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Imperialism seen as excuse for invasion By Ted Remsnyder Columbia-Greene Media

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The St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in Jewett.

GREENPORT — Students from Columbia-Greene Community College received a lesson in the history and culture of Ukraine during a panel discussion on Thursday featuring local Ukrainian community leaders.

Ivan Kaszczak, the pastor at St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in Jewett and Halyna Shepko an educator and herbalist from Shawangunk Ridge Farm in New Paltz, answered questions from C-GCC students in the Zoom class session. The class, “Historical

Reflection and Discussion on Ukrainian Religion, Culture and the Human Dynamics of Former Empire Assertion of Power in Eastern Europe,” began with a question from history student Logan Shields, who asked the panelists how they would recommend local students learn more about

current events and become more engaged citizens. “Connect with people that are around you,” Shepko said. Shepko recounted a story about her mother’s rough upbringing in Ukraine. “If you ever met her, she’ll See INVASION A2

Catskill woman eyes parallels between Bosnia and Ukraine By Ted Remsnyder Columbia-Greene Media

CATSKILL — The Russian invasion of Ukraine has conjured up a raft of memories for Evelyn Martin of Catskill, who made numerous pilgrimages to war-torn Bosnia in the 1990s. Beginning in 1995, the New Street resident trekked to Medjugorje, a small village in Bosnia and Herzegovina, to visit St. James Catholic Church, where the virgin Mary allegedly began appearing in 1981. Martin, 76, arrived in the region for the first time on Sept. 5, 1995, as the Bosnia war with Serbia was still underway. When Martin saw Russia

invade the sovereign nation of Ukraine on Feb. 24, she saw parallels to what she saw in the ground in Bosnia 27 years ago. “When we went over there it was only women and children, they had killed all of the men,” she said on Wednesday. “They didn’t want any more generations to come. I saw what they were doing, it’s exactly the same, an ethnic cleansing. There’s no men. If you look at the footage on Youtube of the train stations in Poland, you’re going to see that it’s all just the women and children and no men. That’s what really brought it to my mind and I said, ‘We have to tell our story See PARALLELS A2

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The St. James Catholic church in the Village of Medjugorje in Bosnia.

Police: Man had drugs in Cairo traffic stop By Bill Williams Columbia-Greene Media

CAIRO — An Albany County man faces a long list of charges including felony drug possession following a traffic stop Tuesday morning in Cairo. Nicholas S. Dodge, 27, of Cohoes, was charged with 11 counts, said Steven Nevel, public information officer for state police Troop F. At about 2:41 a.m., troopers stopped a 2020 Nissan driven by Dodge on Route 23, for a vehicle and traffic violation, Nevel said. After interviewing Dodge, troopers determined there was cause to search the Nissan. A quantity of methamphetamines and drug paraphernalia were located in the vehicle, Nevel said.

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A Cohoes man was arrested on felony drug charges, after a traffic stop on Route 23 in Cairo.

Dodge was charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance

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Ivan Kaszczak, the pastor at St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in Jewett, speaks during a Columbia-Greene Community College class about Ukrainian history on Thursday.

“This idea that history is simplistic is rife through the rationale given by the Russian federation for conquering almost anyone,” Kaszczak told the students. The class was hosted by associate professor of history Nicole Childrose, who noted that history is the prologue for current events.

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tell you where she got a crumb to eat,” Shepko told the students. Kaszczak told the students that liberty is not something that’s given. “Does Ukraine, like every other country, have a right to self-determination?” he said. He compared Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine to a jilted lover desperate to reconcile with an ex. “The way I look at the present war is like a psychotic date gone bad,” Kaszczak said. Shields then asked the panelists if they could give an overview of Ukrainian history that Americans might not be aware of and should be. “It was always a struggle between domination and the right to self-determination,” Kaszczak said of Ukraine’s history. The pastor said Russia was using its past imperialism as an excuse for its present expansion.

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again.’ I saw it firsthand.” Martin said that after her first nine-day trip to Eastern Europe, she was compelled to return to the region and more local residents were interested in joining her in trekking to Medjugorje. “I went back eight months later,” Martin said. “When I went home I just had to go back. Here we were, six people from this small area in Greene County in the middle of the war, but that’s when I had to go. I went back six months later and we drove 12 hours from Zagreb (Croatia) and the CONTRIBUTED PHOTO odor of the mass graves and Catskill resident Evelyn Martin in front of the St. James Catholic the bodies rotting was awful.” church in the Village of Medjugorje in Bosnia. Martin’s story was featured in the 2001 book “A Place of Healing: The Virgin Mary at everything, our own sheets was watching a desperate Medjugorje” by John Dinolfo. and toilet paper. They had group of refugees attempt to “I went back and forth for nothing there. They just had acquire much-needed food. “If you watch the news you a long, long time,” she said. “I a little place for us to stay. We did 11 trips and brought peo- had to climb mountains and see people in Ukraine have big ple over. We went during the we had to do everything by cauldrons and they’re cooking soup,” Martin said. “They’re Kosovo war tour. Everybody flashlight.” gathering everything they During her trips to Eastern else was canceling, but our have. We went to this train Europe, Martin did not visit group was the only one that (in Bosnia) and there was a went. In Medjugorje there was Ukraine personally. She noted in her travels to big cauldron of soup cooking electricity for only an hour a day and we had to bring all of the Bosnian region that the outside and there were nothour own food. We had to bring worst thing she experienced ing but women and children

there. They brought suitcases of stuff and people were crashing the gate and they trampled over the women and children. We were told that we had to leave right away because it was getting dangerous.” Martin said she is concerned that Putin will launch a cyberattack on America that will target the U.S. electrical grid. The Catskill resident was heartened to see that there is a connection between Ukraine and the land where she made so many pilgrimages to over the years. “The little village of Medjugorje is now housing over 2,000 Ukrainians,” Martin said. “They’re there and 36 priests are being taken care of in the guest hotels over there. So they’re crossing over and there might be more than 2,000 being taken care of there now. Because they went through the war, they know what this is like.” Martin added that she is preparing for one last trip to Medjugorje. “I’m now planning my final trip,” she said. “That’s a very special trip that’s coming up in the near future. I don’t have any dates yet but I know I’m supposed to go there.”

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“Students are always telling me that the past really does teach about the present,” Childrose said in her introduction. Shepko described a helpless feeling watching the bombing campaign in Ukraine. “The main thing is that they know in Ukraine that we

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won’t forget about them,” she told the class. Columbia-Greene President Carlee Drummer thanked the students and community members who joined the Zoom session for taking part in the lesson regarding Ukrainian history. “In the past month we’ve been watching in horror as Russia has unleashed a brutal, unjust attack on Ukraine,” she said. Father Janusz Jedrychowski of St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church in Hudson appeared near the end of the class and offered words of hope, praising the citizens of Ukraine for withstanding the Russian attack. “The piece of hope is that the people are writing the most beautiful pages in their country’s history,” he said. The class ended with a prayer song for Ukraine read by Kaszczak in Ukrainian and English. “Today, President Putin could stop (the war) and many beautiful people could live,” Kaszczak said earlier in the class.

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paraphernalia, second-degree obstruction of governmental administration, resisting arrest, all class A misdemeanors, and third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation, a class U misdemeanor, Nevel said. Police did not say what actions Dodge took for the resisting arrest charge.

After Dodge was arraigned, he was released pending his next appearance in Cairo Town Court. According to New York Penal Law, a person is guilty of fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance when he or she knowingly and unlawfully possesses a controlled substance with intent to sell it or one or more preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances containing a narcotic preparation and said preparations,

compounds,mixtures or substances are of an aggregate weight of one-half ounce or more. If convicted, the sentence may range between one year to seven years in prison, depending on the defendant’s prior criminal history. New York Penal Law defines seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance as knowingly and unlawfully possessing a controlled substance, any substance listed in New York State

Public Health Law other than marijuana, but including concentrated cannabis. If found guilty of this charge, the maximum sentence is one year in prison.

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Monday, March 28 n Catskill Village Planning Board 7

p.m. Robert C. Antonelli Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill 518-9433830

Thursday, March 31

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n Coxsackie Village Board Budget

Work Session 6 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie 518-7312718

Monday, April 4 n Athens Town Board 7 p.m. Ath-

ens Volunteer Firehouse, 39 Third St., Athens 518-945-1052 Changes will be on the Town of Athens web page n Cairo Town Board 7 p.m. Town Hall, 512 Main St., Cairo n Coxsackie Village Organizational Meeting 7 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie 518-731-2718 n Greene County Board of Electrical Examiners 1 p.m. at the Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., 4th Floor, Room 469, Catskill

Tuesday, April 5 n Durham Town Board workshop meeting 7:30 p.m. Town Hall, 7309 Route 81, East Durham

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n Robert Breunig, 40, of Catskill was arrested in Catskill on March 18 at 1:32 p.m. and charged with class A misdemeanor criminal possession of a controlled substance. He was turned over to state police on their warrant. n Elizabeth Devila, 28, of Catskill was arrested in Catskill on March 18 at 7:21 p.m. and charged with category V harassment in the second degree. She was issued an appearance ticket with a

return date of April 7 at 3 p.m. n Bobby C. Smith Jr., 30, of Hudson was arrested in Catskill at 7:21 p.m. and charged with category V harassment in the second degree. He was issued an appearance ticket with a return date of April 7 at 3 p.m.

STATE POLICE n Amy J. Chadwick,

46, of Athens was arrested in Kingston at 11:36 a.m. and charged with class A misdemeanor criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree and class A misdemeanor criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree. She was issued an appearance ticket.

Governor Kathy Hochul announced that New York State landmarks would be lit red on March 23, in honor of American Red Cross Month. The New York State Capitol in Albany is pictured.

DEC advises of avalanche risk in Adirondacks due to warmer weather

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2022 budget workshop 7 p.m. High School Library, 341 West Main St., Catskill n Greene Tobacco Asset Securitization Corporation sole member and board of directors annual meetings 2 p.m. 411 Main St., Room 469, Catskill

Thursday, April 7 n Ashland Town Planning Board

6 p.m. Town Hall, 12094 Route 23, Ashland n Coxsackie Village Board Budget Work Session 6 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie 518-7312718

Monday, April 11 n Ashland Town Board 7:30 p.m.

Town Hall, 12094 Route 23, Ashland n Coxsackie Village Board 7 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie 518-731-2718

Tuesday, April 12 n Catskill Central School District

Board of Education special meeting 6:30 p.m. High School Library, 341 West Main St., Catskill n Coxsackie Village Historic Preservation Committee 6 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie 518731-2718

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Appeals 7 p.m. Athens Town Hall, 2 First St., Athens n Athens Village Board 6:30 p.m. Athens Fire Department, 39 Third St., Athens Consult the village website for updates the day of the meeting n Jewett Town Board 7 p.m. Jewett Municipal Building, 3547 County Route 23C, Jewett

ALBANY — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) advised backcountry users in the Adirondacks, especially the High Peaks region, of potential avalanche risk following mild temperatures and high winds. Avalanche danger increases during thaws when warmer weather and rain melt existing snowpack and snow becomes increasingly unstable as it undergoes freeze/thaw cycles. Backcountry hikers, downhill skiers, snowboarders, and other visitors who may traverse slides or steep, open terrain should be aware of and prepared for avalanche conditions. Avalanches can occur in any situation where snow, slope, and weather conditions combine to create instability in the snowpack. While the majority of steep, open terrain is found in the High Peaks region of the Adirondacks, avalanche-prone terrain is found on mountains throughout the Adirondack Mountains. Skiers, snowboarders, and hikers should assess their own experience level before going into the backcountry and should be equipped with avalanche safety tools and knowledge,

including participation in an avalanche safety course. Recently, DEC Forest Rangers led a search in the Adirondacks for a 63-yearold individual who planned to climb Mount Colden on the weekend of March 11, but failed to return. On March 18, Forest Rangers and volunteer rescuers located the subject deceased in the Trap Dike under approximately four feet of snow. After consulting experts at the National Avalanche Center, evidence suggests an avalanche may have occurred at the site. However, without an eyewitness and due to changing snow conditions, it is impossible to say for certain if the snow accumulation was the result of an avalanche or drifted snow. An avalanche was confirmed on a slide located on Wright Mountain on Feb. 12, 2022. Two skiers were initially buried. One of the two skiers was able to self-rescue and locate and dig out his companion. Both skiers had proper safety gear including shovels, beacons, and transceivers. The pair had also practiced rescue techniques before the trip.

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ens Volunteer Firehouse, 39 Third St., Athens 518-945-1052 Changes will be on the Town of Athens web page n Greenville Town Board 7 p.m. Town Hall, 11159 Route 32, Pioneer Building, Greenville

Tuesday, April 19 n Athens Village Planning Board

6:30 p.m. Village Hall, Meeting Room, 2 First St., Athens 518-945-1551 n Durham Town Board 7:30 p.m. Town Hall, 7309 Route 81, East Durham n Hunter Town Board 7 p.m. Town Hall, 5748 Route 23A, Tannersville

Wednesday, April 20 n Catskill Library Board 6:45 p.m.

at either the Catskill Library, 1 Franklin St., Catskill or Palenville Library, 3303 Route 23A, Palenville

Thursday, April 21 n Coxsackie Village Planning

Board 6 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie 518-731-2718

Tuesday, April 26 n Catskill Central School District

Board of Education regular business/ vote on BOCES annual budget and BOCES board members 6:30 p.m. CHS Library, 341 West Main St., Catskill 518-943-2300

Wednesday, April 27 n Athens Village Board 6:30 p.m.

Athens Fire Department, 39 Third St., Athens Consult the village website for updates the day of the meeting

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St. Patrick’s Cemetery Clean Up These rules and regulations are put in place for the safety of our visitors and staff, and to keep our cemetery beautiful for all. Thank you for your understanding. Decoration clean-up for our cemetery will begin on March 28, 2022. Lot owners are requested to remove any Fall or Winter decorations they wish to save before March 28, 2022. Fresh cut flowers in a floral cone or basket are always permitted, provided they are in good condition. Artificial flower saddles secured on top of the monuments are permitted. All other decorations will be removed during the cleanup. During the cleanup cemetery staff removes and disposes of all items not permitted from graves. Groundskeepers are instructed to leave any permitted new seasonal decorations that appear to be newly placed and are in accordance with the current cemetery Rules and Regulations.

Items not permitted include, but are not limited to: Glass urns Corner posts Glass of any kind Flags and flag holders Toys or stuffed animals Solar lights Plantings of any kind

Flower planters, boxes & pots Trellises Wooden or plastic crosses Shepherd hooks Crushed stone or wood chips

Items not permitted or in disrepair may be removed and discarded at any time by cemetery staff. For more information please visit our website at https://stpatrickathenscatskill.org/ for more information regarding our cemetery decoration regulations.

outdoors can reliably avoid avalanches by recognizing and avoiding avalanche terrain. Travel on the valley floor away from large avalanche runouts, along ridgetops above avalanche paths, in dense timber, or on slopes of 25 degrees or less that do not have steeper slopes above them. Avoid cornices, or hanging masses of hardened snow. Risk cannot be entirely eliminated if traversing avalanche terrain, but risk can be minimized by using techniques: climb, descend, or cross avalanche areas one at a time; cross a slope at the very top or bottom if possible; climb or descend the edge of a slope rather than the center; carry and know how to use avalanche rescue gear; and turn back or alter the route if signs of unstable snow are detected.

SIGNS OF DANGER When the snow cover is very unstable, nature often broadcasts clear danger signals. Fresh avalanches are the best clue. Snow that cracks, collapses, or makes hollow sounds is unstable. Weak layers that are found by digging snow pits are signs of unstable snow. Snow that has become wet from thaw or rain can be dangerous. Even if no signs of unstable snow are found, individuals should always

travel observing the techniques listed above to minimize risk.

BE PREPARED Outdoor adventurers should always have an avalanche transceiver (or beacon), shovel, and a collapsible or ski-pole probe during avalanche conditions and should practice frequently to be proficient in using a beacon. However, visitors should not take extra risk just because rescue equipment is available to be used and should always carry a day pack with enough equipment to spend the night. What to do if Caught in an Avalanche Surviving avalanches can depend on luck, but it is always better to avoid avalanches in the first place. Remember that only one of three victims buried without a beacon survives. If caught in an avalanche, first try to escape to the side, or grab a tree or rock. If knocked down, get rid of poles, skis, and a heavy pack. Swim with the avalanche to try to stay on top and avoid trees. When the avalanche slows down, reach the surface or make an airpocket.

SAFE TRAVEL TECHNIQUES Never put everyone on the slope. Only one person should be on the slope at a time. Have an escape route

planned. Always think avalanche - What will you do if the slope slides? Have a plan before you travel. Use slope cuts. Keep your speed up and cut across the starting zone, so that if the slope slides, your momentum can carry you off the moving slab into safer terrain. You can do this on skis, snowboards or on snowmobiles. Watch out for cornices, which tend to break farther back than expected. Always give them a wide berth. NEVER walk out to the edge of a drop-off without first checking it out. Many people have died this way. If it looks too dangerous, find a safer route. Use terrain to your advantage. Follow ridges, thick trees and slopes with safer consequences. You can almost always go back the way you came. The route got you there, it will most likely get you back as well. If there’s no other choice, go underground. You can almost always weather out a bad storm or bad avalanche by digging a snow cave or seeking the shelter of a crevasse. You may be uncomfortable but you will be alive. To contact a Forest Ranger, whether it’s for a search and rescue, to report a wildfire, or to report illegal activity on State lands and easements, call 833-NYS-RANGERS.

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Reversal of fortune This is a familiar scenario. Big cities and large suburban towns get most of the aid and resources. Small villages and towns get the short end of the stick. Legislation that has the support of U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., could reverse the fortunes of small communities that have few resources. Gillibrand held a virtual press conference Wednesday announcing the bipartisan Rural Prosperity Act, which is designed to streamline hundreds of federal programs dedicated to helping rural communities, making it easier for those communities to utilize the programs.

Towns and villages such as those in Columbia and Greene counties often lack the resources or the dedicated staff to navigate the federal bureaucracy. Gillibrand said the Rural Prosperity Act will go a long way toward untangling that bureaucracy. If the Rural Prosperity Act becomes law, it would create, in Gillibrand’s words, a “one-stop shop” for rural communities to get the resources they need to be able to carry out their economic development plans. The proposed legislation would create a new, permanent office in the White House, the Office of Rural Prosperity, which would be

dedicated to coordinating federal efforts to support and connect rural communities throughout the country to the federal programs and resources. The office would be responsible for developing a comprehensive plan for strategic economic development, and it would coordinate, streamline and leverage existing federal investments to address challenges faced by rural areas. In a region struggling to get back on its feet after two years of fiscal upheavals caused by the pandemic and inflation, the Rural Prosperity Act would help reaffirm our economic priorities.

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More than 30 Senate Republicans recently voted against a measure sought by President Joe Biden to increase military aid to help Ukraine resist Russia’s invasion. Now, most of those senators are excoriating Biden for not doing enough to help Ukraine. What’s wrong with this picture? Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley is, as usual, among the leaders of this parade of hypocrisy, accusing the administration last week of “dragging its feet” and hounding Biden to “step up” on the issue. He was specifically referring there to the administration’s reluctance to send Poland’s MiG jet fighters to Ukraine — a position this newspaper has criticized as appearing too timid — but Hawley is the wrong messenger for even the right message on this topic. Not only did Hawley vote against last week’s omnibus spending bill that included $13.6 billion in new aid to Ukraine, he also was an early voice against substantial U.S. involvement at all. He wrote

to Secretary of State Antony Blinken in early February that aggression from China, not Russia, should be America’s primary focus. He also called for the administration to drop its support for Ukraine’s entry into NATO, essentially demanding the appeasement of Russia on that issue. Now, no doubt inspired by polls showing Americans overwhelmingly support Ukraine and condemn Russia in the conflict, Hawley is suddenly that besieged nation’s best friend. Other Republicans are similarly casting Biden as being insufficiently supportive of Ukraine, ignoring the old adage about politics stopping at the water’s edge. What an interesting conversion for a crowd that, almost to a person, voted against holding then-President Donald Trump accountable in 2019 for his impeachmentworthy betrayal of this U.S. ally in service to his own political motives. Recall that Trump suspended military aid that Ukraine needed to fend off Russia, then told Volodymyr Zelenskyy — the same Ukrainian president

now hailed as a hero by Republicans and Democrats alike — that he’d see about restoring it, but needed a “favor” in return: an investigation by Ukraine’s government designed to embarrass Biden as he challenged Trump’s reelection bid. This was a betrayal of U.S. interests that bordered on treason, yet in Trump’s impeachment proceedings that year, Hawley and almost every other Republican in Congress voted to let it slide. Now these same meek enablers of Trump’s abuses are blasting Biden over what amounts to a difference of opinion as to how far Russian leader Vladimir Putin can be pushed without risking nuclear war. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell — who also voted against convicting Trump back them — joined the pile-on last week, chiding Biden for “not doing nearly enough quickly enough to help the Ukrainians,” adding: “Comparing Zelenskyy to Biden is depressing.” But not as depressing as comparing these Republican hypocrites’ rhetoric to their actions.

Donald Trump’s disloyalty may finally come back to bite him Jennifer Rubin

riod.” Oops. This account, if true, Defeated former presiis invaluable to the Jan. dent Donald Trump is 6 committee and to any notorious for turning criminal investigation givon allies if they fail to en the difficulty in proving show sufficient loyalty. Trump’s “criminal intent.” When his first attorney If Trump asked Brooks general, Jeff Sessions, to rescind the election, properly recused himself as Brooks alleged, and if from the Russia investiga- Trump understood from tion, Trump berated him Brooks that there was no until he resigned. Even legitimate way to overturn Supreme Court justices the election, Trump’s risk whom he appointed felt of being charged with his wrath when they did obstruction of an offinot produce his desired cial proceeding (i.e., the outcome. And who can electoral-vote-counting forget all the people session), attempting to Trump claimed he barely defraud the United States knew when they ended up or seditious conspiracy inin trouble or criticized him creases dramatically. But disloyalty can The House select comcome back to bite you. mittee investigating the On Wednesday, Trump Jan. 6 insurrection ceryanked his endorsement tainly will send an invitafrom staunch supporter tion to Brooks to testify. Rep. Mo Brooks for a Sen- He turned down a request ate seat in Alabama, fault- from the committee last ing Brooks for not wanting year for phone records, to dwell on the 2020 race. but he didn’t rule out Brooks struck back with testifying. His campaign a damning written statespokesman previously ment. released a statement that, “The only legal way “if Congressman Brooks America can prevent is asked to testify, the tes2020’s election debacle timony must be in public, is for patriotic Americans not in secret and not deto focus on and win the nying the American peo2022 and 2024 elections ple their right to hear the so that we have the power entirety of testimony by to enact laws that give any and all witnesses.” He us honest and accurate might now be more willelections,” Brooks wrote. ing to cooperate with the “President Trump asked committee. And he might me to rescind the 2020 have plenty to tell. elections, immediately The Washington Post remove Joe Biden from the previously reported, White House, immediately “A review of [Brooks’s] put President Trump back speeches, tweets and mein the White House, and dia appearances as well hold a new special elecas affidavits and other tion for the presidency.” court filings reveals his Twisting the knife, he central part in mobilizadded, “As a lawyer, I’ve ing the effort to overturn repeatedly advised PresiJoe Biden’s victory by dent Trump that Jan. 6 was repeatedly claiming that the final election contest the election was stolen verdict and neither the and then becoming the U.S. Constitution nor the first member of Congress U.S. Code permit what to declare he would chalPresident Trump asks. Pe- lenge the electoral col-

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lege results.” He publicly claimed to have “led the charge.” Whatever testimony he could give about conversations he had with Trump or senior aides in the events leading up to Jan. 6, 2021, or on the day of the armed insurrection would be invaluable. One might be skeptical of the veracity of a claim from a congressman who eagerly spread the “big lie” of a stolen election. But the benefit of the Jan. 6 committee’s exhaustive investigation is that any testimony he gives can be corroborated by scores of documents and other witnesses’ testimony. Brooks’s testimony might simply put an exclamation on the account of Trump’s treachery and betrayal of his oath. And if Brooks needs any incentive to testify, the committee might seriously consider granting him some sort of immunity. Recall that the Justice Department previously refused to defend him in a civil lawsuit linking him to the Jan. 6 insurrection, arguing that he was not acting in any official capacity when he spoke at a rally outside the White House preceding the violence. While Brooks was dismissed from that lawsuit, the potential for criminal investigation remains if there is sufficient evidence tying him to the coup attempt and the armed insurrection on Jan. 6. Thus, giving him immunity in exchange for direct testimony about Trump’s state of mind might be an attractive deal. Trump might come to regret pulling the rug out from under Brooks. Sometimes you want to keep friends close - and potentially dangerous witnesses closer.

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In support of Congressman Delgado’s stance on PFOA and PFOS To The editor: Our Congressional district has become increasingly concerned with the presence of toxic chemicals known as PFAS (Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl) in our water supply. We are all familiar with the critical problem in Hoosick Falls and now Lebanon has found PFAS’s showing up in their wells and their school water. PFAS’s are considered POP’s (persistent organic pollutants) or “forever chemicals” as they remain in our environment for an extended period of time impacting our

children and our families. They are known to be carcinogens, hormone disrupters, and cause developmental delays and liver damage. Recently our Congressman, Antonio Delgado, voted to pass the PFAS Action Act to protect our families from exposure to these toxic chemicals. And he did even more. He added two critical elements to the Act: a transparency section that makes it illegal for industrial facilities to introduce PFAS’s into sewage treatment facilities without proper disclosure, and a section that helps private citizens

find funding for well testing along with help in interpreting results. Kudos to our Congressman for taking protecting our kids and families to heart. He’s dedicated to preserving and protecting the Clean Water Act and defending the Clean Water Rule in order to prevent pollution and destruction of our natural resources. We’re strongly supporting Congressman Delgado for reelection in November. DIANA URBAN JONATHAN WALTERS CHATHAM

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By Jonathan Palmer, Greene County Historian For Columbia-Greene Media

About a year ago now was my last “refrigerator-worthy” article, which I know many of you diligently clipped out and hung on your Frigidaires, Kelvinators and sundry other ice boxes for handy future reference. We were about due for another, and I know I can’t keep writing these just about graveyards, old maps and the Hudson-Athens Lighthouse no matter how much I love it. Anyhow, get your scissors ready and repeat this after me: HISTORIC PRESERVATION IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Spray paint this on your cars, get it tattooed on your foreheads if you need to, but please don’t forget it. There are many readers of this column who, like me, don’t think they need a detailed explanation of why it is bad to knock down historic buildings. The obvious reality of such decisions is that untold damage is done to the cultural and historic integrity of communities where these buildings disappear; perhaps more alarming and less considered is that the decision to not preserve also affects a community’s bottom line. Money talks, as they say, and where one might see an old building as a money pit the reality of it is that strategic maintenance not only creates a unique and highly marketable piece of real estate, but preserves the appeal of the community as a unique place of business and a destination for tourists. To put it simply: by keeping historic buildings you protect your tax base. To put it more simply: historic buildings ensure funding for your fire department, ambulance, police, and public works departments. In a place like Greene County, where tourism has been a vital component of our economy for quite literally two centuries, our historic buildings are part of what makes us a unique and appealing destination. Anyone can build a tin prefab and bulldoze an old house, but half of America has already fallen victim to this short-sighted “strip mall thinking” in which highways convey us through town after town filled with the same reprehensible McMansion developments, chain stores, and fast food franchises. Is it convenient? Yes. Does it make one strip-mall town more appealing to stop at over another? Absolutely not. Not being appealing is bad for tourism. Not being a tourism destination is bad for tax revenue. You see what I am getting at. Now I know the impression most people have of historic preservation is that it involves young couples with trust funds fleeing a metropolitan area to buy a halfcollapsed and haunted mansion into which they throw millions of dollars in renovations and fabulous antiques. I’ve certainly met people who have gone about historic preservation in that way, and hey if you’ve got the money that’s great. I’ve also found those folks often become full-time and invest in being a part of their new communities in more ways than just increasing the tax appraisal on their homes. If this is one version of historic preservation, you don’t need to look far for alternative examples. I’m writing this article at a favorite coffee shop of mine just up the road from the Thompson House Resort in Windham. The resort is closed right now, but not dead by any stretch of the imagination. Contractors are scurrying like ants over every inch of each building on the extensive campus; repairing roofs, siding, and making updates to a resort that has been an institution in Windham since the 1880s. The Thompson House is the benefactor of two forms of historic preservation. The first and most obvious is the work being done by the new owner, Wylder Resorts, which is a monumental effort by a company that specializes in resorts at unique and classic destinations around the United States (yes, Greene County makes that cut!). Equally important is the unsung but heroic preservation effort undertaken by the last owners,

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the Thompson/Goettsche family, who for generations maintained and expanded the campus as time and finances allowed all while fixing leaks, updating older rooms, and cultivating an atmosphere as a family resort which became so iconic that it caught John Margolies’ eye when he was photographing America in the 1970s. The Goettsche family’s preservation efforts were thankless — maintaining buildings instead of letting them fall into disrepair, keeping structures rather than replacing them with newer ones, and most importantly finding a buyer who appreciated the property and buildings as much as their family had for over a century. If the efforts of the Thompsons and a nationwide resort company aren’t enough to convince you that “folks in the know” understand historic preservation is economic development, just ask the bank. Two weeks ago I found myself in the basement of the Tanners Bank building on Main Street in Catskill with a small cadre of history buffs. The building was recently purchased by the Bank of Greene County from Trustco and will become part of BOGC’s suite of historic office buildings which already dot Main Street. This was exciting news because BOGC already has a reputable track record as preservationists dating back to the 1990s — saving such buildings as the remarkable art deco Cooperative Mutual Insurance Building nearby the Greene County Courthouse. As we all stood in a basement vault looking at minutes books of the Tanners Bank dating back to 1831, Bank of Greene County

President Don Gibson talked excitedly of bringing the interiors of the building back to their original appearance and filling the offices with employees. While the building updates will certainly make the Tanners Bank beautiful, the effort to get the building open again also illustrates a more important benefit - guaranteed traffic by those employees on Main Street and more money spent at lunch meetings, in coffee shops, and by bank patrons who come there to conduct business. It is fitting that the Tanners Bank, once the headquarters of the largest commercial bank in Greene County, should play a role now in helping preserve Main Street. If you are like me then your money tree hasn’t started growing Benjamins on its branches yet, but that doesn’t mean historic preservation isn’t within your grasp. While all the folks I’ve talked about here are certainly exemplary of the best Historic Preservation has to offer, being a preservationist takes many forms. Most often it takes the form of fixing a leak in the roof one year, and maybe a coat of paint on a weathered side of the house the next year. Historic Preservation is an effort which can be made in big and small steps with equal success, and the end result is a unique building that contributes to making your community an unusual and special place to be. Historic preservation is economic development. Questions and comments can be directed to Jon at archivist@gchistory. org.

CAIRO — In the fall of 2018, Debra Kamecke, Director of the Cairo Public Library, initiated an author visit program with Cairo-Durham Elementary School. Each grade was invited to meet a published author/illustrator in the Library Community Room during the school year. Children’s Librarian Barbara Auerbach visited each class in the school to prepare the students for the visit. In this way, they became familiar with the authors’ work as well as their websites and brief biographical information. The children were excited to finally meet the writers and artists and had a meaningful experience. In addition, each class received a signed copy of one of their books thanks to the Friends of the Cairo Public Library who supplied the funds. The program continued the following year. Featured guests included Steve Weinberg, Adam Auerbach, Barbara DiLorenzo, Jessie Janowitz, Hudson Talbott, Nancy Castaldo and Brendan Wenzel. During the pandemic, school was virtual and library programming reduced. The library was able, however, to supply 100 book packets to summer school participants the summer of 2020. In 2021, the school reached

out to the library which was able to offer several in-house programs to the summer students. The library also arranged a virtual visit with Newbery Honor authorillustrator Brendan Wenzel. The last week of the term, he shared his not-yet-published picture book Inside Cat for the very first time. Most recently the library arranged a virtual visit with local award-winning authorillustrator Hudson Talbott. Hudson shared his new memoir A Walk in the Words

about his own personal childhood struggle with reading. His story inspired and empowered the third graders to confront and tackle their own challenges in school and life. Elementary school librarian Bianca Rell has been an invaluable facilitator and an enthusiastic participant in library programming over the past few years. Other programs include a bookmark design contest. Winners received a packet of art materials provided by the library.

Writers in the Mountains presents The Zen of Revision with Melissa Holbrook Pierson ROXBURY — Writers in the Mountains (WIM) presents The Zen of Revision with Melissa Holbrook Pierson, a weekend intensive held online 1-4 p.m. April 9 and April 10. Once you register and pay, you will be given instructions on how to join the class. Once you’ve produced the collection of words, you’re only halfway to writing something. Revision is a critical part of the creative process. It’s also a thorny one: a major difficulty all writers face is being too close to their own work. Zen — “a state of calm

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Charlotte A. Berkner February 9, 1949 - March 22, 2022 Charlotte A. Berkner, 73, of Medusa, passed away Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at St. Peter’s Hospital peacefully with her loving family at her side. Born in Poughkeepsie on February 9, 1949 to John and Geraldine Paul Wilson, she spent her younger years in Poughkeepsie then in Connecticut before moving to Norton Hill, later settling down in Medusa with her husband of 55 years and 1 day, Norman. Together they raised three children, Serina Metzcus, Melissa Berkner, and Denise (Glenn) Payne. Charlotte received her diploma from Troy High School and spent her time working as a short order cook at Heidi’s Restaurant and later working at Cidega. She loved to read as well as play Mahjong and crocheting, and was the support group leader for Scleroderma. She was the first active female firefighter for the Medusa Volunteer Fire Company and was the secretary for 20 years, a faithful volunteer to the department and our community. Charlotte also leaves behind her siblings Rena, Helen, Toni, Chuck and her five grandchildren John Metzcus, William (Amber) Schnidt Jr., Brandie (Jeff) Kirby, Stephanie (Liam) Lonergan, and Ashley Payne as well as two great grandchildren, Christian Joseph Hesch Jr., and William Walter Schnidt III. She is predeceased by her parents, siblings John, Doris, and her sister and Best Friend Pam. Memorial visitation will be held at A.J. Cunningham Funeral Home, 4898 State Route 81, Greenville, on Saturday March 26 from 2-4 PM. A gathering will follow at the Medusa Fire House and all are invited to join the family for continued celebration of Charlotte’s life and memory. In lieu of flowers a memorial contribution may be made to the Medusa Volunteer Fire Company, 28 County Route 351, Medusa, NY 12120. Condolence page is available at ajcunninghamfh.com.

Anthony P. ‘Tony’ Caracci February 23, 1940 - March 23, 2022 LANESVILLE. Anthony P. “Tony” Caracci, 82, of Ostrander Rd. died Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at the Columbia Memorial Hospital, Hudson, NY. Born February 23, 1940 in the Bronx he was the son of the late Anthony and Rose Caracci. A former resident of Staten Island where he was employed as a plant engineer at the Staten Island University Hospital. Tony enjoyed modifying and restoring old cars, boating, snow skiing at Hunter and browsing flea markets and antique stores. He was a member of the Lanesville Fire Dept. and the local gun club. Survivors include two brothers, Edward and his wife, Doris of Pennsylvania and Robert and his wife Lawny of Arizona. A sister, Rosemarie Osborne of California and several nieces and nephews. His Funeral Procession will form 10:30 AM Tuesday at the EB Gormley Funeral Home thence to St. Francis de Sales RC Church where at 11:00 AM a Mass of Christian Burial will be offered. Friends will be received on Monday from 2-4 and 7-9PM. Further obituary information and expressions of condolence may be shared with Tony’s family on his Tribute Wall at GormleyFuneralHome.com

Debra K. LaRosa April 22, 1954 - March 21, 2022 ASHLAND- Debra K. LaRosa died on Monday, March 21, 2022. She was born in Cambridge, England on April 22, 1954 to Kenneth and Jean Casazza. Deborah was employed with Lowes in Catskill, NY. She is survived by her husband Frank LaRosa, Jr. ; her children Lita, Lance, Frank (Chich) and Alexis; her brother David Casazza. She was predeceased by her brother Wayne Casazza. Calling hours will be held on Saturday, April 2, 2022 from 5 to 8 PM at Decker Funeral Home , 5312 Main St., Windham, NY.

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February 16, 1933 - March 21, 2022

Carol Jansen, 85, of Hudson, passed away Tuesday March 22 in Hudson, NY. Born March 15, 1937 in Brooklyn, she moved to Columbia County in the 1980’s. Carol was always young at heart and never saw herself as getting older. She would look at photos of herself and say with a chuckle, “who’s that”?? She had a gift of storytelling, and a spicy sense of humor that sometimes left you guessing what she meant by that. A loyal friend through and through, if you told her a secret, it was in the vault forever. Her love for her family and friends was unconditional, and her resilience, strength and guidance taught you that you can get through anything no matter what. Her many quotes can confirm that. Carol loved many things, especially strolling down Warren Street looking for trinkets and clothing. She enjoyed books, horror movies, a good glass of wine, and naps. She also enjoyed board games, telling stories of her youthful adventures, and giving worldly advice. Carol is survived by her daughter Irene Porcaro and her husband Michael Meyers, her son Steven Porcaro and his wife Michele Depew, grandchildren Matthew Sigler and wife Tamra, Rowan Meyers, Bella Lugo, Elizabeth Porcaro and Maggie Porcaro. She is also survived by her sister Joan Versaci, and special extended family Deride O’Flynn, spouse and children who shared the same adventurous spirit. A special thank you to Columbia Memorial Hospital, all the doctors and nurses, and the Greenport Rescue Squad, and to Donna Coons whose commitment and care for Carol was immeasurable. To honor Carol’s wishes, there will be no services. Her wish was to have a drink, tell a story, help a stranger in need, and give time to a local charity.

Thomas Joseph Olivett passed away on March 21, 2022. He was born in Athens, NY on February 16, 1933 to Carmela and Costantino Olivett and was one of 11 children in the family. He graduated from Coxsackie-Athens High School in 1951 where he played football and baseball. He was predeceased in 2018 by his loving wife of 63 years, Elizabeth “Betty” Olivett and is survived by his three children Thomas (Julie) Olivett, Christine (Lance) Palmateer, and Paul (Denise) Olivett, 4 grandchildren (Lance, Lauren, Renee, and Paul), two surviving siblings (Emma and Linda) and many nieces, nephews, and extended family members. Mr. Olivett held various jobs throughout his life, including starting and operating several small businesses in the area. He ultimately retired from the State Corrections Department after spending his final 20 years working as both a butcher and baker, among other positions. He loved baseball and became a New York Mets fan later in life and spent most summer evening’s watching them on TV and complaining about whoever was the manager at the time. What he loved most, though, was his sweet and caring wife Betty and his children and grandchildren. He devoted his life to providing for them and was filled with love and pride knowing that he did the best he could to make their lives better. Tom and Betty are together again, dancing to a 50’s hit and hosting a party for family and friends! Per request of the family, the service will be private. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Richards Funeral Home, 28 North Vernon Street, Athens, N.Y. 12015. Condolences may be made at www.richardsfuneralhomeinc. net.

A tornado threw a house 30 feet. A teen was rescued from the rubble. Andrea Salcedo The Washington Post

When a tornado touched down Tuesday night in Arabi, La., the growl of the twister and swirl of flying debris didn’t last more than 15 seconds. And then there was quiet. “Within a split second there was nothing,” Chuck Heirsch, a resident since 2003, told The Washington Post. Heirsch, 58, assessed the damage of his home before walking out to check on his neighbors. He could not believe what he was seeing. “When I opened the [front door], the neighbor’s house is in the street,” said Heirsch, a truck driver who first recounted the story to the Times-Picayune/New Orleans Advocate. The tornado that struck the east side of New Orleans that evening left thousands without power and at least one dead. It was strong enough that it rocked the foundation of Heirsch’s neighbors’ house and sent it flying toward the middle of Prosperity Street. His neighbors, a woman identified by the Associated Press as Dea Castellanos and a man who lived with her, had made it out of the house unscathed, but their teenage daughter, who uses a wheelchair and was connected to a ventilator that night, was still trapped inside the house, Heirsch said. Castellanos’s daughter, who has muscular dystrophy, wound up trapped in her bedroom yelling for help, the AP reported. Castellanos told the wire service through an interpreter that as the tornado hit the ground, she felt the house spinning before it tossed her one-story home about 30 feet from its lot, leaving it in the middle of the street.

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The wreckage of homes after the tornado that touched down In Arabi, La., on the east side of New Orleans the night of March 22, 2022.

“The wife was screaming frantically,” Heirsch told The Post. The man who lives with Castellanos had a flashlight, he added, and was “disoriented and screaming.” Quickly, other neighbors came out to help the couple. Heirsch said he called 911 to ask for an ambulance and requested firefighters and the energy company. The pressure of the tornado had ruptured the home’s gas pipe, which made a loud whistling sound, and Heirsch worried the house could catch fire with the teenager inside. Not even the dispatcher could believe what he described, Heirsch said. “It’s in the middle of the street?” Heirsch recounted the dispatcher shouting on the other side of the line. “Yes ma’am,” an exasperated Heirsch replied. “Do you want to come in and check?” Within minutes, firefighters arrived. About 20 minutes after that, Heirsch said, the energy company arrived and ordered everyone to stay away from the home as a crew of

firefighters, and some neighbors, entered and dug the teenager out from the debris. They disconnected her from the ventilator, placed her on a gurney and walked her to the ambulance. She was transported to the hospital, where she underwent surgery, Heirsch said. As of late Wednesday, Heirsch said he was told she was in stable condition. St. Bernard Parish officials did not respond to messages from The Post inquiring about the rescue operation. Castellanos also did not immediately reply to a message from The Post. Parish President Guy McInnis told the AP that the girl was “doing fine.” The morning after the tornado, the family, who is from Honduras, came back to check what was left of their property. A group of neighbors, including Heirsch, handed them trash bags and tote bags for them to recover as many of their belongings as possible before heading back to the hospital to be with their

Judge rules that only a dozen VA students can ask for mask mandates Hannah Natanson and Rachel Weiner The Washington Post

A federal judge in Charlottesville ruled Wednesday that a handful of schools in Virginia could require face masks if necessary to protect a dozen immunocompromised children whose families sued over maskoptional policies. The ruling includes schools in the state’s largest districts, Loudoun and Fairfax. Judge Norman K. Moon emphasized repeatedly, though, that he is not undoing state law and an executive order that makes masks optional. His order is limited to the 12 families who sued in Charlottesville federal court, whose children attend 10 different school districts in Virginia and range in age from preschool to 11th grade. Those children,

he ruled, can ask their schools to require masks as an accommodation for their disabilities. But Moon refrained from challenging a recent state law and a similar executive order from Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, both of which made masking optional in Virginia public schools. Those “remain in force,” Moon wrote in his ruling, “affording parents the choice whether their children should wear masks to school, notwithstanding any school rule that would require students to wear masks.” He added that, although he is granting the school systems attended by the 12 students the right to flout the mask-optional law, school officials are not required to do so. He wrote, “The Court enjoins Defendants”

- meaning the 10 school districts - “from enforcing [the maskoptional executive order and law] only as against these Plaintiffs in their ability to ask for (not definitely to receive) from their schools some amount of masking as a reasonable modification.” Both sides claimed victory after the ruling, a preliminary injunction that comes before extensive litigation. Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares said in a statement that the ruling “affirms that . . . parents have the right to make choices for their children.” The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, which filed the lawsuit on behalf of the 12 families, tweeted, “We are glad the court agreed: No student should have to risk their lives to

go to school.” The Virginia ACLU had argued in its suit that making masks optional in public K-12 schools violates federal disability law because it puts vulnerable children at risk, denying them their right to a free, appropriate public education. It was filed in federal court in Charlottesville, and the plaintiffs are parents of 12 students with conditions including asthma, Down syndrome, cystic fibrosis, cancer and diabetes - all of which put the children at higher risk for coronavirus infection. The suit targets a law passed by the General Assembly early this year that makes masks optional in public schools throughout the state. The law leaves “parents of many Virginia children with

disabilities with an unconscionable choice: to choose between putting them at risk of severe illness . . . and keeping them home with little or no education,” the lawsuit states. “For many of these children, the Commonwealth has effectively barred the schoolhouse door.” Moon wrote: “This is not a class action, and the twelve plaintiffs in this case have no legal right to ask the Court to deviate from that state law in any schools in Virginia (much less school districts) their children do not attend, or indeed even those areas of their schools in which Plaintiffs’ children do not frequent.”

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Basilica Hudson Announces Temple of Sound 12 Hour Sonic Awakening Event To Launch Earth Day Weekend HUDSON — Upstate NY multidisciplinary arts center Basilica Hudson announces the launch of its 2022 season with Temple of Sound, a sonic awakening and homage to the building itself and their beloved 24-HOUR DRONE festival. As part of the nonprofit’s larger Earth Day Opening Weekend season kick-off, the program invites attendees to immerse themselves in the meditative power of sound through Basilica Hudson’s cavernous raw industrial space. Temple of Sound begins with a Deep Listening workshop led by longtime 24-HOUR DRONE co-curator and Basilica Hudson collaborator Sarah Van Buren, followed by day-long, FREE, self-guided sound installations by 24-HOUR DRONE alumni Arone Dyer and former Hudson As Muse Artist In Residence Kamau Amu Patton. At sunset, Samer Ghadry will create a prolonged oceanic gong sound experience, ushering in the rest of the evening’s performances by Troy, NY’s Madeline Darby and Brooklyn based interdisciplinary artist Kamau Amu Patton. Local improvisational electronic artist Hellish Cashstrap will close out the night with an ambient electronic set in Basilica Hudson’s newly reactivated Gallery Building.

Weekend, including Friday’s “City of Hudson Waterfront Climate Resiliency Symposium” and Sunday’s family friendly day of workshops, brunch, wildflower plantings and more.

Temple of Sound finds inspiration in Basilica Hudson’s founders’ original impression of the commanding space over 10 years ago: a temple of sound, a place to connect diverse musical communities and traditions, offering a localized snapshot of experimentation within the larger context of universal sound. Attendees should note that the event begins at 11 a.m. with Sarah Van Buren’s Deep Listening workshop, which has a separate registration form here. The sound installations are FREE and run from 1:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. . A ticket purchase gains entry to the evening performances, which begin at 7 p.m. with doors at 6 p.m. Attendees are encouraged to come early to experience the installations and enjoy food by Local 111. Hellish Cashstrap’s ambient DJ after-show is FREE at 9:30 p.m. as a soft opening of the Basilica Gallery. Masks are encouraged. More details will follow for Basilica Hudson’s full Earth Day Opening

About Basilica Hudson Founded in 2010 by musician Melissa Auf der Maur and filmmaker Tony Stone, Basilica Hudson is housed in a reclaimed, solar-powered 1880s industrial factory on the riverfront of Hudson, NY. WEBSITE | TICKETS Saturday, April 23, 2022 11 a.m. - 11 p.m. at Basilica Hudson | 110 South Front St., Hudson, NY FEATURING: Deep Listening workshop with Sarah Van Buren 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. | TICKETED Sound installations by Arone Dyer & Kamau Amu Patton 1:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. | FREE Performances by Samer Ghadry, Madeline Darby, Kamau Amu Patton & Hellish Cashstrap 7 p.m. - 11 p.m. | TICKETED

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Area Premiere GardenFit Crandell Theatre Presents Area Premiere GardenFit, Sunday, March 27, 1:00-3:30 p.m., Admission is free for Crandell Theatre Members DISCOVER MEMBERSHIP OPTIONS AND BECOME A MEMBER TODAY General Public: $10, TICKETS / SEATING RESERVATIONS With the gardening season just around the corner, Crandell Theatre presents the area premiere of GardenFit, a new 13-episode public television series highlighting different garden styles and techniques, while providing advice and solutions for gardeners’ aches and pains. Columbia County residents, creators, and co-hosts of GardenFit, Expert Gardener Madeline Hooper and Fitness Trainer Jeff Hughes will introduce two 30-minutes episodes and conduct a Q&A. In GardenFit, co-hosts Hooper and Hughes visit more than a dozen stunning private

GardenFit, Expert Gardener Madeline Hooper and Fitness Trainer Jeff Hughes

gardens and specialty farms across America, learning about each unique environment and its knowledgeable owner. Every show starts with a tour of the property, highlighting the distinctive gardening style while discussing insights, tips and techniques before discussing the owner’s physical aches and pains. “We’re not teaching people how to garden, “ says co-host

Hooper, “We’re starting a GardenFit movement that integrates gardening with fitness techniques to prevent aches and pains.” Read more and view trailer here. GardenFit is coordinated with the Crandell’s new annual membership program that maintains the $8 box office ticket price for Crandell members and hosts members’ events focused upon film

throughout the year. Membership in the Crandell supports one of the few remaining big screen, not-for-profit community movie theaters in the United States and FilmColumbia as well as other film programs. Joining our Membership program increases the diversity of programming like GardenFit, Attica: Then and Now, Farm Film Festival, and more. With a Crandell membership you directly support Main Street Chatham and maintain a vibrant film cultural center for our community. Join today online or at the box office before the program to attend GardenFit and more for free. For more information, visit our website. MEMBERSHIP All attendees must show proof of vaccination and wear masks. Seating is limited, please reserve your ticket in advance.

Upstage Productions, Inc. Announcing our

2022 Spring Production of ‘Steel Magnolias’ LEEDS — Upstage Productions, Inc. has announced they will be producing a Spring dinner/ brunch production of Steel Magnolias May 6 - 8, 2022 at Anthony’s Banquet Hall in Leeds, NY, just in time for Mother’s Day! This well-known comedy-drama that has played all around the world, was created into an award winning film which inspired a TV series incited by these beloved characters. Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling is based on the real life story of his sister and their experiences growing up in a small Louisiana town. Set at Truvy’s beauty shop where anyone who is anybody gets their hair done, we meet a colorful group of women who are all sass, a little brass and filled with love. Through clouds of hairspray and over the buzz of blow dryers, six southern spitfires gather each week to gossip, commiserate and support each other through thick and

thin. But those bonds of friendship and family are tested when the ladies face a life-changing event. Infused with heart and humor, Steel Magnolias is a hilarious story of love, loss, and enduring friendships. As the title suggests, these women are as delicate as magnolias but tough as steel. The cast includes many Upstage alumni: Christine Abitabile as Clairee, Cathy Lee-Visscher as Truvy, Eileen Maloy as Ouiser, Nicole Molinski as Shelby, Michele Pierro as M’Lynn and Candace

Wood as Annelle. Production direction is by Daniel Gregory. Performances are Friday May 6, 2022 @ 7:30 p.m., Saturday May 7, 2022 @ 7:30 p.m. and Sunday May 8, 2022 @ 3 p.m. at Anthony’s Banquet Hall in Leeds NY. In addition to the performances, a dinner/brunch will be served buffet style with a cash bar available at an additional cost. Dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. on Friday & Saturday and brunch will be served at 1 p.m. on Sunday. Dinner/brunch & show ticket prices are $50 and advance reservations are required; dinner/brunch show tickets must be purchased prior to April 28, 2022. Show only tickets may also be purchased for $20. Visit Upstage Productions’ website at www.upstageproductions.org or call 518821-4449 for more information.

CALENDAR LISTINGS MARCH 26 THIS AND THAT FOOD TRUCK Saturday, March 26, noon - 6 p.m. This & That Food Truck is back with their classic offerings and vegan menu such as grilled artichoke, cauliflower wings, empanadas, falafel, quesadillas, and more! (V + GF options) Saturday, March 26, noon - 6 p.m., https://www.facebook.com/ events/325861516113871 Cooper’s Daughter Spirits at Olde York, 284 State Rouite 23, Claverack, 845-480-1237 WOMEN’S HISTORY STORY HOUR Saturday, March 26, 2 p.m. FREE March is Women’s History Month! As the snow melts and the early spring flowers bloom, we reflect on women’s achievements. Join us for a story hour celebrating powerful, innovative, and brave women throughout history! All adults must be accompanied by a child and all children must be accompanied by an adult. Space is extremely limited. All adults must be accompanied by a child. This program will be hosted in our visitor center, masks are encouraged. There is no charge to attend the program, but visitors must register in advance. Saturday, March 26, 2 p.m., https:// www.friendsofclermont.org/eventdetails/womens-history-story-hour Clermont State Historic Site, 1 Clermont Avenue, Germantown, 518-537-4240 LIVE MUSIC & WINE Saturday, March 26, 3 p.m. Come on out and enjoy some wine and Live Music with Joe Finn Saturday, March 26, 3:00 pm, https://www.sabbavineyard.com/ Sabba Vineyard, 383 Pitts Road, Old Chatham, 518-766-3755 “FUN HOME” Saturday, March 26, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. $12 – $28 Winner of the 2015 Tony Award for Best Musical and adapted from the graphic memoir by Alison Bechdel. This groundbreaking play reveals memories of Bechdel’s dysfunctional family, as she tries to unlock the mysteries of her father’s past, while discovering her own sexuality. A refreshingly honest, wholly original musical about seeing your parents through grown-up eyes. Written by Lisa Kron, Jeanine Tresori and Alison Bechdel; Directed by Michael McDermott and Michael C. Mensching; Musical Direction by Joanne Mensching Saturday, March 26, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m., https://www.ghentplayhouse. org/fun-home The Ghent Playhouse, 6 Town Hall Place, Ghent, 800-838-3006

MARCH 27 MAPLE WEEKEND Sunday, March 27, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Come join us for Maple Weekend and learn how maple syrup is crafted! During this family friendly event, you will take a short walking tour, see how sweet sap is made into high-quality syrup and enjoy complimentary samples of our delicious products. Sunday, March 27, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., https://www.facebook.com/ events/4754470114682415 Maple Leaf Sugaring, 93 Dupier Road, Ghent, 518-929-0484 THIS AND THAT FOOD TRUCK Sunday, March 27, noon - 6 p.m. This & That Food Truck is back with

their classic offerings and vegan menu such as grilled artichoke, cauliflower wings, empanadas, falafel, quesadillas, and more! (V + GF options) Sunday, March 27, noon - 6 p.m., https://www.facebook.com/ events/325861512780538 Cooper’s Daughter Spirits at Olde York, 284 State Rouite 23, Claverack, 845-480-1237 “FUN HOME” Sunday, March 27, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. $12 – $28 Winner of the 2015 Tony Award for Best Musical and adapted from the graphic memoir by Alison Bechdel. This groundbreaking play reveals memories of Bechdel’s dysfunctional family, as she tries to unlock the mysteries of her father’s past, while discovering her own sexuality. A refreshingly honest, wholly original musical about seeing your parents through grown-up eyes. Written by Lisa Kron, Jeanine Tresori and Alison Bechdel; Directed by Michael McDermott and Michael C. Mensching; Musical Direction by Joanne Mensching Sunday, March 27, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m., https://www.ghentplayhouse.org/ fun-home The Ghent Playhouse, 6 Town Hall Place, Ghent, 800-838-3006 SUNDAY SESSIONS: MUSIC BY GREASE TRAP Sunday, March 27, 2 p.m. - 5 p.m. Grease Trap Music is bringing their American heartland, Jazz, Blues, Country, Nola, Rock, Grease to the barn! Grease Trap Music combines the awesome musical talent of Greg McMullen (Pedal Steel, Guitar, Vocals), Luke Schwartz (Guitar, Vocals), Ben Kraus (Bass), and Rob Draghi (Drums). Join us for some cool beats and brews! Barn doors open at noon Music from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. No cover Sunday, March 27, 2 p.m. - 5 p.m., https://www.facebook.com/ events/987194708874240 Vosburgh Brewing Company, 1065 County Route 19, Elizaville, 518-5377652 LIVE MUSIC & WINE Sunday, March 27, 3 p.m. Come on out and enjoy some wine and Live Music with Amy Ryan Sunday, March 27, 3 p.m., https:// www.sabbavineyard.com/ Sabba Vineyard, 383 Pitts Road, Old Chatham, 518-766-3755 MOVIE WITH LIVE MUSIC: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Sunday, March 27, 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. $10 – $15 Jean Cocteau’s sublime adaptation of Mme Leprince de Beaumont’s fairytale masterpiece is a landmark of motion picture fantasy that still beguiles and enchants seventy years after its release. To celebrate Beauty and The Beast’s anniversary, Janus Films is proud to present this classic in a new 4K restoration. In French with English subtitles. Live music performed by: Zach Layton is a guitarist, composer, curator, teacher, and visual artist based in New York. He has an extensive background in orchestral composition and experimental music and has performed at TSL with Bobby Previte. Sunday, March 27, 6 p.m. - 8 p.m., $10 – $15, https://timeandspace. org/calendar/movie-with-livemusic-beauty-and-the-beast/ Time & Space Limited, 434 Columbia Street, Hudson, 518-822-8100

Review in Brooklyn Rail + Ellen Sinopoli Rescheduled to April 1 The Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company Performance has been RESCHEDULED. NEW DATE FRI, April 1, 7pm Tickets $24 Tickets Are Still Available! Buy Tickets: https://secure.touchnet.net/C20368_ ustores/web/store_cat. jsp?STOREID=2&CATID=4 NOTE TO CURRENT TICKET HOLDERS If you already purchased tickets, your tickets will automatically roll over to this new date. No need to contact the gallery. If you have tickets but are unable to come on April 1st, please email the gallery at opalka@sage.edu and let us know if you would like: a) a REFUND on the same credit card you used to

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Albany Film Festival spotlight:

Karen Allen ALBANY — Award-winning actor, theatrical director, and writer Karen Allen (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Animal House, Starman, The Glass Menagerie, The Perfect Storm) will attend a screening and discussion of her short film “A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud.” at our 2nd Annual Albany Film Festival. Based on Carson McCullers’ short story of the same name, first published in 1942 and collected in The Ballad of the Sad Café, Allen’s film highlights the bookish theme of our film festival. “I read McCullers’ story when I was in my early 20s and it took a hold of me and hasn’t let go since,” Allen said in an interview with the Denton Record-Chronicle (TX). “I stayed very close and true to the story Carson McCullers wrote, as I wanted to illuminate in the film the characters she has so beautifully drawn in the pages of this story,” she said. “I’m thrilled to be bringing this incredibly sensitive and

original story to audiences all over the world.” 2nd Annual Albany Film Festival Saturday, April 2 University at Albany www.albanyfilmfestival. org Karen Allen at the Albany Film Festival on Saturday, April 2, 2022, at the University at Albany Read more about Karen Allen: https://www.nyswritersinstitute.org/post/albany-film-festival-spotlightkaren-allen

Producers Brian Long and Diane Pearlman, Director Karen Allen and Production Designer Kristi Zea on the 1947 diner set of “A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud.”

The Stissing Center Presents THE VILLAGE CIDIOT Sunday, March 27th HILSDALE — THE VILLAGE CIDIOT, a comedic solo show about a city dweller trying to adapt to rural living, will be presented by The Stissing Center and Oblong Books on Sunday, March 27, at 3PM as part of the Local Produce Reader’s Series. Tickets are $5 and available at www.thestissingcenter.org. THE VILLAGE CIDIOT is the ultimate fish-out-of-water story. After losing her job and her youngest brother to cancer, a New York City woman moves from Manhattan to the Hudson Valley and finds that all the things she had worked so hard to acquire — from her

professional reputation to her urban identity -- are useless. Creating meaning in a life she never planned for is the basis

for this hilarious and heartwarming story. THE VILLAGE CIDIOT is written and performed by

Lauren Letellier, Hillsdale Co-Town Historian (with husband Chris Atkins), whose blog “Historians of Hillsdale” has become a popular read for longtime Hillsdale residents and newcomers alike. The Stissing Center requires all attendees (aged 5 and older), staff, crew and volunteers to present proof of vaccination for all in-person events. Mask wearing is now optional. Children under the age of 5 must be masked. Proof of vaccination includes the CDC vaccination card, a photo/copy of the CDC vaccination card, or New York State’s Excelsior or Excelsior Plus Pass.

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Emerge and See

April 9 - 11 a.m.-5 p.m. - Season 18!

Crandell Theatre requires filmgoers, including children over the age of 12, to show proof of full vaccination along with a valid I.D. (can be a school I.D.) for all screenings and events. Ticket purchase includes seat selection which automatically buffers each patron or party to provide social distancing. Masks are required indoors except when seated. This week, the Crandell Theatre presents an exciting variety of award-winning and nominated films. First up is The Automat, a wonderfully nostalgic documentary about Horn & Hardart. Next up is Dog, a buddy comedy that will endear audiences while shining light on the ways trauma informs our lives. In case you missed it, we’re bringing Licorice Pizza back to the big screen, which is nominated for three Oscars including Best Picture and Best Director. On Sunday, we present the Area Premiere of GardenFit, a community event that is free for Crandell Theatre Members. Discover our membership options on our website. To end your weekend on a musical note, join us for Anything Goes The Musical. Now available at the Crandell Theatre - popcorn! Enjoy fresh popcorn, candy, and soft drinks while watching a film on the big screen. March 24-27 showtimes are listed below. MARCH / APRIL CALENDAR

The Automat

THE AUTOMAT Thursday, March 24, 7 pm Saturday, March 26, 4 pm 79 minutes Documentary Featuring an original new song written and performed by Mel Brooks, The Automat tells the 100-year story of the iconic restaurant chain Horn & Hardart, the inspiration for Starbucks, where generations of Americans ate and drank coffee together at communal tables. From the perspective of former customers such as entertainer Mel Brooks, Starbucks founder Howard Schultz, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Secretary of State Colin Powell, the Horns, the Hardarts, and key employees – we watch a business climb to its peak success and then grapple with fast food in a forever changed America.

Dog

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DOG Friday, March 25, 4 pm Saturday, March 26, 1 pm Rated PG-13 | 101 minutes Comedy A buddy comedy in which two former Army Rangers are paired against their will on the road trip of a lifetime. Army Ranger Briggs (Channing Tatum) and Lulu (a Belgian Malinois dog) buckle into a 1984 Ford Bronco and race down the Pacific Coast in hopes of making it to a fellow soldier’s funeral on time. Along the way, they’ll drive each other completely crazy, break a small handful of laws, narrowly evade death, and learn to let down their guards in order to have a fighting chance of finding happiness.

Licorice Pizza

LICORICE PIZZA Friday, March 25, 7 pm Saturday, March 26, 7 pm Rated R | 133 minutes Comedy, Drama, Romance Nominated for three Oscars including Best Picture and Best Director! The story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around and falling in love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973. Written and Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, the film tracks the treacherous navigation of first love. This coming-of-age comedy-drama stars Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn, Tom Waits, Bradley Cooper, and Benny Safdie.

Anything Goes

ANYTHING GOES THE MUSICAL Sunday, March 27, 4 pm 159 minutes Musical, Comedy Filmed live at the Barbican in London, this major new 5-star production of the classic musical comedy features an all-star cast. When the S.S. American heads out to sea, etiquette and convention head out the portholes as two unlikely pairs set off on the course to true love – proving that sometimes destiny needs a little help from a crew of singing sailors, a comical disguise and some good oldfashioned blackmail. This hilarious musical romp across the Atlantic, directed by the multi-award-winning Broadway director and choreographer Kathleen Marshall, features Cole Porter’s joyful score, including “I Get A Kick Out of You”, “You’re the Top” and the show stopping “Anything Goes.

Garden Fit

Crandell Theatre Presents Area Premiere GardenFit Sunday, March 27, 1 - 3:30 p.m. Admission is free for Crandell Theatre Members DISCOVER MEMBERSHIP OPTIONS AND BECOME A MEMBER TODAY General Public: $10 TICKETS / SEATING RESERVATIONS With the gardening season just around the corner, Crandell Theatre presents the area premiere of GardenFit, a new 13-episode public television series highlighting different garden styles and techniques, while providing advice and solutions for gardeners’ aches and pains. Columbia County residents, creators, and co-hosts of GardenFit, Expert Gardener Madeline Hooper and Fitness Trainer Jeff Hughes will introduce two 30-minutes episodes and conduct a Q&A. Join today online or at the box office before the program to attend GardenFit and more for free. For more information, visit our website.

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Chiefs’ trade of Tyreek Hill was right move both on field and off SEAN M. HAFFEY/GETTY IMAGES

Aaron Judge (99) of the New York Yankees runs to first base after hitting an RBI single during the fifth inning of a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on August 30 in Anaheim, California.

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Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill fights for yardage in the first quarter while in the grasp of a Buffalo Bills defender on Oct. 10 at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs moved on from an exhilarating player with a generational attribute — a trade more attractive than its immediate reception would indicate — but they also just so happened to move on from their most

confounding story. One cannot be mentioned without the other, which, in itself, is the confounding part of Tyreek Hill. Sift through the confusion of the Chiefs trading Hill to Miami on Wednesday, and there’s a lot to like — from two perspectives. The business.

And the morality. Even if the latter comes by accident. There’s long been something uncomfortable about the opportune separation of the two, from the moment Hill arrived in Kansas City in 2016, only two years See CHIEFS B3

New York City to alter vaccine mandate, clearing way for Nets’ Irving Ben Golliver The Washington Post

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New York Mayor Eric Adams plans to unveil changes to the city’s coronavirus health guidelines that will exempt unvaccinated athletes and other performers from a local private sector vaccine mandate, according to people with knowledge of the situation. The new rules are expected to restore full eligibility for unvaccinated Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving and allow any unvaccinated members of the New York Yankees and Mets to appear in home games when Major League Baseball opens its season April 7. Politico first reported Adams’ plan, which is expected to be formally announced Thursday. The city’s private-sector mandate, which was put into place in late

Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving (11) drives to the basket as Memphis Grizzlies guard Tyus Jones (21) defends during the first half at FedExForum on Wednesday.

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McGinley Square Pub owner Angelo Hatzipetrou peeks out the door next to the banner he ordered for the Jersey City, N.J. business.

Where Yankees, Aaron Judge stand with arbitration and extension Kristie Ackert New York Daily News

TAMPA, Fla. — Aaron Judge was disappointed, but not surprised that he could not come to an agreement on a deal to avoid arbitration on Tuesday. The Yankees slugger is still hopeful that something -- a one-year deal or a contract extension -can be worked out in the next 14 days, before his deadline of opening day. “I think both sides want to avoid getting to that situation and having to go in that room and kind of fight each other a little bit and bring out the boxing gloves,” Judge said, “but I’m prepared for it.” Judge, who made $10.17 million last year, filed for $21 million. The Yankees countered at $17 million. The slugger, who will turn 30 next month, said that began some conversations between the Yankees and his agent Page Odle. Arbitration, where the team argues that a player is worth less than he believes, can get ugly and the last time a Yankee ended up there it did.

Dellin Betances was vocally unhappy when the Yankees belittled his contributions and it became a big story. Judge was in the spring training clubhouse, a friend of Betances’ and knows how this can change a relationship between player and team. “I’m optimistic, but it’s a short window, you know what I am saying,” Judge said Wednesday afternoon before the Yankees’ spring training game against the Orioles at George M. Steinbrenner Field. “We’ll see what happens. ... I kind of want to get this arbitration stuff over with and see if we can settle on something there. “But if not, you know, head to the courts and see what happens.” Managing partner Hal Steinbrenner and GM Brian Cashman have said publicly they would like Judge to remain a Yankee and that they expect those talks to begin soon. “I think both sides do want to come to an agreement so I think we’re both not really too happy not being able to settle on See YANKEES B6

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Kristyn Stukel looks at the empty shelves inside The Nest, a merchandise store under construction inside the student center at Saint Peter’s in Jersey City, N.J.

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Saint Peter’s President Eugene Cornacchia says of his school’s expanding profile, “They’re hearing about us. It is priceless advertising for us.”

The miracle of Saint Peter’s: How Jersey City produced the most unlikely Sweet 16 team Adam Kilgore The Washington Post

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — The banner arrived on special order Tuesday afternoon, in time for Beat The Clock Night at McGinley Square Pub, during which drafts cost $1 at 8 p.m. and increase in price one dollar every hour, an offer innumerable students

down the block at Saint Peter’s University would not dare pass up. Angelo Hatzipetrou, the bar owner, draped the banner over the front windows. It read LET’S GO PEACOCKS in bold royal blue underneath an italicized phrase Hatzipetrou thought had a nice ring to it: Miracle on Montgomery St.

“I like it!” a man in a Saint Peter’s security uniform said while walking past on the sidewalk as Hatzipetrou gazed up at the banner. “I’m on very little sleep right now,” Hatzipetrou said. “This is a historic moment for the state, for the city, for the neighborhood.” A tiny Jesuit commuter school

squeezed into a few blocks of a hardscrabble New York City suburb, Saint Peter’s last weekend became the most improbable Sweet 16 team in NCAA men’s basketball tournament history. It upset No. 2 seed Kentucky and No. 7 Murray State, earning the 15th-seeded Peacocks a 90-mile trip down the New Jersey Turnpike

to Philadelphia, where Friday night they will face No. 3 seed Purdue. In the opening rounds, America discovered senior forward KC Ndefo’s defensive menace, Coach Shaheen Holloway’s unmistakable Queens swagger and junior See TEAM B3

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College basketball NCAA MEN’S TOURNAMENT EAST REGIONAL At Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia Regional Semifinals Friday Purdue vs. St. Peter’s, 7:09 p.m. UCLA vs. North Carolina, 9:39 p.m. Regional Championship Sunday UCLA-N. Carolina winner vs. Purdue-St. Peter’s winner, TBA SOUTH REGIONAL At AT&T Center San Antonio Regional Semifinals Today Villanova vs. Michigan, 7:29 p.m. Arizona vs. Houston, 9:59 p.m. Regional Championship Saturday Arizona-Houston winner vs. Villanova-Michigan winner, TBA MIDWEST REGIONAL At United Center Chicago Regional Semifinals Friday Kansas vs. Providence, 7:29 p.m. Miami vs. Iowa St., 9:59 p.m. Regional Championship Sunday Kansas-Providence winner vs. Miami-Iowa St. winner, TBA WEST REGIONAL At Chase Center San Francisco Regional Semifinals Today Gonzaga vs. Arkansas, 7:09 p.m. Duke vs. Texas Tech, 9:39 p.m. Regional Championship Saturday Gonzaga-Arkansas winner vs. Duke-Texas Tech winner, TBA

MEN’S NIT Quarterfinals Tuesday St. Bonaventure 52, Virginia 51 Xavier 75, Vanderbilt 73 Wednesday Texas A&M 67, Wake Forest 52 Washington State 77, BYU 58 Semifinals at Madison Square Garden Tuesday, March 29 (2) Xavier vs. St. Bonaventure, TBD (1) Texas A&M vs. (4) Washington State, TBD Championship at Madison Square Garden Tuesday, March 31 Semifinal winners

NCAA WOMEN’S TOURNAMENT GREENSBORO REGIONAL At Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, N.C. Regional Semifinals Friday South Carolina vs. North Carolina, 7 p.m. Iowa St. vs. Creighton, 9:30 p.m. Regional Championship Sunday, March 27 South Carolina-North Carolina winner vs. Iowa St.-Creighton winner, TBA WICHITA REGIONAL At Intrust Bank Arena Wichita, Kan. Regional Semifinals Saturday Louisville vs. Tennessee, 4 p.m. Michigan vs. South Dakota, 6:30 p.m. Regional Championship Monday Louisville-Tennessee winner vs. MichiganSouth Dakota winner, TBA SPOKANE REGIONAL At Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena Spokane, Wash. Regional Semifinals Friday Texas vs. Ohio St., 7 p.m. Stanford vs. Maryland, 9:30 p.m. Regional Championship Sunday, March 27 Stanford-Maryland winner vs. Texas-Ohio St. winner, TBA BRIDGEPORT REGIONAL At Total Mortgage Arena Bridgeport, Conn. Regional Semifinals Saturday NC State vs. Notre Dame, 11:30 a.m. UConn vs. Indiana, 2 p.m. Regional Championship Monday, March 28 NC State-Notre Dame winner vs. UConn-Indiana winner, TBA

Pro basketball NBA Eastern Conference Atlantic W L Pct Boston 46 28 .622 Philadelphia 44 27 .620 Toronto 40 32 .556 Brooklyn 38 35 .521 New York 31 42 .425 Central W L Pct Milwaukee 45 27 .625 Chicago 42 30 .583 Cleveland 41 31 .569 Indiana 25 48 .342 Detroit 20 53 .274 Southeast W L Pct Miami 47 26 .644 Charlotte 37 36 .507 Atlanta 36 37 .493 Washington 30 41 .423 Orlando 20 54 .270 Western Conference Northwest W L Pct Utah 45 28 .616 Denver 43 30 .589 Minnesota 42 32 .568 Portland 27 44 .380 Oklahoma City 21 52 .288 Pacific W L Pct Phoenix 59 14 .808 Golden State 48 25 .658 L.A. Clippers 36 38 .486 L.A. Lakers 31 41 .431 Sacramento 26 48 .351 Southwest W L Pct Memphis 50 23 .685 Dallas 45 28 .616 New Orleans 30 42 .417 San Antonio 28 44 .389 Houston 18 55 .247 Wednesday’s games New York 121, Charlotte 106 Detroit 122, Atlanta 101 Sacramento 110, Indiana 109 Boston 125, Utah 97 Golden State 118, Miami 104 Memphis 132, Brooklyn 120 Phoenix 125, Minnesota 116 Oklahoma City 118, Orlando 102 Dallas 110, Houston 91 Philadelphia at L.A. Lakers, 10 p.m. San Antonio at Portland, 10 p.m Thursday’s games Cleveland at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Indiana at Memphis, 8 p.m. Washington at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. Chicago at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Phoenix at Denver, 9 p.m. Friday’s games Utah at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Washington at Detroit, 7 p.m. Golden State at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. New York at Miami, 8 p.m. Dallas at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Houston at Portland, 10 p.m. Philadelphia at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

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Pro hockey NHL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OT SO Pts Florida 62 42 14 2 4 90 Toronto 63 40 18 4 1 85 Tampa Bay 62 39 17 2 4 84 Boston 63 39 19 3 2 83 Detroit 63 26 30 5 2 59 Buffalo 64 23 33 7 1 54 Ottawa 63 22 36 4 1 49

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63 17 36 9 1 44 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT SO Pts Carolina 63 42 15 5 1 90 Pittsburgh 65 39 16 4 6 88 NY Rangers 64 40 19 3 2 85 Washington 65 35 20 8 2 80 Columbus 64 32 29 1 2 67 NY Islanders 61 27 25 3 6 63 Philadelphia 63 20 32 7 4 51 New Jersey 64 23 36 1 4 51 Western Conference Central Division GP W L OT SO Pts Colorado 63 45 13 4 1 95 St. Louis 62 35 18 6 3 79 Minnesota 61 37 20 0 4 78 Nashville 64 37 23 2 2 78 Dallas 62 35 24 1 2 73 Winnipeg 64 30 24 6 4 70 Chicago 63 22 32 7 2 53 Arizona 63 20 39 0 4 44 Pacific Division GP W L OT SO Pts Calgary 63 38 17 8 0 84 Los Angeles 65 35 22 6 2 78 Edmonton 64 35 24 5 0 75 Vegas 66 34 28 3 1 72 Vancouver 64 30 26 5 3 68 Anaheim 65 27 27 6 5 65 San Jose 63 28 27 6 2 64 Seattle 64 20 38 5 1 46 Tuesday’s games New Jersey 7, NY Rangers 4 Pittsburgh 5, Columbus 1 St. Louis 5, Washington 2 Carolina 3, Tampa Bay 2 Detroit 6, Philadelphia 3 NY Islanders 3, Ottawa 0 Winnipeg 4, Vegas 0 Dallas 5, Edmonton 3 San Jose 4, Calgary 3 Seattle 4, Arizona 2 Los Angeles 6, Nashville 1 Wednesday’s games Toronto 3, New Jersey 2 Buffalo 3, Pittsburgh 2, SO Vancouver at Colorado, 9:30 p.m. Chicago at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Thursday’s games Tampa Bay at Boston, 7 p.m. Florida at Montreal, 7 p.m. Dallas at Carolina, 7 p.m. Detroit at NY Islanders, 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Vancouver at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Ottawa at Winnipeg, 8 p.m. San Jose at Edmonton, 9 p.m. Nashville at Vegas, 10 p.m. Chicago at Los Angeles, 10 p.m. Friday’s games Washington at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at NY Rangers, 7 p.m. Columbus at Winnipeg, 8 p.m. Philadelphia at Colorado, 9 p.m. Arizona at Calgary, 9 p.m.

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Tennis MIAMI OPEN presented by Itau At Hard Rock Stadium Miami Surface: Hard (outside) Men Singles First Round Oscar Otte, Germany, def. Mitchell Krueger, United States, 6-3, 6-4. Taro Daniel, Japan, def. Jaume Munar, Spain, 6-3, 6-4. Daniel Elahi Galan, Colombia, def. John Millman, Australia, 6-4, 6-2. Denis Kudla, United States, def. Juncheng Shang, China, 6-7 (3), 7-5, 6-4. Borna Coric, Croatia, def. Fernando Verdasco, Spain, 6-4, 7-5. Mackenzie McDonald, United States, def. Dominik Koepfer, Germany, 6-7 (8), 6-4, 6-4. Jack Draper, England, def. Gilles Simon, France, 7-5, 6-1. Hugo Gaston, France, def. Emilio Nava, United States, 6-2, 6-1. Henri Laaksonen, Switzerland, def. Benoit Paire, France, 7-6 (8), 1-6, 6-4. Juan Manuel Cerundolo, Argentina, def. Dusan Lajovic, Serbia, 6-3, 7-5. Brandon Nakashima, United States, def. Soonwoo Kwon, South Korea, 6-1, 7-5. Francisco Cerundolo, Argentina, def. Tallon Griekspoor, Netherlands, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3. Emil Ruusuvuori, Finland, def. Maxime Cressy, United States, 6-3, 6-2. David Goffin, Belgium, def. Roberto Carballes Baena, Spain, 6-2, 6-3. Women Singles First Round Lauren Davis, United States, def. Yue Yuan, China, 6-4, 6-1. Marie Bouzkova, Czechia, def. Laura Siegemund, Germany, 6-1, 6-2. Anhelina Kalinina, Ukraine, def. Ekaterine Gorgodze, Georgia, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3. Clara Burel, France, def. Magdalena Frech, Poland, 6-3, 7-5. Dalma Galfi, Hungary, def. Kristina Kucova, Slovakia, 6-0, 6-0. Vera Zvonareva, Russia, def. Misaki Doi, Japan, 6-4, 6-1. Lucia Bronzetti, Italy, def. Ajla Tomljanovic, Australia, 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-2. Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Belarus, def. Xinyu Wang, China, 7-6 (6), 6-4. Viktorija Golubic, Switzerland, def. Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. Katerina Siniakova, Czechia, def. Rebecca Marino, Canada, 3-6, 6-2, 6-1. Qiang Wang, China, def. Ashlyn Krueger, United States, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2. Anna Kalinskaya, Russia, def. Robin Montgomery, United States, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4). Madison Brengle, United States, def. Alexandra Eala, Philippines, 6-2, 6-1. Shuai Zhang, China, def. Clara Tauson, Denmark, 6-4, 4-6, 2-1, retired. Sloane Stephens, United States, def. Panna Udvardy, Hungary, 6-4, 6-3. Linda Fruhvirtova, Czechia, def. Danka Kovinic, Montenegro, 6-0, 6-4. Naomi Osaka, Japan, def. Astra Sharma, Australia, 6-3, 6-4. Karolina Muchova, Czechia, def. Tereza Martincova, Czechia, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3). Alison Riske, United States, def. Jil Belen Teichmann, Switzerland, 7-6 (5), 6-3. Irina-Camelia Begu, Romania, def. Hailey Baptiste, United States, 6-7 (6), 6-1, 6-1.

College hockey NCAA MEN’S TOURNAMENT NORTHEAST REGIONAL At Times Union Center Albany First Round Today Michigan St. (35-5-0) vs. Harvard (21-10-3), Noon North Dakota (24-13-1) vs. Notre Dame (27-110), 6 p.m. Championship Saturday Michigan St.-Harvard winner vs. North DakotaNotre Dame winner, 4 p.m. EAST REGIONAL At DCU Center Worcester, Mass. First Round Friday W. Michigan (25-11-1) vs. Northeastern (25-121), Noon Minnesota (24-12-0) vs. UMass (22-12-2), 6 p.m. Championship Sunday W. Michigan-Northeastern winner vs. Minnesota-UMass winner, 4 p.m. MIDWEST REGIONAL At PPL Center Allentown, Pa. First Round Friday Michigan (29-9-1) vs. American International (22-12-3), 3 p.m. Quinnipiac (31-6-3) vs. St. Cloud St. (18-14-4), 8 p.m. Championship Sunday Michigan-American International winner vs. Quinnipiac-St. Cloud St. winner, 6:30 p.m. WEST REGIONAL At Budweiser Events Center Loveland, Colo. First Round Today Minn. Duluth (21-15-4) vs. Michigan Tech (2112-3), 3 p.m. Denver (27-9-1) vs. Mass.-Lowell (21-10-3), 9 p.m. Championship Saturday Denver-Mass.-Lowell winner vs. Minn. DuluthMichigan Tech winner, 6:30 p.m.

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RJ Barrett scored 30 points and the New York Knicks used hot shooting to set the tone en route to a 121-106 victory over the host Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday night. Obi Toppin added 18 points and a gamehigh 11 rebounds, Alec Burks had 17 points and Evan Fournier and Taj Gibson both had 12 points as the Knicks stayed in playoff contention despite playing without standout Julius Randle, who’s nursing a quadriceps injury. Jericho Sims and Immanuel Quickley both had 10 points for the Knicks (31-42), who were 20-for-45 on 3-point attempts with eight players hitting at least one. Barrett scored 30 points for the second game in a row, this time shooting 10-for-19 from the field. LaMelo Ball’s 32 points paced the Hornets (37-36), who had a five-game winning streak snapped. Terry Rozier chipped in with 18 points, Miles Bridges had 15 points and nine assists, and P.J. Washington scored 10 points. The Hornets fell to 3-1 on their fivegame homestand, having previously defeated playoff-contending Atlanta, Dallas and New Orleans. The Knicks finished 15for-17 on free throws while the Hornets were 9-for-17. Ball hit a 3-pointer to close the gap to 9286 late in the third quarter. But the Knicks

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New York Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau reacts during the second half against the Charlotte Hornets at the Spectrum Center on Wednesday.

gained control again before the end of the quarter. The Knicks led 69-56 at halftime, boosted by Barrett’s 15 points. Ball’s 19 points by the break were key for the Hornets, who were 5-for-21 on 3s by that juncture. New York shot 14-for-26 on first-half 3-point attempts. Six Knicks had multiple 3-point

baskets in the half. The Knicks posted a 40-24 lead after the first quarter. Charlotte later cut into a 20-point hole with a 12-5 stretch in the last 2 1/2 minutes of the half. Charlotte won the first two meetings with the Knicks this season.

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Desmond Bane and De’Anthony Melton scored 23 points apiece for the host Memphis Grizzlies, who blew an 18-point lead before executing down the stretch in a 132-120 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday. The Nets fell despite getting 43 points from Kyrie Irving and 35 from Kevin Durant, and despite Memphis playing without Ja Morant, who sat out a second straight game due to a sore right knee. The Grizzlies reached 50 wins for the fifth time in franchise history and improved to 15-2 in games Morant has missed this season. Bane and Melton each hit six 3-pointers as the Grizzlies went 19 of 38 from long distance. Bane made three of his treys during the decisive 182 run that turned a 107-105 deficit into a 123-109 lead with 5:20 left. Celtics 125, Jazz 97 Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown each scored 26 points to lead Boston to a win over visiting Utah. The Celtics led by as many as 32 points on the way to their fifth consecutive win, and they snapped a four-game losing streak against the Jazz. Robert Williams III added 12 points and 10 rebounds to lead four other Celtics in double figures. Marcus Smart fired off nine of his career-high 13 assists in the first quarter. Donovan Mitchell had 37 points to lead the Jazz, who have lost back-to-back games after a three-game winning streak. 76ers 126, Lakers 121 Joel Embiid scored a gamehigh 30 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, James Harden added 24 points and visiting Philadelphia escaped a test from Los Angeles, which played without LeBron James. James was a late scratch due to left knee soreness, but Dwight Howard helped pick up the slack in his absence. Howard scored 24 points – his most in a game since November 2018 – and matched Russell Westbrook for the top mark on the team. Tyrese Maxey and Tobias Harris added 21 and 20 points, respectively, for the 76ers, who won for the fourth time in five games. Maxey also dished seven assists and grabbed five rebounds Spurs 133, Trail Blazers 96 Dejounte Murray recorded 28 points, seven assists and six rebounds to help visiting San Antonio steamroll Portland. Keldon Johnson made five 3-pointers while scoring 26 points as the Spurs won for

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Memphis Grizzlies guard De’Anthony Melton (0) shoots for three as Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving (11) defends during the first half at FedExForum on Wednesday.

the third time in the past four games. Jakob Poeltl blocked a career-best six shots while also contributing 16 points and nine rebounds for San Antonio. Devin Vassell also scored 16 points and Josh Richardson added 15 as the Spurs, whose largest lead was 43 points. Ben McLemore had 23 points and Drew Eubanks scored 20 for the Trail Blazers. Suns 125, Timberwolves 116 Deandre Ayton dominated his matchup with Karl-Anthony Towns with a career-high 35 points and 14 rebounds, helping visiting Phoenix outlast Minnesota. Devin Booker saved 11 of his 28 points for the final 4:36 as the Suns rallied from as much as a 15-point deficit to earn their sixth straight win and their 18th victory in their past 22 games. Anthony Edwards paced the Timberwolves with 19 points on a night when Towns was held to 15 points and 11 rebounds. Jarred Vanderbilt contributed 12 points and a team-high 12 rebounds for Minnesota. Pistons 122, Hawks 101 Jerami Grant had 21 points, eight rebounds and four assists and host Detroit scored 23 unanswered points in the third quarter while rolling to a win over Atlanta. Cade Cunningham supplied 17 points, eight assists and six rebounds for the Pistons, who had eight players score in double figures. Kelly Olynyk tossed in 16 points, Killian Hayes contributed 13 points, eight rebounds and five assists

and Marvin Bagley III added 13 points and six rebounds. Trae Young had 21 points and nine assists to lead the Hawks. DeAndre Hunter scored 15 points and Bogdan Bogdanovic added 13 points. Thunder 118, Magic 102 Theo Maledon scored 17 of his season-high 25 points in the fourth quarter as Oklahoma City beat visiting Orlando to snap a 10-game overall losing streak and an 11-game home losing streak. Tre Mann and Isaiah Roby added 21 points each for the Thunder. Oklahoma City’s Vit Krejci tied a career high with 12 points and set a personal best with 11 rebounds for his first career double-double. Chuma Okeke scored 19 points while Cole Anthony added 17 for the Magic, whose two-game winning streak ended. Kings 110, Pacers 109 Damian Jones tipped in a Trey Lyles miss with twotenths of a second remaining, allowing Sacramento to overtake Indiana for a win in Indianapolis. Jones’ heroics came after former Sacramento standout Buddy Hield, traded to Indiana last month, fumbled the ball out of bounds with 14 seconds left and the Pacers holding a one-point lead. Lyles could do no better than to get off a 25-footer, but the ball ended up in friendly hands and Jones converted the winning shot. Davion Mitchell scored 25 points for the Kings. Hield put up 25 points for the Pacers, and Indiana’s Goga Bitadze added 20 points.

Mavericks 110, Rockets 91 Jalen Brunson scored 16 of his game-high 28 points in the third quarter and Dallas, playing without Luka Doncic (ankle), completed a season sweep of visiting Houston. Spencer Dinwiddie, starting in the place of Doncic, added 26 points – 19 in the first half. Dorian Finney-Smith added 14 points, five rebounds and three steals for the Mavericks, while Dwight Powell chipped in 13 points and seven boards. Rookie Alperen Sengun recorded 14 points and 11 rebounds off the Houston bench while Christian Wood followed a career-best 39-point performance Monday against Washington with 12 points and 10 boards. Warriors 118, Heat 104 Jordan Poole scored 30 points and dished nine assists as short-handed Golden State handed host Miami its second straight loss. Damion Lee, Andrew Wiggins and Jonathan Kuminga each scored 22 points for the Warriors, who ended a threegame losing streak. Golden State rested Draymond Green, Klay Thompson and Otis Porter Jr. and was also without star guard Stephen Curry (left foot). Kyle Lowry led the Heat with 26 points and nine assists. Bam Adebayo added 25 points and nine rebounds, and Jimmy Butler scored 20 points.

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sharpshooter Doug Edert’s scraggily glorious mustache. The campus has basked this week as the country started to learn more about the school. “For a lot of students who are at Saint Peter’s, they love the experience, the education,” Saint Peter’s President Eugene Cornacchia said in an interview. “But I think a part of them always thought, ‘I wish we were better known.’ Well, now everybody knows who we are.” The school website crashed Thursday night as Saint Peter’s played Kentucky. When tickets for the round of 16 went on sale Saturday, that site crashed, too, and the school’s allotment still sold out in 41 minutes. Saint Peter’s sold $40,000 in merchandise out of the bookstore, where the shelves empty soon after they fill. Online apparel orders have come from every corner of the country. “Including from Kentucky,” Cornacchia said. “Which I think is a blast.” On Tuesday afternoon, the entire team walked behind a podium packed with microphones, placed arms around one another and faced a bank of television cameras from every station in New York City plus ESPN. Cars honked as they passed players on the street, and professors asked players to pose for photos before class. Cornacchia bruised his right ring finger from clapping so much during the Kentucky game, and it took two days for the swelling and purplish hue to recede. When Ndefo walked into his Latin American studies class, his teacher revealed that as the seconds ticked down during their victory, he cried. Maybe some people here can’t sleep, but others are trying not to wake up. “It really didn’t hit me yet,” Holloway said. “I’m still living in the dream.” The ultimate underdog team comes from the ultimate underdog school. By design, Saint Peter’s attracts and provides aid to students who are the first in their families to attend college. More than 70 percent of the 2,134

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December, has required employees “who perform in-person work or interact with the public” to show proof of vaccination. Adams has gradually rolled back the city’s regulations as coronavirus cases have dropped significantly since the peak of the omicron wave in December and January. Earlier this month, he lifted a vaccine mandate for citizens attending entertainment venues, eating indoors at restaurants and using fitness centers. Adams also

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after he had pleaded guilty to strangulation of his pregnant girlfriend. A fan base conveniently overlooked that past, and an organization knew it found him at a bargain because of it. Twice. In 2019, the Chiefs signed him to a three-year contract extension below market value because Hill had been investigated for alleged child abuse and told the mother of his son, “You need to be terrified of me, too, bitch.” Months later, all forgotten, his name was chanted inside Arrowhead Stadium, an important piece of the eventual Super Bowl puzzle. In the NFL, after all, the statute of limitations shortens each time you reach the end zone. It’s been more difficult to accept his embrace than

undergraduate students are minorities. More than 60 percent live off campus. Saint Peter’s sits deep in the city, hemmed in by a high school, tan-brick apartments and Bergen Avenue, which within one block houses an Egyptian market, a Jamaican fruit stand, a Dominican restaurant, a Mexican cafe, two pizzerias and a pawnshop. Modest rowhouses line Metropolitan Street across from Run Baby Run Arena. “Our basic function is to educate first-generation students, to give them opportunities they otherwise would not have,” Cornacchia said. “And also to instill in students a sense of purpose in serving the community and giving back in society. It’s wonderful to produce CEOs, millionaires, billionaires in this world. If we do that, we want to make sure those students that come from Saint Peter’s have a responsibility to make the world a better place.” Purdue has about 41,000 undergraduate students. Saint Peter’s claims roughly 34,000 living alumni but “a lot more that aren’t living,” Cornacchia said. “We’re here 150 years.” A stream of students, alumni and locals poured into MacMahon Student Center on Tuesday afternoon seeking gear. A security guard at the front door directed them to a Starbucks stand. Kristyn Stukel, a food services employee at Saint Peter’s for the past 15 years, would greet them and walk them toward The Nest, the school’s merchandise shop, and offer a regretful explanation. In both a bit of unfortunate timing and a sign of how unexpected the tournament success has been, The Nest is under construction. In the madness of the past four days, the shelves had been picked clean. All Stukel had left: a few XXL T-shirts, some small and medium polos and a couple of sweatshirts with an academic crest that left potential customers pursing their lips. “They want the fighting Peacock,” Stukel said. “It’s great around here. They finally know who Saint Peter’s is. I have people I work with up the block who didn’t even know it was a college. I’m like, ‘How?’ “ Alexandria Hall, a communications student from Turks and Caicos, walked to

the Starbucks and purchased a light blue Sweet 16 T-shirt from a coming shipment. Stukel scribbled her order on a torn-out piece of notebook paper. Hall had watched both games on large screens at Run Baby Run Arena. “Every single person that I knew on campus was there,” Hall said. It left her thinking it was the best thing that ever happened to Saint Peter’s. “A lot of people don’t even know we exist, to be honest,” Hall said. Dequawn Johnson, a sophomore accounting major from Atlantic City, helped set up staging for the watch parties as part of his on-campus job. He will board one of the two buses taking students to Philadelphia. Like many Saint Peter’s students, Johnson is the first person in his family to attend college. “A lot of people when they ask where our school is, or if they don’t know and they see it, they’ll be like, ‘There’s no way they’ll be able to do what we’re doing now,’ “ Johnson said. “They underestimate us. What I would say is, it doesn’t really matter how you look and all that. It’s not your presentation. It’s the heart that you have. Our basketball team, every game they go into, they fight. That’s why they are where they are right now. “I would say: ‘Just keep overlooking us. We’ll just keep proving you wrong.’ That’s what we do.” A synergistic toughness flows through Jersey City, Saint Peter’s and the Peacocks basketball team. Holloway grew up in the South Jamaica neighborhood of Queens and became one of the greatest New Jersey high school players as an undersized guard at St. Patrick’s. When he arrived at Saint Peter’s in 2018, he said, he realized “you got to understand the school and where’s it at.” He recruited players who reflect their school and its city. “They’re playing with grit and tenacity, which is synonymous with the city,” Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop said in a phone conversation. “We’re in this media market of New York City, and we’re across the river here. It’s very much an immigrant community, a working-class community, a blue-collar community historically. When you think

about that team over there, they’re playing against much bigger programs and punching above their weight. I’d like to think that’s Jersey City’s story for a long time.” Holloway provided a rallying cry for the region after the Peacocks beat Murray State. He was asked at a news conference how his players had overcome the physical mismatch they faced. “I got guys from New Jersey and New York City,” Holloway replied. “You think we’re scared of anything?” At home Sunday night, Marty Judge read a column in the Star-Ledger in which Steve Politi, the voice of New Jersey sports, suggested that someone should put Holloway’s quote on a billboard. “I said, ‘Oh s---, I could do that,’ “ Judge said. Judge owns a billboard company he founded 20 years ago. At 11 p.m. Sunday, he sat down at his laptop and designed a billboard with Holloway’s words. He digitally posted it in time for the Monday morning commute along on Route 4 in Englewood. “I’m a small-business man, and I’m surrounded by big media corporations,” Judge said. “I could relate. I could relate to not being taken seriously.” For years, Saint Peter’s played at Victor R. Yanitelli, SJ, Recreational Life Center, a field house built in 1975 at the cost of $6 million. It felt like a dingy high school gym and made the facilities at Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference foes Quinnipiac and Iona - not exactly powerhouses themselves - look like palaces. Tom MacMahon decided that needed to change. MacMahon averaged 13.1 points off the bench for the 1968 Saint Peter’s team that beat Duke in the NIT, the biggest win in school history until last week. He served as chairman and CEO of medical diagnostic giant LabCorp and became both a trustee and the school’s largest benefactor. The school upped the basketball budget to hire Holloway’s assistant coaches. Saint Peter’s wanted to build new athletic facilities, too, but it also needed a new student center and classroom upgrades. Three years ago, Holloway sat in a meeting with trustees and university officials and made

his pitch to expedite a new arena. “I’ll get the players,” he told the decision-makers. “You just have to get me a better facility.” Holloway identified recruits who fit his personality: tough and overlooked kids from the metro area. He landed Daryl Banks, Edert, twins Fousseyni and Hassan Drame and Matthew Lee, the recruiting class that became the core of the current roster. As MacMahon watched them play, he felt greater urgency to finish the arena, so those players could play in it. When the pandemic emptied campus, it provided a chance to speed construction. The refurbished arena came with a catch: Last season, the renovation left the Peacocks with no facility at all. They played games at John J. Moore Athletics and Fitness Center at New Jersey City University and bused 15 minutes every day to practice, usually at Marist High in Bayonne, a tiny gym with no shot clock. “Try that if you’re Duke or North Carolina or UCLA,” said Bob Hurley, a Saint Peter’s alumnus and legendary retired high school coach at St. Anthony’s in Jersey City. “They went to a vocational high school to practice the whole year. But you know what? That just adds to the folklore.” “It was humbling,” Holloway said. “I don’t want to say nothing bad about the place, because they definitely did us a favor. But where we was practicing, there was no heat in there.” Holloway forbade players from gathering in indoor spaces, and the team still wears masks at practice. During the past week, he has repeated that games are easy for the Peacocks compared with their practices. Hassan Drame sported a bandage over his right eye against Murray State because he had caught a stray elbow from a teammate. “Our practice is like a war,” he said. Friends and fellow administrators keep telling Cornacchia about “the glow,” the effects the basketball team’s starburst will have on the rest of the school. Like many schools, Saint Peter’s has seen its student body shrink during the pandemic. It wants to boost admissions and continue its growth in postgraduate students,

hoping for 2,500 undergraduates and 4,000 total students, with about 50 percent living on campus. A storage facility across the street from McGinley Square Pub is under construction, being turned into a six-story dorm. The school draws students almost exclusively from New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. “But not for long!” Cornacchia said, smiling as he pounded a desk. “They’re hearing about us. It is priceless advertising for us. We couldn’t afford to push ourselves out nationally like that.” The school president at Oral Roberts, which reached the Sweet 16 as a No. 15 seed last year, contacted Cornacchia to offer advice on how to maximize “the glow.” Cornacchia has heard from school presidents he has never met. His thousands of emails and texts include messages from an educator from Italy and a basketball fan in Japan. But the interaction that meant the most for Cornacchia was hearing from MacMahon. MacMahon’s 1968 team led the nation at more than 90 points per game. “We were a little school that scored a lot,” MacMahon said. They grew famous locally for their frantic pace and earned the nickname Run Baby Run. When MacMahon donated $5 million toward an upgraded facility, he had one stipulation: It had to be named Run Baby Run Arena. When CBS showed the watch party inside the arena Thursday night, the entire country saw the nickname for his old team flash on the bottom of the screen. It felt surreal. MacMahon loves Saint Peter’s and sees it as the place that gave him his start in life, a perfect Jesuit school whose mission has remained true. When he arrived on campus in 1964, most of the students were first-generation college students, too. The most striking quality he has observed in his fellow alums is loyalty to their school, those couple of blocks on Montgomery Street that launched a basketball miracle. “It’s their little piece of heaven,” MacMahon said. “We don’t have a lot, but we’re proud of what we have.”

lifted a mask mandate for public schools starting March 7 and announced plans to institute a similar policy for day-care centers beginning April 4. Irving, who has been unable to play games at Madison Square Garden and Barclays Center, could make his first home appearance as soon as Sunday against the Charlotte Hornets. The seven-time allstar has been limited to 19 appearances this season entering Wednesday but remains a key piece to the Nets’ playoff hopes. The 30-year-old guard has averaged 27.7 points, 4.7 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game, and he scored a career-high 60 points in a win over the Orlando Magic last week.

In recent months, prominent members of the NBA community, including Commissioner Adam Silver, Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James and Nets forward Kevin Durant, have criticized New York City regulations that sidelined Irving but allowed unvaccinated members of visiting teams to play in the city. Silver publicly lobbied on Irving’s behalf for the first time in February, asserting during an ESPN interview that New York City’s vaccine mandate “doesn’t make sense” because it holds New York-based players to a different standard than visiting players. At his All-Star Weekend address in Cleveland, Silver added that he expected

New York City’s restrictions to be lifted if “local rates of infection and testing . . . continue to come down.” The pushback to New York’s regulations intensified when Irving was allowed to attend Nets games at Barclays Center as a fan under the revised guidelines but was still barred from playing. The NBA later fined the Nets $50,000 for allowing Irving to enter the locker room following a March 13 home win over the New York Knicks. “It literally makes ABSOLUTELY ZERO SENSE!!!” James wrote on Twitter. “They say if common sense was common then we’d all have it. Ain’t that the truth. #FreeKyrie.” Durant said that the rules

were “ridiculous” on March 13, calling out Adams by name while asserting that “someone is trying to make a statement or point to flex their authority.” In a follow-up statement, Durant clarified that he “appreciate[s] the task the Mayor has in front of him with all the city has been through,” adding that his “frustration with the situation doesn’t change the fact that I will always be committed to helping the communities and cities I live in.” Despite the criticism sparked by Irving’s ordeal, Adams said as recently as last week that his focus was on New York’s “9 million people” rather than “one person.” He also encouraged Irving to get vaccinated.

In New York City, 86 percent of the citywide population has received at least one vaccine dose and 77 percent is fully vaccinated. The citywide case count has dropped from a seven-day average of more than 44,000 on Jan. 5 to 806 on March 20. The Nets (38-34) were pegged as preseason title favorites, but they enter Wednesday as the East’s No. 8 seed. Barring a late-season rise in the standings, Brooklyn will need to work its way into the postseason through the East’s play-in tournament, which begins April 12.

understand it. It’s one thing to provide someone a deserved second chance, but Hill’s place in Kansas City moved well past acceptance and into admiration. We ignored the past, so long as he could run a fly pattern better than anyone in football. And now, just as conveniently, it’s part of our past. Never happened, right? What happened Wednesday — Hill’s departure — came only because the Chiefs were required to pay full price for the first time for this commodity. They instead returned him the hand signal he’s so often put in a defender’s face on his way across the goal line. So long to the discomfort of the conflicting feelings of the remarkable player on the field and the issues away from it. You won’t be missed. Will the player? Certainly, at least in the short term, but this isn’t about whether the Chiefs wanted to keep Hill. They did. They just weren’t going to

guarantee him $72 million over the next four seasons to do it — Hill received that from the Dolphins as part of the trade agreement — because guaranteeing that kind of money to a 28-year-old receiver whose best attribute is speed is how franchises become handcuffed in the future. Particularly those operating within a salary cap. Particularly those who are paying the quarterback half a billion dollars over 10 years. The Chiefs mostly sat out the first wave of this month’s free agency because of cap and cash restraints. At one point in his new contract, Hill will likely count more than $40 million against the cap. The Chiefs are already paying seven players nearly two-thirds of their salary cap. How can you address specific needs during an offseason with no cash with which to address them? The Chiefs are not telling us Hill did not fit within their shortterm plans -- they are offering

us a peek behind the curtains of their long-term operation. Their championship window, they believe, is open as long as quarterback Patrick Mahomes remains in town. This will not be the last move they make with an eye on the long-term rather than the short-term. It’s the more sensible strategy — give yourselves more rolls at the dice table — but it’s on this front office to prove it’s worthwhile. On them to turn the draft capital into the cheap but valuable labor required to marry with a massive quarterback contract. One of the biggest mistakes many sports franchises make is allowing valuable assets to leave for free. To know you cannot pay a player his future asking price but hold on until the very end anyway. Then what? It became apparent in the last few weeks that Hill’s demands and the Chiefs’ wiggle room would not meet in the middle. They could either let him play

one more season in Kansas City before departing (for no return) in free agency, or they could trade him. Yes, the trade will hurt in the short-term — the Chiefs have a worse roster for 2022 than they did a day ago — but they’ll reap the benefits in each subsequent season. The Chiefs acquired five draft selections that would not have been available to them in a year. Lose Hill now, or lose him later. The picks were only here now. The Chiefs did not trade Hill for five draft picks Wednesday. They traded one year of Hill for five draft picks and a whole lot of cap space. There’s a key difference there, and it makes all the sense in the world. They will not replace Tyreek Hill. Let’s get past that thought. He is 1 of 1. But what happens when he turns 30 in two years and his speed becomes more like 1 out of 10? What about a year later, if it becomes more like 1 out of 20?

And by the way, he’s still occupying more than $30 million on your salary cap. He doesn’t have enough other elite traits to make do with only really good speed instead of elite speed — not at the number required to keep him on the roster. He’s smaller in stature and isn’t a reliable enough catcher of the football. You pay a player for future potential, not past performance. It’s business over loyalty. Ultimately, the Chiefs are making a move they always knew they’d have to make — two years ago, at the Super Bowl, general manger Brett Veach was clear when he said, “We can’t pay everyone.” But they’re also making a move that telegraphs their big-picture strategy. Avoid a rebuild. Avoid bad contracts for older players. Don’t go all-in now if it means shutting the window later. This trade just happens to check another important box, too.

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‘Still hoping that door is open’: Colin Kaepernick works out at UW indoor facility Bob Condotta The Seattle Times

Colin Kaepernick last threw a pass in an NFL game on Jan. 1, 2017, against the Seattle Seahawks at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. Wednesday, his attempt to get back in the league and throw another NFL pass brought him to Seattle. Specifically, to the Dempsey Indoor facility at the University of Washington where Kaepernick spent about 90 minutes throwing passes to a group that included current Seahawk and former Husky Aaron Fuller and former Husky Kamari Pleasant. It was the third workout Kaepernick has conducted in the past nine days with NFL receivers, including a session in Arizona last week with Seahawk Tyler Lockett. Afterward, Kaepernick — who has given few interviews during his time out of the NFL — stopped briefly to talk to reporters and confirmed he has had conversations with Seahawks coach Pete Carroll and general manager John Schneider. He said he hopes to get a tryout with the team but that nothing has happened so far. “Still waiting for that chance,” Kaepernick said. “Still hopeful. There’s been a lot of conversation around it. Again, we’ve had conversations with

Pete and John previously. As Pete mentioned, we have spoken recently and still hoping that door is open and get a chance to walk through it.” Carroll said last Wednesday that Kaepernick had contacted him “the other day” and sent him some videos of workouts. But then, and again on Tuesday on Sports Radio 93.3 KJR FM, Carroll was noncommittal on if the team will bring Kaepernick in for a visit or workout. “I don’t know that,” Carroll said last week. “He’s making a remarkable bid for it, to sustain his conditioning over the four years that he’s been out, going on five. Who knows? I don’t know. We’ll see.” Kaepernick held a similar workout Monday in New Orleans. Kaepernick said Fuller contacted him on Tuesday on Instagram to say he was “down to get work in.” “From there we booked our flight from New Orleans, landed around midnight last night,” Kaepernick said. “Hit the ground running this morning. ... Appreciate Aaron making this happen today as well.” Fuller, who just completed his second season with the Seahawks, had never met Kaepernick. When asked why he messaged Kaepernick to set up the workout, he

responded: “Why not? I needed work. He needs the work. I mean, he’s asking (on social media) where he wants to go (to work out) and I kind of just hit him up to see if he would come out here. Obviously, Russ (Russell Wilson) is gone so I needed a quarterback to catch from and things like that. So a good opportunity for both of us.” Fuller said a few Seahawks coaches and others in the organization knew he was going to work out with Kaepernick — though he said he had not talked to Carroll or Schneider about it beforehand. But he plans to tell them what he thought of Kaepernick. “I’ll put something in their ear,” Fuller said. “I think T-Lock (Lockett) did a little bit too. So they knew of knew I was coming out here to come throw with him, so they wanted me to see how he was and his ability to still throw the ball and move around. So I’ll put a good word in.” Still, Kaepernick has not been on an NFL roster since the 2016 season, a year in which he began kneeling during the anthem, jump-starting a movement by athletes of many sports in protest of social inequality and other issues. Kaepernick opted out of his contract in March 2017, knowing that

the 49ers were going to release him. His only official contact with an NFL team since then was a visit to the Seahawks in May 2017. He did not sign then — Carroll said he deserved to be a starter somewhere and noted that Seattle had a starter in Wilson. There is also some thought the team was worried at the time that Kaepernick might threaten Wilson’s standing in the locker room — Wilson was coming off an injury-riddled 2016 season that was his worst to date. Seattle planned to bring in Kaepernick for a workout in 2018 but that was initially postponed — and then, didn’t happen — with somewhat conflicting reports as to why. One report stated the Seahawks postponed it when Kaepernick wouldn’t say whether he would continue to kneel during the anthem. The Seahawks’ view is that question was just one of several the team asked Kaepernick about his offfield activities simply in an effort to make sure they knew what his plans were. Carroll said later that year that wasn’t the specific reason the visit did not happen but did not say why. “That got blown up like that was a big marker,” Carroll said then, adding that the team simply didn’t know where Kaepernick “fits yet.”

Any misunderstanding appears to have been mended as Carroll said in 2020 that he wished the team had signed Kaepernick in 2017 and with Kaepernick having reached out to Seattle recently and stating clearly he’d like to get another shot from the Seahawks. Kaepernick insisted he hasn’t lost anything during his time away. “The best way to tell is to bring me in for a workout,” he said. “We have no expectations of what teams will do. But we just want the opportunity to walk in the door and show them what I can do and I think my talent, my skill set, will speak for itself.” Still, that Kaepernick has not played in five seasons and is now 34 raises the obvious question of if he’s been away too long to still be the same quarterback he was with the 49ers from 201116, a stint that included leading San Francisco to the Super Bowl following the 2012 season. Wednesday’s workout did not feature any defenders, but Kaepernick threw a variety of passes — all while being filmed by a member of his crew — hitting Fuller with about a 60-yard deep pass to end one segment of the session, and throwing dozens of shorter and midrange passes as well as deeper routes.

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The extra-innings ‘ghost runner’ is a half-measure Alex Simon Mercury News

PHOENIX — The ghost runner is back for 2022. And even if it accomplishes its goal, it stinks. It’s clear that MLB and its players don’t want to have endless, marathon games anymore. That’s the main reason why the “ghost runner” — runner on second to start every extra inning — is sticking around, as Joel Sherman reported Tuesday for the New York Post. But if we aren’t just going to keep playing baseball normally, there’s a better solution than the half-measure. It’s the brainchild of the Giants’ Double-A affiliate in Richmond’s manager, Dennis Pelfrey. It’s time for Sudden Death Baseball. Here’s the premise, as designed by Pelfrey: When a game’s tied after nine, there’s one single half-inning of extras. A runner will be placed on first with nobody out. The home team then gets to choose to play offense or defense. Pick offense, and it’s simple: You win if you bring the runner in. But if you can’t score the runner, then the team in the field wins the game, even without scoring a run or coming up to bat. From a competitive standpoint, runners on first with no outs score around 42% of the time, which is far closer to 50-50 than the ghost runner’s current 62% from second. Pitchers should also love avoiding the current setup, where a pitcher can pitch a 1-2-3 inning but still give up a run. And for all the talk about how the “ghost runner” cut down on the seemingly endless extra-inning games, they can still run deep into the night. Anyone remember that Dodgers-Padres game from last August? Sure, it “only” went 16 innings -- and took five hours and 49 minutes to complete, so the game that started at 7:10 p.m. local time Aug. 25 ended at almost 1 a.m. on Aug. 26. Sudden Death Baseball? The maximum number of hitters is FIVE. If two runners reach base and the defense gets two outs ... suddenly, it’s bases loaded, two outs and the guy at the plate is making the winning play or the final out. You think fans that otherwise would filter out in the 10th, 11th or 12th won’t get fired up, knowing the game is going to end that quickly — one way or the other? It also brings all the attention directly to the home manager’s decision. Imagine Gabe Kapler having to make this choice on a given night where he has Jake McGee ready to pitch the 10th ... but he also has his 2-3-4 hitters due up. Whichever he picks will look right or wrong rather quickly. “There’s not a clock on

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something and kind of work through it,” Judge said. “I think we’ve still got time. We both filed numbers but that doesn’t mean that the communication stops. Hopefully we can continue to communicate and kind of find a number that works for both of us.” The 29-year-old is coming off one of his most complete years in the big leagues. The three-time All-Star slashed .287/.373/.544 with

it, but when fans know this is it — top of 10th, that’s going to be it,” Pelfrey said. “If I’m managing, they get to say, ‘Oh Pelfrey, he made the wrong decision last week, let’s see what he does here.’ You create some buzz that way and conversations.” As a member of the media, let me speak for all of my fellow writers, radio hosts and television commentators to say we will absolutely sign up for the chance to second guess each and every single one of these decisions, whenever they happen. Pelfrey thought up the Sudden Death Baseball idea back in 2019 as a manager for the independent Florence (Ky.) Freedom of the Frontier League. As his team played an exhibition game, their opponent wanted to use a pitcher for an extra half-inning beyond the ninth, leading Pelfrey to think about how valuable a “shootout-style” extra-inning rule would be for an independent league team to help save arms. “In indy ball, our rosters are very small. If we blow out a couple of guys in extra innings, we have to release them or ‘phantom IL,’ so to speak,” Pelfrey said. “ We3/8 bring in a couple of arms that think they’re getting an opportunity, but they fill in a couple of innings and they’re gone because those guys come back.” That’s also how roster management works in the big leagues, too. After that Dodgers-Padres game from last August, the Dodgers shuffled pitchers on and off of their roster for seven straight days. Pelfrey was hired by the Giants to manage their High-A affiliate, then in San Jose, in 2020 before the coronavirus pandemic killed the minor league season. But his former independent team in Florence got together with the ownership team in Lexington to create a pop-up independent league, the Battle of the Bourbon Trail, and the Giants gave Pelfrey permission to go back and manage one of the four teams in the league (two in each city). It was the perfect testing ground to implement Sudden Death Baseball. I at Baseball Prospectus in 2020, after hearing about it from a family friend who played in the league. It sparked my interest then, and Pelfrey had converted everyone involved back then — including myself. Pelfrey went back to the Giants in 2021 and managed their High-A affiliate, now in Eugene as the San Jose Giants moved to Low-A. He had seven extrainning games then, going as deep as the 13th inning even with the “ghost runner” rule. And every time it happened, he thought back to Sudden Death Baseball.

a .916 OPS, 39 homers and 93 RBIs in 148 games in 2021 According to Baseball Savant, Judge was among the league leaders in average exit velocity (95.8 miles per hour), max exit velo (119) and hard-hit percentage (58.4%). He led the Yankees in WAR (5.4). Overall, his six years in the big leagues have been exceptional, averaging 276/.386/.553 and a .940 OPS. He was the 2017 Rookie of the Year, runner up to Jose Altuve in that same season and a Home Run Derby champion. One major league executive suggested a five-year, $185

Spring training roundup: Justin Verlander sharp in second outing Field Level Media

Justin Verlander, who has not pitched in a regular-season game since July 2020, had his second scoreless outing of the spring Wednesday as the Houston Astros defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 10-3 in West Palm Beach, Fla. The two-time Cy Young winner, who is coming back from Tommy John surgery, was pulled after 2 2/3 innings after exceeding the team-imposed pitch count of 50 by one. Verlander threw two scoreless innings in his spring debut, also against the Cardinals, last week. Verlander is expected to get one more start before the end of spring training. Yankees 7, Orioles 1 Giancarlo Stanton and Gleyber Torres each had two-run home runs for New York at Tampa, Fla., and DJ LeMahieu added a solo shot. Austin Hays had a single and a double for Baltimore. Houston’s Scott Schreiber had a three-run home run, and Yuli Gurriel and Pedro Leon also went deep for the Astros. Twins 10, Red Sox 4 Trevor Larnach had a threerun home run for Houston in a four-run fifth inning and starter Josh Winder struck out three in two scoreless innings as Minnesota defeated Boston at Fort Myers, Fla. Boston starter Nathan Eovaldi threw four perfect innings and struck out six. Marlins 3, Nationals 2 Yadiel Hernandez doubled to deep left to drive home Richard Urena with the winning run in the ninth inning as Miami defeated Washington at Jupiter, Fla. Marlins starter Sandy Alcantara gave up one hit and one run four innings. Nationals starter Patrick Corbin threw four scoreless innings while striking out four.

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Houston Astros starting pitcher Justin Verlander (35) threw 2 2/3 innings of scoreless ball against the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday.

Phillies 8, Blue Jays 7 J.T. Realmuto hit a home run that traveled 414 feet and Matt Vierling had a two-run single as Philadelphia beat Toronto at Clearwater, Fla. The Blue Jays’ Santiago Espinal hit a two-run home run. Tigers 6, Pirates 6 Ryan Kreidler hit a grand slam as Detroit rallied from a 5-1 deficit at Lakeland, Fla. Hunter Owen had a ninth-inning home run for Pittsburgh to force the tie. Rays 7, Braves 7 Austin Riley hit two home runs and drove in three runs for and Trey Harris hit a gametying, ninth-inning single as Atlanta rallied against Tampa Bay at North Port, Fla. Catchers Francisco Mejia and Joe Hudson had two hits apiece for the Rays, who have yet to win a game this spring. Cubs 5, Athletics 4 Andy Weber’s two-run single

in the seventh inning put Chicago ahead to stay against Oakland at Mesa, Ariz. Tony Kemp, Kevin Smith and Elvis Andrus each had two hits for the A’s. Dodgers 6, Guardians 2 Miguel Vargas hit a go-ahead, three-run home run in the second inning and six Los Angeles pitchers held Cleveland scoreless the rest of the way at Phoenix. Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw had a rocky start, allowing two runs in 2 1/3 innings to boost his spring ERA to 7.36. D-backs 5, Giants 3 Dominic Canzone hit a tworun home run in the eighth inning to help Arizona preserve its lead at Scottsdale, Ariz. The Diamondbacks’ six pitchers held San Francisco to three hits, with starter Merrill Kelly tossing three scoreless, hitless innings. Rangers 14, White Sox 5 Corey Seager, Mitch Garver, Blaine Crim and Brad Miller had two hits apiece as Texas had

a 16-hit outburst at Surprise, Ariz. Romy Gonzalez had a solo home run for Chicago. Royals 8, Rockies 4 Edward Olivares hit two solo home runs for Kansas City and starter Zack Greinke pitched three innings of one-run ball at Scottsdale, Ariz. Sam Hilliard had a two-run home run for Colorado. Padres 3, Angels 0 Seven San Diego pitchers combined on a two-hitter at Peoria, Ariz. Starter MacKenzie Gore went three innings, allowing one hit while striking out five. Jorge Alfaro homered for San Diego. Reds 12, Brewers 8 Elly De La Cruz’s eighth-inning grand slam snapped a tie and sent Cincinnati past Milwaukee at Goodyear, Ariz. Keston Hiura homered and doubled for the Brewers.

Yankees’ Rachel Balkovec struck by batted ball during drills, will miss Tampa Tarpons spring opener Kristie Ackert New York Daily News

TAMPA, Fla. — The next glass ceiling will have to wait. Rachel Balkovec, who will become the first woman to manage an affiliated baseball team, was injured in a hitting drill on Tuesday and will not be in the dugout on Thursday when her team plays its first spring training game. Balkovec, named the manager of the low Class-A Tampa Tarpons, was hit in the face with a batted ball during hitting drills at the indoor cages at the minor league complex. She experienced swelling and the initial diagnosis does not include a concussion. “All things considered, I feel very fortunate,” Balkovec said. “The doctors have asked me to be smart about limiting my activities over the next several days, and I plan on following their guidance. As much as I already miss being around the players and staff, I do not anticipate this affecting my role and responsibilities for the regular season.” Balkovec is scheduled to make history on April 8 when the Tarpons open the season at Lakeland. She has already crashed through several glass ceilings. Balkovec joined the Yankees organization in November 2019 as a minor league hitting coach, becoming the first woman to be named to that role in the history of professional baseball. She was followed a few days later by Rachel Folden of the Chicago Cubs organization and there will be 19 women in uniform this season in baseball. Prior to joining the Yankees, Balkovec year deal would be a good one for Judge. He used comps from Alex Bregman and George Springer for a contract guideline. Bregman signed a fiveyear $100 million extension with the Astros in his age-25 season. Springer signed a sixyear, $150 million deal with the Blue Jays after the 2020 season, when he was 31. “We’re gonna have to engage in order to get a contract. When that happens, we’re not going to say or predict, but we’re on the clock obviously between now and his free agency. And if nothing gets done prior to free agency

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Rachel Balkovec will make history when she manages her first official Tampa Tarpons game this minor league season.

spent three seasons with the Houston Astros organization, serving as the strength and conditioning coach for Double-A Corpus Christi in 2018 and the Rookie-level GCL Astros in 2017. She also worked as the Latin American strength and conditioning coordinator from 2016-17. Prior to that, she was the minor league strength and conditioning coordinator for the St. Louis Cardinals from 2014-15. Balkovec was also the first woman to be hired as a full-time strength and conditioning coach in affiliated baseball. Second chances The Yankees, like most teams, are concerned about having enough pitching this

obviously it doesn’t mean we don’t want him, he can come back as a free agent too,” Cashman said last week. “So we’re the only team that can talk to him now. At some point those conversations will happen or will happen and we’ll try to keep it as private as we can. But like anything else, just like trades and free agents, you just got to be on the same page and find common ground. “We’re happy he’s a Yankee and it’ll be great if we can make it longer than this year.” Judge said that while the arbitration deadline forced some communications there

year. With a lockout-shortened spring training, the concerns about having pitchers ready in time has led to the union and owners agreeing to have two extra roster spots through the month of April. Wednesday night, Deivi Garcia got a chance to try and change his narrative and earn one of those spots. The young righthander, who two years ago was considered one of the Yankees’ top prospects, struggled since he burst into the big leagues during the COVID-19 shortened 2020 season. Garcia made just two starts in the big leagues last season and got through just 8 1/3 innings.

haven’t been numbers exchanged on an extension. “When we talked yesterday, a little bit on the phone that we were able to, you know, they brought out that idea of maybe, talking about an extension here soon, but I’m focused on doing my work here,” Judge said. “Let’s get this arbitration stuff done and then we can kind of move on to an extension.” Judge said at the beginning of spring training that he will not be discussing his contract going into the season, creating an April 7 deadline for extension talks. He said that if it isn’t

done by then they will have to wait until the 2022 season is over to re-engage in negotiations. The thought of being a free agent and testing what his worth would be on the open market, really doesn’t hold any special place for him. He doesn’t care if that takes away from of his leverage in this. “If it comes to it, maybe, but like I said before, I want to play here,” Judge said. “I want to finish my career here. There’s no better place to play. So I’m hoping we don’t get to that but if we do, I think I’ll be ready for it.”

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Man became abusive amid wife’s cancer fight Dear Abby, I have wanted to write you for years, but my ex-husband thought it was “ridiculous.” We were married 29 years and rarely DEAR ABBY argued, which led me to believe we had a great marriage. Then, 10 years ago, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I had a mastectomy and was on chemotherapy for a year. Shortly after the mastectomy we went on vacation, and my husband began verbally abusing me. He even slapped me. When the chemo caused me to lose my appetite, he told me if I wasn’t going to eat I shouldn’t bother coming to dinner because he didn’t like me being the one who got all the attention. Believe me, I was not seeking attention. Nine years ago he announced he was filing for divorce because my health was a deal-breaker. (“In sickness and in health” was off the table.) The one time I needed his support, I found myself ALONE. I looked up statistics and saw that 80% of men walk out when their wife is ill. It made me sick. The entire time I was going through hell, he was on dating sites looking for a healthy partner, ignoring the pain and suffering I was experiencing with not a care in the world other than preventing his various girlfriends from knowing about each other. My advice to other women is: Be sure you put aside a nest egg as insurance to get you through life without your “partner.” I was married for 29 years to a complete stranger — a selfish jerk of a man — and I am determined to keep going, if only to spite him. Survivor In California

JEANNE PHILLIPS

Your suggestion to put money aside in case

of emergencies is a good one for all women, not just those who might be diagnosed with a lifethreatening illness. However, I’m pretty sure the statistic you quoted about the number of men who leave their wives when the going gets tough may be off the mark. Although desertion has been known to happen, nowhere near 80% of men are selfish, abusive cads like the one you married. While I don’t blame you for being angry, for your own sake, please don’t let “spite” be your only reason for living. What a waste of time that would be. Dear Abby, I feel fortunate to be the mother of two healthy children. At times, I encounter other moms whose children have severe food allergies or special needs. I’m afraid I say the wrong thing when addressing them. Parenthood is a challenge, and for some, it’s more challenging than for others. I sympathize with their additional challenges. However, when I said it, they were offended. I lost a close friend because of it. What’s an appropriate response when this situation comes up? Speechless In Arizona Parents of children with special needs are not looking for sympathy. When you are told about a child’s food allergy, thank the mother for alerting you, and assure her that when her child is with you, you will be extra careful to ensure he or she is safe.

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Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Horoscope By Stella Wilder Born today, you are one of the most generous individuals born under your sign, and while you work to promote yourself and your talents in the professional world, you will never give up trying to make things better for those around you, in ways both large and small. You had better figure out how to make a lot of money, too, for you enjoy bestowing all manner of gifts on people. You are charming and well-spoken, and were you to try to take advantage of others, you could certainly do so, for you are easy to trust and to believe. But such behavior is anathema to you, and you will do battle with anyone who tries to deceive you in any way — or any one of the many people you consider to be under your protection. Also born on this date are: Elton John, singer and musician; Sarah Jessica Parker, actress and producer; Aretha Franklin, singer; Danica Patrick, auto racer; Marcia Cross, actress; Gloria Steinem, journalist and publisher. To see what is in store for you tomorrow, find your birthday and read the corresponding paragraph. Let your birthday star be your daily guide. SATURDAY, MARCH 26 ARIES (March 21-April 19) — There’s no reason for any showboating today; what’s required is a good, honest effort — and a willingness to undergo a little hardship perhaps. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — You may have just a little more time than usual on your hands today, but you’ll surely find a way to fill it that is productive and rewarding. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — You’re not likely to be bothered by things that go bump in the night — but a certain daytime fright may have a

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Zits lasting effect on you. CANCER (June 21-July 22) — You don’t want to tip your hand today; keep to yourself any information that would allow someone to beat you to your chosen destination. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You’re likely growing tired of watching a friend succeed again and again while your dreams go unrealized. You must get moving in the right direction! VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Seeking a way out of a current predicament will require you to see things in a more realistic light — and that includes yourself, too! LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — You must try to align your thinking today with that of an “expert,” as you will benefit from following closely along the same path. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — “Never” is quite a long time, and “always” is perhaps out of reach — but somewhere in the middle you’ll surely find satisfaction today. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — You want to avoid the kinds of situations that only serve to hold you back. You can surely progress quickly by keeping your options open. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Generosity and goodwill abound today — though you may have to look for them. Stick with those who share your altruism. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Your core beliefs may be challenged today, not by any one person but by a situation that you’ve brought on yourself. Study this closely! PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — You may be frustrated today by someone’s lack of cooperation, but you can rise above it and accomplish much by remaining positive.

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Daily Maze

WHERE IS THE QUEEN? East-West vulnerable, South deals NORTH ♠AK6 ♥J ♦ K Q J 10 8 2 ♣A76 WEST EAST ♠4 ♠QJ9853 ♥ Q98652 ♥ K 10 7 ♦ 53 ♦9 ♣ Q 10 9 3 ♣842 SOUTH ♠ 10 7 2 ♥ A43 ♦ A764 ♣KJ5 The bidding:

Opening lead: Four of ♠ North had shown grand slam interest, so

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SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST 1♦ Pass 3♥* Pass 4♦ Pass 4NT Pass 5♥ Pass 5NT Pass 6♣** Pass 6♦ All pass *Game-forcing diamond raise, heart shortness **King of clubs

South might have continued if he had any extra values. He didn’t. South won the opening spade lead with dummy’s ace, led a heart to his ace, and ruffed a heart with dummy’s 10 of diamonds. The king of diamonds and a diamond to the ace drew the trumps, and declarer ruffed his last heart in dummy. South cashed the king of spades, planning to continue with another spade. Should West win the third spade, he would be end-played. That plan had to be scratched when West discarded a heart on the king of spades. Oddly, this deal had become a two-way guess for the queen of clubs. East could be finessed out of the queen or West could be end-played with it. Who should South play for the queen? East had 10 known cards - six spades, three hearts, and one diamond - meaning three unknown cards. West had only seven known cards, meaning six unknown cards. That made West the 6-3 favorite to hold any missing card, including the club queen. Playing the percentages, South cashed the ace of clubs, led a club to his king, and then led the jack of clubs. West won with the queen but had to yield a ruffsluff and the slam rolled home. Very nicely played!

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NOERP WHYOD DNUENO TUNARO Solution to Thursday’s puzzle

3/25/22 Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit

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Heart of the City

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Wizard of Id

Crossword Puzzle

DOWN 1 Beard wearer 2 Lacking remorse 3 “Gloria in excelsis __!” 4 Have lofty goals

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5 “I’ve got __ that jingle, jangle, jingle…” 6 Bagpiper’s attire 7 Be jealous of 8 Minute 9 Splinter 10 Leak out 11 Win __; convince 12 Tree house? 13 Melancholy 18 Provide with fresh weapons 20 Spreadsheet figures 23 Dumbo’s “wings” 24 Waterproof covering 25 Get rid of an official 26 “Guilty” or “Not guilty” 27 Urge on 28 Make worse 29 Preschoolers 31 Lawn mower housing 32 Leoni, for one 34 Gusto 36 Group of workers

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Thursday’s Puzzle Solved

Non Sequitur

37 Destiny 39 Do a morning chore 40 Loaned 42 Sharp as a tack 43 Sawyer & Keaton 45 Temperamental 46 Risqué 47 Repeated sound

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48 Unsightly mark 49 Flabbergast 50 Headed for overtime 52 Curves 53 __ Wednesday; 3/2/22 55 As flat __ pancake 56 Actor Wheaton

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

(Answers tomorrow)

ACROSS 1 Prefix for winter or night 4 Crooked 9 In just a bit 13 All the __; nevertheless 14 Backbone 15 Letter sign-off 16 Purina competitor 17 Grinds to powder 19 Poor mark 20 In need of a bath 21 Tennis great Chris 22 Gets closer to 24 Monogram for Edison 25 Addictive narcotic 27 Attic 30 Prefix for sound or violet 31 Wild weather 33 Closing trio 35 Chocolate candy store 36 Penny-pinching 37 Phony 38 Sunbather’s reward 39 Terrible fear 40 Shoestrings 41 Gazed 43 Hate 44 Use needle & thread 45 Ore seeker 46 Takes it easy 49 Ermine 51 Pasture cry 54 Finger-pointing 56 “Star __” 57 Shoot the breeze 58 Elvis’ “Blue __ Shoes” 59 Mosquito bite symptom 60 Long-ago times 61 Williams & Warhol 62 Guitarist Paul

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

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Jumbles: MONEY TEASE INDICT PROPER Answer: Everyone was ready. The baptism ceremony was going to start — “RITE” ON TIME