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As the national economy adjusts to the COVID-19 pandemic, local businesses may be among some of the hardest hit.

This week state leaders in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania announced that all restaurants and bars would be moving to take-out and delivery services.

The measure also resulted in the closure of movie theaters, casinos, gyms, shopping malls, amusement parks and bowling alleys.

The U.S. Small Business Administration has announced

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Small businesses are vital economic engines in every community and state, and they have helped make our economy the strongest in the world..

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—Jovita Carranza U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator

emergency loans of up to $2 million in response to the crisis.

To receive funding, states have to make a request to the Small Business Administration. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has submitted a request, which is in progress, according to the Greene County Economic Development Corporation.

“The president took bold, decisive action to make our 30 million small businesses more resilient to coronavirus-related economic disruptions,” U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Jovita Carranza said.

“Small businesses are vital economic engines in every

community and state, and they have helped make our economy the strongest in the world. Our agency will work directly with state governors to provide targeted, low-interest disaster recovery loans to small businesses that have been severely impacted by the situation, Carranza said.

The SBA will assist small businesses with counseling and navigating their own preparedness plans through a network of 68 district offices and numerous resource partners located around the country.

“The SBA will continue to provide every small business with the most effective and customer-focused response possible during these times of uncertainty,” Carranza said.

The loans are being offered at 3.75% interest for businesses without other credit options and 2.75% for nonprofits, See BUSINESSES A2

Cuomo calls for additional ventilators

By Nora Mishanec Columbia-Greene Media

ALBANY — As concern grows over equipment shortages in area hospitals, Gov. Andrew Cuomo called on Washington to release the federal stockpile of medical equipment, including ventilators, to address the COVID-19 pandemic.

Columbia Memorial Heath declined to provide the number of ventilators it has available, but CMH spokesman William Van Slyke said, “We have the equipment and resources we need to meet the current demand. In addition, we have recently increased our response capabilities, including acquiring more ventilators, and we have options at our disposal to do so again in the future.”

The governor also announced a 90-day relief period for mortgage payments and called panic over COVID-19, “more dangerous than the virus,” during a press conference Thursday morning at the state Capitol.

Cuomo did not discuss the shortage of COVID-19 testing kits during the conference. The Capital Region may soon run out of kits if more do not become available in the coming days, Albany Medical Center officials said during a press briefing Wednesday afternoon.

As of Wednesday, 46 residents of Columbia County have been tested, with none testing positive for COVID-19,

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The coronavirus testing facility in the parking lot of Albany Medical Center

according to the county health department website.

One person from Westchester County tested positive for COVID-19 at Columbia Memorial Health on Wednesday, but is counted as part of that county’s tally, the hospital confirmed.

That person is convalescing in Greene County, the hospital confirmed.

Comparing the COVID-19 crisis to a war, Cuomo said that the federal government must do more to support the state’s health care system. New York state has 4,152 cases of

COVID-19, the most of any state in the country. More than half of those cases are in New York City.

Cuomo announced 1,769 new cases statewide, with the majority in New York City. No residents of Greene or Columbia counties were added to the tally of new cases. Albany County has seven new cases, Rensselaer County has two new cases and Dutchess County has 11 new cases.

The rapid rise in the number of new COVID-19 cases statewide is due to an increase in testing, Cuomo said.

“There are thousands of people who have the virus who we are not testing. Thousands already resolved it and we never knew they had it. You can’t watch these numbers like the stock market,” Cuomo said.

The temporary testing facility erected in the Albany Medical Center parking lot has been inundated with people seeking tests. Personnel there had performed more than 1,400 tests for COVID-19 as of Wednesday morning, hospital officials said, with 82 confirmed cases in the greater Capital Region.

Cuomo called on President Trump to order companies to produce ventilators through the Federal Defense Procurement Act. The ventilator shortage is a nationwide problem, with states competing for the equipment, he said. “When you have this volume of respiratory illnesses, it is critical to access ventilators.”

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is looking at sites across the state that can be turned into health care facilities to increase the number of beds available for COVID-19 patients, Cuomo said. But he warned that beds will not be enough.

“The beds will do very little good without the ventilator,” he said.

New York has 53,000 hospital beds and 3,000 intensive care unit beds statewide, and fewer than 6,000 ventilators. Health officials estimate that the state will require 30,000 ventilators as the crisis worsens, Cuomo said.

Albany Medical Center has 75 adult ventilators, with fewer than 40 in use, said Dr. Ferdinand Venditti, executive vice president of system care delivery. Hospital officials are hoping that state and federal agencies will make more ventilators available.

The governor also rolled out plans to assist New Yorkers who are struggling financially during the crisis.

He announced that the See VENTILATORS A2

PFAS levels in Cairo water decline

By Sarah Trafton Columbia-Greene Media

CAIRO — A recent report from Delaware Engineering shows that levels of PFAS, a man-made chemical contaminant, is on the decline in Cairo’s municipal drinking water.

PFAS, or per- and polyfluroalkyl substances, form a group of contaminants, including PFOA and PFOS, that resist degradation and accumulate in the human body.

PFAS have been linked to serious illnesses such as kidney and testicular cancer, thyroid disease, liver damage, preeclampsia and other conditions, according to ag.ny.gov.

The town’s well was among the sites sampled in the state

Attorney General’s lawsuit against DuPont, 3M and other PFAS manufacturers, which was filed in November.

Cairo’s public drinking water is supplied by a well, fed by groundwater, at Angelo Canna Town Park, according to the report. PFOS were commonly used in firefighting foam. These foams were previously used at the Greene County Training Center on Mountain Avenue.

Results of the town’s 2019 water quality report set PFOS levels of 8.37 parts per trillion before treatment and 8.51 after treatment. The water is treated with soda ash and chlorine, according to the report. The water See PFAS A2

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Residents air their concerns about drinking water quality at a Cairo Town Board meeting in this February 5 file photo. A recent engineering report indicates a decline in the levels of PFAS in the town’s drinking water supply.

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according to the SBA. Businesses with alternative credit options are not eligible. Payment terms vary with a maximum of 30-year loans.

Businesses can use this funding to cover fixed debts, payroll, accounts payable and other expenses that are being impacted by the virus, according to the SBA. National Grid has suspended collection-related activities and disconnections. NYSEG and RG&E have also temporarily suspended service shutoffs due to nonpayment, as well as late payment charges.

Likewise, New York state has issued a moratorium on housing evictions.

New Yorkers with student debt, medical debt and other state-referred debt will have payments frozen for at least 30 days.

The state Department of Labor has waived the seven-day waiting period on unemployment benefits, and has special provisions for teachers and school workers.

New York has a Shared Work Program, which allows employers to reduce hours of employees and allows the employees to supplement pay with unemployment benefits.

The program helps businesses manage business cycles and seasonal adjustments. Shared Work lets companies keep trained staff and avoid layoffs.

Employees can receive partial unemployment insurance benefits while working reduced hours. Full-time, parttime and seasonal employees are eligible.

GREENE COUNTY The Greene County Economic Development Corporation is working with several state agencies including Empire State Development and the regional Center For Economic Growth to provide guidance on the SBA funding and will distribute information as it becomes available, according to a press release.

When communities in the state have been approved for funding, information on how to apply will be available on www.SBA.gov/disaster.

The Greene County Chamber of Commerce is encouraging residents to support local businesses that may be affected by the virus.

“The Chamber encourages our businesses and our community to come together with compassion and support for each other,” Greene County

Chamber of Commerce President Jeff Friedman wrote in a letter to members. “We must not allow fear to stop us from supporting our neighbors or our local businesses. It has never been more important for each of us to support our fellow business members, especially our small businesses and business sectors most impacted by this global pandemic threat. We encourage you to order from our local restaurants for take-out delivery.

We hope you will purchase gift cards from all our local businesses to help tide them over until they can return to normal operations.”

Some local restaurants offering take-out and delivery options include Creekside Catskill within a 10-mile radius, Ambrosia Diner within a five-mile radius, Gracie’s Luncheonette with free local delivery and delivery to Hudson with a $1.50 fee for the toll, The Juice Branch with delivery to the village of Catskill, Hagar’s Harbor Bar & Restaurant with local delivery to Athens, Red Rooster’s Roadhouse with free delivery in the town of Cairo and a $20 minimum, The Avalon Lounge within a seven-mile radius and $15 minimum, Mediterranean Bistro with local delivery to the village of Catskill, Murphy’s Law Public House with a seven-mile radius, The Mermaid Cafe, New York Restaurant, Crossroads Brewing Company in both Catskill and Athens, Barnwood Restaurant, Pomodoro’s Italian Restaurant, Tori G’s Pizzeria and La Conca Doro.

Creekside Catskill owner Sean Meagher hopes that business can return to normal soon, he said.

“We did implement takeout and delivery from 11:30 a.m.-8 p.m.,” Meagher said.

Meagher has reduced his staff by about half.

The restrictions could have an impact on his sales revenue, Meagher said.

“You have to be creative to keep things rolling,” he said.

“Hopefully this ends sooner than later and we can return to normal. We’re trying to get by as best we can for now. We have to try to keep our head up and do what we can do.”

Mermaid Cafe manager Ryan Cool said the business is taking steps to reduce contact.

“We’re mainly accepting payments by Venmo, Apple Pay, Google Pay and credit cards,” Cool said. ”We’re trying not to handle cash if we don’t have to.”

Food is left on the customer’s doorstep and any cash tips

are left in an envelope, Cool said.

Instead of having two employees on, Cool said he is primarily the only one working with someone else doing deliveries.

“Our sales are pretty low right now,” Cool said. “Today we only made a few orders.”

The Mermaid Cafe is working with Hilo, Circle W and Shook Insurance to set up a free daily soup service for those in need.

mortgage modifications, he said. “Making a mortgage payment can be a big stresser. We are trying to eliminate that stresser.”

The state will also postpone foreclosures and waiving overdraft and late payment fees, he said.

After the press conference, Cuomo signed an executive order mandating that

businesses must decrease their in-office workforce by 75 percent, with exemptions for essential services such as grocery stores, pharmacies and health care providers.

Cuomo urged New Yorkers to focus on the facts, not fear and misinformation.

“In many ways, the fear is more dangerous than the virus,” he said.

“I’m working alongside my colleagues every day to protect our communities from known contaminants like PFOA and PFOS,” U.S. Rep. Antonio Delgado. D-19, said. “I’m proud to join a bipartisan coalition to introduce legislation that will enable everyone in upstate New York to test their well water and ensure their personal water supply is free of harmful chemicals.

It is critically important that our communities know what is in their drinking water, and I encourage the House to take up this common-sense bill as soon as possible to increase transparency and keep our water safe.”

Progress securing drinking and cooking water for the CairoDurham Elementary School was announced at a recent Board of Education meeting.

The district ordered water coolers and water to supply the water foundations and the kitchen, according to meeting minutes.

“The water and water coolers are on site and will be operational when we return to school

from the current closure,” Cairo-Durham Superintendent Michael Wetherbee said Wednesday. “At this point we are unsure how much water will be needed.

That is something we will evaluate as we move forward. This does only impact the elementary campus. The other campus (Middle/High School) is not on town water. The district is working in conjunction with the town and county to supply the water.”

The district closed March 17 due to the coronavirus outbreak and will remain closed until at least April 1, according to the district website.

“The town and county are working together as a team with the district to take care of the issue,” Coyne said.

When asked if the town or county will be providing financial assistance to the school, Coyne said the logistics are still being worked out.

“We will meet again in June to make preparations for the fall,” he said.

COLUMBIA COUNTY Inquiries have been pouring in from local businesses, said F. Michael Tucker, president and CEO of the Columbia County Economic Development Corporation. The CEDC is working to identify federal and state programs and assistance for business owners, which can be found at www. columbiaedc.com/growhere/covid-19/. The CEDC also offers a Revolving Loan Fund to help local businesses.

“We are working remotely, but effectively, and continuing to be the hub for information and answering individual questions from businesses,” Tucker said. Business owners should contact the CEDC at info@columbiaedc.com or the Columbia County Chamber of Commerce at 518-828-4417 for more information.

Local restaurants are changing their business model after state leaders mandated all restaurants close their dining rooms. Many are still providing delivery services and taking carry-out orders.

“The focus is for each of us to realize that our purchase is someone else’s income,” Tucker said. “It’s painfully clear to the many people who have been adversely impacted as business owners, but also as employees, who now in many cases, either have been furloughed or laid off, or it’s likely they will be.”

As businesses adapt, Tucker said, taking into context personal situations, patrons should consider what they can do to help.

“We each have to assess what our capacity is to help, but we all need to help by continuing to purchase goods and services, and if possible, contribute to organizations that are in the field providing direct services to those in need,” Tucker said.

The Columbia County Chamber of Commerce is posting messages from local restaurants about carryout and delivery services on its Facebook page and website, as well as resources for businesses. Patrons are

also encouraged to buy online from their favorite shops.

Time & Space Ltd., a nonprofit arts organization on Columbia Street in Hudson, is serving $5 comfort food suppers in place of its regular activities. TSL intends to help those with decreased access to transportation, groceries and affordable meals during a period of increased isolation.

Suppers are available to-go or for delivery starting Thursday.

“TSL has a long history of helping those in need,” TSL founder Linda Mussmann said. “We have been here in Hudson located on the North Side of Hudson for nearly 30 years. We have always responded to the needs of our community and especially those who are at risk and in need help during times such as these.”

Samascott’s Garden Market in Kinderhook is offering full-service personal shopping, which means only staff handles produce and grocery items.

“We want to be able to offer fresh, local products for as long as possible and keep contact to a minimum to ensure the safety and health of our community,” Samascott’s said.

Grocery stores, which are experiencing a higher than normal volume, are hiring displaced workers to keep pick up and delivery services running smoothly, restock and clean.

Workers laid off by the outbreak can contact the Columbia County Department of Social Services at 518-828-9411 or go to mybenefits.ny.gov to apply for social service benefits.

Hudson has suspended alternate side parking and use of parking meters. Late fees are waived on all tickets given after Feb. 1, 2020.

Local food pantries are available to help laid-off workers, those who are not financially able to stock up on necessities, and those who regularly use them.

More information on Hudson’s food pantries, such as Catholic Charities ColumbiaGreene, Christ Episcopal Church, Columbia Opportunities Food Pantry & Emergency Assistance, Rock Solid Church Food Pantry, Salvation Army Food Pantry, St. Mark’s Lutheran Food Pantry, Zion Community Food Pantry, can be found at cityofhudson.org.

Sarah Trafton and Abby Hoover are reporters for Columbia-Greene Media. Contact them at (518) 8281616.

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Department of Financial Services will offer 90-day mortgage relief for homeowners who are not working or working parttime. The state will waive mortgage payments for 90 days and implement a grace period for

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sample used for this testing was taken in October 2017.

A new test was performed by Delaware Engineering, Town Supervisor John Coyne said Wednesday, which showed the levels are now at 3 parts per trillion.

The water report from 2018 also shows that the level is decreasing. The 2018 report levels were at 13.3 ppt before treatment and 11.3 after treatment using a water sample from October 2017.

The EPA has a nonenforceable health advisory limit of 70 parts per trillion. The state Department of Health is proposing a maximum containment level of 10 parts per trillion for both PFOS and PFOA, respectively.

The PFAS Action Act, which would require the EPA to set a maximum contaminant level passed the House of Representatives in late January.

He called the crisis “tremendously disruptive,” but said people should try to find the positive in spending more time with their families. “In this busy, hurry-up world, all of a sudden, someone said, ‘You’re going to be home.’ How do you use that?” he said.

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CALENDAR Monday, March 23 n Catskill Village Planning

Board cancelled n Greenville CSD BOE/Budget 4 Meeting 6 p.m. MS/HS Library, 4976 SR 81, Greenville

Tuesday, March 24 n Catskill Town Planning Board

7 p.m. Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill

Wednesday, March 25 n Athens Village Board 6:30 p.m. Village Hall, 2 First St., Athens 518-945-1551 n Catskill Village Board meeting cancelled

Thursday, March 26 n Coxsackie Village Budget

Work Session Cancelled

Thursday, April 2 n Cairo Town Planning Board meeting cancelled n Coxsackie Village Budget Work Session 6:30 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie

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

Town Hall, 2 First St., Athens 518945-1052 n Cairo Town Board 7 p.m. Town Hall, 512 Main St., Cairo n Greene County Board of Electrical Examiners 1 p.m. at the Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., 4th Floor, Room 469, Catskill

Wednesday, April 8 n Athens Village Board 6:30

p.m. Village Hall, 2 First St., Athens 518-945-1551 n Catskill Village Board 7 p.m.

Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill 518-943-3830

Thursday, April 9 n Coxsackie 2020-2021 Pro-

posed Tentative Budget Public Hearing 6:30 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie n Coxsackie Village Workshop Meeting 6 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie

Monday, April 13 n Coxsackie Village Board 7 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie

Wednesday, April 15 n Cairo Town Board workshop meeting 7 p.m. Town Hall, 512 Main St., Cairo

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

Town Hall, 2 First St., Athens 518945-1052

Tuesday, April 21 n Athens Village Planning Board

6:30 p.m. Village Hall, 2 First St., Athens 518-945-1551

Wednesday, April 22 n Athens Village Board 6:30

p.m. Village Hall, 2 First St., Athens 518-945-1551 n Catskill Village Board 7 p.m.

Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill 518-943-3830

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State committee eyes Medicaid reforms

By Melanie Lekocevic Columbia-Greene Media

The committee charged with making a set of recommendations to the governor about the future of Medicaid voted to pass their proposal on to the state.

The 21-member Medicaid Redesign Team II, also known as MRTII, held a conference call Thursday to vote on the proposed set of recommendations.

The committee was formed in February 2020 by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and tasked with identifying $2.5 billion in Medicaid savings in an attempt to balance the 2021 state budget. A similar committee — the Medicaid Redesign Team I, conducted a similar analysis and made recommendations back in 2011 for possible budget savings in the Medicaid program. The MRTI committee provided a set of recommendations that “saved taxpayers more than $19 billion” by keeping spending growth for the Medicaid program to an average of 2.2%, compared to the national average of a 5.3% increase that year, according

to a statement from the governor’s office.

Medicaid is a program that enables low-income New Yorkers to afford medical care.

Robert Mujica, director of the state’s Division of Budget, said the committee was formed before the health crisis posed by the COVID-19 outbreak, but acknowledged the importance of the global pandemic and that recommendations were not being made “in a vacuum.”

“We started the MRT as a way to fix the Medicaid program so it would be funded going forward for the next few years, like we did for the first MRT,” Mujica said. “It was growing faster than we could afford, and the task was to right-size the program so it was available and could be managed for those who need it the most and fix elements of the system that needed to be fixed.”

State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced this week that the state’s predicted revenue would be “off” by up to $7 billion, Mujica said.

“Based on the trajectory of where we are now, that

number would be on the lower end,” Mujica added, making reductions to the budget even more important.

The proposal voted on by the MRTII on Thursday includes some areas that might not be implemented right away in light of the coronavirus pandemic, and some funds may be shifted around to provide support to health care providers “on the front lines” of the crisis, Mujica said.

“But when we get to the other side of this, we want a Medicaid program that actually works,” Mujica said.

Donna Frescatore, director of the state’s Medicaid program, outlined several of the committee’s recommendations.

Those recommendations seek to provide financial sustainability for the Medicaid program in the short term, and to take “structural steps” in the long term “to ensure the Medicaid program is there for the millions of New Yorkers that rely on it,” Frescatore said.

Among the changes the committee came up with

included evaluating how the state manages the $75 billion Medicaid program and developing work groups that can focus on particular aspects of the Medicaid program, such as the needs of individuals with disabilities, and identifying reforms in the areas of behavioral health and developmental disabilities, among others.

Other recommendations included changes to how hospitals, and, in particular, indigent care, is handled.

“Although Medicaid spending on hospitals has grown more slowly than other parts of the Medicaid budget, hospitals still account for approximately 24% of total Medicaid spending,” according to the proposal’s executive summary.

Preventive programs such as management of chronic diseases like diabetes, HIV/ AIDS, sickle-cell disease and osteoarthritis would be stressed.

Changes to Medicaid’s long-term care programming is also a significant component of the proposal.

“Spending on long-term

care — more specifically personal care and consumer directed personal care services — is growing at an unsustainable rate and is the single largest cause of the state’s Medicaid structural deficit,” according to the proposal.

All but three members voted in favor of sending the committee’s proposal on to the governor. There were three abstentions — T.K. Small, director of policy for Concepts of Independence, an organization that aids severely disabled and chronically ill individuals; Todd Scheuermann, secretary of finance for the New York State Senate; and Blake Washington, secretary of Ways and Means for the state Assembly. Scheuermann and Washington abstained from the vote because of their work with state government.

Small abstained “as a matter of conscience.”

“There are many parts of the recommendation that I do like, but I have some reservations,” Small said.

The MRTII recommendations will next be sent on to Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Police charge farm owner with animal neglect

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CLERMONT — The owner of Blue Star Farm was charged Tuesday with animal neglect after 35 animals were removed from her farm back in January, state police said.

Andrea Nussinow, 57, was taken into custody Tuesday, according to state police.

She is charged with 35 counts of failure to provide sustenance to animals, a misdemeanor, Columbia County Chief Assistant District Attorney James Carlucci said.

“The animals were removed back in January and are currently being fostered in various locations,” Carlucci said. State

police provided more details about the case Wednesday.

Nussinow pleaded not guilty to the charges, Carlucci said.

Failure to provide sustenance is an unclassified misdemeanor under state Agriculture and Market Law section 353.

The animals were removed from Blue Star Farm, at 84 Nevis Road, in Clermont, by state police and a rescue organization from Dutchess County over the course of several days, beginning Jan. 2, Carlucci said.

“On Dec. 2, 2019, the state police in Livingston received a complaint of possible animal neglect on Nevis Road in the town of Clermont,” according to state police. “Investigation

led to the endorsement of three search warrants for the property, which were all executed in the month of January Andrea 2020.”

Nussinow Nussinow is accused of failing to feed the animals that were in her care.

“Twenty horses, six sheep, two goats, two cows, one donkey and seven cats were seized from the property as a result,” state police said. “All animals were taken in by volunteer care organizations and individuals.”

Not all of the animals

Hiker rescued in Greene County after falling 40 feet

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TANNERSVILLE — A 25-year-old woman from Delaware County is being treated for injuries after she fell 40 feet while hiking in Greene County Wednesday afternoon, according to Kevin Frasier of the state Department of Environmental Conservation.

DEC Forest Rangers, firefighters, rescue personnel and police responded to an area off Gillespie Road in Tannersville just after noon, when they received a 911 call for assistance involving an injured hiker at Kaaterskill

State Forest Preserve, said Frasier.

The woman, from Delancy, slipped on the ice before falling, according to DEC officials.

Rangers located the group, about a half-mile from Gillespie Road, and conducted a medical assessment of the injured woman before escorting the group out of the woods, according to Frazier.

The group was brought out of the woods at the former Cortina Valley Ski Area on Cortina Valley Road, where the woman was evaluated by medics and taken to Kingston Hospital by Hunter

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Units involved in the rescue included: Fire departments from Tannersville, Palenville, Centerville and the Twin Cloves Rope Rescue Team.

survived, Carlucci said.

“Most of the animals are still alive, but some had to be euthanized,” Carlucci said.

Multiple calls to Blue Star Farm were not returned Thursday. A recorded message, in which the speaker, a woman, did not identify herself, said she is “in self-imposed quarantine” and would return calls at a later date.

This is not the first time Nussinow has faced animal neglect charges.

In July 2017, Nussinow was charged with 11 counts of failure to provide sustenance to animals, also at Blue Star Farm, but Nussinow was not indicted.

“The last time the case was presented to the grand jury, they did not issue an indictment,” Carlucci said.

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Insidious virus snuffs out dimmest of hope The coronavirus outbreak is so cruel and insidious that it can snuff out even the dimmest light at the end of the tunnel, grind the smallest hope into dust. It happened again Wednesday when health officials said Albany Medical Center could run out of COVID testing kits in the next few days.

Representatives from the hospital said they have a 2-to-3-day supply of testing kits remaining, at a media briefing Friday afternoon at Albany Medical Center.

Columbia Memorial Health in Hudson is holding its own for now, but that could change.

“Our current supply is meeting our current need,” Columbia Memorial Health spokesman William Van Slyke said Wednesday.

“However, any increase in demand could become problematic if additional supplies are not made avail-

able.”

Other hospitals are hovering on the edge. For example, Ellis Medicine in Schenectady went over that edge and ran out of kits. It will come down to a matter of priority in the next few days.

“If we get to the point where there is an absolute shortage of the testing kits, we are going to take direction from the county. We are going to prioritize those kits for the people who are in-patients and the most atrisk populations,” said Dr. Dennis McKenna, incoming president and CEO of Albany Medical Center.

The low supply of testing kits is being blamed on problems with the supply chain.

“We are constrained, if anything, by our outside resources, not by our internal resources,” said Dr. Fred Venditti, executive vice

president for System Care Delivery.

The hospital is assessing its testing supplies daily.

In addition to in-patients and at-risk populations, kits will also be directed toward hospital staff in the event of a shortage. “It is inevitable that a health care provider will get sick,” Director of Epidemiology Rebecca O’Donnell said.

“If you are working in the hospital, we need to know whether that person has been exposed to the virus or not. There is no question that we have to use the testing kits to prioritize health care workers,” McKenna said.

If hospitals test, we will know who is infected and who is not. Knowledge is power. Without testing kits, we will continue to feel our way through the darkness.

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This is how Trump escapes Jennifer Rubin The Washington Post

President Donald Trump’s grievous failure for months to ramp up testing and medical capacity to address the coronavirus has imperiled the country.

The best-case scenario may be that “only” hundreds of thousands die. Meanwhile, the economy and daily life have ground to a halt. The stock market has lost all gains since he took office.

(What he used to point to as evidence of his economic brilliance is now confirmation of his total incompetence.) Trump’s presidency is a failure by any reasonable standard, and things might get worse before November.

George Conway urges Trump to resign, although he recognizes that the egomaniac is unlikely to follow his advice. There is, however, another way in which Trump might be able to able to garner a tiny bit of credit and also avoid the further humiliation of a Herbert Hoover-type defeat. (In the 1932 election, the president who presided over the Wall Street crash lost the electoral college to Franklin D. Roosevelt 59-472.) He might even be able to lift the spirits of the country and give the markets a shot of adrenaline and announce he will not run for

reelection.

Before you dismiss this out of hand, consider that Trump uses the presidency to enrich himself and his family, but most of all to feed his insatiable ego. Confronted with a debacle he is unable to solve, a second term would surely be misery for him. His properties might lose even more of their value as his name becomes associated with catastrophe.

(Imagine staying in the Herbert Hoover International Hotel.)

Without admitting defeat or failure - he’s a 10 out of 10! - he can announce he is going to devote himself full-time to the crisis for the remainder of his term, which will allow no time to campaign. (He cannot even hold rallies, the one thing that tends to satisfy the narcissist, at least temporarily.)

He’s being heroic, forfeiting a second term to save the country!

And bluntly, his promise to leave might restore confidence to the markets. Business leaders, investors and consumers alike might welcome an election between current Vice President Pence and former vice president Joe Biden. (He could quickly assign his delegates to Pence and forgo further primaries.)

At least the winner won’t be

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a fabulist unable to comprehend the magnitude of the problem.

Trump could then claim credit for any economic stabilization between now and next January, and insist that because of his bold actions, he prevented more death and illness was avoided. He’s a hero, you see.

Now, only a world-class narcissist would take credit when those he insults (e.g., Democrats, the Fed, governors) work furiously to mitigate the harm he has magnified, but no one fits the bill of world-class narcissist better than Donald Trump.

Oh, and there is one more benefit to foregoing a second term: Either president-elect Pence or acting president Pence (should Trump decide to skip out after the election but before the inauguration) could pardon him.

As Alice Roosevelt Longworth said of her father Theodore Roosevelt, “[he] always [wanted] to be the corpse at every funeral, the bride at every wedding and the baby at every christening.” Trump needs to be the hero in every crisis, even ones he caused. The way to do that might be to end his presidency at one term (as Hoover’s did), but leave with a cover story that preserves his massive ego.

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The economic response we need to the coronavirus Michael R. Bloomberg Bloomberg

Never before has a publichealth emergency created such widespread economic paralysis. As government officials work to slow the spread of the coronavirus, treat the afflicted, and save lives, it is essential that Congress and the president take immediate actions to stabilize a dangerously teetering economy and lay the groundwork for long-term recovery.

The relief bill spearheaded by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and signed into law

by President Donald Trump Wednesday was an important first step in helping American workers hit hard by the crisis. Its main provisions - including creating temporary paid leave for many workers, extending unemployment insurance, and providing more funding for food stamps and children’s health insurance will strengthen the nation’s social safety net.

But that must only be the start. All over the U.S., small and large businesses are closing their doors, and as they do, they are drawing down their lines of credit to pay their bills. Getting them help now is absolutely urgent - both for their survival, and to protect the financial system from the shock that is sure to come.

In 2008, Congress gave the administration and Federal Reserve authority to prevent a financial crisis from becoming an economy-wide catastrophe. Now, it must extend the same kinds of authority to prevent an economy-wide catastrophe from undermining the financial system that is essential to recovery.

Those emergency powers were wielded effectively by the Bush and Obama administrations, including using an exchange stabilization fund to guarantee money market funds, protecting millions of individual investors and ensuring that there is a market for businesses to issue commercial paper.

Today, Congress must again move swiftly to give the administration the emergency powers that may prove necessary to hold the financial system and economy together.

Stabilizing the economy now and helping businesses survive must be priority number one. But providing

the worst has passed. And while it can take years to complete a project, the act of investment - and putting people to work - sends exactly the kind of signal to the marketplace that our country will need.

In my campaign for president, I outlined a comprehensive plan for repairing America’s existing infrastructure - 47,000 bridges and 2,000 dams require critical repairs, for starters - and modernizing it to reduce traffic congestion, cut pollution and carbon emissions, improve resiliency, and spur new economic opportunity, including by extending broadband to communities that don’t have it.

These kinds of investments were badly needed before the coronavirus began laying waste to our economy. Now, they are absolutely imperative. And while they will not be a cureall - none exists - they will help restore faith in the future of the country at a time when we will badly need it.

We have seen this strategy work before. In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt - himself diagnosed with polio, an epidemic that also led to closures of public facilities - declared, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” We have come to think of that famous utterance as referring to public fears about the Great Depression generally. But in fact, Roosevelt was referring to a specific kind of fear: the “nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.”

In the 100 days that followed, Congress heeded Roosevelt’s call and began converting retreat into advance. Now it’s time to do it again.

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Opposition to Stewart’s proposal To the editor: I would like to know how the planning board gets elected. Unfortunately, I (and probably most everyone else) won’t be attending the March 23rd meeting unless you do it via Zoom.

My inability to sit on folding chairs for long periods of time precludes my attending pretty much any meeting.

Be that as it may, are you nuts? A Stewart’s with gas tanks right next to the creek?

You think having the tanks above ground solves your

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During [Hurricane] Irene their above ground kerosene tanks were tipped into the raging creek and that water, stained red from the dye they use in the kerosene, wound up in my basement - 3-1/2 feet of it. You could smell it. It actually leached all the print out of every document I had down there and rendered anything washable unsalvageable. Stop putting toxic substances next to the creek/river! Also, Stewart’s deserted Catskill years ago;

why would you give them another shot? While I’m at it, don’t let businesses rent buildings unless they have a solid business plan and enough capital to support the business and themselves for two years without needing to draw profits from the business. This is obviously not being done and it’s pretty much Business 101. Do you really think it’s good to have the turnover you do?

That’s my rant for the week.

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immediate relief shouldn’t be the only strategy for achieving those goals.

In the months ahead, when the public-health emergency slows and hopefully passes, one of the fundamental obstacles to restoring economic growth will be public uncertainty.

Consumers will not resume spending, businesses will not rehire workers, and investors will not leave safe havens until they are confident that we are on the road to recovery. In other words, the economic crisis that American communities will experience could far outlast the public-health emergency - unless Washington takes decisive action now to lay the foundation for recovery.

Delay will only prolong the pain. But swift action - by giving both markets and main-street businesses something positive to look forward to - can stanch some of the losses now and speed the recovery later, so that we emerge from this crisis a stronger nation.

One of the best ways to restore faith in the economy when the public-health emergency abates would be to ensure that it coincides with the largest public investment in infrastructure in generations. I know from my time as mayor of New York that public investment in infrastructure is a highly effective way to increase private-sector investment and business activity - and inspire confidence in the future.

At the same time, an infrastructure bill is a chance to build the clean energy economy our country needs - and to create the jobs necessary to do it. The bill should include major new investments in wind and solar power, a national transmission grid, energy efficiency for buildings, and the electric-vehicle manufacturing industry, which will benefit U.S. automakers. Those investments will create millions of new jobs, including for many Americans who lose work in the oil, gas and coal industries.

If Congress passes a major infrastructure and cleanenergy bill before the April recess, shovels can start hitting the ground when workers, businesses and investors are looking for signs of hope, indications of growth, and reasons to believe that

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Donald S. Hamm Donald S. Hamm, 92, missed by his two grandchilof Hudson, NY, peacefully dren, Donald (Ashley) and passed away on Saturday, Christine, who could not have March 14, 2020 at Albany asked for a better influence in Medical Center. Don was born their lives. Wyatt and Austin, in Hudson, NY to Fred and his great-grandchildren, loved Ethel (Hobbie) Hamm on April spending time with their “Pop28, 1927. py”. Don is survived by his He attended Hudsister, Dorothy Carl, son Schools before and several nieces enlisting in the Army. and nephews. He was He was a Korean War predeceased by his Veteran. Don worked wife, Sarah (Brandas a truck driver for ley) and three sisters: Stockport Lumber, Madeline Carle, Hilda Agway, and Main Care Dunbar, and Shirley Energy before retiring Markessinis. in 1989. He was a forThe family would mer member of Greenlike to thank the staff Hamm port Fire Company and nurses of the Pumper #1. Don will always Firemen’s Home for their wonbe remembered for his sense derful care. In lieu of flowers, of humor, practical jokes, donations can be made to the and ability to make everyone Firemen’s Home in Memory of around him smile and laugh. Donald Hamm.

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Blue Apron extends surge to near $25 for first time since 2018 Bailey Lipschultz Bloomberg

Blue Apron Holdings shares are on track to extend a record three-day surge that has seen the stock jump more than 600% this week alone.

The meal-kit delivery company is set to open near $25 a share for the first time since the fall of 2018, as investors flock for safety from the coronavirus-driven rout. The optimism comes as Americans prepare for a potential “shelter-in-place” order that would restrict their ability to leave their homes.

The shares spiked as much as 56% in trading before the

U.S. market open on Thursday, though gains fluctuated as shares traded hands. The latest move comes as confirmed cases of Covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, hit 217,506 worldwide and deaths exceeded 9,000.

Short interest has moved higher over the last two weeks as investors placed bets against the company.

More than 40% of shares available for trading are currently sold short, according to data compiled by financial analytics firm S3 Partners, which is just below a recent peak of 48% at the end of February.

Why low-wage workers could be especially hard hit by this recession Andrew Van Dam The Washington Post

The coronavirus recession is likely to do something that we haven’t really seen before: It’s going to hammer services, like restaurants and retailers, first.

The closings and temporary shutdowns of so many hotels, restaurants and shops is a necessary step to slow down a global pandemic, but it’s laying waste to an entire sector, especially as states such as Connecticut, Maryland, Ohio and Louisiana block all sitdown dining.

The human cost of this service-industry recession will be proportionately higher, because we’re losing lower-wage jobs - and it takes millions of low-paid jobs to account for each percentage point of economic growth lost. In cold accounting terms, two food-services jobs match the value of a single job in manufacturing.

The pain will also be spread throughout the country, as every community relies on jobs in restaurants, bars and retail establishments.

“We recognize that one part of the economy will bear the brunt of this crisis because of the need for social isolation,” Ball State University economist Michael Hicks said, but “we chose to do something that was damaging to them to avoid something worse for everybody else.”

In previous recessions, layoffs hit factories and other producers first. The carnage didn’t spread to bars or bodegas until later, when unemployed factory workers slashed their household spending.

But with the country on lockdown, restaurant workers are suddenly without a job while their peers may still be working - for now, at least - in plants, farms, mines and construction sites. Though they’ll soon slow as well, when service workers can no longer afford their goods.

In Baton Rouge, Louisiana, BRQ chef and part-owner Justin Ferguson had to lay off all but four of his 70-plus staff members after the state banned sit-down dining Tuesday. The cuts included friends who had been with him since the Army veteran and longtime restaurant worker returned home to found the restaurant and bar three years ago.

Ferguson estimated his staff processed 20 takeout orders for lunch on Wednesday, compared with the 250 he might get on a typical weekday. “It’s almost laughable,” he said.

“I’ve had to lay off people that I’ve been close friends with, that have worked with me for the last 15 years,” he said. He gathered his thoughts, thinking out loud.

“You feel so defeated, you know?”

This recession will also hit faster. Lower-paid workers are living paycheck to paycheck, and when they’re laid off, their spending plunges and layoffs will spread through companies that depended on them as customers.

The government is asking these workers to perform a

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vitally important service - to stay home and sacrifice their livelihood to stem the tide of infection - and has a “moral obligation” to pay them accordingly, said Economic Policy Institute economist Josh Bivens.

Politicians have begun to understand that. In the most recent debate, both Democratic presidential candidates have declared that American workers who lost work due to the coronavirus should be “made whole.” The Trump administration has coalesced behind a $1 trillion plan to send money to every family in the country, and influential economists are pushing for an expansion of the unemployment-insurance system.

“Workers need to be encouraged to stay at home, so you really do need some kind of immediate, fast encouragement of that,” said Mark Muro, director of the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution.

According to economists at the job-review site Glassdoor, the food-service industry has far fewer jobs with work-fromhome benefits than any other sector.

Bivens found that, after accounting for lost output and productivity, the economy would shrink by 4.1 % over the next two quarters, based on new estimates from Deutsche Bank. (GDP was down about 4% at the deepest point of the Great Recession, adjusted for inflation.)

That estimate suggests more than $840 billion in lost output over a two-quarter downturn. This figure may still be low, since it already figures in substantial government stimulus and events are moving quickly.

Bivens said that, based on that estimate, the United States would lose about 7.3 million jobs. A more conservative estimate, which he bases on numbers Goldman Sachs released earlier in the week, would be around 3 million.

“If the actual number of jobs lost by the end of the summer is anywhere near this large, it will represent a pace of job loss comparable to the very worst months of the Great Recession,” Bivens wrote. And that’s on the low end.

Unlike the Great Recession,

which absolutely crushed manufacturing, the coronavirus recession will be “lasertargeted” at low-wage service jobs, Bivens said. “Given that workers in these sectors are likely to have very little savings to tide them over the economy’s downturn, the ripple effects from the first round of job losses are likely to be far greater,” he added.

The estimates are huge and vague. The range of uncertainty encompasses millions of jobs and hundreds of billions of dollars. To make it a bit more concrete, let’s look at a sector that has been almost obliterated by the downturn.

Front-of-house restaurant staff have one of the most common jobs in America, and it’s one that will barely exist in a world of indefinite lockdowns and takeout meals.

About 2.2 million people waited on tables in sit-down restaurants in 2018, the most recent year for which industry data was available. When you add in their managers, hostesses, counter clerks and bussers, they make up about half of the food-service workforce. Another 3.2 million people serve fast food, which may not be hit as hard.

Food-service workers are among the nation’s lowestpaid employees, with waiters and waitresses earning around $25,550 a year. (The Labor Department data set we’re using includes tips.)

Their competition at the bottom of the rankings comes from fast-food workers and small, vulnerable sectors, such as casino workers, parking-lot attendants, hairdressers and ushers.

Given their recent earnings, the government would need about $24.5 billion per month to replace the paycheck of all food-services workers. If you just focus on what we’re calling front-of-house, the total’s around $12 billion per month.

The price tag for nationalizing the nation’s entire waitstaff for six months - around $72.3 billion for front-ofhouse, or $147 billion for the whole industry - fits into larger bailout estimates, though you’d have to double it to account for losses in other industries as well.

A publicly funded waitstaff may not even be as unlikely

Some retailers are extending their return policy windows Jena McGregor The Washington Post

As retailers close stores, many consumers may be left wondering: What happens if I need to make a return?

Several stores that have closed brick-and-mortar locations have extended their return policy window.

Apple said on its website that it will accept returns up to 14 days after they reopen stores for most products. Sephora said it will accept returns within 30 days of reopening for products bought in stores during the month preceding its closures; it also increased its online order returns to

60 days.

Macy’s, which said Tuesday it was closing stores through March 31, said in an email that it is extending its return policy by 30 days. Gap said it was extending its return window to July 1 for all purchases during the first three months of the year, while J. Crew, which is closing stores until March 28, said it is extending its return window from 30 to 60 days for orders placed starting March 1.

Other retailers that remained open said they had not yet made changes to their return policies. Home Depot said Wednesday the store had not yet modified its 90-day return policy (one year if purchased with a store

credit card) and does not currently allow store purchases to be returned by mail. “Of course, this is a very fluid situation that we’re watching closely,” a spokeswoman, Sara Gorman, said in an email.

Analysts say retailers have been so consumed by the immediate questions about whether to close stores and what to do about workers that they may not yet have focused on issues such as returns.

“I don’t think they’ve gotten around to it yet,” said Neil Stern, a retail consultant with McMillanDoolittle.

While many retailers seamlessly allow returns to stores for purchases

made online, the reverse is not always true when it comes to mailing in returns of items bought in stores, said Sucharita Kodali, a retail analyst at Forrester.

“Store systems are not always reconciled with online systems,” said Kodali, who said more retailers extending their return policies is “inevitable.”

Others, she said, may come up with manual workarounds, such as a skeleton crew of hourly workers in closed physical stores processing returns after meeting individual customers at the door. “It may come down to behavior like that,” she said.

as it sounds. A $1,000 bailout check would cover almost half of a waiter’s monthly income, and some restaurant workers also will collect unemployment compensation.

But right now, workers in sectors such as food services, where 98% of workers don’t have union coverage, appear to be losing their jobs at warp speed.

The light at the end of the tunnel, said Muro, is that once the coronavirus has been contained and business picks up again - service workers are likely to be hired back rapidly.

People stuck at home will have pretty long shopping lists by the time they’re finally allowed to return to normal lives. All that pent-up demand may ensure a speedy recovery once the economy gets back on the rails.

“People want to buy stuff,” Hicks said. “They want to go out and buy a big meal. They want to go to a restaurant and they want to go on a vacation.

They want to go to the movie theater. But they can’t because it’s explicitly forbidden.”

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It’s spring, here are the ‘bear’ facts

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argue that I am the interloper.

But the fact is that bears have been very actively expanding into new areas of the eastern states. In Connecticut, for example, where I spend the working week, black bears had been extirpated by the mid 1800s and there were none in the state as recently as the 1980s. Now a rapidly expanding population numbers several hundred.

I called Dr. Tracy Rittenhouse, a professor at the University of Connecticut who has been researching the expansion of the bear population in that state. She told me that while bears are most common in the rural northwest corner of Connecticut, close to their longtime stronghold in the Berkshire Hills, they have been moving east and south. She noted they are happy to live around people, as long as the human population density is not too great.

In neighborhoods where houses sit on lots of a couple of acres or more, bears will make themselves at home. When I asked Dr. Rittenhouse if there was anywhere in Connecticut that bears won’t colonize, she

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When I was a boy, which admittedly was some time ago, I remember how excited we got when we spotted a deer. They were very rare in the New York suburbs where I grew up.

That’s changed. Now deer are almost as common a form of garden wildlife as blue jays; what’s more, they are distressingly destructive. But if what I’ve been hearing is correct, we need to get ready for another new arrival, and this one will be even more challenging.

I’m referring to the black bear, Ursus americanus.

Ever since we built a house in Massachusetts’s Southern Berkshire County, my wife and I have found evidence of bears. A short hike takes us to a tree with deep, parallel scratches in its bark; biologists think bears mark trees in this way to communicate with each other. We’ve found bear scat in the woods, too, full of pits when the wild cherry trees are fruiting. Likewise, we’ll occasionally see a bear crossing our road.

It wasn’t until two years

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The encroachment of bears into areas of human habitation can result in euthanasia of those that become or are perceived as threatening.

ago, though, that I actually encountered a cub wandering around my garden. This was at a time when my tomato patch was under assault by porcupines, and at the sight of the new intruder, I snapped.

I ran into the garden yelling abuse, and the cub trotted off.

My wife later pointed out that where there was a cub, there was probably a mother bear not far off.

When I called Andrew Madden, Western District manager of the Massachusetts

Division of Fisheries & Wildlife not long ago, he said that although a more cautious approach was advisable, black bears are naturally shy and that making loud noises, as with a whistle or banging pots together, is one way to scare them off and remind them to stay out of your territory.

Of course, this raises the issue of whose property that landscape actually is. There were surely bears roaming our patch of woods before we built our house, so one could

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So it seems we will have to come to terms with bear visits. They are especially likely to wander in at this time of year, when they are emerging from their winter sleep hungry and actively searching for new food sources. That’s why it’s best to feed birds naturally with berry-bearing plants and with plants that attract caterpillars, because bears find seed-filled bird feeders irresistible. Don’t put out your garbage until the morning of collection, and then put it in sealed plastic bags inside an air-tight container. If you know bears are in your area, you can add a repellent: put an ammonia-soaked rag or sponge inside the top of the garbage container.

Once a bear has enjoyed a meal at your expense, they are likely to return. I have a neighbor in the Berkshires whose chicken house was targeted by bears, which came to steal the chicken feed. Soon he found a mother and cub sleeping in his garden, and even trying out the bentwood rocking chair he kept on his

porch. This may seem funny, but at least one bear, having lost its fear of humans, became aggressive and had to be euthanized. Had the neighbor surrounded his chicken run with an electric fence, this sad eventuality could most likely have been avoided.

For more information about coexistence with bears, log onto thomaschristophergardens.com/podcast and listen to interviews with Dr. Rittenhouse and Andrew Madden.

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7 ways to stay physically active when you’re stuck at home

By Courtney Kueppers The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Businesses and universities across the globe are opting to have employees work from home and students partake in “remote learning” in an attempt to combat the spread of the coronavirus.

However, being inside for long periods of time or feeling isolated can be stressful _ and boring. Experts at the Atlantabased Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend staving off the anxiety Staying active with your children. (Dreamstime/TNS) associated with “social distancing” by keeping up a healthy include Yoga With Adrienne, your mood. “As a general goal, routine, including healthy eat- Yoga By Candace and Body aim for at least 30 minutes of ing and regular exercise.

Positive Yoga. physical activity a day. If you If you’re stuck at home, for can’t set aside that much time, SCHEDULE REMINDERS: whatever reason, here are some When you’re working from try several short sessions of acways to remain physically active home or just lounging on the tivity throughout the day. Any from the comfort of your living couch, it’s easy for time to slip amount of activity is better than room. away from you quickly. To none at all,” the Mayo Clinic ONLINE YOGA: avoid spending hours in front notes on its website.

Yoga can be not only good of a screen without moving, TRY TIDYING UP: Cleaning your house can be a for your physical health, but try setting some reminders on can improve general wellness your phone, computer or smart win-win. Lifting laundry, going by relieving stress and improv- speaker to get up and move, up and down stairs, being on ing emotional health, sleep and grab a drink of water or do some your feet can all add up to a good balance, the National Institute stretching. Best Health maga- amount of physical activity. of Health notes. It can also re- zine also recommends getting Then, having a clean space can lieve low-back and neck pain up and walking every time your help with your mental health as well. and help manage anxiety and phone rings, or pings?

“Cleaning your house can depressive symptoms.

GO FOR A WALK: You don’t have to pay big Try taking a break in the day incorporate a variety of muscle bucks or leave your home to to go for a walk. Experts at the groups without you even realdo yoga. Just put on something Mayo Clinic note that walking izing it,” personal trainer Rich comfortable and pull up You- everyday can help you maintain Gaspari told Everyday Health.

Tube. Some popular channels a healthy weight and improve SIMPLE EXERCISES:

You don’t need expensive exercise equipment or access to a gym to do simple exercises like planks, wall sits or squats. There are a variety of routines you can find online and on YouTube.

DANCE IT OUT: Put on some tunes and have a living room dance party. It’s also a good way to keep kids active, if they are home from school and stuck inside.

“Dance is an effective form of exercise and can burn just as many calories as swimming, walking, or bike riding. The amount of calories you will burn depends on the intensity of the dance, the length of dance, how much effort you put in, and how much you weigh,” active.com notes.

CREATE A CIRCUIT WORKOUT: The American Heart Association has recommendations on its website for a simple circuit workout that can be done at home, including jumping jacks, high knees, push ups and lunges. It can be modified for individual use. (c)2020 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Atlanta, Ga.) Visit The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Atlanta, Ga.) at www.ajc.com Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

Four movies for the pandemic spell

By Raymond Pignone Columbia-Greene Media

The Black Widow’s sting is potent but the Marvel superheroine was defeated by the coronavirus.

Disney postponed the May release of “Black Widow” on Tuesday. Other big-budget pictures to fall by the wayside are “A Quiet Place Part II,” the official 25th James Bond film “No Time to Die,” Disney’s live-action adventure film “Mulan” and the action sequel “F9” (“The Fast and the Furious 9”). All have fallen to the virus. “F9” will not open until next year. “Emma.,” which opened in theaters nationwide just two weeks ago, is being rush-released to DVD and other platforms Friday. “The Invisible Man,” with Elisabeth Moss, will soon follow suit.

The marauding coronavirus has closed movie theaters in the local area and nationwide, and nobody can say when they will reopen. From the big multiplexes to the smallest art houses, the lights have gone down for who knows how long.

With that in mind, here are four very good

movies to watch on TV as you watch, wait and hope for the end of this harrowing, historic period.

BOMBSHELL Charlize Theron inhabits the role of Megyn Kelly, the Fox News reporter, who helps lead a group of fellow women journalists on a legal crusade against Fox president Roger Ailes (played with snaky bad intent by a jowly John Lithgow). Theron is magnificent, as is the supporting cast including Lithgow, Nicole Kidman and Margot Robbie. Think what you will about Fox. This is a fine beauty-killed-the-beast drama.

KNIVES OUT Rian Johnson’s old-school whodunit is both classy entertainment and an ingenious puzzle movie. Daniel Craig is the famous detective — “The last of the gentleman sleuths” — trying to solve the mysterious murder of a writer of thrillers. Backed by Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Toni Collette, Chris Evans and the delightful Ana de Armas and filled with plot twists, the movie

is satisfying and wonderful.

A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD Don’t expect a straightforward film biography of Fred Rogers, better known as TV’s Mister Rogers, played by Tom Hanks. Instead, the story weaves the travails, personal and professional, of a journalist assigned to interview the children’s show host with those of Rogers. The two men refract each other’s personalities and they learn from each other in a movie as much about mutual support as puppets and kid’s games.

JOJO RABBIT A 10-year-old German boy is living under duress in World War II. The kid (who has a yen for swastikas) is committed to his Hitler Youth Team but isn’t good enough. Making things worse, his imaginary playmate is Der Fuhrer himself and his mother is hiding a teenage Jewish girl in a crawl space in his home. The movie hits just the right notes of satire, slapstick and caricature. It’s playful, funny and bittersweet.

Home-schooling tips for all you millions of suddenly home-schooling newbies Rachel Figueroa The Washington Post

Now that school systems all over the country are shutting down amid the novel coronavirus outbreak, homeschooling is getting a strange new respect, or at least a lot of fresh interest. Sample daily schedules for home-schooling have been popping up all over Facebook since last week.

As someone who has homeschooled her two kids, now 9 and 3, since the beginning, I have some advice for the newbies: Don’t overthink it.

Millions of anxious parents are worried that their children will fall behind academically.

That’s a valid concern, but don’t bury them with what you think approximates the classes they’re missing. If you have any expectations of replicating your child’s classroom experience, throw them out the window. (Lysol them first, of course, and then throw them out.) It’s not going to happen.

This is very hard for you. It’s even harder for the kids. Getting the same sort of classroom focus at the kitchen table is impossible to begin with. But children suddenly kept out

of school on a snow day that could last two months are going to be especially distracted.

Your children will miss their friends. They can’t participate in sports and blow off steam.

They’re probably still in a bit of shock, and they’re scared by the nonstop coronavirus news.

Their teacher might not like it, but consider giving the kids a few days off to recover from the massive change.

The difference between regular home-schooling and home-schooling in the time of social distancing is that a lot of the usual options for sweetening the education experience have been canceled. I did the math, and my 9-year-old daughter spends 20 hours a week outside the house going to music lessons, dance class, sign-language club, soccer, karate, labs at the science museum and Hebrew school. We also participate in group field trips with others in the community. For something called home-schooling, we spend a lot of time outside the home.

Don’t worry about the house. It’s going to be a mess because it’s going to be lived in a lot more. I have two

tornadoes in my house who thought it was a good idea to play badminton in the living room last night. Luckily, in home-schooling households, the only part that you actually have to keep clean is the little bit that shows up on the webcam behind your kid during online learning. My daughter’s karate school is doing livestreamed classes now, so make sure anything breakable within kicking distance is moved out of the way. I learned that the hard way. Sorry, Grandma’s flower vase.

Home isolation is a good opportunity to teach your children basic life skills they won’t learn in traditional school.

Teach them to disinfect and wipe down surfaces, mop the floor, cook their own meals and do laundry. It builds character and you get a clean kitchen.

My kids have been working in the garden planting seeds and turning compost. When society collapses, they’ll know how to feed themselves. It’s comforting.

Screen time is your friend.

There are a ton of educational apps, documentaries and other online offerings by

professionals who are better teachers than you are. My daughter is already on an online video-based curriculum for her regular subjects. (It’s called Power Homeschool and it’s fantastic.) She also takes online classes on Outschool and the Lookstein Center for Jewish Education. And don’t feel guilty if the kids spend time watching cartoons. Take a nap.

Put a hat on the dog, pretend it’s a person and talk about your day. It’s fine. Disney Plus can babysit for a minute.

It can be hard for younger kids who aren’t on social media to connect with peers. Try to set up an online play date with their friends. Do the same for your socially distancing self.

Grab some wine and FaceTime some pals. Show them your dog’s fancy new hat. Do your best not to go stir-crazy.

Let your kids get bored. Let them spend hours playing with Legos. Let them read comics. Let them draw pictures all day. So much is beating up the world right now; don’t go beating up yourself. It’s going to be okay. Your kids are going to be okay. Algebra will happen eventually.

CANCELLATIONS & CLOSINGS Clark Art Institute announces temporary closure effective March 14 The Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts, have temporarily closed its galleries and exhibitions to the public effective March 14. Museum officials will continue to monitor and assess developments and will make a further announcement April 1 regarding the duration of the closure.

“The health of our entire community is of paramount importance to us, and as the current situation continues to evolve, we believe it is imperative to act swiftly in the best interest of public safety,” said Olivier Meslay, Hardymon Director of the Clark. “While we have been proactive in implementing numerous preventive measures as advised by federal, state, and local officials, we now feel that the most responsible action is to temporarily pause our normal operations.”

There have been no confirmed cases of coronavirus connected to the museum, however the Clark will use the hiatus period to continue its rigorous cleaning protocols and will assess all building systems to ensure peak effectiveness in maintaining a safe and healthy environment.

The Clark’s 140-acre campus and walking trails remain open to the public.

Collar Works Collar Works is postponing all public events after March 14 until further notice, including BYO CRIT and Art Factory. The gallery will go dark effective not through March 27. Although the gallery will be closed to the public, important work will resume as the 2019 Elizabeth Murray Fellow Kyoung Eun Kang’s exhibition “Traces will be installed and will open March 27 without a public reception. Collar Works will also continue planning for summer programming, including the Elizabeth Murray artist residency.

If you choose to visit Collar Works after March 27, please use your best judgement in assessing your health, practice exemplar hygiene, and exercise extreme caution when in public.

Stay home if you are not feeling well.

Spencertown Academy Arts Centers All events will be postponed the the end of March, as well as April and early May. Summer and fall events are still being planned, including Hidden Gardens, Festival of Books, new concerts and art shows.

The situation will be reassessed month by month. More information will be provided.

At the present time the following events have been cancelled, and refunds will be issued for any tickets that have been purchased.

- Embe Esti on Saturday, March 21 - Jim Kweskin on Saturday, April 4 - 5th annual Members’ Art Show: April 25-May 17 - Rachelle Garniez and Erik Della Penna on Saturday, May 2 Thomas Cole Historic Site The following upcoming events at the Thomas Cole Historic Site are postponed: the Fellows’ Presentations on March 27, the Scholars’ Dinner on April 6, the Sunday Salon on April 19, and tours of the historic site during the month of April. In addition, staff are working from home and upcoming meetings will be conducted via phone or video conference.

Visitors are welcome to visit the grounds and are encouraged to observe a safe distance from others when visiting and to adhere to other practices that prevent the spread of the contagion.

Presently definitive decisions about events and programs beyond April have not been made, but various factors are being evaluated on an ongoing basis.

Updates will be sent by email and posted to the website and social media.

You can find this letter and future updates at thomascole.org/ covid19.

Catskill Mountain Foundation cancels Russian National Ballet performance of ‘Sleeping Beauty” The organization’s facilities are closed to the public for two weeks The performance of “Sleeping Beauty” by the Russian National Ballet scheduled to be held on Saturday, March 28, at the Or-

pheum Film & Performing Arts Center in Tannersville, has been cancelled. The afterschool performance of “Beep” on Wednesday and Thursday, April 22-23, at the Doctorow Center for the Arts in Hunter, has also been cancelled.

Anyone who has already purchased tickets may request a refund by calling 518-263-2063 or by emailing boxoffice@ catskillmtn.org.

All Catskill Mountain Foundation facilities, including the Doctorow Center for the Arts, Hunter Village Square, Kaaterskill Fine Arts Gallery, the Kaaterskill Shoppe, Piano Performance Museum, the Red Barn, the Orpheum Film & Performing Arts Center and the Mountain Cinemas in Hunter and Tannersville, are now closed to the public and will remain closed for two weeks.

Any inquiries should be directed to the administration office by calling 518-263-2001.

Community Ballet classes are suspended until local schools reopen.

Updates on Catskill Mountain Foundation operations will be posted on www.catskillmtn.org.

Please check back regularly for changes.

Bridge Street Theatre Performances have been postponed or canceled.

Last weekend’s performances of “Mother Jones in Heaven” were postponed and rescheduled for August 14–16.

This weekend’s performances of “Dirty Paki Lingerie” have also been postponed and rescheduled for August 6–9.

If you purchased tickets for either of these shows, they will be honored on the later dates. If that won’t work for you, please sending an email to contact@ bridgest.org. You can either use them as a tax-deductible contribution to BST or receive a refund.

The performance by The Hyde Park Ensemble on March 28 and Flo Hayle’s cabaret “With a Song in My Heart” on April 5 have been canceled for now. Check BridgeStreetTheatre.org for updates on when both will be rescheduled. Again, please email to arrange a donation or refund for tickets already purchased.

The Bridge Street Theatre’s next scheduled event is the first show of the 2020 Season, “Maytag Virgin,” playing April 30 through May 10. At that time, if gatherings of 50 or more are still considered unwise, the theater can restrict audience numbers and provide open seating. And all surfaces will be disinfected before every performance.

If you haven’t already purchased your 2020 season subscription, please consider doing so now.

Go to BST2020.BrownPaperTickets.com to purchase or call Brown Paper Tickets at 800-8383006 or send a check for $100 a ticket.

If you have any questions, concerns or suggestions, email contact@bridgest.org or call 518-943-3894.

Kaatsbaan COVID 19 update Kaatsbaan has revised its March/ April programming. Spring residencies taking place during March and April will still be provided to artists/companies as Kaatsbaan continues to be a sanctuary for artists (who follow Dutchess County and New York state safety mandates). Due to government and public health official recommendations, Kaatsbaan will not be making its scheduled March and April masterclasses and performances available for public attendance.

In lieu of live classes and performances during March/April, Kaatsbaan will live stream masterclasses, studio visits/rehearsals, and previously scheduled shows on social media. A detailed schedule of this will be made available on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn, as well as on the Kaatsbaan website and via email in the coming week.

All ticket purchases for these events/performances are eligible for a refund by emailing info@kaatsbaan.org. However, Kaatsbaan asks that you please consider converting your ticket(s) into a tax-deductible donation, membership, or holding the value of your purchase on credit to be applied to a future event. To donate directly, please visit www.kaatsbaan.org/ support or contact info@kaatsbaan.org for assistance.

Currently, all programming for May 2020 onward is moving forward as planned and will be reevaluated in the coming weeks.

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Coronavirus quarantining with kids: Movies, games, baking and … carpentry?

By Michael Ordoña Los Angeles Times (TNS)

Like many people, this reporter is holed up at home trying to work remotely — with the kids in the house. While the Twitterverse is full of people joking (I hope) that their small humans have already turned on them, there’s no shortage of things for kids to do — with each other and with their larger humans. And if they’re occupied, they’re less likely to band together against us ... right?

Our house is a media hub, so the kids — 11-year-old twins Winston and Betty — are two nights into their “Social Distancing Film Festival.” The opening-night feature, for perhaps obvious reasons, Steven Soderbergh’s “Contagion,” went over well. Winston said, “I love this movie! Well directed and well written.” Dad was struck by how scientifically accurate it is turning out to be; chillingly so.

The second night, they chose to stream “Outbreak,” the Wolfgang Petersen adventure movie from 16 years earlier. Dad remembered it as more thrilling than on this repeat viewing, especially after the Soderbergh film, which made this one seem stilted and conventional. Betty agreed. “It was good, but not as good as ‘Contagion.’”

No nightmares to report.

Then again, these kids follow the news, so these movies are hardly as frightening as real life.

Tonight, they’ll take a break from the outbreaks and check out a double feature of “The Usual Suspects” (Win is a Christopher McQuarrie fan from his “Mission: Impossible” work, though Betty chose it) and “The Farewell” (they love Awkwafina, especially after her interview with their dad in The Times).

They’re up to plenty of other things as well — more on that later — but I asked friends what they’re doing with their kids, and their answers were fun and varied.

Scott from L.A.’s Valley Village neighborhood said, “‘Farming Simulator ‘19’! My son is virtually farming: He’s got a crop of soybeans coming in, awesome tractors and combines and whatnot. ... He showed it to me earlier. Not sure if on some level it’s comforting to grow one’s own food, or ... ?!

But he’s absorbed in it for hours at a time, talking about rainfall, weeds and pests, where to put the hay, etc. It’s kind of fun.”

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There are plenty of activities for kids to participate in.

Kelly from Washington, D.C., said, “My 16-year-old has already made me watch the entire new season of the Netflix series ‘On My Block.’ She insisted this was our bonding activity.

Without giving it away, the ending was bittersweet — a bit sad, actually.” Kelly went on to caution that the show isn’t right for all kids: “It’s a bit racy ... sexually graphic at times.”

Matthew in Lafayette, Colo., said his daughter in her early teens was “begging for zombie movies and listening to R.E.M.,” which only makes sense.

Jennifer from Studio City listed the Netflix docuseries “‘ Cheer,’ ‘Lego Masters’ streaming on Hulu/Fox, the film ‘The Peanut Butter Falcon’ for my 11-year-old. My almost15-year-old wants to go back and watch the old seasons of ‘Survivor’ (huge fan) and has expressed interest in the 1980 ‘Fame’ and we all loved watching ‘Stand by Me.’ We are also listening to a variety of movie and TV show soundtracks for exposure. ‘Stand by Me’ started that and now we are digging ‘Big Little Lies’ (music, not the show, for kids).”

Another Jennifer, also from Studio City, with 11-year-old twin daughters, said, “Games ... a rousing game of Monopoly yesterday. And cooking ... a lemon pie on Pi Day and pulled chicken sandwiches. And (their) choir teacher assigned watching a musical ... so that has been a great assignment.” She said they’re “not big on electronics here, although we all enjoyed ‘Troop Zero.’ Home economics is in full swing though ... “ Of course, that option isn’t available for everyone. Megan from Iowa City said, “Our local grocery store was SOLD OUT of yeast and flour. Lots of bread baking going to be happening

out here! I’ve seen friends post their experiments of giving the kitchen over to their teens to make homemade bagels.”

Phil from Valley Village has a 10-year-old son in the Cub Scouts, and says one of the den leaders is “putting together a virtual Cub Scout challenge.

We’re going to challenge all our scouts to earn as many badges as they can, with family, and post the videos of their efforts on social media.”

These tasks include building a carpentry project or, for younger scouts, pointing out two different kinds of birds that live nearby and researching them.

“For many, they will leave the house. Often for a hike to identify a tree, or something like that ... maybe visit a place where someone might show reverence ... like a cemetery or a memorial sculpture. Much of the Cub Scout program can be completed with only family.”

As to questions of honoring social distancing and flattening the curve, Cubmaster Phil says, “We’re still hammering out details. But most of the out-of-thehouse stuff does not require interacting with the public. ‘Take a walk in your neighborhood’ or ‘While on a hike, identify ... ‘ or something like that. Easy to practice social distancing if it’s just you and your kid going for a walk in the neighborhood.”

Danny from Albuquerque, N.M.’s, daughter isn’t a kid anymore, but she’s helping to keep kids busy — constructively: “My daughter, Molly, age 24, is an algebra teacher at a high school in Burlingame, Calif. She’s teaching online and is part of a large group of teachers offering free help for kids who need tutoring.”

Other moms and dads are happily curating their kids’

viewing. Kira from Brooklyn said she just showed her sons “All the OK Go videos ... they (ages 5 and 2) love them.” She added, “Also, just livestreamed the animal cams at the San Diego zoo! Too cute.”

“Here It Goes Again” is more famous, but this video for “This Too Shall Pass” is amazing as well and seems more fitting for this interregnum.

Tiger in Los Angeles said he’s going to show his daughter Terry Gilliam’s “Time Bandits” (1981): “I showed her the trailer and she bought in. We’ll probably watch tonight. I’m very excited.” That is, he’ll show it when he’s not posting memes of the family in “The Shining” with the caption, “A couple of weeks of isolation with the family. What could go wrong?”

In our house, the kids have worked up wish lists for the Social Distancing Film Festival and to-do lists as well. They tried playing Dungeons and Dragons with friends via Google Hangouts, with mixed success (connection problems Dad didn’t figure out in time), but are game to try again soon.

Betty has specific goals for her art skills, such as wanting to “practice working with shading, drawing horns, painting, origami and lettering.” She’s looking forward to reading a new batch of mystery books picked up just before the pandemic forced this shared isolation. She also wants to “bake a cake,” “paint my nails” and “modify my clothes.”

I’m not sure what she means by that last one, but I suppose I’d better find out.

She also hopes to “Make a dinner for Dad! And hopefully not poison him!”

While I was writing this, she and her brother presented me with the following lineup for our film fest: “The Usual Suspects,” “The Farewell,” “Community,” “The Peanut Butter Falcon,” “Silver Linings Playbook,” “Dickinson” and “In Bruges.”

Some of those may take some negotiating.

But hey, we’ve got plenty of time to talk about it.

CANCELLATIONS & CLOSINGS Upstate Films Upstate Films is closed until at least the end of March. ”Clueless,” “Once We Were Brothers,” “The Whistlers” and Stephen Blauweiss’s short films about Hudson Valley women artists have been cancelled.

While the theater is closed, Upstate Films plans to keep ite employees working. In addition to repainting, refurbishing and doing a thorough deep cleaning of all facilities, the organization is curating its poster collection for a future fundraising sale.

Glen Conservancy Hall Announces 2020 concert series Glen Conservancy Hall announces a fourth season of summer concerts at its historic venue in the Mohawk Valley village of Glen. This year the facility has plans to present six events, offering a mixture of local and visiting musicians presenting a variety of musical stylings.

Opening the season is the gypsy-swing-folk-punk group Useless Cans at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 25. This is a youthful trio with a fondness for old blues and pop standards, channeling the spirits of Django Reinhardt and Louis Armstrong, with excursions into toe-tapping obscurities and ear-catching originals.

The venue is Conservancy Hall, a former branch of the Dutch Reformed Church, built in 1830.

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Tune-in to Maple Fest LIVE on The Ashokan Center’s Facebook Page, Sunday March 22, at noon. This Facebook Live video will feature maple-making demonstrations such as tree-tapping and sap boiling, plus blacksmithing, live music and more!

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TV shows to binge-watch while the coronavirus has you stuck inside Orlando Sentinel

If the coronavirus has you stuck inside, now is the perfect time to catch up on new, bingeworthy TV shows or classic series with loads of episodes.

Here are a few suggestions.

FOR THOSE LOOKING TO IMMERSE IN OUR CURRENT REALITY “Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak” is a Netflix docuseries released earlier this year that profiles medical professionals and scientists battling influenza and looking for ways to prevent a future global outbreak.

For a fictional take, there’s “Containment,” also on Netflix, about a contagion that sweeps through Atlanta.

For those looking to escape reality If the coronavirus pandemic leaves you in need of a break from real-world problems, then these shows are sure to satisfy.

Comedy-drama “The Marvelous Mrs. Maizel” on Amazon Prime Video will transport you to the 1950s, Netflix’s three seasons of “Stranger Things” deliver an ‘80s, sci-fi adventure and historical drama “Outlander” on Starz offers time travel as an English combat

nurse from 1945 ends up in 1743 Scotland.

FOR FAMILIES “Diary of a Future President,” which debuted this year on Disney Plus, offers familyfriendly viewing as it tells the story of a Cuban-American sixth-grader from Miami navigating middle school and starting her journey to becoming a future U.S. president.

Or go on an ‘80s and ‘90s cartoon binge with favorites such as “Bonkers,” “Chip ‘N Dale Rescue Rangers,” “Darkwing Duck,” “Gargoyles,” the original “DuckTales,” “The Little Mermaid,” “Adventures of the Gummi Bears,” and “TaleSpin” on Disney’s streaming service.

For a longer family-friendly binge, there’s always “SpongeBob Squarepants,” with 12 seasons available on Amazon Prime Video.

Netflix’s equally addicting “The Circle,” in which contestants move into separate apartments and communicate exclusively through real or fake social media profiles, all in the hopes of winning $100,000.

FOR ARTS LOVERS Missing the arts? Marquee TV features dozens of operas, theater and dance performances and more that will make you feel like you’re watching it live.

FOR FOODIES James Beard Award-winning chef David Chang goes on a journey to culinary hotspots around the world in “Ugly Delicious,” which released its second season earlier this year on Netflix.

For those with a sweet tooth and craving a cooking competition, check out “Zumbo’s Just Desserts,” with two seasons on Netflix.

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Many have already binged the popular Netflix series “Love is Blind,” in which single men and women talk to each other and get engaged without meeting face-to-face. If you haven’t seen it yet, now’s your chance to catch up.

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Those missing the competitive nature of live sports should check out MTV’s “The Challenge.” The show boasts 34 seasons of physical, mental and food-based games featuring competitors from reality TV shows _ including “The Real World,” “Big Brother” and “American Ninja Warrior” _

EMPAC/Rensselaer spring season EMPAC’s events for the spring season have been canceled to follow University policies that have been put in place in light of new developments related to the coronavirus.

All artist residencies during this time are canceled as well.

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The structure, which seats over 100 (but will admit, for now, no more than 50) and is ADA accessible, is located at 1538 State Route 161 in the hamlet of Glen, Montgomery County.

Dan Berggren will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday May 23.

Berggren’s songs explore the many dimensions of home, hardworking folks, taking care of the planet and each other.

The Albany Gay Men’s Chorus makes its Glen debut at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 27. This dynamic group of enthusiastic singers presents a program of popular songs and choral favorites. Opening for them is the ecelctic singing duo Songs to Amuse, with a look at some of the not-so-well-known elements of the Great American Songbook.

A violin recital by the virtuoso Nathan Lawrence is next up, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1. Lawrence will combine a core repertory like Fauré’s violin sonata with Ravel’s “Tzigane.”

vying for prizes, cash and bragging rights. And if you binge quickly enough, you could finish in time for the show’s 35th season, set to air April 1. Many seasons are available for download through Amazon, including a few where the reality stars take on athletes to benefit charity.

Or check out shows like “The League” (seven seasons on Hulu) and “Ballers” (five seasons on HBO).

For drama-seekers Apple TV’s “The Morning Show” _ starring Jennifer Anniston, Reese Witherspoon and Steve Carrell _ is a solid pick for those seeking drama, as this show takes a candid look at early morning TV. If it’s a classic drama with many seasons you’re seeking, look no further than “Grey’s Anatomy” with 15 seasons on Netflix and more recent episodes on Hulu. (c)2020 The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Fla.) Visit The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Fla.) at www.OrlandoSentinel.com Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

As the coronavirus spreads and fear grows, people are taking an abundance of precautions to keep from contracting it.

Some of these are practical: working from home, washing hands, avoiding crowds. Others are pointless and might even be dangerous.

Here are five myths about the coronavirus that have been debunked by the World Health Organization.

Myth: Cold can kill the coronavirus What WHO says: There is no reason to believe cold weather can kill the new coronavirus or other diseases. The normal human body temperature remains around 97.7 F to 98.6 F regardless of the external temperature or weather.

Myth: Coronavirus can be transmitted through mosquito bites What WHO says: This is the South, after all, and those blood suckers will be hungry soon. However, WHO says, to date there has been no information or evidence to suggest the new coronavirus could be transmitted by mosquitoes.

It is a respiratory virus that spreads “primarily through droplets generated when an infected person coughs or sneezes, or through droplets of saliva or discharge from the nose.”

Myth: Spraying alcohol or chlorine all over your body will

kill the coronavirus What WHO says: Spraying alcohol or chlorine all over your body will not kill viruses that have already entered your body. Not only that, but these substances can be harmful to your mucous membranes (not to mention your clothes). Both alcohol and chlorine disinfect surfaces, but they need to be used correctly.

Myth: Rinsing your nose with saline will thwart the new virus What WHO says: There is no evidence rinsing the nose with saline has protected people from infection with the new coronavirus. There is limited evidence it can help people recover more quickly from the common cold, but it has not been shown to prevent respiratory infections.

Myth: Eating garlic can help prevent infection What WHO says: Garlic has some antimicrobial properties. However, there is no evidence from the current outbreak that eating garlic has protected people from the new coronavirus.

You can find WHO’s complete list of debunked myths on its website. (c)2020 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Atlanta, Ga.) Visit The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Atlanta, Ga.) at www.ajc. com Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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HUDSON — Hudson boxer Dave Tomaso has never been one to back away from a challenge.

So when unbeaten prospect Richie Cantolina (6-0, 2 KOs) of Pennsylvania called looking for an opponent, even though Tomaso hadn’t fought competitively in nearly four years and had to lose close to 25 pounds in three weeks, his only question was ‘where do I sign?’

The scheduled four-round superwelterweight bout, fought in Cantolina’s backyard of Cheswick, Pennsylvania on March 7, went the distance and was declared a unanimous draw. The decision was not without controversy.

In the third round, referee Tim Shipley ordered the fighters to break. After stepping back, Tomaso landed a crushing right hand that sent Cantolina to the canvas.

Shipley ruled the punch was thrown during a break and wiped out the knockdown, ruling it an unintentional foul instead.

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Alonso, Rojas send special messages to 82-year-old Mets fan diagnosed with cancer Sarah Valenzuela New York Daily News

NEW YORK — Lifelong Mets fan Kathleen Selig is quite possibly the biggest fan the Mets have.

Selig, 82, can always be found donning some kind of Mets apparel. Her nails are painted orange and blue. While growing up, her daughter Liz

Henglein even thought the Mets were her cousins.

That’s how entwined she made them in her life.

“They’re just the best,” Selig told the Daily News.

On Tuesday, two weeks after Selig was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer, doctors told her she had only “a few weeks” to live.

With the time she has left, all she wants to do is see the Mets play. But with the novel coronavirus pandemic delaying Major League Baseball’s season at least until the middle of May, there’s no guarantee she’ll get to see another live game played by her hometown team, and that’s what’s most unsettling to her.

That’s when her granddaughter, 18-year-old Ally Henglein, stepped in. She sounded a call on Twitter that evening, asking for the Mets to send her Gammy any kind of greeting to help “brighten her spirits.”

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ALBANY — The usually logjammed streets around the state Capitol were eerily quiet Wednesday morning, the result of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo telling non-essential state workers to stay home.

Down State Street, at Jack’s Oyster House, a city institution where countless political deals have been hammered out since 1913, there were no diners; the restaurant is shifting to carryout only.

And around the corner on South Pearl Street, where teams should have been arriving to prepare for firstand second-round NCAA Tournament games at the Times Union Center beginning Thursday, only a few people milled about.

Welcome to what would have been NCAA Tournament weekend in Albany, called off when the coronavirus pandemic forced the cancellation of the tournament in the interest of player and public health.

The only signs that Albany was preparing to host tournament games were those hanging from the street poles.

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Among the basketball community and fans in Albany and the greater Capital Region, the disappointment is apparent as they talk about their March sadness, not March Madness. While they said they understand the games couldn’t go on and that basketball had become inconsequential for the moment in the state – as of midday Wednesday, the state had nearly 2,400 confirmed coronavirus cases – many still wondered what might have been. ESPN’s mock bracket projection placed Villanova, Seton Hall, BYU, Penn State, Indiana, Hofstra and Eastern Washington in Albany, along with the winner of a No. 11 clash between North Carolina State and UCLA in the First Four.

“It’s unfortunate. I know everyone was excited for the opportunity but things like this unfortunately happened and have caused there to be no games,” said Joseph Girard III, an area native who just finished his freshman season at Syracuse. Girard,

the all-time high school scoring leader in the state with 4,763 points, played his AAU ball for the prestigious Albany City Rocks.

“Hopefully there’s another time it can happen as this is a great basketball region and everyone would love to see it.”

It’s likely you’d hear similar sentiments in the seven other cities that were to host games this weekend: Omaha, Neb.; Sacramento, Calif.; Greensboro, N.C.; St. Louis; Cleveland; Tampa, Fla.; and Spokane, Wash.

Half of those cities have pro sports.

Albany is part of the other half.

With just under 100,000 residents, is by far the smallest city, and college basketball is king. The Albany Great Danes and Siena Saints might not make the tournament each year, but they’ve never pulled up stakes and left like the pro teams.

The Albany Empire won the 2019 Arena Football League title but didn’t have a chance to defend it when the league folded. The Albany Devils of the American Hockey League moved to west to Binghamton, N.Y., in 2017, ending the city’s 25-year affiliation with an AHL franchise. The AlbanyColonie Yankees, a team that once featured Hall of Famers Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera, played their last season in 1994.

The Times Union Center, originally called Knickerbocker Arena and then Pepsi Arena, has hosted plenty of big events: men’s first- and second-round games in 1995; NCAA hockey’s Frozen Four in 2001; the NCAA wrestling championships in 2002; the 2003 men’s basketball East Regional, won by Carmelo Anthony and Syracuse on their way to the NCAA title; and the women’s East Regional in 2018 and 2019.

It also was scheduled to host the NCAA men’s hockey East Regional next weekend.

But it took a significant effort from the Capital Region to get the NCAA to return the men’s tournament to Albany. The bid was boosted by a $78 million convention center that opened in 2017, a luxury hotel built in 2015 and nearly $20 million in renovations to the arena itself.

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Can Tom Brady lead the Bucs to the Super Bowl?

Adam Kilgore The Washington Post

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have resided for nearly the entirety of their existence on the bottom rung of NFL relevance. It is a franchise born into Creamsicle-hued failure that has grasped for sustained competence ever since. They won the Super Bowl in 2002, but they have not won a playoff game since while cycling through six coaches.

The Buccaneers have made the postseason just twice in that span, and not once since 2007. They play in the third biggest city in Florida. One of the franchise’s signatures is the pirate ship inside their stadium.

And now their quarterback is Tom Brady, the most accomplished professional football player of all-time, maybe the most glamorous athlete on the planet. This is not Johnny Unitas in a Chargers uniform. It is Beyoncé selling out Sheboygan.

The initial daze of TB-to-TB has not worn off. At some point reality will sink in and - in the hopeful event global circumstances allow for it - football will begin. Brady restarting his career after two decades with the New England Patriots unleashes a fusillade of fascinating issues, questions and possibilities. Tampa Bay is scheduled to host the Super Bowl next year, and so Brady’s primary goal will be to make the Buccaneers - yup,

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Will Brady really make the Buccaneers a contender? It should not be taken as a matter of fact.

Brady helmed a lousy offense in New England last season, and while the weapons around him were somewhere between below-average and unacceptable, he was not blameless. He will be 43 next season, unchartered territory that makes projection an impossible task no matter how pliable he may be or how few nightshades he consumes. He remains a jitterbug in the pocket, agile and able to buy time, but his dearth of mobility stands in contrast to the way the position is headed.

Bill Belichick just allowed him to walk out of the building. That never counts as an endorsement.

But the majority opinion among peers and competitors seems to be that Brady is still Brady, and he will lift the Buccaneers to new heights.

Pro Football Focus graded Brady as the 10th-best quarterback who took at least 20 percent of his team’s snaps. One NFL coordinator who faced Brady last season suggested any struggles emanated from the rest of the Patriots’ offense.

“I still think Tom is a top QB and believe he is the type of guy that will make all players around him better,” the defensive coordinator said.

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Stephen Battaglio and Meg James Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES — The ‘S’ in ESPN stands for sports. So what happens to one of the mostwatched cable networks when its programming staple — live contests — shuts down?

It’s an obstacle the network is facing as the coronavirus pandemic has put an indefinite halt to the NBA and Major League Baseball, which made up the core of ESPN’s live programming over the next few months.

The shutdown of the entire sports world has also meant no fresh highlights for ESPN’s signature news program, “SportsCenter.”

The situation could have major financial implications for parent company Walt Disney Co., which has long relied on huge profits generated by its suite of ESPN channels. The virus outbreak comes at a critical time for ESPN, which has already seen its profitability fall due to cord-cutting consumers who are canceling or forgoing pay TV subscriptions.

ESPN did not make executives available, but Burke Magnus, executive vice president of programming, acquisitions and scheduling said in an interview posted on the network’s website this week that the company has been focused on finding alternative ways to keep its audience engaged.

Magnus said ESPN remains relevant to fans this week as the NFL league calendar had its official start this week, leading to a spate of news on free agent signings by teams and the blockbuster news that superstar quarterback Tom Brady intends to move on from the New England Patriots.

“We’ve built our schedules with an eye toward that being a major topic of conversation,” Magnus said of the NFL moves.

The company has been talking to leagues about getting permission to run encore presentations of classic games, something fans have been requesting.

ESPN is also developing programming that doesn’t require a full production staff to come to its headquarters and studios in Bristol, Conn., as most of them are working at home to avoid the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

Viewers are being asked to vote online to determine the greatest college basketball player of all time — in a bracket style similar to those used in the canceled NCAA College Basketball tournaments — with the results presented in a special airing Thursday.

While ESPN and other TV networks try to fill the gap created by the public health crisis, financial analysts who follow Disney are watching for any long-term impact on a business that has been weathering the challenges of shifting viewer habits.

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The coronavirus pandemic has put an indefinite halt to the NBA and Major League Baseball, which would normally make up the core of ESPN’s live programming over the next few months.

to a ratings decline of as much as 80% and compound the problems for Disney, which has been reeling on multiple fronts due to the pandemic.

Disney’s theme parks are closed around the world, and its cruise ships are stuck in harbors.

Movie theater closures have erased another big source of revenue for the company because Walt Disney Studios relies heavily on its box office blockbusters.

Analysts worry that a recession could prevent a return to business as usual, as leisure spending is discretionary and households will have less income for such extras. The challenges come at a time when Disney has more than doubled its corporate debt to $47 billion to pay for its acquisition of much of 21st Century Fox. They also follow a recent changing of the guard as longtime Chief Executive Bob Iger handed the day-to-day operations over to Bob Chapek, who had run Disney’s parks and attractions.

A decade ago, ESPN was distributed in about 100 million homes, but now ESPN and ESPN2 are found in about 84 million pay-TV homes. The reduction means the company is taking in less money in fees received from pay TV distributors — known in the industry as affiliate fees — while programming costs continue to rise.

ESPN has countered the trend with the launch of its over-the-top streaming service ESPN+ — which is an eventual replacement for the traditional pay TV subscription — and the inclusion

of its channels on internet-delivered TV services such as Sling and Hulu Plus. Jimmy Pitaro, who took over the reins of ESPN in 2018, has made the network’s availability on digital platforms a priority.

But the virus has delivered an unexpected curveball. Media analyst Michael Nathanson wrote in a research note Tuesday that Disney’s media networks, including ESPN, will likely take in $250 million less in revenue in fiscal year 2020 than anticipated due to the sports cancellations.

Nathanson said that if the rest of the NBA season is canceled, ESPN will lose out on as much as $475 million in advertising revenues. There could also be an additional $150 million decline in ad revenues related to all of the other sports that were shut down through the end of March, including the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament in Indian Wells, Calif.

Nathanson expects Disney to save hundreds of millions of dollars by not having to pay as much in sports rights, although there will be an investment of as much as $100 million required to program the hours that would ordinarily be devoted to live coverage. “We do think this will be done as efficiently as possible including reusing previously telecast games and specials,” he said.

Todd Juenger, media analyst with Bernstein & Co, has an even rosier view about the cost savings realized from not incurring the cost of live sports programming.

“The shutdown of all organized sporting events is obviously a bad thing for the ESPN family of networks, the SEC network, and newly launched ACC network, as well as ABC broadcast,” Juenger said. “Surprisingly, we believe the near-term impact on segment profits will be more-or-less profit. It could even be profit positive.”

But there is no guarantee that TV rights fees that ESPN has already paid sports leagues will be immediately rebated to ESPN or other networks that carry sports.

Lee Berke, a sports media consultant, said the leagues can also make up for lost games by extending deals, adding programming or granting networks permission to run more commercials.

“What nobody wants to do unless it’s absolutely necessary is give money back,” Berke said.

“Most likely there will be tougher discussions down the road. It’s a very rare event, and you’re going to have to deal with it in a variety of ways to make people whole.”

There is also a question of whether cord-cutting will accelerate as ESPN rides out the sports shutdown.

“We do expect some increase in cord-cutting, at least in the near term, from pay-TV subscribers whose main interest is sports, especially for those consumers who have lost their income,” said Juenger. “We expect most of those subscribers will come back. Some will not.”

David Carter, a professor at the USC Marshall School of Business who specializes in the sports business, believes fans will flock back to the games they love when play resumes, as a long hiatus will create pent-up demand for their return.

“These sports fans are incredibly resilient,” Carter said. “They have just an unending appetite for content, especially live content, and they are certainly going to get tired of watching re-runs of curling and drone racing and billiards. And the moment they have a chance to watch something live, it will represent a return to some semblance of normalcy.”

While fan interest is expected to come back when sports competition returns, there could also be a logjam of events in the fall as horse racing’s Triple Crown and the Masters golf tournament have been rescheduled for September alongside the start of the NFL and college football season and Major League Baseball’s pennant races.

That could cause more sports programming to move to streaming in order to accommodate the crowded schedule. Streamers already are getting a boost as media companies shift their movie releases to home viewing.

“It’s going to hasten the day when these networks and these properties move more toward streaming content direct to consumers,” Berke said. “It could change how these deals are done.”

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Despite not yet knowing exactly when his sport will return to action, NBA commissioner Adam Silver told ESPN on Wednesday that the league is considering several scheduling options depending on how long the coronavirus pandemic shutdown lasts, including a potential charity game.

In a nationally televised interview, Silver opined on how the league could best handle its eventual schedule once games are again deemed safe enough to play.

Among the considerations include the safety benchmarks for restarting the league again with fans as normal, how to play games “and operate as we’ve known it with 19,000 fans” in league venues without concern of spreading the virus.

Silver admitted perhaps it would be better for games to begin first without fans, so as not to overreach and possibly endanger fans, players and league personnel before being completely certain the coronavirus would not be spread.

“Because, presumably, if we had a group of players, and staff around them, and you could test them and follow some sort of protocol, doctors and health officials may say it’s safe to play,” Silver said.

Silver then brought up the idea of a charity game, one that would not affect the regular season, in order to raise funds while proving a respite for those itching for a welcome distraction from recent events.

“One of the things we’ve been talking about are,” Silver said, “are there conditions in which a group of players could compete – maybe it’s for a giant fundraiser or just the collective good of the people – where you take a subset of players, and is there a protocol where they can be tested and quarantined and isolated in some way, and they

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could compete against one another?

“Because people are stuck at home, and I think they need a diversion. They need to be entertained.”

Silver openly shared that all ideas are on the table these days since the league suspended its regular season last Wednesday, even potentially pushing the annual league calendar to December through August instead of October through June, as some have suggested.

Among other topics, Silver defended the eight NBA teams that have been tested for coronavirus – saying they were simply following orders from health officials, not

getting special treatment despite so few tests being readily available.

He also said it was premature to reveal any specifics over the fates of end-of-season awards – such as MVP trophies, scoring titles, etc. – if the league fails to resume its 2019-20 regular season.

Silver seemed more concerned with the next steps for the league on the floor and how the NBA could help the nation make a move toward normalcy.

“As I look at the options, maybe we can do this incrementally, and the first step isn’t games with thousands of people in the arenas, but maybe it is just games,” Silver said.

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TAMPA, Fla. — No one knows what is going to happen to the NHL season. But that doesn’t stop anyone from theorizing. There are a lot of ideas bouncing around, most of which involve summer hockey.

The NHL is listening to just about all ideas. But the league does not want to mess with next season.

“The only definite for us is we certainly don’t want to do anything around a resumption of play this season that will impact our ability to have a full season next year,” deputy commissioner Bill Daly told The Athletic.

A group of players have come up with an idea that involves August-September playoffs and a March-June offseason, according to TSN’s Frank Seravalli. It sounds weird, but just might work.

There are projections from health experts that a return to normal could take until July or August. With that in mind, the thought of resuming play in May or June seems ambitious.

Maybe a May return is

possible, either in an empty arena or with a small crowd.

But if someone gets sick, it will shut things down again and probably for good. Sticking with this concept of an “abundance of caution,” waiting it out might be a better idea.

Starting the playoffs in August could avoid overlap with the Olympics (scheduled for July 24-Aug. 9), which NBC clearly does not want.

The idea Seravalli broke down features training camps in early July, finishing out some of the regular season late July, two months of playoffs, then the draft, free agency and training camps in October.

Next season would start in November, with a condensed schedule still featuring 82 games.

The 2020-21 season could start in November without being shortened in number of games. It would mean no AllStar Game or bye week, and condensing the game schedule. November and December would look more like the tight February and March most teams play.

There’s not saying that this idea will happen. It’s just that right now: an idea.

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streaming, she sits for countless hours in front of the TV watching re-runs,” Ally wrote in the post. “The Mets have helped her through her loneliest of times, so much so that she has asked us to spread her ashes at Citi Field when the time comes.”

Ally thought the post would only make its way through her hometown friend group, but then something amazin’ happened. The post had reached about 100 retweets when Mets

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facility is being seen,’’ arena general manager Bob Belber told the Times Union newspaper in 2017. “It’s actually taking place. The convention center actually is open, and the last bid we put in, it was a concept – it was a plan, but nothing had been started yet. ... Now the convention center is open. The practices can be held at the

slugger Pete Alonso got wind of it, Ally told the News on Wednesday.

“Sending my love to your grandma,” Alonso wrote. “It’s stories like these that make me extra proud to be a Met. Check your DM, I’d love to send her something special.”

The reigning National League Rookie of the Year coordinated with Ally to send Selig a special video message, which Selig watched through tears of joy.

“I wish baseball was going on right now, it’s tough,” Alonso said in a video the family shared with the News. “Life’s not the same without Mets

baseball. Hopefully this coronavirus thing passes very soon and we can get back to playing and everything is all good in the world when Mets baseball is back. I appreciate your lifelong support and as always, let’s go Mets.”

Alonso is not Selig’s all-time favorite Met; that’s Mookie Wilson. Her response to Alonso’s debut was about the same as everyone else, though: “I mean did you see what he did last year?!”

New Mets manager Luis Rojas also took the time to reach out to Selig in a phone call.

“I can’t even begin to tell you,” Selig started before

getting choked up. “I’m crying thinking about our conversation.” Selig was still a little shaken up, but she explained Rojas had asked her how she was doing.

Selig, who grew up in Brooklyn, remembers when the Dodgers were shipped out of the Big Apple, and recalls the very first day the Mets made their debut: April 11, 1962 in St. Louis against the Cardinals. But that’s not the Mets memory she holds most dear. After all, the Mets were terrible their first few years in the majors.

Oct. 27, 1986, Game 7 of the World Series. Selig sat with her brother in the second level

behind third base in the former Shea Stadium, two of the 55,032 fans who packed the stadium that evening. Mets lefty Jesse Orosco struck out Red Sox second baseman Marty Barrett to win the team’s second World Series title.

“I jumped up and screamed!

It was unbelievable,” Selig said.

She also recalled beer spilling on her during the crowd’s celebration in the stands.

The following year, Selig traveled to San Francisco to watch the Mets play the Giants. She went to dinner at the St. Francis Hotel near Candlestick Park, and to her surprise, there were her Mets, at a table including

Sid Fernandez, Rick Aguilera and Davey Johnson. She even chased down Gary Carter after the players at the restaurant tipped her off on his location, which was not far away, to meet him too.

“I almost had a heart attack,” Selig recalled of the moment.

Selig lives in an apartment in Rockaway Beach, but between her condition and the coronavirus, is staying with her daughter and granddaughter in their home in Saratoga Springs.

“Ally brought the Mets to her,” Liz said, her voice starting to crack. “It’s so surreal.”

convention center; the fan festival can be held out there.”

Wallet Hub, a consumer financial site, estimated the tournament would have represented a $2.8 million benefit to Albany.

And it would have inspired community pride and a new batch of young players in the region, which has had its share of home-grown stars appear in the NCAA Tournament. Pat Riley grew up in the city next door, Schenectady, and other locals to appear in the tournament

through the years include Sam Perkins (North Carolina), James Thomas (Texas), Greg Koubek (Duke), Lionel Chalmers (Xavier), Jimmer Fredette (BYU) and Kevin Huerter (Maryland).

“I can speak from back when I was a kid and Villanova was in the tournament here” in 1995, said Carmen Maciariello, the head coach at his alma mater, Siena, which won the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference title and was on its way to an NCAA Tournament bid. “I always had aspirations of playing DI

basketball. The chance to see an open workout? ... That was fascinating to me.”

Tony Dzikas, the boys basketball coach at Shenendehowa High School in suburban Clifton Park, said the local community embraces the tournament.

“The connection Albany would have had with it ... people were so excited about it and to have it disappear so quick,” said Dzikas, who coached Huerter in high school.

“It’s a major hurt for basketball people around here.”

So agreed Tom Huerter, Kevin’s father, who played at Siena. He was part of the No. 14-seeded Saints team that upset No. 3 Stanford, 80-78, in the first round of the tournament in 1989.

“Every year it is here the event sells out. Shows how strong of a basketball community we have in Upstate N.Y.,” he said. “We are not one of the largest markets but we support NCAA basketball.”

And he spoke about what the cancellation of the entire

tournament means to basketball fans everywhere.

“I think it is incredibly sad,” he said Wednesday afternoon. “(Thursday) will be very tough.

It should be one of the greatest days of the year and now it will be another day where we are secluded and separate from an event that means so much to so many. I think it will leave an incredible void in so many athletes’ lives that don’t get to finish their season or career. It will have lasting impact on so many and it so disappointing.”

Tomaso From B1

Cantolina was given as much time as he needed to recover and after 10 minutes the bout continued. The fight went the full four rounds, after which all three judges scored the fight 3838.

The decision did not sit well with Tomaso or hs trainer Ernest Westbrooke.

“Everybody heard the referee say break and everybody broke,” Westbrooke said. “You don’t wait for the referee to say resume. They say break, you step back and like they tell you in the pre-fight meetings ‘protect yourself at all times.’ So he got knocked out, they revived him, let him recover and they called it a draw. I couldn’t believe it.

“The way I saw it is he came in with his head under Dave’s and the referee said break, and they broke, then Dave threw the punch. If you look at the film, Dave threw the punch and the kid almost jumped and went down. He was just laying there.”

Tomaso said he just got caught up in the heat of the moment.

“I knew we got into a little clinch and they said break,” Tomaso explained “I hear him say break, but I was throwing the punch when he said break and that’s what happened. You’re in the middle of fighting and the adrenaline is going.”

Westbrooke felt the incident was not handled properly.

“The commission did the wrong thing,” Westbrooke said. “I’ve been training fighters since 1977 and been involved in boxing since I was 10.

I have never seen someone get knocked out or laying on the ground and have multiple people checking on you to make sure you’re OK, be down there for eight to 10 minutes, then get him up, let him walk around and the resume the fight.

“First of all, if it was an accidental foul — and things happen — but if it was an accidental foul, then it would be a no-contest in a situation like that. But

Brady From B1

elite. At the end of last season, Brady’s best receivers were Julian Edelman and Mohamed Sanu, both of whom fought injuries. His tight ends, Benjamin Watson and Matt LaCosse, were invisible.

The Buccaneers will provide Brady an arsenal of receiving options that will rank among the best and deepest he has ever had. Mike Evans and Chris Godwin could be the best wide receiver duo in the NFL, and Evans will immediately become the best deep threat Brady has thrown to since Randy Moss.

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Richie Cantolina on the canvas after getting knocked down by Hudson’s Dave Tomaso in their recent super-welterweight fight in Pennsylvania.

they let it resume.”

Tomaso definitely felt he won the fight.

“His game plan was waiting until I got inside and he was throwing a bunch of pitty-pat punches,” Tomaso said. “He’s a taller guy and I was outboxing him on the outside. On the inside, he was giving me a problem where I was uncomfortable and then it came to the third round where he was tired and kept ducking down and I was just hitting him with the uppercut.

“He was grabbing me a lot and then toward the last minute of the fight I dropped him, but they let him get up and said it was a push. Then he went to grab me and I hit him with a three-piece combo and he staggered against the ropes and he was holding on to the ropes and the ref let him recover.”

Tomaso and Westbrooke immediately called for a rematch and it appears that their wish will be granted as Cantolina’s handlers have reached out and indicated they’d like to do it again in May, June or July.

The second fight can’t come soon enough for Tomaso.

“I’ll have more time to prepare for the fight so I’ll get more sparring in,” Tomaso said. “It seemed like he was waiting on me to get on the inside so I’ll try to get my reaction time

better and do a lot of counters, but that’s what we do.

“We’re going to make this fight ugly. He can’t handle ugly fights. A lot of left hooks to the body. I saw he couldn’t take that in the previous fight.

Tomaso promises to be even better in the rematch.

“It was just a bunch of nerves and reaction time stuff,” Tomaso sad. “I saw things that I could do, but my body wasn’t reacting fast enough. I’m definitely coming more prepared this time and it’s going to be a six-rounder so I can definitey pick my shots a lot more.”

Tomaso said it felt great to be in the ring after a long layoff even with what he had to go through to make weight.

“They approached Westbrooke and gave me like three weeks to get ready,” Tomaso said. “I took off 23 pounds in three weeks. A lot of hot baths, I definitely changed my diet a lot, went out and got a nutritionist.

“I want vegetarian for awhile.

I started eating meat again because the nutritionist said it was an easier way to just eat meat.

I had to cut my meals down in half because I wasn’t really losing enough weight and we were getting close to the fight and I was getting nervous. They offered 152 to 158 and I asked them if they could get it to 163 and they said no. I was stressed,

but the night befre the fight I stepped on the scale at 158, right on the point.”

Westbrooke had complete confidence in Tomaso making weight.

“Once he broke 165 I knew he would make it,” Westbroke said. “We was hitting the mitts and he was strong and I told him ‘you can do this, Dave.’ It’s one thing to lose the weight, but it’s another to lose the weight if you’re not strong. You have to train while you’re losing the weight. You just can’t lose the weight.”

Despite the limited time to get ready, Westbrooke saw some things in Cantlina he knew Tomaso could exploit.

“I knew if we could get Dave strong and a little sharper we could beat that kid, all things being as they are,” Westbrooke said. “I saw two of his fights.

He’s a tall gy that doesn’t fight tall. Sloppy, very poor form, not really a straight puncher, not a big puncher. He doesn’t use his jab properly and I knew if Dave could get inside this kid was going to have problems.”

Tomaso says the long layoffs between fights are over.

“I never wanted to stop,” he said. “What made me stop was working. When you’re working like 10-12 hour days, you get out of work and come to the gym, you don’t have the motivation.

You just want to go home and go to sleep. And you’re always like ‘I’ll be back in the gym.’

Three years later, I’m back.”

Westbrooke wants to keep his fighter busy and focused in the coming months.

“I’ve seen Dave fight since he’s been an amatuer. He is one of the most pure fighters I have seen. He has an attitude for it and has always been so aggressive. But he’s mellowed out into a tremendous young man, a hell of a fighter and family man.

This is something I did not anticipate. His record (1-3-1) is not indicative of who he is.

“David is fighting two weight classes above what he should be. Dave should be fighting at 147 in the pros. Dave’s strnegth, Dave’s punching power. He’s going to be knocking guys out when he gets to 147.

Westbooke said he and Tomaso will be moore selective when lining up fights in the future.

“We have to take it slow and just not take anything they offer us because he’s been an opponent. An opponent I’ll be, a victim I won’t,” Westbrooke said.

“You’re not going to give me a guy with 150 fights, multiple amateur chamions, olympic

trial guys. I’m not taking that.

But if we have a chance to get 6 or 7 fights and Dave and I can work for a solid year, year and a half, he can be a contender.

Westbrooke is excited about Tomaso’s potential and feels that with consistent work he can quickly move up the rankings.

“A lot can happen in a year and a half if Dave and I have a consistent schedule,” Westbrooke said. “We have to be fair to the kid. He can make 147 and he’s tenacious. He will fight anybody. I’ve only had maybe 2 or 3 fighters with that kind of attitude. He does not care.

Those are the additives to make a world champion or someone that can be in the top 10. It’s going to take time. I want him to be a little bit more defensive minded. He has a very good jab and we have to work on some combinations.

“We have to get better, get sharper, get more fundamentally sound. In order for him to make some serious money we’ll have to be on point with those things. We have to make people miss and make people pay. He has the capacity to do it. It’s just a matter of time.”

Tight end O.J. Howard, a former top-20 pick, has never been fully activated, but with Brady at the controls he could become a star.

There is plenty of smoke about Antonio Brown reuniting with Brady in Tampa Bay, but those rumors may be overblown. Brown is still facing legal hurdles and remains on the commissioner’s exempt list, meaning he likely faces a suspension if he joins an NFL team.

But other available receivers will be eager to catch passes from Brady, which means remaining free agents - Emmanuel Sanders? Robby Anderson?

- may now add Tampa Bay to their list of preferred destinations.

Brady will play for Coach

Bruce Arians, which on the surface is an elegant fit. Arians has guided Carson Palmer and Ben Roethlisberger to some of their best seasons, and in Palmer he showed how he could shepherd a quarterback through the final stage of his career. Arians’s system relies on deep passing, which in Brady’s hands may open room underneath for Godwin, Howard and second tight end Cameron Brate to operate.

But there are broader questions about Brady joining a new team than how the offense will function. Brady has played in the same system and lived in the same culture - both of which he helped cultivate - for his entire career. How will he adjust elsewhere? The answer is

unknowable, but it will be central to his success or failure.

The hivemind of Brady, Belichick and offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels made things possible for the Patriots that were not for other teams.

They could adjust quickly, with the barest of communication, because of shared history and a common understanding. When the Patriots beat the Rams in the Super Bowl, they relied on a set of plays they had not used in years, but they added them on the fly because they all had the same points of reference. Brady and Edelman could explain a universe about the opposing defense with a glance or subtle hand sign. Brady played on a different mental plane, a crucial factor to his brilliance and

longevity.

It’s not about whether Belichick is a smarter or better coach. Arians is a great coach, but developing that kind of shared expertise requires time - years and years of work. It is folly to guess what kind of offseason NFL teams will have, but Brady and Arians will certainly have less than they would under normal circumstances to create a system together. Brady is not at an age at which he can rely on his physical ability, but he may have to do so more than he has in years.

The marriage of Brady and Arians will be contrasted by Sean Payton and Drew Brees, the tandem now standing directly in Brady’s path. Brady and Brees will square off twice per

season in the NFC South, one of the most appetizing side effects of Brady’s decision. Brady has feasted on the AFC East for his entire career. In a new place, he’ll find another all-time great in his own division, along with Teddy Bridgewater (who went 5-0 as the Saints’ backup starter last season) and Matt Ryan (who won an MVP four years ago). Brady can no longer pencil in 5-1 or 6-0 in division games.

It is a new world for Brady.

There’s a pirate flag on his helmet. There will be palm trees where there was snow. There is no more Belichick on the sidelines. The shock has not worn off, and already there is so much to consider.

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Trainer Ernest Westbrooke (left) and Hudson boxer Dave Tomaso at Cus D’Amato’s Gym in Catskill.

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Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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Office loc: Columbia County.

SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 7 Carole Ln, Hudson, NY 12534.

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Hudson Housing Authority Special Board Meeting.

The Special meeting will be an Executive Session meeting with board members to discuss employee benefits and job description of security guard position.

The Hudson Housing Authority Board of Commissioners will hold a Special Board meeting on Thursday, March 26, 2020 at 5:00pm in the Bliss Towers Community Room located at 41 North Second Street, Hudson, NY 12534.

Due to the recent Coronavirus outbreak the meeting will be closed to the public.

Hudson Housing Authority Administration Office 41 North Second Street Hudson, New York 12534 518-828-5415 Persons with special needs relating to handicapped accessibility, hearing or vision impairment or foreign language shall contact the Hudson Housing Authority Office at (518) 828-5415 prior to the date above.

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the fiscal affairs of the City of Hudson, New York, for the period beginning January 1, 2018 and ending on July 31, 2019, have been examined by the Office of the State Comptroller and that the report of examination performed by the Office of the State Comptroller has been filed in my office where it is available as a public record for inspection by all interested persons. Pursuant to Section Thirty-Five of the General Municipal Law, the Common Council may, in its discretion, prepare a written response to the report of examination performed by the Office of the State Comptroller and file any such response in my office as a public record for inspection by all interested persons not later than June 15, 2020.

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NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF COLUMBIA, LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, Plaintiff, vs. JOSEPH SHIVERS, JR., ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to an Order Confirming Referee Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly filed on January 29, 2020, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Columbia County Courthouse, 401 Union Street, Hudson, NY 12534 on April 2, 2020 at 9:00 a.m., premises known as 26 Oakwood Boulevard, Hudson, NY 12534. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the City of Hudson, County of Columbia and State of New York, Section 110.39, Block 1 and Lot 5. Approximate amount of judgment is $116,131.98 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 1434119.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Mortgagee's attorney, or the Referee.

Craig M. Crist, Referee Roach & Lin, P.C. FKA Peter T. Roach & Associates, P.C., 6901 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 240, Syosset, New York 11791, Attorneys for Plaintiff 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.

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Of Highways NOTICE OF PUBLICATION Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC).

Name: DAVE MERCHANT REAL ESTATE, LLC - Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on February 19, 2020. Office Location: Greene County.

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

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC. 6 Union Street, New Baltimore, New York 12124. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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H U N T E R - TA N N E R S VILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a resolution adopted by the Board of Education of the Hunter Tannersville Central School District on December 19, 2019 that a special meeting of the qualified voters of the School District be and the same is hereby called to be held in the in the Hunter Elementary School located at 7794 Main Street, Hunter, New York on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 from 1:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. prevailing time for the purpose of voting on the following proposition: Shall that the Board of Education be authorized to (1) replace the non-functioning stage rigging, stage lighting fixtures and controls, at the District’s High/Middle School.

(2) associated equipment, piping and wiring, and incidental costs related thereto at a cost not to exceed $325,000; (3) expend such sum for such purpose; and (4) expend $325,000 from the Facilities Improvement Capital Reserve Fund to pay the cost of such purpose?

The vote upon such proposition shall be by paper or absentee ballot. The hours during which the polls shall be kept open shall be from 1:00 P.M. until 8:00 p.m., prevailing time or for as long thereafter as necessary to enable qualified voters who are in the polling place at 9:00 p.m. to cast their ballots.

Personal registration of voters is required for the annual vote, and no person shall be entitled to vote whose name does not appear in the register of the school district, except those persons who register to vote pursuant to the provisions of Election Law #5-612.

Persons otherwise qualified to vote who voted in any annual vote conducted within four calendar years before the preparation of the register need not personally register for this vote. Registration of qualified voters will be conducted by the Board of Registration at the Tannersville Building, Tannersville New York on March 13, 2020 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Any person shall be entitled to have his or her name placed upon such register in the District in which that person resides, provided that in such meeting of the board of Registration that person is known or proven to the satisfaction of such members to be then and thereafter entitled to vote at the annual vote for which the registration is prepared. Any person 18 years of age or over, a

citizen of the United States, and a resident of the school district for 30 days next preceding the date of voting is entitled to register and vote. The register of the school district so prepared shall be filed five days before the date of the vote in the District Office in the Tannersville School where it shall be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the district between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., each day up to and including the day set for the vote, except Sunday.

Absentee ballots may be applied for at the office of the District Clerk. Applications for absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk at least seven days prior to the vote if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or on or prior to March 17, 2020, if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter.

Absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk not later than 5:00 p.m.in the Hunter Elementary School Cafeteria on March 24, 2020. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots have been issued will be available for inspection to qualified voters of the School District in the office of the District Clerk between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on weekdays prior to the day set for the vote. Any qualified voter present in the polling place may object to the voting of the ballot upon appropriate grounds for making his/her challenge and the reasons therefore known to the Inspector of Election before the close of the polls.

Dated: February 7, 2020 Elizabeth Rizzo District Clerk H u n t e r- Ta n n e r s v i l l e Central School District Notice of Formation of Fisheye Ceramics LLC. Art. of Org. filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 2/10/2020.

Location: Greene County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to 87 Greene Street, Catskill, NY 12414. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC): Winkles Bakery LLC. Filed 1/27/2020.

Office: Greene Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: c/o Michele Delage 26 W Bridge St Catskill NY 12414 Notice of Formation of # One Taxi, LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), Article of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on February 24, 2020. Office location: Columbia County, NY. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process

against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC to 18 Glenwood Blvd., Hudson, NY 12534.

Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

NOTICE OF SALE Index No. 19-0824 Hon. Raymond J. Elliott, III STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF GREENE THE BANK OF GREENE COUNTY, Plaintiff, –against– MELVIN ROCHEFORT, et al., Defendants.

Pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale that was entered in this action in the Greene County Clerk’s Office on March 6, 2020, I, the undersigned referee, will sell at public auction at the Greene County Courthouse at 320 Main Street, Catskill, New York on April 13, 2020 at 9:15 a.m., the premises known as 264 Canniff Road, Town of Cairo, Greene County, New York, Tax Map Parcel #: 67.00-625. The premises will be sold subject to the provisions of the said judgment.

Max Zacker, Esq., Referee Whitbeck Benedict & Smith LLP, Attorneys for Plaintiff 436 Union Street Hudson, New York 12534 (518) 828-9444 NOTICE Village of Athens Please take notice that there will be a Public Hearing of the Athens Village ZBA on Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 @ 6:15pm at the Village Clerks Office located on 2 First Street, Athens. The purpose of the meeting is to grant an area variance on behalf of APO of Sleepy Hollow Lake, Laurel Wolfe, Association Manager, located at 194 North Washington Street, Athens, NY 12015.

ZBA Nancy Poylo OBSERVANT FILMS LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 2/26/20. Office in Columbia Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC 298 Maujer St Brooklyn NY 11206. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

TOWN OF CATSKILL PLANNING BOARD Town of Catskill Town Hall 439 Main Street Catskill, New York 12414 (518) 943-2141 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, the Town of Catskill Planning Board will be postponing the public Hearing to be held for SUB-1-2020 Apple Reality Holdings Corp 5489 Rt. 32 hearing until the next scheduled Meeting .

Please take notice that the Village of Coxsackie Historic Preservation Committee will hold a Public Hearing on March 24, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. at the Village of Coxsackie Hall, 119 Mansion Street, Coxsackie, NY. The subject of the Public Hearing will be to review the proposal received by the National Bank of Coxsackie at 16 Reed Street, Coxsackie, NY bearing Tax Map #56.20-1-11, to repair the rear brick wall facing lower New Street.

Brick on the secondfloor level will be removed down to a stable level and replaced as it was. Window and/or second floor door openings will remain the same.

No other exterior rear work is covered by this hearing at this time.

Details of the proposal can be viewed at the National Bank of Coxsackie, 3-7 Reed Street, Coxsackie, NY 12051, and by asking for Jim Warren.

Respectfully Submitted, Nikki Bereznak, Clerk SMOK and Hussar LLC of Greene County filed with SSNY 1/10/2020. Office: Albany County. United States Corporation Agents Inc. designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to United States Corporation Agents Inc. at 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

The Village of Catskill Housing Authority Board of Commissioners will be holding their monthly meeting on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 at 5:00pm. The meeting will be held at 32 Bronson Street, Catskill, NY. by Order of Board of Commissioners, Catskill Housing Authority

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF FORMATION OF A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) The name of the LLC is Yes This, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on February 28, 2020.

New York office location: 361 Main Street, Village 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: Yes This, LLC; 361 Main Street, Catskill, New York 12414. 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. STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF COLUMBIA WELLS FARGO BANK, NA., Plaintiff, vs.

KATHLEEN E. DUFFY, et al., Defendants NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT In pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the office of the County Clerk of Columbia County on April 17, 2020, I, Albert P. Kolakowski the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on April 17, 2020 at Columbia County Courthouse, 401 Union Street, Hudson, NY, County of Columbia, State of New York, at 9:00 A.M., the premises described as follows:

321 Water Street, Hudson, NY 12534 SBL No.: 152.-1-21 ALL THAT TRACT OF PARCEL OF LAND The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. 12894/18 in the amount of $180,472.61 plus interest and costs.

Richard S. Mullen, Esq. Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP Plaintiff's Attorney 500 Bausch & Lomb Rochester, New York 14604 Tel.: 855-227-5072

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF GREENE INDEX NO. 1099/2018 Plaintiff designates GREENE as the place of trial situs of the real property S U P P L E M E N TA L SUMMONS Mortgaged Premises: 169 COUNTY ROUTE 17 JEWETT, NY 12444 District: Section: Block: Lot: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR CSAB MORTGAGE-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-3,, Plaintiff, vs.

B.R.R.K. BY AND THROUGH HER NATURAL GUARDIAN EDWARD KURTZ AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEES OF THE ESTATE OF CAROLYN RAGUCCI; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DISTRIBUTEES OF THE ESTATE OF CAROLYN RAGUCCI any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower,

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To the above named Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff's Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the Summons; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint.

NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $287,250.00 and interest, recorded on July 26, 2006, at Instrument number 2006-6683, of the Public Records of GREENE County, New York, covering premis-

es known as 169 COUNTY ROUTE 17 JEWETT, NY 12444.

The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above.

GREENE County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county.

NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.

Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.

Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action.

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Jets release CB Johnson, reportedly retain CB Poole Field Level Media

The New York Jets officially released cornerback Trumaine Johnson and reportedly retained slot cornerback Brian Poole on Wednesday.

The Jets signed Johnson to a five-year, $72.5 million contract in March 2018. His $11 million base

salary for 2020 would have become guaranteed on Friday, but he was released with a reported post-June 1 designation, as expected.

Under terms of the recently approved collective bargaining agreement, designation allows New York to spread the cap hit over two seasons: $4 million in 2020 and $8

million in 2021. His release frees up $8 million in cap space starting June 1.

Johnson, 30, joined the Jets after six seasons with the Rams, but injuries and ineffectiveness caused him to miss 15 games over the 2018 and 2019 campaigns.

Johnson recorded 25 tackles and

one interception in seven games in 2019. He has 393 tackles and 23 interceptions, including four picksixes, in 102 games with the Rams (2012-17) and Jets.

Poole agreed to a one-year, $5 million deal, according to multiple reports.

The 27-year-old started 10 of 14

games last season, notching one interception, five pass breakups and 59 tackles.

A former undrafted free agent out of Florida, Poole spent his first three seasons with the Atlanta Falcons, starting 21 of 47 games. He has five interceptions and 24 pass breakups in 61 career games (31 starts).

Brad Biggs: Bears’ trade for Nick Foles is an admission they whiffed on drafting Mitch Trubisky, no matter who is the starter when work resumes

By Brad Biggs Chicago Tribune (TNS)

The Bears didn’t get the first pick of quarterbacks this offseason, but in trading for Nick Foles, they did get the player their coaches have the most experience with. And with uncertainty about offseason programs and when — or if — training camps will open, that’s a plus.

That Foles is a proven postseason performer, helping guide the Eagles to the Super Bowl LII championship after the 2017 season, is another bonus for Bears general manager Ryan Pace and coach Matt Nagy, who were seeking — at the minimum — competition for starter Mitch Trubisky.

The Bears acquired Foles, 31, from the Jaguars on Wednesday in exchange for their fourthround compensatory draft pick, No. 140 overall.

The Jaguars gave up on Foles a year after signing him to a four-year, $88 million contract, the league’s largest free-agent deal in 2019. He pocketed $30 million from the Jaguars and made only four starts, all losses, making it one of the worst contracts in recent years. The Bears assume only $20.125 million in guarantees, so the Jaguars’ major mistake becomes Pace’s highpriced one-year trial.

No matter how Nagy winds up structuring things when teams can return to work, the addition of Foles is an admission the Bears missed in drafting Trubisky with the No. 2 pick three years ago. They’ve been building around him ever since, and now it looks like the construction of what the Bears believe is a win-now roster may continue around a different quarterback. It’s hard to imagine they gave up a mid-round pick and threw more money at the position thinking of Foles as only a life raft if things don’t turn around for Trubisky.

Because NFL rules during the coronavirus pandemic prohibit players from entering team facilities until at least March 31, team doctors cannot perform physicals, so the Bears can’t officially announce the trade. Foles played for Nagy in Philadelphia and Kansas City and also has experience with Bears offensive coordinator Bill Lazor and quarterbacks coach John DeFilippo, all of which should help in the event the NFL schedule is significantly altered by the world health emergency.

Swapping Foles for the compensatory pick means the Bears spent a total of five draft picks — a first-rounder, two thirds and two fourths — to acquire Trubisky and Foles, including the

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Former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles raises his arms after throwing a touchdown to tight end Zach Ertz against the Houston Texans on Sunday, Dec. 23, 2018 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.

2017 draft-day deal with the 49ers.

Regardless of how you feel about Foles, failing to take action this offseason would have been a greater mistake. The Bears never will solve their quarterback problem unless they keep swinging at it, and the delay in swinging has troubled the organization in the last decade. They hung on to Jay Cutler too long. They’ve failed to take enough shots on quarterbacks in the draft.

The Bears likely could have pulled Andy Dalton out of Cincinnati for the same draft pick, maybe less compensation. He had success with Lazor before. The Panthers made Cam Newton available, but his right shoulder has to be as much of a question as the foot injury that knocked him out last season.

A lot of quarterbacks were available entering this week, but none appeared to be the perfect fit for the Bears. That’s what happens when you’re fresh off missing on one with the second pick.

In that case, why not pick the one you are most familiar with?

It’s at least worth wondering, though, why Pace had to pay a fourth-round pick. Were the Jaguars going to keep Foles if the offer was lower? It’s difficult to imagine the Bears were bidding against anyone else by midday, when the Patriots were the only team without a clear plan for a 2020 starting quarterback. The Colts might have had Foles as a backup plan, but that was before reaching an agreement with Philip Rivers on Tuesday.

In other words, were the Bears bidding against themselves? It would be one thing to give up the fourth-rounder if the Jaguars took on part of the money owed to Foles this season, but they didn’t. ESPN reported the Bears were able to rework Foles’ contract shortly after finalizing the trade. That’s helpful for salary-cap purposes, but it doesn’t change the $20.125 million in guaranteed money.

Things unraveled quickly for Foles in Jacksonville last season. He broke his left collarbone in the opener, and when he returned to the lineup

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in Week 10, he lasted only 2½ games before he was benched in favor of rookie Gardner Minshew, a sixth-round pick from Washington State. The Bears will be Foles’ fifth team.

Foles worked with Nagy in Philadelphia as a rookie in 2012 and again in Kansas City in 2016.

DeFilippo was the Jaguars offensive coordinator last season and the Eagles quarterbacks coach when Foles had his magical 2017 postseason run. Lazor was the Eagles quarterbacks coach in 2013, when Foles was named to the Pro Bowl after throwing 27 touchdown passes and only two interceptions in Chip Kelly’s offense. So the Bears coaches are very well-versed in what he does well.

Whether Foles can emerge as a long-term solution or proves to be a bridge to the Bears’ next effort to draft a quarterback remains to be seen. He has only 13 starts over the last four regular seasons and was viewed primarily as a top-tier No. 2 around the league until experiencing enough postseason success to prompt the Jaguars to tab him as the replacement for Blake Bortles last March.

Foles’ postseason success wasn’t limited to replacing Carson Wentz late in the 2017 season and helping the Eagles reach the Super Bowl, in which he earned MVP honors after completing 28 of 43 passes for 373 yards and three touchdowns in an upset of the Patriots.

He was starting in place of Wentz again when the Eagles came to Soldier Field for a wild-cardround game against the Bears after the 2018 season. Foles’ 2-yard pass to Golden Tate on fourthand-goal proved to be the difference in the Eagles’ 16-15 victory after Cody Parkey missed a 43-yard field goal with 5 seconds left. That’s the last start Foles won.

Foles is 4-2 in the postseason in his career, so maybe the Bears just have to get there for him to show the way. They’re hoping a retooled front seven with the addition of outside linebacker Robert Quinn will amp up the defense.

The Bears couldn’t run the ball with any consistency last season and lacked explosive plays. A new offensive staff and new quarterback could combine to provide hope for Pace, who has gone the veteran route with free-agent contracts with Quinn, tight end Jimmy Graham and linebacker Danny Trevathan.

Eventually, the Bears will get around to making Foles’ arrival official, and then we’ll hear what they have to say about their plan. It ought to be to replace Trubisky.

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We asked The Washington Post’s sportswriters, columnists and editors to tell us their favorite sports movies to watch as the real sports world is on pause.

Baseball “Bull Durham” (1988) Available for streaming on Amazon The go-to film for me. It has great lines like, “The rose goes in the front, big guy,” “The world is made for people who aren’t cursed with selfawareness,” and, especially, “Don’t think. It can only hurt the ballclub.”

And if lines like that don’t do it, how about the ending? “Walt Whitman once said, ‘I see great things in baseball. It’s our game. The American game. It will repair our losses and be a blessing to us.’ You could look it up.” - Cindy Boren “The Natural” (1984) Amazon, Netflix Barry Levinson’s pure Hollywood take on Bernard Malamud’s dark 1952 novel of the same name is a perfect piece of celluloid escapism for these days of covid-19. Set in New York of the 1930s, Robert Redford plays the flawed hero Roy Hobbs, Glenn Close and Kim Basinger are his competing romantic interests, Robert Duvall the hard-boiled sports scribe and Barbara Hershey the woman from a dark chapter in his past, a past that Duvall’s Max Mercy digs up. And Wilford Brimley takes a wonderful turn as Hobbs’s manager for the New York Knights.

There’s a bat named “Wonderboy,” a home run that takes out the stadium lights, and a baseball literally pulverized. What else do you need when you’re shut in without baseball? - Micah Pollack “Little Big League” (1994) Amazon An underrated sports movie about a 12-year-old who becomes the manager of the Minnesota Twins.

First, it has great cameos from (then) current players: Ken Griffey Jr. and Randy Johnson. Second, it’s the rare sports movie that doesn’t fall into the trap of a traditional Hollywood ending. (This isn’t a spoiler!) Third, it’s a poignant story about growing up but also appreciating the childish joys of baseball. - Ben Strauss “A League of Their Own” (1992) Amazon I’ve watched “A League of Their Own” more than any other sports movie, and I appreciate it even more today. Penny Marshall’s masterpiece always leaves me laughing and crying, despite what Tom Hanks’s Jimmy Dugan character would have you believe about the absence of the latter in baseball. The acting, led by Geena Davis and Lori Petty, is superb, and it’s (loosely) based on the real All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, so it doubles as an entertaining history lesson. - Scott Allen “The Sandlot” (1993) Amazon There is no better depiction of how baseball brings kids together, and who doesn’t want to be just like Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez, who we know as “The Jet”? Growing up, my summer day camp showed this movie on a grainy projector whenever it rained. I must have seen it close to 100 times across 12 years, and it still never got old. - Jesse Dougherty “The Bad News Bears” (1976) Amazon, Hulu The original “Bad News Bears” is the best baseball movie ever made, and I would stand on Kevin Costner’s coffee table in my old baseball cleats and say that. For those of us of a certain age, it was a beautifully accurate depiction of youth and youth sports. We all wanted to be Kelly Leak, but unfortunately I was somewhere between Ogilvie and Engelberg. - Dave Sheinin “Major League” (1989) Amazon Despite growing up in Massachusetts, my favorite athletes were a pair of Cleveland Indians: Rick “Wild Thing” Vaughn and Willie Mays Hayes. Baseball can be slow and boring, but not with these guys involved - a fire-breathing pitcher who can’t see the plate until he gets glasses, and a cocky leadoff hitter who “may run like Mays, but [who hits] like s---,” as manager Lou Brown eloquently puts it. The VHS tape of “Major League” got plenty of

playing time in my home, and the Rrated humor hit the spot for this kid.

And ignore what the snobs on Rotten Tomatoes think; “Major League II,” featuring Vaughn (still played

by Charlie Sheen) and Hayes (who transforms from Wesley Snipes to Omar Epps in the offseason) is another gem. - Mark Selig Football “Jerry Maguire” (1996) Amazon, Netflix Is this strictly a sports movie?

Sure, NFL agents deserve shine, too, but with DNA that’s a little rom-com, a little drama and a little sports movie, there’s something for everyone. This movie is endlessly quotable and impeccably written in a way that blockbusters aren’t anymore, and as a highlight it features one of the better scenes in recent history of a protagonist sprinting through the airport. (This is not an original opinion, but Tom Cruise is our best movie runner.) Cuba Gooding Jr. as aging wide receiver Rod Tidwell is just perfect. - Ava Wallace “Remember the Titans” (2000) Amazon, Disney+ Besides the local appeal of the charming, barrier-breaking tale of the 1971 T.C. Williams High football team, this is a feel-good movie packed with a surprising number of superstar actors, from Denzel Washington to a young and goofy Ryan Gosling, and they keep the film from getting too cheesy. It wouldn’t rank as the best sports movie on my list - not with “Hoosiers” and “He Got Game” and “Jerry Maguire” elevating the genre - but it’s the most addictive. - Jerry Brewer “Rudy” (1993) Amazon This flick is so maudlin that it borders on cheesy, but no one can question how inspirational it is for all the little guys out there. “Rudy” should be used as a test for psychologists if you’re not crying in the end, then you are a sociopath. - Candace Buckner “Friday Night Lights” (2004; 200611) Amazon, Hulu The television series (2006-11) is a perfectly told story of what sports mean to a community. The characters are flawed and complex. Matt Saracen’s relationship with Coach Taylor resonates with anyone who has ever longed to please a coach or who has grappled with the absence of a parent. I think the television series is superior to the movie, but the movie (2004) has a significant element the comparable first season of the television series lacks: an imperfect end. I’ve re-watched episodes from the television series a number of times, and I’ve only seen the movie once or twice. But the movie’s scene of that final game, which features little dialogue and brilliant music, stuck with me. I think that’s powerful - the moment when the protagonist doesn’t win. - Emily Giambalvo “Any Given Sunday” (1999) Amazon, Netflix Easily the most realistic NFL movie I’ve ever seen, from the frontoffice politics to the realities of life as a black quarterback. If you think the movie is over the top, I challenge you to name one thing that happens in the film that doesn’t have a reallife analogue. It just so happens that it all goes down on the same team, in the same season. - Robert Klemko “Brian’s Song” (1971) Amazon It’s a TV movie that could only have been made in the 1970s, but it’s still one of the best. James Caan and Billy Dee Williams? Come on. I read the book, “I Am Third,” before seeing the movie and I cried. I watched the movie and I bawled. If your heartstrings are untuggable, just watch the highlights of Gale Sayers, one of the greats whose knee injury today would not be a career-ender. Tracee Hamilton Basketball “Love & Basketball” (2000) Amazon A coming-of-age story that features romance, a “big game,” family drama and a black female former tomboy protagonist? They designed this movie in a lab just for me! - Alexa Steele “Space Jam” (1996) Amazon, Netflix As a basketball-crazed fourth grader, I thought “Space Jam” was

the pinnacle of filmmaking. (I later found out it did not win a single Academy Award - a true travesty.)

Teaming Michael Jordan with the stars from Saturday morning cartoons combined my two loves and led to me watching my VHS copy at least a hundred times. Years later, three things still hold up: Seal’s “Fly Like An Eagle” cover, the opening scene of prime Jordan highlights and, of course, Bill Murray. - Thomas Johnson “He Got Game” (1998) Amazon, Hulu Denzel Washington in his prime schooling a young Ray Allen on basketball and life after being released from prison. The movie also features a classic scene for sneakerheads and introduces an iconic shoe nickname: the He Got Game Jordan 13.

Strong performances from a young Milla Jovovich and Rosario Dawson and a who’s who of cameos from the sports world - Jim Brown, Shaquille O’Neal, Rick Fox, Charles Barkley, Dean Smith, John Thompson, Roy Williams, Nolan Richardson, Rick Pitino, Reggie Miller, Michael Jordan, Bill Walton and others. Oh, and did we mention it’s a Spike Lee Joint?! - Kareem Copeland “Hoosiers” (1986) Amazon, Hulu The best works of fiction have a strong sense of time and place, and few sports movies capture those dynamics as well as this depiction of basketball’s hold on small-town Indiana. Just as meaningfully, the film gets at the essential question of sports: Why do they matter? For most of the movie, Barbara Hershey’s Myra Fleener character is dismissive and baffled by basketball’s significance in her fictional town of Hickory, even as her own mother is among the most fervent fans, and both Gene Hackman’s and Dennis Hopper’s characters illustrate how a game can both buoy and haunt the human spirit. Add in that it’s based on a true story - Bobby Plump’s buzzer-beater for tiny Milan High in the 1954 state championship - and subtle touches such as Hickory’s final opposing coach being portrayed

by Ray Crowe - the real-life coach of Oscar Robertson’s Crispus Attucks team that Milan defeated in the final - and you have something that’s worth replaying annually this month. - Matt Rennie “Coach Carter” (2005) Amazon Because my favorite teams rarely won when I was a child, my love of sports was never tied to the joyous feelings that accompany a team finishing the year as the last team standing. Instead, it was rooted in the emotional highs and lows that ultimately determined their fate.

While most sports films gloss over the tough moments as they depict the tale of another happy-go-lucky, storybook ending, “Coach Carter” encapsulates what it feels like to watch your team reach the end of the rainbow, only to discover that a leprechaun has booby-trapped the pot of gold. - Tramel Raggs “Glory Road” (2006) Amazon, Disney+ When the DVD came in the mail, I didn’t know anything about Don Haskins or Texas Western. But then, one family movie night, I learned the extraordinary story of the 1966 NCAA men’s basketball national champions, the first all-black starting lineup in NCAA history. For a mid-90s kid born and raised in a small, rural community in New Hampshire, the movie was a portal to a time and place. I only realized its true power years later when, on a cross-country road trip, I stopped in El Paso, walked to the Don Haskins Center and realized the people I remembered as characters were very human forces of change. - Sam Fortier Hockey “Slap Shot” (1977) Amazon, Hulu An immortal classic and quite possibly the best sports movie ever made, it spawned a hundred quotable lines you carry around with you forever. “Old time hockey.” Great sports stories aren’t sentimental; they have an edgy core of truth and comedy like this one. It was written by a woman, Nancy Dowd, who proved to me (a teenager at the time) that the female viewpoint could be sharply observant, hilarious and

unapologetic - and truer. And that a really great writer can change gears dramatically. Though it was regarded as merely a cultish comedy when it came out, there’s nothing but major talent scattered all over “Slap Shot,” starring Paul Newman, directed by George Roy Hill (“Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” “The Sting”), and featuring the fabulous Swoosie Kurtz and Lindsay Crouse as brutally bored hockey wives - “I only drink in the afternoon. Or before a game. Or when Johnny’s away.” But some of the best bits are cameos by unknowns, especially those guys who played the Hanson brothers. - Sally Jenkins “Miracle” (2004) Amazon, Disney+, Netflix I’m sure many sports fans, and particularly hockey fans, put this movie high on their lists, but no matter how many times I watch “Miracle,” I come away with a sense of joy and hope. From the iconic “Who do you play for?” scene to the very end, it’s a classic inspirational and moving film capturing the U.S. men’s hockey team’s upset of the Soviets at the 1980 Winter Olympics. It reiterates life lessons in the best way possible. It’s the classic underdog story - and, hey, it’s about hockey. Samantha Pell Golf “Tin Cup” (1996) Amazon I first watched it with my dad, in high school, when sports, and especially golf, were helping us bond. For the next few years we played every muni, we rooted shamelessly for Tiger Woods, and we watched “Tin Cup,” endlessly quoting the philosophy of Kevin Costner’s hopelessly flawed West Texas looper: on life, on love, on the art of wind-ducking knockdowns and letting the big dog eat. I haven’t golfed much lately; my dad, now in his 70s, took it up recently after a long hiatus, only to be forced back inside the house. But one day soon, I bet, we’ll talk, and I’ll pepper in a “Cup” quote, to fill some silence with some laughter. - Joe Tone “Happy Gilmore” (1996) Amazon, Hulu Why? Because the real winner today is the city of Portland. Every time I come here, it gets harder to leave. I bet you put something in the water.

The film turns a hockey goon into an everyman golf superstar, turns a top golfer into an insecure villain of the highest order and manages to be touching among all the teenageboy humor and slapstick gags. It’s among either the smartest dumb movies or dumbest smart movies ever made. - Adam Kilgore “Caddyshack” (1980) Amazon Bill Murray should have been nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal of greenskeeper Carl Spackler, a groundbreaking performance on so many levels. Virtually every guy from a certain generation can quote most of the movie, if not the entire thing. Plus, golf is the sport most likely to be played during the coronavirus outbreak. Plenty of space for social distancing on the course. Forgot to mention my favorite movie quote of all-time comes from Caddyshack, courtesy of Al Czervik, played so eloquently by Rodney Dangerfield: “I think this place is restricted, Wang, so don’t tell ‘em you’re Jewish, okay? Fine.” - Gene Wang Fighting “When We Were Kings” (1996) Hulu, HBO Winner of the 1996 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, it’s a trip back to the “Rumble in the Jungle,” the Muhammad AliGeorge Foreman fight of Oct. 30, 1974, in Zaire (now Congo). It’s also a study of how sports serve as the world’s foremost glue across the six inhabited continents. It’s also a reminder of sports’ capacity to turn up at sprawling cultural junctures, managing to present in one setting Africa, North America, an AfricanAmerican fighter from Louisville, an African-American fighter from Houston, a military dictator and, of course, Don King. It’s also one of those cases where sports prove a peerless usher into the realm of geopolitics. It’s also a masterpiece.

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Watching a 50-something Mickey Rourke as a tortured, washed-up, roided-out former pro wrestling star is always incredibly powerful, and it has an all-time ending. Also: Anyone who doesn’t think pro wrestlers are athletes should watch this movie. Roman Stubbs Other “A River Runs Through It” (1992) Amazon The movie, based on the autobiographical novel by Norman Maclean, tells the story of two very different brothers - one played by a young Brad Pitt - and how they compete to impress their father during fly-fishing trips in mid-1900s Montana. The fishing scenes are gorgeously constructed and exciting as they battle the fish in the rushing waters. After one such battle, Pitt poses triumphantly with a large fish on the bank of a river, the sun glowing on him as Tom Skerritt takes his photograph with such care and reverence that you would think he was capturing the Mona Lisa. The older brother, watching his father and younger brother, smiles. - Mark Bradley “Free Solo” (2018) Amazon, Disney+, Hulu Alex Honnold isn’t exactly a household name, but he may have completed the most daring athletic achievement in history in June 2017, when he became the first climber to scale El Capitan in Yosemite National Park without ropes or protective equipment. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin’s Oscar-winning documentary superbly captures the details of the climb - including how Honnold mapped out every crack and crevice of his route to the top while reveling in the feat’s grandeur with soaring cinematography. The documentary also exists as a metacommentary on its own morality as the filmmakers grapple with the possibility that their presence could be a deadly distraction during Honnold’s climb. But most importantly, it taps into Honnold’s idiosyncratic humor and humanity, reminding us that the sports world can serve up better characters than many of Hollywood’s best scribes. - Thomas Floyd “The Cutting Edge” (1992) Amazon, Hulu Growing up, I was a figure skater, at lessons before and after school, so my love for this film should come as no surprise. If you haven’t seen it, it’s essentially a sports rom-com (who doesn’t like those?) about a stuck-up figure skater and a washed-up hockey player trying to win Olympic gold.

It’s great. - Brianna Schroer “Senna” (2010) Amazon, Hulu A riveting documentary that reveals the deep faith, complex psychology and competitive genius of three-time Formula One champion Ayrton Senna of Brazil. Without narration, director Asif Kapadia weaves the film from archival racing footage, home movies and interviews Senna gave during his rise to national hero and global icon. He was among the few racers to speak about the prospect of death and lobby for stricter safety standards. And his death, in the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix at 34, came far too soon. - Liz Clarke “The Hustler” (1961) Amazon This is my favorite sports movie, and by a margin. Fast Eddie Felson (Paul Newman) and Minnesota Fats (Jackie Gleason) have been shooting high-stakes straight pool all night, into the next day. Felson is far ($11,000) ahead, and Fats and his manager/financial backer Bert Gordon (George C. Scott) have to decide whether to keep playing. Felson, who drinks a whole bottle of bourbon during the 25-hour match, says to Fats: “I’m the best you ever seen, Fats. I’m the best there is. Even if you beat me, I’m still the best.” Gordon’s eyes flick as he says to Fats: “Stay with this kid. He’s a loser.” “What did he say?” Felson says to his manager. The rest of the movie is about what he said, what it means, and how big a price in pain Felson must pay - in lost love, in responsibility for a suicide, in self-destructive acts - to figure it out. - Thomas Boswe

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Man leaves wife at curb after birthday dinner Dear Abby, I coordinated and paid for a 70th birthday party for my terminally ill husband. Fourteen people were invited, and seven of them were related to my only sister, “Carla.”

During the dinner, her DEAR ABBY husband was rude to the waitress and at the end of the party was screaming and yelling at Carla over the valet parking ticket. As they left the restaurant, he shoved her. He then got in their car and left my sister and her stepdaughters (from a previous marriage) standing there. They had to order a rideshare to get home.

I texted her later to be sure she and the girls had arrived safely. She said yes and told me she would talk to me the next day. When I didn’t hear from her, I followed up. The next time we talked, she acted like nothing had happened! When I pursued the discussion and asked what prompted his strange behavior, she said, “I don’t know what to tell you.”

I said, “You don’t know?” and she replied, “I didn’t say that. I said I don’t know what to tell YOU.” After a lengthy discussion, I told her that unless we had some assurance that the incident wouldn’t be repeated, we didn’t want to see her husband again. She said it wouldn’t be a problem. I have invited her to numerous family events, and she comes solo, but now she is blaming me for “tearing the family apart.” What can I do now, if anything?

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Your sister is apparently married to an abuser with a short fuse and has resigned herself to it. She has my sympathy, but she should not blame you for any of it. She could really use some help from a support group for abused partners, because things will not get better. If

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you prefer not to see her horror of a husband, stand your ground and do not allow yourself to be guilted or coerced into it. He owes all of you an apology.

Dear Abby, I am engaged to a wonderful, sweet, hard-working 30-year-old man. We get along well and make each other happy. The trouble is how he comes across to others. He is so eager to be friends that he opens up much too quickly, revealing and venting about things like his work problems. It makes people uncomfortable.

He has been called out on it several times by various people (some even straight-up called him “creepy”), and he will stop for a while. But he falls into the same pattern the next time he meets somebody new. This whole thing is made worse by his anxiety; when someone calls him out on this behavior, he experiences crippling panic attacks.

They cause him to apologize profusely, which only exacerbates the problem.

He refuses to seek therapy or treatment for his anxiety. I am at a loss about how to help him, other than listen to his troubles and offer support when I can. What should I do?

Challenged Fiancee Your fiance may be a great guy, but unless you want to spend your life with a partner who refuses to get help for his emotional problems and doesn’t seem to learn from his mistakes, it may be time to step back and reevaluate this relationship. Much as you would like to, you can’t fix what’s wrong with him. Only he can do that. If you marry him, the chances are you will wind up as socially isolated as he is. What a shame.

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Steroids and surgery, not insulin, may have worsened diabetes I am 70 years old and had a kidney transplant 18 years ago. I developed diabetes, but it was controlled through oral medication.

I recently went into the hospital for pneumonia and was given large doses of steroids and injections of insulin. Now I am unable to bring my sugar down with the pills I was takTO YOUR ing. Could the cause be the inGOOD HEALTH sulin I was given? Your answer would really be appreciated.

DR. KEITH ROACH

The major cause for diabetes in older people is resistance to insulin. Being overweight is a contributing factor to Type 2 diabetes, but some people can be insulin resistant even with a normal weight.

Steroids (I mean glucocorticoids, like cortisone or prednisone) act against the action of insulin, and tend to make insulin resistance worse. This can precipitate or worsen diabetes.

Any kind of serious illness, especially infection but even something like a heart attack, can also worsen diabetes. Between the higher dose of steroids and the pneumonia, it’s not surprising your diabetes went out of control and you required insulin.

The insulin you got in the hospital was not the cause of the difficulty controlling your

diabetes now. In fact, it may have helped: The pancreas gradually loses the ability to respond to high blood sugar with prolonged high blood sugar levels, a condition known as glucose toxicity. Keeping the blood sugar near normal, using insulin if necessary, helps protect the insulin-secreting cells in the pancreas from damage. Current care is to try to get the blood sugar into a nearnormal range as soon as possible after diagnosis while being cautious of the risk of dangerously low blood sugars.

Type 2 diabetes tends to worsen over time, and many people require additional medication as time goes on. This is especially the case if people gain weight, another common problem with high-dose steroids.

Still, getting the blood sugars back under control now, with weight loss (if appropriate), careful diet and regular exercise, and additional oral medications or insulin if necessary is still the best way of protecting you from worsening diabetes over time. Diabetes care is ideally managed by a team, including a nutritionist, diabetes educator and expert doctor.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — If you’re waiting on others to get things done, you’re not doing enough to tend to your own business. Take the initiative today!

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Assistance comes to you from an unusual source, and what you learn is likely to stick with you. You can pay it forward

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By Stella Wilder Born today, you are far more likely to do something illicit or illegal than you are to lie about it afterward. You are known for being honest and straightforward and for choosing the most direct path to get anywhere. You’re not the kind to fuss over details, but you would rather address them as the need arises while you are on your way on a journey of discovery and accomplishment. You don’t like to busy yourself with work that is inconsequential; you want your efforts — and yourself — to matter and be remembered.

The fact that you understand what makes people tick helps you in every way, each and every day. Still, success is not guaranteed — possibly because of one trait, one that you might consider a fault, that can at times get in your way as it complicates matters far beyond your ability to sort them out.

Also born on this date are: Hal Linden, actor; Fred Rogers, children’s television pioneer; Spike Lee, filmmaker; Bobby Orr, hockey player; Holly Hunter, actress; Carl Reiner, actor, writer, director and producer; Kathy Ireland, model and actress.

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

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — You’re seeing things more clearly right now than you have in a while. A decision affecting your personal space may have to be made today.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — You’re being perhaps too secretive right now. Share a little more with those who know you well, and you’re likely to receive what you need.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You may have to try something more than once — perhaps twice or even three times — before you get the hang of it today. Learning can be quite fun!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — You will have to trust someone today, so why not a good friend who is recognized as an expert? He or she isn’t likely to steer you wrong.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — You’ll feel like a king or a queen today if you play your cards right and take advantage of an unexpected opportunity. Stay alert!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Just when you thought you could bid farewell to something that has outlived its usefulness, your emotions come into play today. Be ready.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — You receive what might be called a “shock to the system” today — but your recovery can be swift, and your response the stuff of legend.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You will be facing financial complications today — most likely because someone didn’t follow instructions. You can correct the error.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — You and a partner cannot go your separate ways without engaging in some kind of debrief to determine where you were most successful.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — You may be tempted to push yourself to the very limit today, but is that really prudent? You’ll get where you’re going soon enough.

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SUPER QUIZ

THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME

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

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

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

(Answers tomorrow) Jumbles: DIGIT ADAPT DISMAL MUFFLE Answer: After Charlie Daniels had his favorite violin repaired, it was — FIT AS A FIDDLE

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Solution to Thursday’s puzzle

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

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(e.g., Term for trees that seasonally shed leaves. Answer: Deciduous.)

Freshman level 1. Which tree is often described as “weeping”?

2. Name of the line marking the upper limit of tree growth in mountains or northern latitudes.

3. Quote the next line of the poem: “I think that I shall never see.”

Graduate level 4. The diet of a koala is largely made up of leaves from this tree.

5. In the fir tree, the seeds are not held in the flowers but in the _____.

6. Which tree is central to the flag of Lebanon?

PH.D. level 7. Which poem contains: “Now, of my threescore years and ten, Twenty will not come again”?

8. Betty Smith wrote this semi-biographical novel with a title that contains “Tree.”

9. What type of tree is considered to be the tallest in the world?

SUPER QUIZ ANSWERS 1. Willow. 2. Tree line. 3. “A poem lovely as a tree.” 4. Eucalyptus. 5. Cones.

6. Cedar. 7. “Loveliest of Trees.” 8. “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.” 9. Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens).

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

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Crossword Puzzle Mother Goose & Grimm ACROSS 1 Break under pressure 5 Complete failure 9 Dull-colored 13 __ yokel; smalltown resident 15 Long __; shopper’s headache 16 Hindu prince 17 Mom’s brother 18 Alike 20 “__ whiz!”

21 Mr. Potato Head part 23 Harsh 24 Nearer to the ground 26 Intense anger 27 Fight sites 29 Atrocious 32 Gruff; crabby 33 Health spa feature 35 Do a yard chore 37 “An apple __ keeps the…”

38 Many Montenegro residents 39 Cowboy boot spike 40 Fish trap 41 Wanders 42 __ change; pocket coins 43 Compensates 45 Become sicker 46 “To each __ own” 47 Civil disturbances 48 Chevy passenger car 51 Tattooist’s fluid 52 Altar vow 55 Comforts 58 Receded 60 In days gone by 61 Give in; submit 62 Reigned 63 Bonkers 64 Lamb bearers 65 Cruz & Knight DOWN 1 Hit with the fist 2 Nary a one

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3 Speed up 4 Homeboy 5 Aviator 6 Can top 7 Half and half 8 Payments for retirees 9 Actress Minnie 10 Rat __; daily grind 11 Slightly open 12 Bundle of hay 14 Wiggle room 19 __ firma; dry land 22 “Okeydokey!”

25 No more than 27 As sturdy __ oak 28 More illmannered 29 Wheel centers 30 Out of the question 31 Throw water on a fire 33 North & Baltic 34 Shot spot, often 36 Small songbird 38 Teriyaki marinade

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39 Separate, as laundry 41 Train tracks 42 Attractive woman 44 __ out; eliminates gradually 45 Finish first 47 Heeds the alarm clock

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48 Golfer’s choice 49 Waiter’s handout 50 Covenant 53 Notable feat 54 Chances 56 Uncooked 57 First lady 59 However

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