early hopes for a rapid rebound have faded with most analysts assuming a jump in activity once the virus passes will be followed by a slower resumption of growth. So far, many data points signal a deepening contraction, while others have shown slight improvement, according to a Bloomberg Economics tracker.

“While real GDP growth in the first quarter came in below expectations, a collapse in trade and inventories due to coronavirus-related disruptions masked a much bleaker picture in the underlying details,” Bloomberg economists Yelena Shulyatyeva and Eliza wrote in a noted.

Despite massive government aid packages and near-zero interest rates, businesses big and small risk going bankrupt, while consumers may remain wary of hitting shops and restaurants amid health concerns, higher debt burdens and job insecurity.

Another big question is how the recession affects the reelection chances of President Donald Trump, who lately has been pushing for removal of the constraints after losing the ability to run on a strong economy.

At the Federal Reserve, which slashed rates and rolled out a slew of emergency and unprecedented lending programs, Chairman Jerome Powell and

colleagues are trying to limit the virus’s damage to jobs and business while setting the conditions for recovery.

They conclude a two-day meeting later Wednesday, with a statement expected at 2 p.m. in Washington and a press conference by Powell at 2:30 p.m.

While two quarters of contraction is considered by most to constitute a recession, the official call in the U.S. is made by the Business Cycle Dating Committee, a panel of economists at the National Bureau of Economic Research. They look at a wide range of indicators including consumer spending, employment and GDP. The analysis can take a while.

In the last recession, which became the longest since World War II, the committee didn’t make the determination for nearly a year after the downturn started.

In any case, the GDP figures underscore what’s already clear from government data showing 26 million Americans filing for unemployment, along with plunges in retail sales and factory production.

The contraction in first-quarter GDP - the first decline since a 1.1% drop in 2014 - compared with the median projection for a 4% drop in a Bloomberg survey of economists. In January, analysts were forecasting growth of 1.6%.

Consumer spending, which had already begun to cool in the second half of 2019, fell at a 7.6% rate. Changing consumption habits were evident in the

report, as a record increase in off-premises food and beverage spending was more than offset by the largest slump in purchases of durable goods such as autos in more than 11 years.

Consumption is forecast to be much weaker in the second quarter because broader government measures including closures of restaurants and stores didn’t start in earnest until mid-to-late March, and they continue today in much of the U.S. Business investment, already down for three straight quarters as the U.S.-China trade war kept companies guessing, also took a big hit. Companies slowed spending on structures and equipment. Investment in software rose, however, potentially reflecting efforts to help employees work from home.

Exports of services fell by the most since 1975, reflecting a decline in international travelers coming to the U.S. The first-quarter GDP figures will be revised several times, and some economists broadly expect the reading to become weaker as more data and adjustments are made.

The Commerce Department also made some adjustments to how it estimated wages and salaries, since the data source usually used covered the period before the major coronavirus issues. Statisticians incorporated unemployment claims, which surged to records in recent weeks, and also assumed additional job losses not reflected in the filings.

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Gilead Sciences announced Wednesday that a division of the National Institutes of Health will be releasing positive early results of a clinical trial of its drug remdesivir, a potential treatment for coronavirus, sending markets sharply up at opening of trading.

“Gilead Sciences is aware of positive data emerging from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’ (NIAID) study of the investigational antiviral remdesivir for the treatment of covid-19,” the company said in an early-morning statement. “We understand that the trial has met its primary endpoint and that NIAID will provide detailed information at an upcoming briefing.’’

Gilead did not provide specifics or characterize the results in the brief statement. NIAID confirmed it planned an announcement later Wednesday at a briefing by President Donald Trump’s coronavirus task force.

Remdesivir was invented by Gilead a decade ago and has shown promise against a variety

of viruses in laboratory and animal experiments. If shown to prevent people from dying and being put on ventilators, it could give health officials and political leaders greater confidence as they seek to reopen the economy.

The NIAID study is the most rigorous test to date of the potential treatment because it is a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, the gold standard for seeing if a drug is safe and effective. A cohort of patients receive a dummy treatment instead of the real drug, without patients and treating doctors knowing which one the patients are getting. It provides the best comparison of how people treated with the drug fared in relation to those who did not get the drug.

In a separate statement, Gilead released some results of its own clinical trial that showed a five-day course of treatment of remdesivir produced similar results to 10 days of treatment.

The finding is a sign that, if approved, more people could receive limited supplies of the drug and that patients could

spend less time in the hospital.

Gilead said it plans to submit the full data for publication in a peer-reviewed journal in the coming weeks.

“The study demonstrates the potential for some patients to be treated with a 5-day regimen, which could significantly expand the number of patients who could be treated with our current supply of remdesivir,” Merdad Parsey, Gilead’s chief medical officer, said in a news release. “This is particularly important in the setting of a pandemic, to help hospitals and health care workers treat more patients in urgent need of care. “ Gilead also said that people who were given the drug within 10 days of first showing symptoms fared somewhat better than patients who were given

the drug later. “By Day 14, 62% of patients treated early were able to be discharged from the hospital, compared with 49% of patients who were treated late,’’ the company said.

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Greene Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Center when more tests become available, officials said Tuesday.

Linger said he was only aware of one death in the county being a nursing home resident, but he did not know which facility the patient came from.

The county has had five COVID-related deaths to date, all of which were senior citizens with underlying health conditions, according to Public Health.

More than 1,000 residents were tested, with an 89% negative result,” Linger said.

These residents may not have been tested locally, but may have gone to test sites in neighboring counties, Linger said.

Linger said he plans to write

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CATSKILL — In a gesture of appreciation and support, community members and law enforcement visited local nursing homes Tuesday and donated more than 150 lunches.

Spearheaded by the Second Baptist Church of Catskill, the convoy, escorted by members of the Catskill Police Department, the Greene County Sheriff’s Office and state police, left from Main Street at 1:30 p.m.

The group delivered 60 lunches to The Pines at Catskill Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, 50 to Greene Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 40 to The Eliot at Catskill and 10 to Lincare.

“Close to 100 cars showed up,” the Rev. Richard Turpin said. “State troopers, the sheriff’s office, EMTs, local business owners ... it was fantastic.”

The lunches included sandwiches purchased from Subway, Wise potato chips from Sam’s Club, bottled water from Walmart and chocolate chip cookies, donated by Subway, the Rev. Suzette Turpin said.

“We know that not all heroes wear capes, some of them wear scrubs,” according to an announcement on the church’s Facebook page. “Today the Second Baptist Church and the Catskill community came together and honored the healthcare Heroes and Sheroes who wear scrubs and bravely fight on the frontlines of this pandemic. God blessed us to bring a parade, prepared lunch and prayer to all the healthcare facilities in Catskill. Thank you to Pastor Richard Turpin, Rev. Suzette Turpin and sis. Adrianna Evans Winters for your vision, passion and love for the people. You all are a blessing to the body of Christ and the Catskill community. Thank you to the Catskill Police department, fire department, county officers, community members, Second Baptist Church members and friends who came to support

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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

Wednesday, May 6 n Greene County Economic Develop-

ment Corporation 4 p.m. May 6 via Zoom meeting instead of a public meeting open for the public to attend in person. Members of the public may view all meetings on the Greene County YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/ UC0mwTvjUz_XyhJ83epMPFpQ/. Minutes of will transcribed and posted on the Greene County Economic Development Corporation website, www.greenecountyedc.com, upon completion.

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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.

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Tuesday, May 12 n Coxsackie Village Historic Preservation Committee 6 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie 518-731-2718

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Legislature Chairman Patrick Linger, R-New Baltimore, was unsure if the number of confirmed cases at The Pines had increased since initial testing was performed.

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“The state is basing any reopening strategy off of testing, which we have not had,” Linger said. “We have only received 200 tests from the state.”

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The order is being held up in customs, Linger said, adding that he is not sure where the shipment is coming from.

“Our hope would be to open up a testing site right here in Greene County,” he said. “We have plans already set. We just need the physical kits to put the plan into motion.”

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Rules of engagement for reopening Hospitals must not exceed 70% capacity.

The virus transmission rate must not exceed 1.0%. There must be a 14-day decline in COVID-19 hospitalizations.

These are just a few of the guidelines set forth Tuesday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to take the first steps to the reopening of New York state.

No businesses or attractions can open that would draw hundreds of people to a region. Rightly, businesses have been handed the responsibility of coming up with new protocols to maintain social distancing and reduce density before reopening. Regions must develop a program and tracing system to prioritize testing symptomatic people and essential workers.

Each region must plan to make rooms available or provide other isolation facilities for people who test positive for COVID-19 and cannot self-isolate at home. Regions must monitor hospital capacity, infection rate and personal protective equipment usage before reopening.

Regions must coordinate reopening of schools, transportation systems, testing and tracing with surrounding regions. The state could announce a decision on reopening New York’s 700 public school districts, and the possibility of summer classes, by the end of the week.

Allowing the advice of public health experts and experienced business leaders on the New York Forward Re-Opening Advisory Board to guide the state’s reopening strategy is an intelligent and disciplined approach that will bring us back to a semblance of normalcy.

It’s important to remember that we can’t get complacent about staying home, wearing face masks and social distancing as the state gradually moves to reopen.

People are emotional, but we have to be smart about the comeback trail we are taking.

Emotions can’t drive a reopening process, but they can derail it before it even starts. We have to separate the emotion from the rationality.

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Pence is unmasked as a lousy role model

By Karen Tumulty

the last time he was tested? And beyond that: What kind of signal did his lapse send?

The thing that immediately stands out from Shouldn’t people in positions such as his be footage of Vice President Mike Pence visiting role models? Aren’t they supposed to demonthe famed Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnestrate the kind of behavior they say is crucial sota, on Tuesday is what’s missing: Pence is to maintaining public safety? the only guy there not wearing a mask.

Pence’s other explanation was even lamer.

The medical center has a rule about masks, “Since I don’t have the coronavirus, I thought and as it noted in a tweet that was subseit’d be a good opportunity for me to be here, quently deleted, the vice president was made to be able to speak to these researchers, these aware of it. The policy has been in place since incredible health-care personnel, and look April 13. It could hardly be clearer: “Mayo them in the eye and say thank you,” he said.

Clinic is requiring all patients and visitors to Perhaps someone should explain to him how wear a face covering or mask to help slow the to put on a mask. If it is covering your eyes, spread of COVID-19.” you are probably doing it wrong.

Beyond that, Pence’s bare face violated Then again, perhaps this comes from the a recommendation by the federal governtop, from a president who has always believed ment’s own Centers for Disease Control and that rules and norms are for other people.

Prevention, which states that masks are help- Even as he announced the CDC guidelines ful in “public settings where other social disthis month, President Donald Trump detancing measures are difficult to maintain.” clared that he didn’t plan to follow them.

Like, say, a hospital.

“This is voluntary,” he said. “I don’t think I am So why didn’t the man who is leading the going to be doing it.”

Trump administration’s response to the A mask has become both a vital tool in the coronavirus pandemic wear one? Was he fight against the coronavirus and a powerful worried that it looked undignified? Unmanly? symbol that we are all in this together and Is a mask too uncomfortable? Not worth the need to watch out for one another. It is less bother? about protecting yourself than caring about Or maybe he just forgot and left his at those around you. The next time the vice home. Though the clinic’s regulation notes: president goes out among a vulnerable popu“If a patient or visitor does not have a mask, lation, perhaps he should keep that in mind.

Mayo Clinic will provide one.”

Pence’s excuse, he later told reporters, is Karen Tumulty is a Washington Post columnist coverthat he is tested for the coronavirus “on a ing national politics. She joined The Post in 2010 from regular basis,” as is everyone around him.

Time magazine and has also worked at the Los Angeles Times.

But what if he had been exposed, say, since

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Biden should campaign on the theme: ‘Is this really the best we can do?’

WASHINGTON — In speeches during the 1960 presidential campaign, John Kennedy addressed Americans’ anxiety about national lassitude at the end of eight years under Dwight Eisenhower by mildly saying: “I believe we can do better.” Joe Biden, responding to national embarrassment about the least presidential president, can campaign on a modest theme: “Is this really the best we can do?”

This question answers itself, particularly concerning foreign policy. Fortunately for Biden, events and his opponent are making this central to the 2020 election.

It is axiomatic that Americans’ preference regarding foreign policy is to have as little of it as possible. Hence most of this cycle’s Democratic presidential aspirants avoided reminding people that the world is a dangerous place. However, in the Feb. 25 debate in Charleston, South Carolina, Biden called China’s President Xi Jinping “a thug”: “This is a guy who doesn’t have a democraticwith-a-small-’d’ bone in his body.”

Economist John Maynard Keynes supposedly said, “When the facts change, I change my mind.” Biden, citing new facts, including aggression against Hong Kong’s freedom and “a million Uighurs” in “concentration camps,” has jettisoned his 2016 talk of his “enhanced cooperation” with Xi. In 34 of Biden’s 36 Senate years, he was on the Foreign Relations Committee, which he chaired for four years. Donald Trump’s foreign policy judgments have ranged from the contemptible (siding with Vladimir Putin at Helsinki in 2018 against U.S. intelligence officials regarding Russian interference in the 2016 election) to the preposterous (“There is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea”) to the weird (he and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un “fell in love” after exchanging “beautiful letters”).

Trump now wants to make relations with China central to

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WILL this campaign. His rhetorical skills — probably honed where they evidently peaked, on grammar school playgrounds — are emulated by his campaign in references to “Beijing Biden.” Biden can, however, turn China to his advantage by showing Trump what a policy of national strength would look like.

Biden served in the Senate for a decade with Sen. Henry Jackson, D-Wash., a liberal Cold Warrior who helped to make the Soviet Union’s human-rights abuses costly to the regime. Today, Biden should speak forcefully against China’s arrests of Martin Lee, 81, Jimmy Lai, 71, Margaret Ng, 72, and other leaders of Hong Kong’s democracy movement.

Biden can practice what he preaches about bipartisanship by associating himself with Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton’s measured but insistent support for the investigation of the possible role of a Wuhan research laboratory in the coronavirus outbreak. And with former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley’s call to require U.S. universities to disclose China’s funding of their professors and research.

Cotton questions the visas for Chinese to pursue postgraduate studies here in advanced science and technology fields: If Chinese students want to study “Shakespeare and the Federalist Papers, that’s what they need to learn from America. They don’t need to learn quantum computing and artificial intelligence from America.”

In February, a senior adviser for the World Health Organization’s director-general praised

China’s “bold approach” that “changed the course” of the epidemic. Indeed China did: Its first approach was to deny that there is human-to-human transmission. Biden should say that continued U.S. participation in this organization will be contingent upon its granting Taiwan membership. Biden should also promise to discuss Taiwan’s exemplary response to COVID-19 with Tsai Ing-wen in the Oval Office. She would be the first Taiwanese president welcomed in the United States since the 1979 “normalization” of relations with China.

By taking such steps, Biden can reconnect his party with its luminous post-1945 achievement. In that golden moment in the history of this nation’s engagement with the world, the talents of Dean Acheson, George Marshall, George Kennan, Averell Harriman, Robert Lovett, Charles Bohlen, John McCloy and others created the structures of free trade and collective military security that produced the related phenomena of global enrichment and Soviet collapse.

The winners of the past seven presidential elections (1992-2016) have averaged 330 electoral votes. If today’s stateby-state polls are correct, and if the election were held today, Biden would win 333 electoral votes: 227 from Hillary Clinton’s states plus those from Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Florida, Arizona and North Carolina.

More than any particular policy outcome, Americans want a sense that their nation can regain the spring in its step, and can adopt a robust realism regarding the Leninist party-state that is its principal adversary. The first step toward a jauntier, safer America is to make the election a referendum on the right question: “Is this really the best we can do?”

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Gladys Lillian Young VanValkenburgh Gladys Lillian Young Van- laugh was infectious. Most of Valkenburgh 88 of Tanners- all, the love that Gladys had for ville, Lexington, and Valatie, her family was immeasurable.

NY passed away peacefully Her beautiful heart and soul will on Thursday evening April be sadly missed.

23rd, 2020 at Robinson TerGladys was predeceased by race Nursing Center in Stam- her husband of 65 years Leslie ford, NY. She was born in Tan- I. VanValkenburgh, her daughnersville on June 5th, 1932 ter Renee L. Welch, grandson the daughter of the late Floyd Kyle M. Leach, brothers Floyd and Florence Young. Gladys A. Young Jr., Donald F. Young, was a graduate of the Hunter- James N. Young, and sisters Tannersville Central Lillian Hornbeck, DorSchool Class of 1950. othy J. Young, and ArIn her early years Gladlene Darakjian. Gladys ys worked at Lackey’s is survived by her son Drugstore, Warm’s Daryl F. VanValkenrestaurant and then burgh, daughter in-law joined the hospitality Kay VanValkenburgh team at Hunter Mounof Prattsville, daughtain Ski Bowl. She later ter Kelly J. Leach, along with her husson in-law Matthew VanValkenburgh band Les, formed VanLeach of TannersValkenburgh Home Construction of which she as- ville, 9 grandchildren, Kelsey sumed the role of office man- Leach Ormerod, Kody Leach, Kaeden Leach, Kimberly Vanager.

A loving mother and home- Valkenburgh Pickett, Daryl maker, Gladys was a remark- VanValkenburgh Jr., Jessica able cook and enjoyed hosting VanValkenburgh Smith, Travis get-togethers for family and Welch, Trevor Welch, Tiffany friends. She was an avid New Welch and 12 great grandchilYork Yankees fan, and she dren.

Future Family graveside loved to travel. Gladys was very loved, she was kind, car- burial at Westkill Cemetery ing, fun to be around, and her TBA

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WASHINGTON — Acting Navy Secretary James McPherson said he’s delayed a decision on whether to return the ousted captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, the aircraft carrier where the coronavirus swept through the crew.

Putting aside a recommendation by the Navy’s top uniformed officer to restore Capt. Brett Crozier to his post, McPherson said in a statement on Wednesday that “I have unanswered questions that the preliminary inquiry has identified and that can only be answered by a deeper review.”

Crozier was dismissed as the carrier’s captain by then-acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly on April 2 for writing an impassioned memo beseeching the service to do more to remedy the increasingly dire situation aboard the ship. Modly said Crozier failed to keep his concerns within the chain of command.

Adm. Michael Gilday, the chief of naval operations, briefed Defense Secretary Mark Esper Friday on the conclusion of an investigation that started after Crozier circulated his memo and ended with Gilday recommending the captain’s reinstatement. But Esper put off a decision, with aides saying he wanted to study the full written report commissioned by the Navy.

Now, McPherson’s demand for further review buys Esper time before he has to make a politically sensitive decision.

President Donald Trump’s mixed messages on Crozier’s ouster created a dilemma for Esper, who is far more deferential to the president than his

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Capt. Brett Crozier, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, gives remarks during an all-hands call on the ship’s flight deck on December 15, 2019.

famously independent predecessor, Jim Mattis, who was Trump’s first defense secretary.

Trump hasn’t commented on the Navy’s recommendation to restore Crozier as captain of the Roosevelt. On Wednesday Trump repeated his assessment that Crozier “wanted to be Ernest Hemingway” with his lengthy memo and that he’s “a very, very good man who had a very bad day.”

House Armed Services Chairman Adam Smith — who has previously said Crozier should be returned as captain — said Wednesday that question “should have been clearly answered” by now.

But the Democrat from Washington state told reporters it’s “perfectly legitimate to extend the investigation about everything that happened” with the coronavirus outbreak on the Roosevelt and how those in the chain of command responded.

The Roosevelt episode has underscored broader turmoil in the Navy’s leadership and its relations with Trump. Modly had served as acting secretary since November. His predecessor as Navy secretary, Richard Spencer, was fired by Esper amid a Pentagon dust-up over Trump’s insistence that a Navy SEAL acquitted of murder should be allowed to keep a Trident decoration signifying his service.

In Crozier’s memo, which promptly leaked to the San Francisco Chronicle, he said: “We are not at war. Sailors do not need to die.” Crozier’s main request — that the vast majority of the crew be taken off the ship so the spread of the virus could be slowed and the ship cleaned — has now been fulfilled.

Modly’s response to the crisis — including his move to fly to the carrier sidelined in Guam where he denigrated Crozier to his crew as “stupid or naive”

— led him to resign days later after issuing an apology.

The Navy said on April 24 that all of the Roosevelt’s crew members had been tested for COVID-19, with 840 positive and 4,098 negative results. Of the positive cases, 63 sailors recovered. Almost all of the crew — 4,234 sailors — have been moved ashore. One sailor died after getting treatment in an intensive care unit on Guam.

Crozier is among those who became infected.

(Glen Carey and Justin Sink contributed to this report.) (c)2020 Bloomberg News Visit Bloomberg News at www. bloomberg.com Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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The Rev. Dr. Charles Cade gregational Church, Canaan Close, 69, of Ghent, NY, died on NY. Thursday, April 23, 2020, after He led congregations in a vaa brief illness. He was the be- riety of settings and valued each loved husband of the Rev. Jane one as unique and beautiful. He Tanaskovic Brady-Close, de- was an advocate for the needs voted father of Jennifer Close- of others, serving in a faithful, Conlon (Josh Conlon) and Ste- kind, professional, and handsven Close (fiancée Lisa Reburn), on manner, rooted in his sense grandfather of David, Xander, of the binding of heart and soul Aylah, and Samuel. Charlie is in covenantal relationships and also survived by his loving sis- in prayerful discernment. Active ter Joy Close (Susan in the broader United O’Loughlin), nieces, a Church of Christ, he nephew, and cousins. served on the MassaCharlie was predechusetts Conference ceased by his wife KarBoard of Directors, en Mackie Close, son the Barnstable AssoDavid Charles Close, ciation, the Franklin and sister Elizabeth Association, and as Close.

Consultant for Partners Born April 9, 1951, in Education. He also Close the son of Charles served his beloved Star Walker and Betsy Cade Island Community on the Star Close, Charlie grew up in Lev- Island Corporation Board of ittown, NY, and Wellesley, MA. Directors and Finance CommitHe was a graduate of Boston tee, and as a long-standing All University, School of Education, Star I Conference Minister and and Andover-Newton Theologi- teacher. cal School (MDiv, DMin), where Some years ago, Charlie he was a member of the Jonawrote: “Well, I’ve led some pretthan Edwards Honor Society. ty spectacular services, speakCharlie’s greatest delight was ing to hundreds of people, and time with family and friends. He also appreciated music, theater, hearing incredible music. But design, and the beauty of the my most meaningful experinatural world. He relished peo- ences happen in those quite ple and gatherings and offering moments where God’s love and the hospitality of his home. He grace shine through.” Those loved to sing and play the gui- who so desire may make dotar, had a stellar wit, and was a nations in memory of Charlie true and faithful friend. Charlie to the Star Island Annual Fund, had the gift of warmth and was a Morton-Benedict House, 30 calming presence, serving ma- Middle Street, Portsmouth NH ny as wise counsel and witness 03801 (Star Island being a place through life’s moments and of refreshment and learning for challenges. His life was a testi- generations of the Close family) mony to God’s love and grace. or to Canaan Congregational Prior to his seminary education, Church, PO Box 66, Canaan NY Charlie was a special needs 12029 (Charlie’s congregation teacher for the Ipswich MA Pub- at the time of his death, where lic Schools, camp waterfront he lovingly led them in their efdirector, swimming instructor forts to rebuild following a devand coach. Charlie was called astating fire).

Sadly, Charlie’s interment and served many congregations throughout the New England at Belleville Cemetery, in Newarea including Immanuel Com- buryport, MA will be private due munity Church, Concord NH; to COVID-19 social distancing Central Congregational Church, and gathering limitations. Plans Orange, MA; Union Congrega- for a memorial service will be tional Church, Rockville CT; shared when we are all able to North Falmouth Congregational gather again and enjoy a celChurch, North Falmouth MA; ebration of his life. For on-line Wilbraham United Church, Wil- condolences, visit wenkfuneralbraham MA; and Canaan Con- home.com

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Coronavirus pandemic shines light on deep digital divide in U.S. amid efforts to narrow it Valerie Strauss The Washington Post

When schools around the country began to close this spring because of the spread of the coronavirus, millions of students had the resources to transition to online learning but not in Detroit.

Some 90% of the 51,000 students in the high-poverty Detroit Public Schools Community District did not have access to internet services or the technology at home that’s required for online learning.

Teachers sent home packets of lessons on paper instead.

Now a new coalition of businesses and philanthropic organizations in the city is working to provide every student, kindergarten through 12th grade, with a tablet computer and high-speed internet access.

The program - called Connected Futures and being led by DTE Energy, Skillman Foundation, Quicken Loans, the city of Detroit and the school district is spending $23 million in what Superintendent Nikolai Vitti hailed as “an unprecedented investment to immediately address an unprecedented crisis.”

The Detroit project is only one of many around the country aimed at trying to close the digital divide, which puts millions of students who are already marginalized at even further disadvantage. It is estimated that up to 12 million students - and some of their teachers - don’t have Internet access at home, and many of the 13,000 U.S. school districts don’t have the resources to provide what is needed without outside help.

Rural areas are especially hard-hit, as are high-poverty areas, while schools and families struggle to keep up learning programs with school buildings closed and students at home. The digital divide is not new, but the crisis facing the country has laid bare just how deep and damaging it is.

School districts around the country, such as Miami-Dade in Florida, have been working

with local internet service providers to obtain free or reducedprice internet connections, and there are efforts on Capitol Hill to provide billions of dollars in new funding to provide access to virtual education to families, schools and libraries.

Miami-Dade Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said he had developed partnerships with internet providers to provide low-income families with affordable service before the COVID-19 crisis, but went back to Comcast as the impact of the pandemic started to become clear and asked to provide free internet accessibility. The company did, he said.

Other districts had other interventions. For example, the school district in South Bend, Indiana, said it sent 22 school buses with WiFi to 44 sites across the city to provide internet access for students who didn’t have it.

In Charleston, South Carolina, the district also sent out buses with WiFi to various sites, the district said, and announced that it had “enhanced” the WiFi signal at many schools “so that access outside of the building is possible.” It also said several internet providers were offering reduced prices for service.

In various cities, businesses and philanthropic organizations are giving money to school districts to help improve remote-learning accessibility, and this week, the Federal Communications Commission and the U.S. Education Department said they would work with states and local school districts to promote the use of billions of dollars provided for K-12 education in the $2 trillion emergency stimulus measure known as the Cares Act. Congress allocated more than $13 billion for K-12 schools to use to meet issues created by the pandemic, including the purchase of educational technology and to secure internet access. The act also gives some $3 billion in emergency block grants to governors who can use them

however they think best for students, including on remote learning, and it provides $100 million to the U.S. Agriculture Department grant program for the costs of establishing broadband service in rural areas.

The pandemic has lent urgency to a drive on Capitol Hill to create a $2 billion Emergency Connectivity Fund that would further efforts to help schools and libraries improve access to remote learning through new WiFi hotspots, routers and other devices. The fund has the support of dozens of education and other organizations.

In a letter to Senate leadership, nearly 20 senators said: We are concerned that this existing inequity will only be exacerbated by the high number of schools that are suspending in-person classes and have transitioned to remote learning over the internet to protect the health of students, faculty, and staff. Children without connectivity are at risk of not only being unable to complete their homework during this pandemic, but being unable to continue their overall education. Congress must address this issue by providing additional financial support for home internet access in the next emergency relief package so that no child falls behind in their education.

Under the new program in Detroit, Internet service providers said connectivity will be free for low-income families for six months. Then, Vitti said, the district will pay.

Jerry Norcia, president and chief executive of DTE Energy, said his company put the issue of digital inequity for Detroit students at “the top” of their COVID-19 relief efforts. “We recognized that we needed to take action urgently to close the digital divide for these students and provide them with the tools necessary to thrive in the 21st century,” he said at a news conference.

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Condolences to the family and friends of Gladys Van Valkenburgh, who passed away last week.

The Lexington Mission Blessing Box is now open. The box is placed beside the Lexington Mission church building (across the street from the Lexington Post Office). It is open to all. When the Blessing Box opened last week it contained bleach, paper towels, face masks, hand sanitizer along with assorted canned food. Please take what you need and if you can, leave something for others. But above all, be blessed.

The HTC school district is offering free meals for students. There are four locations for pick-ups: Haines Falls Fire Department, Tannersville Fire Department, Hunter Fire Department, Lexington Fire Company.

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Monday and Wednesday.

Pickup will include meals for the following: Monday (Monday and Tuesday); Wednesday (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday). Breakfast includes: Cereal or grain (pop tarts/granola bar), fruit, milk, juice. Lunch includes: Bagel Buddies, Yogurt Buddies, assorted wraps and sandwiches (including peanut butter and jelly, BBQ chicken wrap, deli sandwich or Buffalo chicken wrap); fruit, milk, veggies (example – carrot and celery sticks or roasted chickpeas).

Contact: freefood@htcschools. org; 518-589-5400 ext. 1008.

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The Lexington Non-Partisan meeting will be held 6-7 p.m.

May 2 via Zoom. Speakers will be Jo Cross, Town of Lexington Health Officer, and JoEllen Schermerhorn, town of Lexington supervisor. Jo Cross will talk about the current COVID-19 crisis and will take questions from participants regarding health issues. She will not be addressing issues of policy.

JoEllen Schermerhorn will be discussing her role on the Town Board, the role of the Town Board in Lexington and her thoughts on our community.

In addition to discussing current events, there will also be updates on the status of the Comprehensive Plan and the progress on the website.

If you wish to participate, you need to contact Bennett Wine at bennettwine@gmail.com. If you request to take part in the meeting, you will receive an

invitation about 15 minutes before the meeting starts with links and password information.

Happy birthday to Paul Mead on April 30. April 30 is also John Nolty’s birthday. Barbara Richrath has her birthday on May 1.

May 4 is Lori Anander’s birthday. Best wishes to all.

Town of Lexington residents can call Peggy at 518-989-6491 or Charlotte, town clerk, at 518-989-6476 X101 if you need assistance getting groceries, medical supplies and medications.

Greene County Department of Human Services Senior Nutrition Program menu for the week of May 4–May 8 is as follows: Monday—Sweet and sour pork, brown rice, broccoli, mandarin oranges; Tuesday— Taco casserole, green beans, vanilla pudding with granola; Wednesday—Baked chicken with gravy, mashed potatoes, carrot coins, mixed tropical fruit; Thursday—Spaghetti with meat sauce, Italian mixed vegetables, fresh salad with spinach and beans, fresh fruit; Friday—Swedish meatballs, noodles, red cabbage, fresh fruit. All persons age 60 and older and spouses are invited to participate. Suggested donation is $4 per meal. Please call at least a day in advance to reserve your meal. Meals are available for pick up only, no meals served indoors, at the Mountain Top Senior Service Center that is located at the Jewett Municipal Building, Route 23C, 518-263-4392. Meals on Wheels program is continuing.

If you need food during this crisis, you can get help by doing one of the following: Stop by the Tannersville Food Pantry at 1 Park Lane behind the Tannersville firehouse 1-3 p.m. on Wednesdays and/or 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays or call to set up a delivery. The number to call is 518-589-5942 and leave a message. Sponsored by the Kaaterskill/East Jewett Methodist Churches with support from the Village of Tannersville and community donors. Donations are also kindly accepted.

There are not enough words to express our gratitude for all the people out there that are keeping us fed and safe — truck drivers, law enforcement, firefighters, EMS, dispatchers, doctors, nurses, caregivers, pharmacies, store employees, custodians, postal workers, utility workers, the list just goes on. Think about it. They are putting their health and that of their families on the line for us.

Be thankful, considerate, courteous, kind and grateful.

Have we finally made it to the end of April?

Is it finally the end of April?

What a long month we just survived. I’m looking forward to some sun and blue skies, for longer than one day!

Being human, I don’t want a drought, just enough sun to dry out, but enough rain to keep things watered.

My daffodils are somewhat blooming. Not the big showy displays that we usually get in April, but scattered. My lilac buds are swelling — just don’t let them get too full, as tomorrow it will snow.

May Day! What do you see when you hear those words?

Help! is what John LoPresti thinks (as he got married on that date.) Rose thinks of the May Pole in her youth.

The youngsters used to get dressed up in their finest and weave ribbons around the May Pole to make designs.

Some towns used to deliver flowers to their neighbors to hang on the front door to welcome spring. The Catholic religion honors Mary during May, starting with the May procession placing a wreath of flowers on her head. Do any of you remember being in the May procession and being the lucky girl to place the crown?

Even being “in the court” was an honor. Do we honor any of these traditions any more?

Do you remember the

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Leaving the hardware store, and the memories it has brought to mind for many people, I look at the next building, which has changed businesses so many times.

At one time it was a grocery store (possibly the Victory Store, can anyone confirm?), a dry cleaner and now a French restaurant. The upstairs has apartments. I remember the Walkers, Pearl and Irving, and daughter, Edith. She was known as the “woman who never missed a funeral.” It didn’t matter whether she knew the person or not, she went to the funeral. Maybe she felt no one should be left alone. Everyone needed at least one mourner. Whatever the case, you could be sure she would be there.

The next building that sits back from Main Street is very large and painted white. It is a boxy building. Looking almost factory-like. That was my second home, and full

children’s song, “The Teddy Bear’s Picnic?” As I looked out my back door the other morning, the words “for today’s the day the teddy bears have their picnic” came immediately to mind as I saw the remains of one strewn across the yard.

Yes, someone left their garbage where my buddies could grab it to feast. I had garbage and three empty bags from one end to the other of my large, flat backyard. I do hope they had a grand old time.

Maybe played a game or two between courses.

As you know, the Ashland Fire Department has POSTPONED their roast beef dinner; it will be rescheduled when all this is over. Stay tuned so you don’t miss this great social event.

Many in the area need our prayers. Some from ongoing illness, some from “enhanced” illness. Please keep

of so many memories, that I have decided to pass on it, so I can devote time to really telling tales about the telephone company.

Next door to that is the house everyone now remembers as the barber shop, with memories of the lollipop tree and Doug the Barber, but it was the home of Harry Tiessmeyer, his wife, and daughter, Theresa. In the summer, the front of the building was transformed into a fruit and vegetable stand, now thought of as a farm stand or open air market. Later, the upstairs was made into apartments for Idolyn Fuller, and Doug and Birdie Benjamin Goff with their children. My husband, Andy, apprenticed with Doug before he opened his own shop here in my house.

Doug had such a soft spot in his heart for the children of the town. They could often be seen running in just to say hello to him. He started the lollipop tree for everyone to stop by and cut off a sweet treat when they passed by the shop, a tradition that is slowly starting to be revived during the holiday season. It is now home to Hitchcock Builders, but the memories remain.

Next up is the big white house, which is now a gallery.

Stay healthy, stay safe.

History being made during the pandemic

By Dede Terns-Thorpe For Columbia-Greene Media

Today’s column will be a little different than usual.

I usually try to share some history relating to the town of Hunter. Today I’d like to talk about history in the making — the pandemic we’re experiencing, similar to the influenza of 1918. Aside from the virus itself, it is severely affecting the way we do business on the mountaintop.

We all worry about the local businesses and how they will fare during this extended period. I’ve reached out to a few restaurants to see how things are going. For the most part, it’s challenging, whether or not they remained open or felt they had no choice but to close.

The consensus was that the winter was good up until the abrupt closing.

The Jagerberg Restaurant in Hunter had just completed its second year of operation and had a good winter, up until the pandemic. Jagerberg’s Kim McGaliard said, “It’s tough; private summer parties have canceled till fall.”

Hopefully, the fall will bring good luck to the mountain.

McGaliard sadly had to lay off all of her staff. To assist the community in a small way, they opened an online contactless store where people could order groceries (including a weekly family-style meal and alcohol) and pick them up at the Jagerberg, or two other locations. This store has allowed Kim to hire back three staff members.

They offer limited delivery (small delivery fee) to the homebound and the quarantined.

Twin Peaks, another hardworking, successful dualfamily owned business of seven years, had to close their shop. As much as they wished to remain open, they knew they couldn’t. Thankfully, they have gladly received several customer orders for their coffee beans. Their fears echo most local shops — the longer this goes on, the harder it will be to reopen. Charlene sadly said, “If this goes on too long, I wonder if we’ll be able to reopen at all.”

The Villa Vosilla Hotel &

Restaurant, a family business of 55 years, also responded.

They, too, were hurt by the rapid end of the ski season and the following list of cancellations, which, as coowner Doria McGunnigle said, “resulted in economic devastation.” With the rapid closing of the Villa’s restaurant, Ladoria Ristorante, owner Lee packed up the available food items and brought them, along with fresh bagged produce, to the Tannersville Food Pantry for pick-up on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Lee is also making “Soup for the Soul” for Greener Pastures (a Twin County Recovery Service).

The Last Chance Cheese, is a delightful family-owned business of 49 + years. Dave Kashman, the always cheerful owner-operator (along with mom, Anita Kashman) said for the very first time; they’ve had to lay off 17 employees.

Dave and his employees have been brainstorming ideas for the future opening. Dave said they had a fantastic ski season, and he’s looking forward to a great summer.

I left the Village Market for

last, better known by everyone as Dolph’s. Dolph has managed to keep the deli open with limited staff and a small reduction in hours. He no longer has his tables and chairs out, creating a somber look to people who had previously visited the popular, busy deli. Dolph said, “I’m staying open to keep some normalcy in our community.” He said the winter business was good, but he had been looking forward to spring, having the contractors go back to work, the golf course opened, and having people around: “Coronavirus has changed our norm.”

Dolph said in almost 40 years of running the Village Market, he never had to reduce his staff as he has recently.

Thank you, and good luck to all hairdressers, retail stores, taxis, churches, schools, and all others. The mountaintop community appreciates all of you.

Until next week, take care, be thankful, and be kind. You never know how your act of kindness may change someone’s life.

Stay safe.

Nice to hear friendly voices on the telephone

By Abby and Gabby For Columbia-Greene Media

PRATTSVILLE – Thank you to all who are our caregivers in so many different professions. God bless you. Wish we had a miracle to share but you will have to settle with some mundane chit chat to fill the column.

We mentioned last week that Diane Lane, now living with her sister Joan and husband Rudy Ehlers, had a birthday. The Lanes are known for their raucous family gatherings but Diane’s birthday recognition took a definite new turn. Diane, Joan and Rudy stood on their front porch and the rest of the family, within recommended distances, gathered across the road and sang to her. They whistled, beat on pots and pans, used noisemakers and cheered their greetings. It

might not have been the usual party, but it was one that will be remembered. All extended members of Diane’s family were there including the youngest, Marly, born a few weeks ago. Congratulations to this family for overcoming adversity to enjoy this day with and for Diane.

Sympathy to the family of Don, aka Dan, Oliver, brother of our own Hank Oliver, who passed away recently. Don lived in Florida and Ann said the family is planning on an internment later in the year at the Oliver cemetery in Little West Kill.

Had forgotten how friendly a telephone conversation can be. With the internet always there, the phone was more or less a bother. But now the human voice is welcomed – heard from Connie Lane, Anita Creazzo (boy did she give

me the dirt), Elsie Stuppert, Ann Oliver, Dorothy Giordano and Tom Dignam.

Anita made me promise not to quote her but she did say that next door neighbor Pat Bifolco was at one end of her porch and she was at the other, and they were able to have a shouting conversation. Pat said she “just had to see a human face” – where does that leave Tony B? Or was that something Anita did not want shared?

The Creazzos’ son Steven made a quick trip to the area to reshoot some scenes for his latest movie, but went home on the same day.

Again long distance love and communication were adhered to, can’t be too careful.

Tom is spending his quarantine much as usual – newspaper and mail daily.

Daughter Ronnie had

visited Tom for a few days but returned home to work via the computer.

By the time you read this, it will already be MAY! On May 4, we wish Sheila Sutton Happy Birthday. Special Happy Birthday wishes are sent Carrie Hermance on May 5. Carrie is among those taking care of our health needs and with her birthday wishes are sent our many thank yous.

Medora Kizyma Soule is wished happy birthday on May 6. Carrie is Medora’s aunt so maybe they can celebrate together. On May 7 we wish Shelly Brainard a great happy birthday. On May 8 we wish Allison Soule a happy birthday. Wish all a healthy birthday.

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Curators’ Art on the Walls From Spencertown Academy Arts Center: We conclude this series of featuring members of the Spencertown Academy Arts Center Curatorial Committee whose artwork is currently gracing our gallery walls.

Since you are unable to visit us, we have enjoyed bring this talented hardworking crew to you.

So, last, but certainly not least: Stephen Gerard Dietemann I was born in Paris, France, in 1953, but have spent the majority of my life in the United States. I started creating art as a child. I later attended Cornell University where I studied fine art and architecture, and since graduation I have devoted my life to both architecture — with a focus on energy-conscious, contemporary residential design — and the visual arts.

I have shown my artwork throughout the United States, Europe and Brazil. I view my art — and my architecture, since I have come to view these disciplines as

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opposite sides of the same coin — as a ‘diary’ reflecting

the somewhat circuitous path my life has taken. I have

always created art as a series of work, and this group of digitally amended photographs titled ‘Future Home’ is my attempt to meld my experience as both an artist and an architect.

I was asked to join the Spencertown Academy’s Curatorial Committee last year.

This marked the second time I have been involved with the Academy; I served as a member of the board of directors and the art committee there in the late nineties before moving to the Berkshires a few years later. It is an honor to be back again, this time solely with a focus on the visual arts, helping the Spencertown Academy remain a vital and innovative hub of the arts in the region.

Please visit sgddesign. com for more information on Steve’s work.

You can view the Curator’s artwork currently on display at the Academy, on Instagram and Facebook.

Most work is for sale, 35% of the proceeds benefit the Spencertown Academy Arts Center

May Day Online Night Out Concert to benefit Opus 40 Friday, May 1: Join us for Cocktails, Hors d’Oeuvres and Music!

The party begins when you buy your ticket and we send you recipes for two wild-earth cocktails, with discounted ingredients at Town & Country.

You will also get a coupon

for a delicious to-go box of May Day hors d’oeuvres we’ve prepared especially for you!

(Pickup Friday between 3 -5 p.m.

Then on Friday May 1st at 6:00 pm, our May Day Celebration unfolds on Zoom.

Laura Silverman of The

Outside Institute will give us a live demonstration on creating our wild-earth cocktails.

Fresh drink and hors d’oeuvres in hand, we will be treated to a special concert from Simi Stone and The Shaker.

A grand time will be had by

all Buy tickets here: https:// www.eventbrite.com/e/ may-day-online-nightout-concert-cocktails-tickets-103019257372 Coming soon - our Mother’s Day Special Menu

ZOOM IN! Bethel’s Byrds’s Books hosts its first virtual book discussion with CT author Martha Hall Kelly, Monday, May 4 “Here’s what I say: We will ignore the cult of doom and gloom and embrace the cause of zoom and boom. - Rob Brezsny Though Bethel’s Byrd’s Books is currently closed to browsing, the bookstore remains an essential hub of community activity. On Monday, May 4th, 6:30pm to 8:30pm, enthusiastic supporters are invited to join owner Alice Hutchinson and Connecticut author Martha Hall Kelly for a Zoom In book discussion of Lost Roses, the sequel to The New York Times’ bestseller’s premier novel, Lilac Girls. In March, Bird’s Books hosted the author at the Bethel Public Library to talk about Lost Roses and is excited to welcome her back for the first of many Zoom In opportunities which Alice plans to add to the independent book shop’s popular calendar of events.

The store still has signed

copies of Lost Roses available for purchase before May 4th.

Registration is required to join the discussion. To purchase your copy and to save a spot to participate, go to https:// conta.cc/3bC2heh You will be sent an access code two days before the gathering. If you have questions about joining a Zoom call, please call the bookstore at (203) 730 BYRD (2973) for assistance.

Byrd’s Books is currently

available by phone on Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., to answer questions and suggest the latest books to read. Orders are available for pick-up by appointment only. The shop maintains a sidewalk bin for your safety. Byrd’s Books is located at 178 Greenwood Avenue, adjacent to The Toy Room and the nearby landmarked Opera House, across the street from

the Bethel Public Library. Online ordering is also available by phone, and books can be shipped directly to your home.

Call (203) 730 BYRD (2973) or visit ByrdsBooks.com Byrd’s Books is a general bookstore that carries only new titles, with a special focus on Connecticut authors, poets, publishers and illustrators. As a proud member of the American Bookseller’s Association and its division, Indiebound, Byrd’s Books participates in the larger community of bookselling nationwide, especially encouraging and promoting a vibrant network of independent bookstore. Byrd’s Books features additional sections that include bestsellers, children’s books, poetry, mystery, science and nature, and classics, as well as greeting cards, gifts, puzzles, and a large selection of discounted titles.

Checking in holistically ALBANY — On Sunday, May 3, 1 p.m.— Noteworthy Resources of Albany,Inc. will host a FREE Holistic Wellness Check-in that will build social, emotional & mental connection, provide resources, & see how our community is doing.

We are not here FOR you. We are here WITH you. This virtual meet-up will give us a sense of belonging with others as a community.

Many may go to the doctor to get regular checkups of your body, but what about our mind? Everyone deals with tough times, especially what we are going through right now with COVID-19, but even happy events like a new job, a marriage, or a new baby can add stress.

How do we know when stress starts taking a toll on our mental, emotional, social

and physical health? With this holistic check in we will come together virtually to discuss struggles and challenges we might be facing and how to cope with them IN OUR OWN WAY. We will talk about coping mechanisms that work for us and hearing this from others empowers us to try it out. Join us with a cup of tea (or whatever), get cozy in your sweats or robe & let’s have REAL connection about our holistic wellness!

Noteworthy Resources of Albany, Inc. is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that strives to connect, educate and empower individuals with a sense of belonging and resources in the Capital Region. We provide holistic wellness based workshops, one-on-one sessions, and resources such as: COVID-19 updates, Adverse

Childhood Experiences, Trauma Informed Care & services, Eating disorders, Grief & loss, Domestic violence, Addictions & Substance use disorders, Free family support, Local & online mental health support services, Blogs & Podcasts, Free webinars & more!

This virtual meet-up is presented by Noteworthy Resources and facilitated by Tatiana Gjergji, CEO, a first generation American- Albanian woman from Bronx, NY who calls Albany her home. Gjergji also is a prevention educator at the Addictions Care Center of Albany, Inc. teaching Albany County school students the importance of self-esteem, goal-setting and how drugs and alcohol affect youth’s minds and bodies. Gjergji has been working diligently every day to provide resources and

support services during this time to individuals through our social media accounts and website.

Join Zoom Meeting: https:// us04web.zoom.us/j/7236309 0524?pwd=SHo5QnBpVnQ2Z WpnTmp1MFlaUCtNQT09 Meeting ID: 723 6309 0524 Password: 5rxDHv One tap mobile +525568 269800,,72363090524#,,1#,8 71474# Mexico; Dial by your location +52 556 826 9800 Mexico Meeting ID: 723 6309 0524 Password: 871474 Find your local number: https://us04web.zoom.us/u/fcJv0JPbFl Learn more at www.nwralbany.org. Follow Noteworthy Resources on Facebook (facebook.com/nwralbany) and Instagram(@nwr_albany) to check out our upcoming virtual workshops, meet-ups & local resources!

CALENDAR LISTINGS APRIL 30 Close Readings in a Virtual Space Thursday, April 30, 4 p.m. - 5 p.m.

A NEW VIRTUAL EVENT! THE FLOWCHART FOUNDATION HAS LINED UP SOME OF THEIR FAVORITE POETS TO LEAD INTIMATE, VIRTUAL GROUP READTHROUGHS OF SINGLE POEMS FOR THE FEW THURSDAYS. THE POETS—NEITHER TEACHING NOR EXPLAINING—WILL SERVE AS EXPERT TOUR-GUIDES FOR PARTICIPANTS IN EACH (ZOOM) ROOM TO EXPLORE THE FEATURED POEM AS A GROUP. PATRICIA SPEARS JONES LEADS A CLOSE READING OF GWENDOLYN BROOK’S “THE LOVERS OF THE POOR” PATRICIA SPEARS JONES, AN AFRICAN AMERICAN POET, PLAYWRIGHT, ANTHOLOGIST, EDUCATOR AND CULTURAL ACTIVIST, WON THE 2017 JACKSON POETRY PRIZE FROM POETS & WRITERS. SHE IS AUTHOR OF A LUCENT FIRE: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS AND 10 OTHER POETRY COLLECTIONS. HER WORK IS ANTHOLOGIZED IN OF POETRY AND PROTEST: FROM EMMETT TILL TO TRAYVON MARTIN; BAX: BEST AMERICAN EXPERIMENTAL WRITING, 2016: 2017 PUSHCART PRIZE XLI,BEST OF SMALL PRESSES; AND ANGLES OF ASCENT: A NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN AMERICAN POETRY. POEMS HAVE RECENTLY APPEARED IN THE NEW YORKER, DARK MATTER: WOMEN WITNESSING, MS. MUSE, PLUME, PERSIMMON TREE, AND CUTTHROAT: A JOURNAL OF THE ARTS. SHE EDITED THINK: POEMS FOR ARETHA FRANKLIN INAUGURATION DAY HAT AND ORDINARY WOMEN: AN ANTHOLOGY OF NEW YORK CITY WOMEN POETS. SHE IS A LITERARY PROGRAMS CURATOR AND A FORMER PROGRAM COORDINATOR FOR THE POETRY PROJECT AT ST. MARK’S CHURCH, ORGANIZER OF THE AMERICAN POETS CONGRESS. AND A SENIOR FELLOW EMERITUS OF THE BLACK EARTH INSTITUTE. SHE IS CURRENTLY THE LOUIS D. RUBIN WRITER-IN-RESIDENT AT HOLLINS UNIVERSITY Free, Thursday, April 30, 4 p.m. 5 p.m., https://www.eventbrite. com/e/close-readings-in-a-virtual-space-with-patricia-spearsjones-tickets-101906990552 Your Own Home

MAY 1 Virtual Open Poetry Night Friday, May 1, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.

VIRTUAL OPEN POETRY NIGHT – Online!

Join us online!!!! Celebrating National Poetry Month, we invite you to participate online through zoom. Read a poem of your own or one by your favorite poet. Or just tune in to listen and enjoy the power of poetry!

To view this event please Visit the below link http://copakegrange.org/ events.

Friday, May 1, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m., https://www.facebook.com/ events/661385074638747/ Your Own Home

MAY 5 Virtual Open Mic Tuesday, May 5, 7:30 p.m. . . .by Club Helsinki!!

Check out great local Musicians, Comics, Spoken Word Poets, and so much more. Here Live, every Tuesday!!

Click below on the ‘clubhelsinkilive’ link Tuesday, May 5, 7:30 p.m., http://clubhelsinki.live/ Your Own Home

MAY 6 Artist Lecture: Laetitia Hussain WHEN: WED, May 6, 6:30 p.m.

WHERE: ZOOM WEBINAR* WEBINAR ID: 845 9228 8594 / LINK: https://us02web.zoom. us/j/84592288594 *Audience will not be asked to join video.

Hussain is a process artist who works across multiple media including drawing, installation, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, sound and video. Her imagery and forms address psychological and emotional responses to environmental issues, including challenges related to mental illness. She has exhibited at John Davis Gallery (Hudson), Sculpture Space (Utica), Clermont Historic Site, and Basilica Hudson. A graduate from SUNY Purchase, she was born in Marseille, France and currently lives

in Hudson, NY. Laetitiahussain. com We hope you are safe and healthy! We realize this is a difficult time for all and would like to stay in touch online during the current school closure. Please click the links below for exciting new offerings.

WSA staff ONLINE CLASSES EXCITING NEWS! We are now offering online classes. Each instructor-led class is 60 minutes. Present offerings are below. For more information or to register click the links below. Limited space available.

Les Castellanos Demonstration Join instructor Les Castellanos for a one hour figure drawing session. Listen to the instructor as he explains his methods for drawing the figure.

Kate McGloughlin Online Class Spend an hour with Kate in her home studio while she discusses and demonstrates different ideas and ideals to consider as it relates to an artist’s process.

Hongnian Zhang Demonstration Using still life as the subject, this demonstration will teach the oil painting process in a systematic way, with an emphasis on creating three-dimensional form. https://woodstockschoolofart. org/ REEL EXPOSURE 2020 International Teen Film & Photo Festival - COMING TO YOU LIVE ONLINE! Now a 3-day festival! May 29 31, 2020. Virtual photo gallery open all weekend Live film screenings each night at 7 p.m.

Award presentations Sunday, May 31 Reel Exposure celebrates the work of emerging teen photographers and filmmakers from around the globe, including Hudson Valley locals. Join this new virtual festival and exhibition as we embrace our new “reality” by going digital!

To showcase our jury-selected works, there will be a virtual exhibition of chosen photographs and three live screenings over the course of the weekend. Stay tuned after the films on Sunday, May 31, to watch a very special awards presentation announcing the winners of this year’s competition.

Reel Exposure Trailer 2020 As you watch each night, YOU can make your voice heard by voting for our Audience Choice Awards for Best Photo and Film.

Stay tuned for details.

Visit thearteffect.org/reelexposure for more information and to access the virtual photo gallery and the live screenings May 29-31.

No Tickets Required! ...but if you are a fan of Reel Exposure, you can show your support for the festival by making a donation to The Art Effect.

Let us help you stay creative at home! While we can’t invite you into our studios, we can help you keep creating. Check out our roster of online classes, our Art is What You Make It workshop series, our Art Is Everywhere Facebook Challenge, and much, much more!

New Classes Are Available Online Stay creative at home with the Arts Center! From Knitting, to Photography, to Journaling, to Painting, to Decorative Lettering and Calligraphy, we’ve got something for everyone. Check out our website and let us help you keep creating! https://www. artscenteronline.org/onlineart-classes/ Art Is What You Make It Join local artist Kim Tateo for our new Art Is What You Make It workshops, generously funded

by The Troy Savings Bank Charitable Foundation!

Art is in your backyard, your living room, and even your kitchen. For the next six weeks, we will be offering free online workshops consisting of family friendly projects made with everyday items around your home.

Workshops will be posted on Facebook and our website.

Get creative with us! https:// www.artscenteronline.org/artiswhatyoumakeit/

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A8 Thursday, April 30, 2020

Relief From A1

unrestricted aid to state and local governments to combat COVID-19.

Cuomo’s 100-member New York Forward Re-Opening Advisory Board, sevenstate task force and other officials continue to develop a regional reopening plan with agencies and businesses.

The state will follow Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance for a region to begin a phased reopening after a 14-day

Gym From A1

Wuhan Coronavirus.”

ClubLife closed March 16 at 8 p.m., following the statewide mandate to close casinos, gyms and movie theaters. Other nonessential businesses closed March 22.

ClubLife posted on its Facebook page April 5 it was required to stop charging membership dues while the state-mandated nonessential business closures persist, but asked members to support a local business by continuing to pay.

The gym, which has been open for six years, has about 2,000 members and is not part of a franchise, Rosenstrach said.

ClubLife member Cecelia Caska decided to continued to pay her monthly dues throughout the closure. She wanted to help the gym to reopen when the time is right and to retain employees, if possible.

“It’s a great gym,” Caska said.

“The people there are wonderful, I’ve told people that from the beginning.”

Nearly 600 comments on Monday’s post were divided on the issue.

Caska, a member of the Valatie Rescue Squad, said she has family members in other parts of the state who have been affected by COVID-19 and her daughter is pregnant. She has had three recent deaths in her

Tolls From A1

especially when adjusted for inflation,” Steber said.

Tolls were last increased on the five bridges in 2012.

Delaying the increase was not considered despite the coronavirus outbreak.

“We are definitely sympathetic to everything that is going on, but the fact is that we had to follow this timeline that was put in place and had to proceed as scheduled to make sure everything was implemented and so the capital program could be funded.”

The increase will fund the cost of maintaining all five bridges, Steber said, as well as a $90 million capital project on the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge, according to the state Bridge Authority.

The deck on the north span of that bridge will be replaced for traffic that is traveling west.

It is a “once-in-a-generation project,” Steber said.

The early stages of the capital project will begin later this year, with the bulk of the work expected to take place next year, he said.

Catskill Village President Vincent Seeley said raising the tolls in the midst of the pandemic is a bad idea.

“The timing on this is absolutely horrible in regards to the financial hardship that workers and students are undergoing at this time,” Seeley said.

“A simple delay in the increase would show that the Bridge Authority was a stakeholder in our recovery effort.”

Seeley predicted the health care workers who use the bridge to get to work and are deemed essential workers “will suffer the most.”

Columbia County Board of Supervisors Chairman Matt Murell agreed the timing of the increase is poor, but likely necessary.

decline in COVID-19 hospitalizations. Construction and manufacturing industries will be the first to reopen.

Other businesses will reopen on a rolling, two-week basis.

Businesses must come up with new protocols to maintain social distancing and reduce density before reopening and regions must develop a testing regimen and tracing system to prioritize testing symptomatic people and essential workers.

After a White House meeting with President Donald Trump last week, Cuomo announced New York’s goal to ramp up COVID-19 diagnostic and antibody testing

to 40,000 tests per day from 20,000. The state reached 30,000 testing capacity, the governor announced Wednesday.

The state continues to test more than anywhere across the globe, according to the governor’s office.

Cuomo ordered the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to come up with a new cleaning plan by the end of Thursday, April 30, to disinfect each subway train car every night after The New York Daily News featured a front-page photo Tuesday of several homeless people and towers of their belongings crowding New York City

subway cars.

Elective surgeries will resume in 35 New York counties, but Columbia County was left off the list.

Cuomo pleaded for political unity and funding for state and local governments as federal lawmakers negotiate the next COVID-19 relief bill.

The governor signed an executive order Wednesday allowing 35 of the state’s 62 counties to resume elective surgeries.

They include: Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chenango, Delaware, Dutchess, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Genesee,

Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Livingston, Madison, Monroe, Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga, Ontario, Orleans, Oswego, Putnam, Saratoga, Schoharie, Schuyler, St. Lawrence, Steuben, Sullivan, Tompkins, Ulster, Wayne, Wyoming and Yates counties.

Columbia County has not met the requirements. Elective outpatient surgeries and treatments will resume in hospitals with capacity over 25% and if the county in which the hospital is located has seen fewer than 10 new coronavirus hospitalizations over the past 10 days. Elective treatment will cease in

hospitals or counties that resumed elective treatment and have a surge in virus cases and exceeds those thresholds.

A region must have at least 30% hospital beds and Intensive Care Unit beds available after elective surgeries resume and show no statistically significant increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations or positive cases to reopen.

“We have made tremendous progress to stop the spread of this infection, but we are not out of the woods yet and we need to proceed with caution as we begin our reopening plan,” Cuomo said.

extended family from other causes, and never got to say goodbye because of the virus.

She was disappointed in Monday’s post, saying although she understands Rosenstrach’s frustrations, a business Facebook page is not the place to air his frustrations.

“I felt like the post that Alex posted up there seemed to minimalize what this is all about,” Caska said. “His minimalizing the death toll just struck a chord with me.”

Andrea Arlyn described one of her experiences with ClubLife.

When Arlyn tried to cancel her membership at ClubLife, she said she was greeted by the following Facebook message from the gym’s official page: “Didn’t you already block us?

Or are you just trying to be the a**hole everyone knows you to be? You never exactly used the place anyway.”

Arlyn shared the exchange on Facebook, saying she couldn’t believe the name-calling and level of unprofessionalism.

Rosenstrach has been accused of deleting posts and negative comments, which he denied.

“I have not deleted any posts,” Rosenstrach said. “I personally have not deleted any of my comments or anyone else’s.”

New York will reopen by region, Cuomo said Monday, but there is no timeline. Low-risk businesses, like construction and manufacturing, will be the

first to reopen.

State officials are speaking with essential businesses about plans to reopen safely, including protection for vulnerable staff, maintaining social distancing, limited gathering sizes and adequate personal protective equipment, before reopening.

“These are all factors for businesses to consider who want to reopen quickly,” Cuomo said.

“The way a business opens determines the risk.”

Columbia County is absolutely ready to reopen, Rosenstrach said, and his business has a plan to present to the county Health Department.

“I think it’s going to be awesome for our state,” Rosenstrach said. “Our area in general, we’re not in a very densely populated region, and I think social distancing kind of comes naturally around here, so I think that we’re in an advantageous position for that.”

Columbia County Department of Health Director Jack Mabb said COVID-19 could be a long-term struggle in the county.

“Those of us who are working day-to-day expect to be at it day-to-day for a long time, as the virus may well return in waves,” Mabb said. “Long term, our society is going to be much different going forward. We can’t go back to normal because normal clearly didn’t work.”

On April 28, Columbia saw the largest daily increase of positive COVID-19 cases, jumping

from 154 to 169. By Wednesday, that number increased to 175 positive cases. To date, 1,219 county residents have been tested for the coronavirus. Thirteen residents have died, which has not changed since April 22.

Rosenstrach said he commended politicians on both sides of the aisle for how they have been handling COVID-19, adding that he would not want to be in their shoes right now.

“I think that initially with an unknown novel virus, that’s kind of a dire situation, and I think that to take all the proper precautions is necessary for the good of the people and to keep everybody well, safe and healthy,” he said. “As time has gone on, we have had much more information roll in, more data come in, and it turns out that the novel coronavirus is not nearly as bad as the media has made it out to be.”

Working as a paramedic in the South Bronx during the H1N1 pandemic of 2009, Rosenstrach said, essential workers were not looking for hazard pay or notoriety.

“You sign up for that job,” he said. “You don’t sign up for that job for only when times are good, you sign up for that job knowing that when there’s a natural disaster, pandemic, catastrophe, a terrorist attack, that you are the one that’s stepping up to the plate.”

Jennie Velonis, who owns Deep Xposure, a tanning salon

in South Cairo, was visited by the Greene County Sheriff’s Office after an anonymous complaint was filed against her business for violating the social distancing order.

Velonis posted on her Facebook page asking clients if they wanted to set up tanning on April 24 by appointment only.

About 30 clients responded that they would.

“We responded to an anonymous complaint made to the NYS Pause Hotline claiming that they were taking customers,” Greene County Sheriff Pete Kusminsky said. “Our goal is to inform people about the governor’s orders regarding essential businesses and that a complaint was made.”

Velonis could not be reached for comment at the time of publication.

The Greene County Sheriff’s Office will not go further than explaining to people that it would be in their best interest to abide by the social-distancing guidelines, Kusminsky said Tuesday.

“We have no control over what, if any, action that Code Enforcement or the Department of State would do with regards to potential fines or licensing,” he said.

The Greene County Sheriff’s Office has responded to several complaints and no one was found in violation of the orders when sheriff’s deputies investigated, Kusminsky said.

“We have not found anyone that has been continuing to violate Pause orders, so I would not speculate on what might happen at this time,” Kusminsky said. “As far as businesses go, it may be up to the municipality if they chose to involve Code Enforcement or not.”

The sheriff’s office informs businesses of the governor’s executive orders when responding to complaints, then the state follows up with local departments on investigations into complaints.

There is a $1,000 maximum fine for violating the state’s social-distancing protocol.

“In any event, we are asking that people respect others’ concerns in regards to the potential spread of this virus and the importance of doing our part to ensure public safety,” Kusminsky said.

Greene County Legislature Chairman Pat Linger said over 1,000 residents have been tested for COVID-19, with many tested outside of the county due to lack of test kits in Greene County. The tests revealed 11% positive results for COVID-19 and 89% testing negative for the virus.

“The Greene County Legislature shares the concern of many of our residents that the number of test kits available may greatly impact the ability of our businesses and attractions to reopen safely in a timely manner,” Linger said.

“The five bridges in the Bridge Authority are self-sufficient — they don’t depend on tax dollars, they depend on revenue from tolls, so that is probably why they are raising it. The timing is never good, but this probably couldn’t be a worse time,” Murell said.

Greene County Legislature Chairman Patrick Linger, RNew Baltimore, said the decision to raise tolls is out of the county’s hands.

“We have no control over the bridge whatsoever. That’s a state decision and obviously it will affect residents who go over to the Columbia County side. I think the timing is exactly what the governor wants it to be.”

The Bridge Authority is an independent agency and is not under the state’s jurisdiction.

The campus of ColumbiaGreene Community College is

closed because of the coronavirus shutdown, but when students return to campus, the school will take steps to ensure equity, College President Carlee Drummer said Wednesday.

“Columbia-Greene Community College strives to be mindful of anything that could create a barrier for students who are pursuing their academic journey, and will continue to explore ways to avoid or alleviate these barriers,” Drummer said. “The Columbia-Greene Community College Foundation has long provided assistance to students as part of its mission. The college looks forward to resuming its partnership with Greene County Transit’s Route 711, that maintains a stop on campus and offers cashless ticket purchases, when students are able to return to the campus.”

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New York Yankees first baseman DJ LeMahieu (26) doubles against the New York Mets during their July 3, 2019 game at Citi Field.

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New plan to restart MLB could see Yankees and Mets playing in same division Bradford William Davis New York Daily News

MLB officials are optimistic that they can ram the 2020 season through the ongoing public health crisis as early as late June, according to a USA Today report. As part of that push, they’re also exploring a new realignment plan that would

have every big league team playing in their home ballpark.

The home park proposal, which was announced on Tuesday, includes teams like the Yankees and Mets playing in metro areas devastated by the ongoing spread of the coronavirus. The plan would call for the season to start no later than

Orioles’ Trey Mancini announces stage 3 colon cancer diagnosis Jon Meoli The Baltimore Sun

BALTIMORE — Orioles star Trey Mancini, who had a malignant tumor in his colon surgically removed last month toward the end of baseball’s abbreviated spring training, wrote in a piece on The Players Tribune that he began chemotherapy for Stage III colon cancer on April 13 at a Baltimore hospital.

“My treatment will take six months — every two weeks for six months,” he wrote. “If baseball returns in 2020, it will probably be without me.

“But I want everybody to know that I’m OK.” The article, posted Tuesday morning, outlined Mancini’s diagnosis and treatment from a routine spring training physical in Florida and the colonoscopy that

revealed the tumor, to his subsequent return to Baltimore for surgery and to begin chemotherapy.

In Stage 3 colon cancer, the cancer has spread outside of the colon to the surrounding lymph nodes. The surgery to remove the tumor also takes pieces of the lymph nodes to see if the cancer has spread there, with chemotherapy being the next step, said Vivek Kumbhari, Director of Bariatric Endoscopy and associate professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins Medicine.

Mancini’s story also touches on how unique getting treated for cancer is in the age of COVID-19, with no one allowed into the hospital with him for his treatment and extra precautions required as he enters and leaves.

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However, according to USA Today’s sources, the concept is gaining support among owners and executives. The games would be played without fans, and split the entire league into three divisions according to geographical location — East, Central and West — with 10

teams each. Teams would only play other sides in their respective divisions until the start of the playoffs.

The goal of the plan is to have reduced travel relative to a typical season and allow players to play without isolating themselves, unlike previous proposals centered in Arizona, Florida and Texas. (Stars

like Mike Trout and Clayton Kershaw had publicly bashed the inherent constraints with the Arizona plan.)

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North Carolina governor believes NASCAR will race the Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte next month Alex Andrejev The Charlotte Observer

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — On Tuesday, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper said in a media briefing that NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600 race is on track to run on May 24 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

“We believe that unless the health conditions go down that we can have the CocaCola 600 on Memorial Day weekend in Charlotte,” Gov. Cooper said. “ ... I think that NASCAR will be making that announcement. We believe that’s what will happen.”

Gov. Cooper said his office has had conversations with NASCAR and speedway officials about the event, and that the sanctioning body submitted plans involving social distancing protocol for the track located in Concord. Gov. Cooper said that public health officials have reviewed those plans and approved them with some suggestions, although he did not specify what those suggestions were.

Earlier this month, NASCAR said racing would potentially return in May without fans in attendance. A tentative schedule sent to NASCAR teams this week has the season resuming

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on May 17 at Darlington Raceway followed by multiple Wednesday races in the southeast (all of those without fans), according to a report by Autoweek.

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remain as originally scheduled on May 24 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, according to that tentative schedule. In addition, the Charlotte 310 would be run at CMS on May 27.

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WNBA continues to make progress in a crowded sports landscape Thuc Nhi Nguyen Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES — Cathy Engelbert put the weight of the WNBA on a sweater drying rack.

The league’s commissioner, forced to introduce firstround draft picks from her home in New Jersey during the league’s virtual draft on April 17, hung jerseys carefully for easy access after announcing each selection. She recruited her two kids for assistance, because while the coronavirus pandemic has halted most of the sports world, Engelbert could not let this show stop.

The WNBA, four months removed from a groundbreaking collective bargaining agreement, is trying to

maintain its momentum during a pandemic that already postponed a highly anticipated season that will feature the professional debut of No. 1 draft pick Sabrina Ionescu. For a league always trying to carve out space in a crowded sports landscape, the global health crisis will test the WNBA’s innovation yet again.

The draft provided a positive glimpse at things to come.

The WNBA had its highestviewed draft show in 16 years, its second-most-watched draft broadcast ever.

“The league is showing that we’re not looking to slow down any time soon,” said New York Liberty guard Layshia Clarendon, who will team with Ionescu this season.

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WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert speaks on the court after the WNBA All-Star Game 2019 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on July 27, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nev.

Engelbert, the league’s first-year commissioner, set

out three goals in growing the WNBA: to be a player-first

league; to be economically stable across all levels; and to improve fan engagement and marketing. She oversaw negotiations for a CBA that increased average player salary to six figures and granted new travel and family-planning benefits. She launched the WNBA Changemakers program to increase sponsorship. Now with fans unable to watch their favorite players in action, Engelbert is starting to reimagine fan engagement beyond courtside high fives.

It might be recreating an inarena experience for fans at home. Maybe fans, through a button on their smartphones, will be able to access live arena noise. They might be able to use live analytics on their

phone to predict the game’s outcome.

“It’ll come down to data,” Engelbert said in a conference call before the draft. “It’ll come down to exposure, it’ll come down to being known on different platforms.”

Players and teams have already started the process by staying engaged on social media. The Sparks have rallied personnel from all parts of their organization to contribute social media content. San Dixon, the Jr. Sparks Clinic director, shares simple drills for MyGrindMonday. Jamal Lovell, the team’s player development coach, breaks down film for TeachMeTuesdays.

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Pro basketball NBA LEADERS Scoring average G FG Harden, HOU 61 603 Beal, WAS 57 593 Anttkounmpo, MIL 57 623 Young, ATL 60 546 Lillard, POR 58 531 Doncic, DAL 54 512 Westbrook, HOU 53 568 Leonard, LAC 51 476 Davis, LAL 55 508 Booker, PHX 62 544 James, LAL 60 586 LaVine, CHI 60 539 Mitchell, UTA 64 560 Ingram, NOR 57 469 Siakam, TOR 53 459 Tatum, BOS 59 499 McCollum, POR 62 549 DeRozan, SAN 61 503 Wiggins, GOL 54 437 Walker, BOS 50 350 Middleton, MIL 55 424 Sexton, CLE 65 513 Dinwiddie, BKLYN 64 424 Brown, BOS 50 378 Butler, MIA 54 328 Jokic, DEN 65 512

PTS 2096 1741 1690 1778 1677 1549 1456 1370 1467 1619 1544 1530 1525 1358 1253 1390 1395 1352 1175 1060 1159 1349 1318 1022 1093 1313

AVG 34.4 30.5 29.6 29.6 28.9 28.7 27.5 26.9 26.7 26.1 25.7 25.5 23.8 23.8 23.6 23.6 22.5 22.2 21.8 21.2 21.1 20.8 20.6 20.4 20.2 20.2

Field goal percentage FG FGA Robinson, NYK 253 341 Gobert, UTA 353 506 Allen, BKLYN 267 413 Clarke, MEM 254 408 Whiteside, POR 418 676 Adams, OKC 262 443 Valanciunas, MEM 385 657 Simmons, PHL 361 617 Collins, ATL 353 605 Harrell, LAC 471 812 Adebayo, MIA 408 719 Wood, DET 288 508 Ayton, PHX 255 465 Antetokounmpo, MIL 623 1139 Sabonis, IND 458 848 Drummond, CLE 418 784 Warren, IND 460 869 Jokic, DEN 512 969 DeRozan, SAN 503 956 Zeller, CHA 251 479 Ibaka, TOR 323 623 Thompson, CLE 288 562 Davis, LAL 508 994 Towns, MIN 316 622 Anunoby, TOR 267 527 Hayward, BOS 305 607 Powell, TOR 259 516 Curry, DAL 266 532

PCT .742 .698 .646 .623 .618 .591 .586 .585 .583 .580 .567 .567 .548 .547 .540 .533 .529 .528 .526 .524 .518 .512 .511 .508 .507 .502 .502 .500

3-point field goal percentage 3FG 3FGA Hill, MIL 73 152 Curry, DAL 136 300 Redick, NOR 156 345 Robinson, MIA 243 543 McDermott, IND 118 265 Olynyk, MIA 80 185 Bertans, WAS 200 472 Bjelica, SAC 125 295 Holiday, IND 122 288 Middleton, MIL 133 318 Niang, UTA 77 185 Korver, MIL 86 207 Bogdanovic, UTA 189 457 Harris, BKLYN 152 369 Towns, MIN 114 277 Morris Sr., LAC 133 324 Gallinari, OKC 165 403 Rozier, CHA 172 423 Hardaway Jr., DAL 185 455 Fournier, ORL 165 406 Mykhailiuk, DET 115 285 Snell, DET 102 254 Grant, DEN 88 220 George, LAC 133 333 Kennard, DET 73 183 Galloway, DET 132 331 Powell, TOR 94 236 Tatum, BOS 167 420 Ibaka, TOR 66 166 Korkmaz, PHL 126 317 Johnson, PHX 91 229 Free throw percentage FT FTA Wanamaker, BOS 108 116 Booker, PHX 405 442 Middleton, MIL 178 196 Bogdanovic, UTA 250 277 Redick, NOR 147 163 Paul, OKC 225 250 Burks, PHL 225 251 Brogdon, IND 145 162 Murray, DEN 158 177 Leonard, LAC 311 350 Lillard, POR 389 438 Gallinari, OKC 234 264 Augustin, ORL 139 157 George, LAC 165 187 Gay, SAN 99 113 Satoransky, CHI 106 121 Rozier, CHA 166 190 Teague, ATL 172 197 Lee, GOL 110 126 Rose, DET 121 139 Walker, BOS 195 225 Williams, LAC 278 322 Lowry, TOR 255 296 Harden, HOU 619 719 Young, ATL 481 559

PCT .480 .453 .452 .448 .445 .432 .424 .424 .424 .418 .416 .415 .414 .412 .412 .410 .409 .407 .407 .406 .404 .402 .400 .399 .399 .399 .398 .398 .398 .397 .397 PCT .931 .916 .908 .903 .902 .900 .896 .895 .893 .889 .888 .886 .885 .882 .876 .876 .874 .873 .873 .871 .867 .863 .861 .861 .860

Rebounds per game G OFF DEF TOTAVG 57 250 614 864 15.2 61 244 625 869 14.2 57 130 653 783 13.7 62 211 639 850 13.7 62 189 582 771 12.4 62 190 506 696 11.2 54 130 466 596 11.0 65 165 518 683 10.5 65 155 508 663 10.2 57 226 351 577 10.1 56 141 420 561 10.0 56 54 493 547 9.8 64 151 471 622 9.7 51 89 394 483 9.5 64 195 410 605 9.5 55 124 393 517 9.4 54 69 433 502 9.3 59 196 347 543 9.2 50 104 310 414 8.3 53 94 332 426 8.0 60 59 414 473 7.9 54 108 315 423 7.8 51 141 253 394 7.7 58 103 338 441 7.6 53 57 342 399 7.5 53 103 289 392 7.4 62 156 301 457 7.4 51 52 321 373 7.3 56 106 303 409 7.3 64 166 295 461 7.2 58 160 251 411 7.1 59 57 361 418 7.1 63 164 282 446 7.1 61 186 242 428 7.0

Drummond, CLE Whiteside, POR Antetokounmpo, MIL Gobert, UTA Sabonis, IND Valanciunas, MEM Vucevic, ORL Adebayo, MIA Jokic, DEN Thompson, CLE Jordan, BKLYN Love, CLE Randle, NYK Porzingis, DAL Allen, BKLYN Davis, LAL Doncic, DAL Adams, OKC Ibaka, TOR Westbrook, HOU James, LAL Simmons, PHL Kanter, BOS Gordon, ORL Siakam, TOR Aldridge, SAN Howard, LAL Leonard, LAC Nance Jr., CLE Zubac, LAC Zeller, CHA Tatum, BOS Harrell, LAC Robinson, NYK

Assists per game G AST AVG James, LAL 60 636 10.6 Young, ATL 60 560 9.3 Rubio, PHX 57 507 8.9 Doncic, DAL 54 470 8.7 Simmons, PHL 54 442 8.2 Lillard, POR 58 453 7.8 Lowry, TOR 52 399 7.7 Graham, CHA 63 471 7.5 Harden, HOU 61 450 7.4 Westbrook, HOU 53 370 7.0 Morant, MEM 59 409 6.9 Ball, NOR 57 392 6.9 Jokic, DEN 65 446 6.9 Dinwiddie, BKLYN 64 432 6.8 Holiday, NOR 56 378 6.8 Paul, OKC 64 426 6.7 VanVleet, TOR 48 317 6.6 Booker, PHX 62 408 6.6 Butler, MIA 54 331 6.1 Beal, WAS 57 347 6.1 Antetokounmpo, MIL 57 329 5.8 Williams, LAC 60 344 5.7 DeRozan, SAN 61 340 5.6 Rose, DET 50 278 5.6 Satoransky, CHI 65 354 5.4 Bledsoe, MIL 56 302 5.4 Teague, ATL 59 308 5.2 Steals per game G STL AVG Simmons, PHL 54 115 2.13 Dunn, CHI 51 101 1.98 Drummond, CLE 57 109 1.91 VanVleet, TOR 48 91 1.90 Leonard, LAC 51 92 1.80 Harden, HOU 61 106 1.74 Murray, SAN 58 100 1.72 Butler, MIA 54 92 1.70 Westbrook, HOU 53 88 1.66 Holiday, NOR 56 92 1.64 Smart, BOS 53 86 1.62 Rubio, PHX 57 88 1.54 Covington, HOU 62 95 1.53 Paul, OKC 64 98 1.53 Davis, LAL 55 82 1.49 LaVine, CHI 60 88 1.47 Young, CHI 64 92 1.44 Bridges, PHX 65 93 1.43 Tatum, BOS 59 83 1.41 Ball, NOR 57 80 1.40 Thybulle, PHL 57 80 1.40 Anunoby, TOR 63 88 1.40 Harris, DEN 56 76 1.36 DiVincenzo, MIL 59 80 1.36 Lowry, TOR 52 70 1.35 Ariza, POR 53 69 1.30

Fultz, ORL Napier, WAS Oubre Jr., PHX Melton, MEM Brown Jr., WAS

64 51 56 52 61

83 66 71 65 76

1.30 1.29 1.27 1.25 1.25

Blocked shots per game G BLK Whiteside, POR 61 187 Lopez, MIL 61 149 Davis, LAL 55 134 Turner, IND 55 120 Porzingis, DAL 51 106 Gobert, UTA 62 124 Robinson, NYK 61 119 Aldridge, SAN 53 87 Drummond, CLE 57 93 Jackson Jr., MEM 54 87 McGee, LAL 61 92 Noel, OKC 55 82 Poeltl, SAN 58 84 Bamba, ORL 60 85 Allen, BKLYN 64 85 Adebayo, MIA 65 85 Theis, BOS 58 75 Covington, HOU 62 80 Howard, LAL 62 76 Kleber, DAL 66 78 Harrell, LAC 63 72 Cauley-Stein, DAL 54 61 Valanciunas, MEM 62 69 Adams, OKC 59 65

AVG 3.07 2.44 2.44 2.18 2.08 2.00 1.95 1.64 1.63 1.61 1.51 1.49 1.45 1.42 1.33 1.31 1.29 1.29 1.23 1.18 1.14 1.13 1.11 1.10

Auto racing MONSTER ENERGY CUP Through March 9 1. Kevin Harvick, 164 points 2. Joey Logano, 163 3. Chase Elliott, 144 4. Alex Bowman, 138 5. Jimmie Johnson, 131 6. Ryan Blaney, 123 7. Kyle Larson, 121 8. Aric Almirola, 121 9. Matt DiBenedetto, 118 10. Brad Keselowski, 118 11. Denny Hamlin, 111 12. Kyle Busch, 111 13. Clint Bowyer, 105 14. Chris Buescher, 102 15. Martin Truex Jr., 96 16. Kurt Busch, 90 17. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 88 18. Darrell Wallace Jr., 87 19. William Byron, 87 20. Austin Dillon, 77 21. Erik Jones, 77 22. Cole Custer, 73 23. Corey LaJoie, 68 24. Ty Dillon, 68 25. Tyler Reddick, 68 26. John Hunter Nemechek, 63 27. Michael McDowell, 60 28. Brennan Poole, 40 29. Ryan Newman, 36 30. David Ragan, 33 31. Daniel Suarez, 32 32. Christopher Bell, 26 33. Ryan Preece, 25 34. Reed Sorenson, 17 35. Quin Houff, 11 36. Garrett Smithley, 7

XFINITY SERIES POINTS LEADERS Through March 9 1. Harrison Burton, 176 points 2. Chase Briscoe, 173 3. Austin Cindric, 155 4. Brandon Jones, 148 5. Ross Chastain, 146 6. Noah Gragson, 143 7. Ryan Sieg, 143 8. Justin Haley, 140 9. Justin Allgaier, 138 10. Michael Annett, 119 11. Riley Herbst, 109 12. Brandon Brown, 91 13. Alex Labbe, 87 14. Josh Williams, 83 15. Myatt Snider, 79 16. Ray Black II, 76 17. Jesse Little, 66 18. Vinnie Miller, 64 19. Chad Finchum, 63 20. David Starr, 59 21. BJ McLeod, 58 22. Daniel Hemric, 54 23. JJ Yeley, 52 24. Robby Lyons, 48 25. Jeremy Clements, 44 26. Tommy Joe Martins, 33 27. Jeb Burton, 32 28. Anthony Alfredo, 31 29. Joe Graf Jr, 30 30. Matt Mills, 28

Transactions FOOTBALL NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE Houston Texans - Exercised the fifth-year contract option on QB Deshaun Watson for the 2021 season.

Philadelphia Eagles - Exercised the fifth-year team option on DE Derek Barnett for the 2021 season.

Pittsburgh Steelers - Exercised the fifth-year team option on LB T.J. Watt for the 2021 season.

NCAA FOOTBALL Buffalo - Announced LB Tyree Thompson has been granted a sixth-year of eligibility by the NCAA. East Carolina - Announced QB Reid Herring has left the program and will transfer to North Alabama as a graduate.

Marshall - Announced QB Maurice Underwood has left the program and will transfer to Butler (JUCO).

Miami - Announced WR Brian Hightower has left the program and will transfer to Illinois.

Missouri - Announced DT Darvis Holmes has left the program and will transfer to New Mexico State.

North Carolina - Announced TE Noah Turner has left the program and will transfer to James Madison.

Sports Flashbacks BASEBALL 1913 — After forgetting to pack uniforms, the Cincinnati Reds play a road game against the Chicago Cubs wearing the uniforms of the Chicago White Sox. The Cubs win, 7-2.

1931 — Cleveland’s Wes Ferrell pitches a nohitter and drives in four runs during a 7-0 rout of his brother, Rick, and the St. Louis Browns.

1933 — Washington catcher Rip Sewell tags out two runners at the plate on the same play, nailing Lou Gehrig and Dixie Walker during a game against the New York Yankees.

1936 — The first-ever pro baseball game in Japan takes place, with Nagoya posting an 8-5 victory over Daitokyo.

1939 — New York’s Lou Gehrig singles for his 2,721st and final career hit, establishing a Yankees record that will stand until Derek Jeter breaks it in 2009.

1948 — St. Louis reliever Ted Wilks loses a game for the first time in 77 appearances, a streak that began on September 8, 1945. Wilks went 12-0 during that run.

1955 — The Baltimore Orioles win at Cleveland, 5-2, breaking a record streak of 27 road losses against one opponent that began in 1952 when the team was known as the St. Louis Browns.

1969 — Baltimore’s Russ Snyder gets two hits in one inning as a pinch hitter, leading off the seventh inning at Kansas City with a home run and adding a two-out RBI single later in the frame.

1981 — Philadelphia Phillies ace Steve Carlton reaches the 3,000-strikeout mark, fanning Tim Wallach during a win over Montreal. Carlton is the sixth player to reach the milestone.

1986 — Boston’s Roger Clemens sets a new major league record by striking out 20 batters in a 3-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners at Fenway Park.

1996 — New York Mets closer John Franco becomes the first left-handed pitcher to collect 300 career saves, reaching the mark exactly 12 years after picking up his first as a Cincinnati Red. 2007 — St. Louis postpones its nationally televised game against the Chicago Cubs after 29-year-old Cardinals reliever Josh Hancock dies in an early-morning auto accident.

2007 — San Diego closer Trevor Hoffman sets a new record for games pitched with the same team, making his 803rd appearance for the Padres.

2007 — Colorado shortstop Troy Tulowitzki turns the 13th unassisted triple play in major league history, turning the trick during the seventh inning of the Rockies’ 9-7 home win over Atlanta.

2008 — Texas rookie Brandon Boggs becomes the first player to ever begin his career with hits from both sides of the plate, collecting back-toback singles in a loss to Kansas City.

2015 — In the wake of police brutality riots in Baltimore, the Orioles beat the Chicago White Sox 8-2 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards with no fans present. It is the first game in Major League Baseball history that is not open to the public.

2017 — New York Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge becomes the third ever rookie to hit 10 home runs in the month of April as the Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 12-4. Judge joins Jose Abreu and Trevor Story as the only other rookies to accomplish the feat.

Jeffrey Jordan — Michael Jordan’s oldest son — talks growing up in the shadow of a legend Teddy Greenstein Chicago Tribune

CHICAGO — Michael Jordan’s oldest son kindly answers to Jeff, Jeffrey, HeirJordan13 (on Twitter and Instagram) and “Bones.”

“That’s my family nickname,” he says. “Growing up I was really skinny.”

He is reliving those days while watching “The Last Dance,” the ESPN documentary series captivating Chicago sports fans.

The first episode featured 8-year-old Jeffrey sitting and dribbling a basketball with his left hand.

“Don’t mess up,” Michael tells him.

“Sounds about right,” Jeffrey says now, chuckling at the memory of his demanding dad.

Jeffrey, 31, works in digital innovation on the Jordan Brand. The six-year veteran of Nike Inc. lives in Oregon and is recently married.

During two interviews lasting nearly an hour, the former University of Illinois guard spoke of growing up in the shadow of a legend, the high point of his hoops life and his hopes for “The Last Dance.”

— What’s your stock answer when someone asks what it was like to grow up as MJ’s son?

— Normal. And it probably was normal to an extent.

Relationship-wise, you’d go through your normal battles with your siblings, your mom, your dad, everything like that.

But in a social aspect, it was far from normal or anything you could imagine.

— Did your dad coach you much?

— No, not at all. He was busy. Traveling a lot, obviously. We were blessed and fortunate to have somewhere to play at our house (an indoor court in Highland Park, Ill.).

That was our haven. (Younger brother) Marcus and I worked out with my dad one time.

I was 17 or 18. We felt like we were in pretty good shape. We can do this; this is what we’ve been waiting for. It was brutal.

I said: Now I understand why we don’t do this more often.

— Did your dad exhibit any sympathy?

— No, none whatsoever (laughs).

— What do you remember from the Paris trip in 1997?

— We had to decide who was going to ride on the team plane and who was going to ride with my mom on the Concorde.

Marcus and I actually were battling for the Concorde. I flew with the team and met some of my idols. During the season we couldn’t go to the away games.

My mom was a stickler. School was first and foremost.

— Scott Burrell joked about wanting to give you guys a hug after the win in Paris.

— He was a huge jokester, kind of the class clown of the squad. He was a really good dude and incorporated us like we were part of the team.

— So when your dad says, ‘Don’t mess up,’ does that reflect his perfectionism?

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Jeff Jordan (13) of the Illinois Fighting Illini drives against Chris Kramer (3) of the Purdue Boilermakers during the Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament at Conseco Fieldhouse on March 14, 2008 in Indianapolis, Ind.

— Yes, and it’s part of who I am as well. Part of it is being the oldest. I’m driven to clear the path and be the best I possibly can. I’ll be 32 this year and I’ve come to accept that the due diligence is how it will be for the rest of my life. I’m good with it, man. The way he was with me back then, I probably wouldn’t have it any other way.

— Did your mom ever suggest you guys not wear No. 23?

— I was always searching for a new number or a way to differentiate myself. In high school (at Loyola Academy), switching the 2 and the 3 was enough. I didn’t find out my mom played high school basketball until I was leaving (for Illinois), and 13 was her number. She was born on Friday the 13th and always had a feeling of luck around the number.

Marcus was always a big proponent of 5 — the 2 plus 3.

— You had scholarship offers but opted to walk on at Illinois. Why? — My first scholarship offer was Iowa State. But my dad was by the book and didn’t want me to be committed at an early age. He felt like that was almost heresy of the game (laughs).

I visited Valpo and Indiana, but it was more low to midmajor (schools that offered). I had it in me to play at the highmajor level. We were scrimmaging against the top talent in Chicago, and I felt I’d be able to make it and find a team. I felt I could make a name for myself at U of I. — You earned an academic scholarship?

— Yes, and then Coach (Bruce) Weber put me on an athletic scholarship the second half of my sophomore year and throughout my junior year. I transferred to UCF and spent some time with my bro.

I’m happy getting those two different types of experiences in college. It was the best of all worlds.

— Did fellow students at Illinois leave you alone, or were they constantly coming up to you?

— It was a little bit of everything you can imagine. One of the perks of being an athlete is you have a group of guys who embrace you and help shape what you become. I had a group of enforcers who were 6-7 to 6-10.

— You had your own Charles Oakleys?

— Exactly. I had my Oakleys, my (Ron) Harpers, my (Scottie) Pippens. My friends. Hanging out and kicking it. Definitely ran into a lot of characters throughout college. But all good times.

— Were fans of other Big Ten teams respectful?

— They were for the most part. Michigan State was hilarious. One game they had life-size (cutouts) of MJ. And the “Who’s your daddy?” chant was everywhere. The most ruthless was Indiana, if only for the Illinois-Indiana rivalry.

But for the most part, the Big Ten fans were always respectful. They just love basketball.

I loved to play at Northwestern against (Lincoln Park High School alumnus) Mike Thompson. Juice is a homey.

— Did you almost go to Northwestern?

— That could have been one of the early scholarship possibilities. But at the time I had to obey and listen to the GOAT, the master, and make sure I was doing the right thing.

But, yes, it would have been a dream to play with Juice.

— What was your all-time best moment on the court?

— We had games in the summer (in Highland Park) after my senior year of high school

with friends and AAU teammates. We’d invite the best of Chicago ... Eric Gordon, Evan Turner. It grew to Jamal Crawford and the NBA guys coming out. It was amazing, basketball for the love of the game.

— You were in the front for your dad’s Hall of Fame enshrinement speech in 2009.

What did you think when he said to you and your siblings: “You guys have a heavy burden. I wouldn’t want to be you guys because of all the expectations”?

— That could not be more true, honestly. I’m glad he said it. I’m glad he recognizes it too. It’s something my brother and my sister always knew and something my two younger sisters (with Michael’s second wife, Yvette) will come to learn and appreciate. We’re all in a unique situation.

— Was that speech quintessential MJ? — Oh, yeah. Honestly it was pretty tame compared to the core, the raw MJ. — You and Marcus were interviewed for “The Last Dance”?

— Yeah, around October.

I haven’t seen any edits, any cuts, any episodes. Hope they got my good side.

— You’re like us, watching new episodes each Sunday night. What do you hope the documentary will reveal?

— That there are some things that come with being the best at what you do. The glory and the rings are front and center. A lot of the other stuff has been glossed over.

I also hope it reveals the normalcy. My dad’s inhuman at basketball and (made a) gross amount of money. But he’s human. He has an enormous amount of compassion and empathy for people. He makes mistakes but, like everyone else, does the best he can.

Georgia’s Edwards tops list of NBA draft early entrants Field Level Media

Georgia freshman guard Anthony Edwards heads the list of 163 U.S. players who applied for early entry into the NBA draft.

In addition, 42 international players made themselves available for the draft.

Both lists were released Tuesday by the NBA. The total of 205 early entrants is down by 28 from last year and down by 31 from 2018.

Edwards is ranked as the top available draft prospect by ESPN and NBAdraft.net.

The 6-foot-5 Atlanta native averaged 19.1 points, 5.2 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.3 steals in 32 games for the Bulldogs.

Also on the early-entry list is the consensus college player of the year, Obi Toppin. The 6-foot-9 Dayton sophomore forward produced 20 points, 7.5 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.2 blocks per game, helping the Flyers amass a 29-2 record.

James Wiseman, a 7-foot-1 freshman center who left Memphis midseason while serving an NCAA-imposed suspension, also is among the top early-entry prospects.

Among the other notables on the list are Auburn freshman forward Isaac Okoro, North Carolina freshman guard Cole Anthony, Southern California freshman forward Onyeka Okongwu, Washington freshman forward Jaden McDaniels, Iowa State sophomore guard Tyrese Haliburton and Arizona freshman guard Nico Mannion.

The list of available international prospects is led by Israel’s Deni Avdija, a 6-9 forward slotted at No. 5 overall by ESPN and No. 9 by NBAdraft.net.

Other leading international draft candidates include French guards Theo Maledon and Killian Hayes.

Two potential first-round draft picks were not on either the list of U.S. early entrants nor the list of international players,

but LaMelo Ball and RJ Hampton are both on a separate roster of draft-eligible players that NBA teams received, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania and ESPN’s Jonathan Givony.

Ball, 18, withdrew from Chino Hills (Calif.) High School following his sophomore season, and he spent the past two years playing professionally in Lithuania and Australia in addition to competing for the Los Angeles Ballers of the Junior Basketball Association, which was founded by his father, LaVar. He is listed as the No. 2 draft prospect

by NBAdraft.net and ESPN. Hampton, a 19-year-old Dallas native, spent the past season playing for the New Zealand Breakers of the Australia-based National Basketball League.

The NBA draft is scheduled for June 25 at Barclays Center in New York, but the site and date could be altered due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Stars? Duds? Where does Jameis Winston fit in the list of No. 1 QBs? John Romano Tampa Bay Times

TAMPA, Fla. — No more touchdowns, and thankfully no more interceptions. The book is now officially closed on Jameis Winston’s time in Tampa Bay. Really, the only thing left is your memories and appraisal.

On Thursday evening, it will be exactly five years since Winston was selected by the Buccaneers with the No. 1 pick in the draft. In retrospect, was that a mistake? Or, based on all the available evidence at that moment, a calculated gamble that did not ultimately meet expectations?

Personally, I’d choose the latter. There are other players from the 2015 draft who have had better starts to their careers (Todd Gurley, Amari Cooper, Marcus Peters), but a quarterback’s impact on a team far exceeds any other position. That means Winston was the correct choice, even if the results and the length of his tenure ultimately fell short.

If you want to put it in perspective, there were 20 quarterbacks in the Super Bowl-era chosen with the No. 1 pick before Winston. Some were obviously great choices. Four went on to be Hall of Famers. Some were spectacular duds. Five never won a playoff game.

The rest fall somewhere in between, just like Winston.

With his legacy in Tampa Bay in mind, here is a ranking of Winston and the 20 other quarterbacks selected No. 1 overall between 19662015. You may nod your head, spit up your Frosted Flakes or send me a line at jromanotampabay.com or romano—tbtimes on Twitter to explain how I could be so very wrong.

21. JaMarcus Russell, Oakland (2007) Missed the entire training camp and the opening game of his first NFL season in a contract dispute, eventually grew to more than 300 pounds, and had thrown his last NFL pass less than three years after being

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events May 8-9 at Martinsville Speedway.

“Our intention remains to run all 36 races, with a

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plan so let’s do our best to do it for them.

The realignment structure would place the Yankees and Mets in the same division

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Head trainer Courtney Watson leads FitnessFriday workouts with simple at-home exercises.

“Everybody right now is truly chipping in to be like, ‘OK, how do we continue to tell stories, how do we continue to help people,’ “ Sparks President and Chief Executive Danita Johnson said, “and it’s been absolutely

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Mancini, 28, said that he was feeling tired in spring training, and had to get a second blood test after the physical he took upon reporting to camp in Sarasota, Fla., revealed low iron levels. Regarding the colonoscopy and endoscopy, Mancini said that the doctors told him they were expecting to confirm that he had celiac disease, which causes gluten to damage the small intestine.

But they found a malignant tumor instead, forcing Mancini to process that all quickly.

Mancini wrote: “That didn’t change the fact that the news was really tough — just shocking, to be honest. I was young ... And without the Orioles I never would have caught this

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Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston threw a team-record 33 touchdowns this past season, but he also threw an NFL record seven pick-sixes.

drafted. Lane Kiffin, who was then the Raiders coach, says he begged owner Al Davis to draft Calvin Johnson instead. Oops.

20. Tim Couch, Cleveland (1999) Browns could have had Donovan McNabb. Or Daunte Culpepper. Or even Aaron Brooks. Instead, Couch spent five years in Cleveland and never played again.

19. David Carr, Houston (2002) Not a terribly strong draft class, but when your No. 1 pick has a 23-56 record as an NFL starting quarterback, you could have probably done better.

18. Sam Bradford, St. Louis (2010) What’s worse? The Rams drafting him No. 1 overall, or the Cardinals giving him a one-year, $15 million guaranteed contract eight years later and cutting him after three games?

17. Jeff George, Indianapolis (1990)

Colts traded Pro Bowl tackle Chris Hinton, receiver Andre Rison and a 1991 first-round pick to the Falcons for the No. 1 pick in the draft. They shouldn’t have bothered.

16. Steve Bartkowski, Atlanta (1975) He wasn’t terrible. He even made a couple of Pro Bowls. But that ‘75 draft yielded four future Hall of Famers, including Walter Payton at the No. 4 pick.

15. Matthew Stafford, Detroit (2009) He’s thrown for a ton of yards, made a Pro Bowl and taken the Lions to the playoffs three times. But do you consider him an elite quarterback?

14. Vinny Testaverde, Tampa Bay (1987) Best way to describe his career?

He led the league in interceptions with the Bucs in 1988, and again

with the Cowboys 16 years later.

Still, when Testaverde retired he was sixth on the all-time list for passing yards and had taken the Jets and Browns to the playoffs.

13. Jameis Winston, Tampa Bay (2015) His career is on a trajectory that looks very similar to Testaverde’s.

Winston gets rated one spot higher because he’s still only 26 and has plenty of time to rewrite his legacy.

12. Carson Palmer, Cincinnati (2003) Decent career. Decent quarterback. Just not quite special. Interestingly, he is one of five QBs on this list to have been coached by Bruce Arians.

11. Alex Smith, San Francisco (2005) A 94-66-1 career record, three Pro Bowls and five playoff appearances are nothing to be ashamed of. Still,

he was taken 23 picks ahead of Aaron Rodgers. Ouch!

10. Drew Bledsoe, New England (1993) For eight seasons, he was a star in New England. Made three Pro Bowls and took the Pats to a Super Bowl.

Then he was benched in favor of a guy named Tom Brady.

9. Jim Plunkett, New England (1971) A largely mediocre 15-year career is defined by two seasons. He won a pair of Super Bowls with the Raiders and took them to the playoffs four times in five years.

8. Michael Vick, Atlanta (2001) The hardest of the bunch to grade.

He was a ground-breaking quarterback early in his career before heinous off-field transgressions sent his career spiraling.

7. Andrew Luck, Indianapolis (2012) Best of the What-Might-HaveBeen list. In his five full seasons as a starter, he took the Colts to the playoffs four times. Retiring at 29 is not what you expect out of your franchise QB. 6. Eli Manning, New York (2004) Two Super Bowls could get him in the Hall of Fame. But he led the league in INTs three times, and has had a losing 39-60 record the past seven years.

5. Cam Newton, Carolina (2011) One of four players on this list to have won the Associated Press MVP award. Took the Panthers from 2-14 to 12-4 in three seasons. Still only 30 years old.

4. Troy Aikman, Dallas (1989) Is he one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time? No. Was he one of the most successful and dependable? Absolutely.

3. Terry Bradshaw, Pittsburgh (1970) The Steelers of the 1970s are known for their defenses, but this was a top-10 scoring offense for 12 consecutive seasons. Bradshaw does not get as much credit as he deserves.

potential return to racing without fans in attendance in May at a date and location to be determined,” the statement from NASCAR said. “The health and safety of our competitors, employees, fans, and the communities in which we run continues to be our top priority.

We will continue to consult with health experts and local, state and federal officials as we assess future scheduling options.”

So far, NASCAR has completed four of its 36 points races, including the Daytona 500 and three races on its West Coast stretch: Las

Vegas, Fontana and Phoenix.

All NASCAR Cup Series races have remained postponed since March 13 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic forcing mass gatherings and professional sports to a halt.

Four of those postponed races make an appearance on the latest projected

schedule: Martinsville (May 31), Bristol (June 3), Atlanta (June 7) and Miami (June 14).

The raceway in Darlington, S.C., will likely host NASCAR’s return with two events in the same week — the Darlington 400 on Sunday, May 17 followed by the Darlington 310 on Wednesday, May

20, according to Autoweek’s report.

Last week, Gov. Cooper announced NASCAR teams could return to their North Carolina-based race shops as “essential workers” under state guidelines.

with familiar rivals such as the Red Sox and Phillies, along with the Rays and Marlins, who are over 1,000 miles away in Florida, and the Blue Jays, who play in a different country.

Would Vladimir Guerrero Jr. ride a Greyhound from Toronto to Miami? Can a de facto biosphere stretch from

Seattle to San Diego?

Again, the devil is in the details.

League officials admit the plan would depend upon sufficient coronavirus tests being available to the public, and of course, would require testing players and personnel thoroughly. A senior Trump administration

official claimed that they were prepared to distribute enough tests to cover at least 2% of each state’s population which, while a substantial upgrade for many parts of the country, still leaves questions unanswered for the vast majority of state residents.

The logistical hurdles are obvious to some players as

well.

“Understanding the challenges facing baseball, it’s overwhelming to think of what it will take to play a season in the COVID-19 world,” said one veteran player to the Daily News, requesting anonymity. “Anything and everything is on the table but it will be a challenge to sort

through the logistics.”

Nonetheless, hope springs eternal for a return to baseball as states across the country announced their respective plans to gradually reopen the economy.

“It’s all coming together,” one of the officials said. “I’m very optimistic.”

phenomenal.”

Without games, players introduce fans to new sides of themselves. Clarendon, an avid home cook, has discussed a possible social media cooking show with Sparks forward and fellow chef Nneka Ogwumike.

Chicago Sky guard Allie Quigley advanced to the semifinal of ESPN’s HORSE challenge, and used her Pete Maravich-inspired seated bank shot to launch the QuarantineQuigleyChallenge on Twitter. Fans submitted their own versions of a seated shot to win a signed jersey and a

personalized photo. Fans sank hook shots from moving minivans and heaved backward attempts from the top of the key.

The winning shot came from the top of a roof.

“It’s so important for us to just not go ghost all of the sudden,” Clarendon said. “This horrible thing is happening in the world that we need to keep in perspective, but also making sure we’re still building that brand and building the business.”

The WNBA suspended its training camps, which were to open Sunday, and its season,

which was scheduled to start May 15. But with the 2020 Olympics postponed, there is schedule flexibility for the league to return since it had planned to take a monthlong Olympic break. Having any semblance of a season is still the goal, Engelbert said.

It could get messy for the five teams — L.A., Indiana, Minnesota, New York and Phoenix — that share arenas with NBA teams. Conversations are ongoing about possible overlap at Staples Center, Johnson said.

Lining up possibilities is

like solving a “Rubik’s Cube,” Engelbert said. No scenario is off the table, including quarantining teams and essential personnel in one, neutral location, or playing without fans in home arenas.

With 12 teams and 144 players, the WNBA could serve as a blueprint for a return to live sports, Clarendon said. The relatively small size of the league could make it easier to mobilize to the point of return.

Confronted with the possibility of having to share the sports spotlight this summer if the NBA season resumes

during the WNBA’s regular window, the women of the league are undeterred. The WNBA — the longest-running women’s professional sports league in the country — didn’t come this far to let a pandemic knock it off track.

“Can we push on? Absolutely,” Johnson said. “That’s the fearlessness, that’s the relentless dedication to making this game work. ... What’s happening is not going to stop us and we’re going to be able to fight through this.”

before it may have been too late. There was really no indication that anything was wrong other than me just feeling a little more tired than normal. Everything that comes up when you Google colon cancer? I didn’t have any of it. And so without that second blood test I probably would not have discovered the tumor until I had a total blockage of my colon. Instead, from the day I was diagnosed to when the tumor was removed was just six days — March 6 to March 12.”

Mancini also wrote of his disappointment to be missing the season after signing a one-year, $4.75 million deal with the Orioles in his first year significantly above the leagueminimum salary, and a season in which he got to stay with the Orioles after a year of constant trade speculation.

He wrote in gratitude for the team’s trainers and medical

staff, his teammates who have all stayed in touch on a group chat, and the friends and supporters who have reached out to him — including Orioles legend and Hall of Famer Brooks Robinson.

“On a smaller scale, I’d rather there be a baseball season right now,” Mancini wrote. “That way I could go to home games and hang out in the dugout and be with all the guys. So, I really wish there was a season going on and everything was normal. Baseball will be back. I don’t know when, but I’m sure the game will return.

I’ve got other things to worry about right now, though. I know that. But still, every once in a while I catch myself thinking ahead — to when chemo is over, to when they remove my port, to when I can start going full-speed again.”

Baltimore Orioles right-fielder Trey Mancini catches a fly ball by the Oakland Athletics’ Chris Davis on April 11, 2019 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Mancini said he has begun chemotherapy for Stage III colon cancer.

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For some sports, the best seat may be your couch

By FRED BOWEN Washington Post

Hockey is a sport that is better seen live.

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Baseball is a better experience in person. The crowd energy, as these Washington Nationals fans demonstrate, and the ability to see the entire field are things you often miss by watching on TV. Katherine Frey/ Washington Post

The leaders of several major sports — Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Football League (NFL) and the Professional Golf Association (PGA) among others — are discussing starting their sport seasons despite the health emergency caused by the novel coronavirus.

One thing may be missing, however, when the games begin: spectators. The games may be shown on television but not played in front of crowds in which the virus could easily spread.

It’s always fun to see sports in person. But some games are better seen on TV than they are in a stadium or arena. Let’s take a look:

Football: When you sit in a stadium at an NFL game, you realize there’s a lot of time when the players are just standing around. Believe it or not, studies show that there is only about 11 minutes of action in a three-hour NFL game.

Football on TV, however, fills all that standing-around time with instant replays or highlights from other games. And if the weather is cold or wet, it’s much better to be warm indoors watching the game on TV. Golf: I know some kids think golf is boring whether live or on TV. I like the game and have attended several PGA golf tournaments. It’s interesting to walk on a real championship golf course to see how long and difficult it is.

But you can follow only

one or two golfers at a time when you are at the tournament. TV lets you switch back and forth.

The coverage gives you a feel for different players and who is climbing up the leader board.

Golf is much better on TV. But some sports are better live: Baseball: On TV, baseball often boils down to the matchup between the pitcher and the batter. But sitting at Nationals Park, you can see all the fielders — how they shift when the batter steps to the plate and how far they have to run to catch a flyball.

Also, baseball is a summer game. There’s nothing better than a beautiful summer day or night at the park.

Hockey: I have always loved the feel of a National Hockey League (NHL) rink. There is a

chill in the air, and the ice almost glows under the lights.

And the noise! I don’t think there is any place louder than an NHL game when the home team scores a big goal or the fans are pounding the boards.

Tennis: A tennis match between two top-notch players is better live, because sitting in the stands (the closer the better) you get a sense of the power, speed and spin of the shots.

You also appreciate the effort the players have to put out.

Whenever major sports return, whether in front of fans or just on TV, they will be a sight for sore eyes.

Bowen writes the sports opinion column for KidsPost.

He is the author of 24 sports books for kids.

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The workbook is available in English and Spanish and is designed to help alleviate stress and anxiety and provide a sense of reassurance. It features key strategies to keep children connected amid social distancing and enhances communication with caregivers.

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FORMATION Pursuant to Sections 2. Notice is hereby giv506 and 526 of the en that the Assessor Real Property Tax will be in attendance with the Tentative AsLaw: 1. Notice is hereby giv- sessment Roll for the en that the Tentative Town of Kinderhook Assessment Roll for on the following days: the Town of Ancram is May 6th , 2020 by appointment completed, and a copy phone thereof is available at only from 9am – 1pm the Town Clerk’s Of- May 7th, 2020 by appointment fice. The Roll may also phone only from 4pm – 8pm be viewed online at ancramny.org and May 8th, 2020 by appointment www.columbiacounty- phone only from 9am – 1pm ny.com.

2. Notice is hereby giv- May 9th, 2020 by appointment en that the Assessor phone will be in attendance only from 8am - Noon with the Tentative As- (Due to Covid-19 resessment Roll for the strictions the assessor Town of Ancram on is available for appointment by phone the following days: May 5, 2020 1-3pm only. Please call the at 518-784and 6-8pm by phone office 2233, ext. 305 to appointment only May 6, 2020 1-3pm, schedule an appointand 6-8 pm by phone ment if needed.)

3. Notice is hereby givappointment only May 13, 2020 1-3pm, en that the Board of Review and 6-8pm by phone Assessment for the Town of Kindeappointment only May 16, 2020 9-1pm rhook by phone appointment will meet to hear and examine all properly only (Due to Covid-19 re- filed complaints in restrictions the assessor lation to assessments is available for ap- of Real Property on pointment by phone May 26, 2020 Between only. Please call the 4pm – 9pm WITH APBY office at 518-329-6512 POINTMENT ext? to schedule an PHONE, USPS MAIL, appointment if need- OR EMAIL. Contact the Town ed.)

3. Notice is hereby giv- Assessor’s Office prior en that the Board of to May 26th to schedAssessment Review ule an appointment. for the Town of An- (Due to Covid-19 restrictions, property cram will meet to hear and owners needing to examine all properly grieve their 2020 tentafiled complaints in re- tive assessment are lation to assessments strongly encouraged to of Real Property on submit their grievance May 26, 2020 10- application and sup12pm and 6-8pm BY porting documentation APPOINTMENT. Con- to the Town Assessor tact the Town prior to May 26th eiAssessor’s Office prior ther by mailing to to May 26th to sched- Town of Kinderhook Assessor, PO Box P, ule an appointment.

(Due to Covid-19 re- Niverville, NY 12130 or strictions, property by emailing to tokasowners needing to sessor@fair point.net.) grieve their 2020 tenta- 4. A publication contive assessment are taining procedures for strongly encouraged to contesting an assesssubmit their grievance ment is available online application and sup- at: porting documentation htttp://www.tax.ny.gov to the Town Assessor / p d f / p u b i c a prior to May 26th ei- tions/orpts/grievancether by mailing to booklet.pdf .

Town of Ancram As- Dated this 1st day of sessor, 1416 County May, 2020 Route 7, Ancram, NY Royce G. “Rip� Noblin, 12502 or by emailing Jr. Town of to to assessor@towno- Assessor, Kinderhook fancram.org) 4. A publication containing procedures for Public contesting an assess- Germantown ment is available online Notice - The Town of Germantown Local at: htttp://www.tax.ny.gov Waterfront Revitaliza/ p d f / p u b l i c a - tion Program ("LWRP) tions/orpts/grievance- committee will hold its first monthly meeting booklet.pdf . at 7 pm on Monday, Dated this 1st day of May 4, 2020. The May, 2020 Town received an EnRene'DeLeeuw vironmental Protection Assessor, Fund-Local Waterfront Town of Ancram Revitalization Program ANDES DATA, LLC Ar- grant ticles of Org. filed NY from NYS for this proSec. of State (SSNY) ject. The meeting will 8/24/15. Office in Co- be conducted using audio/video lumbia Co. SSNY de- Zoom sign. Agent of LLC technology. Members upon whom process of the public may parmay be served. SSNY ticipate in the meeting shall mail copy of pro- by first accessing the cess to The LLC 6803 link on the Towns Clyde St 2nd Fl Forest website on May 4, Hills NY 11375. Pur- 2020 by clicking on the date" or pose: Any lawful ac- "calendar "News" for further intivity. formation and the ARTICLES OF OR- agenda (germantownGANIZATION OF Elder ny.org).

Maple LLC Under 203 April 27, 2020 of the Limited Liability Company Law. FIRST: ROLL The name of the LLC is ASSESSMENT Elder Maple LLC. SEC- AND GRIEVANCE INOND: The county with- FORMATION

Pursuant to Sections 506 and 526 of the Real Property Tax Law: 1. Notice is hereby given that the Tentative Assessment Roll for the Town of Copake is completed, and a copy thereof is available at the Town Clerk’s Office. The Roll may also be viewed online at To w n o f C o p a k e . o r g and www.columbiacountyny.com.

2. Notice is hereby given that the Assessor will be in attendance with the Tentative Assessment Roll for the Town of Copake on the following days: May 12, 2020 9 am – 1pm by phone appointment only May 16, 2020 9 am – 1pm by phone appointment only May 18, 2020 4 pm - 8 pm by phone appointment only May 20, 2020 9 am – 1 pm by phone appointment only Due to Covid-19 restrictions the assessor is available for appointment by phone only. Please call the office at 518-329-1234 ext. 4 to schedule an appointment ahead of time if needed.

3. Notice is hereby given that the Board of Assessment Review for the Town of Copake will meet to hear and examine all properly filed complaints in relation to assessments of Real Property on May 27, 2020 4pm-8pm.

With NYS currently in New York Pause, the Board of Assessment review will meet via videoconference, specifically Zoom. Property owners are not required to be present during grievance. Anyone wishing to participate in, or view the proceedings on May 27, 2020 should visit the Copake Website at TownofCopake.org on or after May 1st to find details regarding how to gain access to the proceedings.

The Zoom invitation will appear on the website.

If any property owner does not have internet access, that individual may also telephone in to the Grievance Day proceedings. Anyone needing assistance on Zoom or calling in should contact the Assessor.

To facilitate the process, and avoid waiting to be heard, property owners are urged to call ahead to request a time at which they should join the video conference by contacting the Town Assessor’s Office prior to May 22nd to schedule. 518-329-1234 ext.

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Due to Covid-19 restrictions, property owners needing to grieve their 2020 tentative assessment are strongly encouraged to submit their grievance application and sup-

porting documentation to the Town Assessor prior to May 22nd either by mailing to Town of Copake Assessor, 230 Mountain View Rd, Copake, NY 12516, or by emailing to copassessors@fairpoint.net. If possible, property owners are urged to file their supporting documentation electronically so that it can be more easily shared. All grievance applications and supporting documentation must be filed and received no later than May 27th.

4. A publication containing procedures for contesting an assessment is available online at: htttp://www.tax.ny.gov / p d f / p u b l i c a tions/orpts/grievancebooklet.pdf .

Dated this 1st day of May, 2020 Lynn C. Hotaling Assessor, Town of Copake BlueSky Tropical Vacations LLC, Art. of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/24/20. Off. loc.: Columbia Co. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process may be served & shall mail 324 Doodletown Rd., Ancram, NY 12502.

Purp.: any lawful.

EMB COMMERCE LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 3/30/20. Office in Columbia Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC 300 West 17th St Apt 3E New York NY 10011.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Hudson Valley Hemp Company LLC, Art. of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/11/17. Off. loc.: Columbia Co. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process may be served & shall mail 67 Pine Wood Rd., Hudson, NY 12534. Purp.: any lawful.

NOTICE OF PLANNING BOARD MEETING VILLAGE OF CATSKILL Please take notice that the Planning Board of the Village of Catskill, Greene County, New York will meet on Monday May 4, 2020 at 7 PM. On the agenda is Site Plan Review for Stewart’s Shops Inc. which has proposed a convenience store and gas station on the northwest corner of West Bridge and West Main Streets.

This meeting will be held at Dutchman’s Landing at the foot of Main Street.

The meeting will be accessible to the public via conference call at 1-866-584-3084.

Patrick McCulloch Planning Board Chair Village of Catskill 422 Main Street, 2nd Floor Catskill, New York 12414

NOTICE OF COMPLETION OF TENTATIVE ASSESSMENT ROLL & GRIEVANCE INFORMATION (Pursuant to Section 506 & 526 Real Property Tax Law) NOTICE is hereby given as of May 1, 2020, the Assessor of the Town of Cairo, County of Greene has completed the Tentative Assessment Roll for the current year and that a copy has been filed with the Cairo Town Clerk's Office for examination until grievance day. The tentative roll is available for viewing on the Greene County website: www.greene.sdgnys.c om NOTICE is hereby given, the assessor will be in attendance with the Tentative Assessment Roll at the Assessor's Office, 512 Main Street, Cairo, NY, by appointment only on the following days: Friday May 8, 2020 9am to 1pm BY APPT ONLY Wednesday May 13, 20209am to 1pm BY APPT ONLY Saturday May 16, 2020 8am to noon BY APPT ONLY TuesdayMay 19, 2020 10am to noon & 6pm to 8pm BY APPT ONLY Due to COVID19 restrictions, the assessor will only be available by: 518-622-3120 x252 phone 518-622-3217 fax email: assessor@townofcairo.com Grievance Day will be held as scheduled with State mandated restrictions likely.

The Board of Assessment Review will meet on Tuesday, May 26, 2020, between the hours of 5:30pm-9:30pm, Cairo Town Hall, 512 Main Street, in said town, to hear and examine all properly filed complaints in relation to assessments, on the application of any person believing himself to be aggrieved.

Board of Assessment Review will also receive all complaints by the end of grievance day with written material via: Fax: 518-622-3217 Email: assessor@townofcairo.com Mail: Assessor, POBox 132, Cairo, NY 12413 Publication RP 524 containing procedures for contesting an assessment is available from the assessor or NYS website: tax.ny.gov Dated this 1st day of May 2020 Janice Hull Sole Assessor NEW York State Department of Environmental Conservation Notice of Complete Application Date: 04/27/2020 Applicant: Diamond Properties LLC 333 N Bedford Rd Mount Kisco, NY 10549

Facility: Waubeeka Family Campground 133 Farm Rd Copake, NY Application ID: 4-1032-00253/00002 Permits(s) Applied for: 1 - Article 24 Freshwater Wetlands Project is located: in COPAKE in COLUMBIA COUNTY Project Description: The Waubeeka Family Campground proposes to use an EcoHarvester, a drum-style mechanical harvester, to manage invasive and nuisance aquatic vegetation within an approximately 5.6-acre area of Shaver Pond and NYS Freshwater Wetland CO-3, a Class-1 wetland. The campground also proposes to install a new 8-ft. x 64-ft. long wooden dock with a 4ft. x 8-ft. approach ramp to enhance fishing opportunities on Shaver Pond. The project is located at 133 Farm Road in the Town of Copake, Columbia County.

Availability of Application Documents: Filed application documents, and Department draft permits where applicable, are available for inspection during normal business hours at the address of the contact person. To ensure timely service at the time of inspection, it is recommended that an appointment be made with the contact person.

State Environmental Quality Review (SEQR) Determination Project is not subject to SEQR because it is a Type II action.

SEQR Lead Agency None Designated State Historic Preservation Act (SHPA) Determination The proposed activity is not subject to review in accordance with SHPA. The application type is exempt and/or the project involves the continuation of an existing operational activity.

DEC Commissioner Policy 29, Environmental Justice and Permitting (CP-29) It has been determined that the proposed action is not subject to CP-29.

Availability For Public Comment Comments on this project must be submitted in writing to the Contact Person no later than 05/14/2020 or 15 days after the publication date of this notice, whichever is later.

Contact Person EVAN H HOGAN NYSDEC 1130 N Westcott Rd Schenectady, NY 12306 (518) 357-2069 NOTICE: FORMATION OF ARDITH MAE TRUCKING LLC. Art. Of Org. filed w/ NY Sec. of State (SSNY) on 03/24/2020. Office location: Columbia County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC at 1114 State Route 9J, Stuyvesant, NY 12173. Purpose: any lawful.

Notice of Formation of GALR OPERATING LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 3/3/16. Office location: Columbia County.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 25 Robert Pitt Dr., Ste 204, Monsey, NY 10952. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is Vcorp Agent Services, Inc., 25 Robert Pitt Dr., Ste 204, Monsey, NY 10952. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Town of Jewett, County of Greene, has completed the Tentative Assessment Roll for the current year, and that a copy has been filed with the Jewett Town Clerk’s Office. Due to Covid-19 restrictions (Executive Order 202.22), the tentative assessment roll is available for viewing until Grievance Day online, on both the Town of Jewett website (townofjewett.org) and the Greene County website (www.greene.sdgnys.c om). The assessor will be available only by phone or email (assessor@townofjewett.org).

Please feel free to call with any questions or c o n c e r n s .

(518-263-4646 x 3).

The Board of Assessment Review will meet on May 26, 2020 from 2pm til 4pm and 6pm til 8pm to hear and examine all complaints in relation to assessments on the application of any persons believing him/herself to be aggrieved. Grievances will be heard remotely ONLY, no walk ins. All complaints must include the Grievance form and written substantiation, and must be received via mail, fax or email before the end of Grievance Day. Mail: Town of Jewett Board of Assessment Review, PO Box 132, Jewett, NY 12444, email: assessor@townofjewett.org.

Application and instructions for filing a complaint are available from your assessor (call and we will mail you a form), or online at tax.ny.gov.

The public will be able to attend remotely, instructions to do so will be posted on the Town of Jewett website.

Dated this 1st day of May, 2020.

Nancy Wyncoop Bower, Sole Assessor

NOTICE OF COMPLETION OF TENTATIVE ASSESSMENT ROLL (Pursuant to Section 506 and 1526 of the Real Property Tax Law) Notice is hereby given NOTICE OF COMPLEthat as of May 1, 2020, TION OF TENTATIVE the Assessor of the ASSESSMENT ROLL

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B6 Thursday, April 30, 2020 (Pursuant to Section 506 and 526 of the Real Property Tax Law) HEARING OF COMPLAINTS Notice is hereby given that as of May 1, 2020, the Assessor of the Town of Catskill, County of Greene, has completed the Tentative Assessment Roll for the current year, and that a copy is available at the Town Clerk’s Office located at Town of Catskill Town Hall, 439 Main Street, Catskill, NY where it may be seen and examined by any interested person until Grievance Day. The tentative assessment roll is also available for viewing on the Greene County websitew w w. g r e e n e g o v e r n ment.com per requirement of RPTL section 1590(2).

The assessor will be in attendance with the Tentative Assessment Roll at the Town of Catskill Town Hall, 439 Main Street, Catskill, NY on the following days: Wednesday, May 6, between the hours of 9:00 am and 11:00 am and between the hours of 6:00 pm and 8:00 pm by appointment only.

Friday, May 8, between the hours of 9:00 am and 11:00 am and between the hours of 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm by appointment only.

Saturday, May 9 between the hours of 8:00 am and 12:00 pm by appointment only.

Thursday, May 14 between the hours of 9:00 am and 11:00 am and between the hours of 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm by appointment only.

Due to the Covid-19 restrictions, I will be available by telephone only. Please feel free to call me with any questions or concerns at 518-943-3132 ext.

7. You may also mail any complaint to: Town of Catskill, Assessor’s Office, 439 Main Street, Catskill, NY 12414.

Grievance Day will be held as scheduled but depending on State mandates it will likely be restricted. At the very least, the Board of Assessment Review will receive all complaints with written material. Please be safe.

The Board of Assessment Review will meet on Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at the following times: 3:00-5:00 pm and 6:00-8:00 pm at the Town of Catskill Town Hall, 439 Main Street, Catskill, NY in said town, to hear and examine all complaints in relation to assessments on the application of any persons believing him/herself to be aggrieved.

(Application for filing a complaint and instructional booklets are available from your assessor, town clerk, or the Greene County Real Property Tax Service Agency.)

Dated this 1st day of May, 2020. Audre Higbee - Sole Assessor Notice of formation of a Limited Liability Company (LLC): Name: Coons Enterprises LLC, Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on November 15, 2019.

Office Location: Columbia County. SSNY has been designed as agent of the LLC upon whom process against is may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: 713 Frisbee Street, East Chatham, NY 12060: Any lawful purpose.

New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 3/3/16. Office location: Columbia County.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 20 Wood Ct, Tarrytown, NY 10591.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION of Gilfeather Holdings LLC. filed with Sec'y of State (SSNY) on 4/3/2020.

Office loc.: Greene Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to Gilfeather Holdings LLC, PO Box 302 Leeds, NY 12451.

Purp.: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of You, Yours and Ours, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on October 15, 2019. Office location: Greene County.

LegalZoom has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. LegalZoom shall mail copy of process to You, Yours and Ours, LLC, 224 Skyview Drive, Greenville New York, 12083. Purpose: Any lawful activities.

NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY FIRST: The name of the Limited Liability Company is Webbie’s Contracting LLC (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”).

SECOND: The Articles of Organization of the Company were filed with the Secretary of State on March 17, 2020.

THIRD: The County within the State of NewYork in which the office of the Company is located is Columbia County.

FOURTH: The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process against the Company may be served. The post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail process is 5 Arthur Avenue, Hudson, New York 12534.

FIFTH: The Company is organized for all lawful purposes.

DATED: March 17, 2020 GUTERMAN SHALLO & ALFORD, PLLC 21 North Seventh Street Hudson, New York 12534 (518) 828-5400 NOTICE TO TOWN OF DURHAM RESIDENTS There will be a Special meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Durham for the purpose of interviewing candidates for the open Town Board position on Monday, May 4, 2020. The meeting will start at 6:00 PM and will be at the Town Building, 7309 State Route 81, East Durham, NY. By order of the Town Board Janet Partridge, Clerk

is completed, and a copy thereof is available at the Town Clerk's Office. The Roll may also Be viewed online at www.germantownny.org and www.columbiacountyny.com.

2. Notice is hereby given that the Assessor will be in attendance with the Tentative Assessment Roll for the Town of Germantown on the following days: May 5 2020 9 to 1 May 8 2020 11 to 3 May 12 2020 4 to 8 May 16 2020 9 to 1 (Due to Covid-19 restrictions the assessor is available for appointment by phone only. Please call the office at 518-537-4200, to schedule an appointment if needed.)

3. Notice is hereby given that the Board of Assessment Review for the Town of Germantown Will meet to hear and examine all properly filed complaints in relation to assessments of Real Propeity on May 26, 2020 2pm-4pm and 6pm-8pm BY APPOINTMENT. Contact the Town Assessor's Office prior to May 26th to schedule an appointment.

(Due to Covid-19 restrictions, property owners needing to grieve their 2020 tentative assessment are strongly encouraged to submit their grievance application and supporting documentation to the Town Assessor prior to May 26lh either by mailing to Town of Germantown Assessor, 50 Palentine Park Rd, Germantown, NY 12526 or by emailing to Ralphd@gtel.net) 4. A publication containing procedures for contesting an assessment is available online a t : htttp://www.tax.ny.gov / p d f / p u b l i c a tions/orpts/grievancebooklet.pdf .

Dated this 1st day of May, 2020 Ralph Del Pozzo Assessor, Town of Germantown Zoning Board of Appeals Town of Chatham Columbia County New York PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Town of Chatham had scheduled a public hearing on March 26, 2020 at 7:00 PM at the Chatham Town Hall located at 488 Rt. 295, Chatham, NY. The following matters will be discussed at the meeting: 1. An Application for an Area Variance from Jeffrey Melander & Kate Antonovich located at 116 Chapel Dr. Ext., Tax ID#24.1-17, to allow a pool that requires a 20’ side-yard variance of the required 50’.

2. An Application for an Area Variance from Becky & Zen Farion located at 482 Ford Rd., Tax ID#16.1-61, to allow two 40’ cupola’s that exceed the required 35’ height.

Copies of the application materials are available for public review at the Town Hall located at the address specified above during normal business hours - Monday 9 AM to 4PM and Thursday 9 AM to 4 PM. Dated March 16, 2020 Erin Reis, Secretary Zoning Board of Appeals

Platte Clove Solar LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 3/12/2020. Cty: Greene. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to YSG Community Solar, LLC, 79 Madison Ave, 8th Fl., NY, NY 10016. General Pursuant to Sections 506 and 526 of the Purpose.

Real Property Tax Pursuant to Sections Law: 506 and 526 of the 1. Notice is hereby givReal Property Tax en that the Tentative Law: Assessment Roll for 1. Notice is hereby the Town of Clermont given that the Tenta- is completed, and a NOTICE of Formation tive Assessment Roll copy thereof is availof GALR Realty LLC. for the Town of Ger- able at the Town Clerk’s Office. The Roll Arts of Org. filed with mantown

may alsonBe viewed online at https://clermontny.org and www.columbiacountyny.com.

2. Notice is hereby given that the Assessor will be in attendance with the Tentative Assessment Roll for the Town of Clermont on the following days: May 5, 2020 by phone appointment only from 8:30am-12:30pm May 8, 2020 by phone appointment only from 8:30am-12:30pm May 14, 2020 by phone appointment only from 4:30pm-6:30pm May 16, 2020 by phone appointment only from 8:30am-12:30pm (Due to Covid-19 restrictions the assessor is available for appointment by phone only. Please call the office at 518-929-3845 to schedule an appointment if needed.)

3. Notice is hereby given that the Board of Assessment Review for the Town of Clermont Will meet to hear and examine all properly filed complaints in relation to assessments of Real Property on June 2nd, 2020 3:00pm-5pm BY APPOINTMENT. Contact the Town Assessor’s Office prior to June 2nd to schedule an appointment.

(Due to Covid-19 restrictions, property owners needing to grieve their 2020 tentative assessment are strongly encouraged to submit their grievance application and supporting documentation to the Town Assessor prior to June 2nd either by mailing to Town of Clermont Assessor, 1795 Route 9, Clermont, N.Y. 12526 or by emailing to tocassessor@yahoo.com ) 4. A publication containing procedures for contesting an assessment is available online at: htttp://www.tax.ny.gov / p d f / p u b l i c a tions/orpts/grievancebooklet.pdf .

Dated this 1st day of May, 2020 Cheryl Kaszluga Assessor, Town of Clermont THEN CAME LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 1/7/19. Office in Columbia Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Then Came Nine LLC 1117 Grant Ave Apt 4A Bronx NY 10456. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Pursuant to Sections 506 and 526 of the Real Property Tax Law: 1. Notice is hereby given that the Tentative Assessment Roll for the City of Hudson is completed, and a copy thereof is available at the City Clerk’s Office.

The Roll may also be viewed online at assessor@cityofhudson.org and www.columbiacountyny.com.

2. Notice is hereby given that the Assessor will be in attendance with the Tentative Assessment Roll for the City of Hudson on the following days: May 5, 2020 by phone appointment only from 8:30am-12:30pm May 8, 2020 by phone appointment only from 8:30am-12:30pm May 14, 2020 by phone appointment only from 4:30pm-6:30pm May 16, 2020 by phone appointment only from 8:30am-12:30pm (Due to Covid-19 restrictions the assessor is available for appointment by phone

only. Please call the office at 518-828-3141 to schedule an appointment if needed.)

3. Notice is hereby given that the Board of Assessment Review for the City of Hudson Will meet to hear and examine all properly filed complaints in relation to assessments of Real Property on May 28, 2020 3:30pm-8pm BY APPOINTMENT. Contact the City Assessor’s Office prior to May 28th to schedule an appointment.

(Due to Covid-19 restrictions, property owners needing to grieve their 2020 tentative assessment are strongly encouraged to submit their grievance application and supporting documentation to the City Assessor prior to May 28th either by mailing to City of Hudson Assessor, 520 Warren St Hudson, NY 12534 or by emailing to assessor@cityofhudson.org ) 4. A publication containing procedures for contesting an assessment is available online at: htttp://www.tax.ny.gov / p d f / p u b l i c a tions/orpts/grievancebooklet.pdf .

Dated this 1st day of May, 2020 Cheryl Kaszluga Assessor, City of Hudson

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LOS ANGELES — Daishen Nix, UCLA’s top recruit and the country’s top high school point guard, will forgo college basketball to become the latest high school player to join the NBA’s pro developmental program.

Nix, a 6-foot-5 guard from Las Vegas Trinity Prep ranked No. 11 nationally by 247 Sports, will join Fresno’s Jalen Green and Virginia’s Isaiah Todd on the NBA G League’s select team.

“I think it was the right thing for me because it was a family thing and a myself thing,” Nix told The Los Angeles Times. “Playing in G League is basically getting me ready for the NBA draft. It’s

just one step below the NBA.” Nix’s move to professional basketball is a huge blow for UCLA coach Mick Cronin, who landed his first fivestar recruit when Nix signed with the Bruins in November. Jaylen Clark, a shooting guard from Etiwanda, is now Cronin’s lone freshman signee for next season, joining Kentucky transfer Johnny Juzang as newcomers.

“I always knew the G League could be an option, but getting to know more of the opportunity I could be a part of — the G League is the next step to get me ready for the draft, for the NBA,” Nix said.

The league offers high school graduates the opportunity to essentially

have a year-long paid apprenticeship in a professional environment, complete with access to facilities, coaches, trainers and player development experts. One of the sites being considered as home base for the select team is the Mamba Sports Academy in Thousand Oaks.

The select team won’t compete against G League teams in games that count in the league’s standings, though they will play a schedule of exhibitions, potentially including games against international teams.

While high school players aren’t allowed to enter the NBA draft under the league’s current collective bargaining agreement, the age requirement for

the NBA’s G League has always been 18.

Most top prospects, though, have chosen to go overseas instead of staying domestically, with LaMelo Ball and R.J. Hampton spending last season in Australia’s pro league.

Green became the first player to sign on to the new program, which offers players six-figure salaries and the ability to sign endorsement deals (while still providing scholarships for future college education), earlier this month.

Todd decommitted from Michigan to join him.

“The ultimate end goal is to get to the NBA,” Green said while making his announcement. “... I think the

main reason for this is I want to get better, want to develop. ... This is the best route to prepare myself so I could be ready when my time comes.”

Originally from Alaska, Nix moved to Las Vegas in 2016. He was selected to the McDonald’s All-American team after starring at Trinity International Schools.

“He’s just a guy that makes everybody better,” Cronin said after UCLA landed Nix. “There’s not anything he can’t do. He can score if you need him to score, he’s got unbelievable vision as a passer. He has to score a lot for his high school team, but his default, he would much rather pass the ball at times, so just really excited about him.”

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Feud between brothers is spilling over to parents Dear Abby, My husband and I have two sons in their late 30s. We always thought they got along well and loved each other. Over the past year, they are no longer speaking with each other because of hard feelings over DEAR ABBY current situations. They live in the same neighborhood.

My husband refuses to stay at either one’s house now when we visit from out of town because he’s so upset at the turn of events. (We have been getting a hotel room.) When I visit on my own, I stay with our older son because there is no place to stay with the younger one.

The disagreement between my husband and me is I want to continue to visit as I have, understanding there are differences but hoping they will come to a solution. I refuse to choose one over the other, and I’m trying to be consistent with love and be a good role model. Both of our sons know this.

My husband is upset with me because I don’t support his position of not staying at either house until they make up. This is creating more friction in a situation that is already breaking our hearts. What do you recommend? We have made our suggestions for a resolution, but these are grown men who must do the work themselves.

Mom In A Difficult Spot

JEANNE PHILLIPS

Family Circus

I recommend you continue to do what makes you comfortable. Your sons both know you love them. If your husband thinks that your staying in a hotel — provided you can find one during the current shutdowns — will somehow manipulate your sons into settling their differences more quickly, he is mistaken.

It hasn’t worked so far. As you stated, your “boys” are grown men. I agree with you that they will have to hash this out on their own.

Dear Abby, I have a grown daughter whom my exhusband named “Brenda.” (It is her middle name.) She’s married, a mother of five and lived abroad for quite some time. She’s back in the U.S. now and living 50 miles away from our family. She now wants to be called by her first name, which is “Riley.” The problem is, everyone here at home knows her as Brenda. Presently, I still call her Brenda.

How can this be resolved?

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Resolve this by using the name your adult daughter prefers. If you refuse, expect the distance between you to become greater than 50 miles.

Garfield

Reader needs an alternate injection site for shingles vaccine I read your recent column on the value of the shingles vaccination. In 1991, I had a mastectomy and, as a precautionary measure, I had my other breast removed in 1994, with all lymph nodes removed in both arms. After my surgeries TO YOUR my instructions were never to GOOD HEALTH have blood taken, blood pressure or injections in either arm. I followed those instructions, with a great deal of difficulty, all these years.

I went to my local pharmacies to get the shingles shot in my butt or thigh.

No one would do it! My internist does not have the vaccine. In your opinion, is it safe for me to get the shingles shot in my arm? I am so afraid of getting lymphedema.

DR. KEITH ROACH

Lymphedema is swelling in an extremity caused by damage to lymphatic vessels. Cancer can damage the lymphatic vessels, as can surgery and radiation.

Because they are in danger of developing lymphedema swelling, people with a history of breast cancer and your risk factors are given the advice you were given. I imagine it must have been hard to be so meticulous for nearly 30 years. I would not recommend getting the vaccine in the arm, if there were a safe and effective alternative.

I contacted GlaxoSmithKline, the manufacturer of Shingrix, who told me that although the vaccine was only studied when administered in the deltoid (shoulder muscle), the anteriorlateral thigh is an acceptable alternate location to give the vaccine, which I also confirmed with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.

If the pharmacy staff are uncomfortable giving the vaccine there (and I can understand

why), then you might arrange to get the vaccine from the pharmacy and bring it to your doctor, who can give you the dose in his or her office. I have done this for my patients.

I am age 90. When I rise in the morning, I must sit on the edge of the bed for a minute or two to ease my dizziness. It takes an hour before it calms. Some of my golf pals have the same issue. Are there medicines or vitamins to reduce the dizziness?

What you are experiencing is called orthostatic hypotension, which just means the blood pressure goes down when you stand up. Dizziness on standing is extremely common, but especially so as we get older. The body has numerous systems to allow blood to get up to our brains when we stand up, and these systems just get less sensitive over time.

The symptoms can be much worse in the presence of medication, especially some medications for high blood pressure, so reducing or changing medications may help the symptoms.

Medications are a last resort for treating orthostatic hypotension. You are already following the most important advice I give, which is to sit for a while before trying to stand in the morning. Maintaining adequate fluid intake is important for everyone with this condition; salt may be necessary in people whose blood pressure can tolerate it. Sleeping with the head of the bed raised by 6 inches may be helpful. Regular exercise, such as walking for 30-45 minutes three times a day, had great benefit in a small study.

Avoiding simple sugars and starches may also help. Compression stockings are sometimes helpful. I don’t know of any supplements that are effective.

Horoscope

By Stella Wilder Born today, you often seem to be caught between the proverbial rock and hard place, but you are also quite adept at dealing with such situations, whether they are forced on you by others or are self-made. You are clever, quickthinking and always able to spin a story to benefit yourself and those in your care — and though that may at times open you up to criticism, the fact is that your ability to paint even negative situations in a positive light is something that you have learned by being in difficult situations of varying degrees again and again throughout your lifetime.

You might be more forthcoming and outgoing than you are — but then, you have your reasons for being guarded and careful around others. You harbor a fear of being duped, fooled or deceived, and you will do all you can to protect yourself from being taken advantage of in this way.

Also born on this date are: Willie Nelson, singer; Kirsten Dunst, actress; Cloris Leachman, actress; Eve Arden, actress; Jill Clayburgh, actress; Jane Campion, screenwriter; Burt Young, actor.

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

FRIDAY, MAY 1 TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — You may radiate a great deal of youthful energy today — especially if you are considered “old” by some. This can be a big day!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — You should be able to maintain a positive outlook today even when things go wrong. You needn’t fear any lasting harm,

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Baby Blues certainly.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — It’s a good day for dreaming, especially if you’re able to keep your feet on the ground at the same time. A big idea pays off.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Those who come to you for simple advice are likely to get much more than they bargained for, as you have much more than that to dispense.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — You are able to come up with more than one way to do something that others seem to be stumped by today. You’ll win a great deal of support.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — You’ll play the role of tour guide today as you introduce others to what is all around you. You’ll attract several valuable new allies.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — You’re in for some excitement today, though you may not know whence it will come as the day begins. You must be open to anything!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — You’re not likely to surprise those around you today when you say “no” to what is offered. By day’s end you may change your mind.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Time spent with family members is time well-spent today — though you must be prepared to deal with at least one uncomfortable issue.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — What you get today is not likely to be something you’ve actively sought, but once you get used to it you can surely use it to your advantage.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — You find yourself in a rather tricky situation today, and only by being attuned to what others are doing can you extricate yourself.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — You may fear that honesty will make matters worse today, but once you’re given the chance to speak up, you’ll find the opposite is true.

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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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One word Level 1

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

(Answers tomorrow) Yesterday’s

Jumbles: REUSE PANDA THWART SOOTHE Answer: The house was available to lease, but the highway next to it was a — “DETER-RENT”

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Solution to Wednesday’s puzzle

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

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What one word can go in both blanks? (e.g., He was able to ____ the beer in one quaff and slam the glass ___ on the bar. Answer: Down.)

Freshman level 1. It ____ an entomologist to be interrupted while studying ____.

2. He was able to ____ the chess set that had each ____ painted a different color.

3. He lifted the ___ of coffee to his hairy ___ and took a sip.

Graduate level 4. The injured man was able to ____ down the ambulance when he saw the hospital ____ on it.

5. Just because I said she had a ___ nose she decided to ____ me.

6. Only a ____ would ____ the ladder with a person on it.

PH.D. level 7. He ___ his expense account and records everything on note ____.

8. He wears short ___ in the gym and ___ like a dog when working out.

9. They had to ___ him from the local ___ because he got nasty when he drank.

SUPER QUIZ ANSWERS 1. Bugs. 2. Pawn. 3. Mug. 4. Flag. 5. Snub. 6. Jerk. 7. Pads. 8. Pants. 9. Bar. 18 points — congratulations, doctor; 15 to 17 points — honors graduate; 10 to 14 points — you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 4 to 9 points — you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 3 points — enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points — who reads the questions to you?

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Crossword Puzzle Mother Goose & Grimm ACROSS 1 Sorrowful 4 West Point student 9 Slaughter 13 “__ is not to reason why…”

15 Pueblo brick 16 Largest West Indies island 17 __ milk; nonfat drink 18 Ballroom dance 19 Weather forecast 20 Cowardly 22 Minstrel’s guitar 23 Bewildered 24 Prefix for paid or med 26 Plant destroyers 29 Nosy folks 34 Detroit team 35 Esau’s twin 36 Ms. McClanahan 37 TV’s “The Big __ Theory” 38 Confrontation 39 Voter survey 40 Tres minus dos 41 __ one’s time; waits 42 __ T; early Ford 43 In addition 45 Funny __; comic strips 46 __ Diamond Phillips 47 Metal fastener 48 Small storage building 51 Make laws 56 Heap 57 Precise 58 Word of disgust 60 Money for the poor 61 Support one’s parish 62 “There’s no __ thing as a free lunch” 63 __ of the time; usually 64 Train track metal 65 “Thou shalt not covet __ neighbor’s wife” DOWN 1 Scouring pad brand 2 Diving birds

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3 Leak slowly 4 Touch lovingly 5 Big person 6 Bowl-shaped roof 7 Decreases; recedes 8 Stirring utensil 9 Drag; haul 10 Part of a Hawaiian tour 11 In just __; very soon 12 Ivy League school 14 Beaming 21 Gives a silent assent 25 Carl Reiner’s son 26 Scrapbook 27 Stringed instrument 28 Hold in high regard 29 More rational 30 TV crime drama series 31 Wear away 32 Measuring stick 33 Peddles 35 “Hey __”; Beatles song

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Wednesday’s Puzzle Solved

Non Sequitur

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38 Small streams 39 Quick-growing willow trees 41 Startling word 42 Postman’s sackful 44 Firstborn 45 Baby blue or lavender 47 Wall recess

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48 Inbox annoyance 49 City at the base of Mauna Loa 50 Shade trees 52 Way out 53 Fence door 54 Tight, as a rope 55 __ A Sketch; drawing toy 59 Not at all forward

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