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COXSACKIE — An inmate assault on correctional officers that happened five days before Christmas is indicative of a larger issue, according to the New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association.

Three officers were injured in that assault, which occurred at about 4:55 p.m. Dec. 20 at the medium-security Greene Correctional Facility in Coxsackie.

The attack is a symptom of a disturbing trend, NYSCOPBA Mid-Hudson Region Vice

President Michael Mazzella said.

“As we approach the end of the year, 2019 marks the fourth straight year that assaults on staff have increased,” Mazzella said. “In 2016 there were 760 reported assaults on staff.

With a week left in 2019, we are approaching 1,000 assaults on staff as inmate advocates continue to push for decreased disciplinary measures.”

“Without having substantial measures to deter inmates from attacking staff, our fear is that this alarming trend will

File photo/ Sept. 19, 2019

Three corrections officers at Greene Correctional Facility were injured in an altercation at the prison five days before Christmas.

Union officials say the number of attacks on COs is rising.

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Dominoes fall as GOP senators exit

By Massarah Mikati Johnson Newspapers

ALBANY — With the passage of the Green Light law, criminal justice reforms and the Climate Leadership and Protection Act, this past legislative session was a historically productive one for the Democratic Party — and a sweet taste of life back the majority in the state Senate.

On the other side of the aisle, however, the sense of defeat within the Republican Party is prominent. Perhaps nothing demonstrates that more than the Domino line of Republican senators who have announced they will not seek reelection next year.

Between Thanksgiving and Christmas week, seven incumbent Republicans announced plans to retire from the state Senate, stretching from the Hudson Valley to Western New York to the North Country. At least four of the senators — including George Amedore Jr., R-46 — hail from competitive districts that could flip in the upcoming elections without an incumbent in the mix.

And if Democrats win just two more seats, they would have a super majority in the Senate, meaning they could override Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s vetoes.

“Obviously going from majority to minority status is a difference in lifestyle for people that have served it for many years,” said Nick

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State Sen. George Amedore, R-46, is one of several Republicans who has announced he is stepping down.

Langworthy, chairman of the New York State Republican Committee. “You have members that are used to being in a majority party and used to driving the policy discussion.

They know in a 40-23 situation, that they’re not going to have many bills that are going to be passing the law next year.”

The latest Republican

senator to seek retirement is Richard Funke, R-55. Before him, Joseph Robach, R-56, Michael Ranzenhofer, R-65, Elizabeth Little, R-45, Chris Jacobs, R-60, and Amedore also

announced they would not be seeking reelection.

A loss of the majority hold in the Senate doesn’t only mean See GOP A2

New year brings new effort to stop DWI

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Capt. Derek Prestridge speaks with Jay Thompson, a member of the Georgia State Patrol, who has come to Texas for the training.

With holiday festivities in full swing the past two weeks, law enforcement increased their presence to keep the roads safe.

The state’s Stop-DWI program is the nation’s first and only self-sustaining impaired driving program. Created in 1981, the program seeks to reduce mortalities and injuries associated with alcohol and drug-related crashes using funds from court fines paid by drunken drivers, according to stopdwi.org.

Each year, participating agencies have a crackdown period for the national holiday season from Dec. 11-Jan. 1.

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“Research shows that high visibility enforcement can reduce impaired driving fatalities by as much as 20%,” according to a release from the sheriff’s office. “Sobriety checkpoints are a key part in raising awareness about the problem.”

The sheriff’s office encouraged residents to have a plan for going out.

“If you are heading out tonight, plan ahead as to how you will get home or where you will stay if you shouldn’t drive,” according to a statement on the department’s Facebook page.

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“All the injuries were relatively minor,” he said.

A second officer sustained minor injuries to his back, left shoulder, jaw and head, according to the union. He was treated by medical staff at the facility and remained on duty.

A third officer sustained upper and lower back pain and left shoulder pain. He also remained on duty.

The inmate, 27 years old, is serving a 5-year sentence after being convicted in Monroe County for second-degree attempted possession of a weapon in 2019, according to the union. He faces disciplinary charges in the attack.

“The safety and well-being

of our staff and incarcerated individuals is our top priority,” according state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Spokesman Thomas Mailey. “The Department has zero tolerance for violence within our facilities and anyone engaged in misconduct will be disciplined. If warranted, an incident will be referred for outside prosecution. The Department is reviewing an incident involving several correction officers and an incarcerated individual that occurred on Dec. 20 at Greene Correctional Facility and cannot comment at this time.”

he said. “I’m a Republican in a very Democratic Senate district, I’ve been extremely successful and I’ve been able to get things done with the minority and majority because I work in a bipartisan fashion and that’s what we need.”

The remaining Senate Republicans have admitted their colleagues dropping out challenges their work at the Capitol, but also seem to believe a Democratic super majority will result in their opponents shooting themselves in the foot.

“While it is true that these retirements put us in a difficult position, the fact of the matter is that in the past year, people across the state have seen the effects of oneparty rule, including higher

taxes and reforms that prioritize the rights of criminals and illegal immigrants over hardworking, law-abiding citizens,” state Sen. Patty Ritchie, R-48, wrote in an email. “I am confident that in the months to come, Senate Republicans will identify a slate of candidates who will stand up for taxpayers and prioritize the things that matter, like lowering the cost of living, investing in education and cutting red tape so businesses can grow.”

When asked for comment, the spokesman for Sen. Daphne Jordan, R-43, said she would be seeking reelection and will “win because she’s fought for upstate taxpayers and stood up to the New York City Democrats.”

Democrats, though, are

thrilled at the potential of winning the super majority.

Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, D-35, said she’s looking for at least 43 seats — “and that’s the floor, that’s not the ceiling.”

“I think we’re ever closer to that and more,” StewartCousins said. “Every day seems to be a new Republican retiring. I think that speaks volumes. I think they understand that we are going to continue to have a Democratic majority in the Senate.”

Massarah Mikati covers the New York State Legislature and immigration for Johnson Newspaper Corp. Email her at mmikati@columbiagreenemedia.com, or find her on Twitter @massarahmikati.

or even report a suspected drunken drivers,” according to stopdwi.org.

The app is available on both Google play and the App Store.

As one of the biggest drinking holidays of the year, New Year’s Eve can be a telling occasion for law enforcement. Drunken driving arrests in the Twin Counties on Tuesday night were on par with last year.

The Greene County Sheriff’s Office had one arrest, Undersheriff Adam Brainard said.

“Usually we have no more than two to three,” Brainard said.

Columbia County Sheriff’s Office made two arrests Tuesday night for drunken driving, Lt. Wayne Lopez said, adding that the amount was typical.

State police had four arrests in Columbia County for drunken driving, compared with three arrests last year, state police Public

Information Officer Aaron Hicks said.

Throughout New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, state police arrested three drunken drivers in Greene County, state police Public Information Officer Steven Nevel said.

Part of the STOP-DWI, or the Special Traffic Options Program for Driving While Impaired, program’s educational efforts is to inform communities about the potential costs associated with drunken driving.

For example, court fines for alcohol offenses range from $300 to $10,000, according to stopdwi.org. In addition to court fines, defendants will also have to pay court surcharges, ranging from $260 to $520, and also a $750 fee required by the Department of Motor Vehicles for a Driver Responsibility Assessment, according to stopdwi.org.

This does not include fees for

reissuing a license. To obtain a conditional license, the defendant has to pay $200 to $225 to attend a state Drinking Driver program.

The defendant may be referred for an alcohol and/or substance abuse evaluation. Legal fees can range from $2,000 to $10,000, depending on the case, according to stopdwi.org.

Auto insurance premiums for convicted drunken drivers is about three times that of other drivers, according to stopdwi. org.

Other crackdown periods throughout the year included Halloween, which was Oct. 31 Nov. 3 and Thanksgiving, which was Nov. 27 - Dec. 1. Upcoming dates include the Super Bowl Jan. 31-Feb. 2; St. Patrick’s Day, March 13-18; Memorial Day, May 22-26; July 4, July 3-6; and Labor Day Aug. 19-Sept. 7.

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continue,” Mazzella said.

The inmate, who was not identified, was in the mess hall and was given an order to leave the area. The inmate refused and attempted to punch the officer who gave the order.

The officer grabbed the inmate in a body hold and attempted to take him to the ground but was unsuccessful as the inmate violently struggled. Two officers responded to help. One officer attempted to grab the inmate in another body hold but was struck

several times in the head. The second officer was also struck several times in the face by the inmate during the attack.

Additional officers arrived on the scene and assisted in getting the inmate to the ground and in restraints. He was removed from the area and placed in a Special Housing Unit.

Three officers were injured in the attack, according to the union. One officer sustained neck and facial trauma and was taken to Albany Medical Center for treatment. The third officer was released from the hospital, NYSCOPBA Director of Public Relations James Miller said Thursday.

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office spaces, less staff and less money. The Republican Senate campaign committee has just $300,000 as of this month, compared to more than $1.5 million they had the same time last year.

Democrats, on the other hand, have raised nearly $4 million this year.

But Amedore refuted Langworthy’s take.

“I can tell you — and I can only speak for myself — what went into my decision of not seeking reelection. It had nothing to do with majorityminority, the party, Republicans not being able to accomplish or be successful,”

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By Laurie McGinley (c) 2020, The Washington Post ·

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday ordered companies to stop manufacturing, distributing and selling most cartridge-based e-cigarette flavors by early February, saying the crackdown is urgently needed to reduce teen vaping.

The deadline was announced as the Trump administration officially unveiled its long-debated vaping policy.

The ban affects the fruit- and mint-flavored pods that have soared in popularity among young people but does not apply to menthol- or tobaccoflavored cartridges. It also spares the kind of e-liquids used in open-tank systems typically sold by vaping stores that cater to adults.

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar called the move a “comprehensive, aggressive approach” that targets products most widely used by youth. He said the policy strikes “the right public health balance” by preserving e-cigarettes as an option for

adults trying to quit smoking conventional cigarettes.

“We will not stand idly by as this crisis among America’s youth grows and evolves, and we will continue monitoring the situation and take further actions as necessary,” Azar pledged Thursday.

A 30-day clock begins once the government publishes the agency’s new guidance, which is likely to occur early next week, an FDA spokesperson said.

The administration’s action was prompted by data showing that more than 5 million students in middle and high school have used e-cigarettes within the past 30 days. The majority reported usually using the cartridge-based products.

To date, e-cigarettes have never had FDA authorization to be on the market. Rather, they have been sold under “enforcement discretion” followed by the agency. The new policy will detail what products the agency will take steps to block.

The announcement, which

came two days after President Donald Trump talked about protecting both families and the e-cigarette industry, marks the end of a chaotic policymaking process that left both vaping supporters and public health groups wondering what would happen next.

In September, Trump said the FDA would ban all flavored e-cigarettes but tobacco - a sweeping effort that would have applied to both the closed-pod systems and the e-liquids used for open-tank systems.

But the news ignited a firestorm of protest among vape shop owners and advocates, prompting Brad Parscale, the president’s 2020 campaign manager, to privately warn the ban could cause job losses and hurt his re-election effort in battleground states. The White House put the plan on hold and began searching for a compromise.

Laurie McGinley covers health and medicine for The Washington Post. She focuses on the Food and Drug Administration as well as cancer

research and treatment. She was previously The Post’s health, science and environment editor.

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CALENDAR Monday, Jan. 6 n Athens Town Board organiza-

tional meeting 7 p.m. Athens Town Hall, 2 First St., Athens n Cairo Town Board 7 p.m. at the 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 n Greene County Legislature organizational meeting 6 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., Catskill

Tuesday, Jan. 7

Catskill man charged with rape

By Sarah Trafton Columbia-Greene Media

CATSKILL — A Greene County man was arrested Monday and charged with second-degree rape.

Daysen J. South, 23, of Catskill, was arrested at 3:26 p.m. Dec. 30 and charged with second-degree rape and second-degree criminal sex act with a victim under the age of 15, both class D felonies; second-degree dissemination

of indecent material to a minor, a class E felony; and endangering the welfare of a child, a class A misdemeanor.

State police received an anonymous tip that a young girl was having a sexual relationship with South, state police Public Information Officer Steven Nevel said.

“An investigation of the girl’s social media revealed that she did have a sexual relationship with Daysen South,”

Nevel said.

It is unclear at this time how long the relationship had been going on, Nevel said, adding that the case is still under investigation.

South was also charged with sending indecent pictures to a minor, Nevel said.

South was released on his own recognizance. This was determined by the court, not police, Nevel said.

South was scheduled to report to the Greene County Probation Department at 10 a.m. on Tuesday to receive a GPS ankle monitor. Additionally, an order of protection was issued for the alleged victim, Nevel said.

South is scheduled to appear in Catskill Town Court on Jan. 16 at 3 p.m.

Greene County Child Protective Services assisted state police in the investigation.

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tional meeting with monthly meeting to follow 6 p.m. Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill n Durham Town Board workshop meeting 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 7309 Route 81, East Durham

Wednesday, Jan. 8 n Athens Village Board 6:30 p.m.

Village Hall, 2 First St., Athens n Catskill Town Zoning Board 6 p.m. Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill n Catskill Village Board 7 p.m. Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill n Greene County Economic Development Corporation 4 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 4th Floor, Room 419, 411 Main Street, , Catskill n Greene County Legislature health services; county resources and public safety 6 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., Catskill n Jewett Town Board 7 p.m. at the Jewett Municipal Building, 3547 County Route 23C, Jewett

Thursday, Jan. 9 n Coxsackie Village workshop

meeting 6 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie n Greene County Legislature finance audit 4 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., Catskill n Windham-Ashland-Jewett CSD BOE audit finance committee 5:15 p.m. in superintendent’s office; regular meeting 6 p.m. in the School Library, 5411 Route 23, Windham

Monday, Jan. 13 n Ashland Town Board 7:30 p.m.

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

Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie n Greene County Legislature county services; public works; economic development and tourism; Gov. Ops.; finance and Rep. and Dem. Caucus 6 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., Catskill

Tuesday, Jan. 14 n Catskill Town Planning Board 7

p.m. Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill n Coxsackie Village Historic Preservation Committee 6 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie

GREENE COUNTY POLICE BLOTTER

Rep. Delgado announces January Mobile Office hours KINGSTON — Each month, the office of U.S. Representative Antonio Delgado (NY-19) hosts mobile office hours where constituents can meet with the Congressman’s staff and receive assistance with constituent services. This can include any type of support with federal services, from help with federal grant applications, to assistance with Social Security and VA benefits. Last year, Rep. Delgado’s office held mobile office hours at locations in all eleven counties of New York’s 19th Congressional District.

“I’m committed to serving everyone in our district with accountability, transparency, and accessibility. A critical aspect of that work is bringing the services of my office closer to you.

To that end, during my first year in office we opened five district offices, held 33 town halls, and created in-district advisory committees focused on the priorities important to NY-19 including Health Care, Veterans, Small Business, and Agriculture,” said Delgado. “Mobile office hours are a critical part of our work

— allowing my office to meet folks where they are and bring important information and services directly to the communities I represent.

There are a number of ways my office can help cut through red tape and resolve issues tied up in federal agencies. Last year, we enjoyed meeting new folks at mobile office hours and hearing about the issues important to communities across our district. We are looking forward to meeting more folks in 2020 — I hope you’re able to come by!”

January 6: Greene County Catskill Public Library, 1 Franklin St., Catskill, 2-4 p.m. Jan. 6.

January 13: Schoharie and Delaware Counties Carlisle Town Hall, 541 Crommie Road, Carlisle, 10 a.m.-noon Jan. 13.

Roxbury Town Hall, 53690 Route 30, Roxbury, 2-4 p.m. Jan. 13.

January 27: Schoharie and Montgomery Counties Esperance Town Hall, 104 Charleston St., Esperance, 10 a.m.-noon Jan. 27.

Root Town Hall, 1048 Carlisle Road, Sprakers, 2-4 p.m. Jan. 27.

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 Mansa L. Wilkerson, 45, of Albany, was arrested at 10:26 a.m. Dec. 27 in New Baltimore and charged with petty larceny, a class A misdemeanor; operating a motor vehicle while impaired by drugs, an unclassified misdemeanor; and parking in a handicapped space, an infraction. He was held. n Jason T. Pallay, 34, of Matamoras, Pennsylvania, was arrested at 3:55 a.m. Dec. 28 in Coxsackie and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol content greater than 0.08% with a prior conviction, a class E felony; driving while intoxicated, an unclassified misdemeanor; failing to dim his headlights, moving from a lane unsafely, crossing road hazard markings, driving on shoulders, driving while using a portable electronic device and using an illegal signal, all infractions. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Sandeep Sapkota, 29, of Jersey City, New Jersey, was arrested at 2:15 a.m. Dec. 28 in Catskill and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol content greater than 0.08% and driving while intoxicated, both unclassified misdemeanors. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Stephanie J. Fisher, 58, of Cairo, was arrested at 9:51 p.m.

Dec. 27 in Athens and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol content greater than 0.08% and driving while intoxicated, both unclassified misdemeanors. She was issued an appearance ticket. n Mark J. Deso, 27, of

Wednesday, Jan. 15 n Catskill Central School District

BOE 6:30 p.m. High School Library, 341 West Main St., Catskill n Catskill Library Board 6:45 p.m. at either the Catskill Library, 1 Franklin St., Catskill or Palenville Library, 3303 Route 23A, Palenville n Catskill Town Board committee meeting 6:30 p.m. Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill n Greene County Legislature regular meeting No. 1 6:30 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., Catskill

Coxsackie, was arrested at 12:40 a.m. Dec. 28 in Coxsackie and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a class A misdemeanor. He was held in lieu of a bail bond. n Scott A. Scrodin, 23, of Germantown, was arrested at 4:39 a.m. Dec. 28 in Catskill and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol content greater than 0.08% and driving while intoxicated, both unclassified misdemeanors.

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He was released on his own recognizance. n Thomas A. Kearney, 38, of Greenville, was arrested at 7:40 p.m. Dec. 30 in Athens and charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of cocaine, a class D felony; seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a class A misdemeanor; and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, an unclassified misdemeanor. His arrestee status is unknown. n Manuel A. Cintron, 47, of Hudson, was arrested at 6:06 p.m. Dec. 31 in Cairo and charged with unauthorized use of a vehicle, a class A misdemeanor. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Vladislav Kourkine, 51, of Brooklyn, was arrested at 2:43 a.m. Jan. 1 in Windham and charged with driving while intoxicated, an unclassified misdemeanor, and first-degree aggravated DWI with a child, a class E felony. He was issued an appearance ticket. n David Marcantonio, 55, of Morris Plains, New Jersey, was arrested at 1 a.m. Jan. 1 in Windham and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol content greater than 0.08% and driving while intoxicated, both unclassified misdemeanors. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Robert E. Lambert, 30, of Cairo, was arrested at 12:39 a.m.

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2 top officials face interesting year Historic traditions continued in Columbia and Greene counties Wednesday as two top leaders were sworn into office.

Kamal Johnson cemented his place in Columbia County annals when he became Hudson’s first African-American mayor.

Johnson is the latest in a series of city pioneer leaders. He follows Tiffany Martin, Hudson’s first elected female mayor, and Rick Rector, the city’s first openly gay mayor.

In Greene County, Peter Kusminsky, a senior state police investigator, became the new sheriff. Kusminsky upheld a long and estimable Greene County succession of state police officials elevating to the

position of Greene County’s top lawman. Kusminsky ran in the county’s only opposed race and prevailed by more than 5,000 votes.

Now that the speeches are delivered and the applause has died down, the question is, what happens next? Hudson stands at a critical moment in history. Officials must decide to emphasize attraction of outside investors or empower and serve city residents who have been there for generations.

Kusminsky has assembled a crack team of investigators and support staff to assist him in his first term. One essential quality of a good leader is hiring good help. “You are

only as good as the people behind you,” Kusminsky said Wednesday. “I think we’ll do great things.”

Although their jobs are quite different, Johnson and Kusminsky will face the ongoing scourge of the opioid epidemic. Problems including crime, the city budget and safeguarding the rights of all segments of the population await Johnson. Kusminsky will likely become the first sheriff in charge of the controversial new $44 million Greene County Jail, a project we see as wasteful and unnecessary.

This will be an interesting year for all newly elected officials. We wish them the best of luck.

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He should not have had a gun The Washington Post

Lives were saved when a member of the volunteer security team at a Texas church fatally shot a gunman who had opened fire on the congregation during a Sunday morning church service. Thanks and praise for his skilled actions are due Jack Wilson. But what must not be forgotten or forgiven is that two innocent people were shot to death in a house of prayer by a man who - despite a troubled and violent past — had access to a gun because of this country’s lax gun laws.

“Keith is a violent, paranoid person with a long line of assault and batteries with and without firearms. He is a religious fanatic, says he’s battling a demon . . . He is not nice to anyone.” That is how one of his ex-wives described the gunman in 2012 as she sought a protective order against him. Keith Thomas Kinnunen, 43, who killed church deacon Anton Wallace, 64, and church security volunteer Richard White, 67, at the West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement, Texas, had an extensive rap sheet in numerous places across

the United States. Included in his troubled history was the 2012 determination by an Oklahoma judge that he was mentally incompetent to stand trial on charges he attacked the owner of a doughnut shop; he was committed to a psychiatric facility. In 2016, he was arrested after being spotted acting suspiciously near an oil refinery in New Jersey while armed with a shotgun; he ended up pleading guilty to criminal trespass.

None of that prevented him from getting a firearm.

Exactly how is unclear, but Texas has one of the nation’s least restrictive gun laws with no requirements for background checks when the seller is not a licensed dealer. That irrational permissiveness needs to be addressed, but gun advocates - cheered on by President Donald Trump - instead seized on the terrible events to promote their agenda that the answer to gun violence is more guns.

So much for not politicizing tragedy. And never mind the rates of suicides and homicides in Texas, or that the state has been home to some of the country’s deadliest mass shootings.

The hero in Sunday’s shooting was not, as gun advocates would want us to believe, an ordinary churchgoer — the proverbial “good guy with a gun” — but rather a firearms instructor and gun range owner who has been a reserve deputy with a local sheriff’s department. It’s not hard to imagine an even greater tragedy if there had been someone less skilled than Wilson or if the shooter had been armed with a weapon that didn’t require it to be reloaded. Indeed, the next madman intent on killing as many people as possible, rather than being deterred by Sunday’s events, might conclude that he needs a more lethal weapon. Those who see more armed guards as the only answer are driving down a road of ever-intensifying escalation.

Instead of turning churches and schools into armed camps, we should do a better job of keeping guns away from people who shouldn’t have them.

Gun control that includes strong background checks makes sense, as a majority of Americans understand.

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An open letter to Trump’s old national security team Daniel W. Drezner The Washington Post

Dear John Bolton, Daniel Coats, Gary Cohn, John F. Kelly, Jim Mattis, H.R. McMaster, Kirstjen Nielsen, Jeff Sessions, Patrick Shanahan, et al.: Happy 2020! The start of a new year is a traditional time for resolutions, when one pledges to be a better person.

Maybe that means being more charitable toward others, maybe it means treating one’s own body with more respect.

The point is, a new year is a time when we all aspire to, as the first lady puts it, “be best.”

To be blunt about it, you all have some work to do in this department. After all, you all volunteered to work for Donald Trump, a guy no one thinks of as particularly moral or ethical. Some of you spoke out when the president overstepped the bounds of decency. Some of you publicly supported policies that observers might characterize as either inhumane or incompetent. Some of you have flat-out lied and never apologized for it. I am pretty confident all of you talked to reporters anonymously to characterize the president in ways one would describe a bratty 2-year-old.

Having recently written a book on the 45th president, I know from extant reporting that some of you thought it was better to serve and stop the worst from happening.

Some of you even reportedly formed pacts to make sure that a responsible adult stayed in the country at all times to make sure the president did not do anything reckless.

As the 2020 election approaches, here is a resolution I would really like all of you to make: Talk to the country, on the record, about what it was like to work for President Donald Trump.

The reasons for this are obvious but bear repeating. An awful lot of reporting about the president suggests that he suffers from some serious decision-making defects: a short attention span, poor impulse control, knowledge deficits, oppositional behavior, addiction to screens and frequent temper tantrums. No one thinks these are good qualities in an adult, much less a commander in chief.

The president likes to dismiss this reporting as “fake

news.” Is he right or not?

Speaking out candidly could be interpreted as a violation of the norm that conversations with the president should be kept private. There are three responses to this, however. The first is that one can reveal general impressions of a president without divulging specific conversations or classified information.

The second is that this particular norm eroded before Trump was president. Memoirs from Cabinet officials about their time in office have often come out while the president who appointed them still held the position. Robert Gates’ memoir of his time serving Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama was candid about both presidents.

This rankled some at the time, but the Atlantic’s Conor Friedersdorf correctly noted that the public is much better served by candor: “Given the incentives at play, the more pressing problem is officials who are less loyal to the people than to presidents who elevated them in the past and run political machines that might benefit them in the future. The public is denied information and candid insights as a result, even as the former officials congratulate themselves for their loyalty and discretion.

“In fact, information ought to be revealed when it is in the public interest even if the presidents would rather it stay private. Former public officials ought to examine the ways in which the interests of their president (who’d prefer never to be criticized) diverges from the interests of their fellow citizens and the country itself.

When divergences happen, as they always do, the interests of the people should win.

This is especially so because, to borrow a phrase, presidents ought to have no reasonable expectation that they’ll spared from earnest criticism, or that they’re ever acting privately when they do the business of the United States of America.

And if presidents are acting honorably, they’re appointing their cabinet secretaries because they’re the best fit for the country, not to ‘bestow’ upon them an honor.”

The third reason is that Trump’s behavior, as reported in the press, is disturbing

enough for the public to wonder whether it is accurate.

Maybe Trump is a better decision-maker than outsiders think! Maybe his gut really is high-quality. In this case, talking about his strengths as well as his weaknesses would better inform voters.

Another reason many of you have been reticent is that you have books out or coming out, and talking about Trump messes with that golden goose. Some of you have tried really hard to hint or tease at what you know without saying it outright. Secretary Mattis, for example, told the Wall Street Journal last month, “I quit on him. I think that says enough.”

No, no, it doesn’t! The secretary of the Navy demonstrated far more political courage than that in his departing Washington Post op-ed.

Surely a candid assessment of the president’s strengths and weaknesses aligns with the interests of the country more than staying mum. Staying silent will only lead observers to infer that you care more about book royalties than, you know, who should be the president of the United States.

Some of you might note that I have not included former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in this open letter. There is a reason for that. More than any of the rest of you, Tillerson has been willing to go on the record in public forums and congressional testimony about what it was like to serve Trump. He was far, far,farfrom the greatest secretary of state, but as a former policy principal he has been willing to say what he knows. The American public is better informed for it.

Maybe one of you wrote the anonymous New York Times op-ed and follow-on book, in which case I will retroactively apologize once you go public, because that did take political courage of a sort. For the rest of you, however, start going on the record this year. Voters deserve to hear from you on whether Donald Trump is fit to be president.

Sincerely, DWD Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.

ANOTHER VIEW

End the death penalty The Washington Post

The death penalty in the United States is in decline. It is less used, less popular and just as unnecessary as ever, according to a year-end report from the Death Penalty Information Center, which tracks death penalty numbers. This should represent a way station toward the punishment’s eventual elimination — not a temporary low in its application.

For the fifth year in a row, fewer than 30 people were executed and fewer than 50 people were sentenced to death.

Half of states representing half the population no longer execute people. With the New Hampshire legislature’s abolition of capital punishment last year, the punishment has been banned across New England and in all Northeastern states save Pennsylvania, where the governor has imposed a moratorium.

Seven states executed 22 inmates last year, and Texas was responsible for nearly half. The state is also responsible for a large share of new

death sentences. No one was executed west of Texas. Juries in California, the state with the largest death-row population, handed down three new death sentences in 2019. But California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, declared a moratorium and ordered San Quentin State Prison’s execution chamber dismantled. Otherwise, new death sentences mostly came in the South, particularly in Florida.

Death sentences are down some 90 percent from their mid-1990s peak. Executions are down some 77 percent from the late 1990s.

Even so, the death penalty survives, as does the horrifying possibility that the government might kill an innocent person. Two more death-row inmates were exonerated in 2019. That makes 166 exonerees since 1973.

As always, those executed are not necessarily the worst of the worst but the least capable of defending themselves. The center found that “at least 19 of the 22 prisoners who were executed this year had one or more

of the following impairments: significant evidence of mental illness; evidence of brain injury, developmental brain damage, or an IQ in the intellectually disabled range; or chronic serious childhood trauma, neglect, and/or abuse.”

It is little wonder — and heartening — that public opinion is evolving. Sixty percent of Americans said in a 2019 Gallup poll that life without the possibility of parole is a better penalty for murder than death.

That was the first time Gallup reported a majority holding that position. The Trump Justice Department, however, failed to get the memo, pushing suddenly and unexpectedly last year to execute federal inmates for the first time in 16 years.

The death penalty is expensive, unfairly implemented and unworthy of a justice system that strives for equal application of the law. Yet even if it could be applied fairly, statesponsored killing would be unworthy of a nation founded on the principle of individual dignity.

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Josephine N. Farrell Josephine N. Farrell, 95, of Athens, passed away Wednesday January 1, 2020, at the Volunteer Firemen’s Home in Hudson, NY. Born April 5, 1923 in Bronx, NY, she is the daughter of John and Mary (Carroll) Lyons.

Josephine was a member of the West Athens Lime Street Fire Co. Ladies Auxiliary. She was a devoted and loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and friend, who will be dearly missed. She leaves to cherish her memory, a son John P. Farrell Jr. of Athens, a daughter Patricia Marsh of Liverpool, 9 grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren, along with several nieces and nephews. Josephine was pre-

deceased by her husband John P. Farrell Sr., daughter Eileen Vail Quick, and grandson Michael Vail, along with her siblings John Lyons, and Mary Mucenski. Funeral services will be Monday January 6, 2020 at 11:00am from the Firemen’s Home Chapel, Hudson, NY. Visitation will be from 9:00am-11:00am prior to funeral services. Interment will be in St. Patrick’s Cemetery, Catskill, NY. Memorial contributions in Josephine’s name may be made to: Ladies Auxiliary Hudson Valley Volunteer Firemen’s Association, Firemen’s Home Activity Fund 337 Vosenkill Rd. Athens, NY 12015

Bonnie Lee Rogers Grossman Bonnie Lee Rogers Grossman, 86 of Hudson, NY passed away suddenly at home on December 30, 2019. She was predeceased by her parents Joseph and Marguerite Bethman of Claverack, NY and her husband of 50 years, John P. Grossman.

She leaves behind five children, Mary (Gary) Cotsonas of Catskill, Joanne Moore (Anthony Scalera) of Hudson, Susan (Keith) Johnson of Kentucky, John (Christine) Grossman of Claverack and Timothy (Shanan) Grossman of Hudson. The family grew by nine grandchildren, Lea Krein and Jodie Rolon, Gary and Alison Cotsonas, Scott and Steven Johnson, Alexandra and Sydnee Grossman and Kairee-Anne

Cooley. Finally, the light of her life, the great grandchildren, Gannon and Eben Krein, Julia and Charlie Johnson, Ava and Violette Michaud and Attley Rolon. Mom worked at many local stores over the years while raising a family.

She was very devoted to family, friends and her neighbors in the “Park” and loved having a houseful of people. She will be greatly missed. Internment will be at the convenience of the family. In lieu of flowers please make a donation to a charity of your choice. A gathering to celebrate her life will be held at John and Christine’s house at 30 Orchard Grove Lane on Saturday January 4th any time after 2 PM.

Elizabeth Shook Elizabeth Shook, 81, formerly brothers Earl and Valerie Winof Claverack died Monday, Dec. field of Schodack and Lew and 30 at her residence in Rensse- Barbara Winfield of Hollowville, 3 laer, NY. She first came to An- grandchildren Erik and Brandon cram and then Copake where Shook and Gunnar K. Hayes, she worked on the family farm. 4 great grandchildren Damian She worked as a seamstress in and Kandace Shook and Madathe textile business at various lyn and Roman Hayes. She was factory’s in the area. She was a pre-deceased by her husband member of Mellenville Leroy Henry Shook and Fire Co. Ladies Auxilson Timothy L. Shook in iary, loved crocheting 2011 and sister Joanne and was an avid watcher Hanlon. of golf. She loved her Calling hours will be family especially her at the Sacco Funeral grandchildren. She Home, Monday 1/6 will be greatly missed from 4-6 PM. Funeral by her family which inservice will be Tuesday cludes sons, Robert M. 1/7 at 11 AM at the SacShook and wife Rachel co Funeral Home with Shook of Hillsdale, Patrick J. Pastor Ken Coddington Shook and fiance Eleaofficiating. Burial will be nor of Hudson and a daughter at West Copake Reformed CemKimberly J. Hayes and husband etery following the service. In lieu Don of Queensbury, NY. Two sis- of flowers please send donations ters Shirley Rochester of Ghent to American Heart Association or and Jean Myers of Philmont, 2 American Cancer Society.

Patrica (Banks) Stickles Patrica (Banks) Stickles, 74, of Copake, passed on Monday December 30th, 2019. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, January 4th, 2020 at the West Copake Reformed Church with the Rev. Warren Siebert officiating. A luncheon will follow at Craryville Firehouse.

Pat was born and grew up in Massachusetts. She came to Copake in 1972. Pat was a member of the West Copake Reformed Church. She enjoyed playing Dominos, lunch with the “Lunch Bunch”, and Sunday lunches at Dad’s Diner. Pat had a deep faith and had great companionship and love with her church family and many friends in town. Pat is preceded in death by her Father William (Bill) Drebert

and her husband Herbert (Herbie) Stickles. Pat is survived by her son Todd (Val) Banks, Daughter Amy (Jake) Piser, Sister the Rev. Rebecca (Rev. Kay) Drebert, Mother Lil (Dolly) Drebert, Grandchildren Jacob, Jared, and Jackson Piser, first Spouse, Rodney Banks and niece Meredith(Chad) Cummings and their two children Freya and Soren, Nephew Timothy (Kai) Drebert In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to West Copake Reformed Church, 2692 County Route 7, Copake NY 12516. Arrangements are with the Peck and Peck Funeral Home of Copake, NY. To send and online condolence please visit www.peckandpeck.net.

Devin M. Lacy Devin M. Lacy, 42, of Scotts- by his parents Calvin and Jeanne dale, Az., died after a short illness Lacy, a sister Kendy Geist, her on December 16,2019. He was husband James Geist, and their born in Catskill, N. Y. and gradu- three children Lacy, Lexi, and ated from Catskill High Jimmy who Devin cherSchool class of 1995. ished. He is survived by He studied business at aunts and uncles Rosthe University of Northcoe and Sally Lacy of ern Colorado and ColoCatskill, N. Y., Michael rado Mountain College. and Mary Alice Pardee He graduated from the of Rockport, Ma., RobNational Auto Dealers ert and Nancy BlanchAssociation and worked ette of Casco, Me., in his family owned busiand Dorothy Canfield ness R. C. Lacy, Inc. in of Zephyrhills, Florida, Lacy Catskill N. Y. for several and many cousins and years. He went on to become a close friends. We are respecting realtor for Berkshire Hathaway Devin’s wishes to forgo any serin Scottsdale, Az. He is survived vices.

John A. Mesick John A. Mesick passed away December 31, 2019 at the Albany VA Hospital. Born October 4, 1924 in Valatie, NY, he was the son of the late Ernest and Juanita Raught Mesick. He grew up and spent most of his life in Ghent, NY. Jack joined the Army after school and was participated in the Liberation of Europe from D Day to the signing of the armistice. He was discharged as a highly decorated soldier; including the French Cross of War (Croix de Guerre) sign by General Charles De-

Gaulle. After returning home he golfing and of course his fammet his future wife and they were ily. He is survived by his wife married in 1949. He of 70 years, Frances worked at the ColumGustafson Mesick, his bia Rensselaer Telechildren, Chris (Marty) phone Company for 45 Torrey, Jim (Brandy) years. During that time Mesick, Pati (Brad) Kiel, he was the Mayor, Podaughter-in-law Edie lice Chief and Fire Chief Mesick, Grandchildren, of Chatham at differChase, Grayson and ent times. He was a life Emmett Callahan, Tyler member of the Ghent Mesick, and Ben, Erin VFW and the American and Emily Lanphear, Mesick Legion in Chatham and and several nieces the Ground Observer Corps. and nephews Jack was preHe loved fishing, hunting and deceased by his brothers and

sisters and his son Jack Mesick Jr. Family will receive friends on January 7th from 4pm to 7pm at the French, Gifford, Preiter & Blasl Funeral Home. A mass of Christian burial will be celebrated on January 8th at 10am at Saint James Church with interment to follow at St. James Cemetery. In Lieu of flowers memorials in Jack’s name may be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place Memphis, TN 38105. For direction or to convey a condolence visit frenchblasl.com

Maryland governor issues consent for refugee admissions in response to Trump order Rebecca Tan The Washington Post

Gov. Larry Hogan has issued his written consent to allow Maryland to continue accepting refugees into the state. He joins more than 30 governors who have done so in response to a Trump administration policy allowing state and local leaders to block refugee admissions for the first time.

“Maryland consents to receive legally vetted resettlement refugees in Fiscal Year 2020,” Hogan, a Republican, wrote to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a letter dated Dec. 30. “This, as you know, is different from any kind of ‘sanctuary’ status for those in the United States unlawfully.”

“Maryland’s approach is consistent with both our laws and our values,” he added.

President Donald Trump announced last year that both state and local leaders need to provide written consent by Jan. 21 to continue welcoming refugees into their localities - an unprecedented move that advocates worried could cripple the country’s decades-old resettlement program.

About 34 governors, including at least 15 Republicans, have provided their consent in writing. In Maryland, which has accepted 10,000 refugees since 2016, resettlement agency leaders say they were waiting to hear from Hogan.

“We’re thrilled — just thrilled,” Ruben Chandrasekar, executive director of the International Rescue Committee in Maryland, said Thursday.

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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, has joined several dozen state and local leaders to issue written consent for refugee admissions.

saying ‘yes.’ “ In 2015, Hogan was among a group of GOP governors who called on the federal government to stop the arrival of Syrian refugees in their states. He also has been a vocal critic of Maryland jurisdictions that have prohibited local law enforcement from working with federal agencies on immigration enforcement, calling such policies “absurd.”

Now, however, Hogan’s letter of consent has cleared the way for refugee resettlement agencies to continue their work in the state’s two large metropolitan areas, Chandrasekar said. Baltimore Mayor Jack Young and Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich, both Democrats, have issued letters of consent. Leaders in

Prince George’s County and Baltimore County are in the process of doing the same.

Resettlement agencies are relieved, Chandrasekar said, though they are aware that the total number of refugees in Maryland is still likely to drop significantly in the coming months.

In September, Trump slashed the annual refugee ceiling to 18,000 - the lowest in U.S. history and less than a quarter of what the country admitted in President Barack Obama’s final year in office.

According to Chandrasekar, the decision could have significant effects on Maryland jurisdictions such as Baltimore and Prince George’s, which have relied on refugees, asylum seekers and other immigrants

This weekend may bring Australia its most dangerous fire weather conditions yet Andrew Freedman The Washington Post

With more than 100 bush fires raging in New South Wales alone, Australia is bracing for a new round of extreme fire weather conditions this weekend, prompting the unprecedented evacuation of tens of thousands in coastal Victoria and New South Wales.

Weather conditions during the next few days will be similar to what has led to the bush fire crisis in the first place: Building heat beginning in the southwestern reaches of the country, leading to “catastrophic” fire danger in some regions on Thursday, and at least “extreme” fire weather danger in South Australia on Friday.

Even the city of Adelaide is expected to top 104 degrees (40 Celsius), with temperatures inland climbing even higher, with high winds.

The combination of the heat and strong winds associated with a frontal system will create explosive conditions for supporting extreme fire behavior, including their rapid and unpredictable spread.

Similar conditions have already proved fatal to residents and firefighters, with the death toll as of Thursday standing at 17 for the season.

While the country has experienced deadlier fire seasons, this particular one is noteworthy for the massive reach of the

blazes - 10.1 million acres have burned in Victoria and New South Wales alone, an area larger than the state of Maryland. In addition, it’s only the start of summer in Australia, meaning that the fire seasons still has at least a few months left to go.

Meteorologists and public officials have been issuing forecasts for unusually severe fire weather conditions on Saturday, which may be worse than the weather on New Year’s Eve, when blazes advanced on coastal communities, forcing residents to take shelter at sea.

“Conditions will be the same or worse than those experienced on New Year’s Eve,” said Jonathan How of the Bureau of Meteorology, in an online briefing. He cited “More hot temperatures, gusty winds and with a background of more fires burning through the landscape” as particular risks. As was the case during previous spikes in fire danger that affected areas near Melbourne, Sydney and smaller coastal towns in Victoria and New South Wales, Saturday is likely to feature a cold front moving northeastward with time.

However, this front may arrive later in the day than past wind shifts did, which means daily high temperatures could climb further than they did on New Year’s Eve and similar

severe fire days during November and December. The southerly wind shift is perilous because it can cause any fires already burning to surge in a new direction, while bringing a period of higher wind gusts when compared to the rest of the day.

“It’s going to be a blast furnace” during the days ahead, Andrew Constance, the New South Wales transport minister, told The Sydney Morning Herald. He said the evacuations are the largest in the region’s history.

The ongoing blazes are the result of a combination of factors that have primed the region to burn. Australia just ended its hottest and driest year on record. In addition, the month of December was one of the top 2 warmest months on record for the country, and featured the hottest day ever recorded there as well.

Human-caused global warming is raising the odds of and severity of extreme heat events, and also adds to the severity of wildfires by speeding the drying of the landscape, among other influences.

The southern part of Australia has warmed by 2.7 degrees (1.5 Celsius) since 1950, according to climate researcher Zeke Hausfather of Berkeley Earth. This is consistent with the period of faster humancaused warming worldwide.

to buttress their tax base and boost their economy.

“For years, Baltimore City has welcomed refugees fleeing violence and persecution,” Young said in a Dec. 20 statement. “Our neighborhoods cannot afford to lose the contributions refugees provide.”

As of Thursday, no state or local jurisdiction had explicitly announced a decision to reject refugees. A North Dakota county commission that was poised to become the first to do so voted 3-2 to continue accepting refugees, up to a cap of 25.

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Learning sustainability from a master

By Thomas Christopher For Columbia-Greene Media

Sustainability is on many gardeners’ minds these days.

This is not just because of their sense of responsibility to the local environment, although I do find that gardeners, because of their regular contact with nature, tend to be more conscientious about that than the general population.

Sustainability also appeals to gardeners like me for less noble reasons. By its nature, sustainability means less investment of resources, which saves money. In addition, sustainability emphasizes working with nature, which I have found typically means following a path of least resistance and, in the long run, that saves work.

All of this explains why I am excited about a class in sustainable garden care and maintenance that will be taught later this month at the Berkshire Botanical Garden by one of the great hands-on experts in this field, Brad Roeller.

After completing studies at Cornell University in

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When it comes to sustainability, Northeast gardeners are well aware of the challenges deer bring. Horticulturist Brad Roeller suggests a combination of deer-resistant plantings and ways to effectively exclude deer from the landscape.

horticulture and environmental sciences, Roeller spent 37 years at the Cary Arboretum in Millbrook as it first morphed into the Institute of Ecosystem Studies and later into the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies. Roeller installed and managed plant collections and gardens at this institution. With the encouragement and assistance of the management and the scientists on staff, his emphasis was on designing and managing these

plantings in an environmentally sensitive and sustainable manner. While doing this, Roeller had the opportunity to work with leading figures such as Dr. Elaine Ingham, the eminent researcher on the soil food web. As a result, Roeller developed a long list of practices that the rest of us are just beginning to catch up with.

Subsequent to his time at the Institute, he took his findings with him to the New York Botanical Garden, where he

worked for a couple of years as garden manager, and later, worked with a roster of internationally famous landscape architects and garden designers at the Altamont estate in Millbrook.

According to Roeller, sustainable garden care and maintenance must begin with the design of the landscape.

A careful analysis of the site, with respect to the ecology of the area and the type of plant communities that would naturally occur there, should be the basis of garden plant selection and installation. In his class, Roeller will introduce students to tools and online resources that make this sort of design possible. Without such a foundation, he emphasizes, sustainable maintenance is almost impossible or at least very challenging.

How the plants, perennials, woody plants, and turf are planted, and the postplanting care they receive are also important. Roeller will also focus on inevitable maintenance tasks such as staking, fertilizing, winterizing and mulching. He’ll also discuss sustainable management of

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Honeyford Memorial American Legion Post 110 members along with members from the Athens American Legion Post 187 participated in the 2019 Wreaths Across America by laying wreaths on local veterans’ graves. Pictured, from left, are Rich Chiuili, Joe Riely, Grant Hack, Larry Overbaugh, Leo Van Valkenburgh, Jimmy Stalker and Commander Tom Andreassen from the Catskill post.

that few horticulturists do, and to listen to him is an opportunity.

His class, “Sustainable Garden Care and Maintenance,” is aimed at home gardeners as well as landscape professionals. It will meet for four Tuesdays from 5:30-8:30 p.m. beginning Jan. 21. For information or enrollment, visit Berkshirebotanical.org or call 413-298-3926. For more information about Brad Roeller’s work on sustainable garden care and maintenance, listen to a free interview at thomaschristophergardens.com.

Be-a-Better-Gardener is a community service of Berkshire Botanical Garden located in Stockbridge, Mass. Its mission to provide knowledge of gardening and the environment through a diverse range of classes and programs both informs and inspires thousands of students and visitors each year.

Thomas Christopher is a volunteer at Berkshire Botanical Garden and is the author or co-author of more than a dozen books, including Nature into Art, The Gardens of Wave Hill. His companion broadcast to this column, Growing Greener, streams on WESUFM.org.

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Honeyford Memorial American Legion Post 110 attended the Athens Christmas craft fair on Dec. 14. Post 110 members Grant Hack, treasurer and Commander Tom Andreassen are pictured with Athens Post 187 members Gordon Mosher, Leo Van Valkenburgh and auxiliary member Donna Greiner.

plant disease and pest control, with an emphasis on deer.

The latter, the management of deer in a cultivated landscape, is an area in which Roeller has nearly unique expertise, for it was a major emphasis of his research at the Cary Institute.

I remember interviewing him for a magazine article on that subject maybe 20 years ago, when all my horticultural sources agreed he was the person to speak to, not only with respect to deer-resistant plants but also the details of excluding deer from the landscape effectively. While sympathetic to the needs of the native wildlife, Roeller long ago recognized, as have most gardeners in the Northeast, that there are situations in which including the deer in the landscape will make gardening virtually impossible.

I have a great respect for the academic researchers who develop our theoretical knowledge of gardening.

When it comes to what I actually do in my own backyard, however, I like to combine sound theory with practical experience. Brad Roeller combines these things in a way

VOORHEESVILLE — All About Animal Adaptations at 10 a.m. Jan. 3 at Thacher Nature Center, 87 Nature Center Way, Voorheesville. Join us to explore how our wild animal neighbors are able to live where they do, survive and thrive. We will be examining a variety of skins, skulls, feathers and bones to gain an understanding of their unique adaptations. We will also make an animal track guide to help you track your furry neighbors.

Call 518-872-0800 for information.

JAN. 4 DELMAR — The Albany Figure Skating Club will hold an open house noon-to 2 p.m.

Jan. 4 at the Bethlehem YMCA, 900 Delaware Ave., Delmar.

The event will feature skating demonstrations, free mini-lessons with coaches and more.

Skate rentals are available.

The Albany Figure Skating Club’s regular Learn to Skate program will begin on Jan. 11 at the Bethlehem YMCA. This

program is a fun, safe way to learn to skate or to improve skating skills, and is open to both beginning and advanced skaters 3 through adult. Group lessons will be held on noon-2 p.m. Saturdays. Skaters do not need to be YMCA members to participate. For information about these programs, visit www.albanyfsc.org or email info@albanyfsc.org.

JAN. 5 EAST DURHAM — The East Durham Fire Company, 2401 Route 145, East Durham, will serve breakfast 8 a.m.-noon Jan. 5. Full menu available. Eat in or take out. Freewill offering will be accepted.

JAN. 6 CATSKILL — The Greene County Board of Electrical Examiners will meet at 1 p.m.

Jan. 6 at the Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., 4th Floor, Room 469, Catskill.

JAN. 8 COXSACKIE — Brendan Wenzel will give a presentation about his process for writing and illustrating children’s books at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 8 at the Heermance Memorial Library, 1 Ely St., Coxsackie.

Wenzel is an illustrator based in Brooklyn. His work has appeared internationally in children’s books, animations, and magazines. All are welcome to this free presentation. Parking is available in the rear of the building. Registration not

required but encouraged (by registering, you will reminded by email or text of this event and also this gives us an idea of how many people to expect.)

For information and to register, visit www.heermancelibrary.org or call us at 518-7318084.

NEW BALTIMORE — The New Baltimore Reformed Church, 52 Church St., New Baltimore, The Food and Fellowship Luncheon Program will be held noon-2 p.m. Jan. 8.

The menu (subject to change) is the Blue Plate Special. It includes meatloaf, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn, Italian bread and butter and Black Forest cupcakes. Following the meal, Toni Carroll will tell us about the Greene County Y in Coxsackie and ways we can keep a resolution to exercise in the new year. This luncheon is open to all members of the community. To facilitate planning, reservations are encouraged by the Sunday before the luncheon. To make reservations, call the church at 518-756-8764 or email nbrchurch@aol.com. Include name, contact number and the number of reservations being made. If transportation or physical assistance is needed, leave that information as well. Dining space is limited to 60 seats. Free will offerings are graciously accepted to offset food costs.

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Pauline Productions presents the world premier of NOW ASHFIELD, Mass. — Pauline Productions presents the world premier of “NOW,” a one-woman play written and performed by TAMIR at the First Congregational Church of Ashfield, Massachusetts.

The show will be performed Friday and Saturday, Jan. 10 and 11, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday Jan. 12, at 2 p.m., followed by discussion.

Snow date will be Jan. 19, at 2 p.m.

Advanced tickets recommended. Tickets can be purchased at Ashfield Hardware and BrownPaperTickets.com.

Cost is $22 if purchased prior to the performance, and $25 at the door (if available).

Everyone is welcome.

Jeannine Haas, Artistic Director of Pauline Productions paulinelive@gmail.com. www.actresstamir.com/ now/ www.paulinelive.com Synopsis Growing up in Israel, serving in the Army in a culture of guns and grenades with war at home and in the streets, violence was the norm. Many turn to suicide as a way to blot it all out.

“NOW” is TAMIR’s personal story but one that simmers in the hearts of many who live in such cultures. TAMIR who is a professional actress now in her 60’s, takes us on a journey of her own experience with attempting suicide in her late teens and the redemption that has been her life. NOW

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depicts an inner emotional landscape and the healing that comes through faith and theater — especially the plays of Shakespeare--paving the way from the fragmentation and overwhelm of trauma to being present in the now. This brave and timely piece is a

universal cry for meaning and peace.

“NOW really has meat and substance. I see this play being done all over the world.

TAMIR fills the stage with her incandescence and sheds light on sensitive issues. TAMIR is extraordinary. Thanks for a

remarkable performance.”-Arthur Giron, playwright (Edith Stein, Broadway) and founder of Ensemble Studio Theatre. **The content in this production reflects back on personal stories and experiences – including suicide. This production is meant to provide awareness to these difficult issues, but some may find these topics emotionally challenging.** TAMIR (AEA and SAG/AFTRA) is an actress, poet and playwright, author and performer of five one-woman shows In the Land of Israel and I Belong Elsewhere. Her CD and solo performance of devotional readings Poetry on Prayer is an interfaith celebration of the human spirit. The Way of the Heart ecstatic poetry and Sufi teaching stories of Rumi with music, dance and whirling is both a CD and performance. Her new onewoman play NOW is about suicide awareness and healing through Shakespeare and faith. Other theatrical roles have included: Maria Callas, Medea, Bernarda Alba and Leah in the Dybbuk. Her new play The Embrace for four women is about dying consciously and the struggle of a daughter to let her mother go.

It highlights NDE – Near death Experiences and the huge impact it has to shift fixed ideas and embrace a Meta reality.

CLARK ART INSTITUTE OFFERS FREE MONTHLY DRAWING SESSIONS WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute continues its series of free monthly drawing sessions for artists of all skill levels, with a session on Friday, Jan. 10, at 10:30 a.m.

The hour-long openpractice sessions are held in the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper at the Clark and explore a different theme each month. January’s theme is “Architecture.”

Participants will view a selection of prints, drawings, and photographs from the Clark’s collection showcasing architectural forms to use as inspiration.

Participants may practice fundamentals and explore new ideas, or take part in the artistic tradition of copying earlier works. Basic materials are provided. Artists bringing

their own supplies should note that only graphite pencils are allowed in the Study Center and museum galleries.

Future themes are “Double Portraits” on Feb. 14, part of special Valentine’s Day programming all day at the Clark, and “Costume” on March 13.

All sessions are from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Space is limited to 15 participants; reservations are required. Visit clarkart.edu or call 413 458 0524 to register.

ABOUT THE CLARK The Clark Art Institute, located in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts, is one of a small number of institutions internationally that is both an art museum and a center for research, critical discussion, and higher education in the visual arts.

Opened in 1955, the Clark houses European and American paintings and sculpture, extensive collections of master prints and drawings, English silver, and early photography.

Acting as convener through its Research and Academic Program, the Clark gathers an international community of scholars to participate in a lively program of conferences, colloquia, and workshops on topics of vital importance to the visual arts.

The Clark library, consisting of more than 275,000 volumes, is one of the nation’s premier art history libraries. The Clark also houses and co-sponsors the Williams College Graduate Program in the History of Art. The Clark, which has a three-star rating in the Michelin Green Guide, is located

at 225 South St. in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Its 140-acre campus includes miles of hiking and walking trails through woodlands and meadows, providing an exceptional experience of art in nature.

Galleries are open Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; open daily in July and August. Admission is $20; free year-round for Clark members, children 18 and younger, and students with valid ID. Free admission is available through several programs, including First Sundays Free; a local library pass program; EBT Card to Culture; and Blue Star Museums. For more information on these programs and more, visit clarkart.edu or call 413- 458 2303.

Art for the Academy SPENCERTOWN — Opening Reception: Saturday, January 11, 4 -6 p.m., Tickets $25 Gallery Show: Jan. 11- Feb. 2 Gallery Hours: Saturdays and Sundays,1:00-5:00pm Admission: Aside from the opening reception, which is a special fundraising event, there is no charge to visit the gallery for the duration of the show.

As of now, the gallery is about $150,000 away from reaching its goal for the building restoration and maintenance endowment fund. To help get there, they are holding a special New Year art show fundraiser.

Over 50 artists from throughout the region have heeded the call to help by donating prized works that will hang at the Academy from Jan. 11 through Feb. 2. With their generosity, all proceeds will go to help the Academy reach its fiscal goals. And, importantly for art lovers, the featured works will be offered at special,

CALENDAR LISTINGS JANUARY 5 Maker’s Markets: Winter Series Sunday, January 5, 2020, noon - 5 p.m.

Olde York Farm Distillery is having a series of indoor Maker’s Markets taking place 12pm-5pm with local vendors and Mei’s Handmade Dumplings.

Drinks at the bar and food from Mei’s Dumplings will be available until 7pm.

Sunday, January 5, 2020, noon - 5 p.m., https://www.facebook. com/events/2714364705516525 Olde York Farm Distillery & Cooperage, 284 State Route 23, Claverack, 845-480-1237 www.oldeyorkfarm.com

JANUARY 9 Open Figure Drawing for Adults Thursday, January 9, 2020, 5 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Gather in the Newmark Gallery on Thursday evenings to sketch, draw, and render from a live male or female nude model. Open to artists of all skill levels ages 16 +, each two-hour sessions is selfguided and intended to provide time and space for members of our local community to share in the exploration of this traditional art practice. We supply drawing boards, paper, and basic drawing pencils. Participants are encouraged to bring preferred tools and materials. $8/class drop-in (pay at the door); ages 16 and up.

Model Schedule: Jan 9 – male model, Jan 16 – male model $8, January 9, 2020, 5:00 pm 9:00 pm, https://www.facebook. com/events/749731748858152 Art Omi, 1405 County Route 22, Ghent, 518-392-4747 January Nature Night: Moths Thursday, January 9, 2020, 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Learn about the land you love! In these monthly gatherings, we’ll meet in the office to learn about different topics in conservation and the fascinating work members of our community are doing to protect and engage with the land. Refreshments will be served!

January’s theme is Moths of Columbia County with Dylan Cipkowski of the Hawthorne Valley Farmscape Ecology Program: A night delving into the mystery of moths! Focusing on the many moths we have right here in Columbia County, Dylan will discuss the importance of moths and the research being conducted by the Hawthorne Valley Farmscape Ecology Program. He’ll share ways for all of us to live and operate as land stewards with a more moth-minded approach.

Space is limited, please preregister Thursday, January 9, 2020, 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., https:// www.facebook.com/ events/531331250754983/ Columbia Land Conservancy, 49 Main Street, Chatham, 518-3925252 https://clctrust.org/public-conservation-areas/overmountainconservation-area/

JANUARY 11 Met Opera HD Live: Berg’s Wozzeck Saturday, January 11, 2020, 12:30 p.m.

NEW PRODUCTION / FIRST TIME IN HD Conductor: Yannick NézetSéguin Production: William Kentridge Co-Director: Luc De Wit Projection Designer: Catherine Meyburgh Set Designer: Sabine Theunissen Costume Designer: Greta Goiris Lighting Designer: Urs Schönebaum Cast: Elza van den Heever (Marie), Tamara Mumford (Margret), Christopher Ventris (The DrumMajor), Gerhard Siegel (The Captain), Andrew Staples (Andres), Peter Mattei (Wozzeck), Christian Van Horn (Doctor) Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts William Kentridge’s new production of Alban Berg’s expressionistic masterpiece Wozzeck, regarded for its intense emotional power and brilliant score as one of the most significant operas of the 20th century. Composed during and in the aftermath of World War I, Berg’s dark exploration of a soldier besieged by the evils of society is staged by Kentridge

in a ramshackle warren of stairs, ramps, discarded furniture, and debris. His own theatrically animated charcoal drawings, along with other projected drawings, maps, and film clips, evoke a nightmarish world of crashed planes, searchlights, ghostly gas masks, and battlefields. Peter Mattei makes his role debut as Wozzeck opposite Elza van den Heever as Marie, the mother of his child. Singing the roles of Wozzeck’s tormentors are Christopher Ventris as the DrumMajor, Gerhard Siegel as the Captain, and Christian Van Horn as the Doctor. Andrew Staples makes his Met debut as Andres.

Kentridge, who previously directed Berg’s Lulu and Shostakovich’s The Nose at the Met, unveiled the new production at the 2017 Salzburg Festival, where it received critical acclaim.

Kentridge’s production is a coproduction of the Met, Canadian Opera Company, Opera Australia, and Salzburg Festival. $15 – $27.50, Saturday, January 11, 2020, 12:30 p.m., https:// timeandspace.org/calendar/ wozzeck/ Time & Space Limited, 434 Columbia Street, Hudson, 518-8228100 www.timeandspace.org Architecture Opening Saturday, January 11, 2020, 2 p.m.

Join us for openings of SingleHandedly: Contemporary Architects Draw by Hand, and InConstruction: SO – IL. Featuring refreshments and remarks from the exhibiting architects.

Single-Handedly collects original drawings from a group of accomplished contemporary architects who, in an industry dominated by digital technologies, continue to work by hand. This exhibition is co-curated by Warren James, Director, Art Omi: Architecture; and Nalina Moses.

InConstruction: SO – IL presents a model of Site Verrier de Meisenthal (2015), a cultural center in an 18th century glass factory, composed of three independent, interrelated institutions.

Saturday, January 11, 2020, 2 p.m., https://www.artomi.org/ calendar/architecture-openingjan-11-2020 Art Omi, 1405 County Route 22, Ghent, 518-392-4747 www.artomi.org Opening Reception Saturday, January 11, 2020, 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.

Art for the Academy Over 50 artists from throughout the region have heeded the call to help by donating prized works that will hang at the Academy from January 11th through February 2nd. For art lovers, the featured works will be offered at special, lower prices to make the show that much more irresistible to buyers. Fine arts, photography, ceramics, illustration, sculpture – all will be on display in our galleries.

Eat, drink, be merry and support the Academy at this special opening of “Art for the Academy,”.

The full price of the ticket can be credited toward any purchases. $25, Saturday, January 11, 2020, 4 p.m. - 6 p.m., https://spencertownacademy.org/event/artfor-the-academy-gala-openingreception/ Spencertown Academy Arts Center, 790 NY-203, Spencertown, (518) 392-3693 https://spencertownacademy. org/ An Evening of American Songbook Jazz Saturday, January 11, 2020, 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. ….with Atla & Matt DeChamplain!!

The library will be hosting a lively night of music from acclaimed jazz duo Atla and Matt DeChamplain. The couple will be joined by bassist Nat Reeves, who has spent nearly forty years performing jazz across the globe.

Free admission. All ages welcome.

Saturday, January 11, 2020, 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., https:// www.facebook.com/ events/824250098027096/ Roeliff Jansen Community Library, 9091 NY-22, Hillsdale, 518325-4101 www.roejanlibrary.org

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lower prices to make the show that much more irresistible to buyers. Fine arts, photography, ceramics, illustration, sculpture - all will be on display in our galleries.

Eat, drink, be merry and support the Academy at this special opening of “Art for the Academy,” a fundraiser to bring the organization closer to its Building Restoration

Campaign goals.

Tickets for the opening reception are $25.

The full price of the ticket can be credited toward any purchases.

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Core Strength & Balance: Register for Winter/Spring Classes HUDSON — The Hudson Area Library, in collaboration with the City of Hudson Senior Center, is continuing its popular Core Strength & Balance with Paul Spector, this winter & spring. This series of 4-week workshops meets weekly on Saturdays, January, March, and April, 1:30-2:30 p.m.

This workshop introduces exercises that improve postural stability, core strength, spatial body awareness, sensory integration, agility and coordination. The class size has a cap of 12 to allow greater flexibility in addressing the needs of each participant. After completing the series of four sessions, the individual will have mastered a balance routine that they can continue independently at home.

The class is free and open to all levels. Please come in clothes that are comfortable to move around in. Registration is on a first come/first serve basis and students may sign up for one month of classes at a time. To register please visit the front desk at the library, call 518.828.1792 x101, or email programs@hudsonarealibrary.org.

Core Strength

This class will be taught by Paul Spector, who earned his medical degree at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons. After years of clinical experience, Dr. Spector formed Pantheon and Meaningful Fitness (personalized health organizations designed to assist individuals in attaining their highest level of function).

Over the past 15 years, his focus has been on preventive health, behavioral change, motivation, aging, meaningful goal-setting, and how to apply scientific advances to maximize both

physical and psychological peak fitness. Paul dedicates his time to helping individuals attain their potential in every aspect of their lives by drawing upon his clinical experience, American Academy of Sports Medicine certified training, ongoing literature review and extensive referral network.

Dr. Spector works with private clients and corporations in New York City and Hudson, NY. He is a regular contributor to The Huffington Post where he reports on the often confusing and contradictory news

on health. He has written on a wide range of topics including the effect of sedentary behavior on health and cognition, the microbiome, diet and depression, blood sugar levels and brain function, supplements, anti-ageing techniques, cancer detection, new research on muscle, hormesis (the health benefits of certain types of stress), how we assess risk and make decisions, what constitutes fitness, and much more.

The Hudson Area Library is located at 51 North Fifth Street in Hudson, NY. The mission of the library is to enrich the quality of life by providing free and equal access to programs, services and resources, and by creating opportunities for all members of our community to connect, create, learn, and grow. For more information, visit hudsonarealibrary.org.

The City of Hudson Senior Center is located on the 2nd floor of 51 North Fifth Street in Hudson, NY. There are county and city services at the center, such as meals for seniors, yoga, aerobics and painting classes.

For more information call: (518) 838-3200.

Spotlight Exhibition - Divided by Four

Cape Town S.A. Botanical Gardens (with Yellow Flowers) by Louise Lefkovits

Fresh Snow by Marie Cole

KINGSTON — Spotlight Exhibition - Divided by Four EXHIBITIONS January 2020 at ASK Opening Reception Saturday January 4, 5-8 p.m.

Refreshments provided by

Ruby Mae Work on display from January 4-25.

Spotlight Exhibition - Divided by Four Marie Cole, Beverly Halley, Louise Lefkovits and Linda

Schultz Four Women, Four Inspirations Artists Marie Cole, Beverly Halley, Louise Lefokovits and Linda Schultz share their

inspirations and experiences through oil, watercolor, pastel, prints and collage. Their journeys are different, and their messages are both unique and touching.

Weird Science with Professor Sparks!!

HUDSON — He’s BACK!!!

Join Professor Sparks as he explores the science of fire at the FASNY Museum of Firefighting on January 18, 2020, at 10:30am. Professor Sparks and his robot companion, Spot 2000, will present an interactive program that is full of surprises! After the program make your own “slime” to take home. Only Professor Sparks can make learning about science this much fun!

This hands-on program is appropriate for children ages five and up. This program and admission to the Museum for the day is free to residents of Columbia County (with proof of residency: a drivers license for head of household) thanks to a generous grant award from Hudson River Bank & Trust Foundation. The Museum

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York on the campus of the Firemen’s Home. For further

information about this program, other upcoming Super Saturday programs or the Museum, call 518-822-1875, ext.17 or visit www.fasnyfiremuseum.com The FASNY Museum of Firefighting is America’s interactive museum of firefighting!

Activities for families include creative play on selected fire engines, hands-on interactives, including the popular bucket brigade activity, a virtual fire engine driving activity, the Jr. Firefighter Challenge and the Cabot/McCadam Discovery Room. With over 60 pieces of apparatus on exhibit, whether you’re a firefighter, a student of history or a family looking for a fun and educational day trip, you will not want to miss this unique Museum.

Art Opening: Superfreaky by Mady G KINGSTON — Art Opening: Superfreaky by Mady G, Saturday, January 4th, 6-9 p.m.

Join the LGBTQ Center to celebrate the opening of Mady G’s solo show, Superfreaky. Light fare will be served!

Mady G. is a cartoonist, illustrator, and designer who is currently based in Kingston, NY. Superfreaky is a collection of some of Mady G’s most vibrant, dream-like work. The portraits reflect on their uniquely queer subconscious. Mady G is also the co-creator of “A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities.”

This project is made possible with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and administered by Arts Mid-Hudson

Mahaiwe Announces Gin Blossoms, Madeleine Peyroux, and Alan Cumming and Ari Shapiro GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.— Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center will present concerts by Gin Blossoms on Friday, March 6 at 8 p.m.; Madeleine Peyroux on Friday, April 17 at 8 p.m.; and Alan Cumming and Ari Shapiro in Och & Oy: A Considered Cabaret on Sunday, July 19 at 7 p.m.. Tickets are on sale now.

“We’re thrilled to kick off the news of the Mahaiwe’s 2020 season with three fantastic performances for spring and summer: rock band Gin Blossoms, jazz artist Madeleine Peyroux, and new cabaret from Alan Cumming and Ari Shapiro will offer very different and wonderfully dynamic concerts,” said Mahaiwe Executive Director Beryl Jolly. “Janis Martinson, the Mahaiwe’s incoming acting executive director, and I are excited about the breadth and depth of programming the Mahaiwe’s 15th anniversary season will include over the course of the year. There’s more good news to come!”

Grammy-nominated Gin Blossoms is one of the top alt-rock bands of the ’90s.

From their breakout album, New Miserable Experience, through today, they have sold more than 10 million albums. Their hits include “Hey Jealousy,” “Allison Road,” “Until I Fall Away,” “Mrs. Rita,” “Found Out About You,” “’Til I Hear It From You,” “Follow You Down,” “As Long As It Matters,” “Learning The Hard Way,” “Long Time Gone,” and “Miss Disarray.” The group, composed of Robin Wilson (lead vocals and guitar), Jesse Valenzuela (vocals and guitar), Scott Johnson (guitar), Bill Leen (bass), and Scott Hessel (drums) now play some 120 concerts per year. “This is what we most enjoy doing,” said Wilson.

“It’s our job and I know all of us are really grateful that we can earn a living making records and entertaining people on the road. We’re doing something we really love! I don’t know many people that can say that when they go to work everyday.” Tickets are $50 to $90.

Singer-songwriter Madeleine Peyroux is known for her soft, sultry, evocative voice. Her music career began with the release of her debut album, Dreamland in 1996, for which critics hailed her as one of the year’s breakthrough artists. Eight albums later, she continues to challenge the confines of jazz, venturing into the fertile fields of contemporary music with unfading curiosity.

Her latest album, Anthem, finds her collaborating with writers/musicians Patrick Warren (Bonnie Raitt, JD Souther, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Lana Del Rey, The Red Hot Chilli Peppers), Brian MacLeod (Sara Bareilles, Leonard Cohen, Tina Turner, Ziggy Marley), and David Baerwald (Joni Mitchell, David and David, Sheryl

Crow), who are also the basic rhythm section players on the album. Together, they cast a sober, poetic, and at times philosophical eye on the current state of the world.

Tickets are $40 to $75.

Alan Cumming (Cabaret, The Good Wife) and Ari Shapiro (NPR’s All Things Considered, Pink Martini) both transport audiences to other worlds through their stories.

Now, they’re joining forces in song. At the Mahaiwe, they will debut their new evening of tunes and tall tales titled Och & Oy: A Considered Cabaret, with musical direction

by Henry Koperski. Tickets are $31 to $146.

In a statement, Cumming said, “I’ve got to know Ari over the last few years, both socially and when he interviewed me for a couple of events. The last time was an evening in D.C., and by the end of it I realized our chemistry and the unusual combo of us, as well as the fact that Ari has an amazing voice, would make for a really great cabaret show. And kapow!

We’re doing it! What I love most is it’s fresh and everchanging.”

Shapiro added, “When Alan first suggested that we create a show together, I didn’t quite believe him.

Then as we started to dig in to this collaboration, I realized how much our professional lives actually complement each other. We’re both storytellers who try to help audiences better understand themselves and the world around them. This show lets us explore those shared ideals on stage together, through stories and songs.”

A limited supply of $15 youth tickets is available to these shows for everyone ages 30 and under on a firstcome, first-served basis via the Mahaiwe box office only (not online). The Mahaiwe is located at 14 Castle Street in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Box office hours are Wednesday through Saturday from noon to 4:00pm and three hours before show times. For tickets and information, see www.mahaiwe. org or call 413.528.0100.

About the Mahaiwe Located in downtown Great Barrington, Massachusetts, the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center is the year-round presenter of world-class music, dance, theater, classic films, Live in HD broadcasts, and arts education programs for the southern Berkshires and neighboring regions. The intimate jewel box of a theater opened in 1905. Since 2005, the performing arts center has hosted over 1,500 events and welcomed over half a million people through its doors. More than 22,000 students from 73 different schools have benefited from the Mahaiwe’s school-time performances and residencies. For more information, see www.mahaiwe.org.

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Catskill’s Jesse Davies placed first in the 14-team Queensbury Wrestling Tournament. The Cats’ Stephen Forbes placed fourth and Daniel Forbes and Chase Allen placed sixth in their weight divisions. Catskill competes in the Ravena Tournament on Saturday.

HUDSON — ColumbiaGreene Community College sophomore guard Kaijah Rodgers is No. 1 in the nation in assists per game average, according to statistics compiled by the National Junior College Athletic Association.

Rodgers, a Syracuse Henninger graduate, is averaging 10.7 assists per game through

the Twins’ first 13 games of the season. He also averages 10.2 points per contest, with a season-high 19 coming in a 112-108 victory over Cayuga CC on Nov. 16.

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Don Larsen, Yankee who pitched only perfect game in World Series, dies at 90 Richard Goldstein The New York Times News Service

Don Larsen, an otherwise ordinary pitcher who achieved the extraordinary when he threw the only perfect game in World Series history, died Wednesday in Hayden Lake, Idaho. He was 90.

His death was confirmed by Andrew Levy, his agent.

Larsen’s son, Scott, said in a statement last week that his father was being treated for esophageal cancer, which had been diagnosed this summer.

When Larsen took the mound against the Brooklyn Dodgers on the afternoon of Oct. 8, 1956, at the original Yankee Stadium, he was in the fourth season of an unremarkable career.

He possessed an imposing physique for his time, at 6 feet 4 inches tall and 215 pounds or so, his frame topped by a brush cut and oversize ears. His repertory of a fastball, slider and curve seemed weapons enough for a fine career.

But Larsen had lost 21 games pitching for the Baltimore Orioles two years earlier, and he had difficulty controlling not only his pitches but also his affinity for night life.

Nonetheless, for one day Larsen was the picture of perfection. Twenty-seven times, the batters in a Dodgers lineup with four future Hall of Famers came to the plate, and all returned to the dugout without a hit, a walk or an error by a New York Yankees fielder.

Larsen’s 2-0 masterpiece came 34 years after the major leagues had last witnessed a perfect game. No pitcher, before or since, has so much as thrown a no-hitter in the World Series.

As Larsen once put it: “Goofy things happen.”

Larsen’s 1956 season had not begun on a promising note. During spring training in St. Petersburg, Florida, he drove his car into a telephone pole while returning to the team hotel around 4 a.m. He said later that day that he had fallen asleep at the wheel, and when he was asked about the incident through the years, he maintained he had not been drinking.

He came away with nothing worse than a chipped tooth, but his misadventure inspired Yankees teammates to dub him Gooney Bird, for the albatross, found mostly on Midway Atoll in the Pacific, known for what are taken to be pratfalls while it scurries on land.

But Larsen went 11-5 in 1956, flourishing late in the season when he developed what was then an unorthodox no-windup

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Former New York Yankees pitcher Don Larsen waves to the fans during the 2016 Old Timers Day ceremony prior to the game between the Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium.

delivery that gave him better balance while disguising his pitch selection.

Manager Casey Stengel took a chance on him in Game 2 of the World Series, only to see him knocked out in the second inning at Ebbets Field when the Dodgers scored six runs in a 13-8 victory.

When Larsen arrived at Yankee Stadium three days later, he had no idea

whether he would face the Dodgers again.

He learned that he would start Game 5, the Series tied at two games apiece, only when he found a baseball placed in one of his shoes — the customary signaling of a starting assignment — by Frank Crosetti, the third-base coach. No one had been See YANKEE B3

It was late in the summer of 1995, weeks of labor strife having consumed the NBA, and an offseason lockout had come to an end. David Stern, suddenly viewed by players as more corporate pariah than patriarchal commissioner, was asked about Michael Jordan’s uncharacteristic (anti-owner) activism, which one national commentator had compared to a “driveby shooting.”

Mercifully free of crisis mode, back to being the guardian of all things NBA, Papa Stern was having none of that.

“Damn the people who say that Michael was just being greedy, that he should just shut up and play,” he said, though actually beginning with a more vigorous four-letter word. “That’s a code.”

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Pro hockey NHL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OT SO Pts Boston 41 24 7 4 6 58 Toronto 41 22 14 3 2 49 Tampa Bay 38 21 13 4 0 46 Florida 39 20 14 2 3 45 Montreal 40 18 16 5 1 42 Buffalo 41 17 17 6 1 41 Ottawa 40 16 19 3 2 37 Detroit 41 10 28 2 1 23 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT SO Pts Washington 41 27 9 3 2 59 NY Islanders 38 25 10 2 1 53 Pittsburgh 39 24 11 4 0 52 Carolina 40 24 14 2 0 50 Philadelphia 40 22 13 0 5 49 Columbus 40 18 14 6 2 44 NY Rangers 39 19 16 2 2 42 New Jersey 39 14 19 2 4 34 Western Conference Central Division GP W L OT SO Pts St. Louis 41 26 9 3 3 58 Colorado 40 23 13 3 1 50 Dallas 41 23 14 2 2 50 Winnipeg 40 22 15 2 1 47 Minnesota 41 19 17 4 1 43 Nashville 39 18 15 4 2 42 Chicago 41 18 17 2 4 42 Pacific Division GP W L OT SO Pts Vegas 43 22 15 6 0 50 Arizona 42 22 16 2 2 48 Vancouver 40 21 15 3 1 46 Edmonton 42 21 17 3 1 46 Calgary 42 20 17 5 0 45 Los Angeles 42 17 21 3 1 38 Anaheim 40 16 19 4 1 37 San Jose 41 17 21 2 1 37 Monday’s game Pittsburgh 5, Ottawa 2 Tuesday’s games New Jersey 3, Boston 2, SO NY Islanders 4, Washington 3 Vegas 5, Anaheim 2 Toronto 4, Minnesota 1 Tampa Bay 6, Buffalo 4 Carolina 3, Montreal 1 Columbus 4, Florida 1 Detroit 2, San Jose 0 Winnipeg 7, Colorado 4 Los Angeles 5, Philadelphia 3 Chicago 5, Calgary 3 Edmonton 7, NY Rangers 5 Arizona 3, St. Louis 1 Wednesday’s game Dallas 4, Nashville 2 Thursday’s games Columbus at Boston, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Montreal, 7 p.m.

New Jersey at NY Islanders, 7 p.m.

San Jose at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

Florida at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

Toronto at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

NY Rangers at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Anaheim at Arizona, 9 p.m.

St. Louis at Colorado, 9:30 p.m.

Chicago at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Philadelphia at Vegas, 10 p.m.

GF GA 138 105 146 132 137 120 139 134 131 131 121 131 111 132 89 157 GF GA 146 122 114 100 136 104 136 112 127 118 105 112 129 132 102 138 GF GA 128 107 144 119 111 103 125 120 126 137 134 131 118 132 GF GA 134 125 118 108 132 119 125 134 114 127 109 132 103 124 109 139

Pro basketball NBA Eastern Conference Atlantic W L Pct Boston 23 8 .742 Toronto 23 11 .676 Philadelphia 23 13 .639 Brooklyn 16 16 .500 New York 10 24 .294 Central W L Pct Milwaukee 31 5 .861 Indiana 22 12 .647 Chicago 13 21 .382 Detroit 12 22 .353 Cleveland 10 23 .303 Southeast W L Pct Miami 24 9 .727 Orlando 15 19 .441 Charlotte 13 23 .361 Washington 10 23 .303 Atlanta 7 27 .206 Western Conference Northwest W L Pct Denver 23 10 .697 Utah 21 12 .636 Oklahoma City 18 15 .545 Portland 14 21 .400 Minnesota 12 21 .363 Pacific W L Pct L.A. Lakers 26 7 .788 L.A. Clippers 24 11 .686 Phoenix 13 20 .394 Sacramento 12 22 .353 Golden State 9 26 .257 Southwest W L Pct Houston 23 11 .676 Dallas 21 12 .636 San Antonio 14 18 .438 Memphis 13 21 .382 New Orleans 11 23 .324 Tuesday’s games Boston 109, Charlotte 92 Indiana 115, Philadelphia 97 L.A. Clippers 105, Sacramento 87 Toronto 117, Cleveland 97 Houston 130, Denver 104 San Antonio 117, Golden State 113, OT Oklahoma City 106, Dallas 101 Wednesday’s games Orlando 122, Washington 101 New York 117, Portland 93 Milwaukee 106, Minnesota 104 Phoenix at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

Thursday’s games Charlotte at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

Denver at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

Utah at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Golden State at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Brooklyn at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

Memphis at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

Detroit at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

Friday’s games Atlanta at Boston, 7 p.m.

Miami at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Portland at Washington, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Houston, 8 p.m.

New York at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

GB — 1.5 2.5 7.5 14.5 GB — 8.0 17.0 18.0 19.5 GB — 9.5 12.5 14.0 17.5 GB — 2.0 5.0 10.0 11.0 GB — 3.0 13.0 14.5 18.0 GB — 1.5 8.0 10.0 12.0

New Orleans at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

Transactions FOOTBALL National Football League Buffalo Bills - Added DE Jonathan Woodard to the practice squad.

Detroit Lions - Fired Fired defensive backs coach Brian Stewart. Fired assistant strength and performance coach Rodney Hill. Fired linebackers coach Al Golden. Fired performance coordinator Harold Nash. Fired special teams coordinator John Bonamego. Fired tight ends coach Chris White.

Minnesota Vikings - Added DT Curtis Cothran and DB Kemon Hall to the practice squad. Placed DT Armon Watts on IR. Placed C Brett Jones on IR/ Designated for Return list. Signed DE Eddie Yarbrough.

Philadelphia Eagles - Added T Dieugot Joseph to the practice squad. Placed G Brandon Brooks on IR. Signed WR Shelton Gibson and DT Earl Mitchell.

San Francisco 49ers - Signed DE Jonathan Kongbo to a Reserve/Future contract. Waived DB Antone Exum Jr..

Seattle Seahawks - Added WR Brendan Langley to the practice squad. Removed RB Xavier Turner from the practice squad.

Washington Redskins - Fired offensive line coach Bill Callahan. Named Ron Rivera head coach.

NCAA Football Colorado State - Fired defensive coordinator John Jancek.

NC State - Named George McDonald assistant head coach, passing-game coordinator, wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator.

NC State - Named Tim Beck offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.

NC State - Re-assigned Kurt Roper to running backs coach.

Ohio State - Announced CB Jeffrey Okudah will enter the NFL draft.

UCLA - Announced TE Devin Asiasi will enter the NFL draft.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association Chicago Bulls - Recalled SF Chandler Hutchison from Windy City (NBAGL), assigned him to Windy City (NBAGL).

HOCKEY National Hockey League Arizona Coyotes - Assigned D Aaron Ness to Tucson (AHL). Recalled D Kyle Capobianco from Tucson (AHL).

Minnesota Wild - NHL fined G Alex Stalock $2,000 for diving and embellishment.

Montreal Canadiens - Recalled RW Dale Weise from Laval (AHL).

Taking a glimpse into the NBA’s future Marc Stein The New York Times News Service

It’s a must this time of year: Let’s break out the crystal roundball to share (almost) fearless predictions for the NBA in 2020.

Zion Williamson will make his official NBA debut by the end of January — or else sitting out his entire rookie season becomes a real possibility.

Although the initial projection of a six-to-eight-weeks absence passed two weeks ago, Williamson has been gradually ramping up his on-court activity behind closed doors. He was even captured on camera throwing down a pregame dunk over the weekend.

These are hopeful signs.

The reality, though, is that Williamson has yet to participate in full-speed NBA drills since undergoing surgery Oct. 21 for a torn meniscus in his right knee. He will surely have to get through a few sessions, with contact, before he is cleared to return. (The aforementioned dunk, for the record, was powered by his left knee.)

The New Orleans Pelicans would naturally love to see Williamson back on the floor for at least a portion of his maiden season after he averaged DERICK E. HINGLE/USA TODAY a tantalizing 23.3 points and 6.5 re- New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson prior to a recent game against the bounds on 71.4% shooting from the Houston Rockets at the Smoothie King Center. floor in four exhibition games. The team is also amazingly still in playoff Oladipo to return for the second half or April if the Bucks, as expected, have contention in the weaker-than-usual of the season. The Nets, by contrast, clinched the East’s top seed by then.

Those pesky pundits, mind you, West, thanks a four-game winning still don’t know when they’re getting streak and the most favorable second- Irving back. Irving’s first season in really aren’t wrong. As impressive half schedule among the eight sub- Brooklyn has been shrouded in mys- as the Bucks have been, surging to tery; he has missed the Nets’ past 21 a 30-5 start that includes a ruthless .500 teams in the conference.

If Williamson were able to play dur- games and last spoke to the news me- 21-0 mark against teams that currently sport sub-.500 records, nothing the next few months, furthermore, dia on Nov. 14.

Kawhi Leonard will fall short of the ing less than an NBA Finals berth is it could only help New Orleans as it evaluates how players such as Bran- 60 games he played for Toronto last paramount for this franchise before Giannis Antetokounmpo becomes don Ingram and Jrue Holiday fit be- season.

My forecast coming into the sea- eligible in July for a five-year contract side him. Big decisions are looming in the near future for the Pelicans when son: Leonard and Paul George would extension worth nearly $250 million.

The NBA will pass measures in April it comes to committing to the five- play in fewer than 60 games together. year maximum contract extension Turns out that was too optimistic. My that greenlight an in-season tournathat Ingram will be seeking this sum- instinct now is that Leonard, as he ment and a play-in tournament for mer — and whether they should keep continues to avoid playing in back-to- the final two playoff spots in each backs to reduce the demands on his conference for the 2021-22 season — or trade Holiday.

But if Williamson goes another full vulnerable left knee, won’t even reach but the league’s proposal to reseed the final four without regard to conmonth without playing, it gets in- the 60-game mark on his own.

Los Angeles Clippers coach Doc ference will not pass. creasingly easier to picture all parties There is a tangible level of opposielecting to just delay his return until Rivers knows he must grudgingly cope next season. Don’t forget that missing with such inconveniences, no matter tion in various corners of the league Year 1 through injury has worked in how much they could affect LA’s play- to many of the proposed tweaks to the the recent past for Ben Simmons, Joel off seeding. More continuity heading schedule for 2021-22, when the NBA into the playoffs would obviously be commemorates its 75th anniversary.

Embiid and Blake Griffin.

One example: Implementing an inThe next few weeks should tell us a handy, but letting Leonard prioritize his health, on his terms, has proved to season tournament, with the results lot.

Indiana’s Malcolm Brogdon and be the surest way to keep him content. of eight regular-season divisional The Milwaukee Bucks will fall short games per team feeding into an eightthe Nets’ Spencer Dinwiddie will team knockout field, would require break through to earn their first All- of 70 wins.

It would be a fun statement of intent each of the league’s 30 teams to surStar selections from the Eastern Confrom the Bucks to see them become render two home dates. The potenference.

Brogdon’s summer arrival and en- just the third team in league history tial lost revenue from that alteration suing excellence have enabled the to reach the 70-win plateau — espe- alone has generated strong pushback.

Commissioner Adam Silver, howPacers to establish a 52-win pace de- cially after they have been subjected spite the ongoing injury absence of to pundit after pundit proclaiming ever, is determined to push through All-Star guard Victor Oladipo. And the regular season to be largely mean- some of these new concepts. He understands that interest in the regular Dinwiddie has found a new level to ingless in Milwaukee.

The problem: Milwaukee needs to season is waning, even after the wildhelp the Nets maintain a top-eight slot even though Kyrie Irving has only go 40-7 for the rest of the regular sea- est offseason in terms of player movebeen healthy enough to appear in 11 son to get there. The amount of focus ment in league history, and is preand energy that would require figures pared to take a gamble or two to try to games.

Of course, Indiana fully expects to be difficult to muster in late March address the decline.

Resistance from various front offices has been strongest to the idea of reseeding the four teams that reach the conference finals based on regular-season record, due partly to the potential for significantly increased travel one round earlier than the NBA finals. So look for Silver to ultimately scrap that element of the proposal to focus on securing the needed approval for the soccer-style “cup” competition and the playoff play-in games.

Miami’s Pat Riley will be named Executive of the Year by his peers for the second time.

The Clippers were widely regarded as the champions of the offseason after clinching the signing of Kawhi Leonard by swinging a trade for Paul George. The Heat, however, have since emerged as this season’s foremost Cinderella team.

Without cap space, Riley still managed to swing a sign-and-trade to acquire the difference-making Jimmy Butler. Riley and his staff have also unearthed and developed a number of gems, from late lottery picks Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro to the undrafted trio of Kendrick Nunn, Duncan Robinson and Derrick Jones Jr. As predicted by essentially no one, Miami entered the final day of 2019 just percentage points out of the No. 2 spot in the East. Riley or Heat coach Erik Spoelstra, or maybe both, are sure to be rewarded if the Heat can stay up there.

LeBron James will play in the 2020 Olympics.

James has made it clear that he doesn’t even want to entertain the idea of making a fourth trip to the Olympics until after completing his second season with the Los Angeles Lakers. Yet the hoops romantic in me remains convinced that James, along with his Lakers teammate Anthony Davis, will ultimately be swayed by USA Basketball coach Gregg Popovich to play in Tokyo.

Rest assured that the U.S. roster, no matter what, will be infinitely stronger than the star-shy group that finished seventh under Popovich at the World Cup in China last summer.

Gregg Popovich will retire from coaching after the Olympics.

Popovich turns 71 on Jan. 28. It’s purely my gut feel that, even though the San Antonio Spurs would naturally let him keep coaching as long as he likes, he will bid farewell to the bench after a triumphant send-off at the Olympics in Japan.

He might even find a way steer the Spurs to the playoffs for an NBA-record 23rd consecutive season; San Antonio awoke Tuesday in the West’s No. 8 spot despite its underwhelming 13-18 start. But I suspect it will be too tempting for Popovich, after a goldmedal summer in Tokyo finally brings a halt to a succession of nationalteam disappointments, to pass on the chance to make a storybook exit.

When has Pop ever cared about storybooks? Fair question. But I repeat: Just my gut feel.

NBA roundup: Perfect night for Knicks’ Robinson Field Level Media

Mitchell Robinson was a perfect 11-for-11 from the field in a historic shooting performance Wednesday night, and he helped ruin the return of Carmelo Anthony to Madison Square Garden and lead the New York Knicks to a 117-93 win over the Portland Trail Blazers.

The Knicks won a seasonhigh third straight game – their longest winning streak since a three-game streak in November 2018. New York has won six of 10 and is 6-6 under interim head coach Mike Miller. The Trail Blazers, who began a five-game road trip Wednesday, have lost a season-high five straight.

Robinson finished with 22 points while tying the Knicks’ record for the most fieldgoal makes without a miss.

Bernard King (Jan. 19, 1984) ANDY MARLIN/USA TODAY and Johnny Newman (Jan. Portland Trail Blazers forward Carmelo Anthony (00) dribbles the ball against New York Knicks 6, 1988) were also 11-for-11 forward Julius Randle (30) during Wednesday’s game at Madison Square Garden. from the field.

Julius Randle (22 points, LeBron James recorded his Kyle Kuzma added 19 points, season-high 25 points off the 13 rebounds) posted a dou- eighth triple-double of the and Avery Bradley finished bench and added nine assists ble-double for the Knicks. season with 31 points, 12 as- with 18 for Los Angeles, which as Orlando recorded an easy Anthony, playing at Madi- sists and 13 rebounds, and led by 29 points in the first victory in the nation’s capital, son Square Garden for just Los Angeles held off visiting quarter and 36 in the second. marking the Magic’s third win the second time since he was Phoenix after blowing much Devin Booker led the Suns over the Wizards in as many traded by the Knicks to the of a 36-point lead. with 32 points, and Kelly Ou- meetings this season.

Oklahoma City Thunder in Nikola Vucevic collected Anthony Davis scored 26 bre Jr. had 26. Deandre Ayton September 2017, led the Trail points and grabbed 11 re- finished with 16 points and 14 20 points and 12 rebounds for the Magic. Washington’s Blazers with a season-high 26 bounds as the Lakers won rebounds off the bench.

Orlando Magic 122, Wash- Bradley Beal scored 20 of his their third consecutive conpoints.

27 points in the first half in Los Angeles Lakers 117, test and handed the Suns ington Wizards 101 their ninth loss in 11 games.

D.J. Augustin scored a his return from a two-game Phoenix Suns 107

absence caused by soreness in his lower right leg.

Orlando forward Jonathan Isaac was removed from the floor on a stretcher after sustaining a hyperextended left knee early in the first quarter.

Isaac was holding his left knee after making contact with Beal on a drive to the basket.

Milwaukee Bucks 106, Minnesota Timberwolves 104 Giannis Antetokounmpo recorded 32 points and 17 rebounds to lead host Milwaukee to a victory over Minnesota. The triumph gives the Bucks (31-5) the best 36-game start in franchise history. The 1971-72 squad led by legendary Kareem Abdul-Jabbar dropped game No. 36 for a 306 mark.

Khris Middleton added 13 points for Milwaukee, which scored 100 or more points for the 60th straight game.

The only team with a longer streak over the past 30 years is the Houston Rockets, who reached the century mark 61 times in a row during the 2016-17 campaign.

Shabazz Napier scored 22 points to lead Minnesota, which lost for the 13th time in the past 15 contests. Gorgui Dieng recorded 15 points, but his 20-foot, potential tying attempt bounced off the rim with less than three seconds left.

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average. The freshman from Greenville, N.C. has scored 251 points in 12 games and has reached at least 20 points in eight games. His season-high of 39 came against Cayuga CC. Harper leads Region III in three-point percentage (49.4%), free throw percentage (87.5%), and steals (2.9 steals per game).

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chosen by Stengel the day before.

Larsen and the Dodgers’ Sal Maglie were both perfect going into the fourth inning.

But Mickey Mantle hit a home run with two out in the fourth to give the Yankees a one-run lead, and the Yanks added another run in the sixth.

Larsen breezed along, surviving a few scares.

In the Dodgers’ second inning, Jackie Robinson led off with a hard shot that bounced off third baseman Andy Carey, but shortstop Gil McDougald grabbed the ricochet and threw out Robinson, who was lacking the speed of his early years, on a close play. “It hit off the fingertips of my glove,” Carey once recalled. “A few years before, Robinson would have beaten it out.”

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became a widely mouthed phrase for the 21st century often used as coded racist criticism of black players. Stern, who died on Wednesday at age 77 after suffering a brain hemorrhage in December, could plainly see that America was a long way from being post-racial. He would say that people — and least of all him — should never delude themselves about that, no matter how popular and prosperous the league was becoming on the backs of Jordan and other black stars.

Within a culture he knew could easily turn on young men of color for something as simple as the grooming choice of cornrows, this was a fine line Stern walked and the calculated game he played across three expansionist decades at the helm. Within the league — which included players, owners, executives, even news media regulars — there could be related skirmishes, even protracted battles.

But inside its boundaries, he would insist, there were adversaries but no actual enemies.

The son of a Manhattan delicatessen owner, Stern carried a proud childhood ethos, having grown up in leafy Teaneck, New Jersey, which in 1976 was described by The New York Times as a “national model for successful suburban integration” and the “first Northern suburb to vote in favor of busing to achieve integrated schools in the early 1960s.”

Before settling permanently in Westchester County, Stern lived in Teaneck with his wife and two young sons while commuting into Manhattan as a young lawyer. In his spare time, he worked pro bono on a 1970s anti-housing-discrimination case in northern New Jersey, which later resulted in a settlement that The Times would call groundbreaking.

While working on a book about the NBA’s growth pains

Sophomore Myles Ukoh is No. 1 in blocked shots in Region III, rejecting 4.4 opponents shots per game. The 6-5 forward is ninth in Region III in scoring with a 16.7 points per game average.

Green Tech graduate Cameron Thomas has been one of the Twins’ top rebounders through the first half of the season, grabbing 10.2 per game, which ranks fifth in Region III. The Twins currently rank fifth as a team in average points scored per game, with

close to 83 per contest. Mohawk Valley CC is the top scoring team in the Region, averaging 96 points per game.

Columbia-Greene returns to action on Tuesday with a home game against Hudson Valley Community College.

In the fourth inning, Duke Snider missed a home run to right by a few inches. In the fifth, Gil Hodges’ drive to left center was run down by Mantle, and Sandy Amoros missed a home run to right by a hair.

By the seventh inning, Larsen knew he was working on a no-hitter, though he did not realize he had a perfect game.

He had reached three balls on only one hitter, Pee Wee Reese, in the first inning, his pitches hitting the corner of the plate throughout the afternoon.

“I never had control like that before or since,” he told Sports Illustrated decades later. “It just seemed that everything I threw was on the black.”

Teammates, fearing they would jinx him, walked away in the dugout when he tried to start a conversation in the game’s late stages.

With more than 64,000 fans roaring, Carl Furillo, the Dodgers’ first batter in the ninth inning, flied out to right

field. Then Roy Campanella grounded out to second base.

Dale Mitchell, an outfielder pinch-hitting for Maglie, came to the plate, and, as Larsen recalled it, “I said a small prayer.”

With the count one ball and two strikes, he delivered a fastball, his 97th pitch. Mitchell checked his swing, but the umpire Babe Pinelli signaled strike three. At a few minutes past 3 o’clock, baseball history had been made.

Catcher Yogi Berra leapt into Larsen’s arms, the madcap embrace captured in a photo that became a classic baseball image. “Next to getting to the Hall of Fame in 1972, it was probably my greatest thrill in baseball,” Berra once said.

But Larsen became aware that he had pitched a perfect game only when he entered the clubhouse.

Donald James Larsen was born on Aug. 7, 1929, in Michigan City, Indiana, but his parents, James and Charlotte

in the mid-1990s, my co-author Armen Keteyian and I interviewed Lee Porter, a fairhousing supporter, who told us that Stern had been her legal and spiritual adviser in developing a strategy to entrap Bergen County real estate brokers who habitually steered black couples away from white neighborhoods and towns.

During that period, she and her colleagues spent so much time huddling with Stern at his home that two decades later she could recall the exact address.

So understand that the NBA work environment Stern entered in the 1970s — as counsel for a professional basketball league with an increasingly black player base, scuffling for respect — was not unfamiliar to him. Yet when Stern asked George Gallantz — his mentor at the firm of Proskauer, Rose, Goetz and Mendelsohn and the overseer of the NBA’s outside counsel account — if he thought it was a good career move to accept Commissioner Larry O’Brien’s offer to work solely for the league in 1978, Gallantz had looked at him with disbelief.

“How can you put your life in the hands of one client?” he asked his ambitious, combative and whip-smart protégé.

The NBA at the time could barely pay its bills, but Stern wanted to be where the action was. His mind was made up.

Basketball felt like a calling. He sheepishly told Gallantz that he’d “give it a try.”

By the time Stern ceded the top job to his hand-picked successor, Adam Silver, and became commissioner emeritus in 2014, he had 48 years in association with the league that was, by reputation, America’s most progressive. Sitting alongside Stern at NBA headquarters in Manhattan days before the baton was officially passed, Silver told me: “His dad owned a deli. He went to public school. He was a regular guy who was not born into this.”

Yet the argument could be made — and Stern would probably have been the first to

BRANTLEY SPARKS UTICA Catskill graduate and 2018 Patroon Conference Most Valuable Player Justice Brantley had a season-high 16 points to help Utica College defeat SUNY Delhi, 92-65 in the Utica College Classic on

Sunday.

Brantley knocked down 5 of 7 shots from the field, including a 2 of 3 performance from three-point range, and grabbed three rebounds as the Pioneers improved to 8-2.

Former Hudson High standout Kimedrick Murphy scored eight points and pulled down eight rebounds for Utica and Brantley’s former teammate at Catskill, Justin Worth, contributed four points and two rebounds.

CATS, CLIPPERS STILL RANKED

Despite suffering their first losses of the season over the holiday break, the Catskill and Germantown boys basketball teams are still ranked among the top 25 teams in the state in their respective classes.

Catskill lost to Class A Mekeel Christian in the Kirvin Cup Classic after winning its first six games and fell eight spots to No. 16 in Class B. Glens Falls (7-1) is now the highest rated Section II team in Class B, coming in at No. 8.

Hoosick Falls (6-1) is No. 15.

Center Moriches, from

Section XI, remains No. 1 in Class B, with Lowville, of Section III, at No. 2.

Germantown lost a 59-57 decision to Rensselaer in the opening round of the Taconic Hills Holiday Tournament and fell five spots to No. 15 this week in Class D. Section VI’s Panama is No. 1 in Class D, with Chategeauy, from Section X, at No. 2 In Class C, the Maple Hill boys and girls are both ranked in the Top Ten. The Maple Hill girls are No. 3 in the state, while the boys are No. 9.

Larsen, moved the family to San Diego when he was 15 or so. His pitching for Point Loma High School brought an offer from the St. Louis Browns in 1947. (David Wells, another alumnus of Point Loma, pitched a perfect game for the Yankees against the Minnesota Twins in 1998.)

Larsen reached the majors in 1953, when he was 7-12 for the Browns.

He went 3-21 in 1954 when the perennially lowly Browns became the Baltimore Orioles, then was traded to the Yankees in a 17-player deal that also gave them the fastballing Bob Turley, who went on to win the 1958 Cy Young Award as baseball’s finest pitcher.

Larsen had a 9-2 record for the 1955 Yankees. After his 11 victories in 1956, he never won more than 10 games in a season.

He was traded to the Kansas City Athletics in December 1959 in a deal that brought Roger Maris to the Yankees.

Two years later, Maris would set another iconic record, hitting 61 home runs to break Babe Ruth’s single-season mark.

Larsen also pitched for the Chicago White Sox, the San Francisco Giants, the Houston Astros (then the Colt .45s), the Orioles again and the Chicago Cubs. He retired after 14 seasons with a record of 81-91 and had pitched in the World Series four times with the Yankees and once with the Giants.

“I’m not happy with my career record,” Larsen once said. “It could have been better. Partying had something to do with it. But I always needed companionship, even if there were just two people in town.”

After leaving baseball, Larsen was a salesman for a paperproducts company in California.

Larsen and his wife, the former Corrine Bruess, spent their later years in the small town of Hayden Lake, in Idaho’s panhandle. Larsen

enjoyed fishing at a lake adjoining their home, but also appeared at autograph and memorabilia shows and attended Yankee old-timers’ games.

He sold his uniform from the perfect game — the pinstriped jersey bearing No. 18 and his pants — to a memorabilia dealer at auction for $765,000 in December 2012 to provide for the educations of his grandsons, Justin and Cody Larsen. In addition to his wife and son, they survive him.

Larsen often said that a day didn’t go by when he did not think about his feat, and he drove a car with the license plate DL000, for his initials and the box score reading no runs, no hits and no errors.

On the 45th anniversary of his perfect game, Larsen reflected anew on the moment.

“My belief is, you work hard enough and something good is going to happen,” he said.

“Everyone is entitled to some good days.”

from debate or debacle, the litigator in him on occasion was obscured by the autocrat.

Looking back on his controversial 2011 veto of New Orleans’ trading of Chris Paul to the Los Angeles Lakers, Stern admitted in 2016 that he should have better explained his responsibility to execute the best deal possible after the league had taken temporary ownership of the franchise during the search for a buyer.

There would be more behavioral disorder, precipitated by players, owners and even a referee, Tim Donaghy, who was prosecuted in 2007 for betting on games he worked.

Labor-management conflagrations would come close to season cancellations. Reactions by Stern — the 2005 player dress code he championed, for one — would be criticized as pandering overreaction to that same segment of society he had denounced for speaking in racial code or objecting to cornrows.

During a painful and costly in-season lockout in 2011, HBO’s Bryant Gumbel went so far as to call Stern “some kind of modern plantation overseer.” Never one to waste a counterpunching opportunity, he told me in a telephone interview: “I have worked harder for inclusiveness and diversity than he could ever understand. So when I heard what he said I sat back and waited for the emails from the people who know me, who have worked with me.”

He named one, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, and reminded me of how Dr. Harry Edwards, the civil rights activist, had praised him in the aftermath of the Pacers-fans brawl as “an honest broker of the product who, at the end of the day, respects the men who play in his league and the community from which they come.”

Gumbel’s charge gained little traction, but it rankled Stern — a lifelong Democrat who called President Barack Obama’s election “profoundly transformational” — that his honest broker reputation didn’t necessarily resonate

with a younger, less obliged generation.

He ultimately felt vindicated when many trendsetting players, who had initially resented the dress code, reveled in making fashion statements, and more money, while growing their brands.

In the end, Stern was content to let his record speak for itself, resisting efforts by authors and publishers to write a memoir as his league kept growing, conquering faraway lands, creating new revenue streams. He called the Dream Team’s invasion of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona a high point, a demonstration of how, under his leadership, the NBA became the feel-good American export of its time.

The league’s stars became global icons, but with additional fame came heightened leverage — along with scorn for using it, for something as basic as a contractual right, as when LeBron James left the Cleveland Cavaliers, his original team, for the Miami Heat in 2010. But might Stern’s earlier critics have had second thoughts when James and others had to walk the commissioner’s fine line, waffling on the recent conflict with the Chinese government over a single tweet by a Houston Rockets executive supporting protesters in Hong Kong?

With so much revenue at stake, those difficult choices — stand proud or pander — could feel like life on the edge.

But the combatant in Stern seemed to relish the challenges and the accompanying adrenaline rushes — his version of the last two minutes of a tight playoff game. Which explains why he left one court for another way back when.

And which also is why, when asked in 2014 what, in effect, he would want written on his career tombstone, Stern instantly recalled the title of a book written by his predecessor, about his years as a strategist for the Democratic Party.

“No final victories,” he said, upon completion of his 30-year tour de force.

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Former NBA Commissioner David Stern attends Game Four of Round Two of the 2018 NBA Playoffs between the Houston Rockets and the Utah Jazz at Vivint Smart Home Arena on May 6, 2018 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

make it — that he was born for the challenges and crises that inevitably loomed, like the socalled Malice at the Palace. In all my years of covering Stern, I never saw him grimmer than he was on the November 2004 night in New York when he announced suspensions for three Indiana Pacers — Ron Artest, Stephen Jackson and Jermaine O’Neal — who had brawled in the stands and on the court with abusive and likely inebriated fans at the Detroit Pistons’ home arena, The Palace of Auburn Hills.

All things considered, including unacceptable provocation from courtside customers, Stern feared that raw footage of black players beating on white fans presented a potentially dire threat to the

NBA. He also recognized the danger in fueling the fire in those quick to demonize them as overpaid thugs much faster than they would brawling hockey players.

But if moving the needle on social and racial advancement were life-affirming benefits of an influential business, protecting its widespread marketability and growing the pie no matter how it eventually was sliced was always the mission that came first for Stern.

“One-nothing,” Stern said when asked if there had been a hierarchal vote on the need to go nuclear, especially on Artest, who is now known as Metta World Peace and was suspended for more than 70 games.

While Stern seldom hid

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ANN M. Weaver, Esq., PLLC. Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company ("LLC"). Art. of Org. filed New York Sec. of State ("NYSS") 7-30-2019. Office loc.

Greene County. NYSS designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. NYSS shall mail a copy of any process to the corporation, Ann Weaver, 1153 Rudolph Weir Jr. Rd., Earlton, NY 12058. There is no specific date set for dissolution. Purpose: to engage is any lawful activity or act. Name and Business Address of Organizer is Ann Weaver, 1153 Rudolph Weir Rd. Earlton, NY 12058 ARTICLES of Organization for 1st CHOICE PLUMBING HEATING AND COOLING LLC were filed with the Secretary of State of New York on November 21, 2019.

Office Located in Greene County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon which process may be served and a copy shall be mailed by the Secretary of State to the LLC at 2535 Route 20 Cornwallville, NY 12418. Purpose: for any lawful activity for which limited liability companies may be formed under the law.

Under Section 203 of the Limited Liability Company Law. Baker Addiction LLC filed with the SSNY on 11/21/19. Office Columbia county. United States Corporation Agents, Inc.designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to United States Corporation Agents, Inc. 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202 Brooklyn, NY11228 Purpose: Any lawful purpose CATSKILL CRYO LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/24/2019. Office loc: Greene County. SSNY

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SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 419 Sleepy Hollow Road, Unit 1, Athens, NY 12015. Reg Agent: U.S. Corp. Agents, Inc. 7014 13th Ave., Ste 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

COLLECTOR’S NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF TAX ROLL & WARRANT TAKE NOTICE, That I, the undersigned, Collector of Taxes of the Town of Lexington Greene County, New York, have duly received the tax roll and warrant for the collection of taxes for the year 2020, and that I will receive taxes as follows: Mon. - Thurs. 8:00 am - 1:00 pm & 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm For appointments call 518-989-6476 x101 TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that taxes may be paid on or before January 31st, 2020, without charge or interest. On taxes remaining unpaid after January 31, 2020, there shall be added one percent for February, or the remainder thereof; two percent for March; three percent for April; four percent for May; five percent for June; six percent for July; and seven percent for August, at which time, the return of unpaid taxes is made by the collector to the Greene County Treasurer Pursuant to law.

Dated: December 23, 2019 Charlotte Jaeger, Collector of Taxes Town of Lexington Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC).

Name: The Wolfe's Den, LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on December 4, 2019 Office Location: Greene County.

SSNY Designated as Agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC. 2792 County Route 51, Hannacroix, New York 12087.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

COLLECTOR’S NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF TAX ROLL & WARRANT

TAKE NOTICE, that I, the undersigned, Collector of Taxes of the Town of Jewett, Greene County, New York, have duly received the tax roll and warrant for the collection of taxes For the year 2020, and that I will receive taxes as follows: TOWN OF JEWETT: Monday through Thursday 11:00AM – 1:00PM Jewett Municipal Building – 3547 Rt. 23C Jewett Telephone – (518) 263-4646 (Ext. 1) Closed all legal holidays.

Payments made by mail MUST be postmarked on or before the last day of the month due.

TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that taxes may be paid on or before January 31, 2020 without charge or interest.

On taxes remaining unpaid after January 31, 2020, there shall be added one percent for February or the remainder thereof; two percent for March; three percent for April; four percent for May; five percent for June; six percent for July; and seven percent for August, at which time , the return of unpaid taxes is made by the collector to the Greene County Treasurer Pursuant to law.

Dated, December 26, 2019 Maya Carl Collector of Taxes Town of Jewett Collectors Notice of Tax Roll & Warrant I Samuel Aldi the Receiver of Taxes for the Town of Catskill has duly received the warrant & roll for the year 2020.

Taxes will be received as follows.

In the Town Hall, 439 Main Street Catskill 9am till 3 pm; Monday thru Friday during the month of January.

ALSO At the Bank of Greene County either on Main Street or the Catskill Commons Branches in the village ONLY during lobby hours for the month of January, February, and March.

Payments by mail must be post marked

by January 31, 2020 to avoid interest & penalties which accrue after February 1st @ the rate of 1 % per month until the end of July 2020 following which all taxes are due to the Greene County Treasurer; Peter Markou with additional penalties.

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Legal Notice Catskill Self Storage, Inc. operators sale for non-payment of storage charges pursuant to the power of sale contained in NYS CLS 182.

The following property will be sold at public auction on Friday, January 10, 2020 at 1:30 p.m. on the premises of Catskill Self Storage, Inc. at Rt. 23 and Cauterskill Road in Leeds, New York 12451. Catskill Self Storage, Inc. reserves the right to cancel a sale at any time for any reason.

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Mitchell Hollow LLC. SSNY has been desigFiled 10/28/19. Office: nated as agent of the Greene Co. SSNY des- LLC upon whom proignated as agent for cess against it may be process & shall mail to: served. SSNY shall Steven J. Lincoln, 875 mail a copy of process Jay Drive, Wantagh, to the LLC, 40 Route NY 11793. Purpose: 23C, Tannersville, NY General.

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New York Office Loca- LLC upon whom protion - Greene County. cess against it may be Secretary of State of served. SSNY shall the State of New York mail process to: 28 is designated as agent Liberty St, NY, NY upon whom process 10005. Purpose: any against the LLC may lawful activity. be served. Secretary of State of the State of REQUEST FOR PRONew York shall mail a POSALS copy of any process The Medway Grapeagainst the LLC served ville Fire District upon him/her at: c/o Board of Fire CommisLLC, 613 Rudolph sioners is seeking Weir Jr. Road, Earlton Proposals for the folNY 12058. lowing SERVICES: PURPOSE: To engage (1) LAWN MOWING in any lawful act or ac- SERVICE FOR 2020 tivity.

(2) CLEANING SERNotice of formation of VICE FOR the MEETChatham Garden Ve- ING ROOM, OFFICE, nue, LLC. Art of org. BATHROOMS, KITCHfiled with NY Sec. of EN FOR 2020 State on November 27, Proposals may be sub2019, SOS is designat- mitted in person at the ed as agent upon January 20th Meeting whom service should of the Board of Fire by be served, SOS shall Commissioners, mail service of process mail to the LLC, 54 Main to MGFD, PO Box 67, Street, Chatham, NY Coxsackie, NY 12051, or by Fax to (518) 73112037 5311, Attn: CommisNotice of Formation of sioners JV HOME & PROPER- by Order of the Board TY LLC, Art. of Org. of Fire Commissioners A.Caputo, filed w/Secy. of State Elizabeth of NY (SSNY) on Acting Secretary

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Town of Catskill Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a Public Hearing pursuant to Article 160-10 of the Town of Catskill Zoning Laws to allow 24' Variance for the conversion of a single family on lands owned

by Philip Gjerji located at 124-128 Tool House Rd. Application Area Variance V-19-2019 Tax Map # 171.00-1-21 The Public Hearing will be held on the 8th day of January , 2020 at 6:00 PM, at the Town Hall located at 439441 Main Street, Catskill, NY. to allow public comment on the application.

The above application is open for inspection at the Office of the Zoning Board of Appeals located at 439 Main Street, Catskill, New York between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., or by appointment.

By order of Lynne Zubris Chairman, Zoning Board of Appeals, Town of Catskill

of Chatham, County of Columbia, and State of New York, have duly received the tax roll and warrant for the collection of taxes within the Town of Chatham for the year 2020, and that I will attend at Town Hall, 488 State Rt. 295, in the said Town of Chatham from January 2, 2020 to March 31, 2020 on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 8:30 am until 4 pm for the purpose of receiving the taxes listed on the said roll.

TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that taxes may be paid on or before January 31, 2020 without charge or interest.

On all taxes received after such date, there shall be added interest of 1 percent for each additional month or fraction thereof until such taxes are paid or until the return of unpaid taxes to the County Treasurer pursuant to law.

TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that pursuant to the provisions of law the tax roll of the Town of Chatham will be returned to the Columbia County Treasurer on the 1st day of April, 2020. Tax bills can be VIEWED and PAID online at www.egov.basg o v. c o m / c h a t h a m .

Convenience fees will be applied for on-line transactions.

Beth Anne Rippel, RMC Tax Collector/Town of Chatham December 31, 2019

The Town Board of the Town of Coxsackie will conduct a public hearing on January 14, 2020 at 7:00 pm for the purpose of reviewing the fire protection contract with Coxsackie Hose Company No 3. The regular monthly meeting will follow. By order of the Town Board of the Town of Coxsackie, Bambi Hotaling, Town NOTICE OF SALE Clerk Notice is herby given NOTICE OF RECEIPT pursuant to Chapter OF 2020 TAX ROLL 182 of New York State AND WARRANT FOR Lien Law Spot On Storage, 61 Maple Ave TOWN OF CHATHAM TAKE NOTICE, that I, Catskill NY 12414 will Beth Anne Rippel, the sell the contents of the undersigned Collector following units on locaof Taxes of the Town tion for CASH only, if

payment is not received. Unless otherwise stated the description of the contents are household goods and furnishings, boxes, misc.

Public sale will be held on Friday, January 10, 2019 at 11:30 am or any day thereafter that weather permits at Spot on Storage 61 Maple Ave Catskill, NY 12414. Spot on Storage reserves the right to refuse any and all bids, remove units from auction list and to cancel the auction at any time for any reason.

Unit #644 Rebecca Christiana, Unit #340 Alisa Gleaton, Unit #455 Denise Gramazella, Unit #407 Eugene Holloway, Unit #659 Nicole Kaider, Unit #448 Debra Norton, Unit #462 Debra Norton, Unit #347 Kathleen Penniston, Unit #223 Tina Rivenburg.

Owner reserves the right to bid at sale, reject any/all bids, cancel or adjourn the sale.

All purchased goods are sold “as is�; CASH ONLY. Any parties having interest in said Units, or require more information, or to make a payment, please call 518-943-5400.

UNLESS YOUR storage unit is paid and vacated by 12:00 p.m. on January 18, 2020, this legal notice is to notify you that the contents of your storage unit will be disposed of without any further notice to you.

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COLUMBIA-GREENE MEDIA BIA Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC, Plaintiff AGAINST Ariel M Blakely a/k/a Ariel Blakely, Heather R Brooks a/k/a Heather Brooks, Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 11-6-2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Columbia County Courthouse, 401 Union Street, Hudson, NY on January 21, 2020 at 10:00AM, premises known as 14599 State Route 22, New Lebanon, NY 12125. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of New Lebanon, County of Columbia and State of New York, SECTION: 19.2, BLOCK: 1, LOT: 41.

Approximate amount of judgment $94,741.78 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #14224/2019. Henry R. Bauer, Esq., Referee Frenkel Lambert Weiss Weisman & Gordon, LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 01-087515-F01 67084 NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT: GREENE COUNTY. WEST COAST SERVICING, INC., Pltf. vs.

JASON STEINKE A/K/A JASON M. STEINKE, et al, Defts.

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SARIAN L. SPAIN A/K/A SARAH L. COLVIN, CHARLES J. SPAIN, et al., Defendants NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT In pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the office of the County Clerk of Greene County on October 18, 2019, I, Veronica M. Kosich, Esq., the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on January 17, 2020 at the Greene County Courthouse, 320 Main Street, Village of Catskill, County of Greene, State of New York, at 10:00 AM, the premises described as follows: 302 Indian Ridge Road Earlton, NY 12058 SBL No.: 102-4-12.11 ALL THAT TRACT OF PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Town of Cairo, Greene County, New York The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. 20171040 in the amount of $143,372.43 plus interest and costs.

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Bowl roundup: Herbert, No. 6 Oregon edge No. 8 Wisconsin in Rose Field Level Media

Justin Herbert rushed for three touchdowns, Brady Breeze made several key plays, and the No. 6 Oregon Ducks outlasted the No. 8 Wisconsin Badgers to win the 106th Rose Bowl Game 28-27 in Pasadena, Calif., on Wednesday.

The Ducks (12-2) gained just 204 total yards of offense, but a special teams touchdown by Breeze and two Herbert touchdown runs on short fields after turnovers powered them past the Badgers (10-4). Breeze forced a fumble in the fourth quarter that set up Oregon’s game-winning touchdown, a 30-yard run by Herbert on the next play. Breeze also gave Oregon the lead early in the third quarter when he scooped a fumbled punt snap and went 31 yards to the end zone.

Herbert passed for only 138 yards with an interception, but it did not matter in a game dominated by special teams and defense. Following Herbert’s first touchdown, a 4-yard bootleg on the game’s first drive, Wisconsin’s Aron Cruickshank returned the ensuing kickoff 95 yards for a score.

The Oregon defense limited Doak Walker Award-winning running back Jonathan Taylor to 94 yards rushing on 21 carries. It was enough to put Taylor over 2,000 yards for the season – making him the second backto-back 2,000-yard rusher in NCAA history (Troy Davis in 1995 and 1996) – but it was Taylor’s fourth-lowest output of the season.

No. 5 Georgia 26, No. 7 Baylor 14 Jake Fromm completed 20 of 30 passes for 250 yards and two

touchdowns, and freshman receiver George Pickens tied a Georgia bowl record with 12 catches, amassing 175 yards and a score as the Bulldogs had little trouble with the Bears in the Sugar Bowl at New Orleans.

The Bulldogs (12-2) took a 19-0 lead into halftime and were never seriously threatened after the break. Baylor (113) did twice climb within 12, the second time when quarterback Charlie Brewer scored on a 1-yard run with 4:10 left in the third quarter.

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Freshman Jacob Zeno finished the game but was 4 of 9 for 23 yards with an interception.

No. 18 Minnesota 31, No. 12 Auburn 24 Senior wide receiver Tyler Johnson had a career game in his final collegiate appearance, and sophomore running back Mohamed Ibrahim rushed for 140 yards and a touchdown as the Gophers stunned the Tigers in the Outback Bowl in Tampa, Fla., for their first 11-win season since 1904.

Johnson caught two touchdown passes, one on a spectacular onehanded catch in the back of the end zone, in setting single-game career highs in receptions (12) and receiving yards (204). In the process, he became Minnesota’s all-time leading receiving in yardage (3,305) and touchdown catches (33) for Minnesota (11-2).

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yards to the Gophers. The Tigers were also limited to 5 net yards rushing in the opening half while giving up 141.

No. 13 Alabama 35, No. 14 Michigan 16 Mac Jones threw for 327 yards and three touchdowns as the Crimson Tide pulled away from the Wolverines in the Citrus Bowl at Orlando, Fla. Najee Harris rushed for 136 yards and two touchdowns for Alabama (11-2), which was making its first nonCollege Football Playoff postseason appearance in six seasons and started Jones in place of injured star quarterback Tua Tagovailoa.

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New year, same coach: Why Jerry Jones is taking his time to make a final decision about Jason Garrett

By Calvin Watkins The Dallas Morning News (TNS)

FRISCO, Texas — The new decade will start like the previous one, with a coach the people want replaced.

After two days of meetings, Jason Garrett remains the coach of your Dallas Cowboys.

Happy New Year.

Back in 2010, Wade Phillips was running things until a 1-7 start forced Jerry Jones to move on and give Garrett a chance.

Nine years later, Garrett is in place, at least for now, with the expectation more meetings with ownership will occur

before his future is decided.

The biggest question as to why Garrett is the coach is pretty simple: Loyalty.

Jerry Jones invested not only money but time into Garrett.

He hired this man before selecting Phillips as the head coach in 2007. Jones knows Garrett’s father, Jim; he approved the hire of Jason’s brother, Judd, for the scouting department; and another brother, John, as a tight ends coach.

“I feel very rewarded by the almost 20 years I’ve had to work with him,” Jerry Jones said Sunday. Later Jones added, “It’s been a source of pride for me.

It’s an honor to have worked with him and to be working with him.”

The more Jones talks, the case for Garrett getting his second contract extension with the club, gets stronger.

Jones disputes this by saying he just wants to be thorough.

He could have told Garrett to pack up his office following Sunday’s victory over Washington. Instead, Garrett, along with family and friends, did their customary photo session on the football field of AT&T Stadium.

It felt like this would be the final time Garrett would spend on this field as a member of the

Cowboys organization.

Monday came and Garrett held his final team meeting with Jones present. Several players said it was an emotional event not only because the season was over but the possibility of Garrett leaving for good was clear. Garrett also conducted some exit interviews, like he would any other season. He then spoke with Jerry and Stephen Jones about a variety of topics, and then everybody went home.

Tuesday morning, Garrett arrived at The Star and spoke to Jerry and Stephen Jones again, sources said.

By midday, some assistant coaches were headed home with their work done and with Garrett still in place as the head coach.

One assistant coach said he didn’t know what was going on.

It seemed a perplexing Tuesday afternoon was normal for the Cowboys.

The Cowboys are a well-oiled machine compared with them.

But one thing the Cowboys, especially the Jones family, has become is loyal. They will give people second and third chances to prove themselves.

Jerry Jones, maybe to a fault, is too loyal.

Jerry Jones adores Garrett.

It’s something that should be taken into account when this whole thing ends. Jones was not going to dump Garrett on Sunday night after beating Washington.

So as we start a new year and a new decade, the wait continues for Jones to finally tap Garrett on the shoulder and tell him to move on.

If you’re looking for a New Year’s resolution, maybe patience should be on the list because that’s what the Cowboys have been doing for about nine years with Garrett.

CMYK

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NBA Superstars, Growth and Lockouts: the David Stern Years Kevin Draper The New York Times News Service

David Joel Stern was born in Manhattan on Sept. 22, 1942. It was the day after Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, and the Nazi march east through Europe was grinding to a halt outside Stalingrad. Closer to home, the Brooklyn Dodgers topped the New York Giants, 9-8, in extra innings at Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field.

The New York Knicks, the team Stern would root for as a boy, wouldn’t exist for another four years.

By the time Stern died on Wednesday, at the age of 77, basketball had become inexorably woven into the narratives of African Americans and Jewish Americans, of fans growing up in rural Indiana and in America’s cities. It had been exported to the farthest reaches of the globe and then back again; the NBA’s Most Valuable Player last year was a Greek born to Nigerian immigrants and its champion a Canadian team with contributors from three continents.

Basketball owes its ascendance to its players — to their dunks and their blocks, their 3-pointers and their air balls — but it also owes it to Stern, the son of a delicatessen owner. Stern’s nearly five-decade association with the NBA drove it from a sleepy league to one with nearly unmatched global and cultural might.

Stern had many detractors, especially later in his tenure as commissioner, but his influence is clear. The story of the NBA is the story of David Stern’s life.

Free Agency and the Salary Cap (1976 and 1983) Upon graduating from Columbia Law School in 1966, Stern joined Proskauer, Rose, Goetz & Mendelsohn, which was then — and still is — the NBA’s law firm. He first garnered public attention for his work on the Oscar Robertson antitrust case in 1976, which resulted in both the creation of free agency and the transfer of four teams from the upstart American Basketball Association to the NBA. As executive vice president of the NBA in 1983, he led the league in agreeing to revenue sharing — the players would get 53% of gross revenue — and a salary cap. Aligning the incentives for players and owners to work together to increase revenue became the economic foundation of today’s NBA, and ushered in 15 years of relative labor peace.

In the early years, players seemed not to view Stern as an antagonist, and respected his work on behalf of the league.

Magic vs. Bird (1984, 1985, 1987, 1988) When Stern was appointed to succeed Larry O’Brien as commissioner on Feb. 1, 1984, the NBA wasn’t in great shape. Stern’s big solution to the NBA’s financial and reputational problems was to relentlessly market star players more than the teams. The rivalry of the 1960s and early 1980s between the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers ultimately became the rivalry of Magic Johnson and Larry Bird.

Plain Dumb Luck (1984, 1985) Stern benefited greatly from a historic convergence of great players. Bird and Johnson were already stars, and Stern’s first draft as commissioner saw Hakeem Olajuwon, Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley and John Stockton all chosen. Though Jordan was selected third, some were already envisioning greatness for him.

Few could have seen, however, how Jordan’s effortless style, boundless athleticism and vicious competitiveness — not to mention his and Nike’s marketing savvy — would captivate the public.

The 1985 draft would add to the rich talent pool, as Patrick Ewing, Chris Mullin, Karl Malone and Joe Dumars were all chosen. The players who would lead the league toward the new millennium had arrived.

Cocaine (the 1980s) In 1980, the Los Angeles Times reported that cocaine use was widespread in the NBA. It was a problem that repeatedly plagued the league.

In February 1986, Stern banned Micheal Ray Richardson, an All-Star guard for the New Jersey Nets, from the NBA for life after three positive drug tests. Later that year, Len Bias died of a cocaine overdose just two days after being selected by the Celtics with the second pick of the draft.

The next year three Phoenix Suns players, and two former players, were charged as part of a wide-ranging investigation into cocaine trafficking.

But the case eventually fell apart and nobody went to trial.

International Growth (1989, 1990) Upon becoming commissioner,

Stern immediately set out to increase the NBA’s international presence.

Drazen Petrovic, Vlade Divac, Sarunas Marciulionis and other Europeans debuted in 1989, a trickle of foreign players that would soon become a flood, in part because of the collapse of the Soviet Union and along with it the Eastern Bloc’s state-sponsored sports model.

Overseas exhibition tours increased in frequency, and in 1990 the league held its first regular season game abroad, in Japan.

“David will never be happy until he’s able to walk down the street in Peking and see on every kid’s head an NBA cap,” said Pat Williams, the general manager of the Orlando Magic, in 1990.

“And don’t think he won’t do it.”

Magic Johnson and AIDS (1992) Magic Johnson suddenly retired before the 1991-92 season, announcing he had received a diagnosis of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. But as major symptoms failed to manifest, Johnson decided he wanted to play again.

Because All-Star ballots needed to be printed well in advance, he was the leading vote-getter that season. He asked Stern if he could play in the game in Orlando, and Stern said yes.

Stern campaigned to make it happen, having doctors visit each team to educate players on the disease and telling wary owners they could be subject to a lawsuit if they barred Johnson from playing.

After starting lineups were announced in Orlando, each member of the East team walked over to Johnson and hugged him. He scored 25 points, leading the West to a 40-point victory, and was named the game’s Most Valuable Player.

The Dream Team (1992) Nothing catapulted the NBA to world attention like the 1992 Dream Team, the first group of basketball professionals to compete at the Olympics.

The United States brought 11 future Hall of Famers (and Christian Laettner) to the Barcelona Games, where they won by an average of 44 points and didn’t call a single timeout. The stories about that team — like the vicious practices in Monte Carlo where Jordan and Johnson would go at each other — have become basketball folklore.

Usually the visionary, Stern didn’t see this coming. The United States voted against allowing professionals to play in the Olympics. “We said to FIBA that we weren’t gung ho to play in the Olympics, but we would try to be good soldiers to support basketball,” Stern told GQ Magazine.

Michael Jordan (1990 to 1993) After the decline of Magic’s Lakers and Bird’s Celtics, and a brief interlude by Detroit’s Bad Boys, the NBA belonged to Jordan. His Chicago Bulls won three straight championships and look primed for more, and then the unthinkable happened: Jordan retired from basketball in 1993, at age 30.

Jordan, tired of the toil of being a superstar, had publicly contemplated retirement before, but he ultimately made the decision two months after the murder of his father.

“Five years down the road, if the urge comes back, if the Bulls will have me, if David Stern lets me back in the league, I may come back,” he said in announcing his retirement.

The wait would be less than two years. After playing minor league baseball for a season, the pull of basketball lured Jordan back. He retired for a second time in 1998, after winning three more championships with the Bulls, then came back to play for the Washington Wizards from 2001-03.

The 1998 Lockout (1998) The good feelings from the 1983 collective bargaining agreement could only last so long. Disputes in 1995 and 1996 were a prelude for what was to come: The owners locking the players out for seven months in 1998 and 1999, with an abbreviated 50-game schedule finally played.

It ended with a win for the owners, who established the first maximum salary limit in American pro sports, largely because of Stern’s tactics.

“You’ve got to give David Stern a lot of credit,” said Will Perdue in an oral history of the lockout. “He did a good job of dividing players, dividing agents, and dividing players from agents. Players didn’t know who to believe.”

But it came at a cost. Fan interest in the game plummeted, and the early-tomid 2000s were down years for the NBA before LeBron James and a new generation of stars revitalized the league.

Malice at the Palace (2004) The most famous brawl in NBA history started routinely enough. With 45.9 seconds remaining in an earlyseason game between the Detroit Pistons and the Indiana Pacers at The

Palace of Auburn Hills, Detroit’s arena, Ben Wallace and Ron Artest got into an altercation following a heavy foul.

Artest went to lie down on the scorer’s table while the referees huddled to discuss punishment when a fan hit Artest in the chest with a cup of Diet Coke.

Artest charged into the stands and mistakenly grabbed at a different fan, and his teammate Stephen Jackson joined him. Brawls began in the stands and fans ran onto the court. Jermaine O’Neal slipped on the floor while unleashing a wild haymaker.

Players were suspended for a total of 146 games, including 86 for Artest.

Dress Code (2005) In an echo of 20 years before, some news media commenters and white fans had begun to see the league, through racist eyes, as too black. They groused that players had corn rows and diamond studs in their ears, and wore baggy clothes. After the Pistons-Pacers brawl in 2004, they said the players were out of control. Allen Iverson received as much attention for his offcourt style as for his on-court transcendence.

In response, before the 2005 season, Stern unveiled a dress code that required players to wear business casual clothing at team and league events.

The racial subtext was glaring, especially when people like Lakers coach Phil Jackson said the quiet part out loud: “I think it’s important that the players take their end of it, get out of the prison garb and the thuggery aspect of basketball that has come along with hip-hop music in the last seven or eight years.”

In an interview with ESPN, Stern defended the implementation of the dress code and said it didn’t bother him when he was called racist: “Race is always an issue, and that’s just the way it is. And the NBA has always been on the edge of discussions of race. At every collective bargaining negotiation, I was accused of having a plantation mentality.”

Tim Donaghy (2007) The worst on-court scandal in Stern’s tenure kicked off on July 20, 2007, when The New York Post reported that an unnamed NBA referee was under investigation for betting on basketball games he officiated. A month later, referee Tim Donaghy pleaded guilty to two felony charges, and admitted to passing information to bookies.

Stern called it the “worst situation that I have ever experienced,” but insisted it was an isolated incident, while over the years Donaghy has said fellow referees and the league itself were complicit in improperly influencing the outcome of games. A decade later, debate still rages as to whether Donaghy was the only rogue referee or the NBA had missed or ignored more evidence of misconduct.

Teamless in Seattle (2008) When the Sonics owner Howard Schultz couldn’t get as much public financing as he wanted for a new arena in Seattle, he sold the team to Clay Bennett and a group from Oklahoma City in 2006. The buyers had recently helped the Hornets temporarily relocate from New Orleans to Oklahoma City after Hurricane Katrina. So while the new Sonics owners said all the right things about respecting Seattle, it was clear their eventual plan was to move the team to Oklahoma.

After settling a protracted court battle, Bennett did just that in 2008, leaving Seattle without an NBA team after 41 seasons. Stern’s lack of effort to prevent the move — and his years of saber-rattling in an effort to get Seattle to pay for a new Sonics arena — left him persona non grata in Seattle.

The 2011 Lockout Thirteen years after the 1998 lockout, the owners did it again. Claiming a majority of teams were losing money, the owners demanded more of the revenue pot, and eventually got it, winning an increase in their share from 43% to 50%. So what if they had to skip 16 regular season games to achieve it?

Unlike the 1998 lockout, the 2011 version didn’t put a damper on the NBA’s popularity. Fans wanted to watch the Miami Heat superteam, the talented Lakers, Celtics and Bulls, and the upstart Oklahoma City Thunder.

Retirement (2014) Stern retired in 2014 after 30 years, turning the job over to his longtime deputy, Adam Silver. In his first eight months Silver banned Donald Sterling, the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, for making racist remarks, and signed a landmark $24 billion television deal.

The NBA is now firmly Silver’s league.

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New England Patriots linebacker Jamie Collins celebrates after forcing a fumble against the Washington Redskins at FedExField in Landover, Md., on October 6.

Jamie Collins changed and is even better in his return to the Patriots

By Mark Daniels The Providence Journal

FOXBOROUGH, Mass.

— When you watch Jamie Collins play, you still see the same disruptive, ridiculously athletic linebacker who started his career with the Patriots in 2013. You see someone who’s one of the best players on the field and has the ability to quickly fill up the stat sheet.

What you don’t see is how much life has changed for Collins.

The linebacker, who turned 30 in October, came back to the Patriots this offseason older and wiser. His goals remained the same – to dominate – but the way he’s gone about it in his second run in Foxborough has been different.

This soft-spoken man from McCall Creek, Mississippi, usually lets his play do the talking. Collins rarely speaks with the media, but this week, he spoke with the Providence Journal about his season back with the Patriots and how he’s changed.

In his seventh NFL season, Collins became more of a student of the game.

“I would say I grew a little more,” Collins said about his return to Foxboro. “I would say, studied a little more, learning a little more, watching a little more.

Watching other guys more consistently. I’ve been doing all these things, but you know, just staying consistent not falling out, but just staying consistent in what I do.

“I go into the game with no different mindset — trying to be the best. Trying to always do something extravagant, you know, not just making a small play but make it a big play. It’s just trying to trying to be there for my guys, man. Trying to be there for my teammates — make them better as well.

It’s not just me going out being great, but trying to make them be great as well because we’re all brothers. It is a competition and we are we all having fun. So, as long as we all having fun, I’m having fun. I’m happy.”

The Patriots enter the playoffs — and their wildcard matchup with the Tennessee Titans — with a defense ranked first in yards allowed and points allowed per game (14.1). Even after their disappointing upset loss to Miami to close out the regular season, the defense finished 2019 by setting a Patriots franchise record for fewest points allowed in a season.

This performance wouldn’t have been possible without Collins. He finished 2019 leading the Patriots in tackles (81), sacks (seven), tackles for loss (10) and tied for first in forced fumbles (three). Collins finished tied third on the team in quarterback hits (10), tied for fourth in passes defended (seven) and fourth in interception (three).

Collins also set

career-highs in sacks, interceptions, passes defended and tied his career-best in quarterback hits.

“I would say it’s pretty damn good,” Collins said about his performance in 2019. “I mean, headed into the postseason so you know, can’t complain about that.

That’s what we are here for, you know, to have a chance to go to the big house but I would say it’s been pretty damn good.”

For Collins, this year’s performance has been a resurgence of sorts. No one ever disputed his ability. The Patriots 2013 second-round pick set the NFL ablaze in his second season, in 2014, when he finished with 116 tackles and four sacks. After winning his first Super Bowl with the Pats, Collins earned Pro Bowl and Second-team All-Pro honors in 2015.

For a moment, that’s where things peaked. In 2016, the Patriots traded Collins to the Cleveland Browns in a deal that shocked the locker room.

Reports surfaced that the linebacker fell out of favor for ‘freelancing.’ In Cleveland, Collins earned a big contract (a four-year, $50 million), but joined a team that was 1-15 in 2016, 0-16 in 2017 and then 7-8-1 in 2018.

Just as it looked like the Browns were turning things around, they released Collins this offseason on March 6. It took him over two months to find a new home when the Patriots brought him back on a one-year deal on May 15. Collins said he felt like he had something to prove this season.

“I always have something to prove, especially for myself. I mean, it always starts with me,” Collins said. “Everything I do starts with me personally, because it’s me.

It ain’t got nothing to do anyone else because ain’t nobody else gonna do it for me. So, everything always start with me. I feel like the situation I was in last year, whatever that was with the losing, which is out of my control because there’s 11 guys out there. It’s not just one person but obviously, you always have something to prove, you know?”

Part of what’s made this season so much fun has been Collins reuniting with Dont’a Hightower and Kyle Van Noy. The three linebackers have formed an elite combination that’s amassed 209 tackles, 19 sacks and 37 quarterback hits this season.

Collins said this situation reminds of him of when he first came into the NFL and he was playing with Jerod Mayo and Brandon Spikes.

Of course, there’s a business side of everything, too.

Collins returned to the Patriots on a one-year contract with just $250,000 in guaranteed money. The deal he signed was incentive-laden and he’s earned $3 million so far this season. After his performance in 2019, Collins will clearly earn a lot more in his next contract.

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History of put-downs causes broken trust Dear Abby, I have been happily married to my darling husband for 20 years. The problem is his sister.

When we first met, she asked my husband if I was “for real” because I’m very outgoing and affectionate. In the early years, and until about DEAR ABBY six years ago, she would berate me with abusive criticism. In most instances, her comments were inaccurate. If I tried to overlook her actions and have a good relationship, she would soon find something else to criticize.

I am normally an “it’s history” kind of person when it comes to confrontations and forget them quickly. Thankfully her abuse has finally stopped. But I’m now having trust issues because every time in the past when I let my guard down to mend the relationship, she’d lash out and put me down again. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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JEANNE PHILLIPS

One would think that during the time your sister-in-law was sniping at you, your “darling” husband would have stepped in and told his sister to put her knives away. After suffering through 14 years of her emotional battery, it’s no wonder you have trust issues where she’s concerned.

Intelligent person that you are, it’s likely you

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always will have them, so stop blaming yourself for it. Continue being the outgoing and affectionate person you always have been, and keep your guard up because that’s what healthy people have to do when dealing with someone like her.

Dear Abby, We are part of a group of four couples who arrange to get together for dinners. One of the couples continually invites another couple at the last minute without checking with the rest of us.

We are hosting a dinner and planned it around the eight of us, only to find out this couple has invited another couple — again! I explained to the woman that I don’t think it’s nice to invite additional people without first checking with the hosts, certainly not at 10 o’clock the night before, but they don’t want to leave the fifth couple out. This is the third time this has happened, and others have spoken to her about it to no avail. Please help!

Uninvited In Delaware What the woman is doing is beyond inconsiderate. The “way to handle it” would be to discuss it with the other group members and agree to disinvite this couple from your group. Three strikes and they’re out.

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A tart remedy to keep kidney stones from recurring My husband had a kidney stone, and the doctor used shock waves to clear it up. Now the doctor says he needs to take fresh lemon juice twice a day, all his life. None of the other men in the community TO YOUR center with stones have been GOOD HEALTH recommended lemon juice. We would like your opinion.

coat hypertension with home blood pressure measurements around 125-130/80. I have no diabetes, and my cholesterol is 194 with HDL of 92 and LDL of 92. An incidental finding on a recent X-ray notes calcium on my aorta. Is further testing, such as a CT angiogram, warranted?

Lemon juice is tart because of its high concentration of citric acid. Citric acid is essentially turned into bicarbonate in the body, and the excess bicarbonate is excreted in the kidney. This raises the pH of the urine and makes it harder for both calcium stones and uric acid stones to form.

Citric acid itself in the urine — what hasn’t been metabolized — binds to oxalate, preventing it from making calcium oxalate stones. The addition of citric acid is particularly helpful in people who have a diet with lower amounts of animal protein, so animal protein should be modest and plant protein emphasized in your husband’s diet.

Potassium citrate tablets are commonly prescribed to people with recurrent kidney stones.

However, lemon juice is also proven effective at reducing stone formation. Lime juice, orange juice and melon juice are other good sources of citric acid, but avoid grapefruit and cranberry juice, as they are high in oxalates. The potassium, found in both fruit and the tablet, is synergistic at reducing stone risk. Plenty of water is always important for any person with kidney stones.

I do worry about the teeth in consuming very concentrated acid like lemon juice, so I usually prescribe the tablet, but 4 ounces of juice daily is certainly a reasonable option.

The aorta is the largest blood vessel in the body, and calcium, which blocks X-rays, can be seen in large blood vessels. People with calcium in blood vessels are more likely to have plaque and blockages in those blood vessels. Healthy cholesterol levels do not rule out the possibility of coroHagar the Horrible nary artery blockages.

For a person with no symptoms but who is suspected to have blockages in the aorta or coronary vessels, the doctor generally has two options: do further diagnostic testing to increase the certainty of the diagnosis, or treat the patient medically as though she has coronary artery disease. That would mean prescribing a statin drug — more commonly a higher-potency drug like atorvastatin or rosuvastatin nowadays — and aspirin. Beta blockers and ACE inhibitors are also commonly used, but your blood pressure is nearly optimal as it is now. Still, many cardiologists would still use a low dose of a beta blocker like metoprolol.

Zits Since more aggressive therapies like surgery or angioplasty and stent placement are unlikely to have a beneficial effect on your life expectancy, proceeding with treatment as though you already had coronary disease makes a great deal of sense to me.

Nonetheless, a CT angiogram is an excellent test to make the diagnosis of coronary artery blockages. It has the disadvantages of cost, radiation exposure, and dye load (which might damage your kidneys), but the advantage of providing more certainty about the diagnosis.

DR. KEITH ROACH

I am a 71-year-old woman who’s physically active and of normal weight. I’m currently on 20 mg of simvastatin and have started taking aspirin, 81 mg three times a week. I have white

Horoscope

By Stella Wilder Born today, you have many talents, but this can work against you at times, especially when you are faced with a variety of opportunities, for it can be difficult for you to decide exactly where you should dedicate your efforts in order to maximize not only your potential but your immediate success as well. Truly, being decisive in this regard is perhaps your greatest single “assignment” in life.

Though you will always have yourself to thank for your successes and blame for your failures, you must always remember those who have helped you along the way — and they are sure to be many! Though you insist on being in charge, there are always those around you to help you do what needs to be done; you can’t do everything on your own.

Also born on this date are: Eli Manning, football player; Mel Gibson, actor and director; J.R.R. Tolkien, author; Victoria Principal, actress; Bobby Hull, hockey player; George Martin, music producer; Stephen Stills, singer and songwriter.

To see what is in store for you tomorrow, find your birthday and read the corresponding paragraph. Let your birthday star be your daily guide.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 4 CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You may not want, for some reason, to do the very thing you know will best serve you and your cause today. You must find the reason — fast!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — It’s important for you to work in an organized fashion today, though you need not start at the top of your list, necessarily.

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Baby Blues PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — You will want to pay attention to the smallest of details today, as those are the ones that will have the biggest possible impact.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — You’re eager to have your work assessed by those whom you trust.

A member of your inner circle may hold the ticket to future success.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Second chances matter a great deal today, and you’ll want to grant them just as much as you take advantage of them, too. Be generous!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — You’ll have an inkling of what is coming, but you may not be able to imagine its full impact. You’ll know when you must swing into action.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Confusion isn’t to be avoided altogether today, as it will tell you much about a current problem and the people who are trying to solve it.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Focus on what you know how to do best, and very soon you will be given the opportunity to put it on display. You can win a great deal of support.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Fantasies can lead you down a dangerous road today. Be realistic, and don’t let yourself get carried away with an illusory pleasure.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — You’re ready to commit to a project proposed by someone else, but you must make it clear what you will and will not do.

Others join you soon.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — The odds may seem stacked against you today, but you can even them out with a simple gesture that those around you interpret correctly.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — You’re perfectly capable of weathering today’s ups and downs, but they’re not necessarily something you’d be eager to repeat, surely.

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SUPER QUIZ

THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek Get the free JUST JUMBLE app • Follow us on Twitter @PlayJumble

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

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Yesterday’s

Score 1 point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, 2 points on the Graduate Level and 3 points on the Ph.D. Level.

Fiction Level 1

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

(Answers tomorrow) Jumbles: SORRY HEAVY ZODIAC TIRADE Answer: He refused to wear his seat belt when behind the wheel, and that — DROVE HER CRAZY

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Solution to Thursday’s puzzle

Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9.

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Provide the book title. (e.g., Hester Prynne has an affair and conceives a daughter. Answer: “The Scarlet Letter.”)

Freshman level 1. In this Ray Bradbury novel, books are outlawed and “firemen” burn any that are found.

2. Jane loves Mr. Rochester, the brooding master of Thornfield Hall.

3. The plot revolves around the adventures of a noble from La Mancha named Alonso Quixano.

Graduate level 4. The story began as a sequel to J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1937 fantasy novel “The Hobbit.”

5. This was J.K. Rowling’s debut novel.

6. The narrator’s father, Atticus Finch, is the main character.

PH.D. level 7. Most of the events occur while a U.S. Army Air Squadron is based on the island of Pianosa.

8. This novel provoked interest in Mary Magdalene’s role in the history of Christianity.

9. The novel’s protagonist, Holden Caulfield, has become an icon for teenage rebellion.

SUPER QUIZ ANSWERS 1. “Fahrenheit 451.” 2. “Jane Eyre.” 3. “Don Quixote.” 4. “The Lord of the Rings.” 5.

“Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s (Philosopher’s) Stone.” 6. “To Kill a Mockingbird.” 7.

“Catch-22.” 8. “The Da Vinci Code.” 9. “The Catcher in the Rye.” 18 points — congratulations, doctor; 15 to 17 points — honors graduate; 10 to 14 points — you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 4 to 9 points — you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 3 points — enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points — who reads the questions to you?

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Crossword Puzzle Mother Goose & Grimm ACROSS 1 Distress signal 4 Vital artery 9 Eve’s man 13 “__ obliged!”; words of gratitude 14 Bawler 15 Brass instrument 16 Prefix for enemy or angel 17 Disastrous 19 Split __ soup 20 Soothes; rocks to sleep 21 Naps 22 Cheese variety 24 Relatives 25 Evening party 27 Good judgment 30 Go nowhere near 31 Cone-bearing tree 33 Johnson or Morrison 35 Torn in two 36 Big name in cameras 37 Trait transmitter 38 __ New York minute; instantly 39 Nosy person 40 Actress & singer Day 41 Zigzag skiing 43 Cuddly-looking marsupials 44 Floor pad 45 Splotchy-coated horse 46 Frequently 49 Wading bird 51 “Son __ gun!”

54 Misdeed 56 Lose traction on ice 57 Geeky fellow 58 California athlete 59 Flea collar wearers 60 Candy store chain 61 Unkempt 62 Linear measures: abbr.

DOWN 1 Certain 2 Sporadic 3 Request for silence

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4 Point the finger at 5 Some grad exams 6 Small brook 7 Drinks served hot or cold 8 Phonograph part 9 Be present at 10 Singing couples 11 Border on 12 Church service 13 Traveler’s diagram 18 __ setter; reddish dog 20 Wasn’t honest 23 Judge’s order 24 __ the bucket; die 25 Mumbai dress 26 Microwaves 27 Envelop 28 Failed to notice 29 Excessive enthusiasm 31 Weaving device 32 Hubbub 34 Suffix for cold or bold 36 Shoelace problem 37 Ibex or Angora

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Non Sequitur

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39 Street talk 40 “Been there, __ that” 42 Makes right 43 Regal 45 Rectangular pieces of glass 46 __ up; confesses 47 On the house

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48 __ off; left suddenly 49 Dunce cap’s shape 50 Big __; 18-wheelers 52 Is just the right size 53 Commercials 55 Water barrier 56 007, for one

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