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3 prison officers hurt in brawl By Bill Williams Columbia-Greene Media

COXSACKIE — Three corrections officers who came to the aid of a female sergeant during a brawl at Greene Correctional Facility in Coxsackie were taken to the hospital after they were attacked by two inmates, James Miller, director of public relations at New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association, said Thursday. The three injured officers were treated at Albany Medical Center and released, Miller said.

The incident occurred on Jan. 21, Miller said. A female sergeant was escorting an inmate from the inmate reception area to a Special Housing Unit. The inmate was in an agitated state and during the escort grabbed the sergeant’s jacket, Miller said. Two other officers who were present during the incident grabbed the inmate in a body hold and forced him out of the reception room and onto the floor. While on the floor and attempting to get control of the inmate, the officer was attacked by another inmate who

jumped on his back, Miller said. A third officer came to assist and grabbed the second inmate in a body hold and pulled him off the officer’s back and onto the ground. After a brief struggle, both inmates were restrained and became compliant once handcuffs were applied to them, Miller said. Both inmates were removed from the area and were placed in the Special Housing Unit of the medium-security prison pending disciplinary charges.

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Scenic Hudson acquires land for recreation center By Ted Remsnyder Columbia-Greene Media

ATHENS — An environmental group has acquired six acres of waterfront land in the Village of Athens. Scenic Hudson announced Wednesday that the organization had reached a deal to procure a parcel of land that includes 1,000 feet of river frontage and an 8,000-squarefoot warehouse that the organization plans to develop into a waterfront recreation area for the public to utilize.

Seth McKee, executive director of the Scenic Hudson Land Trust and Land Programs, said Thursday that the group has been interested in acquiring the land for the last 18 months after opposing an earlier plan to convert the waterfront land into a construction and demolition debris transfer facility. “Our vision is to expand the public enjoyment of this very special stretch of the Hudson River,” he said. “There’s tremendous opportunities for boating, birdwatching, fishing,

lots of different recreation where people can really appreciate the natural beauty and wildlife in the area.” McKee said he couldn’t specify a timeline for when the land would be developed. The group purchased the land from a private owner for an undisclosed price. “We want to engage in a process working with the community to determine what makes the most sense for specific uses See CENTER A2

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The Scenic Hudson environmental group has reached a deal to acquire six acres of waterfront property in the Village of Athens.

Legislature confirms Lucas as Catskill rep By Ted Remsnyder Columbia-Greene Media

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Jay Lucas was confirmed as the newest member of the Greene County Legislature during Wednesday’s special legislature meeting.

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CATSKILL — Jay Lucas, who served for nearly four decades with the Greene County Sheriff’s Department, was confirmed as the newest member of the Greene County Legislature during a special meeting Wednesday night. Lucas, who was nominated by the Catskill Republican Committee, was unanimously approved by the Legislature on Wednesday to fill the District 1 seat left vacant when Legislator Jack Keller died Dec. 30.

Lucas retired from his position as a Greene County Sheriff’s deputy on Tuesday so he could accept the appointment to the legislature. “I’m very happy,” Lucas said after his first meeting. “It was very hard to give up my position as a sheriff’s deputy after 36 years. That was hard but it’s a new beginning serving the Town of Catskill and people of Greene County.” While Keller was only four days away from beginning his second three-year term on the board at the time of his death, Lucas will serve until the end

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of 2022 and a special election will be held in November to determine if Lucas or another candidate will serve out the final two years of Keller’s unexpired term. Lucas, 67, said during the meeting that he hoped his second retirement from the law enforcement agency lasts longer than his first, as he originally retired from the sheriff’s department in 2012 but returned six days later. “I thought it was time and they asked me to come back See LUCAS A2

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Applications for U.S. state unemployment insurance fell for a second week, partially unwinding a recent spike in claims as the omicron wave recedes. Initial unemployment claims decreased by 23,000 to 238,000 in the week ended Jan. 29, Labor Department data showed Thursday. The median estimate called for 245,000 applications

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Chris Moreau said Thursday. “Our criminal justice system has been turned upside down by ill-conceived laws passed by our state legislators that favor the criminal over

those who protect and serve. We see it in our state prisons every day and we now are seeing it in our communities with police officers being shot weekly,” Moreau said.

in a Bloomberg survey of economists. Continuing claims for state benefits fell to 1.63 million in the week ended Jan. 22. Applications continued to decline after a surge in recent weeks amid an uptick in Covid-19 cases across the country. Claims have largely been falling in the past year, and layoffs are at a record low as companies are desperate to retain and

attract talent amid ongoing labor shortages. The claims data comes ahead of the government’s monthly employment report, which is forecast to show the U.S. added 150,000 jobs in January. A separate report Wednesday showed that payrolls at U.S. companies fell by 301,000 last month, the most since April 2020, according to ADP Research Institute. On an unadjusted basis,

property.” Athens Mayor Amy Serrago said having the environmental group acquire the land was a better outcome than the proposed sale to the debris facility, which was opposed by many in the community. “We did some changes to our zoning in 2020 that would not allow that kind of industrial situation to occur there,” she said Thursday. “In the process of all of that, Mayor Stephan Bradicich had reached out to Scenic Hudson and the parks department, because it’s directly adjacent to our boat launch. He had a feeling that the parks would not really be into that industrial use either. So Scenic Hudson came on and we

worked with them to try to find someone to partner that would take the industrial building on the site. That didn’t really come to fruition, but Scenic Hudson saw something in the site that made them want to purchase it anyway.” The land is located on Murderers Creek, a Hudson River tributary. The area has been targeted for improvement as part of the state’s Hudson Eagles Recreation Area, which aims to increase residents’ access to public waterfronts and to create new destinations for visitors by expanding river access at six state boat launches between the cities of Rensselaer and Hudson. “Right now, the plans are

in the works,” Serrago said. “We’re going to try to work with Scenic Hudson as much as we can. There was a period of time where they wanted the village to make a financial investment, but I talked with my board and we couldn’t unfortunately put any money in at that moment. But we’re very happy that they decided to make that investment anyway. We’re excited to work with them to make it another great use of the river that people can come and enjoy. Hopefully they’ll get their boats in from the boat launch and come and spend some time in this space, whatever it ends up being. But it will be preserved for community use as far as I’m aware.”

claims decreased to 257,002 last week. Ohio, Kentucky and Illinois were states registering the biggest decreases in unadjusted claims. Pennsylvania, Michigan and Indiana posted the largest increases in applications.

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The three officers who responded to assist the sergeant were injured in the attack. They sustained hand, elbow, ankle and shoulder injuries. All three were treated by medical staff at the facility and were taken to Albany Medical Center for further treatment, Miller said. The female sergeant was not injured. The first inmate in the incident is serving a sentence of eight to 10 years on a 2014 conviction in Queens County for first-degree assault and first-degree attempting to promote prison contraband, Miller said. The second inmate is serving a sentence of four to five years on a 2019 conviction in New York County for thirddegree criminal possession of a weapon and third-degree attempted criminal possession of a controlled substance. “Another day, another instance of inmates already in

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Committee for the past 28 years and is a lifetime member of the Palenville Fire Department. He will now represent Catskill on the Legislature for at least the remainder of the year. “He’ll be on the ballot in November,” Luvera said. “There’ll be a special election in November for the position to fill out the remainder of the term.”

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part-time and I’ve been there ever since,” he said. Following his confirmation in the special meeting at the start of Wednesday night’s proceedings, Lucas was sworn in and took his seat behind Keller’s former desk for the Legislature’s committee meetings. Greene County Legislator Matthew Luvera, who heads the Catskill Republican Committee that endorsed Lucas, said he thought Lucas was the ideal candidate to fill Keller’s seat. “I think our Republican committee felt that Jay was a dedicated servant to the community,” Luvera said after Wednesday’s meeting. “We felt that he would be a good fit in the Legislature.” Luvera declined to specify how many candidates the Catskill Republican Committee ultimately interviewed for the position before choosing Lucas. Assemblyman Chris Tague, R-Schoharie, attended Wednesday’s Legislature

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Jay Lucas was confirmed as the newest member of the Greene County Legislature during Wednesday’s special legislature meeting.

meeting and praised Lucas. “I want to say congratulations to Joe ‘Jay’ Lucas on being seated as a new member of the Legislature,” Tague said during the meeting. “I

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Monday, Feb. 7 n Athens Town Board 7 p.m. Athens 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, Feb. 8 n Catskill Town Planning Board

6:30 p.m. Robert C. Antonelli Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill 518943-2141 n Coxsackie Village Historic Preservation Committee 6 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie 518731-2718

Wednesday, Feb. 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 Central School District Board of Education budget workshop 6:30 p.m. CHS Library, CHS Library, 341 West Main St., Catskill 518-9432300 n Catskill Village Board of Trustees 6:30 p.m. Robert C. Antonelli Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill n Greene County Legislature workshop 6 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., Catskill n Jewett Town Board 7 p.m. Jewett Municipal Building, 3547 County Route 23C, Jewett

Thursday, Feb. 10 n Coxsackie Village Workshop 6 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie 518-731-2718 n Greene County Legislature finance audit 4 p.m.

Monday, Feb. 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 n Coxsackie Village Board 7 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie 518-731-2718 n Greene County Legislature county services; public works; economic development and tourism; gov. ops.; finance; Rep. and Dem caucus 6 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., Catskill

Tuesday, Feb. 15 n Athens Village Planning Board

6:30 p.m. Village Hall, Meeting Room, 2 First St., Athens 518-945-1551 n Durham Town Board 7:30 p.m. Town Hall, 7309 Route 81, East Durham n Hunter Town Board 7 p.m. Town Hall, 5748 Route 23A, Tannersville

Wednesday, Feb. 16 n Catskill Central School Board

of Education District Public HearingSmart School Bond Act 6:30 p.m. followed by the board meeting High School Library, 341 Main St., Catskill 518-943-2300 n Catskill Library Board 6:45 p.m. at either the Catskill Library, 1 Franklin St., Catskill or Palenville Library, 3303 Route 23A, Palenville n Catskill Town Board Committee 6:30 p.m. Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill 518-943-2141 n Greene County Legislature meeting No. 2 6:30 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., Catskill

Thursday, Feb. 17 n Coxsackie Village Planning

Board 6 p.m. February 17 Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie 518-7312718

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

Lawmakers question public health chief By Ted Remsnyder Columbia-Greene Media

CATSKILL — Members of the Legislature’s Health Services Committee on Wednesday questioned Greene County Director of Public Health Kimberly Kaplan about Greene County’s COVID-19 outlook. She explained one factor for why the county’s active case numbers have fallen precipitously in the past two weeks. “One reason for the reduction in the current number of positives is the change early in January to a five-day quarantine,” she told the board. “So people are coming on quarantine and coming off quarantine, as long as they’re not ill anymore, quite quickly. Sometimes by the time we get the positive test, they’re almost off their quarantine and they’re feeling well.” Greene County Legislator Patricia Handel, R-Durham, asked Kaplan if the health department is still doing contact tracing for residents 65 years of age and older and 18 and under. “We are doing case investigations on everybody,” Kaplan said. “We have four school specialists to keep up with the activity in schools, so that was quite important. We do case investigations for all the cases, even at our high, we were able to keep up with that. There was a point where we tried to stratify

everybody by risk, but we are able to keep up with all of the cases.” Greene County Legislator Michael Bulich, R-Catskill, asked Kaplan if she had information on why the state had reduced contact tracing over the past month. “They felt that in the time of omicron, it was not as beneficial,” Kaplan said. “Particularly as the cases were peaking and the numbers were surging, they felt that the priority was the cases.” Bulich asked Kaplan if schools would eventually ask children to wear face coverings for illnesses like the common cold and the flu since COVID numbers among children were lower than the rest of the general population. “I just want to know why we’re putting our kids through this when the statistics don’t show it,” Bulich said. “I understand people’s emotions and care. But if the data doesn’t show it, why are we spending time contact tracing or telling kids to wear masks or for that matter to get vaccinated?” “The flu also kills a lot of people every year,” Kaplan said. “Since there’s been masking, there’s been a reduction in flu deaths.” Bulich said the government has overreached with COVID mandates.

“The federal government moves forward, which then gets pushed down to the state government, which then gets pushed down to the county public health departments telling us we’re supposed to put an experimental vaccine under emergency use into kids’ arms,” he said. Kaplan said the county does not have a vaccine mandate for children. Kaplan later noted that at the county’s COVID testing clinic Wednesday that 10 residents showed up to get tested, with two testing positive. “The (testing) numbers are going down, but that’s really because of the extensive distribution of the home tests,” she said. “We have a reporting system for the home tests, but we can’t guarantee everybody (reports). But we always incorporate the home tests into our numbers.” Greene County Legislator Matthew Luvera, R-Catskill, asked Kaplan if it is possible that the country is reaching herd immunity against COVID-19. Kaplan said that while the threshold has yet to be met, the issue is being discussed during every call the county has with representatives from the New York State Department of Health. Assemblyman Chris Tague, R-Schoharie, attended the meeting and said he had signed a letter on Wednesday asking

Gov. Kathy Hochul to drop her appeal of the decision by Nassau County Supreme Court Justice Thomas Rademaker which deemed New York State’s mask mandate to be unconstitutional. “We don’t feel that she has the authority to make the mandate to begin with,” he told the Legislature. “The state constitution requires that the state Legislature pass it for a bill to become law. Legally, when Gov. Cuomo was governor, there was a timeframe where he did have the authority for some executive mandates. That was given to him by the Legislature at the very beginning of the pandemic. That timeframe has gone.” Tague said if a restaurant has a mask mandate in place that he can choose whether or not to patronize the establishment. “That’s why we’re Americans,” he said. “We live under the constitution and we have freedom of choice.” Tague said he was fully vaccinated, including a booster shot, but had done so after consulting his doctor, not as a result of a vaccine mandate. “If I go into a school or I come in here and there’s a rule that I have to wear a mask, I wear it,” he said. “I don’t ask any questions or make a big deal out of it. But that’s the point I’m trying to make, that it should be up to people. As far as schools

go, I think it should be up to the parents. I don’t think that other people should be telling you what you have to do with your child. It should be parental choice.” Greene County has recorded two more COVID-related deaths, with the latest victim an unidentified man in his mid20s who was unvaccinated. The man had no known health issues and died in the hospital after a prolonged stay. An additional death in the county due to COVID-related illness was recorded on Wednesday when an unidentified man in his mid-80s died. He had been vaccinated and had comorbidities. The county has now recorded 110 deaths due to COVIDrelated illnesses. As of Feb. 3, the county has 146 active positive COVID-19 cases, down from the 994 cases recorded 13 days prior. The Greene County Department of Health identified 35 new positive cases on Thursday, bringing the county’s total to 9,507 cases since the pandemic began in March 2020. There are currently 20 Greene residents hospitalized due to COVID. The total number of tests that returned positive results on Thursday was 6.6%, with a seven-day rolling average of 8.8%.

Police: Victim taken for $12K in bail scam By Bill Williams Columbia-Greene Media

SAUGERTIES — Area police agencies are warning the public about an ongoing scam in which a victim in Saugerties was taken for $12,000 and has led to the arrest of two women for attempting to scam a Dutchess County resident. In the Saugerties case, the scammer called a town resident and said he was an attorney representing the victim’s grandson. He told the intended victim he needed to pay $12,000 cash to get his grandson released from jail. The scammer then told the victim that he would send a courier to his home to pick up the money. The victim, believing the caller was an attorney, went to his local bank and withdrew $12,000. When the victim arrived back home, an unknown person claiming to be the courier collected the cash, Saugerties Police Chief Joseph Sinagra said Thursday. State police are continuing to investigate a recent case in Chatham, where a victim was scammed out of $12,000. Police said that case was part of the so-called Grandparents Scam, in which someone calls the intended victim and claims that someone’s grandchild or other relative has been arrested and a bail bondsman needs to be paid immediately. The case in Dutchess County had a happier ending. Arrested in the Dutchess County case were Elizabeth Y. Taveras, 29, and Sade N. Rosario, 29, both from New York City, Capt. John Watterson of the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday. The women were charged with attempted grand larceny, a felony, and were issued appearance tickets for Wappinger Town Court. Taveras and Rosario posed as representatives of a legal team to scam victims out of money, Watterson said. On Jan. 28, sheriff’s office detectives learned of a possible scam in which the perpetrators contacted the victim and informed them that a relative was a suspect in a DWI-related fatal crash, and

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that they were looking for $25,000 to bail them out, Watterson said. A f t e r checking into the situ- Sade N. Rosario ation, Watterson said, the intended victim was able to determine it was a scam and didn’t pay the money. The Elizabeth Y. p o t e n t i a l Taveras victim contacted the sheriff’s office. Police were able to lengthen the investigation and identify the two women. The Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office and Saugerties Police are urging anyone tat receives a similar type of phone call or communication, to immediately notify their local police, state police or county sheriff’s office about the incident. Law enforcement authorities can verify whether the call was genuine or a scam.

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Win, lose or draw, political change is coming State Sen. Daphne Jordan is moving on, State Sen. Michelle Hinchey is gaining a bit of Columbia County and Assemblyman Chris Tague is staying put. A win, a loss, a tie — that’s the score from the early, unofficial redistricting lines. Jordan vowed Wednesday to seek re-election for a third term in a new Senate district the Legislature drew farther north in their elective maps, cutting Columbia County out of the boundaries. The 43rd District, which currently includes all of Columbia and Rensselaer counties and extends into areas of Washington County and Saratoga County, would have its boundaries restricted to the state’s eastern border against Massachusetts and Vermont, continuing south through most of Dutchess

County. Jordan lives in the proposed 46th Senate District representing a Democrat-leaning part of Saratoga County that supported President Joe Biden in the 2020 election. Greene and Columbia counties will share Hinchey’s representation if the Legislature’s proposed new Senate lines for the next decade are approved as anticipated this week. The current 46th Senate District is proposed to include the western half of Columbia County as the 48th Senate District. Areas of the current district in Montgomery and Schenectady counties were removed. Tague will see a slight shift in his district expanding to the west and will no longer include the northwestern corner of Columbia County, but the political swing will continue to

lean Republican. Tague will continue to represent all of Greene County, good news for the Republican-leaning county where Tague is immensely popular. It’s still early in this complex game. Gov. Kathy Hochul has refrained from commenting until she sees an adopted set of maps. Republican officials and a growing number of goodgovernment groups have criticized the failure of the Independent Redistricting Commission, leaving the Legislature to draw its own partisan maps. Many have said they will challenge the maps in court over gerrymandered lines to benefit Democrats, a fight that could take years. The aftershocks could ripple through New York’s political structure for the next decade.

If COVID was a nation we would be at war with it. Instead we have the apathy of millions of adults, who refuse to be vaccinated, and they are crushing our healthcare system. The number of people with COVID in the U.S. has skyrocketed and so have hospitalizations. Data has consistently shown that the unvaccinated population is nine times more likely to be hospitalized and 14 times more likely to die from COVID. Having worked in healthcare in the Hudson Valley for 37 years, I am baffled as to how pointless and detrimental being unvaccinated is for my fellow community members. Hospitals are working in crisis mode; but they cannot keep up this pace forever. Perhaps some Americans don’t think this is their problem, but it is. When you call for an ambulance, expect to wait. You may find yourself in an ER, facing situations like the ones occurring in PA hospitals: With numerous ERs packed, there are often no beds available. Patients must be diverted to other hospitals, while others are sent home to manage their illness and pain on their own, often having to return at a later date for surgery. This protocol of postponing surgeries is customary as surges occur, and it was recently implemented again locally– this time for 40 hospitals across New York State. If we continue to refuse to follow guidelines and then expect our healthcare workers to take care of us when we get

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In considering whether to give emergency-use authorization to the PfizerBioNTech vaccine for children under 5 years old, it is imperative that the Food and Drug Administration retains public trust and protects the integrity of the process. Many parents are eager for their children to get this vaccine, but many others might be hesitant. The FDA is taking an unusual route in considering the merits and must not leave any doubts in the air. The anxiety of parents about children under 5 is acute: These are the only Americans not yet eligible for a vaccine. Overall, in billions of doses, the mRNA vaccines have proved safe and effective. Although children represent a small percentage of pandemic hospitalizations, and deaths are rare, the case numbers have spiked during the omicron wave. Pfizer said Dec. 17 that a two-dose vaccine worked well to stimulate antibodies in children from 6 months to 2 years old in a clinical trial, but did not work in children from 2 years old to

under 5. The company said it would attempt a clinical trial with a third dose, to see if that got better results, and if successful, it would seek an emergency-use authorization from the FDA for a threedose regimen. At issue is not vaccine safety or tolerance but whether it is effective. On Tuesday, Pfizer announced the FDA has requested that it submit information for an emergencyuse authorization of the first two doses, leaving the third for later. This raises the question: What has changed since the December announcement that those two didn’t work? We might learn more when the matter comes before an FDA advisory committee soon. Pfizer said results on the third dose would only be available in “the coming months.” In statements, the FDA and Pfizer both pointed to the omicron surge as the reason for the unusual process. An FDA spokesperson said the new variant “has rapidly facilitated the collection of important additional clinical data impacting the potential benefit-risk profile of a vaccine for the youngest

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children.” FDA officials felt it was “prudent” to get the data from Pfizer now instead of waiting, especially because of “notable increase in reports of children experiencing covid-19 long haul symptoms, including in some cases children developing autoimmune diseases and Type 1 diabetes after having had covid-19.” The company and the FDA are right to feel a sense of urgency. But parents will be asking: Should they start with two doses, given Pfizer’s statement that in the earlier trial, they didn’t work for children from 2 to under 5? Should parents be comfortable starting a vaccine series which Pfizer calls “a planned three-dose primary series” - without knowing anything about the effectiveness of the third dose? Everyone must hope the vaccines will work for those who have most of their lives ahead of them. But parents are already displaying reluctance to get children from 5 to 12 years old vaccinated. For the next step, the FDA must be crystal clear and leave no gaps or uncertainties.

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MICHOS COVID, the system only faces collapse. Due to the trauma of managing years of COVID, we have pushed droves of healthcare workers out of the hospitals. What happened to calling them our heroes? When there are shortages to this degree, there are compromises with the delivery of care. Even in our Hudson Valley ERs, it looks like a war zone at times: Patients are lying on gurneys in hallways; crowds of patients are crammed next to each other in makeshift waiting rooms; and one can hear lots of moaning, coughing and shouting going on. Patients who postpone treatments, specifically diabetics, face even more traumatic outcomes such as amputations or death. What is the solution to prevent the healthcare collapse and once again have vacancies at our hospitals? Get vaccinated, wear a mask and encourage and educate others to do so. The vaccine is safe. Look around and take note of the hundreds of millions of people vaccinated. Not only are they not dead, they are functioning

Charlotte Michos was born and raised in Hudson and lives and works in the Hudson Valley as a clinical nurse specialist with more than 40 years of experience in the health field; she now serves as a Healthcare Consultant, helping others make informed decisions about their health.

I’ll be skipping the Olympics. You should, too. Jennifer Rubin The Washington Post

I have never been a fan of the Olympics. Or, I should say, I have never been a fan of the International Olympic Committee. An organization that rewards dictatorial regimes (Russia in 2014, and now China for the second time) with events that attract billions of eyeballs and sappy worldwide coverage - all while punishing athletes who stand up for human rights - is not apolitical or “promoting the Olympic spirit.” It’s making money off and providing cover for brutal regimes that use the Games to burnish their image. To stage the Games in the midst of China’s genocide of Uyghurs and ongoing repression of Tibet and Hong Kong is an atrocity. To herald the spirit of sports in a police state that is clearly holding tennis star Peng Shuai captive - and worse, staged obvious PR stunts to clear China’s name - is simply grotesque.

In response to China’s hosting of the Games, the United States and several other nations are staging a diplomatic boycott. My Washington Post colleague Josh Rogin reports some athletes will boycott the Opening Ceremonies, too. This is all welcome, but it’s hardly sufficient. China should never have been able to host the Games, and the international community should have threatened not to participate if the IOC went ahead anyway. Freedom House announced this past week that 243 nongovernmental organizations from around the world will boycott the Games. It also called on “athletes and sponsors not to legitimize government abuses,” adding that the IOC has “has not met its responsibilities under the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights by carrying out human rights due diligence despite the well-documented abuses in China.”

In addition, the human rights groups are targeting certain sponsors of the Games. Freedom House notes in its statement: Congress is planning to hold hearings during the Games to highlight human rights abuses. To her credit, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., will make a rare appearance on Thursday to testify before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, a session that is designed, as the panel describes it, “to give a platform to voices working on behalf of the abused and repressed in China, including civil society, human rights defenders, the people of Hong Kong, Uyghurs, and Tibetans.” News networks are also promising to run programming to highlight China’s abuses. Unsurprisingly, NBC, which has broadcast rights for the Games, is trying to have it both ways.

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and left only the metal frame and Styrofoam. My daughter and I buy the flowers and frame and her mother-in-law arranges it for us. It is a large spray that goes across the top of the stone. Now this January 2022, I was again shocked to see the piece we put on this year was gone. We tie it in place with fishing line so it

can’t be blown away. The fishing line was cut and the entire piece was gone. We are deeply hurt because we take pride in putting a beautiful floral piece on to honor my husband, their father and grandfather to seven grandchildren. My question is WHY? SUE FREER SOUTH CAIRO/LEEDS

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quite well. For example, even Donald Trump says that he is doing just fine being vaccinated and boostered. Do you know people afraid, anxious or stuck on making a decision? Encourage them to talk to a healthcare professional about their unwarranted fears. Real fears look like the following and are being witnessed throughout the country: Hospitalized COVID patients on their death beds are begging for the vaccine, but it is too late; these patients then beg family members to get vaccinated. The unvaccinated COVID patients die; the vaccinated family members are alive. Other people are being misguided. This particular COVID vaccine has many years of research behind it. Wearing a mask is a simple preventative measure. Our surgeons and operating room staff do it all the time. Public health measures keep us safe. After all, don’t we prefer having safe water to drink, uncontaminated food; and no toxins in our medicines? Not wearing a mask and not getting vaccinated because of one’s feelings, denial or selfishness will hurt all of us. The virus has no emotions; it only knows survival and how to march on.

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Selecting the best of the best By Thomas Christopher For Columbia-Greene Media

When Sam Hoadley interviewed at the Mount Cuba Center, he was told that if he was hired, he would be expected to be the worst gardener at that renowned botanical garden of native plants in Hockessin, Delaware. That, after all, was what the job, the Manager of Horticultural Research, was all about. If hired, Sam would be charged with growing native plants and their cultivars side by side without coddling to see which would perform best in average garden conditions. Despite his outstanding horticultural expertise, Sam got the job and for almost three years now he has been supervising Mount Cuba’s plant trials. He is quick to note that most of the horticulture at this 500-acre, world-renowned institution is at the highest level. Particularly interesting are Mount Cuba’s formal gardens. The reflex among native plants gardeners has been to design their landscapes in a naturalistic style, to make them look like a subtly embellished wilderness. Mount Cuba maintains outstanding examples of this sort of design, but it also includes formal gardens created with native plants. These demonstrate how natives can also integrate into a more controlled, domesticated

setting that would better suit some suburban gardeners. In Mount Cuba’s formal gardens, the native plants are given all the care that one would expect in such displays. The situation is quite different in the trial gardens. Parallel beds accommodate plants lined out in orderly fashion; they are mulched and weeded and staked if they threaten to sprawl into the paths. Plants are also irrigated during their first season of growth to help them establish themselves. Thereafter, however, (a typical trial lasts three years) they are largely left on their own, except for weekly inspections to record their growth, health, and bloom (if any). These observations are input into tablets or smartphones right in the garden. The selection of plants is not random. In large part, the trial plots are a symptom of Mount Cuba’s success. The former estate of the Copeland Family, which maintained a passionate interest in the plants native to the region, this landscape was formally converted to a botanical garden in 1983. At the time, Mount Cuba’s interest in native plants was exceptional. Native plants were rarely available in local nurseries, and Mount Cuba played an instrumental role in promoting them horticulturally, even collecting from the

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Popular plants such as coneflowers — members of the genus Echinacea — may be represented in nursery catalogs by dozens of distinct selections and cultivars.

wild many fine strains which it introduced to the nursery industry. Since then, however, there has been a modest boom. The difficulty for the average gardener today is not so much in finding sources of native plants but rather in distinguishing which of those available will best fulfill their dreams for their landscape. Popular plants such as coneflowers — members of the genus Echinacea — for example, may be represented in nursery catalogs by dozens of distinct selections and cultivars. Which ones are the best from a gardener’s perspective?

That’s the question Sam Hoadley has been answering. Every year, he adopts one genus of popular plants native to the Delaware region, and then collects and plants out all the variations he can find. In addition to observing the plants’ growth, his team has also taken to recording pollinator visitations during the flowering season; they daily observe each plant’s flowers for sixty seconds, noting every pollinator that stops by during that interval. In this way, they are testing not only the various plants’ visual appeal and general garden worthiness but also their value to wildlife.

Kindergarten registration announced for the Coxsackie-Athens Central Schools COXSACKIE — Kindergarten registration dates for the Coxsackie-Athens Central Schools have been scheduled. Registration for both the Coxsackie and Edward J. Arthur Elementary School will take place the week of Feb. 6 in their respective buildings. Packets can be dropped off anytime from 8:30 a.m.–4 p.m. Kindergarten children should be registered at the school they will be attending. In order to be eligible for

Kindergarten, a child must be five years old on or before Dec. l, 2022. The following must be presented when dropping off the packet: A birth certificate, proof of the following immunizations: 3 DPT, 3 oral polio, 2 measles, mumps and rubella and 3 doses of Hepatitis B vaccine, and two proofs of residence. Pre-K students who are participating in the 2021-22 school year program do not need to register for Kindergarten. All Pre-K Children will be

registered at the Edward J. Arthur Elementary School. In order to be eligible for Pre-K, a child must be four years old on or before Dec. l, 2022. The following must be presented when dropping off the packet: A birth certificate, proof of the following immunizations: 3 DPT, 3 oral polio, 2 measles, mumps and rubella and 3 doses of Hepatitis B vaccine, and two proofs of residence. Registration information will be mailed to parents of children listed on the school

Senator Michelle Hinchey and coalition announce legislation to revolutionize the way municipalities buy food ALTAMONT — Senator Michelle Hinchey at Indian Ladder Farms in Altamont, announced legislation that would give all municipal institutions in New York the option to shift their food budgets to locallybased, fair, ecologically sound, and humane food sources, making it easier for communities to buy food from businesses that meet their values. The legislation (S7534/A8580), sponsored by Hinchey in the Senate and Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes in the Assembly, would make New York the first state to institute a values-based procurement model that promotes the purchase of more sustainably produced food from local economies, especially smaller-scale farms and minority-owned businesses, ensures that suppliers’ workers are offered safe and healthy working conditions and fair compensation, that livestock receive humane care and that consumers have access to nutritious meals. New York’s municipal institutions, including schools, shelters, childcare centers, and hospitals are required by current state food procurement law to choose the lowest responsible bidder in all food purchasing decisions, preventing any further criteria from being considered. Hinchey’s bill would bring New York’s food policies, which haven’t been updated since the 1970s, into the 21st century by creating pathways for municipalities to award food contracts to businesses that are no more than 10% more expensive than

the lowest bidder if they possess one or more of the following qualities: Environmental Sustainability: Sourcing from producers that employ sustainable practices to improve soil health and carbon sequestration; conserve on-farm energy and water; reduce food waste and greenhouse gas emissions; reduce or eliminate synthetic pesticides and fertilizers; protect and enhance wildlife habitats and biodiversity, and more. Racial Equity: Opening pathways for Minority and WomenOwned Businesses (MWBE’s) and farmers to access institutional contracts. Fair Labor Practices: Ensuring that food suppliers respect and protect workers’ rights to organize and bargain collectively for better wages and conditions. Local Economic Benefit: Sourcing products whereby 51% of the raw agricultural materials have been grown, harvested, processed, and manufactured in New York State. Nutrition: Prioritizing purchase of healthful foods that promote well-being, namely products comprised of whole grains, fresh and minimallyprocessed fruits and vegetables, whole plant-based and lean proteins, and essential fats (including nuts, seeds and fish). Animal Welfare: Promoting humane treatment of farm animals by sourcing from farmers who prohibit intensive confinement and provide animals with enough space and enrichment to carry out natural behaviors, as illustrated by their

participation in an independent animal welfare certification. Fair Pricing for Farmers: Supporting suppliers that pay farmers a fair price for goods using USDA pricing standards. “Our purchasing power is one of the strongest powers we have as a society, and my bill will help communities in every corner of the state harness that influence in their food purchasing decisions, revolutionizing the way we feed New Yorkers through a values-based model driven by sustainability, equity, fairness, and inclusion,” said Senator Michelle Hinchey. “This bill is a blueprint that provides direct pathways for public institutions to reward climate-forward food production, source from producers who respect workers’ rights, support small farms and BIPOC businesses with a direct benefit to local economies, and elevate nutritious whole foods as the high-quality standard our communities deserve. When this bill is passed and signed into law, New York will become the first state to adopt values-based food procurement, empowering localities to use our tax dollars to create truly circular food economies that give back dividends to our students, seniors, and all people served by local institutions. I’m grateful for the far-reaching coalition of supporters we’ve built for this pioneering bill, and I look forward to advancing it with Majority Leader Peoples-Stokes this session.”

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All of this information is eventually compiled into detailed reports, which are available, for free, in print at Mount Cuba Center, or in a digital form for download at the Center’s website: https:// mtcubacenter.org/research/ trial-garden/. Sam Hoadley says that the data quoted in these documents represents, of course, the experience in the Mid Atlantic Piedmont region, but in comparing his results with plant trials at institutions as far away as the Chicago Botanic Garden, he has found considerable overlap, and he would consider it of relevance throughout the East Coast. Starting with a superior plant is half the secret of success in the garden. For this reason, I recommend the Mount Cuba Center’s reports as essential as your favorite trowel. For more information about this subject, listen to my conversation with Sam Hoadley on the Berkshire Botanical Garden Growing Greener podcast, at https:// www.thomaschristophergardens.com/podcasts/

best-of-the-best-garden-tested-native-plants. Be-a-Better-Gardener is a community service of Berkshire Botanical Garden, located in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Its mission, to provide knowledge of gardening and the environment through a diverse range of classes and programs, informs and inspires thousands of students and visitors each year. Thomas Christopher is a volunteer at Berkshire Botanical Garden and is the author or co-author of more than a dozen books, including Nature into Art and The Gardens of Wave Hill. He is the 2021 Garden Club of America’s National Medalist for Literature, a distinction reserved to recognize those who have left a profound and lasting impact on issues that are most important to the GCA. Tom’s companion broadcast to this column, Growing Greener, streams on WESUFM. org, Pacifica Radio and NPR and is available at his website, https:// www.thomaschristophergardens. com/podcast.

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Julia Shelburne Cabanas December 28, 1948 - January 24, 2022 Julia Shelburne Cabanas, 73, of Coxsackie, New York, passed away peacefully on January 24, 2022, at Albany Medical Center with her family by her side. Julia was born on December 28, 1948, in St Louis, Missouri. She was the only child of William Jackson Shelburne, Jr., and Ethel Dixon Meredith. Julia spent her formative years traveling the world while spending her summers in Wyoming riding her beloved horse Princess and exploring the mountains. In 1965 she graduated from Choate Rosemary preparatory school in Wallingford, Connecticut. In 1967 she earned a degree in secretarial arts from Colby Sawyer College in New London, New Hampshire. On a summer trip to Mexico to visit her Father, Julia met her future husband, Javier Cabanas. They wed in Puebla, Mexico, on July 29, 1969. They moved to Mount Kisco, New York, where their daughter Emma, later was born. They eventually settled in Katonah, where daughters Bess and Julie were born. Julia pioneered working from home when she started her own successful business as a typesetter. Working from home, she balanced her career and motherhood. She was most proud of her daughters and considered them to be her greatest accomplishment. In 1986, the family relocated to LaGrangeville and Julia worked various jobs before becoming a secretary at the Dutchess County Department of Health. She retired in 2016 and moved to Coxsackie, New York. Julia was unapologetically true to herself and her beliefs, and taught her daughters and grandchildren to be the same. She was an avid gardener and passionate for wildlife. Julia is survived by her husband of 52 years, Javier, her three daughters Emma Buono (Anthony) of Valatie, Bess Rodgers (Donald) of Coxsackie, and Julie Miller (Scott) of Athens, as well as her grandchildren Taylor, Brooke and Jordan Miller, Emily, Meredith and Matthew Buono, and Elizabeth and John (“JT”) Rodgers. Services will be held at Richards Funeral Home, 28 North Vernon Street, Athens, N.Y., 12015, on Tuesday, February 8, 2022, from 3:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. Wearing of face masks will be required to be worn at all times while at the funeral home, regardless of vaccination status and for those unvaccinated. Burial will be at the convenience of the family. The family asks that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the World Wildlife Fund. Condolences may be made at www.richardsfuneralhomeinc.net.

William ‘Bill’ Joseph Wynne January 28, 2022 William “Bill” Joseph Wynne of Altamont died Friday, January 28, 2022 following a short illness. He was 51. Bill was born in Catskill, NY to the late Barbara Soncini-Wynne. He was later adopted by the late Dennis Wynne. He grew up in Catskill, where his unique sense of humor was known and loved by many. He volunteered as a First Responder with Catskill Rescue Squad from the age of 17, and ruined many a date night with his future wife while helping his local community. He later earned his EMT certification. Bill graduated from Catskill High School in 1988. He joined the U.S. Army in 1990, where he worked as a Specialist in Materials Supply and Accounting. Later, he attended SUNY Ulster’s Registered Nurse degree program. Bill met his wife and soul mate, Sara (Riseley) Wynne in January of 1995, where they worked together at the former Cortina Valley Ski Resort. They married on July 6, 1997 and are blessed with the two most amazing children, Joshua Zachary Wynne and Alexa Reid Wynne. He loved his children fiercely. The only family rules he enforced were to always say “I love you” and to never, ever go to bed angry. Besides his wife and children, Bill is survived by his muchloved sister Melissa and brother-in-law Bradford Greene of Catskill, and his brother Mathew Soncini of Moundville, Alabama. He is also survived by a wonderfully supportive extended family including many nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins. He adored his nephew Bradford Greene Jr. , and nieces Jessica and Kaeleigh Greene. Bill was a passionate sports fan, and enjoyed nothing more than to yell (loudly) and jump around the living room while watching the Yankees and NY Giants with his family. Nothing made him more proud than to watch his son play varsity football, while his daughter cheered on her brother from the stands. His family meant everything to him, and he was the most engaged and loving father and husband anyone could possibly ask for. Bill was a certified recovery coach, and an ardent supporter of those in recovery and working toward it. He volunteered with many local recovery and harm reduction organizations, and his sincerity and beautiful perspective on all things helped many in the community achieve and maintain recovery. There will be a gathering of family and friends on Sunday, Feb. 6th from 1:00 - 3:00 pm at Millspaugh Camerato Funeral Home, 139 Jefferson Hgts., Catskill. At 3:00 pm Deacon Mike McDonald will conduct a celebration of Bill’s life. Military honors by the American Legion and US Army will follow. Messages of condolence may be made to MillspaughCamerato.com.

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Redistricting maps hit Hochul’s desk By Kate Lisa Johnson Newspaper Corp.

Legislation bearing the maps with new congressional, Senate and Assembly district lines for the next decade’s elections were delivered to Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday after lawmakers voted to adopt the Legislature’s recently drawn plans. The Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment drew the new boundaries for the state’s 150 Assembly and 63 Senate districts and 26 congressional seats over the last two weeks after the 10-member Independent Redistricting Commission failed to compromise, ending in political stalemate. Assembly members voted to pass the legislative bill 118-29 with scant Republican support and strictly along party lines in the Senate at 43-20 Thursday. A two-thirds majority, or 100 votes, were required to adopt the proposed maps. “These district maps are in compliance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965, they incorporate all traditional redistricting principals and are drawn as close as possible to the ideal district size, or within 5% deviation,” said bill sponsor Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski, D-Rockland. Lawmakers voted to adopt the congressional lines Wednesday also largely along party lines. The Legislature drew the maps based on an adjusted state population of 20,193,858

people, within 5% of the ideal 134,626 constituents per district after swiftly voting to reject the commission’s two submitted sets of maps in early January. Representatives from Hochul’s office did not immediately return requests for comment about when the governor will sign the legislation or her response to Republicans saying they will legally challenge the plans in state Supreme Court. Leaders have felt the pressure to create and adopt the maps as time dwindles for the state Board of Elections to implement the new lines in time for the scheduled June 28 primary, and potential candidates gear up to canvas for the race. Republicans in both houses blasted colleagues for hours of debate on the floor Wednesday and Thursday, accusing them of not following the state Constitution in their map reconfiguration and not holding public hearings on LATFOR’s proposal. “Our map... just to the eyeball, is so much cleaner and compacter and contiguous than the one we’re living under today,” sponsor Senate Deputy Majority Leader Michael Gianaris, D-Queens, said during debate on the floor with Sen. George Borello, R-Sunset Bay. “So if you want to have that debate, I’ll have it all day long.” Sen. Daphne Jordan, R-Halfmoon, firmly pointed her finger at Gianaris at the end of her spirited remarks before voting

against the maps. “To my Greek friend, Sen. Gianaris, I say this in our native Greek language: ‘Dropi!’ — that means ‘Shame, shame on you!’” Jordan said. “These maps are a shameless example of politically partisan gerrymandering at its worst.” The maps must be challenged in court, she said, joining dozens of her Republican colleagues in calls to embark on a legal redistricting battle. GOP leaders stand ready to challenge the plans over potential gerrymandering after the maps were crafted by the majority of Democrats in both houses of the Legislature. Several Republicans, including Assemblyman Marck Walczyk, R-Watertown, vehemently inquired about potential legal issues with the lines, saying they are unconstitutional. The Independent Redistricting Commission held numerous public hearings last summer and received thousands of pages of submitted testimony from New Yorkers providing input on communities of interest that should stay together. LATFOR wrote the maps without the entirety of that collected testimony, and did not hold separate hearings on the Legislature’s proposal. “You are attempting to opine that decisions were made for purely partisan or political reasons, which are clearly not the case, and census data were used,” Zebrowski said in response to a grilling about

potential gerrymandered lines from Rockland County Republican Assemblyman Michael Lawler. “For the record, for the world to the state to hear: All requirements of the law were followed.” Senate Minority Leader Rob Ortt, R-North Tonawanda, expressed disgust the redistricting process lacked political neutrality after voters in 2014 chose to amend the state Constitution to create the independent commission. “The question of who represents New Yorkers in Albany and Washington is a matter that greatly affects our day-today lives,” he said in a statement after the maps were adopted Thursday. He blamed Democrats for creating them behind closed doors without input from communities of interest. “Democrats’ hypocritical actions are blatant attacks on our democratic process,” Ortt added. New York redistricting court challenges in the 1960s went to the U.S. Supreme Court, which decided courts cannot rule on redistricting cases. No redistricting plan has been struck down since. Gerrymandering and malicious intent is inherently difficult to prove in court, redistricting experts have said this week. To view the proposed congressional, Senate and Assembly district lines, visit latfor. state.ny.us/maps/

Stefanik leads in campaign fundraising By ALEX GAULT agault@wdt.net

The latest campaign finance disclosures show that, in the last quarter of 2021, over $1.5 million was given to the six candidates running for election in New York’s 21st Congressional District. Of the six candidates, incumbent Congresswoman Elise M. Stefanik, R-Schuylerville, raised the vast majority of the $1.5 million. Between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31, Rep. Stefanik’s campaign brought in $1.07 million dollars, not counting what was raised by her nationally focused organizations. The congresswoman brought in $923,997 from individual donors during that period, and $64,700 from political action committees and other campaigns, plus nearly $89,000 in transfers into her campaign from other fundraising groups she has a stake in. She ended 2021 with $3.1 million in cash available to spend, far outpacing the totals available to her competitors. That’s something her campaign proudly touted in a release on Tuesday. “While all four far-left socialists had yet another abysmal fundraising quarter, Congresswoman Stefanik shattered offyear fundraising records and strengthened her support from tens of thousands of grassroots patriots across the north country and America,” her senior adviser Alex deGrasse said. For this election cycle, Rep. Stefanik has raised $4,549,988. Last quarter, her campaign received funding from a number of corporate PACs. The banking group PricewaterhouseCoopers PAC provided $7,500 to her campaign, and BAE Systems, a defense contractor that develops robotic systems, donated $3,500. She also received a large amount of funds from the Jobs for A New Era PAC, which donated $25,000 to the Elise Victory Fund and transferred $10,000 to the congresswoman’s campaign in December. The Elise Victory Fund is a joint fundraising operation that shares resources with the congresswoman’s campaign, her political action committee E-PAC and other fundraising organizations she may partner with. The Jobs for a New Era PAC supports a number of conservative candidates across the country, in local races as small as school board seats up to U.S. Senate candidates.

Rep. Stefanik’s campaign made a number of contributions to other candidates during the last fiscal quarter as well, including a number of north country and New York state campaigns. The campaign gave $1,000 to Steve McLaughlin, the Rensselaer County Executive who ran for reelection last year. Mr. McLaughlin was arrested in December under accusations from the state Attorney General that he used $3,500 in campaign funds to pay off personal expenses when he was a state Assemblyman. The congresswoman’s campaign also gave $500 to Andrew Moses, who was elected St. Lawrence County Family Court judge last year, $500 to the town of Saratoga Republicans, and $300 to the state Conservative Party. Her expenditures on campaign-related costs include $40,000 to North Country Strategies LLC., the political strategy company owned by Mr. deGrasse, and nearly $135,000 in credit card processing fees for the online fundraising platform WinRed. Rep. Stefanik’s next-closest fundraising competition was Matt Castelli, a Democratic candidate who has picked up steam with endorsements from nearly every county Democratic committee chair and half of the north country’s county Democratic committees. Mr. Castelli brought in $184,918 in the last quarter, all from individual donors. Four donors gave the maximum donation allowed in a primary — $5,800. Last quarter is the second quarter in a row that Mr. Castelli has earned more than his Democratic competitors, and he ended 2021 with $289,001 in cash on hand, nearly $30,000 more than his next-closest Democratic competitor. “While Elise Stefanik is skipping work in D.C. to raise millions of dollars in Mar-a-Lago and put her party and politics before our district, we’ve had another successful fundraising quarter demonstrating that we’re the campaign that can draw support from grassroots donors across NY-21, unite the district, and defeat Elise Stefanik,” Mr. Castelli said in a statement Wednesday. Mr. Castelli’s campaign spent $142,107 last quarter on campaign consultants, payroll services, acquiring donor lists and hosting donor events, and also spent 2.76% of what he

raised, over $5,100, on credit card processing fees for ActBlue, the Democratic online fundraising platform. Matthew F. Putorti, a Whitehall man also seeking the Democratic nomination for NY-21, raised $181,871 in the previous quarter, just about $3,000 less than Mr. Castelli. He only raised money from individual donors, and had two people donate the maximum amount of $5,800 to his campaign. According to a press release from his campaign, Mr. Putorti has had a majority of its donations come from New York, and over 600 from inside the district. The campaign said 85% of contributions are lower than $100. Over the entire campaign, Mr. Putorti has raised the most of his Democratic competitors. Mr. Putorti has raised $533,471 since he announced his run, followed by Mr. Castelli who has brought in $442,372. Mr. Putorti said in a statement Tuesday that his strong fundraising numbers among his Democratic competitors shows that the region’s voters care about the issues he focuses on. “I am proud and grateful for the grassroots momentum behind our campaign to bring honorable leadership to the north country,” Mr. Putorti said, “When I announced my candidacy, I noted three of the most important issues facing our communities: protecting the middle class, combating climate change, and countering threats to our democracy by extremist politicians like Elise Stefanik.” Following Mr. Putorti, Brigid “Bridie” Farrell, the former U.S. National Team speedskater who went on to advocate for abuse survivors, brought in $89,225 last quarter. Of that, $1,000 came from the Voter Protection Project PAC, an organization that says it will “fight back against President Trump’s and Republicans’ attack on our right to vote.” Overall, Ms. Farrell has raised $247,957 since announcing her campaign in July. Of that total, she had $91,223 left at the end of last year. Ms. Farrell’s campaign spent about $64,721 in the last quarter, including $3,160 on ActBlue processing fees. The campaign spent about $600 on hotels around the north country, plus $566 on a hotel stay at the Bellagio resort in Las Vegas, of which $218 was refunded.

The first Democrat to file to run in NY-21, Ezra Watson, brought in the lowest amount of cash among the primary field last quarter, and overall is the lowest earner in the race, bringing in about $3,500 since announcing in March 2021. Last quarter, he took in $1,853, all from individual donors and spent $574. Mr. Watson’s campaign filings did not include a description of what he spent those funds on. He ended 2021 with $1,681 available to spend.

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Erie Canalway Hosting Winter FEBRUARY 15 Canalway Challenge WATERFORD — The Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor is inviting New Yorkers to take part in a special winter fitness challenge, the FEBRUARY 15 Canalway Challenge. Participants pledge to complete 15 miles by walking, running, hiking, snowshoeing, or cross-country skiing during the month of February to earn a 15-Miler badge. Participants can choose to log miles at national, state and local parks, on the Canalway Trail, or even in their own neighborhoods. Any location within the boundaries of the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor counts. “With the upcoming Olympic Games and a focus on physical fitness, we hope the FEBRUARY 15 Challenge will provide an incentive for people to get up, get out, and get active to achieve their own fitness goals,” said Bob Radliff, Executive Director of the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor. “Getting out this winter is an excellent way to explore the Canalway Corridor’s seasonal beauty and start a fitness habit that can last all year.” New York State Canal Corporation Director Brian U. Stratton said, “There’s a special beauty about New York’s

Canals in the winter, and the FEBRUARY 15 Canalway Challenge is the perfect opportunity for New Yorkers to get outdoors and appreciate the bucolic landscapes and exceptional history of this storied waterway. I encourage New Yorkers to take on the challenge and experience firsthand the tremendous opportunities for recreation that the Canalway Trail and our state and national parks have to offer.” Four national parks, 24

state parks, and nine New York State historic sites are within the boundaries of the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor. The Corridor encompasses 23 counties and spans 524 miles across the full expanse of the upstate New York. It includes the Erie, Cayuga-Seneca, Oswego, and Champlain Canals and their historic alignments. Registration is free and open to individuals, teams, and organizations. Sign up at: www.canalwaychallenge.org.

ABOUT THE ERIE CANALWAY NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR Nearly 200 years after its construction, the Erie Canal remains an iconic symbol of American ingenuity and determination. The Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor preserves our extraordinary canal heritage, promotes the Corridor as a world-class tourism destination, and fosters vibrant communities connected by more than 500 miles of waterway. It achieves its mission in partnership with the National Park Service, New York State agencies, non-profit organizations, local residents, and more than 200 communities across the full expanse of upstate New York. www.eriecanalway.org ATTACHED: FEBRUARY 15 social media images Have fun and stay fit this winter with the FEBRUARY 15 Challenge. Walk, run, hike, snowshoe, or cross-country ski 15 miles anywhere in the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor to earn your 15 Miler badge. Free. Sign up: www.canalwaychallenge.org www.canalwaychallenge.org

RENT 25th Anniversary Farewell Tour COMING TO PROCTORS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11 – SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12 TICKETS ON SALE NOW! For a quarter of a century, Jonathan Larson’s RENT has inspired us to choose love over fear and to live without regret. This Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning phenomenon follows a year in the lives of a diverse group of artists and friends struggling to follow their dreams without selling out. It has become more than a musical–it’s a cultural touchstone, a rite of passage and a source of joy and strength for millions. RENT has become a part of us forever. Tours of RENT have crisscrossed the country almost continuously since 1996, with the latest tour alone playing five countries, 237 cities, and 1,005 performances. RENT received its world premiere offBroadway at New York Theatre Workshop on February 13, 1996, to ecstatic reviews and transferred to Broadway on April 29, 1996. RENT won the 1996 Tony Award® for Best Musical as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The musical has been translated into every major language and has been performed in 27 countries across six continents. Based on original direction by Michael Greif (Tony and Drama Desk Nominations, RENT), Evan Ensign re-stages the 25th Anniversary Tour. Original Broadway creatives

Marlies Yearby (Choreography) and Angela Wendt (Costume Design) are joined by Jonathan Spencer (Lighting Design), Keith Caggiano (Sound Design), Dave Pepin (Music Supervisor), Owen Johnston (Associate Choreographer), and Matthew E. Maraffi (adapting original scenic design by Paul Clay) to make up the creative team for the tour. Casting for the tour is by Wojcik | Seay Casting. 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. The RENT 25th Anniversary Farewell Tour is produced by Work Light Productions, whose other touring productions this season include the 2016 Olivier Award-winning production of Jesus Christ Superstar, a new production of An Officer and a Gentleman, and the First National tour of Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations. For more information, visit: www.rentontour.net Facebook/RentOnTour | Twitter.com/ RentOnTour | Instagram.com/RentOnTour

Sage City Symphony to present free Winter Concert February 13 BENNINGTON, VT — On Sunday, February 13, at 4 p.m. Sage City Symphony will present a Winter Concert at Greenwall Auditorium in the VAPA Building at Bennington College. Admission is free and open to all. The program will feature Symphony No. 5 in B Major, D. 485, by Franz Schubert; Concerto for Bassoon and Strings, by Craig Phillips with Gerald Lanoue on bassoon; and Lyric for Strings, by George Walker. Covid Protocols: All current and evolving guidelines issued by the CDC, the State of Vermont, and Bennington College will be followed. Face masks and social distancing will be required (“pod” seating permitted), and proof of vaccination and booster with ID will be required at the door. In the event of a resurgence of Covid infection rates, postponement or cancellation of this concert will be posted on the symphony’s website at www.SageCitySymphony.org. Gerald Lanoue, DMA, is an active conductor and bassoonist in the Upstate New York and

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Southern Vermont area. He serves as music director for the Music Company Orchestra in Ballston Spa, NY, and is principal bassoonist and associate conductor of Sage City Symphony. A native of Bennington, VT, he received his undergraduate education at the Crane School of Music in Potsdam, NY, and earned a master’s degree and doctorate at the University of Southern California. He studied conducting with Douglas Lowry

at the Eastman School of Music, as well as John Barnett, associate conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Lanoue has served on the faculties of Riverside Community College and Santa Monica College. While in California, he was an active orchestral and chamber musician serving as principal bassoon for the Bakersfield Symphony, Los Angeles Classical Ballet, Redlands Symphony, and the American Youth Symphony.

He has performed most notably with Daniel Lewis, Yehuda Gilad, Jerry Goldsmith, Michael Kamien, and Zubin Mehta. About Sage City Symphony Led by music director Michael Finckel for the past 25+ years, Sage City Symphony was founded in 1972 as a community and college orchestra with close ties to Bennington College. In addition to performing traditional classical repertoire as well as contemporary music, the symphony commissions and premieres new pieces each year. The symphony attracts a high caliber of dedicated amateur and professional musicians who travel from throughout Vermont, New York, and Massachusetts for weekly rehearsals during the concert season. Covid protocols observed at rehearsals and concerts, is available at www.SageCitySymphony.org. Donations are gratefully received by mail at Sage City Symphony, PO Box 547, Shaftsbury, VT 05262 or online via www. SageCitySymphony.org. Concerts are always free and open to all.

CALENDAR LISTINGS FEBRUARY 6 LIVE: BENNETT HARRIS ACOUSTIC BLUES Sunday, February 6, 2 p.m. - 5 p.m. Join us for Sunday Sessions, Live music performed by Bennett Harris Acoustic Blues! Get ready for an exciting performance of rousing, soulful, and rollicking country Delta blues and ragtime music, when Bennett Harris comes to the barn with his acoustic guitars and harmonica! Bennett’s diverse repertoire embraces various styles, eras and moods of traditional acoustic blues music, Inspirations include Bessie Smith, Robert Johnson, Blind Blake, on up to modern masters such as Muddy Waters, Jorma Kaukonen, Bonnie Raitt, and even Irving Berlin! The eclectic show includes Bennett’s original tunes, as well. The intricate fingerpicking guitar style of Rev. Gary Davis is the basis for Bennett’s playing. It is a carnival-like, upbeat sound of the ragtime era, providing a warm texture behind Bennett’s emotional singing and harmonica playing. An old Gibson flat top guitar is Bennett’s choice of tradition. For the gritty Delta “bottleneck” slide style, he uses a 1934 National steel guitar. This metalbodied resonator guitar has a memorable, commanding gutbucket growl and whine, perfect for the rugged Delta blues sound of the Deep South. It is a unique, all-American sound. Don’t miss this Hudson Valley artist, as his performance is sure to be memorable and lively!

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FEBRUARY 10 HUDSON JAZZ FESTIVAL Thursday, February 10 - Sunday, February 13, $15 – $25 Curated by Cat Henry, the Hudson Jazz Festival 2022 gives voice to artists as they respond to transformative events in our nation’s history and look toward a brighter future. Held over two weekends in February and featuring performance, art, film, spoken word, and community events; HJF22 honors the spirit of the unofficial Black national anthem Lift Every Voice in a joyous, optimistic celebration of a new era of hope for equity, diversity, and inclusion. The Hudson Jazz Festival 2022 features six performances from exceptional talents – multiGRAMMY-nominated singer Jazzmeia Horn, multi-GRAMMY-nominated duo The Baylor Project; rising star vocalist Alexis Morrast; acclaimed vibraphonist Warren Wolf; GRAMMY-nominated saxophonist/composer Jimmy Greene and his quartet; and spoken-word artist, activist and TONY-nominated actor Daniel J. Watts. Thursday, February 10 - Sunday, February 13, $15 – $25, https:// hudsonhall.org/event/hudsonjazz-festival/ Hudson Hall, 327 Warren St, Hudson, 518-822-1438

Basilica Hudson announces a free indoor skatepark for 6 weeks + 3 workshops A collaboration with Toolshed, Super Stories and the Hudson Youth Department February 5 - March 19, 2022 | Thursdays and Saturdays 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. | FREE HUDSON — Basilica Hudson, Toolshed, Super Stories and the Hudson Youth Department are teaming up to bring an indoor DIY skatepark to Hudson for the remaining winter weeks. The skatepark will be open Thursdays and Saturdays from February 5 through March 19, 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. in the Main Hall of Basilica Hudson, located at 110 South Front Street, Hudson. Basilica Hudson’s spacious Main Hall is open enough to offer room for social distancing and consistent air flow in consideration of COVID-19, but enclosed enough to keep out the snow, and at least some of the cold. This is a great opportunity for activities welcoming all ages. WORKSHOPS The skatepark will launch on February 5 with two DIY skatepark build workshops led by Ramiro Davaro-Comas and his organization Super Stories. From 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on the 5th, Ramiro will lead a workshop on how to build a quarter pipe. From 3:45 p.m. to 5 p.m. he will then lead a workshop on making a concrete parking block using real cement. This workshop is offered only to participants who are 10+. Wood will be pre-cut so that workshop participants will not use any saws. On February 12, Ramiro will lead a workshop in mural painting with spray paint from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Participants will paint onto a pre-made wall that will then stay in the temporary skatepark inside Basilica Hudson. This workshop is 6+. Both workshops on the 5th and 12th will be followed by open skate hours until 7 p.m. With the enduring pandemic, masks will be required during the workshops and inside at all times. Helmets will be required for skating if under 18 years of age, and liability waivers will be available on site. The Hudson Youth Department will provide transportation to the workshops for those that need it. Interested attendees are asked to fill out the following online form to register for the workshops, where they will also be able to specify if

they need transportation and digitally sign the waiver. Regardless of participation in workshops, people are free to skate inside Basilica from 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. every Thursday and Saturday from February 5 to March 19. In addition to the DIY elements built during the workshop, there will be a rail, ramps, a ledge and other features, plus tons of open poured concrete floor to skate on. The skatepark and workshops were organized by Toolshed as part of its ongoing partnership with Basilica Hudsom. Basilica and Toolshed are currently strategizing with other organizations about how best to utilize these built skatepark features throughout the rest of the year. ABOUT Basilica Hudson Basilica Hudson is a nonprofit multidisciplinary art center located in Hudson NY, that welcomes over 20,000 visitors each season to genrepushing music festivals, large scale marketplace events, regular film screenings, an artist in residency program, public installations and other community gatherings. ABOUT Toolshed Toolshed is a project created by artist duo Susannah Sayler and Edward Morris (Sayler/ Morris) to gather and share tools that connect ecological imagination to action and empower individuals and communities to build resilience, joy and togetherness. ABOUT Super Stories and Ramiro Davaro-Comas Super Stories is an organization that focuses on community storytelling through public art, educational workshops, and artist partnerships. The project is led by visual artists Grace Lang and Ramiro Davaro-Comas. ABOUT The Hudson Youth Department The Youth Department operates the Hudson Youth Center and a summer day camp at Oakdale Park. SUPPORTERS Materials for the workshops were generously supplied by Herrington’s, a regional lumber and hardware store, originally established in Hillsdale, NY in the 1880s. Additional funding was provided by Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, Berkshire Bank Foundation and Partners for Climate Action Hudson Valley.

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Carol M. Hesselink Celebrated as Featured Artist in Nigra Arts Center’s 2022 Quilt Show GLOVERSVILLE – The Paul Nigra Center for Creative Arts has recently unveiled its 2022 Quilt Show, featuring over 60 quilts and textile arts by more than 15 local artists. Included in this exhibition is a special showcase of work from featured artist Carol M. Hesselink, a quilter and textile artist who is displaying 36 quilts, wall hangings, articles of clothing, accessories and more from throughout her decadeslong career in the fabric arts. Carol lives in Amsterdam, with her husband Chuck. She has two daughters and two granddaughters who live in Arkansas. Carol’s work includes fabric art of all kinds, from reversible bags in varying styles to pillow cases and quilts to wall hangings and plush animals. Her inspirations come from beautiful fabrics, nature, photos, tile designs, patterns created by other artists, ideas from EQ5 software and her family, friends and clients. In making her original cmhCreations, Carol hopes to bring beauty to the world and blessings to others using her artistic eye, color sense and sewing skills. Carol has displayed her work in many shows and venues and received many accolades over the years. She took blue ribbons for her entries in the Columbia County Fruit Growers Show and

Featured artist Carol M. Hesselink

received a third place ribbon at the 2011 Empire Quilt Fest for “Quiet Waters Tree II,” a bargello pieced banner appliquéd with a tree that is on display in the Nigra Arts Center’s Quilt Show. In March of 2012, five of her Irish-themed creations were part of the gallery show at Albany’s Family and Children’s Center. In September of 2012, the Amsterdam Recorder featured an article about her work on display at the Art de Cure gallery show at The Plastic Surgery Group in Albany. Carol also displayed artwork at the grand opening of Amsterdam’s Creative Arts Connections Center on October 8, 2012. The Craftology Boutique in Amsterdam

displayed a collection of Carol’s cmhCreations products for sale from 2012 until their closure. Carol has exhibited work in 18 shows at the Nigra Arts Center since 2016, including the 2022 Quilt Show, sharing more than 90 pieces of fabric art in their gallery. The 2022 Quilt Show is now open for viewing and will be on display until March 3. Other artists exhibiting work in this show include Susan Albanese, Daniel Bridge, Joshua Brooks, Ross Carangelo, Francis Dempsey, Brenda Dwyer, Mary Hart, Faith LaFountain, John Morrette, Thelma Senecal, Anna M. Socha, Mike Teale, Monica VanEtten and a group of

collaborators from the Liberty Through the Arts program in Amsterdam. The show is also available for public viewing weekdays 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. until its conclusion on March 3. A virtual tour of the exhibition will be posted after the opening reception on the Nigra Arts Center’s Facebook page, www.facebook.com/PaulNigraCenter, and website, www. pncreativeartscenter.org. The Paul Nigra Center for Creative Arts is located at 2736 State Highway 30 in Gloversville. For more information about this show or the Paul Nigra Center for Creative Arts, call (518) 661-9932 or visit www. pncreativeartscenter.org. About the Paul Nigra Center for Creative Arts: The Paul Nigra Center for Creative Arts is a beautiful, yearround arts center open to the public. It houses premium art venues, hosts fun family events and provides educational opportunities for persons of all ages and levels of ability. The Nigra Arts Center also offers exceptional spaces for private parties or business events. The Nigra Arts Center was founded in 2015 by The Arc Lexington, an accredited, award-winning provider of disability services. For more information, visit www. pncreativeartscenter.org.

Howard Jones Acoustic Trio Coming to Universal Preservation Hall, with Opener Rachael Sage SARATOGA SPRINGS — Howard Jones Acoustic Trio is an intimate stripped-down trip through Howard Jones’s 30-year music career. Featuring Howard on electric piano, Robin Boult (Roger Daltry, Dave Stewart, Fish) on acoustic guitar and Nick Beggs (Kajagoogoo, Belinda Carlisle, John Paul Jones) on Chapman stick, these shows deliver a fresh take on Howard’s bestknown hits. These shows also provide the Howard Jones Trio opportunity for the audience to hear first-hand about the in- with electronica luminary BT. spiration behind Howard’s be- Of the album, Paste avowed, loved material as well as stories “Transform is remarkably confrom his touring career. sistent to Jones’ lush brand of Electronic music pioneer synthpop...a balance of what Howard Jones has been a con- is familiar and what is innovastant presence on the intertive, new magic from old spells” national touring scene for the past three decades, playing live while Pop Matters declared the in several different configura- album to contain dazzling synth tions including intimate solo sounds, catchy melodies and shows and dates with his full introspective and life- affirming high-tech band set-up. His most lyrics--but with a contemporary recent album is Transform, his feel”. Howard Jones first burst first new studio album in nearly upon the contemporary music a decade. Released in 2019 to critical acclaim, Transform scene in 1983, with his very Engfeatures several collaborations lish songwriting and pioneering

synthesizers. His first two albums Human’s Lib and Dream into Action were worldwide hits. Human’s Lib reached #1 in 1984 in the UK and featured the hits “New Song,” and “What Is Love?” In 1985, Jones released the follow-up, Dream into Action, which quickly became a Top Ten Platinum album in the United States and featured the smashes: “Things Can Only Get Better,” “Life In One Day,” “No One Is To Blame,” and “Like To Get To Know You Well.” Howard Jones has sold over 8 million albums worldwide and continues

to make new music and tour the world. Jones recently performed on NBC’s top-rated morning and nighttime shows respectively, Today and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Instrumentalist Rachael Sage will resume supporting Howard Jones as their national tour was cut short in 2020 due to the onset of COVID-19. The six-time Independent Music Awards winner will perform songs from her recent Billboard-charting album, Character, along with select pieces across her repertoire of 14 albums and her new collaborative side-project, Poetica. Rachael will be joined by Kelly Halloran on violin (Michael Franti, Tom Morello). Tickets for Howard Jones Trio at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, February 12 are $29.50-69.50. For tickets and information, call the Box Office at Proctors 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Monday-Friday at 518- 346-6204 or visit universalpreservationhall.org. Press tickets are also available, contact Jessica Sims jsims@proctors. org. They will be processed in the order they are received.

CREATE MEMBER’S SHOW ‘CREATE: Winter Worlds’ Through March 13, 2022, at the CREATE Gallery & Online CATSKILL — CREATE Council on the Arts is pleased to present “CREATE: Winter Worlds” Member’s Show featuring original artwork created by CREATE Members and emerging artists. This exhibition will run thru March 13, at CREATE’s Catskill Gallery, 398 Main Street in Catskill and can also be viewed online at https://www.CREATEcouncil.org/create-membersshow-2022/ This Members show is a one-of-a-kind exhibition showcasing original artworks of paintings, prints, photographs, sculptures, and ceramics. A wide array of artwork will be exhibited representing artists in the region. The collected works displayed burst with creativity and each artist’s unique voice and expression. Nearly 60 works are on display in our CREATE Gallery on two floors in our building at 398 Main Street, Catskill, NY 12414. Participating artists include Debbie Auer-Breithaupt, Keith Batten, William Barnds,

Casey Beal, Augustus Castanis, Ramah Commenday, Tasha Depp, Nancy De Flon, Bruce Lhuillier, Kate Masters, Eva Melas, Tom McGill, Agam Neiman, Alyson Pou, Terry Preisner, Sandra Pysher, Karen Rhodes, Carol SlutzkyTenerowicz, Beth Schneck,

Sharon t. Clair, Ryan Tracy, Sheila Trautman, Georgia VanZutphen, and Joy Wolf. A Closing Reception is tentatively scheduled to be held at the CREATE Gallery on March 12, 2022, from 4- 6 p.m.. The CREATE Gallery is located at 398 Main Street in Catskill,

NY, and is open Friday thru Sunday 11a.m. – 6 p.m. Masks are required. For more information about “CREATE: Winter Worlds” or CREATE Council on the Arts membership, programs and services, email membership@ CREATEcouncil.org or call 518-943-3400, and be sure to visit www.CREATEcouncil. org. CREATE Council on the Arts is a nonprofit, arts service organization whose mission is to support and advance the arts and cultural community by broadening and enriching creative resources and economic growth in the region. CREATE serves as the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) regrant agency for Greene, Columbia, and Schoharie Counties. CREATE also works with the Greene County Legislature managing the regrants for the County Initiative Program (CIP) and will be developing a CIP program in Columbia County in 2022.

CLARK ART INSTITUTE TO AIR LONDON NATIONAL THEATRE’S FOLLIES WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute airs an encore presentation of Follies, a production of London’s National Theatre, on Saturday, February 26 at 1 pm. Follies is being shown to honor the memory of its composer, Stephen Sondheim, a graduate of Williams College, who maintained ties to Williamstown throughout his life. Widely recognized as one of Sondheim’s most acclaimed musicals, Follies is set in New York in 1971. There’s a party on the stage of the Weismann Theatre, an iconic building due to be demolished. Thirty years after their final performance on its stage, the former Follies dancers gather at the Weissmann to have a few drinks, sing a few songs, and lie about themselves. Tracie Bennett, Janie Dee and Imelda Staunton play the magnificent Follies girls in the dazzling production. Featuring a cast of thirtyseven and an orchestra of twenty-one, this production was directed by Dominic Cooke and was filmed live on stage in 2017 at London’s National Theatre. Run time is 2 hours 15 minutes and presented without intermission—true to the spirit of how Sondheim intended the production to be performed. Please note that Follies contains strobe lighting. Tickets are $18 ($16 for Clark members, $12 for children 10 and under). To purchase tickets, visit clarkart. edu or call the box office at 413 458 0524. All sales are final. Seating capacity in the Clark’s auditorium has been reduced to accommodate greater social distancing. Tickets are limited to 100 guests and a sell-out capacity is expected. Proof of COVID vaccination for all visitors age twelve and older is required. All guests age five and older are required to wear facemasks at all times while inside the Clark’s

facilities. ABOUT THE CLARK The Clark Art Institute, located in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts, is one of a small number of institutions globally that is both an art museum and a center for research, critical discussion, and higher education in the visual arts. Opened in 1955, the Clark houses exceptional European and American paintings and sculpture, extensive collections of master prints and drawings, English silver, and early photography. Acting as convener through its Research and Academic Program, the Clark gathers an international community of scholars to participate in a lively program of conferences, colloquia, and workshops on topics of vital importance to the visual arts. The Clark library, consisting of more than 285,000 volumes, is one of the nation’s premier art history libraries. The Clark also houses and co-sponsors the Williams College Graduate Program in the History of Art. The Clark, which has a three-star rating in the Michelin Green Guide, is located at 225 South Street in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Its 140-acre campus includes miles of hiking and walking trails through woodlands and meadows, providing an exceptional experience of art in nature. Galleries are open 10 am to 5 pm Tuesday through Sunday and daily in July and August. Advance timed tickets are required. Admission is $20; free year-round for Clark members, all visitors age 21 and under, and students with a valid student ID. Free admission is available through several programs, including First Sundays Free; a local library pass program; and EBT Card to Culture. For more information on these programs and more, visit clarkart.edu or call 413 458 2303.

Tyler Henry, The Hollywood Medium, Announces Stop at Proctors SCHENECTADY — Tyler Henry, The Hollywood Medium is coming to Proctors on Saturday, August 20 for his one-of-a-kind live show, An Evening of Hope and Healing. Tyler will be discussing his gift and sharing unparalleled insights into the afterlife. Plus, live audience readings and an audience Q&A. Tyler Henry, The Hollywood Medium, star of E! Entertainment’s mega-hit television show Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry — and soon to be announced brand new television series — continues his sold out national live show tour across the country. During his life-changing live show An Evening of Hope and Healing, Tyler explains how he communicates with the other side, gives live audience readings, and answers audience questions. Tyler’s incredibly accurate, personal live readings of audience members often bring the entire audience to tears, giving them the proof, hope and understanding that “Our loved ones never really leave us.” Tyler Henry was born with a unique gift that enables him to help countless people acquire closure, comfort, and proof that consciousness transcends physical death. As an evidential-based medium, his

ability to provide detail-oriented specifics has quickly captured the attention of millions, even turning the most ardent skeptics into believers. Tyler Henry is the most sought-after medium in Hollywood, as witnessed on Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry, during his jawdropping readings to Hollywood celebrities looking for advice, connection, and closure with loved ones. In each episode the young medium sits down and has one-on-one reading with top celebrities including Ellen DeGeneres, Sophia Vergara, Howie Mandel, Jim Parsons, RuPaul, Eva Longoria, Allison Janney, Kris Jenner and Kim Kardashian, Mel B, and Chrissy Metz to name a few. Tyler is also a best-selling author with his first book, Between Two Worlds–Lessons from the Other Side. His second book, Here and Hereafter, will be released in early 2022. Get your tickets early to Tyler Henry, The Hollywood Medium live at Proctors on sale now. Tickets on sale Friday, January 28 through the Box Office at Proctors, in person or via phone Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-2 p.m. or online at Proctors.org.

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Ex-players - including, from left, Pierre Garçon, Kedric Golston and Santana Moss - were on hand as Washington unveiled its new name and uniforms at FedEx Field. Once the Redskins and briefly the Washington Football Team, the squad is now the Commanders.

Washington unveils new name, uniforms: Meet the Commanders Nicki Jhabvala The Washington Post

Finally, the team has a name. More than 18 months after it dropped its longtime name and began an extensive search for a new one, Washington’s NFL team revealed Wednesday that it will be the Commanders, a tribute to Washington’s military ties. The much-anticipated announcement, made at FedEx Field with owners Daniel and Tanya Snyder present, along with team president Jason Wright and nearly a dozen current and former players, formally closes the team’s 87-year chapter as the Redskins and marks the start of a new era - at least aesthetically with the hope Commanders resonates with fans and reflects the makeup of the D.C. area, home to the Pentagon and many military bases. On a makeshift stage set up in a pavilion outside

the stadium, Daniel Snyder gave a brief, scripted speech thanking those involved in the rebranding process for “helping us to connect our past to our future.” Tanya Snyder, his wife and co-CEO, offered similar words before unveiling three mannequins outfitted in the team’s new uniforms - one in all burgundy, an all-white set and alternate black uniforms. “We landed on this in part because we believe the Washington Commanders can carry the rich legacy of this team - a championship legacy,” Wright said. “It’s something that broadly resonated with our fans in this process, and it’s something that embodies the values of service and leadership that really characterize the DMV.” Three decades removed from its most recent Super Bowl championship and the glory years of Joe See NAME B3

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GREENVILLE — Bryn Fitzmaurice hit seven 3-pointers to break the Greenville single season all-time 3-point record as a freshman, eclipsing a mark originally set by her sister Ava, as the Spartans defeated Cairo-Durham on Wednesday, 73-32. “Extremely proud of Bryn and the work that she has put in during the off-season to be where she is at now,” Greenville coach Steve Gipprich said. “She works extremely hard at developing her game and is always willing to learn. While this is an extraordinary individual achievement, the team work that all of these girls have put in this season has been remarkable to help her

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The uniforms of the Washington Commanders on display at a press event, revealing the new team name and brand identity at FedEx Field on Feb. 2.

MOBILE, Ala. — Former Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores made the interview rounds on Wednesday with his attorneys, Doug Wigdor and John Elefterakis, to delve deeper into his classaction lawsuit against the NFL released Tuesday, which alleged widespread race

discrimination in the league for Black coaches pursuing prominent roles. The suit accused NFL teams of not taking Black candidates seriously in the interview process of hiring head coaches. It also claimed Black coaches are retained at a lower rate than white counterparts that have similar on-field success and are treated differently during their tenures.

“We’re at a fork in the road,” Flores told CBS Mornings, the national morning show. “We’re either going to keep it the way it is or we’re going to go in another direction and actually make some real change where we’re actually changing the hearts and minds of those who make See DOLPHINS B6

Nathan Chen’s quest for gold motivated by fulfillment and joy, not redemption Helene Elliott Los Angeles Times

Nathan Chen wasn’t quite 3 years old when the 2002 Olympics took place in his hometown of Salt Lake City but he remembers being fascinated by the figure skaters who were soaring and spinning across the TV screen. Later, at a rink near his home, he’d pretend to be competing at the Olympics, developing the artistic instincts and extraordinary jumping ability that would make his dream come true. He didn’t have long to wait: He was nominated to the 2018 Pyeongchang team after he won his second straight U.S. men’s title. His eversupportive parents and siblings were ecstatic. He wasn’t. “I didn’t feel any excitement,” Chen said. “I was with my sisters, with my family, and they were like, ‘Are you excited? Are you looking forward to this?’ I was like, ‘Oh yeah, totally.’ But deep down I was like, ‘Oh, man, I’m just dreading this experience. I am not looking forward to this. This is terrifying.’ “ His fear was obvious in Pyeongchang, where he staggered through his short program in the team competition. In the men’s singles event, where he was expected to challenge defending gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan, he outright imploded in the short program.

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Nathan Chen skates in the Men’s Free Skate during the U.S. Figure Skating Championships at Bridgestone Arena on January 9 in Nashville, Tennessee.

Chen fell and failed to complete his required combination jump, stepped out of a quadruple

toe-loop jump, and put his hands down on the ice in landing a triple-axel jump. He ranked a

shocking 17th, well out of medal contention. “He just looked so tentative, nervous,” NBC commentator and 1998 women’s Olympic champion Tara Lipinski said. “You could see it in his eyes.” Chen let loose in a dynamic free-skate finale, freed of pressure by knowing the worst had already happened. He cleanly landed five of his six quadruple jumps and compiled the top score for the free skate, but he had put himself in such a deep hole that he rose only to fifth. He got some consolation when he won his first world title a month later, but Hanyu missed that event, so it wasn’t a head-to-head victory. Chen, it appeared, had missed his golden Olympic moment. His memory has mercifully deleted the gory details of his Olympic misadventure, and he hasn’t watched it on video. Why relive a nightmare? Chen salvaged what he could, lessons that turned out to be more helpful for his mental approach than for his jump technique. “I don’t really remember how that program went and felt,” he said. “I don’t really feel the need to go back and look at that. What I did, what I learned, what I experienced -- that’s stuff that I’m carrying already, and all that stuff has already helped me. See CHEN B3

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NBA Eastern Conference Atlantic W L Pct Philadelphia 31 20 .608 Brooklyn 29 21 .580 Toronto 26 23 .531 Boston 28 25 .528 New York 24 28 .462 Central W L Pct Chicago 32 18 .640 Milwaukee 32 21 .604 Cleveland 31 21 .596 Indiana 19 34 .358 Detroit 12 38 .240 Southeast W L Pct Miami 32 20 .615 Charlotte 28 24 .538 Atlanta 24 26 .480 Washington 24 27 .471 Orlando 12 41 .226 Western Conference Northwest W L Pct Utah 30 21 .588 Denver 28 22 .560 Minnesota 26 25 .510 Portland 21 30 .412 Oklahoma City 15 34 .306 Pacific W L Pct Phoenix 41 9 .820 Golden State 39 13 .750 L.A. Clippers 26 27 .491 L.A. Lakers 24 27 .471 Sacramento 18 34 .346 Southwest W L Pct Memphis 36 18 .667 Dallas 29 22 .569 New Orleans 19 32 .373 San Antonio 19 33 .365 Houston 15 36 .294 Tuesday’s games New Orleans 111, Detroit 101 Milwaukee 112, Washington 98 Toronto 110, Miami 106 Chicago 126, Orlando 115 Minnesota 130, Denver 115 Golden State 124, San Antonio 120 Phoenix 121, Brooklyn 111 Wednesday’s games Orlando 119, Indiana 118 Washington 106, Philadelphia 103 Boston 113, Charlotte 107 Memphis 120, New York 108 Houston 115, Cleveland 104 Oklahoma City at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Denver at Utah, 10 p.m. Brooklyn at Sacramento, 10 p.m. Portland at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m. Today’s games Minnesota at Detroit, 7 p.m. Phoenix at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Miami at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. Sacramento at Golden State, 10 p.m. L.A. Lakers at L.A. Clippers, 10 p.m. Friday’s games Cleveland at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Boston at Detroit, 7 p.m. Chicago at Indiana, 7 p.m. Atlanta at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Houston at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. Brooklyn at Utah, 9 p.m. New Orleans at Denver, 9 p.m. Philadelphia at Dallas, 10 p.m. Oklahoma City at Portland, 10 p.m.

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It’s time to have an honest conversation. James Harden is careless with the basketball and is a shell of himself, and it seems no one is holding him accountable for his actions. Harden scored just four points as the Nets lost their sixth straight game, 112-101, this time to a Sacramento Kings team much closer to the bottom of the standings than the playin tournament. The Kings snapped a seven-game losing streak at the expense of a Nets team that fancies itself a championship contender. At this point, that’s a laughable notion. The Nets have work to do, a roster to fix and players whose behinds need to be lit on fire. Wednesday night was an inexcusable loss to a far inferior opponent, a defeat powered by the Nets’ struggling star. Forget for a second that Harden was incapable of scoring. He gave the ball away time and time again, fueling the Kings’ opportunities all night long. “The Beard” turned the ball over six times, undoing his 12 assists, and shot just 2-of-11 from the field. The Kings outscored the Nets by 21 in Harden’s 37 minutes on the floor — and the Kings didn’t even have their

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College basketball MEN’S SCORES WEDNESDAY EAST Binghamton 77, Stony Brook 61 Colgate 83, Bucknell 69 Coppin St. 59, Delaware State 57 Fordham 61, Rhode Island 55 George Washington 89, La Salle 87 Lafayette 71, American U. 62 Lehigh 63, Navy 62 Loyola (MD) 61, Army 57 Massachusetts Lowell 62, Maine 50 New Hampshire 70, Hartford 64 Radford 64, Charleston Southern 52 Saint Louis 92, George Mason 90, 2OT UMBC 59, Albany 53 Vermont 90, NJIT 67 SOUTH Abilene Christian 77, Chicago St. 73 Arkansas 99, Georgia 73 Clemson 75, Florida State 69 Furman 102, The Citadel 83 Gardner-Webb 65, High Point 57 Houston 73, Tulane 62 Longwood 56, UNC Asheville 48 Notre Dame 68, Miami-Florida 64 Presbyterian 64, Campbell 58 Samford 80, Chattanooga 72 Syracuse 89, NC State 82 Temple 71, East Carolina 63 VMI 76, UNC Greensboro 65 Wake Forest 91, Pittsburgh 75 MIDWEST Drake 85, Indiana St. 67 Florida 66, Missouri 65 Kentucky 77, Vanderbilt 70 Northern Iowa 78, Bradley 65 Purdue 88, Minnesota 73 Xavier 68, Butler 66

WOMEN’S SCORES EAST Albany 51, UMBC 41 Army 63, Loyola (MD) 57 Boston U 67, Bucknell 58 Coppin St. 64, Delaware State 56 La Salle 66, Saint Joseph’s 58 Longwood 91, Charleston Southern 59 Rhode Island 60, Saint Louis 52 Seton Hall 91, Georgetown 62 St. Bonaventure 50, George Washington 49 St. John’s 83, Xavier 63 Stony Brook 49, Binghamton 48 VCU 72, Richmond 68 Vermont 56, NJIT 30

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Brooklyn Nets guard James Harden (13) is guarded by Sacramento Kings guard Davion Mitchell (15) during the fourth quarter at Golden 1 Center on Wednesday.

best player, De’Aaron Fox. Harden is the player who the Nets nearly signed to a supermax contract extension last summer, the player Sean Marks must now decide whether or not to keep in town with Kevin Durant through 2026. Durant (MCL sprain) is out until further notice and so are Joe Harris (ankle surgery) and LaMarcus

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NHL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OT SO Pts Florida 47 32 10 2 3 69 Tampa Bay 46 30 10 2 4 66 Toronto 42 29 10 2 1 61 Boston 43 26 14 2 1 55 Detroit 47 20 21 5 1 46 Buffalo 45 14 24 6 1 35 Ottawa 40 14 22 3 1 32 Montreal 44 8 29 7 0 23 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT SO Pts Carolina 42 31 9 2 0 64 N.Y. Rangers 47 30 13 3 1 64 Pittsburgh 46 27 11 3 5 62 Washington 47 25 13 7 2 59 Columbus 43 20 22 0 1 41 N.Y. Islanders 39 16 17 3 3 38 Philadelphia 45 15 22 4 4 38 New Jersey 45 15 25 1 4 35 Western Conference Central Division GP W L OT SO Pts Colorado 44 32 8 3 1 68 Nashville 46 28 14 2 2 60 Minnesota 40 27 10 0 3 57 St. Louis 44 26 13 3 2 57 Dallas 43 23 18 1 1 48 Winnipeg 42 18 17 3 4 43 Chicago 45 16 22 6 1 39 Arizona 44 11 29 0 4 26 Pacific Division GP W L OT SO Pts Vegas 46 27 16 2 1 57 Los Angeles 47 24 16 5 2 55 Anaheim 48 23 16 5 4 55 Calgary 41 22 13 6 0 50 Edmonton 42 23 16 3 0 49 San Jose 46 22 20 3 1 48 Vancouver 46 20 20 3 3 46 Seattle 46 15 27 3 1 34 Monday’s games Florida 8, Columbus 4 Vancouver 3, Chicago 1 Ottawa 3, Edmonton 2, OT Detroit 2, Anaheim 1, OT Toronto 6, New Jersey 4 Tuesday’s games Boston 3, Seattle 2 Tampa Bay 3, San Jose 2, OT Toronto 7, New Jersey 1 N.Y. Rangers 5, Florida 2 Philadelphia 3, Winnipeg 1 Washington 4, Pittsburgh 3, OT N.Y. Islanders 4, Ottawa 1 Nashville 4, Vancouver 2 Calgary 4, Dallas 3 Arizona 3, Colorado 2, SO Vegas 5, Buffalo 2 Wednesday’s games Seattle 3, N.Y. Islanders 0 Edmonton 5, Washington 3 Los Angeles 5, Detroit 3 Calgary at Arizona, 9:30 p.m. Minnesota at Chicago, 9:30 p.m.

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Kofi Cockburn compiled 37 points and 12 rebounds as No. 18 Illinois took over sole possession of first in the Big Ten Conference with an 80-67 victory over No. 11 Wisconsin on Wednesday in Champaign, Ill. Cockburn, the only NCAA player in both the top 10 in scoring and rebounding, made 16 of 19 shots and wound up one point shy of his careerhigh point total set Nov. 26 against Texas-Rio Grande Valley. Jacob Grandison added 14 points for Illinois (16-5, 9-2 Big Ten), which pulled away from a fourpoint halftime lead. Johnny Davis had 22 points and 15 rebounds for Wisconsin, offsetting 5-of-19 shooting by making 11 of 14 free throws. Tyler Wahl added 14 points for the Badgers (17-4, 8-3), who hit just 3 of 24 attempts from 3-point range. No. 4 Purdue 88, Minnesota 73 Jaden Ivey scored 21 points to go with 10 rebounds and Eric Hunter Jr. had a career-high 20 points as the Boilermakers stretched their winning streak to four games with a win against the Golden Gophers in Big Ten play in Minneapolis. Purdue (19-3, 8-3 Big Ten) shot 55.6 percent while sending the Golden Gophers to their seventh loss in eight games. Payton Willis scored a game-high 24 points on 9-for-14 shooting while matching his career best of 10 assists to pace Minnesota (11-8, 2-8). Stefanovic scored 15 points and dished seven of the team’s 23 assists, while Zach Edey registered a doubledouble of 14 points and 12 rebounds on a night Purdue never trailed. Minnesota shot 46.6 percent while getting outrebounded 39-23. Jamison Battle scored 21 points for the Golden Gophers, while Luke Loewe was next with 11. No. 5 Kentucky 77, Vanderbilt 70 Davion Mintz tied a career-high with 21 points off the bench as the Wildcats fended off the pesky Commodores in Southeastern Conference play

in Lexington, Ky. Coming off Saturday’s 80-62 triumph at thenNo. 5 Kansas, the Wildcats (18-4, 7-2 SEC) won for the seventh time in eight games and third straight overall by building a 10-point halftime to beat Vanderbilt (11-10, 3-6) for the 12th consecutive meeting. Vanderbilt’s Scottie Pippen Jr. netted a season-high 33 points and added six rebounds and five assists. No. 6 Houston 73, Tulane 62 Fabian White Jr. scored 21 points and the Cougars held off the visiting Green Wave for their 11th consecutive victory. Josh Carlton added 14 points, Taze Moore scored 12 and Ramon Walker Jr. had 11 for Houston (19-2, 8-0 American Athletic Conference). Kevin Cross scored 17, Tylan Pope came off the bench to add 14 and Jaylen Forbes and Jalen Cook scored 11 each to lead Tulane (9-10, 6-4). No. 24 Marquette 83, No. 12 Villanova 73 Justin Lewis scored 19 points, Tyler Kolek added 18 and the host Golden Eagles defeated the Wildcats in Milwaukee, Wis. Darryl Morsell contributed 15 for Marquette (16-7, 8-4 Big East), which won both games against Villanova this season. Justin Moore, who eclipsed 1,000 points in his career, missed all seven 3-pointers and finished with only seven points for Villanova. No. 21 Xavier 68, Butler 66 Zach Freemantle scored 16 of his 23 points in the second half as the Musketeers held off the visiting Bulldogs in a Big East game in Cincinnati. Paul Scruggs had nine points and five assists for Xavier (16-5, 6-4 Big East), which shot 46.4 percent from the field and made 3 of 17 from 3-point range. Chuck Harris and Jayden Taylor each scored 18 points and Aaron Thompson had 12 for the Bulldogs (11-11, 4-7). Butler shot 43.9 percent, including 7 of 22 from behind the arc.

Aldridge (ankle sprain). Despite the injuries, and despite this being the second game of a backto-back, the Nets still have two superstars on their roster. Or maybe there’s only one superstar when Durant is out of the rotation. Harden certainly did not look like one and has not looked like one all season.

His struggles are rooted in his inability to take care of the basketball. Harden now has 212 turnovers, supplanting Lakers star Russell Westbrook as the NBA’s turnover king. Harden is averaging 4.8 giveaways per game. Kyrie Irving also had an off night: Just 5-of-15 shooting for 14 points and four turnovers of his own. The Nets were buoyed by a career night from Nic Claxton, who finished with 23 points, 11 rebounds and five blocks. James Johnson also erupted for 18 points off the bench, and Patty Mills added 14 points. The Nets, however, had no answer for the Kings in the second half. Seven Sacramento players scored in double figures, led by 18 apiece from Buddy Hield and Davion Mitchell, and another 19 points from Harrison Barnes. It doesn’t get any easier for the Nets, who were supposed to secure a feel-good win before taking on two more tough opponents. Brooklyn will cap its five-game road trip with games against the Denver Nuggets and Utah Jazz before the team heads home. And remember: Irving can’t play at home, which makes it the Harden show. That show was a nightmare in Sacramento.

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Ja Morant totaled 23 points and nine assists as visiting Memphis fended off several comeback attempts by New York to record a 120-108 victory on Wednesday. The Grizzlies won for the 17th time in 21 games on a night when Morant’s shot was not consistently falling. Morant shot 9 of 27 from the field and missed 12 straight shots at one point but hit two clutch baskets down the stretch. Jaren Jackson Jr. led Memphis with 26 points and added 10 rebounds while rookie Ziaire Williams added a careerbest 21. Evan Fournier hit eight 3-pointers and led all scorers with 30 points, but the Knicks lost for the seventh time in nine games. Wizards 106, 76ers 103 Kyle Kuzma scored 24 points, Montrezl Harrell added 14 and the Washington Wizards defeated the host Philadelphia 76ers 106-103 on Wednesday to snap a six-game losing streak. The Wizards’ Spencer Dinwiddie added 14 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists for his first career triple-double. Harrell’s clutch runner in the lane with 52.5 seconds remaining gave the Wizards a 102-98 lead. After the 76ers trimmed the margin to a single point, Dinwiddie hit two free throws in the final second to seal it. Washington played without three-time All-Star Bradley Beal (wrist) and Thomas Bryant (ankle). Joel Embiid had 27 points, 14 rebounds and six assists for the Sixers, whose five-game winning streak was snapped. Magic 119, Pacers 118 Franz Wagner’s three-point play with 1:17 remaining put Orlando ahead for good as the Magic posted their largest comeback of the season, overcoming a 17-point, second-half deficit to win at Indianapolis. Gary Harris’ sixth trey of the game tied the score at 108 with 1:51 remaining, part of an 11-0 Orlando run. Wagner’s threepoint play made it 113-110, and the Magic stayed ahead as Cole Anthony sank four free throws inside the final 10.9 seconds. Harris finished with a teamhigh 22 points off the bench. Indiana got 26 points from Caris LeVert, 24 points and 16 rebounds from Terry Taylor (both career highs) and 22 from Torrey Craig.

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Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant (12) controls the ball against New York Knicks guard Quentin Grimes (6) during the third quarter at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday.

Lakers 99, Trail Blazers 94 Anthony Davis scored 30 points and grabbed 15 rebounds and Carmelo Anthony added 24 points as Los Angeles ended a three-game losing streak with a victory over visiting Portland. Russell Westbrook amassed nine points, 13 assists and 10 rebounds as the Lakers won after going 2-4 on their just-concluded road trip. Norman Powell scored 30 points and Anfernee Simons added 19 as the Trail Blazers lost their third consecutive game and fell for the fifth time in six contests. Celtics 113, Hornets 107 Josh Richardson scored 23 points off the bench to propel host Boston past Charlotte. The Celtics moved three games above the .500 mark for the first time this season following their third straight win and fifth in the past six. The loss was Charlotte’s second straight. Six Celtics had double-figure scoring nights. Marcus Smart posted 22, Jayson Tatum added 19 and handed out a team-high nine assists, and Jaylen Brown had 15. LaMelo Ball finished with a career-high 38 points and nine assists for the Hornets. Terry Rozier added 23 points. Rockets 115, Cavaliers 104 Christian Wood scored 21 points and Kevin Porter Jr. added a late 3-pointer plus an alleyoop against his former team as Houston snapped an 11-game home losing skid with a win over Cleveland. With the Rockets’ lead have been cut to three, Wood sank a 10-footer and a 3-pointer to key

a 10-2 closing run. Porter, who totaled 16 points and seven assists, helped seal the Rockets’ first home win since Dec. 8. Houston rookie Jalen Green, picked second overall in the 2021 NBA Draft and one spot ahead of Cleveland’s Evan Mobley, tallied 21 points, five rebounds and five assists to emerge from a slump. Mobley paced the Cavaliers with a career-high 29 points. Thunder 120, Mavericks 114 (OT) Luguentz Dort scored 14 of his 30 points in overtime to lift visiting Oklahoma City to a win over Dallas. Rookie Tre Mann added a season-high 29 points for the Thunder, who have won backto-back games for the first time since late December. Dort took over in the extra period, scoring 14 consecutive Oklahoma City points to help the Thunder overcome a big night by Luka Doncic, who logged 40 points and 10 assists. The Mavericks also got 23 points from Reggie Bullock and 20 from Jalen Brunson. Jazz 108, Nuggets 104 Trent Forrest scored 18 points and dished out eight assists to help Utah snap a fivegame losing streak with a win over visiting Denver in Salt Lake City. Six Jazz players scored in double figures as they held off a Nuggets team that shot 53.2 percent on the second night of a back-to-back set. Mike Conley scored 17 points with five assists and four steals as Utah won for just the third time in 14 games. Bryn Forbes came off the bench to lead the Nuggets with 26 points.

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Gibbs, the team’s beloved former coach, Washington’s legacy is complicated and - more recently - fraught with controversy and litigation. Since Snyder purchased the team in 1999, Washington has produced only five winning seasons and has been plagued by off-the-field woes - from its controversial original name, considered a slur and the target of Native American protests, to dozens of accusations of sexual harassment and bullying in the workplace. On Thursday, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform will hold a roundtable titled “Examining the Washington Football Team’s Toxic Workplace Culture.” The goal of the discussion is to give congressional members a chance to hear firsthand accounts of former employees who experienced harassment and a toxic culture while working for the team, which may help form legislation related to workplace harassment and discrimination. The stakes surrounding the rebranding couldn’t be higher. The team has been bleeding fans, with shrinking attendance figures and lackluster merchandise sales, and it has spent the past several years negotiating with Maryland, Virginia and D.C. leaders about land for a new stadium, desperate to move on from aging FedEx Field in Landover, Md. Some officials in D.C. had said a new stadium in the city

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“I’ve already learned a big lesson in terms of how to address competitions with excitement, with happiness, with just overall joy, and I think being able to maintain that is the most important thing for me.” Since Pyeongchang, he has been driven by a quest for fulfillment, not a single-minded hunt for redemption. Now 22, with three world titles and six straight U.S. titles on his resume, Chen has developed a calm and positive outlook as the foundation for his return to the Olympics and anticipated rematch with two-time gold medalist Hanyu. Without the anxiety and nerves that made his legs wobble in Pyeongchang, Chen can be his dynamic self in Beijing. That should be wondrous. “This time around I’m super excited. This is awesome,” said Chen, who trains with coach

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get to this milestone.” “It’s always something special to see records be broken and it takes it to a whole new level after seeing the hard work all of these girls have done to be on the court this past year.” Fitzmaurice finished with 23 points. Emily Smith added 20, Mikaela Crawley had 14 and Josie O’Hare 10. McKayla Mudge led CairoDurham with 11 points. Mckenzie Sherburne had 10. Greenville built quartly leads of 23-4, 45-11 and 57-18. CAIRO-DURHAM (32): LaMarche 1-0-2, Sherburne 4-010, Mudge 3-4-11, Hall 2-1-5, Loucks 1-2-4. Totals 11-7-31. 3-pointers: Sherburne 2, Mudge. GREENVILLE (73): Smith 9-2-20, Fitzmaurice 8-0-23, Silk 1-0-2, J. O’Hare 5-0-10, Crawley 7-0-14, A. O’Hare 2-04. Totals 32-2-73. 3-pointers: Fitzmaurice 7. Catskill 63, TH 20 CRARYVILLE — Janay Brantley scored 27 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as Catskill remained unbeaten in Patroon Conference girls basketball with a 63-20 victory over Taconic Hills on Wednesday. The Cats (13-0 Patroon, 15-2

could not happen until the team changed its name. Mayor Muriel Bowser, D, said Wednesday’s announcement is “a new, necessary chapter” and called on the team, which is headquartered in Northern Virginia and has played its home games in Maryland since 1997, to return to the city. Even with the congressional inquiry and harassment allegations hanging overhead, team officials were eager to declare Wednesday the start of a new era, not simply a new coat of paint. “We have an opportunity right now to do something a little bit different, and that’s an opportunity to go forward,” Coach Ron Rivera said. “With the Redskins and with the Washington Football Team, we dealt with some pretty anxious situations and circumstances - serious ones. And now’s an opportunity to establish that we’re starting a new chapter. We’re turning the new page. We’re going to go forward.” The team now hopes its fan base - the loyal, the apathetic and the angry - embraces the new name and logo as a rallying point. Team officials knew there was no name that would please everyone - like Snyder, many resisted change for years - and the immediate reaction was mixed, with many fans criticizing the new moniker as uninspiring. “I don’t think it shows a lot of imagination,” said Sean Cissel, 42, who grew up in Prince George’s County rooting for

Gibbs’s Super Bowl-winning teams. He said winning would certainly influence his fandom; he has distanced himself emotionally from the team in recent years. “Just anything that Snyder touches, I think, for a lot of fans like me is going to be automatically a loser,” Cissel added. Still, some fans gathered at FedEx Field hours before the press-only announcement, arriving as early as 3 a.m. to buy Commanders merchandise. Stephen Boyd, known around the stadium as “Rally Captain,” wore his signature chain and “W” and said, “We’re going to do what it takes to get the fan base riled up to get behind” the new identity. “A lot of people aren’t going to like it,” he added. “But there’s also going to be a few out here that do like it. Give it time. They will eventually gravitate to it. It’s going to take a minute. But the fact of the

Rafael Arutyunyan and other elite skaters at Great Park Ice in Irvine, Calif.. “I’ve already been there so I kind of know what to expect, and it’s exciting. Not often do I get to have an opportunity to go to the Olympics. Two, perhaps, in my entire lifetime. Looking forward and looking back, I want to be able to enjoy this experience.” Chen overcame a chronic groin problem to easily repeat as U.S. champion in early January, earning a U.S.-record 115.39 points for his short program to “La Boheme.” He fell on a triple flip and got his legs tangled in a choreography sequence during his free skate to an Elton John medley but he smiled after that second misstep because it was inconsequential and didn’t ruin his experience. “That one I can totally laugh off, looking at it in hindsight,” he said. “I had a great time at nationals and really enjoyed myself.” With 328.01 points, he finished more than 25 ahead of 17-year-old runner-up Ilia

Malinin (who was not chosen for the Olympic team), nearly 38 ahead of third-place finisher Vincent Zhou and almost 39 points ahead of fourthplace finisher Jason Brown. Zhou, who was sixth at Pyeongchang, and Brown, who placed ninth at the 2014 Sochi Games, also were nominated to compete in Beijing. Zhou is capable of brilliance but is erratic; Brown is a mesmerizing artist but can’t land the quadruple jumps that boost scores in the pointbased judging system. Chen is the only realistic medal hope in that trio, though he insisted otherwise. “I think this team is incredible, just the amount of experience we all have, the amount of work that we’ve put in,” Chen said. “I think regardless of anything we’re going to be able to have great skates there.” The Americans’ best efforts still might not seriously push Hanyu, who has been trying to become the first skater to land a 4 1/2-revolution quadruple axel jump. Hanyu nearly

overall) were up 17-7 after one quarter, 31-13 at halftime and 49-15 through three quarters. Aaliyah Shook had eight points and four assists, while Hannah Konsul scored eight points and pulled down 13 rebounds for the Cats. Aubrey Proper proper had seven points for the Titans. Skylar Waterhouse added six. CATSKILL (63): Shook 3-08, K. Salierno 2-2-7, Lewis 3-17, Konsul 2-4-8, Brntley 11-227, A. Salierno 1-0-2, Edmond 2-0-4. Totals 24-7-63. 3-pointers: Brntley 5, Shook 2, K. Salierno. TACONIC HILLS (20): Bosko 1-3-5, Proper 3-0-7, Waterhouse 3-0-6, Schrader 1-0-2, Cooper 0-0-0. Totals 8-3-20. 3-pointers: Proper. Maple Hill 72, Rensselaer 50 CASTLETON — Maple Hill posted a 72-50 victory over Rensselaer in Wednesday’s Patroon Conference girls basketball action. Sophia Chevrier led the Wildcats with 17 points and four assists. Sydney Rogers had 11 points and two steals. BOYS BASKETBALL NON-LEAGUE Lansingburgh 86, Hudson 59 LANSINGBURGH — James Oliver scored 22 points and Wesley McIntyre added 16 as Lansingburgh defeated Hudson, 86-59, in Wednesday’s non-league boys basketball

game. Gabe Baez added 14 points to the Knights’ cause. aayden Greene had 12 and Logan Hardt 10. Jordan Cunningham led Hudson with 21 points. Isaiah Maines added 17. Lansinburgh built quarterly leads of 25-12, 45-16 and 6643. HUDSON (59): Coppersmith 1-3-5, Cunningham 9-121, Maines 6-3-17, Robinson 2-0-6, Taylor 2-0-4, Wallace 3-0-6. Totals 23-7-59. 3-pointers: Cunningham 2, Maines 2, Robinson 2. LANSINGBURGH (86): Baez 5-4-14, Bascombe 1-0-2, Been 2-0-4, Green 6-0-12, Hardt 5-0-10, Mcintyre 5-4-16, Oliver 11-0-22, Rodriguez 1-2-4, Rondon 1-0-2. Totals 37-1086. 3-pointers: McIntyre 2. BOYS VOLLEYBALL PATROON ICC 3, New Lebanon 1 VALATIE — Ichabod Crane defeated New Lebanon, 3-1, in Wednesday’s PAtroon Conference boys volleyball match. Ichabod Crane (11-1) took the first two sets, 25-15 and 25-15, droped the third, 25-23, then won the fourth, 25-20, to lock up the victory. For ICC: Erik Holmberg 31 assists, 2 aces; Paul Zietsman 14 kills, 2 aces, 2 blocks; Topher Pelesz 9 kills, 3 aces; Luke Desmonie 8 kills, 1 ace, 1 block.

matter is, we’re here. We’re die-hards, and we aren’t going anywhere.” Washington’s rebrand was years in the making - dating from the early 1970s, when its old name received criticism and drew protests for being derogatory toward Native Americans. For years, Snyder vowed he would “NEVER” saying to use all caps - get rid of the name. But that changed in 2020, when the murder of George Floyd sparked protests worldwide and led to an intensified national discussion about racial equality. The team’s top sponsors, including FedEx and PepsiCo, threatened to pull the plug on their agreements, and as the pressure mounted, the team finally relented in July 2020, deciding to retire its moniker and adopt Washington Football Team as a temporary name as it began to overhaul its front office and find a new identity. “I don’t think they had a lot

of choice but to go with this interim brand name because I think the pressure came fairly quickly,” said George Perry, Washington’s former vice president of strategic marketing. “You have to make sure you get the right brand, and it looks like they’ve done a lot of research and tried to get it right.” Wright, who was hired a month after Washington shed its old name, helped lead the search and was the face of the initiative, appearing in promotional videos and writing letters to fans on the team’s website. Along with members of his executive team, digital creative agency Code and Theory, designers from Nike and NFL executives, Wright guided a rebrand that he said focused heavily on the input of fans, alumni and current players and coaches. Former quarterback Doug Williams, now a senior adviser to Wright, participated in focus groups to weigh in on possible names and logos. His preference was to keep Washington Football Team. He said he has embraced Commanders but that moving on from the old name is bittersweet. “But we all realize that the name has to be changed,” he said. “So we’ve got to grab on to this name, put our arms around it and go from here. We’re the Washington Commanders. But at the end of the day, when you put your Super Bowl ring on, you know what it says.” Speculation about the new name ran rampant on social media in the months

preceding the announcement. Internet sleuths scoured trademark applications and website domains, and they found clues hidden in videos posted on the team’s website. Leaks of the logo and the name were circulated, and interviews with alumni, notably star quarterback Joe Theismann, only validated many fans’ theories. Then, on the eve of the announcement, a news helicopter for the local NBC affiliate zeroed in on a Commanders banner hanging in FedEx Field - a dead giveaway just hours before the launch. “Welcome to not the bestkept secret in D.C.,” Daniel Snyder joked as he began to present the new name and uniforms. The announcement elicited reaction across the NFL and beyond, with even President Joe Biden tweeting, “I suppose there’s room for two Commanders in this town,” attaching a photo of the family dog, Commander, in front of the White House. As fans continue to digest the new identity, the Commanders face an even bigger hurdle. Even with a new name, a new logo and new uniforms, true change is likely to start with its performance on the field. “It’s an opportunity for our players as we step into this new phase of our organization to build a new legacy,” Rivera said. “Believe me, that’s something I’m going to harp on with our players. This is our chance to do that, and probably the best way, obviously, is to win.”

pulled it off at the Japanese championships but two-footed the landing. “Long before I even competed against him he was sort of that benchmark for what an exceptional figure skater should be,” said Chen, who defeated Hanyu by more than 31 points for the 2021 world title. Chen, who paused his studies at Yale to prepare for the Olympics, hasn’t decided if he will compete beyond this season. His performance at

Beijing might influence his decision, he said, “If I’m not particularly satisfied with the skate.” As of a few weeks ago, he was still deciding whether to stay with the programs he performed at the U.S. championships or bring back his Nemesis/Eternity short program and Mozart-based freeskate programs from early this season. “It’s all about connection and emotion when it comes to selecting these programs and doing these

programs,” he said. What’s most important is that he has done all he can to put his dread behind him and have a joyful Olympic experience. “I’ve certainly grown a lot and gained a lot of experience over the past four years,” he said. “The Olympics are such an extraordinary competition. Nothing like it. To be able to have four years in between that to continue growing is, I think, a really great thing.”

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From left, former quarterback Joe Theismann, team owner Daniel Snyder, defensive tackle Jonathan Allen and owner Tanya Snyder share the stage to unveil the team’s new Washington Commanders name and uniforms at FedEx Field.

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American cross-country skier Jessie Diggins bears the weight of gold happily Rachel Blount Star Tribune

The gold medals awarded at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics were the heaviest ever, weighing in at 20.6 ounces. Jessie Diggins didn’t notice it at first, when she stood on a podium in the South Korean mountains with her newly won prize around her neck. She actually felt a bit lighter that February night, when she and U.S. teammate Kikkan Randall won their country’s first Olympic gold in cross-country skiing. But after the medal was stashed away, Diggins began to understand its symbolic weight. Being an Olympic champion brought greater expectations and higher visibility, a load that would only get heavier as the Beijing Winter Games approached. Or not. “There is a lot of external pressure,” Diggins said. “But that doesn’t mean I have to feel it, right?” Over the past four years, Diggins has become stronger in every way. After writing her name in Olympic lore, the Afton, Minn., native made more history, capturing a World Cup overall title and Tour de Ski crown last season. Diggins, 30, also has become a leading athlete voice on climate change and eating disorders, and an advocate for youth sports and healthy lifestyles. Being a medal favorite in Beijing could be a burden all its own. Diggins, who hopes to race in all six women’s events, has chosen not to see it that way. She views it as an honor, allowing her to put the weight of gold on her back and still ski faster than ever. “It would be silly to not acknowledge the pressure, or pretend it’s not a thing,” Diggins said. “But for me, the key has been flipping it around and reframing it as, ‘What a cool place to be in. What an amazing privilege to get to carry this amount of pressure.’ “Hopefully, I can show it’s totally possible to come in and still be yourself, still care about the things you care about, be a good teammate. And just focus on what you can control, and let the rest go.” Entering her third Olympics, Diggins still rushes joyfully into the “pain cave,” racing so hard she nearly blacks out and tastes blood in her mouth. Diggins said her “baseline happiness” is higher than ever, making her a more resilient athlete. Her mother, Deb, believes the Olympic gold altered her perspective. Earlier in her career, Deb said, Jessie focused on getting the results she wanted. Since winning her historic medal, she has thought more about how to use that gold to create a lasting impact. “It was a watershed moment for her,” Deb Diggins said. “It gave her the opportunity to grow the sport and inspire others, and she found her voice as an advocate. She came to understand that would be the real legacy of her career.”

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Jessie Diggins of the U.S. competes during the women’s FIS Cross-Country World Cup in Dresden, eastern Germany on Dec. 18.

The Beijing Games present another chance to build on that legacy. Diggins’ longtime personal coach, Jason Cork, usually doesn’t make predictions about where she might finish. Given her growth over the past four years, he was willing to make an exception. “I think she could be really successful,” Cork said. “Realistically, I think there’s an outside chance she could medal multiple times. But I’ll be happy and proud of her either way.” Since the Pyeongchang Games, Diggins’ profile has continued to rise. She has won 22 World Cup medals in that span, the most of any U.S. athlete, and added to her long list of milestones. Last season, Diggins became the first American to win the Tour de Ski — a prestigious multi-stage race in Europe — and the first American woman to capture the World Cup overall championship. Cork said she remains “the same old Jessie” in nearly every way. She’s still the U.S. team’s “glitter fairy,” swiping everyone’s cheeks with pre-race sparkle to keep the mood fun. Though she’s the veteran rudder of a young team, with 10 first-time Olympians, Diggins doesn’t take herself too seriously; she recently made her first Tik Tok dance video, and she’s often the ringleader for games, movie nights and “Ted Lasso” binges. Matt Whitcomb, head coach of the U.S. cross-country team, said it can be “a little bit of a scary thing for a program” when one athlete gets an outsized amount of attention and success. In Diggins’ case, it hasn’t affected the team dynamic at all. “She stayed true to her personality,” Whitcomb said. “She is somebody who likes to share her successes. Jessie could win 15 Olympic medals by herself, and she would not enjoy it. She enjoys it because of the team that surrounds her.” That team appreciates her as a trailblazer, role model and peer. Gus Schumacher, a first-time Olympian on the U.S. men’s team, said the entire group has benefited from

Diggins’ achievements. “Her success helps all of us by bringing in resources and attention,” Schumacher said. “And we’re all really excited for her. When she does well, it shows all of us, especially the younger ones on the team, that we can do it just by working hard. It makes it real.” If anything, the medals and championships have made Diggins push even harder. Cork said her willingness to suffer through intense physical pain continues to set her apart. She’s become more fearless emotionally as well, driven by the causes she’s embraced. In 2020, Diggins released a memoir, “Brave Enough,” that detailed her struggle with an eating disorder. A patch on her ski hat promotes The Emily Program, the Minnesota-based group that helped her overcome bulimia. She serves as an ambassador for Protect Our Winters, which raises awareness of climate change, and Share Winter Foundation, which gets kids involved in snow sports. That advocacy hasn’t always been easy. Diggins has received angry letters from climatechange deniers. Writing her book required “a scary vulnerability,” she said, pulling back the curtain on her private doubts and struggles. But following a higher calling has made her even more willing to charge into the pain cave. “My goal all along has been to try to grow the sport, and to do as much good outside the racetrack as I possibly could,” Jessie said. “The goal is to make it about more than just skiing. “That way, win, lose or draw, you’ve taken this time with the spotlight, and you did something with it. And that feels good.” Diggins is expected to start in the first cross-country event of the Beijing Games, the women’s skiathlon on Feb. 5. The only thing that could prevent her from competing in all six races is the weather; if it is bitterly cold, Diggins might skip an event. The road map she and Cork planned for this season is designed to peak in Beijing.

Though some athletes sat out the Tour de Ski in order to rest, Diggins used that post-Christmas event — an eight-day, sixrace grind — to build fitness for the Winter Games. That approach worked well for her in 2018, when she raced in all six Olympic events and finished in the top seven each time. She was unable to defend her Tour de Ski title, finishing eighth overall. But the incident that knocked her out of the top spot, a crash in the fourth stage, still gave Diggins a boost. Instead of sulking over the fall, caused by a Swedish skier, Diggins brushed it off quickly and pressed on. “Going through challenges, having things happen that you can’t control, you have to figure it out and readjust,” she said. “I had to navigate a lot during this Tour. That gives me the confidence to know I can do it, and that’s what I need going into the Olympics.” Diggins’ father, Clay, said time and experience have made Jessie “more comfortable in her own skin.” She no longer puts an outsized importance on every race, as she did in her younger days. Her baseline happiness continues to expand. With more than 240 World Cup events on her resume, Diggins relishes her place as a team elder, dispensing advice as eagerly as she once received it. She is planning a spring wedding to longtime boyfriend Wade Poplawski, and she finds joy in simple acts such as growing broccoli in her garden, or baking elaborate cakes for teammates’ birthdays. She knows there will be pressure to win another Olympic medal in Beijing. But that doesn’t mean she has to feel it. “It’s so important to say, ‘I get to define what success looks like,’ “ Diggins said. “For me, success at the Games means crossing the finish line with nothing left in the tank. Being a good teammate. Doing everything possible to prepare. “If I can do all those things and go, ‘I gave it everything I had,’ that will be success to me. It would be great if that’s a medal. It will be fine if it isn’t.”

Jets’ Saleh admits NFL hiring process problematic DJ Bien-Aime II New York Daily News

MOBILE, Ala. — Robert Saleh admitted the NFL’s hiring process is problematic. Still, he is optimistic that landscape will improve even amid the latest bombshell: Brian Flores’ recently filed class-action lawsuit accusing the NFL, the Dolphins — who fired him after a 9-8 season, his second-consecutive winning record in Miami — the Broncos and the Giants of racial discrimination in their hiring practices. “I could sit here for hours and talk about our experiences here with the Jets and what we try to do,” Saleh said during a media interview at the Senior Bowl Wednesday, “but I do think with the leadership of Troy Vincent and all the different people at the NFL office, I know they’re

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New York Jets head coach Robert Saleh looks on during action against the Buffalo Bills at Highmark Stadium on Jan. 9 in Orchard Park, New York.

working diligently to try to rectify and thrust minorities into prominent roles. “Is it tough right now? For sure, but I know the NFL is trying hard and eventually

it’s going to get there.” The Jets head coach is Lebanese and is the first Muslim American head coach in the NFL. He doesn’t immediately relate to Flores’ dilemma

— Flores in his lawsuit accused the Broncos and Giants of “sham” interviews to fulfill the Rooney Rule requirements of interviewing minority candidates during a head coaching search. He does, however, support Flores. “Just from my interactions with ‘B-Flo,’ he’s a phenomenal coach,” Saleh said. “Always gives us a headache, anywhere he’s ever been, and he’s a stand-up guy to talk to, pregame and postgame. I really appreciate all the interactions that I’ve had with him. He’s a really, really good man.” Flores was fired by the Dolphins on Jan. 10, less than a month after the conclusion of their season. After he was fired, the Steelers’ Mike Tomlin remained the league’s only Black head coach.

BEIJING — The sprawling Olympic Green is lined with brightly lit trees, an enormous glowing statue of the Winter Games mascot, an ice suit-wearing panda named Bing Dwen Dwen, and synchronized light shows speed along the sides of the 846-foot Olympic Tower. But the festive scene each night near several high-profile venues belies the pandemic-fueled uncertainty that permeates these Games. Everyone is tested daily for the coronavirus inside the Olympic bubble that’s separated from the rest of society by high fences, security guards and surveillance cameras. Some staffers wear white hazmat suits. Temperatures are automatically scanned when entering buildings. News of the latest athlete to test positive and be whisked to an isolation facility trickles out through social media posts or brief written statements. As organizers apply China’s zero-COVID policy to the Games that open Friday, no one knows how the 17-day celebration of winter sports will play out. The U.S. contingent is projected to finish fourth in the medal standings, but the still-simmering virus and strict prevention measures could upend an event or team in an instant. When Gracenote, a sports analysis and data company, released its final medal prediction this week, it cautioned “there is potential for the Beijing Winter Games to be more unpredictable than normal” thanks to the virus. “The problem is that we do not know who may or may not be out of competition due to a positive COVID test,” Simon Gleave, Gracenote’s head of sports analysis, said in an email. Though the Tokyo Olympics faced similar questions during the summer, the impact of the virus on competition proved to be minimal. But the highly contagious omicron variant emerged in the six months since those Games, and Beijing organizers have adopted a stringent approach in an attempt to keep the virus at bay. As of Tuesday, there have been 232 positive coronavirus cases at these Games. Elana Meyers Taylor, the U.S. bobsled star who is a three-time Olympic medalist, announced Tuesday that she tested positive after arriving, but is asymptomatic. She could be cleared in time to compete in the monobob starting Feb. 13 or twoperson bobsled starting Feb. 18, but the situation underscored how quickly these Games can change. “This is just the latest obstacle that my family and I have faced on this journey, so I’m remaining optimistic that I’ll be able to recover quickly and still have the opportunity to compete,” she wrote on Instagram. Seven members of the 428-person Team USA delegation are in isolation after testing positive, including two athletes.

The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee has not any of the people who have tested positive. Positive tests have knocked some athletes out of the Games even before traveling to Beijing. They include Austria’s Marita Kramer, the world’s top female ski jumper, and Russian figure skater Mikhal Kolyada, a three-time national champion. But the Games, where only a limited number of domestic spectators will be allowed to attend competitions, push forward. Gracenote predicts the U.S. will win 22 medals, including seven gold. That would be down from the 23 won four years ago at the Pyeongchang Games in the country’s worst showing in two decades. The total prompted Alan Ashley, then Team USA’s chief of sport performance, to pledge after the Games that, “We’re going to take a hard look at what occurred.” The six U.S. athletes who won individual gold medals in Pyeongchang all return -- snowboarders Jamie Anderson, Red Gerrard, Chloe Kim and Shaun White; Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin; and freestyle skier David Wise. Shiffrin, the top-ranked women’s skier on the World Cup circuit, could compete in five individual events and has the best chance of any American to win multiple individual gold medals. The path here hasn’t been easy. She tested positive for the coronavirus in late December, but returned to competition eight days after announcing the result. “You’ve seen some athletes really having to struggle to get back,” Shiffrin told reporters after returning last month. “But I feel normal. That’s really perfect. It was great to be able to have the best case scenario with my positive case. ... I’m really lucky, actually.” Nathan Chen, the figure skater who has won six consecutive U.S. titles, will challenge Japan’s Yuzuru Hanyu for gold. Longtime Canadian bobsledder Kaillie Humphries, who was sworn in as a U.S. citizen in December, is another medal contender. The U.S. women’s hockey team -- 15 of the 23 players have Olympic experience -- can win gold. Jessie Diggins (cross country skiing) and Brittany Bowe (speedskating) are among other U.S. contenders for gold. The pandemic has left athletes relieved to arrive in the bubble without incident and be able to turn their attention to chasing medals. “ We3/8 were really struggling with everything it took to get here,” Anderson said. “Now that we’re here and settled into our apartment and figuring out the food and schedule, I think we’re really stoked.” Gracenote projects Norway (21 golds, 44 total medals) will top the medal standings for the second straight Olympics, followed by Germany (11 gold, 30 total medals) and the Russian Olympic Committee (10 gold, 30 total medals).

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NHL roundup: Philipp Grubauer posts Kraken’s first-ever shutout Field Level Media

Philipp Grubauer stopped all 19 shots he faced Wednesday night in recording the first shutout for the expansion Seattle Kraken, who beat the New York Islanders 3-0 in Elmont, N.Y. Seattle allowed one goal six times – all wins – prior to Wednesday. The shutout was the first for Grubauer since he had 18 saves in the Colorado Avalanche’s 6-0 win over the Los Angeles Kings on May 12, 2021. After the horn sounded Wednesday, teammates poured on to the ice to congratulate Grubauer, with fellow goalie Chris Driedger greeting Grubauer last and wrapping him in a hug. Jared McCann and Vince Dunn scored early in the third period and Mason Appleton added an empty-netter with 1.5 seconds left for Seattle. The Kraken finished 2-2-0 on a four-game Eastern Conference road trip and head into the All-Star break with five wins in their past nine games (54-0). Oilers 5, Capitals 3 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored a short-handed goal at 15:57 of the third period to break a tie and lead visiting Edmonton to a victory against Alex Ovechkin-less Washington. Nugent-Hopkins’ winning goal came on a twoon-one break with Zach Hyman. After the original shot was stopped, Hyman sent the rebound across the goalmouth to Nugent-Hopkins, who tapped the puck in. Nugent-Hopkins added an empty-netter at 18:55 to clinch the victory. Leon Draisaitl, Evander Kane and Connor McDavid also scored for the Oilers, who extended their point streak to six games (5-0-1). Lars Eller, Conor Sheary and Evgeny Kuznetsov scored for Washington, which had a two-game winning

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Seattle Kraken goaltender Philipp Grubauer (31) in action during the second period against New York Islanders at UBS Arena on Wednesday.

streak snapped. Flames 4, Coyotes 2 Christopher Tanev registered the tiebreaking goal and recorded three assists while Blake Coleman scored twice and had an assist as Calgary won its third game in a row, beating Arizona at Glendale, Ariz.

Elias Lindholm also scored and Andrew Mangiapane recorded two assists for the Flames, who outshot the Coyotes 50-28 to enter the All-Star break winners in five of six. Tanev finished with the first four-point night of his 12-year career. Only once previously had he logged three points in a game. Clayton Keller extended his point streak to

six games with a goal and an assist and Alex Galchenyuk scored in a second consecutive contest for the Coyotes, but Arizona couldn’t build on ending its five-game skid Tuesday, when it halted Colorado’s 10-game winning streak with a 3-2 shootout victory. Kings 5, Red Wings 3 Phillip Danault scored two goals to help lead Los Angeles to a road win over Detroit. The Kings won for the third time in their last four games while the Red Wings lost for the second time in three games. Arthur Kaliyev, Viktor Arvidsson and Adrian Kempe also scored for Los Angeles, with Arvidsson adding an assist. Trevor Moore and Austin Strand each had two assists, and Jonathan Quick made 22 saves. The Red Wings got goals from Michael Rasmussen, Tyler Bertuzzi and Joe Veleno. Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 40 shots in the loss. Wild 5, Blackhawks 0 Frederick Gaudreau and Mats Zuccarello scored 2:03 apart in the second period and Kevin Fiala and Nico Sturm scored 1:24 apart in the third to support a 30-save shutout from Cam Talbot as visiting Minnesota dumped Chicago. Gaudreau, Zuccarello and Fiala each finished with a goal and an assist to help the Wild extend their winning streak to six games. Kirill Kaprizov also scored for Minnesota, which enters the AllStar break on a 10-game point streak (9-0-1). Chicago took its seventh loss in eight games (1-5-2). Marc-Andre Fleury made 25 saves on 30 shots before yielding to Collin Delia with 7:58 to go. Delia stopped all five shots he faced.

What to know about the Opening Ceremonies at the Beijing Olympics Matt Bonesteel The Washington Post

The Opening Ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics were a spectacle in every sense of the world, with thousands of performers taking the 91,000 people in attendance and billions watching worldwide “on an elaborate journey through this country’s rich history,” as The Washington Post wrote. The Olympics return to Beijing this year, this time for the Winter Games, and organizers are promising a more muted affair considering the shaky state of the world. Here’s what we know about this year’s Opening Ceremonies. Q: When are the Opening Ceremonies? A: The Opening Ceremonies will take place at 7 a.m. Eastern time Feb. 4. Beijing is 13 hours ahead of the East Coast of the United States. Q: How can I watch the Opening Ceremonies on television? A: NBC will air the Opening Ceremonies live, with its coverage beginning at 6:30 a.m. Eastern on Feb. 4. NBC also will air a recorded version of the Opening Ceremonies in prime time starting at 8 p.m. Eastern, with a focus on Team USA, the parade of nations and the performances at the event. Q: How can I watch the Opening Ceremonies on a streaming service? A: The Opening Ceremonies will stream on Peacock, the NBC Sports app and NBCOlympics.com (a cable

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decisions to hire head coaches, executives, etc.” Flores added on ESPN: “We didn’t have to file a lawsuit for the world to know there’s an issue with hiring and firing practices in the National Football league... We need change. That was the No. 1 reason.” In his lawsuit, Flores made allegations against the Miami Dolphins that owner Steve Ross incentivized him to lose games in the 2019 season by paying $100,000 per loss as a method to “tank” for a higher draft pick. Flores, nonetheless, coached a talent-depleted roster to five wins that season, which pushed Miami back to the No. 5 selection. “To attack the integrity of the game, that’s what I felt was happening in that instance, and I wouldn’t stand for it,” Flores said. “I think it hurt my standing within the organization and, ultimately, was the reason why I was let go.” Flores told CNN later Wednesday morning that Ross explicitly told him about the

subscription is required for the latter two). Q: How long are the Opening Ceremonies? A: According to a Xinhua News Agency report from early January, the Opening Ceremonies will last about 100 minutes because of the coronavirus pandemic and cold weather. That’s significantly shorter than previous Opening Ceremonies (last year’s Summer Olympic lid-lifter in Tokyo and the 2008 Opening Ceremonies lasted four hours apiece). Q: Where are the Opening Ceremonies taking place? A: The Opening Ceremonies will take place at Beijing’s National Stadium, also known as the Bird’s Nest. The stadium also hosted the Opening Ceremonies for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. Q: Will fans be allowed at the Opening Ceremonies? A: Beijing organizers announced Jan. 17 that only “selected” Chinese residents will be permitted at Olympic events because of the ongoing pandemic, with no tickets sold to the general public or to foreign visitors. That means the stands likely will be largely empty for the second straight Olympics after fans were barred from attending events last summer in Tokyo. Q: What is included in the Opening Ceremonies? A: Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou, who directed the 2008 Opening Ceremonies, is back to do the same this year

financial offering to lose that season. Flores’ attorneys say they have “corroborating evidence” and witnesses on that front. “That’s not something you make up,” Flores said. He added on ESPN that Ross insisted Flores should take a flight or go on a vacation when his hard work in 2019 ultimately led to five wins in the team’s final nine games. Flores also alleged that Ross tried to set up a meeting between him and a quarterback during a period of time where it would’ve been considered tampering, an NFL rules violation. He claims that, after refusing the meeting with who sources say was Tom Brady, he was treated with disdain and as someone who was noncompliant and difficult to work with. Flores was fired on Jan. 10 after three seasons as Miami’s coach in which he went 2425. The Dolphins parted ways with him despite back-to-back winning seasons of 10-6 in 2020 and 9-8 in 2021. He said on CNN that the strained relationship with Ross from not taking a tanking incentive and not tampering

and is promising a simpler affair. There will be 3,000 performers, as compared with 15,000 in 2008. He also said the themes of the ceremonies will reflect the current state of the world. “In 2008, the Olympics was a brilliant stage and chance for our country to show ourselves,” he said. “It’s different now. China’s status in the world, the image of the Chinese, and the rise of our national status, everything is totally different now.” Yiannis Exarchos, the chief executive of Olympic Broadcasting Services who has seen dress rehearsals, still expects plenty of spectacle. “Obviously I will not say what is in the Opening Ceremony because I don’t want to spoil the experience for any of you,” he said Jan. 20. “What I can tell you is it is a ceremony which is probably equally impressive as the one in 2008, which we know is one of the most iconic Opening Ceremonies in the history of the Olympic Games. “It’s equally impressive, equally moving but completely different and it reflects our times.” Apart from the pageantry, the Opening Ceremonies also will include the usual formalities as dictated by the International Olympic Committee, with speeches from officials, the parade of athletes and the lighting of the Olympic cauldron. Q: Who is performing at the Opening Ceremonies? A: The Opening Ceremonies will include approximately 4,000 performers,

down significantly from the 15,000 who performed at the Opening Ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. Most of the performers will be teenagers. Q: How does the parade of nations work? A: As dictated by Olympic tradition, Greece will enter the stadium first even though it usually produces very few Winter Olympic athletes (there were four Greeks at the 2018 PyeongChang Games: two downhill skiers and two cross-country skiers). The countries then will file in based on an order set by the Chinese language. As is custom, the host of the next Winter Games (Italy) will be the penultimate country to enter the stadium, just ahead of host China. Q: When will the U.S. athletes enter? A: The U.S. athletes will enter the stadium 55th out of 87, right after the Russian Olympic Committee athletes and just ahead of those from Thailand. Q: Who are the U.S. flag bearers? A: In a tradition started at last year’s Tokyo Summer Olympics, the IOC is allowing each nation to have two flag bearers: one man and one woman. The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee has yet to announce this year’s flag bearers. Q: Who are some notable international flag bearers? A: A few nations have announced who will be carrying their flags at the Opening Ceremonies: China: Zhao Dan (skeleton) and Gao

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Former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores before a game against the New England Patriots at Hard Rock Stadium on Jan. 9 in Miami Gardens, Florida.

with another player ultimately led to his firing. Ross said the day he fired Flores that lack of communication and collaboration were contributors to the decision. Flores called it a “smear campaign” on CNN. Flores began the interview on CBS by detailing what he called a “sham” interview with the New York Giants on Thursday after learning Brian Daboll, who is white, was already the choice for the job via a mistaken text from New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick, congratulating the wrong

Brian that previously worked under him as an assistant. “It was a range of emotions,” Flores said. “Humiliation, disbelief, anger. I worked so hard to get to where I am in football, to become a head coach.” Flores said he moved forward with the interview due to “the audacity of hope.” Daboll, the former Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator, was hired on Friday. Wigdor, who said his team reached out to CBS last week over the lawsuit, added: “We

Tingyu (speedskating) Denmark: Madeleine Dupont (curling) and Frans Nielsen (ice hockey) France: Tessa Worley (Alpine skiing) and Kevin Rolland (freestyle skiing) Netherlands: Lindsay van Zundert (figure skating) and Kjeld Nuis (speedskating) Italy: Sofia Goggia (women’s downhill) Japan: Arisa Go (speedskating) and Akito Watabe (Nordic combined) Mexico: Sarah Schleper (women’s Alpine skiing) and Donovan Carrillo (figure skating) Philippines: Asa Miller (men’s giant slalom) South Korea: Kim Min-sun (speedskating) and Kwak Yoon-gy (short-track speedskating) Q: Who will light the Olympic cauldron? A: Like many other details of the Opening Ceremonies, the identity of the person who will light the Olympic flame has yet to be revealed. The duty traditionally has been performed by a person from the host nation, either an athlete or someone who personifies the Olympic ideal. At the 2008 Beijing Summer Games, gold medal-winning gymnast Li Ning memorably lit the flame while being whisked around the top reaches of the stadium via hidden wires. Zhang has hinted that he has settled upon a “totally innovative” way to light the Olympic cauldron this year. “People will be surprised,” he told Xinhua.

knew he wasn’t getting the job. We knew it was a setup. We knew they were just trying to comply with the Rooney Rule.” Flores indicated the NFL’s Rooney Rule, which requires teams to interview minority candidates, is more so a matter of “checking the box” in the hiring process of a coach rather than giving most a legitimate opportunity. Wigdor noted on ESPN that the NFL has fewer Black head coaches now than when the rule was first instituted in 2003. As of Wednesday morning, Mike Tomlin of the Pittsburgh Steelers is the only Black head coach in the league, which also has five current openings, including the Dolphins. Flores told CNN the way he found out he had no chance at the Giants job he was interviewing for was what ultimately made him move forward in filing the lawsuit. Flores said he is still in play to coach two teams, but he let both of those teams know he and his attorneys were filing the suit. The two teams are the Houston Texans and New Orleans Saints, with whom he reportedly completed

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interviews on Monday and Tuesday, respectively. He said in the lawsuit that he understood moving forward with it would affect his chances of landing one of those jobs. “I love coaching and want to coach,” he said on CBS. “This is bigger than coaching. This is much bigger than coaching.” He added on CNN, if he has coached his last NFL game: “If there’s change, it’ll be worth it.” Even if he lands one of the jobs he’s up for, Flores said he’s not dropping the lawsuit. “No, we need change,” he said. “This is about changing the hiring practices in the NFL.” The Dolphins denied allegations in the lawsuit, as did the Giants and the Denver Broncos, who were named for allegedly having executives show up late and hungover for an interview with Flores in 2019, when he was hired by the Dolphins. Flores’ attorneys indicated they have other Black coaches that have shared similar stories as Flores has experienced and that they expect to come on board in their complaint.

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Man wondersif it’s too soon to begin dating Dear Abby, My wife and I have been married for 40 years. Fifteen years ago, she was diagnosed with cancer and given 18 months to live. Well, she is still around. Because of the illness and experimental medications, she was bedridden, and her dementia grew steadily DEAR ABBY worse. Left with no other options because of problems with insurance, I placed her into a nursing facility six years ago. I am still at an age at which I have, I hope, many active years ahead of me. I visit her often, but I have a need for companionship that she obviously can no longer fulfill. I’m friends with a few women (usually friends of friends), and from time to time have the urge to become closer. I go out to dinners, music venues, art shows, etc. I am torn about whether to live my remaining days in loneliness or pursue the possibilities. Is it wrong to want companionship in my situation? At what point should I explain my situation without scaring off a nice lady friend? Your opinion would be helpful to me as another perspective. Anonymous, Of Course

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What happened to your wife is unfortunate, and you both have my sympathy. Wanting and needing companionship are normal. It is important to ask yourself: If the situation were reversed and YOU were in a nursing home suffering from dementia, to what extent would you want your wife to go on with HER life? Whatever you decide after that, it is crucial you not forget you have a responsibility to make sure she is being well cared for. This means visiting her often to ensure it, because dementia patients do better when they know someone loves them. As to how to explain to women that you are married, well, the ones who are friends of

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friends already know that. And those you meet who don’t know should be told during the course of your first serious conversation. It’s the honorable thing to do. Dear Abby, I got married six months ago to an awesome guy. Now we’re expecting. Although I don’t want the child, I am trying hard to want it. But I keep coming back to overwhelming regret, because it is too soon. I know this means the world to him. Truly, he is amazing, but his light is my doom. I need time away from him to see how I feel. We are never apart, and it’s making me irritable, like I have nothing of my own anymore. HE’S ALWAYS THERE. I suppose it is a good thing, but I can’t breathe. What do I do? I feel like an awful wife and person now. What if the baby comes and I turn into some evil mom? Neurotic In Nevada Healthy relationships, marriage included, are all about honest communication. Tell your amazing husband you need time alone to recharge and process your thoughts. Was he this way before you were married, or could it be because you are pregnant and, in his eyes, “vulnerable”? You are not an awful person for needing alone time, and it won’t make you an evil mom, so calm your fears. You may just need respite, which you won’t receive until you make it known. Because, I assume, you are seeing your OB-GYN regularly, it is important you discuss the emotions you are experiencing with them. You may be suffering from depression, which some pregnant women do. Your feelings may also be normal, considering your pregnancy was not planned.

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By Stella Wilder Born today, you are never likely to be pinned down by anyone’s desires, needs or expectations, and once you discover you can do what you want and go where you want in this big old world, you will likely do just that — and live a life characterized by constant movement here, there and back again. Why is it that you are compelled to be always on the move? You love all that home life can offer, and you hold dear your friends and family, yet you will wake again and again and decide, contrary to all seeming common longings, to uproot yourself and take flight, imposing on yourself a kind of solitude to which you must grow accustomed if you’re not to become your own worst enemy. You may at some point in your life be thrust into the public eye, and this doesn’t really jibe with what you love the most — which is freedom. Also born on this date are: Rosa Parks, civil rights activist; Alice Cooper, singer; Kimberly Wyatt, singer; Oscar De La Hoya, boxer; Natalie Imbruglia, singer and songwriter; Charles Lindbergh, pioneer aviator; Clint Black, singer; David Brenner, comedian. 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 5 AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Take care today that a message intended for one person doesn’t mistakenly end up in the hands of another, as that could be embarrassing! PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — You and a partner had better come up with a new idea quickly, as there are those who are getting bored with the same old thing. ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Your schedule

may have to change as a result of logistical problems affecting a venue you had planned to use. Be as flexible as possible. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — It may be time for you, finally, to upgrade to something that can do more for you than the old-fashioned technology you usually rely upon. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — You can combine your creativity with a little more pragmatism than usual today, which will serve you well, especially if you are traveling. CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Even if it’s a very short distance, getting from here to there is likely to be more complicated than usual. Give yourself some extra time! LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You may find yourself racing about trying to please all sorts of people for all sorts of reasons, but the only person you have to please today is yourself! VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Show someone what you can do today, and that information is likely to get to someone else who can do you a good turn and boost your career. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — A quick and simple demonstration is all it will likely take today for you to persuade someone that an idea warrants real consideration. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — You may have turned your back on another for one or two quite valid reasons, but the time has come to consider a professional reunion of sorts. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — You can manipulate both space and time today in a way that allows you to have more of what you want and less of what you don’t. Enjoy! CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You’re looking forward to a gathering that promises to bring you back to where you started — figuratively if not literally. Use your head.

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lead were the same at every table. Hard Luck Louie ducked the opening heart lead and captured East’s jack with his queen. He led the king of diamonds to East’s ace, and East returned a heart. Louie tried the eight from his hand and took West’s nine with dummy’s ace. West eventually took his ace of spades and cashed three heart tricks for down one. “I guess I could have made it by knocking out the ace of spades before the ace of diamonds, but how could I know that?” asked Louie. “Just more bad luck.” Lucky Larry found a brilliant solution to this problem when he played the deal. He allowed East’s jack of hearts to win the first trick! East returned a heart. Larry played the queen and West chose to cover with the king, although it didn’t matter. Larry won with dummy’s ace and led diamonds, forcing out East’s ace. East had no heart to lead, and in the fullness of time, Larry was able to develop two spade tricks without losing any more hearts. Nine tricks after a beautifully played hand!

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(Answers tomorrow) Jumbles: FLOSS CRAZY INTAKE OCTANE Answer: The bird had trouble seeing the window and would try to remember to — STAY CLEAR OF IT