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‘Miracle’ child back home

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ATHENS — A 2-year-old toddler was found on the doorstep of a Willowbrook Farm Road home in a remote area of the town of Athens on Sunday morning.

The woman who found him, Kara Wager, of Athens, called it “a miracle.”

The child, who was not identified by police, has been reunited with his parents and is unhurt, State Police Public Information Officer Steven Nevel said.

“The child is fine,” Nevel said. “He is 2 years old and he has been turned back over to the parents. There were

two 18-year-olds who were babysitting him and he wandered out of the house.”

The babysitters, Nikko White,

It is not known if the Whites, who are brothers, are related to the child, Nevel said.

“One of the boys walked out to get

“The child is fine. He is 2 years old and he has been turned back over to the parents. There were two 18-year-olds who were babysitting him and he wandered out of the house.”

— STATE POLICE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER STEVEN NEVEL

18, and Andre White, 18, have been charged with endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor, Nevel said.

the mail. He can’t recall if he left the front door of the residence open,” Nevel said. “One of the 18-year-olds

was playing a video game. They don’t recall seeing the toddler walk out of the house. They didn’t notice that he left the house until they got a knock on the door from police officers.”

The parents, who were at work at the time, have not been charged, Nevel said.

Nevel said the child wandered for about a tenth of a mile from his house in his footie pajamas. The area where Wager lives and the child was found, Willowbrook Falls Road, is a remote stretch. There is video surveillance footage of the property where the boy See CHILD A8

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TOP 10 LOCAL STORIES OF 2019 Boys basketball Clippers, Cats suffer first losses PAGE B1

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The New York State Police are investigating the death of a man who jumped from the Rip Van Winkle Bridge.

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents attempted to detain two people on Fifth and Warren streets in Hudson.

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Medical Center. The man, who underwent surgery early Sunday to repair several bullet wounds, was expected to recover, Columbia County District Attorney Paul Czajka said.

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A newspaper’s top stories list reflects not only the choices of reporters and editors but the varied interests of its readers. This past year, readers made their way to stories ranging in subject matter from the relentlessness of the opioid crisis to an acquittal in a major Columbia County murder trial.

What follows are the top 10 stories of 2019 that resonated with our readers.

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8. MOM BLASTS SKI DEATH INQUIRY

10. MORSHED ACQUITTED OF MURDER A Columbia County jury found Mohammed Morshed not guilty of felony murder in the shooting death of 19-year-old Inderly Instinfil of Philmont on June 17 on Fairview Avenue DANIEL ZUCKERMAN/COLUMBIA-GREENE MEDIA in Hudson. Morshed, 28, of Hudson, had been charged with second-degree A skiing trail seen from the base of Hunter Mountain’s latest expansion Hunter murder, a class A-1 felony. The seven- North. man, five-woman jury deliberated for about two-and-a-half days before reaching a verdict. Over the course of the deliberations, jurors asked for replays of a 911 call just after the shooting. They also asked the judge to repeat the definition for justification of self-defense under the law. Jurors were asked to consider a lesser charge of second-degree manslaughter as an alternative to the murder charge. They returned a not-guilty verdict on each charge.

9. MAN SHOT AT HALLOWEEN PARTY A Columbia County man was charged with attempted murder after he allegedly shot a man several times at a Halloween party in Copake, state police said. Jesus Figueroa, 26, of Hudson, was charged with attempted murder, a class A felony, and criminal possession of a weapon (a loaded firearm), a class C felony, according to state police. Figueroa was taken into custody by state police near a relative’s home in Philmont. Police also executed a

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Mohammed Morshed awaits a verdict in Columbia County Court as the jury in his murder trial deliberates.

search warrant at that address, police said. He was sent to Columbia County Jail without bail after his arraignment

in Claverack Town Court. The man who was shot, who was not identified by police, was airlifted to Albany

A weekend ski trip with friends at Hunter Mountain turned tragic for brendan mccue of Herkimer County.

The death was ruled accidental, but McCue’s mother, Christina Brown, criticized Hunter Mountain and its recently opened trail hunter north for being unsafe. McCue, 27, of Little Falls, was skiing a trail on Hunter North, the ski center’s newest expansion, when he apparently lost control and skidded off the trail. McCue slammed into a rock, killing him instantly, Greene County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Adam Brainard said.

McCue died of severe chest trauma, Greene County Coroner Richard Vigilo said. An autopsy was performed Monday at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady. “It was obvious on the mountain he had succumbed to his injuries,” Brainard said. Brown took the greene County Sheriff’s office investigation to task for saying her son was not wearing a helmet at the time of the accident. further investigation showed that McCue was wearing a safety helmet.

7. NEW START FOR CATSKILL GAME FARM The former Catskill Game Farm opened its doors to show off its newest addition, The Long Neck Inn. The inn features four different suites, each with its own animal theme.

Formerly home to April, the iconic giraffe that achieved worldwide attention with her pregnancy, who now resides in Harpursville, near Binghamton it took two years to transform the giraffe house into a stylish inn.

Owners Cathy and Ben Ballone have See TOP A8

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New US law requires probe of Marshall Islands nuclear dump threatened by rising seas

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Majuro is the most populated island in the Marshall Islands, with a population of approximately 25,000. The island of Ebeye is more densely populated, but smaller.

Livermore National Laboratory, which the Energy Department has assigned to monitor Runit Dome and the radiation leaking from it.

The waste site, known alternatively as the Tomb, or simply the Dome, holds more than 3.1 million cubic feet _ or 35 Olympic-size swimming pools _ of U.S.-produced radioactive soil and debris, including lethal amounts of plutonium.

Nowhere else has the United States saddled another country with so much of its nuclear waste, a product of its Cold War atomic testing program.

From 1946 to 1958, the United States detonated 67 nuclear bombs on, in and above the Marshall Islands _ vaporizing whole islands, carving craters into its shallow lagoons and exiling hundreds of people from their homes.

Department of Energy contractors admitted last spring that the dome is vulnerable to rising sea levels and storm waves, and is leaking into Enewetak lagoon. Studies have shown elevated levels of radioactive contamination in local seafood, including giant clams.

This year, the Los Angeles Times published an

investigation of the dome and Enewetak lagoon, revealing that it was the location of at least a dozen biological weapons tests and also the repository for 130 tons of soil from an irradiated Nevada testing site.

The investigation also documented decades of U.S. deception in the Marshall Islands, including the withholding of critical information about people’s exposure to radiation.

Thousands of documents about the testing program are still classified, leaving many Marshallese distrustful and unsure about the full impact of U.S. weapons testing there.

For decades, the Marshallese have expressed alarm about Runit Dome and its potential risk to the 650 inhabitants of Enewetak lagoon, who fish and harvest seafood from the lagoon, and collect coconut, pandanus, coconut crabs and breadfruit from islands in the atoll.

In July, a team led by Emlyn Hughes of Columbia University’s K=1 Project _ a program designed to investigate nuclear weapons issues across the globe _ found elevated levels of radiation on Runit Island.

According to their research,

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Congress is demanding that the Department of Energy investigate an aging, cracking U.S. nuclear waste dump threatened by climate change and rising seas in the Marshall Islands.

As part of the new National Defense Authorization Act, signed last week by President Donald Trump, the energy agency must submit a report by mid-June on the risks that Runit Dome poses to the people, environment and wildlife of Enewetak lagoon _ the site of 44 nuclear bomb detonations during the Cold War. It must also include an assessment of how climate change could affect the site, although the term “climate change” was dropped as the bill moved through the Senate Armed Services Committee, which is chaired by Oklahoma’s James M. Inhofe, one of Congress’ most outspoken climate change skeptics.

According to the law, the energy agency must submit a report that includes an “assessment of how rising sea levels might affect the dome.”

The investigation was applauded by at least one representative of the Marshall Islands, which continues to contend with the radioactive legacy of U.S. nuclear testing.

The island nation sits in a remote part of the central Pacific, 5,000 miles southwest of Los Angeles.

“We are encouraged by the inclusion in the (act) of the requirement,” said Rhea MossChristian, chairwoman of the Marshall Islands’ National Nuclear Commission, a threeperson government panel that reports directly to the president on nuclear issues in the islands.

She said the original language for the bill, which was introduced by U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii), required a plan for relocating the waste, as well as an assessment of how local food is affected by the dome.

Moss-Christian said her committee was disappointed these elements were not included in the final version, which the president signed. But she added that she was hopeful the new law “will yield useful results to better inform our decision making.”

There was no immediate response from the Lawrence

levels were higher than those found emanating from soils near the sites of the Chernobyl meltdown and the Fukushima disaster.

“At last the U.S. government seems to be getting serious about addressing this serious environmental issue that it created decades ago,” said Michael Gerrard, a legal scholar at Columbia University’s law school.

“This is a very welcome development.”

It also comes soon after the U.S. announced its intention to extend its Compact of Free Association with the Marshall Islands, which was set to expire in 2023.

The compact, which was initially signed in 1986, provides the Marshallese government with funding, allows its citizens to work and travel in the United States without visas, and provides the U.S. government with a strategic military base on Kwajalein Atoll _ the center for U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile testing.

Recently, the United States and another world power have been vying for influence over the Marshall Islands, because of its strategic position in the Pacific.

As China has increased its financial and military presence in the region, the United States has been losing footing with formerly staunch allies, including Kiribati and the Solomon Islands.

Many Marshallese argue the U.S. has not done enough to address its history of radioactive contamination in the islands or help the nation deal with the growing assaults of climate change.

A recent general election in the Marshall Islands could determine whether the government develops a closer relationship with China, which has been courting the island nation. The results are still not official, but New Zealand media reported that an opposition slate of candidates is ahead and could triumph over incumbent President Hilda Heine, resulting in policies more favorable to China.

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A new hypersonic nuclear missile that Russia says it has deployed is fueling concerns of a new arms race with the U.S. as the clock ticks down on the expiration of the last treaty limiting the strategic arsenals of the two former Cold War foes.

Russia’s first regiment of Avangard missiles was commissioned in the Urals region of Orenberg, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Dec. 27, days after President Vladimir Putin boasted that the new weapon could penetrate any defensive shield.

The Russian leader unveiled the Avangard and five other new-generation weapons in his annual state-of-the-nation address in March 2018, saying it could travel at up to 20 times the speed of sound like a “meteorite” or a “fireball.”

The new weapon has gone into service amid heightened tensions between Moscow and Washington after President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of a landmark 1987 treaty banning deployment

of short- and medium-range missiles, accusing Russia of being in breach of its terms. The Kremlin denied the allegation.

Russia and the U.S. are also confronting each other over alleged Kremlin meddling in the 2016 presidential election, the conflicts in Ukraine and Syria, and Iran’s nuclear program.

The two sides are deadlocked over the future of the 2010 New START treaty that limits their nuclear arsenals and is due to expire in February 2021. The Trump administration has so far rebuffed Russian calls to begin talks on extending the treaty, saying that any new accord should include China, which refuses to accept limits on its much smaller nuclear capability.

U.S. experts visited a facility with Avangard missiles in November as part of a system of mutual inspections under the treaty.

The demise of New START “will have a disastrous impact” on the strategic balance between Russia and the U.S., said Alexander Golts, an independent defense analyst in

Moscow. “We’ll be going back to the period that led up to the Cuban missile crisis” in 1962, when the Soviet Union and the U.S. came close to nuclear war, he said.

While the U.S. alongside China is also developing hypersonic technology, it’s probably “a couple of years” away from producing a weapon of such a caliber, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said in August.

The general who oversees U.S. nuclear forces, Air Force Gen. John Hyten, said in February that hypersonic missiles can strike America within 15 minutes, half the time of ballistic weapons.

Russia successfully tested Avangard in December last year, firing it from a military base in the southern Urals 6,000 kilometers (3,700 miles) to the Kamchatka peninsula.

After a ballistic launch, the Avangard glides toward its target with a high degree of maneuverability.

The difference between the hypersonic weapon and a traditional ballistic missile is that it “disappears and we don’t see

it until the effect is delivered,” Hyten said in testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee.

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CALENDAR Wednesday, Jan. 1 n Coxsackie Village Offices closed in observance of New Year’s Day n Greene County office building closed in observance of New Year’s Day

Thursday, Jan. 2 n Ashland Planning Board 6 p.m. at the Town Hall, 12094 Route 23, Ashland

Monday, Jan. 6 n Athens Town Board organizational

meeting 7 p.m. Athens Town Hall, 2 First St., Athens n Cairo Town Board 7 p.m. at the Town Hall, 512 Main St., Cairo n Greene County Board of Electrical Examiners 1 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., 4th Floor, Room 469, Catskill n Greene County Legislature organizational meeting 6 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., Catskill

Tuesday, Jan. 7 n Catskill Town Board organizational

meeting with monthly meeting to follow 6 p.m. Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill n Durham Town Board workshop meeting 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 7309 Route 81, East Durham

Wednesday, Jan. 8 n Catskill Town Zoning Board 6 p.m.

Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill n Catskill Village Board 7 p.m. Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill n Greene County Legislature health services; county resources and public safety 6 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., Catskill n Jewett Town Board 7 p.m. Jewett Municipal Building, 3547 County Route 23C, Jewett

Thursday, Jan. 9 n Coxsackie Village workshop meet-

ing 6 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie n Greene County Legislature finance audit 4 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., Catskill n Windham-Ashland-Jewett CSD BOE audit finance committee 5:15 p.m. in superintendent’s office; regular meeting 6 p.m. in the School Library, 5411 Route 23, Windham

Columbia gets DEC funds for estuary projects

By Sarah Trafton Columbia-Greene Media

Columbia County is among 11 to receive funding from the state Department of Environmental Conservation for estuary projects.

The grant awards, totaling more than $957,000, will help improve recreational access and enhance river education in Hudson River Estuary Watershed communities, according to a statement from DEC. “Thanks to Gov. Cuomo’s support and investments, riverfront communities along the Hudson River are becoming more involved and connected to this invaluable natural resource,” DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos said.

“These grant awards build on local conservation efforts and priorities by advancing new possibilities for nature-based tourism and creating expanded recreational opportunities for people of all abilities.”

Recipients in Columbia County include Pace University, for the amount of $37,588, and Columbia Land Conservancy, based in Chatham, for the amount of $49,999.

Pace University’s grant will go toward its Southern Columbia/Northern Dutchess Land Use Leadership Alliance Training.

The program is intended to help watershed communities better evaluate their land use and zoning codes to protect natural resources and increase the resiliency of their community, according to DEC. Columbia Land Conservancy’s Taghkanic Headwaters Watershed

Monday, Jan. 13

n Catskill Town Planning Board 7 p.m.

Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill n Coxsackie Village Historic Preservation Committee 6 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie

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

STATE POLICE n Shannon T. Higgins, 52, of Catskill, was arrested at 11:57 a.m. Dec. 23 in Hudson and charged with second-degree grand larceny, a class C felony. She was held. n Clayton M. Allen, 20, of Ravena, was arrested at 4:15

a.m. Dec. 6 in Coxsackie and charged with second-degree criminal contempt and seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a class A misdemeanor. He was held. n Joseph T. Clancy, 31, of Ravena, was arrested at 8:30 p.m. Dec. 23 in New Baltimore and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a class A misdemeanor. He was issued an

Wednesday, Jan. 15 n Catskill Central School District BOE

6:30 p.m. High School Library, 341 West Main St., Catskill n Catskill Library Board 6:45 p.m. at either the Catskill Library, 1 Franklin St., Catskill or Palenville Library, 3303 Route 23A, Palenville n Catskill Town Board committee meeting 6:30 p.m. Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill n Greene County Legislature regular meeting No. 1 6:30 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., Catskill

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Thursday, Jan. 16 n Coxsackie Village Planning Board 7

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

Monday, Jan. 20 n Catskill Town Offices closed n Coxsackie Village Offices closed n Greenville Village Offices closed

Tuesday, Jan. 21 n Durham Town Board 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 7309 Route 81, East Durham n Hunter Town Board 7 p.m. at the Town Hall, 5748 Route 23A, Tannersville

Wednesday, Jan. 22 n Catskill Village Board 7 p.m. Senior

Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill

Monday, Jan. 27 n Catskill Village Planning Board 7

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

Hudson’s drinking water,” Columbia Land Conservancy Executive Director Peter Paden said. “This grant will make it possible to begin working on a connectivity plan for the Taghkanic Creek watershed, which will identify important natural resources in the area and suggest actions that can be taken to conserve the land and water resources in this area.”

“The watershed is part of a large, unbroken block of forest that extends over multiple states, providing critical habitat and a

pathway for migration for plants and animals as the climate changes,” Paden said.

Improvements to the city’s water are also being addressed in terms of distribution.

The city was among 14 municipalities to receive funding from the Environmental Facilities Corporation through the Water Infrastructure Improvement Act. Hudson received a $321,600 grant and will pick up the remaining $214,000 for its water improvement

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appearance ticket. n Tanita D. Monk, 27, of Brooklyn, was arrested at 4:28 a.m. Dec. 25 in Brooklyn and charged with driving while intoxicated, an unclassified misdemeanor.

She was held. n Catherine A. Hulsen, 49, of Catskill, was arrested at 7:43 p.m. Dec. 26 in Catskill and charged with third-degree criminal mischief, a class E felony. She was released on her own

recognizance. n Laura M. Backlund, 34, of Hudson, was arrested at 7:41 p.m. Dec. 26 in Athens and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol content greater than 0.08%, an unclassified misdemeanor; driving while intoxicated with a previous conviction, a class E felony; and failure to stop at a stop sign, an infraction. She was issued an appearance ticket.

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Connectivity Plan is designed to improve continuity between forests and streamside habitats. The forests are valued for their aesthetic beauty, recreational opportunities, wildlife habitat and resiliency to climate change. The headwaters of the Taghkanic serve as the source for Hudson’s drinking water, according to DEC. “This grant will allow the Columbia Land Conservancy to work with landowners and municipalities to explore protection of the source of the city of

GREENE COUNTY POLICE BLOTTER

n Ashland Town Board 7:30 p.m. at

the Town Hall, 12094 Route 23, Ashland n Catskill Village Planning Board 7 p.m. Catskill Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill n Coxsackie Village Board 7 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie n Greene County Legislature county services; public works; economic development and tourism; Gov. Ops.; finance and Rep. and Dem. Caucus 6 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., Catskill

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Scenic Hudson President Ned Sullivan, Chairwoman Kristin Gamble, Assemblywoman Didi Barrett, D-106, and Columbia County Land Conservancy Executive Director Peter Paden help unveil the new Charles Flood Wildlife Management Area at the Empire Brickyard.

project, Public Works Superintendent Robert Perry said.

The work will involve hiring an outside contractor to update existing water mains to 12-inch mains. The upgrade will improve water flow, Perry said.

Other grant recipients for the Hudson River Estuary Program include The Children’s Museum of Science and Technology for $38,242; Trout Unlimited for $49,967 in Rensselaer County; Clarkson University for $39,459, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc. for $40,000 and the town of Poughkeepsie for $40,000 in Dutchess County; Orange County Water Authority for $27,166 in Orange County; Hudson Highlands Land Trust for $50,000 in Putnam County; Riverkeeper for $50,000, The Nature Conservancy for $50,000 and The Trustees of Columbia Univeristy for $39,830 in Rockland County; the town of New Paltz for $35,000, Arm of the Sea Productions, Inc. for $50,000 and the town of Esopus for $30,750 in Ulster County; the village of Hastings-on-Hudson for $50,000, Sarah Lawrence College for $39,639; the town of Cortlandt for $50,000 in Westchester County; Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy Inc. for $40,000 in Kings County; Natural Areas Conservancy, Inc. for $49,919, New York Harbor Foundation for $25,291 and The River Project Inc. for $34,998 in New York County; and Waterfront Alliance for $39,540 in Richmond County.

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OUR VIEW

On New Year’s Day, we pause and reflect H.G. Wells plotted one of his most famous novels around it. Geoffrey Chaucer spoke eloquently about it. It is articulated in one of 2019’s finest movies, Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman.”

We are talking about time. We are talking about the passing of another year. Yes, we’re talking about New Year’s Day. It is a frivolous holiday for the hour before and hour after midnight. Beyond that, it is a turning point when we take an inventory of ourselves and ask what have we done for others and ourselves lately.

From the dawn of human history to the present day, philosophers and celebrities alike have ruminated about time. In the 14th century, Chaucer coined the famous declaration that time and tide wait for no man. In the 21st century, the great professional basketball player LeBron James once said the only thing he couldn’t beat is time.

Although its flow is constant, time moves fast or it moves slow, depending on the subjectivity of the individual. Time is

inexorable. We can’t turn it back, we can’t halt its progress. But it will have its way with all of us.

We use time to measure progress, yet there is precious little advancement to report in 2019. The United States, the most powerful and diverse nation on Earth, is turning the clock back on race relations.

Factions in the Middle East make war today, but they are repeating rivalries that existed in the Middle Ages. We strive for a greener planet but the world still depends on fossil fuels. We champion the rights of women yet we want them to be like June Cleaver and we treat them like furniture.

We claim to be moving forward. But are we?

America will kiss goodbye a year that can’t leave fast enough and celebrate the optimism that 2020 promises. That, dear friends, may be the light at the end of a deep tunnel. Time is unstoppable, but it does offer the hope of a better tomorrow.

Happy New Year.

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Trump administration is yet again using migrant children as bait (c) 2019,The Washington Post ·

Keeping children in detention has the effect of traumatizing them - a form of abuse that interferes with brain development and leaves lasting mental and emotional scars.

That scientific consensus is irrelevant to the Trump administration, which, characteristically contemptuous of science and determined to deter illegal immigration at any cost, has formulated a plan to use detained migrant children as bait to entrap, surveil and deport their parents and relatives.

Among the plan’s likely and predictable effects is that it will dissuade potential sponsors - those parents and relatives from coming forward, thereby lengthening by weeks or months the time many migrant children spend in U.S. government detention. The harm that results to children is undisputed. Perversely, high-ranking Trump administration officials who defend the policy, none of them experts in child psychology and development, insist it will safeguard children’s welfare.

Their logic, if you can call it that, is that it will dissuade unaccompanied young migrants from entering the country, often in the company of smugglers, thereby protecting them. The flaw in that thinking is that it discounts the factors driving Central American children and their relatives to immigrate illegally in the first place: pervasive violence, instability and poverty in their home countries, along with a job market in the United States that welcomes, and needs, low-wage labor.

The administration’s gambit, as described by The Washington Post’s Nick Miroff, is the brainchild of Stephen Miller, a senior White House official on a crusade to slash legal and illegal immigration by any means possible. Miller, having failed to embed immigration enforcement offi-

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cials in the U.S. agency that cares for unaccompanied migrant children, is now trying something different - forcing the agency to give deportation agents biometric information including fingerprints and other data gathered from parents and relatives who come forward to claim the children from detention. In cases where those relatives are rejected as potential sponsors - for reasons that might or might not be valid - the information would then be used to track and target them for deportation.

The Trump administration’s use of children as instruments of leverage is grounded in the explicit hope that their suffering might deter other migrants from making the trek northward. Last year’s episode of systematically dividing families was driven by the same morally despicable rationale.

So are the administration’s efforts in federal court to overturn a 22-year-old judicial settlement that sets strict time limits on family detention on the grounds that it is likely to harm children.

Miller’s current plan runs afoul of legislation expressly intended to prohibit sharing information gathered by the Office of Refugee Resettlement, which cares for migrant children while seeking potential sponsors, with Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation agents. The administration reasons it can skirt that requirement because family members deemed ineligible to become a child’s guardians - perhaps because they committed a minor infraction - are no longer “potential sponsors.”

That’s a little too clever, since the plan is designed to do precisely what Congress hoped to avoid: intimidate and deter migrant parents who would reclaim their children from detention.

If a night goes by and I make it until morning without hearing an alarm sounding from my daughter’s room, I rise with a slight tinge of panic, wondering whether she is OK. If I’m lucky, a week will pass without me waking at 2, 3 or 4 a.m. But even on those nights when I do slip from the covers, I often return with emotions that keep me from returning to sleep.

My 10-year-old has Type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disease that means she has to take insulin to stay alive. So when I wake up in the middle of the night, it’s for one of two scenarios: Either Lexi’s blood sugar has dropped too low and she needs a quick boost to get her back into a safe range where she won’t have a potentially lethal seizure, or her blood sugar is a bit too high and she needs an extra dose of insulin to keep from feeling sick (and to minimize the long-term damage to her body).

Managing Type 1 diabetes - for yourself or for someone else - means being in a constant state of vigilance. And yet we are one of the lucky families: We have only anxiety about Lexi’s health. We don’t have to ration insulin or pick up second jobs or sell off belongings to pay for it. Not yet, anyway.

The end of the year means health insurance deductibles reset, and many patients or families have to scramble to figure out how to pay the appalling list price for the medication again until they’ve spent enough out of pocket for insurance to pick up more of the cost. When Eli Lilly brought its Humalog brand of insulin to market in 1996, it was $21 a vial. Over the years, the price rose, most significantly between 2014 to 2018, bringing the list price to more than $300 for that same vial now.

Browsing the Twitter hashtag #insulin4all as the new year approached, I found diabetics (or their parents) talking about getting second and third jobs to pay for insulin or relying on the black market to make it to the next month. I learned about families borrowing and lending in a sort of trade agreement to keep their children alive.

When this arrangement fails for lack of extra insulin, one parent tells me he finds himself at the pharmacy “in tears and screaming out of desperation because insurance refused to pay.” He’s usually told to go to the emergency room.

Companies capitalize on that dire need for insulin.

They see our children’s diagnosis as a dollar sign. And when our children grow up, they’ll have to carry the burden of paying to live on their own. If they can. Otherwise, they will ration their insulin, as many already do. Recent studies have found that about a quarter of patients ration insulin because of the cost. T1International, a British nonprofit advocacy group, reported that five people in 2019 died because they did not have enough insulin.

Four months ago, Kevin Trager started Sensible Insulin, an advocacy group for affordable insulin. He has connected more than 80 insulin-dependent people with pharmacies in Ontario, Canada, that will ship insulin to the United States. The $300 vial of Humalog is sold for $30 in Canada. Trager told me about an email he received from a parent of a 19-yearold who was terrified of losing him because of insulin rationing. The parent had found the teen passed out for hours on the floor because his blood sugar was dangerously high, for a dangerously long time, because of a lack of insulin.

“Diabetics in America are hurting right now, and the fact that many have to choose between paying rent, buying groceries or filling their insulin prescription is pathetic,” said Trager, who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 2001. “America is the only country in the world that allows insulin manufacturers to charge whatever they want for a vial of this lifesaving medication. While other countries have policies that ensure all diabetics can afford the insulin they need to survive, our leaders have allowed this system to get out of control.”

Dealing with diabetes is excruciating enough without worrying about how to afford the treatment. I remember when Lexi was diagnosed three years ago, and she used syringes to inject insulin into

her little body every time she ate. Now she uses an insulin pump, a podlike device attached to her skin by a needle that delivers doses constantly. Snack time at school? Off to the nurse’s office. Lunchtime?

Same routine. Low blood sugar? Leave the classroom for a snack and return when the shaky feeling goes away. The disruption is real.

No matter how confident they may be, kids with Type 1 worry that all eyes are on them. As parents, of course, we see that worry and feel it for them, too. At first, I fielded questions from Lexi such as: “Why does this have to happen to me?” “What if people make fun of me?” “What if no one wants to play with me?”

“Does this mean I’m different now?” “How long will I have to have shots?” “Will it go away when I’m 12?”

How do you explain “forever” to a 7-year-old when they can barely fathom what 10 minutes means?

Lexi is more used to the routine by now, but on the days when a pump site is snagged and ripped off her body or she’s feeling physically ill from high or low blood sugar, the questions come back. Sometimes directly. Or more heartbreaking, without words, but written in the undertones of her emotions.

There’s an isolation to this disease that I pray not one more person has to know. But that’s not enough.

My daughter is lucky enough to be covered by Medicaid: Part of the reason I write on a freelance basis is to keep this insurance. I know exactly how much income I can afford to earn to keep us under the threshold for eligibility and maintain her coverage. Sometimes, I feel a false sense of privilege when I walk away from the pharmacy counter without a copay. I know there’s something deeply wrong with staying in a low-income career to keep my daughter alive.

The cost that comes with this decision sometimes consumes me, too. But that, at least, doesn’t wake me up in the middle of the night.

Erinne Magee is a Maine-based writer who specializes in nonfiction, poetry and picture books.

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Steven Henry Vanucchi Tannersville, NY — Steven were the joys of his life. Steve Henry Vanucchi, a long-time also leaves behind his devoted resident of Tannersville, NY, brothers and sisters-in-law, died peacefully Wednesday whom he cherished dearly, evening December 25th, after Wayne Vanucchi, Larry and succumbing to complications Lauri Vanucchi, Gary and Joy from Alzheimer’s disease. He Vanucchi. His cousins Robwas surrounded by his loving ert Vanucchi, Rory Vanucchi, daughter and her family. He was Lana Vanucchi, Rhonda Vanucknown and admired for his kind- chi, Chase Vanucchi, Jenniness, generosity, honesty, loy- fer Vanucchi Dolan and Karen alty, his smile, handshake and Villante. As well as his adored twinkle in his eyes. nieces and nephSteve was born in ews: Sherry Vanucchi 1943 in Catskill, NY, Thompson, Lisa Vanucthe second of four chi Hoyt, Kim Vanucsons born to Henry chi, Jamie Vanucchi, and Marion Vanucchi.

Joseph Vanucchi, MelHe created the Steve ody Vanucchi, Jesse Vanucchi Construction Vanucchi, Karla Vanuccompany, and was its chi and Domenick managing partner, as Vanucchi.

Vanucchi well as the co-owner of In lieu of flowers, The Candy Store Nightthe family has reclub and Oscars Restaurant, all quested that gifts be made to in Tannersville, NY. He was also the Hunter Mountain Film Fesa member of the International tival, P.O. Box 436, TannersUnion of Operating Engineers. ville, NY 12485. Donations will Steve was an avid hunter and be applied directly to the Steve outdoorsman. He loved boating & Carol Vanucchi Award and and was a longtime member of will be given annually to a filmthe Catskill Yacht Club, as well maker who faced adversity and as of the Lions and Fish & Game challenges while making a film.

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Steve was predeceased in SepHe is survived by his beloved tember by his beloved wife of daughter, Michele Vanucchi more than 50 years, Carol Ann Peacock, son-in-law, Chris- Vanucchi. A Memorial Service topher Peacock, and his two will be held for them both in the grandchildren, Trevor and summer of 2020 for family Tatum Peacock all of whom and friends.

Sandra Jane Trumpy Sandra Jane Trumpy, a long wife Lucy Segar, and her grandtime resident of Old Chatham, son Ty, along with five nieces, NY and more recently Camphill (Jennifer Casey of Frederick, Ghent, Ghent, NY, passed away MD, Valory Hill of Crofton, MD Monday, December 23, 2019. and Ilse Teeters-Trumpy, of Jane was born July 28, 1943 Portland, ME, Madeline Storck in Miami, FL, where her father, Choukroun of California and ElNavy Lt. Donald Trumpy Sr. was lie Nan Storck of Hanover, NH), stationed during WWII. Jane seven grand nieces and nephwas the granddaughter of yacht ews, her former husband Paul designer Johan Trumpy of Ber- Zachos of Saratoga Springs, gen, Norway.

NY, and her longtime friend She grew up in AnHank Henward of Hillsnapolis, MD and gradudale, NY. ated from Annapolis A memorial serHigh School in 1961. vice will be held on She attended LaSalle Sunday, January 5 at Jr. College, University 10:30 AM at Camphill of Maryland, and later Ghent, 2542 NY-66, earned her masters Chatham, NY. In lieu of degree in Early Childflowers, donations can hood Education from be made to Camphill Trumpy Wheelock College. She Ghent, in appreciation taught and worked in the field of Early Childhood Edu- of the amazing care they have provided to Jane and the other cation.

Jane was preceded in death residents.

Deceased’s Funeral Arrangeby her parents Donald and Ruth Trumpy of Annapolis. She is ments: A memorial service will survived by her brother Donald be held on Sunday, January 5 Trumpy Jr., and his wife Car- at 10:30 AM at Camphill Ghent, ol, and sisters Sigrid Hollace 2542 NY-66, Chatham, NY. In Trumpy of Annapolis and Ger- lieu of flowers, donations can be trude Johanna Trumpy and her made to Camphill Ghent, in aphusband William Storck of New preciation of the amazing care Hampshire. She is also survived they have provided to Jane and by her son Nicholas Zachos, his the other residents

Frank Joseph Trotti Frank Joseph Trotti, age 88, of Germantown, died December 23, 2019. He was born June 14, 1931 in Manhattan, NYC, the son of the late Thomas and Evelyn (Yazzalino) Trotti.

Frank served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict and was awarded the Purple Heart. He co-owned and operated Grand Jula Market in Germantown for many years with his wife MaTrotti ria, prior to their retirement. Frank was predeceased by his wife Maria; a daughter, Evelyn Schneider; a granddaughter, Ashley Trotti; and two sisters, Anna Palazzolo and Nancy Trotti.

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sons, Thomas (Jodi) Trotti, and Joseph (Kelly) Trotti, both of Germantown; grandchildren, Thomas Trotti, Jaclyn Gross, James (Aislynn) Schneider, Steven Schneider, Dominic Trotti; greatgrandchildren, Brooklyn Trotti, Ryan Trotti, Lauren Gross; siblings, Mary Morenzi, Antoinette Picicci, Rocco (Mary) Trotti, Roger (Mary) Trotti; and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.

Relatives and friends may call 11AM-2PM Friday at Traver & McCurry Funeral Home, 234 Jefferson Heights, Catskill. Interment at Valley View Cemetery in Germantown, will be at a later date.

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Mr. Robert E. Dwyer, Sr. Mr. Robert E. Dwyer, Sr., 86, owner of Dwyer Funeral Home and Dwyer-Wellington Funeral Homes, passed away on Christmas day, at home on Queechy Lake, surrounded by his loving family.

Born in Pittsfield on December 18, 1933 the son of F. Emmett and Helen Tracy Dwyer, he was a 1952 graduate of St. Joseph High School and a 1956 graduate of the New England Institute of Anatomy, Sanitary Science and Embalming in Boston and Berkshire Business School in Pittsfield.

Mr. Dwyer was a Korean War veteran, having proudly served as a Corporal in the United States Marine Corps. He was a member of the Marine Corps League. Growing up, Bob and his family lived above the funeral home and he started helping out his father at a young age. He took great pride in the service he provided to people. He had the ability to be kind and compassionate as well as making sure every minor detail was carried out with extreme professionalism and precision. His Marine Corps training would always show through. His two sons joined him in the family business and recently his grandson joined the business to become the 5th generation of Dwyer’s to work at the funeral home. His son, Dan, moved to Michigan and now has his own funeral home.

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cant of St. Charles Church and life, the former Deborah Pender, a longtime communicant of Im- while she was visiting her grandmaculate Conception Church parents who owned the former in New Lebanon, NY. He was Pillars Restaurant. They would a member of Msgr. Eugene F. marry on September 29, 1962 Marshall Knights of Columbus at St. Charles Church after DebCouncil 103 for 63 years and bie graduated from St. Luke’s a member of Bishop Conaty Hospital School of Nursing and Assembly 395 Fourth Degree enjoy 57 wonderful married Knights of Columbus. years together. Over the years Bob enjoyed antique cars he purchased the Blonarz Fuand had collected many over neral Home on Wahconah St., the years. He especialthe Zoph Funeral Home ly liked his Bronco’s, on Bradford St. and the Packard’s and Tbird’s.

Newton and Barnfather He was still driving his Funeral Home on East white 1964 Thunderbird Housatonic St. eventuConvertible to work alally consolidating them most every day right up all into the North St. until he put it away for Funeral Home. He also the winter this year. He purchased numerous was so happy to have apartment buildings Dwyer, Sr. just finished restoring a surrounding his North 1957 Tbird and enjoyed St. Funeral Home. showing it to anyone who would Besides his wife, he leaves take the time to look. He would his four children, Kathleen spend hours reading Hemmings O’Brien (Frank) of Easton, CT, Motor News and liked to watch Julie Lloyd (Tom) of Benningthe car auctions on tv. ton, VT, Dan Dwyer (Kelly) of Bob was also an avid Patri- New Boston, MI and Robert ots and Red Sox fan and would Dwyer, Jr. (Whitney), of Richoften add colorful commentary mond, MA, who has worked during the games. His favorite side by side with his father for place to be, when he was not at the past 35 years; two sisters, work, was Queechy Lake where Elizabeth “Betty” Kasuba (Don) he served as Past President and Marmie McKeever (Vinnie); and longtime member of the two brothers in law, Dick DunQueechy Lake Club. He liked to ham of Dalton and Bill Pender work around the yard and spend of New Mexico; 12 grandchiltime on the pontoon boat. He dren, Steven Dwyer, Shealagh, loved having his children and Egan, Kaitlyn, Kiernan and Erin grandchildren around him and O’Brien, Alexandra, Danielle and watching them enjoy the lake.

Quinn Dwyer, Emily Lloyd Cole In 1959, he met the love of his (Larry), Nicholas and Sean Lloyd

and two great granddaughters, Henri Sophia Dwyer and Ella Cole. He also leaves many nieces, nephews and extended family. Besides his parents and stepmother, Eleanor Rita Dwyer, Bob was predeceased by his two sisters, Helen Callahan and her husband Maurice and Mary Ellen “Bee” Dunham and a brother Bernard “Bib” Dwyer.

Bob will be deeply missed by his family, friends and all the people whose lives he had touched throughout the years. His professional commitment to serving those in need will be carried on for generations. “Semper Fi” Funeral Notice: Funeral services for Mr. Robert E. Dwyer, Sr. will be Saturday, January 4, 2020 with a Liturgy of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. at St. Charles Church celebrated by (at Bob’s request) Rev. A. Peter Gregory, Pastor Emeritus and concelebrated by Rev. John Tuohey, Administrator. A private entombment will take place in St. Michael the Archangel Mausoleum, St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Calling hours at the funeral home will be Friday, January 3, 2020 from 3 to 7 PM. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to St. Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association or St. Charles Church, in care of the Dwyer Funeral Home, 776 North St., Pittsfield, MA 01201 in his memory. Please visit www.dwyerfuneral.com to leave condolences and remembrances.

Kim Jong Un weighs ‘positive, offensive measures’ ahead of year-end deadline Jihye Lee, Steve Geimann and Susan Decker

has agreed on any terms of disarmament or the easing of a U.S.-led international sanctions regime.

North Korea suggested a “Christmas gift” would be forthcoming after demanding additional concessions as part of the stalled nuclear talks. Trump played down the threat, saying on Christmas Eve that the U.S. would “deal with it” and joking that Kim’s gift could be a “beautiful vase.”

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Kim Jong Un urged “positive and offensive measures” to bolster North Korea’s security, as the Trump administration said it was watching for provocations around the regime’s year-end deadline.

Kim issued his call for action during an unusually large and lengthy meeting of North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party, which continued behind closed doors Monday in Pyongyang. Donald Trump’s national security adviser, Robert O’Brien, who credited the president with persuading Kim to forego a destabilizing action during the Christmas holiday, said the administration was monitoring the situation.

“President Trump took a different tack with personal diplomacy, and so far we’ve had some success,” O’Brien said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” program. “So perhaps he’s reconsidered that, but we’ll have to wait and see.”

While Christmas came and went without the “gift” North Korea had threatened to deliver to Trump for the holiday, all signals from Pyongyang in recent months have pointed to escalation in the new year. Kim has vowed to take a “new path” in nuclear talks without further U.S. concessions and North Korea promised to issue its “final judgment” on Trump by end of this month.

North Korean state media has so far said little about the ongoing Workers’ Party meeting, although the size and duration of the gathering suggested it was the among the most significant since Kim took power in 2011. The North Korean leader was expected to deliver a New Year’s address Wednesday, which was being watched even more closely than usual for signs of whether he plans to escalate tensions in the coming months.

During the second day of the party meeting Sunday, Kim made remarks “emphasizing the need to take positive and offensive measures for fully ensuring the sovereignty and security of the country as required by the present situation,” the state-run Korean Central News Agency said without elaborating. A spokesman for South Korea’s Unification Ministry said the meeting was the largest party

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FILE -- President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un stand on the South Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea on June 30, 2019. North Korea called President Trump a “heedless and erratic old man” on Dec. 9, after the American leader warned that the North’s leader, Kim Jong-un, could lose “everything” if he resumed military provocations.

gathering held since at least 2013.

“It could be interpreted as North Korea considering 2020 as a very significant year in terms of managing the nation as well as economy construction,” said Kim Dong-yub, a professor of North Korean studies at Kyungnam University and a former director of nuclear weapons policy at South Korea’s defense ministry.

“It could also indicate that the party is considering this year to be a crucial makeor-break point for Kim Jong Un’s leadership and the stability of it.”

Kim has suspended tests of nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles that could deliver a warhead to the U.S. since he began talks with Trump in 2018. But he has also been busy expanding his nuclear arsenal in that time -- rolling out a new line of solidpropellant, nuclear-capable ballistic missiles and producing enough fissile material for about a dozen or so more nuclear bombs, weapons experts have said.

O’Brien, 53, a former hostage envoy and Trump’s fourth national security adviser, said that the U.S. was ready to respond should Kim fire additional long-range missiles or conduct further nuclear weapons tests. The Pentagon sent a guidedmissile destroyer, the USS Milius, to waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing anonymous

U.S. defense officials.

“We’ll reserve judgment, but the United States will take action as we do in these situations,” O’Brien said, incorrectly referring to Kim as “Chairman Un” before switching to his full name.

“If Kim Jong Un takes that approach, we’ll be extraordinarily disappointed and we’ll demonstrate that disappointment.”

Trump has touted his outreach to Pyongyang, and his personal ties to Kim, as a foreign policy triumph. Kim and Trump have met three times -- a first for any sitting U.S. president -- and the two regularly praise each other.

O’Brien declined to discuss whether Washington and Pyongyang have had recent discussions beyond noting that “channels of communication” were open.

U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, a Maryland Democrat, said he has seen little progress from Trump’s efforts, and that Kim needed to announce that he plans to give up his nuclear weapons.

“The meetings with the two leaders have produced very little in the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula,” Cardin, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said on “Fox News Sunday.”

While Trump in 2018 claimed that North Korea was “no longer a nuclear threat” and that he and Kim “fell in love,” a deal between the two countries has remained elusive. Neither side

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JAN. 2 CATSKILL — The Honeyford Memorial American Legion Post 110 and Auxiliary will meet at 7 p.m. Jan. 2 at the Catskill Elks Lodge, 45 North Jefferson St., Catskill.

JAN. 3 VOORHEESVILLE — All About Animal Adaptations at 10 a.m. Jan. 3 at Thacher Nature Center, 87 Nature Center Way, Voorheesville. Join us to explore how our wild animal neighbors are able to live where they do, survive and thrive. We will be examining a variety of skins, skulls, feathers and bones to gain an understanding of their unique adaptations. We will also make an animal track guide to help you track your furry neighbors.

Call 518-872-0800 for information.

RHINEBECK — Andy Weintraub, Rhinebeck’s resident magician, presents Tricks Of The Trade: A Magician’s Show and Tale at 8 p.m. Jan. 3 and

Jan. 4 and 3 p.m. Jan. 5 at The CENTER for Performing Arts, 661 Route 308, Rhinebeck.

This solo performance presents the magician’s artistry within the context of Andy’s life. Tricks Of The Trade: A Magician’s Show and Tale has many opportunities for audience participation but is not recommended for children younger than 7. Tickets are $10 at the door, or they may be reserved at by calling 845-8763080, or online at www.centerforperformingarts.org.

JAN. 4 DELMAR — The Albany Figure Skating Club will hold an open house noon-2 p.m. Jan. 4 at the Bethlehem YMCA, 900 Delaware Ave., Delmar. The event will feature skating demonstrations, free mini-lessons with coaches and more. Skate rentals are available. The Albany Figure Skating Club’s regular Learn to Skate program will begin on Jan. 11 at the Bethlehem YMCA. This program is a fun, safe way to learn to skate or to improve skating skills, and is open to both beginning and advanced skaters 3 through adult. Group lessons will be held on noon-2 p.m. Saturdays. Skaters do not need to be YMCA members to participate. For information about these programs, visit www.albanyfsc.org or email info@albanyfsc.org.

JAN. 6 CATSKILL — The Greene County Board of Electrical Examiners will meet at 1 p.m.

Jan. 6 at the Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., 4th Floor, Room 469, Catskill.

JAN. 8 COXSACKIE — Brendan Wenzel will give a presentation about his process for writing and illustrating children’s books at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 8 at the Heermance Memorial Library, 1 Ely St., Coxsackie.

Wenzel is an illustrator based in Brooklyn. His work has appeared internationally in children’s books, animations and magazines. All are welcome to this free presentation. Parking is available in the rear of the building. Registration not required but encouraged (by registering, you will reminded by email or text of this event and also this gives the library an idea of how many people to expect.) For information and to register, visit www.heermancelibrary.org or call 518731-8084.

JAN. 11 CATSKILL — A Red Cross blood drive will be held 8 a.m.2 p.m. Jan. 11 at the Catskill United Methodist Church, 40 Woodland Ave., Catskill. To schedule an appointment, call 1-800-RED CROSS or Ernie Moss at 518-943-5477.

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Learning to manage feelings and make decisions

By Helen M. Exum, Senior Prevention Educator, Twin County Recovery Services, Inc. For Columbia-Greene Media

This month we will explore Lesson 2 in our prevention program “Too Good for Violence” by the Mendez Foundation. Last month Lesson 1 set the stage for understanding what constitutes peace and peaceful behaviors for the youngest elementary students, while the middle grades focused on setting goals.

These concepts and the personal and social skills associated with positive interaction such as respect for others, courage, responsibility, selfdiscipline, caring and cooperation, are foundational to the program, which is based on character education. The combination of positive character traits and personal and social skills enable children to navigate life.

Feelings are the main theme in Lesson 2 for kindergarten and grades 1, 2 and 3. Students are encouraged to identify and name a wide variety of feelings.

The fact that feelings are universal is stressed and physical warning signs are highlighted. Anger is given a great deal of attention and healthy management strategies are discussed.

Several strategies such as counting to 10, talking to a trusted adult and positive self-talk are suggested.

Poems and songs urge the children to STOP and THINK before acting. Selfcontrol is practiced though role playing.

The children brainstorm

a variety of ways to calm down. Empathy for others develops as students learn to consider the other person’s feelings. “I Messages” are introduced in third grade and used throughout the remaining grades as an effective tool for expressing feelings in a non-aggressive manner.

Second grade students practice social skills using handmade puppy puppets. Puppets are excellent teaching tools and they lend themselves to this activity particularly well. Individuality is encouraged during the creative process to insure puppets are unique as their creators.

Individual differences in each puppet are admired and respected. Respect for self and others is an underlying theme throughout the program.

Students supervise the puppets as they introduce themselves and enjoy friendly conversations while learning listening and paraphrasing skills.

Decision making is a key part of the middle grades’ Lesson 2 and is a continual thread throughout the remaining program years.

As we all are aware, the decisions we make determine the course of our lives. A simple yet effective four-step decision making process, STOP, THINK, ACT, REFLECT, with the emphasis on “thinking” about “choices” and “consequences” is introduced in fourth grade and reintroduced each year until the program ends in ninth grade.

Students practice the decision-making process by

working together in small groups to determine the best decision for a range of life situations. They are then asked to defend their decisions. Board games and role play further reinforces the key elements of the lesson.

The emphasis, as always, is on positive outcomes.

Positive thinking and attitudes are a major part of “Too Good for Violence.”

Middle school teens are challenged to look carefully at who and what influences them when making decisions.

The relationship between the decision and the accomplishment of goals is clearly demonstrated.

Consequences both positive and negative are considered. Mendez states: “Adolescents equipped with decision-making and problem-solving skills are better able to thoughtfully plan their actions and evaluate the choices they face in life.”

“Too Good for Violence” addresses violence before violent thoughts and behaviors become a serious problem by showing students how to manage difficult emotions, use of helpful self-talk (rather than angry, person-focused self-talk or thoughts), gain self-control, to stop and think to avoid impulsiveness, communicate assertively, recognize and avoid controlling relationships, de-escalate conflicts, and advocate for respectful treatment of individuals and groups.

Reach Helen Exum at helene@ twincountyrecoverservices.org.

Informational Open House The Iroquois Pipeline Operating Company invites all interested residents of Athens to an Informational Open House regarding its proposed ExC Project and the potential construction of additional compression at its Athens, New York facility.

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Members of American Legion Post 983 presented $6,500 to the Adaptive Sports Foundation on Dec. 10. The funds were raised at the annual “BBQ for the Troops” hosted by Lynch’s Pot O’Gold in August. Donations were also made to the Adult Day Care Center at the Albany Stratton VA and Veteran’s families in the Cairo area. Pictured from left are Gary Koopman, adjutant American Legion Post 983; Ray Curtis, executive director, Adaptive Sports Foundation; Mike Adrian, commander, Post 983; and George Skraastad, treasurer, Post 983.

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Bank of Greene County announces promotion and appointment CATSKILL — Donald Gibson, president and CEO, and Martin Smith, chairman of the board of the Bank of Greene County, announced that due to the continued growth and success of the bank’s Southern Region, the bank has expanded both its advisory board and created a new officer position to focus on the region.

The bank has appointed Daniel Leader to the bank’s advisory board, which is comprised of community leaders, and provides the Bank of Greene County Board of Directors with insight into better serving the financial needs of Hudson Valley communities.

Donald Gibson said, “We are pleased to announce that Daniel Leader of Bread Alone has joined the Bank of Greene County’s Advisory Board.

Daniel Leader will be our first Advisory Board Member from Ulster County, and we are very excited to welcome him to the Advisory Board.”

Leader is the founder of Bread Alone Bakery, and the author of several books on bread and grains, including his newest book “Living Bread: Tradition and Innovation in Artisan Bread Making.” He studied philosophy at the University of Wisconsin before graduating from the Culinary Institute of America and starting Bread Alone in 1983.

“We look forward to

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From left are Don Gibson, president and CEO; Sean DuBois, VP executive & commercial lending; Dan Leader, founder of Bread Alone; Justin Goldman, business development & lending officer; and Martin Smith, chairman of the board.

learning from Daniel’s unique perspective, as an extremely successful business owner.

We also believe Daniel truly understands the local community and its needs.”

“We have also promoted Sean DuBois to the newly created position of vice president, Southern Region Executive & Commercial Lender,” Gibson added. “As our bank continues to grow in Ulster and the surrounding counties, we feel the new position will keep us focused on our southern region customers and community needs. Sean has done a great job focusing on helping our customers in Ulster County and further south, and we want to recognize him for his

efforts and leadership.”

DuBois joined the bank in 2012 and has 20 years of commercial lending and business development experience. He has an associates degree in business administration from Ulster County Community College, and is very involved in the community. He serves on the boards of The Arc MidHudson and Mental Health Association of Columbia Greene Counties Inc. and enjoys playing tennis. This year, his team went to the United States Tennis Association National Championship in Florida, and finished sixth in the country.

Roos named to Columbia Memorial Health Foundation board HUDSON — William A. Roos IV, of Kinderhook, has been named a new member of the Columbia Memorial Health Foundation Board of Trustees, the philanthropic arm of Columbia Memorial Health.

Roos is an attorney admitted in 1969 to practice law in New York state and the United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. He received a B.A. from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Roos was in private practice for 37 years at the Wall Street law firm of Reynolds Richards, serving as managing partner for many years. He also served

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as outside general counsel of the American Horse Shows Association and USA Equestrian.

Roos currently serves as Assistant Secretary and General Counsel to USA Equestrian

Trust Inc., and as Secretary and General Counsel to the NYS YMCA Foundation. He also formerly served on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the United States Equestrian Federation, the current national governing body for equestrian sports in the US. Columbia Memorial Health Foundation Vice Chair Anne Schomaker said: “It is critical that we engage people with diverse backgrounds and areas of expertise to fulfill our mission of supporting Columbia Memorial Health’s comprehensive network of community-based care. Bill Roos brings a wide breadth of expertise to our Board, we are grateful to Bill for his commitment of time and valuable resources.”

Part-Time Farmer Tax School HUDSON — Part-Time Farmer Tax School will be held 5:30-9 p.m. Jan. 21 at CCE Columbia-Greene Counties, 479 Route 66, Hudson, and CCE Rensselaer County, 61 State St., Troy. CAAHP’s Part-Time Farmer Tax School is being offered in two locations this year — in Hudson and Troy.

The class material is the same at both locations.

When it comes to taxes, do you have any of these questions — How much farm income do I need to make in order to be able to deduct it

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on my taxes? What tax-related form(s) do I need to complete?

What, if any, tax management strategy should I have for my farm business? Should I form an LLC or other form of business, and what tax documentation do lenders require?

CAAHP Educators, Steve Hadcock and Dayton Maxwell will answer these and other tax-related questions during this meeting. In addition to discussing income tax concepts, they will explore agricultural value assessment, building exemptions, sales

tax regulations and farmers’ school tax credit.

The cost for attending this workshop is $20, which includes a light dinner and printed materials. Register and pay online at https://tinyurl.com/ PTFarmerTaxSchoolHudsonReg to attend the Hudson session, or at https://tinyurl. com/PTFarmerTaxSchoolTroyReg to attend the Troy session. Register by phone by calling 518-765-3518; email cce-caahp@cornell.edu with questions.

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Jason Rosenberry has joined the Ten Eyck Group in Albany as a licensed Insurance Agent who will focus on offering professional insurance and risk management products and services to individuals, businesses and organizations. Rosenberry spent 16 years providing state and local tax advisory services to businesses in both consultancy and public accounting environments.

He draws on his experience across a breadth of industries to now be an insurance and risk management resource.

Chazen welcomes new employees POUGHKEEPSIE — The Chazen Companies announce Nora Pietrafesa and Lisa Appadu have joined the company’s Hudson Valley and Westchester County offices, respectively.

Pietrafesa joined Chazen as a human resources generalist in its Hudson Valley office. Pietrafesa has dedicated more than 23 years of experience to her career as a human resource professional. She possesses creative and diverse experience in creating and implementing policies, procedures, recruiting, employee relations, and organizational development.

Previously, she worked for Greystone Programs Inc. as a human resources manager and USA Today Network as a senior human resources business partner. Piestrafesa graduated from Dutchess

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Lisa Appadu

Community College and lives in Highland.

Appadu has joined the company as an assistant transportation engineer for its office in White Plains. She has two years of experience in the field of transportation planning and traffic engineering. Prior to joining Chazen, she worked at RS&H Inc.

in Charlotte, North Carolina, as a transportation associate.

Some of her duties included performing traffic analyses, preparing technical reports, and conducting crash studies. Appadu resides in the Bronx and has a B.S. in civil engineering from UNC Charlotte.

CMH to honor community leader at Winter Blast on Feb. 1 HUDSON — Community volunteer and philanthropist Winnie Thorn will receive the prestigious Columbia Memorial Health (CMH) Clara Kellner Award for public service.

Thorn will be honored at the CMH Foundation’s annual Winter Blast beginning at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 1 at Club Helsinki, Hudson. Winter Blast is a fundraiser for CMH. Clara Kellner was a longstanding volunteer and benefactor of CMH and former chairwoman of the CMH Board of Trustees. The award carries her name to recognize individuals who continue Kellner’s legacy of volunteerism and philanthropy on behalf of CMH and the greater community.

Thorn currently serves on the CMH Foundation Board of Trustees. She has served on the CMH Board of Trustees and as vice president of the Columbia Memorial Hospital

Auxiliary. Her volunteer service extends to numerous organizations including the American Cancer Society, Columbia-Greene Community Hospice, Fund for Columbia County Committee at Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, Friends of Olana, Columbia-Greene Community College, Columbia County Council on the Arts, Hudson Junior Service League, Jaycees, Boys’ Club Auxiliary, and on the Vestry of Christ Episcopal Church in Hudson.

Thorn has been the recipient of several prestigious American Cancer Society (ACS) awards including the Mary Holland Award for outstanding Crusade volunteer, Volunteer of the Decade (New York State Division), the National Volunteer Leadership Award, and the St. George Medal — the ACS’s highest national honor for

volunteer service.

“Winnie’s tireless commitment and compassion to serve others exemplifies the true spirit of the Clara Kellner Award. It is with great honor that we recognize her kindness and many contributions. We also give endless thanks to all the sponsors, donors, and volunteers who show their support for CMH and the Foundation each and every day,” stated Anne Schomaker, Vice Chair of the CMH Foundation Board of Trustees.

The event will feature a cocktail hour and dinner, a unique selection of silent auction items and live music

by Thee Mr. E. To purchase tickets or become a sponsor, visit foundation.columbiamemorialhealth.org/ events. For information, call 518-828-8239 or email rorlando@cmh-net.org.

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Election inspectors count ballots after the Nov. 5 general election in Columbia County.

Members of the Columbia County Sanctuary Movement, their allies and local officials outside Casa Latina, a restaurant on Green Street, Hudson, where Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials waited to detain undocumented people.

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The house at Waldorf Ridge Road where a shooting occurred.

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been accepting reservations for six weeks as the Long Neck Inn held its official ribboncutting ceremony. Cathy Ballone described the achievement as momentous.

“It’s been seven years since we purchased the property,” Ballone said. “It’s nice to show what we can do with it and we plan to grow from here.”

Before the switch to hospitality, the 150-acre site was home to more than 2,000 animals from 1933 until the business closed in 2006. Besides the inn, the Ballones have offered self-guided tours since 2013 and have four campsites, equipped with wood stove, grill, picnic table and a canvas tent with a queen-sized bed on a pressure-treated platform for guests.

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6. ICE RAID TARGETS RESTAURANT

Ribbon cutting for The Long Neck Inn at the former Catskill Game Farm.

Officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted a raid at Casa Latina, a restaurant on Green Street in Hudson. In response, the call went out to members and allies of the Columbia County Sanctuary Movement, a group that supports undocumented people in Hudson, which was officially classified as a Welcoming and Inclusive City in a 2017 Common Council resolution.

About a dozen supporters turned out to warn people about the presence of ICE officials and document their activities.

Jarin Ahmed, a member of the Columbia County Sanctuary Movement, said ICE officials made one arrest by the time she arrived on the scene around noon. “They have taken one community member, they have chased a couple of community members down the street. They are targeting people that are coming to this specific restaurant, Casa Latina, and you can only imagine why they are targeting a place named Casa Latina,” Ahmed said.

sale of a controlled substance, a class B felony. He died Feb. 11. Preliminary autopsy results indicated Myrie’s body had no signs of trauma and the cause of death was consistent with sudden cardiac arrest. Myrie was involved in a three-on-one fight with other inmates in a housing unit of the medium-security prison.

No officers used force at any time, according to a prison spokesman.” Myrie complained of chest pain after he was escorted to a holding area to be interviewed by security staff about the fight. Myrie was taken back to the medical unit for further evaluation when he collapsed, unconscious and unresponsive

5. INMATE DIES OF CARDIAC ARREST A preliminary investigation showed Greene Correctional Facility inmate Anthony Myrie went into cardiac arrest and died after a brawl with fellow inmates, a Department of Corrections and Community Supervision spokesman said.

Myrie, 24, was serving seven years on a conviction of thirddegree attempted criminal

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could be seen.

“It looked like he had been on their property for about 20 minutes,” Nevel said.

Nikko White and Andre White were issued appearance tickets and turned over to the custody of their father.

They are expected to appear in court at an undisclosed date in January, Nevel said. Nikko and Andre White could not be reached for comment.

Wager was leaving her house to go out to her car to get her cell phone charger Sunday morning when she looked down and found the boy looking up at her.

Wager said the first thing she did was look around to

4. ICE ARREST THWARTED The detention of two people in the city Tuesday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on warrants was thwarted in part by city residents and the leader of an immigrants rights’ group.

Three ICE agents attempted to detain two passengers in a vehicle that was stopped near the corner of Fifth and Warren streets at about 9 a.m. But the driver and several other citizens at the scene refused to allow agents to enter the vehicle or detain the individuals without a warrant signed by a judge. After some heated exchanges, the ICE agents backed off and left 10 minutes later without making any arrests.

who perished after he jumped from the Rip Van Winkle Bridge. The body of James Zegers, 71, of Valatie, was pulled from the Hudson River between Hallenbeck Road and the bridge in Greenport.

Attempts to get a Columbia County Sheriff’s rescue boat into the river were hampered by thick ice. An excavator was brought in to break up the ice into large chunks to enable the boat to get into the water.

The boats came from the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office, Onufrychuk said.

Because of the amount of ice, a team of divers, four from Greenport and five from the Hudson Fire Department Water Rescue and Scuba Team, had to enter the river along the shoreline at the end of Hallenbeck Road, less than a mile north of the Rip Van Winkle Bridge.

The divers wore immersion suits to insulate them from the cold. Securing themselves with rope lines, the divers were able to reach the body within an hour. It was about another hour before they were back on shore.

2. ELECTION WOES IN COLUMBIA COUNTY

Police identified the man

The Columbia County Democratic Committee will regroup to select a new nominee for county Election Commissioner after the county Board of Supervisors opted not to reappoint Democrat Virginia Martin after nearly a decade of holding the post.

The vote not to reappoint Martin to a new term comes

see if a parent or another adult was on the premises, wandering around. She didn’t see anyone, so she called her husband, brought the child into the house and contacted police.

State police have not released the names of the parents or their address.

Wager, a nurse, thinks the boy wandered a long way to get to her house and spent more time walking around her property. She differed with the police report of the boy walking a tenth of a mile.

“I’ve walked that before and he had to have walked maybe a quarter of a mile and up a very steep hill,” Wager said.

“It’s quite a hike to come up this way, and there is no other way.”

Surveillance equipment on the Wager home picked

up the boy as he walked back and forth on the front lawn, moving in and out of camera range, Wager said.

Wager’s home is bordered on one side by a 30-foot drop and is situated close to the vast Catskill State Forest near the dangerous Buttermilk Falls.

The child, who has not been identified by state police, was too young to talk, but he managed to form one word that Wager clearly heard.

“He said ‘hello’ as he picked up the remote and held it to his ear,” Wager said.

To Wager, the boy turning up safely on her front porch was a holiday miracle, especially with a steep cliff nearby that the child could easily have walked over.

“It would have broken my heart if something had happened to him,” she said.

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after a tumultuous end to a voting season in which some Columbia County races weren’t determined until weeks after the election. After several delays the full certified results were released a full month after the election had taken place. Delays prompted Martin to say, “We need to do better.”

1. OPIOID EPIDEMIC SPREADS The opioid epidemic has been widespread across the nation over the past decade or so, and the Twin Counties have not been immune. A database maintained by the Drug Enforcement Administration was released, tracking the path of every pain pill sold in the United States, including

specific states and counties.

Between 2006 and 2012, there were 380 million transactions involving oxycodone and hydrocodone pills, accounting for three-quarters of the total opioid pills distributed to pharmacies.

In Columbia County, the data indicates that 13,933,020 prescription pain pills were sold during that time period, enough for 31 pills per person in the county per year.

The numbers were similar in Greene County, where 13,828,840 pills were distributed, enough for 40 pills for every person in the county each year in the study. The data also analyzes pharmacies where the pills were sold. In the Twin Counties, CVS stores received the highest number of pills in both counties from 2006 to 2012. In Columbia County, CVS in Hudson received 4,006,130 opioid pills from 2006-2012, followed by Eckerd Corporation in Hudson, with 1,668,270, and The Golub Corporation, which owns Price Chopper, also in Hudson, with 1,435,760. In Greene County, the CVS in Cairo received the highest number of pills for the same time period, at 3,229,600; Rite Aid in Greenville at 1,480,980; and The Golub Corporation, Price Chopper, in Catskill, with 1,367,460.

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Top 25 Sports Moments of the Decade: 2010-2019

By Matt Fortunato Columbia-Greene Media

25. John Isner def.

Nicolas Mahut in longest tennis match of all time (Wimbledon 2010) 24. Jorge Masvidal’s flying knee KO’s Ben Akren in 2 seconds (UFC 239) 23. Chiefs vs. Rams on Monday Night Football: Rams outlast Chiefs 5451 in high-octane offensive showcase (11/19/18) 22. USWNT’s dominance in 2019 World Cup win — Alex Morgan’s tea cup celebration 21. Leicester City F.C. wins Premier League (2015-2016) 20. Minneapolis Miracle: Stefon Diggs’ 27-yd TD catch in 2018 Divisional Round vs Saints 19. Jose Bautista’s goahead home run and bat

throw (ALDS Game 5 vs Rangers) 18. Roy Halladay throws second no-hitter in postseason history (2010 NLDS vs Reds) 17. Simone Biles’ performance at 2016 Olympics (4 gold medals, 1 bronze) 16. Kawhi Leonard’s rise to NBA stardom – 2 titles and NBA Finals MVPs w/ 2 different teams, iconic game winning jump shot over Philadelphia Sixers’ Joel Embiid in 2019 Eastern Conference Semis 15. Washington Capitals win first Stanley Cup (2018), Washington Nationals win first World Series (2019) 14. Tiger Woods wins the 2019 Master’s See MOMENTS B3

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MH wins Holiday Hoopfest title

By Tim Martin Columbia-Greene Media

CASTLETON — Maple Hill raced out to a 14-point lead in the first quarter and went on to defeat Hoosic Valley, 58-37, to win the Holiday Hoopfest at The Hill championship on Sunday afternoon.

The Wildcats led 30-17 at halftime and 42-31 after three quarters.

Sophia Chevrier led Maple Hill with 20 points. Natasha Strock had 14.

Sami Dickinson had 11 points for Hoosic Valley.

Emaleigh Peckham contributed nine.

HOOSIC VALLEY (37): Chartier 0-1-1, Czub 2-0-4, Dickinson 5-1-11, Jensen 2-3-7, Lanoue 2-1-5, Peckham 3-0-9. Totals 14-6-37.

3-pointers: Peckham 3.

MAPLE HILL (58): Berger 1-0-2, Bleau 1-2-4, Brewer 1-0-3, Chevrier 8-2-20, Haller 2-0-5, Hoffman 2-2-6, Smith 0-3-3, Strock

4-6-14, Tacy 0-1-1. Totals 19-16-58.

3-pointers: Chevrier 2, Brewer, Haller.

B-K-W TOURNAMENT CONSOLATION Heatly 45, Greenville 25 BERNE — Jordan Ries and Kierra Hope combined for 41 of Heatly’s 45 points as the Hornets defeated Greenvile, 45-25, in the consaltion game of the B-K-W Christmas Tournament on Saturday.

Ries finished with 21 points and Hope had 20 for the Hornets, who posted quarterly leads of 12-10, 2515 and 37-19.

Natalie Krasney’s 12 points led Greenville.

GREENVILLE (25): Duncan 1-0-3, Krasney 4-4-12, Naze 1-0-3, Petit 1-0-2, Rauf 0-1-1, SanEmeterio 1-0-2, Silk 1-0-2. Totals 9-5-25.

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Germantown’s KeShawn McKinney (center) and Rensselaer’s Amani Nixon (left) and Ramell Johnson (right) look to the official for the call after a tie-up underneath the basket in the closing minute of Friday’s opening round game in the Taconic Hills Holiday Tournament.

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Jace Anderson scored 17 points for the Clippers. Dylan Mayr had 13 and Robbie Eaton and Bryan Bathrick chipped in with 11 apiece.

GERMANTOWN (57): Eaton 4-0-11, Mayr 6-1-13, Anderson 7-3-17, Rifenburgh 1-0-2, Bathrick 1-8-11, McKinney 1-1-3. Totals 20-13-57.

3-pointers: Eaton 3, Bathrick.

RENSSELAER (59): Wright 2-0-6, Nixon 0-1-1, Johnson 7-5-19, Sullivan 6-0-16, Lockhart 6-0-15, Baker 1-0-2. Totals 22-6-59.

3-pointers: Sullivan 4, Lockhart 3, Wright 2.

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CRARYVILLE — Rensselaer built a double-digit lead in the second half, then held off a late Germantown rally to earn a 59-57 victory in the opening round of the Taconic Hills Holiday Tournament on Friday.

Rensselaer went on to win the tournament title by beating Berlin/New Lebanon, which punched its ticket to the title game with a 59-38 victory over Taconic Hills in Friday’s other opening round game.

Rensselaer took a 15-9 lead by the end of the first quarter and widened the gap to 29-22 at halftime and 49-35 by the end of the third quarter. The Clippers fought back to make a game of it in the final stanza, outscoring the Rams, 22-10, but came up short.

Ramell Johnson was

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Germantown’s Bryan Bathrick looks to go to the basket as Rensselaer’s Amani Nixon (back) and Amaziah Wright defend during Friday’s opening round game in the Taconic Hills Holiday Tournament.

Rensselaer’s high scorer with 19 points. Patrick Sullivan

added 16 and Samir Lockhart had 15.

KIRVIN CUP CONSOLATION Catskill 64, Mohonasen 60 SCHENECTADY — Lavon Fernandez dropped 32 points See BOYS B3

Giants fire Pat Shurmur after just two seasons, but GM Gettleman to stay Pat Leonard New York Daily News

NEW YORK — Pat’s all, folks.

The New York Giants fired head coach Pat Shurmur on Black Monday just two years into a five-year contract, the Daily News has confirmed.

But the Giants aren’t making sweeping changes as GM Dave Gettleman is being retained by co-owners John Mara and Steve Tisch. Gettleman is expected to meet with the media on Tuesday.

Shurmur (9-23) finishes with the secondlowest win percentage (.281) of any full-time Giants head coach ahead of only Bill Arnsparger (7-28, .200, 1974-76).

Shurmur’s .292 career NFL win percentage (19-46) ranks him 177th of 183 head coaches in league history.

The 2019 Giants (4-12) regressed on Shurmur’s watch to staggering levels of futility.

Nine straight losses from Weeks 5 through 14 tied the franchise record originally set in 1976, the inaugural season at Giants Stadium.

That streak got Arnsparger fired midseason.

Shurmur’s Giants went winless in the months of October and November (0-7) for the first time in the franchise’s 95 seasons.

And they had no Pro Bowlers on the roster for the first time since 1996.

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New York Giants head coach Pat Shurmur reacts during Sunday’s game against the Philadelphia Eagles at MetLife Stadium.

The only other team with no Pro Bowl bids was the Miami Dolphins, who intentionally

tanked and assembled one of the worst rosters of all time.

The Giants have missed the playoffs seven of the last eight seasons. The only playoff appearance came in 2016 under GM Jerry Reese and first-year coach Ben McAdoo.

Since the infamous Boat Trip prior to that year’s Wild Card playoff loss in Green Bay, though, the Giants have lost the most games (36) of any franchise in the NFL. Reese and McAdoo were on their way to getting fired at the end of their second season in 2017 due to a 2-9 start in which McAdoo lost the respect of the locker room.

But then ownership signed off on McAdoo and Reese benching Eli Manning, the entire situation was mishandled, and the Giants fired both the GM and coach with four games to play.

Steve Spagnuolo coached the final four games as interim head coach. McAdoo was dismissed with a 13-15 (.464) record and a playoff appearance in two years.

The early firings of McAdoo and Shurmur are directly connected to Manning’s presence.

McAdoo was canned after starting Geno Smith at Oakland in Week 13 of 2017 when Manning refused to participate in a plan to play only the first half.

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Record-shattering contracts and dirty deeds: 12 major storylines from the 2019 MLB season Bradford William Davis New York Daily News

Distilling a hyperlocal sport like baseball into a handful of universal themes was more challenging than originally anticipated. The lack of national exposure of the games’ best and brightest, magnified by the constant pace of games and the lack of practical (legal) access to teams across the league meant that more than a few standout narratives were overlooked by the masses.

And while there were individual accomplishments so exceptional they couldn’t help be recognized, this recap largely focuses on the ones that impacted every team in some capacity.

Nationals claim first World Series The Nationals have suffered more than your average perennial contender, suffering heartbreaking division series losses, and that’s when their championship-caliber rosters didn’t fall apart in the second half.

But these Nationals, on the strength of their super-elite troika of aces, Howie Kendrick playing the best ball of his 14-year career, and a few Juan Soto crotch-grabs and moonshots, clinched their first World Championship. (Congrats Juan, you can finally drink to your accomplishments.)

The Nationals may have said goodbye to their best player for specious reasons, but at least they did so after finally breaking through.

The umps are not all right Umpires are part of the charm of the game, but only inasmuch as they remain intentionally vintage decoration, interfering with the game as little as possible. Save for eccentric strike three calls, umps are to be seen and not heard. But their impact on the game is getting loud.

Some of this isn’t their fault.

Hot mic eavesdroppers like Jimmy O’Brien closed the distance between the on-field bickering between players and umps that has existed as long as the game itself. But, when players, frustrated by a night of inconsistent strike zones on both ends during a World Series matchup, are vaguely open to the notion of integrating robotic strike zones, we may have reached a boiling point.

It may be time to take our chances with the machines.

New season, seemingly new balls Your eyes weren’t deceiving you, but the baseball was. MLB finally copped to the balls having a lower drag, meaning, they traveled farther than intended. The league also released a report that found their balls were varied considerably from game to game, not just season to season.

Numerous teams broke franchise home run records, with numerous players reaching unprecedented levels of offensive production. You can’t

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Washington Nationals manager Dave Martinez and his team hoist the Commissioners Trophy after defeating the Houston Astros in game seven of the 2019 World Series at Minute Maid Park.

blame launch angle on everything.

Also, changes to the seam manufacturing led to numerous pitchers losing bite on their trademark bread and butter pitches, with some changing their grips midseason to combat their own equipment. Could the unreliability of the ball have a tangible impact on their bottom line?

Found money This wouldn’t have made the list were it not for the last month of transaction madness. But, the league underwent a startling epiphany: Free agents aren’t free.

Stephen Strasburg broke a record for pitching contracts after re-upping with the Nationals for seven years and $245 million. Then, Gerrit Cole shattered the 2019 World Series MVP’s brief moment in the record books by signing a nine-year, $324 million contract with the Yankees.

But that’s not all. Anthony Rendon joined the Angels for $245 million, and the Phillies bet $118 million on Zack Wheeler reaching his full potential.

Even the players from last offseason that signed one-year pillow contracts — Mike Moustakas, Yasmani Grandal and Dallas Keuchel — found multiyear deals, which brings us to...

Labor war and peace Why did it take reputable All-Stars like Moustakas, Grandal, and Keuchel an extra year to get a contract commensurate with their work? Well, if you ask Rob Manfred, he might (reportedly) wonder aloud if “Marvin Miller’s system doesn’t work anymore.”

Miller’s “system” is free agency.

Those were fightin’ words. And all year, we saw numerous players waiting until spring training, or worse, to sign deals Bryce Harper and Manny Machado, two 25-year-old superstars on Hall of Fame tracks, wait until spring training to join the Phillies and Padres, respectively. The aforementioned Keuchel and Kimbrel, who is very likely the best closer of his era had to wait until the summer to join teams.

MLBPA chief Tony Clark was on high alert for any actions that might indicate the faintest hint of collusion.

Braves GM Alex Anthopoulos, a tad less. Anthopoulos’ informal group chat provoked an MLBPA investigation.

The race to the bottom The good news: In 2019, there were more 100-win teams than at any point in baseball history. The bad news: this meant a whole lot of Yankees-Orioles.

Teams have long entered rebuilding and competitive cycles, but the brazen anti-competitiveness of the O’s, Tigers and Marlins made for a lot of lopsided games.

Gleyber Torres’ Camden Yards exploits aside, predetermined losses aren’t nearly as attractive to fans as it was to the executives hoping to compete indefinitely for draft picks instead of big league wins.

Astros accused of stealing more than bases The Astros embodied the other side of competitive imbalance. While the dregs of the league exploited the

established rules to ostensibly restock their teams for the long haul, the Astros appear to have ignored the rules for a competitive edge.

Houston’s alleged illegal sign-stealing exploits have become well-documented thanks to the integrity of former Astros pitcher Mike Fiers, close onlookers like Baseball Prospectus writers Lucas Apostoleris and Rob Arthur, and then, an avalanche of Yankees and Dodgers fans sifting through 2017 postseason footage for further proof of stolen valor.

Houston, we have a problem Sign stealing, though clearly deceptive, isn’t even close to the Astros’ worst moral offense, even if it’s likely to dole out the most punishment.

The team’s coordinated slander of a reporter for honestly rendering an account of intimidation and bullying from a top executive during the Astros ALCS celebration — all because she and two other media colleagues chose to publicly express their displeasure over their 2018 trade for alleged domestic abuser Roberto Osuna — amplifies long-established criticisms about the organization’s integrity, from the top down.

The Astros were willing to win at all costs, including their reputation unless the cost included Gerrit Cole.

Mike Trout can do no wrong We could just write “Mike Trout” and end the section there. Trout’s name is synonymous with baseball excellence.

The Angels center fielder and living legend missed the end of the season

with an injury, yet still led the league in OPS and won his third MVP. Just 28, Trout’s got a shot at being the best player to ever play. Maybe even better than Derek Jeter.

The opioid crisis hits home Tyler Skaggs’ tragic overdose brought needed attention to the rise of opioid abuse throughout the league. The Angels’ rotation mainstay routinely purchased oxycodone from team communications director Eric Kay, which, along with fentanyl and alcohol, was found in his system in the subsequent medical examination.

After the season, the league and union responded to Skaggs’ death by overhauling their approach to handling “drugs of abuse” in their joint drug prevention program by testing for the drug while prioritizing treatment, rather than aggressively punitive non-solutions.

Minor league downsize Franchises may not need every minor league affiliate for efficient player development, but it’s a vital arm of what should baseball’s first priority: entertaining as many people as possible. MLB’s plan to contract over 40 minor league teams shows the league apparently thinks otherwise.

Dismantling America’s pastime was catnip for politicians at all levels, from Democratic nominee contestant Bernie Sanders to local congressman Max Rose. Manfred and the league have argued that by cutting potentially thousands of jobs across small cities and towns dependent on their minor league clubs, the saving would allow teams to raise their sub-poverty minor league wages. Then again, the Blue Jays did that without anyone’s permission.

The myth of sticking to sports Wouldn’t it be nice if baseball were a walled garden from the real world, rather than a persistent magnifying glass to society’s foibles?

But sometimes, the President decides to take in a World Series game in Nationals Park, is booed relentlessly, yet still gets a warm embrace from the majority of champions despite the silent protestations of their teammates.

Or, an umpire threatens to purchase an AR-15 in preparation for the upcoming “CIVAL WAR” if Congress impeached President Trump.

Or, a star player like Manny Machado identifies a double standard in his perception by pundits around the league that has more to do with his ethnicity than his behavior. Tim Anderson gets punished by opposing pitchers, then suspended by the league for two distinct, yet interrelated expressions of his culture.

No matter how hard we tried to stick to sports, baseball just wouldn’t let us.

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Dylan Strome and Erik Gustafsson each scored in the third period as the visiting Chicago Blackhawks rallied from a two-goal deficit on Sunday to record a 3-2 shootout win over the Columbus Blue Jackets, who have earned a point in 10 straight contests.

Chicago halved its deficit on a goal from Strome at 7:33 into the third period. The Blackhawks tied the game on their fourth power-play chance of the game, courtesy of Gustafsson’s blast with 2:02 left in regulation.

Robin Lehner made 31 saves while captain Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane scored in the shootout as Chicago won for the fourth time in five games.

Columbus thought it had won in overtime, but defenseman Zach Werenski’s shot that was initially called a goal as time expired was washed out following review.

Islanders 3, Wild 1 Ryan Pulock and Matt Martin scored the tying and go-ahead goals in a span of 97 seconds early in the third period to help visiting New York snap a three-game losing streak with a win over Minnesota in St. Paul.

Tom Kuhnhackl added an insurance goal with 2:31 left for the Islanders, who

were outscored 14-9 during their skid. Goalie Semyon Varlamov made 25 saves as New York won in regulation for the first time since a 3-1 victory over the Florida Panthers on Dec. 12.

Ryan Donato scored in the first period for the Wild, who saw their two-game winning streak end. Goalie Devan Dubnyk recorded 25 saves.

Bruins 3, Sabres 2 Jake DeBrusk scored two power-play goals over an 18-second span in the third period, and Tuukka Rask finished with 24 saves to lead Boston past visiting Buffalo.

David Pastrnak scored his league-leading 29th goal and also had an assist for the Bruins, who improved their NHL-best home record to 141-8. Steven Kampfer added two assists as Boston swept a post-Christmas home-andhome with the Sabres.

Rasmus Ristolainen had a goal and an assist, and Curtis Lazar also scored a goal for Buffalo, which lost for the fifth time in six games. Linus Ullmark had 19 saves.

Devils 4, Senators 3 (OT) Rookie Jack Hughes scored on a breakaway 54 seconds into overtime as visiting New Jersey edged Ottawa.

Kyle Palmieri’s clearing pass hit Hughes in stride near center ice. Hughes, the top pick in the 2019 NHL Draft, easily eluded the Senators’

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Chicago Blackhawks center Dylan Strome (17) and Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Seth Jones (3) battle for control of a loose puck during Sunday’s game at Nationwide Arena.

Jean-Gabriel Pageau and shuffled the puck before beating Craig Anderson for his first career NHL overtime goal.

Nico Hischier, Nikita Gusev and Miles Wood also scored for the Devils, who have collected points in five of their last seven games (4-2-1). Goalie Mackenzie Blackwood made 20 saves.

Flyers 2, Ducks 1 (OT) Kevin Hayes scored a goal with 67 seconds remaining in overtime to lift visiting Philadelphia past Anaheim.

After scoreless second and third periods, Hayes found himself on a breakaway with a shootout fast approaching and was able to beat Ducks goaltender John Gibson for

his 12th goal of the season off a long pass from Jakub Voracek.

Flyers goalie Brian Elliott made 27 saves in the victory, while Gibson made 33 saves for the Ducks.

Stars 4, Coyotes 2 Roope Hintz’s late tiebreaking goal was one of four Dallas tallies in the third period during a come-frombehind victory over host Arizona in Glendale.

A night after an overtime shootout win at home over Colorado, Dallas scored the game’s final four goals Sunday for its second straight win. Jamie Benn had a goal and an assist, Alexander Radulov scored his 11th of the season and Mattias

Janmark scored an emptynet goal for the Stars.

Arizona, once the Pacific Division leader, has lost three straight games in regulation for the first time this season. Conor Garland scored a goal and assisted on another, and Taylor Hall scored his first goal at Gila River Arena for his new team.

Blues 4, Jets 1 Jaden Schwartz scored twice as host St. Louis beat Winnipeg for its eighth consecutive victory.

Ryan O’Reilly and Robert Thomas also scored, and Jordan Binnington made 25 saves for the Blues, who are 10-1-1 against the Central Division this season.

Nicholas Shore scored, and Connor Hellebuyck stopped 24 of 27 shots for the Jets, who have lost six of their last eight games.

Lightning 2, Red Wings 1 Brayden Point scored a power-play goal early in the third period and Tampa Bay posted a narrow victory over visiting Detroit.

Ondrej Palat had the other goal for the Lightning, who have won three straight.

Curtis McElhinney made 19 saves as Tampa Bay won the first of four meetings with Detroit this season.

Robby Fabbri scored the only goal for the reeling Red Wings, who have lost six straight. They also dropped a

one-goal decision to Florida on Saturday. Jonathan Bernier kept Detroit in it until the final buzzer, stopping 37 shots.

Panthers 6, Canadiens 5 Jonathan Huberdeau scored two goals and added two assists to lead host Florida over Montreal in Sunrise, Fla. Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov posted two goals and one assist. Panthers second-line winger Noel Acciari added his eighth goal in his past six games.

Panthers defenseman Mike Matheson also scored on a shot that was nearly deflected out front by Huberdeau for what would’ve been the first hat trick of his career.

Montreal got goals from Tomas Tatar, Jeff Petry, Max Domi, Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Shea Weber.

Canucks 5, Flames 2 Tyler Myers and Tanner Pearson both scored twice and added an assist to lead visiting Vancouver to a convincing win over Calgary.

The Canucks increased their winning streak to five games.

Goaltender Thatcher Demko made 23 saves, while Jake Virtanen collected one goal and one assist for the Canucks, who moved ahead of the Flames and into third place in the Pacific Division standings.

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Tournament in signature Sunday-red 13. UVA Men’s Basketball – loses to No. 16 seed as No. 1 overall seed in 2018 NCAA Tournament, and then won the National Title in 2019 12. 2011 World Series Game 6: St. Louis Cardinals beat Texas Rangers, force Game 7 on David Freese homer in 11th 11. Eli Manning’s pass down the sideline to Mario Manningham to lead Giants to second Super Bowl win over the Patriots (Super Bowl XLVI) 10. American Pharaoh wins the 2015 Belmont Stakes to complete the 1st Triple Crown in 37 years 9. Holly Holm KO’s Ronda Rousey for massive upset at UFC 193 8. Lebron James’

Girls From B1

Naze.

HEATLY (45): Diaz 2-0-4, Hope 9-2-20, Ries 9-3-21, Zakrzewski 0-0-0, Seeloff 0-0-0.

Totals 20-5-45.

FIRST ROUND Middleburgh 48, Greenville 39 BERNE — Natalie Krasney scored a game-high 24 points, but it wasn’t enough to revent Greenville from falling to Middleburgh, 4839, in the opening round of the B-K-W Christmas Tournament on Friday.

The game was close in the first half, with Middleburgh up 10-7 after one quarter and Greenville coming back

Giants From B1

Gettleman and Shurmur were both hired in part because they were on board with bringing Manning back as the starter in 2018. Their effort to win now in year one, rather than begin a full-scale rebuild, set the franchise back even further.

They still brought Manning back for 2019 after a 5-11 season, despite drafting Duke’s Daniel Jones sixth overall to succeed him. But Shurmur benched Manning after an 0-2 start. Manning had expected to receive eight games to prove he still could win, ESPN reported recently.

Jones won his first two starts, but he then lost eight straight games. After Jones’ debut road win in Tampa Bay in Week 3, Giants senior VP of player personnel Chris Mara stood at the back of Shurmur’s press conference and watched intently, seemingly monitoring how the coach would handle his early validation.

In Week 10, after losing to the Jets, Shurmur took a shot at the Giants’ internal dynamic. He said he didn’t speak to his players postgame because “sometimes in those locker room settings there are a lot of people that I don’t recognize, and I like my message to be for the team.”

When Jones sprained his right ankle against Green Bay in Week 13, the rookie quarterback made clear he could start the next week in Philadelphia and wanted to keep playing.

But the Giants benched Jones for two weeks to get Manning back in the lineup and give him his final home start in Week 15, a victory over the terrible Dolphins.

Shurmur made several comments in the second half of this season that were critical of Gettleman’s roster, as well.

It was understandable why the coach would try to remind people how the deck had been stacked against him. Gettleman has been hiding from public view since a late July press conference,

chasedown block in 2016 NBA Finals vs Golden State Warriors leads to ending Cleveland’s 52-year championship drought 7. Julian Edelman’s bobbling catch in Super Bowl LI to help complete Patriot’s historic 28-3 comeback and overtime win 6. Villanova’s hits buzzer beater against UNC to win the 2016 NCAA Tournament 5. Ray Allen’s game-tying 3-pointer for the Miami Heat in 2013 NBA Finals Game 6 4. Malcolm Butler’s game winning interception at the goal line in Super Bowl XLIX 3. Kick-6: 109-yd kick return TD by Auburn to beat Alabama in the 2013 Iron Bowl 2. New Rochelle Boys’ Basketball stuns Mount Vernon at 2013 Class AA Section 1 Championship with most improbable half court buzzer beater 1. Chicago Cubs win Game 7 of the 2016 World Series — First World Series Title since 1908 to even the score, 17-17, at halftime. The Knights surged ahead 32-28 after three quarters, then outscored the Spartans 16-11 in the final stanza to lock up the win.

Hallie Gasner topped Middleburgh with 16 points.

Morgan Schafroth contributed 13 points.

GREENVILLE (39): Krasney 10-4-24, Misuraca 1-0-2, Naze 1-0-3, Petit 2-0-4, Rauf 2-0-4, SanEmeterio 1-0-2.

Totals 17-4-39.

3-pointers: Naze.

MIDDLEBURGH (48): Bynum 0-1-1, Gasner 6-4-16, Haemmerle 2-0-5, Palmatier 1-4-7, Schaffroth 5-0-13, Wayman 1-3-6. Totals 15-1248.

3-pointers: Schafroth 3, Haemmerle, Palmatier, Wayman. ducking accountability on the sorry state of the franchise and season.

Shurmur took it to another level last Monday, however when he said that “some of these young guys who on most teams would be backups or maybe practice squad players, they’re front line guys for us.”

The coach was complicit in helping compile this roster, though. While Shurmur was a huge advocate of Odell Beckham Jr.’s when he first took over as head coach, he and Gettleman jettisoned the star wide receiver together.

Shurmur’s best asset was his offensive play-calling.

One player said he loved Shurmur’s offensive approach because he was always willing to listen to suggestions and allowed the game plan to constantly evolve.

But his in-game decisionmaking was inconsistent and often cost the Giants points at critical junctures of eventual defeats.

That was no more evident in Week 14 at Philadelphia, when the Eagles’ Doug Pederson made several halftime adjustments and Shurmur did not, and the Giants were left flat-footed to surrender a 14-point lead.

Sources also said Shurmur was as poor and uninspiring a communicator behind the scenes as he was in front of the cameras. The coach’s inability to effectively communicate publicly and privately begs the question of why ownership did not identify that while interviewing him.

The Giants were interested in two Patriots coordinators they interviewed during that search process: Josh McDaniels and Matt Patricia. But Patricia chose the Detroit Lions, and McDaniels balked at any Giants opportunity, choosing the Colts before backing out to stay in New England.

So the Giants hired Shurmur, who had been the NFL’s 2017 assistant coach of the year as the Minnesota Vikings’ offensive coordinator.

Shurmur ended up matching his 9-23 record as the Cleveland Browns’ head coach (2011-12), however, in two failed years in New York.

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Germantown’s Jace Anderson drives to the basket during Friday’s opening round game against Rensselaer in the Taconic Hills Holiday Tournament.

Germantown’s Robbie Eaton (2) drives the baseline against Rensselaer’s Samir Lockhart during Friday’s opening round game in the Taconic Hills Holiday Tournament.

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to lead Catskill to a 64-60 victory over Mohonasen in the consolation game of the Kirvin Cup Classic on Saturday.

Catskill (7-1) led 17-13 after one quarter and extended the gap to 31-25 at halftime. Both teams scored 21 points in the third quarter, leaving the Cats in front, 52-46, entering the final eight minutes of play.

Leviticus Johnson added 16 points to Catskill’s cause.

Shawn Gillisslee led Mohonasen with 24 points. Alex Gannon and Tim Febbie each had 12.

CATSKILL (64): Johnson 6-2-16, Gibbs 1-0-2, Fernandez 13-5-32, Scott 3-0-6, Haye 4-0-8. Totals 27-7-64.

TIM MARTIN/COLUMBIA-GREENE MEDIA 3-pointers: Johnson 2, Fer- Rensselaer’s Amani Nixon (24) takes a shot as Germantown’s nandez.

Bryan Bathrick (20) goes for the block during Friday’s opening MOHONASEN (60): Gan- round game in the Taconic Hills Holiday Tournament. non 5-0-12, Cornell 1-0-2, Febie 4-1-12, Coelho 4-0-8, Tim Biernacki were named to 16-9 scoring edge in the third Marsh 1-0-2, Gillisslee 10-2- the All-Tournament team. stanza.

24. Totals 24-3-60.

GREENVILLE (47): BierTAMARAC (58): DiCarlo 3-pointers: Febbie 3, Gan- nacki 3-0-6, Fiducia 5-3-14, 1-2-4, Ednie 3-0-6, P. Mainelnon 2, Coelho 2, Gillisslee 2.

Lewis 2-2-6, Makely 0-1-1, lo 4-1-9, T. Mainello 1-2-4, Mitchell 1-0-3, Nicosia 4-3- Maxon 6-1-13, Poulin 1-4-7, FIRST ROUND 11, O’Connor 0-2-2, Weiss Rice 6-0-15. Totals 22-10-58.

Mekeel Christian 82, 2-0-4. Totals 17-11-47.

3-pointers: Rice 3, Poulin.

Catskill 45 3-pointers: Fiducia, MitchGREENVILLE (64): BierSCHENECTADY — Alex ell. nacki 3-0-6, Fiducia 5-4-15, Barnhill and Ozzy DeJeB-K-W (61): Brink 1-5-7, Nicosia 7-1-17, Mitchell 4-2sus combined for 44 points Edwards 6-3-18, Pulliam 12- 12, Makely 3-0-6, Lewis 3-0-6, as Mekeel Christian dealt 7-34, Toomey 1-0-2, Insero Weiss 1-0-2. Totals 26-7-64.

Catskill its first loss of the sea- 0-0-0. Totals 20-15-61.

3-pointers: Mitchell 2, Nicson on Friday, handing the 3-pointers: Edwards 3, Pul- osia 2, Fiducia.

Cats an 82-45 setback in the liam 3.

B-K-W 59, first round of the Kirvin Cup Cairo-Durham 44 CONSOLATION Classic on Friday.

BERNE — Zeke Pulliam Tamarac 57, Mekeel, which won the and Zach Brink combined Cairo-Durham 26 state Class B championship for 37 points in Berne-KnoxBERNE — Zachary Rice two years ago, jumped out to Westerlo’s 59-44 victory over a 19-8 lead by the end of the scored 17 points to highlight Cairo-Durham in the opening first quarter and never looked Tamarac’s 57-26 victory over round of the B-K-W Christback, going up 38-16 at half- Cairo-Durham in the con- mas Tournament on Friday. time and 61-29 after three solation game of the B-K-W Pulliam finished with 19 Christmas Tournament on quarters. points and Brink had 18 for Barnhill and DeJesus both Saturday. the Bulldogs.

Miles Ednie and Patrick had 22 for the Lions. Joe RodEthan Handel led CairoMainello each had nine dy added 18.

Durham with 19 points.

Leviticus Johnson’s 12 points for the Bengals.

Berne-Knox-Westlero held Ethan Handel’s 13 points points led Catskill. Lavon Ferquarterly leads of 15-13, 28-20 topped Cairo-Durham. nandez had 11. and 47-36.

Tamarac rolled to quarterly CATSKILL (45): ChrisCAIRO-DURHAM (44): tian 3-0-6, Johnson 5-0-12, leads of 9-5, 27-10 and 42-23. Doble 4-0-9, Handel 9-1-19, CAIRO-DURHAM (26): Gibbs 1-0-2, Fernandez 4-3Morgan 0-1-1, Phillips 2-0-6, Budz 1-0-3, Handel 5-3-13, 11, Lowe-Scott 1-0-2, Donely Wagor 4-0-9. Totals 19-2-44.

1-0-2, Scott 2-0-4, Haye 3-0-6. Morgan 1-2-4, O’Connell 0-23-pointers: Phillips 2, Wag2, Wagor 2-0-4. Totals 9-7-26.

Totals 20-3-45. or, Doble.

3-pointers: Budz.

3-pointers: Johnson 2.

B-K-W (59): Brink 4-8-18, TAMARAC (57): Barbera MEKEEL (82): Rollins 2-0Edwards 2-3-8, Heitzman 4, Kane 1-0-3, Banks 1-0-2, 1-1-3, DiCarlo 1-1-3, Ed- 1-0-2, Insero 2-1-6, Lefkaditis DeJesus 8-6-22, Roddy 7-0- nie 3-3-9, P. Mainello 3-3-9, 2-0-4, Pulliam 6-6-19, Toom18, Barnhill 8-5-22, White 4-3- Maxon 3-2-8, Medved 1-0-3, ey 1-0-2. Totals 18-18-59.

Phelps 2-0-5, Rice 6-3-17. To11. Totals 31-14-82.

3-pointers: Brink 2, Ed3-pointers: Roddy 4, Kane, tals 20-13-57. wards, Insero, Pulliam.

3-pointers: Rice 2, Phelps, Barnhill.

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B-K-W 61, Greenville 47 BERNE — Zeke Pulliam poured in 34 points to spark Berne-Knox-Westerlo to a 61-47 victory over Greenville in the championship game of the B-K-W Christmas Tournament on Saturday.

Mark Edwards had 18 points fr the Bulldogs, who rallied from an 18-12 firstquarter deficit to lead 30-21 at halftime and 44-38 through three quarters.

Damien Fiducia had 14 points for Greenville. Joe Nicosia had 11.

The Spartans’ Nicosia and

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Greenville 64, Tamarac 58 BERNE — Greenville had three players reach double figures in scoring to defeat Tamarac, 64-58, in the opening round of the B-K-W Christmas Tournament on Friday.

Joe Nicosia led the Spartans with 17 points. Damien Fiducia added 15 and James Mitchell had 12.

Zachary Rice had 15 points for Tamarac. Dalton Maxon contributed 13.

Greenville led 19-15 after one quarter, but fell behind 33-30 at halftime The Spartans regained the lead with a

Maple Hill 70, Hoosic Valley 61, OT CASTLETON — Maple Hill outscored Hoosic Valley 12-3 in overime to pull out a 70-61 victory and win the Holiday Hoopfest at The Hill championship on Sunday night.

Maple Hill led 17-10, 36-30 and 59-53 at the end of the first three quarters, but Hoosic Valley outscored the Wildcats 15-9 in the fourth quarter to even the score at 58-58 at the end of regulation.

Rian Jewett’s 22 points led Maple Hill. Blake Decker added 18 and Dominic Hirschoff contributed 13.

Logan Reilly paced Hoosic Valley with 20 points. CJ Bassett had 15 and Tyler Eddy 10.

HOOSIC VALLEY (61): Bassett 5-2-15, Caiazza 3-1-7, Eddy 2-4-10, Giordano 0-2-2, Reilly 7-5-20, Santiago 2-3-7.

Totals 19-17-61.

3-pointers: Bassett 3, Eddy 2, Reilly.

MAPLE HILL (70): Decker 6-6-18, Flach 1-0-3, Hirschoff 4-4-13, Jewett 8-4-22, Marra 3-3-9, Utter 2-0-5. Totals 2417-70.

3-pointers: Jewett 2, Decker, Hirschoff.

FIRST ROUND Maple Hill 63, Ichabod Crane 42 CASTLETON — Maple Hill broke open a close game with a big second quarter run and went on to defeat Ichabod Crane, 63-42, in the opening round of the Holiday Hoopfest at The Hill on Saturday.

The Wildcats were up 1210 after one quarter of action, then went on a 24-9 secondquarter run to take a 36-19 lead by halftime. they widened the gap to 56-31 after three quarters.

Rian Jewett was Maple Hill’s top scorer with 27 points. Blake Decker had 17 and Dominic Hirschoff 10.

Ed Ogden led Ichabod Crane with 12 points. Zach Kennedy chipped in with nine.

ICHABOD CRANE (42): Clickman 0-1-1, Colwell 0-22, Kennedy 4-0-9, Mulica 3-07, Ogden 4-2-12, Richards 1-0-2, Vecellio 1-0-2, Walsh 2-1-5, Wheeler 1-0-2. Totals 16-6-42.

3-pointers: Ogden 2, Mulica, Kennedy.

MAPLE HILL (63): Decker 7-2-17, Hirschoff 4-1-10, Jewett 12-3-27, Marra 1-5-7, Sherwood 1-0-2. Totals 2511-63.

3-pointers: Decker, Hirschoff.

NON-LEAGUE Ravena 61, Hudson 46 RAVENA — C.J. Bianchino’s 15 points led a balanced scoring attack as Ravena defeated Hudson, 61-46, in Friday’s non-league boys basketball game.

Bianchino had 15 points for the Indians. Maurice Smith added 14 and Dakhari Scheuerman had 13.

Neville Anderson topped Hudson (4-4) with 14 points.

Dayquan Griffin had 12 and Caleb Romano 10.

Ravena led 16-13 after one quarter and 31-25 at halftime, before breaking the game open with a 28-13 scoring advantage in the third stanza.

HUDSON (46): Anderson 6-0-14, DeJesus 1-0-2, Gordon 1-0-3, Griffin 5-2-12, Hedgepeth 1-0-3, Johnson 1-0-2, Romano 4-0-10. Totals 19-2-46.

3-pointers: Romano 2, Anderson 2, Hedgepeth, Gordon.

RAVENA (61): Bianchino 6-0-15, Carter 1-2-5, Myers 1-1-3, Reif 3-1-9, Scheurerman 6-1-13, Smith 6-1-14, Waddington 1-0-2. Totals 246-61.

3-pointers: Bianchino 3, Reif 2, Carter, Smith.

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20 Shaker Road, LLC. Filed with SSNY on 10/24/2019.

Office: Columbia County.

SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 52 Corporate Circle Ste #207 Albany NY 12203. Purpose: any lawful Ainsworth Gorkin PLLC. Filed with SSNY on 10/16/2019. Office location: Greene County. SSNY designated as agent for process and shall mail to: 126 Park Ln Tannersville NY 12485. Purpose:Dentistry ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF FIRST ROCK EQUITIES LLC Under Section 203 of the Limited Liability Company Law FIRST: The name of the limited liability company is: FIRST ROCK EQUITIES LLC. SECOND: The county within this state in which the office of the limited liability company is to be located is: Greene County.

THIRD: The latest date on which the limited liability company is to dissolve is: Thirty years from the date of filing.

FOURTH: The Secretary of State is designated as Agent of the Limited liability Company upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Office address within or without this state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the Limited Liability Company served upon him or her is: 1077 Route 23A, Catskill, New York 12414.

FIFTH: The future effective date of the Articles of Organization is upon filing.

SIXTH: These Articles of Organization have been filed with the Secretary of State on June 13, 2019.

Charles H. Schaefer, Esq. Deily & Schaefer, Esqs.

One Bridge Street Catskill, New York 12414 (518)943-6632 Cameron Rando LLC. Filed with SSNY on 11/11/2019.

Office: Columbia County.

SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 97 Royal Rd Stuyvesant NY 12173. Purpose: any lawful E Wheeler & Company, LLC Arts. of Org. filed w/ SSNY 12/9/19. Exist Date: 1/1/20. Off. in Greene Co. SSNY desig. as agt. of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, PO Box 126, New Baltimore, NY 12124.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

HANNAH TURNER REAL ESTATE, LLC Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company ("LLC").

Articles of Organization of 39 Lasher LLC filed New York Sec. of State ("NYSS") 7/11/2018. Office loc.

Columbia County.

Certificate of Amendment of Articles of Organization amending the name of the limited liability company to Hannah Turner Real Estate, LLC filed NYSS 2/15/2019. NYSS designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. NYSS shall mail a copy of any process to c/o The LLC, 471 Route 19, Hudson, New York 12534.

There is no specific date set for dissolution.

Purpose: to engage in any lawful activity or act. Name and Business Address of Organizer is Adeline P. Malone, Esq., 6369 Mill Street, P.O. Box 510, Rhinebeck, NY 12572.

HVC Freight LLC Arts of Or.field with Sec. of State of NY.{SSNY} 8/25/2019 as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall and shall mail process to 469 County Route 10 Germantown NY 12526 General Purpose.

Mullins Consulting, LLC. Filed with SSNY on 11/13/2019. Office: Columbia County.

SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 52 Corporate Circle Ste 207 Albany NY 12203. Purpose: any lawful Notice is hereby given that the fiscal affairs of the Taconic Hills Central School District for the period beginning on July 1, 2018 and ending on June 30, 2019, have been examined by an independent public accountant, and that the external audit prepared by the independent public accountant has been filed in my office where it is available as a public record for inspection by all interested persons. Pursuant to §35 of the General Municipal Law, the governing board of the Taconic Hills Central School District may, in its discretion, prepare a written response to the report of external audit by independent public accountant and file any such response in my office as a public record for inspection by all interested persons no later than June 30, 2020. Melissa Layman, Taconic Hills Central School District Clerk, December 30, 2019.

Notice of formation of 5975 Hunter, LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Secretary of State (NS) on 2/5/2019, office location: Greene County. NS is designated as agent upon whom process may be served. NS shall mail service of process (SOP) to: PO Box 602; Hunter, NY 12442.

5975 Hunter, LLC has designated itself as agent for SOP at PO Box 602; Hunter, NY 12442. Purpose is any lawful purpose.

Firetown Holdings LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 11/13/19. Office: Columbia County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 214 Pine Road, Hillsdale, NY 12529. Purpose: Any NOTICE OF FORMAlawful purpose.

TION OF LIMITED NOTICE OF FORMA- LIABILITY COMPANY. TION OF LIMITED Name: AKAL REAL LIABILITY COMPANY. ESTATE LLC. Articles NAME: OLSEN DCM, of Organization were LLC filed with the Secretary Articles of Organiza- of State of NY (SSNY) tion were filed with the on November 21, Secretary of State of 2019. Office Location: New York (SSNY) on Columbia County.

December 11, 2019.

SSNY has been desigOffice location: Colum- nated as agent of the bia County.

LLC upon whom proSSNY has been desig- cess against it may be nated as agent of the served.

SSNY shall LLC upon whom pro- mail a copy of process cess against it may be to: c/o Rajvir K. Cheeserved. SSNY shall ma, 14 Spruce Run, mail a copy of any pro- East Greenbush, N.Y. cess against the LLC 12061. Purpose: to Mark P. Cawley, For any lawful purEsq., 175 Hunt Road, pose.

Hillsdale, New York 12529.

NOTICE of Formation Purpose: For any law- of a Domestic Limited ful purpose.

Liability Company

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF STREAMLINE MECHANICAL SERVICES, LLC A DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York on November 27, 2019.

New York Office Location - Greene County.

Secretary of State of the State of New York is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. Secretary of State of the State of New York shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her at: c/o LLC, 269 Old Route 23, Cairo NY 12413 PURPOSE: To engage Notice of Formation of in any lawful act or acGLOBAL INTEGRITY tivity.

LLC Articles of Or- Notice of Formation of ganization filed with Windward Estates the Secretary of State LLC, a domestic Limitof N.Y. (SSNY) on ed Liability Company 12/9/2019. Office loca- (LLC), Article of Ortion: Greene County. ganization filed with SSNY designated as Secretary of State of agent of LLC upon New York (SSNY) on whom process against November 19, 2019. it may be served. Office location: ColumSSNY shall mail copy bia County, NY. SSNY of process to: PO Box is designated as agent 335, Round Top, NY upon whom process 12473. Purpose: any against the LLC may lawful activity. be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any proNOTICE OF FORMA- cess against the LLC TION of Jenn Morse to 88 Indian Trail Road, Photography LLC. Arti- Chatham, NY 12037. cles of Organization Purpose: To engage in filed with the Secretary any lawful act or acof State of New York tivity.

(SSNY) on 9/15/19. Location: Columbia PUBLIC NOTICE County. SSNY desig- NOTICE OF FORMAnated as agent for ser- TION OF A LIABILITY vice of process on LIMITED LLC. SSNY shall mail a COMPANY (LLC) copy of process to: 81 The name of the LLC is N 5th st apt 3r Hudson Sunny Bear LLC. ArtiNY 12534. Purpose: cles of Organization filed with Secretary of Any law- ful purpose.

State of New York Notice of Formation of (SSNY) on November Lyles Properties LLC, a 20, 2019. New York ofdomestic Limited fice location: 10 Main Liability Company Street, Town of Chat(LLC), Article of Or- ham, County of Coganization filed with lumbia and the State Secretary of State of of New York. SSNY New York (SSNY) on has been designated November 13, 2019. as agent of LLC upon Office location: whom process against Greene, NY. SSNY is it may be served. The designated as agent post office address to upon whom process which the SSNY shall against the LLC may mail a copy of any probe served. SSNY shall cess against the LLC mail a copy of any pro- served upon him/her cess against the LLC is: Sunny Bear LLC, to 482 West Main c/o Giovanni Iacono, Street, Catskill, NY 228 Main Street, Ger12414. Purpose: To mantown, New York engage in any lawful 12526. Purpose/Character of business: Any act or activity.

JOHN CONNOR, JR., lawful business purpose permitted under ESQ. the New York Limited 76 Green Street Liability Company P.O. Box 427 Hudson, New York Law. This notification is made pursuant to 12534 (518) 828-2712 Section 206 of the Limited Liability ComS m a l l e s t / C h e a p e s t pany Law. Size: Jan. 9th - 10am. Town NOTICE OF PUBLIC Line Self Storage. REFERENDUM 6501 State Route 32, Please take notice that Greeneville. Min Bid pursuant to General $400 Cash Only. Mark Municipal Law Section 216, a public referenGorman Unit 110.

(LLC) Under Section 203 of The Limited Liability Company Law The name of the LLC is LCK Charm LLC. The Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on 11/18/2019. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. The office of the LLC is to be located in Columbia County. The Secretary of State is designated as the agent of the LLC upon whom process against the LLC may be served. The address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is 176 Fowler Lake Rd. Ghent, New York 12075.

dum of the residents of Cairo Fire District will take place on February 4, 2020, between the hours of 6:00pm and 9:00pm at Cairo Fire House, located at 30 Railroad Ave, Cairo, NY 12413 County, State of New York for the purpose of voting upon the following proposition: THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS OF THE CAIRO FIRE DISTRICT ADOPTED A RESOLUTION ON DECEMBER 23, 2019, AUTHORIZING, PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 11-A OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, A PUBLIC REFERENDUM OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS OF THE CAIRO FIRE DISTRICT. THE RESOLUTION SEEKS APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE DEFINED CONTRIBUTION SERVICE AWARD PROGRAM, WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2013 AND IS ADMINISTERED BY THE CAIRO FIRE DISTRICT. THE AMENDMENT WOULD BE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2021 AND IF APPROVED, WOULD INCREASE THE SERVICE AWARD CONTRIBUTION THAT SHALL BE CREDITED TO THE SERVICE AWARD PROGRAM ACCOUNT OF A PARTICIPATING VOLUNTEER, FROM $700 TO $1,200, FOR EACH CALENDAR YEAR BEGINNING AFTER DECEMBER 31,2020 DURING WHICH SUCH VOLUNTEER EARNS A YEAR OF SERVICE CREDIT UNDER THE PROGRAM POINT SYSTEM; BASED ON THE CURRENT ACTIVE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER ROSTER, THE COST OF FUNDING THE CURRENT PROGRAM COULD BE AS MUCH AS $25,200 OR $700.00 PER VOLUNTEER, IF ALL CURRENT ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS EARN A YEAR OF SERVICE CREDIT UNDER THE POINT SYSTEM. SHOULD VOTERS APPROVE THIS AMENDMENT, THE ANNUAL COST COULD INCREASE TO AS MUCH AS $43,200 OR $1,200 FOR EACH PARTICIPATING VOLUNTEER. THE ANNUAL COST OF ADMINISTRATION THE AMENDED PROGRAM WOULD NOT CHANGE AS A RESULT OF THE ADOPTION OF THIS AMENDMENT. THE CURRENT PROGRAM A D M I N I S T R AT I V E COST IS ABOUT $35,600 PER YEAR.

THEREFORE, SHALL THE STATED RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE CAIRO FIRE DISTRICT SERVICE AWARD PROGRAM BE APPROVED? Please take further notice that a copy of the aforesaid resolution is available for inspection at the Fire District headquarters, and that every person who shall be a registered voter and who shall have resided in Cairo Fire District, for a period of thirty days immediately preceding the referendum shall be eligible to vote upon the proposition.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of Philmont will hold a Public Hearing on the 16th day of January, 2020 at 7:00 pm at the Village Hall to consider the following: The application for an area variance by MEKN Holding Corp., 54 Dogwood Knl, Valatie, NY 12184 for yard setbacks for a proposed Subdivision at the property of 11 Elm Street, Philmont, NY 12565, Tax map # 113.13-1-29, Millworks II zone. The applicant is requesting relief from the setback requirement and lot coverage requirement as required pursuant to section 160-9 of the Philmont Village zoning code.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that all persons interested will be heard at the above time and place.

Kurt Basl, Chairperson Zoning Board of Appeals NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF TAX ROLL AND WARRANT

TAKE NOTICE, that I Kerrie Abela, the undersigned Collector of Taxes of the Town of Germantown, County of Columbia and State of New York, have duly received the tax roll and warrant for the collection of taxes within the Town of Germantown for the year 2020. The taxes will be collected by the Bank of Greene County at 4266 Rt 9G, Germantown, N. Y. during regular banking hours. I will be holding hours for the month of January on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 8:30am to 10:30am for information and questions at 50 Palatine Park Road, Germantown, N.Y. TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that taxes may be paid on or before January 31, 2020 without charge or interest.

On all taxes received after such date, there shall be added interest of 1% if paid on or before February 29, 2020 and an additional percent for each additional month or fraction thereof thereafter until such taxes are paid or until the return of unpaid taxes to the county treasurer pursuant to law.

TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that pursuant to the provisions of law the tax roll of the Town of Germantown will be returned to the County Treasurer of the County of Columbia on the 1st day of April, 2020.

December 31, 2020 Kerrie Abela Collector of taxes of the Town of Germantown

NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY, Plaintiff AGAINST DEGUERRE A. BLACKBURN, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS TRUSTEE OF THE RODERIC H. BLACKBURN REVOCABLE TRUST AND THE DEGUERRE A. BLACKBURN REVOCABLE TRUST, RODERIC H. BLACKBURN, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS TRUSTEE OF THE RODERIC H. BLACKBURN REVOCABLE TRUST AND THE DEGUERRE A. BLACKBURN REVOCABLE TRUST, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated October 16, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Front Steps of the Columbia County Courthouse, 401 Union Street, City of Hudson, on January 10, 2020 at 11:00AM, premises known as 33 BROAD STREET, KINDERHOOK, NY 12106. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Kinderhook, County of Columbia and State of New York, SECTION 53.8, BLOCK 1, LOT 6.

Approximate amount of judgment $717,177.62 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 12900-18.

KEVIN LAURILLIARD, ESQ., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT Suite 100 COUNTY OF COLUM- Williamsville, NY 14221 BIA

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COLUMBIA-GREENE MEDIA PROBATE CITATION File No. 2019-201 S U R R O G ATE ’ S COURT - GREENE COUNTY CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO: The heirs at law, next of kin, and distributees of the Estate of George Engelke deceased, if living, and if any of them be dead to their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, legatees, executors, administrators, assignees and successors in interest whose names are unknown and cannot be ascertained after due diligence.

Leticia James, Attorney General of the State of New York, Empire State Plaza, Justice Building, 2nd Floor, Albany, NY 12224 A petition having been duly filed by Priscilla Moore and Timothy Dale Brennan, Sr., who are domiciled at 50 Kipp Lane, Lot No. 5, Hudson, NY 12534 and 322 Route 27B, Lot#5, Claverack, NY 12513.

YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Greene County, at 320 Main Street, Catskill, NY, on January 29, 2020 at 1:45 p.m. of that day, why a decree should not be made in the Estate of George Engelke lately domiciled at The Eliot, 122 Jefferson Heights, Catskill, NY 12414 admitting to probate a Will dated March 16, 2012, as the Will of George Engelke, deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that Letters Testamentary issue to Priscilla Moore and Timothy Brennan, Sr. Dated, Attested and Sealed, November 26, 2019 Hon. Charles Tailleur Surrogate Heather Sheehan Chief Clerk John Connor, Jr., Esq. Print Name of Attorney (518)828-2712 76 Green Street, Hudson, NY 12534 NOTE: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear.

If you fail to appear it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested.

You have a right to have an attorney appear for you.

PUBLIC NOTICE FOR GERMANTOWN FIRE D I S T R I C T O R G A N I Z AT I O N MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Germantown Fire District of the Town of Germantown, Columbia County, N.Y., will hold their Organizational Meeting, in addition to any other business that comes before the board, on Monday, January 6, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. at the Germantown Firehouse located at 181 Main Street, Germantown, N.Y..

Kerrie Abela, Secretary Germantown Fire District Retreatopia LLC. Arts. an Org. filed with the SSNY on 8/15/19. Office: Columbia County.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 9030 State Route 22, Suite 3, Hillsdale, NY 12529. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

RUSK MOUNTAIN LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 11/18/2019.

Office in Greene Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to PO Box 37, Ashland, NY 12407. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF GREENE Index No. 18-1009 Filed with the Greene County Clerk on November 7, 2018 Plaintiff designates Greene County As the place of trial based upon residence of the plaintiff SUMMONS WITH NOTICE Plaintiff resides at: Coxsackie, New York LUAY ABUSHQEIR Plaintiff, - against WALTER A. SALNARDI, if living; or if Walter A. Salnardi is dead, then John Doe #1 through #100 and Jane Doe #1 through 100, said names being fictitious and being intended to designate and represent persons unknown who are, or may claim to be, the heirs at law, next of kin, devisees, distributees, grantees, legal representative, executors, administrators and successors in interest of WALTER A. SALNARDI, and all other persons unknown claiming an estate, right, title, lien or interest in the real property described as Tax Map ID# 137.02-410 and situate in the Town of Catskill, Greene County, New York adverse to plaintiff's ownership or any cloud on plaintiff's title thereto, Defendant.

ACTION FOR QUIET TITLE To the above-named Defendant: You are hereby summoned to serve a notice of appearance on the plaintiff's attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); and in case of your failure to appear, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the notice set forth below.

NOTICE: The nature of this action is to quiet title for a conveyance that was made pursuant to a judgment I failure to pay taxes for three years where the title holders/ Defendants had failed to pay taxes for three (3) years. The Defendants failed to act within the timeframe for redemption and the property was seized by Greene County and duly sold at auction.

The relief sought is: (a) granting to the plaintiff and against the defendant a clear title of a Bargain and Sales Deed, with Covenants Against Grantor's Acts - Individual or Corporation, and (b) that is be declared and adjudged that the Defendant have no estate, right or title or interest whatsoever in or to the Property or any part of it.

Dated: Catskill, New York December 19, 2019 SHELLEY A. BOWER, ESQ., ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Shelley Ann Bower, Esq., Attorney Attorney for Plaintiff 220 Jefferson Heights Catskill, New York 12414 Telephone: (518) 9431615, ext. 304 Telefax: (866) 7289251 (not for service of papers) The Bunker Recordings LLC Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 11/19/2019.

Office: Greene County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 6405 Rt 32 Cairo NY, 12413. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

The Town Board of the Town of Catskill will hold their Organizational Meeting on Tuesday, January 7, 2020 at 6:00 pm at Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill, NY. The monthly board meeting will follow. By Order of the Catskill Town Board, Elizabeth Izzo, Town Clerk

Spiraling Planet LLC, Art. of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/2/19. Off. loc.: Columbia Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served & shall mail: 572 Rte. 7, Pine Plains, NY 12567. SUPREME COURT OF Purp.: any lawful purp.

THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF TedHouse Properties GREENE LLC Art of Org have INDEX NO. 0283/18 designates been filed with the Plaintiff New York States Sec- GREENE as the place retary of State on Oco- of trial situs of the real ber 29, 2019. Off. loc. property Greene County, SSNY S U P P L E M E N T A L designated as agent SUMMONS upon whom process Mortgaged Premises: may be served and 64 MAPLE AVENUE shall mail to PO Box HUNTER, NY 12442 Section: 794, Windham, NY District: 12496. Purp. any law- 164.05 Block: 8 Lot 3.21 ful purpose

HOMEBRIDGE FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., Plaintiff, vs.

RICHARD TANNENHOLZ AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF BARRY L. TANNENHOLZ; JEFFREY TANNENHOLZ AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF BARRY L. TANNENHOLZ if living, and if she/he be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to UNKNOWN plaintiff; HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF BARRY L. TANNENHOLZ, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described anti intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ANTHONY CAVALCANTE, DEBORRAH B. CAVALCANTE, "JOHN DOE #1" through "JOHN DOE #20," the last twenty names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants.

To the above named Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiffs Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the Summons; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.

NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $275,793.00 and interest, recorded on June 16, 2009, at Instrument number 2009-00003056, of the

Public Records of GREENE County, New York, covering premises known as 64 MAPLE AVENUE HUNTER, NY 12442.

The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above.

GREENE County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county.

NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action.

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NFL playoffs schedule, bracket and what you need to know Adam Kilgore The Washington Post

From the swelter of summer to the chill of winter, the NFL regular season reduced the NFL’s 32 teams to a field of 12. Now, January will decide a pair of conference champions who will face off in the Super Bowl. The NFL playoffs have arrived, and here is what you need to know.

When do the NFL playoffs start?

The wild-card round will feature two games Saturday and two more Sunday. The divisional round will occur Jan. 11 and Jan. 12. Conference championships will take place on Jan. 19, with the winners of those two games advancing to the Super Bowl.

Which teams are in the playoffs?

Here is a look at the four wild-card matchups next weekend, and the four teams that earned first-round byes: - AFC Wild Card: No. 5 Buffalo Bills (10-6) at No. 4 Houston Texans (10-6) The Texans played most of the season without star defensive lineman J.J. Watt, but he will return for the playoffs after being sidelined by a torn pectoral muscle. The Bills recorded their first double-digit-win regular season of the 21st century, a tribute to third-year Coach Sean McDermott and a strong defense that excels at limiting big plays. Deshaun Watson of Houston and Josh Allen of Buffalo are two of the NFL’s most exciting quarterbacks.

- AFC Wild Card: No. 6 Tennessee Titans (9-7) at No. 3 New England Patriots (12-4) The Patriots will play on the opening playoff weekend for the first time in a decade after squandering a bye with their stunning Week 17 loss to the Miami Dolphins. They’ll meet one of the hottest teams in the NFL in the Titans, who have posted a 7-3 record since Coach Mike Vrabel replaced starting quarterback Marcus Mariota with Ryan Tannehill at midseason. Vrabel was a key figure in New England’s early-2000s dominance on some of Bill Belichick’s best defenses.

- NFC Wild Card: No. 5 Seattle Seahawks (11-5) at No. 4 Philadelphia Eagles (9-7) The Eagles made the playoffs on the weakness of the NFC East, able to host a wild-card game

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Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen (17) looks downfield to pass against the New York Jets during Sunday’s game at New Era Field.

despite an inferior record. The Eagles won the Super Bowl two years ago despite an injury to quarterback Carson Wentz, and now Wentz will make his first playoff appearance, albeit with an offense that has been depleted by injuries. The Seahawks are dealing with injuries of their own, buoyed by Russell Wilson, likely to finish runnerup to Lamar Jackson in MVP voting, and the dramatic return of beloved, battering running back Marshawn Lynch.

- NFC Wild Card: No. 6 Minnesota Vikings (106) at No. 3 New Orleans Saints (13-3) The Saints lost out on a bye because the 49ers beat them head-to-head and the Packers had a better winning percentage in the NFC, but it would surprise no one if Drew Brees and Sean Payton made their second Super Bowl of their remarkable 13-season run together. The Saints, who lost the NFC championship at home in overtime last year amid a controversial missed pass

interference call, have fallen victim to consecutive heartbreaking playoff exits. This game will be a rematch of the first, the Minnesota Miracle.

Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins will make the second playoff start of his career, and the first since he signed a fully guaranteed three-year, $85 million contract.

- AFC No. 1 seed: Baltimore Ravens (14-2) In both style and success, the Ravens defined the 2019 regular season. Quarterback Lamar Jackson is expected to run away with the MVP after Coach John Harbaugh and offensive coordinator Greg Roman redesigned Baltimore’s offense around Jackson’s unprecedented blend of speed, quickness and passing ability. They enter the playoffs on a 12-game winning streak, having gone 5-1 against playoff teams.

- AFC No. 2 seed: Kansas City Chiefs (12-4) The Chiefs came within one offsides call of winning the AFC last year, barely losing in overtime to

the Patriots. This year, they have a defense to pair with reigning MVP Patrick Mahomes. The Chiefs finished the season on a six-game winning streak while allowing 11.5 points per game during that stretch. Andy Reid is trying to shed his unofficial title as the best modern coach never to win a Super Bowl.

- NFC No. 1 seed: San Francisco 49ers (13-3) The 49ers are a classic post-hype sleeper. At the start of 2018, when they were coming off a 6-0 finish behind new quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, the 49ers were a chic choice to contend in the NFC. Instead, Garoppolo got hurt and San Francisco compiled the second-worst record in the NFL. The performance enabled them to draft pass rusher Nick Bosa, a stroke of good fortune that has contributed to Kyle Shanahan’s longawaited breakout as a head coach. Tight end George Kittle is a superstar in the making, and his ruggedness embodies San Francisco’s physical style.

- NFC No. 2 seed: Green Bay Packers (13-3) While the Packers earned a bye under firstyear coach Matt LaFleur, they rarely looked like a dominant team. Quarterback Aaron Rodgers remains a terrifying force for opposing defensive coordinators, but he had one of his worst statistical seasons and struggled to find reliable receivers outside of Davante Adams. Green Bay’s defense, led by offseason acquisitions defensive linemen Za’Darius Smith and Preston Smith, may be its strength this season.

How do the NFL playoffs work?

The four winners this weekend will advance to play in the Divisional Round next weekend, hosted by the four teams that received byes. The lowest remaining seeds will travel to face the No. 1 seeds in each conference.

Those winners will face off in the conference title games Sunday, Jan. 19. The AFC championship will kick off at 3:05 p.m. on CBS, and the NFC championship will begin at 6:30 p.m. on FOX. The conference champions will meet in the Super Bowl two weeks later.

When is the Super Bowl?

Super Bowl LIV will take place Sunday, Feb. 2, in Miami at 6:30 p.m., broadcast by FOX.

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Los Angeles Lakers forward Anthony Davis (3) moves the ball against Dallas Mavericks forward Kristaps Porzingis (6) during Sunday’s game at Staples Center.

NBA roundup: Davis, Lakers top Doncic, Mavs Field Level Media

Anthony Davis had 23 points and nine rebounds as the host Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Dallas Mavericks 108-95 on Sunday night at Staples Center.

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 19 points, converting 5 of 9 shots and 4 of 5 3-pointers, off the bench for the Lakers, while Dwight Howard scored all 15 of his points in the first half.

On the eve of his 35th birthday, LeBron James finished with 13 points and 13 assists.

Luka Doncic, who entered the contest as the NBA’s thirdleading scorer at 29.1 points per game, had 19 points on 5-of-14 shooting to go with seven assists. He was 0 for 6 on 3-pointers. Delon Wright added 14 points off the bench, while Kristaps Porzingis managed 11 points on 4-of-10 shooting.

The Mavericks got a scare in the second quarter when Doncic crashed to the floor after being fouled by Howard on a drive to the bucket. He left the game with 2:02 remaining in the quarter but returned for the second half.

Thunder 98, Raptors 97 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander matched his career best with 32 points – including the go-ahead jumper with 36 seconds remaining – as visiting Oklahoma City edged Toronto.

Chris Paul scored 20 of his 25 points in the second half as the Thunder won their fifth straight game in Toronto and sixth in their last seven contests overall.

Paul added 11 rebounds and eight assists in the victory.

Kyle Lowry and Fred VanVleet each scored 20 points for the Raptors. Patrick McCaw added 13 points, and Serge

Ibaka had 12 points to go along with 14 rebounds.

Grizzlies 117, Hornets 104 Dillon Brooks scored 20 points and Memphis found numerous sources of offense to defeat visiting Charlotte.

Brandon Clarke tallied 18 points, Jonas Valanciunas had 16, Grayson Allen matched a season-high mark with 15 points and Jaren Jackson Jr. supplied 14 points and 12 rebounds for the Grizzlies. Memphis shot 17-for-17 on free throws.

The sour-shooting Hornets have lost five games in a row.

Malik Monk led Charlotte with 18 points off the bench, while PJ Washington and Devonte’ Graham both chipped in with 16.

Pelicans 127, Rockets 112 Brandon Ingram and Lonzo Ball scored 27 points each as host New Orleans defeated short-handed Houston.

Jrue Holiday and E’Twaun Moore added 25 each and Derrick Favors had 12 points and 16 rebounds as the Pelicans won for the fifth time in six games.

They outscored the Rockets 4119 in the fourth quarter.

The Rockets played without James Harden and Russell Westbrook. Coach Mike D’Antoni said Harden, averaging a league-best 38.3 points, could have played but was held out to rest a sprained toe and a sore knee. Westbrook was inactive on the back end of a backto-back after host Houston beat New Jersey 108-98 on Saturday.

Nuggets 120, Kings 115 Rookie Michael Porter Jr. had a season-high 19 points in his first career start, Will Barton also had 19 points, and host Denver handed Sacramento its seventh straight loss.

The Washington Redskins lost to close out the 2019 season on Sunday, but they might turn out to be one of the big winners of Week 17.

As a result of their 47-16 drubbing at Dallas on Sunday, the Redskins locked up the No. 2 overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft. The Cincinnati Bengals, despite their 33-23 win over the Cleveland Browns on Sunday, will pick first. The Bengals locked up the top spot with an overtime loss last week at Miami.

Most draft projections currently have two players as the clear-cut top prospects entering the draft: Heismanwinning LSU quarterback Joe Burrow (who was a high school star in Ohio) and Ohio State defensive end Chase Young. Many mock drafts have Burrow going No. 1 to the Bengals and Young going No. 2.

One caveat: Young has another year of college eligibility remaining and has yet to announce whether he will leave college for the NFL or return to Columbus for his senior season. Ohio State lost to Clemson in the Fiesta Bowl on Saturday night.

After the Redskins at No. 2 will be Detroit Lions, whose late-game collapse at home to Green Bay on Sunday

left them at 3-12-1. The Lions hold the No. 3 pick. If Burrow and Young go 1-2 as expected, No. 3 could be where the action begins in terms of teams looking to trade up.

Like the Redskins, the New York Giants lost to an NFC East foe as Philadelphia won 34-17 in East Rutherford, N.J., to clinch the division. Thus the Giants (4-12) will pick No. 4 Miami, the Los Angeles Chargers and Carolina get picks 5-7, respectively, after each finished 5-11. The Panthers and Chargers lost in Week 17 while the Dolphins’ upset win in New England cost them at least one spot. Draft position among teams with the same record is determined by a strength-ofschedule tiebreaker – the aggregate winning percentage of each team’s opponents for the entire season. Per the NFL, “the team that played the schedule with the lowest winning percentage will be awarded the higher pick.”

Rounding out the 2020 top 10, in order, are Arizona, Jacksonville and Cleveland.

Three teams currently hold multiple first-round picks with Miami holding three (thanks to the Minkah Fitzpatrick trade with Pittsburgh and the Laremy Tunsil trade with Houston). The Raiders also own Chicago’s first-round pick

as part of last year’s Khalil Mack trade, and the Jaguars have the Los Angeles Rams’ next two first-round picks as part of the midseason Jalen Ramsey trade.

While the first 20 picks are set, picks 21-32 will determined by playoff results. The 2020 NFL Draft will be held April 23-25 in Las Vegas.

2020 NFL Draft first-round order (first 20 picks): 1. Cincinnati (2-14) 2. Washington (3-13) 3. Detroit (3-12-1) 4. N.Y. Giants (4-12) 5. Miami (5-11) 6. L.A. Chargers (5-11) 7. Carolina (5-11) 8. Arizona (5-10-1) 9. Jacksonville (6-10) 10. Cleveland (6-10) 11. N.Y. Jets (7-9) 12. Oakland (7-9) 13. Indianapolis (7-9) 14. Tampa Bay (7-9) 15. Denver (7-9) 16. Atlanta (7-9) 17. Cowboys (8-8) 18. Miami (from Pittsburgh, 8-8) 19. Oakland (from Chicago, 8-8) 20. Jacksonville (from L.A. Rams, 9-7)

Jerry Jones embracing ‘change’ in Dallas Field Level Media

Jason Garrett will not receive a new contract with the Dallas Cowboys, 105.3 The Fan in Dallas reported early Monday.

Owner Jerry Jones implied he was ready to make a change following the Cowboys’ Week 16 loss to the Eagles that shifted control of the NFC East from Dallas to Philadelphia and continued that narrative on Monday.

Jones told The Fan he would use his past experiences hiring coaches to guide his decision this time around.

“You just are a product of everything when you

ultimately make a decision,” Jones said. “I did it to begin with when I initially chose a coach. I’ll use the same type of logic. I’ll use all the experiences I’ve had for that kind of input.”

Garrett told the station he is scheduled to meet with Jerry and Stephen Jones following a team meeting.

“We’ll have a good visit and see what’s next,” Garrett said.

The Cowboys finished 8-8 in 2019, and Jones said Monday he anticipates making a change.

“I do. I do. I make changes, and I certainly can see myself making a lot of changes in a lot of areas. Just the times call

for that. I am about change. I change a lot,” Jones said.

Jones made no official announcement after Sunday’s win over the Washington Redskins and promised “no shareable timeline” for when he expected to make a call on Garrett’s future with the team.

On the heels of a loss to the Buffalo Bills on Thanksgiving Day, which was the third in four games for the Cowboys, Jones’ tone shifted from optimistic to frustrated.

While he wouldn’t technically need to fire Garrett – his contract expires Jan. 14 – Jones had previously been hesitant to make a change

at the top. Terminating their partnership could mean a big name and big personality coming to the Cowboys with reports indicating Jones has high interest in Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley and former Ohio State coach Urban Meyer.

Garrett, 53, spent more than nine seasons as head coach. He took over midway through the 2010 season and went 85-67. The Cowboys have won 40 games in the past four seasons since the team’s last losing season in 2015.

Dallas made the playoffs three times under Garrett, going 2-3 in those postseason appearances.

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Bride-to-be attempts to keep hurt feelings down Dear Abby, I have an awkward wedding conundrum I hope you can help me with. I am getting married in April and want to invite two co-workers with whom I am very close.

One of them is married; the other, “Sara,” is in the process DEAR ABBY of divorcing her husband. Sara was unhappy for years with her almost ex-husband, and we witnessed the deterioration of their marriage over several years.

About a year ago, while still married, Sara began an affair. She’s still “seeing” this man — sneaking out, meeting him on his lunch break, going to motels — while she goes through the divorce process.

I’m keeping a very tight grip on my guest list to control the costs. I don’t want to pass judgment on Sara, but I don’t think her situation at present qualifies as a true, committed relationship, which is the parameter I set when deciding who gets to bring a plus-one.

I know she will feel slighted because in her mind he’s her boyfriend, and they are a couple. I have met him only once, but because they have been so secretive, he’s a complete stranger to me. Sara may resent that I invited our other coworker’s husband and not her “boyfriend.” Is there a way I can handle this tactfully?

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If you invite one close co-worker’s significant other and exclude the other, there are guaranteed to be hurt feelings. If you explain that you don’t feel she is in a committed relationship (after a year!), you will get yourself deeper into hot water because she will be insulted. Believe me, if you do what you are considering, it’s going to cost you far more than the price of two dinners.

Dear Abby, I’m a 67-year-old woman. I’ve been single all my life but now wish I could find a companion to share my later years with. My problem is, I’m not interested in a sexual relationship. I have never been good at the physical part of intimacy. As a result, I’ve had limited experience and not much luck with men. When I was younger, I had a reasonably healthy sexual appetite, but couldn’t seem to do “the act” right, although I enjoyed the prelude.

My idea of a relationship now would be with a kind, supportive man who likes to dance and enjoy life, but who’s OK with no sex. Is this a reasonable expectation at my age, or should I just give it all up?

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The size is the biggest predictor of malignancy, so your doctors are likely monitoring the size of your tumors. Those less than 2 cm in size are at low risk for malignancy. “Malignant” and “cancerous” are synonymous terms, but the boundary between benign tumors and malignant ones is not as sharp a line as we used to think.

These cystic tumors are filled with mucin and can block the main pancreatic duct or a side pancreatic duct, through which the

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Scientists observed that vitamin D levels — D2 and D3, the usual kind we supplement — are low in people with any kind of pancreatitis, but vitamin D treatment often made the pancreatitis worse. This seeming paradox was resolved when it was further found that the inflammatory cells in the inflamed pancreas were making the active form of vitamin D (1,25-dihydroxy vitamin D), and high levels of this active D vitamin were increasing calcium levels. The increase made pancreatitis worse. The low levels of circulating vitamin D2 and D3 are part of the body’s response to the elevated 1,25-dihydroxy vitamin D. Vitamin D supplementation is thus not usually done in pancreatitis since it can make it worse.

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You can be somewhat secretive, especially with those whom you have first met — but soon you will reveal yourself in full glory, and you’ll encourage those around you to do the same.

Though you may, in your youth, have suffered from self-deception, in your maturity you will surely be a model of self-awareness in most if not all things.

Also born on this date are: Sir Anthony Hopkins, actor; Donna Summer, singer; John Denver, singer; Val Kilmer, actor; Sir Ben Kingsley, actor; Bebe Neuwirth, actress; Henri Matisse, painter; Simon Wiesenthal, Holocaust survivor and writer.

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.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — You know what is required of you today to perform and complete a certain task as expected. Don’t get creative; stick to

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Dear Readers: Well, contentious 2019 is at an end! Please accept my heartfelt good wishes for a happy, healthy and successful 2020. And if you plan to be out partying tonight to ring in the New Year, please be sure you have appropriate transportation arrangements and be safe! Love, Abby.

Vitamin D’s odd connection with pancreas inflammation Are you aware of the possibility of pancreatitis resulting from long-term vitamin D2 supplementation? I was diagnosed with IPMN with chronic pancreatitis after being on 50,000 IU of vitamin D2 once a week for nine months. I had mild upper left quadrant pain, which I am told is quite unusual for pancreatic cysts. After doTO YOUR ing some research, I decided to GOOD HEALTH decrease and then stop the D2.

As I did, cyst sizes and tumor markers both decreased. In addition, the pain resolved. I was fortunate enough to detect the connection, but have not had any interest from medical practitioners about looking into the possible link here.

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Hagar the Horrible

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Baby Blues the script!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — You may have to cope with interruptions today as you strive to complete a complex endeavor. Some moments provide surprise inspiration.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Knowing what you’re looking at and being confident in your assessment of what you see will prove important to you all day long.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — You can satisfy a craving today, but know that you’re going to have to carve out a certain amount of time from your day to do so.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — You may be questioning your own motives at times today. A friend lets you know when things are not quite up to par.

Stick to what you know.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Are you ready for what you suspect is right around the next corner?

As you continue to prepare, there’s no reason to keep friends in the dark.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You must follow the rules today and insist that others do the same.

Someone may try to resist your authority, but you’ll stand your ground.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Look at yourself and others honestly today, and you’ll be able to determine just which planned changes will lead to good and which will not.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — What you’re working on now needn’t be finished by day’s end. You have dedicated yourself to the process, not to a preconceived result.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — The opinions you are sharing at this time may not be falling on the right ears. Be sure that you are talking to those who can hear you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — You may have trouble forming a clear opinion today, but only because the input you expected to receive hasn’t yet arrived. Be patient; don’t be soured.

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SUPER QUIZ

THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME

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

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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.

Final Level 1

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

IN THE Yesterday’s Saturday’s

(Answers Answers Thursday (Answers tomorrow) tomorrow) Jumbles: BRINE STORMY GLANCE Jumbles: STOMP TUNER TINGE GLOBAL DISOWN mimes worked together for years Answer: When askedhad when he’d be done writing his and new Answer: The enjoyed being — SILENT PARTNERS short story, the author said — IT WON’T BE LONG

Solution puzzle Solution to to Saturday’s Monday’s puzzle

12/31/19 Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9.

For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit

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Each answer contains “final.” (e.g., Term for the last four teams in a playoff tournament. Answer: Final four.)

Freshman level 1. What is a swan song?

2. What is the host’s catchphrase on “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”

3. Lyrics: “And now the end is near, and so I face the _____.”

Graduate level 4. Term for the last edited version of a movie as approved by the director and producer.

5. A description of space used in the opening narration of the TV series “Star Trek.”

6. Joe DiMaggio’s final words.

PH.D. level 7. This video game follows four Light Warriors.

8. What are Aristotle’s four causes as to why something is?

9. This American horror franchise consists of five films, two comic books and nine novels.

SUPER QUIZ ANSWERS 1. A final performance. 2. “Is that your final answer?” 3. Final curtain. 4.

Final cut. 5. The final frontier. 6. “I’ll finally get to see Marilyn.” 7. Final Fantasy. 8. Material cause, formal cause, efficient cause and final cause. 9. “Final Destination.”

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?

Mutts

Dilbert

Pickles For Better or For Worse

Get Fuzzy

Hi & Lois

Crossword Puzzle Mother Goose & Grimm ACROSS 1 __-by-night; unreliable 4 Get out of the way of 9 Breakfast order 13 Kitchen or den 15 Of birds 16 Plane ticket cost 17 Cartoon bear 18 Slowly, in music 19 “One __ Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” 20 Rider 22 Brain wave tests 23 Sardine containers 24 Apple computer 26 Civilized; suave 29 Perfectly clean 34 Alcoves 35 Word before Korea or Carolina 36 Hit a tennis ball in a high arc 37 __-all; panacea 38 Minute 39 Brief life sketches 40 Supped 41 Daring deeds 42 Stop 43 Street vendors 45 Blush 46 Trot 47 Breeze 48 Eatery 51 Lending a hand to 56 Cries of discovery 57 Waterbird 58 Actor __ McDonough 60 Chums 61 Father or grandfather 62 Actor Richard 63 Auction-lover’s site 64 Fannies 65 Deli loaf DOWN 1 Cook in oil 2 Thrown for a __; stunned 3 Meditative exercise 4 Coeur __, Idaho 5 Kitchen appliances

Bound & Gagged

Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews

6 “__ Dong! The witch is dead…”

7 Terminal-to-plane passage 8 Massiveness 9 Consequence 10 Gust 11 Dharma’s love 12Colorful Stitchessongbird 9 14 Error 21 Moral misdeeds 25 Tree of the olive family 26 Remove the lid from 27 Way to go 28 Like a dull speaker’s audience 29 Keats and Yeats 30 __ into; collides with 31 Classic by Homer 32 Lasso’s end 33 Actor Buddy 35 Burn 38 High schooler 39 Sheets & blankets 41 Respiratory bug

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Saturday’s Monday’s Puzzle Solved

Non Sequitur

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42 Coin made of zinc 44 Like formal wear 45 Early __; those up with the sun 47 More clever 48 Garment for Superman 49 Fictional captain

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50 “…with boughs of holly, __…”

52 Fish usually filleted 53 Word with crackers or pop 54 __-do-well 55 City in Indiana 59 Gen. Robert E. __

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