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Bogins takes seat on council

Graduation rates rise in pandemic’s 2nd year

By Ted Remsnyder Columbia-Greene Media

school in 2008 graduated at an average rate of 76.7%. “A high school diploma is more than a piece of paper,” Education Department Commissioner Betty A. Rosa said in a statement. “For many, a diploma is the key to unlocking opportunities that may seem out

CAIRO — Four days after the sudden resignation of former councilman Stephen Kralovich, the Cairo Town Board approved its newest member on Wednesday with the unanimous confirmation of Republican nominee Debra Bogins. Kralovich stepped down due to “unforeseen circumstances” and the board promptly nominated Bogins to serve in his stead for the rest of 2022. A special election will be held Nov. 8 to fill the remainder of Kralovich’s term, which is set to expire Dec. 31, 2023. During the board’s workshop meeting Wednesday night, Town Supervisor Jason Watts and council members MaryJo Cords, Tim Powers and Michael Flaherty voted 4-0 to confirm Bogins’ appointment. Following the meeting, Bogins said she plans to run in November to retain her seat. Bogins said she was surprised to be offered the nomination in the short time between Kralovich’s resignation on Saturday and her confirmation on Wednesday. After the board confirmed Bogins at the start of Wednesday’s meeting, she was sworn in by Cairo Town Justice Joan VanDenburgh and subsequently took her seat on the board for the rest of the meeting. Bogins ran in the Cairo Republican Committee caucus in March 2021 and finished fourth in a fourperson race for two GOP town board nominations. She said she was eager to serve on the council when the board chose to nominate her this week. “I actually was in the caucus because I wanted to be on the board,” she said following the meeting. “I’ve lived here my whole entire life and I love the town of Cairo. My family has been here for years. My greatgrandparents are buried at the cemetery. I know all of the people

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By Kate Lisa and Noah Eckstein Columbia-Greene Media

High school seniors in Greene County largely graduated at higher rates in 2021 compared to the previous academic year, according to new state Education Department data, overcoming difficulties in the second year of the coronavirus pandemic. Graduation rates of public high school students across the state’s 700-plus school districts slightly increased by 1.3%, or at a statewide average of 86.1% in the 2020-21 academic year for students who entered high school in 2017. The pandemic has exacerbated inequities in the education system — highlighting greater hurdles for students in low socioeconomic and minority districts and gaps in digital literacy as classrooms relied on remote learning. “We know educational opportunities are not equally available to all students,” Board of Regents Chancellor Lester W. Young Jr. said in a statement. “Graduation rates are one metric we use to identify where inequities exist so we can better support our students and education communities. Every student can succeed when given the support to do so. Until we address them, inequities will continue to diminish opportunities for too many students. Through our work on diversity, equity and inclusion, we are focused on addressing the barriers that impact our most vulnerable students.” Cairo-Durham’s graduating seniors received their high school diplomas at a reduction of 12%, or 80% last year down from 92% in 2019-2020. Cairo-Durham the only district in Greene County where graduation rates declined. School

representatives did not return requests for comment about the graduation rate Thursday. An average of 84.8% of public school students who graduated in the 2019-2020 academic year received their diplomas, according to the department. The state’s graduation rates have increased 9.4% in the last decade. Students who started in high

Crews fight large fire in apartment building By Bill Williams Columbia-Greene Media

TANNERSVILLE — A fastmoving fire tore through an apartment building on the mountaintop in Greene County early Thursday morning. The four-unit apartment building in Tannersville sustained heavy damage in the blaze. “There is nothing left of the roof and attic area of the building, Tannersville fire chief Steve Tuomey said. At about 12:31 a.m., Greene County 911 sent Tannersville Fire Department to 9 Spruce St., after receiving a call from a man who said his house was on fire. When the first firefighters

arrived on the scene, they confirmed there was a fire in the structure and immediately requested mutual-aid assistance from neighboring fire companies. Nine additional companies were requested to assist Tannersville. All the residents of the building were able to get out safely before firefighters arrived. There were no pets in the residence, Tuomey said. The strong, gusty winds were a factor in how quickly the fire spread throughout the building, Tuomey said. Crews poured water on the burning building for several

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Fire tears through the roof of a two-story apartment building in Tannersville on Thursday morning.

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Ten fire companies were sent to assist in fighting a fire in a twostory apartment building in Tannersville on Thursday morning.

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New Cairo Town Board Member Debra Bogins was sworn in by Cairo Town Court Justice Joan VanDenburgh following her confirmation during Wednesday’s town board meeting.

Walking around the park and visiting the playground were the two main attractions to the park, while residents most wanted to see the addition of inclusive equipment to the playground and additional bathrooms. The town has identified 20 specific potential projects to refurbish the project as it seeks state grant funding. Watts said the town was not selected for funding by the state in early January, but plans to resubmit grant applications in the future. Jones told the board that getting

residents to write letters to their state representatives petitioning for upgrades to the park would be an effective way of gaining funding for improvements. “It’s going to be years,” Watts said Thursday. “I don’t know how much they’re going to give us. We got denied on the last one and it would be really good if the public writes letters. We really need that. It’s a big part of it. I talked to (U.S. Rep. Antonio) Delgado about it and the letters are a big part of it.”

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board members) on the wall over here, even though they’re not here anymore. This is home.” Bogins, who works for the state, said she had a number of priorities for her first year on the board. “Making the town a better place,” she said of her goals. “Being a team, the board and the public. Ideas that everyone can come together and do the right thing for the Town of Cairo.” Kralovich did not return calls for comment about his resignation as of press time. Watts said he was pleased to confirm Bogins during Wednesday’s board session. “I think she’s going to be a very good asset to the town board,” he said on Thursday. During the meeting, the board heard a presentation from the Barton & Loguidice engineering consultant firm over the group’s master plan for Cairo’s Angelo Canna Town Park. Landscape architect Leigh Jones said the firm held a public information meeting last August to gather residents’ input on what features drew them to the park and what kind of improvements they want to see in the public space.

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January, June and August Regents exams last year, permitting certain students to be exempt from the state exam requirements. Students had to demonstrate proficiency in the subject by passing the Regents level course to be eligible for exemption. “The necessary Regents Exam exemptions were a factor in the 2016 and 2017 cohort graduation rates, however, the department cannot say to what extent,” according to a statement from the Education Department. “The consistent long-term trend demonstrates the board and department reasonably adjusted graduation requirements to ensure students were not unfairly impacted by circumstances created by the pandemic.” The Education Department canceled last month’s annual Regents examinations in December as COVID-19 infections spiked to double-digit positivity with the more contagious omicron variant and winter surge. “The 2020 and 2021 exemptions will affect the graduation rates for future cohorts of students as well,” according to the department. New York’s large city, highneed schools continue to have the state’s lowest graduation rates.

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Superintendent Randall Squier attributed the success to the dedication and creativity of districts’ passionate teachers. “It’s a reflection on their consistent focus of making sure kids who may be at risk get the support they need,” Squier said. “One of the silver linings of the pandemic [is], it affirmed what we were doing.” The district’s graduation rate has significantly increased over the last decade. About 76% of Coxsackie-Athens seniors received their high school diplomas before 2011. School teachers and staff have joined in a renewed focus on building elementaryaged students’ educational foundation and providing additional support to students behind in skill development, including personalized outreach to families and more counseling services. The district has expanded its course offerings in technology, CTE, business and other subjects to maximize the potential for students to find their niche, the superintendent said. “We’re doing a focus on career-ready, life-ready skills and college-ready skills,” Squier added. “Our kids are noticing that. We care about them as people and not a data point.” The Board canceled the

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of reach. We can realize educational equity by enabling all students to earn this key to their future success. The board and department are reviewing graduation requirements to allow students multiple ways to demonstrate they have the knowledge and skills to graduate.” Graduation rates in the county’s other district’s increased several percentage points, or stayed about flat. Windham-Ashland-Jewett boasted the highest graduation rate of all county school districts, but decreased to 93% in 2020-21 from 95% in 201920. Catskill Central School District seniors received their diplomas at the same frequency over the course of the pandemic at 90% last year, and 91% the year before. Greenville Central School District also saw elevated graduation rates of 91% last year, up from 87% in 20192020. About 91% of seniors at Hunter-Tannersville graduated last year up from 85% in 2019-2020. Superintendent Nathan Jones said HTC’s teachers were steadfast in their focus to emotionally support students

through the difficulties posed by the ongoing pandemic. School officials with the mountaintop district started Wellness Wednesdays in late 2020 where teachers engaged students in fun, educational activities such as painting, virtual hikes through the Catskills, exercises and more. “It seems little, but once a month, it was a chance for our kids to focus on their social and emotional health,” Jones said. School administrators and board of education members have remained transparent with the public throughout the pandemic, he said, adding the district allowed teachers with a variety of interests to connect with students. The district implemented a new in-school tutoring program after school three days per week with funding from the federal American Rescue Plan. “Luckily, we’re a small enough school, so kids aren’t a number — they’re a name — and we do a pretty good job reaching out and trying to build programs and opportunities for these kids to succeed,” he said. Coxsackie-Athens handed out high school diplomas to 86% of last year’s senior class — equal to the overall state average, and an increase from 82% in the pandemic’s first year.

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hours, as flames shot into the sky. A site to fill tankers was established at the Department of Public Works Garage on Railroad Avenue, but was not needed, Tuomey said. Central Hudson Gas and Electric responded to disconnect power to the building. After the fire was declared out, crews spent about two hours checking the building to make sure there were no areas where the fire could begin again. PHOTO COURTESY OF CATSKILL FIRE COMPANY There were no reported in- Fire engulfed a two-story apartment building in Tannersville on juries. Thursday morning. Of the four apartments in the building, two were se- apartments, Tuomey said. and Windham. verely damaged, Tuomey said. The Greene County Fire InAlso assisting at the scene The other two sustained heavy vestigation Team determined were: Hunter Ambulance, smoke and water damage. that the cause of the fire was state police, Greene County The residents will be staying electrical, Tuomey said. Sheriff’s Office and Greene with friends and family, TuOther fire companies that omey said. assisted Tannersville were: County Fire Coordinator’s OfThe two-story wood-frame Haines Falls, Hunter, Catskill, fice. All fire companies were building was once a house Hensonville, East Jewett, Lexthat had been converted into ington, Palenville, Lanesville back in service at 6:30 a.m.

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CALENDAR EDITOR’S NOTE: Most events and meetings are cancelled due to the virus outbreak. Please call ahead to confirm.

Monday, Feb. 21 n Athens Town Board 7 p.m. Ath-

ens Volunteer Firehouse, 39 Third St., Athens 518-945-1052 Changes will be on the Town of Athens web page n Catskill Town Offices closed in observance of President’s Day n Catskill Village Hall will be closed in observance of President’s Day n Coxsackie Villages Offices closed in observance of President’s Day n Greene County Office Building closed in observance of President’s Day

Tuesday, Feb. 22 n Catskill Town Planning Board 6:30 p.m. Robert C. Antonelli Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill 518943-2141

Wednesday, Feb. 23 n Athens Village Board 6:30 p.m. Athens Fire Department, 39 Third St., Athens Consult the village website for updates the day of the meeting n Catskill Town Zoning Board of Appeals 6 p.m. Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill 518-943-2141 n Catskill Village Board of Trustees 6:30 p.m. Catskill Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill

Monday, Feb. 28 n Catskill Village Planning Board 7

p.m. Robert C. Antonelli Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill

Tuesday, March 1 n Durham Town Board workshop

meeting 7:30 p.m. Town Hall, 7309 Route 81, East Durham

Wednesday, March 2 n Catskill Central School District

Board of Education budget workshop 6:30 p.m. CHS Library, CHS Library, 341 West Main St., Catskill 518-9432300

Thursday, March 3 n Ashland Town Planning Board 6

p.m. Town Hall, 12094 Route 23, Ashland

Monday, March 7 n Athens Town Board 7 p.m. Ath-

ens Volunteer Firehouse, 39 Third St., Athens 518-945-1052 Changes will be on the Town of Athens web page n Cairo Town Board 7 p.m. 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

Tuesday, March 8 n Coxsackie Village Historic Pres-

ervation Committee 6 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie 518-7312718

Wednesday, March 9 n Athens Village Board 6:30 p.m.

Athens Fire Department, 39 Third St., Athens Consult the village website for updates the day of the meeting n Catskill Village Board of Trustees 6:30 p.m. Robert C. Antonelli Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill 518943-3830 n Jewett Town Board 7 p.m. Jewett Municipal Building, 3547 County Route 23C, Jewett

Thursday, March 10 n Coxsackie Village Workshop

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

Monday, March 14 n Ashland Town Board 7:30 p.m. Town Hall, 12094 Route 23, Ashland n Catskill Village Planning Board 7 p.m. Robert C. Antonelli Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill 518-9433830

Tuesday, March 15 n Athens Village Planning Board

6:30 p.m. Village Hall, Meeting Room, 2 First St., Athens 518-945-1551

Police: Inmate had illegal narcotics By Bill Williams Columbia-Greene Media

COXSACKIE — An inmate at Coxsackie Correctional Facility was arrested this week on felony drug possession charges, for in incident that took place in the fall of 2020, Steven Nevel, public information officer for state police Troop F, said Thursday. Tyrell Blocker, 32, was

charged by state police on Monday with fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, with intent to sell, a Class D felony, Nevel said. The charges stem from an incident on Oct. 9, 2020, when Blocker was found by prison officials to be in possession of 12 orange buprenorphine film strips, with intent to sell them,

Nevel said. After being processed on the charges, Blocker was brought back to the prison. Blocker is currently serving a sentence, following his conviction on third-degree and first-degree robbery charges in Queens County, according to Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.

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An inmate at Coxsackie Correctional Facility was charged with drug possession from an incident in 2020.

Legislature opposes move to lower OT farm threshold By Ted Remsnyder Columbia-Greene Media

CATSKILL — The Greene County Legislature has come out in opposition to a proposal by the State Farm Laborers Wage Board to lower the overtime threshold for farm workers from 60 to 40 hours. After the board voted on Jan. 31 to lower the threshold to 40 hours over the course of the next decade, New York Labor Commissioner Roberta Reardon will make the ultimate ruling on the issue in the coming months. In the interim, the Greene County Legislature is hoping to put pressure on elected officials to maintain the 60-hour overtime threshold. In a resolution that was adopted at the legislature’s Wednesday night meeting, the board said it, “Emphatically opposes any decrease to the 60-hour farm worker overtime threshold proposed by the Farm Laborers Wage Board.” Greene County Legislature Vice Chairman Matt Luvera, R-Catskill, said the proposed rule change could be onerous to local farmers. “Our Legislature realizes the demands put on farmers already with growing and selling products,” Luvera said Thursday. “This overtime threshold would just be another burden with more government regulations. It’s going to increase costs to farmers, who already operate under tight budgets, and still continue to give back to the community. We felt we needed to oppose this latest mandate.” Greene County Legislator Michael Bulich, R-Catskill, who owns and operates the Bulich Mushroom Farm in Catskill, said rising labor costs for farmers would inevitably raise the cost of goods for consumers. “The economic reality that farms face, whether they’re in Greene County or anywhere across the state, is that labor is the biggest cost to anything,” Bulich said on Thursday. “When you increase the cost like that to farms, the cost of the product

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is just going to go up in price. We’re a country where people can go buy produce and buy other things from other neighboring states that aren’t doing this. So it really puts the farms in New York State under incredible pressure to be able to stay in business.” Bulich abstained from the vote on the resolution. Bulich said he was also concerned that if the state adopts the 40-hour overtime threshold and produce prices rise, the next step could be the introduction of produce price controls. “In socialism, they do this and then they do price controls,” he said. “They set prices on the goods that you can charge to people and then farms can decide to stay in business or go out of business. But I’m not going to do the work I do to not be paid for it.” The resolution, which was sent to Gov. Kathy Hochul, state Sen. Michelle Hinchey, D-Saugerties, and Assemblyman Chris Tague, R-Schoharie, among other state officials, states: “The farmers of the Catskill Mountain region face a tremendous number of challenges outside of their control including changes in consumer demand leading to price change, obtaining labor, climate change, land management policies, foreign market competition, livestock and crop disease.” “Greene County farmers are reliant on migratory work forces during the short growing season here in the Catskill Mountains of New York, as workers are here for only a few months in the spring and summer and they have only so many hours each year to get the work done,” according to the resolution. The resolution contends, “Decreasing the overtime threshold will negatively impact the farming community by increasing costs to farmers, who are already operating under very tight margins and will potentially cut into

work opportunities for migrant workers.” Greene County Administrator Shaun Groden said the agriculture economy plays an outsize role in the local marketplace. “New York is a big agribusiness state,” he said Thursday. “So when a couple of the board members heard about it, they were concerned. It’s more of a statewide impact as it is a county impact, but that’s why they pushed it.” Bulich cited a bill the state Legislature passed this week which was written by

Hinchey that aims to fasttrack cannabis production in the state. “There were a couple of bills passed in the (state) Legislature over the past couple of days that involved unionization of farm labor,” Bulich said. “It centers around a couple of bills that are focused on marijuana production in New York state. That opens the door for unionization of labor throughout all of the farms in New York state. It’s another cost increase upon the product that you’re going to bring to market.”

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Lowering OT ceiling will hurt farms, workers and consumers News that the Farm Workers Wage Board decided to lower the overtime ceiling for farm workers whistled up the most impassioned protest yet by New York state farmers from the Capitol’s Million Dollar Staircase on Tuesday. They have good reason to be frustrated and worried. Though it will likely be spring before Labor Department Commissioner Roberta Reardon makes the final decision to accept or reject the Wage Board’s Jan. 31 vote to reduce the overtime threshold for farm workers to 40 hours over the next decade, bringing the ceiling down from 60 by four hours every two years, farmers Tuesday swarmed on the state Capitol to express their anger. Farmers estimate a 42% cost increase with the overtime changes. This, they say, will create a price tag that will bankrupt many small and mid-sized family farms such as those in Columbia and Greene counties and force them to close after two strained years weathering pandemic hardships. About 75% of the farmers, farm owners, migrant workers and lawmakers who

testified to the Wage Board during hearings held Jan. 4, Jan. 18 and Jan. 20, spoke in opposition to the threshold reduction, representing small or mid-sized family farms. On the other side, labor unions have advocated for the 40-hour threshold to give migrant farm workers a fairer wage and protections comparable to other industries. U.S. farm workers earned $14.62 per hour on average in 2020, which is just 60% of what production and nonsupervisory nonfarm workers earned at $24.67, according to the Economic Policy Institute. Supporters of lowering the overtime threshold have good intentions and concern for farm workers, but we believe lowering the ceiling will hurt the people the phase-in reduction is meant to help. If small food growers and dairy farmers have to shut down their operations, it will lead to higher food prices and reduced diversity of available New York-grown crops and products at a time when farm-to-table is achieving popular success. Gov. Kathy Hochul’s ex-

ecutive budget proposes doubling the farm workforce retention tax credit to $1,200 to help offset rising labor costs from ongoing minimum wage increases. The proposal shocked agricultural advocates, who said they know of no farmers who have asked for it. “We are looking at it closely, but we are also looking at a way if this is going to be the case, it would be as a long rollout, you know, plenty of time for people to adapt to it,” Hochul said. It may also be a case of much too little, too late to be of any practical use. Agriculture is an essential industry for New York state, the Hudson Valley and the Twin Counties. Regional and local food banks such as those in Greene and Columbia lean on a strong flow of agricultural products. The governor and the Labor Department need to keep the lifeline open and still take care of the state’s farm workers. If farms become too expensive to operate, there may be no workers left to help and no food for the pantries.

As climate change worsens, Republicans insist we must do nothing Paul Waldman The Washington Post

Back in 2008, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and former speaker Newt Gingrich recorded a television ad in which they acknowledged their bitter political differences, but made a shared commitment on one critical issue. “We do agree,” said Gingrich, “our country must take action to address climate change.” He added: “If enough of us demand action from our leaders, we can spark the innovation we need.” Somehow, that new Republican understanding of the importance of addressing climate change never quite caught on. If anything, as the effects of climate change intensify, the GOP has become more committed to opposing any and all efforts to do something about it. Let’s take a look at some of the latest major climate news: - The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released a report showing that coastal sea levels will rise by an entire foot between now and 2050, “intensifying the threat of flooding and erosion to coastal communities across the country.” - A new study shows that the ongoing drought in the western states has made this the driest period there in 1,200 years. - The climate provisions in the Build Back Better bill are on ice, now that BBB has stalled amid lockstep Republican opposition. The Washington Post reports that this has “frozen hundreds of billions of dollars in private capital” earmarked for climate projects across the country, which has “complicated America’s much-touted clean energy revolution.” - Republicans are trying to block President Joe Biden’s nomination of Sarah Bloom Raskin as chief banking

regulator at the Federal Reserve. Why? Because she has advocated for the financial industry to do more to plan for the economic effects of climate change. - Spurred by climate-denial organizations, Republican legislators at the state level are working to prevent officials from dealing with businesses that are moving to wean themselves from fossil fuels or otherwise taking climate change seriously. - In Florida - where there is ample sunshine - Republicans in the legislature are working with the state’s largest utility to undermine net metering, the hugely popular system under which customers with solar panels send back surplus energy to the grid. Solar companies in Florida say if the bill passes, they’ll have to shut down and move to other states. It wouldn’t be fair to portray the Republican Party as an absolute monolith on climate - a smattering of Republican officials here and there say they would like to do something on climate, even if their solutions always seem to include uninterrupted drilling and burning of fossil fuels. And the Republican electorate has complicated views on the topic. Depending on how pollsters ask them, a majority of Republicans sometimes express concern about climate and support various ideas to reduce emissions. But by other measures, Republicans have actually grown less concerned about climate in recent years. If that’s the case, it could be partly because the administration of Republican god-king Donald Trump was the most aggressively anti-environment in history. Or it could be because as you move down the funnel from vague popular notions to elite opinion and finally

to policies the party supports, the closer you get to the apparent belief that conservative identity-signaling requires one to oppose doing anything at all to slow global warming. Take the Sarah Bloom Raskin situation. The Senate Banking Committee isn’t filled with fire-breathing Republican culture warriors; some of its members, such as Tim Scott of South Carolina or Richard Shelby of Alabama, are what passes for serious legislators in today’s GOP. But every one of them has joined in boycotting her nomination - not just voting against it, but denying the committee a quorum so it can’t take a vote at all. That’s even though they know there’s only so much the Federal Reserve can do about climate change. What sane people like Raskin suggest is that the Fed help banks understand the risks climate change poses to their own stability, to limit economic fallout from future disasters, whether sudden or slow-moving. For instance, in 2021 natural disasters caused $145 billion in damage, a figure that included 20 separate wildfires, hurricanes, floods and storms with price tags over a billion dollars. To say the increasing frequency of such events isn’t something banks need to prepare for is utterly bonkers. Yet Sen. Patrick Toomey of Pennsylvania, the ranking Republican on the committee, is waging a crusade against Raskin. He wrote a letter to Biden lamenting the fact that no one from the fossil fuel industry sits on the Federal Reserve Board, and saying Raskin’s “demonstrated hostility” to fossil fuels is “unacceptable.” The other Republicans on the committee seem to agree.

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Call solitary confinement what it is: Torture The Washington Post

For the past 27 years, Dennis Wayne Hope has been in a Texas prison cell that is somewhere between the size of an elevator and a compact parking space. For one hour, seven days per week, or two hours, five days per week, he is let out to exercise alone - in another small enclosure. The only people he comes into contact with are the guards who strip-search and handcuff him. The last personal phone call he had was in 2013 when his mother died. More than a quartercentury in isolation has led him to hallucinations, chronic pain and thoughts of suicide. “Solitary confinement” is a sanitized term for torture. Hope, 53, whose plight was described by the New York Times, has

petitioned the Supreme Court to hear his case on the grounds that his prolonged isolation is a violation of the Eighth Amendment’s bar against cruel and unusual punishment. Lower courts denied Hope’s petition, and court observers are skeptical the Supreme Court will take up his case. So sure are Texas officials that the court, with its conservative majority, won’t agree to hear the case that they waived their right to respond to Hope’s petition for a writ of certiorari. Hope was given an 80-year prison sentence in 1990 for a series of armed robberies. He was placed in solitary confinement after he escaped from prison in 1994 and evaded capture for two months, during which he stole a car at knifepoint from

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an 83-year-old man and robbed grocery stores. After 11 years, a committee of prison security personnel determined he was no longer an escape risk, but prison authorities have refused to remove him from isolation. Hope’s case is extreme; his lawyers have identified only 12 prisoners outside Texas who have spent more than 20 years in solitary confinement and who aren’t on death row. Nonetheless, his situation underscores the barbarity of a practice that has made the United States an outlier in the global community. The United Nations in 2015 adopted the so-called Nelson Mandela Rules for the treatment of prisoners, which prohibit solitary confinement for periods exceeding 15 consecutive days.

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Call our senators to include carbon pricing in Reconciliation bill To the editor: The Great Backyard Bird Count is again upon us as it is each February. As someone new to observing and appreciating our avian friends, I watch these counts with awe as my birder friends identify them by the dozen, just by their calls and brief glimpses of plumage. Too

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often, though, they mention the birds not seen, and I wonder if this is yet another consequence of our rapidly changing climate. Of hope, though, is that the Senate is still at work over the next two months, moving forward on climate language in the Reconciliation bill. All that we can do is press them to include

carbon pricing — ideally the carbon fee & dividend — in the package. Help put your call into their ears (both Senator Schumer and Gillibrand), and we’ll be back to counting all the birds as they thrive again. LAURIE HUSTED RED HOOK

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Veterans Resource Fair to Sloop Brewing Co. begins be held Feb. 24 in Athens second year of their ‘Open Waters’ paid internship

ATHENS — Senator Michelle Hinchey is partnering with the TGM American Legion Post 187, SullivanTeator VFW Post 770 and the Greene County Veterans Service Agency, to sponsor a free resource fair for activeduty service members, veterans and their families in Greene County. The fair will take place 3-5 p.m. Feb. 24 at the TGM American Legion

Post 187, 94 Second St., Athens. For this event, we are teaming up with state and local organizations to make resources available and provide assistance to veterans and their families in areas including health care, housing, and more. Additionally, there will be free notary services available, so please urge your members to bring

their documents. Partners include: Hudson Valley Center for Veteran Reintegration; NYS Dept of Civil Services; Greene Columbia Community College Office of Veteran Services; SAGEVets; Soldier On; Suicide Prevention Center of New York State; NYS Office of Mental Health; NYH2H (NY Helmets to Hardhats); NAMI Capital Region; Hicks Strong.

Cairo-Durham High School announces the 2021-2022 school year second quarter honor roll CAIRO — Cairo-Durham High School announces the second quarter honor rolls for the 2021-22 school year.

GRADE 12 High Honor Roll: Jaylynn Balkaran, Kyan Bujak Harrington, Kyra Byrne, Avien Coffey-Hoffmann, Megan Coons, Hannah Esslie, Arden Farnsworth-Moore, Justin Kahler, Mikayla Khadijah, Lillian LaBounty, Robert Lampman, Ally MacGiffert, Olivia MacGiffert, Aiden MattesonLeo, Blake Morton, Mckayla Mudge, Marcus Mulligan, Christopher Roberts, Thomas Rohan, Kaya Russo, Joshua Sanford, Madison Winans. Honor Roll: Joseph Arp, Anthony DeLoreto, Shane Haller, Natalia LaMarcher-LaQuire, Ryan Morgan, Kayla Ortiz, Korryn Ruger, Evelyn Schirripa, Rielli Webner, Noah Wood.

GRADE 11 High Honor Roll: Antonio Brooks, Sierra Ford, Kymberli Graff, Sadie Hall, Wyatt Handel, Korinee Hawley, Gianna Helmedach, Richard

Hogan, Lily Johnson-Cole, Casey Macklin, Jenna Maggio, Nolen McCabe, Shawn Moon, Saadia Nance, Hunter Nelson, Ryan O’Connell, Rachel Ott, Valentino Pappalardi, Dean Parmelee, Angelina Saxe, William Sherburne, Connor Shields, Gavin Warner. Honor Roll: Noelle Amoroso, Lauren Coletti, Gannon Culver, Christopher DeCiel, Braeden Deyo, Connell Deyo, Michael Ivery, Hailey Lasher, Caitlyn Loucks, Mason Messenger, Patrick Mooney, Gianna Morse, Christopher Rogers, Danna Saad, Sierra Speed-Prosser, Christopher Sperano, Catherine Stallbolm, Skyler Van Tassel, Daniel Winfield.

GRADE 10 High Honor Roll: Kennedy Bleau, Abigail Brandow, Marc Cammarata, Nova Conti, Chloe Cunningham, Elexzandreah Desmarais, Minhtri Dinh, James Dorpfeld, Ciara Falvey, Brendan Feeney, Olivia Franklin, Ava Goss, Alexander Gouza, Tashana James, Emma Kargoe, Skyler Kelly,

Colin MacGiffert, Adrian McGuire, Echo Roe, Zachary Russell, Charles Smith, Rhea Smith, Kaylee VanWagner, Zak Wagor, Tatyanna Young. Honor Roll: Morgan Deyo, Ayla Neves, Cole Partridge, Selena Perez, Axel Rendon, Hailey Schrull, Terrell Simmons, Anthony Sternbach, Kirsten Wagner, Sam Winig.

GRADE 9 High Honor Roll: Jessica Baeckmann, Andrew Esslie, Kevin Feeney, Dylan Galtieri, Rachel Maggio, Natalie McGuire, Tenley O’Connell, Anthony Panicola, Kaylan Rennig, Loki Rhoades, Lenesha Sanpal, Lindsay Shelhamer, Ryan Shelhamer, Mackenzie Sherburne, Loretta Stalter, Drew Warner, Lauren Zecca. Honor Roll: Ally Bernett, Margo Cochrane, Abagail Darran, Gabriel Davis, Jayden DeVoe, Briana Frey, Rain Genther, Adam Henry, Danasia King, Alan Lopez-Agustin, Isabelle Neves, Adrianna Nieves, Dakotah Plank, Luciana Ross, Gloriannah Santosky, William Stallbohm.

Cairo-Durham Middle School second quarter honor roll for the 2021-2022 school year CAIRO — The Cairo-Durham Middle School announces the second quarter honor roll for the 2021-2022 school year.

GRADE 8 Principal’s Honor Roll: Avery Amoroso, Kingston Czajkowski, Addison Hall, Nathaniel Porter, Logan Rhoades, Oliver Schrull, Aishwarya Thakur, Zoe Vogel, Issabella Zelinsky, Joseph Zindell. High Honor Roll: Dominique Crianza, Alexis Hammond, Aaylla Heines, Jade Mancuso, Aylana Merrihew, Julian Miller, Bridget Murphy, Nicholas Olivett, Sophie Rennig, Luca Rhoades, Kaitlyn Russell, Jonathan Saad, Dacota Snyder, Nathaniel Underwood, Grace VanGurp, Logan Walz. Honor Roll: Maureen Allen, Alexander Bender, Wyatt Cammarata, Amilana DuHart, Shannon Gavin, Robert Ivery, Joseph Kahle, Chase Kelly, Emily Moon, Anthony Roeber, Connor Sutherland, Hope Thomas, Thomas VanDyke IV, William Woodcock, Jacob Young.

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Principal’s Honor Roll: Madeline Gouza, Abigail Multari, Lenor Rhoades, Grace Snedeker. High Honor Roll: Kayla Alberson, Aiden Choinsky, Lilyanne Dauphin, Levi Kuhn, Gianna Lendin, Aria McCabe, Angelina Pitcher, Charlotte Rae, Giovanni Ronio, Logan Simmons, Leia Sorokurs, Nevaeh Sprague, Ava Zeun. Honor Roll: Tanner Berg, Stephen Brandow Jr., Ryan Coons, Nia DeRose, Matthew DeWitt, Gabriel DiPrima, Brenna Fabiano, Margaret Felton, Ryan Gofmanas, Louis Lamprecht, Destiny Mauriello, Phoenix McCabe, Isaiah Morgan, Isabel Newkirk, Candace Nichols, Jayden Oyston, Anna Palmieri, Mason Plank, Harmony Quinion, Logan Stupplebeen.

GRADE 6 Principal’s Honor Roll: Allie Byrne, Brooke DeFrancesco, Meaghan Hammond, Khodyn Laga, Tyler Little, Lauren Musong, Alexsandra Nobles, Patrick Panyan, Abigail Wright, Michaela Wright.

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High Honor Roll: Vincenzo Alvarado, Hanna Baxter, Daniel Cascio, Aidan Cody, James Conarpe III, Maddison Conway, Parker Coon, Cologido Fanelli, Evangeline Finnegan, Grace Flaherty, Lukas Higgins Jr., Ziva Homeyer, Scarlett Lehamnn, Lucas Loundsbury, Kourtney Matice, Zoey Mickle, Sebastian Miller, Vivienne Myers, Mackenzie Osborn, Alesiana Roeber, Jocelyn Schirripa, Sadye Schneider, Ethan SearingBurke, Julie Speenburg, Austin Sperano. Honor Roll: Giana Alverson, Hailey Beatty, Korin Beatty-Brust, Jonathan Block Jr., Johnathan Cashman, Luis Cruz, Jordan Davis, Brianna Dennis, David Desmarais, Xavier Fisher, Cameron Haack, Jacob Hall, William Hernandez Merino, Cooper Hulbert, Amiley Le, Gavin MacDonald, Andrew Mackle, Adrianna Massaro, Makenzie McCullough, Payton Neubauer, Joshua Nichols, Michael Pernice, Mya Richardson, Scott Salvio II, Julia Shook, Olivia Soto, Claudia Valk, Donald Whatley III.

EAST FISHKILL — Sloop Brewing Co. is now accepting applications year-round for the 2022 Open Waters internship, a program designed to promote diversity and inclusion in the craft beverage industry, now immersed in its second year. “We’re looking forward to the coming year of interns and the potential of even larger growth within the internship,” said Alyssa McAuley, Sloop’s director of operations and a member of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee. “It is incredibly humbling to see all four of our former interns find work within the industry, and with breweries that we admire greatly.” “The internship offers hands-on training in all aspects of brewery production including packaging, cellaring, and wort production,” said Melissa Larrick, the third graduate of the Open Waters program. “Not only does it give the intern a foundation of skills needed to land a job in the brewhouse, but it also offers training on proper brewing terminology, hop, malt, and yeast education, and just an overall understanding of the nature of the beast! I had the honor and privilege of being chosen as their quarter three intern, and to say it changed my life is an understatement.” Sloop is fully committed to equipping its paid Open Waters interns with the technical knowledge, valuable connections, and expertise to empower interns as future industry professionals. Sloop hopes to dismantle barriers to entry and pave the way for positive change in the craft beverage industry by introducing people with different backgrounds and perspectives to the world of brewing and craft beer. Interns work side by side with Sloop employees for an immersive and comprehensive training plan that brings them through each phase of the commercial production process. So far, Sloop has advanced

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four interns toward job placement across the Hudson Valley and New York State. All interns have customized their experience one step further at Sloop to include elements of ownership, compliance, marketing, and sales to tailor the program to their individual goals. “The Open Waters Internship provided a foot in the door and a launch point for my career trajectory I couldn’t have imagined otherwise,” said Shanna Bowman, Sloop’s second quarter intern for 2021. “Between the flexible scheduling and being paid, it made the option to learn viable in ways typical hands on experience cannot be afforded when also holding down a ‘safe and stable job for income’ these days. For the diversity aspect, Sloop made it clear from the jump that people like me are

welcome and encouraged to be there, against an otherwise male dominated industry; it removed the burden of suspicion and the walls-up approach that can accompany a position among the unknown.” The Open Waters internship is open to anyone over 21; no prior experience or brewing knowledge is required. Interns must commit to a minimum of 20 hours a week. Applications for the upcoming 2022 second quarter are being accepted now through April 1. Applications received after that date will be considered for subsequent quarters. Applications can be filled out online at sloopbrewing. com/internship or a physical application can be acquired by calling 518-751-9134.

Capital Region Arts Restart Coalition reminds audiences to ‘Know Before You Go’ amid changing COVID protocols ALBANY — The leaders of the Capital Region’s major non-profit performing arts venues have continued hosting regular teleconferences throughout the winter season to assess the impact of rapidly changing pandemic circumstances on the region’s creative economy. Following Governor Kathy Hochul’s announcement that the New York State mask or vaccine mandate has been lifted, effective Feb. 10, and with an eye on improving caseloads and other metrics throughout the region, the leaders of this Capital Region Arts Restart Coalition assembled to discuss the various approaches each venue will take as circumstances continue to evolve. The Coalition, has jointly released the following statement: “The Delta and Omicron waves of the COVID-19 pandemic presented an obstacle to our venues as we reopened in 2021, leading us to collectively implement common sense guidelines to ensure audience, staff and artist safety in our arts

spaces. Now, like all New Yorkers, we are relieved to see significant improvement in public health metrics as the winter surge subsides. We continue to collectively encourage all in our community to take steps to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, including getting vaccinated and boosted when appropriate, wearing masks in indoor spaces and staying home when feeling ill. We are eager to begin easing restrictions in our venues, and each member of our coalition will be doing so in the manner and on the timeline that best suits their unique circumstances. Collectively, we wish to remind audiences to always check our various websites and other informational resources to be informed about protocols and regulations at each of our venues and, indeed, each individual event. We serve a broad population and welcome a diverse mix of performers to appear on our stages, each with particular needs and requirements. Given that, we ask for patrons’ understanding

and patience as regulations will be different from venue to venue, and from event to event. By informing yourself about these regulations ahead of your visit to our venues, patrons will avoid any inconvenience or issues with entry, and can enjoy the great arts and culture experiences we offer. We also collectively ask patrons to act with patience, calm and understanding when attending arts events, regardless of the particular regulations that may be required. Our volunteers, staff and the artists on our stages are working hard to continue the reopening of the performing arts industry in our region, and we call on our audiences to treat them and each other with respect and kindness so that all can enjoy a positive, civil environment in our venues.” Patrons are encouraged to visit the websites of each individual organization for further guidance on how each venue will relax their COVID-19 protocols amidst the receding pandemic this Spring.

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John G. Houle, Sr. April 11, 1954 - February 16, 2022 John G. Houle, Sr., 67, of Niverville, NY, passed away Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at his home. Born April 11, 1954 in Northampton, MA, he was the son of the late Clarence and Rita (Kessler) Houle. John was a Disabled Veteran of the United States Coast Guard and was employed as a Journeyman Pressman for the Troy Record for many years. He is survived by his wife: Constance (Perry) Houle, his daughter Angela Houle and son John G. Houle Jr. both of Niverville NY, a granddaughter Riley Houle and a great granddaughter Addison Houle. A graveside service will be held at the Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of the Raymond E. Bond Funeral Home, Valatie NY.

Marvin Tefft Marvin Tefft of Catskill passed away February 12, 2022. He is survived by his family and close friends. The family will be honoring and celebrating his life at a later time. If you would like to honor Marvin, donations can be made to the American Heart Association.

Malaysia, South Korea break daily coronavirus case records as AsiaPacific region grapples with omicron Andrew Jeong The Washington Post

As coronavirus cases and restrictions fall in the United States and Europe, parts of Asia and the Pacific are in the thick of a surge driven by the omicron variant, with Malaysia and South Korea reporting new daily records Thursday. Malaysia logged 27,831 new cases on Thursday, the country’s highest tally of the pandemic, according to the World Health Organization. South Korea reported 93,135 new infections on the same day, also its daily record. Indonesia and New Zealand marked new daily records Wednesday, while Vietnam, Singapore, Japan and Thailand all remain in the grasp of omicron with high case counts. Hong Kong reported 4,000 new infections on Wednesday, a figure that is expected to double later this week. The city had never logged more than 200 new daily cases before 2022. For the first time, its hospitals are being

overwhelmed. The region’s troubles come amid warnings by WHO officials Wednesday that the pandemic is far from over, and that governments must maintain preventive restrictions, despite the temptations to ease them. Mike Ryan, the WHO’s emergencies chief, urged people to get vaccinated and to keep up preventive measures such as masking, isolating or quarantining, while speaking at a livestreamed event on Wednesday. “This idea that we’re just going to abandon everything, I think is a very premature concept in many countries right now,” he said. Deaths, which typically go up days after a surge in new infections, are starting to climb in some countries. Japan reported 945 new covid-19 deaths on the week beginning Feb. 7, WHO tallies show, an 80% increase from the prior week. Singapore saw fatalities rise at a similar pace in the same period, with 25 deaths.

$1.6B broadband initiative exempts DOT fee By Kate Lisa Johnson Newspaper Corp.

ALBANY — The state’s head of economic development assured lawmakers Wednesday the anticipated $1.6 billion investment in the governor’s budget to expand access to high-speed internet will be different from past broadband initiatives, exempting controversial fees to bridge the digital divide in rural and poor communities. Gov. Kathy Hochul’s $1.6 billion ConnectAll Initiative — one of 232 proposals in her $216 billion executive budget — will invest $1 billion in new digital infrastructure, capital investments, regulatory reforms and digital access programs to give New Yorkers more high-speed internet coverage in rural areas and more affordable competition A set of ethernet cables used to attach a device to the internet. in urban neighborhoods. Sen. George Borrello, RAbout 1 million New YorkThe state Public Service ers are estimated to lack Sunset Bay, pleaded with Commission is expected to high-speed internet connecKnight to advocate to legislarelease a Broadband Assessment Program survey in May tive leaders and Democrats tion at home, according to a providing granular statewide in the majority to eliminate September report from state data to high-speed internet the fee altogether and have Comptroller Thomas DiNapthe department investigate oli’s office. access for the first time. Lawmakers challenged “We’re going to have bet- the effects of the DOT’s reKnight about why this proter data, so we’ll be able to quirement. “So what you’re saying posal will be different. better understand how to “We were working with the is, if you’re taking governdeploy the broadband inbest data that we had, but the ment money, then we will frastructure more effectivedata was not great,” she said. exempt you, but if you’re ly,” Empire State DevelopThe PSC’s survey this ment President & CEO Hope just paying your own way, we Knight told senators and as- won’t exempt you,” Borrello spring is expected to include semblymembers during their said. “That’s why you have a detailed map of the state’s annual budget hearing on all these projects that have broadband access and conbeen scaled back or can- duct a comprehensive study economic development. Wednesday marked the fi- celed where they’re redraw- on New York’s high-speed nal day of 13 joint legislative ing lines so they avoid state internet availability, reliabilbudget hearings held since rights-of-way in the rural ar- ity, cost and the number and eas that I represent. That’s a types of internet service prolast month. viders available in each area All fees will be exempt in big problem.” ConnectAll is expected to including dial-up, broadprojects funded under ConnectAll, including the state assist in removing barriers band, wireless, fiber, coaxial Department of Transporta- for underserved areas receiv- or satellite. The report is expected to tion’s lofty fees to installers ing high-speed broadband provide statewide granular including fee exemptions who build fiber optic broadband cables in a state-con- for rural deployments, stan- broadband data for the first trolled highway right-of-way dardizing processes for state time. “So we’ll be able to underland and rights-of-way deimplemented in 2020. stand better how to peneployments and addressing The fees amass to huntrate the state more with this issues in serving multipledreds of dollars per foot, increasing the total cost of dwelling units, according to investment,” Knight said, adding Hochul’s proposed some projects by millions the executive budget. Assemblyman Al Stirpe, $1.6 billion ConnectAll iniof dollars, which led utility companies to reroute build- D-North Syracuse, noted the tiative is the state’s largest outs to avoid state-owned state’s past investments in investment in digital infrarights-of-way — exacerbat- broadband before, including structure. “The funding will get us ing hurdles to expand access. the $500 million Broadband “In deploying a broad- For All initiative under for- greater coverage across the band, we understand that mer Gov. Andrew Cuomo, state, and then, we’ll be able it’s very expensive to deploy which improved internet to take much more of a holisrural projects,” Knight said. connectivity across the state tic approach,” she added. The $500 million Broad“That was one of the drivers with grants and incentives to of exempting the fee under utility companies, but gaps band For All program was in access persist in rural or not enough to provide the ConnectAll.” broadband connectivity Small or mid-sized family- poor areas. “What we got were a lot of throughout the state, Knight owned providers have canceled broadband expansion reports that said everything said. Empire State Developwas great, and as we all knew, projects because of the fee. Empire State Develop- that wasn’t really true,” ment officials will also ment has not conducted an Stirpe said. “Rural and urban pursue ways to expand analysis about the fee and its areas continue to have lots municipalities providing broadband services. potential economic impacts. and lots of problems.”

Union: Attica inmates threw urine on officers By MATT SURTEL msurtel@batavianews.com

ATTICA — Three corrections officers were treated for exposure last week after two inmates threw what appeared to be urine on them in separate incidents. The first incident occurred Feb. 8, according to NYSCOPBA, the state correctional officers union. Two officers were conducting routine rounds in a Special Housing Unit when they walked by the inmate’s cell. He allegedly picked up a cell bucket and hurled liquid at them, striking one officer in the face and body and the second officer in both legs. The liquid had a strong odor of urine. The first officer sustained a burning sensation in both eyes and face, NYSCOPBA officials said. He was taken to Wyoming County Community Hospital for treatment and did not return to duty. The second officer was treated by facility medical staff and remained on duty

after receiving a replacement uniform. Staff installed a cell shield on the inmate’s cell to prevent any further attacks. The inmate, 27, is serving a 24-year sentence after being convicted in 2016 of first-degree criminal sexual act and second-degree burglary in Schenectady County. The second incident occurred this past Friday. An officer was conducting security rounds when he was stopped by an inmate who wanted to ask him a question about using the phone. The inmate became agitated when the officer said he was not on the phone list. The inmate allegedly grabbed a bucket off his cell locker and threw liquid through the cell bars striking the officer in the face and body. The liquid had a strong odor of urine. The inmate was removed from the cell by staff and placed in a Special Housing Unit pending disciplinary charges. He is serving a

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Attica Correctional Facility has been the site of several attacks on corrections officers over the past few months. The two most recent occurred last week.

14-year sentence after a 2015 conviction for second-degree attempted murder and thirddegree criminal possession of a controlled substance. The officer was treated by facility medical staff for exposure. He remained on duty after treatment. “This is the type of incident in which the weakened

disciplinary system will serve as no deterrent whatsoever,” said Kenny Gold, western region vice president of the New York State Corrections Officers and Police Benevolent Association, in a statement. “Both inmates who threw urine on the officers are serving lengthy sentences for violent crimes and

prosecuting them for felony aggravated harassment will unfortunately not serve as a deterrent in both these cases. “This is exactly why we have advocated for the state Legislature to roll back the ill-conceived policies they enacted that have severely put our members at risk for attacks,” he said. “There is simply no deterrent that exists within our correctional system anymore that makes inmates think twice about acting out violently.” The incidents are among several over the past few months at the maximum-security facility. A female corrections officer was injured in a sexual attack earlier this month, while seven officers suffered smoke inhalation and cuts and bruises after an inmate set fire to his cell in January. An officer was also stabbed in the chest with a shank on Oct. 8, 2021. The shank was partially deflected by two pens in the officer’s pocket, likely saving his life.

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The state is also set to receive $800 million in federal funding for broadband buildouts from the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act signed by President Joe Biden in November. Sen. John Liu, D-Queens, questioned why, with the incoming large federal investment, the state should commit a multi-billion-dollar investment for broadband from the state’s coffers. The budget includes $300 million under the ConnectAll Initiative to administer the program, grants, rural broadband deployment and access to state-owned rightsof-way, last-mile support and more financed with state taxpayer funds. The initiative’s remaining investment will come from prior federal COVID-19 relief funds, Knight said. Priority will be given to projects that will bring highspeed internet to unserved areas, public libraries and education centers.

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Leoš Janácek’s The Cunning Little Vixen, March 4 and 6 ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON — The Bard College Conservatory of Music Graduate Vocal Arts Program presents Leoš Janácek’s The Cunning Little Vixen, a century-old opera detailing the adventures of a clever fox cub, which has much to say about the connections between people and animals, and the cyclical nature of life and death. Directed by Doug Fitch, The Cunning Little Vixen features vocalists of the Graduate Vocal Arts Program and members of The Orchestra Now conducted by James Bagwell. Performances will be held on Friday, March 4 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, March 6 at 3 p.m. in the Fisher Center’s Sosnoff Theater. Tickets start at $25, with $5 tickets for Bard students made possible by the Passloff Pass. Virtual livestream tickets are pay what you wish. All ticket sales benefit the Bard Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Scholarship Fund. To purchase or reserve tickets visit fishercenter.bard.edu, call 845758-7900 (Mon-Fri 10am-5pm), or email boxoffice@bard.edu. “Janácek’s The Cunning Little Vixen is a musical paean to nature in which he gently but deftly dismantles our blindly humancentric views about other living things. It sings of an inherent humanity in nature that has no need for humans to humanize it. It’s also a memento mori, written by an old man facing his own mortality and looking for ways to make sense of it all at the end of his life . . . Janácek merged the divinity he saw pervading all nature and humanity with an appreciation he had gained by a long life of personal experience to write this

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transcendent piece of musical art,” writes Doug Fitch in his Note from the Director. The Orchestra Now (TON) is a group of 61 vibrant young musicians from 13 different countries across the globe: Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Hungary, Indonesia, Israel, Korea, Mongolia, Peru, Taiwan, and the United States. All share a mission to make orchestral music relevant to 21st-century audiences by sharing their unique personal insights in a welcoming environment. Conductor, educator, and music historian Leon Botstein, whom The New York Times said “draws rich, expressive playing

from the orchestra,” founded TON in 2015 as a graduate program at Bard College, where he is also president. TON offers both a three-year master’s degree in Curatorial, Critical, and Performance Studies and a two-year advanced certificate in Orchestra Studies. The Orchestra’s home base is the Frank Gehry-designed Fisher Center at Bard. The Orchestra has performed with many distinguished guest conductors and soloists, including Leonard Slatkin, Neeme Järvi, Gil Shaham, Fabio Luisi, Vadim Repin, Hans Graf, Peter Serkin, Gerard Schwarz, Tan Dun, and JoAnn Falletta. Recordings featuring The Orchestra Now include two albums of piano concertos with Piers Lane on Hyperion Records, and a Sorel Classics concert recording of pianist Anna Shelest performing works by Anton Rubinstein with TON and conductor Neeme Järvi. For upcoming activities and more detailed information about the musicians, visit ton.bard.edu. About the Bard College Conservatory The US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music, established in 2018, offers a unique degree program in Chinese instruments; and the Creative Center for Film Music, a 2021 initiative, supports the study of film scoring and composition for film. In fall 2022, two new graduate programs will be added, a Master of Music in Instrumental Performance and a Master of Arts in Chinese Music. bard.edu/conservatory For more information about Bard College, visit bard.edu.

WAITRESS TO PLAY PROCTORS, SCHENECTADY Friday, February 25 – Sunday, February 27 SCHENECTADY – Proctors is thrilled to announce Waitress will play Schenectady Friday, February 25 – Sunday, February 27. Brought to life by a groundbreaking all-female creative team, this irresistible new hit features original music and lyrics by six -time Grammy® nominee Sara Bareilles (“Brave,” “Love Song”), a book by acclaimed screenwriter Jessie Nelson (I Am Sam), choreography by Lorin Latarro (Les Dangereuse Liasons, Waiting for Godot) and direction by Tony Award® winner Diane Paulus (Hair, Pippin, Finding

Neverland). Inspired by Adrienne Shelly’s beloved film, Waitress tells the story of Jenna--a waitress and expert pie maker. Jenna dreams of a way out of her small town and loveless marriage. A baking contest in a nearby county and the town’s new doctor may offer her a chance at a fresh start, while her fellow waitresses offer their own recipes for happiness. But Jenna must summon the

strength and courage to rebuild her own life. “It’s an empowering musical of the highest order!” raves the Chicago Tribune. “Waitress is a little slice of heaven!” says Entertainment Weekly and “a monumental contribution to Broadway!” according to Marie Claire. Don’t miss this uplifting musical celebrating friendship, motherhood and the magic of a well-made pie.

Ticket Information Tickets available through the Box Office at Proctors in person or via phone at 518.346.6204 Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-2 p.m. or online at Proctors.org. Interviews available upon request, requests must be made one week in advance. To schedule, contact Jessica Sims jsims@proctors.org. Connect with #WAITRESSTOUR Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/waitressmusical Twitter: @WaitressMusical Instagram: @WaitressMusical

Memoir Writing Workshop with Elizabeth Diggs *Spring Session* The personal memoir has become one of our most popular genres. Every life is a compelling and unique story. In this workshop, explore how to shape and explore your stories through prompts and feedback. Begin the New Year putting pen to paper, fingers to keyboard, and crafting the memories you’ve been waiting to tell, with expert tutelage! Elizabeth Diggs is a playwright whose plays include

Grant and Twain, Nightingale, Close Ties, Goodbye Freddy, American Beef, Dumping Ground, Priceless, How to Plant a Rose, and Custer’s Luck, produced off-Broadway and at regional theaters. She was Professor of Dramatic Writing at Tisch/NYU. This course is limited to 12 participants (minimum of 8) and will be held in person, at the Spencertown Academy. Table seating will be well spaced.The

Academy has installed Blueair HealthProtect 7470 air purifiers in the auditorium. For Covid safety, proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test prior to each session, will be required for attendance. Masks to be worn while in the building. If you are attending the workshop currently in progress, please do not sign up for this session. We would like to give preference to new registrants. If you are interested, please email

us: info@spencertownacademy.com. We will let you know if we are able to accommodate you. This workshop is made possible through the generous support of the New York State Council on the Arts $120 for 6 in person meetings Thursdays: March 10-April 14, 3 -5 p.m. Registration Required

GOV’T MULE Announces Headlining Spring Tour Dates In Support of Chart-Topping Blues Album, Heavy Load Blues General On Sale Begins February 4th at 10 a.m. Local “Warren Haynes is a meaty and masterful player, as well as a soulful singer and songwriter – an all-star.” – Rolling Stone “Gov’t Mule is an essential, iconic American band.” – Guitar World “[Warren Haynes is] one of the most celebrated, legendary guitar pros.” – Billboard “[Gov’t Mule’s] songs stomp and wail with unmistakable energy and heft.” – NPR “Brilliant and never predictable…an effortless combination of blues, soul and classic roots-rock…innovative and commanding.” – American Songwriter “One of the greatest live bands in existence.” – Music Connection “Heavy jam legends Gov’t Mule lay bare their roots on Heavy Load Blues, resulting

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in one of the most satisfying albums of the year.” – PopMatters “Heavy Load Blues is raw, heavy, and immediate.” – AllMusic “Haynes and the band deliver a world-class musical experience.” – Goldmine Renowned quartet Gov’t Mule – led by GRAMMY® Award-winning vocalist,

songwriter, guitar legend, and producer Warren Haynes – has announced a run of headlining Spring tour dates supporting their critically acclaimed, charttopping blues album, Heavy Load Blues. Commencing April 6th in Syracuse, the month-long outing includes their rescheduled New Year’s shows in Philadelphia and New York City, the

latter of which are now set for April 8th and 9th still at The Beacon Theatre, the band’s unofficial home-court venue. Other stops along the tour include Albany, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Memphis, St. Louis, Oklahoma City and New Orleans, where Gov’t Mule will return on April 29th for a very special show during the first weekend of Jazz Fest. Details for New Orleans including venue, lineup and ticketing coming later this week. Additionally, the road warriors will be performing at select festivals this year including SweetWater 420 Festival in Atlanta and Riverbend Festival in Chattanooga. Full routing below. Artist pre-sale tickets will be available Wednesday, February 2nd at 10am ET with the general on sale beginning Friday, February 4th at 10am local time. Please

CALENDAR LISTINGS FEBRUARY 19 THIS AND THAT FOOD TRUCK Saturday, February 19, noon - 6 p.m. This & That Food Truck is back with their classic offerings and vegan menu such as grilled artichoke, cauliflower wings, empanadas, falafel, quesadillas, and more! (V + GF options) Saturday, February 19, noon - 6 p.m., https://www.facebook.com/ events/325861489447207 Cooper’s Daughter Spirits at Olde York, 284 State Rouite 23, Claverack, 845-480-1237 “SUBSTITUTES, SERVANTS AND SOLDIERS: THE BLACK PRESENCE AT NEW WINDSOR CANTONMENT” Saturday, February 19, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. FREE Visitor Center During the winter of 1782-1783, 7,500 Continental Army soldiers established a temporary camp at New Windsor, New York. Among them were countless numbers of soldiers of African descent, who joined of their own free will, or as substitutes for people who claimed ownership of them. Using documentary evidence, we’ll meet some of these remarkable soldiers and learn about their contributions at what would be the last encampment of the American Revolutionary War. Speaker’s Biography: Matthew Thorenz is Local History Librarian, and Head of Reference and Adult Services at the Moffat Library of Washingtonville. In addition to his work as a librarian and archivist, he is also an independent historian, who worked as a museum educator at New Windsor Cantonment State Historic Site for 7 years, when he conducted this research. Matthew received his BA in History and Anthropology from SUNY New Paltz in 2010, and his Masters in Information Science from SUNY Albany in 2012.

He has published several articles on the American Revolution, and World War One in the Hudson Valley in the Hudson River Valley Review Journal and in June 2020 he published his first book Images of America: Blooming Grove & Washingtonville for Arcadia Publishing. Please note: Masks are required to attend this event. Space is extremely limited. Visitors must register in advance at https://www.friendsofclermont. org/events Saturday, February 19, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m., https://www.friendsofclermont.org/events Clermont State Historic Site, 1 Clermont Avenue, Germantown, 518-537-4240

FEBRUARY 20 THIS AND THAT FOOD TRUCK Sunday, February 20, noon - 6 p.m. This & That Food Truck is back with their classic offerings and vegan menu such as grilled artichoke, cauliflower wings, empanadas, falafel, quesadillas, and more! (V + GF options) Sunday, February 20, noon - 6 p.m., https://www.facebook.com/ events/325861496113873 Cooper’s Daughter Spirits at Olde York, 284 State Rouite 23, Claverack, 845-480-1237

FEBRUARY 21 THIS AND THAT FOOD TRUCK Monday, February 21, noon - 6 p.m. This & That Food Truck is back with their classic offerings and vegan menu such as grilled artichoke, cauliflower wings, empanadas, falafel, quesadillas, and more! (V + GF options) Monday, February 21, noon - 6 p.m., https://www.facebook.com/ events/325861472780542 Cooper’s Daughter Spirits at Olde York, 284 State Rouite 23, Claverack, 845-480-1237

GNA’s Secret Star Acoustic Jam Returns to Proctors SCHENECTADY – GNA has announced that after three years, due to the pandemic, the Secret Star Acoustic Jam is back at Proctors on Wednesday, April 20. GNA’s Secret Star Acoustic Jam began at Proctors in November 2013 and 14 shows later, it’s back. GNA’s Secret Star Acoustic Jam is one of the Capital Region’s most anticipated and unique concert events. It features four of country music’s biggest stars, on stage at the same time, sharing their

songs and stories. And the most exciting part? The lineup is not revealed until the show! Previous stars to have surprised audiences are Dan + Shay, Kip Moore, Dustin Lynch, Lee Brice, Justin Moore, Michael Ray, and so many more. Tickets are on sale 10 a.m. Wednesday, January 26 through the Box Office at Proctors, in person or via phone at 518-346-6204 Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-2 p.m. or online at Proctors.org; $20-35.

Still Time to Sign Up for Spring 2022 Kids on Stage! We would heart you to come do theatre with us this spring! There is still time to sign up for this Spring Kids on Stage Workshop. BONUS: Use the coupon code fairverona when checking out to get $40 off! Participants will be producing two pieces- an abridged version of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and Drop Dead, Juliet! by Allison Williams. In Drop Dead, Juliet!, Juliet hates the ending of Shakespeare’s play and fights to change it. Funny and fun, this modern play is sure to be a hit on our Globe Stage. K i d s on Stage session directed by Cheyenne See and Josie Grant. For students ages 10-17*. Classes meet

4-6 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays with extended tech week | February 22- April 8, 2022 Performances: Saturday April 9, 2021 at 3PM and Sunday April 10 at 11 p.m. Tuition: $290 ($250 with coupon!) More details on our website: centerforperformingarts. org *The Covid-19 situation is ever evolving. As of now, participants must submit proof of Covid vaccination and masks will be required during parts of the program. Please contact us with any questions. Register Now

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Yekwon Sunwoo, a Night of Chopin & Brahms Presenting Van Cliburn Gold Medalist Pianist Yekwon Sunwoo in His Berkshire Debut: “A Night of Chopin and Brahms” Four Scherzi and the Piano Quartet in G minor – Music of Demonic Power and Energy, Performed Live at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington, MA, March 20 at 4 p.m. TICKETS $28/$52 Gold medalist of the 15th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Yekwon Sunwoo has been hailed for his “unfailingly consistent excellence” (International Piano) and celebrated as “a pianist who commands a comprehensive technical arsenal that allows him to thunder without breaking a sweat” (Chicago Tribune). He will be making his area debut on March 20 on stage with acclaimed violinist Daniel Phillips, violist Daniel Panner, and cellist and artistic director Yehuda Hanani. The program showcases Sunwoo’s remarkable piano prowess both as a soloist as well as a chamber

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musician and partner. Following in the footsteps of former illustrious Van Cliburn winners such as Radu Lupu, Olga Kern, Alexander Korbin and Vladimir Viardo, the prize has catapulted Yekwon Sunwoo to international attention. Chopin’s Scherzi, from the word for “joke” (scherzo), are anything but light, humorous and fluffy, and though much recorded, are best performed live by only the

most outstanding and secure piano talents. Considered among Chopin’s masterpieces, this large-scale work, dramatic and romantic, features startling effects, mesmerizing and spiritual passages and unbridled power and exuberant energy. Yekwon Sunwoo is joined for the Brahms Opus 25 Piano Quartet by veteran chamber musicians – members of the Orion String Quartet,

Mendelssohn String Quartet, contemporary ensemble Sequitur, and frequent collaborators with other top ensembles. One of Brahms’s most viscerally seductive works, the Quartet in G minor it is much beloved for its famous rousing finale, the Rondo alla Zingarese (Gypsy Rondo), reflecting Brahms’s lifelong fascination with Hungarian folk music. Two master tunesmiths and four superb performers unite for an unforgettable performance and introduction to a new star in the musical firmament! Buy tickets to “Chopin and Brahms” ABOUT CLOSE ENCOUNTERS WITH MUSIC Close Encounters With Music stands at the intersection of music, art and the vast richness of Western culture. Entertaining, erudite and lively commentary from founder and Artistic Director Yehuda Hanani puts the composers and their times in perspective to enrich the concert experience.

The Cairo-Durham Drama Club is excited to present

‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ CAIRO – The Cairo-Durham Drama Club is excited to present their 2022 musical production, “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.” Opening Night is scheduled for Friday, March 4th (7 p.m.), with two shows on Saturday, March 5th (2 p.m. and 7 p.m.), and a matinee on Sunday, March 6th (2 p.m.). Performances will be in the Cairo-Durham Middle/High School auditorium. General tickets are $10 and student/ senior citizen tickets are $8. Advance tickets are available for purchase in the CDHS lobby between 5-6 p.m. on March 1 & 2, 2022. Checks should be made out to “CD Drama Club.” Tickets will also be available for purchase at the door on the night of performances. At this time, masks are still required to be worn in school buildings. We are excited to be able to hold in-person events and appreciate your continued partnership

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in adhering to the state-mandated COVID-19 protocols. Thank you for your

understanding and support. ABOUT THE SHOW If you like upbeat, energized performances, be sure to come see “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” at Cairo-Durham High School. This familyfriendly show will have you dancing in your seats. Andrew Lloyd Weber’s fun-loving and humorous retelling of a well-known story features 25 Cairo-Durham students in lead roles and involves another 40 students as members of the cast, crew, and pit orchestra. This show boasts songs from all different genres. You’ll see cowboys, rappers, Elvis impersonators, bluesy tappers, French chanson, and disco dancers! Don’t miss all the talent Cairo-Durham has to offer! Come and be part of the magic of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat!”

Wynonna Judd takes the stage at the historic Cohoes Music Hall April 13 with the ‘Herstory & Hits Tour’ COUNTRY MUSIC FAVORITE WILL BE JOINED BY HER BAND “THE BIG NOISE” COHOES — Playhouse Stage Company announced today that Cohoes Music Hall will welcome the Wynonna Judd: Herstory and Hits Tour for a performance on April 13 at 8 p.m. Tickets to the show, presented by Music Hall Arts Alliance Inc., are priced from $39 to $85 and go on sale Friday, February 18 at 11 a.m. via the Cohoes Music Hall box office and Eventbrite. Once dubbed by Rolling Stone as “The greatest female country singer since Patsy Cline,” Wynonna Judd first gained fame as part of one of the

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most successful musical duos of all-time, The Judds, selling over 20 million records worldwide to become music royalty to her fans and critics alike. A five-time Grammy Award winner in her own right, and

recipient of over 60 top industry awards, Wynonna holds multiple hold, platinum and multi-platinum certifications from the RIAA of over 10-million units sold for albums released throughout her impressive 30

year solo career. On top of that unprecedented feat, Wynonna has earned 20 #1 hits and countless charting singles to make her one of country music’s most celebrated artists of all time. Wynonna will embark on her first-ever HERSTORY & HITS Tour to commemorate the 30 year anniversary of her debut solo tour, taking fans on a celebratory journey through the musical tapestry that shaped her career. With hits such as “No One Else On Earth,” I Saw The Light,” “Is It Over Yet?” and more, this once-in-a-lifetime anniversary tour is not to be missed!

The Crandell Theatre presents three of the 2022 Oscar Nominees for Best Picture: West Side Story, Licorice Pizza, and Drive My Car, CHATHAM — Crandell Theatre requires filmgoers, including children over the age of 12, to show proof of full vaccination along with a valid I.D. (can be a school I.D.) for all screenings and events. Ticket purchase includes seat selection which automatically buffers each patron or party to provide social distancing. Masks are required indoors except when seated. This week, the Crandell Theatre presents three of the 2022 Oscar Nominees for Best Picture: West Side Story, Licorice Pizza, and Drive My Car, which also makes history as the first Japanese film to ever be nominated in the category. Adding to the cinematic excitement, we’re also screening our very first anime film, Belle. Starting the weekend off will be music documentary Learning To Live Together, which chronicles Joe Cocker’s bacchanalian “Mad Dogs & Englishmen” tour. Now available at the Crandell Theatre - popcorn! Enjoy fresh popcorn, candy, and soft drinks while watching a film on the big screen. February 17 - 20 showtimes are listed below. FEBRUARY CALENDAR LEARNING TO LIVE TOGETHER

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Thursday, February 17, 7 p.m. 111 minutes Documentary, Music In the spring of 1970, Joe Cocker undertook what became the legendary 20th-century musical experiment–a traveling rock & roll commune that crisscrossed the country on a private jet. This meteoric tour came and went over a magical two months and as a one-time-only experience, it developed a mythical status amongst music fans throughout the world. This documentary/concert film tells the complete story of Cocker’s historic tour through the lens of the Grammy-Winning Tedeschi Trucks Band’s reunion of the Mad Dogs. Featuring the last filmed interview with the late Leon Russell.

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‘Licorice Pizza’

Friday, February 18, 7 p.m. Saturday, February 19, 4 p.m. Rated R | 133 minutes Comedy, Drama, Romance Nominated for three Oscars including Best Picture and Best Director! The story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around and falling in love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973. Written and Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, the film tracks the treacherous navigation of first love. This coming-of-age comedy-drama stars Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn, Tom Waits, Bradley Cooper, and Benny Safdie. BELLE

‘Belle’

Saturday, February 19, 1 p.m. Sunday, February 20, 4:30 p.m. Rated PG | 121 minutes Anime From the celebrated Academy Award®-nominated director Mamoru Hosoda and Studio Chizu, comes a fantastical, heartfelt story of growing up in the age of social media. Suzu is a shy, everyday high school student living in a rural village. For years, she has only been a shadow of herself. But when she enters “U”, a massive virtual world, she escapes into her online persona as Belle, a gorgeous and globally-beloved singer. One day, her concert is interrupted by a monstrous creature chased by vigilantes. As their hunt escalates, Suzu embarks on an emotional and epic quest to uncover the identity of this mysterious “beast” and to discover her true self in a world where you can be anyone. Saturday, Feb 19 showing will be in English. Sunday, Feb 20 showing will be in Japanese with English subtitles. DRIVE MY CAR

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THE PROM TO PLAY SCHENECTADY TUESDAY, MARCH 1 – SUNDAY, MARCH 6 SCHENECTADY — Producers and co-Presidents of the Prom Committee announced that the National Tour of the 2019 Drama Desk Award winner for Outstanding Musical THE PROM will play Proctors from Tuesday, March 1 – Sunday, March 6. Tickets are available through the Box Office at Proctors, in person or via phone at 518-346-6204 Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-2 p.m. or online at Proctors.org. Press tickets are also available, contact Jessica Sims jsims@proctors.org. They will be processed in the order they are received. This hit musical stars Kaden Kearney (they/them) as “Emma, High School Student, Banned from the Prom,” Kalyn West as “Alyssa Greene, Head of Student Council with a Secret,”

Courtney Balan as “Tony Award Winner Dee Dee Allen,” Patrick Wetzel as “Drama Desk Award Winner Barry Glickman,” Emily Borromeo as “Angie Dickinson, Broadway Chorine,” Bud Weber as “Trent Oliver, Esteemed Julliard Graduate/Cater Waiter,” Sinclair Mitchell as “Mr. Hawkins, High School Principal,” Ashanti J’Aria as “Mrs. Greene, President of the PTA” and Shavey Brown as “Sheldon

Saperstein, Broadway’s Press Agent with a Plan.” Directed and choreographed by Tony Award® winner Casey Nicholaw (Aladdin, Mean Girls). Viking Books announced that Saundra Mitchell, author of over twenty books for tweens and teens, has written the YA novelization of the hit Broadway musical comedy, THE PROM to adapt the new original musical into a reading experience that

reflects the energy and humor of the show, and echoes its message of acceptance and inclusion. The book was published on September 10, 2019 with Viking Children’s Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers. THE PROM made its world premiere at The Alliance Theatre, Atlanta, GA, Susan V. Booth, Artistic Director, in 2016, and played its final performance at the Longacre Theatre on Broadway on August 11, 2019 after playing 23 previews and 310 regular performances. For more information visit: Website: ThePromMusical.com Facebook: @ThePromMusical Instagram: @ThePromMusical Twitter: @ThePromMusical TikTok: @ThePromMusical Hashtag: #ThePromMusical

‘Drive My Car’ ‘West Side Story’

Friday, February 18, 4 p.m. Saturday, February 19, 7 p.m. Rated PG-13 | 156 minutes Musical, Drama, Crime Nominated for seven Oscars including Best Picture and Best Director! Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of the 1957 musical, West Side Story. Love at first sight strikes when young Tony spots Maria at a high school dance in 1957 New York City. Their burgeoning romance helps to fuel the fire between the warring Jets and Sharks — two rival gangs vying for control of

Sunday, February 20, 1 p.m. 179 minutes Drama Nominated for four Oscars including Best Picture and Best Director! Drive My Car makes history as the first Japanese film to score an Oscar nomination for Best Picture. Prolific filmmaker Ryusuke Hamaguchi is the third Japanese filmmaker to be nominated in the Best Director category. Adapted from a short story by Haruki Murakami, embellished by Chekov, Drive My Car is full of sudden turns. Invited to a theater festival, a noted stage director from Tokyo is given a driver. She, like him, has a history full of twists.

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Pairings released for Section II postseason

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The fields are set for the Section II boys and girls high school basketball playoffs. Brackets were released on Wednesday afternoon. As expected, the Patroon Conference champion Chatham boys and Catskill girls earned the highest seeds among the local teams competing. Chatham is the No. 2 seed in the Class C bracket and Catskill is No. 3 in the Class B bracket. BOYS Because of the large number of teams competing in Class C this year, their will be two divisions — Class C and CC — with the two winners eventually meeting for the overall championship. Chatham has drawn a firstround bye in Class CC and will play the winner of the Hoosick Falls-Mayfield game in the quarterfinal round on Feb. 26 at 3:30 p.m. at Saratoga High

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Patroon Conference champion Chatham is the No. 2 seed in Class CC in the Section II boys basketball playoffs and will play Mayfield or Hoosick Falls in the quarterfinal round on Feb. 26 at 3:30 p.m. at Saratoga High School.

School. A win there would vault the Panthers into the CC semifinals at Cool Insuring

Arena in Glens Falls on Feb. 28. Stillwater is the No. 1 seed in

Class CC. In Class C, Maple Hill is the No. 1 seed and will play either

Galway or Hadley-Luzerne in the quarterfinals on Feb. 26 at 5 p.m. at Shenendehowa High

School. The Class CC-C playoff game will be played on March 6. Class B is always one of the toughest brackets to win in Section II and this year should be no different. Tamarac, the No. 1 Class B team in the state, is the top seed, with Cohoes at No. 2. Ichabod Crane is the No. 6 seed and will play Greene County rival Catskill, the No. 11 seed, on Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Ichabod Crane High School in a first round game. The winner moves on to the quarterfinals on Feb. 25 at 5 p.m. at Hudson Valley Community College against a yet-to-bedetermined opponent. Hudson is the No. 10 seed in Class B and will travel to No. 7 Schuylerville of the Foothills Council on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in a first-round game. The winner will advance to the See PAIRINGS B3

Canada holds off furious U.S. comeback to win another women’s hockey gold Roman Stubbs The Washington Post

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As MLB’s labor negotiations continue to crawl, spring training games, scheduled to begin Feb. 26 for the Yankees, are likely to be delayed.

Yankees players continue working out on high school fields Kristie Ackert New York Daily News

TAMPA, Fla. — Around 12:30 p.m., as the groundskeeper waited, Gio Urshela and Gleyber Torres stopped their workout and began to pick up baseballs from around the field, then gathered up their bats and gloves and headed to their cars. They have to clear out of the way so the field could be ready for the big high school game in just a few hours. This is big league life in the lockout. “We’ve been working out here all offseason3/8,” Urshela said after taking infield and hitting on the field. “We’ll just keep doing it. We want to play, we’re ready to go. We can’t just be sitting on the couch. We have to keep ourselves ready.” On the day that big leaguers would be heading to their complexes across Florida and Arizona in a normal year, they are working out on their own because of the owners’ lockout. When the league instituted the lockout on Dec. 2, that precluded players from using team facilities or any contact with team personnel. Now, as negotiations continue to crawl, spring training games, scheduled to begin Feb. 26 for the Yankees, are almost definitely going to be

delayed and as the negotiations continue to stall out the March 31 scheduled opening day is in jeopardy. For most players, who are creatures of habit, it’s a hitch in their routines. “We just want to play. Hopefully, the negotiations will move along3/8,” Urshela said. “We want to get back.” But for now, both players and the fans who usually book trips around their favorite team’s spring training are in a holding pattern, as are the local businesses and workers who rely on spring training, as the negotiations between the two sides inch along. But, it’s something the players are prepared for. “It’s like 2020. That helped us figure out3/8 how to do this now, for sure,” Urshela said. The coronavirus pandemic shut down spring training suddenly in 2020 for nearly four months. The teams’ complexes were closed, but many of the Yankees have homes in the Tampa area -- as do many players from other teams who have complexes in the area like the Phillies, Blue Jays and obviously the Rays -- and scrambled to put together fields to work out on. Now, they have those spots to go back to as they See YANKEES B3

BEIJING — When the final horn sounded Thursday, Canada’s players threw their gloves and sticks into the air as they streamed past Hilary Knight, who looked up at the scoreboard one last time and wondered where the time had gone. It may have been the final Olympic appearance for Knight, the oldest American to ever suit up at the Games, and here was maybe the most painful wound of all: Watching Canada’s players celebrate their gold medal after a 3-2 win over the United States in an eerily quiet Wukesong Sports Centre. “It’s devastating,” Knight said, after she and her teammates were forced to remain on the ice for more than a half-hour to receive their silver medals, which perhaps weighed even heavier after the latest chapter in one of sport’s best rivalries. The Canadians and Americans have met in six of the seven gold medal games in Olympic history, and four have been settled by a 3-2 score, including each of the last three. The U.S. players had been here before against their North American counterparts, suffering agonizing defeats after four years of anticipation, but perhaps never like this.

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Team Canada goalkeeper Ann-Renee Desbiens (35) makes a save on Team United States forward Hilary Knight (21) as Team Canada forward Sarah Nurse (20) defends in the third period during the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games at Wukesong Sports Centre.

Never had they been dominated so early in a gold medal game - and never had they dug so deep to give themselves a chance. Neither team had ever taken a three-goal lead in the gold medal game - until Canada did it by the second period Thursday, only to later watch the Americans threaten a stunning comeback, with Knight willing her way to the

net for a shorthanded goal late in the second and Amanda Kessel muscling in another goal to trim the lead to one goal with 13 seconds left in the game. But by that point, the United States had run out of time. A final rush to Canada’s zone ended with the puck trapped behind the net, with no final shot on goal. “We can’t get down that

many goals. It’s tough to bounce back,” said Knight, who made a U.S. record 22nd Olympic appearance Thursday. “I don’t think we scratched the surface with our ability to play . . . I’ve seen us practice; I’ve seen us play. I’ve seen us put together 60 minutes, and that just wasn’t it, right? I think if you saw the See CANADA B3

NYC mayor weighs letting unvaxxed Kyrie Irving play in Brooklyn Dennis Young New York Daily News

NEW YORK — In an extraordinary sign that Kyrie Irving may be fully available for the Nets later this year, two major figures, including the one with ultimate power, questioned New York City’s vaccine requirement for hometown pro athletes on Wednesday. Irving is the only player on either the Knicks or Nets who has refused to take a COVID-19 vaccine, leaving him ineligible for home games, and road games at Madison Square Garden (where the Nets visit Wednesday night). First up was NBA commissioner Adam Silver, who pointed out the bizarre fact that unvaccinated road players are eligible at Barclays and MSG. In fact, unvaccinated Kings guard Justin Holiday played in Brooklyn Monday night. “The oddity of it to me is that it only CHRISTIAN PETERSEN/GETTY IMAGES applies to home players,” Silver said on Brooklyn Nets’ Kyrie Irving (11) handles the ball against the Phoenix Suns during the ESPN. “It just doesn’t quite make sense first half at Footprint Center on Feb. 1 in Phoenix. to me that an away player who is unvacThen in an even more consequential Wednesday. “We are saying to out-ofcinated can play in Barclays but a home move, Mayor Eric Adams signaled that town athletes that they can come in and player can’t.” There is a proposed bill in the New York he may be willing to loosen or alter the re- not be vaccinated, yet New York athletes, state senate closing the loophole for visit- quirement because it so narrowly affects you have to be vaccinated ... ing athletes and musicians, which would only Irving. See NYC B3 “I think the rule is unfair,” Adams said surely assuage Silver’s concerns.

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Pro basketball NBA Eastern Conference Atlantic W L Pct GB Philadelphia 34 23 .596 — Boston 34 26 .567 1.5 Toronto 32 25 .561 2.0 Brooklyn 31 27 .534 3.5 New York 25 34 .424 10.0 Central W L Pct GB Chicago 38 21 .644 — Milwaukee 36 23 .610 2.0 Cleveland 35 23 .603 2.5 Indiana 20 40 .333 18.5 Detroit 13 45 .224 24.5 Southeast W L Pct GB Miami 37 21 .638 — Charlotte 29 30 .492 8.5 Atlanta 28 30 .483 9.0 Washington 26 31 .456 10.5 Orlando 13 47 .217 25.0 Western Conference Northwest W L Pct GB Utah 36 21 .632 — Denver 32 25 .561 4.0 Minnesota 31 28 .525 6.0 Portland 25 34 .424 12.0 Oklahoma City 18 40 .310 18.5 Pacific W L Pct GB Phoenix 47 10 .825 — Golden State 42 16 .724 5.5 L.A. Clippers 29 31 .483 19.5 L.A. Lakers 26 31 .456 21.0 Sacramento 22 38 .367 26.5 Southwest W L Pct GB Memphis 41 19 .683 — Dallas 34 24 .586 6.0 New Orleans 23 35 .397 17.0 San Antonio 23 36 .390 17.5 Houston 15 41 .268 24.0 Wednesday’s games Atlanta 130, Orlando 109 Detroit 112, Boston 111 Indiana 113, Washington 108 Brooklyn 111, New York 106 Chicago 125, Sacramento 118 Toronto 103, Minnesota 91 San Antonio 114, Oklahoma City 106 Portland at Memphis, 8 p.m. Houston at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Denver at Golden State, 10 p.m. Utah at L.A. Lakers, 10 p.m. Thursday’s games Miami at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Washington at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. Dallas at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. Houston at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m. Friday’s games Team Worthy vs Team Isiah, at Cleveland, 9 p.m. Team Payton vs Team Barry, at Cleveland, 9:30 p.m.

Pro hockey NHL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OT SO Pts Florida 48 33 10 2 3 71 Tampa Bay 49 32 11 2 4 70 Toronto 46 31 12 2 1 65 Boston 47 27 16 2 2 58 Detroit 50 22 22 5 1 50 Buffalo 48 16 24 7 1 40 Ottawa 46 17 25 3 1 38 Montreal 48 8 33 7 0 23 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT SO Pts Pittsburgh 50 31 11 3 5 70 Carolina 47 32 11 4 0 68 N.Y. Rangers 48 31 13 3 1 66 Washington 51 27 15 7 2 63 Columbus 47 23 23 0 1 47 N.Y. Islanders 43 17 20 3 3 40 Philadelphia 48 15 24 5 4 39 New Jersey 50 17 28 1 4 39 Western Conference Central Division GP W L OT SO Pts Colorado 47 34 9 3 1 72 Minnesota 45 30 12 0 3 63 St. Louis 47 28 14 3 2 61 Nashville 49 28 17 2 2 60 Dallas 47 26 19 1 1 54 Winnipeg 47 21 18 4 4 50 Chicago 49 18 24 6 1 43 Arizona 48 12 32 0 4 28 Pacific Division GP W L OT SO Pts Calgary 46 27 13 6 0 60 Vegas 48 28 17 2 1 59 Edmonton 47 26 18 3 0 55 Los Angeles 48 24 17 5 2 55 Anaheim 49 23 17 5 4 55 Vancouver 49 22 21 3 3 50 San Jose 47 22 21 3 1 48 Seattle 49 16 29 3 1 36 Wednesday’s games Winnipeg 6, Minnesota 3 Florida 3, Carolina 2, OT Anaheim at Calgary, 9:30 p.m. Colorado at Vegas, 10 p.m. Thursday’s games St. Louis at Montreal, 7 p.m. Ottawa at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Washington at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Detroit at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at Toronto, 7 p.m. Boston at N.Y. Islanders, 7:30 p.m. Seattle at Winnipeg, 8 p.m. Columbus at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Anaheim at Edmonton, 9 p.m. Vancouver at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Friday’s games Nashville at Carolina, 7 p.m. Florida at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Dallas at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Vegas, 10 p.m.

GF GA 197 141 169 139 167 125 136 132 144 174 131 167 124 150 106 191 GF GA 169 132 163 112 147 123 166 142 149 173 105 122 122 167 146 182 GF GA 191 135 174 134 167 131 150 138 141 142 137 140 120 163 108 180 GF GA 158 110 162 143 154 149 138 135 144 141 126 135 126 145 129 173

College basketball WEDNESDAY MEN’S SCORES EAST Albany 68, Binghamton 67 Boston U 78, Holy Cross 65 Colgate 100, Army 90 George Mason 75, Saint Joseph’s 70, OT George Washington 73, Duquesne 52 Hampton 93, North Carolina A&T 82 Hartford 75, Maine 65 Lafayette 77, Loyola (MD) 68 Manhattan 74, Fairfield 67 NJIT 59, Massachusetts Lowell 55 Navy 55, American U. 46 Radford 71, Campbell 67 Rutgers 70, Illinois 59 St. Bonaventure 83, Massachusetts 71 UMBC 95, Stony Brook 84 Vermont 71, New Hampshire 50 SOUTH Alabama 80, Mississippi State 75 Florida Gulf Coast 82, Kennesaw St. 76 Furman 103, Western Carolina 85 Jacksonville 67, Stetson 45 Jacksonville St. 78, Lipscomb 67 Louisiana State 84, Georgia 65 Mercer 65, East Tennessee St. 56 Pittsburgh 76, North Carolina 67 Seattle 102, Texas Rio Grande Valley 62 South Carolina Upstate 60, Presbyterian 55 Stephen F. Austin 88, Chicago St. 71 UNC Asheville 85, Charleston Southern 66 Winthrop 81, Gardner-Webb 70 Wofford 65, The Citadel 58 MIDWEST Bellarmine 79, Central Arkansas 69 Drake 73, Evansville 51 Eastern Kentucky 80, North Alabama 76, OT Loyola-Chicago 71, Valparaiso 69 Marquette 77, Georgetown 66 Miami-Florida 70, Louisville 63 Notre Dame 99, Boston College 95, OT Saint Louis 90, La Salle 64 St. John’s 86, Xavier 73 Utah Valley 69, Tarleton State 56

WOMEN’S SCORES EAST Albany 61, Binghamton 48 American 54, Navy 43 Army 51, Colgate 38 Boston U 74, Holy Cross 56 Bucknell 56, Lehigh 54 Dayton 47, Rhode Island 37 Drexel 64, James Madison 61 Duquesne 80, Richmond 68 George Washington 65, George Mason 57 La Salle 80, Davidson 68 Lafayette 77, Loyola (MD) 61 Longwood 85, North Carolina A&T 71 Maine 71, Hartford 56 Massachusetts 60, Fordham 57 Morgan St. 67, Delaware State 42 NJIT 60, Massachusetts Lowell 50 Stony Brook 66, UMBC 56 VCU 57, St. Bonaventure 49 Vermont 61, New Hampshire 58 William & Mary 69, UNC Wilmington 59 SOUTH Baylor 80, Texas Christian 55 Central Florida 60, Wichita St. 35 Houston 67, East Carolina 55

U.S. men’s curling got the win it needed to keep its gold medal defense alive Adam Kilgore The Washington Post

BEIJING — John Shuster had been curling at the Olympics long enough to understand the stakes of a match such as Thursday morning’s, long enough to know it might mean a little more than usual. He had faced his share of do-or-die games, from Turin to Vancouver to Sochi to PyeongChang, from finishing last to winning a gold medal. Over those dozen years, he had advanced to an age when he has only so many more cracks left at this, assuming he has any at all. Shuster and the U.S. men’s curling team - or rink, in the vernacular - made certain MICHAEL MADRID/USA TODAY Thursday morning at NaJohn Shuster (USA) during mens curling semifinals during the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games at tional Aquatics Centre they National Aquatics Center. would keep curling at these Olympics, that any questions “We missed a couple of the into an Olympic curling rink Shuster said. “It was magiabout the future would be wrong shots in a couple of for the final time Thursday cal.” shelved for later. The Ameri- those games,” Shuster said. morning. The United States Shuster also admitted that cans beat Denmark, 7-5, be- “We could have easily went arrived with both a clear mis- ice gives him the most diffihind vice skip Christopher through that thing 7-2.” sion and a possible escape culty when he throws. ShusPlys, who ended a match of Shuster would attempt to hatch. The Americans only ter curled the final stone of precise throws with a crucial, win the third medal of his had to beat Denmark, which the second end through the defensive stone in 10th end. career later Thursday night, entered in last place with button, a failure of execution The victory advanced them or early Thursday morning a 1-7 round-robin record, that gave the Danes a point, out of round-robin play with- back home in Duluth, Minn. to reach the semifinals and pushing their early lead to out outside help, their hope If there is such a thing as a put themselves one victory 2-0 even when the Americans to defend the gold medal face of U.S. curling, Shuster is away from a medal. If they held the hammer - the last they won so dramatically four it. He is competing at his fifth lost, they could still advance shot of the end, a massive adyears ago still alive. Olympics. The story of how based on tiebreaking pro- vantage granted by losing the “At the beginning of the the U.S. curling governing cedures if Italy beat Norway previous end. week, if you gave us one “I had to more talk to mygame, win and you’re in, I body effectively fired him af- three sheets over. ter 10thand ninth-place fin“Honestly, I wasn’t really self, like, ‘Come on, man,’ think we’d take it,” Plys said. ishes in 2010 and 2014, only sure which team we needed “ Shuster said. “But we “It’s a tough field that’s here. for him to assemble a band of to win over there,” Plys said. knew we were playing good This is one of the deepest Olympics ever. Having that curlers christened “The Re- “I think our coaches wanted enough.” The United States recovopportunity, it was easy to fo- jects” that won gold in 2018, to make sure we were just fohas become widely known. cused on our sheet.” ered with two points in the cus in.” Curling can be played into In the opening ends, Shusthird end - but over on the The Americans capitalized on an early, colossal Dan- the late-40s, but the sport ter noticed stones curling other side of the arena, Norish mistake and cruised into also has emphasized fitness “insanely” more than they way had struck with two in the semifinals, where they in recent years, and in any had in earlier games, owing their third end to tie Italy. It started to look like a will face top-seeded Britain - Olympic cycle, losing in the to a change in the ice. It was his favorite kind of surface on qualifying tournament is an tense day ahead for the U.S. whom they beat, 9-7, last Friday to deal the Brits their lone ever-present threat. Even as a which to strategize and in- rink, and then the Danes made an even more flagrant loss of the tournament - with gold medalist, Shuster’s rink struct teammates. “I put the broom down, error than Shuster’s. In the a chance to secure a medal. could have been bounced The United States finished from these Olympics had one they trusted where it was, fourth end, Danish skip Mikand they threw, and I had a kel Krause’s last stone didn’t 5-4 in the round-robin stage, final stone gone differently. And so the possibility ex- great beat on where it was go- curl enough around two U.S. winning three of its final four isted Shuster had walked ing and how to sweep ‘em,” blockers, sliding out of the matches.

target and gifting three points to the Americans in an end in which they did not possess the hammer. Krause dropped his head, lifted his broom and let it fall to the ground. “A three-point lead is nice to have, but it’s certainly not safe,” Plys said. “Like they say the two-goal lead in the most dangerous lead in hockey, the three-point lead in curling is similar to that.” The 5-2 advantage still enabled neutral results to become American victories. In the sixth, they played for a blank - purposefully engineering an end in which no rocks remained on the sheet, which allowed them to keep the hammer in the seventh without Denmark chipping away at their lead. Over on the D sheet, the Italians lost control after playing for a blank of their own, and the Norwegians pulled ahead of Italy 5-4 after seven ends, then piled on another two points without the hammer in the eighth on their way to a rout. The Americans would be on their own - and that was just fine. They added a point in the seventh and then stole another in the eighth, building a 7-3 lead with two ends left. “If we were going to back into the playoffs, we weren’t going to be in a very good place to come out here and win, anyway,” Shuster said. Eight hours later, Shuster and teammates would have another game. Asked how he would fill the time, he checked his watched and said, “I need to stop talking so I can go watch our ladies’ hockey game,” Maybe it would be good luck - four years ago, the U.S. women had played for a gold medal before his team’s semifinal, too. “Last time when they won the gold medal game, it got us pumped to beat Canada,” he said.

After an inexplicable Olympics, Mikaela Shiffrin faces an uncertain future Barry Svrluga The Washington Post

YANQING, China — She is a virtuoso pianist who can’t find middle C, Rothko but now colorblind, LeBron standing under the basket missing dunk after dunk after dunk. Mikaela Shiffrin understands her story line at the Beijing Games, right down to her final individual run in Thursday’s Alpine combined. She went into it after a solid downhill performance poised for what has eluded her here: a single medal. Here she is, speaking for all of America, setting up a Thursday afternoon slalom in which she should feel like a trout in a brook. “Hey, she did a pretty good downhill run,” Shiffrin said, in her best Everyday American voice, assessing her chances. “Set up pretty well for the slalom. And there’s no chance - like, come on. . . . She’s going to at least make it to the finish. This could be the medal that salvages after all.” She transformed back into herself. There was no medal. There was no finish. “Right now, I just feel like a joke,” she said. “So . . . yeah.” There’s no pre-Olympics bingo card that included the following results for Shiffrin: DNF for did not finish in the giant slalom; DNF for did not finish in the slalom; DNF for did not finish in the slalom portion of the combined. She has won Olympic medals in all three events. She leaves here without even crossing the finish line in any of them. Thursday, she made it 10 gates before a bauble, and by the 12th she was on her right hip - out after 10 seconds of a run that should have gone more

than 50. By that point, it was some combination of completely astonishing and somehow expected. In her 91 races before these Olympics across the elite World Cup circuit, world championships and the PyeongChang Games, Shiffrin has two DNFs. In five races here, she had three. A month ago, a disappointing experience here wasn’t wholly out of the question, both because Shiffrin’s training was interrupted by a 10-day quarantine for a positive coronavirus test and because she is so open about her struggles with expectations. But three DNFs in races she is accustomed to dominating . . . well, if you could have found a Vegas bookie to take those odds, good luck. And so this is a search for an explanation. Give Shiffrin a shot first. “I don’t really understand it,” she said. “And I’m not sure when I’m going to have much of an explanation, and I can’t explain to you how frustrated I am to not know what I can learn from the day.” Not just the day. The entire twoweek stay. Shiffrin was open about her ambivalence toward the Olympics as recently as last fall. She likened the pressure at the Games to a monster that couldn’t be kept at bay. From the outside, it would seem to have consumed her whole here. “I think you want . . . to be able to say it’s a pressure thing,” Shiffrin said. “There are certainly points during the Games where I felt the weight of pressure and expectation. But in general, when I was racing, it wasn’t the case. That wasn’t something outrageous. And it certainly wasn’t more than I ever experienced in my career before. . . .

“The pressure’s there. It’s always there. And I don’t feel uncomfortable or even unfamiliar with it.” She is like all of us, fishing for the precise reason why - at one of the most important points in her career - she was unable to perform the basic skills that provide her foundation. Sheer stage fright would be one, right? And yet Shiffrin won gold in slalom as a teenager in Sochi, gold in giant slalom four years later in PyeongChang, silver the following week in the combined to conclude that competition. So does she shrink from the Olympic moment? Her past would show that’s not the case. So the combined seemed to be an opportunity. After the downhill portion, she was fifth. But the four women ahead of it were all speed specialists; they had combined for zero career World Cup slalom starts. Shiffrin had an advantage over her stiffest competition: Switzerland’s Michell Gisin and Wendy Holdener, who won gold and bronze to sandwich Shiffrin’s silver in South Korea, and Italy’s Federica Brignone. Plus, she felt normal, calmer. “I wanted to ski a good, solid run of slalom,” she said. “It was not actually so much to ask for from myself.” Not so much to ask from herself before she arrived here. A monstrous task in her current state. And yet as she built into her run at the top of the course, she felt her strong skiing come out. She cleanly got through the fifth turn - which, coincidentally, felled her in both the GS and the slalom. A rhythm briefly began to take hold. For Mikaela Shiffrin, skiing slalom is essentially breathing. It’s what she

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does. Inhale, exhale. “Any time I’ve ever been so sure about something like that, in my entire career, welp . . .” she said of how she began Thursday’s run, pausing, “it’s gone pretty well. The track record is . . .” The track record is 47 World Cup victories in slalom, more than any man or woman in any Alpine discipline ever. “At least what I can say is with that kind of feeling on my skis,” Shiffrin said, “I never DNF’d.” Until Thursday. Shiffrin now has two track records: the one from here, and the one from everywhere else. “I should probably just quit,” she said. She was joking. I think. Shiffrin plans to ski in Saturday’s parallel team event, but that’s not the medal - not the medals - she came here for. “I’m certainly questioning a lot,” she said. “I’m really disappointed, and I’m really frustrated.” Forget Saturday’s team event. Mikaela Shiffrin will be a fascinating figure going forward. She will either find a way to divorce herself from what happened here, or she will be consumed by it. The Olympics end, but the World Cup season continues. Will Beijing wreck that, too? “I think we’re going to have to wait and see,” she said. A transformation happened here, from Shiffrin as a sure thing to Shiffrin questioning it all. She turns 27 next month. What defines her doesn’t have to be what happened here. What defines her could be what happens next.

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best of us, the score would be different.” For all the talk about the lack of parity in women’s hockey - about how the gulf between the North American juggernauts and the rest of the world remains wide - the Canadians, at least for this tournament, were in a league of their own, and they showed it in the first half of Thursday’s showdown. They entered the game with an Olympic-record 56 goals, with eight of the top 10 scorers in the tournament, and they went for the jugular early against the Americans, whose defense struggled to adjust to the speed and crisp passing of the Canadians. An offside call against Canada’s Sarah Nurse had nullified an early goal by Natalie Spooner, but Nurse scored less than a minute later by redirecting a shot from the left circle, pushing her gaudy tournament point total to 17. And then there was 30-year-old Marie-Philip Poulin, who like Knight was making her fourth Olympic appearance, scoring two stunning goals in the first two periods, including off a rebound with 11 minutes remaining in the second period to give her team the three-goal lead. “This was our most dominant performance,” Spooner said. “I don’t think it’s really like [the U.S.] doesn’t deserve the same ice - they’re obviously amazing, they’re so talented, they’re the people we want to be playing against - I think it was just making sure we put out a dominating performance that at the end of day we were going have this gold medal in our hands and not feel the same way as in 2018.” That 3-2 loss to the United

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camp to be. They had three weeks in 2020 and had an increase in injuries to pitchers, which many attribute to the short ramp-up. “I think four weeks would be OK,” Urshela said when asked how long they would need. “I am ready to go now, but four weeks for everyone.” The 2020 shutdown also prepared everyone for how contentious these collective

bargaining negotiations would be. The back and forth between players and owners over health and safety and the length of the season, which affected players’ pay, foreshadowed the bitterness that lingers and which seems to be slowing down the process. So Tuesday afternoon, it was the team from Hillsborough Community College that was walking on the fields

at George M. Steinbrenner Field, not the Yankees. Instead, players like Torres and Urshela were back on those high school fields that have small stands, concrete and chain-link fence dugouts and a time limit because of the high school schedule. Fortunately for them, high school baseball is very big around here. “The fields are amazing,”

Luke Voit said last week. “We didn’t have them that nice in Missouri.” For Urshela, it probably wouldn’t matter too much. “I just like to be out there hitting and playing,” Urshela said. Urshela, who struggled with injuries last season, said he feels “100 percent,” right now. The hamstring, knee and hand injuries that plagued

him in 2021 are gone and he’s in shape ready to play the 2022 season. He’s spent most of his time getting himself healthy since the Yankees’ season ended in the American League wild-card game. “I feel good, really good,” said Urshela, who played in 116 games last season and slashed .267/.301/.419. “No issues.”

sending the wrong message. ...To start changing it now, I think it would send mixed messages,” he said. “I’m struggling with this, just to be honest with you.” Adams, the former Brooklyn borough president, had previously said he would not soften his predecessor’s various vaccine requirements, including the one covering Irving. His administration recently fired about 1,500 employees for refusing the shot. Irving has never directly stated his reasons for refusing a vaccine but reporting has

attributed it from everything from a desire for a plant-based vaccine to standing in supposed solidarity with unvaccinated people losing their jobs. His lack of availability for home games led the Nets to initially banish him before the start of the regular season, opting for continuity at home and on the road. Then, as the omicron variant overwhelmed the NBA, the Nets sheepishly backpedaled on their stand, welcoming Irving back to the team in December as they were dealing with an outbreak that had

leveled much of the roster. Irving immediately caught the virus himself and his debut was delayed until Jan. 5 in Indianapolis. Since his return, Irving has appeared in 14 games. In February, head coach Steve Nash began riding Irving hard for the games he could actually play in, with the guard averaging over 37 minutes in the month and crossing the 40-minute mark twice in a week. He has mostly looked like his stellar old self, averaging 24 points on 45% shooting. But his return coincided

with a serious downturn for the Nets, who are 7-15 since welcoming him back and haven’t won a game with him in the lineup since Jan. 21. His erratic availability surely played a role in James Harden souring on the situation in Brooklyn and pouting his way to a trade to Philadelphia. The Nets have 25 regularseason games left and Irving is currently eligible for just eight of them. The team’s 11 remaining road dates include two visits to the Knicks and one to the Toronto Raptors (Canada is not allowing

unvaxxed athletes to enter the country). Since returning, Irving has sparred with reporters who have asked him if the Nets’ dire need for his abilities has changed his mind about getting vaccinated. His answers were consistent: No, and hopefully he’ll be able to play in New York soon. “The circumstances that are at hand, I’m praying that they get changed and we’re able to do things differently,” he said in January. Incredibly, he may have been right.

finals on March 5 at 12:30 p.m. In Class D, Germantown is the No. 8 seed and will host Central Hudson Valley League rival Heatly, the No. 9 seed, on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in a first-round game. The winner advances to play No. 1 seed Argyle in the quarterfinals on Feb. 27 at 5 p.m. at Stillwater High School. The Class D semifinals will be held on March 2 and 3, with the championship game slated for March 5 at 11 a.m. at Cool Insuring Arena in Glens Falls. GIRLS The Class B girls bracket will be very competitive, with Schalmont the No. 2 team in the state, the top seed,

Mechanicville at No. 2, Patroon Conference champion Catskill at No. 3 and Ichabod Crane at No. 4. Catskill will take on either Hudson or Cohoes in a quarterfinal round game on Saturday at 6 p.m. at Catskill High School. The winner advances to the semifinals on March 1 at Averill Park High School. Ichabod Crane will also host a quarterfinal game on Saturday at 6 p.m., taking on the winner of Thursday’s play-in game between Mekeel Christian and Voorheesville. Saturday’s winner moves on to play Albany Academy or Glens Falls at a yet-to-be-determined site on Wednesday at 6 p.m. No. 19 Hudson, No. 16

Coxsackie-Athens and No. 15 Greenville all had play-in games on Thursday. Hudson traveled to Cohoes, Coxsackie-Athens hosted Bishop Maginn and Greenville played Watervliet, with the three winners advancing to quarterfinal games on Saturday at 6 p.m.. The Hudson-Cohoes winner will play Catskill, the Bishop Maginn vs. CoxsackieAthens winner will play Schalmont and the WatervlietGreenville winner will take on Mechanicville. The Class B semifinals will be played March 1 at 6 and 7:30 p.m. at Averill Park High School, with the finals scheduled for March 5 at Hudson Valley Community College at

12:45 p.m. Chatham is the No. 7 seed in Class C and will host No. 10 Warrensburg on Saturday at 6 p.m. in a first-round game. The winners advances to the quarterfinals to play No. 2 Greenwich, No. 15 Galway or No. 16 Waterford on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at a yet-to-bedetermined site. Patroon Conference runner-up Maple Hill is the No. 5 seed in Class C and will host No 12 Hoosick Falls in a first-round game on Saturday at 6 p.m. at Maple Hill High School. The winner moves on to play No. 13 Hoosic Valley or No. 4 Corinth in the quarterfinals on Feb. 23 at a yet-to-bedetermined site.

The Class C semifinals will be played March 1 at 6 and 7:30 p.m. at Colonie High School, with the championship game slated for March 5 at 11 a.m. at Hudson Valley Community College. Duanesburg is the No. 1 seed in Class C. In Class D, Germantown is the No. 8 seed and will travel to No. 1 seed Hartford on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. The winner advances to the semifinal round to play No. 5 Salem or No. 4 Northville at Ballston Spa High School on Feb. 28 at 7:30 p.m. The Class D championship game is scheduled for March 5 at 4:15 p.m. at Hudson Valley Community College.

States in a shootout in PyeongChang had fueled Canada, which had won the previous four gold medals, to change its coaching philosophy and implement an offensive-minded system that gave players more freedom to be creative. The results of that transformation were stunning in Beijing, where Canada’s players were often asked if they were pushing the sport forward with their dominance - or if they were just widening the gap between themselves and everyone else. “Um, I don’t know,” said forward Brianne Jenner, who was named the tournament’s

most valuable player. “I think our game certainly took a step, in terms of our puck movement . . . hopefully that will continue to push the envelope.” Knight has worked with Canada’s best players to form a players association in an effort to bring more resources and exposure to the sport, meeting with several of them on the eve of the world championships three years ago, a rare occasion that she and her rivals had come together to break bread. She was trying to beat them Thursday, and she had anger in her eyes after she scored a shorthanded goal off

a breakaway late in the second period. She roared at her bench, and her team revived for the third period. “The never-die mentality . . . that’s something our women took extremely personally,” Knight said. They had endured interrupted training camps and coronavirus scares, and like all athletes, they had to weather the isolation and strict restrictions while competing in Beijing. They lost star center Brianna Decker to a tournament-ending leg injury in the first game - unlike Canada, the U.S. did not bring replacement players - and their starting

goalie Thursday, Alex Cavallini, said she didn’t even know if she would be able to make it to Beijing after suffering a serious knee injury in January. To that end, it wasn’t surprising to see the U.S. controlling the pace in the third, pulling its goalie to get a man-advantage, still clinging to hope of tying the score after Kessel and scored a goal with 12 seconds left. But in what became a trend for the tournament, the Americans weren’t able generate enough scoring opportunities on their 40 shots. “I’m not going to be able to stop thinking about it for a long time,” Kessel said. “We

won’t forget this, probably, forever.” No American team had ever faced this many challenges at an Olympics, so they came together one final time before the medal ceremony. Some of their faces were red, as they wiped away tears with their jerseys. A couple U.S. players wheeled Decker out with her leg in a cast. A teammate put the silver medal around Knight. She stared straight ahead and didn’t look at it. Then, with a familiar pain in her stomach, she skated past the blissful Canadians and walked off the Olympic ice, perhaps for the final time.

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FORT WORTH, Texas — Eric Kay’s defense rested its case in U.S. District Court on Wednesday afternoon without Kay taking the stand to testify. Kay, the former Angels communication director, has been charged with giving pitcher Tyler Skaggs the drugs that led to his death in his room at the Hilton Dallas/Southlake Town Square on July 1, 2019. The defense started and rested its case Wednesday by calling six witnesses to testify. Three were former Angels players: Andrelton Simmons, Trevor Cahill and Blake Parker. Kay watched from his seat at the end of a table opposite the witness stand, where he’s been situated for the trial’s first seven days next to his attorney Michael Molfetta. Closing arguments are scheduled to begin Thursday morning. Judge Terry R. Means said he will afford 45 minutes each to the prosecution and defense. The prosecution will go first, the defense will follow, and the prosecution will be given a chance for a rebuttal with any of its allotted time remaining before the jury deliberates. The government has argued Kay was Skaggs’ only drug dealer. The defense has contended Kay and Skaggs were both addicts who bought and used drugs together -- and that Skaggs received drugs from other sources. Kay, 47, faces two felony counts: providing Skaggs counterfeit oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl that resulted

in him choking on his vomit and distributing fentanyl and oxycodone since “beginning in or before 2017.” He is subject to a minimum of 20 years in federal prison if convicted of supplying Skaggs the counterfeit pills. The government must prove the crime was committed in Texas to the jury of 10 women and two men. The defense ended its case Wednesday with Parker. The former Angels pitcher testified to buying 10 oxycodone pills from Kay. He said he tried half of one pill, didn’t like how it made him feel, and returned the remaining pills to Kay. Parker was the fifth former Angels player to testify to receiving oxycodone pills from Kay. He said he couldn’t say with certainty that Skaggs was the person who directed him to Kay for pills. Parker said Skaggs “might have.” Parker testified to remembering a conversation with Kay in 2018 in which Kay said he wanted to stop using pills because he didn’t want be involved with the people who sold him drugs. Molfetta asked Parker if he recalled Kay saying that it was difficult to quit using because players kept asking him for drugs. “That’s the first I heard of that,” Parker said. Parker said he remembered thinking he didn’t want to put Kay in the position of giving him drugs again. The other four former Angels players -- Matt Harvey, Mike Morin, Cam Bedrosian, and C.J. Cron -- testified

Tuesday to being connected to Kay for drugs through Skaggs. Evidence presented by the government Monday showed a sixth former Angel, pitcher Garrett Richards, sent Kay $1,700 in three Venmo transactions over a yearlong period, but the reason for the transfers wasn’t revealed. Morin, Bedrosian and Cron said Kay was their only source for pills. Harvey said he also received pills from a friend in Rhode Island in 2019. The defense’s first witness was Garet Ramos, Skaggs’ stepbrother. Molfetta focused on Ramos’ recollection of two incidents: Skaggs’ admission to his family of a Percocet dependence in 2013 and the chain of custody of Skaggs’ phone the day he died. Molfetta asked Ramos if he knew Skaggs was addicted to Percocet in 2013. Ramos said Skaggs didn’t describe his issue as an addiction. Skaggs’ mother, Debbie Hetman, described it as an “issue” in her testimony last week. Molfetta then presented Ramos with a document with his grand jury testimony to refresh his memory of what he had previously testified. Ramos later explained during cross-examination that he suffers from progressive multiple sclerosis, which he said severely hinders his memory. Molfetta then asked Ramos if he helped Skaggs “wean off” Percocet by giving him “Oxycontin” pills -- the first mention of Skaggs using Oxycontin, not oxycodone, pills in the trial. Oxycontin is the brand name for a

controlled-release version of oxycodone. Molfetta repeatedly asked if Ramos remembered if the pills were “blue circular pills.” Ramos answered he couldn’t “definitively say I remember that.” Molfetta then pivoted to asking Ramos if he deleted messages from Skaggs’ phone when the family went to the Southlake Police Dept.’s headquarters to retrieve his items on July 1. Ramos said Skaggs’ mother -- his stepmother -- asked him to change the passcode. He said he complied and “gave it right back” without deleting anything. The defense has said Chris Leanos, an admitted drug dealer and Skaggs’ friend since 2009, asked Ramos to delete a text message. Leanos testified Monday that Skaggs texted him a week or two before he died asking if he knew anyone who could provide him oxycodone pills. Leanos said he told Skaggs “not to mess with them” because the pills could contain fentanyl. The defense called Simmons and Cahill to rehash the possibility that Skaggs went out after the Angels checked into the Hilton Dallas/Southlake Town Square on the night of June 30. Skaggs, 27, was found dead in his hotel room the next afternoon. His phone was found not to have any outgoing data after he sent a text to his wife, Carli, at 12:02 a.m. CDT. Carli Skaggs observed Thursday’s proceedings from the gallery next to

Hetman after testifying Wednesday that she didn’t know her husband used drugs. On cross-examination, Molfetta asked her about two texts she sent to her husband after he hadn’t replied to previous texts the night he died. One referred to not getting drunk and falling asleep without texting her. When Skaggs didn’t respond, she wrote, “You have a drinking problem. I’m about to tell Tom Taylor.” Taylor is the Angels’ traveling secretary. Skaggs confirmed she sent those texts. “You’re asking about a text that I sent out of anger, saying something that wasn’t true,” Skaggs said, “that my husband couldn’t respond to because he was dead.” Simmons and Cahill testified they saw and spoke with Skaggs when the team checked into the hotel. Both players said Skaggs didn’t appear drunk, though Cahill said, “he probably couldn’t drive.” Cahill explained players drank Coors Light on the team flight. “Nothing crazy,” he said. Simmons said Skaggs either told him or he overheard Skaggs telling someone that he was considering going out that night. Simmons said he got the impression that Skaggs didn’t want to go out anymore. Cahill said Skaggs asked him if he should go out that night. Cahill said he suggested he should not, that it was better to get some rest. He said he didn’t see Skaggs again. Asked if he knew Skaggs used drugs, Cahill said he didn’t.

U.S. men’s hockey team a victim of their own unrealized expectations Helene Elliott Los Angeles Times

BEIJING — They’d only just begun to explore their potential when their Olympics ended abruptly, leaving members of the top-seeded U.S. men’s hockey team achingly short of what they were sure they could accomplish. Their stunning 3-2 shootout loss to Slovakia in the tournament quarterfinals didn’t seem real to them as they glided off the ice at National Indoor Stadium on Wednesday. A play made more precisely here, a battle won there, and the youngest U.S. men’s team since 1994 might have been planning for the tournament semifinals. Slovakia made those plays, won those battles, tied the game late in regulation after pulling their goaltender in favor of an extra skater and got the lone goal in the shootout. After Peter

Cehlarik scored in the fourth round and Slovakia goaltender Patrik Rybar stopped an attempt by U.S. captain Andy Miele, the winners poured off the bench to celebrate their minor miracle. “We had the dream that we are going to go far but we knew it’s going to be tough,” forward Juraj Slafkovsky said. “But now we are in the semifinals and it’s like, dream come true. It’s unbelievable.” It was equally improbable, in a different way, to the Americans. “It was a lot of fun. We really battled till the end,” said goalie Strauss Mann, who made three saves in the shootout before Cehlarik beat him with a forehand. “I really felt we had a lot more in us.” They’ll never know what they might have done. “Hockey’s a game of

inches. It’s all you can say,” defenseman Steven Kampfer said. “They played well, they stuck to their identity, and when it comes down to a shootout there’s really not much else you can do.” They could have avoided the shootout by scoring during the 83-second five-on-three advantage they gained early in the third period, but Slovakia held firm. “Really, that was the game-changer,” U.S. coach David Quinn said. “When you’ve got a five on three in that scenario and you don’t capitalize on it, you’re giving the other team a lot of hope, and they capitalized.” Even then, the three-onthree overtime format should have favored the Americans because of their speed and skill. “We actually had worked on it Tuesday3/8 for a while. We scrimmaged,” Quinn said. “Our

guys felt like we were prepared, and it looked it. We had some great chances. We just weren’t able to bury our chances.” For the third straight game the U.S. allowed the first goal. Slafkovsky, a 17-year-old who’s projected to be a top-10 pick in the NHL draft, gave Slovakia the lead at 11:45 of the first period with his fifth goal of the tournament. The U.S. had been chasing the puck in its own zone when Slovakia defenseman Peter Ceresnak saw Slafkovsky standing alone between the circles. Slafkovsky took Ceresnak’s pass and skated in a few strides before unleashing a shot that eluded Mann. The U.S. pulled even on a well-executed passing sequence. Nick Abruzzese of Harvard, a Toronto Maple Leafs draft pick, finished it off by taking a pass from University of Michigan star Matty Beniers

and slipping the puck between Rybar’s leg pads with 45.7 seconds left in the first period. The U.S. went ahead 2-1 at 8:56 of the second period, again using their legs in transition and scoring off the rush. This time, Nathan Smith of Minnesota State passed to defenseman Nick Perbix of St. Cloud State, who found Sam Hentges in front. Hentges, a 2018 Minnesota Wild draft pick, scored from close range. Slovakia coach Craig Ramsay, a former NHL player and coach, began to wonder if his team would be able to keep up. “At the start of the game it looked like the U.S. was going to run us out of the building,” Ramsay said. “They were so fast, and their defensemen3/8 were involved. We just found a way.” Slovakia’s penalty killing -- Ramsay’s specialty during

his 14-year NHL career -- lifted them in the third period. They pulled even with 43.7 seconds left, when Marek Hrivik converted the rebound of a shot by Michal Cajovsky. “We knew that they were funneling a lot of pucks to the net there at the end,” Kampfer said. “One just gets free and they get a stick on it, tie the game up and gain a little bit of momentum.” Rybar stopped Brendan Brisson and Sean Farrell in the shootout before Matt Knies shot wide. He then stopped Nathan Smith to start the fourth round. After Cehlarik scored, Rybar ended the game by stopping Miele. “It’s a tough situation with the game riding on you. I wanted to score, I didn’t and it stinks,” Miele said. The U.S. men haven’t won an Olympic gold medal since 1980 and haven’t won any medal since 2010.

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Rams celebrate Super Bowl title, prepare to ‘Run it Back’ Field Level Media

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Tiger Woods speaks during a news conference at the Genesis invitational at Riviera Country Club on Wednesday in Pacific Palisades, California.

Tiger Woods says he’ll return to PGA, part time, but doesn’t know when Mike DiGiovanna Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES — Tiger Woods stepped gingerly off the dais in the media room of the Riviera Country Club on Wednesday, being sure not to put too much weight on the surgically repaired right leg that he nearly lost -- along with his life -- in a singlecar accident on the Palos Verdes Peninsula one year ago. “It’s altered,” Woods, 46, said, when asked to describe the structure of the leg. “My right leg does not look like my left, put it that way. But I’m very lucky. I didn’t know if I was gonna have the right leg or not, so to be able to have my right leg still there, it’s huge.” Woods, according to the Los Angeles County sheriff, was driving at nearly twice the posted speed limit of 45 mph when he hit a sharp curve and his Genesis SUV crashed in Rolling Hills Estates last Feb. 23. Unable to negotiate a curve on Hawthorne Boulevard, Woods plowed into the center divider, smashed into a road sign and slammed into a curb and a tree. Woods, who already was recovering from his fifth back surgery, underwent emergency surgery at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center to repair fractures in both the upper and lower portions of the tibia and fibula bones. A 15-time major winner and golf’s biggest star, Woods endured “countless surgeries and rehabs and physical therapy3/8 sessions,” and was strong enough to play in the twoday PNC Challenge with his 12-year-old son, Charlie, in December, fueling speculation he was inching closer to a return. But Woods, who is serving as the host for the Genesis Invitational that starts Thursday, used a golf cart at the PNC event and still appears months away from playing competitive golf. “I wish I could tell you when I’m playing again -- I want to know, but I don’t,” Woods said. “My golf activity has been very limited. I can chip and putt really well and hit short irons very well, but I haven’t done any long stuff seriously. I’m still working on the walking part. It takes time. What’s frustrating is it’s not at my timetable. I want to be at

a certain place, but I’m not.” Woods, who attended Anaheim Western High School and Stanford University, hasn’t played a PGA Tour event since the Masters in November 2020. He’s confident he’ll return to the PGA Tour at some point, but on a parttime basis. “Will I come back? Yes,” Woods said. “Will I come back and play a full schedule? No. That will never happen again. I can play certain events here and there, but on a fulltime level, no, that will never happen again.” Woods said he has made progress since the PNC event and is getting stronger every week, but not to the point where he can compete on the tour. “I was in a cart at the PNC,” he said. “I can play weekend warrior golf -that’s easy. But to be able to be out here and play six rounds of golf, a practice round, pro-am, four competitive days ... it’s the cumulative effect of all that. I’m not able to do that yet. “It’s been tough, but I’ve gotten here, I’ve gotten this far, and I still have a long way to go. Each and every day is a fight, and I welcome that fight. Get up in the morning, let’s go a few more rounds.” Two days before his car accident, Woods was at Riviera to present Max Homa, a Santa Clarita Valencia High School graduate who idolized Woods growing up, with the trophy for winning the 2021 Genesis Invitational. “It was super eerie,” Homa said Wednesday. “We didn’t know if he was OK. It was the same feeling I felt with the Kobe Bryant news, which was about a year prior, which was super bizarre. ... I had the coolest moment of my life and he was a part of it, and then the next day, I thought he might not be here anymore. “But no surprise to anyone that Tiger’s doing fine. If there might be a person who’s immortal, I think it’s him. He personified hard work and kind of that ‘never give up’ attitude. I think everybody out there is just happy he’s back to moving around and seems to be doing pretty well. “If the golf thing happened, that would be cool, but I think he’s done enough for the game. If he doesn’t ever want to hit another golf shot, he’s done plenty for all of us.”

A shirtless Aaron Donald was at the podium outside the Los Angeles Coliseum on Wednesday afternoon after the Rams celebrated their Super Bowl title with a parade through nearby city streets. The club had a “Run it Back” theme, an expression outlining the expectations of repeating as Super Bowl champions. While Donald spoke, coach Sean McVay asked for the microphone and started chanting “Run it Back!” at Donald. McVay yelled it five times before Donald offered a response. “We built a super team,” Donald said. “If we can bring the super team back and we can be world champions again, why not ‘Run it Back?’” Perhaps right then and there was confirmation that Donald, widely considered the top defensive player in the NFL, will return for a ninth season. There has been speculation that the 30-year-old might consider retirement. On this day, Donald was more interested in enjoying the Rams’ 23-20 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday. “We’re having a good time and we’re world champions! World Champions!” Donald punctuated loudly. “We were the last team standing. We’re the best in the world. This is for the city of L.A. We did this at home. “I want you guys to enjoy this – drink as much as we do tonight.” McVay’s “Run it Back” chants also can be viewed as a sign he will be back with the team for a sixth season. There also

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Confetti rains down as the Los Angeles Rams ride double-decker buses down Figueroa Street while crowds cheer during the Rams victory parade on Wednesday in Los Angeles.

has been speculation that the 36-year-old might not return. But this festive day was more for celebratory exuberance than another day of football business as the players soaked in the atmosphere of riding in doubledecker buses while interacting with fans. Even the famous “HOLLYWOOD” sign on the hills was changed to say “RAMSHOUSE.” “It’s unbelievable to be out there today with you guys,” Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford said. “It’s been an unbelievable journey we’ve been on. You guys were right there with us and we appreciate you. Every step of the way. I’m so blessed to be a part of this team.” Stafford is one of three Rams who are received keys to the city

from Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti. The others are Donald and Super Bowl MVP Cooper Kupp. Kupp enjoyed one of the best seasons in history for an NFL wide receiver. He topped it off with two touchdown catches in the Super Bowl, including the decisive one with 1:25 remaining. Kupp wore a Kobe Bryant Lakers’ jersey to the parade. “Kobe is synonymous with L.A.” Kupp said. “I feel it’s only right – we’re out here celebrating this championship. Kobe is a part of it. He belongs here. And I’ll tell you what: He set the standard. “All I know, get back to work. Let’s ‘Run it Back.’” Among the players who spoke

at the podium was offensive left tackle Andrew Whitworth. It has been a crazy month for Whitworth, who just completed his 16th NFL season. He was named Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year and won his first Super Bowl just days apart at age 40. “Five years ago, I was told I was a little bit too old,” Whitworth said. “I was told that maybe my time was done. I will tell you this, for every single person that’s standing out there and they were doubted or someone doubted anything you have ever done – bet on yourself. “It’s five years later and I’m holding this trophy up and I’m 40 years old.”

NASCAR notebook: Kyle Larson covets victory in biggest race Field Level Media

Reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Larson addressed the media corps Wednesday, taking questions on a wide variety of topics from his chances in Sunday’s Daytona 500 to his expectations for a backto-back title trophy hoist. Larson’s best Daytona 500 finish in eight starts is 7th place - twice - in 2016 and 2019. He’s led 17 laps total at the track - 16 in the 2017 race and one lap last year en route to a 10th-place showing. “It’s the biggest race in our sport so I want to win it and I get excited to come down here, spend the week, get to go to Disney, run sprint cars and compete in the biggest race of our year,” said Larson, who drives the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet. “I haven’t had much success here so that part of it doesn’t get me too excited. I was close to winning in 2017,” Larson added. “I crossed the line coming to the white as the leader then ran out of fuel. That was really cool. I just remember the emotions of that, I was like, ‘Wow,’ I could win the Daytona 500. And not winning it fuels me to want to win it in my future. Before that race and every race since I have been not even close. I would love to do it.” Larson seems confident that one of his main challengers for a second title will come from fellow Californian, Tyler Reddick - driver of the No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet. Reddick, a two-time NASCAR Xfinity Series champion (201819), is still looking for his first win in the premier NASCAR Cup Series level, but has three runner-up finishes - at Texas (2020), Homestead, Fla. (2021) and the Charlotte ROVAL (2021). Both Larson and Reddick raced sprint cars and midgets on their way up to NASCAR’s major league and there is great respect between the two. “I feel like he’s the guy I look at this year that’s going to have the breakout season and winning a lot of races,” Larson said. THERE’S SOMETHING IN THE AIR AT DAYTONA: When it comes to racing in the Daytona 500, Denny Hamlin is in elite company. He’s the only active NASCAR Cup Series driver with more than one victory in the Great American Race. In fact, in the last six years, Hamlin has triumphed three times in the season-opening points event. Historically, only two drivers have more victories in the 500 than Hamlin â?? Richard Petty with an unassailable seven and Cale Yarborough with four. All three of the other drivers with three wins already have earned admission into the NASCAR Hall of Fame â?? Bobby Allison, Dale Jarrett and Jeff Gordon. Though Hamlin doesn’t consider the

Daytona 500 a wild card race per se, he does acknowledge that superspeedway racing increases the pool of possible winners. So how has the driver of the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota managed to win the race three times in his last six starts, and will his prowess carry over with the advent of NASCAR’s new Next Gen race car? “In general, I just think I have a good understanding of the air here and how it moves around the walls,” Hamlin said Wednesday during Daytona 500 Media Day interviews. “Talladega is different. If you look at our results, we haven’t won as much at Talladega, but we’ve been pretty good. “Here, there is just something about, whatever it is, the banking or the width of the track, height of the walls or something that I just kind of know where those little pockets of air are, it seems like, that are a little bit better.” CHASE ELLIOTT — EMPHASIS ON QUALIFYING IS NOT WASTED EFFORT: Conventional wisdom is that starting position in the Daytona 500 means little with respect to the outcome of the race, superspeedway racing gives drivers ample opportunity to improve their positions during the course of a 500-mile event. But for Hendrick Motorsports, qualifying for the Great American Race is a point of pride â?? with practical aspects attached. Hendrick drivers have won six of the last seven Daytona 500 poles. Chevrolets have topped qualifying for the season opener for the last nine years, dating to Danica Patrick’s historic pole win in 2013. “Speedway racing has never been overlooked at HMS,” said Chase Elliott, who won back-to-back Daytona 500 pole positions in 2016 and 2017. “(Crew chief) Alan (Gustafson) does a really good job of massaging and really paying attention to all the details that I feel like it takes to be good here. “I feel like that’s shown over the course of my time with him and even going back before me. There’s been a lot of success there. I do think it’s an area where they put a lot of emphasis and put a lot of work into the cars, but we all want to win on Sunday more than anything.” Elliott doesn’t feel the organization places emphasis on time trials to the detriment of the race itself. “Qualifying day is really just kind of a testament of how much speed your car has,” Elliott said. “I would rather have that than not. I feel like we have â?? on more than one occasion down here â?? I’ve probably crashed one of the fastest cars during the Daytona 500 and I was driving it.” RYAN BLANEY BACK FOR DAYTONA REDEMPTION: Team Penske driver Ryan Blaney - his beard gone and hair short in preparation to start the 2022 NASCAR

Cup Series season - showed up in Daytona Beach fresh off the best season of his sixyear fulltime career in the NASCAR Cup Series. His three wins and 20 top-10 finishes are career high marks. And he carries plenty of optimism into 2022, despite the challenge of a new car to race. Not only is Blaney the most recent winner on the Daytona high-banks - taking the trophy in the August 2021 regular season finale but he has three especially close nearmisses in the Daytona 500. He’s finished runner-up twice - in 2017 and 2020 and dominated the 2018 race, leading 118 of the 207 laps only to finish seventh. The 28-year-old driver of the No. 12 Team Penske Ford refuses to label himself a “sure-bet” for Sunday’s trophies. But he does like his chances. “I don’t sit around and be like, ‘Man, I’m a race favorite,’” Blaney said. “But you have confidence in yourself. It builds confidence when you are successful at speedways.” And, as far as good spots go, Blaney said he was “over” his high-contact racing with Erik Jones two weeks ago at the Busch Light Clash exhibition race at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Blaney’s Ford ended up in the wall and his day cut short and he was clearly irritated at the incident, even throwing his HANS device in frustration - a rare showing of such emotion from the popular driver. Jones said the two drivers haven’t spoken yet and Blaney said he was ready to move on. “I don’t have anything to really talk to him about,” Blaney said. “I’m over it. It’s funny, he thought I was supposed to apologize after I got fenced, but two people are going to think differently. I haven’t talked to him, but I’m over it. It’s the past and we’ll move on from it.” BIG YEAR FOR BUBBA WALLACE: A new clothing line launch from sponsor McDonald’s, a new teammate at 23XI Racing in Kurt Busch, a maiden victory under his belt from 2021 and a wedding in the works, it’s safe to say Bubba Wallace has an exciting 2022 on the horizon - one that he’d love to start off with a victory in Sunday’s Daytona 500. Expectations are high all around for Wallace as he arrived in Daytona Beach to start his fifth fulltime season in the NASCAR Cup Series rank. He is coming off his best season showing - that first victory (at Talladega, Ala.); a career best three top-five finishes and a career high in laps led (62) in a season. “Obviously, we want to make the playoffs and compete for a championship,” Wallace, 28, said. “That’s a given.”

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Grandmother isn’t shy about playing favorites Dear Abby, I am the mother of three wonderful children. My oldest boy (who is from a previous marriage) is 11. My two younger ones are 2 (a girl) and 7 months old (a boy). My mother-in-law, “Nancy,” is the grandma of DEAR ABBY my two younger ones. She is good to all of my children, except for one thing. Nancy had two daughters and a son, and she has mentioned that she preferred her girls over her boy. Other family members have also mentioned how she plays favorites. She had a favorite child and grandchild before my kids were born. I believe my daughter has now become Nancy’s new favorite. She has said it repeatedly, and other people have referred to my daughter as “the new favorite.” Nancy used to bring little toys and clothes over for her all the time, but stopped when I told her she needs to bring gifts for all my children if she’s going to continue to bring things. She still buys things for my daughter, but leaves them at her house so when I take the children over there, it’s filled with little girl clothes and toys. Nancy has been in my life for more than two years now, so that’s two years of birthdays and holidays with her. I am noticing that she buys my daughter double what she gets for my other children — double the items and twice the money she’s spending. I have considered buying extra things for the boys to make up the difference, but I don’t want my daughter to think I am favoring them. Luckily, they aren’t old enough yet to really notice this. Is this something I should address or let go? I have had to address things in the past with Nancy when it comes to the children, and she doesn’t take it well. I’m worried

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that if I do, it will cause problems. Equal Loving Mom Your thinking is correct. It WILL eventually cause problems — unless another child is born who becomes her next “favorite.” Talk with your husband about this. If you do, perhaps he will talk to his mother and get her to change her ways. If, however, it doesn’t help, you will have to lay down the law. Repeat what you have already told her and make clear that the children will not be visiting her if they are not treated equally. Dear Abby, My niece met a guy. Two months later they got engaged. A week after that, she married him. Now, a year later, she wants to have a wedding. Is this proper? Does she just want a big show and gifts? People are laughing about it, and it is not what I was raised to do. Am I wrong in thinking this is an embarrassment to our family? Proper Lady In North Carolina This is not an embarrassment to your family. It is an embarrassment to your niece. The ship has sailed as far as her fantasy about a “big show and gifts” is concerned. If she wishes to throw a party to celebrate her first anniversary (once the rules about gatherings and social distancing have eased), she should go ahead and do it. But I doubt she will receive anything in addition to warm congratulations.

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By Stella Wilder Born today, you have a way of walking a fine line between two very different philosophies of life without leaning too far either one way or the other — and while this suits you perfectly as one who likes to keep all options open at all times, it can frustrate others who have a hard time categorizing you and your way of thinking in a manner that is readily grasped. It’s not that you are a hypocrite, certainly; you are not one to claim one thing and believe another. Despite the fact that you hold your private life dear and will do anything to protect it, you are not as respectful of other people’s privacy as you might be. You are rather cavalier about boundaries and will cross them again and again without a thought — and this is sure to result in conflict with those who are not part of your “inner circle.” Also born on this date are: Dr. Dre, rapper; John Travolta, actor; Vanna White, game show personality; Molly Ringwald, actress; Matt Dillon, actor; Yoko Ono, artist and musician; John Hughes, screenwriter and director. 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. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19 PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — You can make quite a splash today, but take care that you know what you’re getting into — especially when your view is obscured. ARIES (March 21-April 19) — You can attract a great deal of attention today, but is that what you want? You may be able to get more done by remaining invisible. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — The support you receive today is very much like that you re-

ceived in the past, but you know how to use it to your advantage much better now. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — You’re not in the mood for too much difficulty today, but taking the “easy way out” may not be an option for you right now. Take what comes. CANCER (June 21-July 22) — You can be recognized for a valuable contribution today, but you’re going to have to earn every one of the accolades you receive. Don’t stop! LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You may have to adopt a much more daring approach than usual today. This doesn’t mean, however, that you must be aggressive or overly demanding. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — You know what you’re doing, and you’re eager to prove that to those in charge. Your best bet is to let your actions speak for you today. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Your privacy may be threatened today by someone who doesn’t know where your boundaries are — yet. You can make them crystal clear. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — There are those who think they know everything about you, but you know that this isn’t so. Indeed, you can reveal a few surprises today! SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — You may be tempted to keep things close to the vest today, but the more secrets you try to keep, the more vulnerable you may actually be. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — What you share with another will be highly valued today and in the days to come. This may come as a complete surprise to you. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — You are on the verge of coming up with a new plan that is both exciting and intimidating. You’ll be required to learn a new skill.

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every table, and most of the West players led their fourth-best heart. Declarer ducked East’s king at trick one, and covered the 10 of hearts continuation with the jack, losing to West’s queen. South won the third round of hearts with the ace and needed an extra trick. Diamonds offered the best chance, so declarer ran the nine of diamonds to East’s queen. East shifted to a spade, won by South with the ace, and South led another diamond. East won with the ace, but the defense was out of tricks and South made the balance for his contract. This may seem like a routine deal, but the defense could have done better. Can you spot how? West made an error when he continued with a third round of hearts. He had no entry to enjoy the long hearts he was setting up. He should have shifted to the queen of spades. Now East will lead another spade when he wins his queen of diamonds and declarer will have to cash out his eight tricks or go down more than one. That would have been a nice defense, and it should not have been too hard to find.

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THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME

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

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2/18/22 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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Yesterday’s

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Heart of the City

Dilbert

B.C.

For Better or For Worse

Wizard of Id

Crossword Puzzle

DOWN 1 One who raised Cain 2 “__ Lisa Smile”; Julia Roberts film 3 Not prudent; tactless 4 Lesser-used conjunction

Andy Capp

Bound & Gagged

Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews

5 Face-to-face exams 6 Came in first 7 “Just kidding!” 8 Frying pans 9 “Wuthering Heights” author Emily 10 Past the deadline 11 Talk __; discuss 12 Elizabeth’s nickname 14 Summarizes 19 Entryways 22 Hairy beast 25 Catches some z’s 27 Sound rebound 28 Sullies 29 Prohibits 30 Campus group 31 __ aback; surprised 33 Rosary piece 34 Cake ingredient 36 SAT, for one 38 Turncoat 39 Citrus fruit 41 City leader

2/18/22

Thursday’s Puzzle Solved

Non Sequitur

42 Declare a law null and void 44 Zellweger’s namesakes 45 Sedan or compact 47 Model Cheryl 48 __ A Sketch; drawing toy

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49 Puncture 50 Narrow valley 53 Grows old 54 Harbor town 56 Upper-body garment 57 Cicero’s lang. 59 Singer Davis

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

(Answers tomorrow)

ACROSS 1 Uganda’s Idi 5 __ up; admits guilt 9 Drop of paint 13 Benefactor 15 Chess piece 16 Great review 17 Agassi of tennis 18 Poison remedies 20 __ tai; colorful drink 21 Coolidge or Ripken 23 Recluses 24 Ginger cookies 26 “Thanks a __!” 27 Sneak away 29 __ of; cut off from 32 Part of USMC 33 Canoes & kayaks 35 Scoundrel 37 Goes quickly 38 Cowboy’s controls 39 Tahoe or Titicaca 40 “Grand __ Opry” 41 Lunch & dinner 42 Ceremonies 43 Leave high and dry 45 Concrete 46 Word attached to brow or sore 47 Narrow candle 48 Seasonal beverage 51 Rage 52 Forty winks 55 Not unbearable 58 Hombre’s friend 60 Canadian tribe 61 Haul 62 In a bit 63 Cluckers 64 Polishes off 65 Abnormal sac

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