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1st COVID death confirmed at Greene

By Ted Remsnyder Columbia-Greene Media

COXSACKIE — The first COVID-related death at Greene Correctional Facility in Coxsackie was confirmed by state officials Tuesday at the same time the prison has the highest number of positive cases in the state incarceration system.

Greene Correctional Facility has 85 active virus cases.

An unidentified inmate was pronounced dead at approximately 10:36 a.m. on Jan. 21 at Albany Medical Center.

The death was the first at Greene listed as

COVID-related by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision since the start of the pandemic in March 2020.

The Coxsackie Correctional Facility has had four confirmed COVID deaths over the past two years.

According to DOCCS, there are currently 85 active cases with the Greene Correctional Facility, with 394 individuals recovered from previous COVID positive tests.

As of Jan. 21, there are 19 active COVID cases in the Coxsackie Correctional Facility,

with 199 patients recovered from COVID positives.

On Friday, DOCCS confirmed an additional death in the Riverview Correctional Facility in Ogdensburg, bringing the total up to 44 COVID-related deaths in the state prison system since the beginning of the pandemic.

There are 953 confirmed active COVID cases in the state prison system.

Jose Saldana, director of the Release Aging People in Prison Campaign, called on state officials to release aging prisoners

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The first confirmed COVID-related death tied to the Greene Correctional Facility in Coxsackie took place on Jan. 21 when a prisoner from the jail passed away at the Albany Medical Center Hospital.

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Declining jobless rate met with guarded optimism

By Natasha Vaughn-Holdridge Columbia-Greene Media

Greene County’s unemployment rate is less than half of what it was a year ago, business leaders said Tuesday.

The New York State Department of Labor on Tuesday released its preliminary report on unemployment rates for December of 2021.

Greene’s latest

unemployment rate is 3%, according to the preliminary report.

“Those numbers don’t surprise me,” Greene County Chamber of Commerce President Jeff Friedman said Tuesday. “Businesses in the area are actively looking for help. There is still a great disparity between See JOBLESS A2 Graphic from the NYS Department of Labor

Police: Woman brought drugs into Greene prison

By Bill Williams Columbia-Greene Media

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A woman was charged last weekend with trying to bring drugs into Greene Correctional Facility.

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COXSACKIE — A Saratoga County woman was arrested on felony charges after she attempted to bring drugs into Greene Correctional Facility last weekend, said Steven Nevel, public information officer for state police Troop F. Chloe B. Kailas, 32, of Ballston Spa, was carrying multiple white pills, identified as Acetaminophen/Hydrocodone, when she attempted to enter the prison Saturday, Nevel Said.

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At about 11:31 a.m., state police were contacted by a New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision investigator who said he was at Greene Correctional Facility and had a woman under arrest for prison contraband, Nevel said.

Kailas admitted the drugs belonged to her, Nevel said.

Kailas was charged with first-degree introducing dangerous contraband into prison, a class D felony, and thirddegree criminal possession of a controlled substance, with

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intent to sell, a class B felony, Nevel said.

After she was charged, Kailas was issued an appearance ticket for Town of Coxsackie Court on Feb. 21.

According to New York Penal Law, a person is guilty of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance if he knowingly and unlawfully possesses a narcotic drug with intent to sell it or if the quantity in possession meets a specified amount or weight.

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from the jail system to prevent further virus-related deaths.

“Two different families across the state are receiving the terrible news that their loved ones died cold and alone in the dungeons of mass incarceration, for no reason other than a lack of political will on the part of our elected officials,” he said in a statement.

“Their pain is unimaginable.

People were dying in New York State prisons every three days before the pandemic, so it’s important to recognize that these COVID deaths are happening on top of a crisis that’s

been with us for more than a decade. We call on Gov. Hochul to use her clemency pen to save lives. We also call on New York’s legislative leaders, Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Speaker Carl Heastie, to pass the Elder Parole and Fair & Timely Parole bills to provide meaningful pathways to release consideration for incarcerated New Yorkers – and to do it quickly, before more lives are extinguished by their inaction.”

According to DOCCS, as of Jan. 24, 53.2% of prisoners in the state system have been partially vaccinated, fully vaccinated or fully vaccinated with a booster, based on a total state prison population of 30,437.

“In the ongoing effort to encourage the incarcerated population to get the vaccine, and if eligible the booster, the Department continues to offer the vaccine to the incarcerated population,” the agency noted in a statement. “Educational videos regarding the importance of receiving the COVID vaccine are being displayed statewide. DOCCS continues to re-poll all facilities for interest in receiving the vaccine and booster and continues to schedule clinics.”

According to the department, prisoners are tested when they exhibit COVID symptoms. Individuals who show symptoms or test positive for COVID are isolated and anyone who has been

exposed to an individual who has tested positive is immediately placed into quarantine and is tested for COVID. On Dec. 29, the Greene Correctional Facility recorded 95 active virus cases. In May, COVID cases in the two state prisons in Coxsackie accounted for 43% of the county’s overall COVID caseload, with 38 of 88 Greene cases linked to the two prisons.

In October 2020, a COVID outbreak in the county was tied to Greene Correctional Facility, as 31 of the 43 cases recorded in the county at that time had originated from the medium-security state prison, according to Greene County Public Health.

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available workforce and available jobs, and anybody who wants to work can work.”

Greene County had an unemployment rate of 6.2% in December of 2020, which is a difference of 3.2% from the December 2021, 3% unemployment rate, according to the Department of Labor.

Greene County has always had a good workforce participation, Friedman said.

The combined efforts of the economic development office, employers, of the chamber of commerce have done a good job identifying people who would be available to work, he said.

“We’ve made it easy and accessible for people to get to work and we’ve made it so they can earn a living,” Friedman said.

Greene County has a high number of retirees because it has an older population, which Friedman said lends itself to having a somewhat smaller workforce.

“Obviously, the low unemployment rates and strong sales taxes we’ve been seeing lend themselves to the thriving economy in Greene County right now,” Friedman said. “It is doing well and it is strong.”

Attracting additional workforce to Greene County is a big priority, Friedman said.

The jobless rate has fallen from a year ago, but unemployment rates are only Graphic from the NYS Department of Labor part of the story, Greene County Adminisquestion is why aren’t they working,” trator Shaun Groden said Tuesday.

“The other half of the story is how many Groden said. “Did they get enough monpeople are working,” Groden said. “You ey during COVID artificial release and can’t walk down Main Street without hav- they’re still coasting along, or is it an issue ing a sign in the window — ‘Help Wanted.’ of wages and benefits.”

Help wanted signs at McDonald’s adSo yes, the unemployment number has vertises they are hiring at $15.50 an hour improved, but we still need more people to go to work, because there’s still a lot of and they continue to have vacancies, Groden said. open jobs.”

“There’s lots of jobs available, there’s Extended unemployment benefits and federal benefits put in place during the lots of work for people who want to go to height of COVID pumped a ton of money work,” Groden said. “Some of them are very good jobs, too. It’s not just hospitalinto the economy, Groden said.

“We still have a lot of jobs, so the ity work, which is notoriously low. I’m

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aware of many good jobs. What we call the corrodor up in Coxsackie there’s a lot of jobs up there that pay very good money, offer very good benefits and they are still having a hard time attracting people.

I don’t know why.”

The unemployment rate in Greene County is lower than 29 other counties in the state, according to the Department of Labor. Statewide, New York’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased from 6.6% in November of 2021 to 6.2% in December of 2021.

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The sub-variant has, however, become more prevalent

in the U.K. and Denmark, where it has been dubbed “stealth omicron,” but does not appear to be deadlier than previous mutations. Early studies conducted in the U.K. indicate it may be more transmissible.

BA.2 has also been detected

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If the person is convicted, the penalty ranges from 5 to 25 years in prison. Fines for this charge can be as high as $30,000.

New York Penal Law defines introducing dangerous contraband into prison is committed when a person knowingly and unlawfully introduces any dangerous contraband into a detention facility.

If convicted, the person could face a penalty ranging from 2 1/3 years to 7 years in prison.

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State Police arrested a woman on Saturday, for allegedly trying to bring drugs into Greene Correctional Facility.

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Wednesday, Jan. 26 n Athens Village Board 6:30 p.m.

Athens Fire Department, 39 Third St., Athens Consult the village website for updates the day of the meeting n Catskill Town Zoning Board of Appeals 6 p.m. Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill n Catskill Village Board of Trustees 6:30 p.m. Robert C. Antonelli Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill 518-943-3830

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Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill 518943-2141 n Durham Town Board workshop meeting 7:30 p.m. Town Hall, 7309 Route 81, East Durham

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

Thursday, Feb. 3

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By Ted Remsnyder

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

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Monday, Feb. 7 n Athens Town Board 7 p.m. Athens Volunteer Firehouse, 39 Third St., Athens 518-945-1052 Changes will be on the Town of Athens web page n Cairo Town Board 7 p.m. Town Hall, 512 Main St., Cairo n Greene County Board of Electrical Examiners 1 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., 4th Floor, Room 469, Catskill

Tuesday, Feb. 8 n Catskill Town Planning Board

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

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

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

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

Monday, Feb. 14 n Ashland Town Board 7:30 p.m.

Town Hall, 12094 Route 23, Ashland n Catskill Village Planning Board 7 p.m. Robert C. Antonelli Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill n Coxsackie Village Board 7 p.m.

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Town Hall, 7309 Route 81, East Durham n Hunter Town Board 7 p.m. Town Hall, 5748 Route 23A, Tannersville

Wednesday, Feb. 16 n Catskill Central School Board

of Education District Public HearingSmart School Bond Act 6:30 p.m. followed by the board meeting High School Library, 341 Main St., Catskill 518-943-2300 n Catskill Library Board 6:45 p.m. third Wednesday of every month at either the Catskill Library, 1 Franklin St., Catskill or Palenville Library, 3303 Route 23A, Palenville n Catskill Town Board Committee 6:30 p.m. Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill 518-943-2141

Thursday, Feb. 17 n Coxsackie Village Planning

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

WINDHAM — A new pilot program is making it easy for mountaintop residents to acquire the anti-overdose drug Narcan.

The nonprofit Mountain Top Cares Coalition launched a Public Access Naloxone program this month that has placed five Narcan kits in local businesses.

The medication naloxone, which is manufactured under various brand names including Narcan, is designed to quickly reverse an opioid overdose by blocking the effects of opioids in the brain.

In 2021, Greene County recorded 128 drug overdoses, with 17 drug-related fatalities.

Of the county’s overdoses, 79 patients were administered Narcan shots.

The pilot program, which was supported by funding from the HEALing Communities Study group, has been designed to expand Narcan access to anyone who believes that a friend or family member may be in danger of suffering an opioid overdose.

“This is pretty much brand new to upstate New York,” said Ellen Boyle, community engagement and TA coordinator for the HEALing Community Study. “We don’t know of any other counties doing it at this point. There’s a stigma about Narcan in the community because people don’t understand it. Greene County has experienced a lot of overdoses.”

Each kit contains a pair of four-milligram nasal doses of Narcan, a mouth-to-mouth face shield for rescue breathing and a pair of nitrile gloves.

The five boxes are located in area businesses that volunteered to host them, including the Wellness Rx Pharmacy and Mountain Top Library in Tannersville, the 24-hour Plaza Laundry in Prattsville, Higher Grounds Coffee in Windham and Halcott Grange Hall in Halcott Center.

The boxes contain instructions in English and Spanish on how to administer the Narcan to an overdose victim and the instructions inform the user to dial 911 immediately.

“We’re trying to have every situation covered, so that if you’re with someone or find someone who overdoses, they can administer it,” Boyle said.

Any resident who needs the

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The nonprofit Mountain Top Cares Coalition has launched a pilot program to install overdose rescue kits in five Greene County businesses.

free supplies can open the boxes and take the medication, and volunteers are monitoring the boxes each week to see if they need to be replenished.

“We even have the National Guard volunteering to go look at the boxes for us,” Boyle said.

“This is an all-out campaign.”

Boyle said the group has acquired a supply of naloxone through the New York State Offices of Addiction Services and Supports.

The Narcan kits have been provided by the state Department of Health.

“We want to get naloxone out into the hands of those who need it,” said Maret Panzenbeck, a Mountain Top Cares Coalition board member, said in a statement. “The need to raise awareness, fight stigma, provide training and ensure public access to this life-saving medication is indisputable and has the potential to reduce opioid overdoses and deaths in Greene County and throughout the U.S.” Mountain Top Cares Coalition has been providing virtual Narcan training over the last year to show residents how to administer the life-saving drug and the new pilot program is the next evolution of educating the public on how to deploy anti-overdose medication.

“The PAN boxes were just the next phase in their campaign to halt opioid overdoses and deaths,” Boyle said. “So they enlisted the help of concerned citizens who installed the boxes

at the places of business. This is a pilot program, so these are the first five intrepid businesses who have installed them. We’re hoping that once the word is out that other businesses will be inspired to host the boxes throughout Greene County.”

Boyle said she hopes the program can eventually be expanded to other municipalities in the county, including Catskill and Cairo.

“We’re piloting now to see how many boxes we can get up,” she said. “When we reach that density number, then the program will no longer be a pilot, it will just be a bonafide program. If we need to order more boxes, we will. That would be the best-case scenario.”

The overdose rescue kits contain a QR code on the front of each box that users can scan to get quick instructions on how to administer Narcan to a patient in urgent need.

“Narcan is stopping overdoses and deaths,” Boyle said.

“Which gives the people that have that happen to them another chance to get into recovery and to change their lives.

You can’t recover if you’re not on this earth.”

n Renee Kapusta, 54 of West Coxsackie, was arrested Jan. 12 at 6:20 p.m. in Greenville and charged with firstdegree operation of a motor vehicle while impaired by drugs, an unclassified misdemeanor and seventh-degree possession of a controlled substance, a class A misdemeanor. She was issued an appearance ticket. n Douglas E. Parslow, 29 of Hunter, was arrested Jan. 13 at 10:11 p.m. in Hunter and charged with driving while intoxicated first offense and aggravated driving while intoxicated per se with no priors, both unclassified misdemeanors. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Matthew Derrico, 23 of Catskill, was arrested Jan. 15 at 3:04 a.m. in Ulster and charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance - cocaine, a class D felony and operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol level of .08 first offense and driving while intoxicated first offense, both unclassified misdemeanors.

He was issued an appearance ticket. n Carney P. Christopher, 28 of Purling, was arrested Jan. 14 at 9:29 p.m. in Cairo and charged with criminal mischief with intent to damage property and second-degree criminal contempt, disobeying a court, both class A misdemeanors. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Thomas J. Carpino, 29 of Hunter, was arrested Jan. 15 at 2:10 p.m. in Hunter and charged with reckless endangerment of property, a class B misdemeanor. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Robert J. Klein, 30 of Breezy Point, was arrested Jan. 16 at 3:27 a.m. in Hunter and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol level of .08 first offense and driving while intoxicated first offense, both unclassified misdemeanors.

He was issued an appearance ticket. n Scott Nemeth, 59 of Tannersville, was arrested Jan. 16 at 3:50 p.m. in Tannersville and aggravated driving while intoxicated per se, with a prior, a class E felony and driving while intoxicated first offense, an unclassified misdemeanor. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Shane C. Foster, 43 of Climax, was arrested Jan. 17 at 3:36 p.m. in Coxsackie and charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance - cocaine, a class D felony and seventhdegree criminal possession of a controlled substance and manufacturing drugrelated paraphernalia, both class A misdemeanors. He

was issued an appearance ticket. n John J. Hatch, 39 of Mount Marion, was arrested Jan. 17 at 1:51 p.m. in Catskill and charged with first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, a class E felony and firstdegree operation of a motor vehicle while impaired by drugs, an unclassified misdemeanor. He was issued an appearance ticket. n George M. Bray, 49 of Hudson, was arrested Jan. 18 at 1:12 a.m. in Coxsackie and charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance - cocaine, a class D felony; seventhdegree criminal possession of a controlled substance; manufacture of drug-related paraphernalia and seconddegree criminal use of drug paraphernalia, packaging, all class A misdemeanors. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Angela Graf, 28 of Catskill, was arrested Jan. 18 at 11:28 a.m. in Catskill and charged with an aggravated family offense, a class E felony and criminal mischief with intent to damage property, a class A misdemeanor.

Following arraignment, she was released on her own recognizance. n Mark W. Denton, 23 of Durham, was arrested Jan. at 10:30 p.m. in Greenville and charged with third-degree criminal mischief and aggravated family offense, both class E felonies and third-degree assault, a class A misdemeanor. He is being held. n Beverly J. Cole, 45 of Catskill, was arrested Jan. 19 at 8:23 a.m. in Catskill and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a class A misdemeanor. She is being held. n Brad R. Hapeman, 48 of Hudson, was arrested Jan. 20 at 1:20 a.m. in Catskill and charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance - cocaine, a class D felony and manufacture of drug-related paraphernalia, a class A misdemeanor. He is being held. n Crawford J. Boice, 28 of Ancran, was arrested Jan. 20 at 1:14 a.m. in Catskill and charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance - cocaine, a class D felony and motor vehicle violation, registration suspended and first-degree operation of a motor vehicle while impaired by drugs, both unclassified misdemeanors. Following arraignment, he was released on his own recognizance. n Scarlet Moncion, 33 of Hudson, was arrested Jan. 20 at 4:30 p.m. in Catskill and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol level of .08 first offense and driving while intoxicated first offense, both unclassified misdemeanors.

She was issued an appearance ticket.

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

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

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A sense of purpose over party Read between the lines of Saturday’s distribution of COVID-19 test kits, masks and other supplies in Coxsackie, and you’ll see something unexpected if not extraordinary. Assemblyman Chris Tague, a Republican from Schoharie, was joined by several Greene County lawmakers including two Democrats, Legislator Harry Lennon of Cairo and state Sen. Michelle Hinchey of Saugerties.

Without turning this into a political screed, the COVID supply distribution in Greene County was accomplished by elected officials on both sides of the aisle.

The supplies were handed out at a time when Republicans are derisively thought of as staunchly anti-science or, more radically, seen as convinced that the coronavirus pandemic is a tool of Democratic big-government

ambitions.

However, it’s what this gathering represented that makes it count: A sense of purpose over party.

“We actually had people arriving at 10 a.m. and it wasn’t supposed to start until 11,” Tague said. “But I didn’t want to keep people waiting, so we got started between 10 and 10:30 and we ran out at about 12:50 p.m. We actually had some people come and we weren’t able to give them anything.

But we were able to get their names, phone numbers and addresses and this week we’ll have more supplies and we’ll take care of those folks.”

Lennon said he was optimistic that further distribution events could be held in the county.

“I definitely hope so for Greene County,” Lennon said. “It’s obviously needed.

Each bag had one test kit and one mask. My understanding is the test kits were good for two tests. A lot of the seniors were very thankful to receive these supplies. It was a good community event and it was worth standing out there for two hours-plus in very cold weather.”

The coronavirus exposed serious rifts in the political fabric from localities to the halls of Congress and the Oval Office. At the risk of sounding political again, Saturday’s distribution was a bipartisan effort and it worked. COVID-19 doesn’t play political favorites. The officials in Coxsackie on Saturday didn’t acknowledge that, but they understand the gravity of our situation.

Let us hope they strive to continue their good work — together.

ANOTHER VIEW

Teddy Roosevelt’s legacy, and complexities, are with us still designed by a prominent arBy last week, the time had chitect, is scheduled to open finally come - in fact, it was to the public in 2026. probably well past due - to Roosevelt’s stature should remove the bronze statue not be confused with that of Theodore Roosevelt that of other figures whose likehad stood for 80 years at nesses in bronze and stone the entrance of New York’s have been removed, or American Museum of Natu- pulled down, in recent years. ral History, on Central Park Most of them were heroes West. It was made objection- of the Confederacy - traitors able, as an unmistakably to the United States who colonial paean to white dedicated their lives to a war supremacy, by the accomintended first and foremost panying likenesses of two to preserve slavery. subservient figures on foot, By contrast, Roosevelt’s an African man and a Native legacy was infinitely more American man, that flanked layered, hardly without sin Roosevelt’s heroic figure, but admirable on many mounted in horseback. levels. His list of firsts is imRoosevelt, who did not pressive. Any American who want statues erected in trib- has visited a national park or ute to him, remains among forest has been touched by this country’s most revered one of his signature accompresidents, and among its plishments. He also held most consequential. He was racist views - genocidal, in also flawed. A more felicitous the case of Native Americans site for that statue, to contex- - that were typical for White tualize it along with the 26th Americans of his time. president’s breathtakingly Judging by the library’s rich array of achievements initial publication, a and shortcomings, is among 310-page “story guide” dethe exhibits of a great muse- scribing mission and values, um or library, rather than as it means to tell Roosevelt’s a street-facing figurehead. story inclusively, intent on And that’s where the following Roosevelt’s own monument is headed - to dictum: “To learn anything the new $250 million Theofrom the past it is necessary to know, as near as may be, dore Roosevelt Presidential the exact truth.”

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He was also a man of contradictions. Following his dinner with Washington, he did nothing to advance civil rights. In fact, he pandered to racist southerners by dishonorably discharging 167 Black soldiers in a U.S. Army regiment in Texas, including six Medal of Honor recipients, based on trumped-up charges. He rationalized the United States’ colonial project by invoking what would now be seen as straight-up white power.

The library says it will humanize Roosevelt, not lionize him.

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Pandemic lessons from our nurses A set of commonly asked questions seems to surface every time we begin a new year. What are our goals or intentions for the next trip around the sun? What do we want to take with us from last year? What do we want to leave behind?

While most of us would gladly abandon many of the challenges, there’s no question that we should — and will — carry along the numerous lessons that were a direct result of those difficulties.

When I think about the experiences that taught me the most last year, witnessing the tenacity and perseverance of our nurses and the rest of our team has been among the most impactful.

Like any human services organizations that provide residential, educational, and vocational programs to people with disabilities, Anderson Center for Autism has encountered the kinds of challenges throughout this pandemic that really test the human spirit. From dealing with a less than adequate supply of PPE to managing the ever-changing guidance - and from providing emotional support to families who were unable to see their loved ones in quarantine to building morale for staff members who were working overtime to cover the shifts of sick colleagues, our nurses were especially in unchartered territory that required all of them to dig deep. But they’ve done it.

Day after day, they’ve demonstrated what it means to own your role as a nurse completely and wholeheartedly. Watching each of them courageously face whatever has popped up on any given day has given me all kinds of valuable takeaways that can be applied to every aspect of life. Here are the top 5: Honor the experience of

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PAUL each individual. Our nurses have been there for families who were not able to be with their children for months at a time due to physical distancing requirements.

Nurses communicated with them frequently, listening carefully to what each family member most needed while showing unwavering respect for whatever feelings were being shared.

Don’t underestimate the importance of gratitude. No matter how drained they are, our nurses have always taken the time to energize their colleagues by simply saying “thank you” to one another.

I have seen the exhaustion and sense of overwhelm in one nurse’s eyes as she/he/ they would turn to a colleague and say, “I really appreciate how you helped me out; thank you.” Those moments keep everyone feeling strong, appreciated, and bonded together.

Show up and be truly present. Our nurses have been there, every step of the way not just in body, but in mind and spirit as well. They focus closely on what’s happening and what’s being discussed, they take the time to evaluate and research as needed — and they bring their whole hearts to every exchange.

Remember that we’re all interdependent. Our nurses know the importance of cooperation and collaboration.

They live that out every day, and took that a step further throughout the pandemic,

building partnerships with the local hospital and other agencies so that critical healthcare needs could better be met. By acknowledging how important it is for experts in the community to come together to help one another, they ended up helping those we serve.

Be values-driven. Our nurses always seem to be mindful of the “why” behind everything they do. This has clearly helped them tap into a rich reservoir of resilience, grit, and optimism that has kept them going when many might give up. Our nurses operated with Anderson’s mission driving every decision every day: that of optimizing the quality of life for people with autism. That focus on their mission and their values kept them feeling inspired even on the toughest days, and is yet another life lesson for all of us.

The word “unprecedented” has of course been overused at this point — but it’s probably the only one that captures the magnitude of impact that Covid-19 has had on all of us. Our nurses have quietly and humbly gone about their work in unprecedented ways, imparting great wisdom for all of humanity to collectively embrace.

May we each take a moment to thank our nurses and other healthcare professionals and first responders this year for the meaningful ways they have enriched not only the lives of those they serve, but really, all of us who will put their lessons into practice for decades to come.

Patrick Paul is the CEO/Executive Director of Anderson Center for Autism, located in Staatsburg, whose organizational mission is to “optimize the quality of life for people with autism.” Visit andersoncenterforautism.org

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There must be a better way To the editor: I agree with the writer who made the simple suggestion to have a deputy assigned to watch over the legislators during their meetings. If the legislators decide

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to make this official, I think they open themselves up for more trouble. How many of them currently are licensed to carry? What happens in the next election cycle? If you don’t want to assign a deputy,

assign one gun-toting legislator to sit facing the door during meetings. Maybe rearrange the desks so all of you face the door and stay alert.

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GREENE COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS CLUBS CATSKILL — Some clubs may not have resumed meetings due to COVID-19.

Athens Senior Citizens meet at 1:15 p.m. the second and fourth Monday at Rivertown Senior Center, 39 Second St., Athens, Cairo Golden Agers meet at 1:30 p.m. the second and fourth Wednesday at Acra Community Center, Old Route 23, Cairo.

Catskill Silver Linings meet at 1 p.m. the second Thursday of the Month at the Robert C. Antonelli Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill.

Coxsackie Area Seniors meet at 1 p.m. the second and fourth Wednesday at Van Heest Hall, Bethany Village, Coxsackie.

Senior Citizens of Coxsackie meet at 2 p.m. the first and third Monday at the Town of Coxsackie Senior Center, 127 Mansion St., Coxsackie.

Greenville Golden Agers meet at 1 p.m. the first Wednesday at the American Legion Hall, 54 Maple Ave., Greenville.

Mountain Top Golden Agers meet at 1;30 p.m. the fourth Thursday at Tannersville Fire Hall, Main Avenue, Tannersville.

WAJPL Golden Age Club meet at 1 p.m. the first and third Monday at Windham Town Building, 371 Route 296, Hensonville.

COFFEE KLATCH HUNTER — The Hunter Public Library, 7965 Main St., Hunter, will hold a Coffee

Klatch for those 55 and older 10 a.m.-noon Feb. 8. Light refreshments and coffee and tea are available.

ALZHEIMER’S EDUCATION WEBINARS ALBANY — The Alzheimer’s Association offers community and family education and outreach webinars from the safety of your home. These virtual programs provide high-quality disease and dementia education for those directly affected by the disease. They are free of charge and include topics such as signs of Alzheimer’s disease, diagnosis, communication, living with Alzheimer’s and caregiving techniques.

Each webinar is held live with time for Q&A. Note that all webinars are listed in Eastern Standard Time (EST). RSVP via our our 24/7 Helpline at 800.272.3900 or by contacting Sierra Snoddy at 518-6757214.

Understanding and Responding to Dementia-Related Behaviors noon Jan. 27.

Caregiver tips and strategies to respond to some common behaviors.

Understanding Alzheimer’s & Dementia 2 p.m. Feb. 2.

The basics of Alzheimer’s and dementia including risk factors, treatments, research and Alzheimer’s Association resources.

Healthy Living for Your Brain & Body & Research Update: Presented with MVP Health noon Feb. 7. Learn about research in the areas of diet and nutrition, exercise, cognitive activity and social engagement.

10 Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s 10:30 a.m. Feb. 8.

Program will help you recognize common signs of the disease in yourself and others and next steps to take.

10 Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s: Presented with MVP Health noon Feb. 14.

Program will help you recognize common signs of the

disease in yourself and others and next steps to take.

Research Update noon Feb. 16. The basics of Alzheimer’s and dementia including risk factors, treatments, research and Alzheimer’s Association resources.

Healthy Living for Your Brain & Body noon Feb. 22.

Learn about research in the areas of diet and nutrition, exercise, cognitive activity and social engagement.

Legal & Financial Planning 2 p.m. Feb. 24. This workshop is ideal for anyone who would like to know more about what legal and financial issues to consider when facing dementia and how to put plans in place.

10 Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s 10 a.m. March 3.

Program will help you recognize common signs of the disease in yourself and others and next steps to take.

Meaningful Engagement, Activities at Home 2 p.m.

March 15. Discuss the social needs of people with dementia and how to meet those needs.

Understanding and Responding to Dementia-Related Behaviors 3 p.m. March 23.

Caregiver tips and strategies to respond to some common behaviors.

Effective Communication Strategies noon March 29.

How Alzheimer’s and other dementias affect an individual’s ability to communicate.

REMINDER: Early Alzheimer’s Support & Education (EASE) - Virtual Program meets 10 a.m.-noon Thursdays beginning March 24 through May 12. EASE is an 8-week interactive learning program for people with early stage memory loss and their care partners. Registration and a pre-screening is required.

RSVP via the 24/7 Helpline at 800.272.3900 or by contacting Sierra Snoddy at 518-6757214.

Senior Menu CATSKILL — The following is the weekly nutrition menu offered by Greene County Department of Human Services’ Senior Nutrition Program. Served daily with each meal are: Bread or alternative (roll, bun, etc.) with Promise Spread and low-fat milk. Tartar sauce is served with fish meals.

Menu is subject to change based on product availability and circumstance.

The menu will be the meal that is delivered to all Greene County homebound meal clients.

All persons 60 and older can receive a meal. The suggested donation for each meal is $4. Those wishing to receive a meal are required to call the respective location at least a day in advance.

Rivertown Senior Center, 39 Second St., Athens, 945-2700.

Senior Service Centers: Acra: Acra Community Center, Old Route 23B, Cairo 622-9898.

Jewett: Jewett Municipal Building, Route 23C, Jewett, 263-4392.

If you wish to pick-up a lunch at the Robert Antonelli Senior Center in Catskill call at least a day in advance, the Rivertown Senior Center to reserve.

FRIDAY: American goulash, spinach, tossed salad, fresh fruit.

MONDAY: Beef chili, California vegetable mix, brown rice, peanut butter cookies.

TUESDAY: Chicken Dijon, mashed potatoes, broccoli, pears.

WEDNESDAY: Seafood Florentine, sauteed mixed vegetables, green beans, white rice, rice pudding with raisins.

FEB. 2 THROUGH FEB. 9 WEDNESDAY: Seafood Florentine, sauteed mixed vegetables, green beans, white rice, rice pudding with raisins.

THURSDAY: Ravioli marinara with meatballs, Italian mixed vegetables, spinach, fresh fruit.

FRIDAY: Chicken and biscuits with gravy, peas and carrots, mashed potatoes, fresh fruit.

MONDAY: Sloppy joes, cauliflower and broccoli medley, potato salad, tropical fruit.

TUESDAY: Baked salmon with dill sauce, peas and carrots, tomato juice, brown rice pilaf, chocolate chip banana bread.

WEDNESDAY: Roast pork with gravy, applesauce, braised cabbage, spiced apple rings.

JAN. 26 THROUGH FEB. 2

FEB. 9 THROUGH FEB. 16

WEDNESDAY: Sweet and sour chicken, green beans, pineapple, white rice, mandarin oranges.

THURSDAY: Roasted chicken quarters with gravy, Monaco vegetable mix, mashed potatoes, fresh fruit.

WEDNESDAY: Roast pork with gravy, applesauce, braised cabbage, spiced apple rings.

THURSDAY: Meatloaf with gravy, mashed potatoes, carrot coins, chocolate mousse, mixed berries.

FRIDAY: Macaroni

and cheese, 3 bean salad, stewed tomatoes, fresh fruit.

MONDAY: Chicken divan, Monaco vegetable mix, white rice, mandarin oranges.

TUESDAY: Taco Tuesday, corn, tomatoes and beans, Spanish rice, chocolate birthday cupcakes.

WEDNESDAY: Pork chop with gravy, applesauce, sweet potatoes, green beans, banana mousse.

FEB. 16 THROUGH FEB. 23 WEDNESDAY: Pork chop with gravy, applesauce, sweet potatoes, green beans, banana mousse.

THURSDAY: Vegetable lasagna with white sauce, garden salad, Italian vegetables, brownie.

FRIDAY: Hungarian goulash, mixed vegetables, egg noodles, fresh fruit.

MONDAY: Closed.

TUESDAY: Barbecue chicken thighs, baked beans, collard greens, pineapple chunks.

WEDNESDAY: Seafood scampi, linguini, spinach, wax beans, cookies.

FEB. 23 THROUGH FEB. 28 WEDNESDAY: Seafood scampi, linguini, spinach, wax beans, cookies.

THURSDAY: Chicken Parmesan with penne, tossed salad, green beans, chocolate mousse.

FRIDAY: Beer battered fish, Monaco vegetable mix, rice pilaf, fresh fruit.

MONDAY: Baked manicotti, sausage, green beans, Italian mixed vegetables, pears.

Is my analysis of my wife’s Social Security correct?

By Russell Gloor, National Social Security Advisor at the AMAC Foundation

SOCIAL SECURITY MATTERS

For Columbia-Greene Media

Dear Rusty: I am 63 and my wife is exactly 4 ½ years younger than me to the day. I plan to file for Social Security when I turn 70. My earnings history is considerably higher than my wife’s. I talked with a person at the local Social Security office, and she suggested that my wife file at 62 based on her own record then convert to her spousal benefit when I file at age 70. However, from what I can tell, if she files before her FRA of 67, not only will she get less based on her own record, but she will also receive less for her spousal benefit, as well as her survivor benefit if I die before her (which is statistically likely).

Is my analysis correct?

Signed: Planning Ahead Dear Planning: Your analysis is correct regarding your wife’s spousal benefit while you are both living, but incorrect regarding her survivor benefit if you die first. Here’s why: If your wife takes her personal Social Security (SS) retirement benefit at age 62, she’ll get 70% of what she would get if she waited until her FRA of 67 to claim. That amount is permanent (except for COLA), and it is what her “spousal boost” will be added to when she takes her spouse benefit (when you claim). In the scenario you mention, in addition to your wife’s own benefit being reduced by 30% for claiming at 62, since she will not yet have reached her FRA of 67 when she takes her spouse benefit from you her “spousal boost” will be reduced as well. So, claiming at 62 not only reduces

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GLOOR her personal benefit it also means she’ll get less than 50% of your FRA benefit amount when you claim (FRA amounts are used to compute spouse benefits, regardless of the age benefits are claimed).

All of which means her spousal benefit will be considerably less.

That isn’t necessarily an unacceptable strategy unless she is working, in which case she’ll be subject to an earnings limit which will either reduce how much Social Security will pay her while she’s working or, if her earnings are high enough, eliminate her eligibility for any benefit until she stops working. The earnings limit changes yearly but for 2022 it will be $19,560 and if that is exceeded, they will take away benefits equal to $1 for every $2 she is over the limit. There is no longer an earnings limit when your wife reaches her FRA so your wife’s plans for working should be factored into her decision on when to claim.

In any case, you should look at your overall benefit opportunity as a couple to see when your wife should claim, and life expectancy should always be factored into your thinking. If your wife expects to live a long life (and does), waiting until her FRA to claim her own SS will maximize her

monthly benefit (including her spouse benefit) for the rest of her life. If her life expectancy is less optimistic, claiming earlier has much merit. Just for reference, a woman your wife’s age, statistically, will live to an average age of 87.

Regardless of when your wife claims her own benefit or her spousal benefit while you are both living, her benefit as your widow will not be affected. What affects her survivor benefit is her age when she claims it. If she has reached her full retirement age when she claims her widow’s benefit, she’ll get 100% of the benefit you were receiving when you died instead of the smaller benefit she was previously getting. If she hasn’t yet reached her FRA when she claims her widow’s benefit, then it will be actuarially reduced by a fraction of a percent for each month earlier than her FRA she claims it.

Be aware too that even if your wife hasn’t reached her FRA when you die, she can choose to delay claiming her survivor benefit until it reaches maximum at her FRA. This article is intended for information purposes only and does not represent legal or financial guidance. It presents the opinions and interpretations of the AMAC Foundation’s staff, trained and accredited by the National Social Security Association (NSSA).

NSSA and the AMAC Foundation and its staff are not affiliated with or endorsed by the Social Security Administration or any other governmental entity. To submit a question, visit our website (amacfoundation.org/programs/social-security-advisory) or email us at ssadvisor@amacfoundation.org.

Nominations open for 2022 Greene County Senior Citizen awards CATSKILL — The Advisory Council to the Greene County Department for the Aging (Human Services), announces that nominations are being accepted for the Greene County Senior Citizen Awards. The two awards, presented annually, are Senior Citizen of the Year and Outstanding Contribution by a Senior Citizen. The purpose of the awards is to recognize the outstanding achievements of senior citizens who have volunteered their time and energy to help other people, their communities, and/ or special projects. The dedication of these volunteers help to make Greene County a better place for all of us.

The individuals chosen on the county level will then represent Greene County for recognition for New York State awards. Recently, the New York State Office for the Aging (NYSOFA) celebrated Older New Yorkers’ Day virtually, recognizing 87 volunteers from across the state who demonstrate their extraordinary value every day to their family, friends, and community. The celebration traditionally takes place each year in May in Albany; however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year it was premiered as a virtual event in November.

Any Greene County resident, age 60 or older, can be

nominated for these awards.

Achievements must be voluntary in nature; performed in Greene County and not part of paid employment.

Past award winners may be nominated only if seven or more years have passed since last recognized.

If you know someone who deserves this recognition, contact the Greene County Department of Human Services at 518-719-3555 for an official nomination form.

Incomplete forms will not be considered as eligible. Any inquiries for further information may also be directed to the department. Deadline for entries is Jan. 28, 2022.

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Randy Glen Bowen Sr. May 22, 1963 - January 22, 2022 Millbrook - Randy Glen Bowen Sr. entered into the Kingdom of God in the early morning of January 22, 2022.

Randy was born in the Bronx NY on May 22, 1963, to Marjorie Chapman and Alvin Bowen, both deceased. His family moved to Dutchess County, where he grew up. He married the love of his life Cindy in 1992 and would have celebrated their 30th anniversary this August. Randy’s greatest joy was God and his family. He loved nothing more than to just spend time with those he loved. He had an infectious smile that was bright and enveloped those around him in love.

Randy is survived by his wife Cindy Bowen, his sons, Randy Bowen Jr. and James Davis and daughter-in-law Allison Davis; brothers Todd Bowen and Tom Bowen and sisters Margie Ferares and Laurie Harrison; grandchildren Makenna, Payton, Lauren, Madilyn, and Novalee; as well as several nieces and nephews.

Calling hours will be held at the Peck & Peck Funeral Home, 7749 S. Main St., Pine Plains, on Thursday January 27 from 2 – 4 pm and 6 – 8 pm.

Funeral Services will be held at the funeral home on Friday the 28th at 11 am.

Burial will follow in Evergreen Cemetery, Pine Plains.

Isaiah 41:10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

To send an online condolence, please visit www.peckandpeck.net

Michael R. (Pop) Klima April 07, 1935 - January 20, 2022 Michael R. (Pop) Klima died on January 20, 2022, in Ghent, New York. Born in Hudson, New York on April 07, 1935, he was predeceased by his parents Joseph and Helen Klima. He was also predeceased by his brothers, Joseph Klima, and Billy Klima, and sisters, Myrtle Gaylord, and Carol Nimmons. He is survived by his sisters Winnie (Clarence) Speed, and Mary Graziano. He was predeceased by the “love of his life,” Robin Hamm Klima. He raised his family with her in Philmont, New York.

He had four children, Michael, Scott (Patricia), Jeffrey, Jennifer (Keith) MacTavish. He had eight grandchildren, Jeffrey, Kristopher, Michael, Alexsis (Elson), Ashley (Alex), Keegan, and Brian (Bridget). He was predeceased by his granddaughter, Savannah. He also had great grandchildren. He met his newest great grandson, Max, prior to his recent illness.

He worked for Mabey’s Moving & Storage and enjoyed working for the Mabey family. He was a Navy veteran and a member of the Greenville American Legion Post 291. He always enjoyed his vacations to Disney World with his wife and decorating for Christmas.

There was never a branch on the Christmas tree that did not have an ornament.

After an illness thirteen years ago, he moved to live with his daughter in Greenville, New York. He spent his time there with his constant companion, his dog Hope. He enjoyed taking her for walks to the park and sitting outside on sunny days waving at neighbors as they passed by.

If you would like to make a charitable contribution in Mike’s memory, please make a check payable to the Karma Fund (fund for unexpected expenses for pet owners). Please mail checks to the Delmar Animal Hospital, 910 Delaware Avenue, Delmar, NY 12054.

The family would like to thank the Albany County EMS, nurses and support staff at Albany Medical Center and Whittier Nursing Facility for their compassionate care.

There are no calling hours. Services will be announced later this spring, to be held at the Mellenville Union Cemetery. To leave online condolences visit :www.saccofuneralhome.com

Teri Traver April 5, 1951 - January 12, 2022 Mrs. Teri “Teresa” Fournier Traver, age 70, Jonesborough, passed away Wednesday, January 12, 2022, at her residence.

Mrs. Traver was born in Willimantic, Connecticut, on April 5, 1951, to Richard & Margaret Poirier Fournier.

She retired from the US Postal Service and was a Mail Carrier in Duchess County, NY. She was a member of Rural Letter Carriers Association. She loved to farm and garden.

In addition to her mother, Margaret, survivors include her husband, Vincent Traver, Jr.; children, Michael McCarthy, Angela McCarthy-Amelio and Luke McCarthy; four grandchildren, Cody McCarthy, Micaela Amelio, Cahlyn Amelio and Evan McCarthy; sisters, Lucille Fournier Kropat, Deniese Fournier Rice and Annette Fournier.

The family will receive friends from 5:00-7:00 pm Thursday, January 27, 2022, at Dillow-Taylor Funeral Home.

A Celebration of Life will be held in May in Hillsdale, New York.

Condolences may be sent to the Traver family online at www. dillow-taylor.com.

Dillow-Taylor Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Jonesborough, 423-753-3821

Peter D. Low

Michael John Siciliano

March 4, 1969 - January 24, 2022

December 15, 2021

Peter D. Low, age 52 years, passed away on January 24, 2022, at St. Peter’s Hospital, Albany, N.Y. He was born on March 4, 1969, in Catskill, N.Y. and is the son of Peter J. Low, Jr. of Cairo, and the late Barbara (Goodrich) Low. Besides his father, Peter is survived by his uncles Ray and Danny Low, cousins Nadine and Stephanie, and his second cousins Michael, Matthew and Gina.

Peter is predeceased by his mother Barbara, paternal grandparents Peter Sr. and May Low and his maternal grandparents Donald and Jennie Goodrich.

Peter was a graduate of Cairo-Durham High School, and attended SUNY Plattsburgh. At one time Peter was employed as a produce worker at Great American and Price Chopper. He loved photography, the outdoors, kayaking and he also collected H.O. trains.

Visitation will be held at Richards Funeral Home, 29 Bross Street, Cairo, N.Y. on Friday, January 28, 2022 from 10:00 A.M. – 11:00 A.M. , with funeral services at the funeral home at 11:00 A.M. Wearing of face masks will be required at all times while at the funeral home, regardless of vaccination status, in accordance with Covid19 guidelines for everyone’s safety.

Interment will follow at St. Patrick’s Cemetery, Catskill, N.Y. Condolences may be made at www.richardsfuneralhomeinc.net/

ATHENS- Michael John Siciliano, 73, of Athens passed away peacefully on December 15, 2021, when hearts were broken and tears were shed as heaven gained a new angel.

A man of many talents who enjoyed making people smile and playing music in the many bands he belonged to, will be remembered for his larger than life spirit, travel stories and humor. He was an accomplished accordion and piano player, and 20 plus year senior mortgage originator for Homestead Funding Corp.

He is predeceased by his mother, father and sister.

Survivors include his three sons Michael, Dominic, and Spencer Siciliano, his grandson Brayden, as well as his wife Maria, and her two children Robert and Francesca Piano. Michael is also survived by his brother Anthony Siciliano and his sister Karen Tummillo Bixler.

A memorial gathering will take place at Richard’s Funeral Home, 26 N Vernon St. Athens on January 28 from 4-6 p.m. Due to the recent COVID mandates, masks are required to be worn at all times in the funeral home, regardless of vaccination status as well as 35-40 people will only be allowed inside the funeral home at one time during the gathering.

Graveside services and a celebration of life will take place in the late spring or the early summer of 2022 at the family plot of The Athens Rural Cemetery, Athens, N.Y, and will be announced. Please watch the funeral home website for updates.

Online condolences may be offered to the family at www.richardsfuneralhomeinc.net

Judge strikes down mask mandate, but it’s still in effect in schools

By Dale Anderson The Buffalo News,N.Y./TNS

A State Supreme Court justice on Long Island ruled Monday that New York State’s mask mandate is null and void — but in schools, little will change.

The State Education Department sent a message to school districts statewide Monday night declaring that they must continue to enforce the mask rule.

Justice Thomas Rademacher declared Monday in a state courtroom in Nassau County that the order last month by State Health Commissioner Dr. Mary T. Bassett requiring face coverings in public places violated the State Administrative Procedure Act, which the Legislature enacted in March in response to the measures taken by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo after he declared a disaster emergency in the early days of the pandemic in 2020.

“While the intentions of Commissioner Bassett and Gov. (Kathy) Hochul appear to be well aimed squarely at doing what they believe is right to protect the citizens of New York State, they must take their case to the State Legislature,” Rademacher wrote.

The judge was clear in noting that his ruling was based on the legalities of the situation, and should not be interpreted as casting doubt on whether masks help stop the spread of Covid-19.

The ruling does not preclude private businesses from requiring people to wear masks.

Nor, apparently, does it affect schools. The State Education Department officials, in their message, stated that the mask order is “the subject of conflicting decisions” and cited a recent ruling by Albany County Supreme Court upholding the mandate.

“It is SED’s understanding that the Department of Health will appeal the Nassau County Supreme Court decision,” the message stated, “which will result in an automatic stay that will unambiguously restore the mask rule until such time as an appellate court issues a further rule.”

No such stay was issued

by Judge Rademaker in striking down the mandate Monday, though an appeals court could stay the lower court’s ruling and put the mandate back into effect while the case is litigated.

Hochul expressed her displeasure with the decision in a statement Monday night.

“My responsibility as governor is to protect New Yorkers throughout this public health crisis, and these measures help prevent the spread of Covid-19 and save lives,” Hochul said. “We strongly

disagree with this ruling, and we are pursuing every option to reverse this immediately.”

Earlier in the day, prior to the judge’s decision, Hochul told the Editorial Board of The Buffalo News that she was optimistic that Covid-19 infections were on the decline, and that if the state continued in that direction, she would rescind the mask mandate voluntarily.

“I look forward to the day of rolling these back, I truly do,” she said in a virtual meeting with editors and reporters of The News. “But I can’t sit here today and say I have a number where magic is going to happen.

“I don’t think it’s too many more weeks out in the future, maybe a few more months, I’m not sure. But there will come a time.”

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People wear masks at an indoor mall in The Oculus in lower Manhattan on the day a mask mandate went into effect in New York on Monday, Dec. 13, 2021, in New York City.

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He taught me to be unapologetically me, and to never hide my big personality. He encouraged my creativity no matter what and was my biggest supporter. In sports and competition, he always believed in me, even when I would start to doubt myself.

He taught me that I could achieve anything, and be whoever I wanted, without fail. He helped me to become the best person I could be and taught me the most valuable lessons of life.

He was the light of the room and brought everyone together, always prioritizing family and his faith.

He taught me that life is precious… and that you should hold onto the ones you love as tight as you can, because you never know when they will be taken from you.

He was our beloved father, cousin, uncle, nephew, brother, son and friend.

If he were here now, he’d want us to rejoice in his memory rather than grieve over his loss.

Not a day goes by that we don’t think of you! The world became a little less bright the day you left us, but your love for family, friends and God will carry on in the people you impacted throughout your short yet beautiful journey here on earth. We know you are ALWAYS with us every day watching over us and protecting us. You will forever be in our hearts and our memories.

A place in our hearts - Lives on in heaven.

Until we see you again! Watch over us and continue to be our Guardian Angel.

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A sketch of Kaats’-Kill

By Jonathan Palmer, Greene County Historian For Columbia-Greene Media

I’ve been off to a halting start with columns this year, but this week I couldn’t pass up featuring an image that I had to dig up and scan last week for a publication request. The image was the frontispiece of the September 1797 edition of the NewYork Magazine, or Literary Repository and was accompanied by a short paragraph which I’ve taken the liberty to include here: “The plate annexed represents a view of Kaats’ Kill, in the state of New-York, on the west side of Hudson’s River, about 130 miles north of the city of New-York. This village contains nearly one hundred houses and stores, and is in a thriving condition. It has the advantage of a considerable extent of back country, which is rapidly settling by an industrious set of people. Vessels of 80 or 90 tons approach it from the Hudson through a creek. —The mountains in this vicinity, known by the name of the Kaats’ Kill Mountains, make a majestic appearance, and, it is said, furnish many things for the gratification of the curious.”

New-York Magazine, Sept.

1797.

There is of course a considerable amount to address even in this simple woodcut.

Top on my list is the “controversy” concerning the composition of the engraving itself. In Field Horne’s 1994 book The Greene County Catskills: A History this image is included and captioned as showing Catskill, but the caption further states that it was engraved in reverse — hence the community being located on the “wrong” side of the creek. This is incorrect and assumes the image shows Catskill from the east bank of the Hudson River.

As the excerpt above insinuates, Catskill Landing (the village hadn’t been incorporated yet) was not visible from the Hudson because it was farther up Catskill Creek and hidden from the river by a bluff. Within a decade of this engraving’s publication the long dock and wharf we know now as Catskill Point would be constructed for several businessmen in the community, but even in the 1820s observers remarked that aside from the long dock and steamboat landing little

IMAGE COURTESY OF THE VEDDER RESEARCH LIBRARY

Sketch of The Town of Kaats’-Kill, Hudson’s River” from the September 1797 edition of the New-York Magazine, or Literary Repository.

of the Village proper was visible from the Hudson. It is more or less still the same way today.

Instead of showing Catskill from the other side of the river, this engraving actually shows Catskill from the opposite side of the creek. The landing for “vessels of 80 or 90 tons” described in the excerpt was at that time in the vicinity of modern Catskill Marina at the foot of Green Street below Main. The community grew up initially in that vicinity before spreading further along Main Street.

To understand the vantage imagine the artist standing somewhere along the stretch of West Main Street between Creekside Restaurant and the garage and office of the Greene County Highway Department. The artist used some license to compose a birds-eye view, but recognizable features include the hop-o-nose rock at the right of the engraving, the central bluff where the Prospect Park Hotel once stood and where the Friary is today, and the mysterious building that looks like a church but is actually the old Academy.

The latter building appears on maps of the Village from the 1790s as standing above Main Street but below the crest of the bluff.

For all of you on the Mountaintop the excerpt which accompanied this image should be of considerable interest. The image and excerpt were published during an intersectional period when the name of the Catskill Mountains was still in flux.

There are maps published right up to the end of the 18th century which use “The Blue Hills” when referring to the Mountains, and this article calling them the “Kaats’ Kill

Mountains” foreshadows the “Catskill Mountains” which would become their popular and official name.

Equally interesting is the editor’s final remark stating that the Mountains offered both a “majestic appearance” and “many things for the gratification of the curious.” The industrious people he spoke of as settlers in the backcountry were not the sort seeking pretty sights and relaxing getaways — what I mean to say is that the first settlers on the Mountaintop would probably have called the Catskill Mountains “inconvenient” rather than “majestic” and found the rocky soil and thick timberland anything but a “gratification for the curious.” If you do not want to take my word for this I implore you to try running a furrow anywhere in the Catskills and report back to me on the experience. All this is to say that the editor of the New-York Magazine, four years prior to the birth of Thomas Cole, was already sensitive to an alternative value in the scenery of the Catskill Mountains.

Rather than being a place where profit only existed in lumbering, tanneries, and farming, the editor alludes to intrinsic value in the appearance of the place itself.

Whether the writer ever lived to see his point proven is unknown, but within a century the biggest industry in the Catskill Mountains would be selling the region’s majestic appearance and gratifying the curious.

Questions and comments can be directed to Jon via archivist@ gchistory.org, and he would prefer you didn’t actually try to hitch up a plow and test his theory about the rocky soil.

Darius Rucker

As a songwriter and singer, I have the privilege of sharing my thoughts and words through music. That honor comes from having freedom of speech, a promise made to everyone in the United States which we must continue to uphold.

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Bank of Greene County announces appointment of new advisory board member and board retirement CATSKILL — Donald E. Gibson, President & CEO and Paul Slutzky, Chairman of the Board of the Bank of Greene County announce the appointment of Kendra Hart to the Bank of Greene County Advisory Board, and the retirement of Eric Hannay, who has served on the Advisory Board since 2012.

The Bank’s advisory board is comprised of community leaders, and provides the Bank of Greene County Board of Directors with insight into the financial needs of Hudson Valley and Capital Region communities.

Gibson said, “We are very pleased to welcome Kendra to our Advisory Board. She brings a wealth of experience in her field, and we look forward to her unique perspective and insight.” Gibson further stated “we want to thank Eric Hannay for his years of dedicated service on our Advisory Board, and wish him well.”

Hart is the president of Martin Electric, an electrical contracting company based in Rensselaer. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in accounting from Bentley University and earned her City of Albany Master’s Electrician License. She also holds her OSHA30 certificate, and

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Pictured from the left are Don Gibson, Kendra Hart and Paul Slutzky.

was awarded the Albany Business Review’s 40 Under 40 Award in 2017.

Headquartered in Catskill, the Bank of Greene County is the only locally based

bank with offices in Ulster, Greene, Columbia and Albany counties and has served the Hudson Valley and Capital Region for more than 130 years.

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JAN. 27 ALBANY — Cornell Cooperative Extension Albany County will host Cast Iron Cooking 6-7:15 p.m. Jan. 27 via Zoom. Explore the versatility of cooking with cast iron.

These reliable and long-lasting kitchen tools can be used on stovetops or your grill, in your oven or on an open fire.

We will discuss how to season them and preserve them for using for years to come. Cooking demonstrations of how to bake a Shepherd’s pie in a skillet, a delicious stew in a Dutch oven and an apple crisp will be shared, along with several more recipes you can try to make at home. Email Karen at kem18@cornell.edu or call and leave a message at the office at 518-765-3552. Registration is required at the following link: https://cornell. zoom.us/meeting/register/ tJIrcu2oqzsjEtzpcThEPHc8PCYCMOCZQQui After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

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. 11 LEXINGTON — The annual TGIF (Thank Goodness It’s Friday) Brooks’ Chicken Barbecue will be held 3-6 p.m.

Feb. 11 at the Lexington/West Kill UMC in Lexington. This is take out only and dinners are $12; children 5-10 years are $5; chicken halves are $7. Dinners include half a chicken,

baked potato, green beans, coleslaw, roll and cupcake.

Purchasing your tickets in advance is greatly appreciated.

Most parishioners will have tickets for your convenience.

Tickets will be available at the door until sold out. You may call JoEllen at 518-989-6568 until noon the day of the BBQ, Feb. 11, to pre-order.

DELMAR — Q.U.I.L.T. Inc. is a not-for-profit guild of quilters interested in learning about the art of making quilts. 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. At the February 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 our Favorite Quilting Tools, Gadgets & Gizmos, and Hacks. An Open Sew on Zoom follows the meeting.

Preregistration is required on the Q.U.I.L.T. Inc. website https://www.quiltinc.org/ to receive the Zoom link.

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 518-488-0240.

FEB. 23 ALBANY — Cornell Cooperatieve Extension of Albany presents Winter One-Pot Comfort Foods 6-7 p.m. Feb. 23 via Zoom. The program is free. What is better on a cold winter day than a steaming hot, delicious soup or stew for dinner? A recipe will be shared ahead of time so that you can cook along with Karen in a Dutch oven, crock pot or electric pressure cooker.

Registration is required at https://cornell.zoom.us/ meeting/register. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Contact Karen Roberts Mort from CCE Albany County by email kem18@cornell.edu or leave a message at 518-765-3552, if you have questions.

MARCH 12 TROY — Cornell Cooperative Extension of Rensselaer County will hold its 24th annual “Spring Garden Day” virtually on March 12. Using Zoom, the cloud-based video communications format, we’ll have a webinar-type program from 9:45 a.m.-noon.

Garden designer, consultant and writer Robert Clyde Anderson will discuss how to revolutionize your garden in his talk, “Perennial Planting The New Wave Way.” For friends of trees and shrubs, Fred Breglia, Executive Director of the Landis Arboretum, will talk about “Promoting Plant Health Through Proper Pruning.” A great selection of garden-related door prizes will be given away. You’ll need to download the free Zoom app to participate. For registration information, visit http://ccerensselaer.org/ or contact Cornell Cooperative Extension at 518-272-4210 or mmp74@cornell.edu.

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Local group holds youth New York State Summer video contest about impact School of the Arts to offer of smoking in movies a scholarship program HUDSON — Tobacco-Free Action of Columbia & Greene Counties invites youth ages 13-18 to participate in a contest aimed at shining a spotlight on the tobacco industry’s use of smoking imagery on screen to normalize and glamorize tobacco use. The statewide winning video will be highlighted on the Reality Check and Tobacco-Free NY websites and promoted through social media.

“It is projected that onscreen smoking will kill two million U.S. children and teens alive today,” said Kristina Donders, Reality Check Youth Ambassador of the Year for 2021. “This is a campaign that saves lives. We are looking forward to seeing what youth have to say about this in their videos.”

Tobacco-Free Action Youth Engagement Coordinator Bryan Zimmerman said: “I think most teens tragically underestimate how powerful and distinct their voices are—to audiences of all ages. We hope that this 60-second-video format is a project that youth approach as a fun challenge, and

an opportunity to learn skills that they can take anywhere and everywhere.”

Teens throughout the region and the state are challenged to create a 60-second video exposing the tobacco industry’s manipulative tactics within the entertainment industry. Tobacco imagery is used to promote and glamorize smoking and e-cigarette use. Judging will be based on quality, creativity and effectiveness, and accuracy of messages. Each video must have the following key facts and a minimum of one key statement from the following:

KEY FACTS: 1. Youth who are exposed to images of smoking in movies are more likely to smoke. (US Surgeon General) 2. It is projected that onscreen smoking will kill two million U.S. children and teens alive today. (US Center for Disease Control) 3. R-rating future movies with smoking would reduce the youth smoking rate in the United States by 18%. (US Center for Disease Control)

KEY STATEMENTS: One little letter could save a million lives. Rate smoking R. Protect youth from onscreen exposure to tobacco.

Smoking in movies kills in real life.

Video submissions are due March 9, 2022. One video will be recognized as the statewide winner. This video will live on www.realitycheckofny. com and highlight the issue through the lens of New York State youth. Four regional winning videos will also be awarded and recognized at the regional level. All winners will be announced on March 27, 2022 as part of the SmokeFree Movies International Week of Action. All awards will be recognized at regional press events and promoted through local media outlets.

All youth participating in the contest will receive a Reality Check Swag Bag. For complete contest rules and to submit entries, visit www.realitycheckofny.com. For questions specific to the contest, email tobaccofree@cvfamilycenter. org.

GROWMARK Foundation announces 2022 agricultural scholarship program BLOOMINGTON, Illinois — The GROWMARK Foundation is once again offering a $1,500 scholarship program for students in the United States and Ontario, Canada, pursing two- or four-year degrees or trade school certification in an agriculture-related field.

“As our business has grown and evolved, we saw a need toprovide a scholarship to students throughout the United States and Ontario, in addition to the scholarship programs already established in our core

geography,” said Amy Bradford, GROWMARK corporate communications manager and GROWMARK Foundation manager. “GROWMARK and the FS member cooperatives are strong supporters of youth leadership education and this is one more way we can contribute to the future of agriculture.”

Applicants must complete an online application which includes academic information, community service and leadership activities, and

essay questions regarding agriculture and cooperatives.

Applications will be judged by a panel of agribusiness professionals.

High school seniors or students at any level of higher education may complete the application, which can be found at https://www.growmark. com/about-us/corporatecommitments.

Applications are due by midnight Central Time on April 14, 2022 and recipients will be notified by July 1, 2022.

SUNY Delhi announces Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Communication DELHI — SUNY Delhi announces the launch of a unique new bachelor’s degree in Applied Communication, open now for Fall 2022 enrollment. The 4-year program is designed to equip students with the relevant hands-on skills employers look for in today’s diverse field of communications. With a broad, interdisciplinary approach, the curriculum includes courses in communication, arts, business, and computer information technologies.

“What sets SUNY Delhi’s applied communication degree apart from similar degrees is our focus on applying theory to practical, real-world situations through hands-on exercises and internships,” says Dr. Joseph Piasek, associate

professor at SUNY Delhi and media professional with a decades-long career in the industry. “Our students will learn to communicate effectively in oral, written, and multimedia modes to create and apply communication solutions to diverse tasks and challenges.”

The Applied Communication program allows students to choose from two tracks: a rhetorical track focusing on writing, creative content development, and professional communication, and an organizational track focusing on communication systems within a business or industry.

Graduates will be prepared to enter the workforce directly or pursue further education in disciplines such as media, creative arts, law, or engineering.

Career opportunities for graduates include jobs in marketing and public relations, digital media content creation, journalism, and industryspecific communications. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment in media and communication occupations is expected to grow faster than average through 2030, resulting in over 150,000 new jobs. The demand for these occupations is arising from the need to create, edit, translate, and disseminate accurate information through a variety of platforms.

For more information or to apply, please visit www.delhi. edu or contact SUNY Delhi Admissions at enroll@delhi.edu or 607-746-4550.

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ALBANY — The New York State Summer School of the Arts (NYSSSA) will offer a total of $150,000 in scholarship opportunities for high school students to attend other regional summer arts programs for summer 2022, the State Education Department announced. Students can apply for a scholarship through May 1st via an online application on the NYSSSA website.

“We are excited to offer this new scholarship program for students interested in the arts,” said Board of Regents Chancellor Lester W. Young Jr. “The Regents believe that every student should have the opportunity to actively participate in arts education.

This scholarship program will allow students from all socioeconomic backgrounds to connect with the arts via summer programs that may have previously posed a financial challenge to their families.”

“Arts education can change a student’s life, and this new scholarship program will break down financial barriers that may prohibit students

from attending summer arts programs,” said State Education Commissioner Betty A. Rosa. “NYSSSA staff and faculty continue to evolve NYSSSA programming to adapt to challenges caused by the ongoing pandemic. I look forward to the success of this new scholarship program.”

The goal of the scholarship program is to promote access and equity to arts education by providing needbased grants to low-income students pursuing summer opportunities. The scholarship application will evaluate financial need and will not include an audition or portfolio component.

To be eligible to apply, students must be entering 6th– 12th grade in fall 2022, live in New York state, and select a New York State-based summer arts program including music, theatre, dance, creative writing, fine arts, design, and more. Individual grants will range from $250 - $5,000 depending on financial need; grant amounts will pay up to 90 percent of the program cost. If more applications

are received than available funding, scholarships will be awarded based on the most financial need.

NYSSSA offered programming virtually in summers 2020 and 2021. No virtual or in-person NYSSSA program will be offered in summer 2022 because of several factors, including fiscal challenges and virtual format fatigue. In its 2022-2023 NonState Aid Budget and Legislative Priorities, the Board of Regents included a $2 million annual request for new state funding to ensure NYSSSA continues to be available to New York students in 20232024 and beyond.

NYSSSA is a program of the State Education Department and Office of Cultural Education. NYSSSA serves an important need to foster and enhance the artistic abilities of the state’s most gifted young artists regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender expression, or economic status. More information can be found on the NYSSSA website.

Tops honors Black History Month with second annual contest for grades 3-5 WILLIAMSVILLE - Tops Friendly Markets, a leading full-service grocery retailer in New York, northern Pennsylvania and Vermont, once again announces a unique opportunity for students in grades 3-5 grade to shine.

February is Black History Month and for more than three decades Tops has been proud to salute and educate the community about those who have accomplished remarkable achievements in their lifetime. Now it is your turn as the youth of America to honor those in your own lives whom you admire

most who are of African American descent, your mom, pastor, coach, even your big brother.

Submit a paragraph, or more, by Feb. 18, describing why they are someone you look up to for a chance to win not only $100 for your school, but a $50 Tops gift card for yourself so that you can treat your family, or the person nominated, to a special dinner and dessert.

“Tops has been dedicated to educating the community about Black History Month for the past three decades, and last year we were overwhelmed by

the heartfelt essays we received that we thought we’d once again encourage the youth of our community to share with us whom they admire,” said Kathy Sautter, public and media relations manager for Tops. “We hope that area teachers and afterschool programs embrace this unique opportunity with their students.” For more details on the contest, please visit http:// topsmarkets.com/blackhistorymonth for contest rules and deadlines for submission.

Zonta Club of Upper Hudson Valley seeks scholarship applicants CHATHAM – The Zonta Club of Upper Hudson Valley is currently soliciting applications for its District 2 Jean M. Coon Humanitarian Award. This annual award is given to a high school junior or senior who demonstrates outstanding community service. Academic achievement is not a factor in selecting a winner.

A monetary award of $500 will be presented to the winning candidate in the spring of this year by the Zonta Club of Upper Hudson Valley. Each club’s winner becomes a District finalist and is eligible to compete for the District 2 award of $1,000.

Completed applications must be postmarked no later than March 21, 2022 and sent to Zonta Club of Upper Hudson Valley, Attn: Scholarship Committee, PO Box 66, East Chatham NY 12060.

Applicants must reside in

Zonta’s Upper Hudson Valley region which includes Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer and Dutchess counties.

To find out more about Jean M. Coon, the award criteria and obtaining the application, contact your local high school guidance counselor or visit the Zonta District 2 website at www. zontadistrict2.org, then select the District Awards tab. If more information is needed, do not hesitate to call 845-561-1536.

Zonta International is a leading global organization of professionals empowering women worldwide through service and advocacy. With nearly 28,000 members belonging to 1,100 clubs in approximately 63 countries, Zontians volunteer their time, talents and support to local and international service projects focusing on achieving gender

equality and empowering women and girls.

Zonta clubs also sponsor Z clubs for high school students to develop leadership skills, promote career exploration and encourage members to participate in school, community and international service projects.

The Zonta Club of Upper Hudson Valley proudly supports the Columbia County Z Club.

The Zonta Club of Upper Hudson Valley meets monthly (currently via Zoom) and conducts events and fundraisers throughout the year. Members work to improve the lives of women in its local communities as well as worldwide. Zonta always welcomes new members to support its mission.

Contact Celeste Alexander at cmonte303@aol.com to inquire about membership.

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Free tax help is available Space heaters need space ALBANY — The IRS is experiencing massive backlogs because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It may take 9-12 months for your return to be processed and to receive your refund if you physically mail your return to the IRS. However, you can generally expect to receive your refund in three to four weeks if you electronically file the return.

You can electronically file your 2021 return starting Jan. 24.

The IRS’s “Free File” Program may be able to help.

Free File partners will e-file your return for free. This year, you can e-file with Free File if your adjusted gross income is $73,000 or less. Links to these free tax preparation and

e-filing services are available at www.irs.gov/freefile Free tax assistance is also available in many communities. The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program and Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE) Program provide free tax preparation and e-filing services. Locations can be found at www. irs.gov/vita or from your local United Way. The AARP Tax Aide Program also provides free tax preparation. VITA, TCE, and Tax Aide each have different eligibility requirements.

If you qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), you also qualify for free tax help by IRS-trained volunteers. You may qualify for the EITC even

if you’re single and have no children. EITC eligibility can be complicated. Check if you qualify at www.irs.gov/eitcassistant In addition to e-filing, you will usually receive your refund faster if you ask for the payment to be directly deposited into your bank account.

If you have questions about e-filing, refunds or other income tax issues, the Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York’s Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC) may be able to help. The Clinic’s services are free of charge. You can call the LASNNY Legal Line at (833) 628-0087 and ask for our LITC. The Clinic does not generally provide tax preparation services.

A winter wonderland can turn deadly with heart attacks brought on by snow shoveling DALLAS, Texas — As pretty as new-fallen snow appears, shoveling sidewalks and driveways can be deadly. According to the American Heart Association, the world’s leading nonprofit organization focused on heart and brain health for all, many people may face an increased risk of a heart attack or sudden cardiac arrest after shoveling heavy snow.

The heart-health hazards of snow shoveling were specifically called out in the Association’s 2020 updated scientific statement, Exercise-Related Acute Cardiovascular Events and Potential Deleterious Adaptations Following LongTerm Exercise Training: Placing the Risks Into Perspective– An Update, and numerous scientific research studies over the years have identified the dangers of shoveling snow for people with and without previously known heart disease.

Barry Franklin, Ph.D., FAHA, lead author of the writing group for the Association’s scientific statement, is one of the leading experts on the science behind the cardiovascular risks of snow shoveling.

He said reports estimate that hundreds of people die during or just after snow removal in the U.S. each year.

“Shoveling snow is a very strenuous activity, made even more so by the impact that cold temperatures have on your body, increasing the blood pressure while simultaneously constricting the coronary arteries. It really is a ‘perfect storm’ for acute cardiac events,” said Franklin, a professor of internal medicine at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine in Royal Oak, Mich. “Among the many findings of our research, we saw that the cardiac demands of heavy snow shoveling, including marked increases in the heart rate and systolic blood pressure, could equal and exceed the upper levels achieved during maximal treadmill testing in sedentary men. In one study, we found that after only two minutes of snow shoveling, study participants’ heart rates exceeded the upper limit – 85% of maximal heart rate – commonly prescribed for aerobic exercise testing. The least fit subjects demonstrated the highest heart rates during shoveling.”

Franklin said it’s not only snow shoveling that can be dangerous; research shows an increased risk for heart attacks even in people using automatic snow blowers. The extra

exertion of pushing a snow blower can raise heart rate and blood pressure quickly.

“The impact of snow removal is especially concerning for people who already have cardiovascular risks like a sedentary lifestyle or obesity, being a current or former smoker, having diabetes, high cholesterol or high blood pressure, as well as people who have had a heart attack or stroke,” he said.

“People with these characteristics and those who have had bypass surgery or coronary angioplasty simply should not be shoveling snow.”

Franklin said the most important thing is to be aware of the dangers, be prepared and take it easy, including taking short breaks. For apparently healthy people who do engage in snow removal, recognize that snow blowers can reduce the demands on the heart and that pushing the snow with a shovel is preferred over lifting and throwing it.

Also, know the common signs of heart trouble and if you experience chest pain or pressure, lightheadedness or heart palpitations or irregular heart rhythms stop the activity immediately. Call 9-1-1 if symptoms don’t subside shortly after snow removal.

Charles R. Wood Foundation announces 2022 grant application deadlines GLENS FALLS — The Charles R. Wood Foundation is accepting grant applications from IRS approved 501(c)3 organizations whose projects or programs assist children, healthcare or the arts in the Lake George Region and surrounding areas.

Eligible applicants are invited to visit www.charlesrwoodfoundation.com to submit online applications

by April 1, 2022, for consideration at the spring meeting of Trustees or by Sept.

1, 2022, for consideration at the fall meeting.

Over the past five years, the Foundation has awarded nearly $9.0 million dollars to charitable organizations in the Capital Region, North Country, and western Vermont. “We are so pleased to be able to invest in so many worthwhile projects. From the smallest soup kitchens to the larger capital projects, we are committed to investing in children, healthcare and the arts in our

geographical focus area,” states Charlene Wood, Chair and Trustee. The foundation’s Special Healthcare initiative aims to improve the overall health of the population in the region and will continue to accept collaborative applications from organizations serving Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Warren, and Washington counties.

Charles R. Wood established the Foundation that bears his name in 1978 to provide assistance in areas of special need in the Lake George Region and surrounding areas. Grants are awarded to nonprofit organizations with an emphasis on programs for children, healthcare and the arts.

Wood, founder of Storytown, USA, the present-day Great Escape Theme Park, and cofounder with the actor Paul Newman of the Double H Hole in the Woods Camp for critically ill children, along

with numerous other endeavors and businesses in the area, died in September 2004 and left the majority of his estate to the Charles R. Wood Foundation.

The Charles R. Wood Foundation also recognizes the increased challenges of food insecurity resulting from the pandemic, especially in the North Country.

Funding of nearly $200,000, an amount higher than ever before, was provided to pantries and school backpack programs in Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, Fulton, Saratoga, Warren, and Washington counties of New York and Bennington, Rutland and Windsor counties of Vermont.

Information about grant applications can be obtained online at www.charlesrwoodfoundation.com, by calling 800.839.1821, or by writing to: Charles R. Wood Foundation, c/o Foundation Source, 55 Walls Drive, Suite 302, Fairfield, CT 06824.

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ALBANY — New York is well into the winter months and residents have been doubling up on the heat– bringing out their space heaters and curling up next to their fireplaces on top of their heating. The Firefighters Association of the State of New York (FASNY) wants to remind everyone to follow some simple tips when preparing their homes for winter.

With more people staying home for longer periods due to the COVID-19 pandemic, New Yorkers may face an increased risk for home fires.

Heating is one of the leading causes of fires in the United States. According to data from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), half of all home heating fires occur in December, January and February. Fire departments across the United States responded to an estimated average of 48,530 fires involving heating equipment each year from 2014-2018. These fires resulted in 500 civilian deaths, 1,350 civilian injuries and $1.1 billion in direct property damage. As of this week, New York State is fifth in the nation in fire deaths for the year with 105.

“Many people continue to work from home, leading

to an increased use of heat appliances,” said FASNY President John P. Farrell.

“Fire departments throughout the state typically see an increase in the number of fires they respond to this time of year, with many caused by improperly operated or poorly maintained equipment.”

Space heaters and fireplaces can increase the risk of a home fire when used improperly. Homeowners should check that all their heating equipment is functioning properly and double check that their carbon monoxide and smoke detectors have fresh batteries.

“Always make sure your smoke detectors and carbon monoxide alarms are operational and have fresh batteries,” said President Farrell. “We recommend everyone place carbon monoxide alarms outside of sleeping areas in the home.

It is also important that they check the exhaust pipes of their heating units as they could become blocked with snow or debris. We want all New Yorkers to be fire-safe this winter and remember— if your smoke or carbon monoxide alarm goes off, get out quickly, stay out and call 911” Here are some home

heating tips from FASNY and the NFPA: Keep anything that can burn at least three-feet away from heating equipment.

Have a three-foot “kidfree zone” around open fires and space heaters.

Never use your oven to heat your home.

Have a qualified professional install stationary space heating equipment, water heaters or central heating equipment according to the local codes and manufacturer’s instructions.

Have heating equipment and chimneys cleaned and inspected every year by a qualified professional.

Remember to turn portable heaters off when leaving the room or going to bed.

Always use the right kind of fuel, specified by the manufacturer, for fuel burning space heaters.

Make sure the fireplace has a sturdy screen to stop sparks from flying into the room. Ashes should be cool before putting them in a metal container. Keep the container a safe distance away from your home.

Test smoke alarms at least once a month.

Healthcare Consortium receives gift from the Rip Van Winkle Foundation HUDSON — The Healthcare Consortium, a charitable organization based in Hudson and serving residents of Columbia and Greene counties, announces a gift in the amount of $20,000 from the Rip Van Winkle Foundation to support its Children and Adults Rural Transportation Service, otherwise known as CARTS. The Healthcare Consortium was founded in 1998 as a private, not-for-profit organization with a mission to improve access to healthcare and support the health and well-being of our community’s rural residents.

One way in which it advances this mission is by tackling the barriers that people experience when trying to access healthcare services. To address the physical barrier to care that a lack of transportation creates, especially in rural areas that so often lack extensive public transportation systems, the Consortium created CARTS, the Children and Adults Rural Transportation Service, to provide door-to-door nonemergency medical transportation.

From 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Friday, CARTS transports Columbia County residents of every

age, income and ability to and from their healthcare appointments within the county and to multiple destinations well beyond it, including Albany, Kingston, Poughkeepsie, Pittsfield and Great Barrington, Mass. and Sharon, Conn. To do this, the Consortium utilizes its own fleet of clean and carefully maintained vehicles, and employs courteous and compassionate drivers who feel connected to and rewarded by fulfilling its mission. The CARTS motto is “Our cars, our drivers, our pleasure” and it is reflected in the quality of the service that CARTS delivers to residents every day.

The Rip Van Winkle Foundation (www.rvwfoundation.org) was founded in 1946 and, in 2021, celebrated its 75th year in Columbia County. Its founder, Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn, whose family has lived in Claverack since the 1600s, was a surgeon who devoted much of his professional career to community health care. He founded the Rip Van Winkle Clinic which served all of Columbia County for more than 30 years. It was organized as a group practice which became the national model for medical-care systems. The Foundation

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continues to follow the beliefs and principals of Dr. Esselstyn and funds important medical and support programs in the County to benefit the community.

In response to the generous gift from the Rip Van Winkle Foundation, the Consortium’s Executive Director, Claire Parde, stated, “Meeting the medical transportation needs of Columbia County residents remains one of the Healthcare Consortium’s top strategic priorities, and the gift from the Rip Van Winkle Foundation will be tremendously helpful to realizing that goal.

In particular, it will help us to refresh our fleet and recruit more drivers to meet the needs of our neighbors, now and in the future. We are endlessly grateful to the Rip Van Winkle Foundation, which has been and continues to be an incredible partner and supporter to CARTS, and to the Consortium as a whole.”

For more information about the Healthcare Consortium’s transportation program, CARTS, and also how you might join the Rip Van Winkle Foundation in its support for the program, call 518-822-8020 or visit www.columbiahealthnet. org.

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KONSUL AND CHIMINELLI SELECTED TO NATIONAL RECOGNITION PROGRAM

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The College Board has selected Catskill High School’s Adam Konsul and Karsen Chiminelli for its National Recognition Program. The two juniors earned the College Board’s National Rural and Small Town Recognition Award, which highlights the outstanding academic achievements of students from small towns throughout the nation. In order to be eligible for this special recognition, Chiminelli and Konsul had to have maintained both a GPA of 3.5 or higher and scored in the top 10 percent out of all the students in New York state who took the PSAT in 2021. Chiminelli and Konsul have accomplished these milestones during an immensely demanding period of their high school careers. Pictured are Adam Konsul and Karsen Chiminelli.

Second annual Great Bowls of Fire ‘Soup-er Bowl’ to be held Feb. 5 GREENPORT — The Republican Women’s Club of Columbia & Rensselaer Counties will be hosting the second annual Great Bowls of Fire ‘Soup-er Bowl’ noon-2 p.m. Feb. 5 at The Greenport, 158 Union Turnpike, Hudson.

Bring your best chili, soup or stew for a cookoff. Bring “soups” in crockpots or selfheating pans with serving spoons and arrive by 11:30 a.m.

Serving bowls, spoons, sides, toppings and water will be provided.

Join the Republican Women’s Club of Columbia & Rensselaer Counties as we

raise funds to benefit Capital District Patriot Flight.

Bake sale will support the RWCCRCNY community initiatives.

Sign up by Jan. 29 at RWCCRCNY@gmail. com or text 518-567-5551.

Cooks: $15 to enter your favorite recipe (covers entry fee).

Tasters: $15 entry free. Tasting tickets $2 for 5 and $5 for 15. Pay in advance or at the door, PayPal RWCCRCNY@gmail.com or Venmo @RWCCRCNY.

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Chatham’s Tobias Jeralds (22) looks to pass to Matt Thorsen (1) as Catskill’s Lucas Konsul defends during Monday’s basketball game.

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Chatham’s Tobias Jeralds in action during Monday’s boys basketball game against Catskill at Chatham High School.

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CHATHAM — The Chatham Panthers defeated the Catskill Cats 58-55 Monday night in a thrilling battle that came down to the final seconds of the fourth quarter.

Matt Thorsen led the Panthers’ offense with 14 points as Jacob Baccaro added 12, and Tate Van Alstyne dropped 11. Azar Brantley led the Cats with 15 points, and

Sean Haye and Kellen Gibbs each scored 12.

Thorsen opened the game with a steal and an easy layup for Chatham. Brantley answered with a steal of his own and banked in a three off the glass for Catskill.

Baccaro finessed a layup in the paint past Haye to give the Panthers an 8-3 lead and got the Cats to call an early timeout.

Gibbs air-balled a jumper out of the

timeout, but Haye grabbed it underneath the hoop and laid it in for two. Eddie Rogers threw up an awkward shot from the right of the paint and it went in for another two points for the Cats.

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Chatham’s Jacob Baccaro shoots over Catskill’s Sean Haye (22) during Monday’s boys basketball game at Chatham High School.

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In this photo from Sept. 25, 2008, a general view of a New York Mets logo is seen at Shea Stadium in Queens.

Eppler, Showalter confident in new coaching staff and state of the Mets Matthew Roberson New York Daily News

To listen to Billy Eppler and Buck Showalter discuss the team they are building is to listen to a pair of men gushing with confidence, sometimes even bordering on arrogance.

Part of it is earned, to be sure. Eppler has done everything right in the offseason, but the offseason is not where he’ll ultimately be evaluated. And

Showalter comes with an impressive pedigree himself, but he’s also been to just one League Championship Series in 20 years as a manager. His Orioles got swept that year.

Still, the duo came out swinging, exuding the type of bravado that is typically an afterproduct of winning, not a precursor.

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CRARYVILLE — The Taconic Hills girls swim team posted a 66-0 victory over New Lebanon on Monday.

The Taconic Hills boys fell to New Lebanon, 109-6.

The TH girls recorded many personal bests in their victory. In the boys meet, the Titans’ Neil Howard III broke his own record in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of :23.12 BOYS BASKETBALL Rensselaer 68 C-A 66 (2OT) RENSSELAER — Coxsackie-Athens dropped a double overtime thriller at Rensselaer Monday night, 68-66.

C-A lead 48-41 heading into the fourth quarter but the Rams rallied to tie the score at 54 with just four seconds left. The teams were tied again at the end of one overtime period.

Rensselaer took control of the second OT early and built a six-point lead. A three-pointer by Dillon Hynes brought the Riverhawks to within 3, but C-A could not close the gap, losing a nailbiter.

Hynes lead C-A with 21 points. Jordan Williams added 16 and Robbie Hughes added 14.

C-A hosts Watervliet on Friday at 6:30 p.m.

BOYS VOLLEYBALL PATROON ICC 3, Cobleskill 1 VALATIE — Ichabod Crane posted a 3-1 victory over Cobleskill-Richmondville in Monday’s PAtroon Conference boys volleyball match.

The Riders dropped the first set, 25-22, but swept the next three, 25-17, 25-11 and 25-15.

For the ICC (7-1): Paul Zietsman 24 kills, 1 ace, 1 bloack; Erik Holmberg 10 kills, 5 digs, 4 aces; Caden Tiernan 7 kills, 1 ace; Luke Desmonie 9 kills, 2 aces; Jason Ingham 2 digs; Owen Carpenter 2 digs; The Riders play at New Lebanon on Wednesday.

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Michael Beasley explains how Knicks broke his heart Stefan Bondy New York Daily News

For the briefest of moments in recent Knicks history, Michael Beasley was THE compelling player.

It wasn’t just that he was scoring in bunches for a bad team. He also turned an interview into a zany lecture on the human brain while wearing three watches: one on each wrist, one on his ankle. He was a character. And a sound bite.

Beasley also averaged 13.2 points

over just 22.3 minutes during that 201718 campaign, hearing ‘MVP’ chants at MSG and donning the backpage of the Daily News.

But the Knicks were terrible that season under Jeff Hornacek, and Beasley left in free agency without much attention.

Over three years later, Beasley, the 2008 second overall draft pick and now 33 years old, revealed he was heartbroken by New York’s decision to only offer a minimum contract. He said he spent

that lone season with the Knicks commuting back-and-forth to Baltimore to visit his cancer-stricken mother, which was only possible on a team so close geographically to her home.

“New York hurt my feelings so badly,” Beasley said in a lengthy interview with HoopsHype’s Michael Scotto. “I really wanted to stay in New York for the rest of my career.”

There were reasons to believe Beasley would return. He had a fan in team executive Craig Robinson, as well as a

close relationship with Kevin Durant, who the Knicks were preparing to pursue in free agency a year later.

But his biggest ally in the organization — Kurt Rambis — was fired directly after the season, and Beasley’s exit interview with team president Steve Mills didn’t go smoothly.

“I patted myself on the back, walking into the exit meeting with Steve Mills,” Beasley told HoopsHype. “I walk into the meeting, and they look at me to my face and say, ‘Michael Beasley is one of

the most talented players that ever put on a Knicks jersey, but how does that help us win?’ This is one of the times I wish I had more confidence because I was literally lost for words. That confused me. After maybe 20 or 30 seconds of silence, they said some positive things, and they’d keep in contact with my agent.”

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Pro basketball NBA Eastern Conference Atlantic W L Pct Brooklyn 29 17 .630 Philadelphia 27 19 .587 Boston 24 24 .500 Toronto 22 22 .500 New York 23 25 .479 Central W L Pct Chicago 29 17 .630 Milwaukee 30 19 .612 Cleveland 29 19 .604 Indiana 17 31 .354 Detroit 11 35 .239 Southeast W L Pct Miami 30 17 .638 Charlotte 26 21 .553 Washington 23 24 .489 Atlanta 21 25 .457 Orlando 9 39 .188 Western Conference Northwest W L Pct Utah 30 18 .625 Denver 24 21 .533 Minnesota 23 23 .500 Portland 20 26 .435 Oklahoma City 14 33 .298 Pacific W L Pct Phoenix 37 9 .804 Golden State 34 13 .723 L.A. Lakers 23 24 .489 L.A. Clippers 23 25 .479 Sacramento 18 30 .375 Southwest W L Pct Memphis 32 17 .653 Dallas 27 20 .574 New Orleans 18 28 .391 San Antonio 17 30 .362 Houston 14 33 .298 Sunday’s games New York 110, L.A. Clippers 102 Boston 116, Washington 87 Miami 113, L.A. Lakers 107 Orlando 114, Chicago 95 Portland 114, Toronto 105 Atlanta 113, Charlotte 91 Philadelphia 115, San Antonio 109 Dallas 104, Memphis 91 Minnesota 136, Brooklyn 125 Denver 117, Detroit 111 Golden State 94, Utah 92 Monday’s games Cleveland 95, New York 93 Chicago 111, Oklahoma City 110 New Orleans 117, Indiana 113 Phoenix 115, Utah 109 Today’s games Denver at Detroit, 7 p.m.

Charlotte at Toronto, 7 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Washington, 7 p.m.

New Orleans at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Sacramento at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.

San Antonio at Houston, 8 p.m.

Dallas at Golden State, 10 p.m.

Minnesota at Portland, 10 p.m.

Wednesday’s games Milwaukee at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

Charlotte at Indiana, 7 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Sacramento at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

New York at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

Memphis at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.

Denver at Brooklyn, 8 p.m.

Toronto at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Phoenix at Utah, 10 p.m.

Dallas at Portland, 10 p.m.

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Pro hockey NHL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OT SO Pts Florida 42 28 9 2 3 61 Tampa Bay 43 28 10 2 3 61 Toronto 38 25 10 2 1 53 Boston 39 24 13 1 1 50 Detroit 42 18 18 5 1 42 Buffalo 41 13 21 6 1 33 Ottawa 35 12 20 3 0 27 Montreal 41 8 26 7 0 23 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT SO Pts NY Rangers 43 28 11 3 1 60 Pittsburgh 41 26 10 1 4 57 Carolina 38 27 9 2 0 56 Washington 43 23 11 7 2 55 Columbus 39 18 20 0 1 37 New Jersey 40 15 20 1 4 35 NY Islanders 34 14 14 3 3 34 Philadelphia 42 13 21 4 4 34 Western Conference Central Division GP W L OT SO Pts Colorado 40 29 8 3 0 61 St. Louis 42 25 12 3 2 55 Nashville 43 26 14 2 1 55 Minnesota 38 25 10 0 3 53 Dallas 39 21 16 1 1 44 Winnipeg 38 17 14 3 4 41 Chicago 42 15 20 6 1 37 Arizona 40 10 26 0 4 24 Pacific Division GP W L OT SO Pts Vegas 42 25 15 1 1 52 Anaheim 44 21 16 4 3 49 Los Angeles 43 21 16 4 2 48 Calgary 37 19 12 6 0 44 San Jose 42 21 19 1 1 44 Edmonton 37 19 16 2 0 40 Vancouver 41 18 19 1 3 40 Seattle 41 13 24 3 1 30 Monday’s games Anaheim 5, Boston 3 NY Rangers 3, Los Angeles 2, SO Dallas 3, Philadelphia 1 Vegas 1, Washington 0 Minnesota 8, Montreal 2 Colorado 2, Chicago 0 Calgary 7, St. Louis 1 Today’s games Buffalo at Ottawa, 7 p.m.

Dallas at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Arizona at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

Vegas at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at NY Islanders, 7:30 p.m.

Florida at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

Edmonton at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Nashville at Seattle, 10 p.m.

Wednesday’s games Anaheim at Toronto, 7 p.m.

San Jose at Washington, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Boston at Colorado, 10 p.m.

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Utah Jazz forward Danuel House Jr (25) guards Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker (1) during the second half at Footprint Center on Monday.

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Devin Booker scored 33 points while Chris Paul added 27 points and 14 assists to lead the Phoenix Suns to a 115-109 victory over the Utah Jazz on Monday night.

Paul poured in 15 points in the fourth quarter as Phoenix came back from a five-point deficit early in the period. He also had nine rebounds in the game plus an uncharacteristic seven turnovers.

Bismack Biyombo chipped in 16 points and 13 rebounds off the Phoenix bench. Cameron Johnson finished with 20 points as the Suns won their seventh straight game.

Jordan Clarkson scored 22 points to lead the Jazz, who lost for the eighth time in their past 10 games. Utah’s Trent Forrest added a career-high 17 points,

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games and 13 of their past 15.

Pelicans 117, Pacers 113 Devonte’ Graham scored 25 points and host New Orleans held off a 3-point barrage by Indiana. Graham made 5 of 9 3-point attempts while his teammates made just 1 of 21. The Pacers made 19 of 46, matching their season high for made 3-pointers.

Josh Hart added 22 points with 10 rebounds while Jonas Valanciunas had 16 points, 12 rebounds and six assists for New Orleans, which has won two straight and four of its past six games.

Indiana rookie Duane Washington Jr. scored a season-high 21 points by sinking 7 of 12 from deep. Caris LeVert added 19, but Indiana fell for the 12th time in 15 games.

Devils’ P.K. Subban doesn’t want pity, seeks change following racist incident Andrew Tredinnick The Record

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the first time in his 67 career NBA games that he scored in double figures.

Bulls 111, Thunder 110 Nikola Vucevic scored 26 points and grabbed 15 rebounds as Chicago earned a narrow road win over Oklahoma City despite nearly blowing a 28-point, third-quarter lead.

Rookie Ayo Dosunmu scored a season-high 24 points to help the Bulls win for just the second time in eight games. Chicago snapped a five-game road losing streak. Zach LaVine played for the first time since Jan. 14 and had 23 points, seven assists and seven rebounds.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (31 points, 10 assists) missed a potential game-tying 3-pointer with 2.3 seconds left. The Thunder have lost six consecutive

NEWARK, N.J. — P.K. Subban couldn’t sleep following the New Jersey Devils’ victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday night. The Devils defenseman had bigger things to worry about - his family.

He spent the night stewing about what had happened with his brother, Jordan Subban, a defenseman of the South Carolina Stingrays of the ECHL. Twenty-three seconds into overtime in a game between the Stingrays and Jacksonville Icemen on Saturday night, the teams came together in a clash near corner of the ice. As Jordan Subban and Icemen defenseman Jacob Panetta skated toward their benches, Subban, who is Black, alleged that Panetta made “monkey gestures” toward him.

“Sheer disappointment. It’s distasteful,” P.K. Subban said

after the Devils’ game Sunday night. “There’s no room for it in our game. I’m embarrassed. I’m embarrassed because our game is better than this.”

Panetta was suspended indefinitely following the game and later released by the Icemen, but the incident sent a tremor throughout the sport.

After the game, P.K. Subban said he felt accountability to call out recent racist actions in the game of hockey because he has established a platform to try and inspire better behavior.

One day prior to Jordan Subban’s incident, the AHL suspended San Jose Barracuda forward Krystof Hrabik for 30 games after he made a “racist gesture” toward Tucson Roadrunners forward Boko Imama.

“We don’t expect anyone to feel sorry and we don’t really expect anybody to really understand that isn’t Black,” P.K. Subban said. “If you’re not Black,

you’re not going to understand, and that’s OK with us. You can debate on whether it’s racism, placism, whatever you want.

For us, this is life. This is life for us, and that’s what’s sad.

“This is life for people who look like me, that have gone through the game of hockey and that’s part of the history, whether we like it or not. We’re trying to change that. I’m an advocate to try and change that, but to do that, we’ve got to bring people together and hopefully this is another step in doing that.”

Subban is no stranger to trying to bring people of all communities together. He created the Blueline Buddies program while playing for the Nashville Predators in an effort to allow police officers and underprivileged youth to bond over a night of hockey.

The latest incidents came with Black History Month just

Pavel Francouz had 24 saves for his second shutout in as many starts and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Chicago Blackhawks 2-0 in Denver on Monday night.

Nazem Kadri and Mikko Rantanen scored goals for the Avalanche, who have won 16 in a row at home and seven straight overall.

Colorado tied the 197576 Boston Bruins for the fifth-longest home winning streak in league history. It is also the longest streak since the Detroit Red Wings won an NHLrecord 23 straight at home from Nov. 5, 2011-Feb. 19, 2012.

Marc-Andre Fleury had 27 saves for the Blackhawks, who have lost all three games to Colorado this season with one more left between the teams.

Chicago is 0-2-2 in its past four games.

Knights 1, Capitals 0 Robin Lehner made 34 saves for his first shutout of the season and visiting Vegas extended its road win streak to seven games with a shutout victory over Washington.

It was the 17th career shutout for Lehner. Michael Amadio, playing in his 200th NHL game, scored his first career game-winning goal for Vegas. The win was the second straight for Vegas, its first two-game win streak this month.

Vitek Vanecek stopped 28 of 29 shots for the Capitals, who dropped to 3-5-2 over their last 10 games. It marked the first time this season that Washington was shut out.

Flames 7, Blues 1 Johnny Gaudreau collected one goal during his second four-point game in three outings and Matthew Tkachuk recorded five assists to lead host Calgary to a thrashing of St. Louis.

Nikita Zadorov, in a two-point game, Christopher Tanev, Elias Lindholm, Sean Monahan, Blake Coleman and Adam Ruzicka also scored for the Flames. Jacob Markstrom made 20 saves.

Tyler Bozak replied for the Blues, and Jordan Binnington made 28 saves on 35 shots before giving way to Ville Husso for the third period. Husso stopped all

13 shots he faced in relief.

Stars 3, Flyers 1 Roope Hintz had a goal and an assist, Jacob Peterson and Joe Pavelski each scored a goal and Dallas won at Philadelphia, extending the Flyers’ winless streak to a franchiserecord-tying 12 games.

Jake Oettinger made 27 saves for the Stars, who improved to 3-0-0 on a road trip that concludes Tuesday against the New Jersey Devils.

Ivan Provorov scored the lone goal for the Flyers, who have dropped 12 in a row. The current winless mark with nine regulation defeats and three overtime losses matches a winless streak in 199899 of eight losses and four ties. Keith Yandle appeared in his 964th consecutive game, tying the longest streak in NHL history.

Ducks 5, Bruins 3 Ryan Getzlaf had a goal and an assist to help visiting Anaheim to victory against Boston.

Hampus Lindholm tied his NHL career high with three assists, and John Gibson made 23 saves for the Ducks, who are coming off a 5-1 win against the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday after losing four straight. The Ducks scored the first two goals and never surrendered the lead in the opener of the five-game road trip.

David Pastrnak had a goal and an assist, Taylor Hall and Erik Haula also scored, and Tuukka Rask made 22 saves for the Bruins, who had won seven of their previous eight games.

Wild 8, Canadiens 2 Nico Sturm had a goal and two assists, Connor Dewar scored his first career goal and had an assist, and Minnesota stormed past Montreal in St. Paul.

Jared Spurgeon, Mats Zuccarello, Kevin Fiala and Matt Boldy each notched a goal and an assist for the Wild, who posted a season high in goals.

Jordie Benn and Marcus Foligno also scored for Minnesota, which won its third in a row.

Mike Hoffman and Rem Pitlick scored for Montreal, which is winless in its last three (0-1-2).

Pro football NFL PLAYOFFS Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 22 Cincinnati 19, Tennessee 16 San Francisco 13, Green Bay 10 Sunday L.A. Rams 30, Tampa Bay 27 Kansas City 42, Buffalo 36, OT Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 30 AFC Cincinnati at Kansas City, 3:05 p.m. (CBS) NFC San Francisco at L.A. Rams, 6:40 p.m. (FOX) Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 13 At Inglewood, Calif.

Conference championship winners, 6:30 p.m.

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College basketball USA TODAY COACHES POLL Record Pts Prv 1. Gonzaga (18) 15-2 784 1 2. Auburn (13) 18-1 777 2 3. Arizona (1) 16-1 724 3 4. Baylor (0) 17-2 690 6 5. Kansas (0) 16-2 667 7 6. Purdue (0) 16-3 589 4 7. Duke (0) 15-3 567 5 8. UCLA (0) 13-2 551 9 9. Houston (0) 17-2 538 10 10. Michigan St (0) 15-3 501 13 11. Wisconsin (0) 15-3 466 8 12. Villanova (0) 14-5 423 11 13. Kentucky (0) 15-4 400 12 14. Texas Tech (0) 15-4 396 19 15. USC (0) 16-2 333 15 16. Ohio St (0) 12-4 311 18 17. Providence (0) 16-2 293 21 18. LSU (0) 15-4 171 16 19. Connecticut (0) 13-4 165 25 20. Tennessee (0) 13-5 154 25 21. Illinois (0) 13-5 139 17 22. Colorado St. (0) 15-1 126 23 23. Xavier (0) 14-4 107 20 24. Iowa State (0) 14-5 99 14 25. Texas (0) 14-5 73 22 Others receiving votes: Alabama 53, Marquette 44, BYU 36, Seton Hall 32, Davidson 30, Miami 22, Loyola-Chicago 21, Florida State 18, Oregon 18, Indiana 17, Boise St. 14, Texas A&M 12, TCU 10, Wake Forest 9, Iowa 8, Murray St. 5.

Knicks rally but fall short in loss to Cavaliers Steve Popper Newsday

The Knicks had, as they predicted, shrugged off the daunting task in front of them, on the road on the second night of a back-to-back. And they had added to the degree of difficulty, spotting the Cleveland Cavaliers a 15-point lead in the second half.

Now, after all of this, the Knicks had the ball with a chance to win the game in the final seconds. But Julius Randle’s desperation three-pointer fell far short and the Knicks first step on this arduous portion of the schedule began with a 95-93 loss to the Cavs at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.

The Knicks had fought back with rookie Quentin Grimes draining threes and then RJ Barrett getting to the rim. But on their final opportunities it was the Knicks stars — Barrett and Randle — unable to connect on three-pointers. Barrett led the Knicks with 24 points and Randle added 18. Obi Toppin chipped in 13 points and Grimes had 12.

Kevin Love led the Cavaliers (29-19) with 20 points. Evan Mobley added 15 Looking at the schedule, the road was not going to be easy for the Knicks, facing three games against some of the top teams in the Eastern Conference with

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New York Knicks forward Julius Randle (30) takes a last-second shot beside Cleveland Cavaliers forward Lamar Stevens (8) in the fourth quarter at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse on Monday.

Miami and Milwaukee next up.

A brief return home for two games — and then a five-game West Coast trip without an easy mark among them.

That’s the sort of gantlet that can ruin

a season.

But for the Knicks, playing at home at what they like to brag is “The World’s Most Famous Arena” has not exactly been comforting. The Knicks have

endured more pointed vitriol at Madison Square Garden this season than at any road stop. They entered the road trip with an 11-10 road record and a 12-14 mark at home. So as this stretch begins, they insist there is no fear.

Love had drained three three-pointers in a 53-second span to push Cleveland’s lead to double digits in the third quarter.

The second unit got the Knicks (23-25) back in the game, mounting a 7-0 run late in the third quarter to cut the deficit to seven. Toppin scored to cap an 11-0 run in the fourth that brought the Knicks within four midway through the fourth.

Randle, who was a minus-23 to that point, entered the game in place of Toppin, but Thibodeau did keep Grimes on the floor. And after a Cavs’ free throw Barrett scooped in a tough layup and the lead was down to three with 4:35 remaining. Grimes was tasked with defending the Cavs’ lightning-quick point guard, Darius Garland, nearly forcing him into a turnover and diving to the floor to try to save a loose ball. But Dean Wade delivered a shot clock-beating three. Grimes then answered by beating the shot clock with a three on the other end and Barrett drove again, to cut the gap to 90-89.

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Catskill’s Azar Brantley (1) goes to the basket against Chatham’s Jacob Baccaro during Monday’s boys basketball game at Chatham High School.

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Catskill’s Kellen Gibbs (14) defends against Chatham’s Matt Thorsen during Monday’s boys basketball game.

Chatham’s Matt Thorsen (1) drives to the basket during Monday’s boys basketball game against Catskill at Chatham High School.

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three point play. Azar Brantley soon got to the foul line again, made the first and missed the second, but Lucas Konsul got an offensive rebound and laid it up and in to tie the game.

Rogers got a steal for Catskill and he made a layup as well to retake the lead with under two minutes left in the first period.

Van Alstyne responded with a pretty shot off the backboard for the Panthers, but the Cats took a 17-14 lead into the second quarter.

Jacob Devlin opened the second with a prayer of a shot along the baseline for Catskill, and somehow it found the basket for two points. Tobias Jeralds answered with a nice floater for Chatham as the Panthers kept pace with the visiting Cats.

Next came an extended sequence for Chatham. Thorsen missed two free throws but Baccaro gathered a rebound and drained the bucket as he was being fouled. Baccaro missed the foul shot, and the Panthers got two straight offensive rebounds to extend the possession and Kyle Jackson knocked down a three pointer to give them a 21-20 lead.

Out of a timeout, Patrick Darling took his eye off of the inbound pass a split second too early, and it glanced off his hands and out of bounds for a Catskill turnover. Haye made another layup off of an airball to put the Cats up by one. Jackson initiated contact on a shot attempt and got to the line for the Panthers, and he made one of two free throws.

Anthony O’Dell joined the party for Chatham, drilling a shot from beyond the arc right in Sean Haye’s face after he gave O’Dell too much room to shoot.

After the Panthers lost the ball out of bounds this time, Haye responded with a three point shot himself to give Catskill the lead once again 2625. Thorsen made a nice fadeaway for Chatham but Brantley made a three for Catskill as well, and the Cats took a 31-27 lead into halftime.

Thorsen and Brantley traded three point shots to start the second half. Gibbs drove along the baseline and made a layup for the Cats as Chatham took a timeout trailing 37-30.

Both teams committed a vast number of traveling violations throughout the game and that contributed to the low scoring output. Baccaro hit a layup over Haye and flexed in his direction. The Panthers hit another shot to

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well-positioned now as is, but it can always be better,” Eppler asserted. “I know we’re good.”

The new general manager said one of the yearly traditions he looks forward to is the release of sportsbooks’ over/under win totals for the upcoming season. He says he likes the outsider perspective on the club that those provide. On the inside, the Mets are operating as though they’re one of the league’s premiere teams, and part of that comes from Eppler and Showalter’s belief in their new coaching staff.

“We set out to really complement the skills of the

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Catskill’s Eddie Rogers (5) brings the ball up the floor while being guarded by Chatham’s Tobias Jeralds (22) during Monday’s boys basketball game at Chatham High School.

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Catskill’s Kellen Gibbs takes a corner jumper over Chatham’s Tobias Jeralds (22) and Alex Chudy (10) during Monday’s boys basketball game at Chatham High School.

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Catskill’s Kellen Gibbs droves to the basket as Chatham’s Matt Thorsen (1) defends during Monday’s boys basketball game at Chatham High School.

cut the Cats’ lead to 37-36 and force a Catskill timeout at 3:39.

Another Catskill pass went out for a turnover after the timeout, but Chatham’s chance to take the lead at the other end was waved off for an offensive foul. Baccaro got another shot off in the paint but he followed his own miss and grabbed the rebound to put up another shot, make it, and get the foul call. Baccaro missed the free throw but Chatham led, 38-37.

The Panthers got a couple of stops on defense and Van Alstyne and Thorsen knocked down three pointers on back to back possessions to give them a 44-37 lead through three quarters.

Gibbs opened the fourth quarter with another drive along the baseline, and a scoop and reverse layup and

the foul. He made the foul shot and Catskill trailed by four.

Gibbs made another layup, on the fastbreak this time, and earned another chance at a three point play. It was a good foul for Chatham though because Gibbs missed the free throw this time around.

Multiple misses came on both ends of the court over the next couple of minutes and Chatham clung to a 44-42 lead. Konsul fouled Jackson on a shot and Jackson made both free throws to put the Panthers back up by four points. Brantley lost the handle on the Cats’ next possession and Jeralds got the pass in transition for an easy two points.

Catskill took a timeout for a breather now, suddenly down by eight points 50-42 with 4:45 remaining in regulation. Devlin took the ball all

the way up the court out of the short break, and nailed a shot from beyond the arc for the Cats. However, Van Alstyne responded for the Panthers, making an incredible layup as he threw the shot up while falling to the ground and it went in. Patrick Darling ripped the ball away as he took charge in the paint and he made a short layup.

On their offensive play, Haye pulled up from beyond the arc and made the basket to tie it 52-52 and send the Catskill bench into a frenzy.

Alex Chudy then scored his only two points of the fourth quarter at the free throw line to give Chatham the lead. But Gibbs got to the line as well, on the other end of the court, and made both shots of the 1-and1 to tie the game at 54.

Tyler Kneller fouled Darling

on a shot attempt and Darling made one of two to inch the Cats ahead by one point. Baccaro fought through the paint for an offensive rebound and laid it up and in for the lead as the home crowd erupted in the Chatham High School gym.

With 40 seconds to go in regulation, Catskill missed a layup in the painted area and were forced to foul with 18.1 on the clock. Jerlads made one of two shots at the foul line, and Catskill used their final timeout once they moved the ball beyond half-court.

The Panthers drew up a play on defense and Kneller reached for the inbound pass and deflected the ball for a steal. He was on his way into the lane for a layup, but was fouled before he even took a shot.

Kneller made one of two and the Cats needed a three to tie it, and they had seven seconds. Catskill’s final shot

by Eddie Rogers was off line as the buzzer sounded and Chatham won a nail-biter, 58-55.

staff,” Eppler said. “We wanted to diversify who was going to be involved with our players.”

The virtual press conference on Monday was for Eppler and Showalter to discuss the decision-making that went into creating the staff. Craig Bjornson (bullpen coach), Joey Cora (third base coach/infield instructor/base running coach), Eric Chavez (hitting coach), Wayne Kirby (first base/outfield/base running coordinator) and Glenn Sherlock (bench coach and catching instructor) are the new blood. Jeremy Barnes (assistant hitting coach) was promoted from within. Jeremy Hefner, the pitching coach for the last two seasons, is the only remaining survivor from the Luis Rojas days.

“Serving players’ needs is

the most important thing, probably,” Showalter expressed. “We want to make sure we’re bringing in somebody who keeps the avenues open to all things.”

The staff has been hailed as a mix of old and new, peppering new philosophies on top of pre-baked ideas about how the game should be played. While Sherlock is in his sixties, Barnes is just 34 years old. Cora and Kirby both played their last professional game in 1998; Chavez was in the league eight years ago and was teammates with several active MLB players, including current Met Robinson Cano.

While it became juicy gossip because the Mets swindled him away from the Yankees, both Eppler and Showalter assured reporters that Chavez’s hiring was

much less messy than the public perceived it to be. Eppler also said he had a cordial discussion with Brian Cashman about the move. Once he was in play, the Mets came to Chavez with some questions about how they could elevate even higher, keying in on the complementary and diversification themes that have been central to this entire process.

“What we did is, we really asked Eric,” Eppler shared.

“When we landed on Eric we both had an independent conversation with Eric and asked, ‘What do you think would help the most?’ He gave a criteria, and once we established the criteria, that directed us toward who we should talk to. So we angled for a little more technical, swing-analysis people who had familiarity using some

of the technology and batted ball information.”

Those conversations were partly credited as the motive for promoting Barnes, who will work alongside Chavez and the hitters. Showalter said that part of the design was to “attack the what ifs” and make sure that there’s never a night where he leaves the ballpark feeling like the other team had more information or were better equipped to win the game.

One thing that’s supremely evident about Showalter is how seriously he takes the job, both from a pride standpoint and a preparation standpoint.

“The Mets don’t take a backseat to anybody in my mind,” the skipper spouted.

“I love to make sure the players understand that they’re carrying a torch for a lot of

people. Not only the fans, but the people who went before them who the Mets being good means a lot to. Billy and I make that a sacred thing in our minds. There’s somebody living and dying with everything that we’re doing.”

As for what they’ve learned about each other?

“Buck’s getting really good at Zoom calls,” Eppler giggled.

The chemistry seems to be there. The confidence has been in place since Max Scherzer signed his name on the Mets’ official letterhead.

All that remains is for the lockout to end, the players to get in uniform, and the world to find out if any of this is actually going to work.

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Chatham’s Tyler Kneller drives against Catskill’s Lucas Konsul (15) during Monday’s boys basketball game at Chatham High School.

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James Harden or bust? Sources indicate the Sixers are all in Keith Pompey The Philadelphia Inquirer

James Harden or bust? That’s the feeling around the NBA as the 76ers search for ways to end the Ben Simmons saga.

The Sixers are looking to trade Simmons, who has yet to play this season after requesting to be moved in August.

“At the end of the day, it’s Harden all the way,” said a league source, speaking on condition of anonymity. “They want Harden whether they get him now. Whether they get him on a forced signand-trade this summer.”

The Athletic published similar reporting this morning, asserting that the Sixers prefer to wait to pursue Harden or another superstar this offseason.

But the Inquirer’s source thinks this has been the plan for some time.

It’s no secret that Sixers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey has an affinity for Harden from their time together with the Houston Rockets.

Morey attempted to reunite with Harden last season, offering Simmons and Matisse Thybulle in a trade. However, the Rockets eventually traded him to the Brooklyn Nets, where the 2018 MVP formed a Big Three with Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving.

But according to sources, Harden and his camp have maintained a close relationship with Morey. In addition, Sixers co-owner Michael Rubin is also tight with Harden and his friends.

Harden’s close friend and rapper Lil Baby was even on hand when Rubin, Meek Mill and the Sixers hosted 25 youths from the Philadelphia area before their Dec. 15 game against the Miami Heat. Together, the group provided a Wells Fargo Center experience through the REFORM Alliance for young people who have been adversely affected by criminal justice.

Back in November, the Inquirer reported that several members of the Sixers front office are keen on the idea of keeping Simmons this season and pursuing Harden for a sign and trade.

Sources have said the Nets are aware of the Sixers’ plan and Harden’s relationships with Morey and Rubin.

Harden did not sign an extension prior to the deadline on Oct. 18. At the time, he said the Nets had “nothing to worry about.” With that said, Harden still could leave as a free agent this summer.

However, he can also opt in to his $47.4 million contract for next season and sign a four-year, $223 million extension at the start of free agency.

The Sixers would have to keep Simmons past

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Brooklyn Nets guard James Harden loses the basketball against Philadelphia 76ers guard Ben Simmons during the third quarter on Feb. 6, 2021 in Philadelphia.

this season in order to complete a sign-and-trade with Harden. Simmons will make $35.4 million next season. While the Sixers have denied it, a growing number of sources have said the team wants to include Tobias Harris in any Simmons deal. Harris, who’s making $35.9 million this season, is set to bring in $37.6 million next season and trading him would free up serious cap space.

One source said a potential deal with the Atlanta Hawks broke down when Harris’ name was added to the talks.

Last week, the Atlanta Hawks considered sending John Collins, Cam Reddish, and a first-round pick to the Sixers in exchange for Simmons, according to sources. However, the talks stopped after Harris’ name was brought into the deal.

“There’s no way that kind of deal is going to happen,” a source said. “There’s maybe one team3/8 on a stretch that can take back Tobias.

But I just think it’s a long shot.”

There’s no guarantee that Harden will be available next summer if the Sixers holdout. And even if he is, there’s no guarantee he’ll be available in a sign-and-trade with the Sixers. The Nets would have to agree to trade him to an Atlantic Division foe some 90 minutes down the road.

“If I’m the Nets, am I giving up James Harden

until I know what Ben is going to be?” a league source asked. “And am I giving him up to go 100 miles away? I’m going to have to see Harden3/8 several different times a season.”

Plus, why would Harden decide he wants to leave the Nets, who are 29-17 and a 1/2-game behind the Miami Heat atop the Eastern Conference standings?

Even though they’re a championship contender, Brooklyn does have some obstacles. The unvaccinated Irving is able to play only in road games after missing the first 35 games of the season. Meanwhile, Durant is sidelined at least a month after suffering a knee sprain against the New Orleans Pelicans on Jan. 15.

In addition, Harden has had a tough time developing a rhythm while playing alongside both Durant and Irving. The Big Three have played just 16 games together since Harden was acquired last season in the trade. During those games, he’s mostly been the third fiddle behind Durant and Irving.

Joel Embiid is the alpha dog for the Sixers, commanding the lion’s share of shots and serving as the focal point of the franchise, a dynamic that could make some ball-dominant players pursue an opportunity elsewhere.

But sources said Harden would welcome playing with Embiid if he became a Sixer. The guard had a lot of individual success playing for Morey as a Rocket. Sources say Harden believes he could have similar success playing alongside Embiid.

League source believe the Sixers would have to trade Harris, a combo who plays both forward positions, for the Harden and Embiid pairing to work.

“They need to clear more space for Joel,” a source said. “They’re all in on Joel being given enough space. That’s why they like Harden, because they have an outside and an inside force and everyone else spots up around them. That’s what they’re looking for, spread the floor3/8 guys.”

But people close the Sixers deny the team is holding out for Harden. They maintain their focus is on getting an A-list player whether it’s Harden, Portland’s Dame Lillard, Washington’s Bradley Beal or other players in their class.

On Thursday, Morey said it was less than likely for Simmons to be dealt before the Feb. 10 deadline during an appearance on The Mike Missanelli Show on 97.5 The Fanatic.

That comes as no surprise to a league source, who says teams are being scared off by Morey’s methodology.

“Whenever teams inquire, it shows up in the media at some capacity within the next 24 hours,” the source said. “Everyone is wanting Daryl to come to them with hard proposals. No one wants to be the one to bring something in because they are afraid as soon as they do it, they’re going to be exposed.”

A source said whenever teams enter discussions with Morey, he pushes for two or three draft picks.

“No one is giving up three picks and an A-level player, who may be a B next to Joel, just to get Ben back,” the source said. “They’re not doing it.

That’s why they keep hitting a wall on this thing.”

Another source said the reigning theory is that teams are hesitant to speak with Morey, who they believe moves the goal posts when discussing terms. If you think you’re close to having a deal in place, Morey will return to the table and raise the stakes, a source said.

The sources don’t think Morey is serious about making a deal for Simmons at this time. The Sixers’ position that they’re not going to trade Simmons just to make a trade has been consistent.

They’re only willing to make a deal for an A-list player in return.

“The reigning thought process throughout the league is Harden will be a Sixer next season,” a source said.

Showcase of attrition: Picking the 2022 NBA All-Star Game starters Ben Golliver The Washington Post

Before NBA all-star voters can judge which of this year’s candidates are most deserving, they must ask a more fundamental question: Who is even available?

This year’s game, set for Cleveland on Feb. 20, is shaping up to be a showcase of attrition. Kevin Durant, on track to be selected as the Eastern Conference’s captain through three rounds of fan ballots, suffered a knee sprain last week that is expected to sideline him for the festivities. The Brooklyn Nets forward now leads a long list of notable players whose seasons have been shaped by injuries or extended absences: Kawhi Leonard, Damian Lillard, Anthony Davis, Paul George, Zion Williamson, Klay Thompson, Bam Adebayo, Kyrie Irving, Ben Simmons and Jamal Murray. Throw in Draymond Green, who was recently diagnosed with a calf injury that will sideline him through the end of January, and that’s a full 12-man roster of top-shelf talent who would have factored into this year’s selection process.

Such an incomplete field of candidates naturally means there are fewer heated debates over who makes the cut for Cleveland. That’s especially true when it comes to the 10 starters, who will be announced Thursday.

Here are The Washington Post’s picks for the starting lineups, which consider individual statistics, availability and contribution to team success. The Post’s selections for the rest of the rosters will be made Jan. 31.

Eastern Conference Frontcourt: Kevin Durant (Brooklyn Nets), Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks) and Joel Embiid (Philadelphia 76ers)

While Durant (29.3 points per game, 7.4 rebounds per game, 5.8 assists per game) might be unable to play in the All-Star Game for the third straight year due to injury, he has easily earned a selection as the NBA’s leading scorer and the reliable engine of the otherwise wobbly Nets. Even if the 33-yearold forward is sidelined through the break, he has logged 1,313 minutes, already exceeding his total for last season, when he dealt with health protocol absences and a hamstring injury.

The only drama here is whether Durant, who has pulled in more than 5.4 million fan votes, can hold off Antetokounmpo (5.1 million) to serve as East captain for the second straight season.

Speaking of Antetokounmpo, he’s quietly worked himself into a strong position to claim his third MVP award.

The Bucks’ title defense has been shakier than expected, but Milwaukee’s centerpiece has continued to deliver huge numbers (28.6 PPG, 11.3 RPG, 6 APG) and elite impact on both sides of the ball. With Durant fading from the MVP mix, Antetokounmpo is starting to look like Stephen Curry’s top competition. In his prime at 27, it’s hard to bet against Antetokounmpo being the last man standing during this season.

The ever-imposing Embiid has moved past a bout with covid-19 to separate himself from a fairly weak crop of frontcourt candidates that includes Miami’s Jimmy Butler (too injured), Boston’s Jayson Tatum (too inefficient) and Cleveland’s Jarrett Allen (too limited as a scorer). Simmons’ season-long holdout has kneecapped Philadelphia’s title hopes, but it has had little impact on Embiid, whose gaudy production (28.7 PPG, 10.7 RPG, 4.3 APG) is virtually identical to last season and has kept Philadelphia’s

head above water.

Backcourt: DeMar DeRozan (Chicago Bulls) and James Harden (Brooklyn Nets) DeRozan’s inclusion in the backcourt category has rankled many observers, who correctly point out that he typically plays forward in small ball alignments. Positional semantics aside, DeRozan (26.3 PPG, 5 RPG, 4.8 APG) has emerged as a worthy starter by leading the Bulls from the 2021 lottery to the East’s top tier. Despite a seemingly endless series of health and safety protocol absences and injuries to key teammates, DeRozan’s midrange sniping and crafty ability to get to the free throw line has helped Chicago’s offensive efficiency jump from 21st last year to seventh this year.

The final backcourt spot represents the East’s only real debate and features three candidates: Harden, Chicago’s Zach LaVine and Atlanta’s Trae Young.

Of the three scoring-minded players, Harden (22.7 PPG, 8 RPG, 10.1 APG) still possesses the most complete and sophisticated offensive game. His impact and shooting numbers have slipped compared to the last five years, but a “B-minus” campaign from Harden is sufficient given that LaVine is coping with a knee injury and Young’s Hawks are in 12th place in the East.

Western Conference Frontcourt: Nikola Jokic (Denver Nuggets), LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers) and Rudy Gobert (Utah Jazz) Although he trails James and Curry by a wide margin in the fan voting, Jokic (26.1 PPG, 13.8 RPG, 7.6 APG) is the West’s deserving captain on this ballot. The reigning MVP leads the league in Player Efficiency Rating, Win Shares and a host of other advanced statistics while single-handedly keeping the

injury-ravaged Nuggets in the West’s playoff mix. Jokic has surpassed James and Chris Paul as the NBA’s most effective passer and positioned himself alongside Curry and Antetokounmpo among the league’s most indispensable players. Denver would probably have the West’s worst record without him.

James (29 PPG, 7.7 RPG, 6.3 APG) continues to own the ballot box, pulling in a league-leading 6.8 million votes through three rounds, and he will serve as a captain for the fifth straight year if he can fend off Curry (6 million). Even though the middling Lakers have been a dysfunctional mess, James should skate to his 18th all-star selection thanks to his impressive production. A discussion about whether the 37-year-old James has earned a starting spot purely on merit, rather than popularity, will need to wait until at least 2023.

Any hope for a robust debate over the final starting spot was lost when Leonard and Williamson opened the season on the shelf and George, Davis and Green all sustained untimely in-season injuries. That leaves Gobert (16 PPG, 15.1 RPG, 2.3 BPG) as the winner by a process of elimination, topping Karl-Anthony Towns, whose Minnesota Timberwolves are too far back in the standings. Gobert is perennially overlooked in the fan vote, but he’s kept the Jazz near the top of the West standings by leading the league in rebounding and covering up for a roster filled with subpar defenders. For evidence of Gobert’s importance, consider that Utah went 1-4 and conceded 119 points per game during his recent stint in the health protocols.

Backcourt: Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors) and Ja Morant

(Memphis Grizzlies) Curry (26 PPG, 5.3 RPG, 6.2 APG) has cooled slightly since he opened the season by playing the best basketball of his career and becoming the NBA’s all-time leader in three-pointers. Even so, his singular ability to command extra defensive attention has paired with Golden State’s own sturdy team defense to turn the Warriors into a leading contender. As was the case during Curry’s MVP years, his value is often best seen by the success of the teammates. Andrew Wiggins, Otto Porter Jr. and Gary Payton II have all proved to be pleasant surprises.

The West’s second backcourt spot is the toughest call among the starters, although it’s made slightly easier with Lillard out of the picture. If the pick was made primarily on contribution to winning, Phoenix’s Chris Paul would get the nod. After all, the Suns hold the league’s best record because the 36-year-old Paul has enjoyed impeccable health and delivered countless times in late-game situations. If the pick was made primarily on individual production, Dallas’s Luka Doncic would be the guy thanks to his sky-high usage rate and reliable stat-stuffing.

But Morant (25.3 PPG, 6 RPG, 6.9 APG) offers the best of both worlds: The Grizzlies are the West’s third seed and have posted a top-10 offense, while their star point guard has raised his numbers across the board. At 22, Morant has proved equally capable of dazzling with his highlight plays and dissecting opposing defenses in the fourth quarter, and he will become the first Grizzlies player to start in the AllStar Game since Marc Gasol in 2015 if he can hold off Doncic in the fan vote.

Controversial WR Antonio Brown says he wants to play with Ravens QB Lamar Jackson Jonas Shaffer The Baltimore Sun

After shedding his Buccaneers jersey and leaving Tampa Bay in one of the strangest exits in NFL history, Antonio Brown has eyes on Baltimore.

In an interview on the popular “I Am Athlete” podcast released Monday, the controversial wide receiver, and cousin of Ravens wide

receiver Marquise “Hollywood” Brown, was asked what quarterback was “next in line” in his career.

“Lamar Jackson,” Brown said.

“That’s who you want to play for?” asked host and former NFL wide receiver Brandon Marshall.

“Action Jackson,” Brown said. “Let’s give Lamar Jackson

his flowers. ... Shout out Lamar Jackson. That’s it. Lamar Jackson is a great quarterback. Not only him throwing the ball, the dynamic of him playing, the excitement.”

Jackson retweeted a video of the interview Monday afternoon, adding an emoji of a smiling face with horns, usually meant to convey excitement or mischief.

This isn’t their first flirtation. In April 2020, after video emerged of Jackson working out with Marquise Brown and Antonio Brown, Jackson was asked whether he felt the Ravens should sign the then-free agent.

“I’d be happy if they signed him,” he said of Brown, who was coming off a 2019 season in which he’d been traded

from the Pittsburgh Steelers to Oakland, demanded a trade from the Raiders, was instead released, signed with the New England Patriots, then was released after one game in the wake of mounting allegations of sexual and personal misconduct against him.

“He’s a great player. He showed it each and every year when he was with the Steelers

in the past, but it’s not my decision.”

Ravens officials have preferred to avoid commenting on Brown, who later signed with the Buccaneers and won a Super Bowl in his first season. General manager Eric DeCosta said in April 2020 that the team’s interest level in Brown was an “in-house” matter.

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Bills’ touchback aided Chiefs’ comeback in playoff stunner Tom Krasovic The San Diego Union-Tribune

A friendly suggestion if you count any Buffalo Bills fans among your friends and family.

Give them doughnuts or other comfort food today. Just don’t tell them they have 13 seconds to eat it.

The Bills — a smart, sharp team boasting the NFL’s top-ranked defense — somehow lost a playoff game Sunday night despite kicking off with a three-point lead and just 13 seconds on the clock.

Buffalo’s defense melted like a snowball in Gila Bend. The Chiefs flew down the field on two passes, far enough to kick a 49-yard field goal that sent the game into overtime.

Given the football by the coin flip, Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce hustled up a gamewinning touchdown that advanced coach Andy Reid’s program to its fourth consecutive AFC title game, all in Kansas City.

Instead of returning to Buffalo to face the Cincinnati Bengals, the Bills packed up for the winter.

They’d seemed capable of seizing the franchise’s first Lombardi Trophy next month in the Kroenke Dome. Now, even with the prospect of quarterback Josh Allen, 25, leading them back to several more Super Bowl tournaments, the Bills will need time to regroup from Sunday’s stunning reversal.

At the risk of piling on, here’s an assertion Bills coaches may want to consider in addition to diving into film of the game-tying drive: The decision to kick the ball into the end zone, instead of forcing the Chiefs to field a kickoff with 13 seconds left, was a mistake.

Admittedly, the touchback dangled a notsmall reward: It couldn’t be returned for a long gain.

Starting from their 25, the Chiefs had to pick up some 35-40 yards just to try a field goal. Although Mahomes had three timeouts, the odds were stacked in Buffalo’s favor.

On the other hand, a highly lofted kick to between the 10 and the goal line or a squib kick would’ve forced the Chiefs to make a decision.

They could allow the ball to land if they believed it would go out of bounds — advancing them to their 40 if it did — or into the end zone.

Regardless, none of the 13 seconds would elapse.

They could make a fair catch, freezing the clock but also planting them there.

Or they could’ve run with it, raising the potential of a lengthy return.

Any return, however, would’ve started the clock. Chipping at those 13 seconds — in comparison to Mahomes having an extra play — seemed

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Head Coach Sean McDermott of the Buffalo Bills looks on from the sidelines during the game against the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Divisional Playoff game at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday in Kansas City, Missouri.

highly attractive.

It’s scary how fast today’s good NFL offenses can gobble up chunks of ground, if necessary.

That threat prompted my column Sept. 27 about weaponizing the kickoff. Back then, two former San Diego Chargers — special teams coach Kevin Spencer and kicker Nick Novak — said it may make sense to kick fewer touchbacks. The 60-yard range of many NFL kickers today furthered that case.

It’s well and good to raise these questions, but Bills coaches know better than anyone else what their players can or can’t do.

Will the kicker avoid kicking the ball out of bounds if he’s trying to induce a return?

You: Yes, of course, he will. The field is 53 1/3 yards wide.

Me: Did you watch the Bucs-Rams game Sunday? The Bucs’ Bradley Pinion — who owns a Super Bowl ring won 12 months ago — kicked the ball out of bounds. Twice.

Only the Bills coaches know if they feared a long return by the Chiefs’ Byron Pringle, who stood near the goal line.

Pringle returned a kick 102 yards in 2020.

If the Bills had allowed him a big gain, the howls back in Buffalo would’ve been louder than Niagara Falls.

Pringle’s career average in 37 returns: 26.6 yards. In eight postseason returns: 25.6 yards.

“Buffalo definitely needed (to) squib that last kickoff in regulation and force K.C. to return it,” said Super Bowl-winning coach Tony Dungy of NBC. “That would have given the Chiefs just one play.” Six things — Two gold stars go to Eric Weddle, who not only logged 61 snaps Sunday but also drew a good game grade from Pro Football Focus analysts after making four tackles (two assisted) and defending passes (and committing one nearly enormous penalty). Coinciding with Weddle’s return, prompted by injuries to both starting safeties in the Rams’ season finale, a more cohesive pass defense has shown up in playoff victories against Arizona and Tampa Bay. — In comparison to Weddle’s other playoff game opposite Brady — the 2007 AFC championship match — his team enjoyed better health and matchups. The 2007 Chargers were without Patriots nemesis LaDainian Tomlinson (knee) in that 21-12 defeat. Both Philip Rivers (torn ACL) and Antonio Gates (dislocated big toe) were severely reduced. (In fairness, Brady was limited by a back injury the Pats had understated). This time around, Weddle’s star teammates were healthy and productive, while Brady sorely missed LT

Tristan Wirfs, whose dominant rookie year — in which he played every snap in the team’s 20 games — was a factor in Brady winning a seventh title.

— The Rams getting WR Odell Beckham, Jr. for no draft picks or significant money represents one of the better in-season additions by any Super Bowl contender. The Rams, who lost valuable receiver Robert Woods one day after signing Beckham on Nov. 11, wouldn’t be headed to Sunday’s NFC title game without Beckham.

— The Cleveland Browns are catching heat for not getting more production out of Beckham after acquiring him from the New York Giants in March 2019. Second-year coach Kevin Stefanski and QB Baker Mayfield deserve some criticism, but keep in mind Beckham had reconstructive knee surgery during the 2020 season and that it often takes more than a full year for a player to return to consistent peak form. Also, the Rams are more talented at QB (Matthew Stafford) and WR (Cooper Kupp). Kupp commands double teams, benefiting Beckham, who has six TD catches in 10 games with L.A. — Thriving in cold Green Bay, the “San Diego Niners” drew a big game Saturday from 2020 All-Pro LB Fred Warner (San Marcos Mission Hills) and another solid outing from RG Daniel Brunskill (Valley Center and San Diego State).

Signal-caller Warner, playing six days after an ankle injury sidelined him for the final seven minutes of the victory at Dallas, played all 56 snaps.

He had three tackles, forced a fumble and was crisp in pass defense. Brunskill took part in all 54 offensive snaps and ably protected QB Jimmy Garoppolo. Once again, a roster assembled by coach Kyle Shanahan and GM John Lynch (Torrey Pines) showed reliable depth. Nine linemen had at least 11 snaps for a defense that held Aaron Rodgers to 169 passing yards in the 13-10 victory.

A blocked punt by long-armed backup DE Jordan Willis, claimed off waivers from the Jets two years ago, created a tying TD in the final minutes.

— WR Keenan Allen made a salient point on social media, in response to critics of the NFL rule that a touchdown on the first possession of overtime decides the game. Allen’s post: “FYI...these OT games are not decided by a coin toss! Defense wins championships...don’t ever forget it!” Allen was seventh in the NFL this season with a teamhigh 106 receptions for a Chargers offense that placed fifth in scoring. But with a defense that finished 29th in points and last in both third-down success and fourth-quarter points, Team Spanos fell short of the playoffs.

Packers’ Matt LaFleur: ‘No debate’ on wanting Aaron Rodgers back Field Level Media

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Daniel Gafford (21) of the Washington Wizards and Jaxson Hayes (10) of the New Orleans Pelicans follow the ball on a foul shot in the first half at Capital One Arena on Nov. 15 in Washington, D.C.

NBA player Jaxson Hayes charged with domestic violence James Queally Los Angeles Times

New Orleans Pelicans center Jaxson Hayes has been charged with domestic violence abuse, resisting arrest and battery against a police officer in connection with a July incident at his Woodland Hills home in which LAPD officers choked him and hit him with a Taser.

The Los Angeles city attorney’s office charged Hayes on Monday with five counts of abusing a spouse or co-habitant, one count of resisting arrest, one count of battery against an LAPD officer, three counts of vandalism and one count of trespassing in connection with the July clash.

Police responded to Hayes’ home after his girlfriend’s cousin called 911 and said Hayes was being “loud and violent” and that his significant other was scared. When police arrived on scene, however, Hayes and the woman who called police told responding officers that the situation had been diffused, according to video of the incident released last year by LAPD. The officers told Hayes to wait outside while they talked to the woman, but he demanded to see a search

warrant and asked why he couldn’t go in his own home.

As the argument escalated, an officer then told Hayes he was going to be detained, and two officers tried to restrain him. Hayes spun and pushed one of the officers into a wall near the home’s front door, the video shows. The officer suffered an unspecified elbow injury, police said.

Hayes was then taken to the ground and one officer began kneeling on his neck and Hayes shouted, “I can’t breathe.” Another officer then struck him in the chest with a Taser, the video shows.

The LAPD immediately came under scrutiny for the force depicted in the video, as it seemed to run afoul of department policy. Officers are forbidden from blocking or restricting a person’s airway while trying to subdue them.

Targeting a person’s chest with a Taser is also strongly discouraged, according to LAPD policy.

In the aftermath of the incident, police said Hayes’ girlfriend had refused to cooperate with the investigation, though an unidentified woman is now listed as the victim in the domestic violence charges made public Monday.

An offseason of unknowns has begun for the Green Bay Packers, especially with regard to whether or not future Hall of Fame quarterback Aaron Rodgers will remain with the team next season or retire.

As opposed to the controversial offseason of a year ago when a disgruntled Rodgers and his only NFL employer seemed destined for a split, Packers head coach Matt LaFleur made it very clear Monday that the team wants their 17-year veteran to return for 2022.

“Every conversation that I’ve been involved in with Gutey (general manager Brian Gutekunst) and Russ (director of football operations Russ Ball) and Mark (president Mark Murphy), we’re all on the same page there,” LaFleur said Monday. “There’s no debate.”

Speaking to the media on the heels of Green Bay’s stunning 13-10 upset loss Saturday against the San Francisco 49ers, LaFleur said he met with his quarterback Monday and while a decision was far off, there was no question the Packers organization hopes for a return.

“I sat down and talked to Aaron today for quite some time,” LaFleur said. “I think we’re all a little numb to the situation right now and, so, I would say that what we talked about, I’m definitely gonna keep between him and myself, but we’re hopeful that he’ll be back next year, obviously.

“This guy has done so much for such a long period of time for this organization, for this city, for this team, and so I want to be respectful of his process. Whatever he needs to go through to make the best decision for himself, and, certainly, we would love for him to be a Packer and be a Packer until the day he decides to retire.”

The Packers, who lost a playoff game as the NFC’s top seed for the second year in a row, must quickly pick up the pieces after becoming the first team in NFL history to win 13 or more games in three straight seasons without advancing to the Super Bowl.

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Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (12) leaves the field after losing against the San Francisco 49ers during a NFC Divisional playoff football game at Lambeau Field on Saturday.

The 38-year-old Rodgers did not disappoint this season, throwing for two or more touchdown passes in 15 of his 17 games and tossing up elite numbers (4,115 passing yards, 37 touchdown passes, four interceptions) for what may turn out to be the fourth MVP season of his career.

But he admitted after an ordinary Saturday winter night against the Niners (20-for29, 225 yards) at Lambeau Field that while he will not drag out a decision about his future past the start of free agency on March 16, he also doesn’t plan to stick around if the team decides to start from scratch.

“I don’t want to be part of a rebuild if I’m going to keep playing, so (there will be) a lot of decisions in the next couple months,” Rodgers said of the Packers.

The Packers are projected to be $44.8 million over the 2022 salary cap and other major decisions share the front burner with the Rodgers outcome. Wide receiver Davante

Adams has said publicly he wants to be the NFL’s highest-paid wide receiver and said last year there will be no hometown discount to stay in Green Bay. To keep Rodgers, the Packers would need to sign him to a long-term extension. His cap charge in 2022 is $46 million, negotiated intentionally by Rodgers last offseason when his disdain for the front office came to light.

The mood has since shifted. If it’s up to his head coach, there is no decision from the Green Bay standpoint as LaFleur said he wants the Packers to do “everything in our power to try to get him back here and making sure he’s comfortable with the direction of our football team.”

“There’s no plan for a rebuild,” said LaFleur. “You get this close, obviously win a lot of football games, and we know in order for there not to be that, he’s gotta be a part of this thing. I don’t think that’s anybody’s intention.”

“Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.”

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It’s L.A. vs. San Francisco again, only this time a Super Bowl trip is at stake Bill Plaschke Los Angeles Times

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Tom Brady, who technically has a year remaining on his contract with the Bucs, said he’Äôs in no rush to make a decision on his playing future.

Wife, 3 kids remain top consideration as Tom Brady assesses future Joey Knight Tampa Bay Times

Until he reaches a decision on whether to play a 23rd NFL season, Tom Brady’s every sound bite will be scrutinized by a public desperate to get a read on his future.

Which takes us to his latest Let’s Go! podcast Monday evening, when the married dad of three often sounded like a middle-aged man content to call it a career and start giving back to a family that has sacrificed several autumns for the sake of his craft.

At one point, he even seemed to assess his mortality, invoking the late Kobe Bryant’s name.

“As I’ve gotten older, I think the best part is, football is extremely important in my life, and it means a lot to me,” Brady, who turns 45 in August, told podcast cohost Jim Gray.

“And the biggest difference now that I’m older is, I have kids now, too, and I care about them a lot as well. They’ve been my biggest supporters, my wife is my biggest supporter. It pains her to see me get hit out there, and she deserves what she needs from me as a husband, my kids deserve what they need from me as a dad.”

Brady’s oldest son Jack (whose mother is actress Bridget Moynahan) now is a teenager who accompanied his dad a handful of days at training camp this past summer. Younger son Benjamin and daughter Vivian, with wife and model Gisele Bundchen, are at or approaching middle-school age.

On Monday, hours after the Bucs’ staggering rally from a 24-point deficit ended with a 30-27 playoff loss to the Rams, Brady said he was able to have waffles with his two younger children because he had no practice to attend.

“Playing football, I get so much joy from, I love it,” he said.

“But not playing football, there’s a lot of joy in that for me also now, with my kids getting older and seeing them develop and grow. So all these things need to be considered, and they will be. The funny part is, most guys retire and then move to Florida.

I’m alreadyin Florida.

So it’s really confusing, even to me.”

Brady, who technically has a year remaining on his contract with the Bucs, said he’s in no rush to make a decision.

Among the considerations (which he often has repeated) is whether he can — or desires — to keep performing at an elite level.

He did so this past season at age 44, leading the NFL in passing yards

(5,316) and touchdown passes (43) in the regular season, while leading the Bucs to a franchiserecord 13 regular-season triumphs and their first NFC South title in 14 years.

“Every year I just have to make sure that I have the ability to commit to what the team really needs, and that’s really important to me,” Brady said. “The team doesn’t deserve anything less than my best, and if I feel like I’m not committed to that or I can’t play at a championship level, then you’ve got to give someone else a chance to play.”

He has ample time to assess that commitment level. For now, Brady said he’ll decompress and savor the waking moments.

“We never know what’s going to happen in the future, we really don’t,” Brady said.

“I mean, Kobe Bryant, a friend of ours, God rest his soul. You think you’re going to live forever, we’re not. We think we’re going to play forever, we’re not. What can we do? We can enjoy the moments that we have.

As difficult as it was to lose the game (Sunday), I was glad I played in it, and I was glad I was a part of it.”

Other topics addressed by Brady during his podcast: The unsportsmanlikeconduct flag he drew (first of his NFL career) for arguing with referee Shawn Hochuli after receiving a bloody lower lip from the helmet of Rams star Von Miller: “If I feel like they miss a call, I want to let the guy know, and I’ve done that literally a thousand times over the course of my career and never got called. ... I didn’t cuss, I didn’t do any of those things other than identify (the hit) to him.”

On whether he’d be interested in having a series of farewell-tour tributes his final season: “I think that would be distracting for me.

My enjoyment comes from not recognition of kind of what I’ve accomplished as a player in the league. My enjoyment comes from the competition.”

On whether he could exit his career proud and satisfied even after an excruciating loss like Sunday’s: “I would say I’m proud and satisfied of everything we accomplished this year. I know when I give it my all, that’s something to be proud of, and I’ve literally given everything I had this year, last year, the year before that. I don’t leave anything half-ass. I think I leave it with everything I have.”

The Rams were bent over at the knees, wheezing, gasping, choking.

The greatest quarterback in history was swaggering down the field, charging, swinging, steaming.

A lingering Gulf Coast chill had suddenly become a raucous inferno, thousands of flagwaving fans at Raymond James Stadium roaring and pleading as if refusing to let the defending champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers go down.

Then with two lofty throws, Matthew Stafford put them down. And with two nimble catches, Cooper Kupp kept them down. And with the simple swing of a right foot in the final ticks of a great escape, Matt Gay knocked them out.

On a once-sunny Sunday darkened by rolling clouds and angry pirates, the Rams recovered from a blown 24-point lead to beat Tom Brady and the Buccaneers on Gay’s last-second 30-yard field goal, earning a 3027 NFC divisional-round playoff win.

Long pause. Deep breath.

Bring on the — are you kidding me? — San Francisco 49ers.

The GOAT is gone, just in time for the Rams’ bold and bleating Bay Area rivals to show up at SoFi Stadium next Sunday for an NFC championship game with the winner advancing to Super Bowl LVI on Feb. 13 at SoFi. “This is how you write a book,” said Rams outside linebacker Von Miller, smile huge, eyes wide.

Yes, it’s happening again, it’s Los Angeles vs. San Francisco in a playoff matchup for the ages, not to mention the second time in less than four months. In case you forgot, the Dodgers beat the Giants in the National League Division Series in October.

We didn’t forget.

“You wouldn’t want it no other way. It’s like the perfect setting,” Rams defensive lineman Aaron Donald said. “Get ready for a dogfight.”

It has been a dream of the Rams to play the Super Bowl in their sparkling new stadium since it was built and opened by their owner Stan Kroenke in 2020. Their victory Sunday, on a breathtaking 63-yard drive that required just 42 seconds and consisted of two perfect passes from Stafford to Kupp, moves this vision just one step away.

But this is one damn doozy of a step. The nemesis 49ers have beaten them six consecutive times, and their fans recently filled SoFi such that the Rams have limited their available title game tickets to residents of the greater Los Angeles region.

Stop rolling those eyes. It’s a smart move. It’s a fair effort to create a greater home-field

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San Francisco 49ers kicker Robbie Gould (9) gives a hand to Los Angeles Rams cornerback Jalen Ramsey (5) after kicking a field goal to win the game in the overtime period of the game at SoFi Stadium on Jan. 9.

advantage. It’s like the Giants soaking the Candlestick Park basepaths to slow down Maury Wills in 1962, just not nearly as sleazy.

“I can’t wait to see the fans show up in Mr. Kroenke’s house that he built,” Rams coach Sean McVay said. “It’s going to be a special opportunity.”

The 49ers are far more dangerous on the actual field, where they have reached this point by winning taut games at favored Dallas and Green Bay. The Rams are showing up after blowing out the overmatched Arizona Cardinals and then nearly, really, almost blowing it against the Buccaneers in what would have been one of the greatest collapses in franchise history.

“Man, I’m still trying to process everything,” Miller said.

“Man, that was a crazy game.”

The Rams led 27-3 midway through the third quarter, yet they eventually lost four fumbles — two by running back Cam Akers — while Gay missed a 47-yard field-goal attempt.

They gave Brady an inch and he took it miles, connecting on a 55-yard touchdown pass to Mike Evans late in the fourth quarter and then directing the tying touchdown drive after Akers’ second fumble.

“I thought, this has got to be a dream,” McVay said. “But our guys just kept battling.”

The battle was finally reengaged with 42 seconds remaining and the Rams on their 25-yard line with one timeout.

This was when Stafford showed why he was worth the massive trade to acquire him from the Detroit Lions last offseason, and when Kupp showed why he’s the best wide receiver in football.

“Nobody flinched,” McVay said. “Nobody blinked.”

Kupp beat cornerback Sean Murphy-Bunting down the left side for a 20-yard catch of a perfect bullet. Then, running a route that Kupp called “Love of the Game,” he beat safety Antoine Winfield Jr. deep for a 44-yard catch of a soaring spiral to set up the game-winning field goal.

The play is called “Love of the Game” because, basically, the receiver just runs like the dickens and hopes to draw enough attention to free up other receivers.

“You’re never really getting the ball,” Stafford said. “You’re just clearing out some area.”

No, the play is not called “Catch of the Game,” but that’s what happened after Stafford saw Kupp break free and instinctively made the memorable throw.

“One of those ones where all you can do is just dig, dig out your route, look up for the ball and hope that it’s floating up there,” Kupp said.

It was, and the Rams were soon floating back to Los Angeles.

“It’s a whole lot more fun when you’ve got to make a play like that to win the game and just steal somebody’s soul,” Stafford said.

He could have speaking about Brady, who watched the ending bundled up on the bench and then walked off the field with no expression on his eternally young 44-year-old face.

And no, he wasn’t going to address rumors that, after 22 seasons and seven Super Bowl rings, he’s finally retiring.

“I’m not thinking about

anything past five minutes from now,” he said.

He was still stuck, and might forever be stuck, on those final 42 seconds.

“Obviously we showed a lot of fight, but at the end of the day, you lose a game, you lose a game,” Brady said, adding, “It all sucks to lose in the end.”

The Rams narrowly avoided that ending and will now reward their city with another reminder of that delicious San Francisco sports rivalry. The roots of the Rams-49ers rivalry do not run as deep as Dodgers-Giants, but the matchup has deeply affected the Rams nonetheless.

They’ve played the 49ers 145 times, more than any other opponent. They’ve lost to the 49ers 75 times, more than any other opponent.

San Francisco coach Kyle Shanahan, who was once McVay’s boss when both were on the staff in Washington, has not only won six consecutive games against his former pupil but seven out of 10 overall.

The Rams and 49ers have met only once in the postseason, in the NFC championship game after the 1989 season, with the 49ers winning 30-3 in a game that featured the infamous phantom sack of Rams quarterback Jim Everett. The 49ers’ defense was so intimidating, at one point Everett went down without being touched, a play that will live forever in the darkest corners of Rams lore.

The Rams emerged from a similar corner late Sunday afternoon -- barely -- and will now have a chance to rework some more of their history against their longtime nemesis.

“It’s a big challenge,” Stafford said.

NFL Roundup: Sean Payton, Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen, overtime rules and more Pat Leonard New York Daily News

Every team with a head coaching vacancy should be putting out feelers to the New Orleans Saints right now. That includes the Giants.

Numerous league sources have been telling the Daily News for more than a week that they believe Saints coach Sean Payton either wants out of New Orleans or may retire to take a year off from coaching entirely. This includes people in the Saints’ building.

That is some background on NFL Network’s Sunday report that Payton still has not yet informed the organization that he will definitely return.

Payton, 58, has not returned requests for comment, but Saints owner Gayle Benson threw gasoline on the fire of uncertainty Monday.

“You know Sean, we don’t know.

You know? Who knows, “Benson told FOX8NOLA with a smile and a laugh.

“We’ll find out soon enough I guess. I don’t think any of us know. But he’ll let us know soon enough.”

Payton was back at the Saints’ facility on Monday after taking a vacation at season’s end, per Nick Underhill of NewOrleans.

Football. He is under contract for three more seasons.

It’s unclear whether Payton is waiting

to see the Saints commit to landing a franchise quarterback -- there were rumors of Russell Wilson pinings a year ago -- or if he simply wants a change or a break.

Some believe the Saints are now in the process of trying to convince Payton to stay.

Any NFL team with a head coaching vacancy has to look into Payton’s possibility via trade, though. Coach trades happen.

They’re expensive, but they happen.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers famously shipped two first-round picks, two second-round picks and $8 million to the Oakland Raiders in 2002 for coach Jon Gruden. Gruden promptly won the Super Bowl with former coach Tony Dungy’s club in his first year.

If Payton wants to keep coaching but leave New Orleans, it’s hard to believe Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys wouldn’t show up at Payton’s front door with a Brinks truck.

But all NFL teams should have their antennae up until Payton clarifies where he stands.

That includes teams with frustrated owners like the Arizona Cardinals’ Michael Bidwill, who has a coach in Kliff Kingsbury but recently told the Arizona Republic this season was “disappointing for everybody.”

Payton would be the most valuable and attractive asset available all offseason if he

tells the Saints he wants to coach somewhere else. WHAT A WEEKEND We don’t believe what we just saw. The weekend’s divisional playoff round was the first in NFL history with four gamewinning scores on the final play. That is one of several jaw-dropping stats courtesy of Elias Sports Bureau that reflect how special those four games were. Some more: • Buffalo’s Gabriel Davis became the first NFL player ever to score four receiving touchdowns in one playoff game. Davis, 22, a second-year pro, was a fourth-round Buffalo draft pick in 2020 out of Central Florida. Only three other position players have scored four or more total TDs in a playoff game: the 49ers’ Ricky Watters (five, Jan. 1994), the Patriots’ LeGarrette Blount (four, Jan. 2014) and the 49ers’ Raheem Mostert (Jan. 2020).

• Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes turned in one of the best NFL quarterback duels of all time. The Bills and Chiefs combined for 25 points in the final 1:54 of regulation in Kansas City’s jaw-dropping 42-36 walk-off OT win over Buffalo. Allen left no debate that he is a top tier NFL quarterback by going 27-of-37 for 329 passing yards and four TDs, adding 68 rushing yards on 11 carries. But Patrick Mahomes hit 33 of 44 passes for 378 yards and three TDs and rushed seven times for 69 yards and another TD.

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Announcements New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Notice of Complete Application

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Date: 01/20/2022 Applicant: NEW ATHENS GENERATING COMPANY LLC 9300 US RTE 9W PO BOX 349 ATHENS, NY 12015-0349 Facility: ATHENS GENERATING PLANT 9300 US RTE 9W ATHENS, NY 12015 Application ID: 4-1922-00055/00005 Permits(s) Applied for: 1 - Article 19 Air Title V Facility Project is located: in ATHENS in GREENE COUNTY Project Description: The Department has prepared a draft permit and made a tentative determination, subject to public comment or other information, to approve the application submitted by the New Athens Generating Company LLC to renew the Title V Permit for the Athens Generating Plant with minor changes. The draft permit renewal would allow for the continued operation of existing infrastructure and does not include any new, expanded, or modified operations. The operations covered by the draft permit include the operation of three combined-cycle Westinghouse 501G combustion turbines to fire natural gas or distillate oil (alternate), heat recovery steam generators, and steam turbine generators (115 MW) to generate a maximum of 1,080 megawatts of electricity.

The facility controls the emissions of nitrogen oxides using dry low-NOx (DLN) combustion and water injection in the combustion turbines and selective catalytic reduction (SCR) in the heat-recovery steam generators.

Minor changes to the permit will include administrative updates, a new Minimum Emissions Compliance Load (MECL) requirement to increase operational flexibility, and removing three (3) 20,000-gallon aqueous ammonia storage tanks as an emission unit since they are now exempt.

NOTICE OF LEGAL POSTPONEMENT OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF GREENE

STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF COLUMBIA SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Index No. 15074-19

WELLS FARGO B ANK, N.A.,

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR CARRINGTON MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2006FRE2 ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,

Plaintiff,

Plaintiff,

v.

v.

Defendant.

BRIAN BURLARLEY, DAYTON J. BURLARLEY A/K/A DAYTON J. BURLARLEY, JR. A/K/A DAYTON J. BURLARLEY-HYLAND A/K/A DAYTON BURLARLEY-HYLAND, and JOHN DOE,

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT

Defendants.

PENNY JACKSON,

In pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the office of the County Clerk of Greene County on March 5, 2020, I, Heidi Cochrane, Esq. the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on February 3, 2022 at The Greene County Courthouse, 320 Main Street, Village of Catskill, County of Greene, State of New York, at 10:00 AM the premises described as follows: 7921 State Route 81 Oak Hill, NY 12460 SBL No.: 21.02-1-34 ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Town of Durham, County of Greene, State of New York The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. EF2019-352 in the amount of $113,751.17 plus interest and costs.

The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the Court System's COVID-19 mitigation protocols and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale.

Brandi Sek, Esq. Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP Plaintiff's Attorney 500 Bausch & Lomb Place Rochester, NY 14604 Tel.: 855-227-5072

Persons wishing to inspect the subject Title V files, including the application with all relevant supporting materials, the draft permit, and all other materials available to the DEC (the "permitting authority") that are relevant to this permitting decision should contact the DEC representative listed below. The Draft Permit and Permit Review Report may be viewed and printed from the Department web site at: https://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/8569.html.

DEC will evaluate the application and the comments received on it to determine whether to hold a public hearing. Comments and requests for a public hearing should be in writing and addressed to the Department representative listed below. A copy of the Department's permit hearing procedures is available upon request or on the Department web site at: https://www.dec.ny.gov/permits/6234.html.

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

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

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

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

To the above named Defendants: You are hereby summoned to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff's attorneys within thirty days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service, and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. for the relief demanded in the complaint.

NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.

Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.

Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action.

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of Honorable Andrew G. Ceresia, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed the 24th day of September, 2021 at Hudson, New York.

The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage on the following property: Tax I.D. No. 155-1-22 ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Copake, County of Columbia and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the northerly line of Columbia County Route #7-B (also known as Birch Hill Road), said point being the southwest corner of the parcel described herein, running North 15-27-36 West 249.00 feet along the easterly boundary of lands of Harvey D. Young and Beatrice L. Young to an iron pipe located 6 feet southwest of a spring of water, running thence along the southerly boundary of lands of Lakeshore Acres, Inc. the following three courses: (1) North 44-17-22 East 94.27 feet to an iron spike set in the south side of a 12" stump, (2) North 24-17-53 East 65.38 feet to the center of an 18" twin oak, and (3) South 82-39-00 East 49.68 feet to the easterly side of an 18" shagbark hickory and the lands of Calvin L. Rasweiler, running thence along the westerly boundary of lands of said Rasweiler South 3448-09 East 313.00 feet to an iron rod on the northerly side of the aforementioned County Road, running thence along said County Read South 67-48- 50 West 274.62 feet to an iron pipe at the point or place of beginning.

Subject to easements, covenants, and restriction of record.

These premises are also known as 24 Birch Hill Road, Copake a/k/a Craryville, NY 12521.

WOODS OVIATT GILMAN LLP Attorney for Plaintiff 500 Bausch & Lomb Place Rochester, NY 14604

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Contact Person EVAN H HOGAN NYSDEC 1130 N Westcott Rd Schenectady, NY 12306 (518) 357-2454

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In this file photo from April 9, 2018, Michael Beasley (8) of the New York Knicks handles the ball against Jeff Green (32) of the Cleveland Cavaliers at Madison Square Garden.

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million mid-level exception on Mario Hezonja, who stuck for one unremarkable season. Beasley signed with the Lakers for one-year, $3.5 million and was devastated about the separation from his mother.

“They wanted me to come back to New York on a veteran minimum deal. I was like, that’s not fair. At least give me $1 million more,” Beasley said. “While we were negotiating, they signed Mario Hezonja. They gave him my number, and they gave him the contract I asked for, which forced me to sign in Los Angeles with the Lakers,” Beasley said. “People think I wanted to go sign in Los Angeles. Not that I didn’t, but Los Angeles and Oklahoma City were the other teams that wanted me.

To fly six hours away after being

a three or four-hour drive away from my mom, that took a toll on me. That’s the part that hurt my feelings. I didn’t deserve that, and she didn’t deserve that.”

Beasley was disappointment with the Lakers and missed much of the season while visiting his mother, who died in December of 2018. Beasley hasn’t played in the NBA since that season in L.A. — although he was signed by the Nets for the Orlando bubble in 2020 before a COVID-19 infection ruined that opportunity — and is trying to get back in the league.

“Arnold Schwarzenegger had a quote when he was young and wanted to come to America. He didn’t know how. All he knew how to do was lift weights, so he was going to do as many curls as it took to get him to America,” Beasley said. “That’s kind of the mindset I have. I’m not sure how I’m going to get there, when, or if. All I know is if I get that call, I’m going to be ready.”

Flying chartered is a luxury often reserved for rock stars and royalty. But China’s approach to Covid, with officials determined to stamp out the virus, means that most of the 3,000 or so skiers, snowboarders, skaters and bobsleigh riders descending on Beijing for the Winter Olympics next month will be arriving on specially arranged flights.

According to version two of the Beijing 2022 playbook — a 70-page guide for athletes and team officials to a “safe and successful Games” — air travel to China’s capital will be possible via charter, temporary and commercial flights. With the playbook also mandating that departures from Beijing be on temporary and charter flights only, and most commercial flights suspended anyway due to the pandemic, chartered is proving a popular option.

Delta Air Lines Inc., official carrier for Team USA, has reached an agreement with the U.S. Olympic Committee to operate a single charter on an Airbus SE A350 to fly athletes and others to the Games from Los Angeles on Jan. 27. It will make a stop in Incheon in South Korea to refuel and change crew. Another flight has been agreed for the 2022 Winter Paralympics that start on March 4.

“This is unprecedented for the Games,” Delta spokesman Anthony Black said of the planned single charter. “No one has ever carried this much of a contingent to the Games on one flight.” The A350 is Delta’s largest plane, seating 306. Special Services According to the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, the two delegations will include about 300 athletes once qualifiers are complete, plus several hundred coaches, trainers and support staff. The committee is also

overseeing separate travel arrangements for U.S. athletes taking part in international competitions in other countries prior to the Games.

Testing is another issue for Games participants coming from afar. The official playbook stipulates people must take two Covid-19 tests within 96 hours of their departure to China, and one of those two tests must be within 72 hours of departure.

Team Canada is flying in 109 athletes on two specially-arranged flights with Air Canada, whose scheduled Beijing route is suspended due to Covid.

Teams from some of Europe’s biggest winter sporting nations are also traveling on chartered planes.

Deutsche Lufthansa AG, owner of the flag-carriers of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, will fly those countries’ Olympic teams. Its namesake Lufthansa brand will transport the German team — placed second after Norway in the medals table in the 2018 Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea — on four chartered Boeing Co. 747s from Frankfurt directly to the Chinese capital, a journey of around 10-and-ahalf hours.

Austrian Airlines AG will fly the Austrian team, winner of the most downhill skiing medals at the 2018 Games, from Vienna to Beijing on chartered flights departing on Jan. 28 and Jan. 30.

Swiss International Air Lines AG, however, will ferry athletes from Zurich to Beijing on daily scheduled flights ahead of the Games. Both airlines will use Boeing 777s, a spokeswoman for Lufthansa said.

The Finnish Olympic Committee has chartered direct flights with Finnair Oyj from Helsinki, FOC spokesman Mika Noronen said, while the Swedish team is also shunning the other option of so-called temporary flights.

Temporary Flights Only 19 airlines have been permitted by Beijing to operate temporary flights, which ideally should transit through four preferred hubs of Paris, Tokyo, Singapore and Hong Kong. For many nations, the 19 carriers aren’t practical. There are no U.S. airlines on the list, for example, and while some big players like Singapore Airlines Ltd. and Qatar Airways QCSC make the grade, they aren’t exactly from places renowned for winter sports. Ethiopian Airlines Group is also on the list.

“The cost of the flight is approximately 25,000 krona ($2,700) per person,” said Lars Markusson, media manager of the Swedish Olympic Committee. “The only thing that has been a little different with the travel bookings is that the flights didn’t become available until shortly before the Games begin, which was challenging.” Sweden expects to send around 110 competitors and at least as many support staff, Markusson said.

South Korea is sending only a handful of athletes across disciplines including curling and figure skating. For that, Korean Air Lines Co. will operate a total of four chartered flights through Feb. 21, using regular passenger aircraft as well as passenger jets that have been transporting cargo during the pandemic.

The airline said it has agreed to provide two chartered flights for athletes and delegates from the Czech Republic, without providing more details.

The Czech Republic is set to take its biggest-ever team to any Winter Olympics, announcing a squad of 113 earlier this month.

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Web browsing prompts feelings of inadequacy Dear Abby, I’m a lesbian. My girlfriend and I have been together for a couple of months now. We fell in love quickly and we’re getting ready to move in together. I’m really excited about it, but an “incident” happened recently while we were DEAR ABBY spending time together.

We were watching TV, and I noticed she was on a website looking at women wearing bikinis. At first I thought, “Are you serious? Right in front of me?” So I looked over and asked her about it.

She looked back at me and said, “What?” It made me feel incredibly insecure.

I know she loves me, but she doesn’t understand how hurt I was seeing that. It made me feel like I’m not enough. What should I tell her?

Should I break up with her? Or am I wrong to feel this way?

Torn In South Carolina

JEANNE PHILLIPS

Your relationship is new. Looking at pictures of people dressed in swimming attire is hardly indicative of a porn addiction or a hint that you are not “enough.”

Before you two move in together, you both need to talk this through, and you ABSOLUTELY need to learn to deal with your feelings of insecurity because, if you don’t, they could eventually drive away any of your love interests. Please, get to know each other for a longer period before taking your relationship to the next level by moving in.

Dear Abby, I’m 44 and divorced. I have no kids and I live with my parents. I didn’t finish college but I do have a job in my field of study. I’m happy in my job, have some friends and am content to not

date anyone ever again. However, I feel like I’m a failure.

I’d be embarrassed to go to a school reunion and have to tell my former classmates about my pathetic life. I was always the ambitious one in my circle of friends. I was the one who was going to make something of myself and have an amazing career, a husband and kids.

My parents are disabled, and it does help that I live with them.

I pay rent/utilities and for my own groceries.

How can I convince myself that I haven’t made a complete mess of my life and that my circumstances don’t mean my life has been wasted?

Self-Conscious In Arizona While you may not have achieved the lofty goals you set for yourself when you were younger, you are being awfully hard on yourself by calling yourself a “failure.” You have a job you love, in the field in which you want to work, and good friends. (In order to have friends, you have to be one.)

I assume the reason you are content to no longer date is past relationships didn’t work out.

If I’m right, that makes you a member of a very large club. Please try to remain open-minded, because one day you may meet someone you can care about and who will appreciate the value in you. And caring for your disabled parents is a heavy responsibility, and needs to take priority over a social life.

A way to counteract these self-defeating, negative feelings would be to concentrate every day on those things you HAVE accomplished, rather than what you perceive to be your shortcomings, instead of comparing yourself to others.

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By Stella Wilder Born today, you are a born strategist, and though you are quite adept at making plans and sticking to them, the fact is that your way of thinking is unique, and therefore the plans that you come up with, strategies you devise and the tactics you use to implement them are not always in sync with the wants, needs or expectations of others.

Once in a while, though only rarely perhaps, you may find yourself in a situation that requires you to bow to another’s authority or expertise. When this happens, you are better off keeping your mouth closed and your eyes and ears open, for it is likely that you will learn some important lessons from such a person that you can later adopt as your own.

Also born on this date are: Ellen Degeneres, comedian, actress and TV host; Wayne Gretzky, hockey player; Paul Newman, actor; Anita Baker, singer; Gene Siskel, film critic; Jules Feiffer, cartoonist and playwright.

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.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 27 AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — You must be willing to formulate a plan very quickly today if you’re going to move forward when given the chance. Timing is sure to be tight!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — You may be giving someone too much of a good thing, but today you’ll have the chance to back off — which proves to be beneficial to you, too.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — You mustn’t make excuses today, nor must you accept them from others. Everyone, including you, must be

on the up and up all day long.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — You may have trouble getting used to a new way of doing something, and you’ll experience a slowdown as a result. This is temporary!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Someone you’ve relied on in the past for last-minute advice may not be available to you today, and you’ll have to arrive at decisions on your own.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Hesitation is likely to result in more than a setback today; you don’t want to be the cause of anything that can hamstring you permanently.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — When you find yourself in a situation that seems to offer no way out, you know very well what to do — and whom to contact to make it possible.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — You’ll benefit from clear vision and a firm, uncomplicated mindset. Others wonder what your secret is, but you needn’t tell them — yet.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — While honesty can surely be the best policy, today you may anticipate that telling the truth will get you into trouble. Why not keep silent?

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — You know just as much as someone who is touted as an “expert” — and today you may have the opportunity to prove it in no uncertain terms.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — A matter of “official” policy proves a stumbling block for a time today, until you realize the issue is only illusory. Move ahead!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You know what you are expected to do, and why, but you are eager to find a way out of this situation and free yourself of any limitations.

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GREAT ENDING Both vulnerable, North deals NORTH ♠AK85 ♥ K98 ♦ Q 10 8 ♣ 10 9 4 WEST ♠J96 ♥ 642 ♦ AJ95 ♣Q86

EAST ♠Q42 ♥ J7 ♦ K7643 ♣A52 SOUTH ♠ 10 7 3 ♥ A Q 10 5 3 ♦2 ♣KJ73

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WEST 3♦* Pass All pass

Opening lead: Ace of ♦ West shifted to a trump at trick two, and South captured East’s jack with his ace. Declarer led a heart to dummy’s king and ran the 10 of clubs, losing to the queen. West led his last trump.

NORTH ♠AK8 ♥ Void ♦ Q 10 ♣ Void WEST ♠J96 ♥ Void ♦ J9 ♣ Void

EAST ♠Q42 ♥ Void ♦ K7 ♣ Void SOUTH ♠ 10 7 3 ♥ Q 10 ♦ Void ♣ Void

South led the queen of hearts, discarding the eight of spades from dummy. A diamond discard

by West would allow South to cross to dummy and lead the queen of diamonds, pinning his jack. West discarded a spade instead. East had a similar problem and he chose to discard a diamond. South led a spade to dummy and then led the 10 of diamonds, ruffing East’s king. The queen of diamonds was now his tenth trick. Very well played!

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NORTH EAST 1♣ 1♦ Pass Pass 3♥ Pass *Pre-emptive

South won with dummy’s nine and led the nine of clubs, taken by East with the ace. A spade shift at this point would have defeated the contract, but that was a dangerous play. South might have had the jack of spades. Instead, East led a safe club. Declarer won with the king and cashed the jack, leaving this position:

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WHSIS ODMME RZLDIA EGRALR Solution to Tuesday’s puzzle

1/26/22 Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9.

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Yesterday’s

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Heart of the City

Dilbert

B.C.

For Better or For Worse

Wizard of Id

Crossword Puzzle

DOWN 1 Thurman’s namesakes 2 Cotton candy color

Andy Capp

Bound & Gagged

Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews

3 Slightly unwell 4 Eur. nation 5 Stretch of land 6 “The King and I” star 7 Peach stone 8 Liven up 9 Present from birth 10 Clay-rich soil 11 Overdue 12 Lean-to 14 Be contrite 19 Awaken 22 Ending for Clement or Joseph 25 Police officers 27 Sleep in a tent 28 Think the world of 29 Sitcom set in wartime 30 Unwillingness 31 Finnish steam bath 33 Deadly reptiles 34 Part of UCLA 36 Ball holders 38 More moneygrubbing

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Tuesday’s Puzzle Solved

Non Sequitur

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39 Düsseldorf wife 41 Exhausted 42 Fitting 44 Vienna’s river 45 Jeremy Sisto TV series 47 Amphitheater 48 Fan setting

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49 __ child; kid with no sibs 50 Sudden attack 53 Commits perjury 54 Smaller amount 56 Two-cup item 57 __ up; illuminated 59 __ race; daily grind

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

Answer here:

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ACROSS 1 __ the air; unresolved 5 __ A; ambitious personality 9 Evils & miseries 13 Juvenile 15 Spoil 16 Flood survivor 17 Previn or Agassi 18 Thirteenth juror 20 Enjoy a winter sport 21 Snapshot, for short 23 Wandered 24 Fragrance 26 Abdomen 27 Gangster Al 29 Money hoarders 32 Get a pet from a shelter 33 Forest fire 35 Break a fast 37 “A rolling stone gathers no __” 38 __ egg; zero 39 Chimney pipe 40 Prefix for paid or med 41 Garbage 42 Trim branches 43 Murphy & Van Halen 45 Noisy quarrel 46 “Diamonds __ Forever”; 007 film 47 Pertaining to 48 Great __ owl; large hooter 51 __ off; rob 52 TV’s “__ Rise” 55 Too faint to be heard 58 Man’s nickname 60 Insincerely smooth 61 Irish girl’s name 62 Churchill Downs events 63 Jekyll’s alter ego 64 __-tat-tat 65 Actress Harper

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

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(Answers tomorrow) Jumbles: FRAME GOING FUSION CREAMY Answer: The chronic complainer was up early drinking his — “MOANING” COFFEE