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Officials probe Durham house fire

By Bill Williams

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DURHAM — Seven fire companies from two counties worked several hours during Wednesday’s snowstorm to battle a fast-moving house fire that remains under investigation.

Several fire departments were sent to a blaze at 25 Mackey Road at 10:23 a.m.

after a United Parcel Service driver called Greene County 911 to report the home was on fire.

Randy A. Werner is listed as the owner of the home at 25 Mackey Road, according to Greene County property records.

The homeowner told emergency personnel they were on their way to the home, and two dogs were inside,

according to Greene County 911.

The fate of the dogs was not known as of press time Wednesday.

The Greene County Fire Investigation Team was requested to the scene to look into the cause of the fire and continues to investigate the blaze.

Greenville firefighters reported heavy See FIRE A2

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Smoke pours from a house in Durham, after fire broke out on Wednesday morning.

Advocates push for $200M to address housing crisis

By Ted Remsnyder

the $200 million proposal in the 2022-23 state budget that ALBANY — Lawmakers in deadlines April 1.

“We need housing — we the thick of budget negotiation season rallied in the state Cap- need all kinds of housing, but itol on Wednesday for $200 we especially need affordmillion for seven programs to able and workforce housing,” Hinchey said expand homeduring the ownership rally, held across New “We need outside the York and tackhousing — we Senate chamle the looming bers Wedneshousing crisis need all kinds of day.

“We in rural and housing, but we need to rehab upstate comit, we need to munities. especially need build it and Housing affordable and we need to advocates make sure from several workforce we are keeporganizations housing.” ing people in including their homes. the Catskill — SEN. MICHELLE However, Mountain HINCHEY, rural and upHousing AuD-SAUGERTIES state comthority, Rural munities are Housing Coconsistently alition and the left out of the conversation.

Greater Mohawk Valley Land Bank joined Sens. Michelle We need to be talking about Hinchey, D-Saugerties; and broader housing solutions.”

Advocates and lawmakers Legislative Commission on alike said the affordable housRural Resources chair Rachel ing crisis, exacerbated by the May, D-Syracuse; AssemblyCOVID-19 pandemic, requires woman Carrie Woerner, Dan urgent response, and must Round Lake; in the state Capibe addressed in the upcomtol on Wednesday pushing for ing spending plan. The Senate and Assembly are poised to release their one-house budgets in the coming days, or rebuttal to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s executive budget proposal released

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Sen. Michelle Hinchey, D-Saugerties, speaks at a rally in Albany on Wednesday about a senate $200 million budget proposal that would address the affordable housing crisis in upstate New York.

3 quit historic commission over Bosque development

By Ted Remsnyder Columbia-Greene Media

DURHAM — Three members of the Durham Historic Preservation Commission resigned their posts a week after the former chairman of the commission was not reappointed to his position.

Patrick Ciccone, the former chairman of the commission, was dismissed from his seat last week. Ciccone said he believes he was not reappointed to the commission due to a sworn affidavit he gave in a lawsuit against a proposed real estate project that the Bosque Development LLC is hoping to build in the Cornwallville historic district.

Commission members Ellen Fried, Rosemary O’Brien and Ken Mabey informed Town Supervisor Shawn Marriott in a March 4 letter that they were resigning from the commission immediately.

“We are dismayed that the Town Board did not make any effort to understand the commission’s unanimous findings regarding the proposed Bosque development and/ or to engage in dialogue that could have satisfied our concerns and paved the way for this project to move forward with consensus in the Cornwallville historic district,” according to the March 4 letter.

“The formal environmental

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Unfortunately, we believe contempt for the commission was fully exposed when its chairperson, a professional historic preservationist with seven years on the Commission, was dismissed without warning or explanation of any kind; and without even some See BOSQUE A2

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Durham Town Supervisor Shawn Marriott, in his role as a Greene County Sheriff’s Department Sergeant, speaks to the Greene County Legislature on March 2.

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Millions more are thought to be displaced within Ukraine, though the official tally is difficult to determine. Russia has targeted population centers in its attacks, likely in an effort to break Ukrainian morale,

not reappoint Ciccone to the commission, and the subsequent resignation of three more council members, the six-person commission has two members left, two shy of forming a quorum, which is needed to hold formal meetings or take any actions.

Ciccone believes his colleagues made a wise move in resigning from the commission, he said Wednesday.

“I’m disheartened that this step was what they felt, and I agreed, was necessary,” he said. “The board members

according to intelligence from Britain’s defense ministry.

The Washington Post’s Annabelle Timsit, Timothy Bella, Max Bearak, Zoeann Murphy and Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff contributed to this report.

collectively represented many of the relevant professional qualifications for independent expertise required by the commission. Ken Mabey had over three decades of service on the commission, as well.

At the same time, I think it is the appropriate step because, as the letter lays out, the town has indicated that it basically has no respect, or even understanding, of the commission’s legal responsibilities.”

At a Durham Town Board meeting March 1 and during a phone interview Monday,

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Fire officials requested mutual-aid assistance from neighboring fire companies.

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minimal communication with the five remaining members of the commission, either before, or since the dismissal took place.”

Marriott had not seen commission members’ resignation letter and he declined comment on the matter, he said Wednesday.

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Tankers line up to supply water for firefighters, at a house fire in Durham on Wednesday morning.

Central Hudson Gas and Electric disconnected the home’s electric power.

The fire was declared under control at 10:52 a.m. when firefighters checked the house

ranging from weather disasters that impacted the supply of housing to the migration of New York City residents migrating to the Hudson Valley,” he said.

Borges also noted wealthy investors buying second homes — on the uptick nationwide — has contributed to the lack of affordable housing in the upstate region.

“Rural New York is facing the proverbial perfect storm of a housing crisis,” he said.

Local residents and workers continue to feel the squeeze from rising housing costs and transplants moving into the region.

“Upstate New York is quite literally on the frontlines of this housing crisis,” Hinchey said during the rally. “Before the pandemic, a world-renowned destination hotel in Ulster County had over 300 job openings. There are workers, people who would work in that incredible institution, who could not find housing that was affordable to them.”

The small upstate cities of Kingston and Hudson ranked as one of the top places in the country to attract new residents during the pandemic,

the senator said.

“That’s a challenging reality for the people that live in our communities,” she added.

“For local, full-time residents, this has been catastrophic.

Our businesses can’t expand because they can’t find employees to live here.”

The median price of a home in Greene County sold for $287,325 in 2021, up from $170,000 in 2017, according to a recent housing market report from the Center for Housing Solutions and Community Initiatives.

“We’re seeing houses sell for upwards of $300,000 over the asking price,” Hinchey said of upstate housing Wednesday.

“Many of these are, or will become, second homes, while people who actually live in our community — even those who are making good salaries — can’t afford to find homes in the communities where they work.”

Upstate communities need attention in the state’s housing plan, the senator said.

Gov. Hochul included a $25 billion, five-year housing plan to create and preserve 100,000 affordable homes statewide in her executive proposal.

Marriott said he could not publicly discuss Ciccone’s departure from the board, deeming it a personnel issue.

“The town supervisor continues to hide behind his claim of some undisclosed and undiscussable ‘personnel’ issue for my dismissal rather than tell the truth,” Ciccone said Wednesday. “I challenge Supervisor Marriott to come clean. The Town of Durham’s constituents deserve a forthright explanation. To do otherwise is a failure of leadership and accountability.” to ensure all hot spots were extinguished.

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Fire companies that were involved in fighting the blaze or on stand-by included Greenville, Freehold, Oak HillDurham, East Durham, Medway-Grapeville, Westerlo and Medusa.

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The Russian invasion of Ukraine has driven more than 2 million people out of the country, according to figures tracked by the United Nations refugee agency. The exodus is historic, U.N. officials said: The number of refugees fleeing Ukraine in less than two weeks is equal to the flow of mainly Syrian refugees into Europe in 2015 and 2016.

Among those who have fled Ukraine are 1 million children, according to James Elder, a spokesman for UNICEF. Here’s what the scene looked like at one train station in Ukraine where women and children said goodbye to those staying behind, including the men fighting the invasion.

About a quarter of the 2 million refugees who have fled Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion left in just two days this week.

The exodus could become as large as 4 million people by the end of the war, according to a United Nations estimate.

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Hinchey called on the Legislature to include $200 million in the budget to fund seven housing programs, including the Affordable Housing Corporation, the Rural Preservation Program, The Community Land Trust Revolving Acquisition Fund and the Restore Access to Home Program.

“These are all programs that make home ownership affordable for upstate New Yorkers,” she said. “They implement accessibility and safety repairs on existing homes so that seniors and people with disabilities can remain living in their homes. They turn zombie properties into new homes that will remain affordable in the long-term.”

Michael Borges, executive director of the Rural Housing Coalition of New York, said he believes each rural area across the state is experiencing an affordable housing crisis.

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Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie 518-731-2718 n Greene County Legislature 4 p.m. finance audit

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Town Hall, 12094 Route 23, Ashland n Catskill Village Planning Board 7 p.m. Robert C. Antonelli Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill 518-943-3830 n Greene County Legislature county services; public works; economic development and tourism; gov. ops.; finance; and rep and dem caucus 6 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., Catskill

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

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Board of Education regular business 6:30 p.m. CHS Library, CHS Library, 341 West Main St., Catskill 518-943-2300 n Catskill Library Board 6:45 p.m. at either the Catskill Library, 1 Franklin St., Catskill or Palenville Library, 3303 Route 23A, Palenville n Catskill Town Board committee meeting/public meeting 6:30 p.m. Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill 518-943-2141 n Greene County Legislature meeting No. 3 6:30 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., Catskill

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Three vie for 2 trustee seats in Tannersville

By Ted Remsnyder Columbia-Greene Media

TANNERSVILLE — Two seats are up for grabs on the Tannersville Village Board in Tuesday’s village election, as three candidates vie for a pair of two-year terms on the board. Polls will be open in the village from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 15.

THE CANDIDATES John Gallagher Age - 50 Occupation - Partner at Public Affairs firm in New York City How long have you lived in Greene County? - Gallagher was raised in Tannersville and lived there into his 20s before moving back recently after he and his husband Sydney bought a building on Main Street in Tannersville a decade ago.

Incumbent or Challenger?

- Challenger Party line on ballot - Democrat Have you held previous elected office? - No College - Bachelors and Masters degrees from the University of Albany Military Service - No Family Members - husband Sydney Why did you decide to run? - “I think there’s a lot of interesting things happening in the village and I think it’s an exciting time,” Gallagher said. “I think that helping to change what the future of the village is matters to me. My husband and I have decided that we’re going to spend the rest of our lives in some way in Tannersville and the mountaintop. It’s home. I just thought that picking up my civic involvement and making a commitment to help

John Gallagher

Kimberly Thompson

Mary Susan Timpson

solve problems, I want to put my money where my mouth is. Except it’s not money, it’s putting my actions where my mouth is.”

What would your priorities be if elected? - “When I grew up, the lake was literally in my backyard because I grew up on South Main Street,” Gallagher said. “I’d love to see the completion of some of the projects around the state. I know the village and current board has done a lot to advance that. I’d like to continue seeing that through.

I think figuring out how we accommodate the tremendous amount of growth in the village, there’s some housing affordability issues for local people. I think figuring out how we create more workforce housing and protect workforce housing for local people is key. I want to continue to support businesses that are trying to come into the village. We just did that and it’s not an easy thing.”

What is your message to voters? - “I think Tannersville is poised for great things right now with the recent DRI (Downtown Revitalization Initiative) grant,” Gallagher said. “I think there’s a tremendous amount of interest in the village. I think people should participate in local elections, because how all of this is shaped going forward

is going to matter to all of us.

There’s two seats open on the board and I happen to be friends with both of my opponents. I don’t consider them opponents, they’re the other two people running. I’d be perfectly comfortable with any of the three of us on the board.”

Kimberly Thompson Age - 46 Occupation - Counselor at a Substance Use Disorder Facility in Kingston and operates the Tannersville Laundromat.

How long have you lived in Greene County? - 28 years Incumbent or Challenger?

- Challenger Party line on ballot - Republican Have you held previous elected office? No College - Bachelor’s Degree from the University at Albany Military Service - No Family Members - husband Clifton Thompson Why did you decide to run? “Although I have never sought or held elected official public office before I have been involved in many organizations in the community, including Mountain Top Youth Soccer organization, Kaaterskill Snowmobile Association, HTC Booster Club and I currently sit on

the Republican Committee for the Town of Hunter,” Thompson said.

What would your priorities be if elected? “This is a very exciting time for the Village of Tannersville with the recent award of a 10 million dollar DRI (Downtown Revitalization Initiative) grant by the state of New York,” Thompson said. “What does this mean for our community?

How will this positively impact the businesses and residents of our community? I want to serve as village trustee to ensure an improvement of quality of life for those living in the village. I want to ensure the Village Water Department has what it needs to deliver safe and abundant water. I want to ensure that the Village Highway Department has what they need in order to keep pedestrian and vehicle traffic safely moving throughout the village. As our village grows the infrastructure needs to grow and improve as well.

What is your message to voters? - “As a local business woman and resident I will be approachable for anyone who needs assistance from the village, and I look forward to serving the public anyway I can,” Thompson said. “I ask for your consideration and support on March 15 to vote

for Kimberly Thompson Village of Tannersville Trustee.”

Mary Susan Timpson Age - Declined to provide Occupation - Works for New York State How long have you lived in Greene County? - Over 30 years Incumbent or Challenger?

- Challenger Party line on ballot - Democrat Have you held previous elected office? Previously a Tannersville Village Trustee for two terms College - Bachelor’s degree from SUNY Albany Military Service - No Names of Family Members - Declined to Provide Why did you decide to run?

“I’m running because I’ve lived in the village for the majority of my life and I’ve got the time now to invest in the village,” Timpson said. “As a homeowner and as a trustee, I want to see the village improve as well as making sure the village is affordable for residents and that it continues to meet the needs of the residents.”

What would your priorities be if elected? - “I want to make sure that all voices are heard and that important issues are advanced,” Timpson said. “I think that my past elected experience in the Village of Tannersville and my professional experience will allow me to be an effective trustee and to meet the needs of our residents.”

What is your message to voters? - “I’m asking people to vote for me because I listen and I hear their needs and I address them,” Timpson said. “And I will serve all of the people in the Village of Tannersville.”

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What kept you?

Usually, when a municipality receives money from a grant, it is sequestered away until the fund has a chance to grow.

In the case of Cairo, town leaders took what one might call a Dickensian approach to an award of $50,000 from the U.S. Housing and Urban Development Agency for a residential rehabilitation grant focused on bolstering low-income housing.

Good news for the town, right? Yes, except Cairo received the award in 1998.

Bill Clinton was living in the White House and “Titanic” was the most popular movie in the country.

The Cairo Town Board

on Monday acknowledged the financial faux pas of its forebears and voted to disperse the grant, which amassed $11,860 in interest as the funds sat in a bank account for almost a quarter of a century. As the pitcher said to the manager who came out to relieve him, “What kept you?”

The town board unanimously voted to distribute the original $50,000 to the Cairo Development Foundation and $5,930 apiece to Mountainview Enterprises and Emmy Cross.

The pot had swelled to $61,860, and, after all this time, it is something of a windfall for the recipients.

Monday’s vote

represented the conclusion of a four-year process for the Cairo Development Foundation to secure the federal funding and the end to 24 years of fits and starts to release the money. Town Supervisor Jason Watts and the rest of the town board, playing the role of arbiter, kept it fair. The foundation was the first to apply for the $50,000 funding.

How this money was lost or mislaid or simply forgotten is likely to remain a mystery. What we can say for certain is that the town of Cairo proved the old adage, Good things come to those who wait.

ANOTHER VIEW

Vaccines work for children.

Ignore the nonsense spoken in Florida. (c) 2022,The Washington Post ·

The final decision about whether youths should get vaccinated against the coronavirus is up to them and their parents. We think they should receive the shots; scientific evidence shows that vaccines protect young people from serious illness and death. Unfortunately, though, the message about the efficacy and safety of the vaccines has failed to reach many families. That is why the Florida surgeon general, Joseph Ladapo, was irresponsible to announce on Monday that the state health department plans to formally recommend against vaccination for healthy children.

Ladapo did not make any details of his plan public, and his announcement came at a roundtable of vocal skeptics of covid-19 mitigation measures. The recommendation flies in the face of guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Pfizer-BioNTech shot is authorized for children from 5 to 11 years old; no vaccine has yet been approved for those under 5. Real-world evidence released March 1 by the CDC and separate findings from the New York State Health Depart-

ment show that efficacy of the Pfizer shot for kids has waned over time, but it continued to protect against the most serious outcomes, including hospitalization and death, even as the omicron variant surged.

What’s irresponsible about Ladapo’s announcement is the message: It might add to doubts among parents about vaccination.

Already, of all those in the United States eligible for vaccination, children from 5 to 11 have the lowest uptake. Only 26.4% of this age cohort nationwide has two shots, and 33.4% have at least one dose. By contrast, vaccine uptake has been far more widespread among those older: 57.9% for 12-to17-year-olds getting two doses, and still higher for older age groups. About 373,000 Florida children ages 5 to 11 have gotten at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, or 22% of the state’s 5-to-11 population, according to the Miami Herald.

While mortality among children due to covid is rare, children do get infected, can become seriously ill and can transmit it to adults. The omicron variant caused a surge of child cases, as it did with adults.

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Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, has long pushed back against covid mitigation measures, and Ladapo’s remark came after a 90-minute discussion among 10 doctors and researchers who spoke out against vaccine mandates, mask requirements, and business and school closures, saying they caused harm. Later in the day, DeSantis told a news conference, “I think what Florida’s guidance reflects is the latest research.” He argued that healthy kids are at low risk for the virus and that he’s seen studies showing there’s “very little benefit” for them.

Two years into this nightmare, with more than 961,000 Americans dead, it is still mind-boggling to hear a governor of one of America’s most populous states express doubt about a proven lifesaving medicine.

Earlier generations died in huge numbers from pandemics without the benefit of lifesaving vaccines, while we have shots that are remarkably effective, including for children. No one should be deterred from getting vaccinated by the crass politics of the Florida governor and his surgeon general.

Why Doug Ducey and other GOP governors find the Senate such a resistible temptation PHOENIX — Doug Ducey has given the nation three fine things: an abundance of ice cream, the rare example of eight years of good governance and the noun “griftfest,” which today has many uses denoting nonsense.

There are, however, limits to his giving.

After eight years as Arizona’s governor, he has firmly rejected many entreaties from Republican U.S. senators urging him to give six years to being their colleague. He could have been the Republicans’ most formidable possible challenger against the incumbent Democrat, Mark Kelly. But Ducey might have won, and he refused to run that risk.

He is the third popular Republican governor, joining Maryland’s Larry Hogan and New Hampshire’s Chris Sununu, who has found the Senate a resistible temptation. The most unhappy senators are former governors. The Senate has decayed into a performative arena for striking poses, so governors, who have known the executive satisfactions of decision and responsibility, must wonder: Why join an institution that cannot even perform what should be the routine business of budgeting? For the pleasure of having grandstanders such as South Carolina’s Lindsey O. Graham and Missouri’s Josh Hawley as colleagues? It is not clear why, but it is clear that, some of the Republicans who add most value to the Senate — e.g., Missouri’s Roy Blunt, Ohio’s Rob Portman, Pennsylvania’s Patrick J. Toomey — are retiring.

Ducey, the son of a Toledo police officer, graduated from high school into the 1982 recession, when Rust Belt Ohio’s unemployment rate was 14%. Channeling his inner Horace Greeley, or whomever actually deserves credit for “Go west, young man,” Ducey did what Americans used to do more frequently: He moved. With a 1986 finance degree from Arizona State University, he

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WILL joined a start-up called Cold Stone Creamery, of which Ducey eventually became CEO. Today it has more than 1,000 outlets.

Cold Stone got bought, Ducey got wealthy, then got elected state treasurer, in which office he orchestrated the defeat of a 2012 ballot initiative to make permanent a temporary sales tax increase. In 2014, he became governor, a “full-spectrum conservative” — his description — with policies conducive to, by 2022, more than 400,000 additional private sector jobs, 5,000 fewer government jobs and 3,000 fewer regulations. Attracted by, in addition to sunshine, the nation’s lowest flat income tax (2.5%) and a $1 billion deficit turned into a $1 billion surplus, in-migration has surged. Today, 60% of Arizonans were born elsewhere — the state last elected a native-born governor in 1988 — and between 1990 and 2019 its population almost doubled, from 3.7 million to 7.3 million.

Many settled here, in the nation’s fifth-largest city, and in the 10th-largest metropolitan area, where the suburbs are more populous than some other states’ cities. (Tempe is larger than Providence, R.I.; Mesa is larger than St. Louis; Glendale is larger than Des Moines; Scottsdale is larger than Salt Lake City.) Suburbanites find Donald Trump an acquired taste difficult to acquire, so in 2020 Joe Biden became just the second Democratic presidential candidate (the first was Bill Clinton in 1996) to carry the

state since Harry S. Truman in 1948.

When Fox News called Arizona for Biden on election night, Trump demonstrated his even temper. (Adm. Ernest King, Chief of Naval Operations during World War II, was, said one of his daughters, “the most eventempered man in the Navy.

He is always in a rage.”)

Trump’s fury against Fox News — Et tu, Brute? — was soon redirected against Ducey, who had committed the crime of arithmetic: He said Biden got the most votes.

Then began the Maricopa County (Phoenix and environs) vote audits, the last of which Ducey called a “griftfest.” State law required an audit of a random sampling of ballots, which matched electronic counts exactly.

Then two companies, both certified by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, conducted audits, which were supplemented by a third review to ensure Maricopa’s compliance with state law. All these discovered “no evidence” of malfeasance, so Republicans brought in — really — Cyber Ninjas, a company owned by a stop-the-steal worrywart. The company’s CEO appeared in a 2020 electionconspiracy film whose director has suggested that aliens were responsible for 9/11. Only the Ninjas’ audit changed anything, expanding Biden’s winning margin by 360 votes.

Ducey says the “only downside” to not becoming a senator is not being able to serve with Mitch McConnell, a “historic figure and one of the Titans of the Senate.”

Ducey probably enjoyed, like ice cream in summer, the opportunity to praise someone the mere mention of whom causes Trump to demonstrate his even-temperedness.

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Praying for the people of Ukraine Before the luxuries of running water and electricity

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By Dede Terns-Thorpe For Columbia-Greene Media

A few tidbits on the beginning of running water and electricity in the villages of Hunter and Tannersville.

Reading this reminds us how when we turn a faucet or a light switch on, we expect immediate results. These necessities today, were luxuries 100+ years ago.

The September 15, 1905 Hunter Review newspaper, formerly known as the Hunter Republiican, noted, “The contract between the Hunter Village Board and the Schoharie Light and Power Company was now ready for the final signatures. The lighting of our streets by electricity is almost assured. The contract calls for service to begin by November 1, next.”

The same paper noted that the electric lights were turned on last Saturday for the first street lighting in Hunter village. People immediatlely love the marked contrast to their old method. Nearly all of merchants had lights in their place of business, and the residents were proud of their progressiveness!

It was in 1897, that the

people in Tannersville started discussing a dam to be built for the installation of running water. As stated in an undated Hunter Review, “In the matter of waterworks for this village, it is entirely practicable to lead water from the headwaters of Brown’s stream to a reservoir and thence to the streets.”

“By 1904, a group of citizens assembled and organized the Tannersville Electric Lighting, Power and Heating Company, to furnish electric lights to Tannersville and the residential parks nearby.” The capital stock was $20,000 ($576,108 in today’s money), plus ten percent for incorporation had been put aside. “The company’s officers were: Jacob Fromer, president; Marsh Francis, vice presidents; Cyrus Showers, secretary, and treasurer. The directors listed were Jacob Fromer, Cyrus Showers, M.E. Francis, Dr. George Haner, Renwick Dibbell, W.I. Hallenbeck, and A.E. Alcott.”

Brown’s farm was behind the present Melour (Villa Vosilla), 6302 Main Street (earlier name, the Rose Garden).

An engineer was hired and Tannersville was on its way to receiving water. Leah Wiltse’s

excellent book, Pioneers Days in the Catskill High Peaks tells us that wooden pipes were originally used but later later to metal.

Cyrus Showers then bought the farm just west of Tannersville from Lewis Francis. It had to be purchases in order to guarantee use of the Schoharie Creek. A building was erected to house the turbine water wheel and a large dam was built. A two-hundred horsepowered steam plant soon supplemented the water power of the Schoharie Creek. It’s name was quickly shortened to the Electric Light Dam, a place many of the local middle-age-plus knew quite well!

An article from a 1905 Review noted that Tannersville’s water power and electric lighting concern was nearly finished and the new dam will give light, furnished by water power, very soon.

We owe our forefathers a debt of gratitude for many things, and heat, lights, and running water are a few of them!

Thanks for reading. Dede Thorpe

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COMING UP ASHLAND — The Windham Rotary, through their foundation, The Windham Rotary Foundation, is hosting the Cancer Patient Aid Car Show Aug. 14 at the Ashland Town Park, 12187 Route 23, Ashland.

Pre-registration is $10 now through April 15. Day of show registration is $15. The show is will be held rain or shine.

For information, call 518-7347303 ext. 2 or 518-291-0883 or https://www.facebook.com/ events/676104473772374. Preregistration forms can be printed off the GCWL website at http://greenecountywomensleague.com/2022/01/cancerpatient-aid-car-show-2/

MARCH 10 CAIRO — The Kapelle of Concordia University Chicago, under the direction of Dr. Charles P. Brown, will present “Created-Redeemed-Blessed,” a concert at 7 p.m. March 10 at Resurrection Lutheran Church, 186 Main St., Cairo, as part of the ensemble’s spring tour to the eastern US. The concert is open to the public, and admission is free. A free will offering will be accepted to benefit the choir.

EAST BERNE — Helderberg Christian School, 96 Main St., East Berne, will hold a Brooks House of Barbecue fundraiser 4-6:30 p.m. March 10 or until sold out. Chicken dinner, $13 pre-ordered; $14 day of. Call

by March 8 to pre-order. Drive through, take out only. Call 518-499-5416. COVID guidelines apply.

CASTLETON — The Rensselaer-Columbia-Greene Counties Board of Cooperative Educational Services will meet at 6:30 p.m. March 1 inperson in the Administrative Building Conference Center.

This meeting will allow virtual attendance for any public and administrators wishing to join via the Zoom link provided on the Questar III Board webpage at https://www.questar.org/ about/board-of-education/ meeting-agendas-minutes/.

MARCH 11 COXSACKIE — The Coxsackie-Athens Drama Club presents Into the Woods at 7 p.m. March 11 and March 12 at Coxsackie-Athens High School Auditorium, 24 Sunset Blvd., Coxsackie. Adults, $12;

students, $6.

DELMAR — Q.U.I.L.T. Inc. is a not-for-profit guild of quilters interested in learning about the art of making quilts. Members live in the Capital Region and surrounding communities. All levels of quilters are welcome.

Meetings are held the second Friday of each month September through June. The Annual Service Meeting will be held at 9:30 a.m. March 11 at the Delmar Reformed Church, 386 Delaware Ave., Delmar. At this meeting we will assemble quilts to be donated to those in need. Masks are required. All are welcome. This will be an experimental hybrid, in person/ virtual, meeting. Visit www. quiltinc.org for more details.

MARCH 12 CAIRO — The Cairo Development Foundation will hold a Chili Cook-Off noon-3 p.m.

March 12 at Gallagher’s Banquet Hal, 513 Main St., Cairo.

Cook and compete or just come to eat. Entry fee, $25; taster fee, $5; beer available. There will be prizes. All chilis and chili eaters are welcome. All proceeds benefit the Cairo Development Foundation’s revitalization of Main Street. Register online at website https://www.cairodf. com/ TROY — Cornell Cooperative Extension of Rensselaer County will hold its 24th annual “Spring Garden Day” virtually on March 12. Using Zoom, the cloud-based video communications format, we’ll have a webinar-type program from 9:45 a.m.-noon. Garden designer, consultant and writer Robert Clyde Anderson will discuss how to revolutionize your garden in his talk, “Perennial Planting The New Wave Way.” For friends of trees and shrubs, Fred Breglia, Executive Director of the Landis Arboretum, will talk about “Promoting Plant Health Through Proper Pruning.” A great selection of garden-related door prizes will be given away. You’ll need to download the free Zoom app to participate. For registration information, visit http://ccerensselaer.org/ or contact Cornell Cooperative Extension at 518-272-4210 or mmp74@cornell.edu.

ALBANY — The Albany Figure Skating Club will hold a Spring Skating Showcase ice show 4-6 p.m. March 12 at the Bethlehem YMCA, 900 Delaware Ave., Delmar. This event will feature figure skaters from all over the Capital District in solo, group and synchronized skating performances. Admission is $5; free for children 5

and younger. Masks are required for all attendees. For information, visit the Albany Figure Skating Club’s website at www.albanyfsc.org, or email info@albanyfsc.org.

MARCH 13 CATSKILL — The Catskill Elks Lodge, 45 Jefferson Heights, Catskill, will serve a choice of Corned Beef Dinner or Sandwich, pick up only, 3-6 p.m. March 13 at the lodge.

Menu includes corned beef, cabbage, potatoes and Irish soda bread dinner for $16 or a corned beef on rye sandwich with chips and pickle for $8.

Must call by March 9 to reserve, 518-945-1179.

MARCH 14 DELMAR — The Delmar Community Orchestra, under the direction of Vincent Bonafede, will present a March Concert performed by the Orchestra’s string section at 7:30 p.m. March 14 at the Delmar Reformed Church, 386 Delaware Ave., Delmar. The concert, which will include classical selections and pops, is free and open to the public. For information, contact DCO President Janet Behning at delmarcommunityorchestra@gmail. com or 914-271-2055, or visit the DCO website at www.delmarcommunityorchestra.org.

MARCH 16 HUDSON — Dr. Rebecca Pinder, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, will be leading an “amphibian monitoring” night at the Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Siuslaw Model Forest at 5:30 p.m.

March 16. Participants will receive a brief training about research protocol and then head into the woods to search for amphibians. For information, and to register for the program, visit https://reg.cce.cornell. edu/Salamanders2022_210.

MARCH 17 COXSACKIE — The First Reformed Church, 285 Mansion St., Coxsackie, will be serving corned beef and cabbage dinners with dessert 4:30-6 p.m.

March 17, take out only, until sold out. Tickets are $15. Advance ticket purchase preferred. Call 518-731-7503 to order tickets. www.firstreformecoxsackie.com.

TANNERSVILLE — Mountain Top Cares Coalition, headquartered in Windham, is hosting its monthly, virtual naloxone/Narcan® Training at 7 p.m. March 17. Help us defeat opioid use disorder by volunteering for training and distribution of naloxone/Narcan®.

Register by going to mountaintopcarescoalition.com.

PRATTSVILLE — Pray for the Ukraine and its people.

Slava Ukraine. If only courage and pride could win the war.

We who are fortunate enough to have avoided this up close and personal pray for their survival and future. If you would like to aid Ukrainians, go to http://518ukrainians. com or UCCA Capital District online donations. Follow the prompts. For direct donation, mail to St. Nicholas Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 376 Third St., Troy 12280. On memo line “Aid to Ukraine.” Also you can call Swetlana “Lana” Jakowiw Breigle at 518-2993428 or 518-929-2447 or sjakowiw@aol.com. We all know Lana and her family and we stand with them.

Remember to turn your clock ahead on March 13.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day, March 17.

It makes our appreciation of and love for those in the medical profession and essential workers who cared for us during the pandemic multiplied many times over.

Thank you.

Feel better wishes go out to Dottie Pickett. She said she is feeling so much better and not expecting any future problems. Heard from Sandy Case Hill in Eldon, Missouri.

She was not feeling up to par

recently but is now on the mend. Sandy and Larry periodically send items for the Stratton VAMC. Sandy does beautiful afghans and Larry donates books. What cannot be used at the Stratton VAMC, we find other veterans in other VA facilities or who are housebound in our area.

Sympathy to the families on the passing of Alida Bloodgood of West Kill and Mike Morkaut of Gilboa.

The veteran adaptive skiers from Stratton VAMC were once again disappointed.

Four veterans were scheduled to have an outing at Ski Windham on March 11 but the facility could not provide them with their specific needs. This will make the third year they have not been able to get out and enjoy some skiing, due to various reasons. The veterans are truly amazing in their abilities to adjust for handicap skiing.

Maybe next year. Thank you for your service.

Darcy Jaeger-Brand is back to her regular busy pre-pandemic schedule as teacher, etc., at Gilboa Conesville CS. Darcy is busy organizing the Drama Club’s newest presentation set for April 23 and April 24. They are working on the musical We Will Rock You. The Gilboa Drama Club does a near professional presentation of all their plays.

Thank you to all our teachers who have been under a lot of strain during this pandemic.

As with so many professionals, dealing with the actual virus was bad enough and then they have to deal with all the side effects of sickness.

Good supply of delicious maple syrup at Maple Hill Farms aka Danny Dymond’s famous syrup. And it is still affordable and USA made/ produced. Support local merchants.

Met up with Grand Gorge friends, Johanna and Stan, at a Kingston restaurant. They were there to have their car serviced and the Gurleys were there for whatever.

Marianne Krauss says she saw not just a few robins, but a whole flock of them on her lawn. Bluebirds next?

Stations of the Cross will be at noon every Friday, March 11 through April 8, at St. Philip Neri RC Church in Grand Gorge.

Happy Birthday to Brandon Grant Jr. on March 12.

Happy Birthday to twins Aaron and Adam, Laurel Van Aken’s sons, on March 14. On March 16 we wish Luke Maurer a Happy Birthday. Happy Birthday on March 17 to Daryl Smith, Jacob Lindley and Sandy Martin.

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Dig Safely New York unveils new name: UDig NY EAST SYRACUSE — Dig Safely New York, the nonprofit organization facilitating excavation safety through the 811 contact center and educational services in Upstate New York for more than 50 years, is introducing its new name: UDig NY. The name UDig NY, the new tagline “Safe Digging Starts Here” and a fully redesigned website, UDigNY. org, are an expression of the organization’s mission, vision, and the leadership role it has earned in the damage prevention industry.

“Since we opened our doors in 1969, we have worked tirelessly to promote damage prevention and protect our community by facilitating quality communication between excavators and utility operators,” said UDig NY Executive Director Kevin Hopper. “Our organization has truly grown into the place where all safe digging in Upstate New York starts, and now our brand has grown along with it. I am excited to introduce UDig NY, and encourage everyone to visit our new website, UDigNY.org.”

To learn more about the meaning behind UDig NY, watch the short video. UDig NY’s new website, UDigNY.

org sets a new standard for damage prevention industry websites, linking professional excavators and DIYers to the resources they need to place a location request online via the Exactix platform.

The website also includes enhanced educational resources and a knowledge base to help excavators follow the law, NYS CR 753, by becoming certified excavators.

UDig NY continues to be the 811 contact center serving all Upstate New York, the geographic area north of New York City and Long Island, and excavators can place location requests 24/7, 365 days a year, by dialing 811, or by placing a request online through Exactix.

In addition to serving as the link between excavators and underground utility operators, UDig NY provides industry-leading damage prevention education through its Certified Excavator Program, and hosts dozens of educational events every year at its Center for Damage Prevention in East Syracuse and on the road across Upstate New York. Events include the annual Damage Prevention Conference and Expo, virtual and in-person Spring Into Safety trainings,

and appearances at dozens of community events and tradeshows throughout the year.

Partners who wish to update their webpages or directories with UDig NY’s information may request a digital toolkit with the UDig NY logo and other information from marketing@UdigNY.org.

UDig NY is the place where all safe digging in Upstate New York starts. As the link between you and the underground utility operators, UDig NY utilizes a contact center and industry-leading software — Exactix — to receive and transmit notifications of intent to dig in the form of underground utility location requests. UDig NY provides you with the tools to place and manage your location requests 24/7/365. UDig NY serves Upstate New York: the geographic region of New York State north of the New York City metropolitan area.

New York City and Long Island are covered by New York 811. Visit UDigNY.org or call 811 to place your location request. Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube to stay up to date with the latest news and announcements.

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Philip James McHugh March 18, 1938 - March 7, 2022 Philip James McHugh, 83, of Hudson, passed away Monday March 7, 2022 in Ghent, NY. Born March 18, 1938 in Manhattan, he is the son of Neil and Esther (Grady) McHugh. Providing for and offering unconditional support to his family was Philip’s number one priority. He was a loving and devoted husband, father, grandfather and brother. Philip graduated from John Adams High School Ozone Park, NY in 1956, then served Honorably in the United States Marines until 1959. He retired in 1986 as a Sargent with the New York State Police stationed out of Claverack. Following his Trooper career, Philip was a United States Postal Carrier, and also served as Sargent at Arms for the New York State Senate. He was a member of the Federation of Polish Sportsmen.

Philip will be forever remembered by his wife Diane (Park) McHugh, daughter Melissa McHugh, son Eric Samperisi, grandchildren Camryn Clark, Taylor, Amber and Eric Jr. Samperisi, along with four great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Philip is also survived by his siblings, Neil (Susan), Sr. Anne, Essie (Harold), Kay, MaryJane (Tom), Jerry (Fay), and Donny, and sister in law Maureen. In addition to his parents, Philip was predeceased by his brothers Joe and Jimmy, and his brother in law Larry. Visitation from 11:00am-1:45pm, followed by a prayer service at 1:45 will be held Saturday March 12, at the Bates & Anderson-Redmond & Keeler Funeral Home.

William I. Simmons, Jr. October 18, 1975 - January 17, 2022 William I. Simmons, Jr. 47 of St. Louis, MO died January 17, 2022 in St. Louis. Born October 18, 1975 in Hudson, He is the son of William I. Simmons, Sr. and Georgeann Drivas. After High School Bill served 5 years in the U.S. Army and was also a LPN. In addition to his parents he is survived by his wife Kelly Simmons, brother Robert Simmons, grandmother Barbara Metz as well as many aunts, uncles and cousins. He was pre-deceased by grandparents Ray and Goldie Simmons and niece Amber Engel.

A Memorial Service will be celebrated Sunday March 13 at 11:00am at the Sacco Funeral Home 700 Town Hall Drive in Hudson. Spring burial will be in Mellenville Union Cemetery.

To leave online condolences visit: www.saccofuneralhome.com

Norman A. Benjamin Jr. February 12, 1961 - February 12, 2022 Norman A. Benjamin Jr., 61, of Bradenton, Florida formerly of Athens, New York died after a long illness.

Norman was the son of the late Norman A. Benjamin Sr. and Patricia Roccio. He went to Coxsackie Athens Sr. High School and was a graduate of the New York State Job Corp.

Norman was a popular local chef, caterer and restauranteur. He was a member of Christ Episcopal Church in Hudson, New York where he served as a lay leader and member of the choir. He loved sacred choral music, local politics, and history.

Norman was preceded in death by his brother Victor. He is survived by his brothers Burtram M. Benjamin(Karen), Rev. Paul Benjamin (Denise) , one nephew Michael J. Benjamin (Chelsea), one grandnephew Angelo Benjamin and many Aunts, Uncles, Cousins and friends.

A memorial service will be held in the Spring. In lieu of flowers please direct all memorial contributions to Christ Episcopal Church 431 Union St. Hudson, New York 12534

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Fox News loses effort to dodge Smartmatic suit over election

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A New York judge ruled that a $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit can proceed against Fox News over false claims the network aired about Smartmatic Corp.’s role in the 2020 election.

The ruling Tuesday by Justice David Cohen in Manhattan wasn’t a total win for Smartmatic. The state court judge threw out Smartmatic’s individual claims against former Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell and Fox on-air personality Jeanine Pirro, as well as some claims against Rudy Giuliani, a longtime attorney for former President Donald Trump.

Smartmatic “adequately pleaded” its claims that “Fox News acted with actual malice by broadcasting information proffered by Powell, Giuliani, and the Fox anchor defendants which it knew was false and that, even if Fox News did not know the information was false, it had reason to doubt,” the judge said.

Cohen’s decision is the latest twist in a legal saga that began after Trump supporters accused Smartmatic and Dominion Voting Systems Inc. of being at the center of a vast international conspiracy to rig the election against the former president. That false claim was echoed by conservative news outlets and ultimately helped trigger the Jan. 6 insurrection.

The decision Tuesday was limited to determining that Smartmatic had lined up enough evidence to support its claims at an early stage in the case, which must still go to trial.

Fox News Media said in a statement that it plans to appeal as well as file suit against Smartmatic under New York’s Anti Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation statute, known as the anti-SLAPP law, which bars the filing of cases intended to

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Fox signage outside the News Corp. headquarters in New York on Feb. 6, 2022.

chill free speech.

“We will also continue to litigate these baseless claims by filing a counterclaim for fees and costs under New York’s anti-SLAPP statute to prevent the full-blown assault on the First Amendment which stands in stark contrast to the highest tradition of American journalism,” Fox said in the statement.

Cohen’s ruling denied requests to dismiss Smartmatic’s individual claims against Maria Bartiromo and Lou Dobbs, who helped spread the conspiracy theory on-air. Smartmatic will also be allowed to re-plead the claims against Giuliani that were tossed out. The claims against Powell were dismissed on jurisdiction grounds after the judge ruled “her defamatory utterance was not specifically targeted” at New York.

“I appreciate the court’s analysis and its adherence to the rule of law,” Powell said in an email. “I expect this to be the first of many dismissals in my favor.”

Giuliani and Powell previously lost their efforts to dismiss similar defamation suits filed by Dominion, meaning the high-profile supporters of the conspiracy theory still have to contend with legal fallout from the matter. Dominion’s suit against Fox also survived a motion to dismiss.

Smartmatic didn’t immediately respond to a message seeking comment.

Tuesday’s ruling said there was plenty of evidence that Fox was on notice the election allegations were not true. Among them, the judge said, were details showing Smartmatic and Dominion’s software were not infiltrated by international hackers; that Smartmatic was a not a Venezuelan company controlled by corrupt dictators; and that Smartmatic did not send votes from swing states abroad to be counted and manipulated.

The judge on Tuesday said Fox may have contradicted itself by trying to distance the network from on-air statements by Powell and Giuliani. In court filings,

Fox argued that it repeatedly asked the high-profile Trump supporters “for proof substantiating their accusations” about Smartmatic and that they “failed to produce any.”

“However, this fact can also support plaintiffs’ claim that Fox News had reason to suspect that what it was broadcasting was false, and nevertheless continued to allow Powell and Giuliani to appear on its network,” the judge said.

The judge ruled that the claims alleging financial damage caused by Giuliani weren’t specific enough, and that Pirro’s remarks regarding the election conspiracy weren’t directly about Smartmatic or may have applied to Dominion.

“Although Pirro states elsewhere that the Democrats ‘stole votes,’ she does not specify that the votes were stolen by using” Smartmatic software, the judge said. “Therefore, the complaint is dismissed as against Pirro.”

The 11-year-old boy who fled FUNERAL Ukraine alone was displaced by DIRECTORS war before - he fled Syria as a baby Ellen Francis and Rachel Pannett The Washington Post An 11-year-old Ukrainian boy who fled to Slovakia alone - with a plastic bag, a passport and a telephone number scrawled on his hand - was hailed by authorities. But it was not the first time fighting had uprooted the child, whose family fled Syria’s war about a decade ago.

His safe escape from Ukraine, traveling hundreds of miles by train on his own, marked a bright moment this COURTESY OF MARIO BONA/SLOVAK POLICE FORCE week in a conflict that has es- An 11-year-old boy from Ukraine who traveled hundreds of calated since Russian troops miles to Slovakia with a plastic bag, a passport and a phone marched into the country. It number written on his hand. showed “fearlessness and determination worthy of a real Syria - where Russia is also into Europe in 2015 and 2016. hero” from a boy whose smile embroiled in war since interThe European Union has has “won everybody’s hearts,” vening with airstrikes to back enacted unprecedented meaSlovakia’s Interior Ministry Damascus. Luna said their sures for the new refugees wrote on Facebook as the Syrian father disappeared in within its borders, breaking minister met with the child he the conflict there, “but I re- with past resistance to others called “Little Hassan.” member him.” seeking refuge. Under recently Once the boy crossed the In a tearful video shared by declared rules, Ukrainian naborder, volunteers used the Slovak authorities, the boy’s tionals can get temporary pronumber on his hand to contact mother, Yulia Pisetskaya, said tection anywhere within the his siblings in the Slovak capi- she was a widow and was un- 27-country bloc for up to three tal, and they were reunited. able to leave their home in years.

“We thought maybe one of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region With more people on the us could go back to Ukraine because she was caring for her run, U.N. agencies have urged and take him, but it was very mother, who could not move neighboring countries to dangerous, and it was very on her own. quickly identify and register surprising when he crossed,” “I am very grateful that they one of the boy’s teenage sis- saved the life of my child,” the unaccompanied or separated ters, Luna, told The Washing- mother said, according to a children fleeing Ukraine beton Post. “It’s the best thing translation posted by Slova- cause they could face “heightthat happened because I was kia’s embassy in London. “In ened risk of violence, abuse scared for him.” your small country, there are and exploitation.”

After his escape, Hassan She said Hassan was a baby people with big hearts.” when they left Syria: “He was Half of the 2 million people recounted a tiring journey on very small and doesn’t re- driven from Ukraine by the trains crammed with Ukrainimember. I was glad for it and Russian assault are children, ans trying to flee and help from I hoped he would never see according to UNICEF. The strangers along the way, his such war.” scale of the exodus announced sister said. “He’s very proud” The siblings moved to by the United Nations on that people in Slovakia and their mother’s native coun- Tuesday has equaled in less others have dubbed him a try, Ukraine, after spend- than two weeks the historic hero, she added, laughing. “He ing their early childhood in flow of mainly Syrian refugees tells me, ‘Luna, I’m a hero!’ “

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Sage City Symphony to present free concert BENNINGTON, VT — On Sunday, March 20, at 4 p.m. Sage City Symphony will present a concert at Greenwall Auditorium in the VAPA Building at Bennington College.

Admission is free and open to all.

The program will feature Serenade for Wind Instruments, Cello, and Double Bass in D minor, Op. 44, by Antonín Dvorák; Piece for Muted Strings, by Vivian Fine (“Elegiac Song”); Adagio e Fuga in Do Minore, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; and selections from Ten Short Pieces for String Orchestra, by Louis Calabro.

Covid Protocols: All current and evolving guidelines issued by the CDC, the State of Vermont, and Bennington College will be followed. Face masks and social distancing will be required (“pod” seating permitted), and proof of vaccination and booster with ID will be required at the door. In the event of a resurgence of Covid infection rates, postponement or cancellation of this concert will be posted on the symphony’s website at www.SageCitySymphony.org.

Over her 70-year career, Vivian Fine (1913-2000) became one of America’s most important composers. She is perhaps best known for her chamber music, but she wrote in every genre, including large-scale symphonic and choral works. A piano prodigy, at age five she became the youngest student ever to be awarded a scholarship at the Chicago Musical College. Fine made her professional debut as a composer at age 16.

She composed her Piece for Muted Strings (“Elegiac Song”) in 1937, as a response to the Spanish Civil War. She was strongly opposed to Franco’s Fascist regime, and designated the work “for the children of Spain.”

From 1964 to 1987, Fine taught composition

overlapped with that of Sage City Symphony founder Louis Calabro.

Composer, teacher, conductor, and percussionist Louis Calabro (1926-1991) was a music professor at Bennington College from 1955 until his death. He has more than 100 works to his credit, including music for traditional and non-traditional chamber combinations, as well as for both large and small orchestral ensembles. Calabro founded Sage City Symphony at Bennington College in 1972. He believed strongly in encouraging and promoting contemporary music, at a time when few American orchestras (professional or amateur) were performing premieres. With Sage City Symphony, he commissioned dozens of new orchestral works and conducted their premieres. Vivian Fine was one of the composers whose work was premiered under Calabro’s baton.

Louis Calabro

Vivian Fine

at Bennington College, where her career

About Sage City Symphony Led by music director Michael Finckel for the past 25+ years, Sage City Symphony was founded in 1972 as a community and college orchestra with close ties to Bennington College.

Information about joining the symphony, as well as Covid protocols observed at rehearsals and concerts, is available at www.

SageCitySymphony.org.

Sage City Symphony is a registered federal non-profit organization in the State of Vermont that relies entirely on generous donations, gifts in kind, grants, and volunteer services from individuals, local foundations, businesses, and sponsors. Donations are gratefully received by mail at Sage City Symphony, PO Box 547, Shaftsbury, VT 05262 or online via www.SageCitySymphony.org.

Armen Donelian, Jay Anderson and Dennis Mackrel at Maureen’s Jazz Cellar March 19 Drummer Dennis Mackrel, Pianist Armen Donelian, Bassist Jay Anderson Fresh Start (Sunnyside SSC 4036) Pianist-composer Armen Donelian emerges from the COVID-caused shutdowns with a newly refined conception on both instrument and pen on the soon-to-be released album, Fresh Start. The album is the recorded premiere of Donelian’s new trio featuring bassist Jay Anderson and drummer Dennis Mackrel. Healing and stimulating, it’s music that both soothes the soul and sparks

the imagination. The group’s unabashedly beautiful debut, Fresh Start, is Donelian’s 14th album.

Armen Donelian Jay Anderson Dennis Mackrel Playing selections from their new CD Fresh Start on Sunnyside Records Saturday, March 19 at 8 p.m.

Maureen’s Jazz Cellar, 2 North Broadway, Nyack Tickets: $25 Reserve: (845) 535-3143 Hot House (March 2022) Michael G. Nastos

Jay Anderson, Armen Donelian and Dennis Mackrel

Jazz Month at Claverack Library CLAVERACK — The Claverack Free Library is delighted to announce Jazz Month!, a festival of visual art, films, and performances.

The Jazz I Saw, photographs of eminent jazz musicians from the collection of Jeff Monkash, MD, opens to the public in the Marilyn & Bob Laurie

Foundation Gallery on Saturday March 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and remains through May 7th.

To enrich the visual experience, visitors can scan QR codes accompanying the photographs to view brief performance videos.

Other events are a cabaret performance of music from the American Songbook by the Bard

College Jazz Vocal Workshop on Sunday April 10 at 3 p.m. and a concert by the Armen Donelian Trio on Sunday April 24 at 4 p.m.

Ticket prices for the concerts are “pay what you wish” with a suggested donation of $10; reserve tickets by emailing info@ claveracklibrary.org or by calling 518.851.7120.

Free jazz-themed films will be shown in the gallery at 4 p.m. on Sundays April 3 and May 1, as well as a free family-friendly jazz film on Wednesday April 20 at 2 p.m.

The Claverack Library is located at 629 Route 23B at the intersection of Route 9H. www. claveracklibrary.org

Relentless action, spectacular effects, not much fun

By Raymond Pignone Columbia-Greene Media

The new superhero epic “The Batman” is a three-hour carnival of Gotham City freaks, misfits and other assorted unsavory malcontents.

They inhabit the megalopolis where the crime and the rain never cease. No sunlight spoils the darkness. Ordinary human beings are seldom seen and, for all practical purposes, don’t exist.

Yet the few we observe scurry around in the streets under the protective neon glow of Gotham Square Garden, the sight of which gives us cause to wonder if the city’s professional basketball team feels safe playing there.

Gotham’s detritus includes a corrupt police department, save for a few by-the-book cops, and a masked militia that stalks the city and levels buildings under the slogan “Real Change.”

This allows the director, Matt Reeves, who co-wrote the script, to throw sidelong broadsides at our own imperfect world.

The sudden glimpse of drug addicts known as Dropheads gathered under a staircase in a dark alley is out of a zombie picture and a posse of muggers, faces painted, preying on

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Jeffrey Wright, left, as Lt. James Gordon and Robert Pattinson in “The Batman.”

the innocent, takes on the horror of a world gone mad. No surprise then that billionaire Bruce Wayne holes up in his penthouse tower and says with despair, “It’s a big city. I can’t be everywhere.”

Robert Pattinson, the latest actor to don the cape and cowl, plays Batman with a brooding heaviness. He is a disgruntled superhero — a crusader turned vigilante who soars around the edifices of Gotham’s skyscrapers (modeled on the futurist style of “Blade Runner”) and swoops down on the city’s less celebrated street criminals.

He is reviled and feared by Gotham’s legitimate law enforcers

and by the public.

Bruce Wayne/Batman is painfully aware that the true villains — an exotic menagerie of gangsters and killers — are just beyond his reach. Then he begins to receive greeting-card clues from a serial killer calling himself the Riddler (a marauding performance by Paul Dano), and Batman shakes off the doldrums (a little) and collaborates with Lt. James Gordon (Jeffrey Wright) on an investigation that uncovers a scheme by mobsters to rule the city.

Soon, Batman is on the trail of jewel thief Selina Kyle — Catwoman (a brainy and sensual Zoe Kravitz) — who joins forces

with her erstwhile adversary to bring down mob boss Carmine Falcone (a suave, sartorial John Turturro) and enforcer Oswald Cobblepot known as The Penguin (Colin Farrell waddling unrecognizable in makeup that renders him a fleshy, Caponelike monster).

“The Batman,” like its hero, is dark, tormented and breakneck, with relentless action and spectacular visual marvels, but also like its hero, not much fun.

Then, there’s the underlying conceit: Reeves transplants the Caped Crusader to his 1940s Detective Comics origins. Batman here is less a superhero than a supersleuth; Pattinson and Wright get a tantalizing rhythm going as sort of a Holmes-Watson team. It’s this long movie’s most entertaining segment.

The movie feels politically pertinent without straying into the preachy. As for the gutteral “Hello, this is the Riddler speaking,” the bizarre murders, the stacks of journals and the destruction at the climax, Reeves imitates “Se7en,” “Zodiac” and “Fight Club” — all David Fincher films — far too often. Reeves comes to the point and he does it in style, but how badly did he need to quote another filmmaker’s oeuvre to get there?

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Monday Admission: $7 general / $5 members and students. n Joachim Trier’s, THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD (2022) — Director Joachim Trier returns with another modern twist on a classically constructed character portrait of contemporary life in Oslo.

Chronicling four years in the life of Julie, The Worst Person in the World examines one woman’s quest for love and meaning in the modern world. Fluidly told in twelve chapters, the film features a breakout performance by Cannes Best Actress winner Renate Reinsve as she explores new professional avenues and embarks on relationships with two very different men (Anders Danielsen Lie and Herbert Nordrum) in her search for happiness and identity. Norwegian with English subtitles. 2021. 2h08m.

Saturday, March 12 at 6 p.m., Sunday, March 13 at 4:30 p.m., Monday, March 14 at 4:45 p.m. and 7:15 p.m. n Jan Ole Gerster’s, A COFFEE IN BERLIN (2012) — Jan Ole Gerster’s wry and vibrant feature debut paints a day in the life of Niko, a twenty-something college dropout going nowhere fast. Niko lives for the moment as he drifts through the streets of Berlin, oblivious to his growing status as an outsider. Then, one fateful day everything changes: his girlfriend dumps him, his father cuts off his allowance, and a strange psychiatrist dubiously confirms his ‘emotional imbalance’. Meanwhile, a former classmate insists she bears no hard feelings toward him for his grade-school taunts when she was “Roly Poly Julia,” but it becomes increasingly apparent that she has unfinished business with him. Niko finally concludes that he has to engage with life. Shot in timeless black and white and enriched with a snappy jazz soundtrack, this slacker dramedy is a love letter to Berlin and the Generation Y experience.

German w/ English subtitles. 2012.

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Saturday, March 12 at 6:30 p.m., Sunday, March 13 at 5:30 p.m. n ArtBeats’, NAPOLEON: IN THE NAME OF ART [2021] — Marking the 200th anniversary of Napoleon’s death, the documentary Napoleon: In the Name of Art explores the complex relationship between Napoleon, culture and art. Host Jeremy Irons brings audiences on a tour from Milan to Paris for a look at Napoleon’s imperial iconography and architectural style and to reflect on the relationship between power and art. 2021. 1h30m.

Saturday, March 12 at 1:30 p.m., Sunday, March 13 at 1:45 p.m. n Sergei Loznitsa’s, MAIDAN (2014) — Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa, Maidan chronicles the civil uprising that toppled the government of Ukrainian president Victor Yanukovich and has since developed into an international crisis between Russia and the West. Filmed in stunning long takes, sans commentary, Maidan is a record of a momentous historical event and an extraordinary study of the popular uprising as a social, cultural and philosophical phenomenon. Ukrainian with English subtitles. 2014. 2h11m.

Saturday, March 12 at 3:30 p.m., Monday, March 14 at 5 p.m. n Payal Kapadia’s, A NIGHT OF KNOWING NOTHING (2021) — In her debut film, Payal Kapadia deftly merges reality with fiction, weaving together archival footage with student protest videos to tell the story of L, a student at the Film and Television Institute of India, writing to her estranged lover while he is away. Gradually we’re immersed in the drastic changes taking place at the school and in the lives of young people across the country. A Night Of Knowing Nothing is a vital tapestry of the personal and the political, an essential document of contemporary India, and a nostalgic look at youth fighting the injustice of their time. B/W & color. Hindi and Bengali with English subtitles. 2021. 1h37m.

Sunday, March 13 at 3:30 p.m. n Exhibition on Screen, FRIDA KAHLO (2020) — Who was Frida Kahlo? Everyone knows her, but who was the woman behind the bright colors, the big brows, and the floral crowns? Take a journey through the life of a true icon, discover her art, and uncover the truth behind her often turbulent life.

Making use of the latest technology to deliver previously unimaginable quality, the film takes an in-depth look at key works throughout her career. Using letters Kahlo wrote as a

guide, this definitive film reveals her deepest emotions and unlocks the secrets and symbolism contained within her art. Directed by Ali Ray; produced by Phil Grabsky. 2020.

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Saturday, March 12 at 4:45 p.m., Sunday, March 13 at 2:30 p.m. n Orson Welles’, TOUCH OF EVIL (1958) — Written by, directed by, and co-starring Orson Welles. The crime drama is recognized as one of the final gems of the classic film noir period of the 1940s and 1950s. Set in a sleazy town along the U.S. Mexico border, Touch of Evil features a Mexican narcotics officer (Charlton Heston) whose honeymoon is interrupted by his sudden involvement in a murder case, further complicated by a crooked police captain (Orson Welles). Heston’s new wife (Janet Leigh) finds herself a liability to her husband when she is kidnapped and framed by hoodlums working for Welles’s cop. The movie is noted for its extended opening scene, considered one of the greatest long takes in film history, and for its strong supporting cast, with cameos by Marlene Dietrich, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Joseph Cotten, and Mercedes McCambridge. A memorable performance by Dennis Weaver as a mentally disturbed motel clerk was rumoured to have been the inspiration for the character of Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho.

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MARCH 11 ST. PATRICK’S DAY PAINT + SIP Friday, March 11, 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. $51 Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day Weekend in the Cocktail Garden with a holiday themed wood painting class with Bash Events.

Bash Parties is a traveling, activity based event service that hosts fun and interactive parties around Upstate New York. Founded in 2013 and based in Troy, we host Cocktails and Crafts events and children’s birthday parties around the area.

Tickets Include: -Supplies to paint your own decorative 10”-12” wide wood plaque with a St. Patrick’s Day theme! There will be various styles and colors to choose from including slogans such as “Erin Go Bragh”, “Kiss me I’m Irish”, and “Happy St. Patrick’s Day”.

-Professional instruction and assistance from Bash Events.

-Two drinks of your choice (cocktails, mocktails, tasting flights, beer, wine, and soda) from Cooper’s Daughter Spirits.

The Cocktail Garden will be open from 4pm-8pm with food by Heirba Buena. Their delicious food is a reflection of traditional Mexican dishes. (V + GF options) How do we keep you warm in an outdoor setting?

Two covered patios with propane heaters, hot cocktails/mocktails and an oversized fire pit. Please dress appropriately for the weather!

Friday, March 11, 5 p.m. - 8 .p.m, https://www.facebook.com/ events/1163184797784543 Cooper’s Daughter Spirits at Olde York, 284 State Rouite 23, Claverack, 845-480-1237 HIERBA BUENA TACO POP UP! Friday, March 11, 5 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Hierba Buena, a mother-daughter team, is back for a taco pop up!

Their delicious food is a reflection of traditional Mexican dishes. (V + GF options). Enjoy with one of our mocktails!

Friday, March 11, 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm, https://www.facebook.com/ events/1287898695013719 Cooper’s Daughter Spirits at Olde York, 284 State Rouite 23, Claverack, 845-480-1237

MARCH 12 BIRDING WITH A DECOLONIZED LENS WITH AMPLIFY THE FUTURE Saturday, March 12, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. $15 Join Yamina Nater-Otero (she/they) from Amplify the Future in a birding tour of Olana that allows you to spend time with birds in a new way. Set aside your bird guide, don’t worry about your life list, and ignore the eBird alerts. If you’ve wanted to try birding but were intimidated by the “experts” this outing is for you.

Spend an hour learning about the resident and migrant birds that visit Olana . Amplify the Future provides scholarships for students and networking opportunities to the historically excluded in conservation, including the Black and Latinx Birders Scholarship and the BIPOC Birders Graduate Student Mini Grant.

Saturday, March 12, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., https://www.olana.org/programsevents/ Olana, 5720 State Route 9G, Hudson, 518-828-1872

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Music from the Sole: I Didn’t Come to Stay at the Orpheum Film and Performing Arts Center TANNERSVILLE — Catskill Mountain Foundation partners with Works & Process LaunchPAD “Process as Destination” to present Music from the Sole: I Didn’t Come to Stay. This show-and-tell live performance will take place at 2 p.m. March 12 at the Orpheum Film and Performing Arts Center, 6050 Main St., Tannersville.

Tap, percussive dance, samba, house, and live music come together in Music From The Sole’s I Didn’t Come to Stay, commissioned by Works & Process.The work will continue to be developed at the Catskill Mountain Foundation ahead of its world premiere at Works & Process at the Guggenheim on April 11 and 12 and subsequent presentation at Jacob’s Pillow this summer. In the work, Brazilian tap dancer and choreographer Leonardo Sandoval and bassist and composer Gregory Richardson lead eight dancers and a five-piece band in a new performance that explores tap’s lineage and connections to other Afrodiasporic forms.

Together the pair embrace shared roots across the diaspora and reflect on racial and cultural identity, while also

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celebrating the joy, strength, depth, and virtuosity of Black dance and music. The project was first supported by Works & Process in a 2020 summer bubble residency in the Hudson Valley at Kaatsbaan Cultural Park and subsequently in a residency in the Berkshires at Jacob’s Pillow in 2021. Additional residency support provided by The Yard in Martha’s Vineyard and Chelsea Factory in New York.

We are proud to provide a Catskill Mountain home for the production.

LaunchPAD underscores the Works & Process core mission to support artists and

illuminate the creative process. LaunchPAD serves as an incubator encouraging artists and audiences to embrace artistic process as destination, with an understanding that how work is created is as important as the final product.

I Didn’t Come to Stay is a Works & Process at the Guggenheim commission and National Dance Project Production Grantee.

For information and tickets, visit catskillmtn.org. General admission tickets are $15, and must be purchased online only. Audience members must show proof of vaccination and wear masks.

Greene County Older Americans Month proclaimed

By Chris Dwon For Columbia-Greene Media

Carol Constable celebrated her March 7 birthday a little early with a lovely evening out to dinner with husband Skeet and friends Wayne and Ann Thompson at the Phoenician on March 5.

Last week Mary Palazzolo enjoyed a visit at the home of her daughter Carly, along with some friends, in Long Island. Pleasant time at dinner sharing stories and memories.

There is a Little Free Library box at the end of the building by the Lexington Post Office. Hunter Public Library is not accepting book donations at this time but please stop by and take a book or two or more.

The Tannersville Food Pantry is located at the Tannersville Village Hall and is open 1-3 p.m. Wednesdays and 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturdays. Call 518-589-6787 or email kaaterskillumc@gmail.com if you have questions.

Happy 2nd birthday to Olivia Dwon on March 12. Ray Clinton is turning 9-years old on March 14. March 14 is Tom Benjamin’s birthday. Several birthdays on March 15 — Grace Berger, Stephanie Pushman and Ben Gallagher. Best wishes to all.

Call 518-734-3040 to order your take out dinners at the Hensonville Firehouse, 432 State Route 296 that are available during Lent – March 11, 18, 25 and April 1, 8, 15 (Good Friday). Your choice of fish or chicken tenders or clams with French fries or baked potato, coleslaw, dinner roll, brownie or cookie while supplies last. Only $10 per meal, take out only. Orders will be picked up in the truck bay so there will be space to social distance.

The Hunter Public Library will host a one hour informational session about the diabetes prevention program March 16. It includes a presentation/short video/Q&A and begins 1 p.m.

Any Greene County resident can attend and join the program.

Hosted by the National Diabetes Program: Lifestyle Change Program and the title of the event is “Get Your Spring On!” The following is the weekly nutrition menu offered by Greene

County Department of Human Services Senior Nutrition Program for the week of March 14 – March 18: Monday—Beef chili, mixed vegetables, brown rice, pears; Tuesday—Sweet and sour chicken, pineapple, oriental vegetables, white rice, mandarin oranges; Wednesday—Roasted chicken quarters with gravy, corn, mashed potatoes, chocolate chip cookies; Thursday—St. Patrick’s Day—Corned beef, cabbage, boiled potatoes, carrots, Irish soda bread, chocolate cake with Andes Mints; Friday—Beer battered fish, coleslaw, broccoli, scalloped potatoes, fresh fruit.

The menu will be the meal that is delivered to all Greene County homebound meal clients. All persons over the age of 60 can receive a meal. The suggested donation for each meal is $4. Meals served at noon. Those wishing to receive a meal are required to call the respective location at least a day in advance: Jewett Municipal Building, Route 23C, Jewett, 2634392; Acra Community Center, Old Route 23B, Cairo, 622-9898; Rivertown Senior Center, 39 Second Street, Athens, 945-2700. If you wish to pick up a lunch at the Robert Antonelli Senior Center in Catskill, please call at least a day in advance the Rivertown Senior Center to reserve.

Greene County Legislature has proclaimed May as Greene County Older Americans Month when it expresses appreciation for the commitment and

valuable service of outstanding senior citizens throughout Greene County. In conjunction with this, the Advisory Council to the Greene County Department for the Aging (Human Services) conducts a search for local senior citizens to be recognized for their dedicated and hard work to make our communities a better place to live. In recognition of these significant contributions to the Greene County community, the Legislature will honor all nominees for the senior awards. Two dedicated individuals are chosen to receive special recognition from Greene County Legislature in the categories of Senior Citizen of the Year and Outstanding Contribution by a Senior Citizen.

These two county winners will also be submitted to New York State for special recognition.

This year MaryLou Nahas of Oak Hill has been honored as the 2022 Senior Citizen of the Year and Linda Sutton of Cornwallville will receive the Outstanding Contribution by a Senior Citizen award. In May MaryLou and Linda will be recognized at the Greene County Legislature meeting. Later this year, they will be recognized by New York State at a special ceremony as part of the 2022 Older New Yorkers Day celebration in Albany.

Be sure to turn your clocks ahead one hour before going to bed on March 12 because Daylight Saving Time begins on March 13.

We will help you put your best foot forward.

Spring is coming

By Lula Anderson

ASHLAND SPEAKS

For Columbia-Greene Media

While standing in line at the Great Hensonville Fish Fry, I eavesdropped on a conversation about gallons and burning, that I couldn’t understand, at first, until I came to the realization that the young man was talking about making syrup. A good sap run doesn’t depend on the trees, but on the amount of sun and warmth during the day and freezing temps at night.

Something that is sorely lacking this year. We either have brrr cold days and nights, or warm, balmy days and nights.

Southern flow of warmth is not good for the trees, as any seasoned farmer will explain that sap doesn’t flow when the wind blows from the south. So, be prepared to pay extra from good old Catskill Mt. maple syrup this year.

We started the season of Lent this past Wednesday with Ash Wednesday. Instead of the traditional “giving up something” try adding something to your life. Maybe a Random Act of Kindness when possible, or you know that person at work that you don’t like, try saying one nice thing to her (or him) daily.

Maybe call your parents weekly and see how they’re doing, or just keep tabs on a shut-in. You will gain so much by reaching out instead of giving up.

Had to take Rosie down to Dr. Nussbaum the podiatrist on Friday. Such a beautiful day, and, as we were walking out of his office I noticed the first sign that spring is on its way. The pussy willows outside of his building were soft and furry. Haven’t noticed any up here yet, but at least I know they’ll be popping soon. Speaking of Rosie, she was out on the road on Sunday. Judy took her for a walk up and down Route 17. Then, they had their first lunch on the porch. Another sign of spring.

Patrick and his wife spent the weekend with his mom Dot Giordano. It’s always such a pleasure for Dot to have family around.

WAJPL Golden Agers met on March 7 with 33 in attendance. Mary Louise announced several planned trips starting with May 24 to the Villa Roma in Calicoon to see a tribute to ABBA. Call for details 518-622-3397. Several other shows are being looked into, as well as a trip to Maine.

To the members of the

LULA

ANDERSON Ashland Methodist Church: We are in desperate financial need. Yes, the heat is on (at $5/gallon), and the lights are still on, but we still have bills to pay to keep these things working. We need your presence and your support to keep our church open.

Please keep the families of Louise Begley and Leta Bloodgood in your prayers.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR Fish fry is back at the Hensonville Fire Department, 432 Route 296 in Hensonville, 4-8 p.m. every Friday until Good Friday, April 15. Menu: Fish, chicken tenders or fried clams; French fries or baked potato; coleslaw, dinner roll and a brownie or cookie for dessert (while supplies last).

All this for only $10/meal.

Take outs only. Pick up at the truck bay to allow for social distancing. No pick ups at the kitchen door. Call 518734-3040 to preorder and the wonderful staff will have your meal waiting for you.

The WAJ Drama Club has been working very hard, learning their lines and positions to present the production of THE ADAMS FAMILY the weekend of March 11-13.

March 12 the Masons will be holding their 23rd annual St. Patrick’s Dinner from 2–6 p.m. Eat in or take out $15 per dinner. Corned beef, cabbage, boiled potato, Irish Soda or rye bread and dessert.

5345 Rt 23 Windham. Preorder 518-750-8055. Day of 518-734-4560.

March 13 starts Daylight Savings time.

Hope Restoration Woman’s Luncheon will be held on March 17.

The Ashland Fire Department will be holding its annual chicken barbecue on March 19 to benefit the family of Deputy Kevin Waverly Greene Co Sheriff EOW 2-28-17. Halves only, take out only. $8. No reservations, first come first served. Chicken will be ready starting at 11:30 a.m.

While you’re picking up

your chicken, drive around the lot and check out the bake sale sponsored by the Ashland Community Church.

Can you think of a better way to complete your dinner than with one of Lula’s pies or breads?

The long awaited return of the Ashland Fire Department roast beef dinner will be held on April 30 at the Fire House on Route 23 Ashland.

Take outs start at 4:30 p.m., or starting at 5 p.m. you can come in, have a seat and be served while you enjoy the company of friends you haven’t seen for awhile. Get a full belly for only $15 adults.

Children 5–12 $6; under 5 free.

Living In Truth meeting will be held on the second Tuesday every month at Living Faith CC Maplecrest.

Contact Charmaine.Rusin@ gmail.com for information.

AS I REMEMBER IT For those who read every week and are steady followers, you know I have been writing about the comparison of our youth, then and now. On Sunday, Jackie and I attended church in Kiskatom at the Reformed Church to support our friend, Amy Katt.

There were no young people in attendance, and Amy’s message was half minded, half brain. On the way home, we stopped at a diner for breakfast, and Jackie had the correct change, which she gave to the cashier along with a large bill requiring singles as change. The cashier had already entered the large bill and couldn’t figure out how to deduct the coins to give only paper change. My sons tell time with a digital clock, there’s no quarter to or quarter after anymore, just 12:13.

When the youth of today need something, they ask for someone to give it to them, college is expensive so we should give them a free education, with no suggestion of paying it forward at the end.

We all worked hard to give ourselves an education no one gave us anything (except as my friend Arlene said, I’m sorry, I did get my sister’s hand me down clothes.) We all want to give our children a better life than we had, but as we give them everything they ask for, what are we really taking away? We complain when the electric goes out for a couple of hours. Think of the people in the Ukraine who have no heat, water or food.

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Kyrie sparks Nets

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Kyrie Irving hangs 50 on Hornets to push Nets back to 8th seed. Sports, B2

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Tim Martin, Sports Editor: 1-518-828-1616 ext. 2538 / sports@registerstar.com or tmartin@registerstar.com

CAIRO-DURHAM HONORS WINTER ATHLETES

Poll suggests most fans losing interest in baseball Bill Shaikin Los Angeles Times

PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

On Monday night. Cairo-Durham celebrated it’s Winter Sports Teams at their annual Winter Sports Awards Ceremony. Most Valuable Player Awards and Coaches Awards were handed out to deserving athletes by their coaches as their family and friends cheered on their accomplishments.

Back row (from left): Adam Schlosser (MVP Varsity Wrestling), Sam Bruck (MVP Boys Varsity Basketball), James Mutinsky (CA Boys Varsity Basketball), Cole Partridge (MVP Boys Varsity Volleyball), Jacob Young (MVP Boys JV Basketball), Zach Russell (CA Boys JV Basketball), Brendan Feeney ( CA Boys Varsity Volleyball), Malik Khadijah (MVP Boys Varsity Indoor Track and Field).

Front row (from left): Trinh Quang (CA Varsity Bowling), Mckayla Mudge (MVP Girls Varsity Basketball), Olivia MacGiffert (CA Girls Varsity Indoor Track and Field), Kingston Czajkowski (CA Boys Varsity Indoor Track and Field), Mikayla Khadijah (MVP Girls Varsity Indoor Track and Field)

Richards drops 14 in fourth, Riders’ run continues through Regional BOYS BASKETBALL:

LOS ANGELES — Whether sports fans follow developments in the baseball lockout closely or pay no attention at all, a league with an already diminished fan base has jeopardized at least some of its remaining base because of the work stoppage, according to a Los Angeles Times/SurveyMonkey poll.

In the poll, 6 of 10 Americans said they were not baseball fans.

Of those that described themselves as fans, 6 in 10 said the lockout has caused them to lose interest in the baseball season this year.

After baseball’s last labor dispute — a player strike that resulted in the cancellation of the 1994 World Series and a

delayed start to the 1995 season — the league’s average per-game attendance did not recover until 2006.

In 1994, the average attendance was what was then a record for MLB: 31,256. The average remained below that figure from 1995-2005, rebounded through the steroid era and peaked at 32,696 in 2007 -- the final year for Barry Bonds, who broke Hank Aaron’s all-time home run record that season.

Even before the pandemic restrictions on attendance over the last two seasons, the average attendance had fallen in seven of the previous eight full seasons. The average attendance in 2019 was 28,203, the lowest See POLL B3

Matt Fortunato Columbia-Greene Media

SARATOGA — The Ichabod Crane Riders advanced through the Regional round of the New York State Class B Boys Basketball Tournament with a 71-58 win over the Canton Golden Bears at Saratoga High School on Tuesday.

Brett Richards continued his dominance and led all players with 26 points and 12 rebounds for Ichabod Crane.

Jack Mullins contributed 15 points, Alex Schmidt added 12, five assists and six steals and Daniel Warner had 10 points to round out the top performers on offense for the Riders.

Christopher Downs Jr. was the top scorer for the Golden Bears with 23 points and teammate Sam Roiger added 19 of his own.

The game got off to a fast start as far as ball movement but there was not a lot of scoring in the early goings. After the Golden Bears scored the first basket of the contest, Alex Schmidt knocked down a three point shot from the top of the arc to give the Riders an early lead 3-2.

The Riders got a steal and Schmidt found Daniel Warner for two points. About midway through the period the Riders led 7-2, and both teams looked settled in their play-styles at this point. Canton committed a shot clock violation and turned it over to Ichabod

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In this photo from Feb. 24, Ben Simmons (10) of the Brooklyn Nets looks on during the first half against the Boston Celtics at Barclays Center.

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Ichabod Crane’s Brett Richards (24) goes to the basket during Tuesday’s Class B state regional game against Canton at Saratoga High School.

Crane shortly thereafter.

Richards picked a miss by Warner out of the air and laid it in for two points. Schmidt made a nice move to get space in the paint for a shot by changing direction and moving around the defense for another two. Jack Mullins made one from beyond the three point line as well for the Riders and their lead was now 14-6.

Canton’s Eyilayomi Odetoyinbo knocked down a two-point jumper directly over Richards to close the gap See RICHARDS B3

Ahead of return to Philly, Kyrie Irving has advice for Ben Simmons Kristian Winfield New York Daily News

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Canton’s Chris Downs (3) drives to the basket against Ichabod Crane’s Dan Warner (33) during Tuesday’s Class B state regional game at Saratoga High School.

NEW YORK — If Ben Simmons needs advice on how to deal with animosity from the fanbase of his previous team, all he needs to do is seek out No. 11.

Boston-area fans booed Kyrie Irving repeatedly at TD

Garden in the Nets’ loss to the Celtics on Sunday. They chanted “Kyrie sucks!” after Irving turned in a performance below his own superstar standards in the Nets’ six-point loss to a division rival.

See IRVING B5

Seahawks agree to trade Russell Wilson to Broncos Bob Condotta The Seattle Times

SEATTLE — In one of the biggest — if not the biggest — trades in Seattle sports history, the Seahawks have agreed to deal quarterback Russell Wilson to Denver for a mammoth haul of five draft picks and three players that includes two first-round picks and quarterback Drew Lock.

The NFL Network reported that the deal has been in the works for several weeks and came to fruition Tuesday after Denver learned it would not be able to get Aaron Rodgers, who agreed to a four-year deal worth $200 million to stay with Green Bay. That contact was also likely to serve as a starting point for any future talks between Wilson and Seattle — he had two years remaining on his contract — and likely also played a role in the Seahawks deciding to move on from Wilson knowing that they might be able to get its best package in return for Wilson now rather than waiting a year.

According to multiple reports, Seattle will also send a fourth-round pick to Denver while getting three players, including Lock, as well as two first-rounders, two second-rounders and a fifth. Lock, a second-round pick of the Broncos in 2019, has an 8-13 record as a starter,

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Quarterback Russell Wilson take the field for a game against the Green Bay Packers on Nov. 14 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

including 0-3 in 2021.

According to multiple reports, one of the other players Seattle is expected to get is defensive

end Shelby Harris, a 30-year-old who had six sacks in 2021. Harris has two years remaining on his contract, due to make $7.5 million in

2022.

Seattle is also expected to get tight end Noah Fant, who is entering his fourth year and had 68 receptions for 670 yards and four touchdowns last season.

The trade technically cannot become official until the new league year begins on March 16, which is also the beginning of the trade period and there was no immediate comment from the Seahawks.

One of the first-round picks is expected to include Denver’s pick at No. 9 this year, with which Seattle could go after a quarterback to replace Wilson, either picking there — though this is not regarded as a strong year for quarterbacks in the draft — or to use as trade capital to get a veteran, or to acquire more picks.

The NFL Network reported that Wilson will waive the his no-trade clause and allow the trade to happen.

Seattle coach Pete Carroll said last week at the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis that the Seahawks “had no intention” to trade Wilson and that general manager John Schneider had told teams who called about Wilson that Seattle “was not shopping the quarterback.”

But the Seahawks stopped short of saying See SEAHAWKS B5

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Pro basketball NBA Eastern Conference Atlantic W L Pct Philadelphia 40 24 .625 Boston 39 27 .591 Toronto 34 30 .531 Brooklyn 33 33 .500 New York 27 38 .415 Central W L Pct Milwaukee 41 25 .621 Chicago 39 26 .600 Cleveland 38 27 .585 Indiana 22 45 .328 Detroit 18 47 .277 Southeast W L Pct Miami 44 22 .667 Charlotte 32 34 .485 Atlanta 31 33 .484 Washington 29 34 .460 Orlando 16 50 .242 Western Conference Northwest W L Pct Utah 40 24 .625 Denver 39 26 .600 Minnesota 37 29 .561 Portland 25 39 .391 Oklahoma City 20 45 .308 Pacific W L Pct Phoenix 52 13 .800 Golden State 43 22 .662 L.A. Clippers 34 32 .515 L.A. Lakers 28 36 .438 Sacramento 24 43 .358 Southwest W L Pct Memphis 45 22 .672 Dallas 40 25 .615 New Orleans 27 38 .415 San Antonio 25 40 .385 Houston 16 49 .246 Monday’s games Detroit 113, Atlanta 110, OT Philadelphia 121, Chicago 106 Miami 123, Houston 106 Minnesota 124, Portland 81 Dallas 111, Utah 103 San Antonio 117, L.A. Lakers 110 Denver 131, Golden State 124 New York 131, Sacramento 115 Tuesday’s games Brooklyn 132, Charlotte 121 Cleveland 127, Indiana 124 Phoenix 102, Orlando 99 Memphis 132, New Orleans 111 Milwaukee 142, Oklahoma City 115 L.A. Clippers at Golden State, 10 p.m.

Wednesday’s games Boston at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Detroit, 7 p.m.

Phoenix at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

Atlanta at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Houston, 8 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Orlando at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

New York at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

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

Portland at Utah, 10 p.m.

Denver at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

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

Thursday’s games Brooklyn at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.

Golden State at Denver, 10 p.m.

GB — 2.0 6.0 8.0 13.5 GB — 1.5 2.5 19.5 22.5 GB — 12.0 12.0 13.5 28.0 GB — 1.5 4.0 15.0 20.5 GB — 9.0 18.5 23.5 29.0 GB — 4.0 17.0 19.0 28.0

Pro hockey NHL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OT SO Pts Florida 57 39 13 2 3 83 Tampa Bay 56 37 13 2 4 80 Toronto 57 37 16 3 1 78 Boston 57 34 18 3 2 73 Detroit 57 24 27 5 1 54 Ottawa 56 20 31 4 1 45 Buffalo 58 18 32 7 1 44 Montreal 56 15 34 7 0 37 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT SO Pts Carolina 56 39 12 5 0 83 NY Rangers 57 36 16 3 2 77 Pittsburgh 58 34 15 4 5 77 Washington 57 30 18 7 2 69 Columbus 57 28 26 1 2 59 NY Islanders 53 21 24 3 5 50 New Jersey 57 21 31 1 4 47 Philadelphia 56 18 28 6 4 46 Western Conference Central Division GP W L OT SO Pts Colorado 58 41 12 4 1 87 St. Louis 56 32 17 5 2 71 Minnesota 55 33 19 0 3 69 Nashville 56 32 20 2 2 68 Dallas 56 32 21 1 2 67 Winnipeg 57 25 22 6 4 60 Chicago 58 21 29 6 2 50 Arizona 56 17 35 0 4 38 Pacific Division GP W L OT SO Pts Calgary 55 34 14 7 0 75 Los Angeles 58 32 19 5 2 71 Vegas 58 32 22 3 1 68 Edmonton 57 30 23 4 0 64 Anaheim 59 27 23 5 4 63 Vancouver 57 28 23 3 3 62 San Jose 56 24 25 5 2 55 Seattle 59 17 37 4 1 39 Monday’s games Los Angeles 3, Boston 2, OT Florida 6, Buffalo 1 Toronto 5, Columbus 4 Colorado 5, NY Islanders 4 Calgary 3, Edmonton 1 Tuesday’s games New Jersey 5, Colorado 3 Philadelphia 2, Vegas 1 Florida 4, Pittsburgh 3 Toronto 6, Seattle 4 Arizona 9, Detroit 2 Ottawa 4, St. Louis 1 Nashville 2, Dallas 1 Minnesota 5, NY Rangers 2 Winnipeg 7, Tampa Bay 4 Chicago 8, Anaheim 3 Washington at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Wednesday’s games Washington at Edmonton, 8 p.m.

Montreal at Vancouver, 10:30 p.m.

Thursday’s games Chicago at Boston, 7 p.m.

Vegas at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Arizona at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Seattle at Ottawa, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Detroit, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Florida, 7 p.m.

Winnipeg at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Colorado at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Columbus at NY Islanders, 7:30 p.m.

NY Rangers at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Anaheim at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Calgary, 9 p.m.

San Jose at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

GF GA 237 167 196 162 213 171 173 155 165 212 147 180 154 209 137 212 GF GA 191 134 171 144 188 156 185 158 190 210 137 152 176 205 141 193 GF GA 230 168 195 155 208 179 176 156 166 162 174 178 152 201 141 203 GF GA 193 134 172 162 185 169 185 183 175 187 164 165 145 179 152 213

College basketball TUESDAY’S SCORES MEN EAST Boston College 66, Pittsburgh 46 Bryant 70, Wagner 43 Fairfield 72, Canisius 50 Rider 79, Manhattan 67 Wright St. 72, Northern Kentucky 71 SOUTH Clemson 70, NC State 64 Delaware 59, North Carolina- Wilmington 55 Marshall 74, Florida International 62 Southern Miss 67, Texas-San Antonio 64 MIDWEST Bellarmine 77, Jacksonville 72 Louisville 84, Georgia Tech 74 South Dakota State 75, North Dakota State 69 WEST California Baptist 81, Texas Rio Grande Valley 80 CSU Bakersfield 58, CSU Northridge 45 Gonzaga 82, St. Mary’s (Calif.) 69 North Carolina vs. Virginia-Louisville winner, 9:30 p.m.

MEN’S AUTOMATIC BIDS Atlantic Sun: Jacksonville State (21–10) Big South: Longwood (26–6) Colonial: Delaware (22–12) Horizon: Wright State (21–13) Missouri Valley: Loyola Chicago (25–7) Northeast: Bryant (22–9) Ohio Valley: Murray State (30–2) Southern: Chattanooga (27–7) Summit: South Dakota State (21-9) Sun Belt: Georgia State (18–10) West Coast: Gonzaga (24-3)

NHL roundup: Alex Ovechkin makes history in Caps’ win Field Level Media

Alex Ovechkin scored two goals to move into a tie for third place on the NHL’s all-time list and the visiting Washington Capitals defeated the Calgary Flames 5-4 on Tuesday night for their third straight win.

The forward scored in the second period and added an empty-net goal to tie Jaromir Jagr (766) for third place all-time. Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom became the ninth pair of teammates to play 1,000 NHL games together.

Nic Dowd scored the goahead goal for Washington, and Nick Jensen had three assists. Vitek Vanecek made 31 saves.

Elias Lindholm scored twice for Calgary, which saw its 13-game home point streak end. Dan Vladar made 22 saves.

Wild 5, Rangers 2 Kevin Fiala scored two goals, Marcus Foligno added one goal and two assists and Minnesota pulled away for a win over New York in Saint Paul, Minn.

Ryan Hartman and Joel Eriksson Ek also scored for the Wild, who snapped a two-game skid. Minnesota’s Cam Talbot stopped 23 of 25 shots.

Dryden Hunt and Mika Zibanejad scored for the Rangers, who lost for the first time in four games.

New York goalie Alexandar Georgiev gave up five goals on 28 shots to fall to 7-9-2.

Coyotes 9, Red Wings 2 Nick Schmaltz had two goals and two assists to lead Arizona to a road romp over Detroit.

Jakob Chychrun and Nick Ritchie each had two goals and an assist for Arizona, which has won three in a row and four of its last five.

Christian Fischer and Clayton Keller added third-period goals for Arizona, which has scored 17 goals in the last two games.

Robby Fabbri and Jakub Vrana tallied goals for Detroit, which has lost five of its last six.

Blackhawks 8, Ducks 3 Patrick Kane set a career high with six points as Chicago beat visiting Anaheim.

Kane had a goal and five assists – surpassing his previous career high of five points, accomplished twice in his 15-year career. Dylan Strome tallied three goals and an assist on his 25th birthday, Alex DeBrincat had a goal and three assists, and Marc-Andre Fleury made 29 saves for the Blackhawks, who had lost six of their previous eight.

Ryan Carpenter and Jonathan Toews added Chicago’s other goals. Jakob Silfverberg, Trevor Zegras and Adam Henrique scored for Anaheim in the opener of a five-game road trip. John Gibson was lifted after yielding five first-period goals.

Devils 5, Avalanche 3 Yegor Sharangovich had a goal and an assist as New Jersey rallied from three goals down to beat Colorado in Newark, N.J. Nathan Bastian, Ty Smith, Damon Severson and Tomas Tatar also scored for the Devils, who have won two in a row.

Jesper Bratt had three assists, Jack Hughes notched two assists and Nico Daws stopped 23 shots.

Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon tallied a goal and two assists, Cale Makar and Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist each and Darcy Kuemper made 38 saves. The league-leading Avalanche fell to 1-2-1 in their past four games.

Maple Leafs 6, Kraken 4 Auston Matthews scored three goals to raise his league-leading total to 43 as Toronto defeated visiting Seattle.

William Nylander, John Tavares and Mitchell Marner each had a goal and an assist for the Maple Leafs, who won for the fifth time in seven games. TJ Brodie and Michael Bunting added two assists apiece. Jack Campbell made 26 saves.

Colin Blackwell had a goal and an assist for the Kraken, and Carson Soucy, Alex Wennberg and Jaden Schwartz also scored.

Philipp Grubauer stopped 26 shots for Seattle, which fell to 0-3-0 on a five-game road trip.

Jets 7, Lightning 4 Pierre-Luc Dubois and Kyle Connor scored two minutes apart in the third period to break open a tie game, helping host Winnipeg beat Tampa Bay. Paul Stastny scored twice and Josh Morrissey tallied a goal and assist for Winnipeg. Meanwhile, Mark Scheifele recorded a goal with three assists as the Jets improved to 3-1-1 in their last five.

Ryan McDonagh, Victor Hedman, Alex Killorn and Ross Colton each scored for the Lightning, who had won seven of eight overall and four straight on the road.

Predators 2, Stars 1 Captain Roman Josi scored the go-ahead goal with 1:22 remaining in the third period vs. Dallas, propelling host Nashville to its fourth win in six games.

Josi followed a four-assist performance in Nashville’s 8-0 romp at San Jose on Saturday by scoring his 15th goal of the season. Ryan Johansen also scored in the third period and Juuse Saros made 22 saves to improve to 12-4-1 in his career vs. Dallas.

Defenseman John Klingberg scored 32 seconds into the third period for the Stars, who saw their fourgame winning streak come to a halt.

Senators 4, Blues 1 Josh Norris and Tim Stutzle had a goal and two assists each as visiting Ottawa beat St. Louis to snap a fivegame losing streak.

Brady Tkachuk, who grew up in St. Louis watching his father Keith play for the Blues, and Alex Formenton also scored for the Senators.

Colin White notched two assists and Anton Forsberg made 22 saves to earn the victory.

David Perron scored and Jordan Binnington stopped 24 shots for the Blues, who are winless in their last four games (0-3-1). The Blues also lost winger Pavel Buchnevich, who was knocked out of the game by a high hit from Austin Watson late in the third period.

Panthers 4, Penguins 3 Carter Verhaeghe scored the eventual game-winning goal and added an assist as visiting Florida held off Pittsburgh for a fourth straight win.

Sam Reinhart, Aaron Ekblad and Anthony Duclair also scored and Aleksander Barkov added two assists for the Panthers, who blew a two-goal, first-period lead before getting the next two.

Sergei Bobrovsky made 32 saves.

Bryan Rust and Sidney Crosby each had a goal and an assist while Jake Guentzel also scored for the Penguins, who lost their second in a row. Tristan Jarry stopped 25 shots.

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The Brooklyn Nets’ Kyrie Irving looks up and points to the sky in the fourth quarter against the Charlotte Hornets at Spectrum Center on Tuesday in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Kyrie Irving hangs 50 on Hornets to push Nets back to 8th seed Kristian Winfield New York Daily News

Great players rarely have two straight off games. Tuesday night gave the world a reminder: Kyrie Irving is one of the all-time greats.

This is what happens when Irving, fresh off a subjectively average game in the Nets’ loss in Boston, plays like the star he’s proven to be. He hung a seasonhigh in both points scored and threes made on the Hornets in a must-win game to power the Nets to a 132-121 victory in Charlotte on Tuesday.

Irving came out a man on fire, quite possibly because he matched up against Terry Rozier - his former backup point guard in Boston, the scorer who believed he sacrificed the most

by Irving’s arrival via trade to the Celtics five seasons ago. The Nets All-Star reminded Rozier there are levels to basketball: He hit seven of his first eight threepoint attempts and hit a seasonhigh nine threes en route to 50 points, the most allowed by a Hornets opponent all season.

It was his fifth career 50-point game and the third time he’s hung half-a-hundo as a member of the Nets.

Irving’s breakout game was particularly encouraging: He scored just 19 points on 8-of-18 shooting in Boston in a loss to the Celtics, and it was the first set of consecutive games he and Kevin Durant have played all season.

Irving and Durant traded places: The Nets’ MVP candidate scored just 14 points on 13

shots and turned the ball over four times to his seven assists, but Irving’s star shined bright enough to deliver the Nets a critical win on Tuesday.

Brooklyn built a lead as large as 34 points, in large part due to the Hornets’ own incompetence. Charlotte was not home to a professional basketball team on Tuesday. Instead, it looked like a bunch of kids on an AAU basketball team playing pickup basketball. The Hornets exhibited little concern for taking care of the ball, generating quality offense or playing with the intensity required in a game with play-in tournament seeding implications.

The win for Brooklyn was important, regardless of the lack of respect for the game shown by the Hornets. It moved the Nets (33-33) firmly in front of the Hornets (32-34) for the No. 8 seed in the Eastern Conference. The win also ties the Nets and Hornets at one win apiece in their season series. The two teams play one more time on March 27 at Barclays Center, where Irving cannot play due to his status as unvaccinated in a city with a private sector vaccination mandate.

The Nets still remain two games behind the No. 7 seeded Toronto Raptors (34-30). They are five games behind the sixthseeded Cleveland Cavaliers, meaning they would need to win five more games than the Cavs in the final 16 games of the season to claw out of the play-in tournament.

That won’t be likely, however,

if they cannot find a way to beat zone defenses and the full-court press. The Hornets chopped into the Nets’ lead in the third quarter via a 20-4 run by switching back to a zone defense. The Nets also struggled to beat a zone defense in their disappointing loss to a Miami Heat team without four of their best players at Barclays Center on Thursday.

The Hornets’ unpredictable second-half defense, plus some carelessness and complacency from the Nets, chopped a 34-point Nets lead down to as little as 13 in the fourth quarter. That’s when Irving danced around Hornets’ forward P.J. Washington, then hit a shot clock-beating jumper that kept Charlotte at bay with under four minutes to go in the final period.

Which brings us back to New York City, where Irving’s theatrics and heroics are unavailable. Mayor Adams repealed the Key2NYC vaccine mandate, but the private sector mandate allows Irving to walk into Barclays Center and sit with his teammates. He just can’t take the two steps forward from the bench onto the floor to compete in games - even though unvaccinated players from opposing teams don’t have to abide by such rules.

Under the current mandate, Irving is only eligible to play in five more games for the Nets this season. Tuesday’s performance is a reminder of what fans in Brooklyn don’t get to see.

A great player, who rarely has two off games in a row.

NBA roundup: Garland’s double-double sparks Cavs Field Level Media

All-Star guard Darius Garland scored a career-high 41 points and dished out 13 assists to propel visiting Cleveland to a hard-fought 127-124 victory over Indiana on Tuesday.

Rookie Evan Mobley, making the start at center with Jarrett Allen sidelined with a fractured finger, added 22 points, 12 rebounds and five steals.

Forward Lauri Markkanen tallied 21 points for the Cavs, who have won two in a row and completed a four-game season sweep of the Pacers.

Guard Tyrese Haliburton fired in 25 points and had nine assists for the Pacers, who have lost 12 of their last 15 games. Indiana had eight players in double figures.

Goga Bitadze added 15 points and nine rebounds, and Jalen Smith and Duane Washington Jr. also scored 15 points each.

Bucks 142, Thunder 115 Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 39 points to lead Milwaukee to a win over host Oklahoma City.

Milwaukee didn’t have an answer for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who finished with 33 points on 11-of-18 shooting, a career-high 14 assists and eight rebounds.

But the Thunder couldn’t slow down Antetokounmpo,

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Cleveland Cavaliers guard Darius Garland (10) shoots the ball while Indiana Pacers guard Chris Duarte (3) defends in the first half at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Tuesday.

who was 13 of 19 from the floor.

Warriors 112, Clippers 97 Jonathan Kuminga and Jordan Poole combined for 41 points off the bench and Golden State found its first-rate defensive form in a triumph over Los Angeles in San Francisco.

Kuminga led all scorers with 21 points, Poole and Klay Thompson ran up 20 apiece, Stephen Curry had 15 and Andrew Wiggins chipped in with 14 as the Warriors snapped a five-game losing streak.

Nicolas Batum had a teamhigh 17 points for the Clippers, whose point total was the lowest for a Golden State

opponent since a 132-95 win at Portland in the Warriors’ first game after the All-Star break. Los Angeles dropped its second game in a row.

Suns 102, Magic 99 Deandre Ayton posted his 20th double-double of the season and Cameron Payne had 18 points and 12 assists as Phoenix rallied late for a win over host Orlando.

Ayton had a double-double by halftime as the Suns took a 53-43 lead. The 6-foot-11 center finished with 21 points and 19 rebounds to help Phoenix sweep a season series with the Magic for the first time since 2015-16.

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Ichabod Crane’s Avery Clickman (10) brings the ball up the floor during Tuesday’s Class B state regional game against Canton at Saratoga High School.

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Ichabod Crane’s Alex Walsh (5) had 12 points, five assists and six steals to help the Riders defeat Canton, 71-58, in Tuesday’s Class B state regional game at Saratoga High School.

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Canton’s Chris Downs (3) goes to the basket as Ichabod Crane’s Avery Clickman (10) defends during Tuesday’s Class B state regional game at Saratoga High School.

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a bit as the first quarter ended and the Riders led, 15-10.

The Riders had a picture perfect possession in the opening moments of the second quarter. Schmidt drove toward the hoop along the baseline, passed it to Warner, who kicked it out to Quinn Rapport, and Rapport swung it to Mullins at the top of the arc for a three-pointer.

Then Richards was underneath the basket and was being guarded tightly as he faced the baseline. Richards passed it backwards for Warner who cut into the paint and was wide open for the two.

The Golden Bears knocked down some shots and cut the lead to 20-18 but the Riders answered with a couple more themselves, and a timeout was taken with Ichabod Crane up, 24-18.

Richards converted a layup on a catch-and-shoot inside the paint on an inbound pass from Avery Clickman. Each team got multiple steals in the closing minutes of the half, and the Riders still led 29-23 at the break.

Richards tipped in a miss early in the third quarter for the Riders as they clung to their slim lead. Clickman got called for a foul on a blocked shot where he seemed to just touch the ball and not the shooter’s hand.

Canton soon tied the game at 31-31 and the Riders had to be careful and not let the game

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such figure since 2002.

The lockout, imposed by the owners last December in an effort to spur a winter resolution of the league’s labor issues, has not yet resulted in

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Ichabod Crane’s Alex Walsh (5) drives to the basket during Tuesday’s Class B state regional game against Canton at Saratoga High School.

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Ichabod Crane fans show supprt for their team at Tuesday’s Class B state regional game against Canton at Saratoga High School.

get away from them. Richards got an offensive rebound after a miss by Warner on the fastbreak and he put it in for the lead 33-31 at the 4:48 mark of the third. Each side lost the ball to the opposing defense a few times over the next minute or so of game time.

Ichabod Crane eventually came away with the ball cleanly at long last and Clickman dished it to Mullins in transition for two points. Then Richards got a rebound on defense this time and threw it all the way up the floor to Clickman in stride for a lay-in.

Immediately following that shot, Mullins stole the Golden Bears’ inbound pass and put

his defender on ice skates with a nasty crossover move back into the paint for the twopointer.

Schmidt got to the foul line as the third period came to a close, and he made both shots to put the Riders up 43-36 entering the fourth quarter.

Warner made a nice jumpshot over Canton’s Downs Jr. for two to begin the fourth quarter for Ichabod Crane.

The Golden Bears called a timeout at the 6:11 mark, trailing 47-40, and with the Riders already in foul trouble with seven team fouls in the half.

Rapport drained a three from the corner out of the timeout, and the Riders stole it

again and got it to Mullins for another layup to bring the lead back to 12 points.

Sam Roiger knocked down a three-ball for Canton but Richards responded for Ichabod Crane with a bucket and the foul. Richards hit the free throw to complete the three point play as echoing chants of “M-V-P” began to permeate the Riders’ student section.

Down the stretch the Riders played defense tightly and carefully enough for the Golden Bears to catch up to them in total fouls in the final minutes of the game.

On one of the Riders’ final possessions, Jack Mullins legitimately got smacked in the

head on a shot attempt directly in front of the official and it went uncalled. However, Ichabod Crane closed out the game at the free throw line anyway with Richards and Schmidt icing the game and making their foul shots.

The Ichabod Crane Riders

defeated the Canton Golden Bears, 71-58, at the final horn in the state regionals, and will face Plattsburgh on Saturday at 7:15 p.m. at Clinton Community College with a chance to make the New York State Final Four on the line.

the loss of any regular-season games. Commissioner Rob Manfred last week announced the cancellation of the first week of the season, although the league has indicated a traditional 162-game schedule could be played if a collective bargaining agreement is reached this week.

No matter when an agreement is reached, according

to The Times/SurveyMonkey poll, one-third of fans said they would buy fewer tickets, watch fewer games on television and buy less merchandise than they otherwise would have.

About half the fans said they expected no change in their habits in attendance, viewership and spending on merchandise. The remaining

sixth of fans were split almost equally between expecting to spend more and offering no opinion.

According to the poll, 5% of Americans in general and 11% of MLB fans said they were following lockout news “very closely,” with 56% of Americans and 18% of MLB fans saying they were not following lockout news at all and

another 31% of fans saying they were following “somewhat closely.”

A majority of fans in the poll said they were either not following lockout news at all, or not following it closely.

About half of fans blame owners and players equally for the lockout, with 31% blaming owners the most and 12% blaming players the most. In a

related question, 65% of fans said players were negotiating in good faith with 42% of fans saying owners were negotiating in good faith.

The survey polled 3,768 Americans online from March 3-7, of whom 1,523 said they were baseball fans; the margin of error for the sample of fans is 3.5 percentage points.

Aaron Rodgers remains with Packers, with huge deal in the works Mark Maske and Nicki Jhabvala The Washington Post

Quarterback Aaron Rodgers will remain with the Green Bay Packers, he announced Tuesday.

Rodgers and the Packers are working to complete negotiations on a new contract that would pay him about $50 million per season, according to multiple people familiar with the deliberations. The expectation is that, barring a last-minute breakdown in those talks, Rodgers will remain with the Packers, according to one of those people.

Rodgers confirmed later Tuesday that he will stay with Green Bay but said he has not signed a new contract.

“YES I will be playing with the [Packers] next year, however, reports about me signing a contract are inaccurate, as are the supposed terms of the contract I ‘signed’. I’m very excited to be back,” Rodgers wrote on Twitter.

Rodgers, 38, stays put with the Packers after weeks of contemplating his football future following a disappointing end to Green Bay’s season. He has won the past two MVP awards, but the Packers failed to reach the Super Bowl despite entering the past two postseasons as the

NFC’s top seed.

He had a turbulent 2021 season that began with him reporting to training camp following an offseason standoff with the front office. The tumult also included him creating a national controversy when he vigorously defended his unvaccinated status after testing positive for the coronavirus in November.

Pat McAfee, the former NFL punter who hosts a show on which Rodgers regularly appears, wrote on Twitter earlier Tuesday that Rodgers “will officially be returning to the Green Bay Packers.” McAfee said later on his show that he had been told by Rodgers that the quarterback plans to remain with the Packers. No deal is in place for a new contract, McAfee said. NFL Network reported that Rodgers and the Packers had agreed to a four-year, $200 million deal.

The new contract could end up being worth around $50 million per season or perhaps even slightly more if the negotiations are completed as expected, according to multiple people familiar with the situation. Rodgers would supplant Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, whose contract is worth $45 million per season, as the NFL’s highest-paid player.

Rodgers’s deal is expected to be

structured in a way that would provide salary cap relief for the Packers during the 2022 season.

Rodgers has two seasons remaining on a four-year, $134 million contract. The deal averages $33.5 million per year. It pays Rodgers about $27.5 million for the 2022 season, when he is to count approximately $46.7 million against the salary cap.

There had been speculation that Rodgers might seek a trade, and he had not ruled out the possibility of retirement.

A trade request would have kicked off a wild frenzy of bidding that could have included the Pittsburgh Steelers and other quarterback-needy NFL teams. A retirement decision would have had him walking away from the sport during the same offseason that fellow quarterbacking greats Tom Brady and Ben Roethlisberger announced they were done playing.

Instead, Rodgers will play an 18th season for the Packers. He will try to join his former Packers teammate, quarterback Brett Favre, as the only players to win three straight MVP awards. And he and the Packers will attempt to make the return trip to the Super Bowl that has proved so elusive in recent years.

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Ichabod Crane’s Brett Richards shoots a free throw during Tuesday’s Class B state regional game against Canton at Saratoga High School.

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

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QUARRY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR A. Colarusso & Son, Inc. is seeking an experienced Equipment Operator for the Quarry Division. Overtime is required. The employee will be responsible for loading trucks using a front-end loader as well as loading barges at our Hudson dock. Must work overtime as necessary.

EOE. Full benefits provided, including health, dental, and vision coverage, as well as a pension/profit sharing plan.

Salary commensurate with experience. Send resume to garyg@acolarusso.com or mail to PO Box 302, Hudson, NY 12534, Attn: Human Resource Department.

BIN TRUCK DRIVER A. Colarusso & Son, Inc., Quarry Division, is seeking a full time Bin Truck Driver; CDL not required. Responsibilities will include monitoring and delivering material to asphalt bins during production, as well as various other labor duties. Must work overtime as needed. EOE. Full benefits provided, including health, dental, and vision insurance as well as a pension/profit sharing plan, Salary commensurate with experience. Send resume to garyg@acolarusso.com or mail to PO Box 302, Hudson, NY 12534, Attn: Human Resource Department.

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NOTICE CONCERNING THE EXAMINATION OF ASSESSMENT INVENTORY AND VALUATION DATA (Pursuant to Section 501 of the Real Property Tax Law) Notice is hereby given that assessment inventory and valuation data is available for examination and review.

This data is the information which will be used to establish the assessment of each parcel which will appear on the Tentative Assessment Roll of the Town of Ashland which will be filed on or before May 1st, 2022.

The information may be reviewed, by appointment, in the Assessor’s Office at Town Hall, 12094 State Route 23, Ashland on Thursday, March 10th between the hours of 9am and 1pm and on Thursday, March 17th between the hours of 9am and 1pm. An appointment to review the assessment information may be made by telephoning the assessor at 518-734-3636.

Dated March 1st, 2022.

Nancy Wyncoop Bower, Sole Assessor

WORKING MECHANIC SUPERVISOR A. Colarusso & Son, Inc. is seeking an experienced Working Mechanic Supervisor for our quarry division.

This position is responsible for the daily maintenance of our fleet of equipment and will be hands on, as needed.

Good mechanical knowledge of diesel/gas engines, hydraulic brakes, electronics, electrical systems, and parts inventory required. Must have management and supervisory experience, work well with others, and possess strong attention to detail and organization.

EOE, Full Benefits provided, including health, dental, and vision insurance as well as a pension/profit sharing plan, Salary commensurate with experience. Send resume to garyg@acolarusso.com or mail to PO Box 302, Hudson, NY 12534, Attn: Human Resource Department.

TRUCK DRIVER A. Colarusso & Son, Inc., Quarry Division, is seeking experienced Class A/Class B CDL Drivers. Material hauled includes sand and gravel, quarry aggregates, and blacktop. Must have the ability to operate a tri-axle dump truck, flow boy, and dump trailer. Overtime as needed. EOE. Full benefits provided, including health, dental, and vision insurance as well as a pension/profit sharing plan, Salary commensurate with experience.

Send resume to garyg@acolarusso.com or mail to PO Box 302, Hudson, NY 12534, Attn: Human Resource Department.

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HOME CARE needed full time for adult woman in Germantown. Please call (518)537-3677

Merchandise

GROUND PERSON/LABORER A. Colarusso and Son, Inc. is seeking a Ground Person/ Laborer. We are willing to train the right candidate.

Duties will include greasing and maintenance of equipment, changing screens, shoveling, and various duties around the plant. Must work overtime as needed. EOE. Full benefits provided, including health, dental, and vision insurance as well as a pension/profit sharing plan.

Salary commensurate with experience. Send resume to garyg@acolarusso.com or mail to PO Box 302, Hudson, NY 12534, Attn: Human Resource Department.

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VINYL WANTED!!! Cash for rock, disco, funk, jazz, punk vinyl collections. No oldies or show tunes. Can pick up anywhere in the Hudson/ Catskill area. 917-371-3232.

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF GREENE FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION ("FANNIE MAE"), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff AGAINST FERENC A. KETESZTESI, EVA B. KERESZTESI, KARL G. ZACEK, VERA ZACEK, Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated July 19, 2018 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Main Courthouse Hall of the Greene County Courthouse, 320 Main Street, Village of Catskill, on March 24, 2022 at 9:00AM, premises known as 1377 RIVER ROAD, WEST COXSACKIE, NY 12192.

All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of New Baltimore, Greene County, State of New York, SECTION 29.00, BLOCK 3, LOT 24.

Approximate amount of judgment $187,214.51 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 14-0856. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the Court System's COVID-19 mitigation protocols and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale.

Paul Martin Freeman Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221

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College basketball tourney final roundup: No. 1 Zags win WCC again Field Level Media

Andrew Nembhard recorded 19 points and seven assists as topranked Gonzaga notched an 82-69 victory over Saint Mary’s on Tuesday night in Las Vegas to win the West Coast Conference tournament title for the 19th time in the past 24 seasons.

The victory all but assures the Bulldogs (26-3) will be the No. 1 overall seed in the upcoming NCAA Tournament. Saint Mary’s (25-7) was being touted as a possible No. 6 seed prior to losing to Gonzaga for the second time in three meetings this season.

Rasir Bolton tallied 18 points and Julian Strawther added 16 for the

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Simmons can expect the same type of visceral reaction on Thursday against the 76ers from the very Philadelphia fan base he ostracized with his decision not to participate in training camp activities or join his teammates for games this season. The 25-year-old Australian forward held out and ultimately forced his way to Brooklyn in the blockbuster James Harden trade.

He will not play in the Nets’ March 10 matchup against the Sixers — the first matchup between newfound rivals since the Feb. 10 Harden deal — but he will sit with his teammates on the bench.

Which means the fans who once cheered him will heckle him to the high heavens, just like they did Irving in his return to Boston.

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Wilson would not be dealt, and according to the NFL Network, Seattle had at least two other offers for Wilson, including one that was reported last week from Washington.

The NFL Network reported that Denver was Wilson’s preferred destination due in part to the team’s core of young receivers and its defense.

The trade means Wilson will still play a game in Seattle next season as the Broncos are on the list of Seahawks home opponents in 2022.

Thus ends the 10-year career of Wilson in Seattle, one

Bulldogs. Chet Holmgren had just eight points while collecting eight rebounds.

Logan Johnson scored 21 points for the Gaels, who played in the conference title game for the fifth time in seven seasons. Gonzaga outshot Saint Mary’s 57.7 percent to 47.4 percent from the field.

Northeast Conference final Bryant is headed to the Division I NCAA Tournament for the first time after beating Wagner 70-43 in the title game in Smithfield, R.I. The Bulldogs (22-9) made the Division II tournament seven times, reaching the final in 2005, before beginning the transition to Division I in

2008.

Peter Kiss scored 34 points to lead Bryant to the win after a long secondhalf delay caused by a fight in the stands. Raekwon Rogers paced the Seahawks (21-6) with 12 points.

ASUN Conference final Atlantic Sun regular-season champion Jacksonville State earned its second NCAA Tournament berth after Bellarmine defeated rival Jacksonville 77-72 in Louisville, Ky. Bellarmine is ineligible for the NCAA Tournament during its transition period from Division II to Division I. Jacksonville, which defeated Jacksonville State in a semifinal game, would have earned the

conference’s automatic bid with a win in the title game.

CJ Fleming scored 27 points and went 11-for-11 from the foul line to lead the Knights (20-13), while Dylan Penn added 22 points. Jordan Davis scored 22 points for the Dolphins (21-10).

Summit League final South Dakota State ran its winning streak to 21 games and sealed an NCAA Tournament bid with a 75-69 victory over North Dakota State in Sioux Falls, S.D. The Bison (23-10) led 61-60 with 3:09 to play after Sam Griesel’s 3-pointer, but the Jackrabbits (30-4) scored the next five points and held

on for the win.

Douglas Wilson led South Dakota State with 21 points and 11 rebounds.

Griesel finished with 24 points, eight rebounds and five assists.

Colonial Athletic Association final Delaware rallied in the final 2 1/2 minutes to beat UNC Wilmington 5955 in the final at Washington, giving the Blue Hens their first NCAA Tournament appearance in eight years.

The Seahawks (23-9) went up 5553 on Jaylen Sims’ jumper with 2:33 to play. Jyare Davis made 1 of 2 foul shots for the Blue Hens (22-12) on the next possession, then put Delaware up for good on a jumper with 1:03 left.

Irving, at least after the Nets’ loss to the Celtics, said he and Simmons hadn’t spoken about dealing with vitriol from a scorned fan base. He said it’s not quite the same because Simmons will be a spectator, while Irving has played at TD Garden five times since leaving Boston for Brooklyn in the summer of 2019.

“We all react differently, and we all prepare in our own ways, and me as one of the leaders on the team, it’s just to be there for him and support (him) every moment that we’re together out on the floor,” Irving said. “Off the floor as well, but it’s never easy to get traded, to leave a team in free agency. We’ve seen people burn jerseys. We’ve seen people throw things from the crowd. We’ve seen fans go on social media, we’ve seen so much of our game be turned into somewhat of a spectacle for people to enjoy and cheer for and the emotions run high.

“Everybody reacts differently to it. As long as his focus is on the game: I said when I was here last year in Boston, if you focus on the game, then I don’t think there’s any bad blood, but in terms of the criticism that people like to bring from watching (from) the audience or yelling things from the sideline, and you’re calling somebody out by their name, some people react differently.”

Celtics fans chanted “F--Kyrie!” in his return to Boston at the TD Garden in the Nets’ first-round playoff series last season. He responded by stepping on the halfcourt Celtics logo — Lucky the Leprechaun — after a standout performance in Game 4. In response, a Celtics fan threw a water bottle at Irving on his way into the locker room and was later arrested for his actions.

“People call me out by my name here in Boston, or they’ve said some over the line

things and it’s a natural reaction to be able to go out and respond.” Irving said. “But ultimately we get paid a lot of money to do this. We have to keep our calm, we have to keep our cool, and we have the refs out there to protect the game. We have our security and it’s just (that) we want to go out there and enjoy it, and I want Ben to enjoy it and have fun doing what he loves to do.”

It remains unclear when Simmons will make his Nets debut. The Philly Voice’s Kyle Neubeck reports that league sources expect Simmons to file an official grievance against the Sixers some time after Thursday to reclaim the $20 million he has been docked in fines by the team this season.

The Sixers fined Simmons because he did not go to a team doctor to address his mental health issues and never submitted documentation to the Sixers proving he sought and addressed those issues with an

outside doctor.

The Sixers — both his former star teammate Joel Embiid and head coach Doc Rivers — also threw Simmons under the bus after his poor performance in their upset second-round playoff exit to the Atlanta Hawks last season.

The Nets have listed Simmons as out due to conditioning and back soreness.

Nets head coach Steve Nash told reporters in Charlotte on Tuesday that going back and facing that Philadelphia crowd — even if just as a spectator — could be good for Simmons’ growth.

“I don’t think he’s naive to think he’s not going to get some boos. I hope he enjoys it, it’s a part of the game,” Nash said Tuesday morning. “He’s on our team. He needs to be with his teammates and get the whole Philly thing out of the way a little bit. Maybe it never goes away, but the first time it’s always nice to kind of

deal with it and move on.”

Irving knows those boos never go away. He called Celtics fans “the scorned girlfriend who just wants an explanation on why I left but still hoping for a text back,” and knows Simmons is going to be subject to the same kind of visceral reaction from the fans he left this season.

“Going back to Philly, of course it’s going to be crazy,” Irving said. “Even for us: I didn’t play (for) Brooklyn my first year, and Boston Celtics fans were still chanting ‘Kyrie sucks,’ and I put out an Instagram post about a bunch of things in life meaning more than this game, and those are the moments where you just realize sports has its own political atmosphere, and it has its own rules and you’ve got to adjust to it.

“So when I was talking to fans at the end of the game, I’m like ‘I love this, man. We’ll see you again. One game.’ ”

that may have been as important as any in franchise history, if not Seattle sports history.

The Seahawks had had four straight losing seasons before Wilson arrived in 2012, taken in the third round at No. 75 overall out of Wisconsin.

He led Seattle to an 11-5 record and a playoff berth his first year and then to the Super Bowl each of his next two seasons, including the Seahawks’ only title following the 2013 season.

But Seattle has not advanced past the divisional round since 2015, adding to frustration for Wilson, who last year began talking about his legacy.

Wilson had two years remaining on his contract at $35 million a season and the

Seahawks knew they would have to offer him a massive contract to keep him following the 2022 season.

Wilson ended last season with the most wins of any quarterback in the first 10 years of his career of any in NFL history — 113.

But Wilson, who turned 33 in November, endured the worst season of his career in 2021, missing three games with a ruptured and dislocated right middle finger as Seattle fell to 7-10, the first losing season for the Seahawks since 2011, the year before Wilson was famously drafted in the third round out of Wisconsin at number 75 overall.

Rumors surrounding Wilson’s future began circulating last season when he said he

was frustrated with how often he had been hit during his career and it was later reported that his agent, Mark Rodgers, had told the team he would approve a trade to one of four teams -- the Saints, Raiders, Packers and Bears.

Denver was not on that list, but the Broncos were known aggressively pursuing a quarterback and apparently made Seattle an offer too good to refuse.

Wilson said repeatedly this offseason that his “hope” was to end his career in Seattle. But like the team, he never definitively said that he wanted to stay.

That Carroll turns 71 in September had led to the idea that the team would keep Wilson for one more season and keep

the team largely together in 2021 and try to get back to the playoffs.

But indications are that the Seahawks could now be active in attempting to go after other quarterbacks who may be available, which could include the likes of Carson Wentz of Indianapolis, Jimmy Garoppolo of the 49ers and possibly Deshaun Watson of Houston, among others.

Seattle will save $11 million against the cap with the trade of Wilson but will still take on a $26 million dead cap hit.

However, the trade also means Seattle will save $27 million against the cap in 2023, the final year of Wilson’s contract, and can forge contracts with other players this season knowing it has that cap space

available down the road.

Like Seattle, Denver finished 7-10 in 2021. But the Broncos then fired Vic Fangio and hired Nathanial Hackett as their new head coach.

Hackett comes from an offensive background having been the offensive coordinator of the Green Bay Packers the last three seasons.

That undoubtedly appealed to Wilson, who it has been rumored has at times felt stifled in the offense of Seattle and Carroll, who comes from a defensive background and has stressed being careful with the football and building around a running game.

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Going down swinging against the idea of banning baseball’s defensive shift Ben Frederickson St.Louis Post-Dispatch

ST. LOUIS — If linebackers start leaning forward before the snap to stop the run, football calls play action and throws downfield.

If a center gets double-teamed in the post, basketball passes it out and shoots from the perimeter.

If infielders and outfielders stack up where they believe a hitter’s swing is most likely to send the ball, hitters complain until baseball changes the rules.

OK, that’s unfair. It’s a heck of a lot harder to hit a baseball than it is to find an open receiver or swish a 3-pointer.

You have to be a remarkable athlete to hit a baseball well enough to play in the majors. What you may not have to do as early as the 2023 season is be able to hit the baseball in any way but one. One of the hardest things in sports could be getting easier soon.

The Cardinals shifted against Ted Williams in the 1946 World Series. Cy Williams faced an overloaded infield in 1920. Speaking to the Los Angeles Times in 2015, broadcasting legend Vin Scully said he knew of evidence of defensive shifts in baseball dating back as far as 1877. But now, we are supposed to believe, is the time those dastardly

defensive shifts must be stopped. Defenses must be punished for turning preparation into an advantage. Hitters must be rewarded for refusing to adjust to an overwhelming trend.

If you object to this kind of thinking, now is the time to holler. If it doesn’t make a difference, it will at least blow off some steam.

One of the few newsworthy nuggets to recently emerge from the mostly stalled baseball labor negotiations is that players and owners are thinking alike when it comes to limiting or banning shifts.

Players, depending on how negotiations in other areas go, could be good with the league implementing a pitch clock, enlarged bases and shift restrictions in time for the 2023 season.

Maybe soon the two sides will get around to figuring out that 2022 season?

Sign me up for the pitch clock, though. Keeping pitchers working and keeping hitters in the box could cut some serious dead time. It’s hard to get too worked up about the size of the bases. It should not be hard to get worked up about banning the shift.

Bad idea.

First, there’s no convincing evidence it will work.

Grand jury is set to convene, weigh criminal charges against Deshaun Watson Nicki Jhabvala and Mark Maske The Washington Post

Eight women who filed criminal complaints of sexual misconduct against Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson were subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury Friday, their attorney, Tony Buzbee, said Tuesday.

Last year, 10 women filed criminal complaints against Watson, alleging sexual harassment and assault during massage therapy sessions. The Harris County District Attorney’s Office opened an investigation and is expected to present at least one case to the grand jury, according to a person with direct knowledge of the situation.

The same day the grand jury convenes to weigh criminal charges, Watson will be deposed for civil lawsuits filed against him last spring. A total of 22 women, all represented

by Buzbee, have sued Watson, accusing him of a range of behaviors that include making inappropriate comments, exposing himself and forcing his penis on the women’s hands, among others.

Watson has denied the allegations, and his attorney, Rusty Hardin, has said any sex acts that occurred were consensual.

The 26-year-old quarterback was coming off a career season in 2020, when he led the NFL in

passing yards. But his career came to a standstill with the emergence of the lawsuits. The Texans denied his trade request in January 2021, and the pending lawsuits kept him off the field for all of last season.

Watson has continued to be the subject of trade chatter this offseason.

The Washington Commanders, according to multiple people with knowledge of the situation, still consider him an option, but with caveats - Washington probably would need clarity on his availability for 2022.

Although the grand jury may decide not to charge Watson, the NFL is investigating him for possible violations of its personal conduct policy, meaning he could face a suspension and/or fine.

Acquiring Watson would be particularly complicated for the Commanders, who were fined $10 million by the NFL for fostering a culture of sexual harassment and bullying. The House Committee on Oversight and Reform opened an investigation of the team’s workplace culture; during a recent congressional panel, owner Daniel Snyder was accused by a former employee of sexual misconduct. The NFL appointed former U.S. attorney Mary Jo White to investigate those allegations.

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Citing a Baseball Info Solutions report produced during the pandemicshortened 2020 season, The Washington Post estimated removing defensive shifts would have led to a 1.5% uptick in hits over a normal 162-game season. That seems like a pretty significant fundamental change for a potentially small reward, one that could open the door for big unintended consequences.

Such as ...

At what point can defenders start moving toward their preferred spot on the field? Will there be a process for challenging and reviewing if a defender has crossed an invisible line too soon? What happens when hitters start complaining about defenders drifting toward their preferred destinations while they are trying to track a pitchers’ release point?

For the sake of the argument, let’s say it does work.

More balls in play would be good for the game. No debate there. A trending away from three true-outcome baseball -- strikeout, walk, home run -- would do more to highlight players’ speed and skill. All for that.

But at what cost?

Information and instincts would have to be ignored. Strategy sharpened

through hard work and preparation would be shelved. Creativity would be quelled.

Why? Mostly because hitters have been more successful at creating an evil shift narrative than they have been at combatting shifts. Usually, describing elite athletes as helpless would be insulting.

In this case, they prefer it.

Every front office has learned to hire employees who can mine data for hitters’ tells. Every manager has learned that using this information is the key to keeping a job. Every pitcher has learned to get on board and pitch in ways that make shifts even more effective.

Has every hitter crippled by the shift done everything in his power to fight back?

No chance.

“I don’t understand how I’m supposed to hit a double or triple when I have six guys standing in the outfield,” Yankees slugger Joey Gallo recently told The Athletic.

If you told Gallo he could not hit a ball over the Rocky Mountains, he would probably tell you to stand back and let him try. But fight back against the shift? No way. Can’t do it. Absurd to even imply. Rules must be changed.

The entire debate has left the rails. It

no longer can be discussed with sanity present. The evil shift narrative prevails.

Suggesting that a guy bunts to a wide-open side of the field is a good way to get mocked. That’s what the defense wants, we are told. That always is funny to hear, because what the defense seems to really want is for that hitter to make an easy out into the shift.

Mentioning that not every hitter falls into the category of guys who are better off trying to hit a homer over the shift is treated as crazy talk. Certain guys really should swing away, no matter what.

The problem is way too many guys think they are one of those guys.

Wondering why hitters who use the most advanced technology in baseball history to track everything from exit velocity to launch angle don’t spend more time using tech to become more shift-proof is fan fiction. Same goes for wondering how fast things would change if teams started increasing the financial rewards to hitters who are less likely to be snuffed out by shifts. Same goes for mentioning that it wasn’t all that long ago that hitters came to the plate with a plan that depended on the game scenario, and sometimes even changed that plan during an at-bat. Believe it or not, some guys still do it.

Georgetown’s Patrick Ewing era needs to end, but it doesn’t have to be a tragedy Jerry Brewer The Washington Post

There is no need for Georgetown and Patrick Ewing to ponder their future, not one that involves him remaining the head coach. No amount of memories, mutual love or money owed should obscure the clarity of dire results: Twenty straight losses are the ultimate nullifier.

To pretend otherwise wouldn’t be a show of grace. It would be an act of negligence. If the Hoyas think they can operate outside the basic standards of major college basketball, then they cease to be a major program. All the recent posturing and carefully worded optimism had better be nothing more than an attempt to buy time and figure out a way less painful way to say goodbye.

The Georgetown that Ewing took to another level in the early 1980s is gone. The rest of that palace has collapsed this season, and the Hoyas must realize nostalgia won’t keep them warm. Ewing, the greatest player in program history, isn’t responsible for most of the gradual decline. But this miserable season is on him. In his fifth year in charge, Ewing has a 6-24 record. You’d have to be embarrassingly gullible to believe patience is the remedy.

The right thing is the difficult thing, and the difficult thing is also the merciful thing. After Georgetown loses in the Big East tournament, Ewing and the Hoyas need to have the announcement ready. They can get out the fancy spoons and mix the word salad however they like. Maybe Ewing transitions to a new athletic department or university role. Out of respect, give him a dignified parachute. But it’s time for Georgetown to stop using the past as a crutch and venture beyond the John Thompson Jr. legacy for the first time in 50 years.

After Ewing was named the head coach in April 2017, Georgetown Athletic Director Lee Reed spoke of Ewing being his own man, not an ideological clone of his old coach and definitely no longer the shy teenager who arrived on campus in 1981.

“There’s Big Pat, and then there’s Coach Ewing,” Reed said that day. “We’ve known Big Pat for a long time; he’s family. But he left no doubt that we were hiring Coach Ewing.”

The failure of Coach Ewing to lift a program that had slipped to mediocrity does not tarnish the legacy of Big Pat. He is still family. He is still the standard.

His full story may be more complicated now, but in sports, we get too carried away with this

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Patrick Ewing, shown in February, enters the Big East tournament with a 20-game losing streak.

fear that one low can damage a mountain of highs. The nature of competition is that even the most regal sports figures lose and lose badly - at some point.

We like perfect icons. We believe in heroes too much. But we’re smart enough to look at a person’s entire history and weigh it all appropriately. It’s sad to see him struggle now.

That’s not a good reason to hold on and hope against hope that one more season will spark a recovery.

In giving Ewing a vote of confidence last week, Reed said: “In this ever evolving landscape of college athletics we are committed to Coach Ewing, and we are working with him to evaluate every aspect of the men’s basketball program to make the necessary changes for him to put us back on the path to success for next year.”

Those kind words came with a lot of exit ramps. However, the results are more straightforward. As the Georgetown coach, Ewing has a 68-83 record, one winning season and a single NCAA tournament appearance that came after a stunning turnaround in the conference tournament last year. The Hoyas just became the first 0-19 team in Big East history. Their 24 losses this season are more than the 23 that Ewing suffered in four seasons as a player. Barring another Big East tournament miracle at Madison Square Garden this week, the Hoyas will trudge into the offseason with their worst mark in 50 years, dating back to the season before Thompson arrived in 1972.

Amid speculation that includes retirement, Ewing has declared he’s “not a quitter” and indicated a willingness to

return. He’s always had that kind of fight, playing through pain, learning from setbacks, spending 15 long years as an NBA assistant before receiving his first head coaching opportunity at Georgetown. Few superstars embrace the grind as much as he has.

But the need for change isn’t an indictment of Ewing’s work ethic or even his abilities as an on-court strategist. It’s about feel. He hasn’t shown a knack for running the type of college program that aspires to be elite again. Recruiting has been spotty. Retention of talent has been an issue, with several of Georgetown’s most promising players transferring and making an impact elsewhere. The program has no clear identity, other than inconsistency. In the beginning, it was a year-to-year mystery. Now, the Hoyas are puzzling from game to game.

Five years ago, Ewing donned a three-piece suit - gray with a blue dress shirt to fit the occasion - and stood behind a lectern labeled “Georgetown University.” He winked at nostalgia, draping a white towel over his shoulder, a la his former coach and mentor. His familiar crosstown smile extended from one edge of his face to the other.

“I think that I’m very prepared to be successful here,” he said upon becoming the men’s basketball coach of a program he had already lifted.

Five years later, a pessimism that wasn’t invited to Ewing’s grand reintroduction engulfs the program, and it keeps mutating during this inconceivable 20-game losing streak.

Georgetown’s Hall of Fame son came home to rescue the Hoyas from mediocrity, and, well, um,

they’re not that anymore. Their situation is much worse now.

Ewing is the only of Thompson’s disciples to have a losing record. Craig Esherick replaced Big John and lasted only 512 seasons with a 103-74 record.

John Thompson III survived for 13 years, made the NCAA tournament eight times, went to the 2007 Final Four, won 278 games and posted a .648 winning percentage. But he was fired in 2017 after the only two losing seasons of his coaching career.

Now, 23 years after Big John retired, the team is at a low point. Ewing’s .450 winning percentage is both the result of his mismanagement and the consequence of the university’s reluctance to reimagine and modernize the program. The elder Thompson had long been portrayed as Georgetown’s overbearing architect and the biggest hindrance to change.

He died six months ago, and the on-court woes have exacerbated a season of mourning and created an inflection point.

Old glory won’t save Georgetown. That statue inside the John R. Thompson Jr. Intercollegiate Athletic Center doesn’t mandate that the university must do what Big John would have done. The sight of Ewing manning the sideline isn’t a comfort during a difficult time.

The floor beneath the Hoyas keeps crumbling, and they are one more misstep from falling all the way through it.

Big Pat is immortal. Coach Ewing hasn’t been the answer, and that’s okay. Really, that’s okay. At 20 consecutive losses and counting, moving on is only sensible response.

Cherish the memories. Stop smothering them.

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Marriage reeling after family’s horrific loss Dear Abby, Our house burned down a year ago, and we lost everything. My husband, “Jeff,” tried desperately to get to our 2-year-old daughter, but she perished in the fire. I managed to get our 3-year-old son out while he DEAR ABBY was trying to save our daughter. Jeff ended up in a burn unit on a ventilator for nine days because he burned his lungs. When he was released from the hospital, things got worse.

We lived with my mom and stepdad for a bit until we found a place, but as soon as Jeff got home, he started hitting me and calling me a cheating slut. We have been together 20 years, and I have been faithful. If I go to the store or to run errands, he gets mad at me for being gone a little too long. If I try to explain what held me up, it’s automatically because I’m cheating, but Jeff feels he can leave and be gone for hours, and it’s OK for him.

I love him, but I can’t take it anymore.

When our son acts out and starts being mean to me, Jeff tells him to respect me, but I think to myself, “How can you tell him to respect me when you don’t?” Abby, please help me.

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The fire and tragic death of your daughter has done more damage to your husband than sear his lungs. It has also taken an emotional toll. It is important that you no longer allow him to take out his anger and frustration with himself on you.

If you have any power at all in your relationship, insist he seek help from a licensed mental health professional. If he refuses, you cannot remain married to him because his physical and emotional abuse may continue

to escalate, and seeing it will affect your son.

Have an escape plan in place before you confront him. A safe way to formulate one would be to contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline. The toll-free number is 800-799-7233 and the website is thehotline.org.

Do it NOW. Dear Abby, My high school friend returns to our hometown once or twice a year. Her last several visits were exhausting. She talked about herself for hours without asking one question about my life. She objectifies men and calls people weak for expressing their emotions.

Our friendship has been a long one. I went to her wedding and did the flowers for her dad’s funeral. But the more I understand myself, the more I see how toxic she is for me. I have reached the hard realization that I no longer want to be around her. I don’t like who she is or how she makes me feel.

I would like us to simply drift apart, but she can be a bully. When I have tried to be unavailable, she has bullied me into seeing her anyway. My partner says I need to break up with her, but I don’t want to hurt her or have a confrontation. How can I gracefully exit this relationship?

Stressed In The West There may not be a graceful way to exit from a relationship with a bully. Ask yourself which would be worse: telling her exactly what you have written to me, or allowing yourself to be steamrollered into another exhausting and frustrating encounter with her. Once you have the answer to that question, you will know exactly what to do, which may start with blocking her number.

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By Stella Wilder Born today, you are never afraid to go where others have yet to tread, and you are often driven to leave your pack behind and explore what lies ahead — or around some corner — entirely on your own to see what has yet to be seen by the human eye. Of course, it may not always be possible for you to do something entirely new in every situation, and not every opportunity will present you with the kind of novelty you most enjoy.

You can be rather aloof emotionally, and you’re not one to wear your heart on your sleeve — not because you are afraid others will abuse it, but because how you feel about this, that or the other thing is quite simply nobody’s business! Indeed, you share your deepest feelings with only one or two close friends; you often keep even your family in the dark.

Also born on this date are: Chuck Norris, actor and martial artist; Carrie Underwood, singer; Jon Hamm, actor; Harriet Tubman, civil rights pioneer; Olivia Wilde, actress; Sharon Stone, actress; Prince Edward of Great Britain.

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

FRIDAY, MARCH 11 PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — Concentrate more on home affairs today and you’ll be far more prepared for what soon happens at the workplace, as they are all closely linked!

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — You may wish you were able to be in two places at once, but that overlooks the fact that an exciting new opportunity has presented itself.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — A problem is presented in such a way that you are unable to

see your way around it until perhaps the very last minute. You must act fast!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — You mustn’t allow yourself to get immersed in the complications others are bringing to certain shared issues. Stay clearheaded and confident.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — When you’re wrong, you’re wrong — and today it’s very important to admit it as soon as you’re aware of it. It surely won’t weigh you down.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Your prospects are very good right now, and you’re in precisely the right position to take full advantage of most opportunities.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — A game of hideand-seek reveals something to you that may come as a surprise at first — until you realize you’ve known it all along.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — You and a close friend turn a pleasant game of one-upmanship into something far more serious, but you must call it quits when dangers arise.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Navigating a sudden storm proves easier than you might think today, especially when you see that these conditions are nothing new to you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — You’ll see things much more clearly today after you “come clean” about something that has been weighing you down for far too long.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — A recent self-assessment becomes obsolete very quickly today when you are changed by an unexpected development. Now be honest with yourself again!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Information you receive today leads you in the wrong direction at first, but only because you were acting on a few outdated assumptions.

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TRUMP CONTROL East-West vulnerable, North deals NORTH ♠J76 ♥ K32 ♦ AJ32 ♣AKQ WEST EAST ♠ A K Q 10 4 ♠853 ♥ 86 ♥ 10 9 7 5 ♦ K85 ♦ Q 10 9 4 ♣862 ♣75 SOUTH ♠92 ♥ AQJ4 ♦ 76 ♣ J 10 9 4 3 NORTH EAST SOUTH 1♦ Pass 1♥ Dbl* Pass 2♥ 3♥ Pass 4♥ *3-card heart support

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When partner responds at the one-level and right-hand opponent makes a simple overcall, double by opener shows three-card support for partner’s suit and a direct raise promises fourcard support. North-South knew that they only had a seven-card heart fit, but they had too much in values to stop short of game.

West continued with the king and queen of spades at tricks two and three. Instead of ruffing, South discarded his losing diamond on the queen of spades. He was trying to maintain control of the trump suit and this was an important play. West shifted to a diamond and South rose with dummy’s ace.

The king of hearts and a heart to his ace put South at the crossroads. Another trump would be fine if they split 3-3. He could cash dummy’s high clubs, ruff a diamond back to his hand, and enjoy the long clubs. Catering to a more likely 4-2 trump split, South cashed dummy’s ace and king of clubs. He then led a heart to his queen and finished drawing trumps with the jack while discarding the queen of clubs from dummy. He could now safely cash three club tricks in his hand and make his contract. Well done!

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