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As Twin County residents say goodbye to life as we know it for the foreseeable future, our new reality is having an impact on our psyche, experts say.

Many employees are working from home and students and teachers alike are learning about virtual classroom dynamics, as COVID-19 continues its siege.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday that more than 6,000 mental health professionals have volunteered to provide online services.

“Most of us have never faced

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anything like this before,” Mental Health Association of New York State CEO Glenn Liebman said.

The unprecedented circumstances can lead to an increased risk of anxiety and depression.

“The important thing we keep talking about, social distancing, is not social isolation,” Liebman said. “The worst thing that could happen is if we don’t make sure when we’re working remotely that we’re not isolated, that we’re doing something with other people or with physical exercise, or we’re connecting

Christy Buck, executive Mental Health Foundation of West Michgian, hosted a podcast on Wednesday, March 25, called “Navigating Mental Health During Quarantine.’’ The new podcast is a partnership with the Hispanic Center of Western Michigan and Infinity Podcast.

Pictured is Buck (center) speaking at an organization event.

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ALBANY — As the state’s coronavirus COVID-19 death toll spiked overnight, Gov. Andrew Cuomo criticized federal lawmakers for the second day in a row Thursday for passing a $2 trillion bill to fight the pandemic the governor said provides insufficient aid to state governments.

The state had 37,258 positive cases of COVID-19 as of Thursday afternoon — up from 30,811 Wednesday. The state reported 100 additional virusrelated deaths overnight for a total of 385 deaths to Wednesday’s 285. Of the positive Courtesy of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office cases, 5,327 are hospitalized, Gov. Andrew Cuomo criticized the U.S. Senate’s $2 trillion coronavirus COVID-19 bill during a press conference in the Red Room at or roughly 14%, with 1,290 pa- the State Capitol in Albany on Thursday, saying the measure will not help New York’s anticipated 10 to $15 billion shortfall from the tients in intensive care. Since pandemic. the state outbreak began at the beginning of March, 1,517 pa- — late Wednesday to provide Wednesday. “He [Cuomo] New York delegation.”

Albany. tients have recovered and been federal aid in response to the should be pointing his fire Cuomo called the relief “This stimulus bill helped discharged from the hospital. at [Senate Majority Leader] package “terrible” Wednesday unemployment insurance coronavirus pandemic.

The U.S. Senate voted to “We have done very well Mitch McConnell, who was and reiterated his displeasure and small businesses — that pass a $2 trillion package — here,” U.S. Sen. Charles the one who was stopping this in a press conference ThursSee CASES A2 the largest in American history Schumer, D-N.Y., said from happening — not at the day in the state Capitol in

Columbia Memorial girds for COVID-19 surge

By Nora Mishanec Columbia-Greene Media

HUDSON — As Columbia Memorial Health prepares for an anticipated surge in COVID-19 cases, local officials are warning that the worst may be yet to come.

“We haven’t reached anywhere near the peak of the COVID-19 cases we expect in the county,” Columbia County Department of Health Director Jack Mabb said in a statement on Tuesday.

Columbia County has 24 confirmed cases of COVID-19, officials confirmed.

Nine county residents are suspected of having COVID-19, but have not been tested, including one person who traveled to a high-risk area downstate.

“Number 20 might be the first one that is travel-related,” Mabb said.

Greene County has nine positive cases, including one person who has been hospitalized, according to the Greene County Public Health website.

Greene County Public Health did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

To comply with a state mandate, the Columbia County Department of Health has identified private residences in Kinderhook and Austerlitz to house individuals who have tested positive or been exposed, and cannot quarantine at home, the county confirmed in a stateFile photo ment.

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with our friends and colleagues through some kind of connections to the community and our friends. We need to keep people in a normalized environment in an uncertain situation, to look for outlets with our wellness.”

Columbia County Community Services Director Michael Cole echoed similar suggestions.

“My suggestion to anyone that is concerned is to limit our watching the news, to restrict that in some way,” Cole said.

“Instead of binge watching the news, binge watch romantic comedies or things like that.

Focus on what we know. For those that can be active, be as physically active as possible.

Avoid drug or alcohol use at this time. I also recommend that we think of social distancing more as physical distancing. We are social and need to stay connected with others and remind ourselves we’re not alone. It’s very helpful for each of us to check in with others we know are in need.”

Licensed Clinical Social Worker Psychotherapist Stacie Speed, who has a private practice in Hudson, recommends puzzles, adult coloring books, reading, meditation, mindfulness skills, communicating via telephone and videochat, journaling, walking and indoor exercise.

Cole emphasized that the situation is only temporary.

“Now more than ever we have to stay in the moment,” he said. “We have to bring ourselves back to the moment when our minds start to drift to what-if scenarios.”

The stress of the virus may result in what Cole described as “pandemic fatigue.”

“There will be an experience for us as we go through the weeks or maybe months

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is a good thing,” Cuomo said.

“It is not helping local or state governments, which means it absolutely does nothing for us in terms of lost revenue to the state. [Federal lawmakers] simply failed to take action to address the governmental need.”

Money is allocated to state governments based on their number of positive coronavirus cases, Schumer said.

Cuomo said Thursday that New York’s state government stood to get about $5 billion from the federal emergency bill, which he contended can only be used to pay for COVID-19 response efforts, and does nothing to help the state’s projected $10 billion to $15 billion budget shortfall.

Schumer argued the Senate’s emergency COVID-19 package will deliver more than

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remain at home include lack of space and lack of multiple bathrooms, Mabb said.

No one is currently occupying the residence in Austerlitz, said Columbia County of Board Supervisors Health and Human Services Committee Chairman Robert Lagonia, who is also the Austerlitz town supervisor.

“If a property is going to be used to house quarantined persons, the county will notify local neighboring residents and the town, city or village,” he said.

The two quarantine residences are a proactive measure to contain the virus, Director of Emergency Management David W. Harrison Jr. said in a statement Wednesday. “It is important that county residents not panic and understand that this is for the betterment of everyone.”

“The vast majority of people are quarantining at home,

as our bodies go through fight-or-flight mode,” he said. “We’re responding to the barrage of news and we’re responding to a whole different set of circumstances than we’re used to. Our level of energy for that is bound to wax and wane. I would not be surprised if part of what we experience is exhaustion.”

It is important to be mindful of people who may be isolating themselves during this time such as elderly individuals who live alone, Liebman said.

“A lot of them are just isolated and can’t get out,” Liebman said. “If people live near someone they know is isolated, they should try to connect to them and see if they need help or support.”

COVID-19 could exacerbate circumstances for those struggling with anxiety, depression or addiction, Cole said.

Columbia Memorial Health has experienced an increase in psychiatric emergencies, Cole said.

“People who are struggling with depression or anxiety, add this to their life, the fear of the virus, the fear of being left alone and being isolated, and it gets worse,” Speed said. “When you’re a person who struggles with a thought disorder like schizophrenia, imagine being paranoid and then having this happen.

Where you’re told to stay in, don’t go around people. People are dying. People are going around with masks. This is enough to send them over the edge. Just the average Joe who is staying home every day and never has before. I think people realize how much they prefer the contact with people at the office.”

Speed predicts an increase in mental illness, an increase in symptoms experienced by those with mental illness, an increase in drug and alcohol use, a rise in overdoses and a

rise in suicides, she said.

Isolation can hold different meanings depending on the context, Liebman said.

“Solitude is not a bad thing,” he said. “Some people are very comfortable being by themselves. When I’m talking about isolation, they might be very anxious and depressed, they might have suicidal thoughts. Those are people we’re most concerned about.”

This type of isolation can be bad for the mind, Speed said.

“When you have a mental illness and you isolate, that gives your mind the opportunity to race,” she said. “When you’re mentally ill, your thoughts are not always good thoughts. When you have contact with people, we talk, we laugh, there’s touching or hugging. Now there’s isolation. People are left alone with their own thoughts.”

This type of isolation is not voluntary, Speed added.

“Even if you like being alone, this isn’t being alone,” she said. “This is an emergency. You aren’t choosing to be alone. This isn’t a choice.”

Another demographic impacted by social distancing is individuals in recovery, Greener Pathways Program Director Carl Quinn said.

“People who actively use and people who are in early recovery are the people who are struggling the most,” Quinn said Wednesday. “We are seeing more overdoses occur in Columbia County. We had two additional overdoses — one last night and one early this morning. The Columbia County [overdose] number dramatically increased this month.”

Quinn believes the lack of traditional support meetings has something to do with the increase, he said.

“They aren’t getting to traditional meetings,” he said.

“That support system has really been taken away at this point.”

Greener Pathways is offering daily calls at 2 p.m. through Zoom where clients can talk with a clinician and a peer advocate, Quinn said.

“Our peer advocates are reaching out to people on our caseload daily to see if they are doing OK on food, medicine, if they need other connections to resources or if they just need to talk,” Quinn said.

“Nobody has to do this alone.

A lot of people feel alone but they don’t have to do that.”

Greener Pathways did outreach at motels in the community on Tuesday and planned to go again Thursday, Quinn said.

“We had soup donated

by Mermaid Cafe, Narcan, granola bars, water, lists of resources,” Quinn said, adding that they visited about 18 people.

Many mental health professionals are also adapting their approach, Liebman said, by offering telehealth services.

“It’s not the same as oneon-one in-person, but under the circumstances it’s a strong tool,” he said.

The state has eased restrictions to make this type of service more accessible to patients, Liebman added.

Cole and his team transitioned to a 100% mobile clinic within one week, he said.

“Our clinic services have been modified but there was no interruption in services,” Cole said. “We converted to 100% mobile services. Our staff are at home conducting all services by telephone. I am really proud of our staff for stepping up and mobilizing.”

Columbia County’s 24/7 crisis service line is 518-8289446.

To schedule a free appointment, New Yorkers can call the state’s mental health hotline at 1-844-863-9314.

$40 billion to the state, city and its citizens.

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., voted for the package, she said, because it strengthens the nation’s health care system and prioritizes workers and families with critical funding for hospitals, expanded unemployment insurance and more.

“It will give confidence to workers and families facing financial strain and will enable them to follow public health guidelines,” Gillibrand said in a statement. “While this economic package is a good down payment in the fight against this outbreak, there is much more to be done.”

The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on the bill Friday.

U.S. Rep. Antonio Delgado has been focused on the needs of upstate New Yorkers in the 19th Congressional District.

“I have been working every day to make sure the needs of upstate New York and our

rural communities in particular, are met during this crisis,” Delgado said in a statement Thursday.

Delgado introduced two provisions to the $2 trillion bipartisan COVID-19 relief package, including the Small Business Repayment Relief Act so every small business with a qualified loan through the Small Business Administration automatically be relieved of loan payments — including principal, interest, and fees — for the next six months. Delgado sent a letter to 37 lawmakers urging future COVID-19 relief include special disaster assistance for small and mid-sized farmers.

Senate lawmakers kept Delgado’s provisions, and the latest COVID-19 package includes $9.5 billion in funding to support farmers and nearly $17 billion for small business owners’ qualified loan payments, Delgado said.

“Moving forward, I will continue to assess the needs

of our upstate communities and work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to advocate for legislation to meet those needs,” Delgado said.

“It is critically important that we pass bipartisan legislation soon to help folks get relief, and immediately start our work on phase 4.”

Greene County has nine positive cases of COVID-19 Windham, Durham, Greenville, Hunter and Cairo, according to a statement from Greene County Public Health on Thursday afternoon. None of the infected people have required hospitalization. Nineteen people have tested positive for the virus in Columbia County as of Thursday afternoon with 254 people tested.

To see the complete county breakdown of positive COVID-19 cases and deaths statewide, view the COVID-19 map and tracker at hudsonvalley360. com/site/covid19.html.

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separate from their family, for example if the house has two bathrooms and they are taking shifts in the kitchen,” Mabb said.

To comply with Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s goal of doubling hospital capacity, CMH is taking steps to free up space for extra beds by postponing elective surgeries and putting two beds in formerly single-patient rooms, Columbia Memorial Health spokesman William Van Slyke said.

In addition, areas of the hospital not being used for inpatient care are being prepared to have in-patient beds, he said.

Additional hospital beds have been rented, CMH Chief Medical Officer Dr. Clifford Belden said on Tuesday at a press conference at Albany Medical Center. “We have the physical beds actually being delivered this week,” he said.

The hospital is on track to meet the governor’s goal of increasing capacity by 100%, Belden said, noting that locating supplies may become the bigger issue.

Testing for COVID-19 at CMH is now reserved only for

medical personnel and first responders.

The hospital received more COVID-19 testing kits this week, said Lagonia, who could not provide the exact number of kits.

“The lack of testing kits is hamstringing public health officials and medical providers who rely on accurate information,” Mabb said.

Columbia County’s testing kit shortage comes as officials call for increased testing.

“If you listen to the governor and the president, they are saying test, test, test,” Columbia County Board of Supervisors Chairman Matt Murell said.

“If we are not able to test, then we are not going to know the prevalence in the community, and we won’t be able to isolate them,” Mabb said. “The more positive people we identify, the more we can shut down the virus’s movement in the community.

Testing for COVID-19 requires collecting a respiratory specimen, according to the Centers for Disease Control website. Two types of swabs are needed, in addition to reagent,

Mabb said. A reagent contains the enzymes and other components needed to detect the virus, according to the CDC. The supply chain for swabs and reagent materials has become overwhelmed by demand, Mabb said.

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Humane Society plans to assist pet owners

By Abby Hoover Columbia-Greene Media

HUDSON — The ColumbiaGreene Humane Society is one of many animal shelters continuing its essential services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The humane society will continue boarding and day care services for dogs because many of its clients are medical professionals who rely on the services, according to its website.

The humane society has a food bank for those experiencing economic hardship; it will remain open from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. Those who are quarantined and need pet food can contact the humane society for a delivery. The organization is asking for donations of dry cat and dog food.

“We generally give away 35,000 pounds a year of free food,” Humane Society President Ron Perez said. “Currently it’s been even busier.”

During uncertain times, people may turn to surrendering their pets.

“We will get through this as a country,” Perez said. “Don’t surrender your pet. You may regret that when this is over.

CGHS can supply food and hopefully we’ll have our lowcost vet clinic up and running again to serve animals in need of medical treatment.”

Pet adoption services have been canceled until March 31, but potential adopters can view animals at cghs.org and fill out an online application to be preapproved. Spay and neuter services, grooming services and health and wellness clinics are canceled through the end of the month.

If pets are experiencing a medical emergency, owners should contact an emergency veterinarian practice such as the Upstate Veterinary Specialties at 518-783-3198.

AnimalKind continues to take appointments for spay and neuter clinics, medical emergencies and adoptions. But the nonprofit organization is taking measures to ensure pets and their owners are safe.

Katrin Hecker, founder and executive director of AnimalKind, said they are not accepting volunteers at this time to avoid person-to-person exposure.

Appointments are spaced out to prevent overcrowding and only one person is allowed with each pet. Pet owners are asked to call from their cars to alert staff of arrival, and pets will be brought in by staff and returned to the owner curbside.

Hecker reassured pet owners that COVID-19 is not contagious from pets to people.

“If people experience a hard financial time buying food or get medical attention or their pets, AnimalKind will try to help,” Hecker said.

Hecker recommended nature walks and extra playtime for pets and owners who are feeling cooped up while practicing social distancing. She said it is also an ideal time to dedicate time to training.

AnimalKind is encouraging people to foster animals.

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“Lilly came to us when her owner became ill,” AnimalKind founder Katrin Hecker said. “She is very sweet and waiting for her chance to find a new forever home.” Four-year-old Lilly is available for adoption at Animalkind.

isolation time is the best for you and the pet,” Hecker said. “We encourage fostering during these days and provide all necessary supplies. Adoptions are free from now on until the crisis subsides.”

Hecker said those who wish to help AnimalKind may donate money, bedding, food, litter and cleaning supplies.

Catskill Animal Hospital is part of the Capital Vets organization. Like all veterinarians, it has been designated an essential business by the state Economic Development Council and will remain open during the crisis.

“It is our duty to keep our pet population healthy so the very limited personal protection resources can be prioritized for human health providers,” Capital Vets General Manager Nancy Drumm said.

All Capital Vets offices will be closed to clients except in limited circumstances, such as euthanasia, and they will be provided with a mask and gloves before entering. Curbside check-ins will be available, but all non-essential services are suspended.

“We will be offering telehealth services as an option on a very limited basis where they are medically appropriate for clients who are at risk or families in quarantine,” Drumm said. “The normal charge for telehealth will be reduced to $25

for the duration of the crisis.”

If someone is quarantined, or diagnosed with COVID-19 and believes a pet or service animal is ill, Capital Vets recommends contacting the nearest office and a course of action will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, pets can carry other types of the coronavirus that can make them sick, the viruses cannot infect people and are not related to the current COVID-19 outbreak. The CDC has not received any reports of pets becoming sick with COVID-19 in the United States.

Linda Guntert of Everlasting Hope Animal Rescue in Hillsdale said the organization always needs donations of cleaning supplies, detergent, towels, blankets, fleeces and dog treats.

“We go through bleach, paper towels, Clorox wipes, just the things you can’t find right now,” Guntert said. “If anybody had any extras, we sure could use them.”

Pet owners going to PetSmart

in Greenport can purchase supplies and leave them there for Everlasting Hope. While there, they can visit with some of the available cats.

Everlasting Hope is always looking for new fosters, and is “bursting at the seams” with dogs, cats and guinea pigs available for adoption.

“It’s the perfect time to

adopt,” Guntert said of families who are now spending more time at home. Guntert said she hopes people do not feel the need to surrender their pets due to financial burdens during this uncertain time.

Abby Hoover is a reporter for Columbia Greene Media. Contact her at ahoover@registerstar.com.

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Emergency aid plan doesn’t cut it Gov. Andrew Cuomo has spoken in a plangent voice at many of his daily briefings on the coronavirus pandemic.

He has kept his cool under enormous pressure, but he lost it last week as he denounced people gathering in parks and other places despite his order to refrain from congregating in large groups.

The governor lost it again Wednesday as he denounced the U.S. Senate’s $2 trillion emergency aid plan, saying the bill would give New York an insufficient $3.8 billion, with about $1.3 billion slated for New York City.

“That is a drop in the bucket as to need. It would be terrible for New York,” Cuomo said at the briefing. “I spoke to our congressional delegation. This morning, I said to them, ‘This doesn’t do it.’ I understand the Senate theory and the Republican theory, but we need the House to make adjustments.”

A similar plan in the House

gave the state $17 billion.

Under the Senate bill, the $3.1 billion reserved for New York reflects only 1.9% of the state’s budget.

“Literally, 48 states get a higher percentage in funding than New York state,” Cuomo Communications Director Dani Lever said Wednesday. “The gross political manipulation is obvious.”

This is not a time to play politics.

The state had 30,811 positive cases of COVID-19 as of late Wednesday, with 285 deaths and 3,805 requiring hospitalization, or about 12%. Of those hospitalized Wednesday, 888 patients, or 3%, are in intensive care units.

Greene County has eight positive cases of COVID-19 in Windham, Durham, Greenville, Hunter and Cairo, as of Wednesday afternoon. None of the infected people required hospitaliza-

tion, according to Greene County Public Health. Thirty-two people are in precautionary quarantine and are self-monitoring for possible exposure.

Columbia County reported 18 positive cases Wednesday — the same as Tuesday, according to Johns Hopkins University & Medicine’s live global COVID-19 tracker. As of Tuesday, 82 were under mandatory quarantine and 76 in precautionary isolation.

The apex, or highest peak, of the state’s coronavirus epidemic could hit within the next 14 to 21 days — sooner than health officials anticipated. They said on March 17 the peak was 45 days away.

It doesn’t take a genius to calculate that without dramatic and immediate action at the federal level, the death toll in New York state will be high, extremely high. Federal lawmakers are playing dice with human lives.

ANOTHER VIEW

The U.S. should seek a humanitarian truce with Iran The Washington Post

Iran, like the United States, is fighting a so-far failing war against the novel coronavirus, which according to expert studies could kill millions in both countries if it is not contained.

Yet neither the Trump administration nor the regime of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has let this unprecedented emergency distract them from their war against each other. Iranian-backed militias in Iraq have repeatedly launched rockets against U.S. targets this month, even as tens of thousands of covid-19 cases swamped medical facilities inside Iran.

The United States has responded by bombing the militias’ weapons storage sites and by continuing to escalate sanctions on the stricken Iranian economy; last week,several companies involved in marketing Iranian petrochemicals were targeted. This week Khamenei and Secretary of

State Mike Pompeo devoted themselves to overheated verbal broadsides: The Iranian ruler blamed U.S. sanctions for impeding the fight against the epidemic, which he hinted had been created by the United States, while Pompeo claimed Tehran was lying about the extent of infections and stealing money intended for medical supplies.

There is a certain crude logic to the attacks in Iraq: Iranian hard-liners have plausible hopes of forcing a U.S. withdrawal from the country and handing the regime a strategic victory to balance the losses inflicted

by U.S. sanctions. But the strategy behind U.S. policy is harder to discern. At a time of an extraordinary humanitarian crisis, the Trump administration is stepping up “maximum pressure” measures that increase hardship for a nation of 80 million. To what end?

Neither the collapse nor

the capitulation of the regime seems a likely result.

Instead, the United States is being blamed by ordinary Iranians as well as other nations for making it more difficult for authorities to combat the epidemic. That includes allies: Britain is among those that have asked for an easing of sanctions.

President Donald Trump has, at least, resisted pressure from Pompeo and other hard-liners to further escalate military action in Iraq. But instead of escalating sanctions, he ought to be offering Iran the chance to ease tensions through mutual humanitarian actions. The regime has already paroled one of the U.S. citizens it had been holding in its prisons.

While seeking the release of the others, the administration should support Iran’s request to the International Monetary Fund for emergency aid.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY ‘We don’t separate out men and women working together in corporations.’

Ava Skolnik The Washington Post

Texas, Ohio and Mississippi have halted abortion services during the coronavirus outbreak - and they’re unlikely to be the last states to institute such restrictions.

Some policymakers are using the pandemic as an excuse to try to achieve a political, and perhaps moral, goal that is not currently supported by law. The facts are clear: Abortion is legal. The procedure is usually carried out in facilities that do not also take care of people with respiratory illnesses, which means it does not take up needed hospital beds. The right to an abortion is guaranteed under the law.

In defending their moves, Texas and Ohio said that delaying or canceling abortion procedures is necessary to conserve personal protective equipment for health-care workers and to free up space in hospitals. Texas has prohibited “any type of abortion that is not medically necessary to preserve the life or health of the mother.”

It is true that to safely counter the spread of coronavirus, facilities will need protective equipment for health-care workers. Across the country, elective surgeries and nonessential medical procedures are reasonably being delayed.

But abortion does not reasonably fit into those categories. Abortion is an essential, time-sensitive medical procedure. A delay of 30 days could change an abortion from a safe outpatient procedure

to a more costly and risky procedure. If the objective is freeing up medical resources for covid-19 patients in need of care, we have to consider what happens when legal, safe abortions are not available.

Before Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in 1973, women found ways to obtain abortions; they were unsafe, and many who attempted such procedures were admitted to hospitals with infections and hemorrhages. If the goal is to maximize availability of medical services for people with severe covid-19 infections, then we should match our actions to our goals. Halting safe abortion services is likely to lead to increased use of limited inpatient medical services as women turn to unsafe options.

Covid-19 should not be coopted for a political agenda to limit women’s reproductive rights. It is no coincidence that abortions have been halted in Ohio and Texas, states that have sought to make the cutoff point in gestation at which abortions can be legally provided earlier and earlier, as well as attempting to limit abortion access through targeted restrictions on providers. Unlike attempts to legislate restrictions, however, these recent curtailments were announced without opportunity for debate.

Let’s be clear: Decrees that restrict abortions in the name of public health measures are not actually about public health. Efforts to use the

coronavirus threat and public health measures to accomplish long-standing political goals are an affront to those who work in public health and to women everywhere.

There is no time to politicize the coronavirus. Instead of making medical care less accessible during a public health threat, we should be learning from the pandemic that reliable health care is necessary for the common good. We should be uniting to protect collective access to health care and improve our health systems in order to defeat coronavirus. Halting abortions during this outbreak will not help defeat the pandemic threat; instead, it is likely to make life more difficult for many after the outbreak subsides. Repercussions of abortion restrictions are not merely a matter of short-term delay but could last a lifetime.

While it is crucial that we focus on the capacity of our nation’s health-care system today, we must not lose sight of future concerns. Women in the United States who are denied abortions face the potential of lifelong negative economic implications - disproportionately affecting low-income women and women of color. Women need access to all essential, timesensitive medical services during this pandemic.

Skolnik is a public health researcher in Pennsylvania who focuses on adolescent reproductive health, rights and policy.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

‘Divider in Chief’ still dividing To the editor: The global Coronavirus pandemic is dramatically changing the lives of all Americans. During recent televised briefings, the President has sounded like he is finally grasping the enormity of this pandemic, but in reality it’s the same old Trump.

His distortions and overt exaggerations about his administration’s delayed and failing response reveal that his fear about the demise of his presidency is of greater importance than the rising daily death toll of Americans.

The daily task force briefings with the President surrounded by a phalanx of scientists and career government professionals, are “made for TV“ in that he orchestrates the setting to appear more powerful, without regard to the lack of social distancing. The scientists speak the truth, but make no mistake, they will be blamed when the moment is right.

Donald Trump told millions of Americans “I don’t take responsibility at all” only to follow a few days later with “I felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic.”

It begs the question - if you felt it was a pandemic, why is there still a critical shortage

of test kits, ventilators, masks, gloves, protective equipment, and intensive care hospital beds?

Donald Trump has spent his whole presidency undermining, underfunding and suppressing science, scientists and governmental agencies that protect us. As Divider in Chief, he has convinced the 40% of Americans that are his base that global warming is a hoax. Now by extension, after two months of denying the magnitude of an impending pandemic, many of that base are convinced that the coronavirus is a hoax. Given all his years of spreading disinformation about the “deep state,” why would his most ardent supporters follow the Center for Disease Control (CDC) recommendations now?

At other times of national crisis, presidents have relied on the free press to amplify facts that can help lead the country toward safety. Instead, Donald Trump continues his endless attack on the press, bullying reporters who question his actions. He is simply unable to perform a critical role of a president — to soothe our nation in a time of great crisis.

Now calling the

coronavirus the “Chinese virus,” which the CDC and World Health Organizations have warned against, is more than just xenophobic, it is demonizing and endangering to Asian-Americans. Seeking to cast blame on China in order to mask his administration’s failures to heed the warnings of our own intelligence agencies and mount an early national response for fear of the impact on the stock market and thus his own re-election is classic Trump. China is now turning the corner in the progression of the pandemic.

Data from Chinese scientists will help inform our own path forward. China is now sending doctors, ventilators, face masks and protective suits to Italy, where the pandemic is raging. We will need to work together with China both to save American lives in the short term and to restore our own economy, in the long term.

Our next President will have to rebuild not only our economy and our health care infrastructure, but our faith in government and the power of truth. Remember that in November.

STEPHANIE SUSSMAN CLAVERACK

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Kevin Michael Young Kevin Michael Young, age 55, former Catskill resident, passed away in California after a long battle with an illness. He was born November 3, 1964 at Catskill Memorial Hospital. He was the youngest of seven children born to George F. Young Sr. and Rose M. (Law) Young.

Kevin became involved in the “Catskill Boxing Club “ at the age of thirteen and was trained for five years by Teddy Atlas, under the watchful eye of Cus D’Amato. He competed in 70 bouts over five years, winning several tournaments; including the “Adirondack Golden Gloves” (NY) and “Holy Oak Golden Gloves” (MA), 126 pound class in 1980. Kevin was the “first fighter out of the prestigious Catskill Boxing Club”, to win a Golden Gloves Title, according to Teddy Atlas. Teddy often said: “No one had a bigger heart than Kevin Young”. After graduating from Catskill High School in 1983, Kevin joined the New York State National Guard.

He was stationed at the Leeds Armory (Infantry). He served there until being reassigned to the “Individual Ready Reserve”.

Kevin’s love of Boxing continued to grow, even after his days of competing in the Ring were over.

He later became the “Youngest” NYS Boxing Promoter in history. He immediately organized the first-ever “Professional Boxing Show” at Columbia-Greene Community College. Although the Boxing Promotions Industry was challenging and ruthless, Kevin “Didn’t Quit”. In 1989 he relocated to California to be with his infant son Joshua, and to promote both Amateur and Professional Boxing shows in California.

His big smile and gentle heart will be missed. Kevin was predeceased by his father and mother; a brother, Gary L. Young, and sister, Sandra J. Young Romak.

He is survived by his son Joshua of California; siblings, George F. Young Jr., Margaret A. YoungJohnson, Douglas W. Young Sr., and Rodney S. Young; and many nieces, nephews, and friends.

Due to the impact of the NYS Coronavirus Emergency PAUSE rules that have been enacted, his funeral services and burial at St. Patrick’s Cemetery in Catskill are being held privately. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorials in Kevin’s name may be made to the Theodore Atlas Foundation or Huntington Disease Society of America.

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A child picks up food from Bailey’s Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences in Falls Church, Virginia.

After uproar, USDA says parents can pick up school meals without kids present Hannah Natanson The Washington Post

The federal government is waiving a policy that required students to come in-person to pick up free meals during school closures, after legislators and advocates said the rule was imperiling the health and safety of children with compromised immune systems.

New guidance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, issued this week, allows school districts to distribute meals “to a parent or guardian to take home to their children,” according to a copy of the guidance obtained by The Washington Post.

The waiver takes effect immediately and applies automatically to all states that elect to use it. Schools will need to develop strategies to ensure the meal distribution plan retains “integrity,” Angela M. Kline, director of policy and program development for USDA’s Child Nutrition Programs, wrote in the waiver.

Although the USDA envisioned “operators providing meals directly to children,” Kline wrote, the agency “recognizes that in this public health emergency, continuing to require children to come to the meal site to pick up meals may not be practical and in keeping with the goal of providing meals while also taking appropriate safety measures.”

The federal government notified school districts of the change late Wednesday night.

In a statement Thursday morning, USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue said feeding children

whose lives are being upended by the coronavirus pandemic is a top priority for federal officials.

“We continue to waive restrictions and expand flexibilities across our programs,” Perdue said.

Following virus-related shutdowns, school districts in the Washington region and across the country have converted their empty campuses into meal distribution sites - a key resource for an ever-escalating number of parents as unemployment spikes nationwide.

But for families with immunocompromised children - at higher risk of contracting the virus and of dying if infected - the policy of in-person pickups was forcing wrenching decisions, as The Post reported this week.

One mother in Prince William County, Virginia, whose 7-year-old daughter has a compromised immune system due to cancer treatments, said she woke each morning to an unbearable decision.

“Do I get the food and risk my child’s life?” asked the single mother, who recently lost her job as a driver due to the virusfueled halting of daily life in America. “Or do we go hungry, but stay safe?”

On Thursday, the lawmakers, along with Virginia school employees, lauded the new USDA guidance as a boon to parents and children nationwide. It is difficult to calculate how many families have children with compromised immune systems, but the number is certainly in the tens of thousands and likely higher.

Grocery store throws out $35,000 worth of food it says woman deliberately coughed on Antonia Noori Farzan The Washington Post

The past few weeks have been tough for Gerrity’s Supermarket, a small family-owned chain in northeastern Pennsylvania. Like grocers nationwide, it has been deluged with orders and has struggled to keep basics such as chicken breasts and toilet paper on the shelves.

Employees have been working overtime, pausing only for fivesecond breaks to wipe everything down with disinfectant wipes.

Then, on Wednesday afternoon, a woman came in and deliberately coughed all over the produce section, meat case and bakery department, GERRITY’S SUPERMARKET co-owner Joe Fasula said. The Gerrity’s Supermarket, a small Pennsylvania chain, said more than $35,000 worth of food went to store had to throw away more waste because one woman deliberately coughed on it. than $35,000 worth of food.

“Today was a very challeng- hoarding and panic-buying, cases as of early Thursday. Fif- was recovering from pneumoing day,” Fasula wrote in a mes- the chain has won praise for teen people, including one in nia and mocked him for wearsage to shoppers on Facebook. being transparent about the Hanover Township, have died ing a face mask and gloves. He “While there is little doubt this unprecedented challenges of from the virus. then deliberately coughed near woman was doing it as a very the moment. In a message to In the meantime, all the ar- the man and told him that he twisted prank, we will not take shoppers last week, Fasula ex- eas of the store that the woman had coronavirus, police said. any chances with the health pressed frustration about not visited had to be stripped bare, He now faces charges of makand well-being of our custom- having enough manpower to sanitized and disinfected. ing terroristic threats, simple ers.” take orders from senior citi“Unbelievable,” wrote one assault by physical menace, With most other business- zens over the phone, and noted of the thousands of people to disorderly conduct and harasses shuttered in an attempt that his wife and a few personal respond to his Facebook post. ment. to contain the spread of the friends had stepped in to make “This is a shame. Also more Officials don’t take these novel coronavirus, grocery sure that those who couldn’t work for your already tired em- kinds of incidents lightly, given stores have found themselves safely go to a grocery store still ployees.” that grocery store employees on the front lines of the global got their deliveries.

The woman, who has not already have a high risk of bepandemic. Numerous superThe empty shelves that been publicly identified, is un- ing exposed to the coronavirus. market employees nationwide shoppers were encountering dergoing a mental health evalCashiers can’t avoid coming have already tested positive weren’t a sign of nationwide uation, the Hanover Towninto contact with customers, for COVID-19, and fears about food shortages, he added, but ship Police Department said being exposed to the virus run instead could be attributed to late Wednesday night. Police and one Whole Foods employee in Atlanta told the Atlantic rampant. Meanwhile, a disbottlenecks in the supply chain are continuing to investigate that he overheard a shopper turbing trend has emerged: as warehouse workers and the incident and plan on filing telling someone that he was People deliberately coughing truck drivers struggled to keep criminal charges. “pretty sure” he had the virus on workers, other shoppers or People who purposefully but needed to get a few things up with the sudden demand. the food.

“Here’s the best answer we spread the coronavirus could before he went to the doctor.

On Wednesday, Fasula can give you,” he wrote. “We be charged as terrorists, the “I tell all of our employees posted pictures of employees ordered everything. We don’t Justice Department said in a that we are on the front lines,” carrying away carts full of fresh cucumbers, bell peppers, egg- know when the truck will Tuesday memo to federal pros- Fasula told WNEP last week. plants, onions and potatoes come. We don’t know what ecutors. And even those who “We are the ones that are going that were destined for the trash. will be on the truck. We don’t aren’t carrying the virus can to hold our country together. I “It truly saddens us,” he wrote know how much of any item face serious charges for delib- don’t mean just my store. Groon Twitter. “We are doing our will be on the truck. If it’s here, erately coughing or breathing cery workers in general and health-care workers. Imagine best to provide everyone a safe we don’t know if we will have it on other people.

On Tuesday, the New Jer- what would happen if the adenvironment & the items they when you get here.”

On Wednesday afternoon, sey Attorney General’s Office missions staff at a hospital staff need during this time including our seniors & those who a new set of challenges arose announced that a man had stopped showing up. Imagine are immunocompromised when the woman, “who the intentionally coughed on an if the cashiers at a grocery store when there is already panic w/ police know to be a chronic employee of a Wegmans store stopped showing up. We need supply & hoarding. To have to problem in the community,” in Manalapan, N.J., after she help.” waste food due to this breaks came into the Hanover Town- asked him not to stand so close ship, Pennsylvania, store, Fa- to a display of prepared foods, our hearts!”

Retailers have been sula wrote. When employees then claimed that he was inslammed by anxious shop- realized that she appeared to fected with the coronavirus. pers trying to stock up on dried be intentionally coughing on He was subsequently charged pasta and canned beans, and food, they escorted her out with harassment, obstructing Gerrity’s is no exception. “It is and called the police and local law enforcement and making terroristic threats. crazy. It’s even worse than it health inspectors.

While the woman isn’t A similar incident took is during the holidays. It’s so busy,” employee Amanda Wit- known to be infected with the place in Pennsylvania last zel told WNEP last week. “We novel coronavirus, police plan week during “seniors only” Copake, N.Y. (518) 329-2121 on testing her just to be sure, hours at a Karns Foods store. Pine Plains, N.Y. (518) 398-7777 can’t even take a breath.”

But as pictures of empty gro- Fasula said. Pennsylvania has A 57-year-old man allegedly cery store shelves have fueled confirmed 1,260 coronavirus spotted a senior citizen who VITO LAWRENCE

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Orthodox church holds to traditions such as kissing icons as Russia’s coronavirus cases rise Isabelle Khurshudyan The Washington Post

MOSCOW — Hundreds lined up - standing far closer than any social distancing advice - at the Kazan Cathedral in St. Petersburg earlier this month for a visiting shrine that the faithful believe contains a relic of John the Baptist.

One by one, they pressed their forehead to the shrine and kissed it. A volunteer then wiped it with a cloth.

Even as places of worship across the globe have closed or switched to online services amid the coronavirus pandemic, some in the Russian Orthodox Church have insisted it will not stop in-person services or try to block traditions such as kissing icons.

The stance in Russia has been followed some other Orthodox priests in Greece, Bulgaria and across other Orthodox churches. But Russia, the largest among the various Orthodox churches, has added influence, especially in Orthodox churches in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet republics.

Russia’s government, starting to impose closures in other sectors, has so far largely left

the church alone even as the number of cases in Russia rises. The country’s rates are still lower than parts of Europe or the United States. Russia reported 840 confirmed cases Thursday with 546 of those in Moscow, but the past two days have seen the largest spike.

St. Petersburg is the only city that banned visits to churches next week, a nationwide paid holiday that officials hope will lead to citizens staying home.

The Moscow Patriarchate adopted preventive guidelines last week, including serving the traditional Communion drink with individual disposable spoons and asking church personnel to wear disposable gloves when giving pieces of bread to worshipers. Priests have been told to avoid physical contact with parishioners.

The practice of kissing the cross at the end of a liturgy is now prohibited, but kissing icons is still allowed - though they’re to be disinfected after each person.

“There is no scientific data that congregations could become points of dissemination of infection,” Russian Orthodox Church spokesman Vakhtang Kipshidze said.

“That is why at this stage we consider that the measures that have been undertaken by our church is sufficient to provide security for our believers.”

Religious congregations have played a central role in some coronavirus clusters.

A now-shut messianic church in South Korea helped spark the country’s epidemic last month. A synagogue in New Rochelle, N.Y., became the epicenter of an outbreak earlier this month after the congregation’s rabbi tested positive for coronavirus.

In Louisiana, a Baton Rouge pastor has defied the governor’s order not to hold gatherings larger than 50 people with Sunday services drawing about 1,000 people.

But others have made concessions. Catholic churches in Rome have been closed for the past two weeks. Iran canceled Friday prayers this month.

Saudi Arabia banned citizens and other residents from performing the pilgrimage in Mecca. All synagogues in Israel were ordered closed Wednesday.

The Washington Post’s Svetlana Ivanova in Moscow contributed reporting.

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Mountain Top Arboretum Central Hudson announces more outdoor gardens and trails than $1 million in grants and community assistance remain open

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TANNERSVILLE - While Mountain Top Arboretum’s Education Center and restrooms are currently closed due to the COVID-19 virus, the outdoor gardens and trails remain open and free to the public, dawn to dusk, every day of the year.

Executive Director Marc Wolf released the following statement: “We know many of our friends, members and visitors may be needing a break and wanting to get outdoors.

We encourage you to explore Mountain Top Arboretum’s 178 acres of meadows, wetlands and forest by strolling the gardens in the West Meadow and Woodland Walk

or by exploring trails through Spruce Glen and the Hidden Marsh. Nature can be a balm and stress reliever during troubling times, and we want to remind the public that we are here as a resource and respite.”

For the safety of everyone at Mountain Top Arboretum, visitors are asked to: Keep at least six feet of distance between you and others. Stay at home when sick and seek medical attention when needed. Wash your hands often or use a hand sanitizer when soap and water are not available. Cough into a tissue and immediately dispose of it. Avoid close contact with people who are sick.

Avoid touching eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands. Avoid shaking hands and instead use an alternative greeting protocol. Avoid surfaces that could have been touched by other people, such as information kiosk areas and gates. Carry out with you any trash you generate.

The Arboretum is closely monitoring and following the guidance of the Greene County Public Health Department, New York State Department of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and World Health Organization.

The Mountain Top Arboretum is located at 4 Maude Adams Road, Tannersville.

Access launches 24/7 virtual mental health and substance use urgent care MIDDLETOWN – In response to the COVID-19 crisis, Access: Supports for Living Inc. has launched a Virtual Mental Health and Substance Use Urgent Care.

Adults and children struggling with anxiety, depression or any other mental health or substance-use concern will have access to this new, virtual resource, which began March 23. Therapists will be available 24/7 by phone and through telemedicine, with access to psychiatry and peer support for anyone in the Hudson Valley who needs help.

“Whether people are struggling with anxiety about COVID-19 or working toward recovery from another mental health or substance use concern, it is more important than ever that our community have safe access to quality care the moment they need

it – day or night, regardless of insurance or ability to pay,” said Ron Colavito, president and CEO of Access.

The Access Virtual Urgent Care is part of Access’s Mental Health and Substance Use Urgent Care, which opened May 1, 2019.

“Our Mental Health and Substance Use Urgent Care has been used by roughly 3,000 people across the Hudson Valley in less than a year,” Colavito said. “More than half of those who have visited are new to Access’s services, and nearly two-thirds have sought support for a shortterm, bridge prescription to fill a need until they can see their regular provider. This program has successfully kept people out of hospitals and emergency rooms, which need all the capacity they have right now. The launch of the Virtual Urgent Care is another

step Access is taking as part of the healthcare community’s fight against COVID-19.”

The Access Virtual Urgent Care is available by calling 1-888-750-2266, option 2.

Access: Supports for Living was founded in 1963 by a group of families who believed in a bright, positive future for children with disabilities. Today, Access is a $100 million nonprofit organization that helps people live the healthiest and fullest lives possible. Access supports more than 10,000 people each year through services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, mental health and substance use concerns, and children and families with a range of needs.

For information, visit www. accesssupports.org or call 1-888-750-2266.

POUGHKEEPSIE - Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. will provide regional organizations with financial contributions to support their COVID-19 campaigns and missions, and will offer $1 million in economic development grants to assist local small businesses, many of which are impacted by the pandemic.

In addition, the utility is expanding its Good Neighbor Fund, a program that provides last-resort grants toward utility bills for qualified households, funded by customers and matched by Central Hudson, by doubling its matching funds this year.

“We are in an unprecedented environment, and many community organizations are struggling to provide needed services for impacted residents in our region,” said Charles A. Freni, president and CEO of Central Hudson.

“By contributing to the region’s major human services organizations, we hope to support their efforts to assist those in need.

“In addition, our local businesses and low-income households are especially impacted. Working with our community partners, this support will provide needed assistance during this emergency.”

Central Hudson will provide funding to the following organizations and initiatives: n $25,000 to Ulster County Project Resiliency – a countywide partnership to organize fundraising, meal delivery, and other support to those in need throughout the county following the outbreak of COVID-19. Funds raised will be used to purchase meals from local businesses and not-forprofit organizations, helping to keep dollars circulating in the local food economy. This fund is being administered by the United Way of Ulster

SYRACUSE – The Salvation Army is changing the way it serves people in need.

Unemployment in New York state has skyrocketed in just a few weeks.

The state labor department reported that parts of the state are seeing a 1,000% increase in jobless claims, and Salvation Army Officers and staff members are continuing to meet human needs without discrimination across New York.

Major Ivan Rock, the Empire State Divisional Commander, said he is proud to serve alongside people who are rising to these new challenges.

“For 155 years, The Salvation Army has found ways to help those who are hurting,” Rock said. “Our passion to

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He explained that Central Hudson has temporarily suspended field collections-related activities, including service disconnections, to lessen any hardship caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Central Hudson’s customer service representatives will continue to work with customers who need more time to pay their bill in this challenging time.

Customers who have concerns about bill payment or other Central Hudson services are encouraged to reach out using Central Hudson’s online “web chat” feature, via email through the “Contact Us” page on the website, or by phone at 845-452-2700. For payment assistance options, visit www.CentralHudson. com/account-resources/ assistance-programs/.

The utility is also supporting local restaurants affected by current restrictions on dining out by offering customers a $30 gift card to the eatery of their choice to the first 200 who enroll in paperless billing. More information is available on Central Hudson’s Facebook page at www. facebook.com/CentralHudson.

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County. n $25,000 to Dutchess Responds - A coordinated effort with local agencies to respond to the needs of communities. Established through Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley, the fund provides critical needs including food, medications and household essentials to individuals experiencing hardships or quarantine restrictions as a result ofCOVID-19. n $25,000 to Orange & Sullivan COVID-19 Response Fund -The Community Foundation of Orange and Sullivan coordinates this fund, used to address immediate and longer-term needs of residents in Orange and Sullivan counties. This fund will distribute grants to established nonprofit organizations that provide front-line services to the counties’ most vulnerable populations – food and essentials for vulnerable families, such as prescription drug deliveries to homebound senior citizens and people with compromised immune systems. n $20,000 to Hudson Valley Food Bank – This organization distributes food to the charitable agency network serving disadvantaged residents. Central Hudson will also donate reusable grocery bags. n $5,000 to the Hudson Valley Additive Manufacturing Center at SUNY New Paltz for medical masks for COVID-19 mobile testing sites and the local medical community The SUNY New Paltz Additive Manufacturing Center is using its 3-D printing capabilities to produce face shields for regional health care organizations, including Ulster County for the drive-through mobile testing station at Tech City and local hospitals and medical centers. Central Hudson was an initial funder

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The need for Salvation Army services has increased exponentially across the state.

The soup kitchens are giving out bagged or boxed meals to avoid having large groups gather inside buildings. The food pantries are giving out more food per visit to reduce the trips a family has to make to limit potential exposure to the virus. In Saratoga Springs and Syracuse, a month’s worth of food was given out in a single week. Some Salvation Army food pantries are delivering food while others are using a “drive-thru” system, where possible. In Rochester, Salvation Army staff are bringing food, toiletries, and socks to homeless

encampments.

The Salvation Army will face this challenge and prepare for what is still ahead, Rock said.

“We are committed to serving people, not just during this crisis, but during the recovery,” he said. “The Salvation Army is always ready to help.”

Rock said The Salvation Army is committed to serve those in need, but donations of canned goods, non-perishable food items, cleaning supplies, diapers, baby wipes, formula, and financial contributions are needed.

Contact your local Salvation Army center to find out what specific items they need. You can go to empire.salvationarmy.org or call 1-800-SALARMY to make a donation.

Please consider supporting your local businesses during these out of the ordinary times.

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Lori Borgman: Close together and far apart

By Lori Borgman Tribune News Service (TNS)

The hardest part of social distancing during a pandemic has been ignoring the little table and chairs in the living room that periodically heave deep sighs of loneliness.

Then there is the basket of children’s books I step over each morning when I raise the shades. They’ve grown surly.

Some days “The Hungry Caterpillar” nips at my legs.

On Sunday, I texted a list of my accomplishments to the daughters, just to let them know things are happening at a breakneck pace here, despite the isoDreamstime/TNS lation: If you’ve got a webcam and an internet connection, you can still host dinner parties, happy hours, Got up early game nights, karaoke sessions and more.

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How to spot fake coronavirus news on social media

By Jessica Roy Los Angeles Times

Bad information about the novel coronavirus appears to be contagious. But there are some steps you can take to verify information on social media before you share it.

The temptation to share unverified but alarming information is understandable. Many of the people who share hoaxes don’t do it to mislead; they think they’re sharing valuable information with their friends and family. But it’s easy to hit “retweet” on something that’s just not true. And false information isn’t helpful to anyone.

“We’re not just fighting an epidemic; we’re fighting an infodemic. Fake news spreads faster and more easily than this virus and is just as dangerous,” said World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Feb. 15.

For starters, if someone high up in the government or military was attempting to communicate vital information to American citizens, they probably wouldn’t do it with a rambling screenshot from the Notes app.

A source in Homeland Security is not trying to get the word out about impending martial law, and there is no “high-ranking military friend in D.C.” passing along a tip about the president using the Stafford Act for a nationwide quarantine.

Another hot topic: ibuprofen.

The French doctor who originally advised people not to take Tylenol probably meant well, but medical experts around the world say there’s no evidence ibuprofen is linked to a higher risk of COVID-19 infection, nor has it been linked to increased complications from the disease.

President Trump, no stranger to repeating rumors that would reflect well on him, has repeatedly claimed that certain existing drugs could treat coronavirus. Elon Musk shared that optimism. But while scientists are working to test the efficacy of the malaria drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine in fighting coronavirus, there’s currently no reliable, published, peer-reviewed evidence on the subject. The Food and Drug Administration has not approved

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New York - MARCH 24, 2020 - A woman walks her dog on Fifth Ave and 59th Street Tuesday morning during the coronavirus pandemic outbreak. Gov. Andrew Cuomo offered a grim update on the exploding coronavirus pandemic Tuesday, saying New York is in the grip of a frightening “spike,” with more than 25,000 people now infected in the state and 210 dead.

either drug to treat the disease, and no one should be attempting to self-medicate with it. Already, this bad information has had tragic repercussions: A man reportedly died after ingesting chloroquine at home in Arizona in hopes of preventing coronavirus.

So take a beat before you retweet. Here are some ways to verify what you’re reading before you share.

Verify the account that’s posting the information.

Check the account. Are they verified on Twitter or Facebook?

That lends more credibility to what they say. If they aren’t verified, do more checking.

Check the photo on the account. Does it seem like a real person, or is it a photo of a celebrity or something generic, like a sunset or a flower? You can use reverse Google Image search to see if the photo was taken from elsewhere on the internet.

Check the age of the account and how many followers it has.

A brand-new account with a dozen followers is unlikely to be one that’s breaking major national news.

Scroll back through some older posts _ has the account always shared news, or was it a meme account a month ago?

Take note of how the news is being presented to you — just

in the tweet? Is there a link to a longer story somewhere? Again: A screenshot of an email, text message, Google Doc or Notes app is unlikely to be good information.

Check the source. Is the account attributing the information to an organization, a politician, a news outlet, or “a friend of a friend”? Good information will have a reputable name to back it up.

Verify the site the information is coming from.

If there’s a link, click it. Does it go where you expected it to go? Check the URL — are you really on the site you think you’re on, or does something seem off? Look for strange spelling and anything weird in the web address.

A website you’ve never heard of is unlikely to be the first and only source for major breaking news, no matter how slick the layout looks.

Check the date on the article.

Is it new or old?

Check the byline. Is it a real name? Click through to the bio page _ does it sound real? Does the author have social media accounts where you can verify that he or she is an actual reporter? This is another opportunity to use Google Image reverse search if there’s a photo.

Verify the information itself.

The best way to verify a piece of information is to see whether reliable news outlets have reported it. As news organizations, there is a burden on us to do more digging to verify things before we share them on social media. We don’t always get it right, but there’s a better chance something tweeted from your local newspaper is true than something from a completely random person with no accountability to anyone.

Read the story or post. Does the wording sound off — maybe like it was run through Google Translate a few times? That’s one way fake news websites rip off articles from legitimate sites.

Trust your gut. If there’s a nagging voice in the back of your head saying, “Eh, I’m not entirely sure this is true,” or “Wow, that sounds kind of far-fetched, but who knows?” it’s better to hold off on sharing it until you can verify.

If you see someone on social media sharing information that’s not true, try to be gentle when pointing it out. Correcting false information can backfire.

People are prone to be defensive and to double down when they’re challenged. We’re all a little tense right now. Be kind.

And don’t forget to wash your hands.

EXHIBITIONS @ OPALKA EXHIBITIONS @ OPALKA High School Regional Since the gallery is closed, organizers are preparing to move the show and events online so they can still celebrate the region’s young and very talented artists. Stay tuned for updates on: Virtual Opening & Awards Ceremony - coming to you soon via Zoom, they be announcing awards, and launching the online exhibition gallery Digital Gallery - Images of all students accepted into the show will be online shortly.

Online Panel Presentations - Panel presentations will move online. Stay tuned for details about careers for art students. Dial in and learn from local artists and career professionals about how to apply to art schools, different types of programs, and what you can do with an arts degree.

OPPORTUNITIES @ OPALKA Announcing a Call for Artists: Art in the Time of Corona STAY TUNED: Next week the organization will be formalizing a call to regional artists to propose projects, a set of activities, documentation, etc., that you are planning to undertake in response to the current coronavirus situation. They are interested in how this will change your practice and how regional artists are responding artistically to these unprecedented times. The gallery will be able to provide small stipends and a future exhibition opportunity to a group of artists selected from proposals received.

Stay updated by joining the mailing list and connecting on social media.

Woodstock School of Art extends closing Due to the most recent state mandates and CDC recommendations, and to do its part to help protect everyone’s health and safety during this time, the Woodstock School of Art is extending the school’s closure until further notice.

Please follow the school’s Facebook page and check the website for more updates over the next few weeks.

Social distancing doesn’t have to mean feeling alone.

Discover what the school is doing behind the scenes to help you feel connected: - Posting art work from the Student Exhibition 1 online.

- Working with the school’s weekly instructors to explore online demonstration sessions from their home studios. More details to follow.

- View past gallery exhibitions online.

- Go shopping in the online school store. All proceeds benefit the school building fund!

- Share your artwork on the school’s Facebook wall!

For students who have paid for classes and

workshops during the closure time period, there are a few options: - Weekly classes: A credit will be issued for you to continue your classes when the school reopens.

- April Workshops: The school will send an email to students with a reschedule date.

If the options above do not work for you, then the school will issue a full refund, or please consider donating a portion of the tuition to the school.

Any donations received will help fund efforts to keep the school in good fiscal health during the extended closure. All donations of $125 or more will receive the 2020 Annual Print.

Please contact the registrar with your desire to reschedule, receive a refund or make a donation at: registrar@woodstockschoolofart. org.

The school thanks you for your patience and continued support. Stay healthy and strong. They look forward to seeing you at the school when it reopens.

Enjoy John Jay Homestead while you’re stuck at home KOTONAH — John Jay Homestead State Historic Site has launched new digital content you can enjoy from home. These fun, interactive activities allow you to experience history while historic house tours are suspended.

Learn more about the collection by exploring the Object of the Day or try to solve one of history’s mysteries by being an Object Detective. A virtual tour and downloadable worksheets are also available. More content will continue to be added. All this can be found on the website: www.johnjayhomestead. org.

The grounds of John Jay Homestead are open to the public daily from sunrise to sunset. Everyone is encouraged to visit.

John Jay Homestead State Historic Site is one of the six state historic sites and 12 parks administered by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation–Taconic Region.

The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation oversees 180 state parks and 35 historic sites, which are visited by 77 million people annually. A recent study found that New York State Parks generates $1.9 billion in economic activity annually and supports 20,000 jobs.

For more information on any of these recreation areas, call 518-474-0456 or visit www.nysparks.com, connect on Facebook, or follow on Twitter.

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Artist releases ‘Tales of Terror’ Artist Jeremy Bach releases his sixth book title “Tales of Terror” on Friday, April 3.

International award-winning artist Jeremy Bach has written seven stories of suspense and terror for the young adult audience. This latest creation by the artist is a collection of seven stories with illustrations to scare the reader on a dark and stormy night.

“Tales of Terror” is the artist’s sixth book title, with some of the latest releases including “If You Need a Ride” released last year and “Studio Days,” which is a collection of stories, poetry and artwork released January of 2017.

“Writing for me has become an important creative outlet,” Back said. “When I start writing I have no idea how the story will end, I just allow the characters and storyline to evolve on their own, most of the time I’m there just for the ride.”

Although Bach has been writing poetry for several years and doing readings at many of his solo shows, writing short stories is only a relativity new endeavor.

With the release of “Kya, A Daddy’s Diary,” which chronicled his struggles with his daughter’s cancer diagnosis in September of 2015, writing became another artistic expression. Now with the release of “Tales of Terror,” the artist Bach has two novels and one nonfiction title to his credit.

“This is only the beginning for me. I’m going to keep writing because there are too many ideas I have not too keep writing, rythming,painting or snapping away,” Bach said. “The one hope I do have for the writing is that these stories become as successful as my other pursuits.

I really enjoy sharing my art with everyone.”

When not writing, the artist can either be found in front of an easel painting or behind the lens of a camera, bringing

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his imagination to life. Bach’s paintings have been exhibited in Dubai, Beverly Hills, San Diego and New York City.

Photography from the artist has also graced gallery walls from Los Angeles to Dublin and Athens, Greece, among others.

Recently he was named to the list “100,000 Most Influential Living Artists of the World” by the art tracking website Artfacts. com, which is an information gathering site for galleries and museums to research on any

one artist.

The artist plans on following up “Tales of Terror” with a second Tales of Terror in the winter of 2020 or early spring of 2021.

Tales of terror can be found on Amazon and Barnes & Noble, as well as other major retail sites April 3, for $15. Readers will be able to find the book locally in the spring of 2021.

EXCERPT FROM ‘TALES OF TERROR’ Taken from the short story “Dollmaker”:

Darkness crept forward, first over the hills to the west then plunging the forests outside of town into night. Finally the darkness settled across the little homes and cottages. As the streets grew darker they became deserted, void of life, as the townspeople scurried into their homes. The fires were stoked, candles burned bright and doors were locked.

What is whispered about in the daylight comes out under the cover of darkness. Beyond the glow of the little windows of the little houses lurks the evil of men’s hearts. When the sun descends the good people of this sleepy little town think very long and hard about answering the door when someone starts rapping.

On the edge of this town and at the end of a lane is one of those little houses with its windows all aglow and the doors barred. This house I write of belongs to the doll maker, a rather cranky old man, by the name of Jacob Clouse.

Like every night, we find on this chilly autumn night Jacob hunched over his cluttered work bench and by the light of a couple lamps he works on a doll.

Even with gnarled and painfully twisted hands he manages to work with the many tasks needed to bring the doll to life.

Mr. Clouse is a man who has lived long enough to hate the world and everything in it.

Tonight Jacob will have one more reason to hate life, the very frailty of life itself. Before the sun rises and a new day has dawned Jacob’s heart will stop. The blood will stop flowing through arteries. Jacob Clouse will die painfully and alone just as he’d lived. But for this moment at least Jacob is alive and working feverishly away at his latest creation, Anna.

How to date during coronavirus

By Grace Dickinson The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS)

PHILADELPHIA — Ghosted, catfished ... COVID-19’d? Like virtually every other part of life, the coronavirus has flipped the world of dating upside down.

Should we meet up in person?

Where would we even go when everything is closed? What if this stranger goes in for a hello hug?

Can you go on a date and stay the six feet away recommended by social distancing? How awkward would it be to just FaceTime instead?

They’re all new questions to consider. But when it comes to coronavirus dating, we’re in unchartered waters, baby. Doing what you need to stay safe is a top priority — which will likely mean taking steps not fathomed pre-COVID-19.

“The bar isn’t whether or not you’re having unprotected sex with multiple people anymore, the bar is touching multiple people, hugging, holding hands, whatever,” says Rachel, 36, who asked that her last name not be published.

Heading into date number two with a guy she met through Tinder, Rachel’s currently planning out how she’ll bring up the topic of exclusivity.

It’s a conversation she expects to feel a little strange, but so, too, did the first date, albeit for rather different reasons. Scheduled before the coronavirus completely shut everything down, Rachel and her date met for a walk around South Philly.

“I wasn’t even going to touch this person, but it’s getting cold, and then we walk by my house, and I end up inviting him in for tea,” says Rachel of the first date.

“That was definitely not in the plan.”

Planning: It’s a challenge most daters voice with coronavirus in town.

If you’re going to survive dating in it, it’s clear you’ll need

to be ready to adjust. And that means a hiatus on in-person dates as we all try to abide by the rules of social distancing.

Sitting, or even walking, six feet apart from someone with whom you’re on a first date is virtually impossible. You try holding an initial conversation with someone who’s more than two arms’ distance away. It’s far from personal.

Known as a master date-planner among his friends, Michael Kauffman, 28, has been thinking about what kind of creative suggestions he can craft. For now, most center around walking around Philadelphia.

“I think it’d be very easy to go up to Fairmount Park and have a picnic and be far enough away,” says Kauffman.

But again, even this comes with risk. Those who get to Kauffman’s picnic stage will be few and far between. As voiced by many current daters, Kauffman has slowed down his conversations across dating platforms.

And those with whom he’s still chatting, he’s looking for cues about how seriously they’re taking the coronavirus.

“The last weekend (when places were still open), someone said they were going out to brunch with a bunch of friends, and I was like eww,” says Kauffman. “If someone seems very nonchalant about it, I don’t want to hang out because it feels riskier.”

Kauffman also plans to test out FaceTime dates. Ask him if he would’ve suggested that as an idea pre-coronavirus, and his answer is “no.” But again, unchartered waters. Ideas like this, originally often viewed as weird or awkward, are now all on the table — and encouraged. Dating platform OKCupid has started prompting its users with a questionnaire asking how people plan to continue to date during the coronavirus. “Messaging,” “phone calls,” and “video” are all available answers. Meeting up in person is not.

Just days ago, the world welcomed the launch of “Love is Quarantine,” a riff off of Netflix dating show “Love is Blind,” in which people look for love without ever seeing one another.

For a chance to be matched up with those reigning from Philly to Singapore, add your contact info to a growing Google Sheet of 800-plus potential candidates.

Participants share their experiences on the LoveisQuarantine Instagram.

Between delayed internet streams and unflattering lighting issues, virtual happy hours, movie nights, and cooking dates might sound less than desirable.

But aren’t all first date scenarios usually a little awkward? Leslie Davidson, 32, says she’s found video to be surprisingly useful.

“I feel like I don’t do enough prescreening, so I end up going on a lot of bad dates,” says

Davidson, who went on her first FaceTime date last week. “I realize I could cut out a lot of time, wasted energy, and makeup by doing more first dates on the phone.”

Davidson’s not sure if she’ll keep experimenting with this when the coronavirus chaos lifts, but for now, she doesn’t plan to meet anyone in person.

“It’s just not worth it — I’m immunocompromised, and I’m a caretaker of my grandfather.

He’s 83, and I’d like to see him sooner, rather than later,” says Davidson.

The “is it worth it?” feeling is one that’s encouraging some to step away from dating altogether. Maybe video dating isn’t for you and meeting up is too much of a risk.

Last week, Alysha Bowen, 27, decided now was the time to delete all of her apps.

For others, pandemic dating is speeding things up. Two months into a new relationship, Tovah Rosenthal, 27, says she and her partner went from a let’s-take-things-slow mentality to now essentially living together.

“I think I’d feel really lonely if I were dealing with this by myself,” says Rosenthal. “It’s almost like we’ve been given free rein to just go hide away in our house, when normally we might be thinking it’s a bad idea because it’s too soon, or that we should be spending more time with other people.”

As for all those who are still frustratingly single, there could be light at the end of the tunnel.

“Texting and waiting to meet up is already a standard part of online dating, and now there’s just more of that,” says Adam Schlesinger, 31, of South Philly.

“I imagine there will be a lot of pent-up energy ready to be spent when this all dies down.”

I’M TAKING THIS PANDEMIC OPPORTUNITY TO SEE SOME MOVIES I’VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.

Welcome to the Tribune Coronavirus Overdue Film Festival.

By Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune (TNS)

We’ve all seen a few movies, and we’ve all missed our share, too. Catching up with the ones you’ve never seen, either by choice or by chance, shouldn’t only be a matter of scratching off the received classics, because, for starters, received by whom?

On the other hand: If you’ve never seen “Citizen Kane,” then, yes, that’s a received classic both of its time and ours, eternally.

Same with “The Awful Truth” and “Gold Diggers of 1933” and “Smiles of a Summer Night” and “Killer of Sheep” and “I Know Where I’m Going!” and “The Earrings of Madame de ...” and “His Girl Friday.” Tomorrow it’d be a different list. Que sera sera.

Truly enjoyable garbage can also raise your spirits in a pandemic. Our movie lives, however, tend to be dominated by the vast, teeming bog in between the classics and the solid waste.

The other day, a 10-yearold we live with asked a fantastic question: “What’s the most MIDDLE movie you’ve ever seen?” He’d had it with me ducking his queries about bests and worsts, since I never answer those the same way twice.

But he and I had just watched the faked-Marslanding conspiracy thriller “Capricorn One,” a 43-yearold movie some remember and some do not. It was brand-new to us both. And nothing, friends, has ever been as clear to me: That was the middlest film I’ve ever seen.

Each day I’ll be adding another title to my personal “It’s about time!” ledger.

Some may make you shake your head: How can he call himself a critic and not have seen “Blah Blah,” starring Someone Famous, or directed by a first-rate director?

Other titles will be popular crud beloved, if money equals love, by millions.

And some will be “Capricorn One.” Welcome to the Tribune Coronavirus Overdue Film Festival. First up: Kevin Costner, Whitney Houston,

a ridiculous Oscar-night climax and a chemistry lesson cancelled due to a total lack of chemistry.

‘The Bodyguard’ (1992) I’m frankly stunned I never made time for this before now, if only because I revere any movie determined to exploit the Oscars for cheap melodramatic purposes.

(The 1966 film “The Oscar” deserves schlock landmark status in this regard.)

But seriously: Holy crap!

I’d seen bits and pieces of screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan’s tale (written in the ‘70s, with Steve McQueen in mind) of a ronin-like loner in charge of keeping an erratic, egocentric superstar out of harm’s way — during the Oscar campaigning season, no less. But seen front to back, at last, in all its incoherent, jittery glory, “The Bodyguard” is a sludgy wonder.

Houston’s game but bland feature acting debut keeps bumping into Costner’s humanoid, monotonal cool. (He’s gotten a lot better, needless to say.) Are these people supposed to be people, from Earth? Funny thing is, director Mick Jackson has made some good pictures, notably the Steve Martin romance “L.A. Story” and “Temple Grandin,” the moving HBO biopic starring Claire Danes. This one got by — and how! — on its soundtrack. It sold more copies than “Titanic” (which came later), and it sold more copies than “Saturday Night Fever” (which came earlier).

Houston’s power balladry remains wondrous.

My wife hadn’t seen the movie yet, either. Both of us were actively encouraging the dog to bark more during the dialogue scenes. And now we have this shared experience, better late than never, to commemorate Week 1 of sheltering at home. (c)2020 Chicago Tribune Visit the Chicago Tribune at www.chicagotribune.com Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

List of DVD release dates for March 24 and beyond Tribune News Service (TNS) Following is a partial schedule of coming movies on DVD. Release dates are subject to change: MARCH 24: 1917 24: The Grudge 24: The Song of Names 24: Clemency 24: Treadstone: Season One 31: Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker 31: The Current War 31: Coda 31: Mr. Robot: Season 4 31: The Purge: Season Two

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Cancellations EDWARD PAULINO’S SOLO PLAY “EDDIE’S PEREJIL” Edward Paulino’s solo play “Eddie’s Perejil” originally scheduled for March 31 at the University at Albany has been postponed.

Organizers hope to reschedule the event in the fall.

More information about the performance at https:// www.nyswritersinstitute. org/eddies-perejil

GHENT/CHATHAM SENIORS The April 1 meeting has been cancelled.

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On what should have been Opening Day America needs baseball more than ever Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith The Washington Post

Thursday should have been Opening Day, but the Major League Baseball season is now postponed indefinitely. As the coronavirus blankets the country and health officials scramble to contain a pathogen of uncertain morbidity, leaders of the professional sports

leagues have assumed a cautious wait-and-see stance. Yet beneath their guarded statements, their undoubtedly heartfelt expressions of concern, oozes a palpable economic fear. Plagues, wars and other disasters are bad for business, but pioneering team owners have been there before, See BASEBALL B3

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New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone looks out onto the field before the start of their recent spring training game against the Philadelphia Phillies at George M. Steinbrenner Field.

Boone staying connected with Yankees players, staff as they await new opener date

By Pete Caldera The Record (Hackensack, N.J.) (TNS)

TAMPA, Fla. — That odd sensation of feeling out of place? It’s already struck Aaron Boone.

So, Boone doesn’t expect to feel another strange wave on Thursday afternoon, when he was supposed to be managing the Yankees on opening day.

Driving home to Connecticut in mid-March, being away from the ballpark, “it’s all been weird and an

adjustment,” Boone said on Wednesday, what would have been the eve of opening day at Baltimore.

“You get so close to the start of a season and it’s not here,” Boone said. “That’s disappointing, that’s frustrating.

“But you also temper it with (the knowledge that) this is all bigger than me and us and baseball,” Boone said of a COVID-19 crisis that has See YANKEES B3

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Columbia-Greene Community College’s Cameron Thomas was recently named a Mountain Valley Conference Third-Team All-Star.

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HUDSON — Columbia-Greene Community College’s Cameron Thomas, was recently named to the Mountain Valley Conference All-Conference men’s basketball team for the 2019-20 season.

The sophomore receives the honor after leading the team in several categories. He was officially named to the Third Team All-Conference for the 2019-2020 season.

Thomas led the team in scoring 14.4 points per game. He shot the ball well with a percentage over 50% this season.

He also lead not just the team but all of Region III in rebounding, averaging 13.1 rebounds per game. These performances from Thomas earned him NJCAA Region III Athlete of the Week honors in January.

Thomas was a team leader as he averaged a double-double this season. His biggest game came when he scored a season high 32 points in a loss at the Hudson Valley Vikings.

The Green Tech graduate finished with a double-double picking up 14 rebounds as well. He went from averaging 10 points per game in the first half of the season to 19 points per game the rest of the season.

2019-2020 PLAYER OF THE YEAR Jordanny Ceuvas-Marte/Mohawk Valley

2019-2020 COACH OF THE YEAR Matt St. Croix/Mohawk Valley

FIRST TEAM Jordanny Ceuvas-Marte/Mohawk

Valley Jonathan Dean/Mohawk Valley Brandon McKenly/Hudson Valley Justin Steed/Mohawk Valley Shykell Brown/Herkimer

SECOND TEAM Dante Griffin/Herkimer Vondell Livingston /North Country Rijkaard Jean Baptiste/Clinton Javan Johns/Fulton Montgomery Jason Primus/Mohawk Valley

THIRD TEAM Cameron Thomas/Columbia-Greene Iziah Pigott/Hudson Valley LaShawn Smith Jr./North Country Christian Corker/Schenectady Matt Boyle/Fulton Montgomery

After Kenny Atkinson’s firing, David Fizdale says a team’s culture has to hold up to ‘disgruntled players’ Stefan Bondy New York Daily News

The Nets had their culture in place, their set values, principles and head coach. But it couldn’t withstand the additions of Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant.

David Fizdale, who once navigated the balance between a program’s identity and a superstar’s influence as a former Miami Heat assistant, called Brooklyn’s firing of Kenny Atkinson “a kick in the stomach” and implied the coach didn’t have enough support.

“When it comes to players with power, your front office has to really be strong and your culture has to be strong to weather disgruntled players,” the former Knicks coach said on ESPN Radio. “And you have to have a certain amount of support for your coach so when things get turbulent.

“I’ll give you a perfect example, it wasn’t always perfect in Miami between (coach Erik Spoelstra) and LeBron. But one thing we knew for sure, Spo wasn’t going anywhere, because he had the support of (team president Pat Riley and owner Mickey Arison), from the standpoint of, ‘This is our culture, this is how we do things, and everyone has to adjust to that.’ That’s the thing I respect so much about those teams like San Antonio and Miami, they make the players adapt to their culture. They don’t go the other way.”

Atkinson was fired by the Nets this month after reinvigorating the franchise. A source said owner Joe Tsai consulted players and ultimately made the decision, but GM Sean Marks became the public face of the move while speaking in ambiguities during a press conference.

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Brooklyn Nets head coach Kenny Atkinson reacts after a play during the game against the Atlanta Hawks during a recent game at State Farm Arena.

Given his reputation for mood swings and splintering the Celtics locker room, Irving, in particular, has been blamed for Atkinson’s sudden departure. Sources said there was friction between the point guard and coach, just as there was friction between Irving and Celtics

coach Brad Stevens. In a telling move, interim coach Jacque Vaughn moved DeAndre Jordan into the starting lineup in his first game after Atkinson’s removal.

Jordan signed as a package deal with Irving and Durant.

“I don’t really have an opinion one way or another,” Fizdale said about Irving. “But you can’t deny the fact he won a championship in Cleveland and did enough to help a team get all the way to the end, and was a huge part of it. And the last two places it just didn’t work out and I wasn’t in the building to know exactly what was going on. But it can be one of two things: He was either that guy who doesn’t adapt and kills culture. Or he’s a Jimmy Butler who needs to find a right fit.”

Fizdale said he spoke and texted with Atkinson recently and believes “Kenny’s going to be right back in the saddle.” The two joined Cleveland’s John Beilein as the three NBA coaches fired this season.

“It’s a punch to the gut to see a colleague like that who went through the mud with the organization and really started with the foundation and really helped build the team to where it is,” Fizdale said. “It as a kick in the stomach to hear that. Even more than my situation. I was 4-18. I can take it. I’m a big boy.

“But I think to see Kenny under the circumstances, they were seventh seed in the East, he had taken that team from a lot of Ls to now a team that was starting to become a regular in the playoffs. You look at that roster and you don’t have D’Angelo Russell now, Kyrie misses 40-plus games, no Kevin Durant, and you’re still in the seventh seed, which I thought was awesome and amazing that he was doing that.

And he was building another All-Star point guard in Dinwiddie. And to see that happen so abruptly, when it happened, the way it happened, it was a kick in the stomach.”

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Pro hockey NHL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OT SO Pts Boston 70 44 14 5 7 100 Tampa Bay 70 43 21 5 1 92 Toronto 70 36 25 4 5 81 Florida 69 35 26 4 4 78 Montreal 71 31 31 8 1 71 Buffalo 69 30 31 6 2 68 Ottawa 71 25 34 7 5 62 Detroit 71 17 49 3 2 39 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT SO Pts Washington 69 41 20 5 3 90 Philadelphia 69 41 21 2 5 89 Pittsburgh 69 40 23 6 0 86 Carolina 68 38 25 5 0 81 Columbus 70 33 22 11 4 81 NY Islanders 68 35 23 7 3 80 NY Rangers 70 37 28 3 2 79 New Jersey 69 28 29 6 6 68 Western Conference Central Division GP W L OT SO Pts St. Louis 71 42 19 7 3 94 Colorado 70 42 20 7 1 92 Dallas 69 37 24 5 3 82 Winnipeg 71 37 28 4 2 80 Nashville 69 35 26 5 3 78 Minnesota 69 35 27 4 3 77 Chicago 70 32 30 4 4 72 Pacific Division GP W L OT SO Pts Vegas 71 39 24 6 2 86 Edmonton 71 37 25 7 2 83 Calgary 70 36 27 6 1 79 Vancouver 69 36 27 3 3 78 Arizona 70 33 29 4 4 74 Anaheim 71 29 33 8 1 67 Los Angeles 70 29 35 3 3 64 San Jose 70 29 36 4 1 63

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Transactions BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston Red Sox - Signed 2B Yairo Munoz to a minor league contract.

FOOTBALL NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE Atlanta Falcons - Signed TE Khari Lee, LB LaRoy Reynolds, and WR Laquon Treadwell to a oneyear contract. Signed DE Allen Bailey to a oneyear, $4.5 million contract extension. Signed LB Dante Fowler Jr. to a three-year, $48 million contract.

Carolina Panthers - Signed DE Zach Kerr to a two-year contract. Signed QB Teddy Bridgewater to a three-year, $63 million contract. Signed QB Phillip Walker to a two-year, $1.565 million contract. Signed WR DeAndrew White.

Chicago Bears - Re-signed LS Patrick Scales and DE Brent Urban to a one-year contract. Resigned DB Deon Bush to a one-year, $1.4 million contract. Re-signed QB Tyler Bray. Signed DB Jordan Lucas to a one-year, $1 million contract.

Signed DB Artie Burns to a one-year contract.

Cincinnati Bengals - Signed LB Josh Bynes to a one-year contract.

Cleveland Browns - Signed QB Case Keenum to a three-year, $18 million contract.

Detroit Lions - Signed DB Desmond Trufant to a two-year, $21 million contract. Signed LB Jamie Collins Sr. to a three-year, $30 million contract.

Las Vegas Raiders - Re-signed RB Rod Smith to a one-year, $910,000 contract. Signed WR Nelson Agholor to a one-year, $1.05 million contract.

Signed TE Jason Witten to a one-year, $4.75 million contract. Signed LB Cory Littleton to a three-year, $35.25 million contract. Signed QB Marcus Mariota to a two-year, $17.6 million contract. Signed LB Kyle Wilber.

Minnesota Vikings - Signed DT Anthony Zettel.

Signed NT Michael Pierce to a three-year, $27 million contract. Signed T Rashod Hill.

New England Patriots - Signed QB Brian Hoyer to a one-year, $1.05 million contract. Signed LB Brandon Copeland to a one-year, $1.1 million contract.

New York Jets - Re-signed LB Neville Hewitt to a one-year, $2 million contract. Re-signed DB Bennett Jackson.

Philadelphia Eagles - Signed DB Rodney McLeod to a two-year, $12 million contract.

San Francisco 49ers - Signed DE Kerry Hyder to a one-year contract.

Tennessee Titans - Signed T Ty Sambrailo to a one-year contract.

Washington Redskins - Acquired QB Kyle Allen from the Carolina Panthers for a 2020 fifthround draft pick.

NCAA FOOTBALL East Carolina - Announced QB Zach Gwynn has left the program and will transfer to Delaware.

BASKETBALL NCAA BASKETBALL Colorado St. - Announced G Teyvion Kirk has left the program and is expected to transfer to another school.

Dayton - Announced F Obi Toppin will enter the NBA draft.

Georgia - Announced C Rodney Howard has left the program and will transfer to Georgia Tech.

Rhode Island - Announced G Tyrese Martin has left the program and is expected to transfer to another school.

Rhode Island - Announced G Gregory Hammond has left the program and will transfer to Massachusetts Lowell.

Southern California - Announced F Onyeka Okongwu will enter the NBA draft.

Wichita St. - Announced G Erik Stevenson has left the program and is expected to transfer to Washington.

HOCKEY NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Buffalo Sabres - Signed D Mattias Samuelsson to a three-year, entry-level contract.

Montreal Canadiens - Signed D Gustav Olofsson to a one-year, two-way contract worth $750,000.

Nashville Predators - Signed C Thomas Novak to a two-year, entry-level contract.

Sports Flashbacks BASEBALL 1936 — The Detroit Tigers sign future Hall of Fame infielder Hank Greenberg for $20,000, while another future Hall of Famer, pitcher Red Ruffing, signs a $12,000 deal with the New York Yankees.

1937 — Taking the advice of Hall of Famer Ty Cobb, New York Yankees outfielder Joe DiMaggio trades in his 40-ounce bat for a lighter 36-ounce model.

1951 — During a spring training game against the University of Southern California, New York Yankees rookie Mickey Mantle hits a home run that traveled an estimated 650 feet.

1957 — New York Yankees manager Casey Stengel is arrested after allegedly swearing at and kicking a photographer during a game in St. Petersburg, Florida. Stengel is released on $50 bail.

1960 — Exhibition games between the Baltimore Orioles and Cincinnati Reds are moved from Havana, Cuba to Miami, Florida due to safety concerns on the part of the Orioles.

1974 — Future Hall of Fame players Luis Aparicio and Orlando Cepeda are released by the Boston Red Sox. Aparicio never played again, while Cepeda would play 33 more games for Kansas City before retiring.

1977 — The Boston Red Sox release shortstop Rico Petrocelli, one of the team’s most popular players. The two-time All-Star decided to retire after 13 seasons, all played in Boston.

1979 — The San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants announce plans to play an exhibition series in Japan, but the games are scrapped when Giants players refuse to take part.

1984 — The Philadelphia Phillies trade reliever Porfi Altamirano and outfielders Bob Dernier and Gary Matthews to the Chicago Cubs for pitcher Bill Campbell and infielder Mike Diaz.

2000 — Seattle’s Kingdome, the former home of the Mariners, is demolished using more than 21 miles of detonation cord and 5,800 holes filled with gelatin dynamite.

BASKETBALL 1960 — Bob Pettit has 28 points and 20 rebounds to lead the St. Louis Hawks to a 97-86 victory over the Minneapolis Lakers in Game 7 of the Western Division finals to advance to the NBA Finals.

1963 — Cincinnati’s Oscar Robertson scores 32 points as the Royals record a 131-127 overtime victory in Game 5 against the Syracuse Nationals to advance to the Eastern Division finals. Lee Shaffer scores 45 points for Syracuse.

1967 — Rick Barry scores 37 points as the San Francisco Warriors post a 122-115 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers to finish a three-game sweep and advance to the NBA Finals.

1972 — The Los Angeles Lakers defeat the Seattle SuperSonics 124-98 to set a then-record with a 69-13 mark. The Chicago Bulls broke the record by going 72-10 in 1995-96.

1974 — Barry scores 64 points as the Golden State Warriors trounce the Portland Trail Blazers 143-120.

1987 — Washington’s Manute Bol blocks 12 shots to help the Wizards to a 106-103 victory over the Boston Celtics.

1996 — Dikembe Mutombo grabs 31 rebounds but the Denver Nuggets fall 119-112 in double overtime to the Charlotte Hornets.

2008 — Five-time All-Star Chris Webber officially announces his retirement.

The origin of Aaron Judge’s partially collapsed lung just got weirder Kristie Ackert New York Daily News

TAMPA, Fla. — The mystery of Aaron Judge’s partially collapsed lung continues to grow.

The Yankees slugger revealed he had a “pneumothorax,” or as he called it “a little lung thing,” on Friday when he was asked about the fractured first right rib that had held him out of all of spring training. That fractured rib dated back to last September and Wednesday Yankee manager Aaron Boone said that the lung issue was “interrelated” to the rib injury.

“I think it probably dates back to being all sort of related and potentially happening with that dive in September,” Boone said on a conference call with reporters Wednesday. “It’s probably something that’s impossible to know for sure, but I would believe that it’s all interrelated.”

So Judge not only had shoulder discomfort, but also a damaged lung since his Sept. 18 diving catch attempt on Albert Pujols fly ball?

Obviously this is the least of medical concerns these days. With two Yankees minor leaguers having tested positive for coronavirus, the global pandemic is in the forefront of everyone’s mind, it was good to hear on Friday that Judge said his “pneumothorax” was cleared up. But in the aftermath of the 2019 season where injuries and setbacks

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New York Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge (99) looks on from the dugout against the Atlanta Braves on March 8 at George M. Steinbrenner Field.

were such a part of the story, it’s hard to understand how Judge’s injury took so long and dozens of tests to diagnose.

The shut down of spring training and the indefinite delay to the start of the regular season because of the coronavirus pandemic, at least gives Judge time to try and heal his fractured rib.

“Aaron is still in the healing phase of

that, that rib bone and ... . I think he’ll be reevaluated again in a few weeks. As far as re-imaging that, to see if there’s the continued healing with that rib,” Boone said. “He’s been able to work out doing a lot of lower body stuff. He is able to do some upper body stuff some overhead things so he’s going in pretty much every day in Tampa there to continue his

rehab.”

Judge is among the several players who are still rehabbing at the major league complex in Tampa. Giancarlo Stanton was also doing his rehab work there and is “ready to roll” with his strained right calf that was holding him out of spring training.

“He’s been working out there. He’s pretty much over the hump,” Boone said. “He’s pretty much run aggressively and done the things necessary so that if and when they were to be in spring training games, he would likely be ready to roll for that.”

James Paxton, who had surgery to remove a cyst off his spine on Feb. 5, has returned to his offseason home, but continues his rehab there.

“James Paxton is home in Wisconsin, and he has continued with his throwing program and he’s able to work out up there,” Boone said.

Paxton hoped to able to return to a big league mound by “mid-May,” which now may mean he is ready for the regular season opener.

Aaron Hicks, who had offseason Tommy John surgery, began his throwing program.

“Aaron Hicks has begun his throwing program. He’s working out in Arizona,” Boone said. “He’s back home so he’s with his physical therapist there, and he has begun a throwing program.”

Eight things learned from rewatching classic sports games Paul Sullivan Chicago Tribune

CHICAGO — While my tolerance for watching classic games during the sports shutdown is waning a bit, I still find myself channel surfing for a few minutes from time to time to see what’s being offered.

There have been many changes to the way games are presented, including the graphics explosion that now include news tickers, first down lines, pitch speeds and other screen-grabbing items.

But it also is interesting to see the evolution of the games themselves.

Here are eight things I’ve learned, or relearned, from watching reruns of classic games: 1. You really don’t need a new baseball every time it gets a speck of dirt on it.

Tigers pitcher Mark Fidrych threw an off-speed pitch during a 1976 game against the Yankees that catcher Bruce Kimm nabbed after it hit the dirt in the batters box. Kimm handed the ball to the plate umpire, who looked at it for a second, deemed it OK and put it back in play.

I don’t remember when it was decided that every ball with a speck of dirt on it had to be put out of play, but it has been going on for many, many years. Of course, if there is a smudge that can’t be easily removed, a new ball should automatically be issued. Otherwise, just wipe it off and let’s go. It’s not as if the balls are 10 years old. They’re all brand new.

2. Some first baseman needs to reprise the Pete Rose spike.

Whenever Pete Rose caught a throw at first for the third out in the Phillies’ 23-22 win over the Cubs at Wrigley Field in 1979, he spiked it like a football instead of throwing it to someone in the dugout, as most first baseman do. There was something oddly compelling to it, and, honestly, I don’t remember if it was just a Rose thing or if any other first baseman also did the spike.

Either way, it was a cool way to end an inning, and certainly helped turn him into a memorable villain.

3. What’s the score? Who knows?

We’re so accustomed to the instantly updated score bug on the screen that it’s second nature now. But it was refreshing to watch the so-called “Christian Laettner game” (Duke-Kentucky) from the 1992 NCAA Tournament

and remember a time when the entire TV screen was graphics-free. The score was updated frequently, but there was no need to have it in your face every second. Maybe we paid more attention back then and didn’t need it? Or perhaps we change channels so much we now need the constant updates?

4. Announcers seemed more candid in their criticism.

Maybe it was the Howard Cosell effect, but during the pregame show of the Mark Fidrych game one of the announcers wondered aloud why Yankees starting pitcher Ken Holtzman was such an “unhappy” man. Meanwhile, they showed Holtzman warming up in the bullpen, oblivious to the criticism being levied at him. It had something to do with a contract issue and was in stark contrast to the usual commentary we see these days in which athletes are not subject to harsh criticism during broadcasts.

5. Look ma, no batting gloves!

Amazingly, batters didn’t always step out of the box after every pitch to adjust their batting gloves. In fact, batting gloves didn’t become popular until Ken “Hawk” Harrelson began using them on Sept. 4, 1968.

Harrelson reportedly blistered his hands golfing and used a red golf glove to protect them, then homered twice in the game. According to an article by the Baseball Hall of Fame, Mickey Mantle bought 20 pairs the next day so the Yankees could tease Harrelson during warm-ups, calling him “sweetheart” and “Mrs. Harrelson.” Nowadays

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Mark Fidrych waves to the crowd during the last game played at the Tiger Stadium against the Kansas City Royals on Sept. 27, 1999 in Detroit, Mich.

almost every hitter wears batting gloves, and more time is wasted re-adjusting those gloves than anything else in the game. We’ll never go back to the old days, but the game certainly moved along better without the constant adjustments.

6. Crowd control was more lax — and gentler Celtics legend Larry Bird was shooting free throws

during the waning seconds of Game 7 of the 1984 NBA Finals against the Lakers when a few fans walked onto the court to prematurely celebrate. Boston Garden security rushed onto the court and calmly escorted the trespassers off. CBS didn’t cut away to avoid showing the fans, as broadcasts routinely do now as soon as one is spotted on the field or the court. Security

now aggressively handle such trespassers, which probably is for the best in these uncertain times.

7. Kudos to the Fab Five.

Can you imagine modern basketball players wearing those short shorts from back in the day? Fortunately you don’t have to, thanks to the Michigan basketball team of the early 1990s — featuring Chris Webber, Jalen Rose and Juwan Howard — that brought in baggy shorts that remain in style almost three decades later. If there’s ever a Hall of Fame for sports fashion, the Fab Five deserve to be first-ballot picks.

8. Fans could stay in the stands to celebrate a great win.

Again, this was the Mark Fidrych game, where it appeared as though the entire crowd of 40,000 or so at old Tiger Stadium hung around afterward to soak in the win.

It wasn’t a playoff game or even a pennant race, but everyone seemed to know it was a special moment and treated it accordingly.

Nowadays most fans are anxious to leave long before the final out, perhaps because the games are so long or it’s a hassle getting out of the parking lot. The obvious exception is Cubs fans who want to stick around until the last chorus of “Go, Cubs, Go” after a win. Security and ushers encourage fans to leave immediately after games for security reasons and so staff can clean the stadiums. Nevertheless, it was nice to see everyone enjoying themselves in the stands in Tiger Stadium long after the game was over.

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Amid pandemic, New Orleans pastor uses Zion Williamson to lift a virtual congregation Jerry Brewer The Washington Post

To accentuate his critical message, the New Orleans pastor turned to an ideal messenger: Zion Williamson. He didn’t call upon the real Williamson, not during these social-distancing times, but the idea of him. He didn’t call upon the basketball celebrity of Williamson, but the blossoming humanitarian within him.

During a recent virtual service at First Grace United Methodist Church streamed on Facebook, the Rev. Shawn Anglim lifted a puppet with Williamson’s photo attached and sat near a collection of stuffed animals. It was the portion of the program normally reserved for children, but this was a lesson for all ages. The Zion puppet was to encourage the youth to wash their hands: The New Orleans Pelicans rookie was worthy of imitation.

It touched Anglim that Williamson has pledged to cover the paychecks of all out-ofwork arena workers at the Smoothie King Center for 30 days. There are about 1,150 staff on an average Pelicans game night, according to the ASM Global management company. In a city that survived Hurricane Katrina and remains vibrant despite endless hardships, the compassion and generosity aren’t taken for granted. As the novel coronavirus mounts its silent and deadly attack on New Orleans, Anglim is looking for inspiration, like everyone else in the world. He found it in a 19-year-old New Orleans Pelicans forward who arrived in town just nine months ago.

“Zion is Nola,” Anglim told his congregation.

“Why did I invite Zion to be with us today? Zion did a beautiful thing. In a moment of great anxiety, he figured out there was something he could do that was easy for him to do. When you have $10 million sitting around, why not give $5 million away, amen?”

It’s a simple yet cardinal message that athletes and celebrities are the perfect conduits to convey: Help others. Help others with your distancing, with your money, with your moral compass, with your phone calls and video chats, with your patience. With your grace. Let that spirit spread at a faster rate than covid-19. Williamson is among many sports figures who have continued the kindness toward arena staffs that Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love started with a $100,000 donation. Now it has become common for athletes to contribute their money and fame to various causes during this difficult time.

These are not acts worthy of excessive praise, but acknowledgment is appropriate. It can create a culture of selflessness, which grows more necessary by the day. With families isolating

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impacted daily life around the world.

“Right now is the time to kind of do our part.”

Boone was about to call on a new neighbor, maintaining a 60-foot distance to play catch with Gerrit Cole.

Under normal circumstances, Cole would have been making his Yankees debut on Thursday, starting a highly anticipated 2020 season against

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charting the dangerous landscape and mapping a way out.

A little more than a century ago, the Great War threatened the entire 1918 baseball season. In response, team owners like Harry Frazee of the Boston Red Sox kept baseball off the casualty list by organizing a public-relations campaign promoting the sport’s patriotism. They combined this public imaging with a private lobbying campaign that aimed to convince politicians to let them finish the season in some form. The owners also cut player salaries, trimmed rosters and raised ticket prices across the board to offset the “war tax.” This push succeeded, saving the sport from economic cataclysm, while giving Americans something to rally around.

After the United States declared war on Germany in April 1917, Frazee bet $2,000 that the global conflict would be over before the 1918 season began. But during the winter months of 1917, his hubris turned into nervousness. As the war escalated and the demands for American manpower intensified, he feared that the draft would deplete his roster and derail

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New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson (1) and Minnesota Timberwolves center Naz Reid (11) in action at Target Center.

throughout the world in an attempt to slow the contagious virus, it’s getting harder to make any kind of emotional connection beyond our shared frustration. Life is on hold, and that damned music won’t stop playing.

But while this is a time to separate, it’s never beneficial to be divided. Stars play a major role in this tricky effort to unite.

“Celebrity culture is not a healthy culture if you act like a celebrity,” Anglim said in a phone interview. “Why be a celebrity if there’s not something greater you can do with it?”

The First Grace mantra for Lent - “Darling, I am here for you” - now seems like a universal mission statement. Observing Williamson from afar, Anglim notices a young transcendent basketball talent with the same potential to impact lives off the court. From the beginning, Williamson has been humble and appreciative. He gets it, as people like to say. Now, he’s an example for others to get it.

“He was there for those workers,” Anglim said. “He didn’t just see them as ‘workers,’ but as people - darlings, in his eye.”

The choir helped the kids watching the Sunday service learn a song about washing their hands. They tweaked “When the Saints Go Marching In” to say, “Oh when the Pelicans win the NBA championship.” Hum along to the revised chorus for 20 seconds, you will have clean

little mitts and renewed hope about a franchise still trying to find its NBA footing.

The backstory of the diverse First Grace church is uplifting, especially amid all the xenophobia and President Donald Trump’s insistence on using the phrase “Chinese virus.”

Two years after Katrina devastated the city, two churches - one predominantly black, the other white - merged on Oct. 21, 2007. Seventeen members from one congregation and 25 from the other came together. Today, First Grace has more than 400 members, and about 250 usually fill the church on Sundays. But it is more than a building with a preacher and a choir and a horde of Bible-toting parishioners.

The church puts its faith and benevolence in action. It has a food pantry, provides shelter for women and children and joins with other organizations for social justice. It is a bilingual church; its services are translated in Spanish.

First Grace calls itself as “where the city worships.” Right now, the definition of a church - or any outfit accustomed to bringing people together - must expand. First Grace is already on that level. So it’s only natural for Anglim and his congregation to seek and celebrate the helpers.

“There’s some suffering we can’t do anything about,” Anglim said. “But there’s some suffering we can do something about. Zion Williamson, as a 19-year-old, set a strong example of what

we can do. It’s crucial to keep social distancing, but it’s crucial not to live in isolation and selfishness. There’s a lot of suffering going on, in many forms, and we have to find a way to be together in that and help one another.

“This is a moment we didn’t ask for, but if we can do that, we can come out with a stronger set of relationships that don’t happen if not for these circumstances.”

Anglim has three known cases of the coronavirus in his church. Two members seem on their way to recovery. The third person, a man in his 60s, is sedated and on a ventilator. As a pastor, as a community leader, Anglim spends the majority of his free time trying to determine how he and the church can make a positive impact. He has had to guide people through Katrina and numerous cases of police lethality that wounded the hearts of his congregation. The latest challenge is unprecedented, however.

“It makes it real for us,” Anglim said of the church’s covid-19 cases. “If you don’t have a story like that, it’s just a matter of time. We need to connect and embrace people from all walks of life with our concern. If people don’t have a church, they’re going to find out how much they need one.”

Anglim is not proselytizing as much as it seems. In talking about the church, he is discussing what he knows. But substitute the word with “community,” and it has the same meaning and speaks to all audiences.

“Suffering isn’t the worst thing,” Anglim said in his Zion sermon. “Suffering alone is the worst thing.”

Williamson has played just 19 games in a Pelicans uniform, but he has given New Orleans more than powerful dunks and amazing displays of strength and agility. It’s not merely about donating money. The Pelicans are paying him $9.8 million this season, and he has a Jordan Brand shoe deal reportedly worth $75 million.

The willingness to give and the message it sends to his countless followers matter most.

Last week, a church member handed Anglim $1,000 in cash and said, “I’m sure you’ll find good use for this.” The pastor did the Zion thing and spread the cash around to several people.

“Times like this can bring out the worst in us and our fears and anxieties,” Anglim said. “And they can bring out the best. In New Orleans, we’re such a tourist place, and this virus and the distancing hits us very hard. But Zion is following the advice he said he received from Drew Brees. Brees told him, ‘Love the people in the city of New Orleans, and they’ll love you right back.’ We have felt that. I hope he’s here a long time.”

the Orioles at Camden Yards.

“Guys are, to varying degrees, able to continue to work out and throw and trying as best they can to stay sharp and a little bit ready,” said Boone, keeping in touch with his players via text messaging.

There’s a separate coaches thread, texting “everything from detailed planning, or something very specific about a player...to what are you watching on Netflix?”

Sluggers Giancarlo Stanton (right calf strain) and Aaron Judge (stress fracture, first right rib) are among the 8-10

Yankees still working out at Steinbrenner Field.

Stanton would have been ready to participate in exhibition games this week. “He’s pretty much over the hump,” Boone said.

Judge is awaiting another CT scan, perhaps late next week, to determine whether he’ll be allowed to resume baseball activity.

Back home at Arizona, center fielder Aaron Hicks (Tommy John surgery) has begun a throwing program.

Hicks is working with a physical therapist and could

be ready to play by July.

Lefty starter James Paxton (back surgery) has returned home to Wisconsin to continue his throwing program.

Paxton hoped to be a rotation option by around June 1.

By Thursday, the 14-day quarantine at Yankees minor league camp will have ended.

“At that point, those guys will be free to go home,” said Boone.

The one exception is the second of two unidentified Yankees minor leaguers who tested positive for coronavirus. That player will remain

in quarantine for a few more days.

According to the Yankees, both players who tested positive had recovered quickly from their symptoms.

Additionally, there are no players, staff or personnel who are currently being tested.

Whenever baseball resumes in its truncated state, Boone is a proponent of taking creative measures with the regular season schedule and postseason tournament.

If there are potentially games played in November, “a neutral site situation” comes

into play. “So, I think there are probably some interesting, creative ways” to crown a champion.

Boone also mentioned the possibility of adding doubleheaders “the minor league way,” with two seven-inning games.

Overall, it’s a chance to try some ideas “that could stick a little bit or be kind of segue to something different down the line,” Boone said.

“It’s certainly an opportunity to try some things that you wouldn’t otherwise try in a normal 162-game setting.”

his business. A full 90 percent of major league players were eligible for conscription. By January 1918, 11 Red Sox had already joined the defense industry or the armed services - the most in Major League Baseball. Frazee harbored nagging doubts about whether he could even field a team.

While most team owners feared bankruptcy, he wagered that Americans would be more inclined to seek a diversion in a time of war - if he could put a winning team together. So he made multiple trades and paid more than $60,000 cash to the Philadelphia Athletics to improve his roster.

Yet, publicly, the Red Sox owner made clear that he would do nothing to hamper the war effort. “We want to win the war, don’t we?” he asked a reporter. Baseball players were not above making the same sacrifices as other Americans - and they certainly should not receive an exemption from the draft. Country came before baseball.

Frazee made sure that his devotion to the cause remained visible once the season began. He transformed Fenway Park from a place of leisurely escape to a venue for instilling nationalism and militarism as baseball became more than a diversion. Baseball stadiums provided a stage

for military preparedness and players asserted their public role as soldiers and citizens.

Elaborate military parades, marching bands and recruiters appeared on baseball fields.

At Fenway, the Red Sox promoted Liberty Bond drives, honored soldiers and sailors and encouraged fans to enlist in the armed forces. Before the games began, Babe Ruth and his teammates, wearing full baseball uniforms, substituted bats for rifles and conducted military maneuvers under the instruction of a drill sergeant, a demonstration of patriotism that linked the national pastime to the country’s war effort.

Yet all the marching and posing was far more calculated than Frazee let on publicly.

The owners based their decision to have players conduct military drills not on patriotic sentiments, but on the bottom line. They hoped that if the players received formal military training of some sort, then the War Department might allow them to remain on their respective clubs through the 1918 season.

Behind the scenes, Frazee worked to ensure that this would be the case. Although he publicly stated he would not request special favors for his club from the government, he did long before the season

began. In December, Frazee had contacted Captain William R. Rush, commandant of the Boston Navy Yard, offering to donate the receipts from a series of exhibitions that would benefit the Navy Relief Fund in exchange for exemptions for Red Sox players already serving in the Navy.

Awaiting a reply from Rush, Frazee also lobbied Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy. He wanted Roosevelt to authorize a deferment for playermanager Jack Barry and left fielder George “Duffy” Lewis, both of whom were already enlisted in the Naval Reserve.

Writing Roosevelt on Jan. 23, 1918, he reminded him of President Woodrow Wilson’s stated desire that baseball continue uninterrupted, but Wilson’s support fell short of exempting players from the draft. Without the services of eight players already serving in the Navy, Frazee wrote, “I might as well shut my gates.”

Roosevelt sympathized with him and wrote Captain Rush, suggesting that they consider helping Frazee but only if the commandant agreed that it was appropriate.

But neither Roosevelt nor Rush could help him because the Navy and the War Department deemed this special treatment inappropriate. Besides, none of the

players serving at the Navy Yard wished to return to the club for fear that they would be vilified as “slackers” who had betrayed their country.

In May 1918, about a month after Opening Day, baseball received a blow: Provost Marshal Enoch Crowder, the head of the Selective Service, announced that by July 3 all draft-age men with deferred classifications would have to enlist in the military or obtain work in an “essential industry.” The War Department made its position clear: young, able-bodied men would either shoulder Springfield rifles on the fields of France or manufacture them on the home front. The “work or fight” order, as it was known, meant that ballplayers who were engaged in unproductive labor were likely to be drafted - and that put the season at risk. The demands for manpower simply overwhelmed Wilson’s preference that ballparks remain open during the war.

By July 19, Secretary of War Newton Baker made clear that baseball was not an essential industry, and therefore every draft-eligible ballplayer was subject to the work or fight order. After appeals from the baseball magnates, Baker finally agreed that Major League Baseball could finish a shortened season by Labor Day. He also gave the players on the

pennant-winning teams until Sept. 15 to comply with the order. That meant that the Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs could compete for the championship.

The 1918 World Series marked an important turning point in the relationship between sports and patriotism. For the first time in series history, fans sang “The Star-Spangled Banner,” a ritual that transformed baseball games into spectacles of patriotism. And the ticket returns helped the owners financially survive a season that almost didn’t happen.

In the end, the owners reluctantly accepted wartime limitations, and turned them into a rallying cry that helped them pack stadiums. Today, the owners confront an even more daunting problem. In a world of social distancing, filling stadiums would be more than irresponsible. It would border on criminal.

Yet Major League Baseball has an opportunity to learn from history. During World War I and World War II, and in the aftermath of 9/11, baseball played an important role bolstering American nationalism.

And as the owners discovered uniting the nation in a time of crisis can also be good for business.

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NOTICE AFTER APPROVAL BY VOTE OF VOTERS PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: The resolution published herewith adopted on the 24th day of March, 2020 by the New Baltimore Fire District Board of Fire Commissioners, and approved by the voters of the Fire District on the 24th day of March, 2020, may be hereafter contested only if such obligations were authorized for an object or purpose for which the New Baltimore Fire District is not authorized to expend money or if the provisions of law which should have been complied with as of the date of publication of this notice were not substantially complied with, and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within twenty (20) days after the date of publication of this notice, or such obligations were authorized in violation of the provisions of the constitution. The purpose of the resolution was to approve the bonding or financing of a new Tanker-Pumper, in the maximum amount of $575,000.00 principal and the use of up to $325,000.00 from reserve funds, to finance the purchase in the anticipated maximum amount of $850,000.

RESOLUTION FOR FINANCING OF A TANKER PUMPER: RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS OF THE NEW BALTIMORE FIRE DISTRICT, IN THE TOWN OF NEW BALTIMORE, GREENE COUNTY, NEW YORK (THE “DISTRICT�), AUTHORIZING THE FINANCING OF A TA N K E R - P U M P E R AND RELATED EQUIPMENT, THE MAXIMUM COST OF WHICH IS ANTICIPATED TO BE $850,000; APPROPRIATING SAID AMOUNT THEREFORE; AND AUTHORIZING THE FINANCING BY ISSUANCE OF A SERIAL BOND OR STATUTORY INSTALLMENT BOND UP TO TEN (10) YEARS FOR THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF $575,000 PRINCIPAL, AND TO ISSUE BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ABOVE, FOR UP TO FIVE CONSECUTIVE YEARS, AND TO SPEND UP TO $325,000 FROM THE CAPITAL RESERVE FOR SUCH PURCHASE.

STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF COLUMBIA WELLS FARGO BANK, NA., Plaintiff, vs.

KATHLEEN E. DUFFY, et al., Defendants NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT In pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the office of the County Clerk of Columbia County on April 17, 2020, I, Albert P. Kolakowski the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on April 17, 2020 at Columbia County Courthouse, 401 Union Street, Hudson, NY, County of Columbia, State of New York, at 9:00 A.M., the premises described as follows: 321 Water Street, Hudson, NY 12534 SBL No.: 152.-1-21 ALL THAT TRACT OF PARCEL OF LAND The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. 12894/18 in the amount of $180,472.61 plus interest and costs.

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

Max Zacker, Esq., Referee Whitbeck Benedict & Smith LLP, Attorneys for Plaintiff 436 Union Street Hudson, New York 12534 (518) 828-9444 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF FORMATION OF A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) The name of the LLC is Yes This, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on February 28, 2020.

New York office location: 361 Main Street, Village of Catskill, County of Greene and the State of New York.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is: Yes This, LLC; 361 Main Street, Catskill, New York 12414. Purpose/Character of business: Any lawful business purpose permitted under the New York Limited Liability Company Law. This notification is made pursuant to Section 206 of the Limited Liability Company Law. Notice of Formation of Fisheye Ceramics LLC. Art. of Org. filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 2/10/2020.

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

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Office: Greene Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: c/o Michele Delage 26 W Bridge St Catskill NY 12414 LEGAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING, BUDGET VOTE AND ELECTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a Public Hearing on the proposed 2020-2021 Budget for the Taconic Hills Central School District shall be held in the Board of Education Room of the Taconic Hills Central School, Craryville, New York, on Tuesday, May 6, 2020 at 6:30 p.m., pre-

vailing time. The budget will be available for review on May 1, 2020, at the District Office.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual meeting of the qualified voters of the Taconic Hills Central School District will be held on Tuesday, May 19, 2020 between the hours of noon and 9:00 p.m., prevailing time, in the Board of Education Room of the Taconic Hills Central School, Craryville, New York, at which time the polls will be opened to vote by voting by machine and ballot on the following items: 1. 2020-2021 BUDGET To adopt the annual budget of the Taconic Hills Central School District for the fiscal year 2020-21 and to authorize the requisite portion therefore to be raised by taxation on the taxable property on the District.

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ELECTION OF BOARD MEMBER SEATS To elect one (1) member of the Board of Education for a five (5) year term, commencing on July 1, 2020 and expiring on June 30, 2025, to succeed Jeffrey Hotaling.

3. To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting pursuant to the Education Law of the State of New York.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a copy of the of the statement amount of money which will be required to fund the School District’s budget for the 2020-2021 school year, exclusive of public monies, may be obtained by any taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Annual Meeting except Saturdays, Sundays or holidays, at District school buildings between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., prevailing time and also at said District Election. A report of tax exemptions, showing how much of the total assessed value on the final assessment roll or rolls used in that budgetary process is exempt from taxation, shall be annexed to the budget document.

The election and budget vote shall be by machine or absentee ballot. The hours during which the polls shall be kept open shall be from noon to 9:00 p.m. prevailing time or for as long thereafter as necessary to enable qualified voters who are in the polling place at 9:00 p.m. to cast their ballots.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT petitions nominating candidates for the office of member of the Board of Education shall be filed with the District Clerk

at the District Clerk’s office in Craryville, New York, not later than April 20, 2020 at 5:00 p.m., prevailing time. Each petition must be directed to the District Clerk, must be signed by at least twenty-five (25) qualified voters or 2% of the voters in the previous annual election, whichever is greater, of the District and must state the name and residence of the candidate. A copy of such petition may be obtained at the Office of District Clerk during regular school hours.

The petition shall describe at least the length of the term of office and contain the name of the last incumbent, must state the name and residence of each signer, and must state the name and residence of the candidate.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to a rule adopted by the Board of Education in accordance with §2035 and 2008 of the Education Law, any referenda or propositions to amend the budget, otherwise to be submitted for voting at said election, must be filed with the District Clerk of the Board of Education at the Taconic Hills Central School District on or before April 20, 2019 at 5:00PM prevailing time; must be typed or printed in English, must be directed to the Clerk of the School District and signed by at least (100) qualified voters of the District; and must state the name and residence of each signer.

However, the School board will not entertain any petition to place before the voters any proposition the purpose of which is not within the powers of the voters to determine, or any proposition which fails to include a specific appropriation where the expenditure of monies is required by the proposition.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots will be obtainable and are returnable no earlier than April 20, 2020 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, except holidays, from the District Clerk. Completed applications for absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk at least seven (7) days prior to the vote if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the election, if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter.

Absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk not later than 5:00 p.m. on May 19, 2020.

The Education Law makes special provisions for absentee voting by “permanently disabled� voters of the District and any questions regarding these rights should be directed to the Clerk of the Board. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available in the office of the District Clerk from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. prevailing time except weekends, up to the day set for the election. Any qualified voter may challenge the acceptance of the ballot of any person on such list, by making his/her challenge and reasons therefore known to the Inspector of Election before the close of the polls.

The Education Law also makes special provisions for absentee voting for “military� voters of the District.

Specifically, the law provides a unique procedure for “military ballots� in school district votes. Whereas absentee ballot applications and absentee ballots must be received by the voter by mail, a military voter may elect to receive his/her absentee ballot application and absentee ballot by mail, email or facsimile. The military voter must, however, return his/her original military ballot application and military ballot by mail or in person. The Clerk of the Board shall transmit the military voter’s military ballot in accord with the military voter’s preferred method of transmission not later than 25 days before the vote. The Clerk of the Board must then receive the military voter’s military ballot by mail or in person not later than 5:00 p.m. on the day of the vote.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the qualified voters of the School

District shall be entitled to vote in said annual vote and election.

A qualified voter is one who is (1) a citizen of the United States of America, (2) eighteen (18) years of age or older, and (3) resident within the School District for a period of thirty (30) days preceding the annual vote and election. The School District may require all persons offering to vote at the budget vote and election to provide one form of proof of residency pursuant to Education Law section 2018-c. Such form may include a driver’s license, a non-driver identification card, a redacted tax return or any identification containing the person’s physical address.

Upon offer of proof of residency, the School District may also require all persons offering to vote to provide their signature, printed name and address.

Dated: March 30, April 10, April 24, & May 8 Craryville, New York Melissa Layman, District Clerk Taconic Hills Central School Distric Town of Austerlitz Columbia County New York PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Town of Austerlitz Planning Board meeting scheduled for April 2, 2020 is cancelled.

By Order of the Planning Board Chairman Susan Haag, Town Clerk Dated: 3/26/20 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF GREENE INDEX NO. 1099/2018 Plaintiff designates GREENE as the place of trial situs of the real property S U P P L E M E N TA L SUMMONS Mortgaged Premises: 169 COUNTY ROUTE 17 JEWETT, NY 12444 District: Section: Block: Lot:

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR CSAB MORTGAGE-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-3,, Plaintiff, vs.

B.R.R.K. BY AND THROUGH HER NATURAL GUARDIAN EDWARD KURTZ AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEES OF THE ESTATE OF CAROLYN RAGUCCI; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DISTRIBUTEES OF THE ESTATE OF CAROLYN RAGUCCI any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; CARMINE V. RAGUCCI; CHRISTOPHER T. RAGUCCI; CARMINE F. RAGUCCI; TPZ CORPORATION; GREENE COUNTY CLERK, PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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COLUMBIA-GREENE MEDIA "JOHN DOE #1" through "JOHN DOE #12," the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint Defendants.

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

NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $287,250.00 and interest, recorded on July 26, 2006, at Instrument number 2006-6683, of the Public Records of GREENE County, New York, covering premises known as 169 COUNTY ROUTE 17 JEWETT, NY 12444.

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

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

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

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

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

YOU MUST RESPOND

BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. RAS BORISKIN, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310 Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675 The Town of Kinderhook Town Board Notice of Town Board Meeting Please take notice that the Town of Kinderhook Town Board will hold the Regular Meeting on April 6th, 2020 meeting starting at 6:30PM.

In light of the current situation we are faced with in our state and nation we need to take necessary steps to ensure the safety and health of our community and town.

Pursuant to Article 7 of the Public Officers Law and Executive Order 202.1, this meeting will be held via conference call to pay bills and to consider any other business brought before the Town Board at that time. A recording will be made of the meeting and a written transcript created thereafter.

Members of the public wishing to listen to the proceedings of this meeting may dial into the conference call at (605) 472-5470. The access code is 978968.

By Order of the Town Board Kimberly A. Pinkowski, RMC Town Clerk

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Dayton star Obi Toppin to enter NBA draft David Jablonski Dayton Daily News

DAYTON, Ohio — Dayton Flyers forward Obi Toppin announced Wednesday he will enter the NBA draft, ending his college career after three years at the University of Dayton and two seasons on the court.

Toppin made the announcement, which has been expected by everyone who saw his draft stock rise all season, with a video on Twitter. He had two years of eligibility remaining, but at 22, he’s the age of a college senior and he’s expected to be a lottery pick in June. There was no doubt he would turn pro this spring.

“I believe it is time to start the next chapter in my journey,” he said. “I would like to share the news with you guys that I will be signing with an agent and forgoing my college eligibility to enter my name into the NBA draft.”

Toppin averaged 20.0 points and 7.5 rebounds this season as a redshirt sophomore.

He led Dayton to a 29-2 season, an Atlantic 10 Conference championship, a No. 3 ranking in the Associated Press poll and 20 straight victories to end the season. He has won numerous national player of the year awards, most recently from the Associated Press and United States Basketball Writers Association.

Toppin set a school record with 107 dunks this season. He dunked 83 times as a redshirt freshman. He broke Chris Wright’s school record of 166 dunks with 190 career dunks.

Here’s a transcript of Toppin’s other comments in the video:

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Dayton Flyers forward Obi Toppin (1) takes a shot against Davidson Wildcats forward David Kristensen (12) during their Feb. 28 game at University of Dayton Arena.

“This whole year has been more than just basketball. It’s been a brotherhood like

no other. Our team was not just playing for ourselves, we were playing for our whole

community. We learned about the great impact we had on all the people in the Dayton community and across the nation. While we were very upset the season ended the way it did, we were also grateful for what we did accomplish this year and how we were able to support others along the way. I want to thank God for allowing me to be in the position I am in today. I want to thank my mother (Roni Toppin) for all the hard days and nights she goes through to allow me to be in the position I am in today.

“I want to thank my father (Obadiah Toppin) for helping me grow and continuing to show me the ropes about playing basketball throughout my life. You are definitely a great teacher. And I also want to thank my uncle Vic (Monaros) who has helped me every step of the way. Without you, I wouldn’t be in the position I am in now. I want to thank all my coaches and everyone on the staff for pushing me every single day to be a better player and a better person. I also want to thank everyone in the office, the managers, the academic advisors, our AD (Neil Sullivan) and everyone who helped me and the team move forward. And, of course, how can I forget my teammates, my brothers. You guys believed in me, pushed me and helped me earn the success I have been lucky to have so far. Lastly, I want to thank this amazing community for accepting me into your own families and into the Dayton family. To anyone else I forget, thank you so much. I love every single one of you from the bottom of my heart.”

USC standout Onyeka Okongwu declares for the NBA draft Ryan Kartje Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES — After a single, shortened season that saw him solidify his place as one of college basketball’s most talented freshmen, USC forward Onyeka Okongwu is on his way to the NBA. The Chino Hills (Calif.)

High product declared his intentions Wednesday, following a season in which he led USC in points (16.2), rebounds (8.6) and blocks (2.7).

The 6-foot-9, 245-pound Okongwu is expected to be a lottery pick in the upcoming draft, which would make him the first Trojan drafted that high since DeMar DeRozan was selected ninth in 2009.

“All good things must come to an end,” Okongwu wrote in a statement on Twitter. “I want to take the next

step when the opportunity presents itself.”

That next step had long been anticipated by his coaches and USC teammates, even before the NCAA tournament was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. USC coach Andy Enfield had been anything but coy in recent weeks about Okongwu’s impending declaration.

On Wednesday, shortly after Okongwu announced his decision, Enfield recalled a game during USC’s trip through Europe last summer when the Trojans’ young big man completely took over.

“He was making jump hooks, dunking on them, rebounding, running the floor, blocking shots,” Enfield said.

“I told my staff, we might have to take him out, before he declares for the NBA

right now. Everybody kind of chuckled. But our coaches were thinking the same thing, ‘Let’s enjoy Onyeka this year, and hopefully he helps us win a lot of games, because we’re not going to have him very long.’ “ Senior forward Nick Rakocevic was thinking the same.

“I just knew then, this kid is going to be a lottery pick without question,” Rakocevic said. “It was obvious.”

Okongwu enters an uncertain draft process at an especially uncertain time for the NBA, which has suspended operations. Some mock drafts list him as a potential top-10 pick, and with the scouting process likely truncated, Okongwu’s consistent production at USC could send him further up draft boards.

It didn’t take long for

Okongwu to prove himself at the college level. Okongwu scored 20 points and recorded double figures in points and rebounds in each of his first two games. He added nine more double-doubles.

His scoring fluctuated during the conference slate as familiar opponents took to fronting and double-teaming him in the post. Still, Okongwu paced the Trojans in scoring all season while leading the Pac-12 in field-goal percentage (61.6%) and offensive rebounds (3.3) per game.

It was Okongwu’s work on defense that separated him as a prospect. Few college big men were as adept at patrolling the paint as Okongwu; he had 76 blocks, second-most in the Pac-12.

“It’s very difficult as a freshman to average 16 and eight on a team that wins 22

games. He did that,” Enfield said. “He just has the natural ability to affect the game without scoring, which is quite a thing as a freshman.

His energy and his rebounding and his shot blocking, the way he ran the floor, was really fun to watch.”

Okongwu was passed over for freshman of the year in the conference, in favor of Arizona’s Zeke Nnaji. His teammates were not shy in expressing their disappointment with the decision.

“I don’t know how they decide, but everyone knows he’s the best freshman in the conference, hands down,” guard Jonah Mathews said.

“Zeke Nnaji, you commend him, but the most purely dominant, in and out, every game, has been Onyeka.”

The former five-star emerged out of the shadow

of the Ball brothers at Chino Hills, where his dominance led to three state basketball titles.

Towering expectations accompanied his arrival at USC. He didn’t get the chance to test those expectations in the NCAA tournament. But Okongwu felt he’d done enough to show he belonged at the next level.

“What a ride it’s been, my first year at USC,” Okongwu wrote on Twitter. “My freshman campaign at the school has been nothing short of spectacular. To Coach Enfield, Hart, Capko and Mobley, I want to thank you for letting a kid from Chino into your program. To my brothers on the team, the love and bond I have for you guys is real and it’s something I will always keep close to me.”

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Why Super Bowl 55 can be the ‘most important Super Bowl of our lifetime’ Joey Knight and Matt Baker Tampa Bay Times

TAMPA, Fla. — After years of meticulous planning, Rob Higgins was poised to roll out Tampa Bay’s red carpet for two sports events with global audiences, only to have the carpet pulled out from under him.

The coronavirus pandemic robbed the area of six men’s NCAA Tournament games (scheduled for last week at Amalie Arena) and WrestleMania 36 (set for April 5 at Raymond James Stadium). Higgins, executive director of the Tampa Bay Sports Commission, estimates that those two events alone would have generated more than 60,000 hotel-visitor room nights for the region.

“I think we’re heartbroken for our hotels and restaurants. They were naturally looking forward to a couple of big economic wins when it comes to this,” Higgins said Wednesday in a phone interview.

“But naturally we’re gonna do anything and everything we can to be successful in the future to aid in that recovery once the time is right and safe to have mass gatherings again.”

For Higgins — and Tampa Bay in general — the granddaddy of all mass gatherings in North America still looms.

Super Bowl 55 is set to be staged at Raymond James Stadium in February. Higgins, forced to work mainly from his Tampa home and conduct meetings remotely these days, now envisions that weeklong spectacle through a slightly altered prism.

Instead of representing a boon to the region’s tourism industry, it could represent a life preserver.

“When you look at the economic impact, when you look at the social impact, when you look at the marketing visibility around it, every

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Fans cheer during a pregame Tim McGraw concert before the NFL season kicks off between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the San Francisco 49ers at Raymond James Stadium on Sept. 8, 2019 in Tampa, Fla.

Super Bowl is a gigantic and monumental opportunity for a community,” he said. “But when you start to look at this one specifically, this could be the most important Super Bowl of our lifetime.”

One big reason: exposure.

The publicity that comes with hosting one of the biggest events in the world is always massive. But it has the potential to be even more important this time, said Michelle Gacio Harrolle, the director of USF’s Vinik Sport &

Entertainment Management Program.

By the game’s scheduled date, Feb. 7, it is hoped the nation will have returned to a semblance of normalcy. Some people might be ready to travel again, and as those people consider possible destinations, the backdrop to the Super Bowl could be fresh in their minds.

“I think that the national, international awareness of us hosting that event is going to be huge,” Harrolle said. “The timing couldn’t be better from a marketing perspective of getting

people to come here again.”

With so much at stake, Higgins said, the efforts of he and a staff of 11 (six others from the Tampa Bay Sports Commission, five from the Super Bowl’s host committee) actually have intensified — in accordance with social-distancing guidelines — during the coronavirus outbreak.

If anything, the cancellation of the NCAA Tournament and the move of WrestleMania to Orlando — where it will be staged in an empty arena before a live pay-per-view audience — have afforded him more time to focus on Super Bowl preparations.

“I think the energy and urgency around that is at a really high level already,” Higgins said, “and we’re just excited to be doing everything we can to make our fifth Super Bowl our best one.”

When the time is appropriate, he said, he’ll speak with WWE officials about the possibility of Tampa hosting another WrestleMania sooner rather than later.

For now, his days are consumed with conference calls, logistical details, steady dialogue with NFL officials. He has no time to be disappointed about they events that were lost.

Not when there’s so much that stands to be gained.

“From the onset of our planning, we’ve had this mantra and this belief that our fifth Super Bowl can propel our community forward forever,” Higgins said.

“And now I think that ‘Forward Forever’ is really starting to take on new meaning that surpasses anything and everything we would’ve thought as we started to identify that as our belief system around this event.”

Jets sign former Ravens inside linebacker Patrick Onwuasor Jonas Shaffer The Baltimore Sun

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New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) warms-up during a Dec. 29 against the Miami Dolphins at Gillette Stadium.

Bucs’ Brady embraces new challenge of the competitive NFC South Eduardo A. Encina Tampa Bay Times

TAMPA, Fla. — Along with adjusting to a new team, a new coaching staff and a group of entirely new teammates, new Bucs quarterback Tom Brady will also have to adapt to playing in a new division.

Brady’s Patriots dominated the AFC East, winning the division 17 of the past 19 seasons (The Jets won in 2002 and the Dolphins won in 2008). Taking claim of the NFC South will be a more daunting task. He will trade in the brisk Northeast weather for some sweltering early-season games in Tampa Bay. But that’s just the beginning.

The NFC South has been known as a quarterback’s division — and it just added the best quarterback of all time — but that’s just part of the reason it’s been one of the league’s most competitive. And even though he last played the NFC South teams in 2017, Brady seems to realize that.

“It’s a good division with good quarterbacks, very good offenses and very athletic defenses, too,” Brady said Tuesday of the NFC South. “Winning the division is always the hard thing to do. These teams know each other so well and I didn’t play this division but once every four years, so I’ve got to learn the players, I’ve got to learn the schemes. There’s a lot of things I have to learn and get up to speed on.”

The Saints have won the past three division titles. And moving to the NFC South means that Brady will face New Orleans’ Drew Brees twice a year in a matchup of the two most prolific quarterbacks in NFL history.

Brees leads all quarterbacks in

career passing yardage (77,416) and touchdowns (547) while Brady is No. 2 (74,571; 541).

It’s a division with veteran franchise quarterbacks. Brees is back at age 41. Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan, 34, enters his 13th NFL season. Brees’ former backup in New Orleans, 27-year-old Teddy Bridgewater, will take over for longtime fixture Cam Newton in Carolina.

Those quarterbacks have some of the best receiving weapons at their disposal. Last season, just four wideouts averaged more than 85 receiving yards a game, and they were all from the NFC South: the Saints’ Michael Thomas (107.8 yards per game), the Bucs’ Chris Godwin (95.2 ypg), the Falcons’ Julio Jones (92.9 ypg) and the Bucs’ Mike Evans (89.0 ypg).

Likewise, defenses in the division are built to counter the dangerous offenses that exist.

You can’t win the South without playing defense.

Since the NFL went to eight four-team divisions in 2002, the Bucs have won the NFC South just three times — during their 2002 Super Bowl season, and in 2005 and 2007. Those are also their only playoff appearances in that stretch, while every other team has made the postseason at least seven times. In 2017, the Bucs were the only division team to not make the postseason.

Brees owns a 3-2 head-tohead advantage over Brady, though Brady has won the past two meetings. His career 116.7 quarterback rating against the Falcons is his best against any opponent, and he led the largest comeback in Super Bowl history against Atlanta three years ago.

Free-agent inside linebacker Patrick Onwausor, the Ravens’ second-leading tackler over the past three years, has agreed to sign with the New York Jets, according to the NFL Network.

Onwuasor’s expected departure reunites him with C.J. Mosley and leaves the Ravens rail-thin at inside linebacker, a position they will seek to fortify through the NFL draft next month. L.J. Fort, a midseason acquisition last year, is the team’s top returning player there, ahead of the inexperienced Chris Board and Otaro Alaka.

Josh Bynes, a seven-game starter last season, reportedly signed with the Cincinnati Bengals.

The 6-foot, 227-pound Onwuasor, an All-American safety at Football Championship Subdivision School Portland State, transitioned to linebacker in Baltimore after going undrafted in 2016. “Peanut,” as he’s known, found a home on special teams — finishing third on the Ravens in total snaps as a rookie — and then on the starting defense.

Over the next three seasons, Onwuasor appeared in all but two of the Ravens’ 48 games, starting 31. His 213 tackles since 2017 are second most on the team in that span, behind only Mosley, who signed with the Jets last offseason.

After taking over for Mosley as the

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Baltimore Ravens’ Patrick Onwuasor celebrates after sacking Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson on Nov. 17 at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Md.

defensive signal-caller, Onwuasor, 27, had an uneven 2019. His struggles in coverage and against the run led the Ravens to sign Bynes and Fort, and after playing 284 defensive snaps over the first five games, Onwuasor got just 190 over the next nine.

He finished the season rated the No. 73

linebacker by Pro Football Focus.

With his speed, Onwuasor’s greatest strength is his blitzing ability. In 2018, when he had 5½ sacks, Onwuasor averaged one every 11.5 pass-rush snaps, according to PFF. Last season, he had another three sacks, though at a lower rate.

Bobby Bowden: Not even World War II shut down our nation like coronavirus Mike Bianchi Orlando Sentinel

ORLANDO, Fla. — Bobby Bowden remembers the day World War II began more than 80 years ago.

He was 9 years old and with his mother, father and sister on leisurely drive home after spending a few days at a family friend’s cabin on the nearby Warrior River.

As they drove through Hueytown, Ala., on their way back home to Birmingham on that fateful day in 1939, some kid was hawking newspapers along the street.

“Extra, extra, read all about it! Germany invades Poland!

Extra! Extra!”

Isn’t it frightening that Bowden, the legendary Florida State football coach, has lived through so much in his 90 years on this earth, but he’s never seen anything like this.

He’s never seen the sports world go completely dark.

“Not even World War II was like this dad-gum

coronavirus,” Bobby says during a phone conversation from his home in Tallahassee.

“I’ve never seen everything shut down like this. I’ve never seen every sport shut down like this.”

Even at the height of the Second World War, sports were not completely shuddered. The NBA had not been formed yet, but the NFL continued to play even though some franchises were forced to merge so they would have enough players to field teams.

And within the nation’s most popular sport — Major League Baseball — more than 500 players exchanged their baseball uniforms for military battle fatigues, but the sport continued — albeit with a vastly inferior product. At the time, Frank Graham, a famous sports writer for old New York Sun, said Major League Baseball had morphed into “the tall men against the fat men at the company picnic.”

Recalls Bowden: “Baseball

was the national game back then and they thought it was important to keep it going.”

In fact, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt believed baseball would help the nation’s morale during wartime.

Roosevelt, writing to baseball Commissioner Kenesaw M. Landis in what became known as the “Green Light Letter,” said, “I honestly feel that it would be best for the country to keep baseball going. Baseball provides a recreation which does not last over two hours or two hours and a half, and which can be got for very little cost. And, incidentally, I hope that night games can be extended because it gives an opportunity to the day shift to see a game occasionally.”

Bowden, however, does remember being without his favorite sport — college football — for a year during the 1943 season. He was a 13-year-old boy in Birmingham when he was diagnosed with rheumatic fever and spent six months

in the hospital and another year confined to his bed at home.

He spent most of his days during those lonely times listening to the radio and he distinctly recalls his favorite team Alabama — like many college football programs of the day — not playing during the 1943 season. Most college-age young men were in Europe fighting Hitler or in the Pacific fighting Japan. Bobby was at home fighting for his life and praying he would heal.

“I had to lay flat on my back in that bed and couldn’t even stand up,” Bobby told me.

“The doctor told my mother that my life span was only going to be about 40 or 45 years.

That’s when I made a pledge to God that if he would heal me and let me play football and do the things the other kids were doing, I would serve him for the rest of my life. It wasn’t long afterwards that we got clearance from my doctor.”

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Parents still in the dark about sexual abuse Dear Abby, I was sexually abused by a sibling for 10 years during my childhood. I never told anyone what happened to me until I confided in my fiance after we were engaged. I have gone through counseling sessions and am at a place in my life where I am happy and DEAR ABBY healthy.

Currently, I have a relationship with my parents, but not with my sibling. My parents often express their wish for me to have a relationship with my sibling, but I always refuse. I feel that telling them what happened only cause hurt for them. But I also feel that if I tell them, I can stop getting asked uncomfortable questions. What do you suggest?

Survivor In South Dakota

serve his country over me and years of our life together.

Civilian In The East

I suggest you tell your parents everything.

It’s something you should have done years ago. Do not worry about hurting them. Once they have all the facts, they will understand why you want nothing to do with your sibling and stop pushing you to have a relationship with your abuser, and that’s the goal.

Dear Abby, I will be turning 50 soon. How do I explain to my husband and parents that I just want to spend it alone? Is there something wrong with me for feeling this way?

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Dear Abby, I have been in a relationship with a man for five years, and we are deeply in love. We want to spend the rest of our lives together, but it bothers me that he wants to go into the military for three to five years. He says he wants me to wait for him, but three to five years seems like a lifetime to me. I can’t help but feel like he is prioritizing his desire to

It would be interesting to know how old you and your boyfriend are. I assume you are both young and graduating from high school.

This is not necessarily a question of where his priorities lie. While three to five years seems like a large chunk of time, the military may provide your boyfriend with the chance to decide what he wants to do careerwise with his life. It would also provide benefits that could positively affect his future once his term of service is finished. If you feel unable to wait for him, you should let him go.

People react to their birthdays, especially milestone birthdays, differently. Some are elated, while others feel depressed. Not everyone wants a lot of “hoopla.” If you prefer spending your 50th birthday quietly, your wish should be respected, and you should not have to go into a long explanation about why.

TO YOUR Vitamin B12 deficiency can GOOD HEALTH be caused by low intake, although this is unusual. It’s seen occasionally in very strict adherence to a vegan diet without taking supplements. Otherwise, the major cause is poor absorption, especially by an autoimmune disease called pernicious anemia.

Treatment can be either with B12 injection or very high dose of oral B12, and either is usually effective. Your stepfather is being treated with both, and his level below 200 in the blood confirms the lack of effect.

Unless he has been mistakenly given something other than B12 — double-check the labels for expiration and content — or the lab test has been done wrong, I cannot figure out why he should not be responding, and my literature search does not give any help.

Since I often get great advice from my readers, I would be happy to hear from any medical experts or smart laypeople on possible causes: email me at toyourgoodhealth@med.cornell. edu or post on my page at facebook.com/keithroachmd.

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years old. I read an article about Aldactone in a magazine and asked my primary doctor about the drug. He said I could try it. He started me at 25 mg and it worked. Now I’m on 100 mg, because over the years I needed more for it to be effective.

Please tell me the pros and cons of this drug. I’m afraid to stop and see what will happen. I don’t have any side effects other than being a little lightheaded right after I take the pill in the morning.

Spironolactone (Aldactone) is a commonly used diuretic. It is often used because unlike most diuretics, which lower blood potassium levels, spironolactone usually raises them.

It has also been shown to be useful in some people with heart failure. However, it also blocks an androgen receptor and blocks the formation of testosterone. It is therefore used in some cases of female pattern hair loss. The most commonly used dose is 200 mg. It is effective in about half of women who try it.

Because of its diuretic effect, it can cause some lightheadedness. Potassium levels should be checked periodically. Some women will notice a decreased libido due to the decrease in androgens, and headache can be a problem. Women who still have their periods may notice irregularities.

My experience is that hair loss is such an important cosmetic issue for both men and women that they are often willing to put up with some side effects for effective treatment.

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By Stella Wilder Born today, it can be very difficult at times for someone to anticipate which version of you he or she will be faced with at any given time.

What is it that determines when and how you will “change”? You are keenly aware of opportunities as they arise, and you will choose to highlight certain aspects of your personality to better your chances of success. You will also change to avoid trouble whenever possible — though this can be dangerous, because it may lead to more trouble in the end!

You are most often in tune with the variations in earthly rhythms day by day — and yet there are times when you may become disconnected and have to work harder than usual to be in sync with what is going on around you.

Also born on this date are: Mariah Carey, singer; Fergie, singer; Quentin Tarantino, director; Nathan Fillion, actor; Pauley Perrette, actress; Holliday Grainger, actress; Stephen Dillane, actor; Chris Stewart, musician and author.

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 28

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Poor B12 absorption could be pernicious anemia My stepdad is 84 years old and having problems with B12 deficiency. He is taking B12 shots, 1,000 mcg once a week, in addition to taking a 5000 mcg B12 vitamin daily.

The numbers come back below 200. None of our doctors can figure it out. Any advice on to what is causing this?

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though things have gotten somewhat topsy-turvy today as you struggle to keep yourself and others warm — or cool!

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Protecting others is the order of the day; you must be sure that no one endangers anyone else by being careless. Take a defensive posture.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You and a loved one may decide today that it’s time to plan for the future. What you imagine can come to pass, if you pledge to work together.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Now is no time to be alone — and yet, you’ll want to choose your companions with care, as you may be dealing with some environmental dangers.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — You’ll want to increase your knowledge of all things happening beneath the surface today. You can nourish your mind and body simultaneously.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — You’re eager to scale the heights, but you may be surprised to learn that much of what you’re after is already available to you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — You may find yourself in over your head before you know what has happened, and a journey may be necessary before you can come up for air.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You’ll want to stick to the beaten path today in order to avoid dangers for which you are unprepared. A certain view proves inspiring.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — You’re impressed with the way someone commands the room. By day’s end, you can use what you’ve learned to exert your own solid influence.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — All eyes are on you today as you prepare what is likely to take everyone by storm. Some may criticize you, but the message you send is clear.

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B8 Friday, March 27, 2020 Close to Home

SUPER QUIZ

THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

IRPVE FWREA MYCLPO TURVIE ©2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC All Rights Reserved.

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Famous women Level 1

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(e.g., In 2019 she became the first Canadian to win the U.S. Open of tennis. Answer: Bianca Andreescu.)

Freshman level 1. In 1995 her book “It Takes a Village” was published.

2. She married Roy Rogers in 1947.

3. “The Miracle Worker” is a film adaptation of the story of her life and her teacher, Anne Sullivan.

Graduate level 4. This feminist icon co-founded Ms. magazine in 1971.

5. She has been called the “Iron Lady” of Israeli politics.

6. A former child actress, she was named U.S. ambassador to Ghana.

PH.D. level 7. Her first book is titled “The Female Eunuch” (1970).

8. She is considered to be the world’s foremost expert on chimpanzees.

9. She won the Pulitzer Prize for her book “Beloved” (1987).

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

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

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

(Answers tomorrow) Yesterday’s

Jumbles: MONEY SALAD UNFAIR CRANKY Answer: There’d been some burglaries in their neighborhood, which was — CAUSE FOR ALARM

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Solution to Thursday’s puzzle

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

For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit

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SUPER QUIZ ANSWERS 1. Hillary Rodham Clinton. 2. Dale Evans. 3. Helen Keller. 4. Gloria Steinem.

5. Golda Meir. 6. Shirley Temple. 7. Germaine Greer. 8. Jane Goodall. 9. Toni Morrison.

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

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Hi & Lois

Crossword Puzzle Mother Goose & Grimm ACROSS 1 Acrobat’s training area 4 As likely __; probably 9 One evicted from a garden 13 Leaping parasite 14 Piece of asparagus 15 Theater box 16 In case 17 Found fault with 19 Still 20 Lennon & Astin 21 City in England 22 Dark wood 24 Morning hour 25 Jam or jelly 27 Comfortably warm 30 Light narrow boat 31 Prickly plant 33 Massage 35 Like cupcake tops 36 Endeavored 37 Brief communiqué 38 Word attached to nut or coat 39 Bursting at the __; too full 40 Like candy bears or jelly beans 41 Gloomy 43 Narrow backstreets 44 Daiquiri ingredient 45 Crayola color 46 Many a time 49 Bilbao’s nation 51 Brylcreem amount 54 Hazardous; uncertain 56 Very festive dance 57 From CA to NY 58 In seclusion 59 Elbow-bumper’s cry 60 Wacko 61 Harbor towns 62 English letter

Bound & Gagged

Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews

DOWN 1 Mirth 2 Days of yore 3 Floor pad 4 Go higher 5 Aerosol 6 German’s refusal 7 Quaker product 8 Numerical prefix 9 Visitors from outer space 10 Nod off 11 Ripened 12 Pills, for short 13 Annoying insect 18 Not vague 20 Bask in the tub 23 Drop of sweat 24 Brown amphibian 25 Pass over 26 Walked the floor 27 Connections 28 Colossal; amazing 29 Delicious 31 Donkey’s remark 32 Golf hole’s edge 34 Vienna __ Choir 36 Semester 37 As stubborn as a __

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Thursday’s Puzzle Solved

Non Sequitur

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39 Health club offering 40 Secluded valley 42 Builds 43 Gets up 45 All skin and bones 46 Out in the __; not hidden

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47 Wiesbaden wife 48 Reason to study 49 Farm building 50 Penniless 52 Circle portions 53 Word of disgust 55 Lil Wayne’s music 56 Soil turner

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