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Planning appointments ruled illegal

By Ted Remsnyder Columbia-Greene Media

CAIRO — The Cairo Town Board rescinded a pair of December planning board appointments Wednesday after it was ruled that the appointments were illegal. During the board’s final meeting of 2021 on Dec. 29, the town board voted 3-2 to reappoint Planning Board Chairman Joseph Hasenkopf to a five-year term and Planning Board Alternate Christopher Keff to a oneyear term. Outgoing Town Supervisor John Coyne and councilmen Stephen Kralovich and

Cairo Town Councilman Michael Flaherty

Tim Powers voted in favor of the appointments. Incoming Supervisor Jason Watts and

Councilwoman Mary Jo Cords abstained. In the aftermath of the appointments, Cairo Town Attorney Tal Rappleyea informed that board that the appointments were illegal and must be rescinded. “Unfortunately, because the seats weren’t vacant at the time of the appointment, then there is no appointment because there is no seat to be filled,” Rappleyea said Wednesday. “Now after the first of the year, we can go back and do it properly. The only exception would have been if the entire town board were going to be the same

be basically tying the hands of a future board. Since we had some changes in the board and there were no vacancies in those seats, we have to go back and redo it.” The board went into executive session to discuss planning board personnel. After the board returned from its executive session, the council voted 3-2 to replace Keff with former planning board member Richard Lorenz for a one-year term as an alternate. Watts, Cords and Councilman Michael Flaherty voted in favor of Lorenz’s appointment, while Powers and Kralovich were opposed.

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A side view of the second floor of 44 Partition Street in Saugerties, after a fire on Wednesday morning.

Saugerties blaze leaves several residents homeless By Bill Williams Columbia-Greene Media

SAUGERTIES — Multiple people were left homeless after fire ripped through a multi-family dwelling in Saugerties on Wednesday morning. Eight fire companies from

Ulster and Greene counties including Catskill were called to battle the fastmoving blaze in freezing temperatures. At about 7:30 a.m., Ulster County 911 sent Saugerties Fire Department to 44 Partition St., after receiving

reports of a fire at that location. The first firefighters on scene did not have to travel far because the firehouse is located across the street, at 43 Partition St. See FIRE A2 PHOTO COURTESY OF CATSKILL FIRE COMPANY. PHOTO COURTESY OF CATSKILL FIRE COMPANY.

Dozens of firefighters, from two counties fought a blaze in Saugerties on Wednesday morning.

Residents of 44 Partition Street were left homeless, following a fire in Saugerties on Wednesday morning.

Confident lawmakers predict passage of Adult Survivors Act By Kate Lisa Johnson Newspaper Corp. KATE LISA/JOHNSON NEWSPAPER

ALBANY — Lawmakers expressed confidence Thursday this year will mark the successful legislative session the Adult Survivors Act is signed into law. The Adult Survivors Act would allow New Yorkers who suffered sexual abuse after the age of 18 — including people assaulted by medical providers, formerly incarcerated people or models in the fashion industry, athletes and others — to file civil lawsuits against their abusers for one year, regardless if statutes of limitations on legal claims have expired. “It often takes years to realize the full reach of a

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Sen. Alessandra Biaggi, D-Bronx;, a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, was one of several survivors to rally outside the state Capitol last June for Assembly leaders to pass the Adult Survivors Act. The fight was renewed this week with the start of the 2022 legislative session.

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serial perpetrator’s crimes,” said Marissa Hoechstetter, one of more than 200 survivors of sexual abuse by ex-Columbia gynecologist Dr. Robert Hadden. Hoechstetter was 31 and pregnant with twins at the time of her abuse, and noted the widespread abuse alleged against clergy, the Boy Scouts of America and the U.S. athletic team staffs, to name a few. “We cannot rely on institutions to self-police,” she added. The Adult Survivors Act, sponsored by Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal and Sen. Brad Hoylman, both D-Manhattan, died in the Assembly Judiciary Committee when the 2021 session ended in June.

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Rosenthal and Hoylman virtually stood with officials, survivors and advocates Thursday to raise awareness for the measure, and expressed confidence the Adult Survivors Act would be passed and signed into law this year. “I’m angry and that’s a good motivator,” Rosenthal said. “... This year, we’re going to get it done in the Assembly.” Assembly leadership has remained vague or largely silent on the reason the bill stalled in the lower house. Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie did not provide a clear answer in September when asked about the reason the measure died in the Assembly. See PASSAGE A2

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voted unanimously to reappoint Hasenkopf as the planning board chairman for a fiveyear term. In the wake of the rescinded appointments, Kralovich said that the three board members who originally voted for the extensions on Dec. 29 believed what they were doing was proper. “We were under the assumption that we could just continue their stay on the planning board,” Kralovich said Thursday. “We didn’t feel it was a reappointment; we thought it was a continuation. But later on it was determined that we couldn’t do that because we had a new member on the board coming on. If it had been the old board we could have done that. So it was just a misunderstanding at that point of why it couldn’t stand.” Cords said Thursday that Coyne, who left office two days after the original appointments were made, wanted to ensure the planning board remained stable. “The outgoing supervisor wanted to make sure that the person that he wanted on the

board was still going to be on there the following year,” she said. “I don’t think he knew it was illegal, but I think he certainly knew it was improper. We (Cords and Watts) didn’t know it was illegal at the time, but we knew it was inappropriate. Because if that was the case we could put a whole bunch of people in office for upcoming years to make sure that people we want stay in there beyond our terms on the board.” Coyne on Thursday declined comment on the planning board appointments. Watts, who took over the supervisor’s post Jan. 1, said he wasn’t comfortable voting for the appointments Dec. 29. “From my understanding from Steve (Kralovich) last night, they wanted to keep everything going and not have any disruptions and have everyone reappointed,” Watts said Thursday. “But I voted no because they weren’t doing everybody. Why not reappoint Robert Hasenkopf to the zoning board at the same time. I felt like if they were going to do one they should have done them all. I knew I was going to be coming in as supervisor and I needed to look into the situation.” Watts said the planning board appointments Dec. 29 were not on the schedule heading into

that night’s meeting. “That wasn’t on the agenda,” he said. “There wasn’t even a resolution in the book for it. They just did it. We didn’t even finish doing interviews. There were more people to interview even. That’s why I couldn’t understand it. There were a lot of questions that arose from that.” Powers said Thursday he believes the board was voting Dec. 29 to extend the planning board terms and that it would be appropriate considering they weren’t fresh appointments. “It didn’t really catch me by surprise,” Powers said. “Myself and Mr. Kralovich clearly didn’t know that we weren’t able to do that. That’s why last night (Wednesday) when the town attorney came out and said that it had to be rescinded. That’s a common mistake that other town boards make and we both voted in the affirmative to rescind it.” The board ultimately decided Wednesday to replace Keff with Lorenz, a former planning board member. “I just liked his plans and when I spoke with him he seemed very knowledgeable about the planning board,” Watts said of Lorenz. “It was a tough decision, but I just thought his interest in the town was for everybody. Not that

Keff wasn’t, I just liked Mr. Lorenz’s views and his outlook on the way he wanted things to be structured.” Powers said Thursday that he disagreed with the decision to replace Keff. “I just don’t understand why they opted to replace Mr. Keff,” Powers said. “It was a win-win for the town. He was getting more than enough training to do the job and he was very engaged in doing the job and was very well-liked by the rest of the planning board. And he wasn’t taking a paycheck. In my personal opinion, I think it was a political deal.” Wednesday’s town board meeting, which was broadcast on Zoom due to the recent spike in COVID-19 cases, marked the first town board session with Watts in charge, a role he said he’s still growing accustomed to. “This was my first meeting and I’m a businessman and I’m used to making decisions on the fly and I’m not used to reading stuff off a piece of paper,” Watts said Thursday. “It was definitely one of the most nerve-racking experiences of my life. I’m glad the first one is over and I’ve always gotten better with everything I’ve done, so I know it will get better as time goes on.”

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The second floor of 44 Partition Street in Saugerties had considerable damage, after a fire on Wednesday morning.

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likelihood senators will subsequently support the measure. “We are continuing to discuss but it has moved through committee which is the first step toward passage,” Senate Democratic spokesman Mike Murphy said. “We passed this legislation last year.” Rosenthal has cited a lack of education for members not prioritizing to vote on the bill to help adult survivors. The COVID-19 pandemic also largely prevented survivors from meeting directly with legislators. “We are meeting with new legislators and others to get more on the bill which I know we will. We’re having discussions with leadership and are confident we will proceed this year.” Rosenthal thanked her 53 Assembly colleagues who have signed on in support of the measure as of Thursday. “It’s growing every week,” she said. “Over time, our understanding of trauma has evolved. ... We do know that whichever way one deals with it, the statute of limitations provided by New York state law is too short.” The Adult Survivors Act is modeled after the Child Victims Act signed in 2019 that allowed survivors of childhood sexual abuse to file civil lawsuits against their abusers for incidents that happened before age 18 until the lookback window closed in August. Gary Greenberg of New Baltimore, a survivor of childhood

sexual abuse and a leading advocate for the Child Victims Act, sent a letter Monday to Hoylman and more than a dozen lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee to request a hearing about the legislation. Greenberg has raised concerns about potential loopholes in the measure, since modeled after the Child Victims Act, that prevented survivors of childhood sexual abuse from securing legal representation for a case under the CVA if their abuser lacked monetary assets. “We left behind so many victims, it is heartbreaking,” according to Greenberg’s letter. Greenberg has heard from hundreds of victims by email, phone, text or through social media since 2019 who have struggled to get legal representation. He requested lawmakers hold a legislative hearing to examine potential loopholes in the Child Victims Act and amend the Adult Survivors Act to improve legal access for survivors in his letter Monday. “This is one of the most important issues they could hold a hearing on,” Greenberg said Thursday. “I have no idea why the leadership won’t hold a hearing.” Senators did not respond to Greenberg’s letter as of Thursday. Greenberg said he discussed a potential hearing with Heastie last spring, but has not heard a response from Assembly leadership since.

said. The fire caused extensive damage to the second floor. The first floor sustained smoke and water damage. There were no reported injuries to residents or firefighters, fire officials said. The Ulster County Fire Investigation Unit is investigating the cause of the blaze, but the fire appears to be accidental in nature, fire officials said. Fire companies who assisted Saugerties at the scene, or on stand-by included: Glasco, Centerville Cedar Grove, Malden West Camp, Mount Marion, Ulster Hose Company, Catskill Fire Company and Saxton Fire. Also assisting at the scene were: Diaz Ambulance, Saugerties Police, Ulster County Sheriff’s Office, Ulster County Fire Coordinator’s Office, and Village of Saugerties building inspector.

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“The Speaker reviews all issues with the members of our conference,” Assembly Democratic spokesman Michael Whyland said Thursday. Assembly representatives would not respond to questions about the speaker’s potential concerns about the measure or how they will be addressed. Lawmakers and officials may have been wary to pass the Adult Survivors Act for fear it would open the state to bombardment of potential litigation — especially in the wake of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s resignation after state Attorney General Letitia James’s report that concluded he sexually harassed multiple female state staffers. The Adult Survivors Act passed the Senate Judiciary Committee last week. Senators voted unanimously to pass it last spring. “All systems go,” Hoylman said. “The strongest indicator of whether a bill becomes a law in New York is whether it’s passed one house or not, previously. We think we’re in a really good place in the Legislature given the momentum that Linda’s built in her house and what continues in the Senate.” Senate representatives echoed statements of the

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Survivors and lawmakers counter legal hurdles challenging a handful of survivors should not prevent action that will bring thousands justice. Lawmakers have recommended survivors contact Safe Horizon, a nonprofit agency dedicated to connecting victims with support services and safety, for assistance about filing a case. A person in the United States is sexually assaulted every 68 seconds. The victim is a child every nine minutes, according to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network. The Register-Star/The Daily Mail are published Tuesday through Saturday mornings by Columbia-Greene Media (USPS253620), 364 Warren St., Unit 1, Hudson, N.Y. 12534, a subsidiary of Johnson Newspaper Corp. Periodicals postage paid at Hudson, N.Y., and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Register-Star, 364 Warren St., Unit 1, Hudson, N.Y. 12534.

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

Monday, Jan. 17 n Catskill Town Offices closed in

observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day n Catskill Village Hall closed in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day n Coxsackie Village Offices closed in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day n Greene County Office Building closed in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day n Greenville Town Hall closed in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Tuesday, Jan. 18 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 Durham Town Board 7:30 p.m. Town Hall, 7309 Route 81, East Durham n Greene County Legislature economic development and tourism; Gov. Ops.; Finance; and Rep. and Dem. Caucus 6 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., Catskill n Hunter Town Board 7 p.m. Town Hall, 5748 Route 23A, Tannersville

Wednesday, Jan. 19 n Catskill Central School District

Board of Education regular business 6:30 p.m. CHS Library, CHS Library, 341 West Main St., Catskill 518-9432300 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 n Greene County Legislature meeting No. 1 6:30 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., Catskill

Thursday, Jan. 20 n Athens Village Conservation Advisory Council 6:30 p.m. via Zoom. Join Zoom Meeting hhttps://us02web. zoom.us/j/82693515752 n Coxsackie Village Planning Board 6 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie

Legislation augments access to affordable broadband By Ted Remsnyder Columbia-Greene Media

A pair of bills sponsored by State Sen. Michelle Hinchey, D-Saugerties, were signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul this week, as the Greene County representative attempts to expand rural broadband access and to set soil health standards to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Hochul on Monday signed legislation that will make it easier and more affordable for broadband providers to install internet service on utility poles by mandating the fair distribution of installation costs between service providers and utility corporations and streamlining the contract process for broadband expansion projects. “Every day in my district, I see firsthand how communities without 21st century broadband infrastructure are being left behind. I’ve also seen what it looks like when a rural neighborhood finally gets connected to reliable broadband service and how that single act can change the course of a community’s future,” Hinchey said in a statement. “This legislation removes two of the most common cost and efficiency barriers that broadband service providers face when trying to bring the internet to rural homes and businesses — a common-sense solution that will

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A bill to broaden rural broadband access sponsored by New York State Senator Michelle Hinchey was signed into law by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday. Hinchey introduces the bill in Albany in June.

expand broadband access in communities that need it the most. Access to the internet is a fundamental necessity, and I won’t stop fighting until every home and business in New York State is fully connected.” The Hinchey legislation, which was co-sponsored with Assemblywoman Carrie Woerner, stipulates that pole owners collecting a fee from ratepayers for utility pole replacements cannot shift the cost burden to broadband service providers and must divide

the expenditure in a fair and equitable manner. A state report released in October noted that Greene County lacks cell service along 200 miles of road throughout the county. The Greene County map depicted in the state report showed no reliable cell coverage from any carrier along swaths of Routes 23, 23A and 42. In addition to reducing costs, the legislation simplifies pole contracting for providers

Hochul also signed a bill Wednesdau sponsored by Hinchey that will direct the state Department of

By Bill Williams Columbia-Greene Media

Monday, Jan. 24 7 p.m. Robert C. Antonelli Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill 518-9433830

Tuesday, Jan. 25 n Catskill Town Planning Board 6:30 p.m. Robert C. Antonelli Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill PHOTO PROVIDED BY RED CROSS

A man donates blood at an American Red Cross blood drive.

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 Zoning Board of Appeals 6 p.m. Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill n Catskill Village Board of Trustees 6:30 p.m. Robert C. Antonelli Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill 518943-3830

Tuesday, Feb. 1 n Durham Town Board workshop

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

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and municipalities by placing all utility poles in a given town under one contract, creating a more efficient system for providers to expand broadband service. Regulations previously required broadband providers to obtain contracts for each utility pole they intended to utilize.

Agriculture and Markets to create voluntary, sciencebased soil health standards to help New York farmers maximize carbon sequestration, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve water quality and promote crop resilience to severe weather events. “The Soil Health and Climate Resiliency Act is the first major piece of legislation in New York that paves the way for farmers, who are already leading on environmental management, to become a cornerstone of our fight against the climate crisis,” Hinchey said. “We can no longer afford to be just carbon neutral; we have to be carbon negative. The signing of this legislation by Gov. Hochul puts New York agriculture front and center in the fight to remove carbon from the atmosphere and make our state a national leader in climate mitigation.” The bill defines soil health and soil health practices in state law to inform future policy going forward and establishes three programs under the Department of Agriculture and Market: a soil health initiative, a climate resilient farming initiative and a research initiative that enables the agency to convene experts and address technical and policy questions to make best practices on soil health available to New York farmers.

A man prepares to donate blood at an American Red Cross blood drive.

The American Red Cross is facing a national blood crisis, the worst blood shortage in over a decade, the organization said in a statement on Thursday. The shortage is posing a risk to patient care. Many doctors have been forced to make difficult decisions about who receives blood transfusions and who will need to wait until more products become available, the Red Cross said in a press release. Blood and platelet donations are critically needed to help prevent further delays in vital medical treatments, the Red Cross said. “While some types of medical care can wait, others can’t,” said Dr. Pampee Young, chief medical officer of the Red Cross. “Hospitals are still seeing accident victims, cancer patients, those with blood disorders like sickle cell disease, and individuals who are seriously ill who all need blood transfusions to live, even as omicron cases surge across the country, Young said. “We’re doing everything we can to increase blood donations to ensure every patient can receive medical treatments without delay, but we cannot do it without more donors,” Young said. The Red Cross experienced a 10% decline in the number of people

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donating blood since the beginning of the pandemic and continues to confront relentless issues due to the pandemic, including ongoing blood drive cancellations and staffing limitations, they said. The Red Cross experienced low donor turnout ever since the delta variant began spreading in August, and that trend continues since the omicron variant began. All types of blood are needed, especially types O positive and O negative, as well as platelet donations. A blood drive was held Thursday at the Hudson Elks Lodge on Harry Howard Avenue. Upcoming blood drives in Columbia County will occur on Saturday at the Palatine Park youth and activity building in Germantown from 8:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m., and Jan. 26 at the Columbia Memorial Health administrative building on Prospect Avenue in Hudson from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Although no blood drives are scheduled in Greene County before March, those wishing to make a short drive to Saugerties will be able to donate blood Jan. 28 at Trinity Episcopal Church from noon until 6 p.m. To find out locations for future Red Cross blood drives, or to make an appointment, visit redcrossblood. org, or call 1-800-red-cross.

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A sliver of light at end of COVID tunnel In the wake of the uncertainty the business community of Greene and Columbia counties went through in 2021 due to COVID-19 and its variants, small businesses offered a glimmer of hope that 2022 will be a year of recovery. Yes, the relentless pandemic will offer new challenges, yet new opportunities have arisen for the 3,000 businesses in Columbia and Greene counties. About 80% of all businesses in Columbia County and 90% of businesses in Greene County have fewer than 20 employees. They form the economic backbone of the area.

customers who are struggling to make payments,” owner Phil Geerholt said Wednesday. Le-

niency in tough times is hard to come by. Pim Zeegers, owner of the Citiot Cafe in Catskill, said his business, which opened in July of 2021, has seen continued success despite the pandemic. “Of course, January is a slower month, (but) there’s a growing population of people moving to the area, which is great for business.” Sales tax revenue adds credibility to the optimism. Greene County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Jeff Friedman said revenue is up from last year. In December, the state reCountryside Cleanup, a Ghent refuse collection service, ported sales tax collection in November 2021 grew 17.5% reported slow and steady succompared to November cess moving into the new year. “We are trying to help a lot of our 2020. In Columbia County,

the increase rose approximately from $2.6 million to $3.4 million. The increase was approximately from $2.2 million to $2.8 million in Greene County. Job retention is a primary concern, said Columbia County Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Bill Gerlach. “What businesses are struggling with is having and keeping employees,” he said. “Other than that we have to think positively in these times.” How and when small businesses rebound fully from this plague is just too cloudy to predict. Customers either living in the two counties or visiting the area are coming back. Others have remained loyal. To prevent future downturns, creative thinking will be needed.

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Watch Ukraine, not Ted Cruz’s Senate sideshow The Washington Post

The Senate is headed toward a vote on a bill sponsored by Sen. Ted Cruz, RTexas, that would essentially force President Joe Biden to impose sanctions on a Russia-to-Germany natural gas pipeline. Cruz has a point about the negative geopolitical consequences of the pipeline, but his grandstanding about the issue is accomplishing nothing except to make it more difficult for the Biden administration to handle a matter that’s already complicated enough Russia’s threatened invasion of Ukraine. There is wide recognition, both in the administration and on Capitol Hill, that Nord Stream 2, as the pipeline is known, represents an aggressive geopolitical move by Russia, one that will make Europe more dependent on energy from Vladimir Putin, yet which Germany has pursued out of a mistaken sense of self-interest. Understanding that, but aiming to restore relations with Berlin that President Donald Trump had damaged, Biden waived sanctions on the pipeline company earlier

this year, whereupon Cruz obstructed dozens of ambassadorial nominations in protest. The impending floor action - possibly as soon as Friday - was the procedural price Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., paid so that 32 Cruz-blocked ambassadors and senior State Department officials could be confirmed. Under the deal, Cruz’s bill would need 60 votes to pass, which, as he knows, it is unlikely to get. So this is pure political theater - which seems fine with Cruz. He’ll be perfectly happy to lambaste the many Senate Democrats who have expressed opposition to Nord Stream 2 in the past, or even tentatively supported his bill, if they vote against it. “The only conceivable reason they might vote no is if they make the cynical decision to put partisan loyalty above U.S. national security interests,” Cruz told Politico. Actually, all senators have a good reason to vote no, in addition to the fact that the Democratic House would not act on the measure even if it passed the Senate. Sanctioning the pipeline

now would exhaust leverage against Russia that’s better held in reserve for potential use after an aggression against Ukraine. And it would embarrass Germany at a moment when its new government, which includes longtime Green Party critics of the pipeline, is already inching toward the U.S. position on its own. In fact, Germany has not yet approved any actual flow of energy, ostensibly because of regulatory concerns. The Biden administration has told some members of Congress that Berlin will suspend the pipeline if Russia invades Ukraine, according to Reuters. Another reason not to support Cruz’s gambit is that senators have an alternative: a bill crafted by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez, D-N.J., in consultation with the White House, which would require the administration to impose crippling financial sanctions on Russia and reconsider its Nord Stream 2 sanctions waiver in the event of an invasion.

Congress has the power to subpoena its own members Abbe David Lowell The Washington Post

As the Jan. 6 select committee struggles to get to the bottom of what happened last January at the U.S. Capitol, one obstacle is the refusal of some members of Congress to provide information about their potential role in the insurrection. This is an unusual situation, but congressional power in this arena is clear: Congress can subpoena its own members to provide documents or testimony to the committee. The imperative of understanding the role of lawmakers in the events of Jan. 6 has been clear from the start. Was there knowledge of the rioters’ plans? Did members instigate or exacerbate the events, or offer rioters tours that helped facilitate the attack? What communications were members exchanging with President Donald Trump, other government officials and protesters during the melee? Since then, disclosure of emails and texts - from former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows, conservative media figures and protest leaders - support the need to explore these questions. Specifically, the committee wants to hear from Reps. Scott Perry, R-Pa., and Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, who have claimed the inquiry is political and the requests to them unprecedented, and have said they will not voluntarily cooperate. On Wednesday, the committee formally requested an interview with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. That leads to the question of whether the committee, as it has done for former administration officials and private persons, can compel testimony and document production from the members’ colleagues.

Put another way, are members of Congress above the law? They shouldn’t be. The select committee is exercising the core investigative powers of Congress, recognized by the Supreme Court since 1880. It is undisputed that Congress has inherent power to investigate, including issuing and enforcing subpoenas, so long as its inquiry is duly authorized and has a proper legislative purpose, and its requests are pertinent to that purpose. Republicans have argued that the select committee was improperly formed because House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., rejected the members named by McCarthy. But a court - citing the separation of powers and Congress’s authority to set its own rules - is unlikely to agree with that challenge. The committee has stated its legislative purposes, including possible amendments to the Electoral Count Act of 1887 and various agency appropriations, and the information sought is within its oversight mandate. Given the breadth of the judiciary’s deference to the discretion of Congress, challenges to the purposes of the inquiries or relevance of the requests are also likely to fail. In the context of ethics investigations, congressional committees routinely seek - and if necessary, compel - members to provide information as part of their authorized work. No member has successfully challenged such a request on the ground that a committee has no power to seek or obtain such relevant information. There may be no precedent for such compulsion outside the ethics process - but there is also no precedent for what happened on Jan. 6 and for the accompanying need to determine

what role lawmakers might have played before and during the uprising. In past years, before the current period of extreme polarization, investigative committees might have been able to rely on lawmakers’ good-faith willingness to cooperate with colleagues or desire to clear their names. Those days are long gone. The Constitution’s speech or debate clause buttresses the argument for congressional authority. The provision provides that “for any Speech or Debate in either House,” lawmakers “shall not be questioned in any other Place.” In this circumstance, the “Place” where these questions are being asked is Congress, and the clause provides constitutional support for the committee’s requests. Indeed, one irony of the Republicans’ successful opposition to creating a special commission to investigate Jan. 6 is that such a commission, which would have included both lawmakers and experts from outside Congress, would probably have allowed assertion of “speech or debate” protections to shield members from being subpoenaed in a way that a membersonly panel does not. It should not have to come down to another protracted legal battle for the Jan. 6 committee to do its work to report on one of the worst days in our nation’s history. However, if members refuse to cooperate, the committee has all the authority it requires to compel getting the information it needs. Abbe David Lowell is an attorney in Washington whose practice includes congressional oversight. He has served as special counsel to Congress in ethics and impeachment inquiries and teaches oversight at Columbia Law School.

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Fixing the filibuster: There’s Biden’s way and a better way Daily News Editorial Board New York Daily News

Proclaiming himself “tired of being quiet,” President Biden Tuesday proposed retiring the filibuster -- the 60-vote threshold for getting almost anything through the Senate -- for a narrow category related to the core mechanics of our elections. Under his exception, a bare majority of the 50-50 split Senate could pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, which would restore the federal government’s authority to review some state voting laws to prevent discrimination, and a broader bill creating national rules for voting by mail, early voting and the like. Unless democracy itself can be preserved and protected, goes the argument, nothing else matters, so a carveout is warranted.

We agree that state legislatures’ partisan gerrymandering and restrictions on the franchise are indeed pernicious, partisan thumbs on the scale. But be careful what you wish for: If Republicans narrowly regain control of the Senate in this November’s elections, Democrats’ current howl about protecting the will of their majority will immediately be turned on its head, as they’ll have fewer votes but represent millions more people. Imagine a Senate with 51 Republicans, the ruthless Mitch McConnell in charge, and a new principle established that the 49 Dems can be summarily ignored. In this case, even if Republicans were to show a glimmer of humility (don’t laugh) and accept Biden’s chosen carveout, one can easily imagine grave

harm done: New laws requiring all voters present picture ID at the polling place and onerous rules to combat largely imaginary voter fraud. The better answer for Democrats is to follow the wise advice of congressional scholar Norm Ornstein: Restore the true intent of the filibuster. Require 41 senators to maintain an exhausting, logistically complicated, all-eyes-on-them talkfest in order to block passage of legislation. Today, in a rejection of the better part of our history, the mere threat of invoking thefilibuster is the same as actually going through the grueling motions. Rescue the will of the majority by making the minority work a hell of a lot harder, under klieg lights.

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2021 Price Chopper/Market 32 campaign supports disabled veterans ERLANGER, Kentucky — Price Chopper/Market 32 has completed its signature round-up campaign benefiting DAV (Disabled American Veterans). The 2021 Price Chopper/Market 32 campaign allowed donors to round-up purchases on a credit or debit card when completing a purchase. The campaign, which ran throughout November, raised more than $78,000 to support DAV and its mission of service

and support for disabled veterans and their families. The campaign took place in over 100 Price Chopper/Market 32 locations. Price Chopper is a longstanding partner of DAV and was also recognized during DAV’s centennial celebration with a Cornerstone Society award. “Price Chopper is known for serving veterans. With their continued support, we’re able to help those who’ve

served where they live,” said Marc Burgess, CEO of DAV. “The funds donated from this campaign support DAV’s charitable mission, including helping veterans to get access to earned benefits, including health care, education and employment. “These resources often have a transformative impact on a veteran’s life,” Burgess added. Visit dav.org for more information on how to donate to disabled veterans.

Museum hosts virtual lecture on grain races KINGSTON — The Hudson River Maritime Museum announces the upcoming lecture “The History and Future of Grain Races,” by Steven Woods, held virtually at 7 p.m. Jan. 19. For more than 200 years, grain was shipped by sailing vessel around the world. A nonperishable product, grain could withstand voyages of up to 12 months. For the sailing season between South Australia and England, in particular, the long trip and stiff competition meant whoever made it to port first would get the best price on their grain cargoes. Windjammers participated in what became known as the Great Grain Race. Sailing ships would race the weather, the ocean currents, and each other to beat the odds. This lecture discusses the history of these long-haul races and provides information on the 2022 Northeast Grain Race, including how to participate. Hosted by the Hudson River Maritime Museum, in cooperation with the Center for Post Carbon Logistics, Schooner Apollonia, and the Northeast Grainshed Alliance, the Northeast Grain Race will be held in May of 2022 on the Hudson River. Contestants will compete to move grain from growers to producers in the most efficient and climatefriendly way.

ALBANY — The Firemen’s Association of the State of New York (FASNY) applauds Governor Kathy Hochul for signing legislation that bans carcinogenic flame retardant chemicals in household items, furniture and electronic enclosures. FASNY has made this legislation part of its proactive agenda for the last eight years. The legislation, sponsored by Senator Todd Kaminsky and Assemblyman Steve Englebright, passed both houses of the legislature earlier this year. Flame retardants are in everyday items such as TVs, phones, and mattresses because it was believed that they slowed or prevented the start or growth of a fire. Despite their stated purpose, these flame retardants are not effective at preventing or slowing fires. Further, when burned, they emit extremely toxic smoke and fumes which endanger both firefighters and the people they are working to save as they inhale them. In infants and pregnant women — who ingest these chemicals through normal everyday dust — links have been found to serious health effects, from cancer and reproductive issues to developmental disabilities. “Firefighters are regularly exposed to flame retardant toxins in the line of duty, resulting in far higher cancer rates than those in the

general population,” said FASNY President John P. Farrell. “By signing this legislation, Governor Hochul is protecting both the States’ citizens and firefighters. We are pleased to see New York State take an important step forward in eliminating harmful and hazardous chemicals from the environment.” “Nothing is more important than protecting the health of our children and firefighters from cancercausing chemicals,” said Senator Todd Kaminsky, Chair of the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee. “By banning these toxic substances from everyday items in our homes, such as furniture and mattresses, we will be taking a major step in keeping our communities safe. I was proud to lead the fight to put our families and first responders’ lives ahead of corporations’ profits — and that is precisely what this law will do.” “This new law will help protect first responders from exposure to harmful chemicals. Flame retardants produce toxic chemicals such as hydrogen cyanide that, when inhaled, contributes to the number one cause of fire-related deaths which is smoke inhalation. This is especially dangerous for firefighters,” said Assemblyman Steve Englebright. “Additionally, the presence of these dangerous chemicals in household

furnishings endanger our families as the chemicals leach out of products into household dust causing chronic exposure when we breath and play with our children in our homes. These chemicals are known to cause adverse health effects including cancer, infertility, and damage to our immune systems. I wish to thank FASNY for working closely with me to create and support this life saving new law.” “We applaud Governor Hochul, Senator Kaminsky, Assemblymember Englebright, and the State Legislature for supporting this important bill,” said Leonardo Trasande, MD, MPP, the Jim G. Hendrick, MD Professor of Pediatrics, and Professor of Population Health at NYU Langone Health. “This is an important step forward in not only improving our environment and safety standards but, more importantly, ensuring the well-being of our firefighters who work tirelessly to protect us.” Under the Family and Firefighter Protection Act, the use of certain flame retardant chemicals in furniture and mattresses and the use of certain flame retardant chemicals in electronic casings is banned. Similar bans have been enacted in states such as California, Massachusetts, Maine, and Rhode Island. The European Union has banned them from electronics.

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SV Passat winner of final grain race from AU to UK, c. 1950, UK National Archives.

Steven Woods is the Solaris and Education coordinator at HRMM. He has worked in museums for more than 20 years and holds a Master’s degree in Resilient and Sustainable Communities from Prescott

College. Tickets are $7 for the general public and free for Hudson River Maritime Museum members. To register, visit www.hrmm.org/lecture-series.

Rockville Centre Mayor Francis X. Murray begins term as president of the New York State Conference of Mayors ALBANY — Mayor Francis X. Murray of the Village of Rockville Centre, Nassau County, has become the 96th President of the New York State Conference Mayors, effective January 1, 2022. The swearing-in ceremony took place Jan. 3 at Rockville Centre Village Hall. “I am very proud to accept the presidency of the New York State Conference of Mayors,” said Mayor Murray. “Local government is the government closest to the people. This fact has been proven more clearly than ever before over the course of the past 22 months, as municipal officials have been in the forefront of ensuring the safety of our residents and restoring economic opportunity in New York. I look forward to leading our village and city membership in pursuing increased state aid and protection of local home rule, as we strive to make our communities great places to

FASNY applauds governor for signing chemical flame retardant ban legislation

live, work and raise a family.” “Cities and villages play a critical role in the economic prosperity of our State,” stated Peter A. Baynes, NYCOM Executive Director. “Mayor Murray’s successful experience as the leader of New York’s 10th largest village, along with his strong background in downtown development, will be put to great use in NYCOM’s ongoing efforts to inform and engage our members in their capacity as New York’s frontline leaders.” Mayor Francis X. Murray, a lifelong resident of Rockville Centre, was first elected in 2011 and is in his third term as Mayor of one of Long Island’s largest and most vibrant villages. He has been an active member of the Rockville Centre Fire Department since 1972, including serving as an EMT. He was a co-chair of the Village’s Environmental and Beautification Committee; Vice

President of the RVC Conservancy; a board member of the Friends of Senior Services Inc. (FOSSI); and a co-chair of the Community Fund Golf Outing. He is president of FX Murray Maintenance and a member of the Rockville Centre Chamber of Commerce. He has been president of the Mercy Medical Center Foundation, president of the Friends of Mercy and a Mercy Medical Center Board of Trustees member. Serving as NYCOM officers from Jan. 1, 2022 through May 18, 2023, are President, Mayor Francis X. Murray, Village of Rockville Centre; First Vice President, Mayor Svante Myrick, City of Ithaca; Treasurer, Mayor Kathy Sheehan, City of Albany. The Conference of Mayors serves and represents 575 cities and villages in New York State, ranging from the smallest village to the City of New York. NYCOM has been in existence since 1910.

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JAN. 14 DELMAR — Q.U.I.L.T. Inc., a not-for-profit guild of quilters interested in learning about the art of making quilts, will meet 9:30-11:30 a.m. Jan. 14 via Zoom. Members live in the Capital Region and surrounding communities. All levels of quilters are welcome. Meetings are held at the Delmar Reformed Church the second Tuesday of each month (September through June.) Due to the pandemic, meetings are currently held virtually. For the January meeting, members and guests join on Zoom at 9:30 a.m. to greet fellow quilters. A brief business meeting begins at 9:45 a.m. which will be followed by Mini-Workshops and Show and Share. Preregistration is required on the Q.U.I.L.T. Inc. website https://www.quiltinc. org/ to receive the Zoom link.

JAN. 15 HUDSON — The FASNY Museum of Firefighting will be hosting the monthly Super Saturday event at 10:30 a.m. Jan. 15, Weird Science with Professor Sparks. Spend the morning exploring the science of fire. Professor Sparks and her robot canine companion, Spot 2000, will present an interactive program that is full of surprises. After the program make your own “slime” to take home. Only Professor Sparks can make learning about science this much fun. This handson program is appropriate for children 5 and older. Admission is free for for Columbia County residents and Museum members.

JAN. 16 ATHENS — The West Athens-Lime Street Fire Co. will serve an all you can eat

breakfast 8 a.m.-noon Jan. 16 at the West Athens Firehouse 2, Leeds-Athens Road, Athens. Freewill offering.

JAN. 18 EAST BERNE — The Helderberg Christian School Paint and Sip Fundraiser will be held at 6 p.m. Jan. 21 at the school, 96 Main St., East Berne. The cost is $30 which covers pottery figurine, supplies and non-alcoholic beverages. In person is limited to 26 people; take home kits available by RSVP, pre-registration must be made by Jan. 18 by emailing hcslibraryfund@yahoo.com or texting to 518-312-6154. The pottery will be taken to be fired and will be returned.

JAN. 20 WINDHAM — Mountain Top Cares Coalition, headquartered in Windham, is hosting its monthly virtual Narcan Training at 7 p.m. Jan. 20. Help us defeat opioid use disorder by volunteering for training and distribution of Narcan. Register by going to mountaintopcarescoalition. com. GREENPORT — Sacred Heart-Mt. Carmel Shrine, 442 Fairview Ave., Greenport, will serve a Polish dinner, take out only, 11:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Jan. 20. Menu includes kielbasa, stuffed cabbage, pierogies and dessert. Cost is $12. Call 518-828-0342 to preorder or 518-828-8775 10 a.m.-6 p.m. day of event.

JAN. 21 TANNERSVILLE — The Kaaterskill UMC, 5942 Main St., Tannersville, will serve a Brooks chicken barbecue, take out only, 4-7 p.m. Jan. 21. The cost is $15. For information and tickets, call Kelly at 518-263-6069 and leave a message.

JAN. 29 COBLESKILL — The Schoharie County Master Gardeners are happy to be participating in the National Seed Swap 10 a.m.-noon Jan. 29 at the Extension Center, 173 South Grand St.,

Cobleskill. Participation is free, and you do not have to donate seeds to benefit. National Seed Swap Day is designated as the last Saturday in January. The mission is to conserve and promote crop diversity in local communities through a planned event at which neighbors gather to exchange seeds and chat about plans for the upcoming season.

FEB. 19 TANNERSVILLE — The Feathered and Furry Wildlife Center will hold the annual freeze your butt off for Wildlife Bake Sale event will be held 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Feb. 19 at the Go Greene Food Mart/ Sunaco, 6360 Main St., Tannersville. The annual bake sale is to support daily wildlife rescue efforts by the Friends of the Feathered and Furry Wildlife Rescue. The sale is held in a heated tent thanks to Mountain Propane Inc. Come and support this amazing wildlife rescue that is continuing through all the efforts and dedication of Missy Runyan’s husband and volunteers.

FEB. 20 TANNERSVILLE — The Children’s Ice Fishing Derby sponsored by The Catskill Mountain Fish and Game Club and The Stony Clove Rod and Gun Club will be held on 10 a.m.-noon Feb. 20 with registration starting at 9 a.m., at the Rip Van Winkle/ Tannersville Lake. All participants must follow social distancing guidelines. There will be prizes awarded for the largest fish and most fish in both Junior and Senior divisions. The event is open to all children up to 16 years of age. Children 16 must have a valid fishing license. You may fish with up to three tip ups or hand lines and use single hooks only. Live bait and some tip ups will be available for use. For more information, call Bob Monteleone at 518-4880240.

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Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Rizzi January 9, 2022 Elizabeth “Betty” Rizzi, 90, of Catskill passed away January 9, 2022. Millspaugh Camerato Funeral Home. www.MillspaughCamerato.com.

Richard Schloss January 12, 2022 Richard Schloss, four days shy of his 90th birthday, our beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend, moved on to the next chapter of his life, passing peacefully in his sleep on January 12, 2022 at his Landon Ave., Catskill home. Richard graduated from Catskill High School in 1949 and later enlisted in the U.S. Air Force from 1951 to 1954, serving in the Korean War. Soon after returning home Richard married Beverly Bedford, who became his wife, partner, and truly better half for the next 66 years. They set up home in Catskill where they raised four amazing, loving daughters. It’s hard to find enough words to describe how much Rich meant to so many. He was well-loved and respected, enjoyed hearing and telling a good joke, laughing with a twinkle in his eye, watching the Giants and his Brooklyn Dodgers (until they deserted him and the rest of NY) before becoming a Yankees fan. Richard loved the outdoors, had a gifted green thumb, and loved vacations in Maine with family, and a good ocean wave (even though he couldn’t swim). As a long time resident and a part of Catskill’s history himself, his memory was incredible to a fault (unless he was wrong and then he conveniently chose to forget). He always spoke his mind whether you wanted to hear it or not: a gift or a curse depending upon your perspective. Regardless, his door was always open to anyone who wanted to chat and share a cup of coffee. He lived his life by his own terms and most of all he loved his family. Richard’s deep love of the Catskill area drove his seemingly limitless participation in our community. Rich worked at IBM for 33 years, during which time he was a member and a President of the IBM Quarter Century Club before retiring as a Staff Engineer. Richard was a member of: the American Legion for 66 years; the Rip Van Winkle Lodge F. & A.M. for 61 years, serving as District Deputy of the Greene-Ulster Masonic District; the Catskill Central School District Board of Education for 20 years; Cyprus Shriners and Valley of Albany; and the Catskill United Methodist Church. He was one of the founding members of the Old Timers Softball League and played on many local golf teams and leagues. Richard is survived by his wife Beverly Schloss; daughters Susan (Billy) Weber, Patricia (Terry Oravec) Schloss, Dianne (Steven) Bittermann, and Linda (Steven) Van Hoesen; grandchildren David Weber, Nathan and Erica Bittermann, and Russell and Nicholas Van Hoesen; sisters Evelyn Piston, Betsy Barry, and Katie Pearson; and many nieces, nephews, and much-loved extended family, including lifelong friends Gerard and Arlene O’Grady. He was predeceased by his parents, brother Irwin “Corky” Schloss, and niece Kathy Piston. Calling hours will be held on Friday, Jan. 14th from 3:00 – 7:00 pm at Millspaugh Camerato Funeral Home, 139 Jefferson Hgts., Catskill. On Saturday, Masonic funeral rites will be conducted by Rip Van Winkle Lodge #468 F. & A.M. at 11:45 am at the funeral home, followed by a 12:00 pm funeral service conducted by Pastor Mina Loo and Rev. Ron Cox. Inurnment and military honors in Athens Rural Cemetery will be in the spring. Per his wishes, the “Richard Schloss Memorial Award” has been established for a graduating senior from Catskill High School. Send a donation to 187 Landon Ave., Catskill, NY 12414 or to the Shriner’s Hospitals for Children. Messages of condolences may be made to www.MillspaughCamerato.com.

Vincent Charles Varriale October 29, 1933 — January 7, 2022 Vincent was born to Charles and Anna Varriale on October 29, 1933 in NYC. He was a loving husband, father and beloved grandfather. He attended LaSalle high school in NYC, was AAU wrestling champion 1951 and then joined the Navy from 1951-1954 as a Seabee in the Philippines. On July 26, 1953 he married Haydee L. Santiago. Vincent’s greatest accomplishment was raising 6 children with Haydee, his wife of 69 years and coming to adore all the grandchildren to come. After his military service he primarily started his carpentry career, known at Vincent’s Home Alterations. He built the family homes in Clermont, NY and Oxnard, CA and settled in Craryville, NY in 1968. He was an accomplished cabinet maker. For 25 years he did renovations, improvements, and cabinetry at Camphill Village, Copake, NY. He was never idle. He had many hobbies and interests. He loved the outdoors and with the family enjoyed gardening, fishing, hiking, camping, ice boating, skating, ice hockey, fossil and rock collecting, canoeing, swimming, badminton, Sunday drives and picnics. His love of history started as a teenager with stamp collecting. He enjoyed motorcycle rides, cooking and writing a cookbook, black and white photography, sea shell crafts, and playing the harmonica. He is survived by his wife Haydee, and his children, Julianne Cotte, David Varriale, Linda and her husband Alan, Cynthia Stodolski, Anita and her husband Jack, and Vincent and his wife Renate. Also, he is survived by his sister Elvira DiCola. There are many grandchildren, great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren as well. A celebration of life will be announced at a later time on the website of Peck and Peck Funeral Homes, Inc. Contributions in Vincent’s memory can be made to Community Rescue Squad, PO Box 327, Copake, NY 12516 or ColumbiaGreene Humane Society, 111 Humane Society Rd, Hudson, NY 12534. To leave a message of condolence please visit www.peckandpeck.net.

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Pamela Beth Bauman, 72, passed away peacefully Monday, January 10, 2022, with her children by her side. She was the widow of Joseph Paul Bauman. They shared twenty-four wonderful years of marriage together. Pamela was born July 23, 1949 in Freeport, NY, the daughter of the late Richard and Katherine (Hinch) Jones. Pamela was also predeceased by a son, Charles Joseph Bauman; two brothers, Al Ritchie and Dennis Jones; and a great-grandson, Jordan Wright. She was a career waitress who loved her regular customers and regularly sat and enjoyed coffee with them. Pamela will be remembered for her immense love she had for all her family; her huge & giving heart; and most of all, her hysterical sense of humor. She had a passion for her family most of all. Her favorite hobbies included sewing and crafting with her daughter, Kimberly. Pamela is survived by her three children, Kimberly Schock (Kevin), Michael Bauman (Amy), Melissa Langenfeld (Scott); grandchildren, Jessica Bennett, Samantha, Joshua, and Courtney Schock, Seth and Rachel Langenfeld, Anna and Charles Bauman. She was blessed to have been a great-grandmother to Christian and Liam Van Sickle, David and Jadalyn Wright, and Raven Schock. Pamela is also survived by her siblings, Kathy Davis, Sandra Jones, Mickey Jones, Sheila Read and Denise True Jones; and was the aunt to numerous nieces and nephews. Calling hours will be 9-11 AM Monday at Traver & McCurry Funeral Home, 234 Jefferson Heights, Catskill. Funeral services will follow 11 AM Monday with Fr. Michael P. Melanson officiating. Interment will be at St. Patrick’s Cemetery in Catskill.

Eileen Vick, age 87, of Lakeland, FL, went home to be with the Lord on January 12, 2022. A native of Barre Center, NY, she was the daughter of the late Manchester and Myrtle Jackson. She is survived by her children, Kathy (Charley) Crawford, Christine (Jim) Presson, Janet (Roger) Bickle and Howard (Tammy) Brusie. She will be missed by her grandchildren, Ryan Brusie, Andrew Brusie , Shannon Crawford, Aaron (Kristen) Crawford, Nathan (Michelle) Crawford, Stacey (Dan) Huntington, Joshua Patnode, Tanya Patnode, Chad (Tisha) Talbot, 15 great grandchildren and one on the way, and many nieces and nephews. Eileen was preceded in death by her husbands, Howard M Brusie and Wayne Vick. She was also preceded in death by her granddaughter Melissa Sue Anderson and siblings, Harlen (Ruth) Jackson, Bruce (Shirley) McGirr, Shirley survives, Mary (George) Webster and Frank “Bill” (Tony) Webster. Eileen was a member of the Highland Park Church in Lakeland, FL. She was retired from the Fisher-Price company. She was a professional organist since age 16 and loved crossword puzzles. She will be missed by her cats Blacky and Whitey. She was a graduate in the class of ‘52 of Albion High School in New York. The family will receive friends for a memorial service Monday January 17 at 11:00 am in New York at the First Baptist Church of Elba. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 am on Friday January 28 at Oak Hill Cemetery, Lakeland, FL.

U.S. prevails in dairy trade dispute By ALEX GAULT agault@wdt.net

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai announced this week that the U.S. has won a dispute with Canada over milk and dairy product imports and exports. If Canadian authorities follow through on their promise to correct the issue, the International Trade Commission said the move could boost U.S. dairy imports into Canada by $227 million. According to a press release from the office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Canada was using a system of tariff-rate quotas — trade law tools that allow countries to import a set amount of specific goods at low to no tax — to lock up a portion of the dairy market specifically for Canadian dairy processors. Canada called it part of its “supply management” system, which is the term used for the country’s complex system of quotas, import duties and other mechanisms used to support its dairy industry. U.S. officials argued the result was an overly protected Canadian dairy market, a violation of the 2020 United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement that established trade regulations between the three countries. North country and New York representatives took special interest in the issue when it began. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer wrote a letter to former U.S. Trade Representative Robert E. Lighthizer and former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture George “Sunny” Perdue in September 2020, asking the two to discuss the issue with Canadian officials. U.S. Rep. Elise M. Stefanik, R-Schuylerville, in a May 2021 letter to Trade Rep. Tai requested a dispute settlement panel under the USMCA. This is the first time that settlement panel has been used, and U.S. officials are happily announcing the resolution in their favor. Canada has been ordered to end its tariff rate-quota practices by Feb. 3 “Today’s decision is an important victory for U.S. dairy farmers,” Jim Mulhern, president of the National Milk Producers Federation, said in a U.S. Trade Representative press release. “The United States and Canada negotiated specific market access terms covering a wide variety of dairy products, but instead of playing by those mutually agreed upon rules, Canada ignored its commitments.” New York’s federal officials are pleased with the development. “I am happy to announce that, following my advocacy, north country dairy farmers will receive well-deserved access to the Canadian dairy

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A resolution to a dairy trade dispute with Canada could increase demand for U.S. milk.

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Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., holds a half-gallon of Upstate milk in Avon as he called on the United States and Canada to secure a level playing field for American and Canadian dairy farmers in 2018.

Economic Development, issued a statement Tuesday. “We are pleased with the dispute settlement panel’s report, which ruled overwhelmingly in favor of Canada and its dairy industry,” they said. “In particular, it is important to note that the panel expressly recognizes the legitimacy of Canada’s supply management system.” The ministers said they will work with the Canadian dairy industry as they rework the supply management system to bring it into line with the trade agreement, which Canadians refer to as the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement. “Canada takes its commitments and obligations under international agreements seriously,” the ministers said. “These include those that Canada has under CUSMA with the United States, Canada’s closest trading partner.”

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Matteson said. However, Matteson cautioned that this won’t directly lead to higher milk prices paid to U.S. dairy farmers. “It is beneficial to dairy farmers, and the entire dairy industry, in creating more demand for U.S. milk,” he said. “Our dairy industry is a global industry. Dairy prices paid to farmers benefit greatly from dairy exports outside the United States, and so it is important to make certain agreements are enforced (fairly) to every country involved.” Canadian officials acknowledged the resolution in a joint statement, claiming the decision favors Canada and includes key wins for the Canadian dairy industry. Marie-Claude Bibeau, minister of Agriculture, and Mary Ng, minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and

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Playhouse Stage continues 34th season this winter with the musical

‘Bright Star’ at Cohoes Music Hall Bluegrass musical penned by Steve Martin & Edie Brickell is the company’s first show of 2022. Playhouse to offer special sociallydistanced performances for patron comfort. COHOES — After kicking off their 34th Season with A Year With Frog & Toad in December, Playhouse Stage Company continues the season this month with a professional production of Bright Star. The production will play a preview performance Jan. 27, with the official opening on Jan. 28 and performances continuing through Feb. 13, 2022. Tickets are now on sale through the Cohoes Music Hall box office. Members of the media and theatre critics are invited to take advantage of complimentary tickets to cover or review the production starting Jan. 28, 2022. All currently required COVID-19 protocols are being followed, and Playhouse Stage is taking additional measures to help patrons feel safe and comfortable amidst the current omicron variant spike. Bright Star, penned by Steve Martin & Edie Brickell, premiered on Broadway in 2015, and is inspired by and includes songs from their Grammy award-winning bluegrass album “Love Has Come for You.” Brickell is a singer-songwriter who found commercial success early in her career with the album “Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars.” Martin, beyond his beloved film and comedy work, is a five-time Grammy Award winner and world-class banjo player. Their musical features a rich and engaging bluegrass

score and tells a story drawn from the true events surrounding the American folk tale of the Iron Mountain Baby, jumping in time between the 1920’s and 1940’s in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Frequent Playhouse Stage director Michael LoPorto returns to helm the production, with long-time collaborator AshleySimone Kirchner choreographing. Playhouse Musical Director Brian Axford will play mandolin and piano, and will lead the ten-piece bluegrass band. The cast of fifteen is made up entirely of local performers, more than half of whom are graduates of the Playhouse education program. Leading the cast is Molly Rose McGrath (Patsy Cline, Ragtime) in the role of Alice Murphy. Others include local favorites Shawn Morgan

(Spamalot, Producers), Daniel Jameson (Godspell, The Music Man), Dashira Cortes (Hands on a Hardbody, Ain’t Misbehavin’) and Brandon Jones (Little Mermaid, Lady Day), among others. Patrons are required to present proof of vaccination or a negative test against COVID-19 within 48-hours to enter the Music Hall for the production. Masks are also required, except when seated and actively eating or drinking. Additionally, to provide greater comfort for patrons concerned about the recent increase in caseload locally, or those with underlying medical conditions, all Thursday evening and Saturday matinee performances will feature socially distanced seating with a capped attendance of 100 patrons.

Surfacing by Gina Occhiogrosso Opens January 14th

Artist Reception on January 28th at 6 p.m. TROY — The Arts Center of the Capital Region welcomes Gina Occhiogrosso to our Main Gallery for her solo exhibition Surfacing from January 14th to March 11th. Containing video, assemblages, sketchbooks, and paintings, Surfacing spans the past five years and touches upon the empowerment of the feminine in contemporary painting, the boundaries of craft and fine art, the pandemic, job loss, and other themes. We will host an artist reception during Troy Night Out on Friday, January 28th from 6-8 p.m. Occhiogrosso will hold an artist talk on Wednesday, February 9th at 6:30 p.m. to discuss her work. Gina Occhiogrosso’s paintings are composed through the application of wet color on a surface and through the process of disassembly and realignment. In addition to presenting over 25 paintings, Occhiogrosso developed narratives in other media inspired by the events of the past two years. At the beginning of the pandemic, Occhiogrosso moved in with her aging mother

Now You’re Talking, 55”x58” acrylic ink and textile paint on pieced and sewn muslin. 2020

and decided to document the interior of the house (her childhood home), in an accordion sketchbook that unfolds like

time. She employs another accordion sketchbook to focus on the political and environmental flux we have experienced.

Utilizing a model dollhouse, Occhiogrosso simulates sunrise and sunset through low tech means to deliver a poem about the pandemic that moves like light cast upon the wall. She also saved materials from a job lost, grocery bags from curbside pickup, take-out containers from lunches delivered while at a residency that had been closed for a year, and brought them together as colorful diaristic works of art. Gina Occhiogrosso is represented by Zinc Contemporary in Seattle WA, and Appleton Art Design, Westchester, NY and Westport, CT. Her work can be viewed online at www.gocchiogrosso.com. About: The Arts Center of the Capital Region, on Monument Square in downtown Troy, is a 36,000 square foot fully-accessible studio, exhibition, and performing arts space. Gallery Hours: Monday: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Tuesday - Thursday: 10 a.m. – 7 p.m., Friday: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Saturday: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Jacob Leisler: Fanatic or Martyr: a Library & Leisler Institute Talk HUDSON — The Hudson Area Library History Room in collaboration with the Jacob Leisler Institute for the Study of Early New York History presents Fanatic or Martyr: Jacob Leisler, a Window into an Age, a talk by Dr. David Voorhees on Thursday, January 27 6-7:30 p.m. On May 16, 1691, Jacob Leisler, de facto governor of New York, was hung til halfdead then beheaded before the largest gathering in New York City up to that date. Leisler’s administration had created a bitter division in New York. This presentation looks at how the deep emotions Jacob Leisler aroused reveal much about the milieu in which he lived and continued to echo in historical evaluations. Moreover, Leisler’s immediate family and their households of servants and enslaved persons, their trade and marital connections, and their actions provide insights into the broader social, ideological, economic, artistic, and political events of colonial New York and its place in the larger world at a time of tremendous change. Dr. Voorhees is director of the Jacob Leisler Papers Project, formerly located at New York University, as well as the Jacob Leisler Institute headquartered in Hudson. He’s also managing editor of de Halve Maen (The

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Half Moon), a quarterly scholarly journal published by The Holland Society of New York. Visit our website, hudsonarealibrary.org, for the Zoom registration link. For more information contact Brenda Shufelt, History Room Coordinator, at 518-828-1792 x106 or brenda. shufelt@hudsonarealibrary.org. The Jacob Leisler Library Lectures are made partially possible through the generous support of the Van Dyke Family Foundation.

The Hudson Area Library History Room houses a collection that pertains to the history of the City of Hudson, Greenport and Stockport; as well as Columbia County and New York State. The History Room also hosts the Local History Speaker Series at the library, offering free monthly talks on diverse topics related to local history. The History Room is by appointment only at this time but online research requests for information on local history are

available at https://hudsonarealibrary.org/history-room/. This is a free service to the public. To inquire about an appointment email brenda.shufelt@ hudsonarealibrary.org or call 518-828-1792 x106. The Hudson Area Library is located at 51 North Fifth Street in Hudson, NY. The Jacob Leisler Institute for the Study of Early New York History is an independent, notfor-profit study and research center devoted to collecting, preserving, and disseminating information relating to colonial New York under English rule. In the years spanning 1664 to 1773, New York province’s diverse European settlements and Native American and African populations fused into a cosmopolitan colonial territory with ties throughout the Atlantic World. The Institute is unique in focusing on this under examined 109-year period in American history. The Institute contains a collection of original, digital, and/ or paper copies of primary source manuscripts, books, maps, and illustrative materials, as well as a library of secondary resources that provide scholarly context to the primary sources. The Jacob Leisler Institute is an open resource for both scholars and the interested public.

CALENDAR LISTINGS JANUARY 15 THIS AND THAT FOOD TRUCK Saturday, January 15, noon - 6 p.m. This & That Food Truck is back with their classic offerings and vegan menu such as grilled artichoke, cauliflower wings, empanadas, falafel, quesadillas, and more! (V + GF options) Saturday, January 15, noon - 6 p.m., https://www.facebook.com/ events/325861442780545 Cooper’s Daughter Spirits at Olde York, 284 State Rouite 23, Claverack, 845-480-1237 LIVE: NOWHERE AT HOME Saturday, January 15, 2 p.m. - 5 p.m. Join us for a live musical performance by Nowhere at Home band and celebrate the release of our new barrel-aged Imperial Stout–Boompah! Nowhere at Home band combines the 20 plus years of musical experience of Rick Z (vocals, guitar), Josie Grant (vocals, percussion), and Karl Kentucky Frizzell (guitar). Bringing their passion for entertaining to the area since 2017, Nowhere at Home’s eclectic mix of covers and unique originals feature tight harmonies and a blended, smooth sound that only comes from loving what you do! Their combined talent shows their commitment by creating a fun live experience that you will not soon forget! Saturday, January 15, 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm, https://www.facebook.com/ events/1557093067958493 Vosburgh Brewing Company, 1065 County Route 19, Elizaville, 518-5377652 PASCAL RAMBERT: “THE ART OF THEATER,” AND “WITH MY OWN HANDS,” WITH ACTORS JIM FLETCHER AND ISMAIL IBN CONNER Saturday, January 15, 3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. $25 – $35 Following their residency at PS21 in December 2021, celebrated French playwright and director Pascal Rambert, actors Jim Fletchers and Ismail ibn Conner, and translator Nicholas Elliott return to PS21’s Black Box Theater for four public performances of “The Art of Theater” and “With My Own Hands.” This engagement, co-presented with PS21, is a featured project of The Public Theater’s new Under the Radar Festival: On the Road initiative. $35 general, $25 for PS21 members. The Art of Theater “The Art of Theater,” composed in 2007, is a manifesto about the nature of dramatic acting, spoken by a single actor who addresses, not the audience, but his dog, who patiently attends to his master’s voice. The audience, in effect, eavesdrops on the monologue. Fletcher, who co-starred with Kate Moran in Rambert’s two-character Love’s End (Clôture de l’Amour), previously appeared at PS21 in 2019, in the title role of Compagnie l’heliotrope’s Pollock. With My Own Hands Since it was first performed in 1993, Rambert has adapted this protean meditation on the human condition, a soliloquy spoken by a wounded psyche on the brink of suicide, for a series of settings and performers, including the American actor Kate Moran in 2007. At the time, he said, “I wrote this text to be played by both men and women, young and old.” At PS21, Conner, who has performed widely in Centre Dramatique National Orléans’ production of Jean Genet’s Splendid’s and many other theatrical works, will embody the role of protagonist of this searing, enigmatic mono-

logue. The work is a puzzle of dark ideas on the nature of the human condition, performed with a somber humor. Saturday, January 15, 3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m., ps21chatham.org PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century, 2980 NY-66, Chatham, 518-392-6121 LIVE: SIDE SHOW WILLIE Saturday, January 15, 7:00 pm 10:00 pm A well seasoned classic rock band that plays dance, legendary rock songs, and one hit wonders! Saturday, January 15, 7:00 pm 10:00 pm, https://www.facebook. com/events/4180251862075708 Hudson Brewing Company, 99 South 3rd Street, Hudson, 518-6975400

JANUARY 16 THIS AND THAT FOOD TRUCK Sunday, January 16, noon - 6 p.m. This & That Food Truck is back with their classic offerings and vegan menu such as grilled artichoke, cauliflower wings, empanadas, falafel, quesadillas, and more! (V + GF options) Sunday, January 16, noon - 6 p.m., https://www.facebook.com/ events/325861446113878 Cooper’s Daughter Spirits at Olde York, 284 State Rouite 23, Claverack, 845-480-1237 LIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCE: SMUUSH Sunday, January 16, 2 p.m. - 6 p.m. Sunday Sessions – Live Music at Vosburgh Brewing from SMUUSH! Come for a pint and all your favorite tunes!! Three Hudson Valley guys playing lots of oldies from the 50’s to the 90’s with a lil’ mix of rock and bluegrass. Sunday, January 16, 2 p.m. - 6 p.m., https://www.facebook.com/ events/609283660297502 Vosburgh Brewing Company, 1065 County Route 19, Elizaville, 518-5377652

JANUARY 17 THIS AND THAT FOOD TRUCK Monday, January 17, noon - 6 p.m. This & That Food Truck is back with their classic offerings and vegan menu such as grilled artichoke, cauliflower wings, empanadas, falafel, quesadillas, and more! (V + GF options) Monday, January 17, noon - 6 p.m., https://www.facebook.com/ events/325861436113879 Cooper’s Daughter Spirits at Olde York, 284 State Rouite 23, Claverack, 845-480-1237

JANUARY 18 OPEN MIC Tuesday, January 18, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Join us for Open Mic 1st and 3rd Tuesdays at Hudson Brewery! Music! Comedy! Spoken word! Storytelling! Poetry! Let’s come and have a GREAT time! Perform or Listen! You can bring your own mic or use ours. Tuesday, January 18, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m., https://www.facebook.com/ events/875830966475408 Hudson Brewing Company, 99 South 3rd Street, Hudson, 518-6975400

JANUARY 20 TRIVIA NIGHT Thursday, January 20, 6:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m. Trivia Thursdays….come on out and have some fun! Thursday, January 20, 6:30 p.m.- 8:30 p.m., https://www.facebook.com/ events/3288085854804259 Hudson Brewing Company, 99 South 3rd Street, Hudson, 518-6975400

WINTER WORKS JANUARY 14 - FEBRUARY 6 Opening reception Saturday January 15, 4-6 p.m. Tivoli Artists Gallery’s first show for 2022, WINTER WORKS, opens on Friday, January 14, and continues through February 6, with an opening reception on Saturday, January 15, from 4-6 pm weather permitting. This theme invited TAG member /artists to reflect on process, practice and new work with regard to the specificity of a season. Wide-ranging visual responses have emerged, including referencing the magic dark/light of the Solstice, embracing the narrative of a cold season landscape, choosing renewal as a new calendar year begins, or diving inward for an intuitive rendering of a spiritual connection to nature.

Curating a show in winter is to be rewarded with the beauty of how these divergent themes manifest in material processes. Embrace 2022 with a visit to experience energizing new works by twenty TAG members/ artists. Visit during weekend gallery hours, or make an appointment for a quiet personal weekday tour. Winter Hours: Friday 5-8:30 PM, Saturday 12-8PM, Sunday 1-5 or by appointment 845-757-2667 or at www.tivoliartistsgallery.com Visit our social media pages for additional pop-up hours, other events and show information. www.tivoliartistsgallery. com @tivoliartistsgallery https://www.facebook. com/tivoliartistsgallery

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Southern Blues-Rocker TINSLEY ELLIS Celebrates New Album with a live performance in Pawling World-renowned guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Tinsley Ellis will celebrate the January 21 release of his new Alligator Records album, Devil May Care, with a live performance at Daryl’s House in Pawling on Wednesday, February 16, 2022. Ellis is among the world’s most celebrated blues-rock performers, and one of the genre’s most original and prolific songwriters. Blues Music Magazine says he plays “perfect, and perfectly Southern, blues-rock.” Vintage Guitar says, “He delivers blistering blues-rock, soul romps, minor-key blues and shuffles— and it all sounds great.” Concert information is as follows: Wednesday, February 16, 2022, 7 p.m., Daryl’s House, 130 Route 22, Pawling, 845-2890185 $15-$25, www.darylshouseclub.com, *See website for complete performance information Devil May Care features ten of Ellis’ most dynamic original compositions, mixing muscular rock ‘n’ roll and hard blues into his own instantly recognizable sound. The emotionallycharged guitar solos soar in full service to the songs, as if Ellis is living and breathing the sound rather than simply playing the notes. “The goal,” says Ellis, “was to make the guitar sing.” Relix says Ellis’ music contains “powerful spine-tingling guitar

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and gritty, soulful vocals …an inspired and passionate fusion of blues and Southern rock.” Guitar World declares, “Ellis’ playing sparkles with depth and subtlety. Whether playing deep, slow blues or up-tempo rockers, Ellis rides a gorgeously fat, pure tone.” Tinsley Ellis has been

immersed in music his whole life. Born in Atlanta 1957 and raised in southern Florida, he acquired his first guitar at age seven, inspired by seeing The Beatles perform on the Ed Sullivan Show. He took to guitar instantly, developing and sharpening his skills as he grew up. Like many kids his age, Ellis

discovered the blues through the back door of British Invasion bands like The Yardbirds, The Animals, Cream and The Rolling Stones as well as Southern rockers like the Allman Brothers. One night in 1972, he and a friend were listening to Al Kooper and Michael Bloomfield’s Super Session record when his friend’s older brother told them that, if they liked Super Session , they should go see B.B. King, who was in town that week. Tinsley saw that show from the very front row. As fate would have it, King broke a guitar string while playing, and after changing it without missing a beat, he handed the broken string to young Tinsley. And yes, he still has that string. Ellis has toured the world non-stop for 35 years. He has captivated and amazed fans in all 50 United States, as well as in Canada, all across Europe, Australia and South America. He’s earned a massive, fervent fan base that can never seem to get enough of Ellis and his music. Fueled by his blazing, every-note-matters guitar work and his gruff, spirited vocals, Ellis delivers one imaginative and memorable song after another. Now, with Devil May Care and a new tour booked, Ellis is more than ready to make up for lost time.

Crandell Theatre Presents Attica: Then & Now CHATHAM — Crandell Theatre presents the riveting 2021 documentary Attica by Emmy® winning director Stanley Nelson and co-director Traci Curry, about the 1971 uprising at the Attica Correctional Facility, on Sunday, January 30 at 1 p.m. followed by a post-film discussion. Panelists include Daniel L. Meyers, the attorney who litigated the “Attica Massacre” for over 25 years, his step-son Jared Reinmuth, an author and cowriter of the graphic memoir, Big Black: Stand at Attica, Jose Pineda III, the executive director of After Incarceration, a Hudson Valley-based restorative justice nonprofit project, and Laurie Scott, director of ReEntry Columbia. Attica was nominated for three Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards including Best Historical or Biographical Documentary, Best Documentary Feature, and Best Director. It was also named Official Selection at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival. This free program is produced and created by the Crandell Theatre Board of Directors Community Programming Committee as part of a film and discussion series designed to increase awareness around issues important to the community.

Joanne Dunne Murphy, Chair of the committee, is the daughter of the late John R. Dunne. Dunne, a Republican New York State Senator from 1966-1989, was chairman of the legislature’s Committee on Crime and Correction when he accepted the invitation from the Attica prisoners to come into the prison as a negotiator during the uprising. According to the New York Times (January 27, 1990) “Mr. Dunne publicly criticized one of his political heroes, Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller, for not visiting the site… [and] continued to insist that if further discussions had taken place, the revolt might have ended peacefully.” Attica chronicles the infamous 1971 prison rebellion, one of the bloodiest civil rights confrontations in American history, which was initiated by prisoners demanding better living

conditions. The uprising lasted for five days and left 39 people dead. The documentary is an unnervingly vivid investigation that sheds new light on the enduring violence and racism of the prison system. Survivors, observers, and expert government officials recount the violent five-day standoff between mostly Black and Latino inmates and law enforcement that gripped America then, and the film highlights the urgent, ongoing need for reform 50 years later. The panel discussion will further elaborate on the film, the historic event, and the current state of prison reform from multiple perspectives. Panelists include Daniel L. Meyers, a retired attorney and former president of the New York City Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild. Meyers practiced law for 48 years, specializing in criminal defense,

civil and human rights. In 1971, just hours before the expiration of a three-year statute of limitations, he served and filed the Attica class action civil rights lawsuit on behalf of more than 1,000 prisoners. With four co-counsel, he litigated the “Attica Massacre” for more than 25 years. In recognition of concerns about the spread of COVID variants and breakthrough infections, the Crandell Theatre requires all staff and filmgoers, including children over the age of 12, to show proof of full vaccination along with a valid I.D. (can be a school I.D.) for all screenings and events. Masks are required indoors except when seated and seating is automatically socially distanced by the Crandell’s ticketing software. Reservations for free tickets are recommended and may be made at www.crandelltheatre.org Crandell Theatre is a not-for profit organization dedicated to enriching the cultural vitality of the region through film programming that challenges, inspires, educates, and entertains. For information and film schedules, visit the website, crandelltheatre.org, or call 518.392.3445

The Dorsky presents Mary Frank’s The Observing Heart Spring exhibitions open on February 5th! Mary Frank: The Observing Heart February 5 – July 17, 2022 This retrospective presents Mary Frank’s powerful artwork from over six decades, which has always centered on the twin themes of social justice and the preservation of the natural world. Learn about Mary Frank and the exhibition: https://www. newpaltz.edu/museum/exhibitions/mary-frank/huge white bird taking as horizon, dark orange sky Somewhere in Advance of Nowhere: Freedom Dreams in Contemporary Art February 5 – April 10, 2022 This exhibition lauds the vital role of artists in dismanting broken systems, envisioning new shared realities, and building future alternatives. Learn more about the exhibition here: https://www. newpaltz.edu/museum/

Dorsky Museum and celebrates its new strengths by featuring recent donations and promised gifts to the Museum’s permanent collection. Take a virtual tour of Part I: https://www.newpaltz.edu/ museum/exhibitions/dorskyat-20/

Mary Frank, Horizon Bird, 2012, courtesy the artist

exhibitions/freedom-dreams/ Hand breaking through the ground with flowers and bricks The Dorsky at 20: Reflections at a Milestone

(Part II) February 5 – July 17, 2022 Part II of The Dorsky Museum’s 20th anniversary exhibition recounts the history of the

Follies and Picturesque Tourism February 5 – March 11, 2022 This exhibition examines follies—buildings such as temples, summerhouses, prospect towers, and ruins created to ornamented the landscape—and picturesque tourism in New York State through prints, paintings, postcards, photographs, book publications, and ephemera, to understand the tourist experience of the time. Learn more and take a virtual tour here: https://www.newpaltz.edu/museum/exhibitions/follies-and-picturesquetourism/

CLARK ART INSTITUTE JOINS METROPOLITAN OPERA’S NATIONAL REBROADCAST OF THE MET:

LIVE IN HD’S FIRE SHUT UP IN MY BONES Event celebrates Black History Month honoring first Metropolitan Opera presentation of work by a Black composer. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.— The Clark Art Institute will join a national rebroadcast of the Metropolitan Opera’s critically acclaimed production of Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones. The special presentation has been organized by the Metropolitan Opera as a Black History Month celebration of its first production of an opera by a Black composer. The Clark will screen the encore broadcast in its auditorium at 12:55 pm on Saturday, February 12. Fire Shut Up in My Bones debuted on opening night of the Metropolitan’s 202122 season to extraordinary critical reviews. The Metropolitan’s Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Grammy Award–winning jazz musician and composer Blanchard’s adaptation of Charles M. Blow’s moving memoir. Featuring a libretto by filmmaker Kasi Lemmons, the opera tells a poignant and profound story about a young man’s journey to overcome a life of trauma and hardship. James Robinson and Camille A. Brown—two of the creators of the Metropolitan’s recent production of The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess—co-direct the new staging. Baritone Will Liverman, one of opera’s most exciting young artists, stars as Charles, alongside sopranos Angel Blue as Destiny/Loneliness/Greta and Latonia Moore as Billie. Tickets for the performance are $25 ($22 for Clark members, $18 for students with valid ID, and $7 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 for this season to accommodate greater social distancing. Tickets are limited to 100 guests and are selling quickly. 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. The next Met: Live in HD performance is Ariadne auf Naxos, airing Saturday, March 12 at 12:55pm. 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 cosponsors 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.

36th Annual Ice Fishing Contest at Grafton Lakes State Park CROPSYVILLE — Grafton Lakes State Park will host its 36th annual Ice Fishing Contest on Saturday, January 15, from 5:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.. Join in on the fun as several hundred anglers brave the cold temperatures for their chance to make a winning catch on several of the park’s ponds. Registration begins at 5:30 AM and ends at 11 a.m. (or 12:30 p.m. for youth) on January 15th in the park’s maintenance building, accessible via the Main Entrance. There is a $10 entrance fee required for all participants age 16 or older, with no fee for children under 16. All participants 16 and older must have a valid NYS fishing license to fish in the park at any time, including during the contest. Big cash prizes are awarded for adults with 1st place fish and the longest length catch in all three categories of trout, walleye/chain pickerel, and yellow perch. Winning entries will receive gift cards and other prizes. Tournament areas are located on Second Pond, Mill Pond, Dunham Reservoir, Shaver Pond, and Long

Pond. Please note that due to preparations for Cabin Fever (January 22nd), ice fishing is not permitted adjacent to the beach on Long Pond. In the case of soft ice, the Ice Fishing tournament will be postponed until Sat., Feb 12th. Grafton Lakes State Park is located off of Route 2, twelve miles east of Troy, New York. Please use the park’s main entrance on Grafton Lakes State Park Way for this event. There is no entrance fee for this event. For more information, please call the park at 518-279-1155. The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation oversees more than 250 parks, historic sites, recreational trails, golf courses, boat launches and more, which are visited by 78 million people annually. A recent study found that New York State Parks generates $5 billion in park and visitor spending, which supports nearly 54,000 jobs. For more information on any of these recreation areas, call 518-474-0456 or visit parks. ny.gov connect with us on Facebook, or follow us on Instagram.

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BOY BASKETBALL:

Maines scores 28, Bluehawks handle the Rams

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Hudson’s Keith Robinson puts up a shot during Wednesday’s Patroon Conference boys basketball game against Rensselaer at Hudson High School.

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HUDSON — The Hudson Bluehawks defeated the visiting Rensselaer Rams, 70-51, Wednesday night in Patroon Conference boys basketball action. Isaiah Maines led Hudson (6-2 Patroon, 6-5 overall) with 28 points. Keith Robinson was a major contributor as well, dropping 20 for the Bluehawks, and Jordan Cunningham added 16. The Rams took the first bucket of the game off of a steal, but Cunningham quickly tied it with a layup after a steal of his own. He then gave Hudson the lead after grabbing an offensive rebound. Robinson made his way to the line after getting fouled on a shot, making them both to cut the lead to 7-6. He drilled a three pointer on their next possession to put the Bluehawks up 9-7. Shortly thereafter, Maines hustled back on defense for an emphatic block in the paint on a short range shot by the Rams. The Bluehawks were a completely refreshed team with Maines back in the lineup. Dezmond Wallace joined the box score with a tip-in after Robinson missed two free throws. Hudson worked hard to take their 20-12 lead into the second quarter. Maines threw it up to open the second quarter on an alley oop attempt to Cunningham but the ball was stolen out of the air. The Rams quickly called a timeout to regroup once the lead got to ten points. The Bluehawks were relentless on defense despite the reassessment by the Rams, and multiple steals led to easy

Rachel Balkovec, first woman manager in American baseball, embracing being a role model Kristie Ackert New York Daily News

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Hudson’s Isaiah Maines (4) drives to the basket during Wednesday’s Patroon Conference boys basketball game against Rensselaer at Hudson High School.

points for them on the fastbreak. After a few blocks and missed shots on both ends of the court to wind down the half, Hudson had just a six point lead at the break 32-26. Maines opened the third quarter with a bucket and the foul, completing the three point play with the foul shot.

Cunningham checked out of the game on the next possession change, dealing with a jammed finger that flared up after not initially being a problem. He would return later in the contest. After another steal by the Bluehawks, See MAINES B3

John Mara’s defensive stance on family indicates lost Giants won’t change at all Pat Leonard New York Daily News

NEW YORK — John Mara discouragingly met the media on the defensive Wednesday, acting like he doesn’t intend to make meaningful change in one of the NFL’s most dysfunctional organizations. He lazily blamed the media for creating the “perception” that his family members have “undue influence” in the football

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Coach Rachel Balkovec tips her hat as she is announced as a coach before a game between the National League Futures Team and the American League Futures Team at Coors Field on July 11 in Denver.

operation and vehemently denied that characterization. “Well that perception has been created by you and others,” Mara pushed back. Contradicting Mara’s claim, his brother Chris Mara, the Giants’ senior VP of player personnel, sat in with co-owners John Mara and Steve Tisch on Wednesday’s first two GM interviews with the Buffalo Bills’ Joe Schoen and the Arizona

Cardinals’ Adrian Wilson. “Chris is in those interviews ‘cause he’s part of ownership and I value his opinion,” said John Mara. “I value his skills and I want him in there. At the end of the day, I’ll listen to him, but it will be Steve and myself making the final decision.” Mara made the same statement (“He See GIANTS B3

NEW YORK — Last summer, managing in the Futures Game, LaTroy Hawkins was blown away by Rachel Balkovec’s resume. Looking for coaches for the annual event, the former big league reliever thought she was beyond qualified for a hitting coach job and it was well past time for a woman to be a part of the game that showcases minor leaguers during MLB’s All-Star Weekend. “When she walked in, she was immediately ready to do the job,” the former Yankees and Mets reliever said. “She not only had the breakdown on the players on the other team, but on our team. She was confident. She was bilingual. She was able to communicate with the players. “She is so prepared, she is ready,” Hawkins said. “I am so glad to see her get her chance.” Balkovec will get her chance this summer with the Yankees organization to break another glass ceiling. She will be the first woman to manage a team in affiliated baseball when

she takes the helm of the low Class-A Tampa Tarpons this summer. It’s another trail the former college softball catcher will blaze after a decade in professional baseball. “Bias and stereotypes are going to be around forever, but I do think we’ve made a ton of progress,” Balkovec said Wednesday. “I mean, there’s gonna be 11 women in uniform next year. Looking back on those days it would have been incomprehensible to understand what the next decade was gonna look like for myself and for others. “And I do think we’ve made progress. Not in the numbers, obviously, from 11 women in uniform, but also just the way that people react to me and the way that they talk to me and it’s becoming more normal. It’s pretty apparent and it’s just exciting to see how much progress we’ve made. We definitely have a lot of room to grow. But it’s really exciting.” Like Hawkins, Balkovec has found that while there is initially some curiosity about her from players at See BALKOVEC B3

Hernandez pleasantly surprised by Mets’ belated retirement of his number Matthew Roberson New York Daily News

NEW YORK — Everything coming from the Mets this offseason seems to be sending a clear message: things are going to be different now. Whether it’s fitting the roster with a former Cy Young winner and multiple All-Stars, bringing in an establishment-type manager or adding a new general manager to work under Steve Cohen’s still fresh ownership, the club is hellbent on burying its reputation of dysfunction. On Wednesday, in the dead of a lockout that’s ground most baseball news to a halt, the Mets made another move that fans had been waiting on for years. Keith Hernandez’s No. 17 is now officially one of the Mets’ retired numbers, something that the legendary first baseman-turned-broadcaster said he genuinely thought would never happen. “I was caught completely off guard,” Hernandez said of his reaction to the news. “I don’t think bewilderment is the right term, but I do feel like I’m lost in space that this happened to me.” Once he found out, Hernandez tried, and

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The New York Mets plan to retire Keith Hernandez’s No. 17 in July.

failed, to tell his family. “I couldn’t get a hold of anybody,” he

chuckled. “No one answered.” The jersey retirement ceremony will happen

on July 9 when the Mets host the Marlins at Citi Field. Hernandez, the first captain in the club’s history, becomes the fourth player to have their number retired by the Mets. His 17 will hang proudly next to Jerry Koosman’s 36, Tom Seaver’s 41 and Mike Piazza’s 31. Managers Gil Hodges (14) and Casey Stengel (37) have also received the honor. “I never would have dreamed this in a million years,” Hernandez said, also expressing how lucky and blessed he felt to join the retired number club. “It’s the highest honor an organization can give to a player. This puts you in a different stratosphere. It’s rarified air.” Now that he has his uniform number retired, in addition to already being a member of the team’s Hall of Fame, the next frontier for Hernandez would be the Baseball Hall of Fame. The only path for him to get in would be through the Veterans Committee. When asked about this, Hernandez spouted some optimism. “Do I want to get into the Hall of Fame? Well shoot, yeah,” he said of the game’s “gold See METS B3

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Pro hockey NHL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OT SO Pts Florida 36 24 7 2 3 53 Tampa Bay 38 24 9 2 3 53 Toronto 34 23 8 2 1 49 Boston 33 20 11 1 1 42 Detroit 37 16 16 4 1 37 Buffalo 35 10 19 5 1 26 Ottawa 29 9 18 2 0 20 Montreal 35 7 24 4 0 18 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT SO Pts Carolina 33 24 7 2 0 50 NY Rangers 37 23 10 3 1 50 Washington 37 20 8 7 2 49 Pittsburgh 35 21 9 1 4 47 Columbus 34 16 17 0 1 33 Philadelphia 35 13 15 4 3 33 New Jersey 36 14 17 1 4 33 NY Islanders 28 10 12 3 3 26 Western Conference Central Division GP W L OT SO Pts Nashville 37 24 11 1 1 50 Colorado 33 22 8 3 0 47 St. Louis 36 21 10 3 2 47 Minnesota 33 21 10 0 2 44 Dallas 33 18 13 1 1 38 Winnipeg 33 16 12 2 3 37 Chicago 36 13 18 5 0 31 Arizona 33 7 23 0 3 17 Pacific Division GP W L OT SO Pts Vegas 39 23 14 1 1 48 Anaheim 39 19 13 4 3 45 Los Angeles 36 18 13 4 1 41 San Jose 37 20 16 0 1 41 Calgary 33 17 10 6 0 40 Edmonton 34 18 14 2 0 38 Vancouver 35 16 16 1 2 35 Seattle 35 10 21 3 1 24 Tuesday’s games Tampa Bay 6, Buffalo 1 Florida 5, Vancouver 2 Chicago 4, Columbus 2 Nashville 5, Colorado 4, OT Toronto 4, Vegas 3, SO Pittsburgh 4, Anaheim 1 San Jose 3, Detroit 2, OT Carolina at Philadelphia, PPD NY Islanders at Calgary, PPD Wednesday’s games Boston 5, Montreal 1 Dallas 5, Seattle 2 Toronto at Arizona, 10 p.m. Minnesota at Edmonton, PPD Thursday’s games Philadelphia at Boston, 7 p.m. Vancouver at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m. Columbus at Carolina, 7 p.m. Winnipeg at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. New Jersey at NY Islanders, 7:30 p.m. Seattle at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Buffalo at Nashville, 8 p.m. Montreal at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Ottawa at Calgary, 9 p.m. Pittsburgh at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. NY Rangers at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Friday’s games Dallas at Florida, 7 p.m. Anaheim at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Arizona at Colorado, 9 p.m. Vegas at Edmonton, PPD Saturday’s games Nashville at Boston, 1 p.m. Vancouver at Carolina, 1 p.m. Washington at NY Islanders, 2 p.m. Columbus at Florida, 6 p.m. Toronto at St. Louis, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Detroit, 7 p.m. Dallas at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m. NY Rangers at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Anaheim at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Colorado at Arizona, 9 p.m. Ottawa at Edmonton, 10 p.m. Los Angeles at Seattle, 10 p.m. Pittsburgh at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. New Jersey at Montreal, PPD Vegas at Calgary, PPD Ottawa at Winnipeg, PPD

GF GA 142 108 128 110 116 86 104 85 101 125 92 125 79 107 74 128 GF GA 115 73 107 94 125 104 116 90 108 122 90 119 105 126 64 80 GF GA 117 99 143 109 126 98 122 102 97 96 99 99 87 121 72 128 GF GA 138 117 117 110 100 94 105 114 104 83 113 111 91 100 97 131

Pro basketball NBA Eastern Conference Atlantic W L Pct Brooklyn 25 14 .641 Philadelphia 23 17 .575 Toronto 20 18 .526 Boston 21 21 .500 New York 21 21 .500 Central W L Pct Chicago 27 11 .711 Milwaukee 26 17 .605 Cleveland 24 18 .571 Indiana 15 27 .357 Detroit 9 31 .225 Southeast W L Pct Miami 26 15 .634 Charlotte 23 19 .548 Washington 22 20 .524 Atlanta 17 23 .425 Orlando 7 35 .167 Western Conference Northwest W L Pct Utah 28 14 .667 Denver 20 19 .513 Minnesota 20 21 .488 Portland 16 24 .400 Oklahoma City 13 27 .325 Pacific W L Pct Phoenix 31 9 .775 Golden State 30 10 .750 L.A. Lakers 21 20 .512 L.A. Clippers 21 21 .500 Sacramento 16 27 .372 Southwest W L Pct Memphis 29 14 .674 Dallas 22 19 .537 San Antonio 15 26 .366 New Orleans 15 26 .366 Houston 12 31 .279 Tuesday’s games Washington 122, Oklahoma City 118 Phoenix 99, Toronto 95 Memphis 116, Golden State 108 New Orleans 128, Minnesota 125 Chicago 133, Detroit 87 L.A. Clippers 87, Denver 85 Wednesday’s games Boston 119, Indiana 100 Charlotte 109, Philadelphia 98 Washington 112, Orlando 106 Miami 115, Atlanta 91 New York 108, Dallas 85 Houston 128, San Antonio 124 Cleveland 111, Utah 91 Brooklyn at Chicago, 10 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Sacramento, 10 p.m. Thursday’s games Golden State at Milwaukee, 7:30 p.m. Minnesota at Memphis, 8 p.m. L.A. Clippers at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Oklahoma City at Brooklyn, 8:30 p.m. Portland at Denver, 10 p.m. Friday’s games Orlando at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Toronto at Detroit, 7 p.m. Phoenix at Indiana, 7 p.m. Boston at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Golden State at Chicago, 7:30 p.m. Atlanta at Miami, 8 p.m. Cleveland at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. Dallas at Memphis, 10 p.m. Houston at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

GB — 2.5 4.5 5.5 5.5 GB — 3.5 5.0 14.0 19.0 GB — 3.5 4.5 8.5 19.5 GB — 6.5 7.5 11.0 14.0 GB — 1.0 10.5 11.0 16.5 GB — 6.0 13.0 13.0 17.0

Pro football NFL PLAYOFFS Wild-card Round Saturday Las Vegas at Cincinnati, 4:30 p.m. (NBC) New England at Buffalo, 8:15 p.m.(CBS) Sunday, Jan. 16 Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, 1:00 p.m. (FOX) San Francisco at Dallas, 4:30 p.m. (CBS) Pittsburgh at Kansas City, 8:15 p.m. (NBC) Monday, Jan. 17 Arizona at L.A. Rams, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN/ABC) Divisional Round Saturday, Jan. 22 and Sunday Jan. 23 NFC lowest remaining seed at Green Bay, TBD AFC lowest remaining seed at Tennessee, TBD Other games TBD Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 30 AFC Lowest remaining seed at highest remaining seed, 3:05 p.m. (CBS) NFC Lowest remaining seed at highest remaining seed, 6:40 p.m. (FOX) Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 13 At Inglewood, Calif. Conference championship winners, 6:30 p.m. (NBC)

NBA roundup: Nets bury Bulls in showdown between East leaders

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Kevin Durant scored a gamehigh 27 points and James Harden notched 25 points and 16 assists to lift the visiting Brooklyn Nets to a 138-112 blowout of the Chicago Bulls in a matchup of the top two teams in the Eastern Conference. A 22-0 run spanning the third and fourth quarters shifted the advantage to Brooklyn, which avenged a 23-point defeat in Chicago on Nov. 8 and a fourpoint home loss to the Bulls on Dec. 4. Patty Mills scored 21 points for the Nets, and Day’Ron Sharpe had 20. Zach LaVine paced the Bulls with 22 points. Kyrie Irving added nine points in his third game this season. Zach LaVine finished with 22 points and DeMar DeRozan followed with 19 for the Bulls, who committed 17 turnovers while allowing a season high in points. Cavaliers 111, Jazz 91 Lamar Stevens scored a career-high 23 points and Lauri Markkanen had 20 as Cleveland handed Utah its fourth straight loss with a surprising blowout victory in Salt Lake City. Stevens, who came into the game averaging 4.5 points, hit 10 of 15 shots overall. He scored 15 during the decisive third quarter when Cleveland surged way ahead of the struggling Jazz with a 21-0 run. Jordan Clarkson scored 22 points off the bench for the Jazz, who were missing eight players, including leading big men Rudy Gobert and Hassan Whiteside. Donovan Mitchell added 17 points but struggled from the floor, making just 6 of 16 shots. Mike Conley was the only other Jazz starter in double digits with 12 points. Hornets 109, 76ers 98

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Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant (7) dribbles the ball up court against the Chicago Bulls during the second half at United Center on Wednesday.

Gordon Hayward scored 30 points, Terry Rozier added 22 and Charlotte defeated host Philadelphia. Miles Bridges contributed 21 points, LaMelo Ball added 13 and Cody Martin had 11 for the Hornets, who won their fourth in a row despite using only eight players. Joel Embiid scored 31 points, marking his eighth straight game with at least 30, and Tobias Harris added 17 for the Sixers. Furkan Korkmaz contributed 14 off the bench while Tyrese Maxey and Seth Curry had 10 each for the Sixers, who had their sevengame winning streak broken. Heat 115, Hawks 91 Tyler Herro came off the bench to score 21 points and help visiting Miami to a win over Atlanta. Herro shot 9-for-19, matched his career high with 11 assists and came within one rebound

of a triple-double. Caleb Martin added 18 points and 10 rebounds, Duncan Robinson and Gabe Vincent each scored 14 points and Omer Yurtseven had 13 points and 10 boards. John Collins led Atlanta with 16 points and 11 rebounds. Trae Young scored 15 points on 4-for15 shooting, and Bogdan Bogdanovic also netted 15 points. The Hawks have dropped three straight games. Kings 125, Lakers 116 Sacramento used a 24-3, third-quarter flurry to take the lead and De’Aaron Fox capped a 29-point performance with a key jumper to stall a late Lakers rally as the Kings earned a home victory. The Kings ended a five-game losing streak and finished with a 2-2 record in the season series against the Lakers. Harrison Barnes finished with 23 points, Marvin Bagley III 16, Chimezie

Julius Randle back in fans’ good graces in Knicks’ win over Mavericks Steve Popper Newsday

NEW YORK — Late in the first half Wednesday night, Julius Randle took Maxi Kleber to the rim and scored, drawing a foul on the play and perhaps more important than the points, he wandered to the baseline, highfiving a courtside fan. About a minute later a lone MVP chant was voiced from the upper decks. It’s a start. After a weird week of acrimonious tension between Randle and the home fans at Madison Square Garden a detente was reached as the fans halted the booing and taunts directed at the team’s leader and Randle seemed to lift his mood from the dark place it had been. Randle insisted, like his coach, that all he worried about was winning, and on this night the Knicks got the win, beating Dallas, 108-85. And Randle got back in the Garden’s good graces with his play, a balanced 17-point, 12-rebound, eightassist performance. The chants of MVP that he had been getting last season and earlier this year were audible again, but for RJ Barrett, who led the Knicks with 32 points. And this time when Randle was running the clock down with just over a minute left and an “RJ Barrett chant broke out, Randle found Barrett in the corner for a three-pointer that set off another celebration and finally emptied the bench. Mitchell Robinson added a season-high 19 points. The Mavs were without Kristaps Porzingis, who remained in the NBA’s health and safety protocols, as well as coach Jason Kidd, who was sidelined in protocols, too. If Randle settled the feud that had been simmering since he responded to criticism and catcalls with a thumbs-down gesture and an explanation that his message for the fans was to,

Metu and Tyrese Haliburton 14 apiece and Buddy Hield 10 off the bench in a balanced Kings attack. LeBron James produced a game-high 34 points for the Lakers, who dropped their second straight after winning four in a row. Malik Monk backed James with 22 points, a majority of which coming on 6-for-9 shooting from deep. Wizards 112, Magic 106 Kyle Kuzma posted his fifth double-double of the month and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope had 12 points and 10 rebounds, leading host Washington to a victory over Orlando. Kuzma continued his strong play in January – and narrowly missed his first career tripledouble – finishing with 19 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists. Spencer Dinwiddie contributed 17 points for Washington, which won their third game in a row.

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New York Knicks forward Julius Randle (30) dribbles the ball while defended by Dallas Mavericks forward Maxi Kleber (42) during the first half at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday.

“shut the (expletive) up with his play and demeanor on the court that was good because he showed little indication of playing nice off it. Wednesday he spoke to the media after practice, one day after again hearing the insults of the crowd while scoring just two points, and he answered every inquiry about the situation with a downcast, “I already addressed that.” When asked directly about the Instagram post apology -- without actually saying sorry -- he said it was that he, “Just felt like I needed to address certain stuff that was said, whatever it was.” Taj Gibson, the elder statesman of the team and a native New Yorker said Tuesday, “I think on a normal day it would affect anybody. Going to a popular stadium, Madison Square Garden, one of the best places to play, one of the number one fan bases in the world, you’re gonna have pressure. That’s why he chose to come here when a lot of people didn’t really want to take it. But he’s here, you know I’m saying? But it comes with the game. You can ask Patrick Ewing, you know what I’m saying? A lot of guys dealt with it. It’s part of New

York. You play good, they’re gonna love you. You play bad, you’re gonna hear about it. But it’s just a chip on your shoulder, and you just gotta move on. Not many people can play here. You just gotta be tough about it.” Randle missed his first two shots after missing his last six and connecting on just one Monday. But even as he didn’t score at the start he had a pair of quick assists, drawing defenders and kicking to teammates for open shots. He then got on the board with a short baseline jumper and followed it quickly with a turnaround jumper in the lane and a three-point field goal, a quick seven-point flurry that seemed to energize him, his team and the Garden. The tough layup through contact that prompted the high-five with a fan didn’t actually end in a three-point play as he missed the free throw after a timeout. But the celebration, at least at that point, might have been more important than the free throw. The Knicks took a 56-45 lead into the intermission with Randle contributing 11 points and three assists without a turnover and was a team-best plus-15 in his time on the court.

The Magic took their 10th consecutive loss. Cole Anthony scored all 19 of his points in the second half, and he also wound up with 11 rebounds and nine assists. Terrence Ross added 17 points, Robin Lopez totaled 16 points and 11 rebounds, rookie Franz Wagner had 14 points and a career-high 10 assists and Gary Harris scored 14 points. Celtics 119, Pacers 100 Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum combined for 67 points and Boston completed a home-andhome sweep of Indiana in Indianapolis. Brown scored 34 points, Tatum 33 and Dennis Schroder contributed 23 for Boston, which earned its third straight win after shooting an impressive 51.3 percent (40-of-78). The Celtics improved to 6-0 all-time when both Tatum and Brown score at least 30 points. Myles Turner had 18 points to lead the Pacers. Domantas Sabonis added 17 points and Caris LeVert had 16 for Indiana, which has dropped eight of nine overall. Rockets 128, Spurs 124 Eric Gordon scored 31 points and Kevin Porter Jr. contributed 12 of his 18 points in the final four-plus minutes as visiting Houston defeated San Antonio to snap a three-game losing streak. Christian Wood added 23 points and 11 rebounds for Houston, while Jalen Green scored 14 points and Jae’Sean Tate chipped in 13. Dejounte Murray racked up his 11th career triple-double with 32 points, 11 assists, 10 rebounds for the Spurs, who have lost four straight and eight of nine.

Brad Marchand recorded his fifth career hat trick to fuel the host Boston Bruins to a 5-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday. Marchand scored twice in a 15-second span during the first period before extending his franchise record with his 33rd career short-handed goal in the second. He has eight goals and an assist in his past four games. Curtis Lazar collected two goal and one assist for the Bruins, who have won six of their past seven games. Patrice Bergeron contributed two assists, and Linus Ullmark finished with 24 saves to improve to 5-0-0 in his past five starts. Michael Pezzetta scored in the second period for Montreal’s goal. Sam Montembeault made 31 saves after replacing Jake Allen, who turned aside five of seven shots before exiting in the first period due to an apparent injury. The Canadiens have lost 11 of their last 12 games. Coyotes 2, Maple Leafs 1 Ryan Dzingel scored two goals, including the game-winner with 7:18 to play, as Arizona earned a victory over visiting Toronto at Glendale, Ariz., to spoil Auston Matthews’ homecoming. Dzingel, who missed the

previous seven games due to an upper-body injury, recorded the 10th twogoal game of his career and doubled his goal total on the season. Karel Vejmelka made 45 saves as the Coyotes won for just the eighth time in 34 games this season, with three of the victories coming in the past six games. Matthews scored a goal for the Maple Leafs, while Petr Mrazek had 16 saves in just his fourth game of the season. Matthews scored in his ninth consecutive road game to set a franchise record. Stars 5, Kraken 2 Joe Pavelski had a hand in all five goals – scoring twice and adding three assists – as Dallas defeated visiting Seattle. Roope Hintz had a goal and two assists and Jason Robertson added a goal and an assist for the Stars, who won for the fifth time in their past six games. Jani Hakanpaa tallied on an empty-netter with 1:42 remaining and goaltender Jake Oettinger made 23 saves, stopping all 14 shots he faced in the third period. Jared McCann had a goal and an assist and Calle Jarnkrok also scored for the expansion Kraken, who have lost seven games in a row (0-6-1). Philipp Grubauer stopped 20 of 24 shots.

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Connor Tomaso found Maines on the outlet pass, and Maines threw it down for the one handed dunk. This was an exclamation point for Hudson, as they kept the Rams at an arm’s length for the remainder of the second half. The only problem the Bluehawks had was boxing out in the paint for rebounds in the second half. It did not matter much, but it prevented them from winning by a wider margin. Hudson finished off Rensselaer with a 20-point fourth quarter, and the Bluehawks took the victory 70-51 over the Rams on Wednesday night. Hudson travels to Maple Hill on Friday at 6:30 p.m. Coxsackie-Athens 61, C-D 36 EAST DURHAM — Coxsackie-Athens earned a 61-36 road victory over Cairo-Durham in Wednesday’s Patroon Conference boys basketball action. The teams played equal in the first quarter, but a basket at the buzzer gave C-A a slight 15-13 advantage. C-A tightened the reigns on defense in the second and lead 28-18 at the break. A concerted effort on defense in the second half wore

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does not have any authority here,” only the GM and head coach) about personnel influence for his brother Chris and nephew Tim McDonnell, the Giants’ co-director of player personnel. But Mara couched his statement about Chris: “... other than the fact that I will go to him on occasion and ask him about players.” He also called McDonnell “probably the most respected guy we have in this building.” And while that is true, and McDonnell is highly regarded, Wednesday’s takeaway was that the family will remain steadfastly in charge, involved and less accountable for this franchise’s futility than anyone else in the building, starting with Mara himself. They’re digging in their heels when they should be changing their shoes for hiking boots. Give credit to Mara at least for speaking Wednesday and admitting “I haven’t given fans3/8 any reason to believe” he’ll get it right this time.

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first, they appreciate and respect her work. “I do feel like they respect me. And at the very least they know that I’m passionate, hardworking, and I know what I’m talking about,” Balkovec said. “Whether they like it or not is a different story. And every coach goes through that.” Balkovec was congratulated Wednesday by many of the players that she has worked with over the years, and received words of encouragement from legendary tennis trailblazer Billie Jean King and the commissioner of baseball. She sees her job not just as helping develop the next Yankee stars, but also following in

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standard” recognition in Cooperstown. “Maybe the analytics will have some play going forward. Maybe it’ll happen before I kick the bucket.” Hernandez is on to something with the analytics. He had a .387 on-base percentage in his seven years with the Mets and accumulated more career Wins Above Replacement than Orlando Cepeda

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Hudson’s Connor Tomaso looks to pass during Wednesday’s Patroon Conference boys basketball game against Rensselaer at Hudson High School.

down the Mustangs as C-A began to slowly widen the margin, leading 45-28 after the third, and eventually posting a 61-36 victory. Dillon Hynes and Jordan Williams lead the way for C-A with strong games at the forward spots, with 18 and 17 points respectively. Both

players were big on the boards as well, and held the defense together underneath. Robbie Hughes added 10 points, and Berno Carey chipped in with 7. Coxsackie-Athens hosts Greenville on Friday at 6:30 p.m. and Cairo-Durham visits Ravena on Saturday at noon.

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Hudson’s Jordan Cunningham (21) shoots over a Rensselaer player during Wednesday’s Patroon Conference boys basketball game at Hudson High School.

say yes, yes it is,” Mara said. “I kept thinking during the season that we had hit rock bottom and then each week it got a little worse.” The Josh Brown scandal, the

Eli Manning benching for Geno Smith, the hiring of Gettleman, the summer of DeAndre Baker, the rampant quitting by defensive players in 2017 and 2019. And this is the low point? This was dumping dirt on Judge’s grave, even as Mara called him a “good person” who has “a really good head coach inside” him. “Where we are at the moment ... certainly, certainly that is not all due to him,” Mara said, in his only acknowledgment of Gettleman’s pathetic track record at ownership’s direction. People in the coaching community reacted to Judge’s firing by saying look at the Giants, there they go again with their M.O., making promises, firing everyone within two years and starting over to repeat the cycle. Mara dodged questions about Gettleman’s forced retirement (read: firing) but slipped in an acknowledgment that the Giants’ last GM hiring process was rushed and disastrous. Ya think? The Giants interviewed only four candidates to replace the fired Jerry Reese in December 2017: three from inside the ‘family’ and

Louis Riddick. And they hired Gettleman to run it back with Manning. “I don’t want to rush anything,” Mara said. “I’ve made that mistake in the past. ... I think looking back on our process, I wish it had been a little more extensive and we had seen more people and maybe taken our time a little bit more with it. And we’re gonna try not to make that mistake this time.” Mara granted that he “wasn’t thrilled” with Judge’s Chicago press conference and that the quarterback sneaks in Sunday’s season finale “weren’t my favorite play calls in the world.” But he said neither instance dealt Judge the convincing blow. “We just got to a point where I thought we had dug ourselves a hole so deep that I didn’t see a clear path to getting out of it unless we completely blew it up and started all over again with a new general manager and head coach,” he said. Unfortunately, when Mara was asked if he, Chris Mara and his family need to take a step back from the football operation to fix it, Mara indicated that wasn’t in the cards.

breaking barriers, something she talks about on social media often. She had already done it when she was named the first full-time hitting coach in an MLB organization in 2019, joining the Yankees at their rookie-level Florida Complex League for the last two seasons. It was in that role that Balkovec impressed Kevin Reese, who was just promoted to Vice President of Player Development. He brought the idea up to GM Brian Cashman who saw the impact Balkovec could have on the organization. “She’s determined, she’s strong, she’s got perseverance. She’s obviously got a plan where she wants to go, what she wants to do in the present and where she wants to go in the future. And so I would not put any limitations

on what her future would entail,” Cashman said. “I think she’s willing to go to the ends of the earth to accomplish her goals. And she has demonstrated that by working in Australia and by working in the Dominican and in all aspects of the game here in the United States and over in the Netherlands. ... And so this is someone that will not be denied. She is passionate about our sport and wants to make sure that she learns all aspects, including other languages to put her in the best position to impact others.” Balkovec’s promotion comes on the heels of Kim Ng being named the first woman general manager in any men’s North American professional sport last year, when she was hired by the Marlins. “On behalf of Major League

Baseball, I congratulate Rachel on this historic milestone,” MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement released by the league. “As manager of the Tampa Tarpons, she will continue to demonstrate her expertise and leadership in the Yankees’ organization. We wish Rachel well in this new capacity and appreciate her mentorship to the growing network of women in baseball operations and player development roles. “When Kim Ng was hired as the general manager of the Marlins prior to the 2021 season, it was a meaningful step forward. I am pleased to see the game continue to make important progress at various levels. Major League Baseball is committed to providing a supportive environment for women and girls to pursue our

sport as players, coaches, umpires and executives. We are proud of Rachel, new Director of Player Development Sara Goodrum of the Astros and all the women across our sport who are setting a positive example for our next generation of fans and proving, on and off the field, that Baseball is a game for everyone.” And Balkovec’s sights aren’t just set on managing. She’d eventually like to be at the major league level in the role of GM. “Right now, it could be something that’s unique. So, right now I’m just focused on being a manager,” Balkovec said. “I don’t really have a timeline for when I would leave but I just know in the future that leadership and the front office is definitely present in my mind.”

instant credibility that he brought to the Mets to the impact Mark Messier had upon joining the Rangers. “All those taxes and you still get bad Wi-Fi,” Hernandez spat back at Darling. The timing of the announcement strikes many fans as peculiar, or more specifically, long overdue. Hernandez played his last game for the Mets in 1989. Already one of the most decorated players to wear the blue and orange -- Hernandez won a World Series and five straight Gold Gloves, made four

All-Star teams and finished in the top ten of MVP voting four times in seven years as a Met -- his number remained in circulation for roughly 33 years after his departure. While the Mets have not issued number 17 since 2010 when Fernando Tatis wore it, Tatis is one of 14 players to get a crack at it after Hernandez. This angered or confused many people, especially since more than a few of the 17 s were utterly forgettable players. “The equipment manager then was Charlie Samuels,”

Hernandez remembered of the days when the likes of Kevin Appier, Graeme Lloyd and Dae-Sung Koo were cycling through number 17. “I almost went to Charlie and said, ‘What the heck are you doing?’ It’s like a JCPenney sale here.” Those days are over now. As for why it took so long, the man himself said he noticed a shift as recently as a few months ago and could sense some good fortune heading his way. “I never inquired,” Hernandez said of when he might get his turn. “It wasn’t something

that crossed my mind. When they retired Koosman’s number (in 2021), I thought that things were going in the right direction and maybe it could happen. But it’s not something that I thought about, and it wasn’t going to ruin my day. If it happens it happens and if it doesn’t it doesn’t.” At long last, it’s finally happened. As the Mets celebrate their 60th anniversary during the 2022 season, they’ll have Keith Hernandez’s jersey on display next to the other pillars of the franchise, right where it should have been years ago.

Co-owner Tisch did not talk and has no plans to do so, outside of Monday’s statement that it’s an “understatement” to say he is “disappointed.” Tisch should have to answer for coach Joe Judge’s firing in particular, because sources say Mara was the one who initially wanted to give the coach a third year, but Tisch pushed to blow it up after failing to achieve a full reset two years ago. Mara knew that firing Judge after two years saddled by 19-46 GM Dave Gettleman -despite hiring him for a longterm rebuild -- was not only moving the goalposts on his coach. It was ripping them down. But Mara conceded in part on Wednesday because, according to sources, many of the GM candidates were wary of not being able to pick their own head coach. Mara admitted as much. “I just feel given where we are right now, on the verge of bringing in a new general manager, we have to give that person the flexibility to bring in the head coach that he wants,” he said. “And I think that was a large part of the decision here in making a

change.” That said, it was ridiculous for Mara to claim that this is the most embarrassed he’s ever been for his franchise. “Honestly I would have to

King’s footsteps and being a role model for girls and women. “I don’t think you sign your name on the dotted line to do something like this and then say, well, I don’t want to be a role model,” Balkovec said. “I just don’t subscribe to that. People ask why are you on social media ... and it’s like, I want to be a visible idea for young women. I want to be a visible idea for dads that have daughters. I want to be out there. And it’s just I have two jobs and that’s fine.” “I’m pretty sure Jackie Robinson didn’t sign up for his job and then go ‘Oh, yeah, I don’t want to sign autographs,’ “ Balkovec continued. “It’s just part of my job.” Entering her 11th year in professional baseball, Balkovec, 34, has embraced

and Tony Perez, two first basemen who were inducted years ago. Hernandez laughed about being the exact type of player that Sandy Alderson -the Mets’ president who was also present on the Zoom call -- would love to have on his 2022 roster. Always the jokester, Hernandez also needled his friend, ex-teammate and broadcast partner Ron Darling. Calling in from Connecticut, Darling fought through connectivity issues to say he couldn’t be happier for Hernandez and compared the

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New York Giants president John Mara watches warmups before the game against the Cleveland Browns at FirstEnergy Stadium on Aug. 22.

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No team arrives in the NFL playoffs after a regular season filled with more drama than the Las Vegas Raiders. It has been a long, strange trip, even for a team that has long embraced its renegade reputation. Along the road to the postseason, the Raiders’ coach resigned over ugly emails. And if that didn’t shake them to their foundation, they lost two recent first-round draft picks because of offthe-field incidents. Still, they were nothing if not gritty, with six walk-off wins coming on a score on the final play (the most since 1970). And they won their last four games by a combined 12 points. Here’s a look at some of the twists and turns the Raiders’ season took. Sept. 13: The Raiders beat the Baltimore Ravens, 33-27, in overtime in Las Vegas on “Monday Night Football.” Las Vegas follows that highprofile win with a 26-17 victory at the Pittsburgh Steelers and a 31-28 overtime victory over the Miami Dolphins. When September ends, the Raiders have the AFC’s best record at 3-0. Oct. 4: October opens with a 28-14 loss at the Los Angeles Chargers as quarterback Derek Carr passes for a season-low 196 yards - and things are about to get much, much worse. Oct. 8: Emails sent in 2011 by coach Jon Gruden to Bruce Allen, then president of Washington’s NFL team, are revealed to contain a racist comment about DeMaurice Smith, the executive director of the NFL Players Association. Gruden, an ESPN analyst at the time, wrote, “Dumboriss Smith has lips the size of michellin [sic] tires.” Gruden says he “will take accountability for it if it was on my email” and that “rubber lips” is an expression he uses to describe liars. Two days later, ESPN reports that Gruden called NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell an expletive in his correspondence with Allen during the 2011 lockout. Gruden explains he was frustrated because “they were keeping players and coaches from doing what they love with a lockout. There also were a lot of things being reported publicly about the safety of the sport that I love.” Oct. 11: The day after the Raiders fall to 3-2 with a 20-9 home loss to the Chicago Bears, a New York Times story reveals more details from the Gruden-Allen emails, including Gruden’s sexist, homophobic and misogynistic comments. Specifically, Gruden called Goodell a “clueless anti football p----” and used homophobic language about Michael Sam, the first openly gay player

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drafted into the NFL, and NFL owners. That day, Gruden ends his second stint as the team’s coach, saying, “I’m sorry, I never meant to hurt anyone.” Rich Bisaccia, the Raiders’ special teams coordinator, is named interim coach. Oct. 13: The cleanup begins. In his first comments after Gruden’s dismissal, Carr says of the team’s jumbled feelings, “I love the man, and you hate the sin.” General Manager Mike Mayock says he has spoken to the Raiders’ Black players and to Carl Nassib, the NFL’s first openly gay active player. Nassib is allowed to take a personal day and returns to practice Oct. 14. Oct. 17 and Oct. 24: In Bisaccia’s first game as coach, the Raiders beat the Denver Broncos, 3424, and the following week they beat the Philadelphia Eagles, 33-22, to improve to 5-2. They are atop the AFC West heading into their bye. Oct. 27: Owner Mark Davis tells fellow owners he wants a written report of the NFL’s investigation of the Washington Football Team s workplace culture and questions the in-season timing of the leaked emails from Gruden.

Nov. 2: Wide receiver Henry Ruggs III, a firstround draft pick in 2020, is involved in a fiery, early-morning crash in which Tina Tintor, 23, and her dog are killed in Las Vegas. Ruggs’s car was traveling 156 mph when it rear-ended Tintor’s car. He is immediately released by the team and later charged with four felonies. “Just seeing that and getting the news when we woke up, how am I supposed to handle that? How am I supposed to react?” Carr says. “I do sit back and I think, ‘Did I not let him know that I’d be there for him at 3 a.m.?’ I want to be better. Could I have been better to help? I just wish I could have done something.” Nov. 5: Video shows Raiders cornerback Damon Arnette, who has been on the injured reserve list with groin and thumb injuries, brandishing a gun and making death threats. He also faces lawsuits related to an offseason car crash. Also a firstround pick in 2020, Arnette is released Nov. 8 and Mayock, asked by reporters about parting with Ruggs and Arnette, says: “Am I sick to my stomach right now on a lot of levels? Yes.”

Nov. 7, Nov. 14, Nov. 21: The Raiders fall to .500 after losses to the New York Giants, Kansas City Chiefs and Cincinnati Bengals. Nov. 12: Gruden files a lawsuit against the NFL and Goodell because they “selectively leaked Gruden’s private correspondence,” his attorney says, “to harm Gruden’s reputation and force him out of his job.” Nov. 25: In their third overtime win of the season, the Raiders upend the Dallas Cowboys, 3633, on Thanksgiving and move above .500. Carr passes for 373 yards and a touchdown. Hunter Renfrow catches eight passes for 134 yards. Dec. 12: After a 17-15 loss to Washington the previous week, the Raiders drop to 6-7 following a defeat to the Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium. The Raiders resort to the childish gesture of breaking their pregame huddle on the midfield logo and lose, 48-9, in their on-the-field low point of the season. Dec. 17: The NFL announces the Raiders’ game against the Browns is pushed from Saturday to Monday because of coronavirus cases among Cleveland players. When the game takes place Dec. 20, the Raiders move to 7-7 with a 16-14 win that starts their season-ending four-game winning streak. Dec. 28: John Madden, the Raiders’ beloved Hall of Fame former coach and NFL legend, dies at 85. Davis lights the Al Davis Memorial Torch, named for his “Just win, baby” father, in honor of Madden, the first person to light the torch after Al Davis’s death in 2011. Jan. 9: The last victory in the Raiders’ fourgame winning streak to close the regular season is the biggest. The team’s fourth overtime win comes as time expires in the 272nd and final regular season game. The Raiders can advance to the playoffs by taking a knee on the final play, a decision that would allow the Chargers to advance to the postseason, too. Instead, Daniel Carlson kicks a 47-yard field goal for a 35-32 victory, handing the Pittsburgh Steelers the final playoff spot. The Raiders improbably finish with a 10-7 record. Jan. 15: In the next step in their rocky season, the Raiders play the Bengals at 4:30 p.m. Eastern time Saturday in Cincinnati in the weekend’s first playoff game. Las Vegas is only the fourth playoff team in history with a different coach than it had in the season opener. Bisaccia joins Wally Lemm of the 1961 Houston Oilers, Hamp Pool of the 1952 Los Angeles Rams and Hunk Anderson and Luke Johnsos, co-coaches of the 1942 Chicago Bears, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

This NBA season was dragging. Then came Ja Morant and the Splash Brothers. Candace Buckner The Washington Post

During the NBA’s winter of gloom, a little bit of sunshine has shined through in Memphis. In that tiny sports market where the spectacle of an NBA event still has the feel of being the biggest high school game in town, the best player’s father is a staple at courtside, dapping up even guys on the other team. A woman with a FedEx Forum name tag will break from whatever she’s paid to do to dance along with a nearby fan as “Whoop That Trick” plays during a timeout. And the star himself, his tri-colored dreadlocks flopping up and down, dances the Griddy at center court after closing out one of the league’s best teams. In Memphis, the cameras stayed on Ja Morant well after his Grizzlies

defeated the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday night. The spotlight better follow the star, because you never know what he’ll do next. Morant, in his third season, has become the League Pass darling, the antidote to omicron (in the basketball sense): the sprite by the Mississippi River in a deceptively slender and unimposing body who just might poke his head above the clouds at any point in a game. He may lift off in the closing minutes, gracefully contorting his body and scissor-kicking in midair to finish a layup while getting hit, as he did against the Warriors. Or he just might forget all those ballerina moves and simply throw down a lob pass - as a 6-foot-3 point guard. Morant combines beauty and power, and by now even NBA fans who don’t pay

attention until the playoffs have watched the clip in which he put it all on display. On Sunday in Los Angeles, Morant chased down Lakers guard Avery Bradley, launched himself and, with two hands, nearly caught a layup attempt at the top of the square of the backboard. The video generated 13 million views on Instagram and helped give the NBA its most-viewed regular season day ever on the platform, with 103 million views. But it ranked third behind two videos relating to Klay Thompson’s longawaited return, because the Warriors remain the league’s brightest rays of sunshine. The Warriors, still a traveling rock band in basketball shorts, have been one of the few other sources of fun during an otherwise drab first half of

the season. While the Phoenix Suns reign atop the standings, how many people outside of the desert care enough to follow their regular season dominance? The Brooklyn Nets should be a superteam but have been more defined by Kyrie Irving’s vaccination stance and James Harden’s struggles with the rule changes that have affected his style of play. The AARP Lakers don’t show up. And young stars such as Luka Doncic and Trae Young and their teams haven’t quite grown up. But the Warriors, fueled by Stephen Curry’s three-point record chase and Thompson’s comeback, still give us a reason to sit up and watch. Six of Golden State’s games make up the 10 most-viewed nationally televised games so far this season, according to the NBA. And

Thompson’s Sunday return, televised on local outlet NBC Sports Bay Area and NBA TV, became the mostwatched regular season game on both networks since 2016. Thompson initially went down with an ACL tear during the 2019 NBA Finals, and while we didn’t know it then, those playoffs would be the league’s last major showcase for years in which things seemed normal, when fans didn’t have to scream through masks - and the ones who show up without them don’t get side-eyed into oblivion. Even last season as the league dragged the weary bones of its injured stars to the finish line, the games felt more like a requirement, a constant serving of broccoli before any of us could enjoy a scoop of ice cream.

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MLB, players’ union to meet in first major negotiations since lockout began Chelsea Janes The Washington Post

After a month and a half of public positioning and private bristling, representatives for Major League Baseball’s team owners and the players’ union are finally scheduled to meet Thursday. The virtual meeting will be the first substantive negotiation session since the owners locked out the players Dec. 2, and they take place roughly a month before pitchers and catchers are scheduled to report to spring training. MLB, working on behalf of team owners, plans to offer the MLB Players Association a new proposal to address some of the economic and competitive concerns that have been at the heart of the union’s platform for months, according to a person familiar with MLB’s plans. But exactly how much that proposal will move toward what the players are seeking - and exactly what the players consider movement in the context of what they believe is a landscape that heavily favors the owners’ interests - remains to be seen. Negotiations in the days and weeks before the expiration of the previous collective bargaining agreement were brief and limited, even though the differences between the sides are vast and varied. At the heart of the dispute, of course, is money: The players believe the team owners can invest more revenue in salaries. The owners argue the players already have a favorable deal because it is unique among the four major men’s team sports in lacking a salary cap. The players argue the competitive balance tax - which charges teams whose payroll exceeds a certain amount - acts as a soft salary cap and should be raised commensurate with rising revenue in the sport. On issue after issue, from how to alter the draft to spur perennial losers into more consistent contention to how to ensure younger players are paid in keeping with their production, MLB believes it has made valuable concessions to the players, while the players believe MLB has not done enough to disrupt an owner-friendly status quo. Details of the proposal MLB will present Thursday remain unclear. MLB continues to publicly make the case that it

has made concessions in previous proposals that included a draft lottery, ending draft pick compensation for free agents and raising the minimum salary, according to people familiar with their proposals. But the union, dissatisfied with the outcome of negotiations ahead of the past two CBAs, believes bigger change is necessary to prevent teams from tanking and improve the way young players and veterans who are not stars are compensated. The competitive balance tax threshold, for example, remains a sticking point; the union argues that it should be much higher than it was in 2021 or in MLB proposals to date, so that it is less of a deterrence to teams considering spending on free agents. The union’s view of what would constitute a credible offer is, at least publicly, cast as broad: meaningful change to the status quo, fairer compensation and more consistent competitiveness on the part of all 30 teams. And while the sides seemingly have not moved any closer to an agreement in recent months, they have moved closer to the scheduled start of spring training and the regular season. For spring training to start in mid-February as planned, a deal probably would have to be done by the first days of that month, because many free agents have yet to sign and most teams are nowhere near finalizing their rosters. The consensus is that the sides would need a deal by March 1 to avoid missing regular season games, a deadline that would give teams a month to build their rosters and conduct a hurried spring training, though a hurried spring training would raise injury and performance concerns. Whether Thursday’s negotiations lead to optimism or frustration should be a credible harbinger of whether any of those spring training deadlines are realistic. Proposals and counterproposals take time, so nothing will be settled in a day’s worth of talks on Zoom. The key question will be whether both sides sense anything can be settled within a month or so of talks, because spring training will inch closer whether their proposals do or not.

Ben Simmons’ agent Rich Paul meets with Sixers’ front office Gina Mizell The Philadelphia Inquirer

With less than a month until the Feb. 10 trade deadline, the ongoing stalemate between Ben Simmons and the 76ers is again a buzzy topic across the NBA. The Inquirer confirmed an ESPN report that Simmons’ agent, Rich Paul of Klutch Sports, met Wednesday with Sixers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey and general manager Elton Brand. ESPN’s reporting added that the stances of both sides remain “unchanged,” that the Sixers desire a significant return in any deal for Simmons, and that the AllStar point guard is no closer to playing for the team. That last part lines up with coach Doc Rivers’ comments ahead of the Sixers’ home game against Charlotte. When asked if there was any update on Simmons’ potential to return to the floor, Rivers said, “I don’t think so, but I don’t even know the answer. He does come to the facility, but I don’t know what that means right now. Hopefully, we’ll have an answer sooner or later.” This time of the season is always important for coaches, who must help players navigate the emotions and uncertainty of seeing their names in trade rumors and credible reports. Yet Rivers acknowledged the outside noise could be even greater around his team this year because, “obviously, we have the Ben thing.” “I’m sure there’ll be some crazy rumors, and there’s not a lot I can do about that,” Rivers said. “But there may be more than usual, and if that’s the case, then you have to deal with this. It’s just part of my job, I guess.” Simmons, a three-time All-Star and last season’s runner-up for Defensive Player of the Year, has not played for the Sixers this season after requesting a trade during the summer and vowing to never play for the organization again. When the Sixers began fining Simmons for his absences, he briefly returned to preseason practices, before Rivers kicked him out of the session the day before the opener for not being engaged. After that, Simmons’ camp cited him as mentally unprepared to play and noted his readiness as the reason he is not with the team. Simmons has been listed out for “personal reasons” on game-by-game injury reports. Since the preseason, the Sixers have wanted Simmons to play for the team in 2021-22, league sources told The Inquirer. Rivers said he talks regularly with Morey and Brand about building a team that entered Wednesday on a seven-game winning streak and in fifth place in the Eastern Conference. The coach’s only request: “Don’t bring me anything that’s not gonna happen.” “But things that are possible, let’s talk about them,” Rivers said. “And that’s how we work. ... You’re just not going to throw any trade together and do it. We’re looking at our team and what fits and how it works, what fits with the style that I want to play with this group. We discuss that all the time.” Maxey returns after asymptomatic COVID-19 case As Tyrese Maxey walked toward a crowd gathered in the corner of the 76ers’ practice court, he yelled, “I’m back!” After missing four games while

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Philadelphia 76ers star Ben Simmons looks on during practice on Oct. 18.

inCOVID-19 health and safety protocols, the second-year starting point guard rejoined his team for shootaround ahead of Wednesday’s game against the Charlotte Hornets. Maxey said his COVID-19 case was completely asymptomatic, making his isolation period “extremely weird.” It was most important for him to stay away from his parents, who are in town helping him move from a hotel into temporary housing after his South Jersey residence caught fire on Christmas Eve. “I didn’t cough one time or3/8 sneeze,” Maxey said. “No congestion. Was never tired. I was basically at home, acting like I was sick, but3/8 perfectly healthy. ... I’m blessed to have no symptoms, and I’m blessed to be back.” Maxey said he produced his first negative test on Sunday, freeing him up for a couple workouts and a mini scrimmage prior to Wednesday’s shootaround. He was unsure if he will be on a minutes restriction for the game against the Hornets, but hopes to “fit right in” for a surging Sixers team that has won seven games in a row and boasts the NBA’s secondmost efficient offense (119.5 points per 100 possessions) during that span. Maxey is in the midst of a breakout second season, averaging 16.8 points, 4.5 assists and 3.5 rebounds per game while shooting 47.3% from the floor, 38% from three-point range and 87.1% from the free-throw line entering Wednesday. “Continue to bring the energy,” Maxey said of his goals in his return. “Continue pushing the pace, knocking down open shots when I’m open and just go out there trying to be aggressive and help my team.” Maxey’s return provides a boost to a Sixers backcourt that has been depleted in recent games. Backup point guard Shake Milton remains out with a back contusion, though starting shooting guard Seth Curry was set to return Wednesday after missing Monday’s win at Houston with ankle soreness. Reserve big man Paul Reed was also back from health and safety protocols Wednesday. Standout forward Tobias Harris was also available to play against the Hornets after being listed as probable with right shoulder pain, though The Inquirer’s Keith Pompey reported

Wednesday that Harris is playing with bursitis in that shoulder and biceps tendinitis. Charlie Brown Jr. rewarded with twoway contract Charlie Brown Jr. took a screenshot of a tweet from the Sixers’ feed and sent it to his parents and nephew. It was the announcement that his 10-day contract had been converted to a two-way deal, yielding an “ecstatic” reaction from family. “I didn’t really expect anything coming in,” Brown said. “I knew me working hard and perfecting my craft would potentially get me a bigger contract. ... To see it come to fruition and just to talk about it and be here in the present moment, it’s a blessing.” It’s the latest step in a winding journey for Brown, the Philly kid and St. Joseph’s product who has taken advantage of the increased opportunity for fringe players while the omicron COVID-19 variant ripped through the NBA. Brown made an immediate impression with his length, athleticism and energy in two Sixers appearances. During last Friday’s win against San Antonio, he scored his first bucket on a transition and-1 finish and added three rebounds and two steals in 12 minutes. Against Houston on Monday, he totaled four rebounds, two steals in 22 minutes. “He has great instincts,” Rivers said of Brown. “Gets his hands on everything. He’s not raw offensively, because he can actually score, but on the NBA level we don’t know that yet. I do know, on an NBA level, he can defend.” This deal gives Brown a significant pay bump, and will allow him to toggle back and forth between the Sixers and the G League’s Delaware Blue Coats. But he does not feel that extra dose of security, a quality he said he gets from his father. He’s also seen the volatility of the NBA first-hand while peppering stretches in the G League with short NBA stints during the past three seasons. This season alone, he played for the Blue Coats and spent a 10-day contract with Dallas before the Sixers call-up. “ My dad3/8 always tells me anything can happen,” Brown said. “So you’ve got to stay in the present moment and just not be comfortable. It’s a business, and things can change like that.”

Jon Lester retires, ending a 16-year career that included 3 World Series titles Meghan Montemurro Chicago Tribune

CHICAGO — One of the most pivotal free-agent signings by a Chicago franchise is closing the book on his career. Former Cubs left-hander Jon Lester announced his retirement Wednesday via ESPN after 16 big league seasons that featured 200 wins and three World Series titles with

the Boston Red Sox and Cubs. Lester, 38, spent the 2021 season with the Washington Nationals and St. Louis Cardinals, departing the Cubs following 2020. Lester signed a six-year, $155 million contract with the Cubs in December 2014, a big move that subsequently helped the organization appear in four consecutive

postseasons (2015-18). He earned MVP honors in the National League Championship Series in 2016 en route to the Cubs winning the World Series in a memorable seven-game series against Cleveland to end a 108-year title drought. Lester’s career resume should put him in consideration for the Baseball Hall of Fame as one of the best

left-handed starters of his era. He posted a 3.66 ERA, 2,740 innings pitched, 117 ERA+, 1.278 WHIP, won three World Series, was a five-time All-Star and had three top-five finishes for the Cy Young Award, including runner-up in 2016. Lester earned his 200th career victory Sept. 20 before closing out his career with two starts against the Cubs.

Top 25 roundup: No. 10 Michigan State tops Minnesota on late layup Field Level Media

Joey Hauser made a game-winning layup with 0.1 seconds remaining to lift No. 10 Michigan State to a 71-69 win over Minnesota on Wednesday night in East Lansing, Mich. A.J. Hoggard drove toward the rim and dished a pass to Hauser for the winning basket for Michigan State (14-2, 5-0 Big Ten). Max Christie scored 16 points on 7-for-12 shooting and Gabe Brown had 13 points for the Spartans, who won their ninth game in a row.

Eric Curry scored 19 points and seven rebounds to lead Minnesota (10-4, 1-4). E.J. Stephens contributed 18 points and Payton Willis scored 15. No. 8 Duke 76, Wake Forest 64 Paolo Banchero scored 24 points and AJ Griffin had 22 as the freshmen carried the Blue Devils to a victory over the Demon Deacons in Winston-Salem, N.C. Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski missed the game with a non-COVID illness. Associate head coach Jon Scheyer, who will become the Blue

Devils’ coach in the spring after Krzyzewski retires, filled in. Duke (13-2, 3-1 ACC) bounced back from a Saturday home loss to Miami. Alondes Williams poured in 25 points on 11-for-21 shooting for Wake Forest (13-4, 3-3), outscoring the other four starters, who had a total of 23 points. He also supplied seven rebounds and four assists. No. 12 LSU 64, Florida 58 Darius Days scored 20 points as the Tigers held off the Gators in Gainesville, Fla., for their third consecutive win.

Eric Gaines, who started in place of injured point guard Xavier Pinson, added 15 points while Brandon Murray scored 10 for LSU (15-1, 3-1 Southeastern Conference). Pinson is listed as day-to-day due to a knee ailment. Colin Castleton had 19 points and nine rebounds and Phlandrous Fleming Jr. added 11 points to lead the Gators (9-6, 0-3). Florida, which made just 7 of 31 3-point attempts (22.6 percent), lost for the sixth time in the past nine games. No. 14 Villanova 64, No. 17 Xavier 60

Collin Gillespie scored 21 points to lift the Wildcats past the host Musketeers in Cincinnati. Justin Moore had 19 points and nine rebounds while Eric Dixon added 15 points and 10 rebounds for Villanova (12-4, 5-1 Big East), which won its fifth in a row. Paul Scruggs and Nate Johnson led Xavier (12-3, 2-2) with 15 points each. Colby Jones gathered 10 rebounds for the Musketeers, who lost at home for the first time in 10 games.

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‘Other woman’ rebuilds her life after affair fizzles Dear Abby, I’m a 38-year-old woman who used to be nice. Then I had a three-year affair. Knowing I’m one of America’s bigger fools — and for such a long time — is infuriating, but I finally saw the light. The only person I think is a DEAR ABBY bigger fool than me is his wife. Some “highlights” of our romance: He gave me an STD during spring break, I found “Ally’s” phone number in his contact file, and I saw a blonde in a white convertible drop him off in front of his house at 9:15 in the morning, which, according to him, “never happened.” My eyes don’t lie. After I was struck by a car in a crosswalk, he never once called me to see how I was. After that, his teenage son followed me around town flipping me off and shouting obscenities at me. There’s more, but I’ll spare you. Please warn your readers to stay away from affairs. They demean you, your mate will lose trust in you, and the person you’re having the affair with — can that person ever really be trusted? Won’t he cheat on you, too? This “wonderful” man is an elementary school teacher. (Think about what he is teaching your kids, folks!) Like I said, I used to be nice. I used to care and trust. No more! This man changed not only my entire life but also my family’s. Will I ever forgive MYSELF? P.S. I have spent thousands of dollars for counseling. It’s a lot of money, but I am worth it. Finally Saw The Light

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the pages of your letter. If you work on that with your counselor, too, it will be money well spent. Dear Abby, I was widowed 10 years ago after 34 years of marriage. My late husband’s sister, “Barbara,” who is also now a widow with no children or other family, considers me her sister and friend. Abby, I have NEVER felt close to her. We are very different, and neither my husband nor I had any real contact with her other than occasional holiday gatherings. Barbara is a domineering, self-pitying hypochondriac with no friends left she hasn’t alienated. We live fairly near each other, and I have the feeling since the loss of her husband three years ago that she’s expecting me to be her companion and caregiver going into her elder years. I’d slit my wrists first! I married my husband “until death do us part,” not his family. I don’t want to hurt Barbara’s feelings; I just want to enjoy my own senior years. How can I gently remove myself from Barbara’s game plan? Didn’t Sign Up For This “Gently” remove yourself from Barbara’s game plan by being increasingly less available. She may be strong-willed and domineering, but you do NOT have to knuckle under to her wishes or be a dumping ground for her problems. If she asks to get together, be busy. If she’s depressed, suggest grief counseling, which has helped so many. If she suggests you help her going into her declining years, explain that won’t be possible because you plan to travel. You do not have to be cruel or heavy-handed about standing up for yourself. Just hang on to your sense of humor and keep your distance.

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By Stella Wilder Born today, you are keenly aware of the importance of expression, and saying, writing and even doing exactly the right things in exactly the right ways is of extreme importance to you. You are not exactly formal in your daily affairs, but you do follow certain patterns of behavior that are, as far as you are concerned, unvarying and inviolate, and living in this way gives you the strength and confidence you need to do the impossible. When it comes to language, you are something of an expert — though you don’t always follow the rules. Indeed, breaking the rules of syntax and grammar can often yield surprising results, and you have a way of both informing and inspiring those who lend you their ears — or read what you write. You love to combine the simple and the complex. Also born on this date are: Jason Bateman, actor; LL Cool J, actor and rapper; Faye Dunaway, actress; Jack Jones, singer; Andy Rooney, author, commentator and humorist; William Bendix, actor; Hal Roach, filmmaker; Albert Schweitzer, physician and humanitarian. 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, JANUARY 15 CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You’re looking for the “easy way out,” but you’re not likely to find it — at least not for yourself. Someone else benefits from your efforts. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — You want things to be certain and unequivocal today, but that’s not likely to happen — not while you’re walking a fine line. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — You receive as-

surances from someone that what you want is on the way and should be yours very soon. Others, however, may work against you. ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Your own confidence may be your worst enemy today — especially when you are facing a danger that is unfamiliar. You’re not infallible! TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Despite recent plotting and planning, you are likely to miss out on something today that you’ve been looking forward to — and others benefit, alas. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — What you see and hear cannot be relied upon completely today; you’ll want to mount an in-depth investigation of your own to uncover the truth. CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Circumstances are in your favor today, but act fast if you spot anything that seems contrary to your desires, for it may bloom very quickly. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You benefit from a demonstration of sorts, even though it is certainly not “official” in any way. You may have to break the rules. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — You can communicate much today without so much as opening your mouth. Where you are and what you do reveals more than anything you could say. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — You’ll have to explore more than one area of endeavor today before you uncover that one activity that can give you the contentment you seek. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — You may be unusually expressive today, but you must make sure that you don’t reveal too much about yourself to the wrong people! SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Signs point to the things you must pay particular attention to today; do so, or you’ll soon be missing out on something of great value.

Dark Side of the Horse

Daily Maze

BRAZILIAN PATIENCE East-West vulnerable, North deals NORTH ♠AQ ♥ QJ5 ♦ AJ ♣J86542 WEST EAST ♠854 ♠KJ9 ♥ A 10 6 4 3 ♥9 ♦ K872 ♦ Q 10 9 6 3 ♣7 ♣AQ93 SOUTH ♠ 10 7 6 3 2 ♥ K872 ♦ 54 ♣ K 10 NORTH EAST SOUTH 1NT Pass 2♥* Pass Pass 2♠ *Transfer to spades

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Opening lead: Seven of ♣ Today’s deal is from a match between a team from France and a team from Brazil. The auction and opening lead were the same at both tables.

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Should you not like the one no trump opening, look at the pre-emptive effect of it. East-West can easily take 11 tricks in a diamond contract and they were not able to get into the auction at either table. At the other table, East shifted to a heart after winning his ace of clubs. West won with the ace and returned a heart, East ruffed and gave West a club ruff. Another heart ruff was followed by a third round of clubs. Declarer ruffed with the 10 of spades. When West couldn’t over-ruff, South led a spade to the ace, dropping the now singleton king. The queen of spades drew the last trump, and a club was ruffed, felling the queen. Declarer claimed the rest, making two. At this table, East was Gabriel Chagas, perhaps Brazil’s greatest player. After winning the ace of clubs, he knew that declarer had the king of clubs and also a high heart honor. West would have led a heart if he held both honors. There was no rush to give partner a club ruff. Chagas led a diamond to the king and ace. South led the ace of spades and then the queen of spades from dummy. Chagas won and now gave West a club ruff. A diamond back to the queen left Chagas in charge. He cashed the jack of spades and led another diamond. Declarer drifted down two! Nice defense.

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Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS 1 As likely as __; probably 4 Peruvian pal 9 Urgent request 13 Audition tape 14 Collar tag 15 Connery or Lennon 16 Krone spender 17 African antelope 19 __ Lanka 20 Cardiff’s location 21 Boots out 22 Remains 24 North Atlantic fish 25 NBA team 27 December songs 30 Planetary visitor 31 Cooks 33 Aide to Santa 35 Connections 36 Actor Sir Michael __ 37 Cowboy boot spike 38 __ Bernardino, CA 39 Erupt 40 By and __; on the whole 41 Gazed 43 Hardest to come by 44 Helium or hydrogen 45 Witty person 46 Fish dish 49 Leftover fragment 51 Linden, for one 54 Three-sided 56 Cross a creek 57 Fragile edibles 58 Floor 59 Greek export 60 Fourth word in “Jack and Jill” 61 Curtsied 62 3/7 and 4/7 DOWN 1 Within reach 2 All-knowing 3 Boot part 4 24-7 5 Sends a letter

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Bound & Gagged

Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews

6 Suffix for contempt or convert 7 Diploma equivalents, for short 8 Bullring cheer 9 Artificial 10 Pinky & Jason 11 Word with Far or Middle 12 Picnic spoilers 13 Dentist’s letters 18 Uncouth fellows 20 Give a heads-up to 23 Golf shop purchase 24 __ au lait 25 Taps tenderly 26 Alternate identity 27 Penny 28 Irish sprite 29 Slimy crawlers 31 King or queen 32 “Killing Me Softly with __ Song” 34 Guitar ridge 36 Stage signals

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37 Dress for Indira 39 Skull contents 40 Light source 42 Horrified 43 “The Mouse That __”; Peter Sellers film 45 Passing fad 46 Ragout

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47 Strong desire 48 Endorse 49 Japan’s national sport 50 Talon 52 Bladed tool 53 Zodiac sign 55 Chatter 56 Wine and dine

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By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

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

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

(Answers tomorrow) Jumbles: FURRY TITLE NUANCE PEWTER Answer: Being able to go fishing with his granddaughter was a — “REEL” TREAT