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Local restaurants opened for business at half-capacity Wednesday as the Capital Region entered phase 3 of the state’s economic reopening process.

Personal care businesses such as nail salons and tattoo parlors were also cleared to resume serving customers.

Phase 3 lifts restrictions on indoor dining for local restaurants, many of which have been open for curbside pick-up or

outdoor dining since the beginning of the month when phase 2 took effect.

Restaurants may now seat customers up to 50% capacity, as long as tables are 6 feet apart, and customers may remove their masks while seated.

The staff at Pomodoro’s Italian Eatery in Catskill spent the past week sanitizing and dusting the dining room after being closed to customers for three months, owner Nathan Pieruzzi said.

The restaurant’s owners didn’t anticipate how long the

dining room would be closed when they shuttered it in late March. “[We packed up] thinking we would only be closed for a little while, Pieruzzi said.

Like many restaurants, Pomodoro’s has reconfigured its seating, blocked off booths and put out hand sanitizer to comply with state regulations for the phased reopening.

Pieruzzi said he hopes that customers have confidence in the restaurant to keep them safe See OPEN A8

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La Mision Restaurante at the corner of 7th and Warren streets in Hudson.

NY declares Juneteenth a holiday for state employees

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo signe an executive order Wednesday declaring Juneteenth, the commemorative emancipation of U.S. slaves, a holiday for state employees. He plans to advance legislation to make it a statewide holiday next year.

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ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order Wednesday declaring Juneteenth, or June 19th, as a holiday for state employees, with plans to advance legislation next year to make

the date an official New York holiday.

Juneteenth, also known as Freedom or Jubilee Day, commemorates the June 19, 1865, emancipation of U.S. slaves when the final Confederate slaves were freed following the American Civil War. “I don’t think it has been recognized

for the importance that it denotes,” the governor said Wednesday during a pandemic briefing in the state Capitol.

“That’s why I’m going to propose legislation to make it an official holiday next year. The most I can do [this year] by executive order is make it a state holiday

for employees. ... This would be a first step for the state.”

Forty-seven U.S. states — excluding Hawaii and North and South Dakotas — recognize Juneteenth as a state or See HOLIDAY A8

Protesters testify against NYPD at hearing

By Kate Lisa Johnson Newspaper Corp.

Several witnesses testified Wednesday against the New York Police Department’s use of force in the city as part of state Attorney General Letitia James’s ongoing investigation into interactions between police and the public during recent protests.

Dounya Zayer, who was pushed to the ground by an NYPD officer during a May 29 demonstration outside the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn, said the protest was peaceful when she was assaulted.

“The protest was peaceful up until the police started stampeding toward the crowd of peaceful protesters,” she recalled Wednesday. “I started

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Demonstrators protesting the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer on June 3 in New York City. Floyd’s death set off days and nights of protests across the globe.

recording ... running backwards.”

Zayer said Officer Vincent D’Andraia

smacked the phone out of her hand, smashing the edges of the screen while

calling her a “stupid, f**king b***h” before shoving her to the ground, causing her head to hit the concrete.

Dozens of officers in the area walked by without assisting her, Zayer said.

The Brooklyn protester suffered a seizure five minutes later and was taken to the hospital and treated for a concussion. She continues to have chronic migraines.

The officer accused of assaulting Zayer was suspended.

“He never gave me a warning, he never looked back to make sure if I was OK,” she recalled Wednesday. “I don’t understand why suspension is in the picture. He needs to be fired. He See HEARING A8

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The U.S. has spent more than half of $3 trillion in economic rescue funds passed by Congress — with little of the oversight intended to ensure the money goes to the right places.

Three new oversight bodies are barely functional: A special inspector general was only recently sworn in, a congressional panel still lacks a chairman and staff, and President Donald Trump quickly removed the official who was going to lead a separate accountability committee.

At the same time, about $2 trillion in stimulus money has already been distributed, according to an estimate from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a nonpartisan group focused on fiscal policy.

The sheer size of the pandemic response means there’s a wide swath of issues to investigate. But mistrust in Washington is so deep that the oversight groups’ investigations are already mired in politics.

Leaders of both parties have failed to agree on a chairman to lead the congressional oversight panel. And Democrats are already voicing concerns on whether Trump’s hand-picked special inspector general for the stimulus can be independent from his former boss.

While the U.S. Chamber of Commerce frets that lawmakers’ oversight will be tainted by politics, Democrats such as Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, an advocate of the watchdogs’ role, say the cash is already flowing to undeserving recipients.

“We’ve seen giant public companies scoop up relief meant for small businesses, an inspector general fired, promises made to muzzle independent oversight,” Warren said in a statement.

The legislation passed by Congress is worth about $3 trillion over a decade, though some of the cost would be recouped in later years so the amount of money going into the economy now will be closer to $4 trillion, according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.

One of the key oversight figures is Brian Miller, the former White House lawyer chosen by Trump and sworn in June 5 as special inspector general for pandemic recovery. Democrats are deeply skeptical about how he’ll perform.

Sherrod Brown of Ohio, the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, said Miller had been “evasive” and “unwilling to condemn” Trump for removing several agency inspectors general when he testified in front of the Senate panel. Brown and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer sent Miller a letter on Tuesday saying they were concerned he couldn’t be independent from Trump.

Miller must convince Democrats and the Trump administration that he’s tough, fair, and someone they should pay attention to, said Neil Barofsky, the first special inspector general who oversaw the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP, amid the 2008 financial crisis.

He said Miller’s most important chance to prove his independence will be his first public report, due in August.

“Your first report is to amplify what you’ve found. That really defined what we would be,” Barofsky said. “There is always going to be tension between a good IG and the agency.”

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U.S. President Donald Trump answers questions in the press briefing room with members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force on Saturday, April 4, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

Congress’s economic rescue plan, enacted in four bills during March and April, is circulating money into the economy that came to a near-standstill during the coronavirus lockdowns. The measures provide forgivable loans to small businesses, stimulus checks for individuals, expanded unemployment benefits, payments for health care providers, and money for the Federal Reserve to leverage and lend to businesses.

Some business leaders are

oversight panel, during the response to the 2008 financial crisis, took at least several months to begin running smoothly, said Kenneth Troske, a member of the panel led

by Warren before she became a senator. That panel ceased operating in 2011.

“There is no such thing as nonpartisan. It’s an inherent challenge of that type of work,” said Troske, now an economics professor at the University of Kentucky.

The third major oversight

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We’ve seen giant public companies scoop up relief meant for small businesses, an inspector general fired, promises made to muzzle independent oversight.

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— Elizabeth Warren Senator of Massachusetts

wary that lawmakers will be politically motivated in their approach to oversight.

“There’s already growing concern that congressional oversight will in part focus on companies or sectors that various elected officials will view as unworthy of assistance, irrespective of whether they qualify under the terms of the programs in question,” Neil Bradley, chief policy officer at the Chamber of Commerce, said earlier this month at a hearing of a separate accountability committee made up of federal agency watchdogs.

The Congressional Oversight Commission is designed to be bipartisan, with two members already chosen by Republicans, two picked by Democrats, and a chairman still to be named jointly by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

Pelosi and McConnell have been unable to agree on the chairman for more than a month. Pelosi said last Thursday a choice would be announced “very soon,” though she also said the same thing in previous weeks.

The congressional panel has published one report so far, mostly laying out targets for future work, and has another due Wednesday. But without a chairman or funds to hire staff, the group has largely been unable to focus on oversight, according to people familiar with the matter.

An earlier congressional

body — the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee made up of federal agency inspectors general — got a jolt in early April when Trump ousted Glenn Fine, the Pentagon watchdog who had been cast to lead it. It was the first of Trump’s five dismissals of inspectors general he considered insufficiently loyal.

“I am very concerned that it will have a chilling effect,” said Cynthia Schnedar, who has served as deputy inspector general and acting inspector general at the Justice Department. “I don’t think the firings are going to scare most IGs. They will do their jobs, but he can pick them off one by one.”

The watchdog panel, known as PRAC, has started dozen of audits and investigations and has begun to publish initial findings about problems with the Paycheck Protection Program’s distribution of small business loans and potential fraud related to unemployment benefits.

However, new guidance from the White House Office of Management and Budget could keep the panel from getting much of the information Congress said must be made public. The law says recipients

of at least $150,000 in stimulus money should report details on how they spent the money, but an OMB memo said that reporting wasn’t “necessary to meet the requirements.”

The watchdog panel said in a letter to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that OMB’s guidance would keep PRAC from getting the “the breadth and depth” of data needed to oversee the “full range of programs” it’s supposed to study.

The Government Accountability Office also has been auditing stimulus spending, but it has been unable to get Treasury Department data about hundreds of billions of dollars of small business loans for a report due by the end of the month.

The inspectors general dismissed by Trump include those at the departments of State, Defense, Transportation and Health and Human Services. That has raised concerns from both parties in Congress that there may be more firings.

“Inspector general is a really weird job,” Barofsky said.

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5-year-old and Hudson police officers hold dance-off

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

Thursday, June 18

By Bill Williams Columbia-Greene Media

n Coxsackie-Athens Central School

District Board of Education 6:30 p.m.

Remote-access link via website cacsd.org n Coxsackie Village Planning Board 7 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie

Tuesday, June 23 n Catskill Town Planning Board 7 p.m.

Robert C. Antonelli Senior Center, Academy Street, Catskill 518-943-2141

Wednesday, June 24 n Athens Village Board 6:30 p.m.

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Village Hall, 2 First St., Athens 518-9451551

Neymar Henry, 5, and Hudson Police Officer Jessica Mausolf dance to Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” on Sunday in Hudson.

Thursday, July 2 n Ashland Planning Board 6 p.m.

Town Hall, 12094 Route 23, Ashland n Cairo Town Planning Board 7 p.m.

Town Hall, 512 Main St., Cairo

Friday, July 3 n Coxsackie Village Offices closed in

HUDSON — Two videos of Hudson police officers dancing with a 5-year-old Hudson boy have gone viral.

One video features Hudson Police Officer Jessica Mausolf dancing with young Neymar Henry. The second video features Mausolf and her partner that night, Police Officer Randy Strattman, dancing with Neymar.

The videos were recorded Sunday night on Columbia Street, said Veronica Mayhew, who recorded the videos and posted them to Facebook.

“I am happy that it went viral because of everything going on in the world; everyone needed a good laugh and

smile, Mayhew said.

Mausolf and Mayhew are best friends and Neymar lives next door to Mayhew, she said.

“Neymar and I were dancing outside, then Officer Jessica drove up and parked, and I turned to her and said ‘do you want to see him dance to Micheal Jackson’ and she said ‘yes’ so I turned on Micheal Jackson”, Mayhew said. “Neymar started dancing and Jessica joined in and I thought I had to get this on video.”

Since posting the video, Mayhew has started what she is calling the #dancebattlechallenge, where she is challenging all police officers in the nation to join in the fun, she said. The video was posted to make people

smile and laugh, and show them that we can over come this and build a rapport with our hometown police officers, Mayhew added.

“We need more officers like her!” she said.

Strattman, who has a good sense of humor, showed some dance moves of his own in one of the videos.

Mausolf said doing the dance-off was fun, and she has heard from a lot of supporters who have watched it.

Mayhew hopes that the dance-battle challenge will build relationships in communities across the country and bring back some trust.

Not all officers are bad, Mayhew said.

observance of Independence Day

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

Hall, 2 First St., Athens 518-945-1052 n Cairo Town Board 7 p.m. Town Hall, 512 Main St., Cairo n Greene County Board of Electrical Examiners 1 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., 4th Floor, Room 469, Catskill

Tuesday, July 7 n Durham Town Board workshop 7:30

p.m. Town Hall, 7309 Route 81, East Durham

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

Village Hall, 2 First St., Athens 518-9451551 n Jewett Town Board 7 p.m. Jewett Municipal Building, 3547 County Route 23C, Jewett

Thursday, July 9 n Coxsackie Village workshop 6 p.m.

Greene County school budgets win with wide margins

By Staff report Columbia-Greene Media All six Greene County school district budgets were passed Tuesday as voters made their choices by all-mail balloting for the first time.

CATSKILL Budget Yes: 1,116 No: 669 Board of Education Zebulun Haggerty: 1,210 Deborah Johnson: 1,377 Ryan Osswald: 1,218

COXSACKIE-ATHENS Budget Yes: 1,164 No: 511 Board of Education Tara Bachner: 914 Jamie Dorr: 832 Ina Griffin-Guilzon: 651

GREENVILLE Budget Yes: 1,313 No: 675 Board of Education Eric Herbstritt: 1,701 Duncan Macpherson:

1,678 Greenville Library Yes: 1,464 No: 526 Rensselaerville Library Yes: 1,275 No: 703

CAIRO-DURHAM Budget Yes: 1,067 No: 805 Bus Purchase Yes: 1,061 No: 805 Cairo Public

appropriation Yes: 1,215 No: 656 Durham Elementary donation Yes: 1,365 No: 486 Board of Education Stephan Brandow: 1,219 Bernadette Gavin-Palmieri: 1,062 Claudia Zucker: 947

WINDHAM-ASHLAND-JEWETT Library

Budget Yes: 418

No: 150 Board of Education Drew Shuster: Elected to five-year term; vote total not reported

HUNTER-TANNERSVILLE Budget Yes: 316 No: 104 Proposition No. 1 Yes: 310 No: 99 Board of Education John Aizstrauts: 326

DEC announces 20 campgrounds and day use areas to open June 19

Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie

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

Town Hall, 12094 Route 23, Ashland n Coxsackie Village Board 7 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie

Tuesday, July 14 n Coxsackie Village Historic Preserva-

tion Committee 6 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie

Wednesday, July 15 n Cairo Town Board workshop 7 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

Thusday, July 16 n Coxsackie Village Planning Board 7

p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie

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

Hall, 2 First St., Athens 518-945-1052 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 518945-1551 n Durham Town Board 7:30 p.m.

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

ALBANY — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced that 20 of DEC’s campgrounds in the Adirondack and Catskill parks will open on June 19 for the 2020 season. Three additional campgrounds are slated to open June 26, and additional DEC campgrounds and day use areas will open in the coming weeks as DEC works to safely reopen these facilities to meet guidelines in place to protect staff and visitors from the spread of COVID-19. To maintain social distancing and reduce the density of facilities and protect visitors, DEC is not accepting additional reservations or walk-in camping for the 2020 season at this time.

Existing reservations will be honored for the DEC campgrounds listed below.

DEC Campgrounds to Open June 19:

ADIRONDACK PARK CAMPGROUNDS AND DAY USE AREAS Alger Island Campground; Buck Pond Campground and Day Use Area; Cranberry Lake Campground and Day Use Area; Eagle

Point Campground and Day Use Area; Fourth Lake Day Use Area; Glen Island, Lake George Islands Campgrounds and Day Use Areas; Lake Durant; Lake George Battleground Campground; Lake George Battlefield Day Use Area; Lake Harris Campground and Day Use Area; Lewey Lake Campground and Day Use Area; Long Island, Lake George Islands Campgrounds and Day Use Areas; Meadowbrook Campground and Day Use Area; Narrow Island, Lake George Islands Campgrounds and Day Use Areas; Putnam Pond Campground and Day Use Area; Scaroon Manor Campground and Day Use Area.

CATSKILL PARK CAMPGROUNDS AND DAY USE AREAS Bear Spring Mountain Campground and Day Use Area; Little Pond Campground and Day Use Area; North-South Lake Campground and Day Use Area; Woodland Valley Campground.

CAMPGROUNDS TO OPEN JUNE 26: Limekiln Lake Campground and Day Use Area;

Wednesday, July 22 n Athens Village Board 6:30 p.m.

Village Hall, 2 First St., Athens 518-9451551

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Luzerne Campground and Day Use Area; Nicks Lake Campground & Day Use Area.

For information about campgrounds operated by the State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation visit https://parks. ny.gov/camping/.

According to the NYForward guidance for the reopening of New York State, campgrounds must take precautions to ensure campers maintain appropriate social distancing and adhere to proper cleaning and disinfecting protocols, including but not limited to maintaining six feet of distance between campers, unless wearing an acceptable face covering, and excluding persons from the same household who are camping

together. Visit Reserve America for details.

DEC has temporarily stopped issuing permits for backcountry camping for groups of 10 or more. As of June 11, DEC resumed issuing permits for groups of fewer than 10 people who would like to stay for more than three nights at one location on state lands. DEC is also temporarily restricting leanto use to members of a single household at a time.

Know before you go. Plan ahead and make a list of alternate destinations. Beaches and trailheads will be busy.

Many state beaches and parks will quickly reach capacity limits on nice weather days. Check parks.ny.gov, and 511.org for park capacity closure alerts.

Choose a time to visit when beaches, trails, and parks are likely to be less crowded, such as a weekday or earlier in the day.

Visitors to the Adirondack and Catskill Parks are reminded to always follow the Hiker Responsibility Codeand avoid busy trailheads.

Find trails less traveled and visit when trails may not be as busy during daylight hours. DEC also encourages New Yorkers to be safe and sustainable when recreating outdoors. Learn more about how you can protect natural spaces when exploring outdoors by following the seven principles of Leave No Trace (leaves DEC website). Additional information is available on the DEC website.

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Staying the course was right Affirmation that New York continues to have the lowest COVID-19 transmission rate in the U.S. at 0.77% is encouraging at a time when 22 states in the South and West are hitting the pause button on reopening their economies.

As of Tuesday, Hawaii had the highest rate of transmission at 1.17%, with Montana and Arizona tied for second-highest at 1.14%. Alaska, Vermont and Arkansas reported similar infection rates this week. A random COVID-19 antibody test sample of 12,000 New Yorkers showed 13.4% of the state’s population has been infected or exposed to the coronavirus.

The sample, taken from May 1 through June 13, is 1.1% higher than the state’s initial antibody results taken in April, which revealed a population infection rate of 12.3%.

The updated antibody test results show New Yorkers were successful in flattening the curve. More important, the low transmission rate illustrates that the state’s phased-in reopening strategy is working.

“They reopened quickly, they did not

have the same [reopening] phases,” Cuomo said Tuesday of states experiencing new spikes in coronavirus cases. “They’re seeing the numbers of cases go up. That is a fact. Now we actually know what happened. Phased reopening is better.”

The state’s 10 designated economic regions had between 0.2% to 1.7% positive virus tests Monday of New York’s 50,000-plus diagnostic tests conducted each day. The state saw 25 virus-related deaths Monday, including 16 in hospitals and nine in nursing homes. The state’s daily death toll has continued a flattening decline for several weeks.

“We’re at a number that is so low it may even be statistically questionable,” Cuomo said.

If that is true, and we hope it is, New York state is in a very good place right now. Let’s step back and assess. We can now accept the fact that charging headlong into reopening without phases was the wrong thing to do. We can agree that staying the course — reopening the smart and responsible way — was right.

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Russia “feels impotent in the world, so they’re taking political hostages.” So shouted the American Paul Whelan from inside a glass cage in a Moscow courtroom Monday - and we’re inclined to agree with him. The 50-year-old former Marine, who was sentenced to 16 years of hard labor on espionage charges following a secret trial, is being all-but-openly wielded by the regime of Vladimir Putin to obtain the freedom of one or more prominent Russian criminals imprisoned in the United States - a tactic until recently more typical of regimes such as Iran and North Korea.

Unlike Viktor Bout, a notorious arms dealer convicted in U.S. federal court of seeking to supply weapons to Colombian narcoterrorists, or Konstantin Yaroshenko, found guilty of conspiring to deliver tons of Colombian cocaine to Africa for transshipment to the United States, Mr. Whelan lacks a plausible profile as either a criminal or a spy. An employee of a Michigan auto parts manufacturer, he was in Moscow for a friend’s wedding in December 2018 when a Russian acquaintance handed him a flash drive he thought contained tourist photos.

Soon after, he was arrested and charged with receiving classified documents.

Mr. Whelan was held in conditions the U.S. Embassy rightly described as “shameful,” denied phone contact with his family for the first 16 months of his detention as well as treatment for a hernia until it required emergency surgery last month. His trial was a sham, with ludicrously concoct-

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ed evidence. Mr. Whelan told reporters he was identified by the Russians as being a brigadier general, even though he was dishonorably discharged from the Marines years ago. “Do I look like a brigadier general?” he shouted Monday from his cage.

No, he doesn’t.

Both the U.S. ambassador in Moscow, John Sullivan, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo denounced Mr. Whelan’s treatment and conviction, with Mr. Pompeo saying “the United States is outraged.”

But it’s not clear that applies to President Donald Trump, who just weeks ago was agitating to have Russia rejoin the Group of Seven nations. The president has rarely, if ever, criticized the regime of Mr. Putin, and though he imposed sanctions on NATO ally Turkey when it wrongly imprisoned an American pastor, he has had nothing to say about Mr. Whelan.

Mr. Whelan’s attorney said Monday that an exchange for his client already is being discussed. If so, Russia stands to obtain the same benefit from Washington recently extracted by Iran: the release of criminals convicted of serious offenses in exchange for innocent Americans, who were seized precisely for that purpose. Perhaps that’s the most humane response to the case of Mr. Whelan, who certainly does not deserve to spend years in a Russian labor camp. But perhaps also Mr. Trump could, at least, stop lobbying to include Mr. Putin in summit meetings of the world’s leading democracies.

Legal logic confounded labels at the Supreme Court “The limits of the drafters’ imagination supply no reason to ignore the law’s demands.”

— Justice Neil Gorsuch on Monday WASHINGTON — Monday illustrated the limited usefulness of the political labels that often are carelessly bandied: The four Supreme Court justices called liberals (Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor) joined two called conservatives (John Roberts Jr. and Neil Gorsuch) in this ruling: In the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Congress did something it was unaware of doing.

The majority opinion and two dissents featured conflicting conceptions of “textualism” in construing statutes. The decision affirmed this: A majoritarian institution, Congress, is not, by its action or inaction, decisive in determining the meaning of legislation, or the scope of rights.

In 1964, in the first of its two noblest acts (the other: the 1965 Voting Rights Act), Congress banned discrimination “because of” race, color, religion, national origin or sex. For 45 years Congress has intermittently rejected attempts to amend the 1964 act to ban discrimination because of “sexual orientation” and what is now termed “gender identity.”

Supporters of these attempts implicitly accepted that such discrimination was not encompassed by the ban on discrimination because of sex.

On Monday, however, Gorsuch, writing for the majority, said that neither Congress’ refusal for 45 years nor its state of mind 56 years ago are dispositive. He said that “only the written word is the law,” and the meaning of a law’s words should be determined without reference to the authors’ intentions regarding possible future applications. Without, that is, considering whether those who wrote it anticipated future results of applying the law’s principles to practices they did not consider: “An employer who fires an individual for being

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WILL homosexual or transgender fires that person for traits or actions” — e.g., a man dating a man, a woman marrying a woman — “it would not have questioned in members of a different sex. Sex plays a necessary and undisguisable role in the decision.”

Regarding Monday’s three cases (concerning gay and transgender employees), Gorsuch conceded that “homosexuality and transgender status are distinct concepts from sex,” and that since 1964 applications of the ban on discrimination because of sex have “likely” been beyond what many in Congress expected. Gorsuch’s point was: The text, meaning the word “sex,” not the 1964 Congress’s imagining of future applications of the ban down the decades, must be controlling in 2020.

Joined in dissent by Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito Jr. dismissed Gorsuch’s opinion as spurious textualism: “What it actually represents is ... the theory that courts should ‘update’ old statutes so that they better reflect the current values of society.” The question about banning sexual discrimination is only ”whether Congress did that in 1964” (Alito’s italics).

Alito’s alternate textualism holds that a statute’s words mean what they meant to those who used them when writing the statute. Gorsuch’s textualism says that Monday’s majority was properly controlled by the meaning, then as now, of Congress’s 1964 words.

“The ordinary public meaning” (Gorsuch’s phrasing) of those words, were, he grants, intended to ban only discrimination against women, not sexual orientation. But

the words’ meanings have not been changed by society’s subsequent attitudinal changes. Rather, the unchanged meaning of the 1964 language entails the conclusion that the court’s majority reached Monday about the nature of actions (e.g., employers firing gay, lesbian or transgender employees) that, although not on Congress’ mind in 1964, are today necessarily recognized as actions taken “because of sex.”

Brett Kavanaugh’s separate dissent emphasized the separation of powers: “This case boils down to one fundamental question: Who decides?” He said the majority has “expanded” the 1964 act, effectively amending it, which is the dual responsibility of Congress presenting statutory changes to the president.

Again, the majority’s response is: Congress did decide, without knowing it, in 1964. What Kavanaugh calls expansion of the act is merely following the logic of the act’s language, even though this has led to places those who wrote the language did not anticipate. The 1964 language has an unchanged internal logic, regardless of the words’ contemporary salience that was unforeseen by the words’ authors.

So, Monday’s decision was logical, not paradoxical.

Congress’ 1964 language implied — intended, really — outcomes Congress did not contemplate. Now, about labels: Is Gorsuch’s reasoning unconservative because it affirms broader protection to rights than the 1964 congressional majorities understood to be latent in the logic of their language? Or are Gorsuch’s conservative critics reasoning backward from a policy outcome of which they disapprove, thereby embracing the result-oriented jurisprudence they usually associate with judicial liberalism?

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After delays, Trump rolls out ambitious plan to end veteran suicide Alex Horton The Washington Post

WASHINGTON — After a three-month delay, President Donald Trump on Wednesday will unveil a broad strategy to end veteran suicide, an epidemic that has vexxed the last three administrations with grim persistence.

The 10-point recommendation, originally set for release in March but delayed through the coronavirus pandemic, includes an interagency effort that brings in advocacy groups and nonprofits for a holistic approach, senior administration officials said in a call with reporters on Wednesday.

Trump will roll out the initiative in a Rose Garden announcement, part of a conspicuous move to tie the president to the effort, including its name: The President’s Roadmap to Empower Veterans and End a National Tragedy of Suicide, or PREVENTS. Trump mandated the road map in March 2019 with an executive order.

While some factors of suicide are understood, like financial issues or exposure to trauma, other reasons and data points remain elusive, officials said, and much of the effort will focus on data collection and analysis.

“There is so much we don’t know” about veteran suicide, a senior official said on the call with reporters.

Another thrust of the effort is collaboration with key veterans and military service organizations, which the Trump administration hopes will amplify resources and other information to veterans and family members, the officials said.

But that approach is already off to a rocky start, said Jeremy Butler, the chief executive of the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America advocacy group.

Butler had not received word of the Wednesday rollout until Tuesday afternoon and did not receive any details except for a form email announcing the Rose Garden event.

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NY Sen. minority leader to retire early, sens. eye vacant role

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ALBANY — Minority Leader Sen. John Flanagan, R-2, will retire at the end of the month to work in the private sector, he announced Tuesday, as other state senate Republicans eye the leadership position.

Flanagan, a Suffolk County representative, has served in the state Senate since 2003 and was majority leader from 2015 to 2018. He will officially retire from the Senate on June 28 to take a lobbying position with Northwell Health, the massive Long Islandbased health system that is the state’s largest private employer.

Flanagan, 59, had previously said he would not seek re-election in November after 34 years as a state official.

“It has been my extraordinary honor and privilege to have served the people of New York in both the Assembly and Senate,” Flanagan said in a statement Tuesday.

“My life has been immeasurably enriched by the thousands of people whom I have met along the way, and I leave Albany with my head full of life lessons and my heart full of fond memories.”

As former majority leader, Flanagan worked closely with Gov. Andrew Cuomo to work on the state’s annual budget and legislation.

“I wish him well,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday in the state Capitol.

“We did a Flanagan lot of work on several budgets and we passed a lot of good laws. I understand he’s going on to a new chapter in life. I wish him well.”

Republican lawmakers reflected Tuesday on working with Flanagan.

“For more than 30 years, John’s leadership, experience and passion for public policy were clear to all those who had the good fortune to work with him. His substantial accomplishments are truly indicative of his work ethic and political acumen,” Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay said in a statement Tuesday. “John spent decades in both the Assembly and Senate working to improve the quality of life for the people of Long Island and for all the residents of our great state. I wish him the best of luck as he begins a new chapter of his career and I know he will find great success in his future endeavors.”

State Sens. Rob Ortt, R-62, and Patrick Gallivan, R-59, expressed sentiments about Flanagan’s imminent

departure and advocated themselves for the soon-vacant Senate minority leadership position.

“I thank Senator Flanagan for his service to the residents of our state and for his leadership in the New York state Senate,” Gallivan said in a statement Tuesday. “Oneparty control in Albany has given New York state more spending, made it more difficult to do business and has made our communities less safe. Further, one-party control has resulted in the loss of the checks and balances intended in the New York State Constitution.

“We must take back the legislative authority ceded by the current majority to ensure that all New Yorkers have a voice in their government,” Gallivan said. “I intend to seek the support of my colleagues in the Senate minority conference to serve as their leader as we work to put New York on a better path.”

Ortt pleaded for New York’s Senate Republican conference to have a strong representative, saying he was that lawmaker.

“Now more than ever, the Senate Republican conference needs a battle-tested, conservative fighter,” Ortt said Tuesday. “There are some who are comfortable with the status quo and

Columbia County budgets pass by wide margins Staff report Columbia-Greene Media

Columbia County school budgets in all six districts were overwhelmingly passed Tuesday as voters made their choices in all-mail balloting for the first time.

HUDSON Voters approved the $50.7 million Hudson City School District budget for the 20202021 school year 1,267-748.

A proposition to establish a capital reserve fund passed by 1,338 to 676.

Sage Carter and Carrie Otty were re-elected to three-year terms on the Board of Education, with 1,574 votes and 1,623 votes respectively.

ICHABOD CRANE Voters approved the Ichabod Crane Central School District budget for 2020-2021. The $42.4 million budget passed 2,015-1,246.

A proposition to purchase five school buses passed by a vote of 1,862 to 1,399.

The budget increased by $785,779, or 1.89%, from the current year. The estimated tax

levy increase is 2.57%.

Elaine Berlin, John Chandler and Kelly Firmbach were elected to the Board of Education for three-year terms. Berlin’s term will begin immediately, while Chandler and Firmbach are set to start July 1.

Candidate vote counts are as follows: Elaine Berlin: 1,879 John Chandler: 1,646 Tammy Crawford: 1,635 Kelly Firmbach: 1,854 Susan Ramos: 1,166

its membership from nine to seven passed by 1278-453.

The budget calls for an 2.45% increase in spending from the current year, with a tax levy increase of 1.72%.

Matthew Fisch, Destiny Hallenbeck and Patricia Wilson were elected to the board of education.

Candidate vote counts are as follows: Matthew Fisch: 1,181 Destiny Hallenbeck: 1,310 Patricia Wilson: 1,223

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Voters approved the $38.1 million Taconic Hills Central School District budget for the 2020-2021 school year by 1,589660.

A proposition to purchase school buses passed by 1,439606.

Heidi Beneke Main was elected to the Board of Education for a 5-year term.

Voters approved the $15.7 million Germantown Central School District budget for the 2020-21 school year by 779488.

The budget calls for an increase of $195,295 from the current year, with a tax levy increase of 3.61%.

Ralph DelPozzo was reelected and Allison Meek was elected the board of education.

Candidate vote counts are as follows: Ralph DelPozzo: 670 Allison Meek: 619 Les Olsson: 588 Ira Sher: 439

CHATHAM Voters approved the $32.4 million Chatham Central School District 2020-2021 school budget by 1,205-569.

A proposition to allow the Board of Education to reduce

Justice Department recommends holding Facebook, Google and Twitter liable for some online content Tony Romm The Washington Post

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Wednesday urged Congress to adopt new legislation that could punish Facebook, Google and Twitter for a wide array of harmful content posted online, threatening to erode a long-cherished legal immunity that Silicon Valley says is critical to the future of the Internet.

The new legislation would target Section 230, a decadesold portion of law that spares social-media sites from being held liable for the posts, photos and videos uploaded to their sites by their users. The proposal would pave the way for steep sanctions on major online platforms if they don’t act to remove a range of illicit content, from child exploitation to terrorism, according to DOJ officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity Wednesday.

The DOJ also seeks to force tech giants to be more transparent about their content-moderation decisions and more

consistent in their enforcement of them, in a move that might offer the U.S. government a new avenue to investigate and prosecute companies over allegations of political bias.

The Justice Department proposal also raises the possibility that tech companies could lose their legal protections if their use of security technologies, including encryption, prevents them from seeing and stopping harmful content from spreading on their services.

For months, Attorney General William Barr had teased such recommendations, questioning whether Section 230 spared “titans” in the tech industry from accountability for their misdeeds. But the DOJ’s efforts took on new urgency this month after President Donald Trump signed an executive order that seeks to introduce more government oversight of political speech online.

Trump issued his highlycontroversial directive out of concern that Facebook, Google and Twitter and major

letting the governor and radical New York City regressives speak for all New Yorkers. I’m not one of them. Our country, our state and our party are worth fighting for. I look forward to making the case to my colleagues of how I can lead our conference forward.”

Sen. Phil Boyle, R-4, released a statement late Tuesday afternoon supporting Ortt to succeed Flanagan.

Last week, Flanagan said he reflected on his time in state government as he roamed the halls of the state Capitol in Albany one last time, marveling at the historic building’s lavish architecture.

“I was humbled knowing that I was walking in the footsteps of many great legislators from generations past, including my father, the late Assemblyman John Flanagan,” the departing minority leader said. “I am forever grateful to my legislative colleagues, past and present, who helped guide my path and nurture my legislative career. ... During my career I have been surrounded by many talented and dedicated people, and I am proud of all we have achieved together on behalf of New York residents.

From the bottom of my heart ... thank you to all for the opportunity of a lifetime.”

The Tribune News Service contributed to this report.

social-media sites are systematically censoring conservatives, a charge that each of those tech giants long has denied.

The resulting debate has triggered a concern that the White House, the Justice Department and other government agencies are pursuing policies that could threaten free expression online.

Representatives for Facebook, Google and Twitter declined to comment.

The DOJ’s proposal illustrates Washington’s fast-growing, wide-ranging apprehensions about the way Silicon Valley conducts business. Federal regulators in recent years have become more attuned to the dangers posed by large technology companies, including the ways that social-media sites can spread harmful, false content widely.

The DOJ embarked on its broad review of big tech beginning last year, an inquiry that has also included antitrust issues at a time when the government is preparing to file a

lawsuit against Google on competition grounds, The Washington Post has reported. In hearing from tech companies and critics, the Justice Department quickly determined that the industry had outpaced one of its foundational laws.

With Section 230, however, the DOJ’s proposal rests entirely in the hands of Congress, where the Trump administration’s actions targeting the tech industry at times have invited more skepticism than support - even among lawmakers who share a belief that Silicon Valley should be more aggressively regulated.

On one hand, Democrats and Republicans alike have found rare accord in attacking Section 230, fearing that the decades-old legal shield has outlived its usefulness. Congress adopted the 1990s-era law to spare Internet companies in their infancy from a raft of lawsuits they probably would not have survived. But the rules now protect some of the most profitable companies in the

world from being held liable for not cracking down on political falsehoods, election disinformation, hate speech and more.

Earlier this year, some Democrats joined Republicans in proposing a bill that would strip Section 230 protections from companies that police child sexual exploitation on their platforms. Still, the loose consensus on policy change often has broken down because of politics, as Trump and his Republican allies say Facebook, Google and Twitter unfairly target right-leaning users and websites.

Democrats see the allegations as an attempt to score preferential treatment online in the heat of an election year.

Adding to the tensions, Trump signed an executive order this month that could open the door for the U.S. government to assume oversight of political speech on the web. The president issued the directive days after Twitter took the rare step of labeling one of his tweets as violating its policies.

NEW LEBANON Voters approved the $12.8 million New Lebanon Central School District budget for the 2020-2021 school year by 28677.

Sharon Putnam and Richard Sime were elected to 3-year terms on the board of education with 314 and 313 votes, respectively.

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Hunter-Tannersville: The All lives matter; treat each other with kindness school on the hill

By Dede Terns-Thorpe

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Due to the Covid-19, many businesses have had to shut their doors or work on a limited basis. Hunter Tannersville Central School must be dealing with that same challenge.

This frightening pandemic must be as new to the schools as it is to our businesses. It can’t be easy, juggling the safety of the kids and staff, yet still providing the graduating seniors with a graduation ceremony that the students deserve so well. This school year has been a tough one for the students, especially the seniors, and yet I’m sure they appreciate all that teachers and other staff are doing for them.

These are the same students that have worked hard collecting money for their “senior trip,” a trip most of us took for granted and remembered for a lifetime. These same seniors donated numerous hours of volunteer service to their communities throughout high school.

Traffic through Tannersville cannot help but admire the HTC banners (displayed from utility poles), giving recognition to the 2020 graduating seniors. Thanks to Ashley Cameron (teacher & class advisor) for the work that went into that project, they turned out great.

Our schools have played a considerable role in our town throughout history, so I thought I’d include a few articles about our different schools many years ago.

Also, remember, the Town of Hunter had various schools in Platte Clove, Elka Park, Lanesville, Edgewood, and the schools mentioned below.

It’s important to remember that it was the past teachers and board members that were the backbone of the excellent education our students are still receiving today.

In the June 1881 Windham Journal, “the new schoolhouse in Hunter is to be set on a hill so that it may shed its intellectual light on all. The hill is on the property of H.E.

The Town of Lexington Fire/Rescue Company Drive Thru Chicken BBQ on June 13 was a great success! Didn’t take long to be completely sold out. If you did get a dinner, you know how delicious it was. Thank you for all your support!

Happy birthday to Alden “Skeet” Constable June 18.

June 21 is Kathy Jordan’s birthday. Karen and Ken Aurigema’s 41st wedding anniversary is June 23. Happy birthday on June 23 to Margaret Lawrence. Best wishes to all.

The starting time has changed to 11 a.m. for the Beginner Tai Chi class that is held on Wednesdays under the Lexington Municipal Building pavilion. Masks and social distancing are followed. All welcome. This is a donation based class. Give Nina Pfeffer a call at 607-4270219 if you need more information.

Lexington Farmers Market will be held 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

June 20 under the pavilion at the Lexington Municipal Building, 3542 Route 42. New guidelines are in place for everyone’s safety. Masks, social distancing, no public restrooms and no dogs allowed.

Photo by Dede Terns-Thorpe One of the many senior banners.

Biddell, the only man, so far, found public-spirited enough even to sell a lot of ground for school purposes.

In September of 1891, the paper said, “Tannersville was to have a $1,500 schoolhouse with both senior and junior grades. It was to be completed by the fall.” (I believe this school was just west of the Fromer Farm Market on Main Street).

August 1895’s paper said it cost $1,787 to conduct the Hunter Free School. The appropriated funding for the 1896 school year was then increased by $213!

Historian Justine Hommel wrote about the Haines Falls School; “the first schoolhouse in Haines Falls was a small log cabin on the south (east) side of O’Hara Road. The desks were built around the room next to the walls with a stove in the center. A water pail, filled from the nearby creek, supplied drinking water. This log cabin (and community

meeting room) burned in the late 1800s, and a new fourroom school was built directly across O’Hara Rd.” (O’Hara Rd. was known as Dixon Hill before being named O’Hara).

Justine told how multiple classes were united in each room with surprising success.

The school had radiators in the hallways and the rooms.

Students (no school buses then) walked to and from school, and these radiators often dried wet mittens and boots.

The school had a bell in the belfry that rang out at 8:45 and again at 9:00, the start of the day. “Disciplinary action was assured anyone who arrived after the “second bell.”

I hope you enjoyed reading about the high school, built on a hill, still shedding its intellectual light on it all!

You may reach me with any comments or concerns at 518-5894130, or email hunterhistorian@ gmail.com

Ventilators are not as attractive as masks

By Abby and Gabby For Columbia-Greene Media

PRATTSVILLE — Happy Father’s Day to all you dads.

Thank you for setting a good example for all of us.

A continued thank you to all our frontline workers, medical, law enforcement, firemen, first responders, merchants, truck drivers, etc. etc. And a thank you to all who follow health guidelines, you too are protecting your family and friends.

The Lexington-West Kill Fire Department was pleasantly surprised on Saturday when their chicken barbecue sold out within 20 minutes of opening for business. Although there were many who were disappointed that they were not able to buy dinner from the firemen, they were gladdened by the firemen’s success. They too play a part in out current health crises.

Thank you to all our local firemen.

Sympathy to Steve and Debbie Barry Baker and all the Barry family on the recent passing of Debbie’s sister Sheila. Sheila was a part time resident of Prattsville, arriving in Prattsville at around 5 years old on vacation with her parents, Henry and Mary, and sisters Kathy, Mary and Debbie.

All the Barry family and their families adopted Prattsville as their home away from home

in the ‘60s. Some years ago Sheila wished for Jack’s Pizza and her wish was granted with a Jack’s Pizza made with the original Gurley recipe.

Saw Sue (Mrs. Alfred) Truesdell in Oneonta recently.

She was looking for her mom Phyllis who escaped us all but she was eventually corralled.

Phyllis did call for a follow up visit on Friday. She is anxious to get back on schedule for church Masses and to be able to see a few people outside her immediate family.

Good to see Joanne Haskin back on the job at Jim’s Great American. Joanne had some health issues and will be under doctor’s care for a while but she is there doing her part.

Thank you Joanne.

Fritzie Martin Schmidt (Traphagen’s Honey) is wished speedy return to good health. With some rest and TLC from loving hubby Lou, she will be out and about soon. Fritzie is supposed to be “quiet” and Lou has threatened to purchase some yellow duct tape to accomplish this feat. Good luck with that.

It would have been fitting to take a Sunday drive to Greenville on the 14th, Flag Day, to view the Greenville American Legion Post’s Field of Flags.

You can always view this magnificent sight until July 4. It is well worth the trip.

Mary O’Hara kept herself

in absolute quarantine for 42 days and only recently ventured out in public, with proper PEPs. Mary was critically ill last fall, before the pandemic, and with her health being compromised, she did not want to take any chances.

Family members stayed in touch via window greetings.

Some are returning to work/socializing and honoring guidelines. Protect yourselves and each other, especially the most vulnerable.

Ventilators are not nearly as attractive as masks and so much more restrictive. Think about it.

Happy Birthday to Donnie Speenburgh on June 20.

A great and Happy Birthday to Al Creazzo on June 21. On June 22 we wish Erin O’Hara Meyer and Ken Maurer special Happy Birthday. Pat Smith is wished a special Happy Birthday on June 23. What milestone is this Pat? Only a few days behind you. On June 25 we wish Beverly Hull Haskin a great Happy Birthday. Johannes Krauss is sent special Happy Birthday wishes on June 26. Young Emma Cornell is also wished Happy Birthday on June 26.

Know things are slow but could use your news. Call 518-299-3219 or gurleyrv@gmail.com.

Please leave your dogs at home while you enjoy shopping at the Farmers Market.

The church services for the Lexington/West Kill UMC under the pavilion at the Lexington Municipal Building on June 21 and June 28 have been canceled.

There will be a joint service at 10 a.m. on June 28 at the Jewett Presbyterian Church, Route 17. This will be Pastor Bob Nash’s last Sunday as our Pastor and a covered dish lunch will follow the services.

Services will be available on Zoom through June.

Summer worship services will not be held at the Methodist Church in West Kill this year.

June 27 is the next Zoom Lexington Non-partisan meeting. More details to follow.

Lexington/West Kill UMC Administrative Council meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. June 29 in the church hall. Masks and social distancing will be followed.

The News York State Department of Agriculture and Markets collaborates with the NYS Department of Health, the New York State Office for the Aging and Cornell Cooperative Extension in administering the Farmers Market Nutrition Program

(FMNP). The purpose of the program is to promote improved nutrition through increased consumption of locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables. It is also intended to expand sales at farmers markets and farm stands.

Each Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) check booklet is worth $20 and contains five $4 checks. Eligibility is determined by age and income.

Please call the Department of Human Services a 518-7193555 for eligibility guidelines, issuance of checks, Statement of Eligibility, where checks may be picked up and which farmers at farmers markets accept the checks.

If you are a Lexington resident and need assistance getting groceries, medical supplies and medications, call Peggy at 518-989-6491 or Charlotte, Town Clerk at 518989-6476 X101.

Happy first day of Summer on June 20. Hope all you Dads out there have a great Father’s Day, June 21.

Thanks to all on the front lines. What would we do without you? We need to treat others with courtesy, respect and kindness.

All lives matter.

Plan on Strawberry-Rhubarb pie were a good student, and she Brrr. Is it June? This weekASHLAND SPEAKS end was so cold. Night time liked you, she would give you temps in the 30s. Cold wind a ride. Since then, the house blowing during the day. has been a home office, store Were we just sweltering, and and more. couldn’t get cool? We had The next house up the rain “just in time” to save the street is now Bunce Realty gardens, although we had to and a Jewelry store. At one water to keep them going. point it was also Greene Now I hear that there will be County Council of the Arts.

LULA no rain until maybe ThursNettie Brink worked there. It day. Break out the watering was also owned by the Allan cans again. Flag Day. Does family. Jackie Allan Kayata’s anyone, except Veterans cel- Nursing Homes and Corona, sisters, Sandra and Anne atebrate it any more? we are pleased to announce tended school at WAJ. They The bears are still on pa- that testing is being done in occupied the whole house rade. Mom and 3 cubs were Greene Meadows and there with all relatives living under seen on South Street by Crest are no positives. one roof.

Park. They’ll be so happy Next door was the Blue Prayers for all those who to hear that restaurants are are going through treatments Moon. There was a big wrap opening again. Watch out for cancer and other illnesses. around lunch counter with when you’re eating outdoors! Please go for your annual ex- the red stools around it. In Skunks are not necessar- ams. Early detection is your the back, on the left, they sold ily black and white. A white best friend. newspapers and comics, canskunk has been spotted in the dy, soda, a real newsstand.

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Thanks to all who responded to the story about tiful Mulbery House and the The Jumps owned it in the Dr. Samadov. Latest news ornate library which is now ‘50s, early ‘60s, along with is that he should be return- the office of George Tellas Leon’s in Hensonville. Next ing July 6. We haven’t be in which is located on the cor- the Adams family took over. contact with Greene County ner of Library Road. The next Their grandson, Scott, was about the shopping bus, yet. yellow house was the Patter- the creator of the cartoon, One mission at a time. We do son House and I remember Dilbert, which was originally have Greene County transit, Miss Smalling living there. illustrated by his mother, schedules are at local stores.

Miss Smalling, as many re- Virginia Vining Adams. Sue Nana Gail’s was the gath- member was a teacher at and Tom Stead were the next, ering place for seven of Tom WAJ. The personification of and last owners, as it was de(Sparky) Bristol’s friends in a teacher, “back in the day.” stroyed by a fire. Facing Mill honor of his 96th birthday. Spinster, long black dress, Street, in the rear of the buildWe sat on the lanai on Main black shoes, short hair, wire ing was an apartment where Street Hensonville and had rimmed glasses. Surprisingly, the Gertrude Alle family lived a wonderful time. I like the she had a 2 passenger coupe down stairs, and the offices of alfresco dining. You get a with a rumble seat. If you Maurice Sullivan upstairs. chance to watch people pass by while you’re eating.

And fresh air besides.

Hope Restoration Christian Fellowship in Windham will hold their annual Summer Tent meetings starting June 28 through Aug. 23. All are welcome.

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Iconic Recipes Bring State and County Fairs to Your Home This Summer With fair season cancelled this year, chef and author, George Geary lets you enjoy the food of county fairs without leaving your house.

The summer season is a time for ice cream, summer camp and state and county fairs. But this summer will be different with fairs cancelled due to COVID 19. But that doesn’t mean you can’t still enjoy the fun foods we love to eat served up at the fair.

In his best-selling cookbook, Fair Foods: The Most Popular and Offbeat Recipes from America’s State and County Fairs, award-winning chef, best-selling author, and renowned educator George Geary celebrates the fun, delicious, strange and wonderful foods sold at state and county fairs. Since we can’t go to the fair, George brings the fair to you with two of the most popular and iconic fair food recipes.

Create your own local fair or summer camp experience this

summer in your own backyard with two of the most popular and delicious fair food recipes.

Geary’s Fair Foods cookbook highlights not only the new culinary “classics” at state and county fairs, but also longstanding favorites such as: • Maple and Bacon Doughnuts • Triple Cheeseburger Doughnuts • Cheesecake on a Stick • Corn Dogs • Fried Pickles • Chocolate-Encased Bacon • Fried Coca-Cola® • Deep-Fried Oreos® • Mock Fried Ice Cream • Grilled Pork Chops on a Stick • Firehouse Chili with Peppers • Spicy Peanut Butter and Jelly Cheeseburgers • Black and White Cookies • Egg Creams • Mint Juleps This summer bring the county fair to your house. Fair Foods captures the joy and spirit of America’s love affair with fairs.

BUILDINGS AND LANDMARKS ACROSS THE U.S. TO SHINE ORANGE ON JUNE 21 FOR MAKE MUSIC DAY

Annual Global Music Celebration Going Virtual in the Time of COVID Niagara Falls, the Tennessee State Capitol and the Crazy Horse Memorial are among the more than 30 iconic buildings and landmarks across the U.S. that will turn orange in support of Make Music Day, the global music celebration held annually on June 21, the summer solstice.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s celebration has moved to a virtual and socially distanced experience to encourage all people, of all musical abilities, to celebrate the joy of making music. Over 85 U.S. cities and the entire states of Connecticut, Hawaii, Vermont and Wisconsin will participate in Make Music Day Day 2020, further highlighting the power of music to unite people across cultures and to comfort, inspire and lift the human spirit.

Completely different than a traditional music festival, Make Music Day celebrates and promotes the natural music maker in all of us, regardless of age, ethnicity, background or skill level. Make Music Day is an open invitation for everyone to make, enjoy, perform, teach and learn music on the longest day of the year and the first day of summer. Typically featuring over 5,000 free outdoor musicmaking events in public spaces

across the U.S., this year’s celebration is being produced virtually and observing social distancing guidelines. Make Music Day is presented in the U.S. by The NAMM Foundation and coordinated by the non-profit Make Music Alliance.

U.S. buildings and landmarks shining orange – a color evoking the sun and the first day of summer – will include: • Niagara Falls in Buffalo (NY) • City Hall, Tower 280, Rochester Riverside Convention Center, Legacy Tower, Rundel Memorial Library, OneEast Ave., The Metropolitan, 3 Center City, and High Falls in Rochester (NY) • FMC Tower, Cira Centre and Cira Garage in Philadelphia (PA) • Stilts Building in Hartford (CT) • Waterbury City Hall in Waterbury (CT) • Portland City Hall in Portland (ME) • Bennington Battle Monument in Bennington (VT) • State Capitol Cupola in Nashville (TN) • Tennessee Aquarium and The Block in Chattanooga (TN) • The Wishing Tree in Rosemary Square in West Palm

Beach (FL) • The Pfister Hotel and the Milwaukee County Historical Society in Milwaukee (WI) • Nitschke Bridge and Walnut Street Bridge in Green Bay (WI) • Crazy Horse Memorial in Black Hills (SD) • Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center in Long Beach (CA) • The Fountain at Hillcrest Park in Fullerton (CA) • Union Street Railroad Bridge in Salem (OR) • Aloha Tower in Honolulu (HI) Make Music Day national highlights include Widow Serenades where musicians will serenade residents from outside nursing homes; 25x12 free online music lessons (12 hours of free lessons on 25 different instruments); This American Song capturing the stories and experiences of ordinary people from all 50 U.S. states at this unprecedented time, Bash the Trash instrument-making and performance; Bedroom Studios where producers will livestream their sessions from home; Flowerpot Music; a MMD Global Livestream; and Live from Home where people will record a musical performance at home

and tag three pals to do the same.

Additional highlights are Mass Appeals bringing people together online to make music in large, single-instrument groups; a My Song Is Your Song global song swap; Track Meet featuring teams of four musicians racing against the clock to create brand new original tracks in a creative relay; the World’s Smallest Marching Band consisting of a brass and wind player parading outside solo; the debut of the Young Composers Contest winning pieces; and a YouTube Live with Eric Whitacre - “A Boy and a Girl” Online Rehearsal and a conversation with Alex Lacamoire.

Launched in France in 1982 as the Fête de la Musique, Make Music Day has become a worldwide phenomenon observed today by hundreds of millions of people in over 1,000 cities spanning 120 countries.

All Make Music Day events are free and open to the public.

Participants who wish to perform, or to host musical events, may register at MakeMusicDay. org. A full schedule of in-person and virtual events is available on the website.

Official hashtag: #MakeMusicDay

Summer Series outdoors with

‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ We are back and we missed you!

We are excited to announce that we will open our Summer Series outdoors with A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Please see below for all our outdoor guidelines. Looking forward to seeing you at The CENTER! July 7 - 18 Tue, Wed, Thurs, Fri & Sat @7pm Tickets: $20 Box Office: (845) 876-3080 ONLINE SALES ONLY - There will be no cash / checks accepted at the theater.

This show performs with NO INTERMISSION. CENTERstage Productions presents one of Shakespeare’s most enduring and accessible comedies, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by Lou Trapani.

Starring Jovan Bradley, Joseph Bongiorno, Michael Britt, Maddy Carolan, Deborah Coconis, Elizabeth Crew, Ellie DeMan, Emily DePew, Molly Feibel, Erin Hebert, Victoria Howland, Peter Kiewra, Anika Krempl, Jane Langan, Harriet Luongo, Jim O’Neill, Vera Perry, Jeremy Ratel, Cheyenne See & Denis Silvestri.

For Tickets: https://centerforperformingarts. showare.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=344 Appropriate For All Audiences.

CALENDAR LISTINGS Young at HeART: Playwriting Course Through - Friday, June 19 UPDATED DATES!!! Learn to write a dramatic monologue in the voice of a character that you conceive, then see your creation enacted by a professional actor.

During this 11-session course (Thursdays & Fridays, 10amNoon), created in partnership with the Ancram Opera House, participants will learn the fundamentals of theatre-making and playwriting through creative writing, skillbuilding workshops, team-building, research, improvisation and a rehearsal leading to the staging of a final performance. ******All Thursday classes take place at the Ancram Opera House, 1330 County Route 7, Ancram (including the June 17th session) and Friday classes take place at Olana’s Wagon House Education Center, with the exception of classes during the final week, which will take place at Ancram Opera House.

Participants must plan to attend all sessions. This course is for adults 55-plus. $150, Through - Friday, June 19, https://www.olana.org/programsevents/ Olana, 5720 State Route 9G, Hudson, 518-828-1872 www.olana.org Natural Worlds Exhibit Through - Sunday, July 26 JERI EISENBERG, LOUISE LAPLANTE, ALLYSON LEVY, LORI VAN HOUTEN Carrie Haddad Gallery is pleased to present ‘Natural Worlds’, a group exhibit featuring new mixed media by local artists Jeri Eisenberg, Louise Laplante, Allyson Levy, and Lori Van Houten.

In recent months, nature has provided priceless solace for many of us. Its power to relieve stress, energize, and aspire moments of awe has helped many get through this difficult time. The artists in this exhibit have distilled those simple joys in new series of painting, drawing, photography, and sculpture. ‘Natural Worlds’ will be on view June 10th – July 26th. Opening receptions are postponed until further notice. The show will be available online until the gallery can reopen. We cannot wait to share this work with you in person so, when the time comes, we have established protocols to keep you safe during your visit!

Through — Sunday, July 26, http://www.carriehaddadgallery. com/index.cfm?method=Exhibit.

ExhibitDescription&Exhibit ID=1995F5F9-D25D-0A8D7370B1BC3179E460 Your Own Home

JUNE 20 Virtual Historic Hudson Saturday, June 20, 6 p.m.

The City of Hudson is much more than a quaint town in the Hudson River Valley. Founded by Quakers in 1785, Hudson quickly grew to a major commercial center and almost became the capital of New York State. Hudson offers the finest “Main Street” in New York and features examples of every architectural style since the late 18th century, including two of the rarest, Adam and Egyptian Revival.

Our virtual adventure will explore the diverse social history, architecture, and people of this Upstate urban center. Stops could include: Promenade Hill, Nantucket Houses, sites associated with the Underground Railroad, the most notorious Red Light district north of Times Square, and locations associated with The Jenkins Family, Ma Brown, Eleanor Roosevelt, Jack “Legs” Diamond, Ada Louise Huxtable, and Lieutenant William H. Allen, who was killed by pirates. $10 – $30, Saturday, June 20, 6 p.m., https://www.bigonion.com/ tour/virtual-historic-hudson/?f bclid=IwAR1ufGt_2QYewPO6r4vyzV0c5RQKLmB9pHZEIbkIUhx2DQ8xHkAd9bnk2I Your Own Home Tacos with Wildfire Food Truck Saturday, June 20, 2 p.m. - 7 p.m.

It’s Father’s Day Weekend and we’re celebrating with dad’s favorite- Wildfire Food Truck. Tacos, tacos, tacos!

Join us at the distillery this Saturday for a bite to eat and pair it with one of our handmade cocktails such as the Rhubarb Marg.

Please remember to follow NYS requirements and wear a mask whenever standing and only take your mask off while seated to enjoy your drinks and food. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.

Saturday, June 20, 2 p.m. - 7 p.m., https://www.facebook.com/ events/713717289401894/ Cooper’s Daughter Spirits at Olde York, 284 State Rouite 23, Claverack, 845-480-1237 https://oldeyorkfarm.com/

Virtual Historic Hudson Saturday, June 20, 6 p.m.

The City of Hudson is much more than a quaint town in the Hudson River Valley. Founded by Quakers in 1785, Hudson quickly grew to a major commercial center and almost became the capital of New York State. Hudson offers the finest “Main Street” in New York and features examples of every architectural style since the late 18th century, including two of the rarest, Adam and Egyptian Revival.

Our virtual adventure will explore the diverse social history, architecture, and people of this Upstate urban center. Stops could include: Promenade Hill, Nantucket Houses, sites associated with the Underground Railroad, the most notorious Red Light district north of Times Square, and locations associated with The Jenkins Family, Ma Brown, Eleanor Roosevelt, Jack “Legs” Diamond, Ada Louise Huxtable, and Lieutenant William H. Allen, who was killed by pirates. $10 – $30, Saturday, June 20, 6 p.m., https://www.bigonion.com/ tour/virtual-historic-hudson/?f bclid=IwAR1ufGt_2QYewPO6r4vyzV0c5RQKLmB9pHZEIbkIUhx2DQ8xHkAd9bnk2I Your Own Home Classic Radio Drama Thrillers Saturday, June 20, 7 p.m.

The Hitchhiker and Mr. Markham, Antique Dealer To be performed on-line via Zoom. To RSVP and obtain your Zoom access code, please visit our website.

In MR. MARKHAM, ANTIQUE DEALER a blackmailer, a murderer, and a room full of clocks, one of which talks! Who is actually murdered, and who is the murder?

In THE HITCHHIKER a man drives cross-country from Brooklyn to California. On the way, he sees a man on the Brooklyn Bridge, waiting for a lift. Adams sees the man again an hour later, hitchhiking at the Pulaski Skyway. As he progresses towards his destination Adams repeatedly sees the same hitch-hiker, despite the fact that, logically, there is no possible way the mysterious man could always somehow get ahead of him!

Free, Saturday, June 20, 7 p.m., https://www.facebook.com/ events/944600469355143/ Your Own Home

JUNE 22 Bindlestiff Open Stage: Quarantine Editon Monday, June 22, 7:30 p.m.

TAY TUNED FOR A LIVESTREAM on Facebook and Youtube on the night of the performance! facebook.com/Bindlestiff.Cirkus 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!

“Ask Hovey” your circus history questions at bindlestiff.org/askhovey He’ll answer one lucky inquirer’s inquiry every Monday night!

Monday, June 22, 7:30 p.m., https://www.facebook.com/ events/289384962083594 Your Own Home

JUNE 23 Virtual Open Mic Tuesday, June 23, 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, June 23, 7:30 p.m. http://clubhelsinki.live/ Your Own Home

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Hearing From A1

committed a clear-and-cut assault on video in uniform.

“Where are the good cops I keep hearing of when not a single good cop helped me?

Where was the good cop for George Floyd?” the witness added. “These are my rights being stripped away by good cops who are supposed to uphold the law.”

Video of Zayer’s injury went viral on social media.

James held the first day of a

Open From A1

during the return to in-person dining.

“I want people to know they can trust us,” he said, noting that Pomodoro’s has weathered the COVID-19 crisis after 34 years in business.

Despite the long-standing relationship the restaurant has with the Catskill community, Pieruzzi said he is worried about asking customers to wear masks, noting that some people with medical conditions may not be able to do so safely.

It can be difficult to enforce the mask rule without infringing on a customer’s privacy, he said.

Tom Crowell, owner of Chatham Brewing, echoed Pieruzzi’s apprehension at the

Holiday From A1

ceremonial holiday or day of observance.

The federal government is making a mistake in the way it is handling the COVID-19 public health crisis by not encouraging states to reopen gradually, or in stages based on data, Cuomo said, as the virus continues to spread in 20 states and Puerto Rico and hospitalizations in Arizona, Texas and Florida are increasing daily.

Federal lawmakers and President Donald Trump have repeatedly attributed the number of rising cases to an increase in coronavirus diagnostic testing.

“It [the federal government] is making a historic mistake — this is not a political comment, it is a fact-based objective comment,” Cuomo said. “The argument on testing doesn’t make sense because the number of positives is going up. ... These are facts. It is undeniable.

“If those states are going up, they could spread the virus to New York,” the governor added.

“They have a higher rate of infection than New York. What happens when those people fly on planes and fly to New York?”

The governor also signed legislation into law Wednesday prohibiting health care employers from penalizing employees for complaining about employer violations, or whistleblowing.

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation projected Monday 149,690 Americans will die from COVID-19 by August as the virus continues to spread in 21 states and Puerto Rico — about 15,000 fatalities more than the research center’s May 4 estimate, and more than

public hearing on the interactions between police and the public during Black Lives Matter demonstrations statewide starting 11 a.m. Wednesday and running through the rest of the business day. The hearing, held virtually because of COVID-19, examined the nature and details of interactions between police and the public during protests over the last three weeks sparked by the death of 46-year-old George Floyd — an unarmed black man who died Memorial Day while in Minneapolis police custody.

James said during her

investigation, her office has received hundreds of emailed complaints through the online submission portal against the New York Police Department “We are reviewing those submissions, interviewing witnesses and documents provided by the NYPD at our request. ” James said. “This hearing is the chance for members of the public to be heard. ... I hope, in time, the purpose of this hearing is to get to the bottom of this and try to reform the system and specifically the NYPD.” Several witnesses testified Wednesday, including

protesters and eyewitnesses who claimed they were pepper-sprayed or saw unprovoked police respond with force during peaceful New York City demonstrations.

Black protester Alan Williams recounted two instances where NYPD officers arrested him at events May 29 and 31 — one where he was pepper sprayed, and another where he was detained, placed in handcuffs and an officer damaged his bicycle after protesters were demonstrating near Bryant Park.

“The officers retreated a few steps and announced it was an

unlawful assembly and they began arresting us,” Williams recalled. “That was one of the most peaceful protests I have ever been to.”

Besides seeing one protester hurl a half-empty water bottle at police, the officers were unprovoked, Williams said.

The incident took place between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. There was no citywide curfew in effect.

James’s hearing panel is comprised of the attorney general her two appointed special advisors to support her investigation: Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch

and New York University law professor Barry Friedman.

Friedman is the founder and faculty director of the Policing Project at NYU Law. The witnesses scheduled to speak during the public hearing include protesters and law enforcement officers. Each witness is permitted to give testimony for up to three minutes, followed by questions from the panel.

The hearing will resume at 11 a.m. Thursday. To watch the livestreamed event, visit ag.ny.gov/livestream The Tribune News Service contributed to this report.

possibility of having to refuse service to customers who do not comply with state regulations.

Crowell said he would be on hand at the brewery to enforce the protocols and direct traffic, taking the burden off staff members who might not feel comfortable facing non-compliant customers.

Following guidance issued by the state, Chatham Brewing has eliminated its bar seating and reduced its number of tables, both indoors and outside on the patio. The brewery has also temporarily scaled back its menu.

The brewery has kept up with reopening information released by Forward NY and the Columbia Comeback initiative, as well as the New York State Brewers Association, which has helped clarify state rules that seem confusing or contradictory, Crowell said.

As part of the new state guidelines for food services, restaurants must space out tables and separate dining parties in communal areas, directives that present challenges to businesses designed for social gathering.

Enforcement can be difficult, given that the hospitality industry is geared toward accommodating customers and defusing situations, said F. Michael Tucker, president of the Columbia Economic Development Corporation and co-chairman of the Columbia Comeback initiative.

The Columbia Comeback leader said businesses and their customers need to be vigilant at maintaining distance and to prevent another shutdown.

“It is not about doing what we are told, but about doing what we all know needs to be done to prevent a relapse,” Tucker said.

In addition to indoor

restaurant service, phase 3 also allows for the reopening of grooming services, including nail salons and tattoo parlors.

Fawn’s Leap Tattoo in Catskill is in the midst of rescheduling three months of canceled appointments, but the tattoo studio will remain closed until next week.

The three tattoo artists were recently tested for COVID-19 and are awaiting their results, owner Emma Heartquist said.

After three months of shutdown, customers are anxious to schedule appointments, Heartquist said.

“People are hot on it, they want to get tattoos right now,” she said. “It is almost as bad as haircuts.”

Despite the high demand, Heartquist said she is being cautious to ensure that the tattoo studio is adequately prepared to reopen.

The Columbia Comeback

initiative, created by Columbia County Board of Supervisors Chairman Matt Murell last month, has been helping local businesses prepare for reopening. The committee held a webinar on Monday about phase 3 regulations.

The Buy In Greene initiative is helping Greene County businesses navigate the reopening phases, with an emphasis on keeping business owners informed with the most up-to-date information, said Teri Weiss, director of business marketing for Greene County.

Businesses need support because the state guidelines can change on a daily basis and some decisions are left up to individual businesses or municipalities, Weiss said.

“It has been a stressful situation for everybody,” she said.

“Businesses are struggling to stay open and stay afloat, as well as the personal struggles of

staying safe and healthy.”

The state’s reopening plan has four phases, with economic regions waiting about two weeks between phases to monitor the infection rate and spread of the virus. Phase 4 includes recreational and educational services.

Tucker said the state has the power to close down certain areas within regions if infections spike.

“Reopening is trial by error, with the ultimate goal of staying safe,” Tucker said. “The focus should be on common sense.”

Greene County residents can access resources at www.buyingreene.com, which has a popup window offering information for business owners from the Greene County Economic Development Corporation.

Columbia County residents can find resources from Columbia Comeback page at www.columbiacomeback.com/

75,000 than its April 17 estimate.

This week, IHME increased its estimate to 201,129 U.S. coronavirus deaths by October, or up about 18% from 169,890.

The IHME projection is the White House’s preferred model and is supported by the Gates Foundation.

“It’s not a Democratic projection, it’s not a Republican projection,” the governor said, adding reopening businesses too quickly to improve the economy is counterproductive when it causes the nation’s coronavirus cases to increase.

“When the virus goes up, the financial markets go down,” Cuomo said. “When the virus spread goes up, people get more nervous and less confident about government.”

Officials continue to monitor the number of daily, new positive COVID-19 cases across New York. The state had 567 new positive virus cases Tuesday, or .96% of the 59,341 conducted tests, bringing the statewide total to 385,142 cases.

The state saw its lowest number of virus-related deaths Tuesday since the pandemic hit in March at 17, including 15 in hospitals and two in nursing homes. The state’s daily death toll has continued a flattening decline for several weeks, but officials do not anticipate the figure will drop lower.

“The only way I could feel better is if that number ever becomes zero,” Cuomo said.

“We remember the 17 in our thoughts and prayers... but this is great, great news compared to where we’ve been.”

Statewide coronavirus hospitalizations declined to 1,479 patients Wednesday, down 59, according to the governor’s office.

New York City is on track to

enter phase II Monday of the state’s four-phase gradual plan to reopen nonessential businesses.

The Capital District entered the third phase Wednesday.

The Mid-Hudson Valley and Long Island are on track to enter phase III next week.

New York’s infection rate remains the lowest in the country at 0.77%, or one person with the coronavirus infecting 0.77% of another person, or less than one.

State officials remain

uncertain if in-class school attendance will resume for school districts and universities in the fall.

“We don’t know for sure yet — we have to see where the virus is,” Cuomo said. “We are in very good shapein controlling the virus in New York right now, but there are question marks nationwide, globally .... of a second wave, is there a resurgence?

“To say today as we sit here in June wat is going to happen in September? No one can tell you,” the governor added.

“Think of the period of where we are today to September, and think of this period of time bakwards all of this transpired.

That’s 100 days — that’s all that is.”

Cuomo reminded localities Wednesday they have 288 days to satisfy his June 12 New York State Police Reform and Reinvention Collaborative executive order mandating each of the state’s 500-plus police agencies to publicly meet with people in their communities to reinvent policing strategies or forego

state funding.

“It is the single best chance for change — real reform,” Cuomo said. “We mean start with a blank sheet of paper and come up with your views of your public safety department.”

Each police force statewide must develop a plan by April 1, 2021 — the state’s next budget deadline — to be eligible for state funding. The municipality that oversees the law enforcement agency must certify and adopt and enforce the plan as a local law.

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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo gave the green light for the U.S. Open to go ahead on Long Island this summer, even though some players have criticized the tournament being held.

There will be no fans in the stands at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center because of the coronavirus pandemic.

“We’re excited about the U.S. Open, (which) is going to be held in Queens, Aug. 31 through Sept. 13. It will be held without fans, but you can watch it on TV â?? and I’ll take that,” Cuomo said Tuesday in his daily briefing. “The tennis authorities are going to be taking extraordinary precautions, but that’s going to take place.”

The coronavirus has hit New York the

hardest of all states, with nearly 385,000 residents testing positive and almost 25,000 fatalities. The decision to hold the tournament has not sat well with some players, including No. 1 players Novak Djokovic and Ashleigh Barty, who have expressed concerns with the health protocols.

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Ichabod Crane’s Camdyn Ames was named a First-Team Patroon Conference Valley Division All-Star and helped the Riders repeat as state Class B boys volleyball regional champions.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. headlines the list of the NASCAR Hall of Fame’s newest class, joining Mike Stefanik and Red Farmer as the racing league announced its Class of 2021 on Tuesday.

The 2021 class is the first elected under NASCAR’s new split-voting rules, where two inductees are selected from a group of 10 Modern Era nominees and a third is chosen out of five Pioneer Era nominees (people whose careers began more than 60 years ago).

Ralph Seagraves, a former R.J. Reynolds marketing head who helped promote NASCAR during its Winston Cup era that saw significant growth, was chosen posthumously as the Landmark Award winner for outstanding contributions to NASCAR. Earnhardt, 45, is a two-time Daytona 500 winner who won 26 races in his 19-year Cup Series

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Commissioner Adam Silver has detailed the challenges ahead for the Heat and the rest of the NBA.

NBA’s Adam Silver notes resumption ‘not an ideal situation’ Ira Winderman Sun Sentinel

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is neither dodging nor denying the realities facing the Miami Heat and the rest of the league in advance of the planned resumption of play next month.

“Listen,” he said, “it’s not an ideal situation.”

Speaking to ESPN about the NBA plan to return in a campus-like quarantined setting at Disney World in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, Silver said the league is aware of the unique realities of moment.

“We are trying to find a way to our own normalcy in the middle of a pandemic, in the middle of essentially a recession or worse with 40 million unemployed, and now with enormous social unrest in the country,” he said.

The NBA’s plan is for teams to arrive to the Wide World of Sports complex in early July, training there in advance of a July 30 restart, and then play as deep into

the calendar as an Oct. 13 Game 7 of the NBA Finals. The Heat, who plan to travel to Central Florida on July 9, already have clinched a playoff berth, which would mean being quarantined at Disney for at least six weeks in the absence of family.

Paramount in Silver’s comments was that participation is not mandatory, with several players expressing concern about the dangers of COVID-19, the isolation, the risk injury could create for future earnings, and the potential inability to remain active in communities in pushing for social justice.

“As we work through these issues,” he said, “I can understand how some players may feel, that it’s not for them: It may be for family reasons. It may be for health reasons they have. Or it may be because they feel — as some players have said very recently — that their time is best spent elsewhere.”

Already, eight of the league’s 30 teams have been eliminated from the process due to their lottery-level records. Players

with health conditions that could elevate their chances of contracting or fighting the infection will be allowed to bypass the resumption without penalty. Others who choose not to participate will be docked paychecks for games missed, but with assurance of no additional fallout.

In the wake of a conference call among players, including the Heat’s Andre Iguodala, that raised the possibility of bypassing the restart to keep the focus on social reform, Silver cited the message of other players about how the resumption could allow the league to present a strong and collective voice on the issues.

“Things are changing around us,” Silver said. “The social unrest in the country was, in the same way we never could have predicted how the pandemic would unfold, in the way it has. What’s happened since George Floyd’s death is also unprecedented.

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Hours after MLB commissioner Rob Manfred seemed to deflate all hopes of baseball having a 2020 season after the coronavirus pandemic hiatus, Yankees president Randy Levine was trying to breathe some life back into the negotiations.

Saying that the financial issues the players and owners have been publicly arguing over the last few weeks are largely decided, Levine called on the union to reengage in negotiations about health and safety.

“Everyone here wants to get down to business as soon as possible and play games.

From what I’ve discovered, the holdup is not about the number of games or money at this time,” Levine said Tuesday, according to the Associated Press. “The commissioner has the right under the March agreement to schedule the games as long as the players are paid 100% prorated. The holdup, as I understand it, is about resolving the other items in the March 26 agreement.”

The other items are not just testing and cleaning protocols to try and help keep players and staff safe, it also includes how to deal with the predicted second wave of the virus that could hit in the fall.

The virus, which shut down baseball on March 12 and has suspended the regular season over 15 weeks now, has killed over 118,000 Americans.

There are also issues about pay and service time for players who opt not to play a coronavirus-shortened season.

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need to get together as soon as possible to resolve those issues so we can get the season going,” said Levine who was MLB’s chief labor negotiator from 1995-97. “All 30 clubs want to play. The commissioner wants to play. The players want to play. So let’s get these issues solved so we can begin playing baseball.

The March agreement said the players would negotiate these issues. The commissioner has assured me he’s ready to do so. The players should get in a room and start negotiating so we can get going.”

Monday night, Manfred seemed to sound the death knell for the 2020 season with a dramatic flip flop.

On Wednesday before the amateur draft, Manfred had said “100%” there would be a baseball season. Monday night, on ESPN, Manfred walked that back. He said the season was at risk because MLB believed that union was heading toward filing a grievance which could end up costing a billion dollars in back pay.

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Pro golf PGA TOUR RBC Heritage Tee Times At Harbour Town Golf Links Yardage: 7,099; Par: 71 Hilton Head, S.C. Purse: 7.1 million Local course times presented.

First Round Thursday Tee No. 1 6:45 a.m. _ Patrick Rodgers, Harris English, Byeong-Hun An 6:56 a.m. _ Luke List, Vaughn Taylor, Nick Watney 7:07 a.m. _ Jason Kokrak, Kyle Stanley, Scott Stallings 7:18 a.m. _ Cameron Smith, Kevin Tway, Sergio Garcia 7:29 a.m. _ Patton Kizzire, Sebastian Munoz, Ian Poulter 7:40 a.m. _ Andrew Putnam, Si Woo Kim, Luke Donald 7:51 a.m. _ Martin Trainer, Jim Herman, SungHoon Kang 8:02 a.m. _ Tyrrell Hatton, Joaquin Niemann, Aaron Wise 8:13 a.m. _ Stewart Cink, Xander Schauffele, Ted Potter Jr 8:24 a.m. _ Ernie Els, Vijay Singh, Bernhard Langer 8:35 a.m. _ Kyoung-hoon Lee, Charley Hoffman, Carlos Ortiz 8:46 a.m. _ Talor Gooch, Denny McCarthy, Erik Van Rooyen 12:10 p.m. _ Russell Henley, Bud Cauley, Abraham Ancer 12:21 p.m. _ Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Danny Lee, Sepp Straka 12:32 p.m. _ Emiliano Grillo, K.J. Choi, Rafael Cabrera Bello 12:43 p.m. _ Davis Love III, Webb Simpson, Bryson DeChambeau 12:54 p.m. _ Gary Woodland, Dustin Johnson, Hideki Matsuyama 1:05 p.m. _ Justin Rose, Justin Thomas, Jon Rahm 1:16 p.m. _ Dylan Frittelli, Max Homa, Adam Hadwin 1:27 p.m. _ Jimmy Walker, Scott Piercy, Brice Garnett 1:38 p.m. _ Tyler Duncan, Corey Conners, Charles Howell III 1:49 p.m. _ Russell Knox, Chez Reavie, Ryan Palmer 2 p.m. _ Jhonattan Vegas, Kevin Streelman, Matt Jones 2:11 p.m. _ Cameron Tringale, Chesson Hadley, Bo Van Pelt 2:22 p.m. _ Branden Grace, Alexander Noren, Victor Perez Tee No. 10 6:45 a.m. _ Aaron Baddeley, Doc Redman 6:56 a.m. _ Matt Every, Scott Brown, Matthew NeSmith 7:07 a.m. _ Joel Dahmen, Harry Higgs, Harold Varner III 7:18 a.m. _ Kevin Kisner, Jordan Spieth, Zach Johnson 7:29 a.m. _ Patrick Reed, Brooks Koepka, Daniel Berger 7:40 a.m. _ Rory McIlroy, Cheng-Tsung Pan, Rickie Fowler 7:51 a.m. _ Bubba Watson, Jason Day, Nate Lashley 8:02 a.m. _ Tony Finau, Jim Furyk, Collin Morikawa 8:13 a.m. _ Adam Long, Kevin Chappell, Viktor Hovland 8:24 a.m. _ J.T. Poston, Wesley Bryan, Danny Willett 8:35 a.m. _ Matthew Fitzpatrick, Bronson Burgoon, Brian Harman 8:46 a.m. _ Michael Thompson, Matt Wallace, Roger Sloan 8:57 a.m. _ Jazz Janewattananond, Adam Schenk, Mark Hubbard 12:10 p.m. _ Ryan Moore, Tom Hoge, Maverick McNealy 12:21 p.m. _ Charl Schwartzel, Lucas Glover, Chris Stroud 12:32 p.m. _ Mackenzie Hughes, Peter Malnati, Rory Sabbatini 12:43 p.m. _ Billy Horschel, Austin Cook, Matthew Wolff 12:54 p.m. _ Brandt Snedeker, Troy Merritt, Brendon Todd 1:05 p.m. _ Keith Mitchell, Pat Perez, Shane Lowry 1:16 p.m. _ Lanto Griffin, Graeme McDowell, Louis Oosthuizen 1:27 p.m. _ Andrew Landry, Michael Kim, Sungjae Im 1:38 p.m. _ Matt Kuchar, Ryan Armour, Jason Dufner 1:49 p.m. _ Wyndham Clark, Sam Burns, Sam Ryder 2 p.m. _ Brian Gay, David Hearn, J.J. Spaun 2:11 p.m. _ Bill Haas, Glen Day, Brian Stuard 2:22 p.m. _ Michael Gligic, Spencer Ralston, Andy Ogletree

WORLD GOLF RANKING Through Sunday 1. Rory McIlroy 2. Jon Rahm 3. Justin Thomas 4. Brooks Koepka 5. Dustin Johnson 6. Patrick Reed 7. Patrick Cantlay 8. Adam Scott 9. Webb Simpson 10. Xander Schauffele 11. Tommy Fleetwood 12. Bryson DeChambeau 13. Tiger Woods 14. Justin Rose 15. Marc Leishman 16. Tony Finau 17. Gary Woodland 18. Matt Kuchar 19. Louis Oosthuizen 20. Tyrrell Hatton 21. Sung-jae Im 22. Shane Lowry 23. Hideki Matsuyama 24. Paul Casey 25. Matthew Fitzpatrick 26. Bernd Wiesberger 27. Collin Morikawa 28. Francesco Molinari 29. Rickie Fowler 30. Abraham Ancer 31. Daniel Berger 32. Kevin Na 33. Lee Westwood 34. Henrik Stenson 35. Danny Willett 36. Billy Horschel 37. Kevin Kisner 38. Cameron Smith 39. Chez Reavie 40. Sergio Garcia 41. Victor Perez 42. Shugo Imahira 43. Jazz Janewattananond 44. Erik Van Rooyen 45. Bubba Watson 46. Matt Wallace 47. Rafael Cabrera Bello 48. Christiaan Bezuidenhout 49. Graeme McDowell 50. Scottie Scheffler

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9.35 8.35 7.48 7.45 6.31 6.03 5.90 5.89 5.74 5.67 5.49 5.34 5.32 5.21 4.73 4.61 4.52 4.36 4.29 4.26 4.17 4.12 4.08 4.00 3.78 3.72 3.51 3.43 3.34 3.21 3.07 3.05 3.04 3.01 2.81 2.72 2.71 2.67 2.65 2.58 2.57 2.55 2.55 2.54 2.47 2.44 2.42 2.37 2.35 2.35

PGA TOUR SCHEDULE End of 2019-20 season Thursday-Sunday: RBC Heritage June 22-28: Travelers Championship July 2-5: Rocket Mortgage Classic July 6-12: John Deere Classic July 13-19: the Memorial Tournament July 20-26: 3M Open, TPC Twin Cities July 27-Aug. 2: FedEx St. Jude Invitational July 27-Aug. 2: Barracuda Championship Aug. 3-9: PGA Championship Aug. 10-16: Wyndham Championship Aug. 17-23: The Northern Trust Aug. 24-30: BMW Championship Aug. 31-Sept. 7: TOUR Championship Start of 2020-21 season Sept. 7-13: Safeway Open Sept. 14-20: U.S. Open Sept. 21-27: Ryder Cup Sept. 21-27: Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship Sept. 28-Oct. 4: Sanderson Farms Championship Oct. 5-11: Shriners Hospitals for Children Open Oct. 12-18: The CJ Cup @ Nine Bridges Oct. 19-25: Zozo Championship Oct. 26-Nov. 1: HSBC Champions

Transactions FOOTBALL NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE Indianapolis Colts - Signed WR Michael Pittman Jr. to a four-year, $8.61 million contract.

NCAA FOOTBALL Liberty - Announced QB Brandon Robinson has left the program and will transfer to Rhode Island.

St. Norbert - Named Riley Swanson defensive coordinator.

Texas - Announced WR Kennedy Lewis has served his suspension.

BASKETBALL NCAA BASKETBALL East Tennessee St. - Named Tyler Janota director of basketball sport performance.

Iona - Announced G Isaiah Washington has left the program and will transfer to Long Beach State.

Mississippi - Announced G Bryce Williams has

left the program and will transfer to Oklahoma State.

HOCKEY NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Buffalo Sabres - Fired director of amateur scouting Ryan Jankowski. Fired general manager Jason Botterill. Promoted senior vice president of business administration Kevyn Adams to general manager.

Pro hockey STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS Date and Location TBD EASTERN CONFERENCE Qualifying round No. 12 Montreal vs. No. 5 Pittsburgh No. 11 N.Y. Rangers vs. No. 6 Carolina No. 10 Florida vs. No. 7. NY Islanders No. 9 Columbus vs. No. 8 Toronto TOP 4 SEEDS (seeds will be determined by round-robin) Boston Tampa Bay Washington Philadelphia WESTERN CONFERENCE Qualifying round No. 12 Chicago vs. No. 5 Edmonton No. 11 Arizona vs. No. 6 Nashville No. 10 Minnesota vs. No. 7 Vancouver No. 9 Winnipeg vs. No. 8 Calgary TOP 4 SEEDS (seeds will be determined by round-robin) St. Louis Colorado Vegas Dallas

Pro basketball NBA Seeding games July 30-Aug. 14 Play-in tournament Aug. 15-16 Playoffs Aug. 17 Conference finals Sept. 15-Sept. 18 NBA Finals Sept. 30-Oct. 13

Sports Flashbacks BASEBALL 1880 — John Ward is the second pitcher in six days to throw a perfect game, leading the Providence Grays to a 5-0 win over the Buffalo Bisons. It will be 84 years before another National League pitcher tosses a perfect game.

1915 — Zip Zabel establishes a major-league record for longest-ever relief appearance, pitching the final 18 1/3 innings of the Chicago Cubs’ 4-3 win over the Brooklyn Robins.

1931 — Future Hall of Fame umpire Tom Connolly announces his retirement. Connolly umpired the first game in American League history in 1901.

1936 — Pitcher Red Ruffing homers twice as part of a four-hit performance as the New York Yankees crush the Cleveland Indians 15-4. Ruffing sets the record for most total bases by an AL pitcher with 10.

1941 — Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees extends his hitting streak to 30 games with a bad-hop single in an 8-7 loss to the Chicago White Sox. 1943 — Boston Red Sox player-manager Joe Cronin becomes the first player to belt pinchhit home runs in both ends of a doubleheader.

Boston wins the opener 5-4 to the Philadelphia Athletics but loses the nightcap 8-7.

1955 — Joe Charbonneau is born in Belvidere, Illinois. Charbonneau won the AL Rookie of the Year award in 1980 but struggled the following season and was out of baseball by 1983.

1960 — Boston Red Sox legend Ted Williams becomes the fourth player in major-league history to hit 500 career home runs, accomplishing the feat in a 3-1 win over Cleveland.

1978 — New York Yankees lefty Ron Guidry sets an American League record for southpaws with 18 strikeouts in a 4-0 triumph over the California Angels.

1979 — New York Mets reliever Jeff Reardon makes his major-league debut. Reardon would go on to record 367 saves in his 16-year career.

1982 — The Oakland Athletics sign slugger Jose Canseco, who was selected in the 15th round of the amateur draft. Canseco would debut in 1985, and finish with 462 career home runs.

1993 — Major League Baseball votes 26-2 in favor of expanding the playoffs in time for the following season. Both leagues shift from twodivision to three-division formats, and the wildcard is introduced.

2005 — The Arizona Diamondbacks allow 10 runs in the third inning of a 13-6 loss to the Cleveland Indians, becoming the first team since the 1969 Mets to surrender 10 or more runs in an inning in consecutive games.

2009 — Texas Rangers veteran Ivan Rodriguez becomes the majors’ all-time leader in games caught. Rodriguez breaks Carlton Fisk’s record with his 2,227th career game behind the plate as the Rangers fall 5-4 in 10 innings to Houston.

BASKETBALL 1976 — NBA officially admits four ABA teams the Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers, New York Nets (now New Jersey) and San Antonio Spurs into the league and the ABA ceases operations.

1986 — The Cleveland Cavaliers opt for center Brad Daugherty as the first pick of a draft class that becomes best known for the high number of busts and the death of No. 2 overall pick Len Bias (Boston Celtics) two days after the draft.

1992 — The Phoenix Suns acquire All-Star forward Charles Barkley from the Philadelphia 76ers for guard Jeff Hornacek, center Andrew Lang and forward Tim Perry.

1994 — Patrick Ewing has 25 points, 12 rebounds and ties the NBA Finals record with eight blocked shots to lead the New York Knicks to a 91-84 victory over the Houston Rockets to take a 3-2 edge in the series. The television broadcast is briefly interrupted by NBC and later aired via split screen due to the infamous “White Bronco” chase involving former football player O.J. Simpson.

Pro football 2020 NFL SCHEDULES Buffalo Sept. 13 vs. N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.

Sept. 20 at Miami, 1 p.m.

Sept. 27 vs. L.A. Rams, 1 p.m.

Oct. 4 at Las Vegas, 4:25 p.m.

Oct. 11 at Tennessee, 1 p.m.

Oct. 15 vs. Kansas City, 8:20 p.m.

Oct. 25 at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.

Nov. 1 vs. New England, 1 p.m.

Nov. 8 vs. Seattle, 1 p.m.

Nov. 15 at Arizona, 4:05 p.m.

Nov. 22 OFF Nov. 29 vs. L.A. Chargers, 1 p.m.

Dec. 07 at San Francisco, 8:15 p.m.

Dec. 13 vs. Pittsburgh, 8:20 p.m.

Dec. 20 at Denver, TBA Dec. 28 at New England, TBA Jan. 3 vs. Miami, 1 p.m.

N.Y. Jets Sept. 13 at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

Sept. 20 vs. San Francisco, 1 p.m.

Sept. 27 at Indianapolis, 4:05 p.m.

Oct. 1 vs. Denver, 8:20 p.m.

Oct. 11 vs. Arizona, 1 p.m.

Oct. 18 at L.A. Chargers, 4:05 p.m.

Oct. 25 vs. Buffalo, 1 p.m.

Nov. 1 at Kansas City, 1 p.m.

Nov. 9 vs. New England, 8:15 p.m.

Nov. 15 at Miami, 4:05 p.m.

Nov. 22 OFF Nov. 29 vs. Miami, 1 p.m.

Dec. 6 vs. Las Vegas, 1 p.m.

Dec. 13 at Seattle, 4:05 p.m.

Dec. 20 at L.A. Rams, TBA Dec. 27 vs. Cleveland, TBA Jan. 3 at New England, 1 p.m.

N.Y. Giants Sept. 14 vs. Pittsburgh, 7:15 p.m.

Sept. 20 at Chicago, 1 p.m.

Sept. 27 vs. San Francisco, 1 p.m.

Oct. 4 at L.A. Rams, 4:05 p.m.

Oct. 11 at Dallas, 4:25 p.m.

Oct. 18 vs. Washington, 1 p.m.

Oct. 22 at Philadelphia, 8:20 p.m.

Nov. 2 vs. Tampa Bay, 8:15 p.m.

Nov. 8 at Washington, 1 p.m.

Nov. 15 vs. Philadelphia, 1 p.m.

Nov. 22 OFF Nov. 29 at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.

Dec. 6 at Seattle, 4:05 p.m.

Dec. 13 vs. Arizona, 1 p.m.

Dec. 20 vs. Cleveland, 1 p.m.

Dec. 27 at Baltimore, 1 p.m.

Jan. 3 vs. Dallas, 1 p.m.

Players called Rob Manfred’s bluff...

Where does baseball go from here?

Scott Lauber The Philadelphia Inquirer

At first, it was a matter of pay. Before long, it became a matter of principle.

Now, it might be a matter of time.

It couldn’t be much clearer that Major League Baseball and the Players Association won’t reach an agreement on a pandemic-shortened season without fans unless the owners finally give in on paying the players 100% of their per-game salaries, especially given the parties’ contrary interpretations of a March accord that was meant to provide an economic framework but served only to complicate everything.

After a month of talking past each other and not addressing the issues that each considered most important, commissioner Rob Manfred flexed last week. With the players insistent on receiving their agreedupon per-game pay despite the owners’ claim that further reductions are required to play a 70- to 80-game schedule, Manfred threatened to use his authority under that March deal to impose a mini-season of about 50 games at the per-game rate.

Tony Clark, executive director of the players’ union, dared Manfred to do it, challenging him last Saturday to “tell us when and where” to show up.

Done deal, right?

Not so fast.

Here’s the problem: Even if it took a few days to hammer out health-and-safety protocols at a time when COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are surging in several key baseball states, and if MLB gave the players a week to reconvene, and if “spring training 2.0” lasted for three weeks, the season could still open during the week of July 20, leaving roughly 70 days before the owners’ proposed regular-season finale on Sept. 27.

And if the players filed a grievance claiming MLB’s implementation of a 50-ish-game season doesn’t represent “best efforts” to return to the field and seeking hundreds of million dollars in financial damages, as union negotiator Bruce Meyer indicated that they might in a letter last weekend to deputy commissioner Dan Halem, a 70-day window to set a schedule would seem to help their case.

It would appear, then, that Manfred needs to play a four-corners defense to protect the owners, who, after all, employ him.

He must run about 10 days off the calendar before MLB can reasonably claim that there just wasn’t enough time to play more than one-third of the schedule — and therefore pay the players more than one-third of their full-season salaries.

So, why not use the next week to bring the players back to the virtual negotiating table? Or to discuss the virus’s recent spike in Arizona, Florida, Texas and California, home to a total of 10 major-league teams?

It was convenient that the Associated

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MLB commissioner Rob Manfred speaks at Clark Sports Center during the Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony on July 29, 2018 in Cooperstown.

Press obtained a letter Monday that revealed that several major-league players and staff tested positive. Never mind that Manfred said last week that MLB and the players are “very, very close” to agreeing on a health-and-safety plan. They can always take their time to go back over those protocols.

(Besides, Manfred also said last week there was a “100 percent” chance of the season getting played, then did a 180 five days later and said he was “not confident.”)

If Manfred is stalling, the players are on to him. Cincinnati Reds pitcher Trevor Bauer’s Twitter feed features a stream that reads in part: “The tactic is to bluff with ‘no season’ again and delay another 2-3 weeks until you clear the risk of ‘not negotiating in good faith by trying to play as many games as possible.’ The public backlash combined with potential of having to explain yourself in front of an arbitrator isn’t too appealing, is it?”

There is another potential explanation for Manfred’s about-face. In reminding everyone of his power to impose a miniseason if the players couldn’t reach a settlement, perhaps he overplayed his hand with some owners, too.

Attendance-related streams (ticket sales, food/merchandise concessions, parking, etc.) account for an average of 40% of teams’ revenues, according to MLB, and the owners claim they will lose $640,000 per game played without fans. Manfred needs 75% of the 30 teams to approve his setting of a schedule.

Maybe he emerged from a conference call Monday having heard from four or five,

or even seven or eight, owners who prefer no season to a 50-game sprint.

“The owners are 100% committed to getting baseball back on the field,” Manfred told ESPN on Monday.

That might be the case. The owners’ projected losses would only be compounded if they don’t get to collect the national TV money from the postseason. But Chicago Cubs owner Tom Ricketts recently characterized the financial fallout from this season as “biblical,” and St. Louis Cardinals chairman Bill DeWitt lamented the unprofitability of owning a team, even though baseball raked in a record $10.7 billion in revenue last year, franchise values have soared over the last 10 years, and the New York Post reported last weekend that MLB reached a billion-dollar television deal with Turner Sports beginning in 2022.

The players, meanwhile, are flooding social media with hashtagged cries of “ whenandwhere.” There are no victors in this sordid baseball civil war. But in the battle of optics, it’s a rout right now.

So, where do they go from here?

Maybe the coronavirus renders all of this moot by making a return to the field — or at least to the close confines of clubhouses, buses, planes and hotels — impossible. But Manfred must know by now, if he didn’t already, that baseball at least has to give it a try.

In 10 more days, that is, when the commissioner can take out his calendar, count backwards from Sept. 27, raise his arms in exasperation, and declare the unsatisfying 50-game season that everyone has been expecting.

Dr. Anthony Fauci says MLB should consider not playing into October Bill Shaikin Los Angeles Times

How long should baseball’s short season extend?

The players say November.

The owners say October.

But, if the sole factor is minimizing risk for the novel coronavirus, Dr. Anthony Fauci said the major leagues would be wise to wrap up the postseason in September.

“If the question is time, I would try to keep it in the core summer months and end it not with the way we play the World Series, until the end of October when it’s cold,” Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said in a telephone interview with the Los Angeles Times on Tuesday.

“I would avoid that.”

Owners have expressed concern about an increase in coronavirus cases, notably in the home states of nine of the 10 teams that would be grouped in the Western region. Those outbreaks have “increased the risks associated with commencing spring training in the next few weeks,” MLB Deputy Commissioner Dan Halem wrote to players union negotiator Bruce Meyer on Monday.

Nonetheless, Fauci said, playing in July likely would be less risky than playing in October.

“Even in warm weather, like in Arizona and California, we’re starting to see resurgences as we open up,” Fauci said. “But I think the chances of there being less of an issue in the end of July and all of August and September are much, much better than if you go into October.”

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Dr. Anthony Fauci (right), director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and U.S. President Donald Trump participate in the daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House on April 22 in Washington, DC.

Fauci said he understood that minimizing risk is one factor for baseball, but not the only one.

In a letter to Meyer last week, Halem said the owners’ desire to complete the playoffs before November was based primarily on the recommendation from the league’s medical adviser. Halem also noted that MLB’s television partners do not wish to shift the postseason from October. The league has told the union that postseason television revenue is worth $787 million.

In the United States, deaths from the coronavirus are projected to rise steadily in July and August, then sharply through September, according to projections Monday from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.

The best he can do, Fauci said, is to say that October baseball is probably not the best of ideas this year.

“I’d have to underscore probably,” he said. “This virus is one that keeps fooling us. Under most circumstances — but we don’t know for sure here — viruses do better when the weather starts to get colder and people start spending more time inside, as opposed to outside. The community has a greater chance of getting infected.

“The likelihood is that, if you stick to the core summer months, you are better off, even though there is no guarantee. ... If you look at the kinds of things that could happen, there’s no guarantee of anything. You would want to do it at a time when there isn’t the overlap between influenza and the possibility of a fall second wave.”

In his correspondence with the league, Meyer suggested the league’s refusal to extend the postseason into November

is a cost-containing mechanism wrapped in what he called a “pretext” of player health. In the event of outbreaks in certain areas, Meyer said the union is willing to let the league relocate games to neutral sites.

In response, Halem asked Meyer whether the players would consider the quarantine or “bubble” scenario with which the NBA and NHL plan to return but to which MLB players previously have objected.

A bubble is not mandatory, Fauci said. But, in the absence of one, he said player health could be dependent on how well players and their families keep to themselves when they can and practice social distancing and wear masks when they cannot.

“In Washington, D.C., the cases are going down, but we’re not finished with the outbreak yet,” he said, “That’s the reason why, when I’m on the outside, I always wear a mask. I avoid crowds.”

Fauci, 79, said he misses watching his hometown team, the World Series champion Washington Nationals. The 2020 season would start — and probably finish — in fan-free ballparks.

But Fauci said he would feel comfortable catching a game in a stadium with limited capacity once the infection rate declines, even if not to zero.

“Unless you have a dramatic diminution in cases,” he said, “I would feel comfortable in spaced seating, where you fill one-half or one-third or whatever it is of the stadium, and everybody is required to wear a mask in the stadium.”

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Q: How did you fall in love with your sport?

A: I started bowling at five years old.

Before I knew it, bowling came natural to me. My Dad video recorded as he coached me to throw two-handed at a young age. I wasn’t strong enough yet to throw one-handed since I was actually rolling a heavier ball with an actual core and finger-grips. I learned to hook the ball so young that everyone at the bowling alley was impressed with the way I rolled the ball and scores announced overhead at Saturday Morning Youth Bowling League. Falling in love was easy to do, especially when I had the talent to succeed at the game.

Q: What’s your favorite moment as an athlete in that sport?

A: The 298-734 of this past season as a freshman was my favorite moment. I wasn’t even nervous going for the 300.

No pressure.

Q: What is your favorite sports moment as a fan?

A: I have two favorite moments as a fan: the Miami Miracle against the Patriots in 2018 and Derek Jeter’s gamewinning hit on his last at-bat in Yankee Stadium.

Q: What athlete do you look up to the most and why?

A: The athlete I look up to the most is Brett Gardner because of his passion for the game of baseball. Brett puts his heart and soul into the game and hustles all the time. Off the field, he donates countless

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Freshman Zach Porreca fired a 298-734 in Hudson’s season opener and earned First-Team All-Patroon Conference recognition this past season.

hours at the New York Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital. He’s a great athlete to aspire to be.

Q: Best advice you’ve received from a coach, mentor or teammate in your sport?

A: After a bad shot of bowling or even giving up a hit in baseball, my bowling coach at Hudson, Steve Martkowitz, told me to let it go. Don’t let it snowball.

Come back with a good shot or a good pitch and stay consistent.

Q: How did you fall in love with your sport?

A: I had bowling birthday parties when I was preschool and elementary age and thought it was really fun.

Then, in middle school, I joined the Saturday morning kids league at the Hoe Bowl and that is where my enthusiasm for this sport really grew.

Q: What’s your favorite moment as an athlete in that sport?

A: My favorite moment so far has to be bringing the 2019-2020 George Cotich Memorial Tournament trophy back to Catskill High School after many years and having the high series for this tournament.

Q: What is your favorite sports moment as a fan?

A: As a fan my favorite sports moment right now is the return of NASCAR — the first sport to resume during the pandemic.

Q: What athlete do you look up to the most and why?

A: Australian Jason Belmonte, being 13-time major bowling championship winner and first bowler to use two-handed technique is my choice for favorite athlete.

Q: Best advice you’ve received from a coach, mentor or teammate in your sport?

A: Coach Reyngoudt gives great advice all the time, but I think the best has to be: ‘Do not focus on the

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Catskill sophomore Michael Jubie averaged 207 this past season and was named league MVP in leading the Cats to the Patroon Conference title.

other team, do not bowl you game down to their’s and overall have fun.’

(I also have to thank Frank Zalasko, manager at the bowling alley because he talked me into joining the high school team when I started eighth grade)

Golf

Trey Smith Greenville Q: How did you fall in love with your sport?

A: fell in love with this game when I was young and I felt like the golf course was just my place to be.

Q: What’s your favorite moment as an athlete in that sport?

A: My favorite moment as a golfer had to be earlier this year playing in the Patroon Conference championship. Being there with my team was just an absolute riot.

Q: What is your favorite sports moment as a fan?

A: My favorite sports moment as a fan would have to be when Tiger won the Masters last year. It meant so much to both the sport and the world just seeing him overcome all the adversity he had faced.

Q: What athlete do you look up to the most and why?

A: Tiger, just the dominance and poise throughout his career and overcoming all the adversity.

Q: Best advice you’ve received from a coach, mentor or teammate in your sport?

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Greenville’s Trey Smith won Flight A of the Patroon Conference Medalist Tournament this past season and is one of the top golfers in Section II.

A: My dad has told me from a young age that if I ever find the game unenjoyable and more of a burden then a sport than there is no reason to play. This has always both pushed me to be better and love the game.

Golf

Madison Bentley

Congratulates Our Athletic Super Stars & All of Our Athletes...

Taconic Hills Q: How did you fall in love with your sport?

A: I fell in love with golf at a very young age. My dad introduced me to the game when I was two and I have loved it ever since.

Q: What’s your favorite moment as an athlete in that sport?

A: My favorite moment so far has been being able to compete in many AJGA tournaments, state open’s and the HJGT National Championship. I just love to compete.

Q: What is your favorite sports moment as a fan?

A: My favorite moment as a fan was watching Tiger Woods win his first tournament in several years, the Tour Championship. It was just amazing watching the gallery following him up the 18th fairway.

Q: What athlete do you look up to the most and why?

A: I most look up to Tiger Woods. I love how he shows leadership and helps those who need it. I also admire how on the course he is able to block out everything around him to give himself a

You Did It!!

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After six seasons of excellence on the Taconic Hills varsity golf team, Madison Bentley (left) will attend Paul Smiths College in the Fall.

competitive edge.

Q: Best advice you’ve received from a coach, mentor or teammate in your sport?

A: The best advice I have ever received was from Mike Bowman: ‘grip it and rip it.’

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LEGAL NOTICE The Taconic Hills Central School District is seeking Requests for Proposals for external auditing services for the period of July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2025. RFPs must be submitted by 12:00 Noon on June 30, 2020. For more information, or to request a bid packet, please call (518) 325-2814 or email jmccomb@taconichills.k12.ny.us Melissa Layman District Clerk June 16, 2020 LEGAL NOTICE The Taconic Hills Central School District is seeking Requests for Proposals for Athletic Training services for the period of September 1, 2020 through June 30, 2022. RFPs must be submitted by 12:00 Noon on June 30, 2020. For more information, or to request a proposal packet, please contact (518) 325-2814 or email jmccomb@taconichills.k12.ny.us Melissa Layman District Clerk June 16, 2020 LEGAL NOTICE The Taconic Hills Central School District is seeking Requests for Proposals for School Physician services for the period of September 1, 2020 through June 30, 2022. RFPs must be submitted by 12:00 Noon on June 30, 2020. For more information, or to request a proposal packet, please contact (518) 325-2814 or email jmccomb@taconichills.k12.ny.us Melissa Layman District Clerk June 16, 2020 LEGAL NOTICE The Taconic Hills Central School District is seeking Requests for Proposals for Occupational and Physical Therapy services, as well as Teacher of the Visually Impaired, Orientation & Mobility, and Teacher of the Hearing Impaired services for the period of July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2023. RFPs must be submitted by 12:00 Noon on June 30, 2020. For more information, or to request a bid packet, please contact (518) 325-2814 or email jmccomb@taconichills.k12.ny.us Melissa Layman District Clerk June 16, 2020 LMS GOLF LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/30/20. Office: Columbia County.

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The Registered Agent is Thomas Fucito, CPA, located at PO Box 897, Cairo, NY 12413. General Purpose “Notice to Bidders The town of Hillsdale, following investigation and research by its Hamlet Committee, is seeking bids from qualified Landscape Architects licensed to provide such services in the State of New York, for preparation of a Master Plan and associated documents and consultation services for the restoration of the Hillsdale Hamlet Park.

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Joshua Arnow and Elyse Arnow Brill have applied for a 2-lot sub-

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The applicant proposes to subdivide Parcel A at 9.895 acres with the remainder of approximately 121 acres as Parcel B. The public is invited to attend and all interested parties will be heard.

Respectfully submitted, Terry Porter, Chair Town of Gallatin Planning Board PUBLIC NOTICE Pursuant to Town Law 276, the Town of Gallatin Planning Board will hold a public hearing for 2-lot subdivision at the Gallatin Town Hall, 667 Route 7, Gallatin, New York, at 7:00 p.m. on June 22, 2020.

Lynden chase presented a plan to subdivide 9.31 acres from tax parcel 203.-1-21.100 existing as approximately 489.20 acres on Green Hill Road, z o n e RA-2/RA-3/LDR-3, Town of Gallatin, and owned by James F. Tufenkian.

James F. Tufenkian has applied for a 2-lot subdivision of his property on Green Hill Road in the Town of Gallatin. Tax parcel 203.-1-21.100 exists as approximately 489.20 acres in RA-2/RA-3/LDR-3 Zones. The applicant proposes to subdivide 9.31 acres from the parcel.

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TAMPA, Fla. — With the NFL just now reopening its team facilities and most offseason exercises being done virtually because of COVID-19, the Bucs never truly were able to show off new quarterback Tom Brady in the team’s newly designed uniforms.

When Brady signed with the Bucs in March, renderings came out of Brady in the now-departed digital digit uniforms, but those were all just transposed over a Patriots uniform.

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that gave the players $170 million in advanced salary and Manfred control to start the season paying the players prorated salaries.

The players, who will not move off the salary concessions they made in the March agreement, last offered an 89game schedule beginning July 10 and gave the owners the expanded playoffs they want not just for 2020, but also next year as well.

MLB has tried to renegotiate that deal citing the fact they will be unable to allow fans into ballparks because of the virus for much of the season, claiming the prorated salaries would be too expensive.

MLB’s last proposal was for a 72-game season beginning July 14 that would allow the players to earn approximately 70% of their prorated salary if the postseason is played to completion.

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career. He also won 24 races and two championships in the Xfinity (then-Busch) Series. And though he never won a Cup Series championship, he was voted NASCAR’s Most Popular Drive for 15 straight seasons before he retired from full-time racing following the 2017 season. He is currently a team owner in the Xfinity Series and an analyst with NBC, and he remains arguably NASCAR’s most popular personality.

“It’s such a great feeling that someone feels like I made an impact on the sport,” Earnhardt said in a statement

ago conducting his own workout with teammates at Berkeley Prep; he wore a Bucs helmet and an orange quarterback practice jersey.

The wait was over Tuesday, when the team unveiled Brady the Buc, releasing their first photos of their biggest signing in his new uniform.

Seeing Brady in an actual Tampa Bay uniform helped reality sink in a little deeper for some fans.

Brian Janek, a seasonal employee of game-day operations at Raymond James Stadium, knew the release was going to be “huge.” The NFL Twitter account, after all, was retweeting the Bucs on Monday, teasing the Brady I’ll get my hazmat suit ready for when I travel from Australia and then have to quarantine for 2 weeks on my return.”

The USTA hasn’t publicly released the health protocols in place.

Tennis has been on hiatus since March, forcing the cancellation of Wimbledon and the rescheduling of the French Open to August.

Traditionally the fourth Grand Slam tournament of the season, the U.S. Open will be the second this year. The Australian Open was played in January.

The union shot that down immediately and responded with a statement that ended by saying they were ready to play, and demanded Manfred tell them when and where.

Instead, on Monday, Manfred sounded the alarm on the season.

“I’m not confident. I think there’s real risk, and as long as there’s no dialogue, that real risk is going to continue,” Manfred said when asked on ESPN if he is certain there will be a season.

Players reacted angrily to Manfred’s comments overnight, taking to social media demanding “when and where?”

Levine stepped in to try and turn down the temperature and get things back on track.

“I’ve been talking to the commissioner on a daily basis. He has been and continues to be dedicated to play a 2020 season,” said Levine. “We all recognize that the players are the heart and soul of the game.

I’ve called them patriots in the past and I believe that today.” to restart could lead the league to re-open the working agreement with players.

“A lot of people pointed to the financial component of this,” he said. “The incremental difference between, at this point, playing and not playing, isn’t nearly as great as people think, especially given the enormous expense in putting this on.

“Really, it’s more a sense from the entire NBA community that we have an obligation to try this, because the alternative is to stay on the sidelines, in essence, give in to this virus.

For us, we feel that this is what we do — we put on NBA basketball. We think that for the country, it’ll be a respite.”

issued through NASCAR. “And I know my numbers, the wins, the lack of a championship, I know what my numbers are.

And I feel like I was chosen based on that but also based on the impact off the race track and being an ambassador for the sport.”

Earnhardt led all nominees with 76 percent of the vote in his first year on the ballot. Stefanik received 49 percent in his seventh year on the ballot.

Farmer received 71 percent of the Pioneer Era votes. Fans also had a vote in the process, with top vote-getters among all fan votes constituting one official vote. The fan vote selected Earnhardt and Neil Bonnett on the Modern Era ballot and Farmer for the Pioneer Era. Earnhardt joins his father

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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers released the first photos of Tom Brady in a Bucs uniform on Tuesday.

photoshoot reveal.

“It’s nice just to see Brady

in action shots, natural and not like digital pictures or

anything else superimposed,” said Janek, 33.

He was on Twitter when the photos were released and called it “sweet justice” after spending nearly three months looking at Brady in a Patriots uniform every time a Bucs-related story popped up involving the quarterback.

Janek, a St. Petersburg native, can’t wait to see Brady out on the field at Raymond James. When the season begins, he plans to order a red or pewter Brady jersey, too.

A.J. Crisp, meanwhile, thought Brady “looked right” in his red and pewter debut.

“You think back to when other NFL legends changed teams near the end of their

career — for example, Emmitt Smith with the Cardinals or Reggie White with the Panthers — and it just didn’t feel right,” said Crisp, 33.

“But Brady in Bucs gear looks like a natural match.”

Like Janek, Crisp is holding out on ordering his white Brady jersey until that Week 1 date at the Superdome in New Orleans gets closer.

The Bucs fan out of Cleburne, Texas, has stayed cautiously optimistic about the season. But recent coronavirus diagnoses with Ezekiel Elliott in addition to several other Cowboys and Texans players has Crisp “a little worried that the 2020 season might be in jeopardy.”

Here are some differences to expect when the Travelers Championship takes the spotlight Chris Brodeur The Hartford Courant

The PGA Tour is back — and with it, the promise that the action will soon return to Connecticut, the Travelers Championship keeping its spot on the calendar even if most of the usual trappings have been stripped away by pandemic protocol.

So what did the Charles Schwab Challenge, a four-day event staged without fans on a classic course in Fort Worth, Texas, teach us about what we can expect when the world’s best players descend on Cromwell next week?

Well, for one thing, the tour seems determined not to squander a chance to grow its audience, implementing a number of innovations in its TV coverage and increasing the fun factor on social media with an assist from some high-profile golf fans. And the emphasis, clearly, is on making what many would classify as a niche sport more inclusive and engaging.

Here’s how golf seized the spotlight, and what we’ll see from our couches when Cromwell takes center stage: Sports fans have been starving for something, anything, to wrest control of the airwaves from re-runs, Bulls and tigers — and that includes some of the players and coaches who would normally be contributing to the drama.

With that in mind, the tour enlisted some celebrity starters to take up the ritual of announcing a player’s arrival on the first tee. Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers did the honors for fellow Californian and “avid amateur Scrabble player,” Max Homa, noting his prowess as a brutally honest judge of golf talent on Twitter.

When it was time for Justin Thomas to tee off, the fourth-ranked player in the world got a boost from the football coach at his alma mater, Nick Saban, who called him “a true Alabama legend.” He would know.

And if the dulcet tones of CBS’ lead broadcaster Jim Nantz aren’t for you, there were some unique alternatives available on Twitter, where Hootie and the Blowfish frontman Darius Rucker and Giants receiver Golden Tate were among the guest commentators assigned to the PGA Tour’s live streaming coverage.

Another simulcast option centered on the sports betting angle. The Action Network’s Jason Sobel and Darren Rovell offered real-time gambling advice and assessed their own picks — good and bad.

The longstanding tagline for CBS Sports’ annual coverage of the Masters, delivered with trademark tranquility by Nantz, is, “a tradition unlike any other.” But a slight tweak to that phrase reflects the network’s new reality.

“A production unlike any golf production,” was how CBS Sports chairman Sean McManus described it on a conference call last week, referring to all the bells and whistles planned for the Charles Schwab Challenge and beyond. A bank of monitors

Dale Earnhardt in the Hall.

The elder Earnhardt was part of the Hall’s inaugural class in 2010, nine years after he died as the result of a last-lap wreck at the Daytona 500. Dale Earnhardt Sr. won seven championships in his career, a legacy that wore on Junior at times in his career.

“There was a point in my career where I started to think, okay I’m not going to win seven championships, I’m not maybe even going to win one championship,” Earnhardt said in the statement of his legacy. “I’m not going to win 100 races, might not even win 40 races. So what can I do?

“If I can’t do that, and there were a lot of people that wanted me to be Dale Earnhardt, not just be the Intimidator but they wanted me to be as

in an NBC Sports control room in Stamford was one of five units contributing to what CBS dubbed “a globally connected production.”

McManus estimated about half of the typical on-site workforce would be used, spread out among an increased number of production trucks in order to comply with social distancing requirements. Nantz, for instance, would be isolated in a tower by the 18th green while his broadcast partners chimed in remotely from Orlando.

But however far-flung the participants, the aim for the broadcast team was clear: put out a personality-driven product.

“It’s an opportunity for the players to invest in their own game,” said Nantz.

“Widen the audience base for the PGA Tour. Make it more fun. More insightful.

Bring us inside the ropes. Bring us inside their minds.”

As it turns out, there can be too much of a good thing. Early on in Thursday’s coverage, Jon Rahm holed a long chip, prompting his playing partner, Brooks Koepka, to salute the effort with some colorful language that was audible on the broadcast.

Nantz quickly interjected and smoothed things over.

“Well, we were hoping for better audio with no fans surrounding the course,” Nantz said, chuckling. “We apologize if anyone was offended by what they may have heard there.”

The hope is for more players to join Rickie Fowler, who wore a microphone during the tournament, as willing participants to the tour’s new inside-the-ropes policy. But for now it’s quite possible for on-course microphones to pick up conversations that might otherwise be drowned out by ambient noise.

Other unvarnished insights from players and their caddies were a little more wholesome. Jordan Spieth’s caddie Michael Greller, with whom the player shared a celebratory chest bump after jarring a bunker shot to win the 2017 Travelers, was caught successfully negotiating a change in strategy.

It’s customary for a tour pro to acknowledge the crowd with a wave or a tip of the cap after rolling in a birdie, so a lot of players couldn’t help but honor the tradition with only their peers watching.

But how does one react to a silent ace?

Sung Kang painted that picture on Thursday with a crisp 9-iron that bounced once before plunging into the par-3 13th hole, strolling after his shot with all the zeal of someone trying to remember where he parked his car. A somewhat icy response from his playing partners only added to the weirdness. Perhaps they were just being mindful of social distancing.

Players by and large used some variation on the word “strange” to describe the fan-less environment. Some even acknowledged it had negatively impacted their play.

“I told my caddie early on, I didn’t

successful as he (his father) was and to drive like him, aggressively, spinning people out. Whatever they thought dad was, that’s what they wanted me to emulate. And when I realized that I’m not going to be able to win those races, I’m not going to be able to win a championship, I started to think of what I could do outside of that. What else could I control that would help the sport and be a good ambassador for the sport.

“I wasn’t always perfect, but I started focusing in those areas and being accessible, being available, being accountable and I feel like I did a decent job at that. I don’t want to sit here and measure it, that’s up to someone else, but I’m pretty happy with that part of my career when it comes to

feel like I was hitting it as far because my adrenaline wasn’t up,” reigning U.S. Open champion Gary Woodland said after his opening-round score of 65. “It’s a big deal.”

There are, of course, practical advantages to having the fans around. Just as a tree branch can redirect an errant shot, human limbs can create a favorable, if painful, bounce. Players can have difficulty finding a ball in the rough when it hasn’t been trampled.

But on the flip side, there will inevitably be some scrambling opportunities that wouldn’t otherwise be possible with grandstands, tents and towers on the course. Koepka was treated to one such break on Thursday, when he had a clear angle to the green despite yanking his previous shot into another zip code.

There were, however, some crafty viewing solutions devised by the fans in Fort Worth that raise questions about whether homeowners at TPC River Highlands and its surrounding neighborhoods might be able to host a watch party during Travelers week.

In a nod to the rooftop seating across from Wrigley Field from Chicago, one group of fans at the Charles Schwab Challenge built a grandstand in the backyard of a residence in view of the 15th and 16th holes. They outfitted it with TV screens, a full bar and even an announcer, who had some fun at Bryson DeChambeau’s expense when he played the 16th hole, per a Golfweek report.

“I thought it was amazing what they did, saying I was coming in at 300 or whatever pounds — that was funny,” DeChambeau said. “I really enjoyed that. It’s fun to have people rooting for you every once in a while out there. We don’t get that very much right now.”

Other spectators stole glimpses from along a chainlink fence, their proximity to the action nearly matching what real galleries would have experienced in some spots.

On Sunday at Colonial Country Club, a history-rich venue known for being a Ben Hogan favorite, the storylines were swirling. Several marquee names were in contention, but it was Daniel Berger who earned the $1.35 million winner’s check after Collin Morikawa’s short par putt on the first sudden-death playoff hole, the par-4 17th, lipped out.

Xander Schauffele saw a similar putt horseshoe around the cup and stay out when he played the 17th in regulation, denying him a spot in the playoff.

It’s a finish that should resonate in Cromwell, where Berger famously lost to Spieth on that bunker shot after a valiant final-round charge. He handled his defeat with grace on that day, a helpless bystander for one of the most clutch performances in recent memory. But it would take him over three years to shake it off.

the impact I had on the sport.

I’m very happy with it considering the fact I didn’t have that success my father did but yet I was able to move the needle a little bit in the mainstream media.”

Stefanik is the winningest driver in Modified Tour history, taking the checkered flag 74 times and winning seven season championships. He also won back-to-back Busch North (now ARCA East) titles in 1997-98 – winning the Modified championship both seasons, as well.

Stefanik also won the Truck Series Rookie of the Year Award in 1999, at the age of 41.

He died when his single-seat, single-engine plane crashed in Rhode Island on Sept. 15, 2019. He was 61.

Farmer, 87, won one

Modified title in 1956 and three straight titles in the Late Model Sportsman Series (which would eventually become the Xfinity Series), from 1969-71. He is a founding member of the famed “Alabama Gang,” along with Bobby Allison and Donnie Allison, and was still racing at Talladega as late as last year, as he turned 87.

“I had to catch my breath there for a minute,” Farmer told NASCAR of hearing the Hall of Fame news. “This is the biggest honor you could ever get. ... I started down there on the beach in 1953. I’ve been in NASCAR a long time and got to run against a lot of great drivers.”

Enshrinement is scheduled for next winter.

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LOVE of SPORTS Volleyball

Volleyball

Camdyn Ames

Nick Tryon

Ichabod Crane

Coxsackie-Athens

Q: How did you fall in love with your sport?

A: I always loved playing volleyball in gym class for fun, but never really considered playing for the school team until my junior year when Coach Connors and Coach Wheeler, along with some of my other friends that were already on the team, convinced me to try out. I’d say I fell in love with it that year by just competing with my teammates in games and in practice.

Q: What’s your favorite moment as an athlete in that sport?

A: I have so many great memories from volleyball, but it has to be without a doubt the final game we played together as seniors in the Regional Championship against VVS. It was, for sure, the most intense game I’ve ever played and just the atmosphere and the way we fought that entire match and never gave up was absolutely insane and truly unforgettable.

Q: What is your favorite sports moment as a fan?

A: The team I follow closest as a fan has to be the Boston Red Sox and I was too young to truly remember the 2004 team that broke the curse, so I would have to say the final out in the 2013 World Series was definitely my favorite moment. It was just such a special team and definitely a moment I’ll never forget.

Q: What athlete do you look up to the most and why?

A: One of the athletes I look up to the most is Joe Burrow. I really love his confidence and his competitive nature, he’s always got a positive attitude and there’s nothing in his mind he can’t do and I am a firm believer that confidence is a huge part in being able to accomplish anything on and off the field.

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Ichabod Crane’s Camdyn Ames was named a First-Team Patroon Conference Valley Division All-Star and helped the Riders repeat as state Class B boys volleyball regional champions.

Q: Best advice you’ve received from a coach, mentor or teammate in you sport?

A: Throughout my life and in every sport I’ve played, my father has always told me to “practice like you play” and to treat every rep, no matter if it’s in practice or warm-ups or wherever it may be, to treat it like it was an actual game. That advice has always stuck with me and helped me become the athlete I am today.

Q: How did you fall in love with your sport?

A: The sport of volleyball require a unique type of teamwork. It requires a certain bond and, friendship to make a team successful. Every player on the court has to be on the same page, and know what they have to do in order to have a winning record. So the friendships, and the challenge of being one as a team is what I love about the sport.

Q: What’s your favorite moment as an athlete in that sport?

A: Easily the greatest moment was winning regionals this year. All the hard work and teamwork let us fulfill the expectations given to us at the start of the season. To see it come together was amazing and made me proud of our team and what we accomplished.

Q: What is your favorite sports moment as a fan?

A: My favorite sports moment wasn’t in volleyball, rather football. As a New Yorker, the greatest sports moment to me was the David Tyree helmet catch that led The Giants to win Super Bowl 42 against the undefeated Patriots. I remember watching that like it was yesterday. As a five-year old boy I thought how the Giants overcame all odds was an amazing sports moment to me.

Q: What athlete do you look up to the most and why?

A: Keeping with the football theme and the New York Giants, the athlete I look up the most to is Eli Manning. Eli was a very quiet player, but was very much respected and followed as a leader by his teammates. Eli was able to overcome the odds twice, beating the Patriots in Super Bowl 42 and Super Bowl 46. To me growing up, he was a hero.

Q: Best advice you’ve received from a coach, mentor or teammate in you sport?

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A: The best advice I have ever received was from my volleyball coach, Coach Colwell. He said that a leader makes everyone on the team better and that not only should you lead them, but also make their abilities in that sport better. I always tried to apply that in any sports season I was given a chance to lead. I will continue to use that advice in the future.

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Teenager kicked out by father despite doing well Dear Abby, I am 19 and have been kicked out of my house. I’m grateful for everything my parents have done for me. My dad continues to compare me to my older siblings, although I’m the exact opposite of them. They are not going to DEAR ABBY college, they barely graduated from high school and continue to abuse alcohol and drugs.

I’m in college earning almost all A’s. I graduated from high school with flying colors and have a steady job. I provide for myself (food, gas, buying anything I need) and pay for car insurance. I have tried my hardest to be the best daughter and a good influence for my younger siblings.

I have asked my father multiple times during the last year to stop comparing me to my older siblings. He hasn’t. Our last conversation was a few weeks ago, when he told me to pack my stuff and get out of the house because I was an “ungrateful daughter” and “hoeing around just like my older siblings.”

I have been focusing on my education and can’t understand how he came to that conclusion. Frankly, I was very hurt he thought that of me. I’m not my siblings; I am myself, and I’m doing the best I can to give myself a successful future. My father refuses to see that. What should I do?

Bewildered Daughter In Texas

JEANNE PHILLIPS

I don’t know what’s wrong with your father, but something is. You appear to be mature and responsible and doing your best to lay the foundation for a successful future. I applaud you for it.

If it’s possible for you to live elsewhere, perhaps with other relatives, and avoid your father’s uncalled-for verbal abuse, it might be healthier for you. Do not expect him to be pleased about

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it, because no matter how hard you try, you may never be able to please him, so be prepared.

Dear Abby, My boyfriend and I have been dating for three years. The one issue we argue about is religion.

I am a Catholic and he’s from another Christian denomination. I respect all religions and am open-minded.

However, after going to his church three times, I didn’t like it at all. They have many strict rules which, if not obeyed, will result in a person being shunned.

What kind of church does that? They compare Catholics to themselves and say everything Catholics do is wrong according to the Bible. I have never felt so unwelcome in my life.

My boyfriend’s parents want me to convert, but I don’t want to. Because of this, his relationship with his parents is being affected. He plans to quit his church and become an atheist. I don’t know how to feel about this. It would be hard to convince him to join my church. We have had many fights over this, and I wonder if we should just break up. Please give me some advice.

Stressed In The Islands

Classic Peanuts

Considering the stance your boyfriend’s fam- Garfield ily’s religion has on marrying out of the faith, I’m surprised your relationship has made it this far.

Fighting benefits neither of you. Talking about this calmly and rationally might bring you closer.

If he quits his church, his family and friends will make every effort to isolate and punish him.

He may have to completely rebuild his social relationships. If he has any sort of religious inclination, the two of you might like to explore finding a denomination together that fills your needs. But be prepared for pushback because his parents (and possibly yours) are not going to like it.

Blondie

Urine sample every visit?

No, thanks!

My urologist’s receptionist asks every person to leave a urine sample for testing. They ask without knowing the reason for the visit.

I would not be surprised if they ask the UPS delivery person. My reason for most appointments is for a follow-up of BPH urination frequency, not any kind of infection, etc. When TO YOUR I ask if the test is medically GOOD HEALTH indicated, the receptionist has no good response. So I say no. When I see the doctor, he never brings up that the test should be done.

I’m all for testing when medically indicated. But to me, this pervasive urine testing by this office is nothing but a money grab by the physicians. Am I wrong?

DR. KEITH ROACH

I strongly disagree with this practice.

I do understand why they ask. In a urologist’s office, the likelihood of an abnormal urine test is very high, and knowing these results early can be a time saver. Even in men with BPH (benign prostatic enlargement), urine infections are common and need to be ruled out as a cause for those men who note worsening symptoms.

However, not everyone needs them, and it doesn’t save that much time.

Perhaps I’m naive, but I do not think the underlying rationale is greed. I think the urologist

wants to avoid missing any unsuspected urine infections. However, I think tests should be driven by symptoms (and by screening in a few, selected cases, such as preoperatively). I agree with your refusal with the testing. If your urologist needs it, the onus is on him to explain why.

My husband stated that every day he soaks some toilet tissue with 91% rubbing alcohol and shoves it up his nose.

What’s your opinion about that practice? Is it a good or a bad idea, and why?

That’s a bad idea.

The first reason is that it isn’t helpful: I imagine he is doing so to reduce infection risk, but it is ineffective at doing so.

The second reason is its toxicity. Rubbing (isopropyl) alcohol is irritating to the mucus membranes of the nose, its vapor is irritating, and it is modestly toxic if swallowed. I would also be concerned that toilet tissue could fall apart in the nose, leaving soaked tissue behind, further subjecting the nose to irritation and the sinuses and lungs to alcohol vapors.

If he really wants to rinse his nose, normal saline solution would be ideal, but even that is not necessary for most people.

Horoscope

By Stella Wilder Born today, you are one of the most lavishly and unabashedly creative individuals born under your sign — but that doesn’t mean, of course, that you’re going to be successful as soon as you step out the door on the first day of work. On the contrary, you may have to stumble and fret on your way to discovering the best manner in which to show off your considerable talents, enduring falls and missteps until you are met by someone who sees in you all that you truly are.

It’s not always guaranteed that you will be in the spotlight every moment, and, in fact, it may be beneficial for you to step away now and then to regroup — especially if you find your personal life suffering because you are so busy professionally. You cannot be truly happy without balancing work, self and family; all of these must be kept in careful equilibrium at all times!

Also born on this date are: Blake Shelton, singer; Sir Paul McCartney, singer, songwriter, composer, former Beatle; Isabella Rossellini, actress; Jeanette MacDonald, actress; Roger Ebert, film critic.

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

FRIDAY, JUNE 19 GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — A minor change to your schedule today has a major impact — and you’ll want to continue making similar adjustments in the days ahead.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — You’re building up quite a reputation, but today something happens to knock you down a peg or two. Have you been believing your own hype?

Hagar the Horrible

Zits

Baby Blues LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You may get a little more than you bargained for from someone you thought would be a pushover. Now is not the time to pull up short, however.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — You’re not sure exactly what to ask for today, but something must be done to improve your situation. Have you thought it through?

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — You may find yourself isolated today from the one person who can always help you through situations like the one you’re in right now.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — It’s not the what, where or why that matters today — but the “how.”

Indeed, it may be time for you to rethink your entire modus operandi.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — You cannot imagine what someone is up to today while you are tending to routine affairs. Take a look and you’ll want a change.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — A distraction haunts you throughout the day, but you’re able to stay the course. What happens after dark may tip your hand in some way.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Coded messages aren’t likely to be deciphered correctly today, so you’ll want to be much more direct with certain friends and co-workers.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — Take care that you don’t give someone the wrong impression today because you aren’t careful with your tone of voice.

Remain calm and rational.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — While looks can be deceiving, appearances today can serve you quite well — whether you’re coming or going. Be alert to all warnings.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — A central issue is not to be avoided today; you must deal with it now, head-on, before it grows into something you cannot control.

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SUPER QUIZ

THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

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Last spoken words Level 1

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Identify the film by the last spoken words. (e.g., “And oh, Auntie Em, there’s no place like home.” Answer: “The Wizard of Oz.”) Freshman level 1. “After all, tomorrow is another day!”

2. “It wasn’t the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast.”

3. “All right, Mr. De Mille, I’m ready for my close-up.”

Graduate level 4. “Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.”

5. “Well, nobody’s perfect.”

6. “Mother of mercy! Is this the end of Rico?”

PH.D. level 7. “Oh, good. For a moment there, I thought we were in trouble.”

8. “That’s right. That’s right. Attaboy, Clarence.”

9. “I’m not a cab driver. I’m a coffeepot.”

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

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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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Solution to Wednesday’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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SUPER QUIZ ANSWERS 1. “Gone With the Wind.” 2. “King Kong.” 3. “Sunset Boulevard.” 4. “Casablanca.” 5. “Some Like It Hot.” 6. “Little Caesar.” 7. “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.” 8. “It’s a Wonderful Life.” 9. “Arsenic and Old Lace.”

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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Hi & Lois

Crossword Puzzle Mother Goose & Grimm ACROSS 1 Danger 5 “Beat it!”

10 Poems of praise 14 Suffix for correspond or depend 15 Bid the bed adieu 16 Man’s nickname 17 Like overused muscles 18 Make easier; help bring about 20 Greek letter 21 Student’s table 22 __ up; angered 23 Does not include 25 Prefix for sense or profit 26 Swank or Duff 28 Airplane shelter 31 Let in 32 Large amount, slangily 34 Sad toe-tag letters 36 Quantity of paper 37 Sports equipment 38 Self-righteous 39 Actress Dennings 40 Felony 41 Means of communication 42 Deadly 44 Huckleberry & others 45 Get __ of; discard 46 __-frutti 47 Play a guitar 50 Le __; car race city 51 “Rub-a-dub-dub, three men in a __…”

54 Introducing 57 Electrician’s supply 58 Dad’s sister 59 Pig out 60 Road __; inconsiderate drivers 61 Earns, after deductions 62 Oscar hopeful 63 Dollar bills DOWN 1 “__ Window”; James Stewart classic 2 Move along slowly 3 Kid in the next desk

Bound & Gagged

Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews

4 Extremely important 5 Word before pin or first 6 Vulgar 7 Mr. Springfield 8 “__ was saying…”

9 Allen or Gibson 10 Making a choice 11 TV’s “Let’s Make a __” 12 Ending for cigar or kitchen 13 Grain planted 19 Actor Jeremy 21 Soil 24 Injure 25 Brief snoozes 26 “__! The Herald Angels Sing” 27 Just right 28 Robust 29 Warning 30 Circular 32 Icy forecast 33 Lawn tree 35 Dark __; historical period 37 Pitt or Garrett 38 __ out; exclude 40 __ in; interject a remark

6/18/20

Wednesday’s Puzzle Solved

Non Sequitur

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41 Cookware 43 Has confidence in 44 Crisis in Third World countries 46 Ballroom dance 47 Reach across 48 Word of agreement 49 Torn in two

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50 Where money is made 52 Craving 53 Truman or Myerson 55 Org. for Nets & Nuggets 56 Facial twitch 57 “__ cares?”; words of indifference

Rubes