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A hiker is treated by forest rangers on a trail in Windham on Saturday.

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3.000 people located nine miles south of Cooperstown in Otsego County.

A companion of the hiker, a man who was not identified, was not injured.

On Saturday, at about 2:30 p.m., New York forest rangers were contacted by Greene County 911, that a hiker, on the Escarpment Trail near Burnt Knob in the town of Windham, was unable to walk.

CATSKILL — Mask mandates will remain in place at Greene County schools as the regulation imposed by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul makes its way through the courts.

Nassau County Supreme Court Justice Thomas Rademaker on Monday ruled the governor’s mask mandate is unconstitutional, but after an appeal by the New York State Department of Health, Appellate Court Judge Robert J. Miller on Tuesday issued a stay to keep the mask mandate in place while the case is appealed.

The New York State Education Department on Tuesday issued guidance to school districts regarding the mask mandate.

“The Governor and State DOH (Department of Health) have filed a Notice of Appeal and are seeking confirmation that the Court’s order is stayed,” according to the letter. “While these legal steps occur, it is NYSED’s position that schools should continue to follow the mask rule.”

Catskill Central School District Superintendent Ronel Cook, in a statement released Tuesday, informed district parents that the mask mandate would remain in place.

“Please know that at this time, all students and staff must continue to wear masks in school,” Cook said. “Catskill Central School District is aware of the Jan. 24, 2022, decision by a New York State Judge in Nassau County holding the mask requirement invalid. However, the state

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WINDHAM — The rescue of a hiker in Greene County last weekend took six hours to complete, said Jeff Wernick, Department of Environmental Conservation spokesman on Wednesday.

The hiker was not identified by the DEC. The 24-year-old man from Milford was suffering from hypothermia and exhaustion, Wernick said. Milford is a town of about

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CATSKILL — When Nahviya Chapple’s cell phone disappeared at Albany Medical Center in December as she underwent a chemotherapy session, it seemed unlikely that the story would have a happy ending.

But the Catskill community united this week to raise the money to pay for a new phone for the Catskill High School

senior.

Catskill High School Teacher Wendy Casalino on Saturday collected donations at the Coaches vs. Cancer basketball games at Catskill High School and raised about $500 in donations from the community, enough to cover the cost of replacing Nahviya’s missing iPhone 11.

The Capital Region Chapter of the Protectors Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club chipped in $150 to help buy the

ailing student a new phone.

The group is also planning a benefit motorcycle run for Nahviya on Sept. 25.

“We were able to raise enough money to get her a new phone but we were hoping that Albany Med would do the right thing and reimburse her,” Casalino said.

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Catskill High School teacher Wendy Casalino and Catskill senior Nahviya Chapple. The Catskill community raised $500 over the weekend to replace Chapple’s missing phone.

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An upgrade was performed on the North-South Lake Ranger Headquarters over the past 3 months.

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Rangers Katherine Fox, Tyler Mitchell, and Jacob Skudlarek began walking to the area where the man was located, Wernick said.

At 6:45 p.m., the rangers reached the man and his hiking companion about 1 1/2 miles from the trailhead.

The rangers built a warming fire and provided the hiker with food, hot drinks and dry clothing, Wernick said.

Additional resources were

requested to the area in case the man was unable to hike out on his own, and Rangers Steven Jackson and Russell Martin also responded.

The hiker’s condition began to improve. Rangers provided lighter snowshoes and trekking poles and carried the man’s pack to help him make it back to the trailhead, Wernick said.

The hiker declined further medical care and was given a ride home by his family.

All rangers were back in service at 8:30 p.m.

The Escarpment Trail to Burnt Knob is 10.6 miles in length and is located near

Maplecrest.

The rescue was the second in Greene County this year.

In 2021, DEC forest rangers conducted 426 search-andrescue missions across New York.

The rangers who protect the hikers in Greene County operate out of the North-South Lake Ranger Headquarters.

That building has been recently upgraded, Wernick said.

The headquarters serves as a central emergency equipment storage location for Region 4 Zone A and Greene County. Stokes baskets, rescue wheels, Skeds, rope rescue

equipment and a utility terrain vehicle with a slip-on unit for a water tank are kept inside the building. The building also houses a portable radio repeater to enhance communications around the Kaaterskill Falls area, Wernick said.

The DEC Operations Team in Region 4 repaired the headquarters and gave it a muchneeded facelift over the course of the last few months. Walls, gutters and soffits were repaired, new siding installed and heat and internet systems were upgraded.

“The renovated building will serve the rangers for many years to come,” Wernick said.

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firm, Girvin & Ferlazzo, P.C., in Corporate Woods in Albany, regarding the stay.

“In light of this ruling, public school districts in New York State remain subject to the Department of Health masking regulation at least through Jan. 28, 2022,” according to Girvin & Ferlazzo’s statement.

“We will continue to monitor these proceedings and inform you of additional developments as they arise.”

Groden said he had expected Gov. Kathy Hochul to extend the original indoor mask mandate.

“I’m presuming that means the governor was going to extend her original mandate, because it had a Feb. 1 expiration date,” he said. “It would make no sense to appeal the decision if it was going to expire on Monday anyway. So we have to see.”

In her first day in office on Aug. 24, Hochul directed the state Department of Health to institute a universal mask requirement in all schools, both public and private.

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Masks mandates will continue at Greene County schools as the mask mandate imposed by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul maskes its way through the court system.

Greene County Administrator Shaun Groden said. “I believe they have the ability to do that. It would be their policy.

I would not expect them to do that, but I believe they could implement their own requirements.”

The next hearing in Miller’s courtroom pertaining to the stay will be held on Jan. 28.

“I would expect an

immediate decision because they know everybody is hanging in the balance,” Groden said.

The Greenville Central School officials also confirmed Wednesday that the district will continue to comply with the mask mandate and the Hunter-Tannersville Central School District released a statement drafted by its law

her family that way is just awful. So I would do anything to help her. She’s going through so much, so that’s just the least I can do.”

Walsh was elated to learn later that the community had already raised the funds to give to the Chapple family to pay for the new phone.

“That’s great news,” she said. “That’s really wonderful. I’m so glad to hear that.”

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appealed the decision and an appellate court judge on Jan. 25 determined that a stay will remain in effect until at least Jan. 28, 2022, at which time a court hearing is scheduled on the pending motion.

“This temporarily blocks the lower court decision and the state mandate requiring masks in schools remains in effect until the Appellate Division hears and makes a determination on the pending motion,” Cook said. “It is unknown if a decision will be issued on Friday or sometime after.”

If the mask mandate were to be ultimately struck down in court, then each school district in the county would have a decision to make regarding masking rules.

“Then districts could go maskless or they could impart their own requirements,”

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hospital room at the Albany medical facility Dec. 30 as she underwent cancer treatments.

Lamar Chapple, Nahviya’s father, said that after filing a report with the facility’s Patient Relations department that he was told by a hospital social worker that the hospital could not replace the missing phone.

Before the money was raised for the new phone, Lamar Chapple had already purchased Nahviya a replacement phone so his daughter wouldn’t have to be without one for a full month.

“It all worked out,” Chapple said on Wednesday. “I know people are reaching out to do stuff for her in Catskill.

It’s a beautiful thing. She’s using the phone right now.

We’re at a doctor’s appointment for a follow up. She just finished chemo yesterday and they do a follow up the very next day.”

On Tuesday, a Catskill High School alum who lives in North Carolina contacted the Daily Mail in hopes of reaching the Chapple family to inform them that she would pay

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Catskill High School senior Nahviya Chapple. The Catskill student’s phone disappeared last month at Albany Medical Center.

for a new phone for Nahviya if the hospital wouldn’t cover the cost of the device.

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“I keep track of the news in Catskill just because I still have friends and family in the area,” Walsh said on Wednesday. “When I read the story I was just heartbroken. It was a horrible thing that happened to her. It was devastating. I can’t imagine the pain her family is going through.

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

Tuesday, Feb. 1 n Catskill Town Board 6:30 p.m. Town

Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill 518-943-2141 n Durham Town Board workshop meeting 7:30 p.m. Town Hall, 7309 Route 81, East Durham

Wednesday, Feb. 2 n Catskill Central School District

Board of Education budget workshop 6:30 p.m. CHS Library, CHS Library, 341 West Main St., Catskill 518-943-2300

Thursday, Feb. 3 n Ashland Town Planning Board 6

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

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 518-943-2141 n Coxsackie Village Historic Preservation Committee 6 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie 518-731-2718

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

ens 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

Thursday, Feb. 10 n Coxsackie Village Workshop 6 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.

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

Tuesday, Feb. 15 n Athens Village Planning Board 6:30

p.m. Village Hall, Meeting Room, 2 First St., Athens 518-945-1551 n Durham Town Board 7:30 p.m.

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

Wednesday, Feb. 16 n Catskill Central School Board of

Education District Public Hearing-Smart School Bond Act 6:30 p.m. followed by the board meeting High School Library, 341 Main St., Catskill 518-943-2300 n Catskill Library Board 6:45 p.m. at either the Catskill Library, 1 Franklin St., Catskill or Palenville Library, 3303 Route 23A, Palenville

Division of Consumer Protection urges New Yorkers to be aware of at home COVID-19 testing scams ALBANY — The New York State Division of Consumer Protection (DCP) warned about scammers taking advantage of the free COVID-19 test government program to steal personal information for unscrupulous purposes.

Due to the high demand, scammers may start using techniques that typically arise with a free government event such as: falsely claiming to be online providers of the tests; sending fake emails and texts that contain harmful links designed to steal your personal information; and using robocalls to pitch testing information.

“The arrival of the COVID-19 free at home tests is one more tool in the fight to end this brutal pandemic, but unfortunately, it also creates new opportunities for unscrupulous scammers to attempt to lure people into unintentionally providing their personal information,” said Acting Secretary of State Robert J. Rodriguez.Consumers should also be aware that the ONLY website for the free at-home test kits is https://www.covidtests. gov/ .This link will direct you to a United States Postal Service page to complete the free at home test kit request form.

The form only asks for your name and address. It does not require you enter a social security number, credit card number, health insurance number or any other personally identifiable information.

The service is free.

Every home in the U.S. is eligible to order four free athome COVID-19 tests. To help ensure that residents have tests on hand if a need arises, the federal government is purchasing one billion at-home, rapid COVID-19 tests to give to Americans at no cost. A half-billion tests are available for order and are being mailed directly to households around the country. People are able to order their tests online at COVIDTests.gov, and tests will typically ship within 7-12 days of ordering. This distribution method can spur a wave of scams if people are not aware of the right website or where to go to get the test.

To avoid being victims of at home COVID- 19 testing scams, the Division of Consumer Protection offers the following tips: Don’t click on links from sources you don’t know. It could download a virus onto your computer or device.

Make sure the anti-malware and anti-virus software on your computer is up to date.

Be aware of emails coming from unknown senders.

Watch for emails claiming to be from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) or experts claiming to have information about free at-home covid testing kits. For the most up-to-date information about the coronavirus in New York State, visit the New York State Department of Health website.

Ignore online offers for at-home COVID-19 tests or emails claiming you can get your free at home testing kit sooner. If you see ads touting getting your at home Covid-19 testing kit sooner, ask yourself: is an ad or sales pitch a trusted source of information?

Be aware of emails asking for your personal information.

Do your homework when it comes to sharing your personal information over email.

Confirm by calling the sender.

Hang up on illegal robocallers. The federal government will not call you to offer you a free testing kit. If you receive a call about free at-home COVID-19 testing, hang up. Don’t press any numbers. The recording might say that pressing a number will let you speak to a live operator or remove you from their call list, but instead it might lead to more robocalls.

Official government websites use “.gov”. A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS. A lock symbol or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website.

Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

If you choose to shop online for at home COVID testing kits, keep these tips in mind[1]: Make sure the test you’re buying is authorized by the Federal Drug Administration (FDA). Check the FDA’s lists of antigen diagnostic tests and molecular diagnostic tests before you buy to find the tests authorized for home use. (EUA is “emergency use authorization.”)

Check out a seller before you buy, especially if you’re buying from a site you don’t know. Search online for the website, company, or seller’s name plus words like “scam,” “complaint,” or “review.”

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

STATE POLICE n Collin B. Dominick,

28, of Centerville, Tennessee, was arrested Jan. 24 at 3:21 a.m. in Chatham 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 Azzon Tarik, 19, of Cairo, was arrested Jan. 21 at 5:28 p.m. in Catskill and charged with the prohibited sale of an alcoholic beverage and unlawful dealing with a child, alcohol, both class A misdemeanors. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Ripal S. Patel, 27, of Catskill, was arrested Jan. 21 at 5:59 p.m. in Catskill and

charged with the prohibited sale of an alcoholic beverage and unlawful dealing with a child, alcohol, both class A misdemeanors. She was issued an appearance ticket. n Iftakher H. Chowdhuly, 55, of Hudson, was arrested Jan. 21 at 9:00 p.m. in Catskill and charged with the prohibited sale of an alcoholic beverage and unlawful dealing with a child, alcohol, both class A misdemeanors. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Gail M. Vanetten, 65, of Athens, was arrested Jan. 21 at 8:55 p.m. in Catskill and charged with the prohibited sale of an alcoholic beverage and unlawful dealing with a child, alcohol, both class A misdemeanors. She was issued an appearance ticket. n Lisa Hutton, 61, of Jewett, was arrested Jan. 21 at 7:28 p.m. in Windham and charged with the prohibited sale of an alcoholic beverage

and unlawful dealing with a child, alcohol, both class A misdemeanors. She was issued an appearance ticket. n John G. Koument, 64, of Hensonville, was arrested Jan. 21 6:58 p.m. in Windham and charged with the prohibited sale of an alcoholic beverage and unlawful dealing with a child, alcohol, both class A misdemeanors.

He was issued an appearance ticket. n Jesse A. Hildenbrand, 41, of Coxsackie, was arrested Jan. 21 at 10:00 a.m. in Coxsackie and charged with tampering with physical evidence, conceal and destroy, a class E felony; fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, cocaine, a class D felony and seventhdegree criminal possession of a controlled substance and manufacturing drug-related paraphernalia, both class A misdemeanors. He is being held.

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OUR VIEW

Unemployment at historic lows but side issues pose problems Talk about good economic news such as Columbia County tying for the lowest unemployment rate in New York State and Greene County’s unemployment rate turning up less than half of what it was a year ago always comes with the same caveat: Jobless rate is only one factor in a complex equation.

The state Department of Labor released its preliminary local area unemployment rates for December 2021 on Tuesday. With an unemployment rate of 2.2%, Columbia County tied for first place with two other upstate counties, Saratoga and Tompkins. The result, however, according to Columbia Economic Development Corporation President

and CEO F. Michael Tucker is a continued compression of the workforce while employers are challenged to find people to fill jobs.

Greene County Chamber of Commerce President Jeffrey Friedman is tuned to the same wavelength. He said businesses are actively looking for help yet there is still a great disparity between the available workforce and available jobs.

Columbia County saw a decrease in the unemployment rate from 4.7% in December of 2020 to 2.2% in December of 2021, a difference of 2.5% from the previous year, but a low unemployment rate can mean both good and bad things for the economy, Columbia-Greene Workforce

NY Director Chris Nardone said. The Greene County jobless rate fell from a year ago, but unemployment rates don’t make a complete picture, Greene County Administrator Shaun Groden said. “The other half of the story is how many people are working,” Groden said.

“You can’t walk down Main Street without having a sign in the window — ‘Help Wanted.’ So yes, the unemployment number has improved, but we still need more people to go to work, because there’s still a lot of open jobs.”

While both counties posted excellent showings in the Department of Labor report, the side issues must be addressed because they are a source of concern.

ANOTHER VIEW

Vaccine doubters deserve answers, not dangerous lies (c) 2022,The Washington Post ·

Science is a journey in pursuit of truth, often extracted from confounding unknowns. In the midst of the worst public health disaster in a century, the scientist’s job is hard enough - so no one should tolerate those who deliberately spread falsehoods and misinformation. Millions of Americans who are hesitant about vaccines deserve honest answers, but they do not deserve what they are being told by Robert Malone and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Malone, who earned his medical degree at Northwestern University, is a scientist whose early research focused on one of the building blocks of the mRNA vaccines, which have been hugely important in fighting the coronavirus pandemic.

But in recent years, he has become an exponent of untruths about vaccines and has gained a sizable following. On Sunday, speaking to the anti-vaccine rally in Washington, he said: “Regarding the genetic covid vaccines, the science is settled. They are not working.”

For anyone who has

doubts, this kind of claim from a doctor can be alluring. “You tell ‘em, doc!” was shouted by one man from the crowd, writes Post reporter Timothy Bella. But the doctor is terribly wrong, and he is leading his followers on a journey to illness, suffering and possible death. He has also spread his nonsense on Joe Rogan’s podcast, which averages 11 million listeners per episode.

Vaccines aren’t perfect.

The effectiveness wanes, and there are extremely rare adverse reactions. But the science is clear about the nearly 10 billion doses of all coronavirus vaccines administered so far around the world: Those who are vaccinated are far less likely to be seriously ill, hospitalized or die from covid-19. The mRNA vaccines are some of the most effective. According to Eric Topol of the Scripps Research Translational Institute, the weekly covid U.S. death rate for those unvaccinated is 9.74 per 100,000 people; for the fully vaccinated but lacking a booster, it is .71 per 100,000, and for those with a booster on top of the other shots, it is only 0.1

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per 100,000. Says Topol: “I’m not aware of anything else in medicine that reduces death by 99%.”

Along with Malone’s malarkey over the weekend, the crowd heard from the antivaccine campaigner Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the onetime environmental lawyer who has become a champion of the anti-vaccine movement. He said U.S. vaccine mandates were worse than Nazi persecution of the Jews.

“Even in Hitler’s Germany, you could cross the Alps into Switzerland. You could hide in an attic, like Anne Frank did.” This comparison of lifesaving vaccines to the horrific extermination machine of the Nazis is profoundly odious.

About 20% of the eligible U.S. population does not yet have at least one shot - people who might be worried and reluctant. They must hear the truth: Coronavirus vaccines are safe, effective, free and widely available, and save lives. Holdouts’ questions and doubts should be answered with respect, not the cynical and dangerous falsehoods offered by Malone and Kennedy.

Why Americans have a stake in Ukraine’s fate WASHINGTON — Post-1945 attempts to transform “Europe” from a geographical to a political designation have resulted in a baroque accretion of bureaucracies, but no answer to Henry Kissinger’s reported question: “Who do I call if I want to speak to Europe?” The European Union is the world’s second-largest economic entity, with member nations’ combined gross domestic products ($15.3 trillion) larger than that of China ($14.7 trillion), and dwarfing Russia’s ($1.5 trillion), which is less than Italy’s ($1.9 trillion). Geopolitically, however, it is much less than the sum of its 27 parts, as the Ukraine crisis is demonstrating.

French President Emmanuel Macron would like to be designated to take Kissinger’s telephone call.

This month, when he began a six-month term in the rotating office of E.U. president, he displeased the febrile portion of the French right by flying the European Union flag alone under the Arc de Triomphe. He then delivered to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, a speech that demonstrated why no Kissinger would bother placing that call.

Macron’s speech began with some continental chauvinism about Europe’s supposed “democratic singularity,” such as the idea of “universal human rights which need to be protected from the fervors of history.” This idea animated the American Revolution before, and better than, the French Revolution, but Macron was not under oath.

He rhapsodized about Europeans “sharing a civility, a way of living in the world, from our cafes to our museums, which is incomparable,” and about making “Europe a democratic, cultural and educational power.” Military power went unmentioned.

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WILL on defense. Macron waxed optimistically about better batteries and more women on corporate boards before getting around to mentioning something unpleasant: Ukraine.

He called for the E.U. to have “our own security doctrine, in complementarity with NATO, and with a genuine technological independence, industrial and defense strategy.” It is, he said, Europe’s “vocation” to be a “balancing power, particularly in its dialogue with Russia.”

This will not happen.

Leave aside the priority E.U. members give to social spending — especially pensions and medical care — for their aging populations over military spending. Macron’s blurry notion of “complementarity” with NATO would inevitably mean discord with NATO. Eastern Europeans, who live in a dangerous neighborhood and with memories of Russia rampant, know better than to trust their security to Europe “balancing” its cafes and museums against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s tanks and missiles. The farther Europeans are from the Atlantic Ocean, the more trans-Atlanticist they are.

It is fanciful to talk, as Macron is merely the latest European leader to do, about Europe speaking with a “single, powerful voice” on behalf of “principles and rules . . . established not against or without Russia, but with Russia.” These principles, he said, include “rejection of the use of force, of threats and of coercion; the free choice for states to take

part in the organizations, alliances and security arrangements they wish; the inviolability of borders, the territorial integrity of states and the rejection of spheres of influence.”

Macron noted that European nations and Russia signed such principles “30 years ago.” As he spoke, Russia was violating all of them.

An irony of 2022 is that Ukraine yearns to affirm and buttress its nationality primarily by associating not with NATO but with the E.U., which many nationalists throughout Europe disparage as inimical to national sovereignty and a solvent of national cultures. Ukraine is wiser than the E.U.’s despisers for reasons that illuminate Americans’ stake in today’s clash of civilizations: Universal human rights protected by sovereign nations’ commitments to the rule of law is a trans-Atlantic ideal.

In “The Abandonment of the West: The History of an Idea in America Foreign Policy,” Michael Kimmage, who served on the State Department’s policy planning staff from 2014 to 2016, reminds us that for our Founders, “the United States was more vividly European before it was ever palpably American.” There has been a “Euro-American path to liberty.”

“The United States,” Kimmage insists, “is a country carved from the stone of Enlightenment thought,” which migrated west from England, Scotland, France and Germany, “from Königsberg” — Immanuel Kant’s home — “in Europe’s East to Philadelphia in the American colonies.” Ukraine is looking to the West, away from Putin’s ethnoreligious, blood-andsoil notion of nationhood, toward the community of nations of shared Enlightenment values. For the West to look away from Ukraine would be an apostasy foreshadowing a dark future.

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By Abby and Gabby For Columbia-Greene Media

PRATTSVILLE — To our doctors, nurses, all healthcare workers, EMT’s, first responders and essential workers, THANK YOU. We wish everyone would follow health guidelines to keep you safe and to lighten your workload.

You deserve consideration and love.

The shout out to Glen Bellomy got the correct results.

Glen called and gave an update on his and his family’s doings. Glen and wife Linda (Hill) are now living in the northeast area of Texas, Louisiana within driving distance.

Glen’s family, he has a number of brothers, live within 20 minutes travel time so it is easy to enjoy family get togethers and he says there are quite a number of events and attendees. Glen’s family are all hunters and they make use of the meat, with freezers filled and more to be processed with each successful hunt. A few weeks ago Glen and Linda were in the area to visit their sons in New York state and daughter in Massachusetts.

Tom, the eldest son, and family live in the Albany area and he works at Nanotech. He has worked there for a number of years. Son Jason works and lives in the Pine Hill area. He

is the Mountain Manager at Belleayre Ski, making him “the second in command” of the site. Jason loves working with all things having to do with the skiing industry. Sherri continues to make her home in Massachusetts, where she has lived for a number of years.

While in the area, the Bellomys had breakfast with Linda’s cousin, Linda Nickerson Cross Jaeger. Linda Bellomy’s dad Lynden Hill and Linda Jaeger’s mom Bernice Hill Nickerson were brother and sister. Now you know the rest of the story.

The Bellomys have a shout out greetings to all. The Bellomys are living in a condo community were everything is within your wants and wishes. They do not even have to leave the building to watch a movie.

Wow. But they are looking for a larger unit, perhaps so they can have overnight guests. We wish them well and happiness in their new home.

Marianne Krauss got to celebrate her birthday thanks to TLC of husband Johannes. He took Marainne out to breakfast at the Prattsville Diner, Marianne’s omelet and Johannes’ blueberry pancakes were “delicious.” A shopping trip to Oneonta continued the happy day and upon their return, Marianne received a huge bouquet of flowers. She

said the bouquet of multicolored flowers were gorgeous. Happy Birthday again Marianne and thank you Johannes for setting the example for other husbands to follow.

Hint, hint.

The Windham Transfer Station no longer “sells” punch cards. Each transaction is in cash. The bottle return in Stamford, The Wooden Nickel, has varied hours and their being open is chancy. They do not have a working phone number — just a busy signal.

It was convenient to go there and they served a purpose.

Good grief, minus 10 Saturday morning! And we are promised the same around Jan. 26 through 27. It is winter! It was so cold in Kingston Friday the 21, it stymied some shoppers — now that is cold.

Happy Birthday to Jamison Rikard on Jan. 30. Wow — guess who’s birthday is Jan. 31? You got that right — it is Jim Eisel’s big day — Happy Birthday Jim. Happy Birthday on Feb. 1 to Eva Irwin and her niece Gail Peckham. Have a great day ladies. On Feb. 3 we send Happy Birthday wishes to Eva’s daughters Jane Doroski and Tammy Shea.

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OGS announces free evening classes at the Empire State Plaza ALBANY — New York State Office of General Services (OGS) Acting Commissioner Jeanette Moy announced the Feb. 1 start of the popular Winter Fitness at the Plaza program presented by Highmark Blue Shield of Northeastern New York.

Fitness at the Plaza classes are open to individuals of all ages, regardless of fitness level or experience. The classes will be held in the Empire State Plaza Convention Center from 5-6 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday through April 28.

“The Winter Fitness at the Plaza program helps New Yorkers living and working in Albany and throughout the Capital District follow through on New Year’s resolutions to maintain an active and healthy lifestyle throughout the year,” Acting Commissioner Moy said.

“We want to thank our generous sponsor, Highmark Blue Shield of Northeastern New York, and our instructors from the Hot Yoga Spot and Three Six Nine Fit Zumba for joining OGS to provide the State workforce and the public with this opportunity to keep fit.”

“Fitness at the Plaza is designed to encourage healthy lifestyles by offering free fitness classes in a central location throughout the year— providing easy access and opportunities for our community to start or continue their journey to good health,” said Keith Dolan, Vice President, Commercial Sales, Highmark Blue Shield of Northeastern New York. “As a community-based health plan and long-time partner of The Office of General Services, we applaud their efforts to support the health of safety of all who attend the classes.”

Classes Tuesdays: Winter Flow Yoga with the Hot Yoga Spot.

Refresh, restore, and rejuvenate in a winter flow suitable for all levels of experience.

This class offers participants a playful, fun, and motivating practice that will help them

gain a stronger sense of body awareness and correct alignment. Flows are designed for all levels, and more advanced poses are taught in stages so everyone can grow and safely challenge themselves.

Thursdays: Three Six Nine Fit Zumba with Anzala. Zumba combines cardio, muscle conditioning, and a mix of low- and high-intensity dance moves that offer a fun fitness program. Described as “exercise in disguise,” Zumba provides a total body workout while dancing to Latin and international rhythms.

Participants will enjoy a calorie-burning workout led by Anzala, who is full of energy and transforms the class into a dance party. All fitness levels are welcome, and no experience is necessary.

Fitness classes will not be held on Feb. 22 and Feb. 24.

All participants will be required to sign a waiver to participate. People are encouraged to pre-register at www.empirestateplaza. ny.gov to sign the waiver in advance and to be contacted regarding any updates to the schedule. Walk-ins are also welcome.

Participants will be required to wear face coverings at all times. Class participants must bring their own exercise mats, water bottles and towels. No equipment will be provided.

Due to the evolving concerns regarding the novel coronavirus (COVID-19 virus) and the Omicron variant, participation in Fitness at the Plaza will be limited to those who are fully vaccinated or who provide proof of a negative Covid test taken within 48 hours of the class.

Individuals are considered fully vaccinated for COVID-19 when at least two weeks have passed after receiving either: The second dose in a twodose series (i.e., Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna), or A single-dose vaccine (i.e., Johnson & Johnson/Janssen) Personal identification with name and photo or date

of birth is also required for visitors ages 18 and older.

Examples of accepted forms of identification include a valid: Driver’s license; Non-driver government ID card, or Passport.

Proof of vaccination may include: Excelsior Pass; Excelsior Pass Plus; SMART Health Cards issued outside of New York State; Full-course vaccination through NYC COVID Safe app; A CDC Vaccination Card, or Other official immunization record .

Those who received the vaccine outside the United States must have an official immunization record that includes: First name and last name, Date of birth, Vaccine product name (only vaccines authorized by the FDA or WHO are acceptable), Date(s) administered, Site where the vaccine was administered or the name of the person who administered it When presenting proof of a negative Covid Test: Results can be a printed copy or on a phone (e.g., digital health record or email or text message from a test provider or laboratory).

Personal identification with a name and photo or date of birth is also required for visitors ages 18 and older and must match the information on the negative test result.

In addition, please be reminded that simple steps can help stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus, including: Staying home when you are sick.

Washing hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer containing at least 60% alcohol.

Avoiding touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands.

Covering your cough or sneeze with a tissue, then throwing the tissue in the trash.

Avoiding close contact with people who are sick.

Diabetes Prevention Program at Hunter Public Library

By Chris Dwon For Columbia-Greene Media

A bit chilly out there, don’t ya think? Several reports to me that the temperature was minus 20 degrees the morning of Jan. 22 in Lexington and up in Spruceton.

Happy birthday Jan. 27 to Robin Potter. Carl Simpfenderfer celebrates his birthday Jan. 28. Jan. 29 is Ariana Creech’s birthday. A very happy birthday to Shirley Van Valkenburgh on Jan. 30.

Feb. 2 we wish Rose Williams a happy birthday. Best wishes to all.

There is a Diabetes Prevention Program being held at the Hunter Public Library, 7965 Main St., Hunter. This is a diabetic prevention lifestyle change class, weight loss, plus way more. The class is open to all Greene County residents and is held at 2 p.m. on Tuesdays in the library.

Pre-registration is required, call Patricia Carson at 518267-1063 or email pcarson@ ilchv.org.

The annual TGIF (Thank Goodness It’s Friday) Brooks’ Chicken BBQ will be held at the Lexington/West Kill UMC in Lexington 3-6 p.m. Feb. 11. This is take out only and it would be appreciated if you would purchase your tickets in advance. You may call Betty at 518-989-6612 or JoEllen, until noon on Feb. 11, at 518-989-6568 to pre-order.

Tickets will be available at the door until sold out. Dinners are $12; children 5–10 are $5 and chicken halves are $7. Dinners include half a chicken, baked potato, green beans, coleslaw, roll and cupcake.

Would you like to come to a Coffee Klatch? Every second Tuesday of the month (Feb. 8) at the Hunter Public Library there is a Coffee Klatch from 10 a.m. to noon with light refreshments with coffee and tea.

Feb. 19 from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. is the annual Freeze Your Butt Off for Wildlife Bake Sale event by The Friends of the Feathered and Furry Wildlife Rescue. The sale is held at the Go Greene Food

Mart/Sunoco on Main Street in 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. Please come and support this amazing wildlife rescue that is continuing through all the efforts and dedication of Missy Runyan’s husband and volunteers.

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 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 info, call Bob Monteleone at 518-4880240.

The Greene County Children, Youth and Community Advisory Board is again sponsoring the annual Greene County Youth Awards – Youth of the Year, Chairman’s Choice and Director’s Choice. The purpose of the awards is to recognize Greene County youth who have made outstanding contributions in serving his/her community through leadership, knowledge, skill and/ or service. The dedication of these young people help make Greene County a better place for us all.

If you know a young person in grade 9 – 12 who deserves this recognition, you can find a nomination form available on the web site: https://www. greenegovernment.com/departments/human-services/ youth or you can contact the Greene County Department of Human Services

at 518-719-3555. From the nominations received, the youth will be evaluated by the selection committee to determine this year’s winner. Any inquiries for further information may also be directed to the department. Deadline for entries is March 31, 2022.

The following is the nutrition menu offered by Greene County Department of Human Services Senior Nutrition Program for the week of Jan. 31 – Feb. 4: 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; Thursday—Ravioli marinara with meatball, Italian mixed vegetables, spinach, fresh fruit; Friday—Chicken and biscuits with gravy, peas/ carrots, mashed potatoes, fresh fruit. The menu will be the meal that is delivered to all Greene County homebound meal clients. All persons over the age of 60 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: Jewett Municipal Building, Route 23C, Jewett, 263-4392; Acra Community Center, Old Route 23B, Cairo, 622-9898; Rivertown Senior Center, 39 Second Street, Athens, 945-2700.

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

Prayers for all who are dealing with illnesses and prayers for all the healthcare providers, law enforcement, firefighters, EMS, essential and frontline workers, our military and their families and so many more.

Until next week take care, be thankful, courteous and kind to one another. Your act of kindness may change someone’s life.

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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.

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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.

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. .

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

HUDSON — The Firefighter Fran & Firestar Show will be held at 10:30 a.m. Feb. 19 at the FASNY Museum of Firefighting, 117 Harry Howard Ave., Hudson. Meet Firefighter Fran and her friend Firestar the Dalmatian, as they present an interactive show on fire safety. The show wraps up with a musical puppet show that will have the whole family “pumped up” about fire safety and prevention! After the show, meet and greet Firestar, and pose for a picture with this crazy canine.

All children will have the opportunity to make a fun fire safety craft with Firefighter Fran and Firestar. Admission is free.

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.

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Bail reform debate escalates

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ALBANY — Legislative leaders want policymakers to stop improperly linking all public safety issues to the state’s bail laws and pose other criminal justice solutions, they said Tuesday, hours after court officials said New York judges want greater discretion in deciding an offender’s release.

Most judges who sit on criminal cases in the state’s Unified Court System would advocate for more discretion in deciding to detain or release a charged criminal offender, Court Administration Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks said.

“Many judges, if not most of our judges who sit on criminal cases, would like more discretion in making determinations about bail and people accused of crimes,” Marks told lawmakers Tuesday during the Legislature’s budget hearing on public protection. “And I’m not CONTRIBUTED PHOTO speaking for 100% of our judges, but I think it’s Sen. Jamaal Bailey, D-Bronx; questions Division of Criminal Justice Services Commissioner Rossana fair to say that ... we’d like to have more discre- Rosado during the Legislature’s joint budget hearing on public protection Tuesday. tion in those kinds of decisions and feel that they could fairly and effectively make deciwhen the law was rolled back.

Some people have met bail and still committed sions on a case-by-case basis if they had more Recently released data from 2021 arraign- crimes.” discretion.” ments revealed about 2% of those out on bail Senate Majority Leader Andrea StewartThe Democratic-led Legislature approved were rearrested for a violent crime.

Cousins, D-Yonkers, acknowledged judges’ sweeping changes to New York’s bail laws in Republicans, who demand a full repeal of desire for discretion, but said their decision2019, limiting pretrial detention for most non- the bail changes, have argued the 2% rate is not making created the historic system more likely violent crimes to make the system more equi- a success, saying the 2,000-plus victims and to hold Black and Latinos before a trial for the table. The overhauls were amended in 2020 to impacted New York families are anything but same offense compared to white offenders. make more serious offenses bail-eligible, such a mark of victory.

Young Black male defendants are 50% more as criminally negligent homicide and manGOP leaders continue to tie the state’s bail likely than white defendants to be held or pay slaughter. laws to rising violent crimes — a trend seen in cash bail for the same criminal offense, StewLegislative leaders have cast doubt they will cities across the nation since the start of the art-Cousins said. amend the bail laws this session, but said Tues- COVID-19 pandemic.

“I know judges do want discretion,” she day they are prepared for hours of discussions Reoffenders do not just fall under cash- said. “... We cannot pretend there hasn’t been this session about public safety proposals to less bail laws, Marks said, noting several are judges’ discretion and that discretion has led, changing discovery laws, judiciary discretion released on their own recognizance, on non- in some cases, nationally and not just here, to or the bail statute. monetary conditions or posted bail before re- a disparity of who gets held and who doesn’t Judges’ request for greater discretion puz- arrest. get held. zled Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, D-Bronx.

About 30%, or 906 of 2,986 people who post“I obviously do not want to paint everybody “We’re being asked to give judges less dis- ed bail in NYC were rearrested in 2020. with the same brush, there are some amazing cretion on discovery, but more discretion on In the rest of the state, about 32%, or 619 judges, but there has been, systemically, a rebail,” he mused with reporters in the state Cap- out of 1,963 people who posted bail, were re- sult when left just to discretion, that somehow, itol on Tuesday. “So I’m a little confused if we arrested, Division of Criminal Justice Services over-incarcerates Black and brown and poor believe in judges having discretion on one end, Commissioner Rossana Rosado said citing defendants.” but you want to lessen it on the other.” statewide 2020 arraignment data.

Leaders are open to more conversations The bail reform discussion evolved Tuesday “The individuals who posted bail were rear- about the larger judicial system and legislative with the start of 13 virtual joint legislative bud- rested at a greater rate than those rearrested on remedies to set appropriate consequences for get hearings as lawmakers prepare to negotiate their own recognizance,” Rosado said. “We’d criminals and a more equitable justice practhe 2022-23 Fiscal Year state budget. have to do a deeper dive into those cases to tices, Stewart-Cousins said.

Marks replied to Sen. Brad Hoylman, D- determine if they were violent or nonviolent The bail reform discussion evolved as TuesManhattan, he was unaware of judges ignoring reoffenses.” day’s hearing continued and a day after New the bail changes.

The agency did not keep arraignment sta- York City Mayor Eric Adams asked state legis“I’d have to take issue that judges are delib- tistics about violent and nonviolent reoffenses lators to change the bail law to allow for more erately flouting the law,” Marks said. “Judges before the bail laws to make an appropriate judicial discretion when it comes to offenders don’t have a crystal ball. It’s impossible to pre- comparison. who pose a continued danger to the commudict with any certainty what the consequences Heastie doubts the rate of reoffenders be- nity. would be releasing someone to the community fore 2019 would be much different.

Gov. Kathy Hochul has voiced support for or not releasing someone to the community.”

“I can’t imagine 100% of people before we discussing amending the bail system with legAll state judges had extensive training on did bail reform didn’t commit other crimes,” islative leaders, but has declined to publicly the 2019 bail law changes, and virtually in 2020 he said. “Because judges have let people out. give details about her position on what should

become of the controversial statute. The governor did not include changes to the law in her executive budget proposal.

“If Gov. Hochul wanted to make changes to bail reform, it would be done,” State Republican Party Committee Chair Nick Langworthy said in a statement Monday. “She likes to talk a good game about the importance of safety, but her actions are the exact opposite, keeping New Yorkers trapped in this crisis.”

Heastie would not provide details of his discussions with Hochul about bail reform. He urged lawmakers to stop using bail reform to wage misinformation in their political campaigns.

“Part of my frustration is, anything bad that happens, it’s gotta be bail reform’s fault,” Heastie said. “I think it’s unfortunate to link the rise in gun violence solely on bail. If that’s the case, why are we having gun problems all over this country? “[The United States] make up two-thirds of the world’s civilian-held guns. No one ever wants to talk about that.”

A declining mental health of all New Yorkers and Americans amid the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting poverty has likely influenced increasing crime rates, the speaker said.

Other Republican leaders also chimed in about increased violent crime rates in cities across New York, tying the violence to the Democrat-backed bail law changes.

“While their ‘reforms’ may have been wellintentioned, they used a hatchet when they needed a scalpel and have subsequently turned the criminal justice system on its head,” Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay, R-Pulaski. “The fact remains, Democrats’ dangerous and misguided policies continue to erode public safety — particularly in underserved communities.”

Barclay again called for an overhaul of the state’s pretrial release policies.

“It is incumbent upon the Legislature and governor to protect every single New Yorker,” he said. “We cannot afford to stand idly by with these current policies in place; people’s lives are at stake.”

Heastie and Stewart-Cousins on Tuesday assailed Republicans for blaming an increase in gun violence on bail reform.

“It’s unfortunate people have found this as an easy way to demonize one side and not do much work,” Stewart-Cousins said. “It’s important to make sure that the justice system works for everyone.

“Crime spiking is a national issue,” she added. “We can’t incarcerate ourselves out of these problems. ... I think we can be better than that.”

Tribune News Service contributed to this report.

FUNERAL Task force to study reasons for gun violence DIRECTORS

By Kate Lisa Johnson Newspaper Corp.

ALBANY — Fifty people from nine states convened the Interstate Task Force on Illegal Guns for the first time Wednesday to study various avenues feeding the ongoing increase of gun violence and illegal firearms crossing state lines.

Officials and law enforcement agencies from New York, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, Ohio, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New Hampshire traveled to or virtually participated in the task force’s first meeting at the New York State Intelligence Center in East Greenbush, Rensselaer County, late Wednesday morning.

In her executive budget proposal, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced tripled investment in resources to trace firearms, improved data collection, job training, community engagement and other intervention programs to combat community-specific crime issues.

“We have to make sure we’re working together — this is a national phenomenon,” Hochul said at the Intelligence Center on Wednesday. “Where are these guns coming from? They’re not originating here in the state of New York.

“As we enter 2022, we are seeing a dramatic increase in the number of guns finding their ways through our borders and into the hands of criminals.”

The task force will work to answer the origin and path of illegal firearms into the state, which has seen an 80% increase in firearm homicides since 2019, with 75% of guns used to commit those crimes coming from other U.S. states.

Homicides are below their peak of the 1990s, but increased by 29% in 2020.

About 77% involved a firearm.

More than 70% of the guns used to commit crimes in New York come from out-of-state, according to a recent report from state Attorney General Letitia James’ office.

The attorney general’s Organized Crime Task Force and other law enforcement agencies have identified and disrupted multiple gun-trafficking schemes along the I-95 corridor, nicknamed the Iron Pipeline. States with weaker gun laws, including Pennsylvania, Virginia,

COURTESY OF GOV. KATHY HOCHUL’S OFFICE

Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks at the New York State Intelligence Center in Rensselaer County on Wednesday before the Interstate Task Force on Illegal Guns’ first meeting with more than 50 officials and agencies from nine states while Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin, center, looks on, and New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who delivered virtual remarks.

North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, have been identified as “supplier states” along the pipeline, according to Sen. Kevin Thomas’s office.

Thomas, D-Levittown. and Assemblyman Charles Lavine, D-Glen Cove; introduced legislation to combat gun trafficking in the state Wednesday.

“We have come into an ocean of violence, a sea of violence, and as I have indicated, there are many rivers that are feeding this sea,” New York City Mayor Eric Adams said. “And if we don’t build a damn on each one of the rivers, we are going to become counterproductive and we are going to lose innocent families and children.”

Officials noted the urgent need for the study after two New York Police Department officers in their 20s died after they were shot when responding to a domestic incident last weekend.

The dramatic increase in the number of illegal firearms has a concentration in the Bronx, parts of New York City,

Syracuse, Rochester and cities across New York and the United States.

Hochul said the task force may release its findings to the public. She declined to give a specified timeline for their work, but said she will be judging the results soon.

The state’s changed its bail laws in 2019, limiting pretrial detention for most nonviolent crimes to make the system more equitable. The overhauls were amended in 2020 to make more serious offenses bail-eligible, such as criminally negligent homicide and manslaughter.

Adams on Monday pushed for the Legislature to change the bail laws, saying the recent amendments have led to the state’s increase in crime. Legislative leaders have indicated they are not interested in revisiting the law.

Gov. Hochul on Wednesday cast doubt bail is tied to the rising violent incidents — a favored talking point and argument of state Republican leaders.

“I’m looking for the data that shows

me that bail form is the reason that, somehow, crime is going up in 90 of 100 cities in New York, why guns are flowing from Georgia with more frequency in Virginia and Ohio to here than they were,” the governor said. “I’m focused on dealing with I have control of a right now. And that is my laser focus.”

Murders and violence involving law enforcement have trended upward since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, combined with a trafficking of illegal guns from other states with more lax regulations to purchase or transport a firearm.

Law enforcement agencies at all levels of government will participate in the task force, including the FBI, U.S. attorneys offices, NYPD, New York State Police and agencies in other states.

“This is a new day dawning,” said Hochul, noting partnerships with New York City and other agencies that did not exist under former governor Andrew Cuomo.

“We are coming at this issue with a with all the resources we can deploy.”

The governor on Wednesday also appointed Calliana S. Thomas as director of the state Office of Gun Violence Prevention — a new office created within the state Health Department.

Thomas will work with the Division of Criminal Justice Services maintain communication with law enforcement and other partners in local communities around the state about solutions to reduce the recent surge in gun crimes and identify violence hot spots.

Thomas is a lifelong resident of Harlem and worked for seven years in the New York City Health Department and its Mental Hygiene Violence Prevention program. She previously worked as the assistant director of technical assistance William Julius Wilson Institute for Harlem Children’s Zone.

Thomas holds a graduate degree in pre-medical science from Columbia University and bachelor’s degree in psychology from Georgia State University, according to the governor’s office.

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Albany Film Festival Short Film Contest As we begin our Visiting Writers Series this evening with a conversation with activist Alice Green, we’re also beginning to gather submissions for our Albany Film Festival (Saturday, April 2 at UAlbany) Short Film Contest.

Take a look at last year’s Best Overall Short Film winner. And then read the submission guidelines for this year’s contest.

Please feel free to share with your filmmaking friends.

2021 Albany Film Festival Short Film Award Winner.

NYS WRITERS INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES SHORT FILM CONTEST FOR 2ND ANNUAL ALBANY FILM FESTIVAL ALBANY – Filmmakers are invited to submit short films for a juried competition in conjunction with the NYS Writers Institute’s 2nd Annual Albany Film Festival, a special event exploring the intersection of writing

Best overall short film, “A Very Simple Objective” by Braydon Johnson

and film to be presented Saturday, April 2, at the University at Albany.

Awards and monetary prizes will be given out for the following categories: Best Overall Short Film--$500 Best Overall Student Short Film--$300

Best Comedic Short Film--$150 Best Dramatic Short Film--$150 Best Experimental Short Film--$150 Best Documentary Short Film--$150 Short film submissions must have a connection to New York

State, defined as 1) film shot primarily or significantly on location in New York and/or 2) a film where one or more of the film’s principal/creative personnel is one of the following: a) born in New York, b) a current or former New York resident for one or more years, or c) an alumnus or current student at a school located in New York.

For the Student Short Film category, the submission must be from a student in New York State.

Entries must be original works and submitted films should have been completed on or after January 1, 2020.

The deadline for submissions is March 1. Winners will be notified on March 15 and invited to the Saturday, April 2, Albany Film Festival.

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Art in the Claverack Library Gallery The Claverack Free Library is pleased to announce an exhibition in the Marilyn and Bob Laurie Gallery from January 29 through March 12. Nellie and Matthew Meier, with fellow artists (and friends) Cynthia Tassinary and Samuel Reilly, present works on paper in a show titled Meier2 + Friends. This group of young artists presents works in pencil, watercolor, and more, with subjects ranging from playful miniatures and landscapes to vignettes and Western depictions. Select works are available for purchase. An artists’ reception will be announced at a later date.

The Claverack Library is

image by Matthew Meier

located at the intersection of routes 9H and 23B. Hours are posted at

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Memoir Writing Workshop with Elizabeth Diggs Memoir Writing Workshop with Elizabeth Diggs $120 for 6 “in person” Sessions Tuesdays: February 1-March 8, 3 -5 p.m.

Registration Required The personal memoir has become one of our most popular genres. Every life is a compelling and unique story. In this workshop, explore how to shape and

explore your stories through prompts and feedback. Begin the New Year putting pen to paper, fingers to keyboard, and crafting the memories you’ve been waiting to tell, with expert tutelage!

Elizabeth Diggs is a playwright whose plays include Grant and Twain, Nightingale, Close Ties, Goodbye Freddy, American Beef, Dumping

Ground, Priceless, How to Plant a Rose, and Custer’s Luck, produced off-Broadway and at regional theaters. She was Professor of Dramatic Writing at Tisch/NYU. This course is limited to 12 participants (minimum of 8) and will be held in person, in the Academy auditorium. Table seating will be well spaced.The Academy has installed Blueair

HealthProtect 7470 air purifiers in the auditorium. For Covid safety, proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test prior to each session, will be required for attendance. Masks to be worn while in the building.

This workshop is made possible through the generous support of the New York State Council on the Arts

Striking production makes ‘Macbeth’ radical viewing

By Raymond Pignone Columbia-Greene Media

Joel Coen, directing his first film without his brother and partner Ethan Coen, gives us plenty to look at in “The Tragedy of Macbeth.” It’s a strongly visual work that recalls Orson Welles’s 1946 “Macbeth.” Where Welles, however, achieved his look out of necessity by artful lighting and crafting available production resources on a tiny budget, Coen works with a much larger budget and employs state-of-the-art cinematography and stylized COURTESY APPLE TV+/TNS sets to obtain the same effects as Welles. Remarkably, Coen Kathryn Hunter in “The Tragedy of Macbeth.” The film can be filmed the entirety of his “Mac- seen on Apple TV+. beth” on a Burbank, California, soundstage that doubles ad- an inexpressive, clenched-teeth places on the throne and decide mirably as the fog-enshrouded manner, and the great declara- to assassinate King Duncan (an Scottish moors and Dunsin- tive rhythms are lost. As Lady excellent Brendan Gleason). ane’s mazelike castles.

Macbeth, McDormand gives Their evil, impulsive crime The stars — Denzel Wash- a dissociated, one-note per- drives them insane and brings ington as Macbeth and Frances formance. McDormand isn’t first ruin and then salvation to McDormand as Lady Macbeth believable as a queen and her the kingdom through a massive — seem odd choices for the compulsive, maniacal behavior rebellion. This is a lean, mean, roles. Washington, who was late in the picture doesn’t seem stripped-to-its-essence “Macbeth” and Coen directs with witty and nimble in Kenneth to grow out of anything.

In story terms, Coen retains taut, razor-sharp precision, but Branagh’s Shakespearean film adaptation of “Much Ado About the core of the plot — its po- this version doesn’t quite meaNothing,” had a good time and litical intrigues — and discards sure up to Welles’ noirish vision let the viewer in on the fun. In much of the subtexts of fate, or Roman Polanski’s vicious, Coen’s film, he approaches the mysticism and overpowering highly personal 1970 adaptation material as if it were a contem- guilt. The tale still concerns the starring Jon Finch.

Coen’s most interesting porary Hollywood revenge dra- ambitious couple who believe ma, and he delivers his verse in they were denied their rightful work here can be seen around

the picture’s margins. The supporting roles are expertly cast, including the minor characters.

For example, Ralph Ineson, as the Captain, gets only a brief walk-on, but he is commanding as he sets the stage for the movie’s bloody climax in a single monologue. More remarkable still is British actress Kathryn Hunter, who makes a chilling introduction by playing all three witches. With a voice that suggests a vulture’s claw scraping gravel and her pulse-pounding physical contortions, Hunter nearly steals the picture before it starts. The sharply contrasted black-and-white photography evokes the look of the classic Ingmar Bergman films of his 19551965 period.

In 2016, Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard starred in another film adaptation of “Macbeth.” The stars were adequate but barely memorable and the plot, which tried to be comprehensive, came across stunted and disjointed. Washington and McDormand strive for greatness and miss, but Coen’s production is a dazzling nightmare world. His “Macbeth” is not quite a triumph, but it’s far from a tragedy.

“The Tragedy of Macbeth” is streaming on Apple TV+.

CALENDAR LISTINGS TSL * COVID 19 Guidelines * TSL will require you to provide proof of vaccination for entry to the theater. All audience members must wear face masks, except when eating or drinking.

You may view the complete monthly calendar at the link above. Movie tickets available for purchase at the door only. Cash, credit card, and check accepted.

Special Ticket Pricing on Mondays: Friday & Weekend Admission: $12.50 general / $10 members and students.

Monday Admission: $7 general / $5 members and students. n Hong Sangsoo’s, INTRODUCTION (2021) — Youngho (Shin Seokho) goes to see his father who is tending to a famous patient.

He surprises his girlfriend, Juwon (Park Miso), in Berlin where she is studying fashion design. He goes to a seaside hotel to meet his mother and brings his friend Jeongsoo (Ha Seongguk) with him. In each instance, he anticipates an important conversation.

But sometimes a shared look, or a shared smoke, can mean as much as anything we could say to those close to us. For his twenty-fifth feature as director and his first as cinematographer, Hong Sangsoo offers a simple tale of young people on the edge of adulthood.

Introduction cuts to the essence of who we are as people, like an unexpected hug on a winter’s day.

In Korean with English subtitles.

2021. 1h06m.

Friday, January 28 at 7:15P p.m., Saturday, January 29 at 4:45 p.m., Sunday, January 30 at 5:45 p.m., Monday, January 31 at 5:30 p.m. n Marie Amiguet & Vincent Munier’s, THE VELVET QUEEN (2021) — In the heart of the Tibetan highlands, multi-awardwinning nature photographer Vincent Munier guides writer Sylvain Tesson on his quest to document the infamously elusive snow leopard. Munier introduces Tesson to the subtle art of waiting from a blind spot, tracking animals, and finding the patience to catch sight of the beasts. Through their journey in the Tibetan peaks, inhabited by invisible presences, the two men ponder humankind’s place amongst the magnificent creatures and glorious landscapes they encounter along the way. Set to a haunting soundtrack by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis! In French with English subtitles. 2021.

1h32m.

Friday, January 28 at 5:30 p.m., Saturday, January 29 at 2:45 p.m. and 6:15 p.m., Sunday, January 30 at 2 p.m., Monday, January 31 at 6 p.m. n Paul Verhoeven’s, BENEDETTA (2021) — Sex, power, plague, and the Church collide in Verhoeven’s barnburner of a historical drama, based on real events. In 17th-century Tuscany, a sheltered nobleman’s daughter who experiences overpowering visions takes vows to become a nun. Devout and obedient, Benedetta (Virginie Efira) only occasionally brushes up against her abbess’s (Charlotte Rampling) warning that “intelligence can be dangerous.” But when a coarse and carnal novice enters the convent, Benedetta finds herself obsessed, and their relationship quickly grows physical—threatening to destroy everything around them.

In French with English subtitles.

2021. 2h09m.

Friday, January 28 at 5:45 p.m. n Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s, DRIVE MY CAR (2021) — Two years after his wife’s unexpected death, Yusuke Kafuku (Hidetoshi Nishijima), a renowned stage actor and director, receives an offer to di- rect a production of Uncle Vanya at a theater festival in Hiroshima.

There, he meets Misaki Watari (Toko Miura), a taciturn young woman assigned by the festival to chauffeur him in his beloved red Saab 900. As the production’s premiere approaches, tensions mount among the cast and crew, not least between Yusuke and Koji Takatsuki, a handsome TV star who shares an unwelcome connection to Yusuke’s late wife.

Forced to confront painful truths raised from his past, Yusuke begins – with the help of his driver – to face the haunting mysteries his wife left behind. Adapted from Haruki Murakami’s short story, director Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s film is a haunting road movie traveling a path of love, loss, acceptance, and peace. Winner of three prizes at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, including Best Screenplay. In Japanese, Korean, English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Tagalog, Indonesian, German, Malaysian with English subtitles. 2021. 3h.

Saturday, January 29 at 4:30 p.m., Sunday, January 30 at 3:45 p.m. n Phil Grabsky’s, CONCERTO: A BEETHOVEN JOURNEY (2015) —

Award-winning director Phil Grabsky follows leading concert pianist Leif Ove Andsnes as he travels the world playing sell-out concerts with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra in an attempt to understand and interpret one of the greatest sets of music for piano ever written: Beethoven’s five piano concertos. 2015. 1h32m.

Sunday, January 30 at 2:15 p.m. n David Bickerstaff’s, THE DANISH COLLECTOR (2021) — For many years no-one was interested in the art of the Impressionists. Artists like Monet, Degas and Renoir were vilified, attacked, and left penniless as a result. Then, something remarkable happened. A new breed of collectors emerged and, before long, they were battling to acquire any work by these new, radical artists that they could find. Among them was the visionary Danish businessman Wilhelm Hansen who amassed a remarkable collection housed at his summer home, Ordrupgaard, on the outskirts of Copenhagen. Exhibition on Screen tells his fascinating story and, with exclusive access to a major exhibition at London’s Royal Academy, brings the extraordinary collection to the bigscreen in glorious high-definition.

From Hansen’s beautiful house and gardens at Ordrupgaard to the streets of bohemian Paris, this film takes you on a journey to discover some of the best examples of 19th-century French art ever collected. 2021. 1h22m.

Sunday, January 30 at 4 p.m. n Sean Baker’s, RED ROCKET (2021) — The audacious new film from writer-director Sean Baker (Tangerine, The Florida Project), starring Simon Rex in a magnetic, live-wire performance, Red Rocket is a darkly funny, raw, and humane portrait of a uniquely American hustler and a hometown that barely tolerates him. Nominated for the Palme d’Or, this small town Texas comedy-drama was made to be seen on the big screen! 2021.

2h8m.

Monday, January 31 at 7 p.m. n Mike Mills’, C’MON C’MON (2021) — Scoring a 95% on Rotten Tomatoes, Johnny (Joaquin Phoenix) and his young nephew (Woody Norman) forge a tenuous but transformational relationship when they are unexpectedly thrown together in this delicate and deeply moving story about the connections between adults and children, the past and the future, from writer-director Mike Mills. Catch the gorgeous Black and White imagery in our theatre now. 2021. 1h49m.

Monday, January 31 at 7:45 p.m.

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A tribute to local historian John Ham The temperature is relative

By Dede Terns-Thorpe For Columbia-Greene Media

This column will be a little different than my usual. It’s not as much about history as it is about a local historian. He’s almost 87 and he’s devoted many years to preserving and sharing our history. I thought it time we knew the other side of John Ham. Hopefully, this column will offer some insight into his life and the birth of his interest with trains.

I spent a delightful few hours visiting and talking with John and his wife Dorothy last week. This is a story I’ve been working on for some time and John, I finally got it finished.

Numerous people are to be applauded for making a difference in capturing the Town of Hunter’s history. But, this is about Hunter’s expert railroad and hotel historian and his travels through life to reach the point he’s at today.

John has saved much of the Mountain Top’s history, both on and off the rails, for future generations to come.

During our prerecorded talk, John noted he’s had a passion for trains “as long as I can remember.” It started as just a toddler, as you can see from picture # 1. He was born in Hunter in 1935 and spent his younger years loving where he lived, about a stone’s throw from the tracks of the Hunter Branch of the New York Central Railroad, formerly the Ulster & Delaware.

He said as a young boy, that he used to stand at the dining room window watching the trains go by. He’d watch as passengers unload with their luggage and watch other people board the train to leave Hunter. He would run to that window any time he heard a train whistle, having a perfect view of the train and its station.

John said by the end of the railroad era in 1940, there were fewer and fewer industries; far less than what there were back in 1882 when the first train rolled into Hunter.

He noted how busy the railroad had been back in the early Twentieth Century, handling Hunter’s creamery products (kept cold with the ice cut and loaded at South Lake), farm products and food items, lumber, furniture, and numerous items being unloaded daily for the multitude of hotels as far away as Windham.

John’s father, G. Richard Ham (Dick Ham, a respected gentleman), and his mother Marion, an admired, life-long teacher at H-T-C, raised John and his brother, Tom, and sister, Linda in their home, just a few feet west of the home John and Dorothy built in 1959 and reside in yet today. John said he didn’t know it at the time, but later he realized it was that connection with those Hunter trains that ignited his love for railroad history. He credited those early toddler days with his introduction to trains and the beginning of his learning about the scope of what the railroads actually did for the

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Mountain Top. Even more than what the railroads did, he taught us how the tracks were laid, about their elevations, and the amount of expense and work that went into the building and maintenance of the tracks.

We chatted about the 15 books that John has published over the last twenty-plus years. His local hotel knowledge is obvious in his great book, One Hundred Years on “Resort Ridge.” If you know John you can picture him poopooing any applause and just saying, “You will learn what you’re interested in.” (I guess there’s no better answer that that.) John is very proud that now retired Greene County historian, David Dorpfeld, refers to this book as, the “Bible of the Catskill Mountain Hotels”. (John now works well and very often with Jonathan Palmer, the present county historian, at the Vedder Library).

Our time talking showed me a lot more about John Ham than railroads and hotels. He’s had a lifetime of work in most aspects of industry, concentrating on the building trades and later held official positions in both the Town and the Village of Hunter. He was a son, a dad, a husband, a dedicated member of the American Legion, and a volunteer fireman, serving for years as the President of Hunter Fire Company #1. (I’m sure there were many other commitments).

John and Dorothy both graduated from HunterTannersville in 1953, John attended college for a time (with aspirations of becoming a teacher) before being drafted into the Military. John joined the Army just before the end of the Korean War. He was in the 24th Division in Korea for three months, before being transferred to Japan.

According to John, the best thing he ever did was to ask Dorothy to marry him. John and Dorothy were married at the Haines Falls Immaculate Conception Church in 1957 and are lifelong parishioners there. John told me (increasing his voice just enough for his wife to overhear) “For almost 65 years, Dorothy has put up with me, can you believe it?” Dorothy enjoyed a chuckle over hearing that, but tried to maintain her composure! (Dorothy, right behind John in age, has kept her

girlish figure and good looks for all these years. Dorothy laughs easily, making her a pleasure to talk with.)

Dorothy is the daughter of the late Hugo and Centa Rose who lived in nearby Elka Park. Hugo was the Superintendent at the Elka Park Club for decades. The Rose family had early roots in the Town of Hunter being connected through marriage with the Dibbell families and both played a significant role in maintaining the Elka Park Club. Dorothy is a first cousin of the current, wellliked superintendent of Elka Park, Paul Dibbell, who has worked at Elka Park for a total of 48 years, with 42 as Superintendent. (Wow!) Dorothy graduated from college as a high school home-economics teacher, teaching for a year in Morris, N.Y., returning to Hunter to take that position at H.T.C. (Hunter Tannersville Central). John said they came back to Hunter to help his dad in the lumber business. John gave one of his hardy laughs when he said they bought a brand-new 1957 Chevy BelAyre automobile for $1250.00, equal today to about $11,700.00. (Nice.) He also said Dorothy was paid about $3,200 a year in salary, which equates to approximately $32,000 today.

John spoke proudly of his parents, Dick and Marion Ham, but then beamed with pride when talking about their two daughters, Debbie and Christine. Dorothy taught until Debbie was born and then became a “stay-at-homemom”. Four years later Christine was born and their mom, after considerable consideration, continued at home until the kids were in Junior High school, to which John added, “was the best thing she could have done for our daughters.”

Dorothy then went back to work, spending the next 23 years at the Villa Vosilla doing payroll, and other clerical duties.

John remembers his grandfather Edwin A. Ham, Dick Ham’s father, but he was older when John was young and he wasn’t around that much. He was the owner-operator of Hunter’s E. A. Ham-Lumber and Feed Company on the same piece of property where John and Dorothy have lived since 1960. The old Lumber Yard was removed in 1958 by the local fire department with

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John tells me that he enjoyed studying and photographing trains whenever he had the chance, but when asked how he learned all he knows, he quickly gave the credit to railroad friends he has made along the way. He said he owes it mainly to Dorothy for her patience allowing me to follow my odd-ball passion.

He explained that in 1882, Hunter was the terminus of the new railroad built from Phoenicia to the Mountain Top. If anyone wished to get to Tannersville or Haines Falls, a stagecoach or buggy was the only way. It was due to George Harding’s close friendship with the Ulster & Delaware’s President, Thomas Cornell, that he was able to convince Cornell to build the railroad through Tannersville and Haines Falls to South Lake, the closest available location to the site of Harding’s new mammoth Hotel Kaaterskill.

John is presently researching his 16th book that will complete his study of the New York Central Railroad in New York State.

John and I then spent time in his computer room. It is obvious how well he works with Word and Adobe Photoshop, and how proficient he is with those programs. He’s truly remarkable! He’s almost 87 and certainly did not grow up with technology, but mastered it nonetheless. He appears as sharp as a tack, although he’ll argue that point.

When asked about his longevity, John said, “I think I managed better because I’ve been seriously interested or involved in one thing or another that really mattered to me throughout the years.”

We talked about the success of his books and how most of them are difficult to find.

John, (who seldom shows a lack of words), was quite modest when talking about his books’ successes, again crediting his many railroad buddies. John talks proudly about his many friendships, but spoke emotionally of two very special friends, the late dedicated historians Tim Mallory and Lonnie Gale.

I asked John to say something to the younger people in the community about our railroad history. He said, “The trains were the Life Blood of the Mountain Top. It was the railroad (and U&D President Thomas Cornell) that allowed the Mountaintop to become the major resort destination it was and created the wonderful history we are fortunate enough to be able to look back at today”.

Let’s give a huge round of applause to the Town of Hunter’s expert railroad and hotel historian for saving and sharing that history in book form for all to relish.

I hope this little story touched on the life of John and Dorothy Ham and all they’ve given to the Town of Hunter. — Dede

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By Lula Anderson For Columbia-Greene Media

Another winter week gone by. The ski slopes have been, thankfully, busy which brings much needed revenue to our villages. The locals know that this is the season where we hunker down and so most of us older residents don’t leave our warm houses. Last week, when it was -12, Judy got a phone call from Marty in Florida where it was a chilly 50 and they had to turn on their heat. I guess temperature is relative. Like how can you go skiing in the frigid weather, but complain it’s too cold to go to church?? Oh well.

On Sunday the 23rd, a group of 10 or 12 from the Windham Methodist Church visited Sparky (Tom Bristol) on Mill Street. The group brought their collective singing voices together for wellness. I’m really sorry I couldn’t make it.

Jack Rappleyea is home from rehab and needs good wishes. He’s doing quite well and Susan is trying to get used to having a full time husband around the house again. He misses work, but is focusing on his therapy to get strong enough to mow the lawn this coming summer. Small steps make big progress.

Stay well, Mary Aull who is living with her daughter, but still keeps in touch with her Ashland friends.

Ruth A. Poehmel passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family. Ruth’s daughter-in-law is my hairdresser Joanna who took over Jessica’s Salon. Calling hours will be held 5-8 p.m. Jan. 28 at Decker Funeral Home, 5312 Main St., Windham. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Ruth’s memory to St Jude’s Children’s Hospital.

AS I REMEMBER IT I went shopping down the mountain last week and was sorely disappointed to find so many empty shelves. We are so used to an abundance of goods and a selection of brands and sizes, that we are upset when we can’t find what we want. Even the cat food was empty. What can we feed our poor pampered baby? Growing up, we fed the cats plate scrapings or bread soaked in reconstituted powdered milk with, maybe, eggs that were too cracked to use for human consumption. Now we complain when we can’t find the brand that the pet prefers.

Anyway, I started thinking about the young people who are just starting out living on their own. I have mentioned previously that it’s such a shame that Home Ec, Shop classes and Ag classes have been dropped from school courses. What is the 30 year old going to serve for supper?

The frozen dinners are scarce, meats are in short supply, restaurants have shorter hours, with less variety for take out, prices are HIGHER.

LULA

ANDERSON I have said that we were very poor (money wise), yet we never had less than 6 people sitting down at every meal, and usually more, depending on the time of the year. Does anyone know how to make a casserole anymore?

We ate many of them, of various ingredients. A pound of chopped meat needed to cover a lot of ground, no such thing as a half pound (or even quarter pound) per person, add a pound of macaroni, a lot of brown gravy made from the hamburger grease, flour and milk, add canned stringbeans and you have food for a crowd.

Or macaroni with a jar each of home canned tomatoes and beef stirred together and topped with saltine cracker crumbs and baked in the oven. If more people showed up, you could always add a can of peas to stretch it. Potatoes made great casseroles, scalloped potatoes used leftover ham cut from the bone before it was made into soup. Rice could be mixed with a cheese sauce and leftover chicken.

Some nights we had pancakes but even those had to be stretched by adding a jar of corn, and whatever gravy was leftover.

Who doesn’t remember the jars of chipped beef in the larder from the last big shopping trip? I’m sure there are still folks around that have juice glasses that were once filled with the dried beef. This was a favorite meal also known as SOS, (look it up if you don’t know). A little bit of meat, lots of white cream sauce and peas to stretch it over toast or biscuits.

Sunday chicken became Monday’s casserole and Tuesday’s soup. Sometimes the soup was so thin it was said the chicken walked through it with boots on. The old fryer that was so past its prime and tough that you couldn’t even put a fork in the gravy.

Canned salmon, dried fish, tuna — all improved and stretched with gravy, and poured over potatoes, or rice.

Add meat and vegetables to Rice a Roni and make a meal for 12 instead of 4.

We were taught to eat what was on the table and don’t complain. It’s good for you. and besides, there are starving children in India that don’t have any thing to eat. Our foods had no preservatives and ingredients that you can’t pronounce. It was stick to the ribs food. Nothing fancy, but filling. Can we say the same about today?

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LOCAL ROUNDUP:

David Ortiz elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame; Bonds, Clemens fall short

Richards’ monster game lifts Riders Tim Martin Columbia-Greene Media

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David Ortiz (34) of the Boston Red Sox celebrates after he scored a run in the fourth inning against the New York Yankees on April 12, 2015 at Yankee Stadium.

Chelsea Janes The Washington Post

Barry Bonds, who has the most home runs in Major League Baseball history, was not voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in his final year on the ballot, the Hall announced Tuesday night. Roger Clemens, whose seven Cy Young Awards are two more than any other pitcher, did not

receive enough votes in his final year, either.

Arguably the greatest hitter and pitcher of the steroidtainted 1990s will have to rely on a veteran committee as their last chance to reach Cooperstown because, even though the majority of voting members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America believed they should be Hall

of Famers, enough of them decided the stars’ ties to performance-enhancing drugs disqualified them from that aspect of baseball immortality. Players need to receive 75% of the vote to be elected. On Tuesday, Bonds received 66%, and Clemens got 65.2%.

The writers did elect former Boston Red Sox star David Ortiz (77.9%) in his first year on

the ballot, making him the fourth Dominican-born player elected to the Hall of Fame and the first player elected by the writers since 2020. The gregarious slugger is one of the most beloved players in Red Sox history and a quantifiably clutch performer in the postseason, and he’s one of See ORTIZ B3

New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton is stepping away after 15 seasons Mark Maske The Washington Post

Sean Payton stepped away Tuesday as coach of the New Orleans Saints, ending a highly successful 15-season run with a franchise that he helped revive but not ruling out an eventual return to an NFL sideline.

“I don’t like the word retirement. . . . I still have a vision for doing things in football,” Payton said at a news conference.

“And I’ll be honest with you: That might be coaching again at some point. I don’t think it’s this year. I think maybe in the future. But that’s not where my heart is right now. It’s not at all.”

Payton, 58, said he does not intend to coach in the 2022 season and expects to spend more time with his kids, do some traveling and get into better shape. He expressed interest in doing broadcasting work but said nothing had been arranged.

He spoke for more than 90 minutes at See SAINTS B3

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Head coach Sean Payton of the New Orleans Saints looks on during the second quarter against the Atlanta Falcons at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Jan. 9 in Atlanta.

WATERVLIET — Brett Richards scored 39 points, pulled down 24 rebounds and blocked eight shots to highlight Ichabod Crane 86-56 non-league boys basketball victory over Watervliet on Tuesday.

The double-double was Richards’ 10th of the season and seventh in a row.

Alex Schmidt chipped in with 17 points, Dan Warner had 16.

Malik Simms led Watervliet with 17 points. Jay Chaplin had 14.

Ichabod Crane led 1715 after one quarter, 4126 at halftime and 63-48 through three quarters.

The Riders host Lansingburgh on Friday at 6:30 p.m.

ICHABOD CRANE (86): Richards 18-3-39, Schmidt 8-1-17, Clickman 3-0-6, Warner 6-416, McCrudden 1-0-2, Mullins 1-0-2, Holzhauer 1-0-3, Autrey 0-1-1. Totals 38-9-86.

3-pointers: Holzhauer.

WATERVLIET (56): Simms 6-2-17, Chaplin 6-1-14, Ethier 1-0-3, Wilson 5-2-16, Torres 1-0-2, Conwy 2-0-4. Totals 215-56.

3-pointers: Wilson 4, Simms 3, Chaplin, Ethier.

Coxsackie-Athens 67, Germantown 30 GERMANTOWN — Coxsackie-Athens traveled to crosstown rival Germantown for a nonleague boys basketball game on Tuesday and earned a 67-30 victory.

C-A, coming off a deflating double overtime loss on Monday night, rebounded nicely with a decisive victory. Jumping out to a 12-0 lead, the Riverhawks never trailed and opened up a 28-8 first quarter lead behind Robbie Hughes’ 13 points.

C-A maintained the

lead at halftime and then put it away in the third quarter, leading 56-21 going into the fourth.

Robbie Hughes had a game-high 24 points for C-A. Dillon Hynes added 16 and Jordan Williams had 10.

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

Stillwater 45, Maple Hill 42 CASTLETON — CJ McNeil and Jaxon Mueller each had 16 points to spark Stillwater to a 45-42 victory over Maple Hill in Tuesday’s non-league boys basketball game.

Maple Hill was up 139 after one quarter, but Stillwater came on to take a 20-18 edge at halftime and a 31-26 advantage into the final stanza.

Ben Marra was the Wildcats’ leading scorer with 19 points. Brady Cole had eight.

STILLWATER (45): Hotaling 2-0-4, Lilac 2-1-5, McNiel 5-4-16, Mueller 7-2-16, Wichelns 2-0-4.

Totals 18-7-45.

3-pointers: McNeil 2.

MAPLE HILL (42): Harrington 3-0-7, Cole 4-0-8, Frazier 1-1-3, Marra 8-319, Rogers 2-0-5. Totals 18-4-42.

3-pointers: Harrington, Rogers.

Duanesburg 71, Cairo-Durham 40 DUANESBURG — Duanesburg broke open a close game with a 23-6 scoring edge in the third quarter and went on to defeat Cairo-Durham, 71-40, in Monday’s nonleague boys basketball game.

Duanesburg led 18-16 after one quarter and 2924 at halftime before pullin away in the third.

Michale Leak led the Eagles with 16 points. Caleb O’Hanlon had 11 and See RICHARDS B3

Nadal advances in five sets at Australian Open Eleanor Crooks PA Media

MELBOURNE, Australia — An ailing Rafael Nadal battled to a five-set victory over Canadian Denis Shapovalov in a dramatic Australian Open quarterfinal on Tuesday — and was then accused by his opponent of receiving preferential treatment.

Shapovalov became involved in a dispute with umpire Carlos Bernardes at the start of the second set of his 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3 defeat over the amount of time Nadal was taking to get ready to receive serve.

After Bernardes refused to give Nadal a time violation, the 22-year-old shouted: “You guys are all corrupt,” and he and Nadal then exchanged words at the net about the matter.

Shapovalov is far from the first opponent to complain about Nadal’s time-keeping, but he went further in the press conference room, alleging that the 20-time Grand Slam champion is given an unfair advantage by officials.

“I think I misspoke when I said he’s corrupt,” explained Shapovalov. “It’s definitely emotional but I do stand by my side. I think it’s unfair how much Rafa is getting away with.

“I’m completely ready to play and the clock is ticking, clicking towards zero, and I’m looking at the umpire and obviously I’m going to speak up and say something.

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Rafael Nadal (left) and Denis Shapovalov exchange words in their Men’s Singles Quarterfinals match during day nine of the 2022 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Tuesday in Melbourne, Australia.

“I’ve been ready to play for a minute and a half and he tells me he’s not going to give him

a code violation because I’m not ready to play.

To me, it’s a big joke.”

Asked if he feels Nadal receives preferential treatment, Shapovalov said: “Of course. Onehundred percent he does.”

Nadal gave a forceful response denying Shapovalov’s accusations, saying: “I really believe that it’s always in the mind that the top players get bigger advantages and, honestly, on court it’s not true.”

The row overshadowed a compelling match and a huge achievement for Nadal, who doubted last year whether he would be able to come back from a foot problem and is now through to his 36th Grand Slam semifinal.

The Spaniard lost from two sets up against Stefanos Tsitsipas at the same stage last year and it appeared the same may well happen when Shapovalov, who defeated third seed Alexander Zverev in the fourth round, forced a decider.

But Nadal, who had called the trainer for a stomach issue during the fourth set, made his experience count to move ahead early in the fifth and hold on.

The sixth seed grinned with joy and relief while Shapovalov, who missed a chance to break at the start of the decider, slammed his racket angrily to the court.

“It was a little bit of a miracle,” Nadal said.

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Pro basketball

NBA roundup: LeBron leads Lakers to victory over Nets

NBA Eastern Conference Atlantic W L Pct Brooklyn 29 18 .617 Philadelphia 28 19 .596 Toronto 23 22 .511 Boston 25 24 .510 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 36 .234 Southeast W L Pct Miami 30 17 .638 Charlotte 26 22 .542 Washington 23 25 .479 Atlanta 21 25 .457 Orlando 9 39 .188 Western Conference Northwest W L Pct Utah 30 18 .625 Denver 25 21 .543 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 24 24 .500 L.A. Clippers 24 25 .490 Sacramento 18 31 .367 Southwest W L Pct Memphis 32 17 .653 Dallas 27 20 .574 New Orleans 18 29 .383 San Antonio 18 30 .375 Houston 14 34 .292 Monday’s games Cleveland 95, New York 93 Chicago 111, Oklahoma City 110 New Orleans 117, Indiana 113 Phoenix 115, Utah 109 Tuesday’s games Denver 110, Detroit 105 Toronto 125, Charlotte 113 L.A. Clippers 116, Washington 115 Philadelphia 117, New Orleans 107 Boston 128, Sacramento 75 L.A. Lakers 106, Brooklyn 96 San Antonio 134, Houston 104 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.

Denver at Brooklyn, 8 p.m.

Toronto at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Memphis at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Utah, 10 p.m.

Dallas at Portland, 10 p.m.

Thursday’s games L.A. Lakers at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Golden State, 10 p.m.

GB — 1.0 5.0 5.0 6.5 GB — .5 1.0 13.0 18.5 GB — 4.5 7.5 8.5 21.5 GB — 4.0 6.0 9.0 15.5 GB — 3.5 14.0 14.5 20.5 GB — 4.0 13.0 13.5 17.5

Pro hockey NHL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OT SO Pts Florida 43 29 9 2 3 63 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 42 13 22 6 1 33 Ottawa 36 13 20 3 0 29 Montreal 41 8 26 7 0 23 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT SO Pts NY Rangers 43 28 11 3 1 60 Pittsburgh 42 27 10 1 4 59 Carolina 39 28 9 2 0 58 Washington 43 23 11 7 2 55 Columbus 39 18 20 0 1 37 NY Islanders 35 15 14 3 3 36 New Jersey 41 15 21 1 4 35 Philadelphia 43 13 22 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 40 22 16 1 1 46 Winnipeg 39 17 15 3 4 41 Chicago 42 15 20 6 1 37 Arizona 41 10 27 0 4 24 Pacific Division GP W L OT SO Pts Vegas 43 25 15 2 1 53 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 Tuesday’s games Ottawa 5, Buffalo 0 Dallas 5, New Jersey 1 Pittsburgh 6, Arizona 3 Carolina 4, Vegas 3, OT NY Islanders 4, Philadelphia 3 Florida 5, Winnipeg 3 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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Pro football NFL PLAYOFFS WILD CARD ROUND Saturday, Jan. 15 Cincinnati 26, Las Vegas 19 Buffalo 47, New England 17 Sunday, Jan. 16 Tampa Bay 31, Philadelphia 15 San Francisco 23, Dallas 17 Kansas City 42, Pittsburgh 21 Monday, Jan. 17 L.A. Rams 34, Arizona 11 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.

(NBC)

College basketball TUESDAY’S SCORES MEN EAST Connecticut 96, Georgetown 73 Iona 74, Siena 57 Maryland 68, Rutgers 60 Pittsburgh 64, Syracuse 53 Villanova 67, DePaul 43 Yale 83, Columbia 72 SOUTH Baylor 74, Kansas State 49 Duke 71, Clemson 69 Georgia 82, Alabama 76 MIDWEST Auburn 55, Missouri 54 Dayton 68, Fordham 61 Illinois 56, Michigan St 55 Loyola-Chicago 59, Southern Illinois 47 Toledo 86, Buffalo 75

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LeBron James totaled 33 points, seven rebounds and six assists as Los Angeles led most of the way and recorded a 106-96 win over Brooklyn in New York.

The Lakers led for the final 37:45, improved to 2-1 on their six-game road trip and welcomed Anthony Davis back after the center missed 17 games with a sprained medial collateral ligament in his left knee. He finished with eight points in 25 minutes.

The Lakers had gone 7-10 without him.

James Harden notched a triple-double of 33 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists, but it was not nearly enough as the Nets dropped to 2-3 since losing Kevin Durant to a sprained left knee on Jan. 15.

Clippers 116, Wizards 115 Luke Kennard converted a four-point play with 1.9 seconds to play as the visiting Los Angeles Clippers overcame a 35-point deficit to post a 116-115 victory over the Washington Wizards on Tuesday night.

The result tied the secondlargest comeback in NBA history, when the Sacramento Kings escaped a 35-point hole against the Chicago Bulls on Dec. 21, 2009. The record was the Utah Jazz overturning a 36-point deficit to defeat the Denver Nuggets on Nov. 27, 1996.

The Wizards held a 115-109 lead with 11.2 seconds remaining before Kennard halved the deficit with a 3-pointer.

Washington’s Kyle Kuzma was whistled for a five-second inbound violation, and Kennard a 3-pointer while being fouled by Bradley Beal. Kennard sank the ensuing foul shot to give Los Angeles its first lead of the game and the improbable victory.

Amir Coffey scored 29 points and Kennard finished with 25 off the bench as the Clippers improved to 2-2 on their eightgame road trip. Beal collected 23 points and nine rebounds and

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Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (6) controls the ball against Brooklyn Nets center LaMarcus Aldridge (21) during the third quarter at Barclays Center on Tuesday.

Kuzma added 19 and 12, respectively, for the Wizards, who took their fourth straight loss.

Celtics 128, Kings 75 Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown combined to score 66 points as host Boston throttled Sacramento for its seventh win in 10 games.

Tatum finished with a gamehigh 36 points and six assists, while Brown put up 30 points and 10 rebounds. Robert Williams III scored 13 and pounded the boards for a game-high 17 rebounds. The Celtics led by as many as 60 points but fell short of a franchise-record 56-point victory in a 133-77 rout of Chicago in 2018.

Buddy Hield was the only scorer to reach double figures for the Kings, finishing with 11 points on 4-of-14 shooting.

Sacramento dropped its fourth straight game and has lost nine of 11 overall.

Warriors 130, Mavericks 92 Jonathan Kuminga led a balanced attack with 22 points off

the bench as Golden State found its offensive form in a thrashing of Dallas at San Francisco.

The Mavericks took more than just their second loss in its last three games, however. Key reserve Tim Hardaway Jr. broke a bone in his left foot on a drive to the hoop midway through the second quarter.

Stephen Curry shot 2-for-10 from 3-point range and wound up with 18 points, nine rebounds and a game-high seven assists for the Warriors. Luka Doncic notched 25 points and eight rebounds for the Mavericks.

76ers 117, Pelicans 107 Joel Embiid had 42 points, 14 rebounds, four assists and four blocked shots to lift host Philadelphia past New Orleans.

Tobias Harris added 33 points and 11 rebounds and Furkan Korkmaz contributed 13 points for the 76ers, who have won three of their past four games.

Nickeil Alexander-Walker led the Pelicans with 31 points, and Willy Hernangomez added a career-high 29 points to go along

with 10 rebounds. New Orleans had a two-game winning streak snapped.

Timberwolves 109, Trail Blazers 107 Anthony Edwards scored 40 points and D’Angelo Russell was credited with the decisive basket with 2.9 seconds left as Minnesota rallied for a win at Portland.

Anfernee Simons was called for goaltending on Russell’s layup after CJ McCollum’s 3-pointer tied the game at 107 with 10.5 seconds left.

Minnesota escaped with its eighth win in its last 11 games after Simons missed a 3-point attempt at the buzzer. Russell scored 22 points while Karl-Anthony Towns tallied 17 points and 17 rebounds for Minnesota.

Nassir Little recorded 20 points and eight rebounds for the Trail Blazers before leaving midway through the fourth quarter due to a strained left shoulder. Portland’s Jusuf Nurkic added 20 points and 14 rebounds.

Nuggets 110, Pistons 105

Nikola Jokic collected 28 points, 21 rebounds and nine assists and Denver defeated host Detroit for the second time in three nights.

Jeff Green had 20 points and Aaron Gordon contributed 16 points, five rebounds and five assists as the Nuggets overcame 25 turnovers.

Rookie Cade Cunningham carried the Pistons with a season-high 34 points as well as eight rebounds and eight assists and a season-high four blocks.

Saddiq Bey had 21 points.

Raptors 125, Hornets 113 Pascal Siakam recorded 24 points and nine rebounds and matched a career best with 12 assists as host Toronto defeated Charlotte.

Gary Trent Jr. scored 14 of his season-best 32 points in the third quarter for the Raptors, who won for just the third time in the past eight games. OG Anunoby added 24 points.

LaMelo Ball scored 25 points for the Hornets, who lost their second straight after winning three in a row. Miles Bridges added 22 points and James Bouknight netted 18.

Spurs 134, Rockets 104 Dejounte Murray recorded a double-double and Keldon Johnson added 16 points as San Antonio handed Houston its ninth consecutive home loss.

Murray paired 19 points with 10 assists while Jakob Poeltl chipped in 18 points and nine boards. That tandem combined to shoot 17 of 28 to spearhead a breathtaking offense: San Antonio shot 57.4 percent while recording 38 assists on 58 field goals.

Kevin Porter Jr. had 16 points, nine assists and five rebounds for the Rockets. Christian Wood tallied 15 points and seven rebounds.

Top 25 roundup: No. 24 Illinois takes down No. 10 Michigan St. Field Level Media

Trent Frazier tallied 16 points and five assists and No. 24 Illinois held off No. 10 Michigan State 56-55 on Tuesday in Champaign, Ill., and took first place from the Spartans in the Big Ten. Alfonso Plummer contributed 11 points and four assists for the Fighting Illini (14-5, 7-2 Big Ten), who were without top scorer and rebounder Kofi Cockburn for a second consecutive game due to a concussion.

Marcus Bingham Jr. had 13 points and six rebounds for the Spartans (15-4, 6-2), and Gabe Brown added 10 points.

Michigan State rallied from a 14-point deficit and had a chance to tie it with 0.2 seconds left, but Malik Hall missed one of two free throws and Illinois escaped with the one-point win.

No. 1 Auburn 55, Missouri 54 Led by K.D. Johnson’s 17 points, Auburn protected its first-ever No. 1 ranking by edging Missouri in Columbia, Mo., and winning its 16th straight game.

Johnson took over in the final 1:27 by completing a three-point play and scoring on another driving basket to put Auburn up 55-51 with 47 seconds left. Missouri’s Javon Pickett hit a 3-pointer to cut Auburn’s lead to one with 35 seconds to play, but Auburn grabbed three consecutive offensive rebounds and Missouri

could not get the ball back for another shot.

Walker Kessler had 13 points and 12 rebounds for Auburn (19-1, 8-0 SEC), while Pickett scored 17 points for Missouri (811, 2-5), which lost for the sixth time in its last eight games.

No. 7 UCLA 75, No. 3 Arizona 59 Balanced scoring, led by 15 points each from Jules Bernard and Johnny Juzang, and the Bruins’ defense were too much for the Wildcats in Los Angeles.

UCLA (14-2, 6-1 Pac-12) also got 12 points from Cody Riley and 10 from Jaime Jaquez Jr. The Bruins shot 50 percent from the field, including 8 of 17 from 3-point range.

Arizona (16-2, 6-1) shot 30.7 percent from the field and 7 of 28 from beyond the arc. Bennedict Mathurin scored 16 points to lead the Wildcats, but Kerr Kriisa finished scoreless, missing all 12 of his fieldgoal attempts, nine of them from 3-point range.

No. 4 Baylor 74, Kansas State 49 LJ Cryer led four players in double figures as the Bears trounced the visiting Wildcats in Waco, Texas.

Cryer scored 14 points, Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua and Adam Flagler added 13 points each and Kendall Brown had 10 for Baylor (18-2, 6-2 Big 12). Tchamwa Tchatchoua added 12

rebounds and Brown contributed 11.

Nijel Pack led Kansas State (10-9, 2-6) with 13 points. Markquis Nowell scored 11, all in the second half.

No. 9 Duke 71, Clemson 69 Paolo Banchero shook off early foul trouble to score 19 points and the Blue Devils beat the Tigers for the 20th straight time in Durham, N.C. Wendell Moore Jr. added 13 points, reserve Joey Baker posted 11 points and Mark Williams had 10 points and 10 rebounds for the Blue Devils (16-3, 6-2 Atlantic Coast Conference), who have won four of five.

PJ Hall led Clemson with 14 points and 10 rebounds, while Hunter Tyson had 13 points and Chase Hunter 12. The Tigers (11-9, 3-6) have lost four of their past five games.

No. 12 Kentucky 82, Mississippi St. 74 (OT) Kellan Grady scored eight of his 18 points in overtime and the Wildcats hung on to defeat the Bulldogs in Lexington, Ky. Grady connected on a layup and a pair of 3-pointers in a span of 1:56 to push the Wildcats (16-4, 6-2 Southeastern Conference) to an 80-74 lead with 1:13 remaining in the extra session. The nation’s leading rebounder, Kentucky’s Oscar Tshiebwe, totaled 21 points and 22 rebounds.

Iverson Molinar, who notched a career-high 30 points for the Bulldogs (13-6,

4-3), sank two free throws with 22.2 seconds left in regulation for a 72-72 tie. The Bulldogs shot 62.1 percent (18 of 29) from the floor in the second half to rally from a 16-point deficit.

No. 14 Villanova 67, DePaul 43 Justin Moore scored 16 points and Collin Gillespie added 14 as the host Wildcats beat the Blue Demons for the 22nd consecutive time.

Eric Dixon contributed 11 points and 10 rebounds for the Wildcats (15-5, 8-2 Big East).

Javan Johnson scored 16 points and Jalen Terry 10 for the Blue Demons (109, 1-8), who have lost three straight and haven’t beaten Villanova since Jan. 3, 2008.

No. 20 UConn 96, Georgetown 73 Adama Sanogo scored 19 points and Isaiah Whaley added 15 in a dominant effort inside as the Huskies never trailed in a victory over the Hoyas in Storrs, Conn.

In winning its fourth straight, UConn (14-4, 5-2) outrebounded Georgetown 40-28 and outscored the Hoyas 42-28 in the paint.

Georgetown (6-11, 0-6) lost its seventh in a row. Aminu Mohammed tallied 15 points and seven rebounds for the Hoyas, and Collin Holloway scored 11 points.

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Zach Parise scored the tiebreaking goal with 8:09 left as the New York Islanders spoiled Keith Yandle’s historic night and extended the Philadelphia Flyers’ winless streak to a franchise-record 13 games with a 4-3 win in Elmont, N.Y., on Tuesday.

Noah Dobson, Anders Lee and Mathew Barzal also scored for the Islanders, who overcame an early 2-0 deficit to win for the fourth time in five games (4-1-0) and improve to 10-4-1 since Dec. 7. Ilya Sorokin made 14 saves.

Claude Giroux, Justin Braun and Gerry Mayhew scored for

the Flyers, who have lost 13 straight (0-10-3). The previous longest winless streak for Philadelphia was a 12-game skid – consisting of eight losses and four ties – from Feb. 24 to March 16, 1999. Flyers goalie Martin Jones recorded 29 saves.

Yandle provided one of the season highlights for the Flyers by breaking the NHL’s ironman record – previously held by Doug Jarvis – when he appeared in his 965th consecutive game.

Yandle started for Philadelphia and a cheer rose immediately after the faceoff.

Panthers 5, Jets 3 Mason Marchment scored

twice and added an assist, Carter Verhaeghe netted the go-ahead goal in the second period and visiting Florida beat Winnipeg.

The Panthers also got a goal and an assist from Anton Lundell plus Sam Bennett’s 18th goal, which tied his career high. Sam Reinhart and Aaron Ekblad each recorded two assists. Sergei Bobrovsky made 32 saves, improving his record to 21-4-3.

Winnipeg, which tied the score three times without ever leading, got goals from Paul Stastny, Kyle Connor and Pierre-Luc Dubois. Cole Perfetti notched two assists. Connor

Hellebuyck made 27 saves as the Jets fell to 0-3-2 in their past five games.

Hurricanes 4, Knights 3 (OT) Sebastian Aho scored with 1:11 left in overtime to give Carolina a win over Vegas in Raleigh, N.C. Nino Niederreiter and Vincent Trocheck scored 57 seconds apart in the second period, and Aho added a power-play goal in the third period for the Hurricanes, who have won four of their last five games. Frederik Andersen made 26 saves.

Nolan Patrick, Brett Howden and Nicolas Hague scored, and Laurent Brossoit stopped 26

shots for the Golden Knights, who lost for just the sixth time in 18 road games (12-5-1).

Penguins 6, Coyotes 3 Kris Letang scored twice, Sidney Crosby and Bryan Rust each had a goal and two assists and Pittsburgh erupted for four goals in the third period against visiting Arizona to win a sixth straight.

Brock McGinn and Brian Boyle also scored, while Evgeni Malkin and Evan Rodrigues added two assists each for the Penguins, who have won 17 of their past 19 games. Tristan Jarry made 13 saves.

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There’s only one way the Bucs can convince Tom Brady to return Joh Romano Tampa Bay Times

TAMPA, Fla. — You can ask Bruce Arians. You can ask Peter King. You can ask Gisele.

You can listen to the whispers, you can read between the lines, you can play his podcast backwards and search for hidden clues.

You can speculate all you want about Tom Brady’s potential retirement plans but you will never know for sure what is in his heart, his mind, his future.

Except for this: He will not play for a bad football team.

That’s a certainty. And that means it is up to the Bucs to convince Brady that they have a plan for success in 2022. That means Arians and general manager Jason Licht need to show Brady that they can perform enough fiscal gymnastics to keep this roster largely intact.

The Bucs are going to lose some players, there’s no doubt about that. When you have one of the top receivers (Chris Godwin), top running backs (Leonard Fournette), top offensive linemen (Ryan Jensen), top

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Kyle Williams 10.

Sam Bruck was the Mustangs’ top scorer with 10 points. Jeremy Howley and Zack Russell both had eight.

Cairo-Durham goes to Maple Hill on Thurday at 6:30 p.m.

CAIRO-DURHAM (40): Bruck 4-0-10, Bujak 2-0-5,

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serve worked well and, for me, every game that I was winning with my serve was a victory.

“Of course, in the beginning of the fifth set I was very

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the best designated hitters of all time.

“I learned how difficult it is to get in first ballot. It’s a wonderful honor to get in on my first rodeo,” Ortiz said. “It’s something very special to me.”

Because this was the last year Bonds, Clemens and Sammy Sosa (18.5%), co-star of the 1998 home run chase, were on the writers’ ballot, the election was the latest referendum on the steroid era - a chance for voters to declare whether those who are thought to have used illegal substances or violated MLB’s then-nascent drug-testing policy voided their chance at reaching Cooperstown.

(These voters do not include eligible Washington Post journalists, who are not permitted to cast ballots for the Hall of Fame.)

But referendums imply

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an afternoon news conference, occasionally sipping water because he had read doing that and yawning might help prevent him from tearing up.

“I just felt like this season, it was challenging for everyone,” Payton said. “But, man, I felt like it was time. I felt like it was time - I kind of knew maybe heading into training camp, this might [be it]. But you don’t share that with anyone.

You think, ‘Well, let’s see how the season goes,’ and we’re working hard. I felt the time was right for me. I felt the time was right. And it’s something that I’ve been thinking about. . . . Not many get to choose their

in a playoff loss. He threw an interception, lost a fumble and averaged barely 6 yards per pass attempt.

If you don’t think he’s concerned about a future that might include a lot of afternoons like

that, then you’re nuts.

Because Tom Brady does not lose. Not for long, anyway.

He might lose on a particular day, and he might come up short in a season. But losing repeatedly? Embarrassingly? No, sir. His entire career, his entire legacy, is built on the concept that Brady is a winner and that he makes everyone around him better players, coaches, scouts and water boys.

There is no way he wants his final season to look like Johnny Unitas in San Diego or Joe Namath in Los Angeles or Brett Favre in Minnesota.

So expect the Bucs to do whatever they can to convince him that winning is still on the table in Tampa Bay. Heck, it wouldn’t surprise me if Arians’ sudden willingness to take on the offensive coordinator responsibilities if Byron Leftwich gets a job elsewhere is simply a way to keep Brady happy.

He is that important to Tampa Bay’s chances for success in 2022, and he is that important to the team’s bottom line economically.

Now, Brady says family will be a major consideration in his decision, and I don’t doubt that.

On the other hand, what would you expect him to say? That he cares more about his career than his kids? Of course he is going to say his family will play a role in the decision and I’m sure they will.

My point is he won’t even need to wrestle with that decision if the Bucs do not come up with an attractive enough plan to entice him to play one more year at age 45.

It’s also possible that he’s known for the past year that this would be his last season and he’s just waiting for the right time to make that announcement.

The bottom line is Brady is as cognizant and protective of his image as any athlete of his generation. He is not going to do anything that jeopardizes the incredible narrative of his career.

If the Bucs want him back -and, of course, they do -- they need to convince Brady that 2022 will only add to his legacy and not subtract from it.

COLONIAL ICC 63, Cobleskill 19 COBLESKILL — Ichabod Crane opened up a 19-3 lead in the first quarter and rolled to a 63-19 victory over CobleskillRichmondville in Tuesday’s Colonial Council girls basketball game.

The Riders extended their lead to 34-9 at halftime and 4814 after three quarters.

Carolina Williams had 19 points for Ichabod Crane. Ashley Ames added 12, Delaney

More had seven, Ava Heffner six, Abby Dolge five, Malati Culver five, Alex Barkley four, Emma Holmberg four and Rylee Dunn one.

The Riders (8-3 Colonial, 11-4 overall) host Catholic Central on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.

PATROON Rensselaer 67, C-A 64 COXSACKIE — Rensselaer overcame a two-point fourth-quarter deficit to edge Coxsackie-Athens, 67-64, in

Monday’s Patroon Conference girls basketball game.

Rensselaer led 17-16 at the end of the first quarter and 40-35 at halftime before C-A surged ahead 56-54 by the end of the third stanza. The Rams went on to outscore the Riverhawks 13-8 in the final quarter to pull out the victory.

Jasmine Allert led Rensselaer with 33 points.

Riley Sitcer dropped 25 for C-A. Baileigh Briski had 12, Isabella Luvera nine and Julia

Grounds eight.

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

RENSSELAER (67): K. Mathews 5-0-10, J. Slingerland 1-1-3, Gier 2-1-5, Teal 5-2-12, Allert 9-10-33, A. Slingerland 2-0-4. Totals 24-14-67.

3-pointers: Allert 5.

COXSACKIE-ATHENS (64): Grounds 3-0-8, Luvera 4-1-9, Squier 3-0-6, Bartels 1-0-2, Sitcer 7-11-25, Briski 5-2-12, Wiley 1-0-2. Totals 24-14-64.

3-pointers: Grounds 2.

worried. More than worried, I thought it was going to be super difficult to win that match.

But here I am. Being in semifinals means a lot to me, to have a victory against a great player after all the things that I went through.”

Importantly, the 35-yearold now has two days off to try to recover physically

before his semifinal against seventh seed Matteo Berrettini, who won his own fivesetter against Gael Monfils to become the first Italian man to reach the last four in Melbourne.

Like Nadal, Berrettini looked in control at two sets to love up only for crowd favorite Monfils to fight back and even

the match as the clock ticked past midnight.

Berrettini was the steadier in the decider, though, and the 25-year-old said after his 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 3-6, 6-2 win: “It feels unbelievable. I’m really happy for myself. It was a great fight against Gael. I thought I had him in the third and then I found myself in the fifth.”

Umpire James Keothavong had to appeal to some unruly fans in the crowd several times to respect both players.

“Some of them are not really tennis fans I think,” said Berrettini after he was heckled during his on-court interview.

“It’s fine. I win, I’m happy.”

On the women’s side, world No. 1 Ashleigh Barty knocked

off American Jessica Pegula,

clarity, and this year’s voting did not draw hard lines.

Ortiz’s candidacy was no less complicated than those of Bonds and Clemens. Ortiz spent most of his career as a DH, meaning he rarely played the field. Among Hall of Famers, only Harold Baines, Edgar Martinez, Paul Molitor and Frank Thomas can say the same. Ortiz hit more home runs (541) than any of them, and his on-base-plus-slugging percentage (.931) is just two points lower than Martinez’s.

Ortiz’s name was on a list of players who came up positive for performance-enhancing drugs when MLB tested players, supposedly anonymously, before implementing a drug policy a year later. Ortiz never tested positive afterward, and he spent the next decade taking some of the most memorable and meaningful swings in Red Sox history.

“You don’t know what anybody tested positive for,” Ortiz said when asked about that test. “. . . I never failed a drug test [after the testing policy

was put in place in 2004]. What does that tell you?”

Clemens also has denied using performance-enhancing drugs. In a statement issued via his Twitter page Tuesday, Clemens said: “My family and I put the HOF in the rear view mirror ten years ago. I didn’t play baseball to get into the HOF.” “I gave it all I had, the right way, for my family and for the fans who supported me. I am grateful for that support,” he continued. “I would like to thank those who took the time to look at the facts and vote for me. Hopefully everyone can now close this book and keep their eyes forward focusing on what is really important in life.”

Alex Rodriguez, one of the best shortstops of all time and who accumulated 113.7 Wins Above Replacement, per FanGraphs, did not come close to reaching 75% in his first year on the ballot, finishing with 34.3. Rodriguez tested positive for steroids and was suspended for 162 games in 2014.

Gary Sheffield, the hard-hitting outfielder who compiled 62.1 WAR, finished with 40.6%.

Sheffield admitted to using steroids during the 2002 season, but he claimed he did so unknowingly.

Pitcher Curt Schilling, in his final year on the ballot, earned 58.6% of the vote. Third baseman Scott Rolen (63.2%, fifth), first baseman Todd Helton (52%, fourth year) and pitcher Billy Wagner (51%, seventh) also topped 50% but will need much more support to get elected.

So it was Ortiz, with his 51 WAR, who joined the ranks of baseball’s most storied club - a remarkable end to a lateblooming career that didn’t take off until he was 27, then left him as one of the most beloved players of a generation.

“I really never dreamed of [making the Hall of Fame],” Ortiz said Tuesday night. “All I was looking for was the opportunity to be an everyday player. . . . Thank God it came through when I came to the Red Sox. The rest is history.”

Bonds was never beloved as Ortiz was, but baseball hadn’t seen anyone like him, either.

Even before his muscles grew and home runs became the focus, Bonds was a once-in-alifetime star. He remains the only player with at least 400 home runs and 400 steals - a club he founded in 1998, the season Sosa and Mark McGwire dominated with home run explosions since tied to PEDs, before Bonds was suspected of using banned substances.

But the number for which he is best known - 762 home runs - is also the one that seems likely to hold him back, the stat most tainted by his ties to since-disgraced PED lab BALCO, the stat he seems unlikely to have reached on his own. In the past 100 years, only three players have finished with a higher on-base percentage than Bonds’s .444: Ted Williams (.482), Babe Ruth (.474) and Lou Gehrig (.447).

Only Ruth (168.4) accumulated more WAR than Bonds’s 164.4. It has been decades

since any other hitter finished with more than 120 WAR. “When I see [Bonds and Clemens], to be honest with you, I don’t even compare myself to them because I saw so many times those guys performing and it was something that was very special,” Ortiz said. “. . . Not having them join me at this time is something that is hard for me to believe.”

Bonds congratulated Ortiz on Instagram, writing: “CONGRATULATIONS Big Papi on your induction into the Hall of Fame! Well deserved. . .I love you my brother.”

Bonds may yet find himself in the Hall of Fame. The committee of veteran players, executives and writers tasked with reviewing his era for those left out could decide he belongs in Cooperstown. If it doesn’t, baseball’s all-time home run leader will go the way of its all-time hit leader, Pete Rose: without a spot in the Hall of Fame.

terms.”

Payton leaves the Saints after 15 seasons over 16 years in which he secured a Super Bowl victory and teamed with Drew Brees to form one of the most productive coach-quarterback tandems in NFL history. Payton won 63.1% of his regular season games, compiling a record of 152-89, and guided the Saints to the playoffs nine times.

“It’s a people business,” Payton said. “And the thing that I’m most proud of is collectively . . . we’ve consistently found the right people that fit what we’re trying to build.

I’m not able to mention every player’s name. But I am able to thank every player today.”

The Saints won the Super Bowl in the 2009 season, cementing the once-downtrodden franchise’s status as

a rallying point for its community after New Orleans was ravaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The Saints were displaced from New Orleans that year but returned in 2006, their first season with Payton as their coach and Brees as their quarterback. They reached the NFC championship game that season.

Payton missed the 2012 season while serving a suspension as part of the NFL’s penalties against the Saints for the “Bountygate” scandal. The league cited Payton for failing to do more to halt a program administered by defensive coordinator Gregg Williams that, an NFL investigation concluded, provided the team’s players with payments for hits that injured opponents.

The Saints missed the playoffs this season with a record

of 9-8. They played without Brees, who retired after last season, and lost starting quarterback Jameis Winston to a season-ending knee injury.

The Saints left New Orleans in August because of Hurricane Ida and were based temporarily in the Dallas area. They played their season-opening home game, a triumph over the Green Bay Packers on Sept.

12, in Jacksonville, Fla. Payton missed a game in December after testing positive for the coronavirus, with defensive coordinator Dennis Allen filling in for a Dec. 19 triumph over the Buccaneers in Tampa. Payton returned to coach a depleted Saints team, with the roster ravaged by coronavirus-related issues, in a 20-3 loss to the Miami Dolphins on Dec. 27 in New Orleans. He acknowledged

Tuesday that he contacted Brees before that game about a possible return by the quarterback.

Payton said he met last week with Saints owner Gayle Benson and General Manager Mickey Loomis. Benson offered him the opportunity, he said, to take time away during the offseason and then return for training camp.

“I don’t know what’s next,” Payton said. “And, look, I read the reports . . . [but] I’ve not spoken to anyone from a media outlet relative to doing television or radio. Maybe that opportunity arises. . . . I think I’d like to do that. I think I’d be pretty good at it.”

Allen and Saints offensive coordinator Pete Carmichael Jr. are likely to be among the candidates to replace Payton.

The Saints must comply with

the league’s minority interview requirements even if they intend to promote an assistant from Payton’s staff. They join the Las Vegas Raiders, Jacksonville Jaguars, Denver Broncos, Dolphins, Chicago Bears, Minnesota Vikings, New York Giants and Houston Texans in searching for a new coach.

Payton is under contract through the 2024 season. Another NFL team would have to work out compensation with the Saints if he were to return to coach elsewhere. There has been long-standing speculation about interest by the Dallas Cowboys, with whom Payton once served an assistant coach.

“My plans are not to be coaching in 2022,” Payton said. “And that’s just how I feel.”

tight ends (Rob Gronkowski), top cornerbacks (Carlton Davis) and top safeties (Jordan Whitehead) on the free-agent market, you’re not going to have the salary cap space to sign them all.

So it’s up to the Bucs to present a scenario plausible enough to woo Brady back for more.

In a way, we are right back where we were in the spring of 2020 when Arians and Licht were trying to convince Brady to choose Tampa Bay when he was leaving New England.

The advantage the Bucs have now is that Brady is already here, he’s comfortable with the game plan, he’s familiar with the area. The disadvantage is the Bucs might not look as talented as they did in 2020.

The defense has four key players (Ndamukong Suh, Jason Pierre-Paul, Lavonte David and Will Gholston) who will be 31 or older next season and three of them (Suh, Pierre-Paul and Gholston) are also free agents. Not having Godwin to complement Mike Evans could be a deal breaker, and losing Fournette and Ronald Jones in the same offseason is a real

possibility.

The Bucs were thin at receiver and were missing right tackle Tristan Wirfs in Sunday’s 3027 loss to the Rams, and Brady ended up having one of his worst statistical performances

Clow 1-0-2, Howley 3-1-8, Lampman 2-1-5, Russell 4-08, Young 1-0-2. Totals 17-2-40.

3-pointers: Bruck 2, Bujak, Howley.

DUANESBURG (71): Fall 1-0-2, Harris 2-1-5, Hart 1-0-2, Hyde 3-2-9, Leak 5-4-16, Llamasares 3-0-7, Lohret 2-1-5, Mulhern 1-2-4, O’Hanlon 5-111, Williams 4-0-10. Totals 2711-71.

3-pointers: Williams 2, Leak 2, Hyde, Llamasares.

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Tom Brady (12) of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers looks on against the New England Patriots during the third quarter at Gillette Stadium on Oct. 3 in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

wrapping up a 6-2, 6-0 victory in 63 minutes.

Home favorite Barty next faces American Madison Keys, whose surge continued with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over fourth seed Barbora Krejcikova.

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HOUSEMATE WANTEDSenior Citizen request person to share expenses of 3700 sq ft modern home, 1 mile from Hudson. Private bed. Requesting $1,100 / mo. Incls. heat, elec. direct tv, trash, one time cleaning, treadmill, W/D. Full use of residence. Must be clean, non-smoker, credit score of 650 plus. Proof of income References. No pets. Call or text (518)965-3563.

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

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We are hiring Line Cooks, Stewards, and Baristas for our NEW Alltown Fresh location! We are looking to hire ASAP. Please stop by our sister location (XtraMart located at Route 9H and 82 in Hudson NY 12534) to apply or call the store (518) 851-2220.

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What’s really going on with James Harden and the 76ers?

Kristian Winfield New York Daily News

NEW YORK — How do you make sense of the recent stories linking James Harden to Philadelphia this offseason?

Start with the source.

The source on Tuesday’s story is Jake Fischer, a reporter for Bleacher Report who has climbed into the ranks of reliable NBA news-breakers not named Adrian Wojnarowski or Shams Charania.

Fischer is reporting that Harden is growing unhappy in Brooklyn: unhappy with Kyrie Irving’s part-time status and, here’s the kicker, with the lifestyle he’s living in New York City, too.

Fischer explains this through league sources. He has reported that Harden is now telling close friends and confidants — former coaches and teammates, Fischer said — that he is increasingly open to testing free agency this summer.

That even though the Nets can offer him a deal worth $270 million and a future alongside Kevin Durant, Harden would be willing to maneuver to another team in free agency.

Specifically, the Philadelphia 76ers.

Here’s where we squint our eyes a bit at the source of this story.

Fischer is a Philadelphiaarea native and the author of “Built To Lose: How the

NBA’s Tanking Era Changed the League Forever,” a book rooted in Philadelphia, where tanking helped the Sixers draft both Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons.

Fischer is deeply connected with the 76ers, as he’d have to be in order to pen such a piece of nonfiction. This is not to disparage Fisher’s reporting, only to give context as to who stands to benefit from this information becoming public.

The Sixers are obsessed with landing Harden in a Ben Simmons trade — or using the idea of a Harden deal to start a bidding war for a depreciated asset (Simmons) across the league.

If they can manufacture enough buzz for a potential Simmons-for-Harden swap, the Sixers will have forced the hand of rival executives with potentially disgruntled stars.

The belief is the Portland Trail Blazers (Damian Lillard), Washington Wizards (Bradley Beal) and Boston Celtics (Jaylen Brown) could each be enticed to agree to a Simmons deal if their respective stars make it clear they want out.

Yet Philly’s president of basketball operations Daryl Morey wants Harden, which makes sense given the following: Morey was the lead executive who built a perennial contender around Harden’s unique gifts in Houston. In fact, when Harden requested a

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trade from Houston, Philadelphia was on a short list of preferred destinations.

Morey seems to believe Harden is the missing piece to building a legitimate championship contender in Philly next to Embiid, who has solely kept the Sixers just 2.5 games out of the Eastern Conference’s first seed despite Simmons’ refusal to show up for practice and games.

On its surface, a HardenEmbiid pairing appears to be match made in basketball heaven: one of the most gifted scorers and playmakers of all time alongside the most dominant big man the NBA has seen since Shaquille O’Neal.

Harden has his own roots in Philadelphia, as well. He is close friends with Philly’s top

rapper, Meek Mill. He also has a relationship with Sixers minority owner Michael Rubin.

Not to mention Morey is the general manager who helped make him the NBA’s Most Valuable Player of the Year in 2018.

This is where we focus the attention back on Brooklyn.

Despite Fischer’s Philly roots, he unearthed some new information at Barclays Center: Harden, like many watching from outside the Nets organization, has become annoyed with cocah Steve Nash’s rotations, according to Fischer.

Rather than rely on his veterans or a consistent rotation, Nash has characterized this season as a roster experiment.

Midway through the season,

the Nets have trotted out 22 different starting lineups, leaning heavily on rookies like Day’Ron Sharpe, Kessler Edwards and David Duke Jr. over experienced veterans.

“I think there’s a lot of guys like I said of similar level in our group, and no one’s kind of taken the mantle at some of these complementary roles,” Nash said during the Nets’ recent road trip to Chicago.

“Everyone is kind of still in the running to take the bulk of those minutes. So until we see someone that really takes it — and takes it for a while — we’ll probably continue to mix it up and give guys different opportunities.”

The Nets have already seen their first casualty of this experiment: After watching from the sidelines for most of this season, veteran forward Paul Millsap will either be traded or have his contract bought out to join another team this year, Nash confirmed.

Not to mention Irving, whose “personal” decision not to get vaccinated against COVID-19 has transcended the realm of distraction and is increasing the burden placed on Harden’s shoulders. Harden has been vocal about his desire that Irving get vaccinated to join the team full-time, even joking that he’d give his superstar teammate the vaccine shot himself.

“He knows that (we need

him on the floor for all the games),” Harden said when asked if he’s nudging Irving to get vaccinated. “He knows that.”

The Nets are now asking Harden to play four different styles of basketball this season: one way when he’s the only star on the floor (the way he will play all home games with Durant out with an MCL sprain), another way when Irving is in the rotation while Durant is not, a third style when it’s only Harden and Durant available at home, and a fourth way when the Nets have all three of their stars at their disposal — on the road only.

The New York Daily News has documented Harden’s struggles adapting to the ever-changing Nets’ rotations.

Some of that can be chalked to injury and health and safety protocols, but Nash is doing his point guard no favors by experimenting with different lineups on a night-to-night basis.

And the Sixers are doing the Nets no favors with their public, mid-season pursuit of a star whose contract can expire if Harden declines his player option at the end of this season. Unfortunately for the Nets, the NBA is a dog-eat-dog world, and if they aren’t feeding their terrier what it wants to eat, there’s an executive in Philadelphia who knows Harden’s expensive taste.

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Is Barry Bonds’s Hall of Fame banishment a tragedy or a shame? How about both?

Barry Svrluga The Washington Post

Here’s the thing with Barry Bonds and the Baseball Hall of Fame, and it gets lost in all the bickering between the “It’s a crime he’s not in” crowd and the “Hell no, not ever” set: This is hard. One of the best hitters who ever played the game will never be honored as such. That can both be defensible and deflating. Why does it have to be one or the other?

For the purposes of “enshrinement” - a term that connotes more holiness than is fit for any sport - Tuesday’s announcement that the Baseball Writers’ Association of America had left out Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, the only seven-time MVP and the only seven-time Cy Young winner, brings with it finality. There will be no bronze plaque for either of them in Upstate New York. They have been on the ballot for 10 years and failed to gain the requisite 75% of the vote each and every time. That’s where there’s a clear either-or, because either you’re in or you’re out, and there’s no in-between.

Finality, though, doesn’t equal clarity, and there’s perhaps some more haranguing to come as it pertains to proven or suspected users of performance-enhancing drugs. Alex Rodriguez has nine more tries at this. Plus, there’s a last gasp provided by the 16-member “Era Committee,” but that group - formerly known as the “Veterans Committee” - swiftly and roundly rejected the case of Mark McGwire, 11th on the all-time home run list, admitted user of PEDs during his historic career. There’s no reason to foresee an about-face with the two players who perhaps most define the era and all its perceived stains.

So clarity eludes us, even as there is a frenzy to take sides here - absolute, black-and-white sides. There’s a reasoned path to passionately end up in one place or the other. That both paths are fraught should be acknowledged, too.

Start with the stats, because you can just get lost in them. Since 1960, Bonds authored seasons that produced four of the top six slugging percentages, the top four on-base percentages, the top four on-base-plus-slugging percentages. The back of his baseball card looks like it’s filled with typos. Last year, for instance, Bryce Harper led the majors with a .615 slugging percentage. In 2004, Bonds posted a .609 on-base percentage.

The numbers become overwhelming, and not just the home runs. In that ‘04 season, Bonds walked 232 times, still a major league

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record - by a mile. The next closest: Barry Bonds in 2002, with 198. The next closest to that: Barry Bonds in 2001, with 177. The names that follow him: Babe Ruth and Ted Williams, two of the best hitters to dig into the box. Bonds owns the top OPS of all time - an incomprehensible 1.422 from ‘04. Only three men have ever produced a single season with an OPS higher than 1.250 Bonds, Ruth and Williams. They combined for 12 of them.

Clemens similarly has historically outlying statistics, dominance combined with longevity. In 2005, when major league pitchers posted a collective ERA of 4.29, Clemens’s league-leading ERA was 1.87 - nearly 2½ runs better than average. It was the last of his seven ERA crowns, and it came 19 years after his first. Only Nolan Ryan and Randy Johnson have more career strikeouts. No one had struck out 20 batters in a game before Clemens did it - twice, a decade apart. There’s nothing on his baseball-reference.com page - 354 wins, Cy Young awards at 23 and 41 and scattered in between - that suggests he’s anything other than one of the best to ply his craft. That’s hard to unsee.

So that’s what Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens were: two of the best to ever do what they did. There is a flaw in a Hall of Fame that

denies admission to the player who hit more home runs than any in history, just as there is a flaw in a Hall of Fame that denies admission to the player with more hits than anyone in history. But here we are, with Pete Rose on the outside because he bet on baseball even as Major League Baseball aggressively tries to lure its fans to become bettors on baseball. Which form of cheating was worse in the moment?

Which looks worse now? Try to find absolutes in that debate, too.

The “Not on my watch” crew that has voted against Bonds - a ballot is offered to BBWAA members of 10 years or more - is willing to ignore all those numbers in the name of serving as gatekeepers, the lions on the pedestals sitting outside Cooperstown. There’s virtually no doubt that there are PED users in the Hall already, and there’s something holier-than-thou about keeping others out. Admission of Bonds and Clemens would spur further debate about how much steroid use enhanced what were already legendary careers. Relegation won’t wipe their accomplishments from the record.

And yet, there are pitfalls in saying the stats should override all else. You know why? Because these guys cheated. They cheated their contemporaries. They cheated the fans. They

cheated the game. What the-ends-justify-anymeans lessons are we teaching the next generation if there are essentially no ramifications for knowingly and systematically using untoward means to improve your personal standing?

That sounds like a dramatic and overwrought question to assign to what’s mostly a frivolous situation, until you envision Bonds at the lectern delivering a speech to a Cooperstown crowd and you have to explain to an 11-year-old why the all-time home run king wasn’t a shoo-in to be delivering that speech in the first place. That’s tough.

It’s worth noting, too, that the only member elected by the BBWAA this year - Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz - was reported by the New York Times to have been among a group of players who tested positive for a banned substance in 2003, before MLB had instituted its full drug-testing program. Several people, among them Commissioner Rob Manfred, have downplayed results of that test, saying in 2016 it could have been a false positive.

Talk about murkiness.

How to process it all? I think back on one moment. On the night of Aug. 7, 2007, at what was then AT&T Park in San Francisco, Bonds came to the plate in the fifth inning to face a journeyman Washington Nationals left-hander named Mike Bacsik. He sat at 755 home runs, tied with Hank Aaron for the most all-time. He worked the count full, and Bacsik came with the best fastball in his arsenal - grooved, sadly, at 86 mph. Bonds demolished it.

I remember, sitting in the press box that night, the conflict in the moment. The march to Bonds’s record-breaking shot had largely been joyless and tense, marked more by the questions about how he became so prolific than any celebration of the accomplishment. When his bomb off Bacsik landed in the center field seats, the Nationals slowly left the field so Bonds could address an adoring home crowd, but catcher Brian Schneider wouldn’t budge from behind the plate, “the best seat in the house,” he told me afterward.

“As far as excitement, that was unbelievable,” said Felipe Lopez, the Nats’ starting shortstop that night. “I had goose bumps. It was awesome.”

Goose bumps or guilty? How to feel, all these years later? There’s no need for absolutes. Barry Bonds will not be inducted to the Hall of Fame, and that’s both justified and a damn shame.

10 questions to explain baseball’s ongoing labor talks Jason Mackey Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Between the Steelers’ tumult, Pitt’s ACC title, the Penguins’ metronomic dominance and ownership change, existing frustration over MLB’s flawed economic structure or the fact that we’re talking about an argument between millionaires and billionaires during a global pandemic, it was easy to ignore baseball’s lockout, if not flat-out preferred.

However, with spring training now (theoretically) weeks away and labor talks gaining momentum, perhaps you’re curious about where things stand. This guide is designed to explain the key issues, what matters and when there might actually be baseball again. What’s happening?

MLB and the MLB Players Association met in-person Monday in Manhattan for more than two hours, their second bargaining session since the lockout started in December and the most substantive talks yet.

The league made a proposal to the players’ union via Zoom on Jan. 13.

Monday was viewed as the MLBPA’s counter. They’re also meeting again Tuesday, which represents progress.

Who attended?

The MLB side included Rockies owner Dick Monfort, who’s the chairman of baseball’s labor policy committee, as well as deputy commissioner Dan Halem, executive vice president Morgan Sword and senior vice president Patrick Houlihan.

Lead negotiator Bruce Meyer and free agent reliever Andrew Miller represented the MLBPA. What was said?

MLBPA changed its tune on two things it hopes will spur momentum in talks: time before free agency is reached and the amount of money funneled to small-market teams (like the Pirates) via revenue sharing.

MLB players can currently become free agents after six years. The union

had been arguing for a system that got some there in five depending on age -- 30 1/2 to start, then eventually reaching 29 1/2 .

The union had previously asked that the revenue-sharing process was decreased by $100 million, but on Monday it dropped that ask to $30 million. Will that matter?

Tough to say, although a return to the bargaining table 24 hours later obviously isn’t a bad thing. It’s also important to consider context or the rotten relationship that exists between these two parties; common ground or positive vibes are hard to find.

Furthermore, the owners have certain things that they’ve described as non-starters in negotiations: any tweaks to the revenue-sharing model, plus how soon players can reach free agency and the timeline to arbitration.

Accepting the current system for free agency is a concession. The union’s adjusted revenue-sharing figure was, too, although the owners might not care if they’re truly unwilling to discuss a change here. What’s left?

A lot, frankly.

Crossing free agency off the list, there’s currently a sizable gap when it comes to how the two sides view the Competitive Balance Tax (or CBT) threshold.

It’s currently $210 million. Owners have proposed a system starting at $214 million and reaching $220 million over a five-year period. The players are asking for $245 million. This alone tells you how far off these two groups can be.

Another key issue is minimum salary. The union wants to take the current number ($570,500) to $775,000 and $875,000 by 2026. Owners want to start at $600,000 and have it split into thirds: under a year of service,

between one and two years and more than two, the latter two earning $50,000 and $100,000 more.

Those numbers, in theory, would jump $10,000 annually to reach $640,000/$690,000/$740,000 in 2026.

None of this has been seriously discussed, which matters because minimum salary has a bigger impact than you might think.

Say a different minimum salary applies to 10 players per team.

A jump from the current figure to, say, $650,000, would mean $79,500 per player, $795,000 per team and $23,850,000 across all 30 clubs. Any other sticking points?

This might be the wackiest topic discussed, in that it seems MLB wants to give some, but how the owners have done that is funky.

Service time in MLB, loosely, works like this: The first two years are team-controlled, where clubs set salaries a hair over the league minimum. The final three are decided by arbitration. The issue is the third one, where the top 22% of players in that class achieve what’s called “Super 2” status and earn a fourth whack at arbitration.

Clubs manipulating service time to prevent this has long been a thorny topic, especially in Pittsburgh, and it’s something the MLBPA would like to improve in the next CBA. The issue becomes how to do that.

Owners have proposed a formulabased system netting increased compensation for players with between two and three years of service time.

They’ve also discussed a system that could net draft picks if teams place a top prospect on the opening day roster and that player thrives.

Teams would could earn a firstround pick if said player won Rookie of the Year or finished in the top three in MVP or Cy Young voting, a secondrounder for thresholds below that.

One issue: Whose top 100 list are we using? Another: award voters might determine whether a team gets a first-round pick? Odd. The formula-based system has also gained little traction. MLB previously offered to have salaries determined by WAR, and that was quickly scrapped. A concern over this latest ploy is that better compensation for players with between two and three years of service time would ultimately eliminate arbitration -- something the union would like to avoid.

Some good ideas, sure, but plenty of work ahead. Do they agree on anything?

Amazingly, yes. MLB has agreed to remove draft-pick compensation from free agents, which the union thinks could spur more offseason activity. The sides also seem aligned on having the designated hitter in both leagues and creating a draft lottery, though they differ on how to structure the latter.

To this point, the owners want to limit the lottery to three teams, with participants ineligible to draft that high in three consecutive seasons.

Players want the draft lottery to expand to eight, a move they believe will at least partially address tanking.

Seems both sides are OK expanding the postseason, with owners lobbying for 14 teams and the players saying they will go to 12 -- but play more games to try and match the revenue generated from a 14-game system. Advertising patches on uniforms are another thing where a solution seemingly exists. What about ... baseball?

Here’s the crazy part of this whole thing. The DH has been the only onfield issue they’ve discussed. Nothing about pace of play, robot umps or shifts. No talk about tackier baseballs, roster limits, the use of replay or legitimately trying to grow the

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sport, either.

They’ll hopefully get there, but neither side seems appropriately concerned with things that really do matter to fans. Would be nice to see them figure out the economic issues quicker and then concentrate on this stuff. What’s the context?

Baseball has endured eight work stoppages between 1972-1995 but none since.

The backdrop here is unique, too.

Teams have been spending less and less on players, dragging the total number of salary dollars down to a level not seen since 2015 (a little over $4 billion). And while that won’t net sympathy from regular folks, it has only made things more contentious between players and owners, who have received an increasingly larger piece of the financial pie.

That said, everyone was affected

by COVID-19, which shortened the 2020 season to 60 games and delivered to owners virtually no gate revenue.

Owners contend they incurred around $3 billion in operating losses due to the pandemic-shortened season, and while it would be impossible to independently verify that figure, this much is true: Missing more games would not be good for business. What’s the deadline?

This part has been sometimes overblown. Spring training is scheduled to start on Feb. 16, so an agreement would have to come in the next two weeks to hit that deadline.

It’s also entirely possible for spring training to be shortened. As long as they figure something out by late February, it should provide enough time for everyone to get to Florida and Arizona, clear COVID protocols and for pitchers to build up enough arm strength for a March 31 opening day.

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Dad questions contacting incarcerated son Dear Abby, My 38-year-old son is in jail for meth. He’s been an addict for many years. I tried several times to help him, but he always relapsed. He has been in rehab. His mother and I divorced when he was 7. He was a great kid until the divorce. After that, he became distant and DEAR ABBY wouldn’t talk much to me.

His mother tried to make up for the divorce by doing everything for him. When I wanted him to do something, like his homework, he would just sit and stare. I couldn’t punish him because I was afraid he wouldn’t want to come to my place when it was my weekend to have him. I did things with him and tried to show him I loved him, but I think he blamed me for the divorce. (It was my wife who wanted it.)

I don’t think he ever loved me like a son normally loves his father, the way I loved and respected mine. He rejected any advice I tried to offer and paid no attention when I tried to teach him something.

I’m trying to decide if I want to contact him. I feel like I have always had to do the heavy lifting to try to have a relationship with him, and he made no effort at all to sustain one with me. If I never heard from him again, I really wouldn’t miss him. All he has ever been is a taker. So I’m asking: Should I bother trying to get in contact with him while he is in jail?

Frustrated Father In Texas

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Your son is sick — an addict. That he is in jail will hopefully mean he can attain sobriety. Reach out to him one more time. He may believe you deserted him and his mother because she allowed him to believe it, which would explain his attitude toward you all these

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years. It might be of some benefit to him to be reminded that you love him and care about his well-being. Once he is clean, he may have a different attitude where you are concerned. If not, at least you tried.

Dear Abby, I have ended a four-year romantic relationship. When times were good, they were very good. I had some of the most joyful and wonderful experiences of my life with him, my children and his family. We were planning to spend the rest of our lives together.

However, when the going got rough, he started seeing other women and, later, was hateful to one of my tween children. Even as I write that last part, I am appalled. I know in my head the relationship had to end, yet I continue to cry over the loss every day, and my sleep remains disrupted.

What’s the matter with me that I’m pining over a man who turned so sour? I should feel relieved, right? How can I help myself move through this?

Too Many Tears I sympathize with your disappointment. We have all been there. Now wipe your nose, dry those tears and remind yourself that, had the romance continued, you might have married someone who would verbally abuse your children and cheat on you. You aren’t crying over the loss of “him” as much as grieving the loss of a dream that didn’t come to fruition. Stay busy and focus harder on looking ahead, and you will move through this more quickly.

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Horoscope

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By Stella Wilder Born today, you are nothing if not independent in thought and action — and you will not allow yourself to be hemmed in by anyone’s rules, regulations, expectations or instructions.

It is this last, in fact, that may get you in a good deal of hot water in your lifetime, for if you’re not able to follow instructions then how are you ever going to work for those who are in positions of authority? Fortunately, you have been endowed with such tremendous charm that you are able, more often than not, to win forgiveness for doing that for which you did not first get permission.

Though you seem to know whenever you “cross the line” in some way, when it comes to your affairs there is no such thing as a line to observe. You can, as far as you are concerned, do or say anything in your pursuit of personal joy and contentment — especially where love is concerned. In fact, you cannot imagine why someone might not fall for you!

Also born on this date are: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer; Lewis Carroll, author; Donna Reed, actress; Mimi Rogers, actress; Mikhail Baryshnikov, ballet dancer and actor; Patton Oswalt, actor.

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.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 28 AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — You may be pulled in more than one direction today by someone who doesn’t understand the inherent difficulty in what’s currently going on.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — The “impossible” isn’t quite impossible today — but know that you’ll be getting into something quite complicated if you proceed as planned.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — You are ready to give something a try that wouldn’t have been possible as recently as yesterday. Let others know what you’re doing.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — You are confident that you’ll come out ahead today, even if you have to pay more than usual for something that is usually available for less.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — You’re treading a difficult path at this time, but you’re not about to stop and think about it too much — or you’ll surely reverse course!

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Questions come your way rapidly today, and you must do what you can to answer them as honestly as possible, no matter how personal they may be.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Conceal from others what you’re planning and you’ll be setting yourself up for a difficult time in the days to come.

Transparency is key.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Accept a challenge from a rival today and you may be getting yourself involved in something that is much more complex than it may seem.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — No matter how many times someone tells you what you’re facing is actually quite simple, you recognize difficulties not apparent to others.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — You must move quickly to get a new plan up and running today, for this may be your only truly viable opportunity for quite some time.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — You have more choices available to you today than you may be aware of, and decisions you make early in the day can make subsequent ones easier.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You must be clear about your desires and expectations, especially when working closely with others. Leave no one in the dark today.

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Opening lead: Eight of ♥

the North hand would have bid five hearts over South’s five-club bid, but his pass, instead, has merit.

South won the opening heart lead with dummy’s king and had to decide how to play the trump suit. The normal play would be to take the finesse, resulting in an overtrick if East had the singleton or doubleton king. The opening lead, however, was an obvious singleton. Should the club finesse lose, West would lead a spade to East and get a heart ruff to defeat the contract.

Alternatively, a club to the ace followed by the queen of clubs would make the contract unless West started with three clubs to the king.

South decided that cashing the ace of clubs first was his best option, but before doing that, he led the king of diamonds from dummy. Had East played the ace, South would have ruffed and started on trumps. When East followed with a low diamond, South elegantly discarded his singleton spade!

This play is known as the Scissors Coup because it cuts the communications between the defenders’ hands. West won with his ace and led a spade, but declarer ruffed and cashed the ace of clubs. West was not able to put his partner on lead and the contract rolled home. Well done!

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