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The district conducted a “Family Internet Access Survey” to locate potential internet issues among students.

Parents received the survey last week in paper and electronic form, Squier said.

Local internet providers are working on providing hot spots to those students, he said.

Each classroom teacher is providing tailored resources to their students, Squier said.

Cuomo orders NY to build temporary medical centers

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Chairman Patrick S. Linger, RNew Baltimore, said.

Teachers across the county are preparing lesson plans and students will be expected to conduct all lessons at home starting Wednesday until Mar. 27.

Internet access is an issue for many in Greene County.

The Coxsackie-Athens Central School District estimates that about 5% of its students have no internet at home, Superintendent Randall W. Squier said.

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ALBANY — With an absence of federal guidance, Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order Monday to allow the state to increase hospital capacity after calling on the federal government to equip states with temporary medical centers before

hospital beds are overwhelmed with coronavirus patients.

The state will fall back to organize the National Guard, building unions and private developers to identify sites to retrofit existing facilities — such as college dormitories and former nursing homes — and convert them to medical facilities with

a goal to create 9,000 additional beds, Cuomo said.

Cuomo also asked local governments to help identify available facilities for this purpose.

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Greene County Public Health Director Kim Kaplan discusses the novel coronavirus pandemic with the Greene County Legislature at a special meeting Sunday.

CATSKILL — A five-day state of emergency was issued by the Greene County Legislature at a special meeting Sunday in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus spread.

Three emergency orders were also issued by the county, closing schools effective Wednesday, senior centers immediately, and putting limitations on the Department of Motor Vehicles.

The decision came on the heels of confirmation of a report that three people who tested positive for the virus outside of the county traveled to Greene County to

self-quarantine, Greene County Public Health Director Kim Kaplan said at Sunday’s meeting.

None of them contracted the illness in the county, Greene County Legislature Chairman Patrick S. Linger, RNew Baltimore, said.

Greene County Administrator Shaun Groden declined to identify where the three people were diagnosed with the virus, nor where they are quarantined. Kaplan would also not say where they are from or where they are recovering.

Legislator Harry Lennon, D-Cairo, asked if there was a way to ensure the three people comply with quarantine

requirements.

“We have no reason to believe they are not complying with the quarantine, and we check in with them daily,” Kaplan said.

The health departments where the three cases originated are also maintaining contact with the three victims of the virus and monitoring the situation with temperature checks.

Linger stressed that no positive COVID-19 cases have been found that originated in Greene County.

“We don’t have a confirmed case that caught this in Greene

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HARTFORD, Conn. — When a person tests positive for COVID-19, the public health department’s team of epidemiologists spring into action.

The investigation begins with an extremely low-tech tool: a conversation.

“We interview the person who’s sick, (and) we identify all the people they’ve been in contact with in the period when they might have been infectious,” Connecticut state epidemiologist Dr. Matthew Cartter said.

And while self-quarantine and social distancing are among the most effective ways to prevent the spread of COVID-19, for those tools to work, officials have to identify the people who are most likely to have come in contact with the virus.

When a patient does test positive for the disease, it triggers a public health response known as “contact tracing,” where officials backtrack the patient’s movement over the previous two weeks in search of anyone else who might have contracted the disease, even if they’re not showing symptoms.

Contact tracing is a critical tool allowing public health officials to connect with those who may be infected and encourage the appropriate steps. Once the virus begins to spread more rapidly, however, that becomes a far more difficult exercise.

Although COVID-19 has brought contact tracing into the spotlight, Cartter said it’s something his staff does regularly for other transmissible diseases, such as measles.

The state Department of Public Health has about 20 epidemiologists who are trained in contact tracing, Cartter said.

These epidemiologists “do this every day for other diseases as well,” Cartter said.

As part of the process, it’s crucial for officials to figure out how the a patient comes in contact with the virus in the first place, he said.

As of Sunday evening, there were 26 confirmed cases of Connecticut residents testing positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.

Hartford health investigators spent the weekend chasing what might be one of the most significant cases thus far: A Hartford man who tested positive for COVID-19 and who had attended a funeral service where as many as 400 people were present.

“We can assume there were many many contacts within the community,” Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin said Sunday during a press conference at UConn Health in Farmington.

TRACING THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS For COVID-19 specifically, the focus is on the patient’s family and coworkers, Cartter said. That’s because the 2019 coronavirus spreads mainly through close and prolonged contact.

Although the home and the workplace are the investigators’ highest concerns, Cartter said any situation with close contact could lead to viral spread — for instance, dinner parties or dates. If investigators find a patient has also been in those situations, they may expand the investigation.

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Dr. Daniel Kombert, medical director for the Care Logistics Center and the director for the Clinical Command Center (center), works with other medical professionals as they answer calls and track data at the Hartford HealthCare COVID-19 Command Center Tuesday, March 10, 2020, in Newington, Conn.

being within four to six feet of somebody for a period of time,” Cartter said. “We’re talking close contact, not somebody you passed in the hall.”

Cartter added the virus is most likely to spread from the initial patient’s coughs and sneezes.

“To be a really effective transmitter, you need to be coughing or sneezing,” Cartter said.

Once the investigators identify possible contacts, they reach out to those people and ask them to selfquarantine for 14 days. That means staying at home and distancing themselves from other family members.

The public health department regularly checks in with those people, Cartter said, and if any of them become ill, the department will arrange to have them tested for COVID-19.

Cartter said that if any of the first patient’s contacts becomes ill or tests positive for COVID-19, that could trigger a second layer of contact tracing, backtracking the second patient’s movements.

But initially, “the focus is on making sure that the first level of contacts are all staying home and being monitored,” Cartter said. “If somebody develops symptoms, that triggers wider” investigations.

COLLEGES AND HOSPITALS Although the state public health department leads the charge on contact tracing, the staff works in conjunction with local hospitals and other entities, such as universities, Cartter said.

Typically, Cartter said, the public health department handles contact tracing out in the world, while hospitals and universities handle the task within their own walls.

So far there have not been any confirmed COVID-19 cases on Connecticut college campuses. However, Cartter said that places such as UConn and Yale University have the capacity to conduct their own contact tracing, with the public health department standing by to give any needed advice or assistance.

While the universities still have time to prepare — and many are shutting down their campuses to avoid cases in the first place — for some hospitals, the virus is already a reality.

Hospital workers affiliated with Danbury and Norwalk hospitals have been diagnosed with COVID-19, and Bridgeport, Danbury and Norwalk hospitals were the first in the state to treat additional patients who are not health care workers.

In all of those cases, Cartter said, the hospitals work to determine any additional patients and health care workers that may have come in contact with the diagnosed person. The hospitals do their own contact tracing “because they know their people best,” he said.

IT’S A CRUCIAL JOB. “Our first priority is to keep our hospitals open.

That’s our first priority, hospital contacts,” Cartter said.

Dr. David Banach, an associate professor of medicine and an epidemiologist at UConn Health, said the hospital staff, much like the public health department staff, is accustomed to contact tracing.

In more typical times, Banach said, the hospital might trace the movements of a patient who’s been diagnosed with tuberculosis or chickenpox.

“There’s precedent for these kinds of things,” Banach said.

The hospital’s investigative work is mostly a matter of searching through paperwork, he said. Medical forms offer a record of each patient’s movements, from one patient room to the next or from a patient room into surgery.

After determining which patients and workers came into contact with the diagnosed patient, Banach said the hospital would also evaluate the type of contact. For example, some health care workers may have provided close-contact care, but could still be low-risk if they wore protective equipment during each interaction.

If the hospital identifies a concerning contact, Banach said, they’d reach out to that person with next steps, such as a 14-day self-quarantine.

LIMITATIONS Earlier last week, when the number of COVID-19 cases in Connecticut was still in the single digits, Cartter said it was entirely feasible for the public health department’s epidemiologists to track down those patients’ recent contacts.

But the number of cases in the state has steadily grown.

And eventually, Cartter expects the number will grow to a point where contact tracing is no longer feasible.

“This case investigation (and) contact identification will last until we have widespread community transmission,” Cartter said. “And then it’ll stop. There’ll be too many people.”

While other states are already in the throes of community transmission, the Connecticut case announced Wednesday, of an elderly New Canaan man, may mark the start of the phase in this state.

And even before Wednesday, Connecticut was already seeing a version of that reality. Cartter noted the first two Connecticut residents to test positive had most likely come in contact with the virus during domestic travel.

The first, a middle-aged Wilton resident, is believed to have come in contact with the 2019 coronavirus on a trip to California. And the second, a Bethlehem resident, is believed to have come in contact with the virus on a trip to Nevada.

“We’ve moved to a different place now,” Cartter said.

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Village planners to decide on Stewart’s

CALENDAR Tuesday, March 17  Athens Village Planning Board 6:30 p.m. Village Hall, 2 First St., Athens 518945-1551  Durham Town Board 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 7309 Route 81, East Durham  Hunter Town Board 7 p.m. at the Town Hall, 5748 Route 23A, Tannersville

Wednesday, March 18  Cairo Town Board workshop meet-

ing 7 p.m. Town Hall, 512 Main St., Cairo  Catskill Library Board 6:45 p.m. at either the Catskill Library, 1 Franklin St., Catskill or Palenville Library, 3303 Route 23A, Palenville  Catskill Central School District BOE 6:30 p.m. High School Library, 341 West Main St., Catskill  Catskill Town Board Committee 6:30 p.m. Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill  Coxsackie Village Election Day 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie  Greene County Legislature meeting No. 3 6:30 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., Catskill

Thursday, March 19  Coxsackie-Athens Central School District BOE meeting 6:30 p.m. High School Library, 24 Sunset Blvd., Coxsackie  Coxsackie Village Budget Work Session 6:30 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie  Coxsackie Village Planning Board 7 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie

Monday, March 23  Catskill Village Planning Board

7 p.m. Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill  Greenville CSD BOE/Budget 4 Meeting 6 p.m. MS/HS Library, 4976 SR 81, Greenville

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CATSKILL — Village residents will soon have their say on a proposed Stewart’s location sited at the intersection of West Main Street and West Bridge Street.

The site, home of Mountain T-Shirts, will be discussed by representatives from Stewart’s and the village planning board for a site plan review.

The board will hold a public hearing on the project March 23 at 7 p.m.

Planning Board Chairman Patrick McCulloch expects that pending the public’s input, the board will either vote on March 23 or at the following meeting.

“We have up to 62 days [to decide],” McCulloch said. “I do not foresee us taking 62 days to vote on this.”

The village zoning board granted the project a variance on March 4, permitting the store to have gas pumps on the property, McCulloch said.

Village planners requested some design changes, McCulloch said.

“The original project was too modern for that area of the village,” he said. “It was a peaked roof building. It just didn’t fit. We had them change the entire building.”

The board also requested some exterior lighting modifications, McCulloch said.

Residents have expressed concern with increased traffic

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Mountain T-Shirts in Catskill, where a new Stewart’s location is proposed.

and with the store being within a floodplain, McCulloch said.

“The gas tanks are what they are,” McCulloch said.

The Greene County Highway Department has two aboveground tanks across the street and the marina on West Main Street also had gas tanks, McCulloch said.

“They are double-walled fiberglass tanks,” he said.

“They have shear valves to prevent gas from leaking out.”

Creighton Manning performed a traffic study and is recommending the light at

the intersection be adjusted to minimize any traffic impact, McCulloch said.

Engineers from Creighton Manning will be present at the hearing to answer trafficrelated questions, McCulloch said, adding that representatives from Stewart’s will also be in attendance.

Several state agencies have reviewed the proposal including the state Department of Environmental Conservation, Department of Transportation and Office of Historic Preservation, McCulloch said.

“They are not looking at the

aesthetics of the project; they are looking at it as a convenience store with gas pumps,” he said.

The 3,996-square-foot store will have six pumps, McCulloch said.

The state agencies determined the project would have no impact on the community, McCulloch said.

In SHPO’s response, the agency noted the adjacent Cornelius Dubois House, which is eligible to be listed on national and state historic registries.

“It is the opinion of the

SHPO that the proposed project will have no adverse impact to historic and cultural resources,” according to the correspondence dated Feb. 24. “In addition, there are no archaeological concerns associated with this project.”

McCulloch is looking forward to the hearing, he said.

“I hope we have a good turnout,” he said. “It’s our community, we care about our community and we want to do what’s best for our community and help move Catskill forward.”

Village President Vincent Seeley believes the project is a step in the right direction.

“I believe that Stewart’s investment and commitment to that area will allow this to be a catalyst for other businesses to open and thrive,” Seeley said. “It is paramount that we revitalize West Bridge Street as it is a gateway between our historic downtown and what I call our big box district.”

The new shop will be convenient for village residents, Seeley said.

“Stewart’s is a regionally local and family-owned corporation that has done a great job building their brand and delivering quality products,” he said. “I am looking forward to their partnership in helping us continue to improve the village Of Catskill.”

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Former St. Pat’s school value plummets

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CATSKILL — The former St. Patrick’s Academy on Woodland Avenue is stirring controversy again as residents questioned new assessment values Wednesday.

Unauthorized construction on the property in early 2019 earned scrutiny from village residents, as new owner Dennis Frascello attempted to convert the academic building into rental apartments. Village President Vincent Seeley said he observed two completed apartments and one under construction during a site visit in late January 2019.

“My recommendation was, Stop what you’re doing because this needs to be rezoned,” Seeley said. The property lies in an R1, or residential 1, zone, which means it would have to be rezoned for multiple dwellings. No action could be taken on rezoning until after the village finished its new comprehensive plan, he said.

The village board adopted its new comprehensive plan Feb. 26.

The new plan will not have an effect on the St. Pat’s property, Seeley said.

“It still needs a use variance and planning board review and approval,” he said, referring to Frascello’s intentions to have rental units on the property.

The initial draft for the comprehensive plan included Planned Unit Development or PUD zoning.

PUD is a method of zoning that would allow trustees to approve a proposal for use of a large parcel of land with added flexibility, Planning board member Gil Bagnell said in January. Feedback from residents

resulted in this section of the plan being pulled.

Resident Debra Samuels addressed the board last week with new concerns about the property.

Samuels alleged that Frascello had requested a decrease in the assessed value of the property due to asbestos and then removed the asbestos abatement without a license.

In 2018 the property was assessed at $690,000 with a market value of $1.15 million. The following year it was reduced to $475,800, according to Greene County property records.

There was no increase in the assessed value after the asbestos was removed, Samuels said.

In February 2019, Code Enforcement Officer Michael Ragaini said Frascello had shown him his asbestos abatement license.

Resident Christine Rappleyea said she couldn’t find Frascello on the state Department of Labor’s directory for asbestos contractors. Rappleyea contacted the Department of Labor and learned the department had no record of him, she said at the February 2019 meeting.

The Daily Mail also did not find Frascello on the registry.

Seeley confirmed in March 2019 that Frascello did not have the proper license.

In 2020 the property’s assessed value was reduced to $158,200, according to Greene County property records. The property’s current market value is $280,000, according to property records.

Frascello had cited structural damage when requesting the 2020 reduction, Samuels said, and told the assessor’s office he would file a grievance

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Structural damage is a legitimate reason for lowering an assessment value, Samuels said.

Samuels said she believes Frascello has intentions to sell the property.

Seeley did not see Samuels’ complaints as village issues, he said Friday.

“Abatement is a state issue and is being handled by the state,” he said. “The town owns the village assessment rolls, not the village. As far as I know, the property is not for sale. They complain when he works on it, complain when he stops, now a gripe about selling?”

Samuels agreed that it is beyond the village’s purview.

“This had nothing to do with the village board,” she said. “It has no control over or say in the assessment.”

The result of the lowered assessment value is a significant reduction in the property taxes Frascello pays to the village, Samuels said.

Petersburgh woman sentenced in attempted grand larceny Staff report Columbia-Greene Media

HUDSON — Victoria Zinna, 26, of Petersburgh, Rensselaer County, was sentenced to up to four years in state prison, District Attorney Paul Czajka said Thursday.

After waiving a possible indictment by a Columbia County grand jury, Zinna pleaded guilty to seconddegree attempted grand larceny, a class C felony, on Jan. 20.

Zinna was sentenced to 1 1/3 to four years in state prison. She must also pay restitution in the amount of $227,836.

On July 5, 2019, Zinna attempted to steal more than $50,000 from her employer,

Capital District Regional OffTrack Betting Corporation, 501 State Route 20, New Lebanon, according to police.

Zinna was arrested at 1:30 a.m. on July 6, 2019, in New Lebanon, where she was also charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a class A misdemeanor, and unlawful possession of marijuana, a violation.

The case was investigated by the state police Bureau of Criminal Investigation in Livingston by Investigator William Hogencamp.

Chief Assistant District Attorney James Carlucci prosecuted the case. Zinna is represented by a Columbia County public defender.

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No studio audience and an elbow bump: The Biden-Sanders debate was a study in contrasts

By Robin Givhan (c) 2020, The Washington Post ·

As pandemic spreads, where was the testing?

Where was the testing?

That’s the question on the minds of many people wondering why testing for COVID-19 was not ordered before the outbreak accelerated through New York state and the rest of the nation.

This is not to say there hasn’t been some forward progress. Gov. Andrew Cuomo opened the state’s first drive-thru COVID-19 mobile testing center Friday morning. As of Monday morning, the total number of New York state cases reached 732. The governor confirmed the first reported death from the virus on Saturday.

Cuomo opened the six-lane, drive-thru testing center in New Rochelle in partnership with Northwell and BioReference, the mobile testing center, which serves all parts of Westchester County. The facility tested around 200 people Friday and is expected to reach a daily testing capacity of 500 people in the coming days.

But why wasn’t this, or something like it, done earlier? Area health officials and nationwide communicable disease experts warned weeks ago that COVID-19 was marching

across the United States and would soon reach New York state.

The governor also announced Friday that New York got approval for 28 state and local labs to do testing for COVID-19 starting this week. The decision will enable the state to run 6,000 tests per day. This is an admirable achievement in such a short time, but it may be too little, too late, as the pandemic, according to the Tribune News Service, hits its acceleration phase.

It’s likely COVID-19 was present in the state before anyone knew it, and as testing increases, many more cases are likely to surface. It could happen this week, and state and local officials should be prepared to ask the public not to panic and to remain calm.

“Testing is probably the single most important thing we could be doing now,” Cuomo said last week. Although we agree with that statement, it should have been uttered weeks ago.

We still have a lot to get through before the pandemic subsides, and we have to focus on that. But when it’s over, the question of why testing took so long has to be explained.

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Communities that have closed schools must find a way to meet displaced students’ critical needs (c) 2020,The Washington Post

At least 56,000 schools across the United States are closed or planning to close in an urgent effort to stem the spread of the deadly coronavirus. Some 29.5 million children in grades K-12 will be affected, with impacts not just on learning but also on the health and well-being of many students and families.

Schools, government institutions and the community at large need to find comprehensive and creative solutions to address the critical needs of these displaced students.

Deciding whether to close schools has been agonizing for local and state officials who recognize the pivotal role that schools play. “We do not take these decisions lightly, and I am fully aware of the various impacts this has on families and communities,” said Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, announcing the closure of schools in three counties, accounting for about half of the state’s children, for six weeks. “Today’s decision has a full range of implications from learning plans and child care, to free and reduced-price breakfast and lunch, just to name a few.”

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inoperable. “There’s no ideal solution,” said Paul Bieniasz, a virologist and professor in New York. “We are comparing one bad thing with one potentially extraordinarily bad thing.”

Most negatively affected will be low-income families who rely on schools to provide critical services, including breakfast and lunch, access to learning materials, counseling for children suffering from trauma and even laundry. It will be a struggle for many parents, in low-paying jobs with no paid leave, to arrange child care.

It is commendable that districts already have announced plans to provide meals and that the federal government, heeding cautions against people congregating, is relaxing rules that required meals to be served at group sites. Likewise, it is encouraging that schools are making arrangements to allow students without Internet access to do their lessons on paper. Comcast is offering free broadband to low-income families. There are teachers and principals who aren’t waiting for their school systems to act but are taking it upon themselves to ensure that their students in need get fed and are not neglected.

These are all good first steps. As closures widen and, quite possibly, extend in time, it will be important to come up with new and more systemic ways to ease the hardships many children will face. Those hardships also underscore the need for Congress to enact a second, generous aid package targeted at the most vulnerable.

Two white-haired men in their seventies bumped elbows in greeting, then retreated to lecterns placed at a CDC-approved distance apart in CNN’s Washington studio for a two-candidate Democratic debate amid the coronavirus crisis.

The loss of that simple, civil gesture - the handshake — made clear how strange and unnerving the times have become. The handshake is pro forma. It’s not intimate or even particularly friendly.

It’s a formality. The new elbow greeting feels chummier because it’s casual — something that young teammates might do in lieu of a high-five because those are off limits now, too. It was odd to see it executed by a couple of suits.

The bump was a performance for the TV audience.

Who else could it be for since there was no audience in the room? It was a flourish, something to underscore that these are science-believing candidates, unlike the president they both hope to defeat - the one who was just heartily shaking hands in the Rose Garden.

Former vice president Joe Biden stood with notably erect posture. His red tie was standard issue. His crisp white shirt reflected light onto his face as he periodically looked down to flip the pages of his legal pad. He squinted at the three moderators, clutched a pen in his right hand and seemed to draw focus from the invigorating momentum he now has in the delegate race.

To his left, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., hunched forward in a dark suit that looked a tad too big. He was a study in gray. His suit read as charcoal.

His tie was a sober blue-gray.

And his shirt continued the drab color story. Sanders was a human storm cloud — all hectoring darkness. A voice of doom.

Sanders talked of “crooks,” “ripping us off.” How come?

How come? How come?

Sanders used every hand gesture in his rich repertoire.

He pointed and jabbed and stretched his fingers wide and palmed the air. He waved his arms for emphasis and in frustration. He turned his body towards his competitor and went on a tear about Biden’s statements and votes that happened a lifetime ago, long before the pandemic, the tanking economy, the shuttered everything, the hording of toilet paper and the rise of a now inescapable question: “Will we survive this?”

Sanders’ outrage was aimed at, of all things, getting a more fulsome explanation of Biden’s historic policy positions on Social Security - positions that in some cases go back to when neither of them was old enough to qualify for it. “Joe! Joe! Joe!” Sanders demanded answers. Sanders demanded acquiescence. Sanders demanded because that is his operating principle.

Without a studio audience to periodically applaud or cheer its approval, to lend its support to his talk of a revolution, Sanders - for the moment — was not the leader of a movement but a solitary man shouting into a microphone.

“People are looking for results, not a revolution,” Biden said, as he launched into a list of what he’d do in the short-term to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, while Sanders was speaking of the systemic failures of the healthcare system and the need for Medicare for all.

The lack of an audience seemed to have a calming effect on Biden. He also seemed to benefit from not having the whipsawing effect that comes from a herd of candidates on stage all jockeying for speaking time. When Biden wasn’t having his say, his hand rested on the sides of the lectern.

At first, he addressed his responses to the moderators.

Then, when he turned towards Sanders, he did so with a casual mien with one hand

resting at his side.

He spoke of his intimate knowledge of the health care system, not just as a politician but also as a father. He mentioned a friend pantomiming outside of a nursing home because of the heightened risks faced by the elderly during the pandemic.

Sanders was on a full front attack. He spoke of the needs of average American workers — nameless and impersonal — along with greed of banks and oil companies. Sanders argued ideology; Biden made everything personal.

During one segment of the debate, Sanders repeatedly referred to Ebola instead of coronavirus before he finally corrected himself after the third misstatement. Did anyone really need that little fillip to our collective horror?

The debate moved on to other topics, to immigration and climate change. For a while, it got stuck in the past.

Biden promised to have a woman as a running mate.

Sanders said, yea, in all likelihood he’d probably have one too.

Yet, what was most memorable? The candidates talked of hand-sanitizer and handwashing, virtual campaigning and not touching their faces. They both said they are healthy. At one point, Biden coughed. At another, Sanders wiped his nose. That’s what people do. Now it’s all fuel for angst.

Biden offered near-term guidance. Sanders spoke of far-reaching fixes. Biden focused on surviving the current storm. Sanders thundered on about just how awful the storm was going to be.

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Carlos J. Agustin Carlos J. Agustin, 27, passed away suddenly at Albany Medical Center on March 11, 2020.

He was born on January 16, 1993 in Kingston to Jesus Juarez and Catherine (Relyea) Agustin.

Carlos worked for several years at Dunkin Donuts. He was a loving father, son and brother and will be missed by many. Carlos is survived by his mother Catherine Agustin, of Albany and father Jesus Juarez Agustin and his wife Ceciia from Kingston. His sisters Kayla Relyea from Castleton, Rosio Juarez from Kingston and Maribel Juarez from Kingston. He is also survived by his lifelong

partner Ken Wiley from Albany and adopted son Albert Knapp “Buddy”. In addition to several aunts, uncles and cousins. He was predeceased by his sister Lucia J. Agustin, and his grandparents Andrew and Catherine “Beverly” Relyea.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 pm on Wednesday, March 18, 2020 from the Bates & Anderson – Redmond & Keeler Funeral Home, 110 Green Street, Hudson. Visitation will begin from the funeral home at 11:00 am. Interment will follow in Cedar Park Cemetery. For directions or to leave a message of condolence please visit www. batesanderson.com

Edward W. Konow, Jr. Edward W. Konow, Jr., 85, of Claverack passed away March 12, 2020.

He was born July 30th, 1934 in Queens, N.Y., son of Edward Konow and Elsie Barteis Konow. He served in the U.S. Coast Guard aboard the Westwind during the Korean War, he was pack leader of Cub Scout Pack 121 in Claverack, he served as a NYS Trooper stationed in Claverack, he was STOP DWI coordinator for Columbia County and he worked at

Twin County Recovery Services in Hudson. He was a loving husband, father and friend. He is survived by his wife, Josephine of 60 years, 2 sons Tom and Chris (Kerry), 9 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. He is predeceased by his son Edward W. Konow III. There will be a private service with a burial at sea at a future time yet to be determined by the family. To leave online condolences visit: www.saccofuneralhome.com

Ronald (Max) A. Meyer Ronald (Max) A. Meyer, 81 of Valatie passed away at home on March 13, 2020. Born in Castleton on April 20, 1930, he was the son of the late John C.Meyer, Edna Bushey.

He worked for Sterling Winthrop, as a chemical operator for 42 years. He was predeceased in death by his sister Janet Ryan and brother in law Wiiliam Ryan. He is survived by his wife Eleanor Meyer, daughter Cindy Meyer, sister Sally Ryan, brothers John (Peggy) Meyer

, Kenny (Kathy) Meyer, Leon (Karen) Meyer, and many cousins, neices and nephews.

Friends and relatives are invited to the Graveside Service, 12:30, Wednesday in the North Chatham Cemetery, Rt 32. In lieu of flowers, donations in Ronald’s memory can be made to Valatie Resque Squad or American Heart Association.

Arrangements are with the Raymond E. Bond Funeral Home, Valatie, NY.

Kevin L. Alger Greenport- Kevin L. Alger, 65, of Greenport, passed away Thursday March 13, 2020. Born July 12, 1954 in Hudson, he is the son of Donald J. Alger and the late Jeanette (Sickler) Alger.

Kevin was an excavation contractor for Greenport Sales.

He was an avid outdoorsman who loved hunting. Kevin was also a skilled mechanic who enjoyed working on cars. He was also an annual participant and past champion of the demolition

derby at the Columbia County Fair.

Kevin is survived by his father Donald J. Alger, daughter Angela Alger, granddaughter Talia Alger, niece and nephews Kara, Jason, and Jeffrey Alger, and sister in law Valerie Alger. In addition to his mother Jeanette Alger, he was predeceased by his brother Donald J. Alger Jr. Funeral services are private, and will be at the convenience of the family.

Islamic State warns terrorists to avoid Europe until coronavirus passes

By Brian Niemietz New York Daily News (TNS)

The Islamic State has warned its terrorist organization to stay clear of Europe until coronavirus is under control.

Would-be martyrs learned of the travel ban in the Islamic State newsletter al-Naba just before the weekend got underway, according to outlets including Homeland Security Today.

The newsletter reportedly urges the group’s militant operatives outside of Europe not to enter the continent while asking supporters and insurgents already there not to leave.

Terrorists serving the Islamic State are also reminded to wash their hands and cover their mouths when yawning and sneezing. The warning reportedly included a full page info-graphic teaching ISIS members how to avoid spreading the pandemic.

Nearly 175,000 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed

worldwide — more that 6,700 of those cases fatal. Italy, where the virus spread quickly last week, has recorded 1,809 fatalities. There have been 335 coronavirus deaths in Spain and 127 in France, according to Johns Hopkins University’s Coronavirus Resource Center map.

There have been no reports of coronavirus in Syria, where Islamic State formed, though health statistics coming from the war-torn country are likely to be incomplete.

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Coronavirus shutdown declared across NY, NJ and Conn. as cases near 1,000 in Empire State

By Clayton Guse, Chelsia Rose Marcius and Denis Slattery New York Daily News (TNS)

NEW YORK — All movie theaters, gyms, bars and restaurants will close in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut at 8 p.m. until further notice to help curb the spread of coronavirus, the governors of each state said Monday.

The move came as New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced there are nearly 1,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Empire State — along with a total of seven deaths.

“We have agreed to a common set of rules that will pertain in all of our states — so don’t even think about going to a neighboring state because there’s going to be a different set of conditions,” Cuomo said of the three-state ban. “I believe we’re the only region in the country that has done this.”

“I think the federal government should have set up a uniform set of rules, so, absent that, regional coordination is imperative,” he added.

Cuomo said crowds of over 50 people will also be banned in all three states. Restaurants can remain open for take-out and delivery only — and the state is allowing eateries to include booze in to-go orders.

NYC Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza talks about free breakfast and lunch for students.

Otherwise, only facilities deemed “essential” will remain open, a list that includes grocery stores, gas stations, pharmacies and hospitals.

New York schools will be shuttered for at least two weeks statewide and the city, Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester and Rockland Counties must have state-approved educational and meal programs in place by midnight.

The three-state shutdown comes a day after New York Mayor Bill de Blasio moved to close city schools, ban eat-in service at city bars and restaurants and shut down all nightclubs, movie theaters and concert venues in the five boroughs effective 9 a.m. Tuesday. Cuomo’s announcement

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Times Square is seen without people and very few cars early Monday morning, March 16, 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic outbreak. As coronavirus infections intensify, it could force a curfew or road closures in New York City, but Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday the outbreak hasn t made those travel restrictions necessary yet. “Everything’s on the table,” de Blasio said on NY1.

“No, we are not closing down transportation, we’re not closing down roads or bridges, we are not putting a curfew into effect or travel restrictions.” The Mayor also said, “at any point in this trajectory, we may change that depending on the facts.”

moves forward that cut-off to Monday evening.

“The faster and better societies close down, the sooner they reopen,” Cuomo said.

De Blasio on Sunday also announced the city’s schools will close until further notice, with some campuses reopening Monday, March 23 for children of health care professionals, first responders, transit workers and vulnerable families.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said he would also announce a plan to close schools in his state later on Monday.

Murphy has also discouraged all non-essential, nonemergency travel in the state between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m.

Following the success of a drive-through coronavirus testing facility in the Westchester County city of New Rochelle, one of the highest cluster areas in the country, similar testing sites will soon be set up in Staten Island, Long Island and Rockland County.

In all, New York has tested roughly 7,000 people for the potentially deadly disease,

Cuomo said.

Other measures the state is taking to combat the spread of the respiratory illness include waiving fees at all state and local parks.

All local governments must also reduce their workforce by 50% and Cuomo called on non-essential private businesses to do the same, if possible.

The governor also wants all police and EMS personnel in the state to be equipped with face masks.

Cuomo’s biggest concern remains the number of hospital beds in the state as he issued an executive order Monday calling on the National Guard to work with building unions and private developers to find existing facilities, such as dormitories and former nursing homes, that can most easily be converted to medical facilities, with the goal of creating an additional 9,000 beds.

The governor has repeatedly called on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to aid in transforming buildings across the state into hospital

facilities, saying the current healthcare system will soon be overwhelmed by the number of people needing beds and ventilators as the coronavirus spreads.

“Our primary goal right now is to slow the spread of this virus so that the wave of new infections doesn’t crash our healthcare system, and everyone agrees social distancing is the best way to do that,” Cuomo said.

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Health care companies race to find test to quickly detect COVID-19

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Responding to limitations in current testing methods, health care companies around the world are racing to produce new point-of-care diagnostic systems that can quickly detect the presence of the COVID-19 coronavirus.

All of the existing devices used to diagnose COVID-19 cases, including Roche’s system heralded by President Donald Trump on Friday and a second one from Thermo-Fisher Scientific, are laboratory-based systems that require central analyzers located in major hospitals and labs.

Although such systems can be highly accurate, they can require 6 hours to generate a result and 24 to 48 hours if the patients’ sample needs to be transported to a central lab for processing — lags in which patients may continue spreading the virus.

There’s also a biological delay. The COVID-19 virus takes more time than past viruses to build up enough genetic material that is detectable with a lab-based test. That means a person may be contagious before the virus is detectable with traditional systems.

“Usually, you’d be able to detect it pretty close to when symptoms appear, for most viruses,” said David Deetz, CEO of St. Paul’s Ativa Medical, which is developing a point-of-care test for COVID-19 that is still months from commercial release. “That’s why no one can contain this thing. ... You become contagious early, and can’t detect it until late. That’s the main problem.”

More than a dozen companies including Ativa are working on point-of-care systems that could offer rapid early detection of COVID-19, said Divyaa Ravishankar, a global product marketing manager with St. Louis Parkbased health-research organization NAMSA. No such system is approved in the U.S. today.

But like other point-ofcare tools used to detect illnesses, a quick test for COVID-19 would likely offer a trade-off between accuracy and speed, Ravishankar said.

Such a system could offer a result while the patient is still in the clinic, or standing in the entryway at a nursing home. Eventually it could be available over the counter at pharmacies,

like an HIV test. But the result would not be definitive — anyone who tested positive with a point-ofcare test would likely need a full lab test to confirm the result.

“Most of the point-ofcare systems are typically like a screening tool,” Ravishankar said.

Kris Ehresmann, director of the infection disease division at the Minnesota Department of Health, said Sunday that the public has gotten conflicting messages regarding testing for COVID-19.

“The goal for everyone to have access to testing is aspirational,” Ehresmann said Sunday. “The global demand for many of the components that are necessary to test for it is obviously extremely high ... We’d like to have more testing, but it is really not possible.” (c)2020 Star Tribune (Minneapolis) Visit the Star Tribune (Minneapolis) at www.startribune. com Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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Greater investment needed in health care

By Claire Parde, Executive Director For Columbia-Greene Media

Every year about this time, when state and federal budgets are being proposed and negotiated, I visit the state Capitol in Albany as well as the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., to deliver much the same message to our elected officials: “Greater investments in healthcare and public health infrastructure are needed.”

To make the case, I argue that rural hospitals, not only in New York state but throughout rural America, are increasingly fragile institutions, often operating with razor-thin margins or none at all.

Hospitals are fragile for a variety of reasons. They are beleaguered by regulations and reporting requirements with which it is costly to comply.

They are repeatedly subject to cuts to key federal sources of support. And, they incur costs of delivering care that are greater than the levels of reimbursement they receive from health insurance companies, including and especially from Medicaid and Medicare, which cover so many of our

citizens.

As a result, since 2010, 120 hospitals in rural places throughout the country have closed and there are 453 additional rural hospitals considered vulnerable to closure.

When a hospital closes in a rural area, rural residents lose access to acute care and often, to primary and specialty care practices associated with the hospital as well. When they lose that access, it is well documented that their health status and health outcomes deteriorate as a result. Simply put, access to care is essential to getting and staying healthy, and we need to deploy the strategies and resources that ensure rural hospitals are there to deliver care to rural residents.

Similarly, the nation’s public health infrastructure is also operating under constraints that threaten to undermine its core functions, including preventing and monitoring disease, developing policies

and enforcing laws to protect citizens against environmental hazards, educating citizens about health issues, and ensuring a competent health workforce. These “quiet” tasks are being performed at every level of government, from our local departments of health in every New York state county, to the state’s Department of Health and Public Health and Health Planning Council, to our federal agencies like the CDC — to a greater or lesser extent, as funding allows. Unfortunately, funding has not allowed as much of this quiet work to continue as may be needed now, and in the future.

When public health and health care systems are weak, so, too, is Public Health Emergency Preparedness—or PHEP, for short. Nelson et al. defines PHEP in their April 2007 article in the American Journal of Public Health as “the capability of the public health and health care systems, communities, and

individuals, to prevent, protect against, quickly respond to, and recover from health emergencies, particularly those whose scale, timing or unpredictability threatens to overwhelm routine capabilities.” Is there anything about this definition that sounds important, right here, right now?

PHEP is exactly that thing upon which we are all currently relying, at the local, state and federal levels, to ensure we don’t get swallowed whole by the current coronavirus pandemic.

And that is why the proposed budget of the United States government, fiscal year 2021, released Feb. 10, is so mystifying, and also potentially so damaging, because it proposes to cut $25 million from the Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response. The Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response is housed within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (the “CDC” that we’ve been hearing from so often of late), and is charged with responding to public health emergencies. It

also coordinates public health responses with partners in this country and beyond, and manages the Strategic National Stockpile, which accumulates critical medical supplies for use in emergencies.

Similarly, the administration also proposed to cut $18 million from the Hospital Preparedness Program, which aims to ready hospitals for emergency surges of patients, such as might be accompanied by, say, an outbreak of a communicable disease. And lastly, the administration asked for over $85 million in cuts to the Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases program, which conducts research on diseases like the Coronavirus.

The administration’s proposed cuts to public health emergency preparedness programs were short-sighted… so short-sighted, in fact, that though it was released in February, it apparently did not contemplate widespread infection from a communicable disease in the United States, though, as of this writing, the Coronavirus is in 30 states just a mere month later. And

though one might argue that something novel and new like the Coronavirus could not have been predicted, something like widespread infection from the flu is all too predictable, from one year to the next.

There is nothing like an outbreak, and all the disruption it can cause to our work and family lives, to show up the strengths and weaknesses of our formal systems for preparedness and response.

There is also nothing like an outbreak to prove the point that investments in health care and public health systems are essential to ensure that they are sufficiently robust to effectively prepare for and respond to public health emergencies when they occur.

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American Heart Association Preservation League receives launches Healthy for Good renewed Preserve New York funding 5K Training ALBANY — The approach of longer days and warmer weather are a great reason to amp up your fitness routine. If you’ve ever thought that running a 5K was something you wanted to add to your fitness regimen, the American Heart Association has something just for you.

On Feb. 25, the American Heart Association launched the application period for its 2020 Healthy for Good 5K Training at the indoor track of the SEFCU Gym, 700 Patroon Creek Blvd., Albany. The program is a 12-week training program that culminates with participants running the 5K at the Capital Region Heart Walk and Run on June 7.

The two leaders of the Healthy for Good 5K training program, Toni Howard and Rosella Elliott, have special reasons for coaching the training program for the second year in a row.

“I lost my mother this year to complications from congestive heart failure,” said Toni Howard, chair of the Teacher Preparation Department, Hudson Valley Community College and instructor at ABC Sports and Fitness. “The AHA is an incredible organization and the work they do truly makes a difference. Coaching this year has even more meaning for me. It’s always inspiring to see how the group comes together to not just meet their goal, but to form friendships. It’s also an honor to coach alongside Rosella for a second year.”

“I started running in 2003 to recover after my stroke,” Elliott, who is the Stroke Ambassador to the 2020 Capital Region Heart Walk and Run, said. “I run now for all my friends and family who cannot run because of heart disease and stroke.”

Howard and Elliott will be joined by mentors who lead the participants in their trainings between March 16 and June 7, once per week at either Real, Reputable, The Crossings in Colonie or Trusted.

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“It’s such a special goal as a coach to watch new runners learn to ‘run with their hearts and not their legs,’” Elliott said. “Even after Toni and I THIS PUBLICATION coached them, and they ran SUPPORTS REAL the 5K at the Heart Walk, we’d NEWS. see them at other 5Ks. That’s

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so rewarding. They started off new and nervous and finish as a team of supportive runners cheering their friends to the finish line together.”

“Our team is so special,” Howard said. “As each runner or walker crosses the finish line, the team is there to cheer them, encourage them, and sometimes, to push them to finish strong. Whether you are new to 5K racing or experienced, we have a plan and an incredible group of mentors and coaches who bring so much knowledge and experience, that everyone benefits.

Whether you run it, walk it, jog it or a combination of all three, this is an event for the whole family.”

Gail Sacco and her husband Dr. Joseph Sacco, a cardiologist at the Albany VA and Albany Med, were part of the 5K training program last year.

“I was always in awe of the people who run, and I always felt I couldn’t do it,” Gail Sacco, retired director of the Voorheesville Public Library, said. “But I believe in the AHA and this was a training program, so I thought I’d give it a try. I had recently retired, and I signed up at the last minute.

I had no running experience and a great deal of trepidation.

Toni, Rosella and their teams were with me every step of the way, teaching, encouraging, providing little tweaks, and cheering for every success I had. And with their help, I did it!”

“The American Heart Association says we should all get 150 minutes of moderate exercise each week,” said Sara Rindenello, communications manager, community

development at Albany Med. “This 5K training program puts people in a supportive and instructive atmosphere to do this. After 12 weeks, they won’t just be able to run a 5K, they will have improved their overall health. Seeing the improved health of Capital Region residents is why Albany Med works with the American Heart Association on our ‘Life is Why’ campaign.”

“At SEFCU, we are committed to changing lives every day. While we offer programs and services to help our members stay on track financially, the American Heart Association’s Healthy for Good 5K Training Program is helping people take the steps necessary to prepare for the Heart Walk and maintain a fit, hearthealthy lifestyle for years to come,” said SEFCU Director of Communications and Chair of SEFCU’s Heart Walk Team Ken Jubie. “SEFCU is proud to support this training program, the Capital Region Heart Walk and Run, and all of the impactful work being done by the American Heart Association to elevate care, support research, and rally around the people in our community who are fighting heart disease. ” People can register for the Healthy for Good 5K Training Program at CapitalRegionHeartWalk.org. There is a $100 fee to join the training program, which includes the cost of the run. For information, contact Jessica.Pettengill@ heart.org or call 518-626-8768.

Albany Med is the American Heart Association’s Life Is Why sponsor. SEFCU is the sponsor of the Healthy For Good 5K Training Program.

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ALBANY — The New York State Council on the Arts awarded the Preservation League $1,034,472 over a 3-year period in support of the annual partnership grant programs, Preserve New York and TAG (Technical Assistance Grants).

The NYSCA/Preservation League Preserve New York partnership began in 1993 and supports grants for historic structure reports, building condition reports, cultural landscape reports, and cultural resource surveys.

NYSCA and the Preservation League began partnering on the TAG program in 2012. The TAG program supports arts centers, historic sites, music halls, theaters, libraries, and other cultural nonprofit or municipal entities that steward historic buildings throughout New York State.

The Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation also awarded the Preservation League $50,000, expanding prior Preserve New York partnership to include the TAG program. Gardiner Foundation funds provide dedicated

support for Nassau and Suffolk County cultural and historic nonprofits through Preserve New York and TAG, as well as technical assistance.

Through its Preserve New York grant program, the League has strategically invested in the rehabilitation of historic places, leveraged significant additional cash and in-kind resources, and protected properties at the local, state and national level through landmark designations. These grants help municipalities and not-for-profit organizations conserve and protect their cultural resources and are an important catalyst in realizing community preservation goals.

The Preservation League of New York State, the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) and the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation announced today that applications are now open for the Preserve New York partnership program.

Preserve New York will have over $270,000 grant funding available in 2020. This includes over $240,000 in

funding from NYSCA and over $25,000 from The Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation for projects in Nassau and Suffolk Counties.

“Preserve New York grants lay essential groundwork to save historic structures that play a vital role in community health and revitalization,” said NYSCA Executive Director Mara Manus. “NYSCA is deeply grateful for our 27-year partnership with PLNYS, which ensures that our state’s architecture and design can be appreciated for years to come.”

“This collaboration between the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation and the Preservation League of NYS focuses on our Long Island historic communities. These awards offer professional evaluation and awareness on how to best to proceed toward protecting their historic structures,” said Kathryn M. Curran, Executive Director of the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation.

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BlueShield opens 2020 Blue Fund grant cycle LATHAM — BlueShield of Northeastern New York’s Blue Fund is now accepting letters of intent online through March 27 for grants to organizations and initiatives that align with at least one of its key focus areas.

These include behavioral health, cardiovascular health, health care workforce development and healthy children.

Submitting a brief letter of intent (LOI) using Blue Fund’s online application system is the required first step in the grant-making process.

Selected applicants will then be invited to submit a full proposal, with funding decisions announced in the fall of 2020.

Blue Fund will consider

$100,000 to $200,000 grant requests from Capital Region not-for-profit organizations for initiatives that are ready to implement and demonstrate enhanced and measurable community outcomes.

Letters of intent should highlight how the proposed capital project or initiative will either expand an existing program or create a new program that supports at least one of the four key focus areas.

Special consideration will be given to initiatives that are evidence-based, demonstrate alignment with current trends and needs, foster innovation and strategic partnerships, and address health equity including access to care and services. The not-for-profit

health plan launched the Blue Fund in July 2018, and has since awarded more than $785,000 to five local nonprofits.

Those grants were awarded in addition to the health plan’s current corporate partnerships and sponsorships, which see annual investments of more than $250,000 in local charities, community groups and cultural organizations.

Organizations interested in applying are encouraged to review program guidelines and focus areas, as they may have changed from previous years.

Visit bsneny.com/bluefund to learn more and to submit a letter of intent online for the 2020 grant cycle.

Local credit union hires vice president of Community Impact KINGSTON — Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union (MHV), announced the hiring of Michael Mattone as vice president of Community Impact.

This past September, MHV received approval from the National Credit Union Administration to expand into the New York counties of Westchester, Rockland, Putnam and Sullivan. As a member of MHV’s senior management team, Mattone will spearhead the credit union’s expansion efforts.

“MHV is eager to bring our financial education resources, services, and products to the communities within our newly expanded charter,” said Wayne Winker, president and CEO of MHV, “and we’re very excited that Mike has joined us to lead that initiative.”

Mattone joins MHV from a local financial institution where he was responsible for managing marketing, business development, public relations, government affairs,

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and the member services department. As a resident of Westchester County, Mattone is driven by a genuine passion for the community and views his role at MHV as the credit union’s commitment to growing in the new region.

“MHV’s mission to guide people on their financial journeys is exemplified through our financial education, products, and services, and I am thrilled to have the chance to bring that mission to our new markets,” said Mattone.

In addition to his professional work experience, Mattone was a member of the New York Credit Union Association’s Young Professionals Commission for four years, serving as Chair from

2016 - 2018. He has his Bachelor’s Degree in Management from Pace University and his Executive Master’s Degree in Finance from Baruch College.

He lives in Yorktown Heights with his wife Joanna, his son J.R. and dog Elvis.

Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union (MHV) is a member-owned credit union that has served individuals and businesses since 1963.

MHV is committed to guiding its members to discover their financial possibilities, wherever they are on their journey. Using a consultative approach and incorporating financial education, MHV works to connect its members to the financial solutions that are right for their individual needs by providing the guidance necessary to make sound decisions. MHV serves the counties of Ulster, Dutchess, Orange, Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, and Sullivan. Visit mhvfcu.com for more information.

Liza Parker named executive director of the Fisher Center at Bard ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON — Bard College announces the appointment of Liza Parker as executive director of the Fisher Center, a leading performing arts center and hub for research and education. Previously a member of the senior leadership team at Lincoln Center, most recently as chief operating officer, Parker was responsible for overall strategy and direction, overseeing management of the campus, including Avery Fisher Hall, Alice Tully Hall, and the David Rubenstein Atrium. As executive director of the Fisher Center, she will lead senior administration, and manage operations and external relations for the Center’s professional and educational programs.

The College also announces the promotion of Gideon Lester to artistic director for the Fisher Center. A curator of contemporary theater, dance, and performance, Lester has been the artistic director for theater and dance at the Fisher Center since 2012, as well as professor of theater and performance and director of the undergraduate Theater and Performance Program at Bard College.

“I’m delighted to welcome Liza Parker to the leadership team of the Fisher Center,” said Bard College President Leon Botstein. “She brings to

Bard a depth and breadth of experience, and a commitment to making the Hudson Valley an international center for the arts, that is well suited to an institution that celebrates the significance of the arts through teaching and innovative professional performances.”

“Liza Parker will play an integral role in advancing the Fisher Center’s mission as an innovator in the performing arts,” said Jeanne Donovan Fisher, chair of the Fisher Center’s advisory board. “Under visionary Maestro Leon Botstein and with Gideon Lester as artistic director, Parker will lead an exceptional and creative team at a key moment for this singular and path-breaking institution.”

Designed by architect Frank Gehry and opened in 2003, the Fisher Center presents more than 200 world-class events and welcomes 50,000 visitors each year. The Fisher Center is a powerful catalyst of art making regionally, nationally, and worldwide, with a strong emphasis on development, research, innovation, and rediscovery. Every year, the Fisher Center produces eight to 10 major new works across disciplines, including opera, classical music, theater, dance, performance art, and cabaret.

The Fisher Center has been recognized for producing

premiere operas, including the first fully staged U.S. productions of Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s The Miracle of Heliane and Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers, as well the development and world premieres of widely heralded dance and theater productions, such as Pam Tanowitz’s Four Quartets and Daniel Fish’s staging of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic Oklahoma!, which began at Bard SummerScape in 2015 before going on to Broadway and winning the 2019 Tony Award for best musical revival.

Parker is a senior arts administrator who joined Lincoln Center in 2002 serving in a variety of leadership roles, most recently as Lincoln Center’s Chief Operating Officer.

As chief operating officer, she was responsible for the management of Lincoln Center’s 16-acre campus.

Her scope of responsibility included oversight for the production, performance, and rental activities in Lincoln Center’s venues as well as all operations of the campus She also provided the strategy and direction for all aspects of human resources and labor relations. Additionally she had responsibility for Lincoln Center’s capitol initiatives including the David Rubenstein Atrium and David Geffen Hall.

BBB announces 2020 board of directors BUFFALO — Better Business Bureau of Upstate New York announces the following local business professionals who volunteer their time and expertise to serve on the BBB Board of Directors.

BBB also announces the new board chair, Lynn Oswald, director, Niagara Small Business Development Center.

For more than 10 years, Oswald and her team worked with more than 1,600 small business clients, leading $21 million in economic impact.

She understands the importance of small business in our communities and will help lead BBB into the next decade.

“We are thrilled to have

Lynn as chair and so many forward-thinking leaders on our board, who will assist in overseeing the future direction of our organization and its strategies,” said Warren Clark, president and CEO of Better Business Bureau of Upstate New York. “Locally, our Better Business Bureau continues to grow and succeed as a result of the quality leadership and support of our board members and our BBB Accredited Businesses.”

BBB Board of Directors for 2020 (in alphabetical order) are: Steven Abramson; Gary Bennett, Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority; Phil Arno, WBBZ; Christie Berardi, Buffalo Medical Group; David Carr; Warren Clark,

Better Business Bureau; Cindy Algase Gradl, M&T Bank; William J. Hochul Jr., Delaware North Companies; Jill Johnson, Lumsden McCormick, LLP; Michelle LightCanarelli, AT&T; Patricia McGrath; James Morrissey; Tom Nolte, Colonie Chamber of Commerce; Kevin O’Connell, Catholic Health; Jennifer Page, Buffalo News; Ron Papa, National Fire Adjustment Co. Inc.; Brian Peek, American Coradius International, LLC; Joseph Pinkans; Craig Rogers, Canisius College; Thomas Schratz, Corrigan Moving Systems Inc.; Richard Shaner Jr. Martin Group; Eugene Welch, Tully Rinckey PLLC.

Multispecialty center brings physicians and services to Hudson Valley Mall ULSTER — Nuvance Health held a grand opening celebration on Feb. 4, for its newest and one of its largest multispecialty medical centers.

Formerly the Macy’s store in the Hudson Valley Mall, Nuvance Health spent just over a year and more than $20 million transferring the vacant big box store into a healthcare center with urgent care, radiology, neurology and laboratory services. Family healthcare is provided in the facility by Hudson River Health Care (HRHCare), which leases space there and hosts Health Quest Medical Education family medicine residents.

“This new location brings healthcare providers and services closer to the homes and workplaces of Ulster County residents, who have long trusted us with their care,” said Dr. Christopher Lehrach, president of Nuvance Health’s medical groups. “It’s a beautiful, modern space and we look forward to continuing to provide excellent healthcare in our community.”

About 200 people attended the joint celebration with the Ulster County Regional Chamber of Commerce. The event featured a ribboncutting ceremony and tours of the 88,000-square-foot

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Members from Nuvance Health and Hudson River Health Care cut a ribbon on Feb. 4, at Nuvance’s newly opened expansive multi specialty center in the Hudson Valley Mall.

location at 1240 Ulster Ave. Hudson River Health Care also celebrated its grand opening. HRHCare provides on-site, state-of-the-art family healthcare, primary care, women’s health, behavioral health, nutrition services and care coordination.

“We are truly thrilled to welcome patients into our brand-new, state-of-the-art Community Health Center at Kingston. With Nuvance Health, we are bringing a full range of exceptional primary and preventive care to even more individuals and families in Ulster County,” said Anne Kauffman Nolon, MPH, CEO of Hudson River Health Care.

The multispecialty center

boasts ample parking, a comfortable lobby, walk-in availability for laboratory services, modern patient rooms and the convenience of being located near the town’s shopping sector. Plans include adding physical and occupational therapy as well as more specialists.

About 40 healthcare providers and an additional 125 people are expected to be employed there when it’s fully occupied, according to Nuvance Health officials.

Since 2016, HQMP opened two multispecialty centers in Highland and Kingston Plaza, and has additional locations in Woodstock, Boiceville and Modena.

M&T Bank receives national recognition for business customer service BUFFALO — Greenwich Associates has recognized M&T Bank with 13 regional and national Greenwich Excellence Awards and two Greenwich Best Brand Awards for small business and middle market banking.

Since 2011, M&T Bank has earned a total of 112 Greenwich Excellence Awards, of which 84 were in small business. The company has been in the top five percent of banks evaluated in the small business category for the past eight years.

“The businesses we serve are providing products and services, hiring employees and investing in plants and equipment in

our communities, and it is our job is to help those businesses grow and thrive,” said M&T Senior Vice President for Business Banking Sales, Christina Brozyna. “We value the input and feedback we receive from our business customers, because it helps us to constantly improve the service we provide.”

Greenwich Associates interviewed more than 27,000 businesses in markets across the U.S. to benchmark the quality of banking products and services in the marketplace. Of more than 600 banks evaluated, M&T Bank is among only 36 that received excellence awards in small business banking, and

33 that received excellence awards in the middle market category.

“Our focus is on delivering what matters most to our customers and helping them achieve success in the communities they serve,” said Regional President of the Baltimore and Chesapeake regions, Augie Chiasera. “Being recognized for trust, overall satisfaction, proactive advice and more is such an honor because it shows that while our global and local economies can change rapidly, our business customers know they can always rely on us to help them day in and day out to reach their goals.”

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space and capacity, according to a statement from the governor’s office.

“We don’t have the billions of dollars that you would need to implement an immediate emergency hospital construction program... This state can’t do it, no state can do it,” Cuomo said during a coronavirus briefing Monday at the state Capitol. “I don’t believe we’re going to be able to flatten the curve enough to meet the capacity of the health care system. So, plan ahead. Plan forward. Anticipate what’s coming down the road and get ready for it.”

Seven New Yorkers died from COVID-19 as of press time Monday — up from three Sunday, Cuomo said.

The governor announced the state’s first three COVID-19-related deaths over the weekend, including an 82-year-old woman with emphysema who died at a Brooklyn hospital, a 65-yearold Rockland County man and a 79-year-old New York City woman with underlying health problems. The other fatalities each took place in New York City or in downstate counties, state Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker said.

“This is what we have been talking about ‘vulnerable populations’... underlying

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County,” Linger said. “That is a good thing, and we want to keep it that way.”

The Legislature met with school district officials and county department heads at Sunday’s meeting to plan out the county’s response to the pandemic. The most efficient way to reduce the spread of the illness is social distancing, Linger said.

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Teachers are using Google Classroom and learning apps to keep students engaged. “If teachers find something they want students to use, we can push out the apps remotely.”

The district will hold halfday classes on Monday and Tuesday before the closure begins on Wednesday.

The Windham-AshlandJewett Central School District is urging parents and students to do their best with online learning.

“Please do not worry if you have individual internet access or other issues that prevent you from engaging the online content. Simply do your best,” the district posted in a statement on its website Saturday. Students and parents will receive instruction from their teachers by logging into their school email accounts or individual teachers’ websites, the statement said.

The district is assessing internet access among its students, Secretary to the Superintendent Karen VanValkenburgh said. “I know

illnesses that can be aggravated by pneumonia,” Cuomo said Saturday, reiterating that senior citizens and people with immune-compromised or other underlying conditions are most at risk.

More details about the residents’ ages, locations and underlying conditions were not available as of press time Monday.

The state will close all New York school districts by Wednesday, Cuomo said, but not without approved plans in place to provide child care for health workers and first responders, educational services and meal programs.

Plans for New York City, Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester and Rockland counties were required to have plans approved by the state and in place by midnight Tuesday.

The state had 950 positive cases of COVID-19 as of Monday afternoon with 158 people — or about 17% of cases — hospitalized. Sixty-five patients are in the ICU with 46 intubated, Cuomo said Sunday. Updated numbers were not released as of press time Monday.

Albany County has 15 confirmed cases of COVID-19, McCoy said in an updated statement Monday afternoon — up from 11 positive cases Sunday. One person is receiving hospital care, but the rest are recovering at home.

New York has 53,000 hospital beds and 3,000 ICU beds statewide. The state’s projected numbers of COVID-19

hospitalizations and people in intensive care will be thousands short, Cuomo said.

Since last week, the governor has outlined potential plans to identify additional and backup health care staff, reserve doctors and nurses and ways to build more hospital capacity.

“We have 65 [in the ICU] today, and we only have 600,” Cuomo said Sunday. “You need thousands. You’re going to be thousands short. Thousands.”

The state needs to identify an additional 5,000 beds for New York City, 2,000 beds in Westchester County and 1,000 beds each for Nassau and Suffolk counties, Cuomo said.

“And that is us estimating conservatively at this point,” he added.

In a letter Sunday, Cuomo called on President Donald Trump and the federal government to take comprehensive action to maximize hospital beds and available intensive care by deploying the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to leverage its equipment and staff to retrofit existing facilities — such as military bases or college dormitories — to serve as temporary medical centers.

Cuomo joined New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont in a joint telephone press conference Monday morning to announce their unified orders to close all bars, restaurants, movie theaters and gyms in the Tri-State area, excluding for take-out orders and

delivery.

The order went into effect 8 p.m. Monday, and will continue indefinitely. It excludes essential businesses like grocery stores, gas stations, banks, pharmacies and hospitals.

“We have agreed to a common set of rules that will pertain in all of our states, so don’t even think about going to a neighboring state because there’s going to be a different set of conditions,” Cuomo said. “The federal government should have set up a uniform set of rules, but absent that, having regional coordination at a minimum is imperative and that’s what we’re doing today.”

Last week, Cuomo issued an executive order prohibiting large, public gatherings of 500 people or more and reduced the legal seated occupancy of facilities such as arenas and theaters by 50%. The order did not include schools, hospitals, nursing homes, mass transit facilities, governmental buildings or small private businesses like bars and restaurants.

As of late Monday morning, the state had tested 7,026 people — with 1,754 tests conducted since Sunday afternoon. The state has tested 3,099 people in New York City; 1,820 in Westchester County; 500 in Nassau County; 358 in Suffolk County; 280 people in Albany County; 227 in Saratoga County; 136 in Schenectady County; 82 in Rockland; 86 in Orange; 68 in Erie County; 38 in Dutchess; 32 in Putnam; 23 in Monroe; 12 in Greene; 11

each in Broome and Tompkins counties; nine in Delaware; five in Montgomery; two in Herkimer and Tioga counties, according to Cuomo’s office.

The state’s daily testing capacity increased by the hundreds Friday with the first drive-through mobile testing center in the city of New Rochelle, which has the nation’s largest cluster of the illness.

Additional mobile testing facilities are slated to open on Long Island, Staten Island and in Rockland County this week, which will help the state conduct at least 6,000 tests per day, in addition to the testing performed at the 28 public and private labs across the state, according to the governor’s office.

Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein, D-41, and Assemblyman Charles Barron, D-60, each tested positive for the virus Saturday. Both lawmakers have not been in Albany since the beginning of the month and are recovering at home.

The state Capitol in Albany is closed to visitors indefinitely, Cuomo said, but lawmakers are expected to come to work.

The governor does not expect lawmakers to delay passing the state’s proposed 2020-21 executive budget by the April 1 deadline, or to sacrifice reaching an agreement on major issues such as the recreational legalization of marijuana, bail reform or Medicare.

“If we can ask nurses to put on a HazMat suit and take blood, we can ask elected

officials to sit at a desk and vote on a piece of legislation,” Cuomo said. “This is why you are in government. This is why you’re here...If you didn’t want to be here, you shouldn’t have run for office. If you didn’t want to fight the war, you shouldn’t have enlisted in the military.

“You’re elected officials — be smart,” the governor added. “There is no higher, more necessary form of public service than what we’re doing now. Do your job.”

All nonessential state employees must work from home starting Tuesday. Local governments are required to reduce their workforce by 50%, Cuomo said. The state has waived all fees in state, local and county parks.

More than 7,000 people have been quarantined in New York since COVID-19 first hit the state. No one placed under mandatory or precautionary quarantine has resisted isolation, the governor said.

By law, no city in the state can close down or quarantine without the governor’s approval, Cuomo said Sunday.

“I will not allow any quarantine of any city or any jurisdiction in the state, so that is not going to happen,” he said. “No one is talking about closing down a geographic location.”

Cuomo asked Greater New York Hospital Association President Ken Raske and Northwell Health President Michael Dowling to lead a council to develop hospital surge capacity.

to put space in between people,” Linger said.

The Windham-AshlandJewett School District closed March 11 when the relative of a staff member experienced flu-like symptoms. The staff member’s relative was tested for COVID-19, which came back negative.

To facilitate social distancing, Linger signed an executive order canceling classes in all public schools in Greene County effective Wednesday.

The schedule varies by school district, but all will shut their doors effective

Wednesday (see accompanying article).

Dr. Robert Schneider, medical director for the town of Hunter, attended the meeting in a conference call and recommended classes be canceled immediately.

“My biggest concern today, and my hope, is that you look at our schools and close them,” Schneider told legislators. “Dr. [Anthony] Fauci this morning clearly stated that the schools should be closed down, and kids can transmit.”

Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and

Infectious Disease, is one of the nation’s top infectious disease experts leading the fight against the novel coronavirus.

“By limiting the distance, we can decrease the risk of this disease,” Schneider added.

The executive order closing senior centers operated by the county went into effect immediately Sunday. Meals on Wheels programs, which deliver meals to homebound seniors, will continue.

There was concern that many of the volunteers who deliver meals are seniors themselves and might be wary to

make home deliveries in light of COVID-19.

The third emergency order signed on Sunday put limitations on the Department of Motor Vehicles. The order requires that appointments be made ahead of time by visiting the county’s website: Greenegovernment.com. No walk-in customers will be allowed.

The goal is to avoid having people congregate inside the DMV offices.

“It is not so much the employees that I am worried about because they are protected by the six-foot distance.

It’s about the people gathering there. That is my concern.”

Everyone is advised to practice social distancing, and maintain at least six feet of distance between themselves and the next person in an attempt to prevent the spread of the virus.

The state of emergency declaration, as well as the three emergency orders, will expire in five days. The Legislature will review the stipulations and make modifications as needed on an ongoing basis, Linger said.

that that was something they were looking into.” If students have a problem, they should email their teacher directly, she said.

The district closed March 11 when the relative of a staff member experienced flu-like symptoms. The staff member’s relative was tested for COVID-19. The results came back negative.

Hunter-Tannersville Central School District extended its school closures to the end of spring break, through Apr. 13. “It is our sincere hope that the time and distance provided by the four-week cancellation of classes will allow for a slowing of the contagious COVID-19,” Superintendent Susan Vickers said in a statement to parents posted on the district website.

The district enforced a twohour delay Monday to allow teachers to prepare materials for students, with cancellation of classes set to begin Tuesday.

The district will provide breakfast and lunch to all students beginning on March 23, Vickers said in a statement.

The district is still working out the logistics of food distribution.

“We have to find out what is allowable,” Vickers said

Monday. She has been in contact with the state Education Department. “Right now they are saying it has to be a daily service. We are looking to see if that is waived.”

Vickers said the district would adhere to state regulations. Other districts had instituted weekly mass pick-ups, but Hunter-Tannersville is still in the process of determining the best approach to serve students, she said. Families will be notified before Mar. 23.

In her statement to parents, Vickers encouraged parents to try to maintain a school routine at home.

Greenville Central School District held a full day of school on Monday to prepare students to begin online instruction. Middle and high school students were required to bring their district-issued computers to ensure that they are able to access the online platforms, Superintendent Tammy J. Sutherland said.

Elementary school students would receive paper packets to continue their instruction at home, District Clerk Daphne Pearson confirmed.

On Tuesday faculty and staff will report to work to continue plans for distance learning, Sutherland said. The district

is working out details to keep buildings open to staff during the closing, Pearson said.

“GCSD is committed to providing educational resources for our students during this time, but we also realize that families cannot replicate the school day for their child.

We will seek to maintain our student, teacher and family relationships as much as possible through digital means,” Sutherland said.

Greenville students who are part of the free and reduced lunch program will continue to receive food during the closure.

“Participating families will be contacted regarding the logistics associated with meal pick-ups,” Sutherland said.

Cairo-Durham Central School District held a regular day of classes on Monday.

“Students should plan to gather belongings, materials and other items that may be

needed for a prolonged closing,” said Superintendent Michael J. Wetherbee in a statement posted on the school website.

District teachers will attend a staff development day Tuesday to prepare lesson plans, Secretary to the Superintendent Bridget Agostinoni said.

“They are going to try to work as much as they can to get students the information.”

Wetherbee assured parents that Cairo-Durham does not have any confirmed cases at this time. The closures are meant to ease public anxiety about schools being in session during this public health crisis, he said.

Catskill Central School District Superintendent Ronel Cook said Monday the district is providing all information on its website.

Teachers prepared lesson plans on Monday without students present.

“Our goal is to provide materials and activities that are accessible to all students, regardless of their access to technology,” Cook said in a statement to parents posted on the district website.

Tuesday would be a halfday for students, but Cook said he respected the decision of parents who choose to keep their children home.

“The absence will be excused and we will provide you with further direction on how to retrieve your child’s work,” Cook said.

Catskill will distribute a free lunch and snack to all students beginning March 18.

The meals will be made available at 12 locations throughout Catskill.

The district will close Wednesday, during which time the custodial team will continuously disinfect surfaces throughout the schools, Cook said.

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Michigan State Spartans guard Cassius Winston (left, facing camera) reacts with teammates after nailing a three-quarters-court, three-point basket while Maryland Terrapins forward Jalen Smith (right) stands, shocked as time expires at the half on Feb. 29.

There are so many NCAA Tournament questions that will go unanswered Shannon Ryan Chicago Tribune

The second Loyola’s name was announced during Selection Sunday two years ago, forward Aundre Jackson called his mom.

A junior-college transfer with just one season of eligibility left, he had no way of knowing the magic lying ahead for Loyola, a stunning run from underdogs to the NCAA Tournament Final Four. But he knew hearing his team’s name called was a special moment, an achievement in itself.

That team won on buzzer-beaters, lucky bounces and team play — all while its team chaplain, Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, looked on from her wheelchair.

The human-interest stories and special moments make the absence of the NCAA Tournament — canceled Thursday amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus — heartbreaking for fans.

Who would have had a shot like Mario Chalmers in 2008?

Which coach would have become as beloved as Georgia State’s chair-falling, broken-foot leader Ron Hunter in 2015?

Whose name would we have learned to pronounce, spell and hold dear like Ali Farokhmanesh, the Northern Iowa guard whose 3-pointer toppled No. 1 Kansas in 2010?

The unknown is what I’ll miss most.

Here’s what I was looking forward to finding out during the 2020 NCAA Tournament:

1. Would Cassius Winston and Michigan State have won it all?

If anyone deserved this tournament, it was Winston.

Basketball can’t heal a broken heart.

But after his younger brother Zachary died in November, Winston was enveloped in an embrace all season by teammates, fans and opponents. The competition was at least a distraction for him.

He returned for his senior season hoping to make a Final Four run and helping the Spartans to their first championship since 2000. The Spartans (229) were on a roll, winning a share of the Big Ten regular-season title with a string of five wins.

“I went out a champion,” Winston said in a Friday interview with ESPN. “It’s not the season that we wanted. It’s not the season that we expected. But at the end we fought though a lot, we battled and we got the chance to hoist up a trophy. My senior year, I feel like I ended with a championship.”

If the NCAA announces an extra season of eligibility for winter athletes, Winston should be the first player offered.

2. Would Illinois, Rutgers and Penn State put a cherry on top?

Watching those teams announced on Selection Sunday would have been a reward for their long-suffering fans.

All three former Big Ten bottomdwellers had the resumes to make the NCAA Tournament.

Illinois went from a 21-loss team last season to a 21-win team. They haven’t

been to the NCAA Tournament since 2013 — three coaches ago.

Rutgers (20-11) finished last in the Big Ten its first four seasons in the conference (2014-1018) and was 12th in 201819. The Scarlet Knights weren’t a laughingstock; they were all but a tournament lock.

Lamar Stevens returned for his senior season to help Penn State (21-10) secure what would have been their first tournament appearance since 2011. He was just seven points shy of setting the school’s scoring record.

These teams are a major reason why the Big Ten was considered such a bully conference. It would have been nice to see if any could have made a March run.

3. Was Sabrina Ionescu destined for a championship?

The Oregon player had established herself as a star, lauded by NBA and WNBA players. She was about to become a household name.

Ionescu became the only player — male or female — in college basketball history with 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds and 1,000 assists.

The Pac-12 regular-season and tournament champions would have been a No. 1 seed — and likely No. 2 overall seed — with a solid shot at returning to the Final Four. Ionescu returned for her senior season to win a title.

She would have won over new fans along the way.

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LATHAM — The New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) will continue to rely upon information from the New York State Department of Health, local health departments as well as the Governor’s office for information and guidance on COVID-19 and its impact upon interscholastic athletics.

At this time, NYSPHSAA would like to provide clarification and interpretation on its position pertaining to indefinitely postponing its remaining Winter Championships (Ice Hockey,

Bowling, Boys and Girls Basketball). The following information is being provided to answer the many questions and address concerns related to interscholastic athletics in New York State at this time.

How does NYSPHSAA define “Indefinitely Postponed”?

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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell during a news conference ahead of Super Bowl LIV at the Hilton Downtown in Miami on Jan. 29.

NFL players ratify new CBA with expanded playoffs, 17-game season Mark Maske The Washington Post

NFL players ratified a new collective bargaining agreement with the league’s team owners, guaranteeing the sport another decade of

labor peace and ushering in major changes that will include an expanded playoff field and a 17-game regular season.

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Sports will be very different when play resumes after the coronavirus break Paul Sullivan Chicago Tribune

In this new sports-free stretch we’re adjusting to, it’s important to start with the following caveat: None of this really matters.

The health and safety of everyone trumps whatever inconvenience is caused by the temporary absence of sports in our lives from the coronavirus outbreak.

That goes without saying.

As the United Airlines pilot on my flight home from Phoenix told the passengers, and as Cubs President Theo Epstein reiterated to reporters in a conference call Friday night: “We’re all in this together.”

Sports no longer is important in the big picture, but because you’ve spent your life following the world of sports, we’re going to stick with the program.

It’s impossible to know when or if things will return to normal in our world, but we would like to believe eventually we’ll be back watching our favorite teams and players doing what FILE PHOTO they’re paid to do — provide entertainment for The seats are empty at the Amway Center in Orlando, home of the NBA’s Orlando Magic, on the masses.

Thursday, March 12. The NBA has suspended the season due to the coronavirus Because we don’t when that will be, we only My biggest concerns, relatively speaking, are playoffs, and, of course, the disruption of the can speculate. Which is where we, the lowly sportswriters of the world, come in. the potential eliminations of the NBA and NHL baseball season.

So apologies to the Chicago Fire, NASCAR, the Kentucky Derby and any golf tournament in which Tiger Woods is participating. I’ll miss you all, but not watching you in 2020 won’t cause me too much anguish.

I wish there were a way to salvage March Madness, both on the college and Illinois high school levels, but because most student-athletes’ years end in May in college and in June in high school, there’s no way to move them back while schools are still in session. It’s a sad ending for all the teams with high hopes, but there’s not much that can be done.

As for baseball, the 2020 season easily can go forward with a shortened schedule and some creative thinking, and I’d like to think the same can be said for the NBA and NHL playoffs.

If the suspensions of their seasons can be lifted safely sometime by mid-May or early June, here are my proposals for the three majors sports leagues affected by the outbreak:

NBA It likely is too late to salvage the regular season, which was almost over anyway. But there’s no reason the playoffs can’t be salvaged, even if they run well into the summer.

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If the playoffs were to start now … would be logical next NBA step Ira Winderman Sun Sentinel

Amid this NBA shutdown created by reasons far greater than basketball, TNT’s Kenny Smith was candid Thursday when he acknowledged the longstanding reality that the league’s 82-game season is too long.

As it is, the NBA playoff field — if there are to be playoffs — essentially is set.

In the Eastern Conference, the No. 8 Orlando Magic have a 5 ½-game lead over the No. 9 Washington Wizards. In the West, the No. 8 Memphis Grizzlies have a 3 ½-game lead over the No. 9 Portland Trail Blazers.

So while it would make sense to play at least a few regular-season games before moving onto a postseason — if there is to be a resumption of play — those games essentially would be glorified playoff preparation.

The reality is that, even with the NBA’s reweighted lottery, teams on the outside of the playoff picture would have little incentive, in returning for three or four games, to push for victory, with lottery balls essentially already their fate.

For that matter, if an NBA player from an eliminated team is returning after a month off to merely play three or four additional games before returning home, what exactly would be the motivation either in the interim or in the games?

Work back into shape, for what?

Risk injury, for what?

So here’s a thought, amid the hope that there is a sooner-rather-than-later finish line to this awful health situation: Lock the playoff teams into the postseason field — with one exception.

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Zion Williamson (1) of the Memphis Grizzlies shoots over Jonas Valanciunas (17) of the Memphis Grizzlies during a recent game at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, La.

In the East, you’re done.

With all due respect to the No. 9 Wizards, a team 16 games below .500 can’t make a postseason argument.

In the West, with four teams within three games in the loss or win columns of the No. 8 Grizzlies, give Adam Silver’s proposed in-season tournament a trial run.

Something along the lines of: the No. 9 Portland Trail Blazers (29-37) play the No. 12 San

From exile to Iona, Rick Pitino’s back Chuck Culpepper The Washington Post

At labyrinthine Webster Hall nightclub in the East Village of New York in late December 1995, back when nightclubs were nightclubs and dating apps were nonexistent, a small batch of Kentucky sportswriters happened upon a small batch of Iona men’s basketball employees. Regal Kentucky would play Iona at Madison Square Garden the next night, and a Kentucky writer relayed to an Iona employee that Kentucky Coach Rick Pitino had commended the Gaels as “scrappy.”

“That’s an insult!” the Gael said through the thumping din, one night before one of the best teams in college basketball history gave Iona a 106-79 wave of its Big Blue hand.

It just goes to show what life can show you if you wait around for 24 years and three months.

As of the silent Saturday gone by, Pitino - the sport’s most skillful coach if you ask some people, present company included - will nudge back into college basketball coaching what’s this? - Iona. It’s a development worth a much-needed chortle for reasons exceeding the above, even if those reasons don’t include the eerie, coronavirus timing of it all.

For one thing, it reinforces the gathering notion that the FBI’s trash talk of late September 2017 wound up as overcooked. Now, we must never pooh-pooh officials for a good turn of trash talk. Righteous trash talk can help spruce up a dreary day. It certainly lent intrigue and portended something momentous when FBI assistant director William Sweeney said to college basketball coaches, “We have your playbook.”

It just never upended the sport in the dramatic way that seemed possible that Tuesday. All four head coaches whose assistants got nicked remain in their luxe jobs and thrones. Pleas and sentences happened here and there to the anonymous and the semianonymous. Nobody among 330 million Americans assumes the sport’s cloaked economic system has ceased being the sport’s cloaked economic system.

Maybe someday the NCAA can fill the dearth of major penalty to programs, but the American culture won out, retained its priority of favorable scoreboards and seems more tolerant than ever of whatever

Antonio Spurs (27-36), with the No. 10 New Orleans Pelicans (28-36) playing the No. 11 Sacramento Kings (28-36). One game, loser go home.

Then have the winner of those two games play a one-game showdown for the right to then play the Grizzlies for the final playoff berth in the West. Memphis essentially would receive a double bye for standing the current 3 ½ games ahead of the field.

As for the rest of the playoff field, schedule

We usually mark the passing of spring with the best sports has to offer ... So what do we do now?

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Former Louisville Cardinals head coach Rick Pitino reacts against the Michigan Wolverines during the second round of the 2017 NCAA Tournament at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.

raunchiness enables them. (A rare exception would be the Louisville fan base of 2017, when a local TV poll taken the day of Pitino’s ouster showed an overwhelming weariness of scandals and willingness to change.)

Later, as the trials and the years went along, it kept making zero sense that only one brightlight coach would fall and that that coach somehow would be Pitino. Really? Only him?

Across the four decades and programs he coached, he didn’t lure many of the upper crust of recruits. He didn’t need to generally or want to essentially. He worked improbabilities even from wreckage, as when he oversaw Kentucky while it moped in the NCAA hoosegow at the outset of the 1990s.

His 2012-13 Louisville team that won it all before the banner came down starred players with recruiting rankings such as No. 21, 36, 39, 44 - pretty damned good, just not excessively drooled-over. The 1991-92 Kentucky team he coached to a 103-102 lead over Duke just two seconds from the Final Four, before something happened, was pretty much inexplicable as a feat of cleverness and strategy and belief and unimaginable individual improvement - even if its players were better than the junk heap understandably ascribed to them as storytelling fodder.

Yet for further guffaws, further guffaws do appear here.

It turns out that when Pitino did make his way back to his homeland from three seasons astray from the American college game and from his current post coaching in Greece, he did so at a university that falls under the bosom of a religion. He did so for a university that presumably believes there’s somebody

looking down upon us, expecting us to tell the truth and stuff like that, and monitoring our ventures into the reprobate side of life.

On Saturday, that university listed Pitino’s gaudy accomplishments with this: “... became the first coach to win an NCAA championship at two different schools.” That’s accurate to a point but lacks even an open-parenthesis introduction to the fact Louisville had to go up to the roof and remove that 2013 national-title banner over some malfeasance involving prostitution. You can debate whether that was fitting in American college sports with their long and honored tradition of rascality or whether prostitution should be legal as the Dutch do it or that a key FBI informant ratified Pitino’s claim he had no clue about the pay-for-play that got him shooed. You just can’t really argue that it’s not funny that a school with a religious bent hired a coach whose last big banner went down for prostitution.

That’s, as they say, hysterical.

His return and the sport’s return will mingle for fresh jazziness. He will add vividness, color, a big dose of flair coming right out of quiet New Rochelle, New York. His otherworldly skill will operate from a place where it can get a true demonstration, a place that requires it to shine to the “unfathomable new heights” envisioned Saturday

by Iona’s board chairman, in yet another funny turn.

If we can bear to glimpse closely enough or if it forces us to, it could show us about life and fifth chances and what might happen if you wait around long enough.

For one thing, the Gaels sure will be scrappy.

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the additional three or four (or whatever number) of regular-season games to essentially include tiebreakers for seeding.

Sort of one last chance to make a move in the standings.

In the East, that would be the No. 5 Indiana Pacers (39-26) against the No. 6 Philadelphia 76ers (39-26), as well as the No. 7 Brooklyn Nets (30-34) against the No. 8 Magic (30-35). All other seeds in the East are separated by at least two games.

In the West, perhaps the No. 3 Denver Nuggets (43-22) against the No. 4 Utah Jazz (41-23), as well as No. 5 Oklahoma City Thunder (40-24) against the No. 6 Houston Rockets (40-24).

In other words, create made-for-nationaltelevision drama with the closing regularseason matchups, provide one last chance for regular-season gains.

Otherwise, the NBA, at its sudden and shocking stoppage, basically was in playoff position anyway.

Only this time, you also can remove pretense about not playing for the lottery.

No more tanking.

And, assuredly, no need for time off for players.

No more load management.

To that end, such an approach would eliminate two of the ugliest phrases from the NBA vernacular.

All of this, of course, is if there is relief from what still could get worse before it gets better.

But at least there could be a blueprint in place, one provided in a neat package by where the standings left off.

In a normal spring - which by comparison means any spring other than this one - time for so many of us isn’t marked as much by weeks or months, but by events. Close your eyes and think about the weekend gone by and the weeks ahead: conference basketball tournaments that led to the Selection Sunday show that previewed March Madness that surrounded baseball’s Opening Day that flowed directly into the Masters that gave way to the NBA and NHL playoffs. It is the order of things.

There is no order now, of course, and that’s at least in part because there are no events. There will be March but no madness, April but no Augusta, a spring that now looks like a void. At their best, sports are a diversion - for so many of us, our primary diversion. They bring suspense and intensity, joy and misery.

But what do you do when your primary diversion dries up?

Where to turn your attention?

And what do you feel?

Man, I miss the bracket.

I love this time of year - the weekend gone by, Sunday evening, next week and beyond. There have been very few Selection Sundays since my preteen years when the 6 p.m. hour hasn’t involved sitting in front of the television, trying to keep my pen moving as fast as Greg Gumbel’s mouth, making sure the 8-9 lines are under the 1-16 lines, the 2-15s match up with the 7-10s, etc. The bracket perfectly represents the event that defines the month, and there’s no better bracket than the one you draw yourself.

Now, there’s no bracket at all. With no bracket, can there even be March? This is some chicken-or-egg stuff right here.

The diversion sports

provide becomes particularly useful - not necessarily important, but useful - when there are crises. The last time sports across this country shut down was, of course, after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. It took a week to collect ourselves and get to some semblance of normalcy.

Sports were a part - a significant part - of making normal feel normal again. It’s not an exaggeration to say sports helped restore confidence and emphasize pride at a time when the nation had been badly shaken. The mere act of gathering - 30,000 or 100,000 strong - felt good. The results of the games didn’t carry much weight. The fact that they were staged certainly did.

That’s part of what’s unsettling about the barren sports landscape at the moment.

Sports are at the center of this crisis because the exact type of large gatherings that have helped us heal in the past could make us sick in the present.

That weekend without the ACC tournament, the Big East tournament, the Big Ten tournament - all of them - just happened, didn’t it? My remote control just sat there. There were not only no buzzer-beaters. There was no buzzer to be beaten. The Players Championship? Not my favorite golf tournament on not my favorite course. Man, wouldn’t you have lapped up coverage of that Sunday afternoon?

So, then, time. It’s all we’ve got. How will it pass? How will we mark it?

It’s such a great sports debate: Does the run from Selection Sunday through the NBA and Stanley Cup finals - a stretch that includes the Final Four and the Masters and the start of baseball season and the entirety of the basketball and hockey playoffs - trump the stretch from Labor Day to

the end of October as the best in American sports? That span in autumn covers the start of football season, both college and the NFL, plus U.S. Open tennis leading right into baseball’s pennant races and playoffs, with a Ryder Cup tossed in every other year.

Maybe this year there won’t be that debate, because there’s a possibility - who really knows, but it’s a possibility - that the hockey and basketball playoffs are pushed into July to overlap with Wimbledon and that gets us to football season, where the Masters are somehow wedged in the middle, all with the pennant races and World Series in place. That’s a lot.

Think about all of those events. Maybe not all of them appeal to you. Maybe none of them were appointment television. But, collectively, they are the backdrop for so much of our lives. They provide not only occupation for a given evening - could be the regional semifinals featuring your alma mater; could be the nightly three-hour program that is your baseball team but the fodder for the debates that so much sports discussion is built upon.

Now, there’s nothing to debate.

Annually, the slowest day on the sports calendar is the Wednesday in July that follows baseball’s All-Star Game.

There are no baseball games, no Home Run Derby, no AllStar Game. The British Open typically starts the following day. NFL training camps still haven’t opened. The hockey and basketball playoffs have long since ended, and free agency in those sports is past its frenzy. It’s dead, and that day can feel long.

Monday is the Wednesday after baseball’s All-Star Game.

So is Tuesday. And Wednesday. And every day for the foreseeable future.

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Could it be the Bucs or Patriots for Tom Brady?

Rick Stroud Tampa Bay Times

TAMPA, Fla. — The Bucs vs. Patriots has rarely been a hotly contested matchup.

New England leads the all-time series 7-2.

But now those teams may be squaring off for six-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback Tom Brady.

With the Tennessee Titans reaching an agreement on a contract extension for quarterback Ryan Tannehill, it could be a twoteam race in free agency for the greatest passer of all time.

That’s what former Bucs quarterback Chris Simms believes. The NFL analyst for NBC says it’s down to the Bucs and Patriots for Brady’s services in 2020.

Tampa Bay has more than $80 million in salary cap space and the Bucs are likely willing to pay him in the $30 million per year range.

Brady will count $13 million against the Patriots’ salary cap in dead money even if he doesn’t return to New England.

Simms said sources have told him it’s between the Bucs and Patriots for Brady and he gives New England home-field advantage.

Tampa Bay has missed the postseason 12 straight years while the Pats have been in the playoffs each of the past 11 seasons. Simms says the 49ers were Brady’s first choice if he were to leave New England but insists that San Francisco is sticking with Jimmy Garoppolo at

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New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady delivers a pass before rushing Los Angeles Chargers defenders can reach him during first half action in the AFC Divisional Playoff Game on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass.

quarterback.

“The 49ers are out on Tom Brady,” Simms said on Pro Football Talk. “That’s not going

to happen. In my understanding, it was Tom Brady’s No. 1 choice to go to San Francisco and be the starting quarterback for the San

Francisco 49ers. I don’t know what happened, but something happened in the last few days. ...

“From everything I’ve heard, it’s down to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the New England Patriots, and I don’t think that the New England Patriots are going to be willing to give Tom Brady $30 million a year type of money.

As we know, Bill Belichick, he drives a hard bargain, he treats it like a business no matter who it is, even if it’s the GOAT. He’s not going to just going to give him free money. ... It’s Tampa Bay or New England for Tom Brady and if I had to pick or guess, I think ultimately he will wind up back with the New England Patriots for a very favorable contract like he’s always done so they can sign more players and maybe make one more run at this thing so Brady can get seven Super Bowl rings.”

While this may change, the free-agent legal tampering period begins Monday and the Bucs are expected to make a hard pitch to Brady.

The Titans, with former teammate Mike Vrabel as head coach, were thought to be a good option for Brady. But they have reached an agreement on a new four-year, $118 million extension with Tannehill.

It’s still hard to imagine Brady not playing in a Patriots uniform. But if he wants to leave New England, his best offer may come from Tampa Bay.

Will the NFL’s new CBA help the Jets break their nine-year playoff drought?

Manish Mehta New York Daily News

The NFL’s new Collective Bargaining Agreement, which narrowly passed Sunday, will have a tangible impact on the Jets in the short and long term. Team decision makers were waiting on the final votes to roll in before taking care of some financial housekeeping.

The Daily News reported last week the Jets had informed Trumaine Johnson that he would be cut before the official start of free agency. Gang Green has the option to spread the underwhelming cornerback dead money charge across the 2020 and 2021 salary caps if they choose to under terms of the new CBA. If the CBA proposal didn’t pass,

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Perhaps eliminating the Summer League, which runs from July 5-15, and replacing it with the NBA Finals is a goal worth shooting for.

I would propose a new playoff format in which conference affiliations are deemed irrelevant and only 14 teams qualify. The top six teams would go straight to the quarterfinals, seeded by records, and a separate eight-team play-in bracket would determine the other two quarterfinalists with win-or-go-home games, March Madness-style.

Some teams, including a few currently holding playoff spots, will complain about being left out, but difficult decisions will have to be made.

The top six seeds would be the Bucks, Lakers, Raptors, Clippers, Celtics and Nuggets, seeded in that order. The eight teams playing for the final two spots — Nos. 7 and 8 — would be the Jazz, Heat, Thunder,

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would have gotten us out of our seats?

We’ll have to rely on YouTube to watch the Dayton forward’s dazzling dunking displays. One-handed jams. Alley-oops. Posterizing

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and Executive Committee. Dr. Zayas is cautiously optimistic the winter state championships will be conducted for our student-athletes. Winter sport teams may continue to practice at the approval of their school district. If and when winter state championships are able to resume, teams will

the Jets would have had to absorb a $12 million charge against the 2020 cap by cutting Johnson. The ratification of a new CBA allows the team to designate Johnson as a post-June 1 cut, which would allow them to absorb only $4 million against this year’s cap before incurring an $8 million hit in 2021.

The official 2020 salary cap is $198.2 million (less than what the Jets and other teams were hoping for). New general manager Joe Douglas currently has about $45 million in cap space. A series of predictable pending moves would open up $10-20 million, leaving the team with ample room to fill some glaring deficiencies.

The exact amount of cap space is

largely irrelevant for Douglas & Co. Teams can easily manipulate free agent deals to fit under the cap. The most important financial factor for the Jets will be the amount of cash that ownership is willing to dole out now for free agents. How much real money are the Johnson brothers willing and able to put in escrow for coveted free agents seeking significant contracts?

That’s the central question for all teams. Cash matters more than cap.

There’s a ripple effect of the new CBA that could benefit the Jets this week. The new agreement limits teams to applying just one tag (franchise or transition). Although the Jets are not seriously considering placing that designation on one of

their in-house free agents, they are paying attention to the Rams, who could have tagged inside linebacker Cory Littleton and edge rusher Dante Fowler, Jr., under the rules of the old CBA. Now, the Rams will have to make a choice. Who do they want to tag?

Do they want to commit a long-term deal to the other?

The Jets would be in the mix for Fowler if he hit the open market.

(The previous Jets regime tried to deal for Fowler two years ago at the trade deadline before the Rams got him).

The new CBA will also fully guarantee Sam Darnold’s fifth-year option (value based on production rather than draft position), but that

In this bracket of onegame matchups, we’d have Penguin-Islanders, Golden Knights-Blue Jackets, OilersMaple Leafs and Stars-Hurricanes. After a day off, we’d play the semifinals and have the two winners advancing as the Nos. 7 and 8 seeds.

If the two surviving teams are, say, the Penguins and Stars, a best-of-seven quarterfinals would pit Bruins-Stars, Blues-Penguins, LightningFlyers and Avalanche-Capitals.

Hockey is a winter sport, but this would not be a bad way to spend your summer.

Rockets, Pacers, 76ers, Mavericks and Grizzlies.

The only team under .500 in the revised playoff format would be the Grizzlies. The Nets and Magic, currently the Nos. 7 and 8 seeds in the Eastern Conference, are both well under .500 and would go home like the rest of the sub.500 teams.

Sorry, Nets and Magic fans, but your teams don’t deserve it.

The matchups for the first four do-or-die games would be Jazz-Grizzlies, Heat-Mavs, Thunder-Sixers and RocketsPacers. Those four games would take place on the same day, and after an off day the semifinalists would play to determine the final two playoff qualifiers.

Those two surviving teams, let’s say the Heat and Rockets, would move on, giving us a potential quarterfinal round pitting Bucks-Rockets, LakersHeat, Raptors-Nuggets and Clippers-Celtics.

All the playoffs series starting with the quarterfinals would be best-of-seven, as

usual, and would include several intriguing first-round matchups that TNT and ESPN would be fighting over.

opponents.

He would have created a lot of content for the One Shining Moment video.

This was Dayton’s best chance since 1967 to make a Final Four run. The Flyers (29-2) were a likely No. 1 seed. They Atlantic 10 champions had won 20 in a row.

Their star player is likely NBA-bound.

Dayton fans are loyal and

would have provided roaring crowds at any site.

Now we’re left to imagine.

5. Was this Gonzaga’s year?

It seems as if Mark Few’s teams have a real chance to cut down the nets most seasons.

This team ripped through the West Coast Conference and finished with a 31-2 record.

Like the 2016-17 Gonzaga

squad that advanced to the national championship game, this team put up points. The Bulldogs led the nation in scoring at 87.4 points per game and in scoring margin at 19 points.

Tournament opponents would have had a tough time keeping up. Keeping up would have been a tough challenge for tournament foes.

be provided ample time to practice and prepare.

Can winter sport athletes start spring sport practices?

If winter sport athletes want to start spring sport practices this is a local school district and/or Section decision.

Keep in mind there are no NYSPHSAA rules preventing a student from participating in two seasons at the same time; some Sections and leagues do have rules addressing this.

Can spring sport teams conduct practice?

School districts have full discretion to determine how their spring sports teams will conduct practices.

NYSPHSAA strongly encourages school administrators to work closely with their local department of health when making decisions pertaining to sports teams practicing.

Can spring sport teams have scrimmages and games?

There are no statewide limitations or restrictions on spring sport scrimmages and games at this time; individual

Sections and/or school districts may impose restrictions on scrimmages and games as they see fit.

Dr. Robert Zayas, NYSPHSAA Executive Director, said “One thing that I have learned in the past 72 hours, is not to attempt to predict what will occur with this rapidly developing situation. As information becomes available, decisions will be made in the best interests of the studentathletes we serve.”

NHL A new Stanley Cup playoff format is necessary in order to get the postseason done before the end of summer. This proposal is similar to the NBA plan, with conference affiliations deemed irrelevant and the lesser teams playing winor-go-home games to earn a quarterfinal spot.

First, the regular season would be declared over, and the top six teams would be seeded by point totals into quarterfinal slots: the Bruins, Blues, Lightning, Avalanche, Capitals and Flyers.

The next eight teams in the overall standings would be seeded in a separate bracket for one-game playoffs. Unfortunately, the Islanders and Jets are tied for the eighth spot at 80 points. The Islanders would get the nod based on their 2-0 record in their season series.

Again, life is not always fair, and not everyone will be happy.

MLB Baseball has had shortened seasons because of strikes and the 9/11 attacks, so this is nothing new, assuming it does return.

As recently as 1995, MLB played a 144-game schedule after the players returned from the strike and spring training lockout. No one lost sleep over the 18 games that were lost from the schedule.

As it stands, MLB has suspended the season through

will likely become a moot point in due time given that he’ll have a longterm extension wrapped up before he gets the chance to play on that option.

(More Jets) Jets Mailbag: How will Joe Douglas rein in Adam Gase? “ Perhaps the biggest part of the new CBA is the addition of a seventh playoff team in each conference.

The Jets just wrapped up a forgettable decade. They’re mired in a nine-year playoff drought that has included a grand total of one winning season. They’ve been one of the worst teams in the past decade by every objective measure.

The additional playoff spot provides a glimmer of hope.

It surely can’t hurt.

the first two weeks, but realistically it will take longer to get back because players likely will have to go through an abbreviated spring training. In the first month of play after the 1990 lockout, 68 players went on the disabled list, including 39 pitchers.

Assuming starters would need at least three starts to be able to go four to five innings once the season begins, a 15- to 20-day spring training period would suffice, with teams playing simulated or intrasquad games. The hitters already should be close with a month of spring training under their belts. Rosters would be expanded to allow for a couple of more relievers because most starters would be behind.

Even if spring training 2.0 started in late April and games resumed by mid-May, losing 36 games, a 126-game schedule should be enough to determine the best teams.

Last year most teams played their 126th game by the third week of August. Of the 10 teams on Aug. 21, 2019, that

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would’ve made the postseason, the only ones who didn’t eventually make it were the Indians and Cubs. The playoffs would begin on schedule and use the same format.

Do you pick up the schedule on the new starting date, even if some teams would have more difficult schedules than others, or come up with a new plan?

There are many factors to consider, including the fact teams have booked hotels well in advance of the season. But if those accommodations could be altered, I’d junk interleague play and the All-Star Game and try to come up with a balanced schedule in which each team plays the other 14 teams in its league nine times apiece.

There are no easy solutions to the problems facing the sports world. Perhaps you have a better idea.

We’ll have a at least few weeks to come up with some new ideas. And hopefully we’ll be back to watching our favorite teams and players this summer, in whatever format is doable.

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420 LEX 2810 LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 2/10/20. Office in Columbia Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Corey M. Shapiro 420 Lexington Ave Ste 2810 New York NY 10170. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

A Family Environment LLC filed Art. Of. Org. with the SSNY on 10/15/2019 Office: Columbia County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail of process to the LLC, PO Box 34 Ghent NY, 12075: Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Azandinello, LLC. Filed with SSNY on 2/26/2020. Office: Columbia County. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 52 Corporate Circle Ste 207 Albany NY 12203. Purpose: any lawful Camptown, LLC. Filed with SSNY on 2/6/2020. Formed in DE on 2/14/2020. Office: Greene County.

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Drawer 359 Fayetteville West Virginia 25840. DE SOS: DE. Purpose: any lawful DONLON 75, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 2/12/20. Office in Columbia Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC 1517 County Rte 28 Valatie, NY 12184. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Frasier Fir Management, LLC Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company ("LLC"). Articles of Organization filed New York Sec. of State ("NYSS") 3/5/2020. Office loc.

Columbia County.

NYSS designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

NYSS shall mail a copy of any process to c/o The LLC, PO Box 255, Rhinecliff, New York 12574. There is no specific date set for dissolution. Purpose: to engage in any lawful activity or act. Name and Business Address of Organizer is John R. Marvin, Esq., 44 West Market Street, P.O. Box 151, Rhinebeck, NY 12572.

Greene Clean LLC, Art. of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/27/19. Off. loc.: Greene Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served & shall mail: 99 Bridge St., Catskill, NY 12414. Purp.: any lawful purp.

Hillsdale Storage LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 2/10/2020. Office location: Columbia County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to 427 West 21st Street Apt. ž, New York, NY 10011. Purpose: real estate and general business purposes.

Hubbell Inc. is currently accepting proposals for materials and subcontractors for work pertaining to the Big Pond Road Culvert Replacement Project in the Town of Hardenburgh, Ulster County, NY. MBE, WBE, and Section 3 firms are encouraged to respond and will be given first priority. Please call Laurissa Vanoni at 845-586-2707 or email LAURISSA.VANONI@HUBBELLS.COM for details.

Inns Of Hudson LLC. Filed with SSNY on 1/27/2020. Office: Columbia County. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 330 Union St. Hudson NY 12534. Purpose: any lawful J&J Powder Ridge, LLC. Filed 12/13/19.

Office: Greene Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: Colt Capital Management, 320 E 53rd St, NY, NY 10022. Purpose: General.

LEGAL NOTICE 2019-2020 District Special Transportation Run The Catskill Central School District requests sealed bids for a 2019-2020 Out of District Transportation Run. Sealed bids should be submitted to the Transportation Coordinator, William Muirhead, Catskill Central School District, 347 West Main Street, Catskill, New York 12414 until 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 19, 2020 at which time and place they will be publicly opened and read.

Specifications will be available on March 11, 2020 and may be obtained from the Business Office by calling 943-2300 ext. 1472 or 1413. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all proposals.

By order of the Board of Education Catskill Central School District William Muirhead, Transportation Director Holly Sanford, District Treasurer LEGAL NOTICE Limited Liability Company Notice of Formation of

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN; the Town Board of the Town of Hunter will accept sealed bids for the removal of an existing oil fired hot air furnace and duct work and the installation of a Modine Hot Dawg LP furnace (100 MBH). For specifications please visit w w w. t o w n o f h u n t e rgov.com. Sealed bids are due by 3:00 PM on Tuesday, April 28, 2020 and will be opened and read publicly at a meeting to be held at 7PM at the Town Hall located at 5748 Rte. 23A in Tannersville on that date.

By Order of the Town Board Corina Pascucci, Town Mutiny, LLC filed with Clerk the SSNY on 1/21/20.

Office location: Colum- NOTICE OF FILING OF bia County. SSNY is ARTICLES OF ORdesignated as agent GANIZATION IN NEW upon whom process YORK BY A LIMITED against the LLC may LIABILITY COMPANY be served. SSNY shall Name: Palenville Propmail process to 328 erty, LLC. Articles of Joslen Blvd, Hudson, Organization filed with of state of NY 12534. Any lawful sec.

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Office location: Greene NOTICE CONCERN- County. SOS is desigING THE EXAMINA- nated as agent of LLC TION OF ASSESS- for service of process.

MENT INVENTORY SOS shall mail copy of AND VALUATION process to 490 Ocean Parkway, Unit 5, DATA (Pursuant to Section Brooklyn, NY 11218.

501 of the Real Prop- Purpose: Any lawful act or activity. erty Tax Law) Notice is hereby given that assessment inven- Notice of Formation of tory and valuation data 711 CR3 LLC Articles in the Town of New of Organization filed Baltimore is available with the Secretary of for examination and State of N.Y. (SSNY) review.

This data is on 02/20/2020. Office Columbia the information which location: will be used to estab- County. SSNY desiglish the assessment of nated as agent of LLC each parcel which will upon whom process appear on the Tenta- against it may be tive Assessment Roll served. SSNY shall for the Town of New mail copy of process Baltimore which will be to: 22 Park Row , filed on or before May Chatham, NY 12037.

1st, 2020. The infor- Purpose: any lawful mation may be re- activity. viewed, by appoint- Notice of Formation of ment, in the Asses- De Beauvoir LLC, a sor's Office at 3809 domestic Limited County Route 51 on Liability Company March 11th, 2020 be- (LLC), Article of Ortween the hours of ganization filed with 9am-4pm and on Secretary of State of March 18th, 2020 be- New York (SSNY) on tween the hours of February 24, 2020. Of9am-4pm. An appoint- fice location: Greene ment to review the as- County, NY. SSNY is sessment information designated as agent may be made by tele- upon whom process phoning the assessor against the LLC may at 518-756-6671 Ext 8. be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any proMarch 4th, 2020 cess against the LLC Justin Maxwell to 393 Sutton Road, Assessor Cornwallville, NY 12418. Purpose: To Notice is hereby given engage in any lawful that an order entered act or activity. by the Supreme Court, Columbia County, on NOTICE OF FORMAOF JOSH the 9th day of March, TION ARCHITECT, 2020, bearing Index PAYNE Number 15460-20, a PLLC. Articles of orcopy of which may be ganization filed with examined at the office New York Secretary of of the clerk, located at State (SSNY) on De560 Warren Street, cember 17, 2019. Office location: Columbia Hudson, NY grants me SSNY has the right to assume the County. name of Kathryn Patri- been designated as cia White.

The city the agent of the PLLC and state of my upon whom process present address are against it may be Valatie, NY; the month served. SSNY shall and year of my birth mail a copy of process are February, 1938; the to the PLLC, 194 Nevis place of my birth is Rd, Tivoli, NY 12583.

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Limited Liability Company (LLC) Name: JusTim, LLC 1. Notice of formation of JusTim, LLC, a limited liability company (the “LLC�). Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (“SSNY�) on 2/11/20. Office location is Greene County and the SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC, upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of any such process served to: the LLC, PO Box 305, Round Top, NY 12473. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful purpose.

Notice of formation of KT Hair Studio LLC Articles of organization were filed with the Secretary of State on 2/19/20 Office location: 3039 Main st Valatie NY 12184 Columbia County, SSNY has been designated as agent upon who process against the company may be served.

SSNY shall Mail copy of process to LLC, 95 Hawley Rd Niverville NY 12130 Purpose: for any lawful purpose

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY The Articles of Organization of NY ESS 5, LLC were filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on January 24, 2020. Office location: Greene County, New York. The SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to Rhynland LLC, 745 Fifth Avenue, 5th Floor, New York NY 10151.

Purpose is: all lawful acts or activities.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY NAME: HOUSE IN THE COUNTRY, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on FEBRUARY 26, 2020.

Office location: COLUMBIA County SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 4 Highland Dr., Great Barrington, MA 01230. For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Live Long In Home Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy PLLC Arts of org. filed with Secy. Of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/27/2020.

Office location: Columbia County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: 49 West Passaic Avenue, Rutherford, NJ 07070 Purpose: Any lawful activities.

Notice of Formation of Mohican House, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on December 18, 2019.

Office location: Greene County.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to: Mohican House, LLC, 1791 Route 23B, Leeds, New York 12451. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of formation of Taiga Bodywork LLC. Arts, of Org. filed with Secretary of State of

N.Y. On 2/24/20 Office location Columbia Country. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 83 May Hill Rd, Ghent, NY 12075.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Notice of Meeting, Village of Chatham Planning Board.

Take notice that the Planning Board of the Village of Chatham, New York, will hold a meeting on Monday, March 23, 2020 at 7:30 PM at Tracy Memorial Hall, 77 Main Street, Chatham, NY 12037.

Patricia DeLong, Deputy Clerk Village of Chatham

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF COLUMBIA, OWNERSCHOICE FUNDING, INCORPORATED F/K/A CUC MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Plaintiff, vs.

SANDRA LOWERY, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly filed on 2/6/2020, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at Columbia County Courthouse, 401 Union Street, Hudson, NY on April 9, 2020 at 11:00 am, premises known as 107 Union Street, Hudson, NY 12534. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the First Ward of the City of Hudson, County of COLUMBIA, State of New York, known and designated as Section: 109.43; Block: 1; Lot: 9 will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 1343818. MELISSA A. AIEZZA-CARPINELLO, Esq., Referee We are a debt collector attempting to collect a debt.

Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Terenzi & Confusione, P.C., 401 Franklin Avenue, Suite 300, Garden City, NY 11530, Attorneys for Plaintiff.

Notice of Qualification of The Para Bellum Initiative, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/19/20. Office location: Columbia County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 02/03/20. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 506 East 88th St., 2h, NY, NY 10128. Address to be maintained in DE: c/o Harvard Business Services, Inc., 16192 Coastal Hwy., Lewes, DE 19958. Arts of Org. filed with the Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE PLEASE TAKE NO19901. Purpose: any TICE that the 2019 Anlawful activities. nual Drinking Water Quality Report for the RENDON’S LLC filed Village of Coxsackie Articles of Organiza- was mailed to all tion with the New York homeowners who obDepartment of State tain their drinking waon 02/26/2020. Office ter from the Village of location.

Columbia Coxsackie on March County. The New York 12, 2020. Copies may Secretary of State is be obtained at the Vildesignated as agent of lage of Coxsackie the LLC upon whom Clerk’s office, 119 process against it may Mansion Street, Coxbe served and is di- sackie, NY 12051 or by rected to forward ser- calling (518) 731-2718. vice of process to 23 You may also downMassello Rd. Tivoli, NY load a copy from our 12583. website at www.vilPurpose: Any lawful lageofcoxsackie.com act or activity.

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NOTICE TO BIDDERS The Town of Lexington will receive sealed bids on the following until 4:00 p. m. on Monday April 6, 2020 at 3542 Rte 42 or by mail PO Box 30, Lexington, NY 12452. All envelopes need to be clearly marked Highway bid.

1) New 2020 Pick Up Truck 3500 1 ton 2) Culvert Replacement on Rappleyea Rd. 6 foot by 40’ 3) Grinnell Rd. - 2,587’ long by 18� wide Motor Pave 4) Rusk Mtn. Rd. 2,323’ long by 18� wide Motor Pave 5) Spruceton Rd. - Full Depth Reclamation 6,838’ long by 18’ wide 4-6� thick All bids received pursuant to this notice will be publicly opened and read at the April 7, 2020 regular Town Board meeting at 6:00 PM at the Municipal building located at 3542 Rte. 42, Lexington.

Specification forms may be obtained at the Town Clerks’ office, 3542 Rte. 42 or you may call The Highway Superintendent at 518989-6626 or the Town Clerk at 518-989-6476 x101 for bid specifications.

All bids must be accompanied by a certificate executed pursuant to section 103-d of the General Municipal Law of the State of New York. These certificates are available from the Town Clerk.

The Town of Lexington Town Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids offered.

By order of the Town Board Frank Hermance, Supt.

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Office: Greene Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: Eric Schadt, 483 Dent Rd, Prattsville,, NY 12468. Purpose: General.

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B6 Tuesday, March 17, 2020 Pipe Dreamers LLC, Art. of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/24/19.

Off. loc.: Greene Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served & shall mail: 381 Medway Earlton Rd., Earlton, NY 12058. Purp.: any lawful purp.

Public Notice: Transportation providers and other interested parties are hereby notified that The Columbia County Community Healthcare Consortium, Inc. 325 Columbia St, Suite 200, Hudson, N.Y. 12534 is applying for a federal grant of up to $67,126.00, under Section 5310 of Chapter 53 of Title 49, United States Code to acquire a wheelchair accessible vehicle and Operational Assistance Funding to operate specialized transportation services within Columbia County to meet the needs of elderly persons and persons with disabilities.

The purpose of this notice is to invite private for-profit bus, taxi, ambulette operators and other interested parties to participate in the development of proposed grant project(s) and in the provision of enhanced transportation services to elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities.

Please contact Claire Parde, Executive Director, Columbia County Community ConsorHealthcare tium, Inc. (518) 8228820 within 15 calendar days of this public notice to request a copy of the project proposed. Comments on proposed project must be submitted to Claire Parde, Executive Director, Columbia County Community Healthcare Consortium, Inc. within 15 calendar days after receipt of the proposed project information.

SWISS HOUSE INFORMATION LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 2/7/20. Office in Columbia Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC 9 Hunts Ln #1 Brooklyn NY 11201. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Tin Barn Services, LLC. Filed with SSNY on 2/25/2020. Office: Columbia County.

SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 52 Corporate Circle Ste 207 Albany NY 12203. Purpose: any lawful

STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY COURT : COUNTY OF GREEN NOTICE OF SALE Index #18-844 RJI #19-18-0241 THE BANK OF GREENE COUNTY, Plaintiff, -againstDONALD R. CRALL and ERNEST N. PALMER, JR. Defendants.

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly made and entered in the above-entitled action, bearing date the 17th day of December, 2019, I the undersigned, the Referee in said judgment named, will sell at public auction in the first floor lobby of the Greene County Courthouse at 320 Main Street, in the Village of Catskill, County of Greene and State of New York, on the 7th day of April, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. o'clock in the forenoon on that date, the premises directed by said judgment to be sold and therein described as follows: All that certain tract, piece or parcel of land, lying and being in the Town of Greenville, County of Greene and State of New York, more particularly bounded and described as PARCEL A on a survey map entitled “Survey and Subdivision Map for Ernest N. Palmer, Jr.”, filed in the Greene County Clerk’s Office as Map No. EASI-E 2005-106; and ALSO ALL THAT certain piece or parcel of land, lying and being in the Town of Greenville, County of Greene and State of New York, more particularly bounded and deas scribed “REMAINDER PARCEL, Area 19.971 Acres” on a survey map entitled “Survey and Subdivision Map for Ernest N. Palmer, Jr.”, filed in the Greene County Clerk’s Office as Map No. EASI-E 2005-106.

The above two parcels together containing a total of 26.62 acres, more or less.

And the Referee is hereby directed to sell said premises as described above.

Dated: March 5, 2020 s./ J. Theodore Hilscher J. Theodore Hilscher, Referee DEILY & SCHAEFER Attorneys for Plaintiff One Bridge Street Catskill, NY 12414 Please take notice that the Board of Cooperative Educational Services of the Sole Su-

pervisory District of Rensselaer-ColumbiaGreene Counties will hold the annual meeting of the trustees and members of the boards of education of its component school districts on Wednesday, April 1, 2020 at 5:30 P.M. in Castleton, New York at the Questar III Administrative Offices. The tentative Administrative, Capital and Program budgets for 2020-2021 will be presented to the trustees and members of the boards of education of component school districts in attendance at such annual meeting, for their review. The following are summaries of the tentative Administrative, Capital and Program budgets. Summary of Tentative Administrative Budget: total Personnel Service $ 1,039,755; total Teachers Retirement System, Employee Retirement System, Social Security & Medicare Portion, Health and Disability Insurance, Workers Compensation, and Unemployment Insurance $552,998; total Retirees Health Insurance $3,905,552; Net Transfers $594,760 Supplies and Materials $94,200, Equipment $10,500, total contractual expense $513,232; total Administrative Budget minus state portion of District Superintendent $6,710,997; compensation of District Superintendent, Sole Supervisory District, Rensselaer-ColumbiaGreene Counties/Executive Officer, Board of Cooperative Educational Services, Renss e l a e r- C o l u m b i a Greene Counties, New York State Education Department salary $43,499 plus all Medicare and Social Security taxes. Board of Cooperative Educational Services, Renss e l a e r- C o l u m b i a Greene Counties salary $143,874; annualized benefits of: New York State Teachers Retirement System $14,748 Workers Compensation $2,158, Unemployment Insurance $1,079, and Health, Dental and Disability Insurance $28,950; Rental of Facilities and Capital $2,205,217; Summary of tentative Program Budget: Career/Technical Education $10,055,810; Special E d u c a t i o n $25,808,457; Itinerant Services $1,980,422; General Education $6,466,599; Instructional Support Services $8,294,413; District Services $14,009,141;

Special Aid Fund Projects $4,880,150; total budget $80,411,206.

The amounts stated are based on current estimates and are subject to change. Copies of the complete tentative Administrative, Capital and Program budgets will be available for inspection by the public between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. at 10 Empire State Blvd, Castleton, New York, commencing on March 16, 2020.

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF FORMATION OF A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) The name of the LLC is Constellation 555, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on December 20, 2019.

New York office location: 358 Main Street, Town of Catskill, County of Greene and the State of New York. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is: c/o Constellation 555, LLC, 358 Main Street, Catskill, NY 12414. Purpose/Character of business: Any lawful business purpose permitted under the New York Limited Liability Company Law. PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF FORMATION OF A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) The name of the LLC is Trails End LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on February 21, 2020. New York office location: 177 Alvords Dock Road, Town of Stockport, County of Columbia and the State of New York. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is: Trails End LLC; 177 Alvords Dock Road, Hudson, New York 12534.

Purpose/Character of business: Any lawful business purpose permitted under the New York Limited Liability Company Law. This notification is made pursuant to Section 206 of the Limited Liability Company Law.

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF FORMATION OF A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) The name of the LLC is 9 Proper, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on March 4, 2020. New York office location: 5384 Route 9H & 23, Town of Livingston, County of Columbia and the State of New York. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is: 9 Proper, LLC; 5384 Route 9H & 23, Hudson, New York 12534. Purpose/Character of business: Any lawful business purpose permitted under the New York Limited Liability Company Law. This notification is made pursuant to Section 206 of the Limited Liability Company Law. PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF FORMATION OF A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) The name of the LLC is VLA, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on March 4, 2020. New York office location: 5384 Route 9H & 23, Town of Livingston, County of Columbia and the State of New York. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is: VLA, LLC; 5384 Route 9H & 23, Hudson, New York 12534. Purpose/Character of business: Any lawful business purpose permitted under the New York Limited Liability Company Law. This notification is made pursuant to Section 206 of the Limited Liability Company Law. The Supervisor of the Town of Hunter has declared a State of Emergency for the Town of Hunter effective 1:30 PM on March 13, 2020. This State of Emergency has been declared under Executive Law Section 24 (1) .

SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF COLUMBIA LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, Plaintiff against

TYLER HEIMROTH A/K/A TYLER V. HEIMROTH, et al Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on August 8, 2019.

I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the lobby of the Columbia County Courthouse, 401 Union Street, Hudson, N.Y. on the 17th day of April, 2020 at 9:30 a.m. premises described as follows: All that certain plot. Piece or parcel, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate. Lying and being in the Town of Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York.

Said premises known as 5 Masterson Lane, Niverville, N.Y. 12130.

(Section: 23.12, Block: 2, Lot: 58).

Approximate amount of lien $ 189,332.96 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale.

Index No. 13935-19.

Albert P. Kolakowski, Esq., Referee.

Stern & Eisenberg, PC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff Woodbridge Corporate Plaza 485 B Route 1 South – Suite 330 Iselin, NJ 08830 (732) 582-6344 Turkey Hill LLC. Filed 1/16/20. Office: Columbia Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: c/o Paul Gates, 377 Rector Pl #4j, NY, NY 10280. Purpose: General.

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MESA, Ariz. — Two rows of workers feverishly pushed small lakes of water off the spacious Sloan Park grass parking lot in hopes of providing somewhat tolerable conditions in preparation for Thursday’s exhibition between the Dodgers and Cubs.

Their efforts were admirable, and the unseasonably wet, cool Arizona weather eventually will give way to the comfortable conditions fans have anticipated and enjoyed for decades at spring training.

But unlike the 9/11 attacks that suspended regular-season games for six days, there’s no definitive resumption date after the coronavirus has put a massive lockdown on communities around the world, including baseball.

Major League Baseball provided a conservative reference date by stating the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks, but some government officials — including Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot — took greater measures by suggesting to professional sports owners to postpone home events until at least May 1.

The need for safety supersedes the long list of current baseball questions — such as when the regular season might actually start and whether the postponed games will be replayed.

But unlike the 1994-95 players strike, which lasted 232

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days — ending the ‘94 season with seven weeks remaining and trimming the first 18 games off the ‘95 schedule — this stoppage is not about owners and players disagreeing on wages, service time and other compensation.

From executives such as Cubs President Theo Epstein to manager David Ross and players Kris Bryant (whose wife, Jessica, is expecting the couple’s first child next month) and Jason Heyward, the Cubs acknowledge the severity of the coronavirus and the need for protection that expands to their families and fans.

There was understandable anger when baseball came to a halt in August 1994, from game-day employees who lost wages that were needed for

rent, child care and clothing for their children.

Many team employees who were laid off by their teams never looked back, finding new careers without any urge to re-engage with the sport on a full-time basis.

Owners failed miserably in their attempt to use replacement players that had displayed their shortcomings in spring training games.

Major league players were locked out of their spring training facilities, forcing them to train on their own and some taking batting practice with weathered baseballs.

Everyone suffered a financial hit. But virtually everyone rebounded as the bulk of the fans returned.

Unfortunately for the gameday workers, the coronavirus

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might persist long enough to the point postponed games won’t be rescheduled and perhaps wipe out more games than the strike caused at the end of the 1994 season.

In 2001, the week’s worth of games lost because of the 9/11 attacks were rescheduled at the end of the regular season.

And the resumption of play provided timely healing for a country on edge.

The emotions reached a zenith before Game 3 of the 2001 World Series when President George W. Bush threw the ceremonial first pitch at Yankee Stadium — about 11 miles from the twin towers — and fueled the spirits of many fans, as well as players from the Diamondbacks and Yankees.

Unfortunately, there isn’t a live outlet right now. Sports at all levels virtually have been shut down. That wasn’t the case in the fall of 1994, when baseball fans could turn to the final weeks of the minor league season, follow the Arizona Fall League (with Michael Jordan) or Latin American leagues or shift their attention to football, basketball or hockey.

Suddenly, a spring once saturated with coverage of the Astros’ sign-stealing controversy, the Yankees’ myriad injuries, the White Sox’s big moves and the Cubs’ plans to bat Bryant at the leadoff spot have quickly quelled.

And what’s currently at stake is significantly greater to everyone — not just baseball.

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The Town of New Baltimore Highway Department is accepting applications for a full time CDL driver/heavy motor equipment operator. Applicants must have a minimum of a clean CDL Class B license. Applicant must be able to perform labor duties including but not limited to shoveling, raking, weed whacking, lawn mowing, operating chain saws, and brush clipping.

Heavy equipment operation such as front end loader, backhoe, tractors, etc. a plus. Experience plowing snow with a large truck with plow and wing preferred. Must be willing and able to work long hours, including nights and weekends, during winter months for snow and ice removal. Applicant must pass pre-employment drug screen and alcohol test and random drug and alcohol testing at any time and authorize driver’s license check.

The successful candidate will be considered probationary for six months beginning at hire date. For further information please contact Highway Superintendent Alan VanWormer at (518)756-2078, Ext. 3 M-Th 6AM-3PM and F 6-10AM. Applications are available at the Town Clerk’s office Monday-Friday from 9AM-4PM until April 3.

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Please return the completed application by March 26, 2020 to 7309 Route 81, E. Durham, NY 12423.

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A minor league player for the New York Yankees has tested positive for the coronavirus.

The unidentified player is the first known case in baseball.

The Yankees confirmed the news Sunday, telling MLB.com that the player had spent time only at the team’s minor league facility and was never at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Fla. “Yankees PR said there is no link from the infected player to anyone in big league camp,” tweeted MLB.com reporter Bryan Hoch.

The player was quarantined and tested Friday after reporting he was running a fever, according to ESPN. The Yankees on Sunday told their minor league players to quarantine themselves for two weeks,

and that meals would be delivered to their hotel rooms, ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported.

Major League Baseball canceled the rest of spring training on Thursday and delayed the start of the regular season for at least two weeks due to the COVID-19 crisis.

On Sunday, the league sent a memo to the teams cautioning them to avoid large gatherings and to practice social distancing.

Before the latest developments, Yankees players had voted unanimously to remain in Tampa to hold informal workouts and prepare for the season.

“I don’t think anybody feels scared of us getting the coronavirus and if we do, we will combat it,” Yankees pitcher Zack Britton said at the time, according to the New York Post.

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Family not on same page about babysitting Dear Abby, My husband and I are not on the same page about helping with the grandkids. We moved here six years ago to be closer to my daughter, her husband and their two daughters. The older one is 9, and the younger is 6.

DEAR ABBY Although the 6-year-old has multiple physical challenges and developmental delays, our son-in-law thinks “we” babysit far too often. My intention is to help my daughter with the challenges that a special needs child presents to the family. Mostly, I am the one providing the care; my husband does the minimum.

Every time I agree to watch the children, I feel huge stress because I know my son-in-law will complain about it. It’s tearing me apart. Thank you for listening. Just writing this helps.

Helping In The East

JEANNE PHILLIPS

You are a loving, caring mother and grandmother, but this is something your daughter and her husband have to reach a meeting of the minds about. The last thing she needs is dissension in her household. Counseling for them might help your son-in-law understand that your daughter’s health might be compromised if she does everything herself. Some sort of compromise about your level of involvement could be key.

As to your husband, I’m not sure what more you think he should be doing. He agreed to move closer to your daughter so you could help her. It has to have been disruptive for him. Please give him points for that, because I do.

Dear Abby, I have a couple of weddings coming up, and

I have a small dilemma. They are both in my husband’s family and only a month apart. One is his brother’s, and the other is his cousin’s. My question is, can I wear the same dress to both weddings?

I normally don’t care about what people think, but I also don’t want to be the subject of ridicule or scorn at a family event. I’ll also add, it’s not about financial concerns. It’s just that it’s a beautiful dress, and I really don’t see the point in going out and getting another fancy dress. I guess I’m confused and could really use some advice.

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High potassium levels are a serious problem in severe kidney disease. Without the kidney, the body has no way to effectively get rid of potassium, so as kidney failure progresses to end stage (called stage 5, where a kidney transplant or dialysis becomes life-sustaining), potassium becomes extremely important. Reducing potassium intake is critical, and I am sure your nephrologist (“nephros” is Greek for “kidney”) has given you advice on reducing high potassium foods, such as orange juice, bananas, potato skins, avocados and many others. Very careful adherence to a low potassium diet will reduce the amount of medication you need. A dietitian nutritionist can help.

Unfortunately, you can’t avoid potassium entirely, so if medicines like furosemide (Lasix), which make the kidney excrete more potassium,

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Laughter to cheer you Faithful friends near you And whenever you pray, Heaven to hear you.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! — Love, Abby

haven’t worked, you need an alternative. High blood potassium levels are very dangerous. They can predispose the heart to life-threatening rhythm disturbances, for which prompt, effective treatment is needed.

The colon contents normally have high levels of potassium.

Patiromer (Veltassa), sodium zirconium cyclosilicate (Lokelma) and sodium polystyrene sulfonate (a discontinued brand name was called Kayexalate) all are substances that avidly bind potassium chemically, but they are prepared already bonded with a different ion.

It’s calcium in the case of Veltassa, and sodium in the case of Lokelma and Kayexalate. In the colon, the potassium binds to the medication in exchange for the other positive ion. Both Veltassa and Kayexalate also contain sorbitol, which often causes diarrhea, which helps bring potassium levels down faster.

Veltassa ($818 per month on Goodrx.com) and Lokelma ($673 per month) are quite expensive; however, generic Kayexalate, despite being a bit less expensive, is not a recommended treatment due to its increased risk of intestinal ulceration and perforation.

Since Lokelma is less costly, you might ask your nephrologist about it. Otherwise, keep a very careful diet. Only a kidney transplant or dialysis will definitively treat the high potassium.

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By Stella Wilder Born today, you do not always have to be front-and-center to get things done, though you prefer it and will work tirelessly to see that the spotlight never dims. You have the capacity to maneuver behind the scenes to make things happen; your influence over others is likely to be quite significant throughout your lifetime.

Even when very young, you will have been able to talk your playmates into doing this, that or the other thing they didn’t want to do — or into handing over to you their favorite playthings because you made them an offer they couldn’t refuse.

You never mind stepping in for another and doing what he or she is unable or unwilling to do. Nor are you ruled by any sort of bashfulness. You will step out and do what needs to be done, blind to the possibility that others may find it shocking in some way.

Also born on this date are: Rob Lowe, actor; Kurt Russell, actor; Gary Sinise, actor; Nat King Cole, singer; Patrick Duffy, actor; Bobby Jones, golfer; John Sebastian, singer and songwriter.

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

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You are not a Hollywood actress during awards season, who “must” have a radically different look for each ceremony. Your family weddings are special events, but there is no reason you can’t use the dress you have in mind for both. If you’re afraid it may cause a problem in wedding photos, consider accessorizing your dress differently for each one — gold jewelry for the first, silver for the second and a different colored shawl or wrap.

High potassium levels require treatment I am a 73-year-old male and have been diagnosed with a number of different medical conditions. I have one kidney (stage 4) and have had atrial fibrillation since 2008. Recently my nephrologist said I have high potassium levels.

In order to treat this, he has prescribed a medicine called TO YOUR Veltassa. I started on it and GOOD HEALTH my numbers are fine, but the problem is I cannot afford the medicine at $1,100 per month.

According to my doctor, the only alternative med is Kayexalate, which he doesn’t want to use and which gave me serious diarrhea during a hospital stay. Are you aware of something else that can help me?

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — You’ll start and stop many times today, but then all at once you’ll hit your stride and keep going until your work is done. You score a hit.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Examine the evidence, and you’ll come to a clearer understanding of something that has been a mystery to you for some time. Don’t give up!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You’ll want to stay in touch with someone who isn’t able to be where you are. Give accurate reports of goings-on; you’ll receive valuable counsel.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Are people watching you, or is that just that uncomfortable feeling of being on the spot? Today what you do can provide a clear answer.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — You may be surprised to discover that things are not progressing according to your rules. You’re going to have to get used to change.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — You will have to set aside a project that gives you the most pleasure in order to work on something that is time-sensitive. Delay no further.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — You’ll be in charge of something that is at first unfamiliar to you, but by day’s end, you’ll be navigating challenges like a real pro!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You’re not ready to “go public” with news that has only just been revealed to you. There are personal and professional adjustments to be made.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Someone may be telling you, again, that it’s “too late” — but you know better and can do a great deal before someone pulls the plug.

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THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

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Saturday’s Yesterday’s

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

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

Necklaces Level 1

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(e.g., A “B” necklace is featured in this 2008 film. Answer: “The Other Boleyn Girl.”)

Freshman level 1. Three-letter word for a necklace of flowers.

2. In which film did Rose wear a necklace called “Heart of the Ocean”?

3. A collier works in a coal mine, but in French “collier” means ____.

Graduate level 4. Which queen was involved in the “Affair of the Diamond Necklace”?

5. This type of necklace fits tightly around a woman’s neck.

6. Term for an ornament or piece of jewelry that hangs from a necklace.

PH.D. level 7. Who painted “Woman with a Pearl Necklace”?

8. Which French author wrote the 1884 short story “The Necklace”?

9. In this film Vivian (Julia Roberts) wore a ruby and diamond necklace.

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

(Answers (Answers tomorrow) tomorrow) Jumbles: ELECT FENCE HAVOC HOUND PUCKER COPPER CACTUS DABBLE cards for dealt their dinner to the didn’t bridgeseem players correct. were They Answer: The bill asked shuffled the—waiter BEFOREHAND to — CHECK PLEASE

Solution puzzle Solution to to Saturday’s Monday’s puzzle

3/17/20 Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9.

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SUPER QUIZ ANSWERS 1. Lei. 2. “Titanic.” 3. Necklace. 4. Marie Antoinette. 5. Choker. 6. Pendant.

7. Johannes Vermeer. 8. Guy de Maupassant. 9. “Pretty Woman.”

18 points — congratulations, doctor; 15 to 17 points — honors graduate; 10 to 14 points — you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 4 to 9 points — you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 3 points — enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points — who reads the questions to you?

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Hi & Lois

Crossword Puzzle Mother Goose & Grimm ACROSS 1 Tear to __; shred 5 __ point; center of attention 10 Curved lines 14 Yodeling effect 15 Bakery allure 16 Begin a card game 17 Harbor bird 18 __ cherry; mai tai garnish 20 “Without further __…”

21 Not at all harsh 22 Refresh 23 Sounds of pain 25 Not up to __; substandard 26 Reprimand 28 Most recent news 31 Began the day 32 Tranquillity 34 Waiter’s hope 36 Nearly all 37 Flower, shrub or tree 38 Wraparound dress 39 Part of the Greek alphabet 40 Way to go 41 Traveler’s stop 42 Respect greatly 44 Taunt; laugh at 45 Pink meat 46 Game of chance 47 Thread holder 50 Brooches 51 Org. for Raptors & Rockets 54 Wakener 57 Rough up 58 Bouquet greenery 59 Misrepresent 60 2nd Amendment subject 61 Effortless 62 Like a chimney 63 Secretary’s booboo DOWN 1 Alpha’s follower 2 Treated a sprain 3 Blood clot formation 4 Male delivery 5 Widespread food shortage 6 Doctorate exams

Bound & Gagged

Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews

7 Drape puller 8 “I __ Rock”; Simon & Garfunkel hit 9 Notes of the scale 10 Stick firmly Bread,strap potatoes, 118 Bridle 12 Mr. Peanut’s prop 13 As __ as molasses 19 Wooden box 21 __ up; reconcile 24 Remove from power 25 Treaty 26 Freeway entrance 27 Uneven 28 The Beatles’ “Penny __” 29 Standing still 30 Exhausted 32 Little Jack Horner’s prize 33 Munch on 35 __ up; accumulate 37 “The Raven” or “To a Mouse” 38 Kind; variety

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Monday’s Puzzle Saturday’s Puzzle Solved Solved

Non Sequitur

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40 Royal domain 41 Team from New York 43 Like a rose stem 44 Beast of burden 46 Permissible 47 Out of harm’s way 48 Earnest request

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49 Rowers’ needs 50 Horseback sport 52 __ into; meet unexpectedly 53 Part of AKA 55 NBC rival 56 Name for 13 popes 57 Front porch item

Rubes