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Deputy on administrative leave

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Carroll’s clutch hit sparks victory Casey Carroll hit a tworun double that helped the Greene County Outlaws earn an 11-6 victory PAGE B1

HUDSON — Columbia County Sheriff’s Deputy Kelly Rosenstrach was placed on administrative leave Thursday as more information is coming to light about an alleged assault that took place July 5 at the Kinderhook home she shares with ClubLife Health and Fitness owner Alex Rosenstrach, according to the sheriff’s office.

“At this point in the investigation, it has been determined that no other deputy sheriffs were at this residence at the time of the incident,” according to a press release from the

sheriff’s office.

The investigation into the alleged assault is being headed up by the sheriff’s office and assisted by the state police

Public Information Officer Lt. Louis Bray added.

The sheriff’s office defended its investigation of a case that may involve one of its em-

police in the early stages of the investigation, Bartlett said.

“Our investigators, and investigators from the New York State Police Special Investiga-

“At this point in the investigation, it has been determined that no other deputy sheriffs were at this residence at the time of the incident.”

— Sheriff’s Office.

Special Investigative Unit, according to the sheriff’s office.

The lead investigative agency is determined by the agency assigned to the case by Columbia County 911, sheriff’s office

ployees.

“We investigate every incident with the same integrity and skill,” Bray said.

Sheriff David Bartlett requested assistance from state

tive Unit have worked side by side throughout this entire incident, along with the Columbia County District Attorney’s Office,” Bartlett said in a statement. “At the conclusion

of this investigation, anyone, including a member of my agency, who participated in this assault will be held accountable.”

State police would not comment on the investigation and deferred all questions to the sheriff’s office.

“The Special Investigations Unit was assigned to the assault case in Kinderhook after the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office requested state police assistance,” said Beau Duffy, state police director of public information, in a statement.

“The SIU is part of the state See DEPUTY A2

C-GCC unveils fall reopening plan

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By Melanie Lekocevic and Sarah Trafton

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HUDSON — After being shut down since mid-March due to the coronavirus outbreak, Columbia-Greene Community College on Wednesday unveiled plans for the fall semester.

“We are going to be offering online and remote classes primarily,” college President Carlee Drummer said.

The campus was closed in March in response to the pandemic, along with all

Mending from a sudden sharp drop due to the COVID-19 crisis, U.S. real estate is heating up PAGE A5

n NATION Virus surge tied to rally, protests

colleges in the State University of New York system, and has remained shuttered through the spring semester.

Since that time, all classes have been offered online.

The planned fall reopening is outlined in an 11-page document, titled CoGreene Forward, and includes campus protocols for the campus for the upcoming semester.

The plan includes requirements for social distancing, disinfecting procedures See C-GCC A2

Top health official hints Trump’s Tulsa rally and protests ‘more than likely’ contributed to spike PAGE A5

Columbia-Greene Community College has unveiled its plans for the fall semester following the COVID-19 shutdown that was mandated by Gov. Andrew Cuomo since the middle of March.

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CATSKILL — Greene County will soon have the first computer-aided dispatch system in the state that is able to communicate with a system in another county.

The system, which went live in October 2019, will be connected to Ulster County’s system July 14, Greene County EMS Deputy Director Randy Ormerod said. The county is also exploring the option of becoming connected with Dutchess County within the year, he added.

“It’s mind-blowing technology,” he said.

Partnering with Dutchess will be particularly helpful because many calls from Kaaterskill Falls intended for Greene

County get inadvertently sent to Dutchess County due to cell towers, Ormerod said.

“We are the first ones in New York state to have two different systems talking to each other,” he said. “If we have a call that comes to us that is meant for Ulster County, within seconds it will be sent to Ulster. It will be the first of its nature within New York state.”

Other municipalities looking to upgrade their systems such as the town of Bethlehem have come to Greene County for guidance, Ormerod said.

Columbia County and Albany County do not use the same type of CAD system, he said.

The CAD system, funded by a state interoperability grant through the state Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Services cost $1.5

million in software and an additional $1 million in manpower.

The CAD system was one of several upgrades to the 911 dispatch center including switching radios from low-band to high-band at $750,000, upgrading the phones at $500,000 and the voice recording system at $100,000.

The new voice recording system will have more capabilities including screen captures and video captures.

A screen capture will help to verify information, Ormerod said.

“The system will take snapshots of the dispatch console so we can check to make sure particular fields are filled in See CAD A2

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Donald Quinlivan Jr. and Neil Kellegher of Greene County EMS accept their Public Sector Excellence Award at the Tyler Technologies conference in April 2019.

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police Bureau of Criminal Investigation, and is assigned to investigations based on the nature of the case.”

The investigation stems from an alleged assault at the Rosenstrach home on county Route 21 in Kinderhook. Valatie Rescue Squad was called to Rosenstrach’s residence at 1:10 a.m.

July 5, said Robert Lopez, director of Columbia County 911.

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Tuesday afternoon to secure evidence related to the assault investigation, the Sheriff’s Office said.

Sheriff’s office investigators are following all leads and conducting a thorough investigation, Bray said Thursday.

The search warrant was signed by Columbia County Judge Richard Koweek. Executed search warrants are not public record until after an arrest is made, according to Lucian Chalfen, director of public information for the Office of Court Administration.

The sheriff’s office is asking anyone with direct knowledge of the alleged assault to contact Investigator Ian Boehme at 518697-0191.

Boehme was promoted to the role of investigator in 2018

after serving as school resource deputy in the Chatham Central School District. When he was promoted, Kelly replaced him as the district’s school resource deputy, according to the Chatham School District website.

Kelly served as Chatham’s school resource deputy until April, according to Salvatore DeAngelo, the district’s superintendent. She was previously known as Kelly Briscoe, but she took the name Rosenstrach after her marriage, DeAngelo said.

Kelly has been a member of the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office for nearly eight years, joining Sept. 26, 2012, according to county records. She earned $68,046 in 2019, according to state records made public by the Empire Center.

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taken place during a gathering at this location,” according to the sheriff’s office.

The Valatie Rescue Squad was on Kelly the scene for Rosenstrach 44 minutes before transporting the victim by ambulance to Albany Medical Center, Lopez said.

“An investigation by members of the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office is currently underway to determine the circumstances surrounding this incident,” according the sheriff’s office.

Police executed a search warrant at the Rosenstrach home

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department said Thursday that Roger Stone should report to prison next week as ordered by his sentencing judge despite his concerns about the deadly coronavirus.

Stone, a longtime friend and confidant of President Donald Trump, has asked a federal appeals court in the District of Columbia to extend to Sept. 3 the date on which he must surrender to a federal prison in

Jesup, Ga., to begin serving a 40-month prison sentence for lying in a congressional investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District Circuit gave Stone until Friday to respond to the government. The three-judge panel reviewing his request is made up of Judges David Tatel, Thomas Griffith and Patricia Millett.

U.S. prosecutors in a court filing acknowledged that they did

not oppose Stone’s initial request last month to U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson for a delay, citing Justice Department policy during the pandemic to grant up to a 60-day extension of surrender dates upon defendants’ requests.

But Assistant U.S. Attorney David Goodhand of Washington wrote in filings to the appeals court Thursday that Jackson’s “independent decision to extend [Stone’s] self-surrender date for 14 days is a reasonable exercise of that court’s

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and classroom sizes. Anyone entering a college building will be required to wear a face covering and other personal protective equipment.

“Everyone working in person will not be permitted to enter any building without appropriate PPE, and the PPE must be worn when socialdistancing protocols cannot be maintained,” such as in corridors and bathrooms, according to the plan.

Most classes will be offered online, but a select group of courses that require hands-on instruction will be taught in person and on campus.

In-person courses will include automotive technology, building construction technology, nursing clinicals, art studios and select science labs, Drummer said.

The college is altering its classrooms to be social distancing friendly.

“We have been using the honeycomb style that yields the greatest number of seats

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In this April 2019 file photo, students learn in a classroom in Columbia-Greene Community College’s Automotive Technology program, one of a handful of areas of study with in-person classes this fall.

while maintaining the six-foot social-distancing protocols,” she said.

Other changes will be made to accommodate students on campus, including staggering class start and end times to reduce foot traffic in the hallways. Furniture in areas such as the dining hall, student courtyard and art galleries has been removed to discourage gatherings, and the college’s fitness center will remain

closed for the fall semester.

In-person events and meetings will be suspended until further notice, and only essential employees will work on campus on rotating schedules, according to the plan.

The college is also reconfiguring office space, Drummer said.

“We are intending to provide the best educational experience possible for students,” Drummer said. “The

“Our new phone system is capable,” he said. “Our phone vendors are not 100% capable yet of sending texts to 911.”

In April 2019, Greene County received an excellence award from Tyler Technologies, the software company behind the system, for its innovative and heroic use of the CAD system — using it to locate a lost hiker before the system went live.

Representatives from Greene County Emergency Services and 32 other recipients from across the nation attended the 2019 Tyler Connect conference in Dallas from April 7-10.

Greene County EMS Director John Farrell told lawmakers at the Public Safety meeting that other changes are happening at the department.

Firefighting training will resume July 13 and will be limited to the county’s training center in Cairo. Capacity of the classrooms was reduced to comply with social distancing guidelines, he said.

Eight classes are scheduled between July and December,

Farrell said.

“We sent it out [June 30] and people are signing up already,” he said.

EMS training will resume in September on Tuesday and Thursday nights, he said.

The dispatch center has distributed 1,278 personal protective items to 134 businesses, Farrell told lawmakers at the Public Safety meeting July 1.

“We have 25 businesses coming with the next two days,” he said.

Available supplies include cloth masks, surgical masks, KN95 masks, plastic face shields, gloves, hand sanitizer and thermometers to businesses in need. Requests can be emailed to emergency@ gc911eoc.com. Once the

discretion,” under the circumstances, particularly given that Stone was convicted of threatening a witness and failed to comply with earlier court conditions of release.

Stone was the last person charged in special counsel Robert Mueller III’s investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election. He was convicted in November and sentenced to 40 months in prison on charges of lying and witness tampering in the congressional investigation. faculty has been totally amazing in the way they pivoted to a virtual teaching environment.

The staff was amazing moving the college forward in spite of most of us working at home.

It’s a very different year.”

The college will also implement a sanitizing regimen, according to guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Columbia and Greene county health departments, college Buildings and Grounds Director Alison Murphy said.

“The maintenance team has been trained in enhanced cleaning methods for COVID-19 and the college recently completed installation of new HVAC and air-filtration equipment,” Murphy said. “We are ready and eager to welcome students and staff, and the community, back to Columbia-Greene.”

The CoGreene Forward guidelines also implement health screening requirements for students, staff and visitors mandated by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

The fall semester is scheduled to begin Sept. 8.

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correctly,” he said.

By comparing the audio recording and the visual screen shot, dispatchers will be able to determine if an error was made when filling out the call log.

“We also have the ability to capture videos,” Ormerod said.

The new system can find the IP, or internet protocol, address of building and traffic cameras and record, he said.

The high-band radio system will be more effective for the county because there will be less interference.

Many electronic devices such as laptop charges, traffic lights and fluorescent lights fall within the same range as the low-band radios and cause problems, Emergency Manager Specialist Daniel King said in October 2019.

Texting to 911 is on the horizon, Ormerod said in March 2019.

request is approved, supplies can be picked up from the 911 Dispatch Center at 25 Volunteer Drive in Cairo either on Mondays from 1-3 p.m. or on Thursdays from 10 a.m. to noon.

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

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

Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie n Greenville CSD BOE Organizational Meeting 6:30 p.m. Virtual Meeting link on website www.greenvillecsd.org; Greenville CSD BOE Business Meeting to follow. Virtual Meeting - same link will be used n Greene County Legislature Special Public Safety Change of Services New Greene County Jail; 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

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p.m. Robert C. Antonelli Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill n Coxsackie Town Board 7 p.m.

Town Hall, 56 Bailey St., Coxsackie n Coxsackie Village Historic Preservation Committee Public Hearing 6 p.m. followed by meeting at 6:15 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie n Greene County Planning Board 6:30 p.m. Greene County Office Building, Greene County Legislative Chambers, Room 403, 411 Main St., Catskill. Meetings are open to the public. Social Distance, masks required.

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p.m. Town Hall, 512 Main St., Cairo n Catskill Library Board 6:45 p.m. at either the Catskill Library, 1 Franklin St., Catskill or Palenville Library, 3303 Route 23A, Palenville n Catskill Town Board Committee 6:30 p.m. Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill 518-943-2141 n Greene County Legislature Public Hearing LL 1 of 2020 local law imposing and extending additional mortgage recording tax in Greene County 6:25 p.m. Legislature Meeting No. 7 6:30 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., Catskill

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Monday, July 20 n Athens Town Board 6:45 p.m.

Town Hall, 2 First St., Athens 518945-1052 n Greenville Town Board 7 p.m.

Town Hall, 11159 Route 32, Pioneer Building, Greenville

Tuesday, July 21 n Athens Village Planning Board 6:30 p.m. Village Hall, 2 First St., Athens 518-945-1551 n Durham Town Board 7:30 p.m.

Town Hall, 7309 Route 81, East Durham n Hunter Town Board 7 p.m.

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Entrepreneurs to open Catskill cidery

By Sarah Trafton Columbia-Greene Media

CATSKILL — In the midst of the COVID-19 public health crisis, a new business will be opening its doors in the village Friday.

After more than a year in preparation, Catskill entrepreneurs Tim and Anna Graham and their friend Dave Snyder will be welcoming patrons to their new business, Left Banks Ciders. The cidery, located at 150 Water St., will be open from 4-10 p.m. on Fridays, 1-10 p.m. on Saturdays and 1-8 p.m. on Sundays, with weekday hours to follow.

“To say this is a strange and awkward moment to open a business is a vast understatement,” the Grahams said in an announcement.

“Just when we were getting ready to open our doors this spring, a pandemic stopped everyone in their tracks.”

Tim Graham was drawn to Catskill, he said.

“I really love the town,” he said. “We had a really good opportunity to have something in this building.”

After Graham’s friend purchased the former Bottle Shop, Graham expressed interest in the cellar underneath.

“What an amazing cellar, we thought,” he said. “This would be an amazing cider cellar. This is like a wine cave.”

The business is poised to open in a COVID-world, Graham said.

“We transitioned a lot of our energy to outside seating,” he said. “We made this nice outside patio. We’re doing everything we can do to encourage people to be outside, social distancing. All the tables are measured to be six feet apart. We want to be conscientious of the virus and open as safely as we can.”

“It’s a good thing they’re opening,” Catskill Local Development Corporation President Joseph Kozloski

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Left Banks Ciders will open its doors Friday.

said. “They’ve been working on getting things together for quite awhile.”

Left Banks approached the LDC about its Project 90 program, in which the corporation supports new businesses by paying for their first three months rent, Kozloski said.

“That’s normally the toughest time for businesses, when they’re trying to get clientele started,” he said.

The LDC also offers lowinterest loans, typically at 3%, for businesses looking to open, Kozloski said, “The LDC is here to help them and any other business that would like to come to Catskill,” he said. “We’re here to help businesses grow in the village.”

Greene County announced an emergency loan program for small businesses affected by the pandemic in April.

Two types of emergency loans are available: one for small businesses with 10 employees or fewer, to retain or restore those employees, and another for microenterprise businesses with five employees or fewer, to help hire new employees. Both loan options have zero interest and

no payments due for the first six months. The deadline was recently extended from June 30 until whenever the state of emergency is lifted or when funds run out, whichever comes first.

The county approved five of these emergency loans as of July 1, Greene County Economic Development and Planning Director Karl Heck said.

Left Banks will have seven of its original ciders on tap this weekend, Graham said.

“We have a cherry cider, some wild fermented cider, a low-alcohol cider,” he said. “We plan to have that list constantly changing and keep coming up with new flavors all the time.”

Patrons will be able to order flights to sample multiple ciders, Graham said.

In addition to the housemade cider, Left Banks will feature a selection of local beers, wines, ciders and other alcoholic beverages, all made in New York, and patrons can enjoy a beverage on the outdoor patio that overlooks the Catskill Creek.

The Grahams’ vision has been a work in progress.

County Economic Development, Tourism and Planning Department. The Great Northern Catskills of Greene County, Buy in Greene and Invest in Greene are three major

marketing platforms, and the Greene County Economic Development Corporation provides guidance, incentives and programs for economic growth.

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“We began this brick-andmortar project in earnest over a year ago, breaking ground on the cidery after years of small-scale, experimental cider-making,” according to the announcement. “Since then, we’ve been making cider, renovating our cellar, constructing a tasting room and figuring out how to start and run a business — becoming professional amateurs.

This past fall we picked some 20,000 pounds of apples in the Catskills and made 1,000 gallons of cider from wild, uncultivated, unsprayed apples foraged from the trees of friends, neighbors and strangers alike.”

Graham has been making cider on a small scale for six years, but this is his first commercial endeavor.

The Grahams want their business to have a smallcommunity feel with a global

perspective.

“At one point in history, nearly every town in New York in proximity to apple trees had a cider house,” according to the announcement. “People got what they needed from their environment and used it to support a local economy. We want to be a part of that spirit, sourcing all our apples and juice from within an hour of our front doors. A year ago, we wanted to be a small, local cidery, but the events of the past year have re-emphasized that global problems are also deeply local problems. We open with the goal of becoming a welcoming place for all who seek company and camaraderie—and of course, cider. New York is a kingdom of apples, and Left Bank Ciders is a place to celebrate that abundance.”

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C-GCC fiscal planning hampered by virus, aid doubts One thing is clear: Columbia-Greene Community College is in a tenuous financial situation due to the coronavirus outbreak, slipping enrollment and budget cuts.

There has been no definitive information on what state aid will be available, Columbia-Greene Community College President Carlee Drummer said Wednesday.

“We can’t even speculate about when that might be coming.”

Not knowing how much state aid — which constitutes one-third of the college’s total operating budget — will arrive makes fiscal planning nearly impossible at a time fraught with so many unknowns.

College officials were anticipating to hear more about state aid in early July,

but no news was forthcoming. “We don’t really have any guidance from SUNY about when they might expect an answer,” Drummer said.

Columbia and Greene counties make one-third of the financial contributions to the college based on student enrollment. The other two-thirds of the college’s financial support come from state aid and tuition and fees. College officials have talked with Greene County legislators and Columbia County supervisors about supporting the college at the same level as last year. There is no simple answer.

The college’s immediate response was to reduce staff by laying off 16 part-time employees. There are no plans to cut class offerings

at this time. But cutting academic programs could put the college in additional jeopardy because it might affect enrollment, which would have a ripple effect on the budget.

Another idea that has been proposed is a modest tuition hike. Again, increasing the cost of education at a time when so many people are unemployed could backfire on the college.

Another thing is clear: College officials have a lot of work to do before the fall semester, which could be another period of remote learning and empty classrooms. COVID-19 is too fickle for us to be sure of anything. Good news about state aid could be a start.

Thanks to the Salvation Army HOPE: We have all seen the rainbow signs delcaring hope for our nation during this pandemic and Hudson has not just a symbol of hope, but the real thing. Hope for many hundreds of Columbia and Greene county residents in a non-descript, small building on Third and Allen streets in Hudson. That’s right, The Salvation Army soup kitchen in Hudson is where hope, love, encouragement and msot of all hot meals and groceries for hungry families to take home to families and friends in need of food in this trying time.

The Salvation Army’s amazing director and volunteers have stepped up three fold to answer the needs of our population not only to those who have received aid before, but also now to many new patrons who can no longer afford to feed their families after having lost their jobs to this pandemic. Although they can no longer feed hot meals in a sit down dining area, hot meals are served every day in take out form. In the past about 20 to 30 hot meals were served every day, but the need is so great that betweeen 70 and 80 meals are served every day.

Our community has rallied behind them and volunteers have joined their group as many of our regular people are vulnerable and cannot attend.

Besides cooking and serving meals these volunteers deliver meals and groceries to the elderly or immune compromised as well as helping to distribute 50 boxes of groceries three times a week where food can be

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RANDALL picked up 8-10 a.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday. On Fridays, they partner with the Department of Social Services and provide 80 bags of food for the homeless living in hotels or the community.

As you can see, The Salvation Army is working hard to help our citizens survive and this couldn’t be done without the selfless volunteers who spend hours helping others.

They are sincerely missing the volunteers who are with them throughout the year, Jim Kisniski, Faye Lott, Jay Mueller, Carol Peckham, Lisa Cartalano and Jessica Porter and who hope to be back in safer times.

Charlie Proper and Lori Weaver have stayed with us and are an integregal part of our team.

We have thankfully picked up many new citizens who want to help. Some of the amazing people who have joined the crew are Marcy Groll, general manager Goodness Ventures.

Marcy was one of the bell ringers who asked if we needed a chef and she and Paula Millar have been cooking every Monday, Wednesday and Friday since the middle of March.

Marcy let some local chefs know about our needs and they stepped up to the plate. Jamie Parry, executive chef at Swoon and John Car Chef and owner of Le Perche have been cooking every Thursday and Stephen Henderson, author of 24 Hour Soup Kitchen has been cooking every Tuesday and he also generously donated 100 pounds of groceries. Kathy Allen comes in to help pack the 80 bags for the homeless.

Since the space is so small, the food needed now could not be stored in the building, so another generous community member, Tim Alvarez of Storage from A to Z donated a mobile storage unit to store nonperishable foods. Thank you, Tim. No one has any idea of what a complex, demanding and tiring job this is and an extreme amount of thanks and credit must go to Darcy Connor and her assistant, Ria Everts for tackling this immense undertaking for the community.

Darcy has been director for less than a year and she has done an amazing job of running this program. She deserves a huge thank you and job well done.

Donations are always welcome whether it be monetary, volutneering or food. Whatever you can do to help the less fortunate in this time of need is graciously aprpeciated. Call 518-822-1602 for information.

Nancy Randall is a resident of Hudson. She is a salesperson at Red Apple Reality in Claverack and a board member at the Hudson Salvation Army.

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The key to the schoolhouse door The Washington Post

President Donald Trump has seized upon a new campaign battle cry to reopen the schools this fall, not with distance learning but in person.

Trump’s call reflects a genuine need, felt by parents, teachers and students, to get back to the classroom. In any calculus of recovery, schools must be a priority. But it is important that reopening be done smartly, avoiding Trump’s previous bungling and leadership bankruptcy.

All over the country this week, teachers, parents, students and administrators are wrestling with the methods of how to accomplish this, knowing the stakes are high.

Students have already lost months of work; many parents need to return to jobs; a host of knock-on effects flow from canceled classes, including mental health troubles.

“SCHOOLS MUST OPEN IN THE FALL!!!” Mr. Trump declared on Twitter. But simply shouting the slogan is not a strategy. Schools must avoid hasty miscalculations such as those evident in

Trump’s thoughtless drive in May to reopen states, which badly backfired and led to the present pandemic surge.

The current wildfire of infection must be extinguished as a prerequisite to going back to classrooms. If Americans can’t wear masks and stay out of bars and restaurants, they won’t get the school bells ringing soon.

Reopening will also require major new resources that states and localities do not have. Ninety percent of school funding is local, and the governments are struggling under crushing pandemic burdens and tax revenue falloff. Philadelphia schools superintendent William Hite Jr. estimated on Wednesdaythat the city would need $60 million to $80 million more just to meet the requirements of physical distancing, face masks, additional staff to clean and sanitize schools, and proper ventilation in old buildings.

Some other estimates are that schools nationwide will need an additional $200 billion to safely reopen. Where is this coming from? A fresh

economic stimulus package does not seem imminent from Washington.

Some schools are trying to cope with it all by creating hybrid plans, sharing inclassroom time with online instruction, to which Trump sniffs, “I think it’s an easy way out.” To make matters worse, Trump on Wednesday threatened schools in a tweet, “May cut off funding if not open!” How is that going to help? Trump also ominously insisted he would press the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - the public health experts - to loosen guidance for school reopenings. He knows better?

Another huge issue that must be faced is the vulnerability of adults. As the group Resolve to Save Lives pointed out, younger people are less prone to get seriously ill, and may not transmit the virus as much as adults. But the viral load in infected children has been shown to be similar to adults. It is not a simple matter to just wave a magic wand and declare schools must open.

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BLM and the Catskill Mural To the editor: During this unprecedented time of change, let us remind ourselves that in addition to civic responsibilities we each have a personal moral code that guides us. Let’s strive always to do the right thing rather than the easy thing. The quest for equality and the reckoning of past grievances is not easy, but it has been needed for a long time and is needed now more than ever.

History has proven to us over and over again that a generational shift with strong social and political upheaval is as valuable as it is necessary.

The question before us is not whether to change but how to navigate the inevitable changes that are coming our way. These changes will provide each of us the opportunity to reflect on our own values, actions and how we want to shape the future. In particular, white people need to learn how to talk to other white people about racial injustice and what they are going to do about it. We have to be better listeners and understand the invisibility of white privilege and its role in creating

systematic racism.

Let us remember that symbolic actions as well as personal conduct are powerful tools to publicly display what we believe in as we aim to put our best selves forward. Printing Black Lives Matter on the street is a goodwill gesture that says we care about people of color, especially black folks, who have endured over 400 years of slavery, oppression, prejudice and brutality. Enough is enough.

A street mural should be the beginning of an ongoing conversation and platform for action. What about a large, permanent plaque that reveals the history of Black folks in our Village? The Village can declare Juneteenth an annual holiday with a parade and a banner and commit to a community-wide conversation that addresses inequality and how to fix it. Let us ask our Black brothers and sisters to organize this and ask white folks to show up and listen.

We are not born with prejudice — it is learned and it can be unlearned. In times of turmoil we look to our elected officials for leadership and guidance,

and to display the courage required to shine a light on how we can grow when we truly care for each other.

Instead of what is, are we brave enough to ask, what if?

What would it feel like if we lived in a society without the hostility of prejudice? Without the limitations of inequality?

Without the guilt of maintaining bias?

What would it feel like if we lived in a community that trusts its members to act with common sense for the common good?

What would it feel like if we lived, on a daily basis, in a world that celebrated the expansiveness that diversity offers?

Let us move through these challenging times with the strength of our convictions to do better, to work through what scares us, to foster equality without strings, to demand justice without compromise, to live with being uncomfortable while we strive to build a new chapter of the American dream — where everyone is treated with equality and respect.

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Trump’s Tulsa rally, protests ‘more than likely’ linked to coronavirus surge Allyson Chiu The Washington Post

The sight that greeted President Donald Trump when he took the stage last month in Tulsa for his first political rally since the novel coronavirus outbreak halted American life was one that health officials and critics had worried about in the days leading up to the June 20 event. While the crowd of supporters inside the 19,000-seat indoor arena was significantly smaller than expected, a majority of attendees didn’t wear masks. Standing shoulder-to-shoulder, they cheered raucously as Trump thanked them for coming out.

“I’ve been watching the fake news for weeks now, and everything is negative,” the president said.

“Don’t go, don’t come, don’t do anything. Today it was like, I’ve never seen anything like it. . . . You are warriors.”

Now, just over two weeks later, Tulsa County is experiencing a surge of coronavirus cases - and a top local health official has suggested Trump’s rally and other large events, including protests, “more than likely” contributed to the recent spike.

“The past two days we’ve had almost 500 cases, and we know we had several large events a little over two weeks ago, which is about right,” Tulsa Health Department Executive Director Bruce Dart said during a news conference Wednesday.

“So I guess we just connect the dots.”

On Monday, the county tallied 261 new cases - the most recorded yet in a single day - and an additional 206 were reported Tuesday, according to figures kept by the Tulsa Health Department. Experts have said the virus’s incubation period is believed to be as long as 14 days.

Dart’s comments mark the latest development in the aftermath of the rally, which was held despite warnings from city leaders, health officials and residents about the potential dangers of cramming thousands of people into an enclosed area when Oklahoma was already setting daily records for coronavirus cases. Dart was among the people who voiced concerns, urging the rally be postponed and calling it a “huge risk factor” in a June 13 interview with the Tulsa World.

In a statement to The Washington Post early Thursday, Trump campaign communications director Tim Murtaugh criticized the media for focusing on the president’s rallies amid the pandemic.

“There were no health precautions to speak of as thousands looted, rioted, and protested in the streets and the media reported that it did not lead to a rise in coronavirus cases,” Murtaugh said, referring to the nationwide protests over racism and police brutality. “Meanwhile, the President’s rally was 18 days ago, all attendees had their temperature checked, everyone was provided a mask, and there was plenty of hand sanitizer available for all. It’s obvious that the media’s concern about large gatherings begins and ends with Trump

rallies.”

Ahead of the rally, Trump’s campaign appeared to be aware of the risk, adding a coronavirus disclaimer on the sign-up page for tickets in addition to announcing the safety precautions mentioned by Murtaugh.

But just hours ahead of the Tulsa rally, six staff members at the BOK Center, including two Secret Service employees, tested positive for the coronavirus.

Undeterred by the positive cases, Trump held the rally as planned, drawing about 6,200 supporters to the arena, where masks were a rarity and social distancing recommendations were openly flouted. Meanwhile, hundreds gathered outside to protest in the street. Around the same time, large events celebrating Juneteenth, which were resurrected in response to the rally after initially being canceled because of the pandemic, also took place in the city, the World reported.

In the days immediately following that June weekend, Tulsa County saw a surge of coronavirus cases with roughly 200 to 250 new infections confirmed daily, The Post’s Josh Dawsey and Carol D. Leonnig reported. Two other staff members and a local reporter who attended the rally also tested positive afterward.

On Wednesday, Dart described the latest spike in Tulsa’s cases as “an exponential rise” that officials expect will continue over the next few days. When asked about the spread of the virus in Tulsa County, Dart responded, “Right now, we do have the highest number of cases” in the state.

Oklahoma has more than 17,800 reported cases and 407 deaths as of early Thursday.

“You know, we’ve had some significant events in the past few weeks that more than likely contributed to that,” Dart said, later adding, “If we’re going out in public and we’re engaging with other people and we’re not taking precautions, we’re going to have transmissions.

That’s just the bottom line.”

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany told reporters at a separate news briefing Wednesday that she had not seen Dart’s remarks, but stressed that “it’s people’s individual choice as to whether to go” to Trump’s rallies, The Post’s Felicia Sonmez reported. McEnany noted the Trump campaign has strongly encouraged rallygoers to wear masks, in line with directives from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

“The president’s been operating in accordance with CDC guidelines recommended, but not required,” McEnany said.

“But as he said recently, if he weren’t tested every day, and if he were in a situation where he couldn’t distance, he would wear a mask.”

While Tulsa has yet to issue an order mandating masks, Dart and Mayor G.T. Bynum (R), who also spoke at Wednesday’s news conference, implored residents to wear them.

Felicia Sonmez contributed to this report.

Uncertainty shrouds the housing market through 2020 Dima Williams The Washington Post

Mending from the sudden sharp drop in activity due to the coronavirus crisis, real estate across the United States is heating up, rekindled by growing demand and insufficient supply.

The National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) pending home sales index, a future-looking indicator of completed sales based on signed contracts, posted a staggering comeback in May, the latest month for which data is available. The index spiked 44.3 percent, registering the highest monthover-month increase since its inception in 2001.

First-time home buyers Stuyve Pierrepont and his wife said they have seen this shift occur almost overnight.

The Pierreponts, who work in Washington, D.C. and previously rented in Northern Virginia, renewed their 18-month home search in early 2020.

Prior to the viral outbreak, the couple looked at roughly a dozen homes. During the pandemic, they only saw four residences in person. But the couple wasn’t ready for the speed with which fellow home shoppers were scooping those houses off the market.

“It’s a seller’s market,” said Pierrepont, a finance professional who runs a blog about leading an environmentally conscious lifestyle. “We were back and forth on whether timing was right to buy a home, given everything that’s happening. The big surprise was that the markets we were considering didn’t slow down at all.”

The couple toured a house in Annapolis, Md., for example, which went under contract later the same day.

“There were a couple of times when we saw places we really wanted, and they sold before we could act,” Pierrepont said.

“We were really discouraged by that fact.”

Their real estate agent, Shane Hall of the Shane Hall Group, newly associated with Compass and formerly with TTR Sotheby’s, said in late June that Annapolis, which lies less than an hour east of the District of Columbia, had a single month of supply, meaning that if no new listings were to come on the market, all existing stock would be purchased in 30 days.

“That’s incredibly rare,” Hall said. “We just don’t have a ton of inventory. And we have a lot of demand.”

With the country’s economy tentatively reopening and shelter-in-place restrictions easing, housing experts forecast that home sales will rise through the summer. The biggest constraint is the number of listings, which are returning to the market only gingerly compared to the appetite for them.

The latter is in part whetted by historically low mortgage rates that are now hovering around 3 percent, nearly 2 percentage points below their level about a mere 18 months ago and where they are expected to remain this year.

Annualized new mortgage applications have trended up for weeks.

“Today’s low mortgage rates are a true game changer,” said Ali Wolf, chief economist at Meyers Research, a new-home data and consulting firm. “As the economy reopens, it comes down to four words: Fear of missing out.”

Home buyers’ vigor has powered the national housing market, despite declines in mostly all economic indicators. For the most part, home showings - enhanced with hand sanitizer and face masks - have continued throughout the pandemic. The various services supporting the industry, from inspections to closings, have shifted to alternative modes such as the Internet, staying operational.

And with the start of summer,

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Annapolis, Md., had a single-month of supply of homes for sale, meaning that if no new listings were to come on the market, all existing stock would be purchased in 30 days, said Shane Hall, a real estate agent with Compass.

home shoppers’ desire to make what is probably the largest financial commitment in their lives - in such an uncharted time - hasn’t seemed to slacken.

“If anything, that seems to be a ray of sunlight: We’re seeing buyers more active than expected,” said George Ratiu, senior economist with listing website Realtor.com. “Looking at our weekly inventory statistics, we’re seeing that total listings are down partly because new listings are down.

But [also because] those homes that are on the market are clearly finding buyers quickly and that’s key.”

For instance, in the Tampa area in Florida, which has seen an influx of buyers from the Northeast because of the pandemic, active upscale inventory through June 23 was 26 percent lower than a year ago, said Jennifer Zales, luxury real estate agent with Coldwell Banker. At the same time, however, completed sales of homes above $1 million totaled 109, or three more than for the whole of June 2019, Zales said. Meanwhile, a little over 230 residences asking $1 million and up, including condos, townhouses and singlefamily houses, were under contract.

“We have a lot of pent-up demand from the spring season that did not happen,” Zales said. “I feel like somebody took my regular summer season, which is usually very regular, but dumps the whole spring season on top of the summer season. We’re extremely busy.”

This appears to be the latest recurring theme across the United States, even if the summer months traditionally are calmer with vacations and family activities stealing the focus from buying or selling a house. Beyond the next couple of months, angst about the fall, when the uncertainty of the presidential election mixes with a still-wobbly economic outlook and fears of a second wave of coronavirus infections, still permeates forecasts.

When the pandemic seized the country, sellers retreated faster and in larger numbers than buyers, prompting the nationwide inventory of homes to dip precipitously. After somewhat recovering from an all-time low in April, new listings remained about 22 percent below their level from a year ago in May, according to real estate brokerage Redfin.

This has not only exacerbated the chronic shortage of homes for sale, it has done so during the months when sellers are typically most engaged.

A forecast by Realtor.com indicated the loss of spring inventory would translate to 15 percent fewer sales of existing homes in 2020.

“I think people are prepared to stay in their houses longer,” said Hall. “That was already a trend that’s been going on for the last five to 10 years.”

Despite a market tipped in their favor, sellers, especially those who still live in their residences, remain reluctant about letting strangers in. Increasing coronavirus infection rates in some states might strengthen this disinclination.

Moreover, home sellers are often also shoppers. Those not pressed to move might be loath to search for their next home amid tight inventory and rising competition.

“It is now amazing to sell,” said Hall. “It is not amazing to buy.”

Yet Katie Day, a Houstonbased real estate agent with Coldwell Banker, said she expects more homeowners to enter the market later this year to finally chase the housing aesthetics the pandemic has advanced as priorities.

“Probably toward the latter part of this year and into 2021, we will see more preference changes with people wanting to have a bigger home or wanting additional amenities in their house,” Day said.

Day’s remarks align with Realtor.com’s projection of a gradual increase of new listings through August before their numbers again hit the “historical trend” from September through December, when fewer homeowners generally decide to sell.

Because of the restricted supply of existing homes for sale, some buyers have flocked to new construction, especially single-family houses that, unlike their pre-owned counterparts that have been occupied, pose less risk associated with the coronavirus - and are more customizable.

Sales of newly built houses rose nearly 13 percent yearover-year in May, growing at a rate for that month not seen in more than a decade, according to the Census Bureau.

“There are just so few homes on the market today compared to last year, and last year already had historically low inventory levels,” said Wolf. “So, builders have been

capturing market share left and right, selling homes at record May levels.”

This positive dynamic, though, might not alleviate the overall shortage of inventory. For years, builders have strained to build homes fast enough to meet demand. And, Wolf said, many of them have already sold their standing inventory in 2020. The Census Bureau’s data shows that most contracts in May were inked for houses under construction.

Meanwhile, new permits and housing starts in May continued to lag year-over-year, which could reflect builders’ sustained struggles in filling construction jobs and acquiring materials.

“The home supply shortage as the economy opens up is going to be even more severe,” Wolf said, “unless we all of a sudden see more existing homeowners put their homes on the market.”

The pronounced seller’s market has buoyed home values, contrary to early expectations of deflated prices resulting from a coronavirus-chilled real estate industry.

“We’re going to have this really surprising situation where, even though demand has certainly been impacted by the much weaker job market, supply has fallen even more,” said Mike Fratantoni, chief economist of the Mortgage Bankers Association.

“Prices, as a result, are going up at the time that we’re in, in this very deep crisis.”

In May, the median price for all existing home types notched up 2.3 percent to $284,600, marking 99 straight months of yearly gains, the NAR reported. According to Realtor.com, in the third week of June, median asking prices grew at an annual rate of 5.6 percent, surpassing their precoronavirus pace.

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How to create a plant community in your garden

By Thomas Christopher For Columbia-Greene

When I was first learning to garden, back in the late 1970s, the emphasis was on “specimen plants.” These were exceptional and typically unique trees or shrubs that we set out like pieces of statuary to impress the visitor. Often, nurturing such displays involved localized changes to the garden habitat to accommodate a specimen’s special needs. For example, we might dig in peat to acidify the soil for an acid-loving shrub, or we might mound up the soil for one that required better drainage than our landscape offered naturally.

Today, though, there is a change in thinking sweeping the gardening world. We’ve discovered that working with the natural characteristics of the site generally leads to a garden that is less work to maintain and that thrives better. We’ve also learned that thinking about plants in terms of a “community” of compatible species rather than as unrelated “specimens” leads to healthier growth with less

need of interventions by the gardener.

Of course, that raises the question, “What exactly is a plant community and how can you recreate one in your garden?” For an answer to that, I turned to Ted Elliman, the Yale Forestry Schooltrained ecologist who will be teaching a course on New England plant communities at Berkshire Botanical Garden on July 31 and Aug. 1. Ted will be teaching for two hours in the classroom at the Garden on Friday night and then taking students for an all-day field trip on Saturday to view various plant communities firsthand.

When I spoke to him recently, Ted explained that a community is a suite of plants that typically inhabit a particular habitat or type of landscape within a defined geographical area or ecoregion. Characteristics such as local geology — the soil and bedrock — and topography, as well hydrology — or the amount of moisture—within the landscape help to determine what will flourish there,

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Even in the suburbs, a wet area of lawn might support wet meadow community plants like the Marsh Marigold, a member of the Ranunculaceae family.

so that within similar landscapes you tend to find the same plants.

The relevance of this information for gardeners, especially those who favor native plants and who want to foster wildlife, is plain. If you identify what sort of habitat your garden provides, you can also identify the sort of plant community that naturally dwells there. Of course, many of our

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landscapes have been heavily altered from their natural state. The chances of finding a pristine wetland in your backyard, for example, is slight. However, even if what you are cultivating is just a typical suburban lawn, the similarity to a meadow habitat will provide you with hints about what besides Kentucky bluegrass might thrive there.

If some area of your lawn

GREENVILLE — Madison Marcello, of Greenville, was named to the Dean’s List for the Spring semester of 2020 at Lincoln Memorial University in Harrowgate, Tenn.

MORAVIAN COLLEGE WOODSTOCK — Alexander Meci of Woodstock was named to the Dean’s Honors List for Spring 2020 at Moravian College in Bethlehem, Penn.

SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY SAUGERTIES — Delaney Cox of Saugerties has been named to Southern New Hampshire University’s (SNHU) Winter 2020 President’s List. The winter term runs from January to May.

UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN SURPRISE — Ellen Hagan, of Surprise, a student in the College of Arts and Sciences of the University of New Haven has been named to the Dean’s List for the spring, 2020. Hagan is working on Bachelor of Arts in Psychology.

EMERSON COLLEGE TANNERSVILLE — Jared Haines of Tannersville has been named to the Dean’s List for the Spring 2020 semester Emerson College in Boston, Mass. Haines is majoring in Communication Studies and is a member of the Class of 2021.

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SAUGERTIES — Ian Krause of Saugerties graduated from Union College during the College’s recent online conferral of degrees. Krause graduated with a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree. Krause majored in Electrical Engineering.

ITHACA COLLEGE GREENVILLE — Amelia Baumann of Greenville has been named to the Dean’s List for the spring 2020 semester at Ithaca College. Baumann is a Integrated Marketing Comm major.

SUNY CANTON CANTON — SUNY Canton recognizes its spring 2020 graduates for their achievements.

Spring 2020 graduates include Shayla M. Costello of Kingston earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance. Shayna J. Ostoyic of Saugerties earned a Bachelor of Technology in Law Enforcement Leadership. Carly R. Voerg of Saugerties earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Veterinary Service Administration. Jasmine Carr of Selkirk earned an Associate of Applied Science in Criminal Justice.

UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND KINGSTON, RI — The University of Rhode Island announces the Spring 2020 Dean’s List. Emma Leipman of Catskill and Katarina Paturel of Woodstock.

communities, precious information that Ted Elliman will be sharing in his course.

For more information about that, visit https://www.berkshirebotanical.org/events/ new-england-plant-communities-1 or call the Garden at 413-298-3926.

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

Thomas Christopher is a volunteer at Berkshire Botanical Garden and is the author or co-author of more than a dozen books, including Nature into Art and The Gardens of Wave Hill (Timber Press, 2019). Be-a-Better Gardener is syndicated in 19 print and online publications, reaching 250,000 readers. Tom’s companion broadcast to this column, Growing Greener, streams on WESUFM. org, Pacifica Radio and NPR and is available at his website, https:// www.thomaschristophergardens. com/podcast.

Rachel Newkirk chosen as C-D High June Student of the Month CAIRO — Rachel Newkirk has been chosen as the CairoDurham High School Student of the Month for June 2020. Rachel is an extremely hard-working and respectful student.

She loves to tell stories, many of which involve her love of video games, reading, drawing and music. She truly appreciates a good book and loves to share the details of it with others.

This year Rachel was in our Young Adult Literature class and she created several interesting book review presentations. She was an asset when discussing thematic material in class and during our virtual schooling. Rachel is diligent and holds herself to high standards which has resulted in her being on the High Honor Roll.

She participated in Cairo-Durham’s GSA group for her first two years in high school. Rachel is one of our graduating seniors this year and Cairo-Durham will greatly miss having her in our halls.

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remains persistently moist, then you might look for a wet meadow community; if the lawn struggles because of the shade of a mature sugar maple, you should consider recreating a sugar maple forest community.

One advantage of taking nature as your guide in this way is that once you have identified a plant community suited to your garden, you have a whole palette of plants that will flourish there.

They are adapted to the local climate and soil and so will generally grow with far fewer inputs such as irrigation and fertilizers. These native plants are far more supportive to local wildlife such as native insects and birds than the sort of exotic specimens I was taught to grow. Finally, there are even suggestions that plants from the same plant communities may actually relate to each other in positive ways. For instance, fungi in the soil may link their roots so that there are transfers of nutrients from plant to plant.

Good reasons all to learn more about the local plant

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BRIEFS SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE GREENVILLE — Cormac Tolan of Greenville has been named to the dean’s list for academic excellence for the 2020 spring semester at Springfield College in Springfield, Mass.

Tolan is studying Psychology.

UNIVERSITY OF FINDLAY FINDLAY, Ohio — Kylie Miller of Lanesville recently participated in the University of Findlay’s annual Symposium for Scholarship and Creativity. Miller presented “Microbial Species Richness Higher in Benthic Zones of Freshwater Bodies Compared to Limnetic Zones.” Undergraduate and graduate students were given the opportunity to virtually share their research, creativity, and professional learning experiences with the University and community, with many students receiving honors at the same time. The symposium may be viewed at https://www.findlay.edu/offices/academic/ scholarship-symposium/.

UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE DURHAM, NH — The following students have been named to the Dean’s List at the University of New Hampshire for the spring 2020 semester. Allison Verstandig of Selkirk for earning High Honors. Verstandig is majoring in Undeclared. Emma Wilkins of Selkirk for earning Highest Honors. Wilkins is majoring in BusAdm:Info Syst&Bus Analytics.

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JULY 11 TANNERSVILLE — Mountain Top Arboretum hosts Storytime in the Shade July 11. This program will be made available as a pre-recorded video link. Watch whenever you and the little ones would like. Mountain Top Arboretum collaborates with Mountain Top Library for a series of online summer story times.

Join Library Director Maureen Garcia for this fun-filled story time. For information, 518-589-3903 or www.mtarboretum.org.

JULY 12 COXSACKIE —The Village of Coxsackie hosts Music in Coxsackie 6-8 p.m. July 12 in Riverside Park. Performing will be Downtown Horns.

JULY 18 COXSACKIE — Coxsackie

Village Wide Yard Sale will be held 9 a.m.-3 p.m. July 18 and 19.

JULY 19 COXSACKIE —The Village of Coxsackie hosts Music in Coxsackie 6-8 p.m. July 19 in Riverside Park. Performing will be The Reverberators.

JULY 23 ATHENS — Greene County Region Blue Star Mothers will serve a drive-thru only chicken barbecue 3:30-6:30 p.m. July 23 at the Athens American Legion Post, 94 Second St., Athens. Drivethru pickups and limited delivery. Dinners include half a chicken, baked potato, corn on the cob, cole slaw, roll and butter and cookies.

Dinners are $14; veterans, $5; veterans plus one, $15.

Pre-sale only. Tickets can be purchased from any Blue Star Mother or call Karen Dudley at 407-741-3757. Tickets can also be picked up in advance between 4-8 p.m. July 15 at the Athens American Legion Hall.

JULY 25 COXSACKIE — Bethel AME Church, 123 Mansion

St., Coxsackie, will host a rib or chicken dinner barbecue beginning at noon July 25.

Dinners include green beans, macaroni salad, corn on the cob and cake. To pre-order, call 518-731-8887. Call 518731-7767 on July 24 and July 25.

JULY 26 COXSACKIE —The Village of Coxsackie hosts Music in Coxsackie 6-8 p.m. July 26 in Riverside Park. Performing will be Wyld Blu.

AUG. 16 WINDHAM — The Greene County Women’s League Cancer Patient Aid car show will be held 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Aug. 16 at the Chicken Run Family Restaurant and Steak House, 5639 Route 23, Windham. A $10 minimum donation per entrant is requested.

Open to all years, makes and models. Trophies awarded at 2 p.m. to Top 20 vehicles, people’s choice, motorcycle, and more. There is also a $500 best in show Classic. Registration from 9-11 a.m. it will be held rain or shine. Facial coverings will be required and social distancing guidelines will be followed.

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‘CRYSTAL RADIO SESSIONS UPSTATE’ JULY 11 AT 8PM Ancram Opera House will present a virtual edition of CRYSTAL RADIO SESSIONS UPSTATE, the Hudson Valley outpost of the popular downtown NYC reading series, on Saturday, July 11 at 8pm. This virtual event is free, but reservations are required. RSVP at www.ancramoperahouse.org/ crystal-radio-2020.

The featured reading is “Too Young for The Blues” by Chatham-based playwright and author Wesley Brown. Brown is the author of three novels, three produced plays, and a collection of short stories entitled Dance of the Infidels from which “Too Young for the Blues” is taken.

He is the co-editor of a fiction multicultural anthology Imagining America and a nonfiction multicultural anthology Visions of America, and he is editor of The Teachers & Writers Guide to Frederick Douglass. He is professor emeritus in English at Rutgers University (1979-2005) and is currently on the faculty at Bard College at Simon’s Rock.

Reading the story, which is about a chance meeting between Ella Fitzgerald and a fan,

Wesley Brown, author, “Too Young for the Blues”

will be regional actors MaConnia Chesser and AnnChris Warren.

MaConnia Chesser is a company member at Shakespeare & Co. Her regional theater credits include Actors’ Shakespeare Project, WAM Theatre, Chester Theatre, Kennedy Center, NJ Rep (company member), Theater Alliance (INSURRECTION: HOLDING HISTORY, Helen

Hayes nomination), Ensemble Studio Theatre, & Folger Theatre. Her film and TV credits include The Shape of Destiny (Official Selection, 2018 Women in Comedy Festival), and HBO’s The Wire.

AnnChris Warren is Director of Operations for Boys & Girls Club of Ulster County. Past directing credits include HAIRSPRAY, FOR COLORED GIRLS,

WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF, ANNIE, BYE BYE BIRDIE, PIPPIN, and CINDERELLA. Performance credits include the title role in AIDA, JoAnne in RENT, Dionne in HAIR, Cassie in A CHORUS LINE, Justice in ROCK OF AGES, and the Witch in INTO THE WOODS. CRYSTAL RADIO SESSIONS showcases fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction and personal essays of established and emerging writers and is curated by the Millerton-based writer Ashley Mayne, whose work has appeared or is forthcoming in Fence, Post Road, Juked, Peripheries, Blight podcast, Metambesen, and elsewhere. She is one of the founders of Crystal Radio, and a fiction editor at Fence.

The Ancram Opera House, located in southern Columbia County, is an award-winning intimate rural performance hall showcasing contemporary theatre and alternative cabaret by visionary theater and musical artists. For more information visit www.ancramoperahouse. org.

Core Strength & Balance at Hudson Area Library continues with online summer sessions This summer the Hudson Area Library, in collaboration with the City of Hudson Senior Center, is continuing its popular, Core Strength & Balance with Paul Spector. This 6-week series of workshops meets on Saturdays, 1:30-2:30 p.m, July 25 through August 29. This class will meet virtually on Zoom video conferencing services.

The workshop introduces exercises that improve postural stability, core strength, spatial body awareness, sensory integration, agility and coordination. Breathing exercises to reduce stress are also featured.

All fitness levels are welcome.

Please attend classes in clothes that are comfortable to move around in.

Registration for this free class series is on a first come/first serve basis. To register please call 518.828.1792 x101, or email programs@hudsonarealibrary. org.

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.

HANCOCK SHAKER VILLAGE OPENING HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND

‘Notes about Home’ Exhibition July 11 60th anniversary show recalls vibrant history HANCOCK, Mass. — Hancock Shaker Village announces the opening of its historic buildings and the fascinating exhibition Notes About Home: 60 Years at Hancock Shaker Village on Saturday, July 11. Hours of operation are Thursday–Sunday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.

The story-driven special exhibition explores the museum’s history through objects, photographs, headlines, posters, and blueprints—some on display for the first time—as well as an online component sharing captivating oral histories and videos. The exhibition is a legacy project as part of the 60th anniversary of a vast village that was one of the earliest Shaker settlements in America. Now on the National Historic Register, it is one of the most comprehensively interpreted Shaker sites in the world.

By all accounts, Hancock Shaker Village—known as the City of Peace, sprawling across the towns of Pittsfield, Richmond, and Hancock in the heart of the Berkshires—would not have survived if it hadn’t been for Amy Bess Miller (1912– 2003), the museum’s tenacious

founder and first president.

Miller and her husband, former Berkshire Eagle editor and publisher Lawrence K. “Pete” Miller (1907–1991), put up his publishing empire as collateral to purchase the 974-acre site from the Shakers, who had settled the property in the late 1700s.

From ‘seedy sight’ to beautiful restoration The Hancock settlement, founded in 1783, had more than 300 members at its peak in the 1840s.

By the early 1900s, only 50 members remained, and in the 1950s the population dwindled from seven Brethren and Sisters to just three Shaker Eldresses by the decade’s end. At this point the remaining Shakers put the property up for sale.

They received competitive offers from a range of bidders, including a youth correctional facility, the Pittsfield Airport, and a horseracing outfit with mob connections whose owners intended to raze all the historic buildings except the iconic Round Stone Barn, which they planned to turn into a horse track.

The Millers feared the loss

of such an important part of the Berkshires’ history; the Village was home to an important Shaker collection and authentic buildings once occupied by the followers of Shaker founder Mother Ann Lee. They struck an agreement with the Shakers, offering $75,000 less than the asking price, to secure the future of Hancock Shaker Village in perpetuity, with the promise of turning the property into a museum. When the newly formed Shaker Community, Inc. (the organization established by the Millers) took on stewardship of the Village in 1960, the buildings and grounds were in terrible shape. Hancock was “a seedy sight,” according to Amy Bess.

The Round Stone Barn was on the verge of collapse; the Brick Poultry House was squalid; and the Meetinghouse, demolished in 1938, was merely a foundation.

To create a comprehensive restoration plan, Amy Bess enlisted the expertise of Pittsfield-based collectors (and prominent Shaker scholars) Faith and Edward “Ted” Deming Andrews, Pittsfield architect Terry F. Hallock, and others. The

priority for the team was restoring the 17 complete buildings and installing historic exhibits of Shaker materials throughout; in 1962, they even arranged for the disassembly of the Shaker Meetinghouse in Shirley, Massachusetts, its transport around the infamous Hairpin Turn of the Mohawk Trail, and the building’s reconstruction at Hancock.

“This exhibit explores the little-known, captivating moments of a small group of intrepid souls who willed Hancock Shaker Village into being,” said Director Jennifer Trainer Thompson. “People like Amy Bess, and others as well, fought to save this cultural gem. Its impact on the Berkshires is tremendous, not only as a tourist destination, but as a beautifully preserved piece of American history.”

“In 2020, Hancock Shaker Village represents the evolution of a vision: a living history museum inspired by the work and spirit of the Shakers, propelled into reality by Amy Bess Miller, and nurtured by those who have followed,” Margolis-Pineo said.

JULY 12 Farm-to-Table Dumpling Sundays Sunday, July 12, 2 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Mei’s Farm-to-Table Dumplings will be at the distillery every 2nd and 4th Sunday from 2pm-7pm. Vegan options available.

Pair our cocktails and drinks with delicious authentic Chinese food.

Please remember that masks are required whenever standing and consumption of food and beverages is only permitting while seated. Thank you for your cooperation! We want to make this a safe space for all.

Sunday, July 12, 2 p.m. - 7 p.m., https://www.facebook.com/ events/2730907070475752 Cooper’s Daughter Spirits at Olde York, 284 State Rouite 23, Claverack, 845-480-1237 https://oldeyorkfarm.com/ Bindlestiff Open Stage: Quarantine Editon Monday, July 13, 7:30 p.m.

TAY TUNED FOR A LIVESTREAM on Facebook and Youtube on the night of the performance! n facebook.com/Bindlestiff.Cirkus n youtube.com/bindlestiffcirkus Bindlestiff Open Stage Variety Show is breaking out of the confines of a theater, and coming to you in the comfort of your own home. Jump online for a night of variety that will include much more than a simple song and dance.

Bindlestiff’s Open Stage Variety Show is a non-stop variety show experience that may include world famous magicians, gender bending jugglers, circus legends, trained rats, novelty musicians, aerial artists, wire walkers, sideshow performers, puppeteers, living cartoons, physical comedy, contortionists, performance artists, and more.

Hosted by Keith “Bindlestiff” Nelson, the special Quarantine Edition deals with social distance and isolation head on. Using the tools of video conferencing, Bindlestiff’s Open Stage will feature each act live in their own location.

The Quarantine Edition is free to all, however we will be “passing the hat” for contributions.

In the midst of awe-inspiring aerialists, hypnotizing hula hoopers, expert jugglers and much more, we pause to “ask the expert” – specifically, circus historian, retired NYU professor, burlesque & circus performer, and polar bear promoter Hovey Burgess! n “Ask Hovey” your circus history questions at bindlestiff.org/askhovey He’ll answer one lucky inquirer’s inquiry every Monday night!

Monday, July 13, 7:30 p.m., https://www.facebook.com/ events/289384958750261 Your Own Home

JULY 14 Virtual Open Mic Tuesday, July 14, 7:30 p.m. . . . by Club Helsinki!!

Check out great local Musicians, Comics, Spoken Word Poets, and so much more. Here Live, every Tuesday!!

Click below on the ‘clubhelsinkilive’ link Tuesday, July 14, 7:30 p.m., http://

clubhelsinki.live/ Your Own Home

JULY 15 Waterfront Wednesdays 2020 Wednesday, July 15, 4 p.m. 8 p.m.

Taking place each week, in the Riverfront Park, bringing together a diverse collection of offerings such as kayak rentals and lighthouse tours, along with a drum circle, vendors, food and entertainment.

Wednesday, July 15, 4 p.m. - 8 p.m., https://www.hudsonartscoalition. org/ Henry Hudson Riverfront Parkm Water Street (behind Amtrak Station)l, Hudson

JULY 16 Harmonies on the Hudson Concert Series featuring Paula Bradly and Darren Wallace Thursday, July 16, 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Thursday evenings this summer are reserved for our Harmonies on the Hudson Outdoor Concert Series!

Relax on our beautiful lawn and enjoy a FREE outdoor concert. Bring a blanket, chair and a picnic- children are welcome! Concerts begin at 6 p.m.

Paula Bradley will be joined with Darren Wallace who is well known for his work with Jesse Lege & Bayou Brew. This will be a concert of old time, cajun and country music.

Paula has toured the US and Germany on banjo with old-time darlings “Uncle Earl” and teamed up with fiddle powerhouses Bruce Molsky and Brittany Haas (Crooked Still) for a tour of Sweden. Along with Bruce, she was also a member of the trio “Jawbone” featuring banjo innovator Tony Trischka. She has also recorded and performed with old time trios The Rhythm Rats (with Kenny Jackson and Whitt Mead) and The Haywire Gang (with Mac Benford and John Hoffmann).

Special thanks to Bank of Greene County for sponsoring this seasons of concerts.

FREE, Thursday, July 16, 6 p.m. - 8 p.m., https://www.friendsofclermont.org/events Clermont State Historic Site, 1 Clermont Avenue, Germantown, 518-537-4240 www.FriendsofClermont.org Summer Music Series!

Thursday, July 16, 7 p.m. - 10 p.m.

Every Thursday —– all the way leading to Labor Day Weekend Social distancing guidelines recommend a 12 foot space in front of the band so tables will be pulled back and spread out on the tee boxes.

The open seating by the outdoor bar is for to-go drinks and takeout food, first come first serve- so feel free to bring some lawn chairs or a picnic blanket to ensure a comfortable seat to enjoy the band. The dine-in service tables are up on the deck and in limited supply so we recommend reservations.

Thursday, July 16, 7 p.m. - 10 p.m., https://www.facebook.com/CopakeCountryClub/ The Greens Restaurant, 44 Golf Course Rd, Craryville, 518-325-4338 http://www.copakecountryclub. com/

MAC-HAYDN RELEASES EPISODE 5 OF IN THE MEANTIME CHATHAM — The MacHaydn Theatre has released the fifth episode of In The Meantime, a weekly webcast series hosted by Producing Artistic Director John Saunders, as part of the Mac-Haydn Online virtual programming initiative.

The episode can be found at https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=rB6znkJQAcY. Episode 5 features dancer, director and choreographer Bryan Knowlton, most recently seen at the Mac-Haydn in 2018 when he directed and choreographed the fan-favorite production of Mamma Mia! Other credits at MacHaydn include Damn Yankees, Rent, La Cage Aux Folles and Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

Knowlton’s conversation with host John Saunders touches on his incredible career, their time as roommates on the road together and what the future holds.

As a gesture of support to the Mac-Haydn artistic community, the Mac-Haydn offers a 50/50 split of any donations to the Bright Future Fund that mention each episode’s guest for the week following their interview.

Knowlton has announced that his proceeds will go toward the Marsha P. Johnson Institute, which works to protect and defend the human rights of Black transgender people. The donation link can be found at https:// charity.gofundme.com/o/ en/campaign/mac- haydntheatre-bright-future-fund.

Episodes of In The Meantime premiere each Friday at 12pm on the Mac-Haydn Theatre YouTube channel.

The series showcases notable Mac-Haydn alumni, discussing their artistic endeavors during quarantine as well as their past experiences working at the theatre. The MacHaydn Online programming initiative also includes “MacHaydn Mondays,” a weekly live stream from the theatre’s Instagram account (@machaydntheatre) on Mondays at 5pm.

About the Mac-Haydn Theatre Founded in 1969, the Mac-Haydn Theatre strives to present innovative, diverse and professional musical theatre productions to the residents of Columbia County and beyond.

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Folk-country singer-songwriter Crystal Bowersox Hudson Area Library’s to Perform at Helsinki Hudson Nonfiction Book Group selection for July 2020

HUDSON —Folk-country singer-songwriter Crystal Bowersox to Perform at Helsinki Hudson, Thursday, July 16, 8 p.m.

Crystal Bowersox, a northwest Ohio native currently calling Nashville home, has built her life around music. Crystal’s love for music developed at an early age from a need to find peace in a chaotic world.

Through art and creation, Crystal was able to direct her energy and emotion, finding a way to mend a mind in turmoil. For her, music was always the most effective form of catharsis, and Crystal Bowersox she would play for anyone, anywhere. In her own words, left the the soundstage for the “my guitar was an appendage. I recording studio. Since her incouldn’t live without it.” troduction to the world through Dead set on a career in mu- television, Crystal has released sic, Crystal moved to Chicago two LP’s, two EPs, and several as a teenager, where she spent singles. Additionally, she has her days performing under- used her talents to benefit sevground on subway platforms eral causes close to her heart, in between working odd jobs. and has become an advocate While in the big city, she broad- and inspiration for people living ened her musical horizons with Type 1 Diabetes. and shared her talents with a However, it is what’s in front variety of venues, ultimately of her, not what’s behind her, auditioning for the ninth sea- that will define Crystal’s person of American Idol. Crystal’s sonal and professional evolutime on the show proved to be tion. The accomplished singerwell spent, as she immediately songwriter is set to release a new

project – a live album, recorded at the Kitchen Sink Studio in Santa Fe, New Mexico, cleverly titled Alive. Not only is the title a play on words, representing the rawness of the tracks, but it pertains to the place where Crystal currently is in her life. That place is one of joy, fulfillment, and stability for Crystal and her eight year old son, Tony.

Similar to her beginnings, Crystal intends to make music that has healing power, but at this point, she sees far beyond her own troubles. Her live show is a safe space for concertgoers.

Attend a Crystal Bowersox show, and you just might see a grown man cry and a child dance simultaneously. You’ll also likely get the chance to meet her personally; Crystal is typically the first one to arrive and the last one to leave the venue. Meeting with the fans and hearing their personal stories is something Crystal considers a blessing in her life.

By reliving her own painful moments in song, Crystal hopes to transcend that pain, lifting herself and her audience to a higher place. In the opening lines of “A Broken Wing” she sings, “I know there’s beauty in the burden / And even on my darkest day that sun will shine.”

Crystal’s story is one of resilience and perseverance, and it’s evident in every note of her latest release, Alive.

Crystal is currently working on her new album, slated for a 2020 release. $25 – $30, Thursday, July 16, 8 p.m., https:// www.facebook.com/ events/536410167010422/ Club Helsinki, 405 Columbia Street, Hudson, 518-828-4800, www.helsinkihudson.com

OPENING — SATURDAY JULY 11,

JAYDAN MOORE, GAIN, GATHER, GROW HUDSON — Due to Covid precautions, the exhibition will open without a formal reception.

Jaydan Moore will be at the gallery and will be available to meet and speak about his work in person.

Contact us for an appointment.

Ornamentum is thrilled to present Gain, Gather, Grow, an exhibition of new works by Jaydan Moore.

Known for dramatically scaled wall sculptures, intricately spliced from discarded serving platters – much of Moore’s recent work explores his collection of remnants… leftovers from the silver-plated artworks that he has created over the last decade. The work cultivates an image from our collective communal memories. Moore redefines these objects we have once owned. What remains are discards imbued with a new beauty beyond a long-faded sentiment. Moore chal- Platter / Splatter, 2020, found silver-plated lenges himself too by exploring new forms, platters, 75 x 80 x 2 inches addressing his artistic need to achieve zero waste in his artwork.

Ornamentum regularly exhibits Jaydan prominent museum collections includMoore’s large wall platters prominently- ing the Carnegie Museum of Art, the MFA the attention his work draws is excep- Houston and the Honolulu Museum of Art, tional. Works were recently placed into as well as numerous distinguished private

and corporate collections – while Moore’s larger works were recently exhibited at the Museum of Arts & Design, NYC and at MUDAC, Lausanne, Switzerland. In 2016, Moore was featured in Lost Causes, a dual exhibition together with David Clarke, at Ornamentum and later that year at Design/ Miami. Gain, Gather, Grow is Ornamentum’s first solo presentation of Moore’s work.

Jaydan Moore has held numerous residencies, and teaching positions allowing him to lecture and hold workshops following his studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Moore currently lives and maintains his studio in Richmond, VA. Moore was recently awarded third prize from the Virginia A. Groot Foundation, a grant dedicated to allowing sculpture artists to have the opportunity to devote a substantial period of time to the development of his or her work.

Gain, Gather, Grow will be viewable in person through August 16 and will be posted on our website.

Ornamentum Gallery, 506 Warren St, Hudson, 518.671.6770 info@OrnamentumGallery.com

Writers Institute reading room at Albany airport The Mario & Matilda Cuomo Pavilion, a book-lined sanctuary for suitcase-toting travelers, is now open at the Albany International Airport, reported Business Editor Eric Anderson in the Sunday Times Union.

The pavilion, an 800 squarefoot, glass-enclosed lounge on the first floor of the terminal, is described in the article as “an inviting reading nook that highlights many of the 2,000 writers who have appeared at the New York State Writers Institute since its founding by Albany’s William Kennedy 36 years ago. While travelers rush by outside, readers can relax with works by writers ranging from Salman Rushdie, Philip Roth or Toni Morrison to Bill

Nye, Roz Chast or John Updike.”

Visitors are also encourage to take a book off the shelves and enjoy reading it on their travels.

The collaborative space represents a partnership of the airport and the Writers Institute to support the arts in the community, and it’s named after the former governor and his wife in recognition of their support for literary arts. Gov. Mario Cuomo signing the legislation to create the NYS Writers Institute in 1984, giving it goals and responsibilities to conduct a broad range of cultural and educational literary activities. Read more at The Conversation https://

The Mario & Matilda Cuomo Pavilion

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Crandall Theatre presents ‘Guest of Honour’

David Thewlis in a scene from ‘Guest of Honour’.

Guest of Honour, FridayThursday, July 10-16 Hello, and welcome once again to your Crandell Theatre Wednesday weekly. This week, we’re continuing our streamlined Virtual Screening Room offerings with the curatorial help of Laurence Kardish — FilmColumbia coartistic director and former senior film curator at MOMA. This week’s selection is the latest from visionary director Atom Egoyan, with star turns

from David Thewlis (Mike Leigh’s Naked), Luke Wilson and more. You can purchase a virtual ticket today on our website — with a full 50% of the box office benefitting the continued operations of the Crandell Theatre.

In addition, we’ve got a wonderful assortment of French cinema classics, available for free streaming via Kanopy, thanks to the Crandell’s partnership with the Columbia County Libraries.

The Hudson Area Library’s Nonfiction Book Group will discuss The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate Discoveries from A Secret World by Peter Wohlleben at a virtual Zoom meeting on Monday, July 27. The Nonfiction Book Group meets monthly on Mondays, 6-7:30pm. The group is facilitated by library Board President Mark Orton.

To register for this book group, email morton@hudsonarealibrary.org.

Author Peter Wohlleben spent over twenty years working for the forestry commission in Germany before leaving to put his ideas of ecology into practice. He now runs an environmentally-friendly woodland in Germany, where he is working for the return of primeval forests. He is the author of numerous books about trees. Environmental activist David Suzuki says of the book,“You will never look at a

tree the same way after reading Peter Wohlleben’s The Hidden Life of Trees, which reveals the mind-boggling properties and behavior of these terrestrial giants. Read this electrifying book, then go out and hug a tree — with admiration and gratitude.”

This book is available for borrowing through the MidHudson Library System.

Library cardholders may also borrow ebooks and audiobooks through the library’s Overdrive and Hoopla online platforms.

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

EXHIBITION CELEBRATES GIFTS FROM HERBERT AND CAROL DIAMOND

Lines from Life: French Drawings from the Diamond Collection on View July 12–December 13, 2020 As the Clark Art Institute reopens its doors to the public on July 12, it will also open a new exhibition that celebrates a series of recent and promised gifts made by local collectors Herbert and Carol Diamond.

Lines from Life: French Drawings from the Diamond Collection traces transformations in nineteenth-century figure drawing, when developing interests in Realism and contemporary life diverged from the idealism championed by public institutions such as the École des Beaux-Arts (School of Fine Arts) in Paris and the esteemed Académie de France (French Academy) in Rome. Featuring thirty-two works on paper from the Diamond collection, along with twelve additional works from the Clark’s permanent collection, the exhibition includes drawings by Jean-AugusteDominique Ingres (French, 1780–1867), Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798–1863), Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917), Jean-Léon Gérôme (French, 1824–1904), and Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916), among others. The exhibition is on view in the Eugene V. Thaw Gallery in the Clark’s Manton Research Center through December 13, 2020.

The works on view in Lines from Life span the nineteenth century and reveal the varied uses of figure drawing. Detailed studies address a model’s features and form, while swiftly drawn sketches explore gesture and movement. Sheets bearing grid lines and handwritten annotations demonstrate the relationships between drawing

and other media, including painting and printmaking.

Many works illuminate the versatility of graphite, the primary instructional medium in use prior to the 1850s. Compositions by late nineteenth-century artists reveal how diverse media—chalk, charcoal, Conté crayon, and color pastel—often encouraged experimentation.

Kristie Couser, the Clark’s former curatorial assistant for works on paper, organized the exhibition and notes that the Diamonds’ particular interest in the preparatory role of drawing “broadens the museum’s presentation of nineteenthcentury French art. This exhibition presents a unique opportunity to see the collectors’ eye at work, while inviting a new look at select figure studies from the Clark’s founding collection that resonate with the Diamonds’ interests.”

ABOUT HERBERT AND CAROL DIAMOND Herbert and Carol Diamond began buying art in 1964, initially collecting primarily early twentieth-century American art. In the 1980s, after a friend suggested that they look at nineteenth-century French drawings, they changed their focus and, to date, have amassed a collection of 160 pieces of French art, including drawings and sculptures

by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Paul Cézanne, Camille Pissarro, and Auguste Rodin, among others.

For more information on these programs and more, visit clarkart.edu or call 413 458 2303.

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Greene County Outlaws shortstop Isaiah Maines stretches to take a throw at second base to complete a double play during Wednesday’s Eastern New York 16U Travel Baseball game against Hayner’s Barnstormers at McQuade Park.

Carroll’s clutch hit sparks 16U Outlaws to victory Tim Martin Columbia-Greene Media

COXSACKIE — Casey Carroll celebrated his birthday in style on Wednesday with a two-run double that snapped a 5-5 tie and helped the Greene County Outlaws earn an 11-6 victory over Hayner’s Barnstormers in an Eastern New York

16U Travel Baseball game at McQuade Park.

Carroll’s clutch hit came in the bottom of the fifth inning after the Barnstormers had seized momentum with three runs in the top half of the frame to even the score at 5-5.

Alek Wagor led off the Outlaws’ fifth with an infield single. One

Stephen Jackson says DeSean Jackson is ‘speaking the truth’ Des Bieler The Washington Post

Former NBA player Stephen Jackson made antiSemitic remarks Wednesday while continuing to defend Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson, who apologized Tuesday for anti-Semitic social media posts he shared over the weekend.

In an exchange Wednesday with another Instagram Live user, Stephen Jackson said, “The Jews are the richest. You know who the Rothschilds are? . . . They control all the banks. They own all the banks.”

Asked if he thought Jews were “trying to divide the black community,” Jackson replied, “No, but I don’t think they stand up for us as much as they should.”

The day before, Jackson had offended some when he appeared to be speaking to Jewish people in writing, “Your races pain doesn’t hurt more than the next races pain.

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out later, Pat McManus was hit by a pitch and Isaiah Maines walked to load the bases. Carroll followed with his hit that bounced over the fence for a ground-rule double, plating Wagor and McManus.

Maines eventually came home on a wild pitch to make it an 8-5 game.

The Outlaws stretched their lead

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Greene County Outlaws’ Isaiah Maines races around the bases during Wednesday’s Eastern New York 16U Travel Baseball game against Hayner’s Barnstormers at McQuade Park.

to 11-5 in the sixth as Dylan Norton singled, Ethan Conrad ripped an RBI double and Wagor laced an RBI single. Wagor came around to score later in the inning on an error.

Conrad finished with a double, two singles and three RBI for the Outlaws. Norton added three singles and an RBI, Carroll had a

double and two RBI, Wagor two singles and two RBI and Isaiah Edmonds and Kasey Moore a single each.

Colin Mahoney belted a threerun double for the Barnstormers.

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College football parents take note of Ivy League suspending fall sports J. Brady McCollough Los Angeles Times

It’s been almost six weeks since Chris and Mya Hinton waded into the growing pool of advocates for college football players. Driven to action by schools deciding to bring athletes back to campuses during the pandemic, the Hintons, who have sons currently playing at Michigan and Stanford, started College Football Parents 247. The group now has 1,400 members.

Hinton, speaking for the larger population of parents in an interview Wednesday, said they have not been rooting against a season. That was never the point. Their goals are for parents to have a seat at the table alongside the schools and NCAA, to have their questions answered as to how it can be done safely.

They felt much worse about that prospect July 1 than June 1, though, with positive case numbers and hospitalizations skyrocketing across the country.

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A view of the campus of Harvard University on July 8, 2020 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Ivy League has decided that it will not play any sports until at least January 1, according to several reports on Wednesday.

Stanford to discontinue 11 sports programs following 2020-21 academic year Emily Giambalvo The Washington Post

In the weeks after the novel coronavirus pandemic shut down sports in the United States, college athletic departments began preparing for lost revenue. They braced for a drop in donations because of the uncertain economy, the loss of student fees that help subsidize their departments and the harrowing prospect of what the balance sheet might look like if football cannot be played this fall.

As athletic directors across the country faced their departments’ unknown futures, they began cutting teams. The stream of lost sports began with wrestling at Old Dominion, then dozens of others followed. Three months after this spring’s edition of sport-cutting began, the trouble finally reached the Power Five conferences when Stanford announced Wednesday that the school would discontinue 11 programs following the 2020-21 academic year.

The school will cut men’s volleyball, wrestling, field hockey, and men’s and women’s fencing, as well as six programs that are not NCAA-sponsored championship sports - lightweight rowing, men’s rowing, student and women’s sailing, squash and synchronized

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Stanford’s Nathan Traxler, right, and Fresno State’s Danny Salas wrestle during the Battle on the Midway while on the deck of the USS Midway Museum in San Diego on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018.

swimming.

Stanford has historically been known for its

diverse array of varsity teams and its success in many nonrevenue sports. Stanford has won the

Directors’ Cup, given to the best overall athletic department in Division I, for 25 straight years.

The discontinued sports have produced 20 national championships and 27 Olympic medals.

After next year, 240 athletes will no longer be able to compete for Stanford. The 22 coaches who lead the programs that were cut will be forced to continue their careers elsewhere.

Twenty support staff positions will also be eliminated.

“It’s absolutely devastating honestly to hear that your storied program, a place that you cherish, is being cut,” said former Stanford volleyball player Kawika Shoji, who led the team to a national title in 2010 and won a bronze medal at the 2016 Olympics, in a phone interview.

“Obviously that hurts, but then to think about the current student-athletes and coaching staff and how that affects them as well is something really hard to swallow.”

Stanford announced its decision in a joint letter from university president Marc TessierLavigne, provost Persis Drell and athletic director Bernard Muir. The school said that before the pandemic, the athletic department was See STANFORD B3

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Pro football NFL WEEKLY SCHEDULES WEEK 1 Thursday, Sept. 10 Houston at Kansas City, 8:20 p.m. (NBC) Sunday, Sept. 13 Seattle at Atlanta, 1 p.m. (FOX) Cleveland at Baltimore, 1 p.m. (CBS) N.Y. Jets at Buffalo, 1 p.m. (CBS) Las Vegas at Carolina, 1 p.m. (CBS) Chicago at Detroit, 1 p.m. (FOX) Indianapolis at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. (CBS) Green Bay at Minnesota, 1 p.m. (FOX) Miami at New England, 1 p.m. (CBS) Philadelphia at Washington, 1 p.m. (FOX) L.A. Chargers at Cincinnati, 4:05 p.m. (CBS) Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 4:25 p.m. (FOX) Arizona at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m. (FOX) Dallas at L.A. Rams, 8:20 p.m. (NBC) Monday, Sept. 14 Pittsburgh at N.Y. Giants, 7:15 p.m. (ESPN) Tennessee at Denver, 10:10 p.m. (ESPN) WEEK 2 Thursday, Sept. 17 Cincinnati at Cleveland, 8:20 p.m. (NFLN) Sunday, Sept. 20 N.Y. Giants at Chicago, 1 p.m. (CBS) Atlanta at Dallas, 1 p.m. (FOX) Detroit at Green Bay, 1 p.m. (FOX) Minnesota at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. (FOX) Buffalo at Miami, 1 p.m. (CBS) San Francisco at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. (FOX) L.A. Rams at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. (FOX) Denver at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. (CBS) Carolina at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. (FOX) Jacksonville at Tennessee, 1 p.m. (CBS) Washington at Arizona, 4:05 p.m. (FOX) Baltimore at Houston, 4:25 p.m. (CBS) Kansas City at L.A. Chargers, 4:25 p.m. (CBS) New England at Seattle, 8:20 p.m. (NBC) Monday, Sept. 21 New Orleans at Las Vegas, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN) WEEK 3 Thursday, Sept. 24 Miami at Jacksonville, 8:20 p.m. (NFLN) Sunday, Sept. 27 Chicago at Atlanta, 1 p.m. (FOX) L.A. Rams at Buffalo, 1 p.m. (FOX) Washington at Cleveland, 1 p.m. (FOX) Tennessee at Minnesota, 1 p.m. (CBS) Las Vegas at New England, 1 p.m. (CBS) San Francisco at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m. (FOX) Cincinnati at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. (CBS) Houston at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. (CBS) N.Y. Jets at Indianapolis, 4:05 p.m. (CBS) Carolina at L.A. Chargers, 4:05 p.m. (CBS) Detroit at Arizona, 4:25 p.m. (FOX) Tampa Bay at Denver, 4:25 p.m. (FOX) Dallas at Seattle, 4:25 p.m. (FOX) Green Bay at New Orleans, 8:20 p.m. (NBC) Monday, Sept. 28 Kansas City at Baltimore, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN) WEEK 4 Thursday, Oct. 1 Denver at N.Y. Jets, 8:20 p.m. (NFLN) Sunday, Oct. 4 Arizona at Carolina, 1 p.m. (FOX) Indianapolis at Chicago, 1 p.m. (CBS) Jacksonville at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. (CBS) Cleveland at Dallas, 1 p.m. (FOX) New Orleans at Detroit, 1 p.m. (FOX) Minnesota at Houston, 1 p.m. (FOX) Seattle at Miami, 1 p.m. (FOX) L.A. Chargers at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. (CBS) Pittsburgh at Tennessee, 1 p.m. (CBS) Baltimore at Washington, 1 p.m. (CBS) N.Y. Giants at L.A. Rams, 4:05 p.m. (FOX) New England at Kansas City, 4:25 p.m. (CBS) Buffalo at Las Vegas, 4:25 p.m. (CBS) Philadelphia at San Francisco, 8:20 p.m. (NBC) Monday, Oct. 5 Atlanta at Green Bay, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN) WEEK 5 Thursday, Oct. 8 Tampa Bay at Chicago, 8:20 p.m. (FOX/NFLN/ Amazon*) Sunday, Oct. 11 Carolina at Atlanta, 1 p.m. (FOX) Cincinnati at Baltimore, 1 p.m. (CBS) Jacksonville at Houston, 1 p.m. (CBS) Las Vegas at Kansas City, 1 p.m. (CBS) Denver at New England, 1 p.m. (CBS) Arizona at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. (FOX) Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. (FOX) Buffalo at Tennessee, 1 p.m. (CBS) L.A. Rams at Washington, 1 p.m. (FOX) Miami at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m. (FOX) Indianapolis at Cleveland, 4:25 p.m. (CBS) N.Y. Giants at Dallas, 4:25 p.m. (CBS) Minnesota at Seattle, 8:20 p.m. (NBC) Monday, Oct. 12 L.A. Chargers at New Orleans, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN) WEEK 6 Thursday, Oct. 15 Kansas City at Buffalo, 8:20 p.m. (FOX/NFLN/ Amazon*) Sunday, Oct. 18 Chicago at Carolina, 1 p.m. (FOX) Cincinnati at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. (FOX) Detroit at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. (FOX) Atlanta at Minnesota, 1 p.m. (FOX) Washington at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m. (FOX) Baltimore at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. (CBS) Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. (CBS) Houston at Tennessee, 1 p.m. (CBS) Miami at Denver, 4:05 p.m. (CBS) N.Y. Jets at L.A. Chargers, 4:05 p.m. (CBS) Green Bay at Tampa Bay, 4:25 p.m. (FOX) L.A. Rams at San Francisco, 8:20 p.m. (NBC) Monday, Oct. 19 Arizona at Dallas, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN) WEEK 7 Thursday, Oct. 22 N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia, 8:20 p.m. (FOX/ NFLN/Amazon*) Sunday, Oct. 25 Detroit at Atlanta, 1 p.m. (FOX) Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 1 p.m. (CBS) Cleveland at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. (CBS) Green Bay at Houston, 1 p.m. (FOX) L.A. Chargers at Miami, 1 p.m. (CBS) Carolina at New Orleans, 1 p.m. (FOX) Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. (CBS) Dallas at Washington, 1 p.m. (FOX) Seattle at Arizona, 4:05 p.m. (FOX) Kansas City at Denver, 4:25 p.m. (CBS) San Francisco at New England, 4:25 p.m. (CBS) Tampa Bay at Las Vegas, 8:20 p.m. (NBC) Monday, Oct. 26 Chicago at L.A. Rams, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN) WEEK 8 Thursday, Oct. 29 Atlanta at Carolina, 8:20 p.m. (FOX/NFLN/Amazon*) Sunday, Nov. 1 New England at Buffalo, 1 p.m. (CBS) Tennessee at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. (CBS) Las Vegas at Cleveland, 1 p.m. (FOX) Indianapolis at Detroit, 1 p.m. (CBS) Minnesota at Green Bay, 1 p.m. (FOX) N.Y. Jets at Kansas City, 1 p.m. (CBS) L.A. Rams at Miami, 1 p.m. (FOX) Jacksonville at L.A. Chargers, 4:05 p.m. (CBS) New Orleans at Chicago, 4:25 p.m. (FOX) San Francisco at Seattle, 4:25 p.m. (FOX) Dallas at Philadelphia, 8:20 p.m. (NBC) Monday, Nov. 2 Tampa Bay at N.Y. Giants, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN) WEEK 9 Thursday, Nov. 5 Green Bay at San Francisco, 8:20 p.m. (FOX/ NFLN/Amazon*) Sunday, Nov. 8 Denver at Atlanta, 1 p.m. (CBS) Seattle at Buffalo, 1 p.m. (FOX) Baltimore at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. (CBS) Houston at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. (CBS) Carolina at Kansas City, 1 p.m. (FOX) Detroit at Minnesota, 1 p.m. (CBS) Chicago at Tennessee, 1 p.m. (FOX) N.Y. Giants at Washington, 1 p.m. (FOX) Las Vegas at L.A. Chargers, 4:05 p.m. (FOX) Miami at Arizona, 4:25 p.m. (CBS) Pittsburgh at Dallas, 4:25 p.m. (CBS) New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 8:20 p.m. (NBC) Monday, Nov. 9 New England at N.Y. Jets, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN) WEEK 10 Thursday, Nov. 12 Indianapolis at Tennessee, 8:20 p.m. (FOX/ NFLN/Amazon*) Sunday, Nov. 15 Tampa Bay at Carolina, 1 p.m. (FOX) Houston at Cleveland, 1 p.m. (FOX) Washington at Detroit, 1 p.m. (FOX) Jacksonville at Green Bay, 1 p.m. (FOX) Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m. (FOX) Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. (FOX) Buffalo at Arizona, 4:05 p.m. (CBS) Denver at Las Vegas, 4:05 p.m. (CBS) N.Y. Jets at Miami, 4:05 p.m. (CBS) Seattle at L.A. Rams, 4:25 p.m. (FOX) San Francisco at New Orleans, 4:25 p.m. (FOX) Baltimore at New England, 8:20 p.m. (NBC) Monday, Nov. 16 Minnesota at Chicago, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN) WEEK 11 Thursday, Nov. 19 Arizona at Seattle, 8:20 p.m. (FOX/NFLN/Amazon*) Sunday, Nov. 22 Tennessee at Baltimore, 1 p.m. (CBS) Detroit at Carolina, 1 p.m. (FOX) Philadelphia at Cleveland, 1 p.m. (FOX) New England at Houston, 1 p.m. (CBS) Green Bay at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. (FOX) Pittsburgh at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. (CBS) Atlanta at New Orleans, 1 p.m. (FOX) Cincinnati at Washington, 1 p.m. (CBS)

L.A. Chargers at Denver, 4:05 p.m. (CBS) Dallas at Minnesota, 4:25 p.m. (FOX) Kansas City at Las Vegas, 8:20 p.m. (NBC) Monday, Nov. 23 L.A. Rams at Tampa Bay, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN) WEEK 12 Thursday, Nov. 26 Houston at Detroit (, 12:30 p.m. (CBS) Washington at Dallas, 4:30 p.m. (FOX) Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 8:20 p.m. (NBC) Sunday, Nov. 29 Las Vegas at Atlanta, 1 p.m. (CBS) L.A. Chargers at Buffalo, 1 p.m. (CBS) N.Y. Giants at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. (FOX) Tennessee at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. (CBS) Cleveland at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. (CBS) Carolina at Minnesota, 1 p.m. (FOX) Arizona at New England, 1 p.m. (FOX) Miami at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. (CBS) New Orleans at Denver, 4:05 p.m. (FOX) San Francisco at L.A. Rams, 4:05 p.m. (FOX) Kansas City at Tampa Bay, 4:25 p.m. (CBS) Chicago at Green Bay, 8:20 p.m. (NBC) Monday, Nov. 30 Seattle at Philadelphia, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN) WEEK 13 Thursday, Dec. 3 Dallas at Baltimore, 8:20 p.m. (FOX/NFLN/Amazon*) Sunday, Dec. 6 New Orleans at Atlanta, 1 p.m. (FOX) Detroit at Chicago, 1 p.m. (FOX) Indianapolis at Houston, 1 p.m. (CBS) Cincinnati at Miami, 1 p.m. (CBS) Jacksonville at Minnesota, 1 p.m. (CBS) Las Vegas at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. (CBS) Washington at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. (FOX) Cleveland at Tennessee, 1 p.m. (CBS) L.A. Rams at Arizona, 4:05 p.m. (FOX) N.Y. Giants at Seattle, 4:05 p.m. (FOX) Philadelphia at Green Bay, 4:25 p.m. (CBS) New England at L.A. Chargers, 4:25 p.m. (CBS) Denver at Kansas City, 8:20 p.m. (NBC) Monday, Dec. 7 Buffalo at San Francisco, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN) WEEK 14 Thursday, Dec. 10 New England at L.A. Rams, 8:20 p.m. (FOX/ NFLN/Amazon*) Sunday, Dec. 13 Denver at Carolina, 1 p.m. (CBS) Houston at Chicago, 1 p.m. (CBS) Dallas at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. (FOX) Green Bay at Detroit, 1 p.m. (FOX) Tennessee at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. (CBS) Kansas City at Miami, 1 p.m. (CBS) Arizona at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m. (FOX) Minnesota at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. (FOX) Indianapolis at Las Vegas, 4:05 p.m. (CBS) N.Y. Jets at Seattle, 4:05 p.m. (CBS) Atlanta at L.A. Chargers, 4:25 p.m. (FOX) New Orleans at Philadelphia, 4:25 p.m. (FOX) Washington at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m. (FOX) Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 8:20 p.m. (NBC) Monday, Dec. 14 Baltimore at Cleveland, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN) WEEK 15 Thursday, Dec. 17 L.A. Chargers at Las Vegas, 8:20 p.m. (FOX/ NFLN/Amazon*) Saturday, Dec. 19 TBD, 4:30 p.m. (NFLN) TBD, 8:15 p.m. (NFLN) Saturday, Dec. 19 Carolina at Green Bay, TBD (TBD) Houston at Indianapolis, TBD (TBD) N.Y. Jets at L.A. Rams, TBD (TBD) Detroit at Tennessee, TBD (TBD) Sunday, Dec. 20 Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 1 p.m. (FOX) Jacksonville at Baltimore, 1 p.m. (CBS) New England at Miami, 1 p.m. (CBS) Chicago at Minnesota, 1 p.m. (FOX) Cleveland at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m. (CBS) Seattle at Washington, 1 p.m. (FOX) Philadelphia at Arizona, 4:05 p.m. (FOX) Kansas City at New Orleans, 4:25 p.m. (CBS) San Francisco at Dallas, 8:20 p.m. (NBC) Monday, Dec. 21 Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN) WEEK 16 Friday, Dec. 25 Minnesota at New Orleans, 4:30 p.m. (FOX/ NFLN/Amazon*) Saturday, Dec. 26 TBD, 4:30 p.m. (NFLN) TBD, 8:15 p.m. (NFLN) Saturday, Dec. 26 San Francisco at Arizona, TBD (TBD) Tampa Bay at Detroit, TBD (TBD) Denver at L.A. Chargers, TBD (TBD) Miami at Las Vegas, TBD (TBD) Cleveland at N.Y. Jets, TBD (TBD) Sunday, Dec. 27 N.Y. Giants at Baltimore, 1 p.m. (FOX) Cincinnati at Houston, 1 p.m. (CBS) Chicago at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. (FOX) Atlanta at Kansas City, 1 p.m. (FOX) Indianapolis at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. (CBS) Carolina at Washington, 1 p.m. (CBS) L.A. Rams at Seattle, 4:05 p.m. (CBS) Philadelphia at Dallas, 4:25 p.m. (FOX) Tennessee at Green Bay, 8:20 p.m. (NBC) Monday, Dec. 28 Buffalo at New England, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN) WEEK 17 Sunday, Jan. 3 Miami at Buffalo, 1 p.m. (CBS) New Orleans at Carolina, 1 p.m. (FOX) Green Bay at Chicago, 1 p.m. (FOX) Baltimore at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. (CBS) Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 1 p.m. (CBS) Minnesota at Detroit, 1 p.m. (FOX) Tennessee at Houston, 1 p.m. (CBS) Jacksonville at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. (CBS) L.A. Chargers at Kansas City, 1 p.m. (CBS) N.Y. Jets at New England, 1 p.m. (CBS) Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m. (FOX) Washington at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. (FOX) Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. (FOX) Las Vegas at Denver, 4:25 p.m. (CBS) Arizona at L.A. Rams, 4:25 p.m. (FOX) Seattle at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m. (FOX) * NFL Network and Amazon simulcast subject to change.

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MLB must earn players’ trust in COVID-19 testing system moving forward Scott Lauber The Philadelphia Inquirer

PHILADELPHIA — On a scale of one to 10 — one being a nuisance, 10 being a full-blown disruption of his life — Adam Haseley sounded as though a four-day wait for COVID-19 test results that were lost in the mail last week registered about a three.

“To my knowledge, mine was one of the only, if not the only one that was in this situation,” the young center fielder said Tuesday, his first day in a Phillies training camp that began last Friday.

“But with the Fourth of July weekend and all that stuff, I understood that was a little bit tough. I didn’t think it was a huge deal.”

OK, but what if it happens again? What if multiple players miss time despite neither testing positive nor coming in contact with anyone who did? What if it happens during a season that will last only nine weeks anyway?

What if?

What Major League Baseball is attempting — three weeks of training camp followed by a fanfree 60-game season in 67 days in 30 ballparks across the country, all amid a global pandemic that has infected more than 2.9 million people in the United States and killed more than 130,000 — is monumentally challenging.

And the only way that it will work is with a system of rigorous testing that is both reliable and rapid enough to be trusted by the players who are risking their health.

Haseley’s missing test is the first hiccup encountered by the Phillies. But it’s far from the only glitch across MLB, which wants everyone, especially players and staff, to believe it’s merely ironing out the kinks in an overloaded system.

With several players, most notably Los Angeles Angels star Mike Trout, reporting to camp and expressing doubts over how long they will stay, MLB announced last Friday that only 38 of 3,185 samples collected as part of MLB’s mandatory “intake screening” were positive for COVID-19. Considering the nationwide average rate of positive tests is roughly 9%, a 1.2% positive rate seemed to be encouraging.

But there were still more than 500 pending tests. From June 27 through July 3, MLB conducted 3,740 intake screenings, a

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Philadelphia Phillies’ Adam Haseley bats against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland on September 22, 2019.

three-tiered process that included temperature checks, saliva or oral/nasal swabs, and a blood sample for serology/antibody testing. In a statement Monday, MLB claimed that 95% of those tests had been conducted, analyzed and shared with the 30 teams.

But the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros — last year’s World Series teams — canceled their scheduled workouts Monday because they had not yet received their allotment of intake results. The St. Louis Cardinals did the same. The San Francisco Giants suspended their training camp Tuesday pending results of COVID-19 testing that was conducted last weekend.

The Phillies have not yet experienced such problems. All it would take, though, to prompt them to call off a scheduled workout is a 24-hour delay in the testing process, according to general

How major league teams can still make money in front of empty stands Lee Schafer Star Tribune

NBA RETURN SCHEDULE Orlando, Fla. Thursday, July 30 Jazz vs. Pelicans, 5:30 p.m., TNT Clippers vs. Lakers, 8 p.m., TNT Friday, July 31 Magic vs. Nets, 1:30 p.m.

Grizzlies vs. Blazers, 3 p.m., NBATV Suns vs. Wizards, 3 p.m.

Celtics vs. Bucks, 5:30 p.m., ESPN Kings vs. Spurs, 7 p.m.

Rockets vs. Mavericks, 8 p.m., ESPN Saturday, Aug. 1 Heat vs. Nuggets, noon, ESPN Jazz vs. Thunder, 2:30 p.m., ESPN Pelicans vs. Clippers, 5 p.m., ESPN 76ers vs. Pacers, 6 p.m.

Lakers vs. Raptors, 7:30 p.m., ESPN Sunday, Aug. 2 Wizards vs. Nets, 1 p.m.

Blazers vs. Celtics, 2:30 p.m, ABC Spurs v. Grizzlies, 3 p.m.

Kings vs. Magic, 5 p.m., NBATV Bucks vs. Rockets, 7:30 p.m., ABC Mavericks vs. Suns, 8 p.m.

Monday, Aug. 3 Raptors vs. Heat, 12:30 p.m., NBATV Nuggets vs. Thunder, 3 p.m., NBATV Pacers vs. Wizards, 3 p.m.

Grizzlies vs. Pelicans, 5:30 p.m., ESPN Spurs vs. 76ers, 7 p.m.

Lakers vs. Jazz, 8 p.m., ESPN Tuesday, Aug. 4 Nets vs. Bucks, 12:30 p.m., NBATV Mavericks vs. Kings, 1:30 p.m.

Suns vs. Clippers, 3 p.m., NBATV Magic vs. Pacers, 5 p.m.

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Magic vs. 76ers, 5:30 p.m., TNT Wizards vs. Pelicans, 7 p.m.

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manager Matt Klentak, who said such a cancellation would be “a relatively easy decision for us.”

“It’s happened already throughout the league, and we have to be prepared for that,” Klentak said Tuesday. “We would not hesitate to shut down camp for a day if we had to do that. It would just be too risky.”

Nobody needs to tell the players, many of whom arrived with concerns. It isn’t only Trout, the best player in the sport, whose wife is due to give birth in August.

Phillies reliever Francisco Liriano, a 14-year veteran who has made $62 million in his career, is evaluating if he wants to play.

And for every Trout, there are dozens of Lirianos.

Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler, whose pregnant wife’s due date is in the final week of July, said this over the weekend: “I’m happy with what I see so far, but this could change, especially once our

baby’s born.”

One surefire way to change players’ minds would be issues with testing that diminish their faith in the system.

“It’s everything,” Haseley said of that trust. “I’ve got to look out for my teammates’ families. I’ve got to look out for my family.”

Haseley got into town last Tuesday after spending baseball’s hiatus at home in the Orlando area. He went for his intake screening last Wednesday morning. For the next two days, his results weren’t available, but then the turnaround time, especially for the initial testing, could be 48 hours.

“Saturday afternoon is when I was told that there was some sort of error with my specific test,” Haseley said.

Haseley’s samples, like each of the others given by Phillies players and staff, were sent to the Utah laboratory that MLB is using to conduct its COVID-19 screenings, according to Klentak. But while the rest of the results came back, Haseley’s didn’t. Klentak termed it a “lab error,” a polite way of saying the test was lost.

Mistakes happen. And given the enormity of the undertaking — testing upwards of 1,800 players and 2,000 staff members every other day for the next 12 weeks — there figure to be many more.

From now on, testing will be staggered, according to Klentak, so not every team is conducting tests on the same day. Maybe that will ease the burden on the lab.

Maybe it will streamline the process.

Or maybe, in the end, it will prove to be too much for MLB to handle.

“It’s going to be critical that the testing is done reliably and done quickly,” Klentak said. “The league folks, the Players Association folks and the folks at the lab are doing the best they can, and we absolutely understand that this is a huge undertaking. We understand that.

“Nevertheless, it’s frustrating for a player like Adam Haseley or to the Phillies when something like that happens. Our hope throughout the league is that as we work through these instances early, that we will be able to smooth them out for later in camp and later in the season.”

This entire endeavor depends on it.

MINNEAPOLIS — By the end of the month, Major League Baseball plans to be one of those American professional sports that will open up for business without any paying customers.

It’s such an odd situation that it deserves to be unpacked a little. That includes wondering out loud if this is the year, with a global infectious disease pandemic, that sports moves closer to completing its transition from an inperson experience to a reality TV show.

And is sports played for TV still live? Of course, even “live” needs some explanation, what with the average length of ninth-inning games in Major League Baseball setting another record last year, at more than 3 hours and 5 minutes. The last decade has really become baseball’s second “dead ball” era.

Baseball is not timed. Over in the National Football League where games are run off a clock, play is simply stopped when it’s time to run more advertising in front of fans watching on TV. What we’re seeing this year is, of course, shaped by an effort to improvise a season that had been suspended this spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic. MLB and its teams couldn’t work out an agreement with the players’ union, so the league office then elected to dictate a 60-game season. The Minnesota Twins are scheduled to open play this year in Chicago on July 24.

With our country’s dismal performance in restricting the spread of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, baseball may not make it all the way through the World Series or, even worse, get going at all.

You could hear the stress and unease as Twins players and others have talked about playing this year, and several high-profile players have opted to skip the season altogether.

The teams generally decline to say anything about their finances, so it’s not easy to know how a business can still be a business when it

opens up without customers. The best we can do to get a sense of where the money comes from is the estimates routinely published by Forbes.

In 2019, MLB hit another record for annual revenue, about $10.7 billion, Forbes reported.

The league isn’t one business, of course, more like a cartel with 30 members, many making a lot more money than others.

In its last detailed look at how the individual teams performed, Forbes said only one team lost money.

Last year was a good one for in-person baseball in Minnesota, too, with a consistently winning Twins team attracting about 2.3 million customers. That isn’t close to the record attendance that followed the opening of Target Field in Minneapolis a decade ago, but it was a big jump from 2018 and also better than the American League average attendance.

The Twins were nicely profitable last year on $297 million in revenue, again according to Forbes. Yet the interesting thing is, and this is common for all of baseball, only about onequarter of its revenue came from gate receipts.

The shortened season currently planned envisions ticket revenue of approximately zero. There is other in-stadium revenue besides selling the tickets — from beer sales to collecting $11,000 for a game on the Budweiser Roof Deck — that will be lost this year, too.

The team won’t have the expenses of serving fans onsite, narrowing losses, but its reality TV business model is intact.

Last month, when the league and its players’ union were making news just for their fruitless negotiating, word also got out that Major League Baseball had a new, long-term TV deal with one of its main partners, the WarnerMedia unit of AT&T. The annual fee reportedly will jump from $325 million in its current deal to about $470 million. If the ESPN unit of the Walt Disney Co. renews its commitment to baseball with a similar increase, then revenue from national TV deals should jump to around $2 billion a year.

This suggests that the TV audience for baseball is booming, which is not exactly the case.

The World Series ratings from last season show the audience is not much more than a third the size of what it was in 1991, when the Twins won the championship.

Even if the TV audience does not expand, the money does, as live sports have grown in relative importance in television, from attracting customers for expensive cable packages to advertising.

Part of what makes baseball games valuable is that they are only really fun as they happen.

Maybe some fans will want to binge-watch a four-game baseball series like fans of a crime drama can do on Netflix, but there can’t be that many. The value, then, is because fans watching a game live on screens can’t easily skip the ads.

There’s local and regional TV revenue for teams, too, and the Twins’ winning season last year increased its audience on Fox Sports North by roughly two-thirds. Teams also get a chunk of the revenue from other sources.

Hanging onto the TV money became the business imperative of 2020, probably for all of major league sports. Yet it’s not really clear, today, how much of the payments will be made this year.

On Disney’s quarterly conference call for investors and analysts in May, the company’s chief financial officer congratulated a stock analyst for having already read in the quarterly filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that Disney had continued making its sports payments. She then declined to take a swing at the obvious “how long that could endure” question the analyst pitched.

MLB has similarly described terms of its media contracts as confidential.

When these big TV rights deals are announced, MLB calls the media company a “partner” and gets called a partner in return.

One of the things we will likely find out as this challenging year for sports unfolds is if baseball and its TV partners really meant it.

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before Jan. 1, the parents’ unease about what’s being asked of their sons reached a boiling point.

“I don’t know all the financials for an Ivy League football team, but I don’t think they’re raking in the money,” said Chris Hinton, a former NFL first-round pick and seven-time Pro Bowl offensive tackle. “So when you take money out of the equation, it’s a no-brainer.

You get the Ivy decision. If the Power Five wasn’t making billions of dollars, they would have shut it down, too.”

On Wednesday, Ohio State and North Carolina became the latest schools to suspend voluntary workouts due to alarming numbers of positive test results. In a statement, Ohio State said the athletes who are infected will self-isolate for 14 days and receive daily checkups from the school’s medical staff.

“The health and safety of our student-athletes is always our top priority,” the release finished.

The Ivy League’s decision to cancel its postseason basketball tournament in March started a domino effect that led to all conference tournaments and the NCAA tournament being canceled.

And its bold conscience may prove to influence its Division I peers yet again. But to this point, the only thing the big schools have been willing to do in the face of actual mini-outbreaks within their programs is admit that they need to take a little break before pushing further into the unknown.

Wisconsin, without identifying the athletes by sport, announced seven positive cases Wednesday but did not shut down workouts.

“You have the tricked-out car and then you have the car that’s just the basic, factory model ... that’s what the Ivy is, it’s the pure form,” Hinton said. “They’re not driven by money. They’re driven by what’s best for the studentathletes. And so to see them make that decision, I think it could potentially expose the other conferences that continue on ... that safety is not the No. 1 priority.”

The Hintons love college football. The sport was a huge part of who they were as a family long before Chris and Myles ended up at Michigan and Stanford, respectively. Chris Sr. and Mya met at Northwestern, where he played football and she played basketball. Raising their sons in the Atlanta suburb of Norcross, they built their friendships around college football, and every parent had their allegiance that colored Saturday’s social engagements.

The members of College Football Parents 247 are the last who would want a fall without games.

“Just the idea that for the

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never supported u anyway.”

The claim about the Rothschild family, which has for centuries been the focus of anti-Semitic vitriol and conspiracy theories, came as Jackson also affirmed his “love” for Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam. Farrakhan has made numerous anti-Semitic claims and comments, including about the Rothschilds, and in a speech last year he said he was “here to separate the good Jews from the satanic Jews.”

In a 2017 radio appearance (via Forward), Farrakhan said, “Holy Land don’t belong to a white Arab or a white Jew. You are settlers on our land. We are the original owners of that part of the Earth and you all kicked us out and assumed our position.”

DeSean Jackson appeared

first time in 10 or 11 years that their son won’t be playing football in the fall (hurts),” Hinton said. “Everybody wants it.”

But they have to think about what’s right for their sons, because they’re not sure that anybody else is, at least among those who have the power.

On Tuesday night, College Football Parents 247 released a list of 22 questions for athletic directors regarding the handling of the coronavirus. Among them: Will conferences enforce uniform requirements for all schools, since the NCAA refuses to do so?

What will reporting of positive cases look like and will parents be informed? If local hospitals are at capacity, where will an athlete go for in-patient care? Will the university be providing short-term and long-term insurance coverage?

The Hintons released a letter in early June addressed to athletic directors, university presidents and the NCAA, stating their hope to start a parent advisory committee similar to the NCAA’s athlete advisory group.

“Why is it when it comes to transfer rules, name image and likeness, or eligibility requirements the NCAA can find a ‘size 7’ that every school can comfortably fit but comprehensive safety guidance for COVID-19 is delegated to the individual schools?” the letter asks.

In the case of his sons, Chris Hinton said he has been pleased with how Michigan and Stanford have handled their return to campus. Still, Wednesday, both schools made national headlines relating to the pandemic.

Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh, speaking in a conference with reporters, had a quote taken out of context on social media that made it seem like he wanted a fall season because he had accepted that “COVID is part of our society.” His larger point was that if students are allowed to be on campus then he trusts the protocols they have in place and welcomes that responsibility to help keep the players safe as a parent of a college-age daughter himself.

Later in the day, Stanford announced it was going to stop supporting 11 varsity sports at the end of the 2020-21 school year due to the financial ramifications of the pandemic.

Every day, Hinton said, it’s something new.

This coming Monday marks the day the NCAA has set for schools to take the next step in workouts, removing some precautions that have been in place during the voluntary portion.

“We’re losing sleep over the idea of Monday coming,” Hinton said, “the idea that now we’re running into the storm versus running away from it.”

to be making a similar claim in his posts. He shared a passage from a book containing a quote, incorrectly attributed to Adolf Hitler, that “the white Jews knows that the Negroes are the real Children of Israel,” that Jews “will extort America” and that “their plan for world domination won’t work if the Negroes know who they were.”

The wide receiver also shared posts, which he subsequently deleted, that praised Farrakhan, whom he reportedly called “powerful.”

In one post, Jackson shared the same image of the book, which also included a reference to “the Illuminati,” that he had earlier. This time, he included a caption in which he said, “Anyone who feels I have hate toward the Jewish community took my post the wrong way/ I have no hatred in my heart towards anyone!”

The Eagles, whose owner and general manager are Jewish, said in a statement Tuesday that the messages Jackson

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Greene County Outlaws’ Alek Wagor slides head first in to second base during Wednesday’s Eastern New York 16U Travel Baseball game against Hayner’s Barnstormers at McQuade Park.

Greene County Outlaws catcher Vic Gorman had an outstanding game behind the plate during Wednesday’s Eastern New York 16U Travel Baseball game against Hayner’s Barnstormers at McQuade Park.

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Connor Bailey, Jeff Madalone and Noah Marshall each had a single and Mike O’Connor drove in a run.

Norton pitched the first three innings for the Outlaws, allowing two runs three hits with four strikeouts and two walks. Matt Bowes pitched 3 1/3 innings of solid relief, striking out five, walking three and allowing four runs and three hits. Edmonds worked the final 2/3 of an inning, walking one batter.

Owen Goodridge started and pitched two inning for the Barnstormers, striking out one, walking six and allowing five runs and three hits. A.J. Cowles threw 2 2/3 innings, surrendering three runs and five hits with two strikeouts and two walks.

Nate Rodriguez finished up, allowing three runs and three hits with two strikeouts and one walk.

Outlaws catcher Vic

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Greene County Outlaws’ Pat McManus connects with a pitch during Wednesday’s Eastern New York 16U Travel Baseball game against Hayner’s Barnstormers at McQuade Park.

Gorman had an outstanding defensive game, throwing out a would-be base stealer, picking off a runner at first base and cutting down a base

runner trying to advance to second on a fielder’s choice.

The 16U Outlaws play host to the Lansingburgh Royals

today at 6 p.m., then entertain the Halfmoon Mariners in a doubleheader on Sunday at 3 p.m. at McQuade Park.

projected to operate at a deficit of at least $12 million during the 2021 fiscal year. In the wake of the coronavirus, the school said the “best-case scenario” was a $25 million deficit. Stanford, the letter said, considered alternatives but found they were insufficient.

“We’ve got to cut from the top before we cut from the bottom,” David Ridpath, a professor of sports management at Ohio University, said in a phone interview in reference to the extravagant spending of college football and men’s basketball programs.

“And what we’re doing now is we’re cutting from the bottom and cutting nothing from the top.”

Members of Stanford’s athletic department’s executive team, as well as some Cardinal head coaches, have taken voluntary pay cuts, and the university is planning for budget cuts of up to 10 percent because of the pandemic.

But across the country, college football budgets have continued to rise, with

coaches making millions each year, as well as expenses such as staying at hotels the night before home games and large recruiting budgets. The revenue generated by football at Power Five schools often funds the rest of the athletic department’s programs. In many cases, shaving just a fraction of the budget devoted to football could single-handedly prevent a program from being cut.

The loss of nonrevenue programs at Stanford and other universities threatens the pipeline of Olympic talent in the United States. Playing at the college level is an “enormous steppingstone to the Olympic experience and winning Olympic medals,” Shoji said. In 2016, the NCAA reported that more than 400 members of the U.S. Olympic team were future, current or former college athletes.

Twenty-nine current or former Stanford athletes competed for the U.S. at the 2016 Olympics, the most of any school, and that group combined to win 27 medals in Rio de Janeiro. Four of those came from athletes who played sports that were cut Wednesday. Shoji’s younger brother, Erik, was also part of the

bronze-winning U.S. indoor volleyball team, for which every member of the roster had played at the college level.

Former Stanford fencer Alexander Massialas, a two-time Olympian, won two medals in 2016.

Other schools have cut programs with Olympic success.

This spring, Akron discontinued its cross-country program, which produced Clayton Murphy, who won bronze in the 800-meter run at the 2016 Olympics, becoming the first American man to win a medal in the event since 1992.

The timing of Stanford’s decision, with the news relayed via video calls, was not ideal, the school said in the letter. “However, we felt it was imperative to confront the financial challenge before it worsened, to undertake a deliberate and collaborative decision-making process with our Board of Trustees and campus leadership, and to exhaust all alternatives before making profound changes in our programs, especially during this difficult time.”

Before the cuts, Stanford had 36 varsity programs, a model that the school said it determined “is not sustainable,” while noting that the

average Division I program sponsors 18 sports. Athletes represented 12 percent of the school’s undergraduate population. The school said it will honor scholarships for athletes who choose to stay at Stanford, and the affected sports will be able to transition to club status after next year.

Stanford cited the dire financial situation, as well as its desire to maintain “competitive excellence” in the sports the school will continue to offer, as the reason for the cuts.

If an adjusted football season further strains athletic departments, more universities will likely follow in Stanford’s footsteps. That path had already been forged by dozens of smaller schools, but now even Stanford, a school with a past commitment to a wide array of sports, has joined.

“Ultimately there might be a reason to drop a sport, but that should be the last thing on the table, the very last thing,” Ridpath said. “And I can assure you Stanford did not address everything. Other schools, Old Dominion and others who have dropped sports, did not address everything before they cut those sports.”

shared were “offensive, harmful, and absolutely appalling.”

The team said it was “continuing to evaluate the circumstances and will take appropriate action.”

While the 33-year-old receiver followed that with a pair of public apologies, Stephen Jackson took to social media Tuesday to assert that DeSean Jackson had been “speaking the truth.”

“He don’t hate nobody, but he’s speaking the truth of the facts that he knows, and trying to educate others,” Stephen Jackson, 42, said in a video that he later deleted but which was saved and shared online.

“But y’all don’t want him to educate ourselves.”

Stephen Jackson also accused the Eagles of hypocrisy, referring to an episode in 2013 when Riley Cooper, a white wide receiver for Philadelphia, was shown on video using the n-word. Cooper was fined an undisclosed amount and made to undergo counseling, but was allowed to rejoin the

team shortly thereafter.

Jackson, who helped the San Antonio Spurs win the 2003 NBA championship during a 14-year career and has worked as a basketball analyst on TV, returned to that topic Wednesday. Saying, “I don’t know nothing about Hitler and I could give a [expletive] about Hitler,” he declared his “whole reason for supporting D-Jax” was that the receiver claimed during a phone conversation that the Eagles were “threatening to fire him,” in contrast to how they treated Cooper.

“And I’m like, ‘You right, you shouldn’t have to apologize if they didn’t make him apologize.’ And that was my whole thing,” Stephen Jackson said. “I don’t hate Jews. I don’t support Hitler. But they are wrong for how they’re handling D-Jax because Cooper said the n-word publicly at a concert. They slapped him on the wrist and he got a contract extension. Never talked about being fired. But they

want to fire D-Jax. And I see a lot of people tried to deflect that I called the owner out on how he handled the black man and the white man, and tried to deflect to make it seem like I hated Jews and I was supporting Hitler.

“Today, I’m saying to you, [expletive] Hitler. I love Jews.

And I love everybody. And I stand on love for all who have love for all.”

Jackson also hosts a Showtime podcast, “All the Smoke,” with fellow ex-NBA player Matt Barnes. Saying Wednesday (via the New York Post) it was “aware of Stephen Jackson’s recent statements,” a network spokesman added, “Regardless of his intentions, Stephen’s comments were hurtful and inconsistent with the values espoused by this network.”

Since the killing in May of George Floyd, a longtime friend of Stephen Jackson’s from the Houston area who shared a facial resemblance, Jackson has become a

prominent voice against police brutality and racial injustice.

“I didn’t ask for this position,” he said last month. “God just put me here.”

On Wednesday, he said that Farrakhan was “teaching me how to be a leader.”

“I’m a fan of Minister Farrakhan because nobody loves black people more than him.

And that’s just facts. I’m my own man, I believe what I want to believe and I love everybody else. But I love the minister.

“Ya’ll wanna push your issues, ya’ll wanna push your beliefs, ya’ll wanna push all your [expletive] on people because ya’ll feel this way,” he added. “I’m my own person. I do what I wanna do.

“I know how to love the minister and love Jewish people, too. I know how to love the minister and love white people, too. This is a new day, bruh - ya’ll don’t get it.”

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SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to the LLC to Adam Kitsock, 168 County Route 27B, Hudson, New York NOTICE OF COMPLE12534. Purpose: to engage in any lawful TION FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL activity (Pursuant to Section Global Supply Chain 516 of the Real PropServices, LLC. Filed erty Tax Law) 3/26/20. Office: Co- Notice is hereby given lumbia Co. SSNY de- That the assessment sig. as agent for pro- roll for the Town of cess & shall mail to: Hunter Greene County, John K. Friedman, N.Y., for the year 2020, Esq., 230 Warren St has been finally com3rd Fl, Hudson, NY pleted and verified by 12534. Purpose: Gen- the undersigned assessor and a certified eral. copy thereof was filed in the office of the LEGAL NOTICE Name of foreign limit- Town Clerk of the ed liability company is Town of Hunter at SWI Funds Tower 5748 Route 23A Town Holdings, LLC (“LLC�). Hall on July 1, 2020 Date Authority filed there to remain for inspection. with Secy. of State of public W. Hommel NY (“SSNY�) June 24, Mark 2020. LLC organized in Sole Assessor Delaware on NovemPotting Shed, ber 5, 2019. NY county The location is Greene. LLC. Art. of Org filed SSNY designated with the Secretary of agent of LLC upon State of New York whom process against (SSNY) on 02/05/20.

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NASCAR releases remaining 2020 schedule Alex Andrejev The Charlotte Observer

NASCAR announced Wednesday the final slate of regular-season races in its 2020 schedule, which was upended earlier this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. The updated schedule carries the sport through August and its remaining 10 points races before the playoffs in September.

The latest schedule includes doubleheader race weekends for the Cup Series at Michigan International Speedway and Dover International Speedway, as well as two races at Daytona International Speedway — one on the oval and one on the 3.56-mile Daytona road course for the first time.

“The sport of NASCAR gets to add a surprise chapter of road course racing to the venue’s legacy,” Daytona International Speedway president Chip Wile said in a statement. “Throughout the years, we have had many memorable moments with sports cars and motorcycles, but now NASCAR will take center stage on the road course at the World Center of Racing.”

NASCAR said that more details on playoffs JAMIE SQUIRE/GETTY IMAGES will be announced at a later date, although Kevin Harvick leads the field on the final restart of the NASCAR Cup Series Big Machine Hand NASCAR president Steve Phelps said that the Sanitizer 400 Powered by Big Machine Records at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday in sport wanted to maintain its original playIndianapolis. off schedule when the pandemic temporarily shuttered the season in March. pandemic. first time. That Cup race will replace Watkins NASCAR previously announced a revised The latest update to the Cup Series schedule Glen on the previous schedule. schedule with races lined up through early Auincludes a doubleheader weekend at MichiComplete details on the road-course weekgust, ending with a race at New Hampshire.

The July 15 All-Star Race was then moved gan on Saturday, Aug. 8 and Sunday, Aug. 9, end at Daytona, including fan attendance, is from Charlotte to Bristol, which will allow up followed by a race at the Daytona road course being finalized and will be announced in the to 30,000 fans to attend — the largest allowed the following Sunday, where all three series, in- near future, according to the speedway. gathering of NASCAR fans at a race during the cluding Trucks and Xfinity, will compete for the After the Daytona road course, there will

be another doubleheader Cup race weekend at Dover, with races on Saturday, Aug. 22 and Sunday, Aug. 23. All three series will also hold races at Dover.

The final race before playoffs will be held at the Daytona oval Saturday, Aug. 29.

The 10-race playoffs then start in September with a round of 16 that is whittled down to four in a championship race, which is scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 8 at Phoenix Raceway.

The full NASCAR Cup Series schedule (through August) is below: * Sunday, July 12 — Kentucky Speedway — 400 mi * Wednesday, July 15 — Bristol Motor Speedway (All-Star Race) 74.62 mi * Sunday, July 19 — Texas Motor Speedway — 501 mi * Thursday, July 23 — Kansas Speedway — 400 mi * Sunday, August 2 — New Hampshire Motor Speedway — 318 mi * Saturday, Aug. 8 — Michigan International Speedway — 312 mi (previously not on schedule) * Sunday, Aug. 9 — Michigan International Speedway — 312 mi * Sunday, Aug. 16 — Daytona road course — 231 mi (previously not on schedule, instead was Watkins Glen) * Saturday, Aug. 22 — Dover International Speedway — 311 mi (previously not on schedule) * Sunday, Aug. 23 — Dover International Speedway — 311 mi * Saturday, Aug. 29 — Daytona International Speedway — 400 mi

A motivated Newton dives into Patriots’ playbook Mark Daniels The Providence Journal

It took Cam Newton a matter of days to connect with one of his new Patriots teammates when he worked out with Mohamed Sanu last week. The newest Patriots quarterback also hasn’t wasted any time when it comes to diving into his new playbook.

On Tuesday night, Newton posted a photo of himself sitting at a table taking notes. It appeared like the 31-year-old was studying the Patriots’ offensive playbook. The Instagram caption certainly made it sound as if that was the case, with Newton writing in quotes, “This (expletive) calculus!” The quote was attributed to Julian Edelman.

Thanks to his social media presence, we’ve been able to track Newton since he agreed to a one-year deal with the Patriots on June 28.

Last Friday, Newton was spotted in Foxborough by Twitter user BostonSportsMike. According to the NFL Network, Newton was in town to take his physical with the Patriots. On Wednesday evening, the team officially announced the Newton signing.

On Monday, Newton posted a workout video on his Instagram page. It looked like a warning to the rest of the NFL. In the video, the quarterback can be seen doing some core work.

“You gonna choose that over this?”

Newton said in between sets. “I’m being modest, I’ll tell you this: I’m getting tired of being humble now. All right? All right?”

After more crunches, Newton pops up again. It’s clear that the former NFL MVP is coming to Foxborough motivated.

“I’m really a killa. I’m really a killa,” Newton said. “You hear me? I’m getting tired of all this humble (expletive). Because, when you’re humble, they start

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Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton (1) prepares to throw a pass as quarterback Kyle Allen, right, looks on during the team’s first practice of training camp at Wofford College in Spartanburg, S.C. on July 25, 2019.

taking advantage of you. When you don’t say nothing, they start taking advantage of you. But the hyenas can be doing all of this, the elephants can be doing all of what they do, the giraffes, the antelopes, the chimpanzees, even the gorilla. But there’s one (expletive) animal in the jungle, and when he roars, everything stops.

And I’m about to (expletive) roar.”

With sports at a standstill due to the coronavirus virus pandemic, the Newton news has given Patriots fans some added

excitement heading into training camp.

Although the details are still to be sorted out, it appears that there won’t be any preseason games this summer.

That might make it harder for a new player like Newton this offseason, but it’s clear that this quarterback is working hard. If anything, the upcoming quarterback competition will be the biggest Patriots’ story line heading into training camp, which is expected to start on July 28.

Mike Golic’s time on ESPN Radio is over, and Dan Le Batard’s is running out Dennis Young New York Daily News

NEW YORK — ESPN is shaking up its syndicated national radio lineup, although only one of the changes will come through to listeners in New York. “Golic and Wingo,” which airs from 6 to 10 a.m. nationally and on 98.7 in New York, is being replaced by “Keyshawn, Jay and Zubin.”

Mike Golic Sr. and Trey Wingo have been ESPN fixtures for decades; both have contracts that are up at the end of the year. Their show ends this month.

Golic, a former NFL lineman, was one of the titular “Mike & Mikes” from 2002-17 before the other Mike, Greenberg, decamped for TV. As part of the radio changes, Greenberg is returning to midday radio. The full lineup changes: — From 6-10, “Golic and Wingo” is being replaced by “Keyshawn, Jay and Zubin” with former Jets receiver Keyshawn Johnson, former NBA guard Jay Williams and SportsCenter host Zubin

Mehenti.

— “The Dan Le Batard Show” is being trimmed from three hours to two. It will now air from 10 a.m. to noon.

— Three new afternoon programs will replace “First Take, Your Take,” whose host, Jason Fitz, will join Sarah Spain in the evenings. “The Mike Greenberg Show,” “The Max Kellerman Show,” and “Chiney and Golic Jr.” will air from noon to 7 p.m.

Chiney Ogwumike, a forward for the WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks, recently said that she was opting out of the 2020 basketball season because of the coronavirus. She’ll join Mike Golic Jr., a former lineman like his father.

If you live in New York, you’ll have to find the programming after “Keyshawn, Jay and Zubin” on the internet or on cable TV, where ESPN sometimes simulcasts parts of its radio shows. ESPN 98.7 has local shows filling the hours after 10 a.m.

Outside of the departures of Golic and Wingo, the biggest

news is the vise squeezing on Le Batard, who is under contract through the end of next year. Published reports had speculated that Le Batard could leave ESPN entirely, like Will Cain ultimately did.

“This is the worst crisis in ESPN’s history,” Le Batard said about the coronavirus and widespread sports cancellations in a podcast released Wednesday. “ESPN has informed us that they’re cutting an hour from the radio show ... I myself have viewed it and said to people above us, ‘This feels like a demotion.’ And the answer I’m getting is ‘Hey, no it’s not.’ “ Le Batard then explained that ESPN executives have told him that they’re basically shifting more resources towards podcasts.

“It sounds like a demotion to me, but OK, if you guys are afraid of hurting my toddler feelings and you wanna say that it’s part of a digital push, I will agree with you once the resources come with the digital push that we’ve been promised. So we’ll see what

ends up happening there.”

But it sounds like Le Batard isn’t buying it. “I’ve said to two people involved, this sounds like a demotion to me, and both of them came back very strongly with, this is not a demotion. But I understand how the audience might arrive in a place where that looks like that would be a publicly embarrassing thing — after these riots, the most diverse show, the race war in America — is being cut by an hour as the system gets back into place after a month after screaming about things in the street.”

Le Batard also took potshots at the new ESPN schedule.

“In a pandemic, as everyone at ESPN is being asked to take pay cuts, as they’re making even their high-paid guys like Max Kellerman and Mike Greenberg — two totally random names — they’re just trying to get everyone to do more work. It’s the ESPN ethos.”

“Except for us,” producer Mike Ruiz said. “It’s kind of concerning.”

The NFL is the last organization that should be trusted with anyone’s health Charles McDonald New York Daily News

As the NFL prepares to rise from the ashes and play football in the middle of an uncontained pandemic, there’s an important question that needs to be asked: After seeing how the NFL has treated its own players, why should it be trusted with the health of larger populations?

The United States as a whole hasn’t done nearly enough to safely return to professional sports. Now a league that’s shown callous disregard for its players for decades is going to successfully navigate the coronavirus?

The NFL fumbled its way through concussion lawsuits, been stingy with benefits for retired players and been tough on marijuana use despite pumping players full of addictive painkillers. For the NFL, the most important thing is making money — no matter how many players’ bodies pile up on the way to the mountaintop of eternal wealth.

As bad as that is, though, at least concussions and shredded ligaments aren’t contagious. Now the virus means far more lives are at risk for the NFL’s pursuit of its bottom line. The league isn’t exactly reassuring its devoted fans that it cares about their lives, either.

The NFL pushed for teams to have two fan events during training camp. Fan events. At practice. In the middle of a pandemic. This serves no

purpose besides squeezing every penny that they can out of a situation that will certainly affect league revenue this year.

Players have spoken out about the challenges of returning to football right now, including New Orleans Saints safety Malcolm Jenkins, who correctly stated that football is not an essential business.

The NFL and NFLPA have agreed to social distancing policies for training camp, but it’s a bit difficult to social distance while tackling and blocking people at full speed for hours at a time.

The NFL is going to be in charge of the impossible task of containing a contagious disease while playing a sport that is rooted in the violence of repeated physical contact. Nothing that this league has produced this year or any other year should inspire confidence in the general public that NFL players won’t become ATMs for COVID-19 in the fall; no other American league’s restart has provided a blueprint for playing safely.

Getting through the offseason was the easy part! As everyone saw, free agency, the draft and playbook install can be done virtually and safely. Now, the hard issues are peeking their head around the corner.

The sheer size and popularity of the league makes it an important player in public health. It’s a role it hasn’t earned, and one that Americans should be wary of.

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Steve Ballmer is putting his billions behind bigger causes in L.A. than the Clippers Andrew Greif Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES — Not long after billionaire Steve Ballmer purchased the Clippers in 2014, coach Doc Rivers still was getting to know his new boss.

“What do you do now,” Rivers asked the former chief executive of Microsoft, “other than own the Clippers?”

“His answer was incredibly simple, but shocking,” Rivers recently recalled. “He said, ‘I give money away.’ It made me sit up, like, well, pardon me?”

The money went to education, Ballmer told him. That led to the topic of inequity in schools, which led to racial injustices felt nationwide.

Helping find solutions for such systemic issues had become the “life’s work” for Ballmer and his wife, Connie, Rivers was told.

It was unlike any conversation Rivers had with a team owner in his previous three decades in the NBA. “Wow,” Rivers recalled thinking. “This guy is really invested.”

Around the NBA, Ballmer’s financial and emotional investments in the Clippers have become well documented since then. The wealthiest owner of a North American sports franchise, Ballmer might also be the most exuberant. His cheering was so demonstrative during October’s season-opening victory against the Lakers that he tore a hole in his dress shirt.

But as Rivers once learned, Ballmer’s investments extend far beyond basketball. Nonprofit leaders say Ballmer has proven to be just as passionate about fighting economic and racial inequity — a stance they say he and his wife, Connie, took long before sports leagues, schools and businesses rushed to address racism and align themselves with the Black Lives Matter movement after George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis.

When the Ballmers founded Ballmer Group, their philanthropic organization, five years ago, it was to improve the lives of children and families. But alarmed by 2017 research showing Black boys and men in the United States face the most difficulty moving up, or staying near the top, of the economic ladder, the couple said that focus was broadened to include “acknowledging structural racism and working to fight it,” Connie Ballmer said.

As part of its larger focus on economic mobility, Ballmer Group says it has given more than $300 million alone in the last three years to fund the work of more than 70 nonprofits working in communities of color from Detroit, where Ballmer was raised, to Seattle, where the Ballmers live, and Los Angeles.

In an interview, the couple said that figure represents only the start of their contributions as they continue to lean on grassroots organizations, and particularly Black leaders, for ideas.

“You see him like ‘Yes!’ at the Clippers, and it’s like ‘Yes!’ in philanthropy, too,” said Charisse Bremond Weaver, the president and chief executive of Brotherhood Crusade, a South L.A. nonprofit. “We know our city could be so much better off if we had 1,000 Steves and Connies to understand the conditions in our city, especially for Black folks around equity.

“He’s changing the lives of African American and Black young men and Latinx young men in this city. The results we’re making because of their support will pay dividends for life.”

The funding has helped Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital in South L.A. recruit doctors, pushed for the training of more Black

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Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer on the balcony of his office in Bellevue, Wash. overlooking Lake Washington on October 3, 2014.

teachers in California and supported the construction of the Destination Crenshaw civic space.

“This is an area that is not that well invested in, and frankly it seems an issue of basic fairness that every kid should at least have some kind of a shot at the American dream,” Steve Ballmer said. “And that’s not really the case today.”

The Ballmers rarely discuss the depth of their philanthropy but published Wednesday a partial list of its grantees who work in predominantly Black communities, should it provide guidance for those looking for ways to contribute. The decision comes amid what they feel is a rising urgency to spur long-term change by sustaining the current, mainstreamfocus on social justice.

“If we miss this,” Connie said, “if something doesn’t happen as a result of all of this passion, wow, shame on us.”

“Shame on us, the world,” Steve said.

“But everybody has got to look,” Connie said.

“We’ve got to look, look, look. Where should we be contributing? What can we do? We’re looking.”

The Ballmers began by looking in Los Angeles through the windows of a Subaru in 2016.

Nina Revoyr drove them past housing projects and safe-passage zones for schoolchildren in Watts. She knew the area well from her work at a community nonprofit.

At Markham Middle School, she pointed out a berm running the length of its soccer field. It wasn’t landscaping, but for children to drop behind to avoid gunfire. Steve Ballmer was stunned.

It is a story he often has retold, and not only because it is essentially the origin story of Ballmer Group’s work in L.A., where Revoyr runs its operations. The trip also underscored the “cradle-to-career” view of philanthropy Connie first realized a decade earlier through her philanthropy with foster children in Washington. Affecting lasting change meant not only reforming the foster system, but also child welfare, education, health care and juvenile justice.

“You kind of have to look at the whole thing, and you’ve got to do it within the community setting to see what’s going on in their world,” Connie said. “And all the way along as we

looked at this, it was crystal clear from the beginning that racial inequities were a huge issue.”

Grants typically last at least three years and the funds’ use is unrestricted. Befitting Ballmer’s tech background, data is used to vet organizations and track their progress. Organizations with national reach, such as Teach for America’s Black Educators Initiative, the Equal Justice Initiative and Woke Vote and Push Black, also have received funding.

“They understand it’s not just a check,” Bremond Weaver said. “Your level of commitment is being a part of the story and understanding the story and understanding why the investments need to happen.”

For Brotherhood Crusade, grant money helped increase the size of its operations in 15 South L.A. schools, where a mentorship network aims to divert young men away from the juvenile justice system toward graduation and higher education.

Davon Hunt considers himself one of the program’s success stories. He credited the program’s mentors with helping him address childhood trauma and evolve from a self-described anti-social freshman at Washington Preparatory High into a 2020 graduate who says he now hopes to build his community from within through his own mentoring.

“They really prepared me on how you may have a life plan but other things may come between that, and how to adapt and really push forward,” Hunt said. “It is really changing kids’ lives.”

Most philanthropy organizations direct their funds toward specific issues, or specific regions, said Katherina Rosqueta, the executive director of the Center for High Impact Philanthropy at the University of Pennsylvania. The Ballmers can afford to think big picture, given a wealth that Forbes values at north of $70 billion. As a limited liability company, Ballmer Group can fund a broader array of initiatives than traditional foundations, which are restricted to 501(c)3 nonprofits.

That includes backing advocacy groups who try to help shape state and national policies on criminal justice issues including bail reform and expunging criminal records. Ballmer Group also works from the other direction, regularly talking with lawmakers from legislators

in the state of Washington to Rep. Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles), in D.C. “They are looking at all the systems that could, if addressed, lead to better outcomes, and those systems are not just with specific nonprofits,” Rosqueta said. “It could be funding in the way that government works, and that may also be in the ways that the business sector can contribute. “ ... That’s just a way of thinking of how to deploy philanthropy which is consistent with how we view high-impact philanthropy.”

Their areas of interest could continue to broaden. The Ballmers said they have yet to dig in deeply on transportation, housing and policing, though their group has funded some community policing initiatives and Steve Ballmer said he supports calls for police reform.

As L.A. outsiders, Connie Ballmer said they understood if there was skepticism about their goals. The couple stressed that they’ve never claimed to be experts, only listeners.

“Some people can donate, some people can give their time, some people can give — whether it’s volunteering in the social service agency, whether it is volunteering for an advocacy organization, whether it’s getting out the vote, whether it is voting,” Steve Ballmer said.

“We all need to learn from each other, but it should be grounded in kind of how the communities work and what community leaders in the not-for-profits and the advocacy organizations are pushing for.”

Maria Brenes, the executive director of Boyle Heights-based nonprofit InnerCity Struggle, a past Ballmer Group grant recipient, agreed that those working in the communities should take the lead in generating ideas. But she didn’t doubt Ballmer’s support, saying she witnessed it in person last year. At a meeting of civic and philanthropic leaders discussing Measure EE, the parcel tax that would have generated funding for L.A. schools, Brenes was struck by Ballmer’s show of support.

“He was aligned with us,” Brenes said. “The billionaire with the grassroots.”

The Ballmers have long sought to keep separation between their personal philanthropy and that of the Clippers, who operate a foundation. But Floyd’s death brought the work of one and the interests of the other closer together.

As players, coaches and staffers began asking how they could take action, Ballmer Group’s list of vetted organizations working in predominantly Black communities was shared internally in June. Also that month, a gift-matching program began for the Clippers, the team’s G League affiliate in Ontario, and the Forum.

Employees can give up to $15,000 per calendar year to nonprofit agencies and schools and see their donation doubled by the Ballmers. Gift matching is common in the tech sector, such as at Microsoft, but less so in sports.

“I’ve never been with an organization in 30 years where that’s been done,” Rivers said.

The Clippers also are planning videos in which players will detail personal stories of facing racism. The idea came from players out of a virtual team meeting, which Ballmer attended, that often turned emotional.

It reminded Rivers of his first meetings with Ballmer, in which he said the owner acknowledged that as a white man he did not have the same experience as Black players and coaches.

But he promised to listen and take action, Rivers said.

“I love that he’s not scared,” Rivers said. “He is not a scared owner. He’s going to do what he thinks is right — humanity is right. And he will not apologize for that.”

NHLPA executive board approve proposed new labor deal with NHL Helene Elliott Los Angeles Times

The executive board of the NHL Players’ Association on Wednesday approved a proposed new collective bargaining agreement with the NHL and referred the tentative agreement to its full membership for a vote, with approval expected to be announced on Friday.

The deal, which would extend labor peace through the 2025-26 season and allow players to represent their homelands at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Games, also is expected to gain approval from the NHL’s board of governors.

In addition, the NHL’s Return to Play plan will have teams opening training camp in their respective home cities next Monday, the season will resume on Aug. 1 with qualifying games in two hub cities, and it could run as late as Oct. 2, according to reports by Canadian media. Free agency would begin a week after the Stanley Cup is awarded, without the free-agent interview period that was built in to recent seasons. The draft will take place on Oct. 6, according to Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet.

Subject to minor changes, training camp for the 2020-21 season is scheduled to start on Nov. 17 and the season would begin on Dec. 1. Commissioner Gary Bettman has said teams will each

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play a full 82-game schedule next season, which could be accomplished by eliminating bye weeks and the All Star break.

The new collective bargaining agreement will include a flat salary cap of $81.5 million for the 2020-21 season because of the revenue losses the NHL

has been facing since it paused operations on March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Players will defer 10% of their salary next season but will be

repaid over the course of the next three seasons as hockey-related revenues resume flowing.

The new collective bargaining agreement also would cap escrow at 20% next season. The escrow system, a mechanism by which money is withheld from players’ paychecks in order to ensure a 50-50 split of hockey-related revenues between players and clubs, has been a point of contention for players. The maximum escrow percentage for the 2021-22 season could be as high as 18 percent, depending on the level of hockey-related revenues.

The minimum NHL salary will be set at $700,000 and will rise to $775,000 in the last three years of the new labor deal.

This season’s playoffs will be contested in two hub sites — reportedly Edmonton and Toronto — and will take place without fans. Players, coaches and staffers will be required to remain in as tight a bubble as possible and will undergo regular COVID-19 testing. They will be kept away from nonessential personnel and away from their families until the conference finals and Stanley Cup Final. To further reduce the risk of anyone in the bubble contracting or spreading COVID-19, strict cleaning and sanitation standards will be enforced at the competition and practice rinks and players will be urged to stay with a secure zone.

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Cross-country relationship is kept a secret from mom Dear Abby, I’m in high school. My boyfriend lives across the country in a different state. He is a teenager, too. I have asked people for advice about this before and mostly gotten the same answer.

They say, “Wait ‘til you’re older.”

So I’m asking for advice on DEAR ABBY how to tell my mom that I’m in a long-distance relationship, and I would like to meet him in person. We met on a game about a year and a half ago.

We’ve dated twice before for about a month or two. But now we have been dating for almost five months.

When I told my mom about him, she didn’t like him. She doesn’t even know him! How can I convince her that he’s a good person? She refuses to understand that he is good to me, and he loves me and I love him. Although we’re only teenagers, we have talked about forever. Do you have any advice for me?

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JEANNE PHILLIPS

Yes, I do, and I hope you will take to heart what I am about to say because I am not patronizing you. Look at this from your mother’s perspective.

This young man is someone she has never met in person and neither have you. Yes, you have been talking, but there is no guarantee that he is everything he has represented himself to be in those conversations.

It is a mother’s JOB to protect her child. I believe the feelings you have for this young man are valid, but I also feel that if he lived close by and your mother could meet him, things might be

different.

For the time being, continue communicating with him and perhaps a more serious relationship will develop. However, consider this: What would you do if you finally found yourself in the same room with him and the chemistry wasn’t what you expected it would be? This has been known to happen. (Trust me on that!) Time will tell if this is the real thing.

Dear Abby, My girlfriend and I have been separated for nearly a year. Prior to this we dated for nearly four years.

After her mom passed, she fell into a depression and was grieving deeply. I went to see her and she said it was over. We’ve had some contact, but it has dwindled to nothing. I brought my cat into the relationship, and now she won’t give it back. She isn’t answering my phone calls or texts.

She’s 57 years old. She’s not a spring chicken.

I will have to go to small claims court to get my cat back. I’d like to salvage the relationship and try to avoid all this.

Cat Problems In Florida You seem like a nice person, and I sympathize, so I will offer this observation. You deserve an apology from that woman for her behavior.

Do not try to salvage the relationship. DO take her to small claims court to get your cat back because, as it stands, it is the safest and most legal way you are going to have your furry family member returned.

Friend urges inversion therapy for degenerative disc disease I have been diagnosed with degenerative disc disease and spinal stenosis. A spine specialist has advised surgery to fuse vertebrae in two places. I have already had surgery to remove a herniated disk on both these vertebrae and spinal epidurals with limited success.

Recently a friend suggested TO YOUR inversion therapy using a GOOD HEALTH teeter table. My personal physician says, “It can’t do any harm.” What are your thoughts on this? I’m frustrated and in pain.

DR. KEITH ROACH

Spinal stenosis is when the harder structures of the spine (bones, ligaments) compress the spinal cord or nerve roots. This causes pain and may eventually cause weakness. Definitive surgical therapy — laminectomy with decompression — may also be combined with lumbar fusion, especially if there is spondylolisthesis, a misalignment of the vertebrae.

Surgery should not be recommended lightly.

It is a major surgery with potential for complications, and the relief of compression is not permanent.

Physical therapy is the mainstay of nonoperative treatment. There are many spinal traction techniques, including inversion, to relieve the pressure of the vertebral bodies on top of each other. While they can cause shortterm relief of pain, studies have shown no long-term benefit, and the techniques do not

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affect the underlying disease.

I would slightly amend your doctor’s view and say it’s unlikely to do harm. Inversion therapy can cause eye damage in people with glaucoma, and although unlikely, could be an issue for people with high blood pressure.

I understand you are frustrated and in pain. If you don’t have glaucoma and have wellcontrolled blood pressure, you can certainly give inversion therapy a try. However, if you have or develop weakness, that’s an indication that the recommended surgery should not be put off.

Due to coronavirus concerns and my age (84), a caring relative has suggested I take the following supplements: resveratrol, turkey tail mushroom and curcumin.

I’ve done some checking online and find only limited information on these, none of which seems to speak very positively about these supplements. What is your opinion?

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Although there are some theoretical reasons why these might be of benefit, there are no studies to support their use. I think they are likely to be a waste of money. Worse, they might provide a false sense of security. A good diet, excellent hand hygiene and appropriate social distancing are the best ways to prevent coronavirus at the time I write this.

Horoscope

By Stella Wilder Born today, you are all about what’s happening tomorrow — or, rather, what could happen tomorrow if you are allowed to call the shots.

You are progressive in almost everything you do, and the thought that the status quo might be maintained from day to day is one you cannot abide; you consider each and every day a chance to do more, be better and change the way things are done in order to ensure a brighter future for all concerned.

The one area in your life in which it can be said you are at all old-fashioned is love. You are romantic to a fault, and you prefer to pursue your interests in this regard in a rather conservative fashion. You are quite adept at what used to be called “courtship,” and even better at sustaining a healthy, long-term relationship.

Also born on this date are: John Calvin, religious reformer; Marcel Proust, writer; Arthur Ashe, tennis player; Arlo Guthrie, folksinger and songwriter; Sofia Vergara, actress; Phyllis Smith, actress.

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, JULY 11 CANCER (June 21-July 22) — You’re almost there, though today you may need to take a break to refresh your mind and heal your body. It’s likely been a tough few days!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You may feel as though you’ve been robbed of something quite valuable, and yet it is no fault of anyone you can identify.

What is the real cause?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Put yourself in another’s shoes today; you’ll see a certain situation in an entirely new way. Now’s the time to come to an agreement.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — The view from where you are right now couldn’t be better — or could it?

You’re tempted to see once and for all where the grass is really greener.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Someone is likely to shove you into a new place so you can see things more clearly. You’ve been unwilling — but now you understand.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Someone who has been teaching you is in need of a new lesson or two — and you’re just the person to provide them. Don’t be heavy-handed.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You’re looking forward to something that is just beyond the horizon, and the further you progress, the further it seems. Why is that?

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — You may grow frustrated with someone who refuses to give you straight answers — but he or she knows you well and is providing plenty of clues.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — You needn’t rush through the day without enjoying the little things that are all around you. A loved one shows you something entirely new.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — A cool head and a keen eye will surely allow you to move ahead of the competition today. You must be calm, especially when things heat up.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Have you been doing enough for yourself lately? No one around you has any complaints, as you’ve been quite generous — but now it’s your turn.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Skipping the hard stuff isn’t going to get you anywhere today — and may, in fact, do you harm. You must do all that is required of you.

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THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

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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.

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

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

(Answers tomorrow) Jumbles: LINER WALTZ MADDER SERMON Answer: The doctor had a rough, callous bedside manner, but he — DID MEAN WELL

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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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(e.g., The term “impressionism” derives from his painting “Impression, Sunrise.” Answer: Claude Monet.)

Freshman level 1. This Spanish artist had periods named the “Blue Period” and the “Rose Period.”

2. He sculpted a marble statue of the biblical hero David.

3. The “Mona Lisa” is the most famous of his works.

Graduate level 4. His paintings include “Sunflowers” and “The Starry Night.”

5. The most famous painting by this pop artist is “Campbell’s Soup Cans.”

6. One of his best-known paintings is commonly referred to as “The Night Watch.”

PH.D. level 7. This Spanish surrealist artist painted “The Persistence of Memory.”

8. He is most widely known by this name meaning “The Greek.”

9. The best-known work of this Norwegian painter is “The Scream.”

SUPER QUIZ ANSWERS 1. Pablo Picasso. 2. Michelangelo. 3. Leonardo da Vinci. 4. Vincent van Gogh. 5. Andy Warhol. 6. Rembrandt van Rijn. 7. Salvador Dali. 8. El Greco. 9.

Edvard Munch.

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 Stinging insect 5 Envelope part 9 Cut short 13 Of the same value 15 Gray wolf 16 Give up __; despair 17 Woman’s accessory 18 Multiplies 20 Light bulb inventor’s initials 21 Nov. honoree 23 Inborn skill 24 Mertz & Flintstone 26 Indignation 27 Uses Brillo 29 May and others 32 Fish-eating birds 33 Bank offerings 35 So. state 37 Fall months: abbr.

38 Suddenly leaves a lover 39 Sketched 40 __ the line; obey 41 Fixes 42 More miffed 43 Cling; stick 45 Frivolity 46 Late bedtime 47 Outer garments 48 Heart chamber 51 Is __ to; probably will 52 Students’ transport 55 Ranch & Italian 58 Seize office by force 60 Mom’s sister 61 Be adjacent to 62 Highway sign 63 National League team 64 Despise 65 Elderly DOWN 1 Cried 2 Pool water color 3 Not likely to fall 4 Faux __; blunder

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5 Flies about erratically 6 Actor Chaney 7 “Black-ish” network 8 Segments 9 Mountain abode 10 Kennedy matriarch 11 Many a golf tournament 12 One you wish would leave 14 Prying tools 19 Merits 22 O’Neill & Harris 25 Hightails it 27 __ machine; casino draw 28 Drink served hot 29 Floor pads 30 U.S. state capital 31 Winter forecast 33 “What’s My __?” of old TV 34 “The __ Gray Mare” 36 Twisted; askew 38 Old Testament book

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39 Symbol of peace 41 Waiter’s offerings 42 Nostril separator 44 Lifts with effort 45 Drink like Rover 47 Hindu social division 48 Actor Brody 49 __-blue; loyal

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50 Torn apart 53 Sudden __; whim 54 Drove fast 56 Org. for Heat & Rockets 57 Abdomen 59 __ urchin; tiny ocean critter

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