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Lawsuit: CCC used racial slurs

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RAVENA — A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges that black contractors were subjected to racial discrimination and harassment at the Lafarge Ravena Cement Plant in 2016 when the plant was undergoing a three-year modernization project.

The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed suit against CCC Group, a Texas-based industrial construction company that performed work at Lafarge. The Lafarge plant is not named in the lawsuit.

The suit alleges the company fostered a racist work environment in which white supervisors and employees used racial slurs and threatened black employees with suggestions of lynching.

The racial harassment is alleged to have

occurred at Lafarge, located on Route 9W in Coeymans, between May and November of 2016. CCC Group is the only defendant.

Jason C. Zehner, general counsel for CCC Group, categorically denied the allegations.

White employees bragged that their ancestors owned slaves and told a black employee he walked funny because slaves used to walk with a bag on their shoulders picking cotton, according to the lawsuit.

One white supervisor allegedly attempted to snare an employee with a noose, the EEOC said.

The EEOC is seeking compensatory damages and punitive damages for the affected employees.

The federal complaint alleges that another white supervisor told an Contributed photo

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Aerial view of the Lafarge Cement Plant. Lafarge is not named in the lawsuit.

Cuomo: Looters must remain in jail

By Kate Lisa Johnson Newspaper Corp.

ALBANY — Prosecutors should properly charge violent demonstrators and set bail to keep them in jail after continuing nighttime unrest in cities statewide, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday, as officials expanded COVID-19 testing to all New Yorkers who attended a demonstration.

The governor was stunned Thursday, he said, after three New York Police Department officers were injured in two overnight incidents Wednesday into Thursday where demonstrators stabbed one officer in the neck and two other officers were shot in the hand.

New York City protests, and others statewide in Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Albany otherwise remained mainly peaceful, Cuomo said, with more than 20,000 estimated city protestors and 30,000 across New York.

“That is intolerable,” the governor said Thursday during a briefing in the state Capitol, adding the actions “exploit the situation.”

“They have treated police officers with such disrespect in New York City that I am stunned. I have never seen that level of disrespect to a police officer.”

Police have arrested hundreds of New Yorkers over the past nine days as peaceful protests, rallies, demonstrations

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Looters and demonstrators committing violent crimes during protests must be charged properly and kept in jail to prevent repeat offenses, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday during a briefing in the state Capitol.

and overnight violent incidents raged across U.S. cities after 46-year-old George Floyd died facedown on the street on Memorial Day, May 25, when a white Minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck for more

than eight minutes.

Videos shared thousands of times on social media showed city police tackling or hitting some peaceful demonstrators with batons to enforce New York’s 8 p.m. curfew. The

citywide curfew remains in effect each night from 8 p.m. until 5 a.m. through Sunday.

The governor was skeptical of the report police used force to control protestors unprovoked.

“Do you think there is any

sensible police officer who believes their job is bludgeoning a peaceful person with a baton?” he asked reporters. “They don’t do that [for no reason]... If they hit somebody with a baton, clearly that’s wrong. But I don’t believe that’s what happened.”

Hundreds of looters are being let back on the streets within 24 hours of arrest since the state’s controversial bail reform law that precludes judges from setting bail on common burglary charges. Cuomo urged city district attorneys to charge looters with a stiffer set of burglary charges, such as second-degree burglary, that would require defendants to post bail or remain behind bars.

“To the New York City district attorneys: You look at these videos. It would be nonsensical if police were arresting looters and they were being arrested and returned to the street the next day to loot again,” Cuomo said. “These people should be charged for the crime that they are committing and bail set, right?”

State lawmakers rolled back New York’s bail reform in the 2020-21 executive budget passed April 2 by adding a number of misdemeanor and felony crimes to the list of those subject to a cash bail order, which allows a judge to keep a defendant in jail while awaiting trial unless they pay a certain amount in cash or bond. The amended See CUOMO A2

Ballot delays hinder some school districts

By Melanie Lekocevic Columbia-Greene Media

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A drop box outside the Catskill school district office where voters can submit their completed absentee ballots by Tuesday.

A delay in getting school district absentee ballots out to some voters in the Twin Counties may make it difficult to get their votes in on time.

Voters across the Twin Counties are receiving absentee ballots to vote on this year’s school budgets and board of education elections, but for some, the turnaround time will be quick — and some may have to drop their ballots off at district drop boxes to make the 5 p.m. June 9 deadline.

All voting statewide on school district budgets and board of education elections will be done by mail-in ballot due to the coronavirus outbreak. There will be no in-person voting this

year.

With school districts around the state required to mail out ballots, and with some supply chains impacted by the COVID-19 virus, a shortage on the envelopes required for the mailing was created for one mailing vendor used by larger districts.

There was a delay in getting ballots out to voters in the Hudson City School District.

“We, along with multiple other districts in the Capital Region, Mid-Hudson Valley and Western New York, relied on a reputable mail service to mail out our ballots because we are sending them to all registered voters,” Hudson District Superintendent Maria Lagana Suttmeier said. “They ran out of supplies because of a delayed delivery due to the pandemic, so

our ballots were delayed.”

Once the delay was discovered, Hudson district employees worked through the Memorial Day weekend to resolve the problem, Suttmeier said.

“We found another provider in the Albany area that was able to turn it around for us and get it in the mail by Tuesday afternoon,” she said. “Some people started receiving them on June 3 and we expect more to arrive June 4 and 5.”

The June 9 deadline for ballots to be received by school districts makes getting those ballots in on time difficult, so some districts have installed drop boxes outside district offices and school buildings so voters can drop off their ballot.

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not enter the hospital until eight to 12 days from infection, the governor said.

“This is the greatest challenge government and society have had in modern-day history,” Cuomo said. “It is as dangerous a time as I have ever experienced in my lifetime.”

A virus resurgence in the state could set back the state’s phased reopening of nonessential businesses.

The Mid-Hudson Valley region is on track to start phase II of reopening June 9 of the state’s four-phase reopening plan.

Long Island is on track to start phase II June 10, joining eight of the state’s 10 regions. Professional services including barber shops and hair salons, finance and insurance, retail, administrative support, real estate and rental leasing industries and other office-based work can reopen under the second phase.

New York City is slated to start reopening phase I businesses Monday.

The state will pass a law to repeal or reform 50a, which prohibits the release of police disciplinary records. Cuomo said this week he would sign any bill the Legislature brings to his desk about 50a, including a full repealing or amendment.

“We’ll pass 50a,” the governor said with confidence Thursday.

Assemblywoman Didi Barrett, D-106, supports a full 50a repeal. The Twin Counties’ lone state Democratic representative is signing on to support Manhattan Assemblyman Daniel O’Donnell, D-69’s, proposed bill that would repeal the law outright, Barrett’s spokesman Gunnar Wordon said Thursday.

“For too long, section 50a of the state Civil Rights Law has shielded information from the public and allowed misconduct

to go unseen,” Barrett said in a statement Thursday. “Without transparency and accountability, you can never have trust between law enforcement and the people they serve. It’s time to repeal 50a.”

The measure is one of several state Democrats in the senate and assembly majorities are negotiating as part of a legislation package related to reforms Cuomo has proposed over the last week to implement national law enforcement standards banning chokeholds and excessive police force. The governor also proposed prohibiting local prosecutors to prosecute allegations of police abuse.

Cuomo has not spoken to legislative leaders since they announced negotiations in a release Monday, he said. Lawmakers will continue discussions and negotiations with more details expected next week.

The state will allow schools and universities to hold drivethrough graduation ceremonies or conduct ceremonies at drivein movie theaters to allow for large gatherings of students and families to remain socially distanced. The state will reexamine socially-distanced outdoor commencements at a later date.

Medical schools are slated to reopen statewide June 22 to prepare for new students expected in the summer and fall semesters.

The state Department of Financial Services will issue an emergency regulation for insurance companies to expedite claims and payment for looted businesses and consumers who suffered damage from vandalism related to the continuing overnight civil unrest. Looters destroyed dozens of Bronx, Brooklyn and Manhattan businesses Monday into Tuesday.

He encouraged voters to use the drop box “to ensure that your vote counts.”

The Coxsackie-Athens Central School District used a different supplier for ballots and envelopes, and did not experience a delay.

“Our ballots were sent out on time so we did not have the problem other districts had,” District Superintendent Randall Squier said.

For voters who do not mail their ballots in on time, there is no drop box in the CoxsackieAthens district, but they can drop them off at the office at the Coxsackie campus on Sunset Boulevard.

“People can come to the district office and drop off their ballots,” Squier said. “If they did not receive a ballot and think they should, they can come in and pick one up. We will be here in the office until 5 p.m. on Tuesday.”

Ballots in the Germantown Central School District went out on time, District Superintendent Susan Brown said.

“They were mailed on Tuesday, May 26, to all voters in the district,” Brown said. “We mailed them in-house, so we did not have delays.”

There are no drop boxes and ballots must be mailed in, she

added.

The Germantown district office mailed out approximately 3,700 ballots to eligible voters.

“The board clerk and other employees worked throughout the Memorial Day weekend to make sure they could be mailed

by Tuesday,” Brown said.

Chatham Central School District ballots were mailed to voters June 1, according to the district’s website.

“The late mailing date is the result of a massive backlog at the vendor that printed and processed the ballots,” according to a statement on the district’s website.

To ensure voters have the opportunity to submit their ballots on time, there will be “secure curbside ballot drop off” on Monday from noon to 7 p.m., and Tuesday, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the main entrance of the Mary E. Dardness Elementary School, 50 Woodbridge Ave., Chatham. The drop box will be attended during the

District Office, said the misconduct described in the suit violates federal law and common decency.

“Employers need to proactively prevent any behavior that creates a racially hostile workplace,” Burstein said.

The EEOC is the federal agency responsible for enforcing federal anti-discrimination laws.

The agency has the authority to investigate charges of discrimination against employers and file suit if attempts to settle the charge are unsuccessful.

“When deciding to file a lawsuit, the EEOC considers several factors such as the strength of the evidence, the issues in the case, and the wider impact the lawsuit could have on the EEOC’s efforts to combat workplace discrimination,” according the EEOC website.

Nora Mishanec is a reporter for Columbia-Greene Media. She can be reached at nmishanec@columbiagreenemedia.com or 518-8281616 ext. 2500.

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measure goes into effect in July.

Floyd’s coffin arrived ahead of a memorial service in Minneapolis on Thursday afternoon.

The memorial, the first of several, featured a eulogy from the Rev. Al Sharpton. New York held a moment of silence for Floyd at 2 p.m. at the start of his memorial service.

Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office upgraded Derek Chauvin’s, the now-fired Minneapolis police officer who was caught on camera with his knee on Floyd’s neck, charge to second-degree murder and formally charged the other three officers who failed to intervene with aiding and abetting murder. All four men remain jailed.

The state expanded COVID-19 testing criteria Thursday to include any person who attended a recent protest across the state. Cuomo encouraged any individual who attended a protest to get a test at one of the state’s 700-plus sites.

“One person — one person can infect hundreds,” Cuomo said. “If you were at a protest, go get a test, please. The protesters have a civic duty here also. Be responsible, get a test.”

To schedule a COVID-19 test or find your nearest testing site, visit coronavirus.health.ny.gov Protesters must remain smart by wearing face masks or coverings and hold peaceful demonstrations to try and maintain social distancing and prevent a second wave of COVID-19, Cuomo said, adding the numbers will not reflect a spike for several days. COVID-19 symptoms may take four to five days to begin.

Serious virus patients often do

Under the regulation, policyholders can make immediate repairs to damaged property to protect health or safety, and to submit claims with reasonable proof of loss, including photos, so businesses do not have to wait for police reports to file a claim.

Small businesses and consumers can also resolve disputes through an impartial mediation process paid for by the applicable insurer, according to the governor’s office.

New York’s COVID-19 fatalities reached 24,133 Thursday — up from 24,079 Wednesday.

Johns Hopkins University & Medicine’s online COVID-19 tracker, which includes probable virus deaths in its tally, listed the state’s virus death toll as 30,007.

The state saw 52 fatalities Wednesday, including 38 in hospitals and 14 in nursing homes. New York’s COVID-19 death rate is on a fluctuating decline after having 49 fatalities Tuesday, 58 Monday and 54 Sunday.

Statewide virus patients declined to 2,849 Thursday, down 129, according to the governor’s office.

To see where each region stands on reopening and the complete county breakdown of COVID-19 cases and deaths statewide, view the COVID-19 map and tracker at hudsonvalley360.com/site/covid19.html.

The Tribune News Service contributed to this report.

Kate Lisa covers New York government and the state Capitol for Johnson Newspaper Corp. Contact her at klisa@columbiagreenemedia. com or follow her on Twitter @KaitlynnLisa

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repeated requests for comment.

Ravena Mayor William Misuraca condemned the allegations against CCC Group.

“If the allegations are true, they have no place in our community,” Misuraca said. “If true, I hope there are appropriate sanctions. We don’t welcome companies like that to our area.”

The Lafarge cement plant is located in the town of Coeymans despite being called the Ravena plant, Misuraca said.

Coeymans Town Supervisor George McHugh declined to comment, except to say all the contractors who worked on the Lafarge kiln project were from outside the area.

The EEOC filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, after first attempting to reach a settlement through a federal conciliation process.

CCC Group has until August to formally answer the allegations. The company’s first federal court appearance is scheduled for Sept. 1.

Jeffrey Burstein, regional attorney for the EEOC’s New York

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African-American employee that they could wear a noose for Halloween.

“You don’t even have to dress up. I will dress in white and put a noose around your neck and we’ll walk down the street together,” the supervisor is alleged to have said.

The lawsuit also claims that black employees were given more physically taxing and dangerous work than their white counterparts at Lafarge, including being assigned outdoor work in winter while white colleagues worked inside.

The racial harassment persisted after black employees complained and objected to the abuses and threats, the EEOC said.

None of the defendants named in the lawsuit are from Ravena or Coeymans. The plaintiff is a contractor from Alabama, according to the EEOC. Zehner declined to comment

on the specifics of the complaint, noting that the lawsuit is still pending.

“Nonetheless, at CCC Group we are proud that equal employment opportunity is not just our employment policy, but it is our firmly held commitment to value and protect all employees by providing a work environment free of unlawful harassment and discrimination,” Zehner said.

The racial discrimination and harassment is alleged to have taken place during the multi-million dollar overhaul of Lafarge’s manufacturing facility, which was done between 2015 and 2017. The overhaul included construction of new, energy-efficient cement kilns.

The upgrades to the Ravena cement plant were performed by several subcontractors, including CCC Group. The project generated approximately 800 contract construction jobs, according to a statement from LafargeHolcim, the parent company of Lafarge.

Lafarge plant manager Dave Fletcher did not respond to

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“As a district, we have opened up five additional contactless drop boxes so people can physically come and drop off their ballots so we receive them by the deadline of 5 p.m.

June 9,” Suttmeier said. “Short of the governor extending the deadline, there is nothing we can do to accommodate voters other than what the governor allows.”

In the Catskill Central School District, absentee ballots were not delayed, District Superintendent Ronel Cook said. They were sent out Monday and voters should have received them

by Thursday.

That makes for a quick turnaround for the completed ballot to be received in the mail by the deadline, so the district has a drop box behind the superintendent’s office at 343 West Main St., Catskill, Cook said.

“Whether you mail your ballot or drop it in the lock box, the district must receive your ballot no later than 5 p.m. on Tuesday, June 9, 2020,” Cook said.

“Absentee ballots received after 5 p.m. on Tuesday, June 9, will not be counted.”

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drop-off period to ensure votes are secure, according to the district’s website.

In the Ichabod Crane Central School District, ballots can be mailed in or dropped off at the district office, 2910 Route 9, Valatie, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., according to the district’s website.

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Greene releases recovery plan

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Saturday, June 6 n Coxsackie Village Clean-Up Day

8 a.m.-3 p.m.

Monday, June 8 n Ashland Town Board 7:30 p.m. at the Town Hall, 12094 Route 23, Ashland n Catskill Village Planning Board 7 p.m. Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill n Coxsackie Village Board 7 p.m.

Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie n Greene County Legislature health services; county resources; public safety; county services and public works 6 p.m. via Zoom instructions for audio/ video conferencing are on the county website

Tuesday, June 9 n Catskill Central School District board member/budget vote absentee ballot only n Catskill Town Planning Board 7 p.m. Robert C. Antonelli Senior Center, Academy Street., Catskill 518-9432141 n Coxsackie Town Board 7 p.m.

Town Hall, 56 Bailey St., Coxsackie n Coxsackie Village Historic Preservation Committee 6 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie

Wednesday, June 10 n Athens Village Board 6:30 p.m.

Village Hall, 2 First St., Athens 518-9451551 n Catskill Central School District special board meeting 6:30 p.m. Virtual Meeting check website for details n Catskill Town Zoning Board 6 p.m. Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill 518-943-2141 n Jewett Town Board 7 p.m. at the Jewett Municipal Building, 3547 County Route 23C, Jewett n Greene County Legisture workshop 6 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., Catskill

Thursday, June 11 n Greene County Legislature finance audit 4 p.m.

Monday, June 15 n Athens Town Board 6:45 p.m.

Town Hall, 2 First St., Athens 518-9451052 n Greene County Legislature economic development and tourism; gov. ops; finance and rep and dem caucus 6 p.m. via Zoom instructions for audio/ video conferencing are on the county website n Greenville Town Board 7 p.m. at the Town Hall, 11159 Route 32, Pioneer Building, Greenville

Tuesday, June 16 n Athens Village Planning Board 6:30 p.m. Village Hall, 2 First St., Athens 518-945-1551 n Durham Town Board 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 7309 Route 81, East Durham n Hunter Town Board 7 p.m. at the Town Hall, 5748 Route 23A, Tannersville

CATSKILL — As Greene County moves into phase 2, officials are working together to provide resources for the business community and plan for the future.

The county released its Crisis Response & Recovery Plan on Monday, which focuses on workforce development, growing industries, investing in infrastructure and establishing downtown and community centers as creative hubs.

The plan was developed by Greene County Department of Economic Development, Planning & Tourism, Great Northern Catskill of Greene County, Greene County Economic Development Corporation, Greene County Industrial Development Agency and Greene County Chamber of Commerce.

“Throughout the past 90 days of the pandemic, this team has worked diligently to provide Greene County businesses and residents with the most up-to-date information and guidance available from state and regional authorities through daily eNewsletters and social media posts, and a robust website presence on GreeneGovernment.com, BuyInGreene.com, GreeneCountyEDC.com and GreatNorthernCatskills.com,” according to a statement from Greene County Economic Development Corporation.

The plan has been an ongoing effort, Tourism Director Heather Bagshaw said.

“We have been working on it for a couple of months now,” she said. “We are working closely on educating and providing information to all of our businesses throughout the entire process from the moment the governor announced the stay at home order and we started working remotely businesses started to shutdown.”

The recovery team held weekly meetings, sometimes more than one a week, Greene County Chamber of Commerce President Jeff Friedman said.

“We were working to guide businesses through this, working with elected officials and other agencies at state and federal levels to craft things to help our businesses,” he said.

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In this December 19, 2016 file photo, Heather Bagshaw addresses at a Catskill Village Board of Trustees meeting.

Focus groups were held with various sectors including specialty retail, resorts and lodging, restaurants and hospitality, personal services, construction and service contractors, manufacturing and distribution, arts, recreation and entertainment and nonprofit organizations.

“Knowing what their challenges and needs were, we developed this economic recovery plan,” Friedman said.

“We are working to make sure our employees and businesses are ready to go as each phase opens.”

The group has been providing businesses with information about grant and loan opportunities, Bagshaw said, and launched a new website called TakeOutInGreene.com for consumers to support their local restaurants.

Some of these financial support options include Central Hudson’s Back to Business program, which offers small businesses up to $10,000 in grants.

To qualify, the business must have up to 20 employees, be a Central Hudson account in good standing and operate or plan to reopen when the pause order is lifted. Central Hudson secured $1 million for the program and funding will be provided on a first-come, first-serve basis. The Bank of

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Wednesday, June 17 n Cairo Town Board workshop meeting 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 n Catskill Town Board Committee 6:30 p.m. Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill 518-943-2141 n Greene County Legislature public hearing 6:25 p.m. LL No. 1 of 2020-Postponed-TBD; legislature meeting No. 6 6:30 p.m. via Zoom instructions for audio/video conferencing are on the county website

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“As we begin to open up, we continue to work with businesses to make sure they have information on how to open safely,” Bagshaw said.

All businesses, including essential businesses, must develop a COVID-19 Health and Safety Plan, but these plans are not required to be submitted to a state agency for approval, according to governor. ny.gov.

The state has made available a template for safety plans, Bagshaw said, but businesses are not required to use it.

“You can create your own plan based on the needs of your business,” she said.

Business owners have to address how their employees and customers will be able to maintain social distancing while in their store, Bagshaw said.

On the tourism side, the department has started a new campaign called Little Things MAGNIFIED. “[We created it] as an

attraction to visitors and are reminding them that during this time it was the little things we all missed,” Bagshaw said. “Like taking a walk with friends, dining out with friends, taking small vacations with friends. We can slowly come back to those little things and Greene County is a place to come to for those little things that we make greater.”

The county will deploy the Little Things marketing campaign to regions that have opened, Bagshaw said.

The tourism department emailed a survey in May to more than 25,000 Greene County travelers to see how the industry will bounce back.

“Sixty-five percent of the audience said they would travel within first month of reopening,” Bagshaw said.

“Ninety-two percent will take road trips first.”

Eating out and outdoor reaction were among the top activities that travelers are looking forward to, Bagshaw said.

Greene County Economic Development and Tourism Director Karl Heck said he believes short day trips will make a comeback. Greene County’s economy depends on tourism and many summer events have been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Not having some of those events is going to hurt,” Heck said. “As things begin to reopen, we definitely think people, particularly downstate, their first trip is going to be a relatively short road trip type

of thing and they may be more inclined to come here.”

Air travel is likely to take longer to recover, Heck said.

Other activities conducted by the team during the pandemic included a survey of more than 650 businesses on what types of modifications they thought they would need to make to be able to reopen safely and creating an emergency loan fund.

The program included two types of loans: one for small businesses with 10 employees or fewer, to retain or restore those employees, and another for microenterprise businesses with five employees or fewer, to help hire new employees. Both loan options have zero interest and zero payments due for the first six months.

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We can’t look the other way Emotions ebb and flow, peak and crater. Look no farther than New York City for evidence of that statement.

What a difference 24 hours makes. City streets were largely calm Tuesday night. It was a much different picture from Monday night as rioting, looting and vandalism tore the city asunder in the wake of the police-involved death of 46-year-old George Floyd of Minneapolis.

Peaceful protests, rallies, demonstrations and overnight violence raged in U.S. cities including Albany for several days starting late last week after Floyd died facedown on the street on Memorial Day when a white Minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck for more than eight minutes.

Speaking of emotions, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s frus-

trations turned to praise a day after Cuomo slammed New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and the New York Police Department’s response to civil unrest in the city, accusing the mayor and law enforcement administrators of not doing their jobs to prevent widespread looting and property damage.

Protests such as the rally in Hudson are issue-oriented and place the focus on the horror and injustice that occurred in Minneapolis.

Wanton destruction such as that we saw in Albany and New York City is chaotic criminal behavior by people trying to exploit a tragedy at this moment for their own purposes.

More than 700 people were arrested and charged in connection with attacking police officers, looting

and other criminal activities Monday into Tuesday that destroyed dozens of Bronx, Brooklyn and Manhattan businesses. A citywide curfew remains in effect each night from 8 p.m. until 5 a.m. through Sunday.

A curfew is as necessary here as a phased-in opening of the state’s economy is necessary to cope with the COVID-19 outbreak. The governor rightly suggested that an outbreak of violence is just as destructive and lifethreatening as an outbreak of disease.

We’ll see if Floyd’s senseless death is wasted and we’ll know, maybe sooner than later, if all Americans will play a key role in combating institutionalized racism. We can’t look the other way any longer.

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#BlackOutTuesday was a case study in how performative solidarity goes awry Karen Attiah

eagerness, discomfort about race and bandwagoning go The murder of George seriously awry.

Floyd in Minneapolis has The tale of the Black Tile touched off mostly peaceful Tuesday began when two uprisings against racism, black women, Jamila Thomanti-blackness and police as and Brianna Agyemang, brutality around the world. wanted the music industry On Tuesday morning, and other major brands to brands, influencers and put a pause on their output many of my black friends be- for the day. It was an attempt gan posting black squares on to put certain businesses on Instagram, with the hashtags a timeout, and make them #BlackoutTuesday and sit and think about the fact #BlackLivesMatter. The idea that their industries profit was in part to share the burimmensely from black creden of resistance; it was time, ativity. Meanwhile, the call the thinking went, for white to action was intended to let people to step up and talk black people rest for the day, about change, for a change. to take a break for their menBut a scroll through both tal health’s sake, while white hashtags showed black tiles and non-black people were from hundreds of thousands supposed to do the work to of users, which effectively amplify black voices, share blacked out the hashtag resources, link to organizavisually. It was an imprestions, share book recomsive show of digital . . . well . mendations and post books, . . what, exactly? Solidarity? music, anything by black Support? Anti-surveillance people. techniques? It was hard to But that’s not what haptell. It was reminiscent of pened. when celebrities turned their Where and how the mesInstagram pages orange to saging got switched up isn’t promote the ill-fated scam clear, but thousands of peothat was the Fyre Festival. ple decided for some reason That should have been a to just post black squares clue that Tuesday wouldn’t rather than helpful informago as planned. tion or cultural pointers.

The saga of #BlackOutSome users thought the idea Tuesday wound up showwas to log off social media for the day in order to show ing what can happen when

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white people what life would be like without us. Black activists and organizers had to scramble to correct this misconception; many of us had to plead with people not to go silent, but to continue posting about these issues.

The result was bizarre.

Black people are in the streets because we are literally fighting against silencing, erasure and dehumanization. Why would a silent black square, with no black people in it, qualify as activism messaging? In what world does it make sense to visually erase black people and to go silent?

Many white people expressed that they just didn’t know what to do, they were petrified of posting the wrong thing, and this seemed like the best way to thread the needle.

The episode was a teachable moment in what is sure to be a cascade of such moments over the coming days and weeks. The best course of action is to check in with experienced organizers and activists as to what most aids the cause of social justice.

We are all learning as we go along. But, yeah, Black Tile Tuesday? Let’s do better next time.

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An inglorious military moment, comparable to 1932 WASHINGTON — A small fraction of a large number can be a significant number. So, although the fact that there are a significant number of ninnies among the 329 million people in this country is embarrassing, it is not surprising. What is puzzling is that specimens such as Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, have reached positions of considerable responsibility in today’s government.

It might be a fact of today’s political physics that these two have floated upward because they are lighter than air. That, however, is an insufficient explanation of their eminence.

Neither is it satisfactory to merely note that such people can be expected to be found in high offices when the dispenser of offices, civilian and military, probably would explicitly reject basic civic norms if he knew they existed.

They will not exist for long if the nation does not recoil against an administration that includes a defense secretary who refers to this Republic as a “battlespace.” And also includes a four-star Army general who reports to the Oval Office in combat fatigues, dressed appropriately for an evening of police and military engagements that involved clearing a public park of peaceful demonstrators, and intimidating protesters elsewhere.

The purpose of the clearing, achieved with flash-bang grenades and chemicals, was to enable the Bible-brandishing commander in chief to stand in front of a church for the purpose of stroking the portion of his political base that is composed of Evangelical Christians who relish rendering their souls unto this particular Caesar. Unfurl the “Mission Accomplished” banner.

On Tuesday, Esper’s evolving explanation was that he did not know details about the event his commander was conscripting him into. Monday night’s Battle of Lafayette Square, which took place in a traditional venue of protests,

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WILL and operations elsewhere in Washington, were inglorious engagements for the U.S. military, comparable to events of July 28, 1932. President Herbert Hoover ordered the Army to disperse the members of the self-named Bonus Expeditionary Force, generally remembered as the Bonus Army or Bonus March, which at one point that sweltering summer numbered approximately 20,000.

It was made up of World War I veterans drawn to Washington to exhort Congress to pass bonuses for veterans. They were encamped in a sprawling jumble of tents and shanties on the Anacostia River south of Washington.

After the House narrowly passed but the Senate overwhelmingly rejected the bonus legislation, many marchers began to leave Washington.

Hoover’s soon-to-be-successor, New York Gov. Franklin Roosevelt, offered to pay for train tickets home for New York marchers.

But Hoover was reeling toward paranoia under the pressure of the Depression, the worst economic calamity in U.S. history until the one that has today’s president floundering. Hoover ordered the dispersal of the remaining marchers.

Gen. Douglas MacArthur, the Army chief of staff, who had been sniffing what he considered the stench of revolution, suspected there were more communists than real veterans. (Arthur Herman, in his 2016 biography “Douglas MacArthur: American Warrior,” writes: “No one doubts today that the Bonus March was a spontaneous,

unplanned movement born of frustration and — in many cases — desperation.”) MacArthur had ordered tanks brought from Maryland’s Aberdeen Proving Ground, and had alerted mounted cavalry under the command of Col. George Patton.

When MacArthur decided to witness the operation, one member of his staff warned him, unsuccessfully, that this would be “highly inappropriate.” So spoke Major Dwight Eisenhower.

MacArthur changed from his summer suit into, Herman writes, a uniform that his Filipino valet fetched, the one that MacArthur’s “mother usually picked out for formal occasions and dinners, and decorated with every ribbon and medal, including his marksmanship badges,” with “breeches and gleaming riding boots and spurs.” Herman says, “Mac put it on without thinking twice.”

The cavalry came down Pennsylvania Avenue with drawn sabers, the infantry threw tear-gas grenades, D.C. police pitched in and the mission was accomplished. Sometimes it does seem that history is not one damn thing after another, it is the same damn thing over and over.

Monday’s military and police engagements in downtown Washington were in the service of the president’s promise to “dominate” protesters. It is perhaps a mistake to be angry at Esper or Milley, or, for that matter, at the officers who ordered military helicopters to hover menacingly at rooftop level to intimidate protestors exercising a First Amendment right in proximity to monuments commemorating those who founded and preserved this Republic. The military officers involved, like their civilian leaders, have all been promoted to the level of their incompetence.

George Will’s email address is georgewill@washpost.com. (c) 2020, Washington Post Writers Group

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Wear your mask To the editor: I am thankful for the selfless work the dedicated U.S. medical staff is doing in hospitals, offices, ambulances, nursing homes and other essential venues. Twenty four hours a day these people take care of our sick and elderly.

Do you know how we thank them? By not wearing masks in public places and ignoring best health practices.

If my 86 year old mother or neighbor becomes ill with

Covid-19, I will blame local store owners who do not enforce wearing masks in their stores, I will blame every person who believes they have the right to to infect others, I will blame every resident and non-resident on the Mountain Top who, for what ever selfish reason ,does not wear a mask.

The idea is to protect others from you. The latest excuse is that masks harbor germs. If you wear a clean

one into a store, properly remove it when you exit the store and properly wash it or throw it out, you will not harbor germs. What do you think medical people do?

Get over it and the excuses. Show you care for others by wearing a mask. How can you not protect yourself, your family, your friends and the elders in your community ?

Such a simple act.

LYNN BYRNE PRATTSVILLE

A letter to Lula Anderson To the editor: Your long-standing commitment to the Ashland community is greatly appreciated. Keeping us all aware of the latest news and activities, especially during these very strange times, helps to keep us connected. Additionally your work at the voting polls shows just how much you care about our neighborhood.

However, I was disappointed when I read your last

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“Ashland Speaks.” Your reference to ‘city manners’ only serves to perpetuate the “us vs them” narrative that is tearing our country apart. I have no doubt that there are a few who come up to the mountaintop and display a lack of class. However, I believe that the majority of people, who either visit or own second homes, appreciate the beauty of our environment. Their presence adds to the social

and economic vitality of our local towns.

I suggest you form a list of grievances to be addressed so that those people, whether from the country or the city, will understand the importance of good citizenship.

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Robert V Holt Mr. Robert V. Holt, age 84, of and later at Blackthorne in East Jefferson Heights, Catskill, died Durham.

Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at CoThe passing of Robert V. lumbia Memorial Hospital. Bob Holt leaves a large family in sorwas born September 26,1935 in row. He is survived by his wife Hudson, N.Y., the son of the late Eileen (Fleischmann), as well Howard and Kathryn (Hallen- as two daughters Sharon K. beck) Holt. In 1957, Bob crossed Holt of Catskill, NY; Kerrie A. the Arctic Circle, while serving Rositzke of Athens, NY; a sisin the United States Navy, as a ter Fran Brady of Hudson, NY; Boiler Technician Petty Officer two granddaughters, who were 2nd Class, aboard the USS Pur- the light of his life, Maeve K. dy. After an honorable Rositzke and Merryn naval discharge, Bob E. Rositzke of Athens, had a long career in the NY; Sister in-law MaryNew York Department Lynn Kelly (Robert Kelof Corrections, where ly) and Brothers in-law he was selected to atRaymond and William tend the Federal BuFleischmann; as well reau of Investigations as, cherished nieces, Advanced Defensive nephews, great-nieces Tactics Course and join and great-nephews, the C.E.R.T. team. Bob who were more like Holt also served as Treasurbrothers, sons and er of Council 82 AFSCdaughters.

ME, AFL-CIO. Bob was a Range Bob was pre-deceased by Instructor for many years, and his brother Vernon Holt, as well finally retired as a Lieutenant of as his sisters Evelyn Doyle and the Coxsackie Correctional Fa- Helen Klucserits; four brothers cility. in-law; and his Father in-law Bob was a member of the Raymond T. Fleischman and Catskill Elks Lodge 1341. He Mother in-law Eileen (O’Brien) was an avid fisherman and Fleischmann. hunter for all his life. He enFuneral arrangements are unjoyed many hunts in both the der the guidance of the Traver & US and Canada, with beloved McCurry Funeral Home. In honfamily and friends. In his youth, oring the restrictions of COVBob, also known as Red, was ID-19, Bob will be buried on Fria member of the Hudson Fish day, June 5, 2020 at St. Patrick’s and Game Club Junior Division, Cemetery, Catskill, NY, with and at the age of sixteen, was only his family in attendance. one of five Columbia County Father Michael Melanson will boys to receive the Expert Rifle- officiate. For those who wish to, man Medal, the second highest a donation may be made to the award in junior shooting, award- Musculoskeletal Tumor Society, ed by the National Rifle Associa- in Bob’s memory. Donations tion. During Bob’s retirement, may be made online or by mail. he enjoyed spending winters Musculoskeletal Tumor Soin North Ft. Meyers, Florida, ciety (MSTS) 9400 W. Higgins and his summers, first at White Road, Suite 500 Rosemont, IL Birches Campsite in Windham 60018

James Ernest McDonald James Ernest McDonald, 73, grandchildren, Nicholas, Zachof Arizona, passed away peace- ary, and Brook; his sister Marfully on May 28, 2020 in Phoe- thana (Ronald) Wood, mothernix. He was born in Hudson, NY in-law Sally Berent, sister-in-law on October 11, 1946 to Joyce Nancy Aiello, and brother-inBest (Erickson) McDonald and law, Brian Berent in addition to the late Henry James several nieces and McDonald. nephews.

Jim grew up in Mac was predePhilmont, NY. He was a ceased by grandchil1965 graduate of Ockadren Kane and Kaywamick Central School lee, sister Verdie Ruth and in 1967 graduated Hunt, uncle and aunt from SUNY Cobleskill.

William and Jane ErickHe proudly served in son, three brothers-inthe United States Navy law Charles Hunt, Danas a combat photogMcDonald ny Berent and Steve rapher before moving Aiello, and father-into Colorado. “Mac”, as he was known to his family and law Larry Berent.

Jim’s family wishes to thank friends, eventually moved to the several friends who reached California and began a 31 year career as a props carpenter. Af- out over the last few weeks to ter his retirement, he and his late reminisce with Jim about the good times that were shared towife Debbie moved to Arizona.

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EBay raises outlook for sales as business moves online Molly Schuetz Bloomberg

EBay raised its forecast for revenue and earnings in the current quarter as people flock to the online marketplace amid the covid-19 pandemic that has left most physical stores shuttered for more than two months.

EBay said it now expects sales of as much as $2.8 billion in the second quarter, up from a previous forecast for as much as $2.48 billion. In a filing the company said it sees adjusted earnings per share of as much as $1.06, up from 80 cents previously.

More people are being drawn to eBay’s marketplace across a wide variety of categories, from home and garden to electronics, fashion and auto parts, eBay said. The site has seen about 6 million new and reactivated buyers added in April and May. Tens of thousands of small-business sellers have also flocked to the platform since March. Shares in the San

Jose, California-based company jumped as much as 12%, hitting an intraday high of $51.88. The stock has gained 38% this year.

EBay earlier this year named former Walmart executive Jamie Iannoneas CEO. Activist investors Elliott Management and Starboard Value have been pushing eBay to increase profitability by selling pieces of itself following years of stagnation in its core marketplace business.

The company in February completed the sale of its eventtickets marketplace StubHub to Viagogo for $4.05 billion and is exploring options for the classifieds business. EBay is also trying to boost revenue from its advertising and payments businesses. In the statement, eBay said revenue from its classifieds business is at the high end of its previously disclosed expectations, with automotive subscription revenue recovering as dealerships reopen across international markets.

George Floyd memorial service will be a ‘plea for justice,’ family attorney says Marisa Iati The Washington Post

A memorial service in Minneapolis on Thursday will honor George Floyd at a time when the coronavirus pandemic has mostly prevented large groups from mourning in person.

The private ceremony at North Central University will be not just a celebration of Floyd’s life, but also “a plea to America and a plea for justice that we don’t let his death be in vain,” Benjamin Crump, an attorney for Floyd’s family, said on NBC’s “Today” show.

Floyd’s death on May 25 during an arrest by four Minneapolis police officers has electrified the country and sparked nationwide protests - mostly peaceful, but sometimes violent - against police brutality. The memorial service comes a day after three of the former officers were criminally charged and a fourth’s murder charge was upgraded from thirddegree to second-degree.

The Rev. Al Sharpton, president of the civil rights organization National Action Network, will deliver a eulogy at the service, set to take place at 1 p.m. local time. He told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that he believes Floyd’s death and the subsequent nationwide protests mark a turning point in the anti-racism movement.

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Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo, right, kneels as a hearse carrying George Floyd arrives at North Central University on Thursday ahead of a memorial service for him.

and speeches, I’m more hopeful going to this service than I have been in a long time,” Sharpton said. “Because I see more Americans of different races and different ages standing up together, marching together, raising their voices together.”

The former officers charged on Wednesday - J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao - will make their first court appearance on Thursday at about the same time as the service, the Star-Tribune reported. They face charges of felony aiding and abetting

second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.

Derek Chauvin, the officer who knelt on Floyd’s neck, was previously charged with murder and manslaughter.

Prosecutors on Wednesday upgraded the murder charge from third-degree to second-degree, which requires them to prove that, although Chauvin might not have intended to kill Floyd, he did mean to commit the underlying felony of aggravated assault.

As a hearse carrying Floyd’s body arrived at the

university around 9:45 a.m. on Thursday, Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo knelt in a show of respect. Officials ordered the flag outside the combined city hall and county courthouse to be flown at halfstaff.

Another memorial for Floyd is scheduled for Saturday in Raeford, N.C., near Floyd’s birthplace. There will also be a public memorial for him on Monday in Houston, and he is expected to be buried during a private ceremony on Tuesday.

Two storm complexes met over Kansas City Matthew Cappucci The Washington Post

Sometimes, even storms could use some love. In the skies above Kansas City late Wednesday night, two storm complexes met up for a fling.

A weather satellite captured the unusual scene. As a band of prolific lightningproducing storms barreled in from the west, an atypical complex of thunderstorms backed in from the east over Missouri. The two sauntered towards one another.

Then they joined.

“45 years of combined meteorology experience on this shift and... yep... this is a new one,” tweeted the National Weather Service in Kansas City. Some Twitter users joked at the meteorological rendezvous, one writing “did [the storms] just kiss?” Another wrote that the storms were clearly not social distancing.

The atmospheric intimacy is as spectacular dynamically as it is compelling to watch on satellite. And while two colliding thunderstorm clusters is atypical, it’s the season for irregularly-moving thunderstorms.

That’s because it’s June, and large thunderstorm complexes, known as mesoscale convective complexes, run rampant. With weaker upper-level winds than during April and May, thunderstorms that develop over the Plains oftentimes lack the organization needed to attain rotating supercell structure. But toasty June temperatures and building humidity provide the fuel to sustain evening storm growth and expansion.

Moreover, when the sun sets, winds at the mid-levels of the atmosphere tick upwards a bit - allowing thunderstorms to “vent” their spent air and continue booming during the night.

Since steering currents are weak, however, mesoscale convective complexes tend to have motions that are difficult to predict.

While the majority have some eastward component to their motion, not all do.

Others propagate along boundaries in search for the greatest instability, or fuel.

And once in a while, an environment can support two massive storm clusters moving in different directions.

That’s what happened Wednesday night over Kansas City. While the forwardmoving storms from the west were behaving so-tospeak, storms from the east expanded backwards. And it was all thanks to a front parked right over the Kansas City area.

“We were looking at this convergent boundary draped across the area, and that kind of allowed the two to connect and continue that upward growth,” explained Sarah Atkins, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill, Missouri. “They actually merged around two thirty in the morning, and that’s when we ended up getting a couple brief tornadoes.”

So far, two have been confirmed - one on the southeast side of the Kansas City metro area, and the other farther south in Cass County, Mo. Both were rated EF0s.

Tornadoes require a change of wind speed and direction with height. When the low-level cool, wet air from the back-building storm cluster swept westward, it brought in some easterly winds near the surface. That enhanced those varying winds with height, known as wind shear, along the leading edge of the forward-moving storm complex. That in turn allowed a few areas of rotation to develop.

Around the same time, a disturbance at the mid-levels of the atmosphere provided additional support for storm sustenance.

“We had a shortwave trough moving through,” said Atkins. “It made itself known all the way down to the Missouri-Arkansas border.”

She couldn’t remember having forecast an event like this before, but did note that once in a while, oddities like this can happen.

As one can probably imagine, predicting episodes like this before they occur is equally challenging, if not impossible. Atkins

described the effort as “a tough one.”

“We did have a bit more confidence with the complex we thought would come out of Nebraska,” she noted. But one model - the NAM NEST - hinted that something a little extra may sneak in from the east.

“The NAM NEST was showing this yesterday, and we were talking about this. . . we said ‘that wouldn’t be fun.’ At the end of the day yesterday, I started noticing the [high resolution model] was converging towards that solution as well.”

A similar event happened on June 4, 2018 over central Texas.

Steve Nesbitt, a professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Illinois, explained that these sorts of occasions are unusual in the United States - but occur more frequently farther south.

“This is something that happens quite commonly in South America,” explained Nesbitt. “We actually see this quite commonly in the lee of mountain ranges, especially the Andes.”

A major contributing factor? The undular bore, or a type of wave that ripples through the atmosphere in a direction that counters the prevailing flow.

“You can observe that sometimes in front of ships,” said Nesbitt. “[On Wednesday] night if you looked at the radar, you could see a couple of boundaries in a line. [These events] can be responsible for heavy precipitation events. . . it dumped six inches of rain in north central Missouri.”

The atmospheric setup that helped fuel these explosive storm complexes is sometimes referred to as “a ring of fire.” It refers to a zone of the jet stream that curls around a dome of hot high pressure to its south.

This zone divides hot air from much cooler air to the north and is the breeding ground for vigorous thunderstorm complexes.

In addition to the storm complexes that erupted in the Midwest, this volatile zone has also triggered

violent clusters of storms in the Great Lakes and Northeast, notably the system that blasted through the Philadelphia area on Wednesday.

The Washington Post’s Jason Samenow contributed to this report.

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Peony Heaven: Talking with Dan Furman of Cricket Hill Garden

By Thomas Christopher For Columbia-Greene Media

“Welcome to peony heaven” is the greeting on Cricket Hill Garden’s website, and that’s no hyperbole. This family nursery in Thomaston, Connecticut offers an amazing selection of what can only be described as heavenly flowers. Normally, a walk through the Cricket Hill display garden in mid-to-late May is a high point of any gardener’s spring.

However, because of the current need for social distancing, Cricket Hill is closed to walk-in customers this spring, and currently, sales are by curbside delivery only (bareroot plants are shipped in late winter/early spring and throughout the fall). Those fortunate souls who enrolled in Dan Furman’s online class, “The World of Peonies,” hosted by Berkshire Botanical Garden, got to enjoy a virtual tour of Cricket Hill Garden at the peak of the tree peonies’ spectacular bloom.

Furman is the son of the nursery’s founders, Kasha and David Furman; he grew up in the business, so he knows

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The vigorous and floriferous Japanese tree peony, Paeonia Shimadaijin, or ‘Island Minister,’ is characterized by magentacolored, semi-double, 8-inch symmetrical blossoms.

peonies inside out. What’s more, he has a lot of history and a vast selection of plants — around 1,000 different types in the nursery’s collection — on which to draw. His late father David ’s enthusiasm focused rather specifically on Chinese tree peonies; in 1989, Cricket Hill became the first American nursery to import the best of these and offer a broad selection of true-to-name cultivars

of these ancient and storied flowers. Dan, however, is more inclusive in his tastes, and Cricket Hill currently offers every type of peony, including Japanese tree peonies, more recent hybrid tree peonies developed in the United States and Europe, and classic and modern herbaceous peonies—even the so-called “intersectional peonies,” a contemporary group created

by crossing herbaceous with tree varieties.

Each group of peonies has its own virtues, according to Furman. The Chinese tree peonies, which make compact, woody shrubs with huge and fragrant, voluptuous blossoms, have the history; they have been a favorite of Chinese gardeners since the Tang dynasty (ca. 800 A.D.). Traditionally associated with wealth and status in their homeland, these shrubs were formerly an aristocratic perquisite but in modern times have become the Chinese national flower.

In southern New England, these begin flowering around the last week of May. The earliest peonies to bloom in the Cricket Hill garden are the species types, plants originally collected from the wild throughout the temperate regions of the world. These offer a classic simplicity of flower and start flowering around the second week of May at Cricket Hill.

Next up, starting to bloom around mid-May, are the Japanese tree peonies, descendants of stock exported from China to the island empire a

ARMY NATIONAL GUARD PRESENTS WREATH

JUNE 6

Army Maj. Gen. Ray Shields, the Adjutant General for the New York National Guard and Command Sgt. Maj. David Piwowarski, the New York Army National Guard Senior Enlisted Advisor, present a wreath and render honors during a Memorial Day weekend remembrance ceremony to honor fallen members of the New York Army and Air National Guard at the Joint Forces Headquarters in Latham, on May 22. Members of the National Guard senior staff conducted the ceremony with appropriate personal protective equipment and using social distancing measures during the coronavirus pandemic. The ceremony was recorded and broadcast later in the day on social media for the force.

SUNY DELHI ATHENS — Bryan Enriquez of Athens has received the 2020 SUNY Delhi Barbara Jones Leadership Award. The SUNY Delhi Division of Student Life held their annual leadership award ceremony virtually on May 19. Students were recognized for contributing to the campus community, overcoming obstacles, or significantly improving the quality of life at the college.

Enriquez is pursuing a degree in Construction Management: Design & Building at the college located in Delhi.

THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT SAUGERTIES — Timothy Quesnell of Saugerties graduated with a Bachelor of Arts/ Bachelor of Science degree in Geology during commencement ceremonies on May 17 from The University of Vermont in Burlington, Vt.

BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY SAUGERTIES — Shelly Melville of Saugerties was named

to the spring dean’s list at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Penn.

average and carry at least 14 credit hours.

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POTSDAM — Students have been named to the Dean’s List for the spring 2020 semester at Clarkson University.

Elias K Besculides of Windham, a junior majoring in computer science/digital arts and sciences; Jarrett Field of Freehold, a junior majoring in aeronautical engineering; Jenna Keute of West Coxsackie, a sophomore majoring in environmental science and policy; Courtney Marie Sherman of Catskill, a junior majoring in civil engineering/environmental engineering. Dean’s List students must achieve a minimum 3.25 grade-point average and also carry at least 14 credit hours.

LEEDS — Jonathan Patrick True of Leeds received a bachelor of science degree with great distinction in mechanical engineering in May from Clarkson University in Potsdam.

POTSDAM — Students have been named Presidential Scholars for the spring 2020 semester at Clarkson University.

Max Davis of Freehold, a sophomore majoring in communication; Thomas Kirby of Athens, a sophomore majoring in aeronautical engineering; Allison Ryan of Shandaken, a senior majoring in electrical engineering; Robert Schneider of West Coxsackie, a sophomore majoring in civil engineering. Presidential Scholars must achieve a minimum 3.80 grade-point

TANNERSVILLE — Woodland Wildflower Walk online program will be held 1011 a.m. June 6 through the Mountain Top Arboretum, 4 Maude Adams Road, Tannersville. Admission is free.

Register for this online program at https://www.mtarboretum.org/events. Spring is the most enjoyable time to botanize. A wonderful variety of ephemeral plants are on display in the woodlands.

Join staff horticulturist Ryan Moore for this virtual talk as he helps us identify and appreciate these delicate native plants. For information, info@mtarboretum.org or 518589-3903.

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MARY BALDWIN UNIVERSITY SAUGERTIES — Devon Walther of Saugerties was named to the Fall 2019 Honors List at Mary Baldwin University in Staunton, Va.

for a century or more, and Furman recalls encountering a tree peony in China that was a 400-year-old survivor of the Ming Dynasty. What gardener wouldn’t want to make such glorious, practical and longlived flowers part of their own heritage?

Be-a-Better-Gardener is a community service of Berkshire Botanical Garden, located in Stockbridge, Mass. Its mission, to provide knowledge of gardening and the environment through a diverse range of classes and programs, informs and inspires thousands of students and visitors each year. Thomas Christopher is a volunteer at Berkshire Botanical Garden and is the author or co-author of more than a dozen books, including Nature into Art and The Gardens of Wave Hill (Timber Press, 2019). Be-a-Better Gardener is syndicated in 19 print and online publications, reaching 250,000 readers. Tom’s companion broadcast to this column, Growing Greener, streams on WESUFM.org, Pacifica Radio and NPR and is available at his website, https://www.thomaschristophergardens.com/podcast.

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thousand years ago. The hybrid tree peonies, which offer a wider range of flower colors including warm and delicate yellows and apricots, begin to open soon after. Then come the herbaceous peonies, cultivars of the species Paeonia lactiflora, which, unlike the tree peonies, die back to the ground every fall. First bred intensively in 19th century France, the herbaceous peonies offer floral fragrance, an abundance of flowers — which, although not as extravagant as those of their tree peony relatives, are still stunning by any standard — and an exceptional ease of cultivation. Closing the season, extending the bloom to the third week of June, are the intersectional peonies, which behave like herbaceous peonies in dying back to the ground in fall, while offering exceptionally vigorous growth and the brightest yellows.

Virtues common to the various kinds of peony are deer resistance — Cricket Hill grows them unfenced — and outstanding longevity. Herbaceous peonies have been known to survive and flower

CATSKILL — Catskill Elks Lodge, 45 North Jefferson Ave., Catskill, will hold a special fish fry, take out only, June 12. Pick up times will

be between 5-7 p.m. The menu includes fried haddock, shrimp or clam dinner for $12. Choice of fries or mac and cheese. Must pre-order at 518-945-1179.

JUNE 13 LEXINGTON — The Town of Lexington Fire/Rescue Company will be holding a Drive-Thru Chicken barbecue beginning at 3 p.m. until sold out on June 13 at the Town of Lexington Municipal Building/Lexington Firehouse, 3542 Route 42, Lexington. Dinners include half a chicken, baked potato, corn, roll and dessert for $12.

Chicken halves are $7.

TANNERSVILLE — Invasive Species Virtual Walk online presentation will be held 10-11 a.m. June 13 through the Mountain Top Arboretum, 4 Maude Adams Road, Tannersville. Admission is free. Register for this online program at https://www. mtarboretum.org/events.

Invasive plants threaten our treasured Catskills landscape. Join us for this online presentation where we will examine common invasive plants and their identification. For information, info@

mtarboretum.org or 518-5893903.

JULY 7 CAIRO — The Greene County Women’s League Cancer Patient Aid is welcoming new members. Membership meetings are held the first Tuesday of the month June through December, with the exception of August and December, at Angel’s Family Restaurant, 4385 Route 23, Cairo. Lunch is at noon and meeting is called to order at 1 p.m. 2020 meeting dates are July 7, August, Fundraising Luncheon (special ticket purchase required), Sept. 8, Oct. 6, Nov. 3. The Christmas part is held in December, special ticket purchase required.

Greene County Women’s League (G.C.W.L.) is a 501(c) (3) non-for-profit organization whose mission is to provide Greene County Cancer patients with assistance in paying medical expenses resulting from the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. 100% of donations are committed to patient care.

For information, call 518819-1249 or visit G.C.W.L. at www.greenecountywomensleague.com/become-amember/

CLASS OF 2020

GRADUATION SPECIAL It’s time to honor those young adults in our area who have completed high school!

Graduation this year will be unlike anything any of us has ever experienced. Our seniors are missing out on many milestones that make this year a special one. More than ever before, we plan to make this 2020 Graduation Special a Commemorative Keepsake for our grads and their families.

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COLUMBIA-GREENE MEDIA HANCOCK SHAKER VILLAGE ANNOUNCES PHASED OUTDOOR REOPENING JUNE 4

Baby animals, outdoor spaces, trails at the heart of plan HANCOCK, Mass — Wishing you could visit the baby animals on the farm?

Today Hancock Shaker Village announced a controlled and limited opening on Thursday, June 4 as part of Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker’s Phase 1 initiative. The Village will open only its outdoor spaces—including its beloved baby animals in outdoor fenced-in areas—to the public Thursdays through Sundays, 10 am–3 pm.

This schedule will be in place at least through June, as the Village plans for a full reopening in Phase 3.

Leaders of the iconic living history museum have been working for weeks on a reopening plan with new measures in place to ensure the safety of visitors and staff. Such health and safety measures include online and timed ticketing, guest capacity limits, one-way paths to control guest flow, clearly designated distance markers ranging from 6 to 10 feet, enhanced cleaning protocols, more hand sanitizer stations, and COVID-19 training for all staff.

Visitors will be required to prepurchase timed admissions, available online at hancockshakervillage.org or by phone at 413.443.0188. Members are always free, but must reserve a timeslot prior to their visit.

Guests and staff are required to wear face coverings.

“The health and safety of our community remains our top priority,” said Director Jennifer Trainer Thompson. “With guidance from Governor Baker, we are looking forward to once again welcoming visitors and continuing our mission of connecting people to the Village and the stories of the Shakers.”

The museum has been offering virtual programs such as a stream on YouTube of a dance performance by Reggie Wilson and Fist and Heel Performance

Baby cow

Group in the Round Stone Barn and virtual talks with authors and Shaker collectors. The Village also expanded its social media presence, offering programs such as Facebook livestreams from the farm and popular Zoom with Baby Animals sessions. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Village also made the decision to plant its 5-acre vegetable garden, which supports a 65-member CSA and provides 15% of its crops to local families in need.

“We know people have been eager to visit the farm when it is safe to do so,” said Thompson. “Self-guided discovery has always been important to the museum experience here, and with baby animals, the trails, the architecture, and the gorgeous gardens, we’ll offer what has always been a hallmark of the Village: an inspiring, holistic experience.”

While the historic barns and all buildings remain closed until Phase 3 begins—July at the earliest— baby animals may be visited outdoors in newly constructed pens and fenced areas that allow for ease of viewing and social distancing. Although

visitors will not be able to touch the animals, get into the pens, or go inside the Round Stone Barn, they will see many adorable baby goats, sheep, and calves up close, plus donkeys, cows, and Veruca the 1400-pound pig.

“The piglets have been holding out on us,” said Thompson, noting that one of the pregnant sows is expected to deliver next week.

For the first phase of opening, in addition to seeing baby animals, guests can walk the paths through the 20-acre historic village near the gardens, and hike the one-mile, accessible Farm & Forest Trail through the woods. The trail offers fascinating information on signs posted along the way, such as anecdotes about sugar maples and herbal remedies, a brief history of how a limestone quarry (the remains of which can be viewed in the woods) was used to build the Round Stone Barn, and a description of how sheep’s wool was spun, dyed, and woven into cloth.

To enrich the visitor experience, the Village will provide maps and information about the historic buildings and

heirloom gardens. “Window shopping” will be available, allowing shoppers to view goods for sale in the windows of the Brick Poultry House and place orders for curbside pickup. (A sample of items for sale can also be viewed on Village’s website.)

While these have been challenging times, Hancock Shaker Village remains committed to its mission of preserving the Shaker legacy. The oldest working farm in the Berkshires, the Village is home to a variety of livestock. Throughout the closure, the livestock staff has been at the Village every day providing healthy diets, enrichment activities, veterinary care, and the human interaction the animals experience when the Village opens.

Admission is free for members and children ages 12 and under, $20 for adults, and $8 for youth ages 13–18. Admission will be limited in accordance with state guidelines, and no indoor or outdoor seating will be provided. Bathroom facilities will be extremely limited.

Visitors should think of this as an outdoor experience. A complete list of new safety measures is available at hancockshakervillage.org.

“Know that when you are ready to visit the baby animals,” said Thompson, “they will be here to joyfully greet you.”

ABOUT HANCOCK SHAKER VILLAGE The Shakers settled this property in 1783. Today, Hancock Shaker Village is located on 750 acres that sprawl across Hancock, Richmond, and Pittsfield and abut the Pittsfield State Forest. A National Historic Landmark, the property includes twenty historic Shaker buildings (currently closed) and heirloom gardens. Hancock Shaker Village is located at 1843 West Housatonic Street, Pittsfield, MA.

Local Characters: Monica Byrne

Monica Byrne

Local Characters: Monica Byrne talks about the many ways her mother still influences her life today.

This week’s installment of Local Characters marks the final interview with local residents celebrating their mothers.

Watch Vidceo: https://www.ancramoperahouse.org/local-characters-mothers In today’s release, Monica Bryne, who lives and works in Hudson and

Germantown, talks about being raised by a single parent and the lasting impact of her mother’s life views, artistic passions and community involvement.

This series about motherhood has been a precursor to longer, live interviews with area residents to debut in July. Local Characters, AOH’s newest program, recognizes that everyone has a story to tell.

MAJOR COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITION

‘Cross Pollination’ Major Collaborative Exhibition Organized by the Thomas Cole National Historic Site and The Olana Partnership at Olana State Historic Site in New York and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Arkansas Rescheduled to September 2020 through March 2022. It Will Show at a Total of Five National Venues.

The Exhibition Explores the Theme of “Cross Pollination” and Communities Working Together in Art and Nature from the 19th Century to the Contemporary Moment.

The National Project Stems from the Artist Martin Johnson Heade’s 19th-Century Series of Hummingbird and Habitat Paintings, The Gems of Brazil, and their Unique Relationship to the Epic Landscapes of Hudson River School Artists Thomas Cole and Frederic Church, as well as their Continued Significance to Contemporary Artists Working Today.

Hudson & Catskill, NY, and Bentonville, AR: Olana, Thomas Cole National Historic Site and Crystal Bridges Museum of

American Art announced today the new dates for the major exhibition, “Cross Pollination: Heade, Cole, Church, and Our Contemporary Moment” in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The exhibition will culminate at the organizing museums in 2021 and 2022.

Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, Jacksonville, FL September 5, 2020 – January 17, 2021 Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, NC February 19 – May 23, 2021 Thomas Cole National Historic Site & Olana State Historic Site, Catskill and Hudson, NY June 12 – October 31, 2021 Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art November 20, 2021 – March 23, 2022 The “Cross Pollination” exhibition was created by The Olana Partnership at Olana State Historic Site, Thomas Cole National Historic Site, and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. The exhibition tour is organized by

Crystal Bridges.

For the first time in over two decades, 16 paintings from the influential series of hummingbirds and habitats – The Gems of Brazil (1863-64) – by Martin Johnson Heade (1819-1904) from the collection of Crystal Bridges will be on tour in New York, Florida and North Carolina for public audiences. The project uses the metaphor of cross-pollination inspired by Heade’s paintings to explore community interconnections in art and science, between artists, and across the 19th and 21st centuries. Paintings, sketches, sculpture and natural history specimens will be displayed in provocative juxtapositions.

“Cross Pollination” is curated by Kate Menconeri, Curator & Director of Exhibitions and Collections at the Thomas Cole National Historic Site; Julia B. Rosenbaum, Associate Professor of Art History and Visual Culture, Bard College; former Director of Research and Publications at The Olana Partnership; William L. Coleman, Director of Collections &

Exhibitions at The Olana Partnership; and Mindy N. Besaw, Curator, American Art and Director of Fellowships and Research, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Olana VISITOR INFORMATION: The landscape is free and open daily 8:30 am to sunset. For a current list of tours of OLANA, visit www.olana.org/ hours-and-admission. Keep in touch on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter at @OlanaSHS. Thomas Cole VISITOR INFORMATION: Visit thomascole. org/events for digital content and outdoor experiences that you can enjoy now. The grounds are open daily from dawn to dusk. We are evaluating our 2020 touring schedule on an ongoing basis in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Keep in touch on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter at @thomascolesite.

Crystal Bridges VISITOR INFORMATION: for updates, visit here and follow on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter. #CrossPollinationShow

MAC-HAYDN RELEASES EPISODE 2 OF IN THE MEANTIME CHATHAM — The MacHaydn Theatre has released the second episode of In The Meantime, a weekly webcast series hosted by Producing Artistic Director John Saunders, as part of the MacHaydn Online virtual programming initiative. The episode can be found at https:// youtu.be/N9vSRZAjBro. Episode 2 features Elizabeth McGuire, choreographer for the 2019 production of Camelot, and Rob Brinkmann, last seen on the MacHaydn stage as Jud Fry in the 2019 production of Oklahoma!, for which he won a Berkshire Theatre Award. The two talk with Saunders about their artistic projects during quarantine, recent wedding, and experiences working at the Mac-Haydn Theatre.

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

The donation link can be

found at machaydntheatre. org.

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

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

About the Mac-Haydn Theatre Founded in 1969, the Mac-Haydn Theatre strives to present innovative, diverse and professional musical theatre productions to the residents of Columbia County and beyond. We aim to cultivate young talent for careers in theatre and seek to provide a supportive environment for the creation of new musical theatre works.

June 5 Online Night Out Cocktails & Concert Join us for an online cocktail & concert night out June 5th at 6 PM. The fun begins with delicious hors d’oeuvres from Black-Eyed Suzie’s and a recipe for two classic cocktails (discounted ingredients from Town & Country Liquors) from mixologist extraordinaire Paul Maloney of Stockade Tavern.

Then on June 5, you can pick up your fresh appetizer and settle in with your alcohol and mixers. Paul will demonstrate live how to make a perfect Vieux Carré and Manhattan cocktail.

Then, music and treats in hand, we will hear music from music from Klezmer virtuoso violinist Alicia Svigals, followed by rollicking old time dance music from The Mapletones.

Join us!

Tickets include an appetizer from Black-Eyed Suzie’s, discounted spirits at Town & Country, a live cocktail demonstration AND an amazing concert.

To get tickets: https:// www.eventbrite.com/e/ june-5-online-night-outand-cocktail-party-tickets-105851181734

Jacob’s Pillow A note on today’s programming Jacob’s Pillow is pausing to reflect and identify ways we as a staff and an organization can stand in solidarity with Black artists, our partners, and the entire Black community, and contribute effectively to the fight against racial inequality and oppression.

We are actively developing and redefining our commitments as we evolve in light of this profound moment. As a result, we have postponed today’s Virtual Pillow screening of The Men Who Danced: https://www.jacobspillow.

org/virtual-pillow/, and plan to reschedule soon. Please watch for an email this Friday containing additional thoughts and resources from Jacob’s Pillow; This Friday at 3pm Eastern, our weekly Families Dance Together class will continue on Zoom as planned. All donations from this class will be contributed to our local partner, NAACP Berkshire County Branch. More details on how to register can be found here: https://www.jacobspillow.org/events/classfamilies-dance-together/

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Summer Solstice 2020 Summer Solstice 2020 Since we cannot meet in person . . .

Join us for an online celebration of the Summer Solstice with recordings from the Tank Sunday, June 21 trumpet calls and choruses at dawn bell-ringing all day and in the evening a concert of sounds from previous Solstice Celebrations including Roomful of Teeth, the Grammy-winning Vocal Ensemble You’ll receive three emails from us on the Solstice, one at dawn, one at solar noon, and one at sunset. Each will contain links to music and sonic experiences especially chosen to focus your sense of the day.

It starts at dawn. Yes, dawn, wherever you are. At the Tank that will be at 5:13 a.m. Let us encourage you to witness the sunrise, if only just once this year, and tune in with us as we send dawn songs, including Ron Miles on his brilliant cornet and Elaine diFalco’s haunting accordian on the Solstice from the Tank, Sunday June 21, at the start of the year’s longest day in the northern hemisphere. The sunrise itself is at 5:46 a.m.

We’ll celebrate all day. At solar noon, 1:17pm, when the sun’s at its zenith for the year, we’ll ring the titanium bell, the huge nose cone of an Apollo mission oxygen tank. The bell produces a deep, resonant roar, ringing for three minutes. In the Tank’s powerful reverb, the sound vibrates your bones.

Then at sunset, at 8:48pm in the high desert of Colorado, we’ll play excerpts of concerts from prior Solstices in the Tank, including “When The Tank Swallows the Sun,” Joshua Hill’s contemplative soundbath with ambient drones and

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electro-acoustic violin, and culminating in the unique sonic experience of the vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth, singing in a thunderstorm on Solstice, 2017.

Alex Ross, writing in the New

Yorker, described that concert.

“Roomful of Teeth began to sing ‘my heart comes undone,’ by the Baltimore-based composer Judah Adashi--a rapt meditation that draws elements from

Björk’s song “Unravel.” A moment later, the storm broke.

Gusts buffeting the exterior created an apocalyptic bass rumble; lashes of rain sounded like a hundred snare drums. The voices bobbed on the welter of noise, sometimes disappearing into it and sometimes riding above. As Adashi’s music subsided, the storm subsided in turn. In my experience, music has never seemed closer to nature.”

We’ll close with a bell ceremony we call “Ring All the Bells,” which we’ll invite you to join with a bell of your own.

The Tank at Solstice has given many people a genuine sense of awe. Bruce Odland notes, “They may ascribe it to the Tank, but I ascribe it to the awakening of the ears in a predominantly visual age. Our ears get so abused on a daily basis. Our modern society makes a bad offer to them. We don’t use the hearing sense the way we evolved to, as hunter-gatherers interacting with nature. In the Tank, you feel the sound on the skin, you feel it in your gut. What people are in awe of is their own ability to hear properly.”

In this time, when we can’t gather together physically, we invite you to be on the earth with us, to open your ears, and experience some awe for yourself.

Reminder: You’ll receive three emails from us on the Solstice, one at dawn, one at solar noon, and one at sunset. Each will contain links to music and sonic experiences especially chosen to focus your sense of the day.

The TANK Center for Sonic Arts, Inc., 233 County Rd 46, Rangely, CO 81648

THE WRITER’S TOOLBOX:

Writing from the Right Side of the Brain Back by Popular Demand The Writer’s Toolbox: Writing from the Right Side of the Brain A virtual workshop with Jamie Cat Callan 3 Sessions, 3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday/June 17, Saturday/June 20 & Wednesday/June 24 for writing workshop Zoom in for a creative writing workshop with internationally published author, Jamie Cat Callan. Whether you’re interested in fiction, memoir, poetry or monologues, this workshop will wake up your senses and shake you out of the Pandemic

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blues! You’ll learn about intuitive writing and participate in a series of fun right brain exercises. Jamie is a nurturing mentor and coach, dedicated to helping you discover your narrative themes and your own uniquely creative voice.

Please consider a $30 donation for this 3 part series, or pay what you can (more or less).

Register here For more information on Jamie, this workshop & The Writer’s Toolbox please visit spencertownacademy.org

The Writers’ Institute: Vital Voices Across our local communities and the nation, we are enveloped by grief, rage, and confusion as we mourn the killing of George Floyd and recall with pain and sadness countless other horrifying deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of white police officers.

We join with University at Albany President Havidán Rodríguez who reminds us that we are a diverse campus community standing in solidarity with those demanding justice. In today’s letter to UAlbany students, faculty, and staff today, he said: “As a community that deeply values diversity, equity, and inclusion, UAlbany stands strong in rejecting racism, hate, and violence, which are diametrically opposed to our core beliefs and values.”

We have a long tradition at the NYS Writers Institute of inviting writers of color who speak eloquently and powerfully about the long struggle against racial injustice. Their essays, poetry, fiction and creative work gives voice and hope to oppressed people and helps us all better

For those of you wondering why the anger, why the protests, why the rage, why the tears, and why the fear, let’s face it, this just didn’t begin with George Floyd or Freddie Gray or Eric Garner or Walter Scott or Amadou Diallo or Corey Jones or Philando Castile or Sandra Bland or Sean Bell or Trayvon Martin or Michael Brown or Alton Sterling or Stephon Clark or Amaud Arbery or Michael Stewart or any of the countless men, women and children whose lives were taken senselessly but didn’t make the headlines.

And it doesn’t really matter when it began, the truth is “oppression is as American as apple” (Audre Lorde).

What really matters is where we are today and the tremendous burden we have to bear. In the midst of a pandemic, we are witnessing the African American communities stricken by COVID-19, with people dying disproportionately each day. People are grieving for the loss of family members, loss of income, loss of jobs. And then, it happened again, another black man killed by police, “that’s not a chip on my shoulder, it’s your foot on my neck” (Malcolm X).

While all of this is happening in front of you now and you are feeling anger and despair, do you sit and wait in silence for the current pain to dissipate?

Put your words to action and let’s have an honest conversation about

challenging injustice and holding our elected officials and leaders accountable to changing the systems of inequality in this country. These vulnerabilities to violence and health crises faced by black and brown communities are born out of continued racial disparities in education, employment, housing, and criminal justice. The work is difficult, almost impossible, but it must be done, and immediately.

We can’t wait for things to calm down again because they never do, they just pick and choose when and where to show its ugly faces.

It’s time for YOU to be accountable. You have the liberty, power and privilege.

Let’s work together to facilitate education, healing, connection, support and service for each other.

Just saying Black Lives Matter won’t change anything. Take one small step with me today and share your privilege with an organization in a community of color that is working toward change. Here’s a link to 75 Things White People Can Do For Racial Justice - Equality - https://medium.com/ equality-includes-you/ what-white-people-cando-for-racial-justice-f2d18b0e0234 Stand with me in solidarity for Truth, Equality and Justice because “the more I use my strength in the service of my vision the less I am afraid”(Audre Lorde).

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understand and provide context for our nation’s long history of discrimination and racism.

These are difficult conversations to have and they make some uncomfortable, but they are necessary discussions and we have a responsibility at the NYS Writers Institute to provide a forum especially to writers

who stand up for the disenfranchised, who give voice to the voiceless, and who afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted.

In today’s post on The Conversation, we posted President Rodríguez’s letter and share excerpts and social media posts from recent guests of our

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Drew Brees apologizes Cindy Boren The Washington Post

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees apologized to “anyone I hurt” in the face of backlash after his comments about why he refuses to kneel during the national anthem to protest police brutality and social injustice.

“I would like to apologize to my friends, teammates, the City of New Orleans, the black community, NFL community and anyone I hurt with my comments yesterday. In speaking with some of you, it breaks my heart to know the pain I have caused,” he wrote on Instagram.

“In an attempt to talk about respect, unity, and solidarity centered around the American flag and the national anthem, I made comments that were insensitive and completely missed the mark on the issues we are facing right now as a country. They lacked awareness and any type of compassion or empathy.”

In an interview with Yahoo Finance On the Move, Brees had spoken of athletes who had knelt or raised a fist to protest police brutality and social injustice during the national anthem, saying, “I will never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the United States of America or our country” and went on to describe thinking about his grandfathers fighting in World War II as it plays. “That brings me to tears, thinking about all that has been sacrificed,” he said.

Kaepernick and NFL players made it clear that their protest had nothing to do with the flag or, for that matter, the military. And the conversation about brutality has flared since George Floyd was killed by a police officer May 25. A number of athletes were highly critical of Brees’s comments. Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers wrote on Instagram, “It has NEVER been about an anthem or a flag.” Richard Sherman of the San Francisco 49ers tweeted that Brees was “beyond lost. He’s beyond lost. Guarantee you there were black men fighting along side your grandfather but this doesn’t seem to be about that. That uncomfortable conversation you are trying to avoid by injecting military into a conversation about brutality and equality is part of the problem.”

In apology that contained an image of white and black hands clasping one another, Brees acknowledged the damage his comment had done.

“Instead, those words have become divisive and hurtful and have misled people into believing that somehow I am an enemy. This could not be further from the truth, and is not an accurate reflection of my heart or my character. This is where I stand: I stand with the black community in the fight against systemic racial injustice and police brutality and support the creation of real policy change that will make a difference. I condemn the years of oppression that have taken place throughout our black communities and still exists today. I acknowledge that we as Americans, including myself, have not done enough to fight for that equality or to truly understand the struggles and plight of the black community.

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In sports, might we see a September to remember?

Mark Bradley Miami Herald

For three months, our sports dialogue has — apart from the occasional discussion of Michael Jordan’s cigars and Tom Brady’s pants — centered on the resumption of games. When? Where? How? (Even a bit of

“why?”) We’ve crept closer to some answers, but no plan has yet been finalized. MLB once considered staging its 2020 season in Arizona; that proposal was wadded up and tossed in yonder trash can. The NBA and MLS still have plans to play in Disney World. The NHL is said to be eyeing hub cities — one in the

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Knicks offseason officially starts Stefan Bondy New York Daily News

The NBA season is back but the Knicks aren’t invited.

The NBA’s owners are set Wednesday to approve a return-to-play format of 22 teams in Orlando, according to multiple reports, leaving James Dolan’s franchise outside the bubble. The Knicks will finish at 21-45 with the sixth-best lottery odds.

In some ways, it’s a positive development for the Knicks. They long ago buried this season and pivoted toward the future by hiring a new team president, Leon Rose, who spent the last three months preparing for the draft and restructuring the front office with the help of his longtime associate, William Wesley. The cancelation of the season allows Rose to push forward with hiring a new coach, and the expectation is that Tom Thibodeau lands the gig.

As the Daily News reported, Thibodeau,

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Baseball owners reject players’ 114-game proposal Scott Lauber The Philadelphia Inquirer

For weeks, it seemed as if negotiations between Major League Baseball and the Players Association over the economics of a pandemic-shortened season were operating on separate tracks without regard for the issue that mattered most to the other side.

Now, it appears there might not be further negotiations at all.

MLB rejected the union’s proposal for a 114-game season and full prorated pay for the players and $100 million in deferrals if the postseason is canceled, a source confirmed Thursday. The owners weren’t expected to go for that, just as the players last week predictably vetoed MLB’s plan for sliding-scale secondary pay cuts in an 82-game schedule.

But the sides haven’t scheduled another round of talks, and MLB reportedly is ready to discuss exercising its authority to unilaterally implement a roughly 50-game season if the union doesn’t relent in its refusal to redraw a March 26 accord in which the players agreed to prorated salaries based on games

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played, a concept (the union viewed it more as a threat) that was floated Monday night

through an ESPN report.

While forcing the mini-season on the

players — assuming MLB gets clearance from medical experts and state/local government officials — would guarantee that there’s at least some baseball played this year, it might further poison an already toxic relationship between the sides a year before they will begin negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement.

There’s also a chance that some players — perhaps even a few marquee names — would choose to sit out rather than risk their health for two months of games.

So, how did it come to this?

The players insist that terms of the March 26 agreement must be honored and therefore won’t accept less than 100% of their prorated salaries. The league claims that owners will lose money for every game played without fans and with players making their full prorated salaries.

Yet the league’s proposal asked players to absorb secondary cuts totaling $850 million from their prorated pay, and the players’ See BASEBALL B3

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Golf WORLD GOLF RANKING Through March 13 1. Rory McIlroy 2. Jon Rahm 3. Brooks Koepka 4. Justin Thomas 5. Dustin Johnson 6. Adam Scott 7. Patrick Cantlay 8. Patrick Reed 9. Webb Simpson 10. Tommy Fleetwood 11. Tiger Woods 12. Xander Schauffele 13. Bryson DeChambeau 14. Justin Rose 15. Marc Leishman 16. Tony Finau 17. Matt Kuchar 18. Gary Woodland 19. Louis Oosthuizen 20. Shane Lowry 21. Tyrrell Hatton 22. Hideki Matsuyama 23. Sung-jae Im 24. Paul Casey 25. Matthew Fitzpatrick 26. Bernd Wiesberger 27. Rickie Fowler 28. Francesco Molinari 29. Abraham Ancer 30. Kevin Na 31. Lee Westwood 32. Henrik Stenson 33. Danny Willett 34. Billy Horschel 35. Cameron Smith 36. Kevin Kisner 37. Chez Reavie 38. Sergio Garcia 39. Jazz Janewattananond 40. Victor Perez 41. Shugo Imahira 42. Erik Van Rooyen 43. Matt Wallace 44. Collin Morikawa 45. Scottie Scheffler 46. Rafael Cabrera Bello 47. Christiaan Bezuidenhout 48. Brandt Snedeker 49. Graeme McDowell 50. Byeong-Hun An 51. Jason Day 52. Sung-Hoon Kang 53. Bubba Watson 54. Brendon Todd 55. Adam Hadwin 56. Jordan Spieth 57. Viktor Hovland 58. Ian Poulter 59. Tom Lewis 60. Shaun Norris 61. Phil Mickelson 62. Keegan Bradley 63. Andrew Putnam 64. Lucas Herbert 65. Eddie Pepperell 66. Corey Conners 67. Robert MacIntyre 68. Kurt Kitayama

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Tennis ATP TOUR RANKINGS Through March 9 Singles 1. Novak Djokovic, Serbia, 10,220 2. Rafael Nadal, Spain, 9,850 3. Dominic Thiem, Austria, 7,045 4. Roger Federer, Switzerland, 6,630 5. Daniil Medvedev, Russia, 5,890 6. Stefanos Tsitsipas, Greece, 4,745 7. Alexander Zverev, Germany, 3,630 8. Matteo Berrettini, Italy, 2,860 9. Gael Monfils, France, 2,860 10. David Goffin, Belgium, 2,555 11. Fabio Fognini, Italy, 2,400 12. Roberto Bautista-Agut, Spain, 2,360 13. Diego Sebastian Schwartzman, Argentina, 2,265 14. Andrey Rublev, Russia, 2,234 15. Karen Khachanov, Russia, 2,120 16. Denis Shapovalov, Canada, 2,075 17. Stan Wawrinka, Switzerland, 2,060 18. Cristian Garin, Chile, 1,900 19. Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria, 1,850 20. Felix Auger-Aliassime, Canada, 1,771 21. John Isner, United States, 1,760 22. Benoit Paire, France, 1,738 23. Dusan Lajovic, Serbia, 1,695 24. Taylor Harry Fritz, United States, 1,510 25. Pablo Carreno-Busta, Spain, 1,500

WTA TOUR RANKINGS Through March 9 Singles 1. Ashleigh Barty, Australia, 8,717 2. Simona Halep, Romania, 6,076 3. Karolina Pliskova, Czech Republic, 5,205 4. Sofia Kenin, United States, 4,590 5. Elina Svitolina, Ukraine, 4,580 6. Bianca Andreescu, Canada, 4,555 7. Kiki Bertens, Netherlands, 4,335 8. Belinda Bencic, Switzerland, 4,010 9. Serena Williams, United States, 3,915 10. Naomi Osaka, Japan, 3,625 11. Aryna Sabalenka, Belarus, 3,615 12. Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic, 3,566 13. Madison Keys, United States, 2,962 14. Johanna Konta, Great Britain, 2,803 15. Petra Martic, Croatia, 2,770 16. Garbine Muguruza, Venezuela, 2,711 17. Elena Rybakina, Kazakhstan, 2,471 18. Marketa Vondrousova, Czech Rep/, 2,307 19. Alison Riske, United States, 2,256 20. Maria Sakkari, Greece, 2,130 21. Angelique Kerber, Germany, 2,040 22. Anett Kontaveit, Estonia, 2,010 23. Elise Mertens, Belgium, 1,950 24. Donna Vekic, Croatia, 1,880 25. Dayana Yastremska, Ukraine, 1,835 26. Karolina Muchova, Czech Republic, 1,813 27. Ekaterina Alexandrova, Russia, 1,775

Transactions FOOTBALL NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE Carolina Panthers - Cut TE Seth DeValve.

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Promoted scouting intern Demetri Goodson to Midlands region scout.

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Sports Flashbacks BASEBALL 1940 — The Pirates beat the Boston Bees 142 in the first night game at Pittsburgh’s Forbes Field.

1940 — The St. Louis Cardinals play their first night game at Sportsman’s Park, beating the Brooklyn Dodgers 10-1.

1951 — Pittsburgh’s Gus Bell hit for the cycle to lead the Pirates to a 12-4 victory over the Phillies at Philadelphia.

1964 — Sandy Koufax pitched his third no-hitter, striking out 12, as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Phillies 3-0 in Philadelphia.

1968 — Don Drysdale of the Dodgers blanked the Pirates 5-0 for his sixth straight shutout en route to a record 58 2-3 scoreless innings 1974 — The game between the Cleveland Indians and the Texas Rangers at Cleveland’s Municipal Stadium was forfeited to Texas. Umpire Nestor Chylak had problems with the fans throughout the evening — primarily because it was 10-cent beer night. They got out of control when the Tribe tied the score 5-5 in the bottom of the ninth 1996 — Pamela Davis pitched one inning of scoreless relief and got the win in a minor league exhibition game. She is believed to be the first woman to pitch for a major league farm club under the current structure of the minor league system. Davis, a 21-year-old right-hander, pitched for the Jacksonville Suns, a Double-A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers, against the Australian Olympic team 2000 — Tampa Bay’s Esteban Yan became the 77th major league player to homer in his first at-bat. Yan was the fourth American League pitcher to do so and the first since California’s Don Rose in 1972, the year before the DH rule took the bat out of AL pitchers’ hands 2005 — Rafael Palmeiro and Melvin Mora each hit grand slams to help Baltimore rally for a 14-7 win over Detroit 2009 — Randy Johnson became the 24th major league pitcher to win 300 games by leading San Francisco to a 5-1 victory over the Washington Nationals in the first game of a doubleheader.

The Big Unit tossed two-hit ball over six innings and became the sixth left-hander to win 300, and the first pitcher to do it on his first try since Tom Seaver in 1985

How will you react now when athletes kneel during the national anthem?

Dave Hyde Sun Sentinel

We’ve not yet come to the hard question. We’re still in the moment at this painful intersection of injustice, double standards and righteous anger.

So University of Miami coaches, players and administrators, including school president Julio Frenk, knelt in silence Tuesday on the practice football field for eight minutes and 46 seconds, the time it took for George Floyd to die under a Minneapolis policeman’s knee.

So corporate CEOs from Apple to Johnson & Johnson have been at the front of the line condemning the recent murders of Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor and pledging to help social change.

So police in Coral Gables knelt with protesters, just like a police officer in Michigan, and NHAT V. MEYER/BAY AREA NEWS GROUP an army unit did in Atlanta despite violence erupting in some Eli Harold (58), Colin Kaepernick (7) and Eric Reid (35) of the San Franciso 49ers kneel during the cities. Even across the world, national anthem before a game against the Dallas Cowboys on Oct. 2, 2016 at Levi’s Stadium, in Santa the Liverpool soccer team knelt Clara, Calif. before a practice with the social hijacked again into one about appease those who condemned Monday called the recent murmedia hashtag of, “Black Lives disrespecting the flag? players for kneeling for fear ders, “pure evil.” The Dolphins Matter.”

It’s also easy, so very easy, to they’d cost the league money. have more blacks at the top than But soon the pictures will fade kneel in this moment and come They no doubt did, too. any team in the history of the and we’ll come to the hard ques- out with the proper words of The Miami Dolphins knelt NFL. tions. Like this one in sports: sorrow, outrage or desire for front and center in recent years, Where does it go now? Does How will you react now when change. Even the NFL did it. at least when the likes of Kenny Flores take a knee before games? players kneel during the nation- That’s how easy it is. Commis- Stills, Michael Thomas, Arian Will the entire Dolphins team al anthem? sioner Roger Goodell said there Foster and Jelani Jenkins were kneel together?

Have we turned a corner on is, “urgent need for action,” in on the roster. Owner Steve Ross That’s getting too far ahead this conversation? the wake of these senseless mur- openly supported them from of everything right now. Again, Will enough fans understand ders. that first day of kneeling in Se- we’re in the moment. There’s players were kneeling in the past serious soul-searching and honThis is the same Goodell, who attle. for the very issues that took the as the employee of NFL ownNow, coach Brian Flores put est attempts to think how to lives of Floyd, Arbery and Tay- ers, let Colin Kaepernick’s ca- out a strong, personal message bring justice and heal a national reer rot for kneeling. It’s also the relating personal experiences as wound. But will it last out of the lor?

Will the conversation be same NFL that did nothing but a coach. CEO Tom Garfinklel on moment?

It’s fair to remember how people acted in other times.

President Trump called Kaepernick a “sonuvabitch” and said athletes who kneel during the national anthem, “maybe shouldn’t be in our country.”

Clemson coach Dabo Swinney, who put out a sanitized statement Tuesday about Floyd’s murder, spoke differently in 2016 when it mattered most. He called Kaepernick and other kneelers a “distraction” to his team, implied America’s issues weren’t racial ones but about, “sin” and said anyone unhappy with issues, “needs to move to another country.”

Words matter. They always have. They will again. Listen to what an athlete said: “To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way.

There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder.”

That was Kaepernick in 2016.

He wasn’t the perfect spokesman. No athlete can be. But, like so many things in sports, he became bigger than sports.

The issue now isn’t what if more people in the sports world had listened to his cause of social injustice and not heard the flag flapping in the wind. It’s what, if anything, has changed.

It’s what does America do when it’s not so easy to kneel together in this moment.

How will you react when players kneel before games again?

Better yet, will you join them?

Johnny Majors remembered as tireless, motivational coach John Mcgonigal Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The cover of Pitt football’s 1973 media guide was simple, yet foreboding. Blue and yellow lines ran vertically down the middle. The year was noted in the top right corner. And just off center, the face of a new, hopeful coach beamed with a slogan flanking him to the left: “A Major Change in Pitt Football.”

Indeed, that proved to be the case.

Johnny Majors — the last football coach to lead Pitt to a national championship and the man who brought the Panthers to prominence — died Wednesday at age 85.

Majors led Pitt for two stints over his 39-year coaching career, guiding the Panthers to one of the best stretches in school history from 1973-76 and returning for a less successful tenure from 1993-96. He was inducted into the Pitt Athletics Hall of Fame in 2019.

“On Sunday night, we talked for about an hour,” Jackie Sherrill, Majors’ right-hand man and later his successor at Pitt, said Wednesday. “We just told stories and laughed, and the last parting words from him were, ‘We need to see each other. Either you come to Tennessee, or I’ll come to Texas.’ So it’s kind of a shock. He was talking about how he was in good health, and all of a sudden he’s not with us.”

“He saved Pitt football,” Pitt historian Sam Sciullo Jr., said.

“Pitt football was at death’s door in 1972. ... They were close to pulling the plug on the thing. If they didn’t make a go of it, Pitt might be playing Millersville these days.”

Enter Majors, who breathed life into a withering program after doing the same elsewhere.

Born in Lynchburg, Tenn., Majors grew up in a football family, the son of a coach and the oldest of five football-playing brothers. The former tailback starred at Tennessee from 1953-56 and finished second to Notre Dame’s Paul Hornung in the 1956 Heisman Trophy balloting.

Majors returned to the Volunteers as a graduate assistant in 1957 and slowly worked his way up the coaching ranks before getting his first head coaching job with Iowa State in 1968.

He spent five years with the

Cyclones, guiding them to the first two bowl appearances in program history in 1971 and 1972.

Then, Pitt called.

The Panthers’ program was on life support at the time. Sciullo said there was little interest from the fan base and no financial commitment by the university to the program, both of which were justifiable. Carl DePasqua was fired after going 1329 in four seasons at the helm, finishing 1-11 in his final year in 1972.

Throughout the 1972 season, a secret three-man search committee, tapped by Pitt athletic director Cas Myslinski, pursued Majors as DePasqua’s replacement. Sciullo said his father, Sam, and two fellow boosters, Bob Miller and Bill Baierl, was Pitt’s three-man team, with Miller taking the lead and running up substantial monthly phone bills from Pittsburgh to Ames, Iowa.

The persistence worked, as Pitt pried Majors away from Iowa State in 1973.

“There could not have been a better choice,” said Alex Kramer, a close friend of Majors and a former Pitt football administrator. “He was a perfect fit in every way, and not only in his skill as a coach. Greater than that was his personality, his enthusiasm, his desire to succeed and his happiness in being the head coach at the University of Pittsburgh.”

Sciullo describes Pitt’s transformation under Majors as “the Wizard of Oz going from black and white to color, when Dorothy walks through the door.”

In Majors’ first season, Pitt went 6-5-1 and made the postseason for the first time in 17 years, appearing in the Fiesta Bowl. The Panthers lost to Arizona State in the desert, but it was clear Pitt had something going.

Majors earned National Coach of the Year honors by both the Football Writers Association of America and the Walter Camp Foundation — but his greatest success in 1973 might have been before the season even started.

Majors’ ebullient arrival translated on the recruiting trail.

Before there were rules against doing so, Pitt took on 70-plus freshman recruits in 1973, a class that laid the foundation for the Panthers’ national title charge a few years later. Among

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those who joined Pitt was Tony Dorsett, the program’s lone Heisman Trophy winner.

“I remember the late Myron Cope had a radio talk show, and he would play the William Tell Overture (the “Lone Ranger” theme) in the background when he would talk about John in recruiting,” Kramer said. “He was tireless.”

Majors’ “certain charm,” as Kramer called it, paid off. In 1973, Dorsett rushed for 1,686 yards and 13 touchdowns as a true freshman, spiking interest in the program. Sciullo said donor money and booster support came pouring in — and Majors’ momentum didn’t slow down in the coming years.

Pitt went 7-4 under Majors each of the next two seasons and following the 1975 campaign earned a bid to the Sun Bowl.

The Panthers beat Kansas, 3319, for the program’s first bowl win in 38 years. That game, Majors would later say, took the team “from good to great” and set the stage for a magical 1976 season.

Pitt opened the year with a 31-10 victory over No. 11 Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind. Majors lost quarterback Robert Haygood for the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in the second game, a 42-14 victory at Georgia Tech, forcing backup Matt Cavanaugh to step

in. The Panthers didn’t miss a beat, thanks in large part to Majors’ leadership.

“I found him to be one of the most motivational guys I’ve ever been around. I’ve worked for Bill Walsh, Bill Parcells ... and he was as good as any of them,” said Cavanaugh, a longtime NFL assistant after his playing days.

“He had a way about him. He had a belief in what he was doing. He had a method of getting his point across and teaching and holding people accountable, and yet having fun doing it. ... Guys wanted to play and play hard and win for him.”

Cavanaugh, Dorsett and the Panthers cruised to a national title in 1976. They won every game by 10 points or more, with the exception of a 24-16 victory over rival West Virginia. They beat Penn State for the first time in a decade. And they smothered No. 5 Georgia in a title-clinching Sugar Bowl victory.

A month before the Sugar Bowl appearance, though, Majors faced a crossroads in his career and life. Tennessee, his alma mater, had a coaching vacancy, and wanted Majors to fill it. After a few days of agonizing over the decision, Majors resigned as Pitt’s head coach in a subdued press conference at Pitt Stadium.

“I love Pittsburgh, and it’s always hard to leave a place,” Majors said at the time, according to The Pittsburgh Press. “But I have roots there.”

“He told me before the Penn State game that he was leaving,” added John Pelusi, a senior center and captain on the ‘76 team.

“I said, ‘Coach, I don’t understand why you want to leave here.’ ... And he just said, ‘You know, I want to go home. My alma mater is calling.’”

The Volunteers’ program had fallen into a bit of a funk under former coach Bill Battle, losing five games in back-to-back years for the first time in a decade. But Tennessee eventually rebounded under Majors, working his magic like he did at Iowa State and Pitt.

The Volunteers made it to the Bluebonnet Bowl in Majors’ third season, and, starting in 1981, had a winning record in 10 of the next 11 seasons.

That stretch was highlighted by Southeastern Conference titles in 1985, 1989 and 1990. Majors’ 1989 team went 11-1 and finished the season ranked No. 5 in the country.

In 1987, while he was still coaching, Majors was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame.

Majors’ time at Tennessee came to an end in 1992 when he abruptly resigned in November of that season. He had a falling out with the Tennessee brass and learned that his contract would not be extended following the season.

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Hello? Does either side listen when the other speaks?

Are their Zoom calls on mute? Hello?

The March 26 pact does enable commissioner Rob Manfred to draw up a schedule “using best efforts to play as many games as possible while taking into account ... the economic feasibility of various alternatives.�

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spend the summer playing golf at social distances.

Despite the protestations of bottom-feeders, such as your Atlanta Hawks, the NBA hopes to bring 22 of its 30 teams to Lake Buena Vista for (maybe) a few regular-season games and (definitely) a postseason tournament. Said tourney could last through Oct. 12. If that is in fact the end date, the 2019-20 basketball season would, counting training camps and exhibitions and noting this is a leap year, have run for 380 days.

Scenarios for baseball’s regular season — we

the Knicks have begun gathering background intel on Thibodeau, although Rose certainly knows the coach well as his longtime agent.

Mike Miller, the interim coach, is expected to get an interview, according to sources, and could be retained as an assistant. Kenny Atkinson will also be considered by the Knicks, according

to The Athletic.

The draft lottery, normally held in May, is pushed back to August and will coincide with the combine. It is the next big date on the Knicks calendar, followed by the draft in September and free agency in October.

Since the 2020-21 season is tentatively scheduled to start in December or January,

the Knicks will have had about 10 months in between meaningful games. They last played March 12 in Atlanta, the day the NBA season was shutdown because of the coronavirus pandemic.

By the time they restart, the Knicks will look totally different. They could have as many as eight free agents, including five with team

options — Bobby Portis, Taj Gibson, Wayne Ellington, Elfrid Payton and Reggie Bullock. Damyean Dotson, Allonzo Trier and Moe Harkless are guaranteed to become free agents. Most of the above are not expected to return following the disappointing 2019-20 season.

Who is left? Julius Randle, Kevin Knox, Frank Ntilikina,

RJ Barrett, Mitchell Robinson and Dennis Smith Jr. That group needs a lot of help.

The Knicks opened up their practice facility for voluntary workouts last week but the vast majority of players left the area during the pandemic. It’ll be a while before they all gather again.

solution doesn’t represent the league’s “best efforts.�

The league seems to be hoping that the idea of a miniseason will compel the players to accept less than they initially agreed to.

Some back-of-the-napkin math: In 2019, player salaries totaled approximately $4.58 billion. Prorated over 82 games, that comes to $2.32 billion; prorated over 50 games, it drops to roughly $1.4 billion. In the league’s sliding-scale proposal, the players would average a 60% reduction from their full prorated salaries for 82 games, shrinking the total pool of money to — you guessed it — roughly $1.4 billion.

It seemingly will be up to

the players, then, to choose between playing 82 games and accepting an additional pay cut or 50 games at 100% of their prorated salary.

It’s unclear where the negotiations go from here or which side makes the next move.

One thing is certain: A breakthrough must happen within the next few days if MLB will meet its goals of resuming spring training by the middle of June and opening the season by Fourth of July weekend.

In a letter obtained Monday by The Inquirer in which Phillies full-time employees were informed of salary reductions, managing partner John Middleton wrote that

he’s still “hopeful that we will see baseball at Citizens Bank Park this summer,� albeit without fans.

But Middleton also stated the Phillies are bracing to lose “substantially more than $100 million� this year and noted that gate-related sources — tickets, food and merchandise concessions, parking, and sponsorships — account for 40% of the team’s revenues, a figure that is consistent with league-wide numbers stated by Manfred.

Players want a more thorough audit of the owners’ books. It’s unlikely they will get it, at least not within the time frame for reaching a 2020 return-to-play agreement.

Although the players have raised the idea of salary deferrals to assist with teams’ reduced cash flow in a shortened season, economic experts concur that it’s unlikely owners would agree to take on debt in future years, especially given the likelihood that the financial toll of the coronavirus will reverberate beyond 2020.

The league also rejected the players’ 114-game proposal on the basis that it would have pushed the postseason into November.

Amid fears of a second wave of the coronavirus, and with the bulk of the league’s national TV money coming in the playoffs, MLB strongly prefers to wrap up the World

Series by late October.

And while the focus of the negotiations has been on economics, there’s still the matter of playing during a pandemic that has killed 108,000 people in the United States.

MLB believes its 67-page manual of protocols provides a blueprint for safely returning to the field. But with Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball League aiming to start its season this month, two players recently tested positive for COVID-19, casting further doubt on the feasibility of that plan.

stipulate that everything in 2020 is highly irregular — range from 82 games (owners’ proposal), 114 games (players’ counter-proposal) and 50 games (semi-compromise). If 82 seems ambitious, given that we’re into June and pitchers and catchers haven’t reported anywhere since the sports world halted in March, 114 sounds nuts.

Even if the “regular� season would start July 1 and continue through Oct. 14, that’s 106 days. Even if teams played 106 consecutive days, which players would never agree to do, that would still require eight doubleheaders, and everybody hates those.

As for 50 games: Dare we say that would be too few?

Over a 162-game schedule,

50 games bring us, give or take, to Memorial Day. Baseball prides itself on rewarding excellence over the long haul. On Memorial Day 2019, the Washington Nationals had the third-worst record among National League teams. On Oct. 30, they won the World Series.

I know, I know. In a pandemic year, there can be no “long haul.� Sports must settle for what, if anything, it can get. As an audience, so must we. It’s entirely possible that baseball’s players and owners, who can haggle over the last slice of dayold pizza, will fail to agree to anything. For a moment, MLS appeared headed for a baseball-style work stoppage, but an agreement

between owners and players was reached Wednesday. The MLS is now set to resume — at Disney, sporting epicenter — with an in-season tournament next month.

Back to us, whose lot it is to pay witness: Assuming we haven’t done so already, we need to use this time to adjust our expectations.

When our sports return, we mightn’t love what we see.

At first blush, we’ll be happy we have something to watch again, but that figures to fade. No fans mean less fun.

Rearranged playoffs after truncated seasons leave even worthy winners open to “asterisk� claims. (Say hey, Phil Jackson.) Playoffs in fan-less hubs mean no homecourt — or home-field, or home-ice

— advantage, which is an immense thing in the postseason, unless you’re the Braves.

On the other hand: We might just like what we see.

We’ve said for decades that regular seasons last too long.

Here’s the alternative. Stuff everything into a blender and see what comes out. If that means an up-from-nowhere champ ... well, the up-fromnowhere plot is 75% of the reason we love March Madness. What if Zion Williamson and the Pelicans, who mightn’t have qualified had the postseason begun in April, go on a July/August/ September run? Would you watch? Sure you would.

We’ve been without team sports since March 12. Used to be, there were only two

days of every year on which no major-league games were scheduled — the Monday before and the Wednesday after baseball’s All-Star game.

(That has since changed, if only a bit.) Now we’re hoping to see something before the Fourth of July, on which there’ll be no AJC Peachtree Road Race to distract us.

We’ve spent 12 weeks in a veritable desert, but think what might happen come September.

The NBA playoffs. Bigleague baseball. The Kentucky Derby. The NHL playoffs. U.S. Open golf AND tennis. The MLS. Oh, and the NFL and college football. No matter how many TVs you have, you might want to budget for another two or three.

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Office: Greene County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 123 Caroline Street, Saratoga Springs, N.Y., 12866.

Purpose: Any lawful purposes.

HBCODING, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 6/5/19. Office in Columbia Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Howard Burd 14 Murray St Ste 311 New York NY 10007.

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LEGAL NOTICE 2020-2021 Summer Food Distribution Transportation Run The Catskill Central School District requests sealed bids for a 2020-2021 District Food Distribution Transportation Run. Sealed bids should be submitted to the Transportation Coordinator, William Muirhead, Catskill Central School District, 347 West Main Street, Catskill, New York 12414 until 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 10, 2020 at which time and place they will be publicly opened and read.

Specifications will be available on June 2, 2020 and may be obtained from the Business Office by calling 943-2300 ext. 1472 or 1413. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all proposals.

By order of the Board of Education Catskill Central School District William Muirhead, Transportation Director Holly Sanford, District Treasurer LEGAL PUBLIC NOTICE The Greene County Industrial Development Agency will hold their Regular Board Meeting on Thursday, June 18, 2020 at 8:00 am, via conference call followed by a Greene Local Development Corporation meeting if needed.

To participate in the call please dial 1-888431-3632 and enter Access Code 5780094.

Respectfully Submitted: Rene VanSchaack, Executive Director MBK CONSTRUCTION LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/12/20. Office: Greene County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 13 Green Lake

Road, PO Box 462, Catskill, Greene Leeds, NY 12451. Pur- County, New York, pose: Any lawful pur- hereby authorizes and pose. directs the Board Clerk to give notice to the Notice of formation of qualified voters of the Professional Limited School District of the Liability Company Annual Meeting includ(PLLC). Name: Fami- ing District Election lies Together Counsel- and Vote, as follows: ing Services, PLLC, The vote upon the apJanice Masse, LCSW. propriation of the necArticles of Organiza- essary funds to meet tion filed with The New the estimated expendiYork State Department tures or for any propoof State (DOS) on sitions involving the 05/12/2015. County of expenditure of money office location: Greene or the authorizing of County New York. levy of taxes, as well Street mailing address as the election of of the principal busi- members of the Board ness location of the of Education shall be PLLC: 110 Jefferson held on Tuesday June Heights, Catskill, NY 9th, 2020 at Catskill 12414. The DOS has Central School District, been designated as 343 West Main Street, agent of the PLLC Catskill, NY 12414 until upon whom process 5:00 p.m. Pursuant to against it may be the Governor’s Execuserved. DOS shall mail tive Order 202.26, Vota copy of process to: ing shall be by absenUnited States Corpo- tee ballot only. ration Agents, Inc, All eligible voters are 7012 13th Ave. Suite entitled to an absentee 202 Brooklyn, NY ballot. You are an eli11228. Purpose: to en- gible voter if you are 1) gage in any lawful a U.S, citizen, 2) eightbusiness of every kind een years of age or and character for older, 3) a resident of which PLLCs may be the school district for organized under the at least 30 days before New York PLLC Law, the vote, 4) and not or any successor stat- otherwise disqualified ute. to vote by law. The NOTICE OF FORMA- Board Clerk shall mail TION OF DURHAM absentee ballots to VALLEY EQUIPMENT qualified voters. AppliRENTALS LLCA DO- cations for absentee MESTIC LIMITED ballots may also be LIABILITY COMPANY applied for at the office of the District Office.

(LLC) applications Articles of Organiza- Such tion filed with the Sec- must be received by retary of State of the the Board Clerk at State of New York on least seven days before the vote set in this May 20, 2020.

New York Office Loca- notice if the ballot is to tion – Greene County. be mailed to the abSecretary of State of sentee voter or the day the State of New York before the vote if the is designated as agent ballot is to be delivered upon whom process personally to the abagainst the LLC may sentee voter. Absentee be served. Secretary of ballots must be reState of the State of ceived in the office of New York shall mail a the District Clerk of the copy of any process District not later than against the LLC served 5:00 p.m. on the day of upon him/her at: c/o the vote.

LLC, PO BOX 12, A list of all persons to absentee EAST DURHAM, NY whom voters’ ballots have 12423 PURPOSE: To engage been issued shall be in any lawful act or ac- available for public inspection during regular tivity. office hours which are Notice of Public Hear- between the hours of ing, Village of Chatham 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Any qualified votPlanning Board.

Take notice that the er, may upon examinaPlanning Board of the tion of such list, file Village of Chatham, written challenge of New York, will hold a qualifications as a votpublic hearing on an er of any person application by NiMax, whose name appears LLC, for a site plan in on such list, stating the relation to a restaurant reasons for the chalin the Historic District lenge. Such written shall be at 15-19 Hudson Ave- challenge by the nue in the Village of transmitted Chatham. Such hear- Clerk or designee to ing will be held on the Inspectors of ElecMonday, June 22, tion on election day.

2020 at 7:30 PM, via A copy of the stateWebEx. All interested ment of the amount of persons shall be given money which would be the opportunity to required for the next speak at such hearing. school year for school shall be Please contact the Vil- purposes lage Deputy Clerk at completed seven days the budget 518-392-5821 ext. 2 before for an invitation to the hearing and may be obtained by any resimeeting. dent of the District at Patricia DeLong, each schoolhouse durDeputy Clerk ing the period of 14 Village of Chatham days immediately beNOTICE OF BUDGET fore the annual meetHEARING AND VOTE ing and election, beCatskill Central School tween the hours of District 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 BE IT RESOLVED, that p.m., except Saturday, the Board of Education Sunday or holiday. of the Central School District of the Town of

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the following items will be presented to the qualified voters of the Catskill Central School District on Tuesday, June 9, 2020, by absentee ballot accepted until 5:00 PM: A. BOARD MEMBER CANDIDATES: The following vacancies are to be filled: A three year term ending June 30, 2023 presently held by Michael Dedrick.

A three year term ending June 30, 2023 presently held by Deborah Johnson.

A three year term ending June 30, 2023 presently held by Ryan Osswald.

Candidates listed on the ballot are: Zebulun Haggerty Deborah Johnson Ryan Osswald Vacancies upon the Board shall not be considered separate specific offices. The individuals receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected to the vacancies.

B. THE BUDGET Shall the Board of Education of the Catskill Central School District, Greene County, New York, be authorized to expend the sums of money, which will be required for School District purposes for the 2020-2021 school years, in the amount of $42,881, 212 (The Budget), and to levy $19,579,976 against the taxable real property in the School District?

Registration Personal registration of voters is required for the annual vote, and no person shall be entitled to the vote thereat whose name does not appear in the register of the school district, except those persons who registered to vote pursuant to the provisions of Election Law § 5-612. Persons otherwise qualified to vote who voted in any annual vote conducted within four calendar years before the preparation of the register need not personally register for this vote.

Members of the Board of Registration shall meet remotely at the places hereinafter designated in each election district as voting places on May 27, 2020 between the hours of 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. to prepare the register of the school district for each election district. Any person shall be entitled to have his or her name placed upon such register in the district in which that person resides, provided that in such meeting of the Board of Registration that person is known or proven to the satisfaction of such members to be then and thereafter entitled to vote at the annual vote for which the registration is prepared. Any person 18 years of age or over, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the school district for 30 days next pre-

ceding the date for voting is entitled to register and vote. The register of the school district so prepared shall be filed five days before the date of the vote in the office of the Board Clerk, located at 343 West Main Street, Catskill, NY where it shall be open for inspection on the District’s Website CatskillCSD.org by any qualified voter of the district between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. each day up to and including the day set for the vote, except Saturday and Sunday.

DATED: June 1, 2020 By order of the Board of Education of the Catskill Central School District By: Judy Kusminsky Board Clerk NOTICE OF FORMATION of AFMStrategy LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 5/4/20. Location: Columbia County. SSNY designated as agent for service of process on LLC. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: Anthony Mercurio, PO Box 176 Ancram, NY 12502. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) Name: Hydrogen Media, LLC Articles of Organization filed in the Department of State of New York on June 1, 2007 Office Location: Columbia County Principal Business Location: Columbia County, New York Purpose: Any and all lawful business activities Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Hydrogen Media, LLC, PO Box 424, Valatie, New York 12184 Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC). Name: J.D. Miscellaneous Metals, LLC, Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on April 9, 2020. Office location: Greene County.

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

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 108 9 Alcove Road, Hannacroix, New York 12087. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Michael Robbins LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on May 11, 2020. Office location: Columbia County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to: Michael

Robbins LLC c/o Michael Robbins, 243 County Route 10, Germantown, New York 12526. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of Meeting, Village of Chatham Planning Board.

Take notice that the Planning Board of the Village of Chatham, New York, will hold a meeting on Monday, June 22, 2020 at 7:30 PM via WebEx. Please contact the Village Deputy Clerk at 518392-5821 ext. 2 for an invitation to the meeting.

Patricia DeLong, Deputy Clerk Village of Chatham Notice of Public Hearing, Village of Chatham Planning Board.

Take notice that the Planning Board of the Village of Chatham, New York, will hold a public hearing on an application by Timothy Carr, for a site plan in relation to a chicken coop at 11 Coleman Street in the Village of Chatham. Such hearing will be held on Monday, June 22, 2020 at 7:30 PM, via WebEx. All interested persons shall be given the opportunity to speak at such hearing.

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Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren’s anti-hate and anti-racism mission inspires the question — what can we do?

Teddy Greenstein Chicago Tribune

What can we do?

It’s what I’m asking myself after being inspired by the message from ESPN analyst and former NFL linebacker Emmanuel Acho, who asked those who look like me to “let down your guard and listen.”

Tuesday started with “Blackout Tuesday” compelling us to post a black square on Instagram in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.

I posted mine with a quote from former President Barack Obama: “Change happens typically not because somebody on high decides that it’s going to happen, but rather because at a grassroots level enough people come together that they force the system to change.”

Then I spoke with Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren, the most substantive man I know. He told me of a harrowing traffic stop near the Wisconsin-Minnesota border while he and fellow Vikings executives Steve Poppen and Trish Huizinga were en route to a funeral for the father of a colleague in 2014.

Poppen and Huizinga are white. Warren is the first African American commissioner of a Power Five conference. Poppen was driving.

Warren sat in the back doing paperwork, a pile of legal documents on his lap. All were formally dressed.

A Wisconsin trooper pulled them over for “allegedly speeding,” Warren said. “One officer came to the driver’s side, to Steve. Another came to the passenger side and stared at me in the back seat with his hand on his gun. This young officer was shaking with one hand on the holster. The car was registered to me, and he couldn’t understand that we work together and why Steve was driving a black man’s car.”

All three were asked to produce their driver’s licenses. When those “15 minutes of fear” ended, Warren told his colleagues, “Now you understand.”

“I said, ‘Had one of you made a quick move, dropped your cellphone or screamed an utterance, even accidentally, we all could have died,’ “ Warren said. “As a people we need to recognize this is happening every day. We are fighting for the survival of our country.”

What can we do?

The Warren family is donating $100,000 to a civil rights organization in Washington. And as Big Ten commissioner, Warren is creating an Anti-Hate and Anti-Racism Coalition because, as he stated in an open letter, “our children and future generations deserve better.”

Its wide-ranging goals include increasing voter registration, providing opportunities to

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Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren speaks about the cancellation of the men’s basketball conference tournament at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on March 12.

write legislation that combats racism and hate and bridging the divide between the African American community and law enforcement.

“I’m so respectful of our law enforcement,” Warren said, “because they have incredibly difficult jobs.”

Warren tries to make their jobs easier — and save his own life — with this protocol: He leaves his briefcase and wallet in the trunk before entering his car. When stopped by police, he responds politely while leaving his hands on the steering wheel. If officers ask for his license and registration, he offers to retrieve them, rather than having to reach in the glove compartment.

If he does that, he might get shot.

This is America in 2020.

I asked Warren if he was surprised by the video of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, hand in pocket, knee on neck, preventing George Floyd from breathing. He was not.

“Issues with law enforcement have been going on for hundreds of years,” he said.

I asked Warren if he recalled what transpired on Sept. 24, 2016, when three Nebraska football players kneeled during the national anthem before a game at Northwestern’s Ryan Field.

Warren did.

Afterward one of the players, Michael RoseIvey, explained his motivation: “We must have accountability, we must have understanding,

we must have love, but we must also have genuine dialogue that finds genuine solutions and demands genuine actions.”

Wow. You might imagine white people would have heard that and responded: Thank you for those powerful words and for bringing this to our attention. How can we help?

Instead some responded on social media that the players should be lynched. The governor of Nebraska called the players’ silent protest “disgraceful and disrespectful.”

The governor in 2016 is the governor in 2020.

His name is Pete Ricketts.

He is disgraceful. Disrespectful too.

Ricketts again revealed who he is during a meeting Monday with black pastors and other community leaders to discuss the weekend shooting death of James Spurlock, a 22-yearold black man, by a white bar owner in Omaha during protests over the Floyd killing.

The attorney general of Douglas County has decided not to pursue charges in Spurlock’s killing.

Pastor Jarrod Parker of St. Mark’s Baptist Church met with Ricketts and reported this: “Pete Ricketts said, ‘The problem I have with you people ...’ Did you hear what I just said?

Gov. Ricketts said, ‘The problem I have with you people.’ And ladies and gentlemen, I walked out of the police chief’s office. ... He called black pastors and black leaders in Omaha ‘you

people,’ and I walked out on him.

“That’s why the city is going to go up in flames, Mrs. Mayor and Mr. (police) chief.

You’re not listening, and you can’t listen because at the top of the state is a racist governor.”

Pete Ricketts, who apologized after Parker’s video was released, is the oldest son of Joe Ricketts, whose racist and Islamophobic emails were exposed in 2019. He is the older brother of Tom Ricketts, the well-meaning chairman of the Cubs; Laura Ricketts, an attorney and LGBTQ activist in Chicago; and Todd Ricketts, a Cubs co-owner.

Todd is also an adviser to President Donald Trump and the finance chair of the Republican National Committee. Last summer he used Wrigley Field during a two-day retreat to help fund Trump’s re-election campaign.

Cubs President Theo Epstein, in an interview on WSCR-AM 670, excused it because “I’ve hosted events here, too, on the other side of the political spectrum.”

Maybe that’s enough to satisfy you. It’s not enough for me.

Todd Ricketts is raising money to re-elect a president with a 47-year history of racism, including calling for the execution of five young black men who eventually were exonerated in the rape of a white woman in Central Park.

Watch the Netflix series “When They See Us” to understand what transpired and how the mothers of those five felt when Trump called for the state to kill their innocent sons.

I ask again: What can we do?

Here’s one thing: Vote.

Vote with your ballot on Election Day. And when Wrigley Field reopens, consider voting with your pocketbook, as some Cubs fans have.

“I’m a die hard Cubs fan but I only go to Milwaukee to see them,” IKare1 tweeted Tuesday.

“I refuse to give my $$ to Ricketts.”

Golf writer Alex Miceli has been going to Cubs games, as he put it, since the Don Kessinger/Glenn Beckert era. His Twitter header is a photoshopped picture he took of Wrigley Field.

His profile picture is an image of the Wrigley marquee. No one loves the Cubs more than Miceli, who lives in Virginia but flies in to watch about 20 games a season.

The Ricketts family tie-in to Trump, he said, gives him “pause” in regard to returning to the ballpark.

“People like the Rickettses have a lot of pull,” he said. “I’d ask them: What are you doing?

Who are you supporting? I’m a Democrat, but I admire Mitt Romney. That is the same thing I’d want to see from the owner of my favorite team.”

So I ask: What will you do?

Would super-shortened MLB season lead to legitimate champion?

Kevin Acee The San Diego Union-Tribune

The Padres were to have played their 50th game on May 21.

The postseason would be almost two weeks old by now.

The World Series would be wrapped up by the Fourth of July.

That’s how short a 50-game season would be. Practically un-American, it might seem.

Major League Baseball contends that, under terms of an agreement between the league and the MLB Players Association in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic postponing the start of the season, Commissioner Rob Manfred has the right to set the length of the season. And MLB floated this week that might mean as few as 50 games in 2020 if the sides can’t agree on a returnto-play plan. (Multiple outlets reported Wednesday that the owners rejected the players’ proposal for a 114-game season and that they would make no counterproposal.)

Every game would be as important as three. The playoffs

could last almost as long as the regular season.

The season would be anything but regular.

Baseball needs the most contests to make it a true contest.

The effectiveness of a pitcher can dictate the way a game will go more than any single player in any team sport.

The vagaries of one-on-one matchups and fickle nature of the game demand a large sample size. Depth in a bullpen and on a bench are what often determine which team survives the grind.

But a season of around 50 games would mean a summer without dog days. It would be neither a sprint nor a marathon. Several players could play every day. Managers could utilize bullpens without worry of burnout. A player quarantined after testing positive for COVID-19 could miss almost a third of the season. A moderate hamstring strain in the 10th game could be season-ending.

It would be easy to say such a season wasn’t really an MLB

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New York Yankees shortstop Gleyber Torres (25) celebrates his run in the dugout against the Philadelphia Phillies during their March 4 spring training game at George M. Steinbrenner Field.

season, which has for more than a century relied on the largest sample size of any sport to determine a champion.

Would it be too easy to say such a season would be blasphemy?

Certainly, baseball’s religious script of statistics would be diminished in importance in such a reduced season.

But what about a champion? Is 50-some games and expanded postseason enough time to determine the best team?

Speaking a couple weeks ago, when MLB’s proposal was for an 82-game season, Padres catcher Austin Hedges said there would be no shame in a truncated title.

“If we’re holding up the World Series trophy in November, and we’re able to have a social distancing parade in the Gaslamp,” he said, “I’m going to be just as happy as if we won a World Series in a normal season.”

In an effort to understand whether such a championship would need an asterisk, in that it would have been won after a season about half as long as the shortest ever staged (106-game average in the strike-shortened 1981 campaign), we looked at the standings over the past five seasons after 162 games and after 54 games.

The choice was made to go with 54 games because it meant teams played six games against each team in their division and those in the corresponding geographical division of the other league. It is also exactly one-third of the regular 162-game season.

The findings: The NL team with the best record at the end of each of the past five seasons was the same as the team with the best

record after 54 games in each of those seasons. That happened just twice in five years in the AL. Of the 30 division winners over the past five years, 18 were leading their division after 54 games. All but three would have made the postseason after 54 games, assuming at least a seven-team playoff pool in each league. (While there has been no word on whether the playoffs would include seven teams from each league, that minimum would seem a given considering the brevity of the season.)

Of the 25 NL playoff teams over the past five seasons, 22 of them would have made seven-team playoffs in 54-game seasons. In the AL, 23 of the 25 would have made the postseason in 54-game seasons. The notable postseason absences in 54-game seasons: the 2019 Nationals, who started 22-32 and went on to win the World Series; the 2018 Dodgers, who started 25-29 and went to the World Series, and the 2015 Blue Jays, who won the AL East after a 24-30 start.

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Russell Wilson, Coco Gauff call for systemic change after George Floyd’s murder Cindy Boren The Washington Post

When sports begin, the conversation about race that intensified with the death of George Floyd at the knee of a police officer and sparked protests around the world isn’t going to magically disappear in a vapor of competition. Not if the reaction of Russell Wilson to the comments of New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees is any guide.

The Seattle Seahawks quarterback chose to focus on non-football matters when he spoke with sports reporters Wednesday in a video conference call hours after Brees said in a Yahoo Finance interview, “I will never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the United States of America or our country.” Brees has since apologized for the comments.

Like Michael Jordan, Richard Sherman, Coco Gauff and others, Wilson, the only black quarterback to start in multiple Super Bowls, said “enough is enough” when it comes to police brutality and racial injustice. “A guy was murdered last week,’’ he said. “There needs to be a change. It’s not overly complicated.”

He went on to put Black Lives Matter into personal context.

“When you think about the idea of Black Lives Matter, they do matter,” Wilson said from his offseason home in Southern California. “The reality is that me as a black person, people are getting murdered on the street, people are getting shot down, and the understanding that it’s not like that for every other race. It’s like that in particular for the black community. I think about my stepson, I think about my daughter, I think about our new baby boy on the way, and it’s staggering to watch these things happen right in front of our faces, so I have a heavy heart right now.”

George Floyd died May 25 when Derek Chauvin, a white Minneapolis police officer, knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes. As video showed Floyd pleading, “I can’t breathe,” three other officers looked on. All four officers have been fired and face criminal charges, but the incident was the latest in which an unarmed black man died at the hands of police.

“Being black is a real thing in America,” Wilson said. “It’s a real thing in the sense of

the history and the pain, even my own family, personally.”

The great-great grandson of slaves, Wilson grew up in Richmond, Virginia and he recalled that his father warned him to not put his hands in his pockets when got out of his car at a gas station.

“You understand fully - especially now just turning 31 and having two kids and a third one on the way - you really understand the significance of what that means,” Wilson said. “And the fact that my dad even had to tell me that is a problem. And going to grocery store, the assumption that somebody may accuse you of stealing or something like that is a terrifying thought.”

Winning Super Bowl XLVIII in 2014 didn’t change that, either. He recalled being told “that’s not for you” by an older white man as he stood in line for breakfast at a California restaurant.

“And I said, ‘Huh? Excuse me?’ I thought he was joking at first,” Wilson said. “My back was kind of turned. I had just come off a Super Bowl and everything else, so if somebody is talking to me that way, you think about [a different] circumstance and how people talk to you. In that moment, I really went back to being young and not putting my hands in my pocket and that experience. That was a heavy moment for me right there. I was like, man, this is really still real, and I’m on the West Coast. This is really real right now.

“That really pained my heart. But in the midst of that, what I understood was - and [what] my dad always taught me was - to not lash back out in that moment because then it becomes something that’s hard to deal with. So I said, ‘Excuse me, sir, but I don’t appreciate you speaking to me that way.’ He just kind of walked off. But in that little glimpse, even though it didn’t turn into something, what if it did? That’s the sad part about this, what we’re talking about.”

The 16-year-old Gauff, who spoke during a Black Lives Matter protest in Delray Beach, Florida, wondered why it has taken so long for experiences such as Wilson’s in 2014 to subside.

“I think it’s sad that I’m here protesting the same thing that [my grandmother] did 50-plus years ago,” the tennis player said.

“So I’m here to tell you guys that we must first love each other no matter what. We

must have the tough conversations with our friends. I’ve been spending all week having tough conversations, trying to educate my nonblack friends on how they can help the movement. Second, we need to take action.”

That was the message that Colin Kaepernick and other athletes wanted to send when, starting in 2016, took a knee during the national anthem to protest racism and police brutality. Brees did not kneel, but joined Saints teammates in kneeling and then rising as a group before the anthem in 2017. “He’s beyond lost,” the San Francisco 49ers’ Richard Sherman said after Brees’s Wednesday comments. “Guarantee you there were black men fighting along side your grandfather but this doesn’t seem to be about that. That uncomfortable conversation you are trying to avoid by injecting military into a conversation about brutality and equality is part of the problem.”

Although he hadn’t heard all of what Brees said when he was interviewed, Wilson pointed out that the message from Kaepernick and other athletes was subverted by people who said the protests were aimed at the flag and the military. Athletes maintained all along that police brutality and systemic injustice were the targets and Wilson said the meaning of taking a knee or raising a fist “got lost in the shuffle.”

“It’s heavy on me because I think the reality is with Colin, in particular, is he was trying to symbolize the right thing,” Wilson said. “People may have taken that the wrong way. But I think he was trying to do the right thing. . . . Colin was trying to symbolize the oppression that was going on in America and has been for 400 years.”

Wilson, like Barack Obama and a number of others, called for police reform and noted that “not every police officer is bad by any means.” The Seahawks have been holding daily Zoom meetings, but, since Floyd’s murder, football has taken a back seat in the team’s talks.

“I’m always hopeful because I never want to be the other way around. But I also am realistic enough to know that this is going to take some time,” Wilson said. “This is going to take real change. This is going to take real significant change and sometimes those things take time.”

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar speaks with Lakers about George Floyd’s death Broderick Turner Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Lakers held a Zoom conference on Tuesday with players, coaches and some executives to discuss the ongoing protests and civil unrest in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death, according to people who were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter.

Former Lakers great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who never has shied away from speaking about social injustice, was the guest speaker and he was riveting, according to people familiar with the call.

Participants talked about how the Lakers organization and players can help steer a positive change going forward in Los Angeles and around the country in a racially charged environment.

LeBron James, who has been expressing his views about the problems African Americans face daily in this country, was one of the prominent players to speak Tuesday.

The session was seen as an important step after Floyd, an African American, died following his arrest by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. Officer Derek Chauvin, who is white, had his knee pressed into Floyd’s neck for almost nine minutes after the apprehension and has been charged with second-degree murder. Three other officers were at the scene and they will face charges of aiding and abetting murder.

Abdul-Jabbar was asked “a

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar attends the NBA Awards in Santa Monica, Calif. on June 24, 2019.

lot of great questions” about how he dealt with racial issues while playing basketball during the 1960s and ‘70s, when there was civil unrest around the country.

James told Abdul-Jabbar how cool it was to see the picture of a young Abdul-Jabbar (then Lew Alcindor), Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown, Bill Russell and other prominent athletes gathered in 1967 in Cleveland with other civil rights activists. The group had come together to support Ali’s position in his refusal to be drafted.

Abdul-Jabbar wrote an opinion piece in the Los Angeles Times last Saturday about the protests and why people are

pushed to the edge.

The conversation was also about racist situations that James has faced.

James had a racial slur spray painted on the gate outside of his Los Angeles house in June 2017. James wasn’t home at the time. He was leading the Cleveland Cavaliers against the Golden State Warriors in Game 1 of the NBA Finals.

That hasn’t deterred him from speaking out when another African American is killed by police, saying in one Twitter post after Floyd’s death, “Why Doesn’t America Love US!!!!????Too.” Lakers coach Frank Vogel and general manager Rob

Pelinka also spoke on the call Tuesday.

Team owner Jeanie Buss and Tim Harris, the president of business operations and chief operating officer, were part of the virtual conference as well.

The meeting went for about an hour.

“The Lakers did a great job letting their players have a voice,” one person said. “The Lakers understand what’s happening. They have always been about helping their community and that hasn’t stopped even now when the Lakers and others sports teams are needed the most.”

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Bronze medalist Madison Kennedy of the United States looks on from the podium of the Women’s 50m Freestyle Final A on Day 14 of Lima 2019 Pan American Games at Aquatics Center of Villa Deportiva Nacional on Aug. 9, 2019 in Lima, Peru.

Swimmer Madison Kennedy still has her sights set on making the Olympics Alexa Philippou The Hartford Courant

Madison Kennedy figures this stay-at-home period during the coronavirus pandemic is the longest she’s ever spent away from the pool. Not that she’s dwelling on being unable to practice in the water, her fourth quest to make the U.S. Olympic team now prolonged another year.

Kennedy is doing whatever training she can in these circumstances, but she’s also practicing self-care, reading, running and playing soccer and lacrosse with her husband in the backyard of their Charlotte, N.C., home.

After all, it’s never just been about swimming for Kennedy, 32, who grew up in Avon before embarking on her professional career and swimming for Team USA the last decade.

She loves to travel and try new foods and drink great wine, and when she’s not training you can find her working as an educator at Lululemon and teaching pilates at a Charlotte studio.

Kennedy, who in 2016 was on the verge of becoming an Olympian, isn’t giving up on her dreams for Tokyo, even with the Games’ postponement to 2021. But she doesn’t want swimming to define her, or inhibit her from exploring other interests. And with time during quarantine to reflect on her career and envision what comes next, she wants the up-and-coming generation of swimmers to know that they have that option as well.

“I think that’s what athletes miss out on,” Kennedy said in a phone interview. “There’s a world that can be so enhanced by the fact that you are a swimmer, but there’s another world, and you’ve got to go towards it and take part in it.”

Four years ago this July, Kennedy finished third in the 50-meter freestyle at the Olympic Trials, 15/1000ths of a second behind Simone Manuel and 20/1000ths behind Abbey Weitzeil, the qualifying pair who advanced to Rio. It was the closest Kennedy had gotten to making the Olympic team in three tries. After the Games, with her sights set on eventually trying for Tokyo, she realized she needed to make a major change to her training regimen.

She left her elite swim training group, coached by U.S. Olympic swim coach David Marsh, and decided to train on her own. The decision might have seemed odd to the outside world — virtually no elite swimmers train solo, and

Kennedy admits she swam her best times under March — but to her, it made all the sense in the world.

“I felt like there was a battle between me working or doing something outside of the pool — even though I had great results — it was like a constant pushback in between wanting to live my life and ‘well, you need to do this to make the Olympic team,’” Kennedy said. “I’m still going to try just as hard. I just need to be more balanced.”

Not everyone is wired that way, Kennedy recognizes, and things were different for her too when she was younger and first trying to break through.

But far too many elite swimmers, from what she’s seen, operate on an eat-train-sleeprepeat basis that isn’t healthy in the long run and, if anything, may actually limit their potential.

“The hard part besides the physical demands of it (were) the mental demands of being just obsessed with swimming,” said Kim Vandenberg, Kennedy’s longtime friend, of her own lead-up to making the 2008 U.S. Olympic team. “You need to be so committed that it feels impossible to find balance in your life. Not being balanced, is that healthy, is that healthy for your mentality?

No.” Vandenberg and Natalie Coughlin Hall, a 12-time Olympic medalist who overlapped with Kennedy at Cal, have shown Kennedy through the years that it’s possible to find such balance and, in fact, healthy to explore nonswimming passions. Early in their careers, the friends found swimming opportunities abroad that allowed them to compete but also experience what the world had to offer outside of the pool. While Kennedy has thrived at Lululemon and Hilliard, Vandenberg wrote for a women’s sports magazine and worked for a photographer, and Coughlin Hall embraced cooking and gardening.

“The Olympics are allconsuming,” Coughlin Hall added. “It’s a difficult, difficult thing to prepare for. And when it gets taken away, what are you left with? It’s important to be left with other things, at least for me. That’s how I found sanity in my athletic career. Other people are different. Some people have to be all-or-nothing and that works for them. But that never would have worked for me, and that never would have worked for Madison.”

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Sorrow consumes couple after son’s suicide Dear Abby, My wife and I lost our son to suicide a few years ago. We have never gotten over it. I have recovered somewhat and would like to resume having intimate relations, but she’s not that far along.

I no longer feel there’s any reason to continue on this DEAR ABBY earth. There is no point to my being here. I think about suicide daily. I have been told that if I were going to do this and hurt my family as my son did, I would’ve already done it.

My wife and I have been cast into a hell that’s impossible to bear. There is no way to describe the pain, anger and sorrow we feel.

I want to die because I feel the world would be a better place without my sorrowful self taking up resources. I have sought help ever since we lost my son, and have been taking all kinds of medication that I no longer want to take. Is there a way out other than my option?

Beyond Depressed

JEANNE PHILLIPS

Please accept my deepest sympathy for the tragic loss of your son. I cannot imagine the hell you and your wife are going through.

Because you can’t get the thought of suicide out of your mind, it is very important that you receive more help than I can give you in a letter. Your doctor should be put on notice about your issue with your medications.

Also, a group that might be helpful for you

and your wife is the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. If you contact them, they can refer you to a local support group for people who are surviving a loved one’s suicide. The website is afsp.org. If, however, you feel you have reached a point where harming yourself is imminent, I urge you to call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255.

Please don’t give up.

Dear Abby, Today I received the best news ever. My son and his wife are expecting their first child. I am beyond happy for them.

I was so excited, I couldn’t wait to tell my husband. His reaction? “Don’t tell me ‘Cathy’ is pregnant! I hope your son will be able to support it!” “IT” is my future first grandchild — and my husband’s first (step-)grandchild.

My son and his wife do very well financially.

He has a great job and is up for a promotion. I always feel like no matter what I say, my husband always has to put a negative spin on it.

Or am I overreacting?

Happy grandma-to-be Your husband either has a questionable sense of humor or enjoys putting people down. Surely you knew this before you married him, so rather than dwell on it, choose not to let him rain on your parade.

DR. KEITH ROACH

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Intramuscular injection usually easy and safe I give my wife an octreotide intramuscular injection monthly into the gluteal muscle.

I was taught to pull back on the needle to be sure you aren’t in a blood vessel. Sometimes, I am unable to inject the medication (just can’t plunge the syringe) despite being sure the needle was working before injecting. If I TO YOUR try again in a different spot, it GOOD HEALTH works. What’s going on?

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potential for abuse, weight gain, other negative repercussions, etc. This is important, but would cloud the answer to my question.

When discussing alcohol intake, “moderate” is usually defined as no more than two standard drinks for men daily, no more than one standard drink for women daily, with a standard drink being roughly 5 ounces of wine, 12 ounces of beer or 1.5 ounces of spirits, depending on alco- Hagar the Horrible hol content. People who drink moderate amounts of alcohol have a lower risk of coronary artery disease than people who drink none at all. This is true whatever the type of alcohol a person consumes. However, it remains unproven that the alcohol lowers the risk of heart disease. It may be that moderate drinkers, who often have many healthy habits, have lower rates of heart disease for other reasons than alcohol.

You can’t separate the potential benefit from the bad effects of alcohol. Even at moderate drinking levels, there is potential for damage to the brain. A study from the U.K. showed higher Zits dementia rates, even for moderate drinkers.

There is also a slightly increased rate of cancer for moderate drinkers. Once a person exceeds the moderate drinking level, the risk dramatically increases for many causes of death.

I do not recommend alcohol at all for health reasons. If a person chooses to drink, he or she should do so in moderation and with the understanding that it may be harmful for health, although the risk is small with modest intake.

Readers may email questions to ToYourGoodHealth@ med.cornell.edu.

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Horoscope

By Stella Wilder Born today, you seem at times to live in a world very much of your own making, aloof and free of the kinds of expectations and limitations that rule most other inhabitants of this small blue planet. The tendency for most who live as you do would be to withdraw from society and enjoy greater and greater solitude until, one day, what was so enjoyable becomes a kind of torture. But you aren’t that kind of person! You would rather share your dreams with others than keep them to yourself.

You must always take care that you never try to gain any sort of advantage over someone because he or she is unable to keep up with you.

There is enough advantage in that already, isn’t there?

Also born on this date are: Mark Wahlberg, actor; Kenny G, musician; Pancho Villa, Mexican war hero; Suze Orman, financial expert and TV host; Chad Allen, actor; Pete Wentz, musician; Liza Weil, actress.

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

SATURDAY, JUNE 6 GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Your interests are expanding, and today is a good day to explore possibilities that you have neglected. Focus on involvement.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — You may be more important to a certain cause than you know, but by day’s end, it’s likely someone will have clarified the situation for you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You’re ready to fire back

when you are fired upon, but do you think that’s the best way to react given the current circumstances?

Think again.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — You may not fully understand or appreciate your motives today until you’ve taken a good hard look at what lies ahead.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — The best approach is not always the one that makes itself known to you at the right time. You may have to do a little digging today.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — You may be too interested in identifying the “best” or the “worst” ideas. What’s most important today is if an idea is truly workable.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Someone new on the scene has a lot to tell you — and you are best to listen, for you’re likely to learn an important and lasting lesson.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — How you use words to further your agenda will be of paramount importance today. Pick and choose carefully; don’t just keep blabbing away.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — A former rival proves to be your greatest ally today — for reasons that you may not be ready to acknowledge just yet.

Open up and let go.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — Your opinion matters, surely, but what is most important is how you share it. Regardless, some will not want to listen to you.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — You’ll have to absorb information very quickly today in order to put it all to good use at the right times. Are your priorities clear?

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — What determines whether you are happy or unhappy with your work? Your method of knowing good from bad may change in subtle ways today.

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B8 Friday, June 5, 2020 Close to Home

SUPER QUIZ

THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

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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Hidden capital cities Level 1

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Find the capital city hidden in the sentence. (e.g., Please quit ordering me around. Answer: Quito.)

Freshman level 1. My papa risked his life to come to America.

2. The First World War saw many casualties.

3. He is as slim as a rail.

Graduate level 4. If you are a new member line up over there.

5. The brave hero meant every word he said.

6. The food that hens eat must be inspected.

PH.D. level 7. Caramel on donuts can be tasty.

8. The ice cream man delivers every Friday.

9. The common acorn is the nut of the oak tree.

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

Answer here: Yesterday’s

(Answers tomorrow) Jumbles: LLAMA FRAUD GOALIE TANGLE Answer: The gym installed some mediocre jogging machines that were — RUN OF THE MILL

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Solution to Thursday’s puzzle

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

For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit

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SUPER QUIZ ANSWERS 1. Paris. 2. Warsaw. 3. Lima. 4. Berlin. 5. Rome. 6. Athens. 7. London. 8.

Amman. 9. Monaco.

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?

Mutts

Dilbert

Pickles For Better or For Worse

Get Fuzzy

Hi & Lois

Crossword Puzzle ACROSS 1 Add cushioning to 4 Poker stakes 9 Singer James 13 Gift wrapper’s need 14 Baggy 15 Before long 16 Feel put __; be resentful 17 Sympathy 19 Paint can size: abbr.

20 Walk along lazily 21 Corridors 22 Popeye’s love 24 By the __; incidentally 25 20th-century U.S. vice president 27 European capital city 30 Large waterbirds 31 Kid 33 __-do attitude; self-confidence 35 Consumes 36 Board 37 The Bee Gees, e.g.

38 Do the slalom 39 Fill in cracks 40 Animal with antlers 41 Few and far between 43 Misgivings 44 Corn location 45 Garbo or Van Susteren 46 “On __ Boat to China”; Bing Crosby song 49 Passenger fees 51 Tricycle rider 54 Limits 56 Casual farewell 57 Yearning 58 Soupy __ of old TV 59 Not pleasant 60 Pegs on the links 61 Sled dog 62 Primitive transport DOWN 1 Important family member 2 Expressing remorse

Mother Goose & Grimm

Bound & Gagged

Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews

3 Scout group 4 Room recess 5 Lasso loop 6 Heavy book 7 Catch a glimpse of 8 Jacques Cousteau’s realm 9 Prose writings 10 Hard work 11 Wrench or pliers 12 Curry & others 13 Towing boat 18 Glass fragment 20 Deep mud 23 Team woe 24 Stroll 25 Ice __; cold periods 26 Plumbing problems 27 __ at; flirt with 28 Gymnastics 29 Midsection 31 Crossword definition 32 Man’s nickname 34 Negative replies 36 Walking speed

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Thursday’s Puzzle Solved

Non Sequitur

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37 Talk up; promote 39 Horde 40 Namesakes of a Stooge 42 Makes amends 43 Like formal attire 45 European language 46 Lie alongside of

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47 Achy 48 Racing sled 49 Bonn wife 50 Has a bug 52 Sturdy trees 53 Plaything 55 Bit of soot 56 U.S. intelligence svc.

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