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Hopefuls in place for Ballston Spa mayoral race Early resignation leads contenders to make off-year bids ByLINE: WENDY LIBERATORE

Homemade Theater opens “They’re Playing Our Song”

SARATOGA SPRINGS - For two weekends, starting on Friday, February 11th, Home Made Theater will present They’re Playing Our Song, composed by Marvin Hamlisch, with lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager, and a book by Neil Simon.

Based loosely on the real-life relationship between Hamlisch and Bayer Sager, They’re Playing Our Song is a funny, romantic show about an established composer and his relationship with an aspiring young lyricist.

Professionally their partnership works beautifully, while personally romance blossoms, they hit a few bumps, conflict rears its head, and comic sparks fly.

Making his Home Made Theater directorial debut is General Manager Eric Rudy. The artistic team includes Musical Director Richard Cherry, Choreographer Arlette St. Romain, Scenic Designer William E. Fritz, Lighting Designer Steven Moulton, Sound Designer Caitlin Wickes, Costume Designers Dianne O’Neill and Libby Brennesholtz, Properties Designer Jennie Sinnott, and Stage Manager Christine MacLellan.

The cast of They’re Playing Our Song features Joelle Malinowski, last seen with Home Made Theater in the October production of Almost, Maine, and Home Made Theater newcomer Ryan Munzert. The cast is rounded out by Jackie Dugas, Michelle Fulford, Logan Haynes, Jerry Ryan, and Isabella Varno.

Performances are Fridays and Saturdays, February 11th, 12th, 18th, and 19th at 7:30PM and Saturdays and Sundays, Please see THEATER 2

BALLSTON SPA - In the municipality known as the Village of Friends, voters are headed for an off-year election on March 15 to replace the mayor who resigned before the end of his term last fall.

The contenders to replace the popular Republican Larry Woolbright are incumbent Democrat and acting Mayor Christine Fitzpatrick and Republican Frank Rossi Jr., a well-known local ROSSI developer. And if this race is anything like ones in recent years, voters should brace for a contentious campaign.

This is especially true as Rossi, who also has a home in New York City and has been politically active member of the Milton Republican Committee, elicits strong opinions. He said he knows that and asked friends to reach out to Democrats and moderates in advance to gauge their thoughts of him before he decided to run.

"The response was overall positive," Rossi said. "While a few said I can be viewed as 'abrasive,' they also stated that to get anything done with the current makeup of our Village Board, the village needs a leader that can stand up and make sure the others are not ignoring the voices of the residents."

Rossi feels under the Democratic-led Board of Trustees, many of the necessary infrastruc-

ture projects have been put on hold because he thinks the members are too busy spending money on "redundant studies" regarding trees and bike lanes.

"These are noble things, but we have to prioritize correctly," he said, adding he would like to see a new garage for the Department of Public Works and an improved water system.

"I feel people's voices are not being listened to and appreciated by the current mayor and trustees," Rossi said. "I feel like the person who can get in there and get things changed in terms of the people's voice being heard and get priorities for this village, especially in terms of infrastructure needs that are clear and present right now."

He points to Woolbright's resignation speech that included his frustration with the Board of Trustees. However, in that speech, Woolbright had no disparaging words for Fitzpatrick whom he selected as his deputy.

Since his departure in October, she has served as mayor.

Fitzpatrick did not respond to a Times Union request for an interview. However, in a statement released by her running mate Kamran Parwana, Fitzpatrick was praised for "acting quickly to improve management, planning, and execution in the village government, as well as FITZPATRICK build engagement and transparency between the board and the community."

The statement also said she oversaw "an orderly and successful transition following the resignation of the previous mayor, building

confidence in the village government during an uncertain time. In the short time since, she has acted as a consensus builder within the village board, bringing together the different skills and experiences available among not only the trustees but the broader community to put the village on the right path -- a path that allows action, and not just reaction."

She was also praised for maintaining the fiscal health of the village, which was Woolbright's priority. Democrats disagree with Rossi that she is not focused on infrastructure.

"She has worked with the board, the committees, and the village employees to ensure vital infrastructure is not only repaired or replaced, but that there is planning for necessary responsible upkeep and maintenance," the statement from Parwana read. "And vitally, she has driven an improvement in public engagement and transparency. " Parwana also wrote that Fitzpatrick has inspired diversity on the village committees.

If Rossi wins, there is also a question of how he would work with Democratic Trustee Liz Kormos, whom he and his family accused of trespassing when she and another campaign worker dropped off candidate literature at a Rossi-owned apartment complex. The case was eventually retroactively dismissed by a special prosecutor.

The two also sparred over the construction of a Walmart department store, which Rossi wanted to build but Kormos and the group Smart Growth Ballston successful opposed.

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Head of Saratoga Hospital to step down President and CEO Angelo Calbone’s decision to leave at age 65 caps a 16-year tenure as leader ByLINE: BETHANY BUMP

SARATOGA SPRINGS - Saratoga Hospital President and CEO Angelo Calbone will retire at the end of the summer, capping a 16-year run in the hospital's top spot.

The decision, which was announced Monday by hospital Board of Trustees Chair Michael Toohey, fulfills a long-standing promise Calbone made to his family to retire at age 65, Toohey said. Calbone informed the board of his decision late last week.

The board will conduct a national search to fill the position and will consider

candidates within and outside of the hospital system, Toohey said.

"Every family in Saratoga County has access to better health care because of what Angelo and his team have built," he said.

"They have expanded and improved services, invested in facilities, technology and talent, and elevated the quality of care and reputation of this hospital.

They have laid the foundation for Saratoga County residents to continue to benefit from excellent health care for years to come."

Calbone was heading Mount St. Mary's Hospital and Health Center in Lewiston and Niagara Falls when he was named president and CEO of Saratoga Hospital in 2006.

During his tenure, the hospital underwent significant expansion in

Leader calls for housing options Woerner says Malta must create affordable residences ByLINE: KATHLEEN MOORE

MALTA - Assemblywoman Carrie Woerner had strong words for Malta leaders last week:

response to rapid population growth in Saratoga County and finalized a deal to become an affiliate of the much larger Albany Medical Center, which brought new services and resources to patients in the area.

In 2013, the hospitals paired up to open a $17.5 million urgent care center in fast-growing Malta, which was seeing a population boom from the TIMES UNION ARCHIVE GlobalFoundries chip fab.

Angelo Calbone, president and CEO of Saratoga Hospital, has In the years that followed, announced his retirement, fulfilling a long-standing promise he Saratoga Hospital would made to his family to retire at age 65. also bring new services to its Wilton campus, office building near its hospital system through which expanded in 2020 main campus on Church the past two years of the to include the old Sears Street in Saratoga Springs. coronavirus pandemic, department store space at Residents have sued to which has strained hospiWilton Mall. block the plan, which the tal finances and exhaustCalbone's tenure has hospital says it is pursued health care workers also been marked by a ing to bring doctors from nationwide. yearslong fight that conoffices throughout the city tinues to this day over the "It has been the honor to a single location. hospital's plans to build of a lifetime to serve this Please see HOSPITAL 2 a three-story medical Calbone has also led the

create affordable housing, or the state will force them to do so.

At a meeting of the Malta Sunrise Rotary at the Ugly Rooster Café last Thursday, Woerner told Malta officials that she's not thrilled with a state proposal to allow "accessory dwellings" on any existing housing. It could lead to an apartment-building boom beyond the limits of what a neighborhood could handle.

But she said something must be done.

"Every community should try to solve the problem (of affordable housing) and solve it

in the way that works for their community," she said. "Municipalities have had a long time to solve the problem and it's time for them to step up and solve the problem."

If they don't, she warned, more than state action is at stake.

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Because Fitzgerald moved in as acting mayor, there is a vacant trustee seat up for grabs as well. The previously mentioned Parwana is the Democrat who will face Republican Bernadette VanDeinse-Perez for the single seat to complete the balance of Fitzgerald's term.

Rossi said he works well with anyone "that fully listens to the people they represent and that upholds the standards of honesty, integrity, and accountability.

Bernadette and I are running to ensure the residents' needs and priorities are more seriously considered. As long as that happens, there will be no issues. If not, then the consequences will continue to unfold against them at the ballot box."

However, over the last three years, the ballot box has not been kind to Republicans, with every GOP candidate losing except for Woolbright, whom the Democrats wanted to back, too.

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February 12th, 13th, 19th, and 20th, at 2:00PM. All performances are at the Dee Sarno Theater, inside Saratoga Arts, 320 Broadway in Saratoga Springs. Tickets are available at Home Made Theater’s website, www.HomeMadeTheater.org, or by calling (518) 587-4427 during business hours.

For the safety of everyone, proof of vaccination or a recent (within 72 hours) negative Covid-19 test is required for all audience members, volunteers, and staff. In addition, regardless of vaccination status, masks must be worn at all times inside the building.

Joelle Malinowski (seated) as Sonia, Michelle Fulford, Jackie Dugas, Isabella Varno (left to right) as Sonia’s “Inner Voices”, Ryan Munzert (seated) as Vernon, Logan Haynes, Jerry Ryan (left to right) as Vernon’s “Inner Voices”

support a variety of incomes in a variety of ways."

But after she described in detail the need for affordable housing, new town Supervisor Mark Hammond said he'd rather find ways to improve public transit so workers could live somewhere else.

Residents don't want affordable housing developments, fearing "we're going to get all the derelicts," he said.

"You don't always have bad people in and around these homes," he added in defense of the developments. "They think it's (housing) projects."

He'd rather that residents saw apartments as a way for their children to live in town when they grow up, or a way for aging people to downsize. But, he said, public sentiment is against it.

"People think it will encourage people to move to our town who don't even care about our town," he said. "Some think you're bringing people in who are transient, they won't have any loyalty. There's a lot of people who feel they (the tenants) don't have any stake in the community. I think that is a legitimate concern."

Malta is a "family town," he added.

"There definitely has been a call to keep it that hometown feel. They want to maintain the rural areas of town," he said. "If we really want to be that family town, we should act like it and make it so families can stay in town."

Allowing unlimited accessory dwellings would be too much, he said, predicting the town's small building and code department would be "inundated" with applications.

Height restrictions could be loosened to allow more apartments over businesses, but he's worried about the ramifications of that. And allowing apartments in the "downtown" zoning could hurt the town's chances of drawing in businesses to create a vibrant business district.

"If we load that up with apartments, then you're not going to have three restaurants, you might only have one," he said. "It's taking up a footprint that's not a restaurant, not a coffee shop, not whatev-

er the people are asking for."

He thinks the town already has more apartments than necessary.

"We certainly don't want to be known as an apartment town," he said.

Getting approval for affordable housing developments is also difficult, said Cynthia Young, a former member of the Zoning Board of Appeals. She recalled the outcry over one project, which did not get approved.

"It wasn't even subsidized housing," she said. "People said we're going to get drug dealers from Schenectady."

Woerner said it is that viewpoint that might lead to the state-allowed accessory dwellings everywhere. She said local leaders should take action instead.

"It's about leadership taking a tone. It's time," she said.

Hammond said public transit may be the solution.

"I am focused on that," he said, noting that it would let employees get to jobs in Malta without having to find housing there. It would also help with concerns from residents as the town becomes busier.

"The common complaint in this town is traffic, congestion," he said. "I know there are folks in town that would definitely use public transit. It's a matter of figuring out what might work."

Rotary members discussed ways to get CDTA to run shift-friendly bus schedules better suited to the needs of employers and their workers. Businesses could buy bus cards for their employees as a job perk, and then the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce could leverage those to negotiate bus schedules that would fit the hours employees actually work.

Traffic engineer Larry Levine argued that Woerner should get state funding for a new experiment: cars. The state could pay for Uber cars or provide one car or van for a stretch of businesses.

"Look at the bus and how much it costs to maintain that bus and that driver -- you could probably have four or five Ubers running all over," he said. "If you have four people at a company, give them a car, subsidize the car."

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BALLSTON SPA - The Shuster Series of Play Readings, scheduled to begin January 22, has been postponed until February. Please join us for a round table reading of Our Country’s Good on Saturday, February 19 at 10:15am.

The reading will be held at the Ballston Spa Public Library, 21 Milton St, Ballston Spa, NY. See you there!

community with this team," Calbone said. "Some of my most vivid memories will be of the courage and commitment they have displayed during the worst public health crisis in recent history.

"When our community needed them most, our team stepped up -- and continues to rise to the occasion. They are the driving force behind all our accomplishments. They are Saratoga Hospital."

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LOCAL GOOD NEWS FIRST Turning vintage clothes into a premium brand When shopping for store, Ducky’s owners look at items’ “soul”

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Many Ducky’s items, such as T-shirts, cost about $30 a pop. Other pieces, including jackets and pants are priced higher, some over $100.

Paul Buckowski / Times Union Vintage buttons are among the items on display at Ducky’s on Madison Avenue in Albany. Owners Lily and Ryan Phillips consider everything, including “soul,” when they decide to add to their collection.

When Lily and Ryan Phillips returned to Albany from living down South about a year ago, they felt the city was missing something — a place where the community could find quality vintage clothing with “a soul.”

That’s why the pair opened Ducky’s, a vintage clothing store on Madison Avenue, in November.

Whether you’re looking for that old concert T-shirt from 30 years ago or trying to find a tasteful piece to add to your wardrobe, Ducky’s aims to please.

Ryan and Lily always considered themselves to be clothing connoisseurs of sorts, constantly searching for the next staple to make their closet stand out. Every road trip they took, and they were numerous, the two purposely avoided interstates in hopes they’d come across a yard sale or small shops to pick out their next great find along the back roads.

In time, their collection became “hefty.”

And seeing what they could provide Albany, they decided to attempt filling the void.

Ducky’s sells vintage apparel from all over, the couple explained. But there’s more to

their pieces than the definition of what vintage encapsulates, Lily said.

Like the hearty duck and denim fabric in fashion, Ducky’s aspires to bring hardy clothes that have survived time in other places to the city.

Their clothes are older, yes. Some have specific stitching or unique zippers and materials that were made in the U.S., too.

However, those things alone aren’t enough to meet Ducky’s bill of acceptance.

“If we pick up an article of clothing, it can hit all the points (that) are considered vintage. But if it doesn’t kind of speak to us… (we) put it back on the rack,” she said.

“Our clothes have a soul almost like when we find something it really speaks to us,” she added.

Ryan said what makes Ducky’s clothing different is that it comes from beyond the city and “holds its own weight.”

“It has its own thing going on,” he said.

“It’s more than curating like clothing, we’re also curating a whole aesthetic, a whole experience.”

Lily and Ryan believe that’s what people want in fashion, clothes with depth, items they won’t see eight other people on the street wearing.

Vintage clothing and thrifting are a treasure hunt. When someone shops at Ducky’s they unlock a trove to the past or open a new window to style. Each article is different and customers are shopping on the off chance they find something that catches the eye and hopefully fits.

Visitors also notice that the store doesn’t have dedicated sections for men and women. That’s because Lily and Ryan want people to know fabric knows no gender or sex, nor should clothing. They purposely avoided grouping items under such categories to break gender bias.

Just as vintage calls for, pieces at Ducky’s stir up nostalgia as well. Although oftentimes when someone older has

Ryan and Lily Phillips sit in their vintage clothing store, Ducky’s, in Albany. The couple opened the store so that, as Ryan put it, “what we do and what we love, we want it to be accessible to the community.”

stopped in and sees a T-shirt that takes them back in time for a short while, they won’t buy it, Ryan explained.

They indulge for a moment or two and leave. Ryan noticed that most of the store’s repeat customers are individuals in their twenties and early thirties. They’re people who want to dress in a unique way without being boring, he noted.

“I think we provide an outlet for those kinds of people who are not really falling into any trends or don’t really fit into a box, that (are) kind of just do(ing) their own thing,” Ryan said.

The combination of rarity and being offbeat to today’s runways is what’s transformed vintage clothing into a premium business. It’s also partially why some people are willing to pay more for second-hand clothes.

Ducky’s merchandise ranges in cost.

Most items, such as T-shirts, cost about $30 a pop. Other pieces, including jackets and pants are priced higher, some over $100.

Ryan doesn’t think higher price points would deter customers from buying their clothing. He thought back to when he was a kid and thought anything over $20 for a shirt made him wince. Now, he doesn’t think that’s the case and that many are used to paying more than that for one piece.

Lily and Ryan don’t have to worry about manufacturing costs but there are other things that are factored into the price.

“It’s not just like here’s a crappy old used T-shirt for $36,” he said. “It’s from 1982 and there are no other ones that exist like it anymore.”

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AROUND YOUR COMMUNITY Community Caregivers Presents Lunchtime Chats CAPITAL DISTRICT Simply call (518) 9926661 or you can contact us and we will set it up for us to dial you! February 2022 – Friday, February 4th Topic: Hiking and Outdoor Fun in New York; Tuesday, February 8th Topic: Healthy Eating and Wellness Speaker – Lester Rosenzweig; Friday, February 11th Topic: Valentine’s Day Party; Tuesday, February 15th Topic: Travel to Alaska; Friday, February 18th Topic: Little Known Facts about Presidents and their Wives; Tuesday, February 22nd Topic: What is it like to be a Medical Student? Speaker: Meghan Goodard and Andrew Cyr, Medical Students; Friday, February 25th Topic: The Lives and Music of the Rat Pack – Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, and Friends. Community Caregivers Office: (518) 456-2898, Chat Number (518) 992-6661. All are Welcome! Our Lunch Time Chat program is open to all. Each call has an interesting program that includes an opportunity to discuss the topic.

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Diabetes Support Group Online SARATOGA COUNTY - Cornell Cooperative Extension of Saratoga County will host an informal support group via Zoom for people with diabetes or prediabetes. The program will meet the first Friday of each month. There is no fee for the support group.

Topics will vary and may be based on the interest of the group.

Contact Diane Whitten at 518-885-8995, or dwhitten@cornell.edu for more information.

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Support Saratoga County 4-H through the Lead the Legacy Campaign BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. - The Ballston Spa Lions Club is hosting the Mid-Winter Party for a Cause. The party is sure to be a fantastic time and the perfect way to get out of the house and shake the winter blues away! It will take place on Saturday, February 5th at The Hideaway at Saratoga Lake Golf Course, one of the most unique restaurants and event spaces in the area. Tickets are just $10, but there are only 250 available, the proceeds will benefit the Lead the Legacy Capital Campaign. The Downtown Horns, an exciting ‘horn band’ will provide dance music featuring great rock songs of the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s that include brass sections, such as Chicago, Blood Sweat & Tears, Earth Wind & Fire. The band begins at 7PM. Doors open at 6PM. The event also includes a cash bar, limited menu, door prizes, and raffles!

Saratoga County 4-H has been moving full speed ahead with their fundraising efforts to expand the Training Center on Middleline Road in Ballston Spa. There has been nothing but success and no signs of slowing down.

Thus far, the Lead the Legacy Capital Campaign has garnered support

through an extraordinarily generous $100,000 from Stewart’s Shops and the Dake Family; and just before 2021 ended, Saratoga County 4-H was the recipient of the Alfred Z. Solomon Charitable Trust Grant in the amount of $25,000. Other very generous donations have come in from Union Fire Company #2, Mohawk Chevrolet, Mangino Buick GMC, Congressman Paul Tonko, Wallace Farm & Garden, LLC., Saratoga County Farm Bureau, Inc., Burnt Hills Ballston Lake Rotary Club, Saratoga Springs Rotary Club, Ballston Spa Elks Lodge No. 2619, Curtis Lumber, and many “friends” of 4-H in the community.

“We are about half way to our goal of the $450,000 we need to raise to support this new facility”, says Greg Stevens, 4-H Issue Leader. “This project will have benefits for Cornell Cooperative Extension of Saratoga County, Saratoga 4-H, and the local community as a whole!”

The goal of these efforts will provide a 3,200sq. ft. building, with three stateof-the-art classrooms and ADA accessible restrooms with shower units. The additions have potential to bring more variations on traditional events, as well as offering new and unique opportunities.

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Ballston Spa Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee Explores Village’s Built Environment BALLSTON SPA - The Village of Ballston Spa’s Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee will meet twice during the month of February to review and discuss the built environment of the village.

The meetings will be held on the first and third Thursdays of the month, February 3 and February 17, at 7 pm at the Saratoga County Office Building at 50 West High Street in Ballston Spa. The discussions will touch on several topics, such as reviewing the range of styles and time periods of existing buildings and how they relate to living, visiting and investing in the village, what aspects contribute to the perception of Ballston Spa and how the village character can be maintained while also allowing for

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Please include contact information. new structures. Zoning enforcement, downtown building heights and design standards, teardowns and compatibility of new structures with existing ones will be examined.

The Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee has been formed to work in conjunction with a professional planning consultant to identify and study several topics over the course of the next year in order to create a final plan for approval by the Village board of trustees. All meetings are open to the public, who are encouraged to attend and provide input, either by in-person attendance or via Zoom.

Zoom link will be available prior to each meeting at https://www.villageofballstonspa.org/comprehensive-plan-steering-committee. For more information, contact steering committee chairperson Karen Martell at karenmartell27@gmail. com or the Village Office at 518 885-5711, villageclerk@villageofballstonspa.org.

Heritage Hunters February Zoom Program CAPITAL DISTRICT - Heritage Hunters will present a Zoom program,

“In Memoriam: Casualties of the Battles of Saratoga.” The program will be Friday, February 18th, at 1 PM. It will be led by Eric Schnitzer, Interpretive Ranger and Military Historian, with the Saratoga National Historical Park in Stillwater. Eric will discuss his research in identifying the American casualties, using a variety of methods including genealogy. Non-members can contact Ginny at 518885-9309 or bhumphre@ nycap.rr.com, for the Zoom link to the free program.

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OPINION Could DeSantis Beat Trump?

By Rich Lowry

It was only a matter of time before Ron DeSantis' rising star ran into the unmovable object of Donald Trump's will to continue to dominate the GOP. A spate of recent news stories has focused on the proto-feud between the past president with future ambitions and the protege who rode his endorsement to victory in a Florida GOP gubernatorial primary and has big ambitions of his own.

The level of the clash shouldn't be exaggerated -- so far, it mostly consists of muttering from Mar-a-Lago.

Obviously, it's also insanely early. But the Trump-DeSantis storyline is inherently alluring, given the chances of a collision between two men who have been allies and the possibility of the subordinate in the relationship eclipsing the figure who helped to elevate him.

Whether that ever happens is unknowable, yet the spat is revealing, nonetheless. Some version of what DeSantis represents has the greatest odds of coaxing the party away from Trump and forging a new political synthesis that bears the unmistakable stamp of Trump while jettisoning his flaws.

There's simply never going to be a GOP revelation in which the rank-andfile suddenly decides, "It was a mistake to ever embrace Donald Trump, and now we want to be the party of Adam Kinzinger." There will be no Bourbon Restoration.

The challenge to Trump will have to come from the Trump wing -- at this point, more like the Trump fuselage, wing and landing gear -- of the party. After Trump's presidency, the party is more populist, focused on the culture war, resistant to media narratives, and skeptical of business -- and would it remain so if Trump retired tomorrow.

Although in many ways an orthodox conservative, DeSantis covers these bases. Importantly, he's a lightning rod for criticism from the left -- now a major plus for Republican voters -- and gives as good as he gets in clashes with the media. There are few causes that light up the Republican base that he doesn't find a way to address, whether on big tech or critical race theory, and he has emerged as the party's exemplar on the pandemic, with his strenuous opposition to lockdowns and mandates. This gives him credibility with Trump voters and the foundation to compete with Trump, not as a critic or scold but as someone who can do it better.

In fact, it is likely that the most telling line of attack against a potential candidate Trump would come from the right.

That he elevated Dr. Anthony Fauci early in the pandemic and listened to his advice for too long.

That despite all his talk of building the border wall, he didn't get it done and left intact a desperately flawed immigration system.

That he rattled China's cage but didn't make fundamental changes to the trading relationship and was too complimentary of President Xi Jinping.

And, finally, that he lost to Joe Biden, a desperately flawed candidate who only made it into the White House because Trump made himself so unpopular.

Would DeSantis be audacious enough to run against Trump in 2024?

The case against waiting is that it's extremely unlikely that the governor can maintain his exalted status in the party until 2028.

On the other hand, the case against running in 2024 is that it involves the enormous risk of encountering the business end of the Trump buzzsaw, which could change DeSantis' image in the party forever.

Trump took a not-so-veiled shot at DeSantis in a recent interview, hitting unnamed "gutless" politicians who won't say whether they've gotten a COVID-19 booster shot or not. DeSantis has been notably evasive on this question, and Trump was giving him a hint of things potentially to come.

For the moment, though, DeSantis should take the grumbling from Trump as a compliment -- the past and current master of the GOP sees a future threat arising.

Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review.

Joe Biden Could Learn A Lot From Bill Clinton

Jonah Goldberg, Tribune Content Agency

"You and my husband think so similarly when it comes to politics," Hillary Clinton once told Joe Biden. "You guys were almost separated at birth."

It's interesting to think about how Biden's first year as president would have gone differently if this were in fact true.

The easiest way to illustrate this is to ask: "Where are the Sister Souljah moments?"

Sister Souljah, a rapper and writer, gained notoriety in 1992 when Clinton, running for president, made a planned attack on her controversial statements about the Los Angeles riots after a jury acquitted police officers in the beating of Rodney King. Wikipedia even has a lengthy "Sister Souljah Moment" entry, defining it as a "politician's calculated public repudiation of an extremist person, statement, group or position that is perceived to have some association with the politician's own party."

More on that in a moment.

Both Biden and Clinton are frequently dubbed "centrists" but they subscribe to very different definitions of centrism, neither of them particularly ideological.

For Clinton, it's the popular stuf f from both parties. For Biden, the center amounted to splitting the difference between the two poles of the Democratic Party. Biden spent decades in a Senate in which there were a great many liberal and conser vative Democrats. His strategy was to straddle between them. A s the party moved leftward, with conservative Democrats fading away (even Joe Manchin would be a big-spending liberal a decade ago), Biden and the party's

center of gravity moved leftward, too.

Clinton's a scent to t he Oval Office was the result of a decadelong war with the Democratic establishment.

Biden's entire career was as a member of that establishment, as a senator, vice president and now president. That makes all the difference in the world.

As a candidate, Clinton triangulated against the Democratic base, billing himself as a "third way" figure unbeholden to the special interest and identity politics groups that had captured the party.

On the campaign trail, he inveighed against welfare policies supported by the base, promising a "hand up, rather than a handout." He even took time off from the trail to oversee the execution of a severely brain damaged inmate, Ricky Ray Rector (Rector actually asked the guards to save his pie until after his execution).

Ironically, Biden's success in the 2020 primaries hinged on the belief that he was more of a Clinton-style centrist.

That's why he beat the purely progressive ideologues.

But as president, Biden has steadfastly refused to triangulate. There have been countless potential Sister Souljah moments. Amid surging crime rates in New York City, the new Manhattan district attorney vowed not to seek prison sentences, even for some violent criminals, whenever possible. Biden says schools should stay open, but he's never criticized teachers' unions, even when they refused to work in Chicago.

And, countless Democratic members of Congress say inflammatory things on a daily basis. Why not pick a fight?

Biden could also have told the Democratic base that their voting reform wish list, largely unchanged since 2019,

wasn't a pragmatic response to the current moment. Instead, he parroted the most extreme language of the base, accusing Republicans of being on the side of Jim Crow and Bull Connor. A telling moment in his epic news conference last week came when Biden explained why he didn't reach out to Republicans on voting reform: He was too busy "trying to make sure we got everybody on the same page in my party on this score."

The mother of Sister Souljah moments came in June when Biden succeeded in fulfilling one of the core promises of his presidency: a bipartisan traditional infrastructure bill, with 19 Republican senators on board. He could have declared victory, telling the Democratic base that trillions more of poorly funded "human infrastructure" wasn't in the cards. Instead, he caved to the base, vowing -- at the time -- only to sign the popular bill if the progressives got everything they wanted, too.

In June 1993, when Bill Clinton's approval ratings were even lower than Biden's today, Clinton sought a reset.

He declared, "I was sent to the White House, I think, to take on brain-dead politics in Washington from either party -- or from both."

It w a s w idely a ssu med Biden would use his press conference for a similar doover. But when asked if he overpromised, he said, "Look, I didn't overpromise, but I have probably outperformed what anybody thought would happen."

Bill Clinton would never have done that.

Jonah Goldberg is editor-in-chief of The Dispatch and the host of The Remnant podcast. His Twitter handle is @JonahDispatch.

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Center Celebrates Black History Month with New Exhibit BALLSTON SPA, NY – The Saratoga County History Center, in partnership with the Saratoga County History Roundtable, is pleased to announce the opening of a new exhibit at Brookside Museum to celebrate Black History Month: “Black Experiences in Saratoga County, 1750-1950.”

The expansive exhibit explores the diverse lives of African Americans in Saratoga County from the colonial period through the mid-twentieth century. It is a panorama of the struggles and hardships, but also stories of their persistence and success.

Displays will feature little-known events, as well as objects and memorabilia that bring to life the men and women who were often the heart and soul of

Saratoga society.

“One of the most exciting aspects of the exhibit design is that the panels will be available for display in other venues in the county,” notes Project leader Jim Richmond.

County Historian Roberts added, “This collaborative effort pulls together resources from several local repositories that shed light on Black experiences throughout our past.

Using History a chronological approach, the exhibit illustrates change over time in the areas of culture, employment, and community.”

The exhibit will be open at Brookside Museum (6 Charlton Street, Ballston Spa) on Saturdays and Sundays 12 - 4 PM, beginning February 6.

Hours will be expanded in the spring and summer.

It is free and open to the public. Donations are encouraged. All proceeds

will go directly to museum upkeep and public programming.

The Hawley Foundation for Children Community Grants and Camp Awards SARATOGA SPRINGS - The Hawley Foundation for Children is accepting funding requests for its Community Grants and Camp Awards. Local organizations that assist youth in our community and best realize the Foundation’s mission of promoting the health, welfare and education of children in Saratoga County are invited to apply no later than March 1, 2022, at HawleyFoundation.org.

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In 2021, The Hawley Foundation awarded over $150,000 to the Saratoga County community towards Community Grants, Camp Awards, College Grants to high school seniors who are college-bound or vocational-oriented, as well as returning college students, and as discretionary funds to assist children on a case-by-case basis who are in financial need and reside in Saratoga County.

Dancing Through Time Virtual: The Golden Age of Hollywood SARATOGA COUNTY - “Dancing Through Time Virtual: The Golden Age of Hollywood” is an outreach program created by the Capital Region Dance Alliance for participants ages 50+. This free series was made possible, in part, due to a generous grant from Soroptimist International of Saratoga County.

As part of the Dance Alliance’s outreach for seniors, this series will be offered free of charge to senior centers, senior residential and senior assisted living facilities in the Capital Region to use for recreational programing through the winter months.

Each of the six classes includes a virtual thematic tour led by poster collector

of Hollywood dance films Mike Kaplan followed by a movement segment designed for active seniors.

The posters are part of Kaplan’s printed anthologies Gotta Dance and Gotta Dance too which were the basis of the National Museum of Dance’s 2019 expansive exhibition “Art of the Dance: Posters from Hollywood’s Golden Age”.

A free digital link to the series will be available for distribution beginning January 24th by emailing Mary Anne Fantauzzi at capitalregiondancealliance@gmail.com with “DTT series request” in the subject line.

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Nacre Dance Group’s Empire State Youth Dance Ensemble at the Universal Preservation Hall in Saratoga Springs SARATOGA SPRINGS - Nacre Dance Group is pleased to announce the third annual Empire State Youth Dance Ensemble (ESYDE) performance at the Universal Preservation Hall on February 26, 2022 at 2:30 and 7:30pm.

Nacre Dance Group's mission is to elevate dance through education, performance and opportunity. This program of Nacre Dance Group provides pre-professional training and performance opportunities in classical and contemporary modern dance to a select group of talented teenage dancers in the capital region.

The performances will showcase dancers from four area dance studios: Merritt’s Dance Studio in Schenectady; Dance with Ginny Martin and Dana Wojcik in Glenville; Creative Dance Arts in Round Lake; Saratoga City Ballet in Saratoga; as well as additional area dance students selected through an open audition process.

Each studio will represent a piece of choreography that transports the audience through the early years of modern dance to current contemporary work.The program includes modern dance classics Soaring by Doris Humphrey and Floor Plastique by Ted Shawn.

For the 2022 season, Nacre has been working with the American Dance Legacy Initiative’s Repertory Etude Project (Rhode Island) to present the Rainbow and Bushasche etudes. Etudes are short dances based on signature works of American choreographers. The Rainbow Etude is based on Donald McKayle's signature work, Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder and is a masterful distillation of the quintessential elements of the larger work. The Bushasche Etude choreographed by Pearl Primus is based on a traditional dance from Zaire and is a dance of peace in which the participants call up the gods of war and defeat them. Pearl Primus once

expressed the desire to have every high school student in the United States learn this piece and Nacre Dance Group is proud to offer this opportunity to area dance students.

Nacre Dance Group builds new traditions in dance by showcasing contemporary choreographers of today. Students have been working with choreographers, Garet Weirdsma (TISCH School of Contemporary Dance) and Corey John Snide (Juilliard School) on new choreography that brings a neo-classic style to the stage.

Tickets are 25.00/ general admission; 20.00/ students and seniors; 15.00/groups of 8 or more and can be purchased at https://www.nacredance. org/tickets For more information, contact Nacre at 518-817-3833 or info@ Nacredance.com.

Ballston Spa United Methodist Church Thrift Shop BALLSTON SPA - The Ballston Spa Methodist Church Thrift Shop is currently closed due to the high rate of Covid. We look forward to reopening as soon as possible and thank you for your support.

Bloomin’ 4 Good BALLSTON SPA – Brighten up your day with a bouquet of flowers that gives back in the local community! Saratoga County Office for the Aging has been selected by local Hannaford store leadership as the benefiting organization in the brand-new Hannaford Bloomin’ 4 Good Program for the month of February!

The Hannaford Bloomin’ 4 Good Program is an easy way for shoppers to give back as part of the regular shopping routine.

Every $12 Bloomin’ 4 Good Bouquet with the red circle sticker sold supports an organization local to the Hannaford in which it was purchased.

Saratoga County Office for the Aging was selected as the February beneficiary by local store leadership at the Hannaford located in Ballston Spa. The Office for the Aging will receive a $1 donation for every $12.00 Bloomin’ 4 Good Bouquet purchased at this

Hannaford location in February.

Donations made through this program to the Saratoga County Office for the Aging will directly benefit the office’s Senior Nutrition Program, which provides healthy meals to participating seniors throughout Saratoga County.

For more information about the Hannaford Bloomin’ 4 Good Program, please visit hannaford. bloomin4good.com.

For more information about the Saratoga County Office for the Aging Senior Nutrition Program, please visit www.saratogacountyny.gov.

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returning friends and family, and to share the value our communities have to offer.

The H.B.A. invites ALL community teams to join the excitement of planning such a worthwhile and exciting family festival.

Please plan to attend the next Development and Progress meeting which will take place at the Hadley Town Hall, 4 Stony Creek Road at 6:30 PM on February 7th. Join us as we work together to produce another amazing Maple in April Festival filled with exceptional experiences for all the attendees! Find us at www.Hadleynybusiness.org

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SARATOGA SPRINGS - Youth2- Youth Helping Youth is holding a blanket donation drive of new and gently used cotton, wool, fleece, and acrylic blankets. This first Community Care PopUP of 2022, “Bundles of Blankets” will be organized by Youth2 and held on Saturday, February 12th from 12- 2 pm, snow or shine. There will be a COVID-safe drop off at 112 Spring Street Parking Lot (entry on Court Street) in Saratoga Springs. This event will help supply blankets to those in need so that they can stay warm.

Applications Available for The Hadley Business Association Is Planning The Maple In April Festival - April 30th HADLEY - The Maple in April Festival is a time to reconnect over the long, long winter, to wecome

MALTA - February Break Drama Camp for ages 7-13 will run Tuesday, February 22 through Friday, February 25 from 10:00am until 3:00pm. The camp will be taught by Malta’s Artistic Director Elyse Young and will include acting skills, vocal techniques, theater games, crafts, rehearsals and performance of a short play.

Camp and performance will take place at the Malta Community Center, One Bayberry Drive, Malta.

Students must wear a mask when not performing.

For more information, go online to www.maltaparksrec.com or contact Town of Malta Parks and Recreation Department at (518) 899-4411.

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The combined point total and SEFCU’s respective pledges of $125 and $250 per point scored by Buffalo netted $14,875.

The credit union rounded up to donate an even $15,000, which will help FeedMore WNY provide meals to homebound neighbors across Western New York.

It will also allow the nonprofit organization to provide food and support through nearly 300 pantries, soup kitchens, emergency shelters, and other hunger-relief agencies across Erie, Niagara, Cattaraugus, and Chautauqua counties while also offering nutrition assistance, education, and other supports to those in need.

This is the second straight year SEFCU is donating to FeedMore WNY based on the number of points the Bills score during their playoff run. SEFCU has donated a combined $35,000 to fight hunger in Western New York thanks to Buffalo’s continued postseason success.

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Annual Souper Bowl of Caring Chili Fest MIDDLE GROVE - Annual Souper Bowl of Caring Chili Fest at the Middle Grove United Methodist Church Sun., Feb 13, 2022 from 10:15-1pm (or

until sold out). This is a take out only event. Wide variety of homemade chili for sale for $6 per quart.

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between being organized and being productive and embrace certain strategies to be more organized at work.

While organizing at home may be as simple as emptying the pantry or tossing out old magazines, organizing at the office is more likely rooted in minimizing distractions that can make it hard to maintain focus and complete tasks. The following are some strategies to clear clutter in office environments.

• Communicate during your commute. Professionals who take mass transit or carpool to work can use their commutes to comb through their emails. That may seem like an insignificant strategy, but it’s not. In 2018, Adobe surveyed more than 1,000 office workers in the United States and found that the average worker spent more than three hours per day on work emails, and an additional 2.5 hours on personal email. Professionals can use their commutes to organize emails and respond to those that are most pressing. That should free up time to get more done during the workday.

• Turn off unnecessary notifications. Smartphone and device notifications provide an endless stream of distractions that can make it hard for professionals to organize their days and maintain their productivity. A 2020 study from the multinational telecommunications firm Telefónica found that the average smartphone user gets as many as 63.5 notifications per day. During the workday, individuals can clear some mental clutter by turning most app notifications off.

• Keep a clean professional pantry. A disorganized kitchen cabinet can make it hard to find ingredients when preparing a meal at home, and that sense of disorganization can compromise efforts to complete projects at work. A system for naming and storing files can make it easy to access documents quickly throughout the day.

Keep separate folders for each project as well as subfolders for each component of the project. Store these in an organized manner on your computer and archive files and folders after the project is completed.

The dawn of a new year is a time when change is readily welcomed by millions of people across the globe.

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Partnership With Corinth Brings 24/7 EMS Service GREENFIELD - The Town of Greenfield announced today it has opened the doors of Greenfield Ambulance, which will offer 24-hour, seven days a week emergency services at 14 South Greenfield Rd. Through a shared services partnership with the Town of Corinth EMS, the facility will house a full-time emergency medical technician and paramedic, as well as an ambulance and first response vehicle. The full-time emergency medical services will benefit more than 8,200 Town of Greenfield

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