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HUDSON — Eleven people were arrested on Friday, following a multi-police agency investigation into gang activity in Hudson, Kristin Lowman, spokeswoman for state police said.

Five of the defendants were charged with second-degree attempted murder, in connection with gun violence in Hudson on April 29 and July 30, Lowman said.

State police and Hudson Police, with the assistance of the Columbia County District Attorney’s Office, executed

search warrants after a longterm investigation into organized crime in Columbia County, Lowman said.

The complex investigation centered around members of the “Men of Business” gang.

Gang members have been involved violent crime in the city of Hudson including attempted murder, illegal sales and possession of controlled substances, possession of stolen property, illegal firearms possession and other organized criminal gang activity, Lowman said.

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Eleven people were arrested on warrants Friday, after an investigation into gang and shooting activity in Hudson.

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‘ORPHANAGE FOR ABANDONED ART’ YIELDS A MASTERPIECE

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HUDSON — The phrase “hidden in plain sight” usually applies to hole-in-the-wall restaurants or little-known hiking trails, not centuries-old fine artwork found in a barn in Kinderhook with bird droppings on the back.

But that’s exactly how it happened for 90-year-old art collector Albert Roberts, who bought an oil sketch for $600 that turned out to be a never-beforeseen early work of 17th-century Flemish painter Sir Anthony Van Dyck.

“I have what I call an orphanage for abandoned art,” Roberts said.

Roberts, a 15-year Hudson resident, obtained the sketch without knowing its origin or artist 20 years ago after it was reportedly found in a barn in Kinderhook. Through private research, art historian Rev. Dr. Susan Barnes published the panel as an authentic work by Van Dyck in the March 2021 edition of art history publication The Burlington Magazine.

The panel was determined to be a preparatory sketch for Van Dyck’s painting “St. Jerome,” CONTRIBUTED PHOTO which hangs at the Museum The Van Dyck oil sketch displayed at the Albany Institute of History and Art in 2019. Pictured from left to right are Lawrence Pitkethly Boijmans van Beuningen in and Albert Roberts. Pitkethly is co-author of Roberts’ book “Sleeping with Matisse,” which he plans to publish soon.

Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

The panel will be on display at “many millions of dollars.” The churchmen’s aging body and precious. But his private re- anything and it was becomThe Hyde Collection in Glens auction record for a Van Dyck lost muscle tone after being in search wasn’t fruitful until he re- ing quite annoying, and then Falls this month until Aug. 22, after which it will be reunited work is $13.5 million for a self- the wilderness. Based on the alized he might have something I realized I can’t find anything with the final painting at the portrait sold in 2009, according brush stroke technique on the no one knew existed. because it’s unknown. It’s not in “The one missing link as I man’s chest, Roberts said he to the website Art News.

Boijmans.

See ART A10 The sketch depicts an elderly could tell he had something did my research: I couldn’t find Roberts said the work is worth

Seasonal Usage program faces new hurdles

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HUDSON — Warren Street Seasonal Usage project manager Gary Purnhagen is ironing out logistics for the program as it continues into the summer.

The program, which last year was called Shared Streets, has allowed businesses to expand diners and merchandise into the parking spots in front of their storefronts to encourage commerce during the pandemic.

The city provided and required concrete blocks for the parking spaces used for the program as a uniform safety precaution.

Purnhagen gave an update to the Tourism Board on Monday but left before the meeting ended and did not respond to multiple requests for clarification on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

There are 37 businesses participating in the program, but some blocks are taking up parking spaces that are not

being used by the businesses that signed up for them, Purnhagen told the board on Monday, adding that he wants them to be removed.

At the start of the program in May, 60 businesses were signed up to participate.

Purnhagen said Monday he is finally getting all of the certificates of insurance in place for the participating businesses.

He recommended that if the city pursues the program again that businesses should not receive their blocks until the insurance certificate is provided with the city listed as insured.

Purnhagen said he is taking blocks away from a business that has not provided him any required information. He said he gave the business enough warning and did not reveal which business he was referring to.

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A Dutchess County man was arrested on felony charges, for the July 14 crash.

Toyota Highlander driven by Lorie Pell, 56, of Hudson, Hicks said.

Beverly’s pickup truck left the road, overturned and caught fire.

Troopers Justin Slater and Bryan Schaffer were the first to arrive on the scene. The two broke a window of the burning truck and pulled Beverly out while using a fire extinguisher to

control the flames in the cab of the vehicle, Hicks said.

Claverack and Mellenville fire departments removed Kritzman from his car using the Jaws of Life.

Beverly and Kritzman were taken to Albany Medical Center by Greenport Rescue Squad with serious injuries. Pell was taken to Columbia Memorial Health for evaluation, Hicks

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CLAVERACK — A Dutchess County man accused of causing a serious accident July 14 in Claverack was arrested Thursday on felony charges, according to state police.

Dean P. Beverly, 21, of Poughkeepsie was charged with second-degree vehicular assault, a class E felony. He had previously been charged with driving while intoxicated, police said.

Beverly was arraigned on the new charges. He is scheduled to appear in Town of Claverack Court, police said.

Three people, including Beverly, were injured in the earlymorning crash at the intersection of Route 9H and Route 66, Aaron Hicks, public information officer for state police Troop K, said.

At about 12:07 a.m., July 14, Beverly was driving a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado north on Route 9H and failed to stop at a red light at the intersection of Route 66 and struck a 2002 Volvo S-40 driven by Seth Kritzman, 32, of Hudson. The collision caused the Volvo to then strike a 2007

said.

A Life Net helicopter was requested that night, but declined due to the weather. It was raining at the time of the accident.

The area was closed to traffic for several hours while investigators from the state police Bureau of Criminal Investigation gathered evidence in the crash.

Beverly’s truck was towed to the state police impound lot in Salt Point, where it is being held as evidence, Hicks said.

In New York, second-degree vehicular assault is defined as the alleged operation of a motor vehicle, boat, snowmobile or an all-terrain vehicle that results in a serious physical injury, or operate a vehicle while you are legally intoxicated, with a blood alcohol level at last .08 or driving while your ability is impaired by drugs, according to state Penal Law. Sentences range from probation to four years in prison. The sentence depends on the defendant’s prior criminal record.

The person’s driving privileges will also be suspended or revoked.

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idea of how many people want to rent in the town and how many people want to buy houses there. She said the survey is anonymous.

“My personal feeling is that I think, in order to keep younger people living here, which is one of the goals that we have, I think we need to find out how to either build or rehab some other buildings for rentals,” Hundt said. “The rentals markets have been really eaten up by shortterm rentals like Airbnbs — we have quite a lot of those around.

I think we’ll just have to see what we find with the survey and go from there.”

The median price of a home in the area has increased from about $247,000 to $347,000, Hundt said. She said the average service workers’ salary is $30,000.

“So you can see the discrepancy there,” Hundt said. “During COVID it’s gotten even worse because the prices have gone up so high.”

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until Oct. 1. Within less than a week of the launch, Ricciardi said it has had 150 people take the online survey, and about 30 people have filled out paper copies.

“That’s really good for a first week, considering that we have somewhere around 1,500 residents in the town, it’s a very good response rate,” Ricciardi said. “We feel good that we are going to get a very good response to the survey.”

Housing and affordable housing are issues not only in Ancram, but all over Columbia County, Hundt said “Everybody is trying to figure out how we can solve this problem,” Hundt said. “So I thought this would be a good way to, first of all, gather some data and some information and see what exactly the needs are. That’s the first step in seeing what we can do and how we can move forward on this as a town and work on this issue.”

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ANCRAM — The town of Ancram has launched a survey to look at housing needs.

The town Comprehensive Plan identifies the development of affordable housing as a pressing community need. A new survey has been developed to help the town identify its housing needs.

The Ancram Economic Development Committee formed a few years ago. Chairman Paul Ricciardi said there were several economic development concerns of interest and focus to the group. One of those concerns is housing.

“As a committee we decided to explore, to look at housing, the affordability of housing, and the availability of housing in the town,” Ricciardi said. “We didn’t want to make any assumptions, we could sort of can see that there’s a lack of housing stock in town, there’s a lack of

affordable housing in town, but as a committee we didn’t really know what people wanted or needed.”

The survey was created to find out what the housing needs are for people who live in Ancram and for people who may want to move to Ancram, Ricciardi said.

The 27-question, multiplechoice survey asks participants about their housing, what housing needs they see, how satisfied they are by housing in the town and other related questions.

The survey can be taken online; a link is provided on the town of Ancram website.

Paper copies of the survey were sent out to mailboxes in town, and it was also sent out through the towns email list of about 1,100 people, said Town Councilwoman Bonnie Hundt, who is heading up the survey.

She said they hope to get as many people as possible to fill out the survey.

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New York schools continue to ask for COVID guidance after the state has left decisions up to the schools.

The state Education Department issued a statement Thursday in response to an earlier announcement from state Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker that his department will not issue guidance to schools for the start of the year.

State Education Commissioner Betty A. Rosa sent a letter asking Zucker to consider the Health Department’s statutory responsibilities as the state agency devoted to protecting the public health.

“Currently, there is no greater nuisance affecting public health and safety than COVID-19,” Rosa said. “There is an urgent need for timely advice and supervision flowing from the state Department of Health to local and school officials as they navigate these uncertain times.”

Zucker’s announcement came a month before the start of the 2021-22 school year. In it, he said when the state disaster emergency ended earlier this summer, districts were

once again made the controlling entity over their schools.

“Schools and school districts should develop plans to open in-person in the fall as safely as possible, and I recommend following guidance from the CDC and local health departments,” Zucker said.

The state Education Department said Public Health Law provides the Department of Health is charged with exercising control over and supervising the abatement of nuisances affecting or likely to affect public health as well as supervising and advising any local unit of government and the public health officials within the state in the performance of their official duties.

“The circumstances enveloping the Executive Chamber this week should not prevent the Department of Health from the execution of its responsibilities to the public, as has been promised by the Governor’s office for months,” according to the state Education Department.

Last month, Questar III Superintendent Gladys I. Cruz sent a letter to Zucker and the state Department of Health asking for guidance.

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“We were all under the impression that the New York State Department of Health was going to be issuing opening guidance for schools,” Cruz said Friday. “So we applaud the Commissioner of Education for basically asking Commissioner Zucker to issue guidance.”

Cruz said the local departments of health have been working with them and all school districts throughout the pandemic.

“Having guidance directly from the New York State Department of Health really allows schools to have consistency across the board,” Cruz said. “We do hope that the New York State Department of Health reconsiders and offers our schools guidance so there is consistency. With local departments of health we’ve

learned that they’re not all on the same page.”

Consistency throughout school districts is important to ensuring students are kept safe, Cruz said.

Schools were successful in controlling the virus last year with the layered mitigation strategies in place, Cruz said.

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Monday, Aug. 9 n Canaan Town Board 7 p.m. Up-

stairs Town Hall, 1647 Route 5, Canaan 518-781-3144 n Citizens’ Climate Lobby Columbia County Chapter 6 p.m. location varies (either Hudson or Chatham) 518-672-7901 n Copake Parks and Recreation Commission 7 p.m. Park Building, Mountain View Road, Copake. 518329-1234 n Hillsdale Planning Board 7:30 p.m. Town Hall, Main Street, Hillsdale 518-325-5073 n Hudson Common Council organizational meeting followed by informal meeting at 7 p.m. at City Hall, 520 Warren St., Hudson, 518-828-1030 n Kinderhook Village Recreation Commission 7 p.m. Village Hall, 6 Chatham St., Kinderhook 518-7589882 n Milan Town Board 7:30 p.m. Wilcox Memorial Town Hall, 20 Wilcox Circle, Milan 845-758-5133 n New Lebanon Town Board 7 p.m. Town Hall, 14755 Route 22, New Lebanon 518-794-8888 n Philmont Village Board 7 p.m.

Village Hall, 124 Main St., Philmont 518-672-7032 n Rhinebeck Town Board 6:45 p.m. Town Hall, 80 East Market St., Rhinebeck n Taghkanic Town Board 7 p.m.

Town Hall, Route 82, West Taghkanic 518-851-7638 n Tivoli Planning Board Workshop 7 p.m. Historic Watts dePeyster Hall, 1 Tivoli Commons, Tivoli 845-757-2021

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Board of Education 6 p.m. High School Library, Chatham 518-392-2400 n Chatham Planning Board 7 p.m.

Town Hall, 488 Route 295, Chatham 518-392-3262 n Copake Land Use Review Committee 7 p.m. Town Hall, 230 Mountain View Road, Copake 518-329-1234 n Copake Republican Club 7 p.m. at the Copake Town Hall, 230 Mountain View Road, Copake n Hillsdale Town Board 7 p.m.

Town Hall, Main Street, Hillsdale 518325-5073 n Hudson Common Council Informal Meeting 7 p.m. City Hall, 520 Warren St., Hudson, 518-828-1030 n Kinderhook Village Climate Smart Community Task Force 7 p.m.

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Germantown man arrested after crash

By Bill Williams Columbia-Greene Media

RED HOOK — A Columbia County man was charged with felony driving while intoxicated following an accident Wednesday, Red Hook police officer Travis Sterritt said Friday.

Kevin M. Race, 39, of Germantown was not injured in the crash on Route 9, Sterritt said.

At about 1:50 p.m., police received a report from Dutchess County 911 there was a pickup truck being driven erratically on Route 9, south of the Columbia County line.

As police were responding to

the area, they received a second report that a truck had struck a guardrail and crashed down an embankment on Route 9 near West Kerley Corners Road, Sterritt said.

Race, who was driving, was not injured in the crash but was found to be intoxicated by alcohol, Sterritt said.

Race was charged with driving while intoxicated, a felony, due to a previous conviction, and consuming alcohol in a motor vehicle, an infraction.

He is due to appear in Red Hook Town Court at a later date, Sterritt said.

Talbott & Arding reopens with new look

By Aliya Schneider Columbia-Greene Media

HUDSON — Talbott and Arding Cheese and Provisions, formerly at 323 Warren St., has been operating with a new look at its 202 Allen St. location.

Founders Mona Talbott and Kate Arding opened the Warren Street store in 2014. It closed its doors on July 4.

The new Allen Street location is 8,000 square feet, three times the size of the former shop.

Construction started March 1 and was completed July 15, Arding said.

The owners planned to expand their shop before the pandemic and signed the lease for 202 Allen St., in January 2020, she said.

The Warren Street store was closed to walk-in customers throughout the pandemic and relied on curbside pick-up for 14 months, Arding said. She said the setup was challenging for both customers and staff.

The new location carries wine and beer and has indoor seating, features absent from the Warren Street spot.

A private dining room will also open later in the year for event space. The owners plan to eventually host a variety of events in the new space, such as book signings, cooking classes and small corporate gatherings.

The new location also has a larger selection of goods.

“The thoughtfully crafted, expanded menu will feature foods like their signature seasonal salads and sandwiches, classic comfort foods, take-home dinner entrées, and a wide range of roasted and braised meats,” spokeswoman Tessa Schrupp, of Postcard Communications said. “There will also be a stronger focus on the pasta program, featuring both fresh and filled options, along with a curated larder of Hudson Valley finds.”

Local products that are being added to the expanded inventory include Kinderhook Farm meats, Black Seed bagels, Acme smoked salmon and Willow Pond sheep yogurt, according to Arding.

Talbott and Arding has 26 full-time and part-time employees, Arding said.

Talbott and Arding both lived in Hudson from 2014 to 2019 and now live near Churchtown, Arding said.

“We started our business in Hudson because it seemed like a good fit; there were no other comparable businesses around,” she said. “Both Mona and I are attracted by the diverse culture of Hudson, the close proximity to really great farmers and food producers for sourcing excellent ingredients and a love of the Hudson Valley.”

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Driver, passenger injured in Germantown crash

By Bill Williams

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GERMANTOWN — Two men were rushed to area hospital following an accident on Main Street in Germantown on Friday morning, state police spokeswoman Kristin Lowman said.

The one-car crash happened at about 4:31 a.m., in the area of 153 Main St., when a car left the road, struck a utility pole and overturned.

The force of the crash cracked the utility pole in half, Lowman said.

The driver, William Saltis, 18, of Germantown, was airlifted to Westchester Medical Center with life-threatening injuries. A passenger, Edward Turner, 16 of Castleton, was brought to Albany Medical Center by Greenport Rescue Squad.

His injuries are not considered life-threatening, Lowman said.

Columbia County 911 sent Germantown Fire Company and Northern Dutchess Paramedics to the scene. Greenport Rescue responded under mutual aid.

Fire police closed Main Street between Route 9G and Palatine Park Road, while emergency crews worked.

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Germantown firefighters block Route 9G, due to a serious accident Friday morning.

Firefighters set up the landing zone for the helicopter in the parking lot at Germantown Central School. Life Net took off with Saltis at 5:40 a.m.

National Grid responded to the scene to replace the pole.

Main Street was closed for more than seven hours, reopening just after noon while the state police accident reconstruction team investigated.

The cause of the accident remains under investigation.

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Albany decisions affect local education, health care There’s a lot going on in the public and private sectors that is affecting local education and health care.

Albany Medical Center affiliates including Columbia Memorial Health will decide their own policy requiring their employees to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. School districts in Greene and Columbia counties waiting weeks for COVID guidance for the fall from the state won’t be coming. State Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker said Thursday schools will be responsible for what the fall looks like for their staff and students.

Columbia Memorial Hospital officials are reviewing the facility’s data and policies in the wake of Albany Medi-

cal Center’s announcement.

Zucker said the end of the state disaster emergency on June 25 means school districts are once again at the controls and told districts they should develop plans to open in-person in the fall as safely as possible following guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and local health departments.

New York attained the 70% vaccination threshold needed for herd immunity and we know the vaccine works. Hospital employees worked long, difficult hours at the height of the pandemic to protect each other and the people they serve, so it’s puzzling that Albany Medical Center took a step back Thursday and left affiliated

hospitals like Columbia Memorial to draft their own employee vaccination policies.

Equally baffling is how the state Health Department left school districts empty-handed by telling them to write their own policies, on their own, with less than a month before the opening day of school. Districts wasted much of the summer waiting for state guidance, which they must now develop in the absence of official Health Department guidance. Why didn’t the Health Department inform school districts of its decision sooner?

Now is not the time for the private and public sectors to relinquish the counsel they were counted on to deliver.

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The last act in Cuomo’s father-son tragedy Matt Bai The Washington Post

Who knows what Andrew M. Cuomo’s been thinking about in his Nixonian moment, isolated in his Albany mansion as a grandfather clock somewhere chimes away the dwindling hours of his political career. You can bet, though, that one voice haunts him above all others.

With New York’s governor, the story always comes back to father and son, the legacy he can never outrun.

Politicians loathe when we “put them on the couch,” and in most cases I don’t blame them. It’s too easy to play amateur psychologist with people in the public eye, whose motives and flaws are entangled in ways too obscure for us to grasp.

But in Cuomo’s case, the interplay with his late and legendary father, Mario, has always been front and center, inseparable from the drive and the recklessness. It is the defining relationship of his life.

I knew one Cuomo as a younger man, and the other in old age. Andrew I met when he was an irrepressible housing secretary in the nineties, always pushing boundaries, holding forth, calculating his next move.

Mario I got to know later, in his seventies, long after his three terms as governor. He was statesmanlike, cerebral, more inclined to win you over with the obvious rightness of his cause.

They enabled each other - maybe that’s the best way

to understand it. Because Andrew was Andrew - the political tough guy, even in his teens, who would happily wade into the nasty business of New York politics - Mario got to go on being Mario, the high-minded priest of public morality.

And because Mario was Mario - a sanctified hero in liberal America - Andrew got to go on being Andrew, which basically entailed wielding power he hadn’t earned, saying and doing whatever he pleased.

The dynamic between them, as far as anyone on the outside can understand the dynamic between a father and son, was both close and competitive. When Mario granted me a long interview in 2011, Andrew was in his first year as governor and was consciously pursuing a more centrist course than his father.

Mario refused to say he was proud of his son. He felt lucky, he said - not proud. For his part, Andrew declined to talk to me at all about his father’s life and career.

Both men were supremely self-confident to the point of being imperious, and yet both struggled with obvious insecurities.

Mario, whose story of immigrant poverty had once transfixed a national audience, told me he had ultimately abandoned his presidential ambition because he couldn’t accept his own worthiness - a sentiment that seemed self-serving but also

painfully reflective.

Andrew has always known that nothing he achieves can be his alone. He is forever Mario’s son, with the same accent and the same baggy eyes, walking in the fossilized footsteps of a politician from the time when politicians could still be giants.

He faced a choice, when these allegations of sexual harassment surfaced earlier this year. He could have handled the crisis the way his father might have - taking the high road, atoning and philosophizing, letting the voters decide whether they knew his heart or didn’t.

Or he could have handled it the way he’d handled everything as his father’s enforcer - by acting as his own Andrew, slashing and bullying behind the scenes.

That is, of course, the path he chose, setting out to destroy the credibility of an accuser he now claims he only wanted to protect.

The consequence is a complete and stunning abandonment by just about everyone in his own party, and even in his own administration. And by now Andrew Cuomo must know two things for sure.

The first is that his father, whose admiration he sought for a lifetime, would be bitterly disappointed in him although perhaps not for the reason you’d think.

Maybe Mario would have been sickened by the allegations, detailed by the state’s attorney general, of boorish groping and innuendo.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY ‘Sit down and read. Educate yourself for the coming conflicts.’

MOTHER JONES

Rejecting meritocracy clashes with America’s basic premises ”Even young Mozart had to practise.”

— Adrian Wooldridge WASHINGTON — This cultural moment is defined by the peculiar idea that America has such a surplus of excellence, it can dispense with something that should be rejected as inequitable — rigorous competition to identify merit. Progressives are recoiling from the idea that propelled humanity’s ascent to modernity: the principle that people are individuals first and primarily, so individual rights should supplant rights attached to group membership.

Progressives’ unease with society measuring merit when allocating opportunity and rewards is discordant with the nation’s premises.

And rejecting meritocracy at a time when China — the United States’ strongest geopolitical rival ever — is intensifying its embrace of it is “an act of civilisational suicide,” Adrian Wooldridge warns.

In his book “The Aristocracy of Talent,” the Economist’s political editor and Bagehot columnist argues that in pre-modern societies “the most important economic resource was not the brain inside your head but the land under your feet.”

Today, some anti-modern progressives are wary of intelligence because it is an engine of inequality.

So they attack selective public schools that base admissions on standardized tests. All uses of such tests, and Advanced Placement high school classes, and other sorting procedures are stigmatized because they produce disparate outcomes, which supposedly reveal “systemic racism.”

That dangerous dogma collides with this fact: Substantial cognitive stratification is inevitable in modern, information-intensive societies. As Wooldridge says, there cannot be sustained economic growth without meritocracy.

Pascal said, “We do not choose as captain of a ship the most highly born of those aboard.” Thomas Paine said hereditary legislators would be as absurd

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WILL as a “hereditary mathematician.” And Wooldridge says, “Most of us would hesitate before flying with a pilot who had been chosen by lottery.”

He says Martin Luther’s greatest contribution to modernity was not Protestantism but competition: Schism meant that faith factions had “to improve their performance or lose their market share.” Meritocracy, feudalism’s antithesis, was wielded by the French Revolution as a hammer to smash feudalism’s remnants: The 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen declared all citizens “equally admissible” to all public “offices and employments . . . with no other distinction than that of their virtues and talents.”

As Wooldridge says, Enlightenment thinkers, aiming to match “talent to opportunity and knowledge to power,” stressed the difference between natural aristocracies of talents and artificial aristocracies of breeding and inheritance.

Some progressives, who are more interested in minimizing inequality than maximizing opportunity, insist that not even industriousness makes an individual deserving is because it is an inherited trait. However, less loopy progressives rightly warn that there can be inherited hierarchies in meritocratic societies.

America does fall short of Thomas Jefferson’s hope for “culling” talent “from every condition of our people.”

SAT prep classes are not models of social diversity; parents are conscientious (this is not a vice) about transmitting family advantages to their children.

The answer, however, is

to improve the culling, not to jettison the aspiration on the ground that all metrics of merit must be unfair. A first step would be to rescue children from uneducated educators of the sort who natter about “racist” arithmetic and the “myth” that some students are more arithmetically gifted than others.

Wooldridge reminds us that the ancient Greeks contrasted government by the best (aristocracy) with government by the richest and best-connected (oligarchy).

Although the idea of aristocracy grates on democratic sensibilities, in the modern age a true aristocracy, meaning the ascendency of the talented, should be an aspiration. It need not mean an entrenched class insulated from the churning of competition. Indeed, it cannot mean that: In a society of careers truly open to talents, a real aristocracy will be constantly weeded and refreshed by upward — and downward — mobility driven by competition.

America, as Wooldridge writes, was “born meritocratic.” Meritocracy is as American as immigration, which predisposes Americans to believe in “self-made men” (a phrase used by Henry Clay in 1832). Meritocracy is as American as the frontier, where life “on the edge of the civilized world encouraged self-reliance.”

It is a virtue of meritocracy that it produces inequality. “You need,” Wooldridge writes, “above-average rewards to induce people to engage in ... self-sacrifice and risk-taking. Reduce the rewards that accrue to outstanding talent and you reduce the amount of talent available to society as a whole.”

Meritocracy, Wooldridge says, “is the closest thing we have today to a universal ideology.” It, like many other good things, must, however, be saved from today’s profoundly retrogressive progressivism.

George Will’s email address is georgewill@washpost.com.

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Runoff pollution and sewage overflows are common sources of pathogens in our water. To stop this pollution, we need to fix our outdated water infrastructure. In July, the U.S. House passed the INVEST in America Act — a bill that not only provides urgently needed funding to stop sewage overflows but also dedicates at least 15 percent of those funds to green projects — including

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Corliss F. ‘Andy’ Anderson EARLTON – Corliss F. “An- Anderson; his grandchildren, dy” Anderson, 77, passed Brett, Katy, and Chelsea (Miaway on Wednesday August chael); his brothers, Joseph, 4, 2021 at St. Peter’s Hospital. and Robert (Shirley) Anderson; He was born in Catskill on Jan- and many great-grandchiluary 29, 1944 to the late Hiram dren, nieces, and nephews. and Wilma Kapusta A calling hour will Anderson. He lived in be held on Tuesday Earlton his whole life, August 10th from 10 having attended GCS to 11am, followed and then working as a by a funeral service laborer for the Albany Laborer’s Local 190. at 11am at the A.J. Andy was a member of Cunningham Funeral the Coxsackie SportsHome, Greenville. He men’s Club, was will then be buried in an avid hunter, trap Anderson the Greenville Cemshooter and scrapetery. In lieu of flowper. In addition to his parents, ers, donations can be made to he was predeceased by his the Greene County Women’s brother, Paul Anderson.

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Harold D. Boyles Harold D. Boyles, 93, of David and Sandra, of Pine Ancramdale, passed away on Plains, Joyce Boyles and her August 4, 2021 at home sur- companion Michael Miller, rounded by loved ones. He of Ancramdale, Brenda and was born on March 7, 1928 in Robert Couse, of Pine Plains, Ancramdale. One of 11 chil- Michael Boyles of Ancramdren born to Charles Boyles dale, and Jeffrey and Dale Sr. and Abigail (Brizzie) Boyles. Boyles, of Ancramdale. Eight Harold worked on the grandchildren, Debbie HopChase Farm for many years pel, Tonya Meyer, Corey Charbefore becoming the Highway trand, Heather Mullen, Adria Superintendent for Couse, Nicole Boyles, the Town of Ancram.

Brandon Boyles, and On March 3, 1951, he Melanie Boyles. Also married Helen Smith, surviving are 10 great who survives him at grandchildren and his home. A home that he sister Irene Dietter, of loved to maintain and Ancramdale. would enjoy watching In addition to his the birds. His favorite parents, he was also things to watch on tv predeceased by his were westerns and six brothers and three Boyles WWE Wrestling. He alsisters. so loved country and western Graveside services will be music. Hezzie and Helen en- held at noon on Tuesday, Aujoyed taking various bus trips gust 10, 2021 in Evergreen over the years. Including both Cemetery, Pine Plains.

Nashville and Branson. Above In lieu of flowers donations all else he loved his family and in Hezzie’s memory may be spending as much time with made to the Eastern New York them as possible.

Holstein Club, 28 Poplar AvHarold is survived by his enue, Pine Plains, NY 12567. loving wife of 70 years Helen, For directions or to leave their six children; Patricia Lan- a message of condolence gridge and her fiancé Jona- please visit www.peckandthan Marich, of Salem, NJ, peck.net

Ruth Piwonka Ruth Piwonka, 81, of Kin- At the time of her death, she derhook, New York, cher- was Trustee Emeritus of the ished mother, grandmother, Board of the Jacob Leisler Inand dog lover, passed away stitute. She has served on the peacefully in the presence boards of many not-for-profit of her family on August 2nd, organizations, including the 2021 in Albany, New York. She Columbia Land Conservancy, was born Edith Ruth Johnson Friends of Lindenwald, and in Chicago, Illinois, to Myrtle Historic Cherry Hill. She has and Byron Johnson on Febru- been a member of multiple muary 14, 1940. She graduated nicipal boards in the Town and from Maine East High School Village of Kinderhook, includin 1958. She received ing the Village Zoning her BA from DePauw Board and Board of University in 1962 Trustees, and Comwhere she was a DJ prehensive Planning, and jazz enthusiast.

Historic Preservation She earned her MA and Environmental in 1964 from Indiana Protection CommitUniversity in Bloomtees. She was member ington. She moved to and treasurer for the Kinderhook, New York Scottish Deerhound in 1969, where her Club of America. She Piwonka intellectual pursuits has been the unofficial led her to become an expert and official historian of Kinderin local and regional history, hook for more than a generaparticularly in the area of the tion. Her publications include Dutch colonization of New A Visible Heritage, A RememYork. She served as Execu- brance of Patria, A Portrait of tive Director of the Columbia Livingston Manor, and LivCounty Historical Society, ing in Style: Selections from guest curator for “A Portrait of the George Way Collection of Livingston Manor”, consult- Dutch Fine and Decorative Art. ing curator for “Dutch Colonial Ruth is survived by her daughArts and Material Culture’’, the ters, Christine Piwonka-Bernfirst Executive Director of the stein (Art Bernstein), of KinderColumbia County Land Con- hook, New York, and Margaret servancy, contract consultant Piwonka (John Jackson), and for the New York State Historic her grandchildren Anna and Preservation Field Services Arlo Piwonka-Jackson of MonBureau, and was a consulting tague, Massachusetts. Calling researcher in the public and hours will be held at the Rayprivate sector. She was the mond E. Bond Funeral Home, recipient of numerous awards Valatie, NY Saturday August and honors, most recently 14th from 3:00-6:00 pm. In lieu the 2020 Martha Washington of flowers, donations in Ruth’s Woman of History, and was an name may be made to the JaElected Fellow of the Holland cob Leisler Institute, P.O. Box Society of America and the 86, Hudson NY 12534; https:// New York Academy of History. jacobleislerinstitute.org/.

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Kenneth Ronald Flanagan Jr Kenneth Ronald Flanagan Jr, age 58, of Athens, N.Y. passed away on August 4, 2021.

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his brother Michael Zachary Flanagan.

Flanagan, his brother He was a history Joseph (Zenna) Flanabuff and enjoyed living gan and his sister Barlife his way. He was an bara (John) Palmateer. acquaintance to some He also leaves behind and a friend to many, his beloved grandhe held close lifelong daughters Hadley Kelfriendships which he lam and Lana Sanson. cherished. He enSeveral nieces and joyed spending time Flanagan nephews, John and with his family and his Jamie Palmateer, Christopher long drives to wherever it took and Lindsey Johnson and him.

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ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s attorneys Friday called for transcripts related to state Attorney General Letitia James’s report, saying they were never given an opportunity to respond to inaccuracies.

Attorneys Paul Fishman of Arnold and Porter LLC, Mitra Hormozi of Walden Mocht and Haran LLP and Rita Glavin of Glavin PLLC held a media conference Friday, calling out issues with the attorney general’s report released Tuesday.

Fishman said they had asked the attorney general’s office to provide them with draft copies of the reports and they were refused.

“We asked them to do that because we had concerns that there might be things that are inaccurate, there might be things that are not sufficiently thorough, things that might be included or excluded from the report that are fair or unfair and we wanted to make sure the people who were being discussed had an opportunity to respond before the report was made public,” Fishman said.

Fishman said they received the report at the same time as everyone else, which included the media.

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provide that type of information.

Fishman said it has been more than 76 hours since the report was released and he called for the transcripts of the interviews of the people spoken with in the report to be released.

“I know the difference between putting together a case against a case against a target versus doing independent fact-finding with an open mind,” Glavin said. “There has been no open-minded fact-finding here in this investigation. It was conducted in a manner to support a predetermined conclusion.”

Glavin said investigators handling the report acted as prosecutors, judge and jury.

She said within minutes of press conference Tuesday there were calls for Cuomo to

step down.

“We weren’t given any advance notice about report when released chance to respond to inaccuracies,” Glavin said.

Friday’s media availability comes after a team of attorneys with independent law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP advised Cuomo’s counsel in a letter Thursday the governor and his attorneys have eight days to submit evidence in the Assembly’s impeachment investigation.

Davis Polk & Wardwell leads the ongoing Assembly’s impeachment investigation into Gov. Cuomo, hired by the Assembly Judiciary Committee.

Committee counsel have previously requested Gov. Cuomo submit relevant documents in his possession pertaining to the investigation

and issued a subpoena for the materials, according to a statement from Assemblymember Charles Lavine’s office Thursday.

The Assembly impeachment resolution must be passed by a simple 76-vote majority in the state Legislature, which would force the governor to resign. The lower house has 150 members.

Since the report was released Tuesday elected state and New York federal official has called for Cuomo to leave office, including President Joe Biden and U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.

Tuesday State Attorney General Letitia James’ office released a 168-page report concluding a five-month probe that found the governor sexually harassed at least 11 women, breaking state and federal laws. The report detailed numerous accounts of Cuomo engaging former and current state employees in jarring gropes, hugs, kisses and increasingly suggestive sexual comments.

The report also confirmed allegations of one current female staffer who said the governor slipped his hand beneath her blouse and cupped her breast during a hug in the Governor’s Mansion in November.

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FUNERAL Bill to help craft beverage DIRECTORS makers awaits signature

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ALBANY — Brewers, distillers and craft beverage producers across the state are waiting for the governor to sign a bill into law to make it easier for the growing local businesses to get off the ground.

If signed into law, the bill, sponsored by Sen. Michelle Hinchey, D-Saugerties, would require the State Liquor Authority to create a new temporary permit for breweries, distilleries, cideries and wineries.

The six-month temporary permit would help craft beverage producers — commonly small, local businesses — cut through the red tape as they open their establishments, allowing them to produce and sell products while state agencies process their permanent approval.

“We want to make sure everyone who has invested their time and their money and their energy to bringing small businesses into the community are being supported in every way, and this is one of those very important tools,” Hinchey said Friday inside Mixed Breed Brewing — a family-owned business in Guilderland, Albany County.

“We can’t support the growth of that industry without supporting business-friendly policies.”

Temporary permits are only available to wine makers under current state law, which dates back to 1993.

The State Liquor Authority has 45 days to approve or deny the temporary permit application.

“At least in that time, they’ll be able to be up and running, building that customer base,” said Hinchey, who chairs the Senate Agriculture and Food Committee. “Starting a business should not be that hard. it should not be something you invest all of your time and money into and then you get stuck by every layer of bureaucracy.”

The measure, which had not been delivered to the governor’s desk as of Friday.

Any person who is governor of the state can sign the bill into law as the state Assembly expects to conclude it’s impeachment investigation into multiple scandals plaguing Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, in the coming weeks.

Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul would become governor if Cuomo steps down or is removed from office.

The bill, passed unanimously in both houses of state Legislature, must be signed by Dec. 31.

Tom Crowell, owner of Chatham Brewing on Main Street, recalled the six-month wait for the village business’s permanent state permits to be approved in 2007.

An alcoholic beverage producer must first secure federal approval before filing for its subsequent state licenses.

“It can be several months of time once you get your federal permit for you to get that state approval,” Crowell said Friday. “Much of the information requested in both applications is the same, so once you’ve been vetted by the federal government, the state review should be pretty

much in line.

“There’s no risk or downside giving that interim approval while they go through the process,” he added.

When Chatham Brewing first applied for permits in 2007, New York had about 50 breweries, Crowell said.

That number has swelled to more than 600 breweries, cideries and craft beverage producers since. More than 485 are breweries.

If signed into law, Hinchey’s bill would establish parity in the temporary permit only open to wine makers under the current law, supporting further growth of New York’s alcoholic beverage industry.

The state is a national leader in craft beverage producers and the popular agribusiness continues to expand.

New York ranks first in the nation for its number of hardcider producers and second in craft distilleries and breweries and ranks fourth for its number of wineries — amounting to a total economic impact of $10 billion, supporting about 100,000 industry jobs, the senator said.

“The New York Cider industry contributes $1.7 billion dollars annually and over 6,000 jobs to the state’s agricultural economy,” New York Cider Association Executive Director Scott Ramsay said.

“In order to see this industry continue to grow, especially during such challenging economic times, we are thrilled to support Sen. Hinchey’s bill and urge the governor to sign this bill into law.”

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Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor is calling for entries for its 15th annual Erie Canalway Photo Contest. Images should convey the unique character of New York’s canals and canal communities. Entries must be postmarked by Aug. 27. Winning photos will be featured in the 2022 Erie Canalway calendar. Pictured is the Erie Canal by Suzanne Grosz. Images will be judged in four contest categories: On the Water, Along the Trail, Canal Communities, and Classic Canal. Judges will select first, second, and third place winning images in each category, as well as 12 honorable mentions. Images must be landscape (horizontal) format. Submitted images must be taken within the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor, which spans 524 miles across the full expanse of upstate New York. It encompasses the Erie, Cayuga-Seneca, Oswego, and Champlain canals and their historic alignments, as well as more than 230 canal communities. Download official contest rules and an entry form at https://eriecanalway.org/get-involved/photo-contest

Principal of new QIII and HVCC STEM high school brings wealth of experience and energy TROY — This September, the inaugural class of the new Questar III and HVCC STEM High School will take the first steps in their journey towards rewarding careers in tech, engineering, health and environmental sciences. Much work, effort and planning took place to make the new school a reality; its principal, Kim Sparkman, was there from the beginning.

“Recognizing that I loved developing new programs, I started to get involved in the planning phase of our new high school at Hudson Valley Community College. I’ve served on the steering committee from the start and moved into a more active role in building these programs last March,” Sparkman said.

In July, she was appointed Principal of Innovative Programs for Questar III BOCES, which includes serving as the head of the newly formed STEM high school, as well as New Visions programs located throughout Rensselaer and Albany counites.

Sparkman says she is incredibly motivated and excited by her work at the new school. “It’s an opportunity to take my ideas about what a school should be and make them a reality. I bring with me the lessons I’ve learned in behavioral health and as a teacher in both suburban and urban settings. Our aim is to build a school that serves as a true bridge for students between

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high school and college or their careers,” she explained.

Originally from Oneonta, Sparkman attended SUNY Oswego, where she earned BA degrees in History and Anthropology. During college, she spent time studying abroad in Belize and Mexico. After college, Sparkman moved to Tucson, Arizona, where she worked in adult out-patient behavioral health services as a case manager for a year. “I missed History and was interested in teaching, so I returned to New York,” she said, where she enrolled at Ithaca College and earned a Master of Adolescent Teaching as well as her NYS teaching certificate in Social Studies, grades 7-12.

Sparkman taught for three years at Ithaca High School before moving to Manhattan and teaching at a STEM high school in the South Bronx for five years. She noted, “It was while teaching in the South Bronx that I felt compelled to go into school leadership. I

saw areas in public education where improvements could be made and felt I needed to be in leadership in order to advocate for those changes.”

During this time, she earned a Master’s in School Leadership from Hunter College.

After giving birth to her daughter, Sparkman and her husband moved to Syracuse, to be closer to family. She took a position as Assistant Principal of Career and Technical Education at CiTi BOCES in Oswego County. A year later, she and her family moved to Albany and she joined Questar III BOCES, where she was hired as Career and Technical Education (CTE) Coordinator.

“In this role, I oversaw our offsite programs, all of the New Visions programs and Heavy Equipment in Durham. I also gathered data for CTE to be reported to the state and maintained the Perkins grant,” Sparkman said. She also worked closely with Chief Academic Officer Anthony Taibi to add two additional New Visions programs to Questar III’s offerings.

Sparkman lives in Bethlehem with her husband and two young children, where they enjoy going to the town pool, farmers market and biking together. To learn more about the new Questar III and HVCC STEM High School, visit https://www.questar.org/ education/ptech-echs/.

Theater Barn offers ‘Night and Day, Love Lost and Found Through the Eyes of Cole Porter’ NEW LEBANON — The Theater Barn announces the 37th Anniversary Season will continue with a new musical, Night and Day, Love Lost and Found Through the Eyes of Cole Porter running through Aug. 15. Featuring the music and lyrics of Cole Porter and based on an idea

by Robert Cacioppo, it was conceived and written by Robert Cacioppo with Arthur D’Alessio. Musical arrangements are by Victoria Casella.

Creator Arthur D’Alessio is director and creator Victoria Casella is musical director. Both D’Alessio and Casella are Theater Barn alum. D’Alessio previously directed Fascinatin’ Gershwin and Grease at the ‘Barn while Casella has served as musical director for the ‘Barn’s productions of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Full Monty, Alter Boyz, and a Anna Don’t.

Night and Day, Love Lost and Found Through the Eyes of Cole Porter is much more than a musical revue as it tells an original story entirely through the lyrics of Cole Porter. His beloved songs are arranged into a romantic musical that will have you tapping your toes as you sing along. Taking place in a Berkshire’s mansion, circa 1930, we see how the love our couples feel at night creates an intricacy of relationship struggles for them the next day. Only the second production ever produced, this regional premiere is going to be ‘Too Darn Hot’ to miss.

Four actors new to the ‘Barn are joined on stage by The Theater Barn’s beloved Producing Artistic Director, Allen Phelps, who plays the

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Performance times and dates 4 and 8 p.m. Aug. 7; 2 p.m. Aug. 8; 2 and 8 p.m.

Aug. 12; 8 p.m. Aug. 13; 4 and 8 p.m. Aug. 14; 2 p.m. Aug. 15.

Since 1984, The Theater Barn has a tradition of producing high quality, family friendly plays, comedies, mysteries and musicals from Broadway and beyond at an affordable price. Located just 20 minutes from Pittsfield, it is an easy drive from the Berkshires, Capital District and Springfield areas. New this year are 2 p.m.

Thursday matinees on select summer dates and matinees

at 4 p.m. Saturdays continue throughout the fall. The theater is air-conditioned with accessible seating. For a complete list of performance times and to order tickets, visit www.thetheaterbarn.org or call the box office at 518-794-8989 (press 4 and leave a message for a box office representative to return your call.) Tickets are available at the door for all performances. At this time, The Theater Barn is welcoming only fully vaccinated guests and masks are highly encouraged. Check the website www.thetheaterbarn. org for frequently updated COVID policies.

Chamber president to speak at Upstage annual meeting GHENT — Upstage Productions’ members and guests will convene at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 16 at Kozel’s Restaurant, 1006 Route 9H, Ghent, for their annual membership meeting.

Following the meeting and announcement of the newly elected Board of Directors, William Gerlach, President and CEO of the Columbia County Chamber

of Commerce, will be guest speaker. Following the meeting and guest speaker, entertainment will be provided by Upstage performers, including some of the cast of the upcoming production “Matilda,” which will be performed Nov. 19, 20 and 21 in Hudson.

There is no charge to attend, however, reservations are required and be

received by Aug. 9. Food and drink will be available for purchase. If members and guests would like to attend, email matilda@upstageproductions.org or call 518821-4449 and state whether or not you will be ordering dinner, or are just coming for the meeting and entertainment.

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Ancramdale Neighbors Helping Neighbors awards education grants

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The Columbia County Chamber of Commerce recently welcomed Sunmark Credit Union to Columbia County, marking the event with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Sunmark, the third largest credit union in the Capital Region, is a not-for-profit, full-service financial institution. Members can be anyone who lives or works in one of 13 counties, now including Columbia and Greene. Pictured holding scissors is Sunmark President & CEO Frank DeGraw, who in a speech prior to the ribbon cutting, reminded us that Sunmark is the ‘Bright Way to Bank.’ Joining DeGraw are Jessica Longley, Member Relationship Manager for Sunmark’s Hudson location; along with Sunmark Executive Vice President and CFO Bryan Delehanty; Executive Vice President and COO Toni LeBron; employees from Sunmark’s Hudson location; and members of the Sunmark executive leadership team.

Chamber Chairman of the Board Derick LaTorre and Board Member Mark Taylor were on hand to help facilitate the event. Sunmark Credit Union is located at 207A Green Street, Hudson. For information, visit www.sunmark.org.

Highmark Blue Shield employees collect more than 1,200 pounds of food for Regional Food Bank LATHAM — Recently, Highmark Blue Shield of Northeastern New York employees lined up at the company’s headquarters for its second annual drive-through food drive to benefit the Regional Food Bank.

Highmark Blue Shield employees collected 1,245 pounds of items from the organization’s healthy food wish list. The only organization of its kind in Northeastern New York, the Food Bank provides more than 55 million pounds of food a year to disadvantaged people in 23 counties.

“If there is an opportunity to support our community, Highmark Blue Shield of Northeastern New York employees are the first ones there,” said Keith Dolan, Regional Executive, Highmark Blue Shield of Northeastern New York. “Highmark Blue Shield is proud to support the Regional Food Bank and do our part in helping end hunger in our community.”

“Highmark Blue Shield of Northeastern New York and its dedicated employees are some of the Food Bank’s most enthusiastic food drive supporters,” said Joanne Dwyer, Director of Food Industry Relations and Business Development Representative for the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York. “Between their food and monetary

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Highmark Blue Shield employees standing with some of the donations collected during the drive-through food drive.

donations, they raised 2,295 meals to help feed people in need! On behalf of everyone at the Food Bank and the non-profit programs we serve throughout 23 counties, we thank them for their kindness and generosity.”

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employees have a long legacy of paying it forward. Most recently, the health plan’s employees donated $5,000 to local organizations and sent thousands of healthy snackpacks and meals to those serving on the frontlines of the pandemic.

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ANCRAM — Ancramdale Neighbors Helping Neighbors Association (ANHNA), is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 corporation and state-accredited food bank, serving the Town of Ancram (including Ancramdale, and Boston Corner). For the past eight years Neighbors has provided higher education grants to help Town of Ancram students who are accepted to, and attend an accredited college, community college, or vocational school full-time.

These grants are based on need, and intended to help students pay for food, clothing, books, or transportation, and other necessities during the academic year.

We wish to thank all donors for their generosity and making this program such a success. This year’s Higher Education Grant is in the amount of $1,500, per student, and we were able to award 11 students with this grant. To date, Neighbors has awarded 56 grants. Nine students will receive the “Adrienne Citrin Higher Education Grant,” and two students will receive memorial grants that are newly established this year, and are fully funded by its donors.

“The Sally Berg Memorial” is established by “The Family and Friends of Sally Berg,” in her memory. Sally a longterm resident of Ancram, is remembered for her quick wit and humor and her tireless work with a number of local charitable causes. She was widely loved and admired by many in the community.

“The Joey Broder Memorial” is established by Deborah Broder and Bill Walter. Joey Broder, brother of Deborah, passed away on June 12, 1972, at the young age of 17. He was loved and liked by everyone who knew him. He was sensitive, kind, fun loving, and playful. The caption on his high school yearbook next to his photo said, “I’ll laugh a lot,” because he found joy and humor in things both big and small. He had such love and light to give to the world.

This grant is awarded to the student who strives to overcome obstacles, seizes opportunity, and finds laughter along the way.

To contact ANHNA about a potential community need call Jack Lindsey at 518-3297306 or Hila Richardson at 917-414-8270 or email ANHNAinfo@gmail.com .

Contributions can be sent to ANHNA, PO Box 97, Ancramdale, NY 12503.

Luis Ayala has been a student at SUNY Oneonta for four years. While there, he took summer classes and worked for the State Migrant Program as a team leader for the High School Online Academy 2021. In August, he will be entering his fifth year to finish his Professional Accounting Degree. He is this year’s recipient of the “Joey Broder Memorial Education Grant.”

Matthew Boice attends the Eastman School of Music.

He proudly won two major music competitions this past year. He will be entering the final year of his master’s program. Along with teaching two courses this year, the grant will help him submerse himself in his studies and prepare for an enriching career.

Christine Boyles is enrolled in the University of Buffalo Master of Social Work program. She completed a 420 hour internship at the Ellicott Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation this past year.

She will be entering her final year and doing a 480 hour internship at a local elementary school. She looks forward to becoming a licensed social worker and helping to strengthen communities.

Mallory Breen is a recent graduate of Webutuck High School. This fall she will be attending Columbia Greene Community College. She looks forward to getting her Associates Degree in Business Communications as a foundation for her future career.

Matthew Damon will be attending Columbia Greene

Community College this fall. He recently graduated from Stissing Mountain High School. He will be taking courses in business and history — his two fields of interest. These studies will help him determine his future career path.

Sara Derocha will be entering her second year at Russell Sage College. She wishes to become a nurse. The COVID crisis was a challenge this past year but the professors were very helpful and the inperson and online courses went well. Sara is this year’s recipient of the “Sally Berg Memorial Education Grant.”

Matthew Hitchen attended Washington State University where he completed his graduate work in history and political science. His passion for history made him interested in obtaining a teacher’s certificate in Special Education and Social Studies. He will be attending the College of Saint Rose.

Emily Mason will be returning to Columbia Greene Community College studying Liberal Arts and Science. She hopes to enter their nursing program in January. Her future goal is to become a surgical nurse practitioner.

Samantha Mason is entering her fourth semester of graduate school working towards her master’s degree in childhood education. She is attending the University of Albany and has learned much that will contribute to her success in the classroom.

Sarah Mason is pursuing her master’s degree in special education, grades K-12. She is taking classes online through Grand Canyon University.

She will graduate in 2022.

This advanced degree will be most helpful teaching the students with disabilities that she currently works with.

Eleazar “Antonio” Santiago-Nicolas will be entering his second year at Dutchess Community College. He is majoring in Business Administration.

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The first, and possibly, the last ‘Beyfussini’

By Bob Beyfuss For Columbia-Greene Media

July 2021 was the third wettest and also the third coolest on record at Albany County airport, but for some of us, it was THE wettest and THE coolest July, ever. Local weather patterns vary greatly, especially when fast moving storms race through an area.

In some cases, six or more inches may fall in only a few hours, as was the case in my watershed a few weeks ago, while only a few miles away the rainfall total was less than an inch.

Prolonged periods of cool, damp, weather are always welcome in the spring, since this slows down the natural sequence of bloom that we get to enjoy for a bit longer, but when we are anxiously waiting for our vegetables to ripen, it is not so welcome. I am still awaiting my first, ripe tomato and although I have one fruit that has now turned orange, it seems like it is taking much too long to fully ripen. Tomatoes ripen fastest when temperatures are between 70 and 80 degrees and we have not had those temperatures for more than a few hours a day in the past month. Temperatures below 60 and above 90 slow down the process. Anticipation often does make rewards more satisfying though. I have not purchased supermarket tomatoes at all in the past year.

My cucumbers are just starting to ripen and within a few days of the first harvest, I find myself already overrun with wax and green beans.

Wax beans are usually a few days, to a week, earlier than green beans in my garden and bush beans are at least two weeks earlier than pole beans.

I found six jars of last season’s pickles in my back room refrigerator that I had forgotten

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BEYFUSS about, so I am not as anxious as I would normally be for a home-made pickle. Of course I have run out of tomato sauce already. Last season’s dry conditions reduced my tomato harvest by at least two thirds, but this year it looks like a bumper crop is on the way.

It seems that I usually end up with more “volunteer” potatoes than those I plant. I really don’t know how I manage to not dig them all from the raised beds I use, but it seems that every year, I miss some.

This year I have “volunteers” from two different beds that I grew them in the past two seasons. Since volunteer potatoes grow from whole tubers that were left in the ground, they are often much larger than those planted from cut pieces.

Small pieces of cut potatoes will usually produce more in numbers, but they will be smaller in size.

After experiencing seed price “sticker shock” two seasons ago, I decided that I would save seed from some of my own winter squash plants.

I really don’t like having to pay $3 or more for a packet of seed when each ripe squash contains dozens of perfectly viable seed. The problem with saving seed from cucurbits, such as all squash and pumpkins, is that these plants are capable of cross pollination and the resulting offspring may or

may not look, or taste, exactly like the parent plants, which are often hybrid varieties to begin with. In fact if you grow gourds, it is not recommended to save seed from any cucurbits they may have crossed with, since some gourds are toxic to eat.

I don’t grow gourds, so I decided to give it a try. For the past three seasons I have had “volunteer” squash plants pop up in the garden, which were a mystery to me, until the fruit formed. They turned out to be spaghetti squash, one of my favorites, so I saved the seed and replanted them with good results for two years in a row.

Last fall I bought some buttercup squash as well as butternut squash and some mini “Jack B Little” pumpkins at my local roadside stand. For the price of a single fruit, I got dozens of “free” seeds as a bonus.

This spring I planted them and I was pleased to see that the mini pumpkins have produced exact replicas of their parent as have the buttercup and butternut squash.

The seed I saved from my spaghetti squash produced normal looking transplants this spring, but instead of producing yellow colored spaghetti squash, they grew green colored fruit that look almost exactly like zucchini, except they are rounder and much thicker than typical zucchini.

They taste delicious sliced thickly, grilled and make a wonderful vegetarian substitute for a hamburger. Served on a bun, garnished with lettuce, onion (soon tomato) and thousand island salad dressing, I named them as the first and perhaps only, “Beyfussini” in existence.

Reach Bob Beyfuss at rlb14@cornell.edu.

Red Cross: Emergency need for donors POUGHKEEPSIE — The American Red Cross has an emergency need for lifesaving blood amid the ongoing severe blood shortage. Blood and platelet donations continue to be critical to meet hospital demand and the public is urged to make an appointment to give now.

The Red Cross has been distributing about 12% more blood products to hospitals across the U.S. compared to this time last year. The Red Cross needs to collect more than 1,000 additional blood donations each day to meet the current hospital demand and end the severe blood shortage. Donors of all blood types are needed, especially type O, which stands at just a oneday supply right now.

To thank donors who help ensure a strong blood and platelet supply in August, all who come to give Aug. 1-15 will automatically be entered for a chance to win an exclusive, VIP trip for two to the sold-out 2021 Bonnaroo

Music & Arts Festival. Those who come to donate throughout August will also receive a free 4-month subscription offer to Apple Music by email (new subscribers only). More details are available at RedCrossBlood.org/FeelTheBeat.

Donors who give now will help stock the shelves as we wind down the summer season. Schedule an appointment to give blood or platelets by using the Red Cross Blood Donor App, visiting RedCrossBlood.org, calling 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or enabling the Blood Donor Skill on any Alexa Echo device.

In most cases, those who have received a COVID-19 vaccine can donate. However, knowing the name of the manufacturer of the vaccine they received is important in determining donation eligibility.

Upcoming blood donation opportunities Aug. 1-15

COLUMBIA COUNTY Chatham Firehouse, 10 Hoffman St., Chatham,

noon-6 p.m. Aug. 11.

Our Lady of Hope, 8074 State Route 22, Copake Falls, 1-6 p.m. Aug. 12.

Hudson Elks Lodge No. 787, 201 Harry Howard Ave., Hudson, 1-6 p.m. Aug. 12.

DUTCHESS COUNTY Poughkeepsie Galleria, 2001 South Road, Poughkeepsie, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Aug. 14.

Grace Bible Church, 158 Myers Corners Road, Wappingers Falls, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Aug. 12.

GREENE COUNTY Zion Lutheran Church, 102 North Washington St., Athens, noon-6 p.m. Aug. 11.

ULSTER COUNTY Veterans of Foreign Wars, 708 East Chester St., Kingston, 1-6 p.m. Aug. 9.

New Paltz Community Center, 3 Veteran’s Drive, New Paltz, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Aug. 7.

Marbletown Community Center, 3564 Main St., Stone Ridge, 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Aug. 7.

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Channel surfing through the years

By Dick Brooks For Columbia-Greene Media

I was sitting in my recliner the other day doing my exercises. I’m into surfing, mostly the educational type channels. Sure, it’s tiring and sometimes my thumb cramps up but I usually fight through the pain and get right back to my usual three to five channel changes a minute.

I came upon a real blast from the past when Bert and Ernie appeared on the screen. It’s been years since I had seen my old pals. They brought back fond memories of The Princess curled up on my lap. I watched for a while hoping to see my personal favorite put in an appearance but Cookie Monster was nowhere to be seen. Elmo did something with that big yellow chicken and the Count counted, all was right with the world.

I wondered how many of our old favorites were still to be seen. I know Babar is still around, I stumbled onto him a few weeks back. I suppose and hope that Mister Rogers still lives somewhere in the back of my television set. I know that to the youth of today that he’s kind of hokie and old fashioned but I trusted him with my children and he never let me down.

In these days of computer graphics and special effects, his sock puppets don’t have the dazzle that kids have come to expect, but the last time I saw young ones watching one of his reruns, they were watching with their mouths open as the Trolley

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BROOKS took them to The Land of Make Believe. You never got reality confused with the imaginary with Mr. Rogers.

The Trolley separated the real world from the imagined in a clear and tangible way and for a small child, there was comfort in that.

I never really got into Barney, an overweight dancing blue dinosaur with a weird voice just didn’t turn me on.

I don’t think it was Barney so much as the plastic kids he hung out with that irritated me. A bigger bunch of goodie-goodie two shoes has never been assembled in the same place in the history of entertainment. They all had impeccable manners, sang and danced on cue and were always smiling about something. As a teacher, they made me nervous. They probably will grow up to become serial killers or politicians.

I got thinking about some of the kid’s shows that I grew up listening to — no pictures just words. We gathered around the radio and listened to Sky King, The Lone Ranger, Roy Rogers and my favorite, Bobby Benson and

the B-Bar-B. I wonder whatever happened to Bobby, the other three made the jump to television and I was able to follow their adventures but Bobby Benson just sort of disappeared. He probably took over the ranch when his dad retired and raised cattle until beleaguered with terminal saddle sores, he retired and today rocks on the ranch’s front porch and watched his grandchildren roar across the range on their four wheelers.

I can still name all the major characters that appeared on the Howdy Doody Show.

He was the first real truly television kid’s show character that I can remember. He looked a lot like my brother Bud who used to do an amazing impersonation of Howdy.

He even got a Howdy Doody puppet for Christmas. It was hard to tell them apart although the puppet did have more freckles, a better personality and a higher IQ. I haven’t watched any of the latest string of kids’ shows. They just don’t interest me. I like the ones that I can identify with, the ones that meant something to me and my little ones. God love you Mr. Rogers, where ever you are.

Thought for the week — We could certainly slow the aging process down if it had to work its way through Congress. – Will Rogers Until next week-may you and yours be happy and well.

Reach Dick Brooks at Whittle12124@yahoo.com.

New York State’s institute for basic research awarded two National Institute of Health grants ALBANY — Two research teams at the New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities (IBR) on Staten Island have been awarded two grants totaling $987,000 over five years from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support groundbreaking research that will further the understanding of intellectual and developmental disabilities and ultimately improve both care and quality of life for people affected. IBR is the research arm of the New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD).

Mohammad Arif, PhD, head of the Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory in IBR’s Department of Human Genetics, will lead a team as part of a multi-site study of the neurodevelopmental risks for autism, attention deficits, mood disorders, or cognitive difficulties in children with the premutation for fragile X syndrome. This study will be headed by the City University of New York Queens College.

Dr. Arif’s team will conduct molecular diagnosis of fragile X syndrome and determine the disease characteristics for

all families with the fragile X mutation participating in the study. Fragile X syndrome is the most common inherited form of intellectual disability and the most common single-gene cause of autism.

It results from a section of repetitive DNA in the FMR1 gene that is more than 200 repeats long. Fragile X premutations are alterations in the FMR1 gene consisting of a section of repetitive DNA that is 41 to 200 repeats long, which can expand into the full mutation in the following generation. Premutation carriers have an increased risk of developing memory deficit, anxiety, and depression in addition to neurological movement disorder and primary ovarian insufficiency later in life.

OPWDD Commissioner Dr. Theodore Kastner, MA, said, “This study will provide invaluable information for families and children with fragile X premutation alleles or DNA coding that will improve the care of these children throughout their lifetimes.”

Dr. Carolyn Salafia, MS, head of the Placental Modulation Laboratory in IBR’s

Department of Developmental Neurobiology, will lead a team in stabilizing and preserving placental specimens for anatomical, histological, molecular, and vascular assessments. This project is part of a multi-institution study headed by the University of Rochester and is funded by NIH’s Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) initiative.

The specimens will be examined for any abnormalities that may clarify how life before birth impacts childhood and lifelong health risks. Understanding of how the fetus can be impacted before birth will make it possible to develop targeted diagnostics and interventions to foster child health.

“This study will add significant new information to our understanding of which early environmental exposures may confer risk on child health, and the timing and mechanisms of these effects,” said Dr. Kastner. “This information will provide a foundation to know how and when in development to intervene to promote improved child health outcomes.”

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YARD SALE SAUGERTIES — The Katsbaan Ladies Aid Society will sponsor a Yard Sale, Bake Sale and Mum Sale, rain or shine, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Aug. 27 and Aug. 28 in the Katsbaan Reformed Church Hall, 1801 Old Kings Highway, Saugerties. There will be lots of colorful Chrysanthemum Plants as well as tables full of household items, books, toys, games, jewelry, DVDs, etc., and delicious homemade baked goods. Something for everyone.

Visit http://www.katsbaanchurch.org.

ROAST BEEF AND PEACH SHORTCAKE DINNER TANNERSVILLE — Kaaterskill UMC will hold a Roast Beef and Peach Shortcake dinner on Aug. 17. Takeouts only from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at the Tannersville Rescue Squad Building.

Free will offering.

CHICKEN BARBECUES WEST GHENT — The Ghent Reformed Church, 1039 County Route 22, West Ghent, will serve a drive thru only chicken barbecue 4-6 p.m. Aug. 7. Full dinners, $15; half a chicken, $6. Call Dick Leggett at 518-392-2062 or the Church at 518-828-5946 to reserve tickets. Pre-order to insure success.

SCHODACK — The Reformed Dutch Church of Schodack at Muitzeskill annual chicken barbecue will be held 4-6 p.m. Aug. 14 drive-thru only. They will not be having the mini-market. The meal will be take out only, (drive through pick up) from 4-6 p.m. The meal will include chicken, corn on the cob, potato salad, cabbage salad and watermelon. Adults, $14; children 6-12, $7. Reserve meals by calling 732-7345. If no answer, leave a message including name, number and that you are calling regarding the barbecue. You will be called back.

The church is located at the intersection of Schodack Landing Road & Muitzeskill Road in Schodack Landing.

CATSKILL — Knights of Columbus of St. Patrick’s Catskill are holding a chicken barbecue catered by Tom Frese 3-6 p.m.

Aug. 19. Pickup at St. Patrick’s Church parking lot on corner of William Street and Spring Street in Catskill. Tickets are $13. For reservations, call Pete Gustas at 18-943-5235.

THRIFT SHOP SIDEWALK SALE SOUTH BETHLEHEM — The South Bethlehem United Methodist Church, 67 Willowbrook Ave., South Bethlehem, will hold a Thrift Shop Sidewalk Sale 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Aug. 21. There will be a few of the most popular vendors, locally grown flowers and handmade birdhouses made by one of the church members. Breakfast and lunch will be available and a small sitting area will be set up. All social distancing protocols will be followed for the safety of our community. Some of the monies raised from this sale will go to support our United Methodist Women’s local missions: Brown Bag-It Program sponsored through the Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk School District, Capital City Rescue Mission, Interfaith Partnerships for the Homeless, and the Venture Food Bank.

CLOTHING BARN NORTH CHATHAM — The Clothing Barn at the North Chatham United Methodist Church has re-opened. The hours are the same as last year 9:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. Saturdays. Clothing donations can be brought to the church during these times.

For more information on the North Chatham United Methodist Church, call 518-766-3535 or visit northchathammethodistchurch.org. The church is located at 4274 Route 203, North Chatham.

FOOD SALE HUDSON — St. Michael’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 59 Partition St., Hudson, holds a food sale noon-1 p.m. Sundays in the Church’s Hall. Potato and cheese pierogies are available each Sunday. Sauerkraut pierogies, Borscht and Stuffed Cabbage available but must be preordered by Friday afternoon, and picked up on Sunday. Call 518-506-4288 to place order or for more information. Free delivery within 10 mile radius on orders of $50 or more. While visiting, browse our Handmade Orthodox Prayer Ropes.

FOOD PANTRY VALATIE — The Seventh-day Adventist Church, 3266 Route 9, Valatie, will be offering boxes of free food from its food pantry once every three months. This year, those dates fall on Aug. 21 and Nov. 20. The drive-through food pantry will be open from 2-4 p.m. on those dates and individuals will be served on a first come, first serve basis. For information or if you have any questions, contact the church office at 909-784-4400 or check the church web site at https:// www.kinderhooksda.org/

SOUP KITCHEN OPEN CATSKILL — The Camp Grace Inc. Soup Kitchen, located at the First Reformed Church of Catskill, 310 Main St., Catskill, is open noon-1 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. For information, call Director Lamont Taylor at 518-249-7009.

LEXINGTON/WEST KILL UMC LEXINGTON — Lexington/ West Kill UMC Worship services will be held under the pavilion at the Lexington Municipal building at 9:30 a.m. Sundays through the summer.

There will be a combined worship service with Lexington/West Kill UMC, Kaaterskill UMC and East Jewett UMC at 10 a.m. Aug. 15 under the pavilion at the Lexington Municipal Building followed by coffee hour. In case of inclement weather, service will be held in the Lexington/West Kill UMC in Lexington. Pastor Peggy Fabrizio will be leading the service.

KINDERHOOK REFORMED CHURCH KINDERHOOK — The Kinderhook Reformed Church, 21 Broad St., Kinderhook, will have in person and live online Sunday worship at 9:30 a.m. Face masks and social distancing required. Live broadcasts at 9:30 a.m. on https://www.facebook. com/KinderhookReformed Church or https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCTUNikeMHshkf_mqhMNxCw. For information, call 518-7586401 or kinderhookreformedchuch.com.

CLAVERACK REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH CLAVERACK — The Reformed Dutch Church, 88 Route 9H, Claverack, worships at 9:30 a.m. Sundays in the sanctuary with coffee hour following the worship service. The mission project changes often,

depending on need. For information, call 518-851-3811.

GHENT REFORMED CHURCH GHENT — The Ghent Reformed Church, 1039 County Route 22, Ghent, worships at 9 a.m. Sunday. The church is complying with the required safety requirements. No coffee hour after worship at this time.

Sunday School will be at 10:15 a.m., masks mandatory. There is instruction available for children 3 through the 8th grade. If you would like more information, leave a message on the Church phone at 518-828-5946.

GRACE BIBLE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH RHINEBECK — Grace Bible Fellowship Church, 6959 Route 9, Rhinebeck, worships at 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday. Sunday School for all ages meets at 9:30 a.m. Women’s bible study and Grace Bible Institute meets at 7 p.m. Mondays. Mid-week prayer meeting is at 7 p.m.

Wednesdays. For information, call 845-876-6923 or cdfcirone@ aol.com.

LUTHERAN PARISH OF SOUTHERN COLUMBIA COUNTY ELIZAVILLE — Summer worship schedule for the Lutheran Parish of Southern Columbia County. Churchtown 9 a.m.

Sundays in July and August ends on Labor Day weekend. Manorton 11 a.m. in July, change to 9 a.m. second Sunday in September, November. Viewmont 11 a.m. in August, change to 9 a.m. for October, December.

TRI COUNTY LUTHERAN PARISH VALATIE — The following is the worship schedule for the Tri County Lutheran Parish.

Visit TCLParish.org website for weekly Zoom worship schedule and link.

Columbia County: Emanual Lutheran Church, 506 County Road 46, Stuyvesant Falls, worships at 8:30 a.m. Sunday. St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, 1010 Kinderhook St., Valatie, worships at 10:30 a.m. Sunday with Sunday School also at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday. Emanuel/St. John’s Lutheran Church, 20 South Sixth St., Hudson, worships at 11 a.m. Sunday.

Greene County: Zion Lutheran Church, 102 North Washington St., Athens, worships at 9 a.m. Sunday. St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, State Route 81, Oak Hill, worships at 11 a.m.

Sunday.

Rensselaer County: Trinity Lutheran Church, 68 Green Ave., Castleton, worships at 9 a.m. Sunday. St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church, 751 County Route 7, East Schodack, worships at 11 a.m. Sunday.

CAR SHOW WINDHAM — The 9th annual Cancer Patient Aid Car Show will be held, rain or shine, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Aug. 15 on the grounds of the Chicken Run, corner of State Route 23 and South Street in Windham. Registration begins at 9 a.m. and runs until 11 a.m. Open to all years, makes and models. Trophies will be awarded at 2 p.m. to the top 20 vehicles, 10 of Specialty category, Rick Mundelein memorial trophy and Best in Show Classic. Best in Show will receive $500 from the Chicken Run. There will be music, door prizes and an “Enhanced 50/50” with some remarkable multiple prize drawings.

Minimum donation of $10 per entrant. Funds raised support cancer patients (men, women & children) in Greene County through the Greene County Women’s League Cancer Patient Aid. Remember your mask for social distancing.

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ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST + August 8, 2021

PRAYER OF THE DAY Gracious God, your blessed Son is the true bread that gives life to the world, that he may live in us and we in him, and that we may be his tangible presence in our time and place, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.

A READING FROM THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS CHAPTER 19:4-8 Elijah went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a solitary broom tree. He asked that he might die: “It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life, for I am no better than my ancestors.” Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep.

Suddenly an angel touched him and said to him, “Get up and eat.” He looked, and there at his head was a cake baked on hot stones, and a jar of water. He ate and drank, and lay down again. The angel of the LORD came a second time, touched him, and said, “Get up and eat, otherwise the journey will be too much for you.” He got up, and ate and drank; then he went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God.

WE WILL PRAY PSALM 34:1-8 RESPONSIVELY I will bless the LORD at all times; the praise of God shall ever be in my mouth. I will glory in the LORD; let the lowly hear and rejoice. Proclaim with me the greatness of the LORD; let us exalt God’s name together. I sought the LORD, who answered me and delivered me from all my terrors. Look upon the LORD and be radiant, and let not your faces be ashamed.

I called in my affliction, and the LORD heard me and saved me from all my troubles. The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear the LORD and delivers them. Taste and see that the LORD is good; happy are they who take refuge in God!

A READING FROM PAUL’S LETTER TO THE EPHESIANS CHAPTER 4:25-5:2 So then, putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbors, for we are members of one another.

Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not make room for the devil. Thieves must give up stealing; rather let them labor and work honestly with their own hands, so as to have something to share with the needy. Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only what is useful for building up, as there is need, so that your

words may give grace to those who hear. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which you were marked with a seal for the day of redemption.

Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice, and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you.

Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children, and live in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. JOHN CHAPTER 6:35, 41-51 Jesus said to the crowd, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. Then the Jews began to complain about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” They were saying, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?” Jesus answered them, “Do not complain among yourselves. No one can come to me unless drawn by the Father who sent me; and I will raise that person up on the last day. It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me.

Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father. Very truly, I tell you, whoever believes has eternal life. I am the bread of life. Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

SERMON Do you ever wonder what you might have thought if you had heard those words that day? If we can, for just a moment or two, step outside our familiarity with this story, and allow ourselves to experience the scandal and shock his words import, let alone the even less likely speaker, we might, for just that moment, understand the reaction they provoked.

Imagine if you will, that everything you had been taught by your family, who treasured and cherished and kept holy the traditions of generations before them, who remembered the covenant of Passover, and the Exodus, and the forty long arid years in the Sinai, and the promise of a land of their own, now came suddenly, face to face with

one of their own, about whom anecdotes and gossip, and even whispered disdain were already spreading, proclaims himself equivalent with the manna that saved their ancestors, but even more, he says he is not only the miracle itself, but represents the maker of all miracles!

Can you even begin to imagine how an event like that would unfold today? I can almost hear the sirens and see the cell phone cameras recording, and finally, not a moment too soon, the mental health professionals approaching with compassionate tones and offers of rest, as the crowd stumbles off to the next amusement and the more religious among them demand that “something”, preferably something punitive, be done now!

But as you slowly walked away, reluctantly turning your gaze from his, what would you be thinking?

We faithful churchgoers who balk if a single new hymn is suggested, or heaven forbid, a new prayer in more contemporary language is inserted into this Sunday’s Worship, or worst of all, find a stranger in our pew; how do you suppose we would receive one of our less lovingly looked upon members, however kind, gentle, and with a certain wisdom about the Scripture, suddenly made such a proclamation?

Perhaps the lesson in today’s exposition of the prevailing attitude among Jesus’ contemporaries, who clearly missed the “forest for the trees”, is actually a revelation of human condition, one which we so obviously cling to in the name of “reality”, “practicality”, “sanity”, and or “we never did it that way before”. Perhaps the bony finger of truth is actually pointing, not at the folks gathered around that slightly avant-garde Rabbi, who makes us all so uncomfortable with his all too personal interpretation of Scripture; but directly at us, the present day faithful, the educated, well spoken, civilized, cordial, contemporary yet recognizably traditional members of well established religious institutions. Perhaps, it is we, who must make the arduous climb up out of our own cinder block bound concepts, to experience a God who comes to us in flesh and blood, and will not tolerate something, anything less sanguine, less messy, less provocative of the truth that these bodies of ours, diverse, unique, and exquisitely expressive of God who is Love, are created to be temples of the Most High, and revelations of the Divine, are HOLY! In the end, Jesus simply says that He has made Himself visible in our image, so that we can see ourselves being made visible in His Image. Amen

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During the execution of Friday’s search warrants, police arrested 11 individuals on a number of charges.

Kevron Lee, 28, of Columbiaville, was charged with with second degree attempted murder, second degree conspiracy, third degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, third degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, and fourth degree criminal possession of stolen property.

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the literature,” he said.

Jonathan Canning, director of curatorial affairs and programming at The Hyde Collection, said he knew The Hyde needed to show the panel after seeing it at the Albany Institute of History and Art, which mainly exhibits American paintings.

But The Hyde has other works and oil sketches by Van Dyck and his mentor Peter Paul Rubens and is the only museum north of New York City that has that context, Canning said.

“We have two oil sketches by Peter Paul Rubens that we can put alongside the panel and therefore we create the context

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to businesses that the seasonal usage program requires its own insurance and insurance for specific event is not the same.

“It’s an effort to get that message across,” he said.

While the concrete blocks were installed as a safety precaution, when they were first installed residents complained about the hazard they caused, because they were moved out of place by cars hitting them on

Bruce Pigford, 30, of Greenport was charged with second degree attempted murder, and second degree conspiracy.

Joshua Wallace, 20, of Hudson, was charged with second degree attempted murder and second degree conspiracy.

Javone Coleman, 23, of Hudson, was charged with second degree attempted murder and second degree conspiracy.

Maurice Smith, 38, of Hudson, was charged with third degree criminal possession of a weapon and fourth degree criminal possession of stolen property.

Anthony Price-Baynes, 27,

in which Van Dyck executed this piece,” Canning said.

Canning said the discovery of the panel was significant to the art world because it was created around 1618, when Van Dyck was emerging from his apprenticeship under the European master Rubens and coming into his own style at age 18. An oil sketch is prep work in which the artist can determine elements like composition and other details, Canning said.

“This is just helping us see how he emerges out of the studio of Rubens into becoming an independent artists. This has always been a very difficult period for art historians to understand the development of the young Van Dyck, and this just helps, this gives us a little more information,” Canning said.

multiple occasions.

Purnhagen put reflective cones on the blocks to ensure drivers see the cones, but they have been disappearing, he said to the board.

“If you don’t have a cone on that concrete block that is facing oncoming traffic, it’s going to get hit sooner or later,” he said.

Purnhagen has been walking up the street repositioning the cones and has been telling participating businesses that they need to do the same because the blocks are otherwise not visible at night, he said.

of Hudson, was charged with third degree criminal sale of a controlled substance and third degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

Kyjuan Hotaling, 18, of Hudson, was charged with third degree criminal possession of controlled substance with intent to sell and third degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

Khalid Lord, 38, of Claverack, was charged with third degree criminal sale of a controlled substance.

Kimberly Longe, 28, of Hudson, was charged with third degree criminal sale of a controlled

substance and third degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

Alexander Hall, 28, of Hudson, was charged with seventh degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, obstruction of governmental administration, and criminal tampering.

The investigation is ongoing and more arrests are anticipated, Lowman said.

State police, Hudson Police and the Columbia County District Attorney’s Office were also assisted by the Albany Police Department in the investigation.

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Eleven people were arrested on warrants Friday, after an investigation into gang and shooting activity in Hudson.

Even more indicative of Van Dyck’s work is the use of a live model and a full-body depiction

— and there are no known works by Rubens that have either quality, Canning said.

As for how the sketch made it to a barn in Kinderhook and later next to Roberts’ television, where he said it was kept, Canning said it’s tempting to think the work left Van Dyck’s possession early on and came to New York with the Dutch. But because there’s no record of it, it’s unclear, Canning said.

“It’s sort of floated as this sort of orphan with amnesia for a long time, but how it shows up in Kinderhook, we just can’t tell at this point,” Canning said.

Roberts said he insisted the bird droppings be kept on the back of the panel as proof it was kept somewhere with birds.

“They’re wonderful evidence,” Roberts said.

What’s more is that this isn’t Roberts’ first encounter of this kind with precious artwork

Tourism Board member Selha Graham suggested businesses utilize reflective paint or stickers on the concrete blocks.

“I think anything at this point is better than nothing,” she said.

Purnhagen said he prefers cones because they give height visibility, but if the cones keep disappearing they will need a back up.

Businesses moving in and out of a Warren Street storefront provided a new challenge, in which blocks had to be moved, but the Department of Public Works, which installed

the blocks, cannot be called upon to move the blocks at any specific time.

Fluff Alpaca, a clothing store that was on 521 Warren St., moved out a couple of weeks ago and movers needed the blocks to be taken out of the way, Purnhagen said. The blocks, which are in front of the store to serve the nearby restaurants, were moved by independent contractors 6 a.m. Friday and put back in their place at 3 p.m. so restaurants could use them soon after.

Another business, Favreaulous Factory, will move into

the 521 Warren St. storefront next week, and contractors will move the blocks away and put them back again, Purnhagen said on Monday.

Restaurants have been packed outside when the weather permits, he said.

Some people thought the pandemic would be over this summer and that the outdoor program would not be needed, he said.

“With the resurgence of the virus, you know what, I’m glad they’re there,” Purnhagen said of the blocks.

There have been a couple of

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The Hyde Collection is showing an early Van Dyck oil panel found by a Hudson resident this month.

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— he said he slept with a genuine Henri Matisse, one of his first discoveries, over his bed for 27 years before discovering it was real, which he details in Roberts’ new book “Sleeping with Matisse,” scheduled for publication soon.

“There’s something about Albert that attracts these orphans to come out, show themselves,” Canning said.

After growing up during the Great Depression, Roberts said he wasn’t prepared for where his life would take him. When the painting is being shown in Rotterdam, Roberts said the museum could buy it.

“It never occurred to me that my fortune would be from art,” Roberts said.

noise complaints for two restaurants, he said. But the police deemed on illegitimate.

Purnhagen said he walks up and down Warren Street to hear noise levels coming from outside dining and thinks establishments are being respectful.

One resident has had problems with hearing bottles being picked up at 2:30 a.m., “but that’s living in the city,” Purnhagen said. He said the issue isn’t related to the seasonal usage program, but “you don’t want to say that’s not my job.”

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United States forward Kevin Durant (7) drives to the basket as Australia guard Joe Ingles (7) defends in the second quarter during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Summer Games at Saitama Super Arena.

Durant’s spirit lifting U.S. men’s basketball to the verge of gold Helene Elliott Los Angeles Times

SAITAMA, Japan — With two gold medals to match his two NBA championships with the Golden State Warriors, Kevin Durant had nothing to prove by playing in his third Olympic basketball tournament.

After sitting out the 2019-20 NBA season to recover from the torn Achilles’ tendon he had suffered during the 2019 Finals — and after playing only 35 games for the Brooklyn Nets in the reconfigured 2020-21 season — it would have been reasonable for Durant to skip the Tokyo Games and avoid subjecting his 32-year-old body to additional travel and stress.

LeBron James, Anthony Davis and Stephen Curry are among the superstars who stayed home. Given the COVID-19-delayed ending to the NBA season, their decisions didn’t stir much of an outcry.

But U.S. coach Gregg Popovich was prepared to put aside his pride — no easy task for the longtime San Antonio Spurs coach — and go to extremes to get Durant to commit to playing in Tokyo.

“If he said no, I would have begged, cried, done anything I could to change his mind,” Popovich said during a pre-Olympic training camp in Las Vegas in July. “That’s pretty obvious. But what it says about him, number one, is that he loves the game. He really loves to play basketball. He loves to win. He

loves the camaraderie. He wants to be part of this all the time, as we all know.

And that’s his motivation.

“At the core, that’s what he loves to do. And luckily for all of us, that’s who he is. So it’s a testament to his character and just desire to be part of a team and have a challenge and seek the success.”

Durant is not only here, he’s fully present and ready to seize control of games when necessary. His eagerness is a key reason the U.S. men have found their footing in knockout play and are once again gold medal favorites.

“We all know who he is — he’s probably the best player in the world,” Damian Lillard said. “That height 6-foot-103/8, that athleticism, nobody can stop him.”

Durant didn’t panic when Australia jumped out to a 15-point lead in the second quarter of the semifinal game on Thursday at Saitama Super Arena. As the Americans tightened up defensively and were energized by Jrue Holiday’s sure shooting, Durant scored eight straight points to set a decisive tone early in the third quarter. He asserted himself at both ends of the court in the U.S.’s 97-78 comeback victory, which put the U.S. in the gold medal game on Saturday against France.

The Olympic spirit isn’t a sappy slogan or cliche to Durant. It’s real.

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USA’s forward Megan Rapinoe (left) celebrates with teammate defender Kelley O’Hara after winning the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games women’s bronze medal football match between Australia and the United States at Ibaraki Kashima Stadium in Kashima city, Ibaraki prefecture on Thursday.

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KASHIMA, Japan — If it’s possible to put a positive exclamation point at the end of an otherwise dismal tournament, the U.S. women’s national team did just that Thursday, finishing the Tokyo Olympics with a 4-3 win over Australia behind two goals each from Megan Rapinoe and Carli Lloyd.

The victory earned the women a bronze keepsake of a tournament they’d just as soon forget; a medal that will hang like an albatross from the necks of the Americans, because the standards of the four-time World Cup champions and five-time Olympic gold medalists are so high.

But if it was the last competitive game for some, they gave a performance that was

a worthy coda to a remarkable era. It was a game that brought back old times.

“That’s what happens.

Come out with a mentality, come away with hardware,” Rapinoe said. “There was some soul-searching to do.

The biggest thing that was missing was the mentality piece and just the team camaraderie, fighting for one another.”

Lloyd was also mixed in her thoughts.

“I probably never wanted to be going home as much as I do from3/8 this trip,” Lloyd said.

“It’s been a tough trip. COVID and just the way that things have gone. It’s been really challenging. But we’re going away with bronze, so it makes the journey worth it.”

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Julius Randle, Knicks agree to four-year extension Stefan Bondy New York Daily News

NEW YORK — The Knicks have locked up their All-Star.

In a somewhat surprising move given his more potentially lucrative option, Julius Randle agreed to a four-year, $106 million extension, a source confirmed, which includes a player option for the 2025-26 season. The extension followed Randle’s breakthrough campaign under Tom Thibodeau, when the power forward carried New York to the fourth seed and earned Second Team All-NBA and Most Improved Player honors.

The contract can reach $117 million with bonuses.

Extending this offseason was the safe choice for Randle, who would’ve been eligible for a $200 million max deal if he became an unrestricted free agent in 2022.

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Julius Randle (30) of the New York Knicks is guarded by Kyle Lowry (7) of the Toronto Raptors during their game at Madison Square Garden on April 11.

Gary Sanchez tests positive for coronavirus; third Yankee case this week Kristie Ackert New York Daily News

NEW YORK — The 2021 Yankees have prided themselves on how they have bounced back from adversity time and again. Thursday they got another chance to do that when COVID-19 struck their roster again. Catcher Gary Sanchez tested positive for the coronavirus, manager Aaron Boone announced before the series opener against the Mariners at Yankee Stadium.

“He tested positive for COVID on the rapid test, he didn’t feel well (as he was) leaving last night and then woke up today not feeling great,” the Yankees manager said. “So he’s positive on the rapid test, he’ll now have the PCR tests and we’ll find out, I guess, the official (results) later tonight.”

Sanchez is the third Yankees player to test positive this week and is part of the third outbreak the Yankees have had this season.

Monday night, Gerrit Cole tested positive after suffering what the team said was cold-like symptoms and the next day Jordan Montgomery tested positive.

“I guess I’m a little concerned about everything,” Boone said when asked if he was worried about further spread in the clubhouse. “I mean, we just gotta keep doing the best we can.

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Gary Sanchez (24) of the New York Yankees hits a two-run home run during the seventh inning against the Toronto Blue Jays at Sahlen Field on June 16 in Buffalo.

And, actually, Gary was wearing a mask much of yesterday. I mean, we continue to get hit by

some things. So we just have to deal with it the best we can and try to get the best care for our

guys.”

The Yankees certainly have experience getting through these COVID-19 outbreaks. Despite being one of the first teams to reach the 85% vaccination rate, which MLB and the union agreed on to reduce testing and loosen COVID-19 protocols, this the third outbreak they have had at the major league level this season. The majority of the positives are breakthrough cases, which means they tested positive after having been fully vaccinated.

They had an outbreak of breakthrough cases in May. While Gleyber Torres had a false positive, but several support personnel in the traveling party and three coaches missed time.

Third base coach Phil Nevin missed a month when his COVID-19 case uncovered a staph infection in his blood. After the All-Star break, the Yankees had six players on the COVID-19 injured list, including reliever Jonathan Loaisiga, slugger Aaron Judge and third baseman Gio Urshela who all tested positive after the break.

That is a total of 19 members of the Yankees’ traveling party this year.

Boone said that the Yankees have not figured out why they have continued to have issues this season.

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Major League Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE East W L Pct GB 65 44 .596 — 64 46 .582 1.5 59 49 .546 5.5 57 49 .538 6.5 38 69 .355 26.0 Central W L Pct GB Chicago White Sox 63 46 .578 — Cleveland 52 54 .491 9.5 Detroit 53 58 .477 11.0 Kansas City 47 60 .439 15.0 Minnesota 46 63 .422 17.0 West W L Pct GB Houston 65 44 .596 — Oakland 61 48 .560 4.0 Seattle 58 52 .527 7.5 L.A. Angels 55 54 .505 10.0 Texas 39 70 .358 26.0 Wednesday’s games Tampa Bay 4, Seattle 3 N.Y. Yankees 10, Baltimore 3 Toronto 8, Cleveland 6 Boston 4, Detroit 1 LA Angels 2, Texas 1 Kansas City 9, Chicago White Sox 1 Thursday’s games Detroit 8, Boston 1 L.A. Angels 5, Texas 0 Toronto 3, Cleveland 0 N.Y. Yankees 5, Seattle 3 Kansas City 3, Chicago White Sox 2 Minnesota 5, Houston 3 Friday’s games Tampa Bay (Yarbrough 6-4) at Baltimore (Means 5-3), 7:05 p.m.

Seattle (Gonzales 3-5) at N.Y. Yankees (TBD), 7:05 p.m.

Boston (Eovaldi 9-6) at Toronto (Manoah 3-1), 7:07 p.m.

Detroit (Manning 2-4) at Cleveland (Quantrill 2-2), 7:10 p.m.

Minnesota (Ober 1-1) at Houston (Greinke 103), 8:10 p.m.

Texas (Foltynewicz 2-10) at Oakland (Bassitt 113), 9:40 p.m.

Saturday’s games Seattle at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m.

Boston at Toronto, 3:07 p.m., first game Texas at Oakland, 4:07 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Boston at Toronto, 7:07 p.m., second game Detroit at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Houston, 7:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay Boston N.Y. Yankees Toronto Baltimore

NATIONAL LEAGUE East W L Pct GB 56 52 .519 — 56 53 .514 0.5 55 54 .505 1.5 49 60 .450 7.5 47 62 .431 9.5 Central W L Pct GB Milwaukee 65 44 .596 — Cincinnati 58 51 .532 7.0 St. Louis 53 55 .491 11.5 Chicago Cubs 52 58 .473 13.5 Pittsburgh 41 68 .376 24.0 West W L Pct GB San Francisco 69 40 .633 — L.A. Dodgers 65 44 .596 4.0 San Diego 62 48 .564 7.5 Colorado 48 61 .440 21.0 Arizona 34 76 .309 35.5 Wednesday’s games Milwaukee 4, Pittsburgh 2 Philadelphia 9, Washington 5 N.Y. Mets 5, Miami 3 Atlanta 7, St. Louis 4 Chicago Cubs 3, Colorado 2 San Francisco 7, Arizona 1 Thursday’s games Miami 4, N.Y. Mets 2 Colorado 6, Chi. Cubs 5 San Francisco 5, Arizona 4, 10 innings Philadelphia 7, Washington 6 Cincinnati 7, Pittsburgh 4 Atlanta 8, St. Louis 4 Friday’s games N.Y. Mets (Stroman 7-10) at Philadelphia (TBD), 7:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Brubaker 4-10) at Cincinnati (Miley 8-4), 7:10 p.m.

Washington (TBD) at Atlanta (Muller 2-3), 7:20 p.m.

San Francisco (TBD) at Milwaukee (Burnes 6-4), 8:10 p.m.

Miami (Alcantara 6-9) at Colorado (TBD), 8:40 p.m.

Arizona (Smith 3-8) at San Diego (Weathers 4-3), 10:10 p.m.

Saturday’s games N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, 4:15 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

San Francisco at Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m.

Washington at Atlanta, 7:20 p.m.

Miami at Colorado, 8:10 p.m.

Arizona at San Diego, 8:40 p.m.

N.Y. Mets Philadelphia Atlanta Washington Miami

INTERLEAGUE Wednesday’s games Cincinnati 6, Minnesota 5 Oakland 5, San Diego 4, 10 innings L.A. Dodgers 7, Houston 5 Friday’s games Chicago White Sox (Lynn 10-3) at Chicago Cubs (TBD), 2:20 p.m.

Kansas City (Minor 8-9) at St. Louis (TBD), 8:15 p.m.

L.A. Angels (TBD) at L.A. Dodgers (Price 4-1), 10:10 p.m.

Saturday’s games Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.

Kansas City at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m.

L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers, 9:10 p.m.

Thursday’s games

Hrnandz cf 2 Duran cf 1 Devers 3b 5 Martinz dh 5 Bogarts ss 3 Cordero ph 1 Renfroe rf 3 Plawcki c 4 Verdugo lf 3 Dalbec 1b 4 Gonzalz 2b 4 Totals 35

0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

Boston Detroit

00 00 20 00 00 10 00 20 21 10 10 91

Grossmn lf Baddoo lf Schoop 1b Cabrera dh Haase c Cndlrio 3b Reyes rf Short ss Castro 2b Hill cf Totals

111 311 512 410 412 412 412 300 412 401

1 0 2 0 0 1 3 1 0 0

36 813 8

000 000 010 — 1 120 031 10x — 8

E—En.Hernandez 1, Skubal 1. LOB—Detroit 7, Boston 11. 2B—Candelario (28), Haase (10), Verdugo (23). 3B—V.Reyes 2 (3). HR—Grossman (17).

IP H R ER BB SO Boston

MaPerez L, 7-8 PValdez HRobles ADavis YRios

1 1/3 2 2/3 1 1 2/3 1 1/3

5 0 3 5 0

3 0 3 2 0

3 0 3 1 0

0 0 1 0 0

2 2 2 1 1

5 1 1 2

5 0 1 3

0 0 0 1

0 0 0 1

1 0 1 1

4 0 0 1

Detroit

Skubal W, 7-10 Fnkhouser Krol ERamirez

HBP—Grossman (by Ma.Perez). T—3:14.

A—19,144 (45,010).

Royals 3, White Sox 2 KC AB R HBI Mrrfld 2b 3 0 0 0 Santana 1b 5 0 1 0 Perez dh 4 1 5 0 Dozier rf 3 1 0 0 Rivera 3b 4 0 1 2 Olivars lf 4 1 1 1 Taylor cf 3 0 1 0 Gllghr c 30 00 Lopez ss 4 0 1 0 Totals 33 310 3

Kansas City Chicago

CHW AB R HBI Andrson ss 4 0 0 0 Hrnandz 2b 5 1 2 0 Abreu 1b 4 1 2 1 Jimenez dh 3 0 1 1 Vaughn rf 3 0 0 0 Moncada 3b3 0 0 0 Engel cf 4 0 0 0 Garcia lf 4 0 1 0 Zavala c 3 0 0 0 Totals 33 2 6 2

200 000 100 — 3 100 000 010 — 2

LOB—Chicago 6, Kansas City 6. 2B—E.Jimenez (1), N.Lopez (12), E.Rivera (1). HR—J.Abreu (20), Olivares (4). SB—Merrifield (29), M.Taylor (8).

IP H R ER BB SO Kansas City

Lynch W, 2-3 Staumont H, 5 GHolland H, 7 SBarlow H, 14 Brentz S, 1

5 1 1 1 1

4 0 0 2 0

1 0 0 1 0

1 0 0 1 0

2 0 0 0 0

7 0 0 1 1

6 1 1 1

3 2 0 1

2 1 0 0

2 1 0 0

3 1 0 0

5 0 2 1

Chicago

Keuchel L, 7-5 RLopez Tepera Crochet

HBP—Moncada (by Lynch). WP—Keuchel (4).

T—2:58. A—23,589 (41,432).

Angels 5, Rangers 0 LAA AB R HBI Fltchr 2b 4 1 2 0 Ohtani dh 3 0 0 0 Stassi c 30 11 Gosslin 1b 5 0 0 0 Adell lf 41 10 Marsh cf 4 1 0 0 Iglsias ss 4 0 1 2 Eaton rf 41 21 Mayfild 3b 4 1 1 0 Totals 35 5 8 4

Los Angeles Texas

003 002 000 — 5 000 000 000 — 0

IP H R ER BB SO Los Angeles

6 1/3 1 1/3 1 1/3

3 0 2 0

0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0

2 1 0 0

6 3 0 1

SpHoward L, 0-12 1/3 DEvans 2/3 Hearn 4 Cotton 2

3 0 3 2

3 0 2 0

3 0 0 0

2 0 2 0

3 1 4 3

Texas

WP—Sp.Howard (1). T—2:59. A—21,670 (40,000).

Marlins 4, Mets 2 NYM AB R HBI Villar 2b 50 21 Alonso 1b 2 1 0 0 Smith lf 50 20 Davis 3b 2 0 0 0 Baez ss 50 00 Cnfrt rf 40 00 McCann c 4 0 0 0 Drury ph 1 0 1 1 AlmorJr cf 5 1 3 0 Hill sp 20 00 Nimmo ph 0 0 0 0 Castro rp 0 0 0 0 Smith rp 0 0 0 0 McNeil ph 1 0 0 0 Familia rp 0 0 0 0 Diaz rp 00 00 Totals 36 2 8 2

New York Miami

MIA AB R HBI Rojas ss 321 0 Chsholm 2b 3 1 2 1 Alfaro c 411 1 Brinson lf 4 0 1 2 Andrson 3b 3 0 1 0 Panik 1b 3 0 1 0 DLaCruz rf 3 0 1 0 Sierra cf 3 0 0 0 Garrett sp 1 0 0 0 Jackson ph 1 0 0 0 Hess rp 000 0 Campbll rp 0 0 0 0 Dtwilr rp 0 0 0 0 Diaz ph 100 0 Bender rp 0 0 0 0 Totals

29 4 8 4

000 001 001 — 2 001 000 03x — 4

IP H R ER BB SO SEA AB R HBI Crwford ss 3 0 2 0 Haniger rf 3 0 0 1 France 1b 4 0 2 0 Seager 3b 4 1 1 1 Toro 2b 40 20 Torrens dh 4 0 0 0 Murphy c 4 0 1 0 Kelenic cf 3 2 2 1 Moore lf 1 0 0 0 Fraley ph 1 0 0 0 Raleigh ph 1 0 0 0 Totals 32 310 3

Seattle New York

3 0 2 3 0

1 0 0 3 0

0 0 0 3 0

1 0 0 1 0

3 1 1 0 0

BGarrett 5 5 Hess BS, 2 2/3 2 Campbell 1 2/3 0 Dtwiler W, 2-1 2/3 0 Bender S, 2 1 1

0 1 0 0 1

0 1 0 0 0

4 2 1 0 1

6 0 1 2 1

Totals

HBP—Bi.Anderson (by R.Hill). WP—B.Garrett (3). T—3:38. A—9,745 (37,000).

33 510 5

001 100 100 — 3 010 100 30x — 5

IP H R ER BB SO Seattle

5 1 1 1

5 2 3 0

2 0 3 0

2 0 3 0

2 0 0 1

4 2 1 0

5 2 1 1

5 2 2 1

2 1 0 0

2 1 0 0

3 0 0 1

2 2 1 1

New York

Cortes Jr. Green W, 5-5 Britton H, 7 AChapman S, 23

WP—A.Chapman (4). T—3:13. A—33,211 (52,325).

Blue Jays 3, Indians 0 CLE AB R HBI Zimmer cf 3 0 0 0 Straw ph 1 0 0 0 Rosario ss 3 0 1 0 Reyes dh 3 0 1 0 Bradley 1b 4 0 0 0 Ramirez lf 4 0 0 0 Mercado rf 4 0 0 0 Miller 2b 3 0 1 0 Hedges c 3 0 0 0 Clement 3b 3 0 0 0 Totals 31 0 3 0

Cleveland Toronto

TOR AB R HBI Springr cf 4 0 0 0 GurrrJr 1b 3 1 1 0 Semien 2b 4 1 1 0 Bichtt ss 3 1 2 3 Dckrson dh 3 0 0 0 GurrlJr lf 3 0 0 0 Hrnandz lf 0 0 0 0 Grichuk rf 3 0 0 0 Espinal 3b 3 0 1 0 McGuire c 3 0 0 0 Totals 29 3 5 3

000 000 000 — 0 000 201 00x — 3 IP H R ER BB SO

Cleveland

3 0

0 0

4 0

0 0 0 0

1 0 1 0

6 0 0 1

Toronto

Strplng W, 5-6 TRichards H, 1 Mayza H, 13 Cimber S, 1

6 1 1 1

3 0 0 0

0 0 0 0

HBP—Guerrero Jr. (by B.Shaw). T—2:25.

A—14,289 (52,383).

Tigers 8, Red Sox 1 BOS

AB R HBI DET

Miami

PHI AB R HBI Jnkowsk cf 4 0 0 0 Ralmuto c 4 1 1 2 Harper rf 4 2 1 1 Hoskins 1b 5 1 3 2 Grgorus ss 5 0 0 0 Bohm 3b 4 1 1 0 Herrera lf 3 1 2 1 Torrys 2b 4 1 1 1 Nola sp 20 00 DLsSnts rp 0 0 0 0 Miller ph 0 0 0 0 Alvrdo rp 0 0 0 0 Llovera rp 0 0 0 0 Segura ph 1 0 0 0 Bradley rp 0 0 0 0 Totals 36 7 9 7

WAS AB R HBI Robles cf 5 0 0 0 Escobar ss 5 1 1 0 Soto rf 332 0 Bell 1b 523 3 Hrnandz lf 5 0 1 0 Kboom 3b 4 0 2 1 Garcia 2b 3 0 1 0 Barrera c 3 0 0 1 Ross sp 200 0 Harper rp 0 0 0 0 Thmpsn rp 0 0 0 0 Parra ph 1 0 0 0 Finngan rp 0 0 0 0 Totals

36 610 5

Philadelphia 011 000 104 — 7 Washington 000 230 001 — 6 E—Gregorius 1, Kieboom 1, Aa.Nola 1, Torreyes 1. LOB—Washington 9, Philadelphia 7. 2B— Bohm (13), Herrera (17), Hoskins (29), Kieboom (1), Realmuto (17), J.Soto (13). HR—Bell (19), B.Harper (18).

IP H R ER BB SO Philadelphia

AaNola DeLosSantos Alvarado Llovera W, 1-0 ABradley S, 2

5 1 1 1 1

5 0 3 0 2

5 0 0 0 1

5 0 0 0 0

3 0 1 0 0

7 0 0 0 0

Ross 6 1/3 RHarper H, 2 1 MThompson H, 1 2/3 Fnnegn L, 4-3 1

5 0 1 3

3 0 0 4

3 0 0 0

2 2 0 1

7 0 1 1

Washington

E—Guerrero Jr. 1. LOB—Toronto 3, Cleveland 6.

2B—Semien (27). HR—Bichette (20).

McKenzie L, 1-5 7 5 3 BShaw 1 0 0

5 1 1 1/3 2/3

Phillies 7, Nationals 6

LOB—New York 8, Seattle 8. 2B—France (25), Gallo (4). HR—Gallo (1), Kelenic (5), K.Seager (23).

TyAndrson Msiewicz Sewald L, 6-3 Sadler

New York

NYY AB R HBI LMahiu 2b 5 0 1 0 Rizzo 1b 4 0 0 0 Judge rf 3 1 1 0 Stanton dh 4 2 2 0 Gallo lf 423 3 Torres ss 3 0 0 1 Odor 3b 2 0 2 0 Hgshok c 4 0 1 1 Davis cf 300 0 Gardner ph 1 0 0 0

RHill MCastro Dr.Smith Familia L, 5-2 YeDiaz

AB R HBI

HBP—Ross (by De Los Santos), Barrera (by Aa.Nola). T—3:43. A—22,575 (41,888).

Reds 7, Pirates 4 PIT AB R HBI Park lf 41 20 Newman ss 4 0 2 1 Rynolds cf 3 0 0 1 Hayes 3b 4 0 1 1 Nogowsk 1b3 0 0 0 UndrwdJr rp0 0 0 0 Banda rp 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 1 1 0 1

00 00 00 10 10 00 11

Naquin cf 4 1 0 Suarez 3b 4 1 1 Gray sp 212 Akiyama ph 1 0 0 Hoffman rp 0 0 0 Wilson rp 0 0 0 Aquino ph 1 0 0 Givens rp 0 0 0 33 4 8 4 Totals 33 7 9

Pittsburgh Cincinnati

0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7

000 040 000 — 4 160 000 00x — 7

E—Difo 1. LOB—Cincinnati 5, Pittsburgh 6.

2B—Difo (7). HR—India (12), E.Suarez (22), Votto (22). SB—Newman (3).

IP H R ER BB SO Pittsburgh

Crowe L, 3-6 Undrwd Jr. Banda Mears

4 2 1 1

8 1 0 0

7 0 0 0

3 0 0 0

2 0 0 0

5 3 1 3

5 2 1 1

6 2 0 0

4 0 0 0

4 0 0 0

2 0 1 0

7 2 1 0

Cincinnati

SGray W, 4-6 Hoffman H, 2 JWilson H, 1 Givens S, 1

HBP—Winker (by Crowe), Reynolds (by Hoffman). T—3:17. A—19,393 (44,599).

Giants 5, Diamondbacks 4 (10) SF AB R HBI Wade Jr rf 5 0 1 2 LaStlla 3b 5 1 0 0 Bryant cf 5 1 3 1 Dckrson lf 4 1 1 0 Crwford ss 5 1 2 1 Solano 2b 2 0 0 0 Duggar pr 1 1 0 0 Belt 1b 30 11 Slater pr 1 0 0 0 Casali c 30 10 Posey ph 1 0 0 0 Wood sp 1 0 0 0 Jackson rp 0 0 0 0 Ystrzmsk ph 1 0 0 0 Leone rp 0 0 0 0 Garcia rp 0 0 0 0 Alvarez rp 0 0 0 0 Ruf ph 10 00 Flores ph 1 0 0 0 Rogers rp 0 0 0 0 McGee rp 0 0 0 0 Totals 39 5 9 5

ARI AB R HBI Ahmed ss 4 1 1 0 Marte cf 3 0 0 0 Kelly c 421 0 Peralta pr 0 0 0 0 Walker 1b 4 1 1 0 Smith rf 502 3 Ellis 3b 501 0 Hager 2b 3 0 0 1 Varsho lf 4 0 1 0 Kelly sp 300 0 Cabrera ph 1 0 0 0 Clarke rp 0 0 0 0 Clipprd rp 0 0 0 0 Gilbert rp 0 0 0 0 de Geus rp 0 0 0 0

Totals

35 4 7 4

San Francisco 000 000 004 1 — 5 Arizona 202 000 000 0 — 4 LOB—Arizona 9, San Francisco 9. 2B—Ahmed (21), Bryant (2), Casali (9), B.Crawford (18).

IP H R ER BB SO San Francisco

AWood JJackson Leone Ja.Garcia J.Alvarez TyRogers W, 3-1 McGee S, 24

4 1 1 1 1 1 1

7 0 0 0 0 0 0

4 0 0 0 0 0 0

4 0 0 0 0 0 0

3 0 2 0 0 0 0

5 3 1 0 1 0 1

MKelly 8 Clarke 0 Clpprd BS, 1 1 TGilbert L, 0-1 2/3 De Geus 1-3

3 3 2 1 0

0 3 1 1 0

0 3 0 1 0

2 0 0 1 0

4 0 1 1 1

HBP—K.Marte (by A.Wood), Solano (by Clippard). T—3:41. A—8,773 (49,707).

Rockies 6, Cubs 5 CHC AB R HBI Ortega cf 4 1 2 1 Contrrs c 4 1 1 2 Happ rf 30 11 Wisdom 3b 4 0 0 0 Bote 2b 41 10 Schwndl 1b 4 0 2 1 Fargas lf 4 1 1 0 Alcntr ss 4 0 0 0 Arrieta sp 1 0 0 0 Romine ph 1 1 1 0 Jewell rp 0 0 0 0 Chrnos ph 1 0 0 0 Ryan rp 00 00 Winkler rp 0 0 0 0 Morgan rp 0 0 0 0 Duffy ph 1 0 0 0 Totals 35 5 9 5

Chicago Colorado

COL AB R HBI Tapia lf 512 0 Rodgers 2b 4 1 2 0 Story ss 422 3 McMahon 3b30 1 1 Joe 1b 412 1 Hillird rf 4 1 1 1 Daza cf 301 0 Chacin rp 0 0 0 0 Estevez rp 0 0 0 0 Blckmon ph 1 0 0 0 Bard rp 000 0 Nunez c 3 0 1 0 Snzatla sp 1 0 0 0 Kinley rp 0 0 0 0 Hampson cf 2 0 1 0 Totals

34 613 6

000 041 000 — 5 111 120 00x — 6

E—Rodgers 1. LOB—Colorado 7, Chicago 5.

2B—Bote (8), Contreras (14), Hampson (19).

HR—Hilliard (7), Joe (3), Story 2 (15). SB—Ortega (5). CS—R.Tapia (4).

IP H R ER BB SO Chicago

Arrieta Jewell L, 0-1 Ryan Winkler AMorgan

4 1 1 1 1/3 2/3

9 3 0 0 1

4 2 0 0 0

4 2 0 0 0

0 0 0 1 1

2 1 0 2 0

4 2/3 1/3 2 1 1

7 2 0 0 0

4 1 0 0 0

4 1 0 0 0

1 0 1 0 0

6 1 2 1 1

Colorado

Senzatela Kinley W, 2-2 Chacin H, 6 Estvez H, 11 DBard S, 17

T—3:10. A—30,462 (51,267).

Transactions BASEBALL

E—Bi.Anderson 1, Conforto 1, M.Rojas 1. LOB— Miami 5, New York 15. 2B—Almora Jr. (3), Brinson (7). SB—M.Rojas (10).

Yankees 5, Mariners 3

Totals

0 0 4 3 4 1 3

Arizona

TEX AB R HBI Knr-Flf ss 4 0 0 0 Lowe 1b 4 0 1 0 Garcia rf 3 0 0 0 Heim dh 4 0 0 0 Ibanez 2b 4 0 1 0 Martin lf 3 0 1 0 Peters cf 4 0 1 0 Trevino c 4 0 1 0 Hrnandz 3b 2 0 0 0 Totals 32 0 5 0

E—Yo.Hernandez 1, N.Lowe 1, Mayfield 1.

LOB—Texas 8, Los Angeles 8. HR—Eaton (1).

SB—Fletcher (8).

Bundy W, 2-8 JuGuerra Cishek RIglesias

Castro ph Mears rp Polanco rf Stllngs c Difo 2b Crowe sp Evans ph

CIN AB R HBI India 2b 3 2 1 1 Winker lf 3 0 0 0 Cstllns rf 3 0 0 0 Votto 1b 4 1 1 3 Stphnsn c 3 0 1 0 Brnhrt c 1 0 0 0 Farmer ss 4 1 3 0

American League Baltimore Orioles - Claimed SS Jorge Mateo off waivers from the San Diego Padres. Designated 3B Pat Valaika for assignment. Sent LHP Bruce Zimmermann on a rehab assignment to Norfolk (AAA-East).

Boston Red Sox - Acquired CF Delino DeShields from the Texas Rangers.

Kansas City Royals - Sent LHP Daniel Tillo on a rehab assignment to Northwest (AA-Central).

Minnesota Twins - Activated LF Rob Refsnyder from the 10-day IL. Optioned SS Nick Gordon to St. Paul (AAA-East).

New York Yankees - Activated LHP Wandy Peralta from the 10-day IL. Optioned LF Greg Allen to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA-East).

Seattle Mariners - Outrighted RF Dillon Thomas to Tacoma (AAA-West).

Tampa Bay Rays - Signed RHP Evan Phillips to a minor league contract.

Texas Rangers - Placed LF Eli White on the 10day IL, retroactive to August 4. Selected the contract of 2B Yonny Hernandez from Round Rock (AAA-West).

National League Atlanta Braves - Sent RHP Ian Anderson on a rehab assignment to Gwinnett (AAA-East).

Cincinnati Reds - Activated RF Nick Castellanos from the 10-day IL. Optioned 2B Max Schrock to Louisville (AAA-East).

Los Angeles Dodgers - Signed LHP Cole Hamels, optioned him to ACL Dodgers. Designated RHP Yefry Ramirez for assignment. Placed RHP Jimmy Nelson on the 10-day IL. Recalled LHP Darien Nunez from Oklahoma City (AAA-West).

Pittsburgh Pirates - Activated LHP Anthony Banda from the 10-day IL. Optioned RHP Shea Spitzbarth to Indianapolis (AAA-East).

Guided by Joey Gallo’s first HR in pinstripes, Yankees top Mariners Robert Aitken Jr. The Record

NEW YORK — Joey Gallo was a sought after target in the trade market because of his extra-base hit potential. Six games into his tenure with the Yankees, Gallo had two hits, both doubles, in his first 23 atbats in pinstripes. In game number seven, Gallo showed what the Yankees dealt for at the deadline with three extra-base hits and his first homer in pinstripes.

Gallo’s third hit of the night, a towering home run that dropped in down the right field line, gave the Yankees a 5-3 lead they held on to against Seattle on Thursday night in a clash between two teams searching for a wild card spot.

The win brought the Yankees to within five and a half games of first place in the American League East.

More importantly, it put the Yankees within a game and a half of Oakland and the the second wild card spot while also providing some distance between them and Seattle at the start of this key weekend series for both teams.

The two teams exchanged sacrifice flies in the first three innings as Gleyber Torres drove a run in for the Yankees in the bottom of the second and Mitch Haniger did the same for the Mariners a half-inning later. A Kyle Seager solo home run to lead off the top of the fourth put Seattle ahead for the first time at 2-1, but a Kyle Higashioka RBI ground out in the bottom of the inning kept things tied at two after four frames.

Higashioka had the start Thursday after Gary Sanchez was the latest Yankees player to reach the COVID injured list.

In the seventh, rookie Jarred Kelenic snuck a solo home run into the short left field porch of Yankee Stadium to put the Mariners ahead again. That would be the last time the Mariners led as Gallo’s three run homer in the bottom of the inning put the Yankees ahead for good.

Cortes solid on the mound

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New York Yankees left fielder Joey Gallo (13) celebrates his three-run home run against the Seattle Mariners with designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton (center) during the seventh inning at Yankee Stadium on Thursday.

The Yankees are without multiple starting pitchers this week and will look to get the most out of their bullpen on Friday night. So, pressure had mounted on Nestor Cortes to continue his stellar work on the mound to stabilize the Yankee rotation on a week that has been far from steady.

Cortes allowed two runs on five hits across five innings, leaving the game with the scored tied at two.

Cortes now has a 2.15 ERA for the season following five good innings that bridged to the rest of the Yankees bullpen. Chapman shaky but gets save Aroldis Chapman is still not quite himself, but the often-reliable hurler did enough to get through a bumpy ninth inning. It took 30 pitches, but Chapman was able to navigate for his 23rd save of the season to secure a Yankees win. Chapman was far from consistent and could not get his fastball higher than

97 miles per hour, but the closer was fortunate enough to get a fly ball short of the wall. Chapman went to a three-ball count with three of his four batters in the inning Following a leadoff groundout behind him, Chapman walked Jarred Kelenic with one away to bring the tying run to the plate for the Mariners. Pinch hitter Cal Raleigh was next and Chapman had trouble finding the zone. A wild pitch by Chapman moved Kelenic over to second base, but Chapman came back to strike Raleigh out.

J.P. Crawford was the last chance for Seattle, but a full count ground ball went to Gleyber Torres, who snagged it but was unable to make a throw from a diving position.

Facing Mitch Haniger as the goahead run at the plate, Haniger had three straight balls, but was able to drive a pitch to left field. It fell into Joey Gallo’s glove short of the wall to end the night.

Trevor Bauer’s paid administrative leave is extended another week Bill Shaikin Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES — Trevor Bauer will stay away from the Dodgers through at least Aug. 13, as Major League Baseball and the players’ union agreed Thursday on a fourth extension of his administrative leave.

Bauer remains under investigation for sexual assault. A court hearing on whether to extend or terminate the temporary restraining order against him is scheduled Aug. 16-19.

The woman accusing him is expected to testify for about two hours, according to a court filing from the attorneys representing her.

The court files also included an exchange of letters between attorneys that illustrates the acrimony between the parties. In a discussion of the woman’s medical records, Jon Fetterolf, an attorney representing Bauer, wrote: “Considering that the woman3/8 claims that she was choked unconscious for 30 minutes, the fact that this CT scan of the neck found no injuries is certainly relevant.”

In response, Doreen Marie Olson, an attorney representing the woman, wrote: “ She3/8 is not clear how long she was unconscious,

she believes it may have been 30 minutes, but how would she know for sure, she was unconscious? Is this really a point that you want to make? Clearly, your client would be in a far better position to provide this information, and he will no doubt be asked.”

The woman’s attorneys told the court they expected Bauer to testify for about two hours, although Bauer’s attorneys have told the judge they plan to advise him to invoke the 5th Amendment, because any testimony Bauer provides could be used against him in a potential criminal case.

The Pasadena Police Department has been investigating Bauer for felony assault since May 18, when the accuser first met with detectives, according to her request for the restraining order. He has not been arrested or charged with a crime.

The league also is investigating.

The MLB domestic violence and sexual assault policy empowers Commissioner Rob Manfred to suspend Bauer without pay, even if he is not charged with a crime.

Bauer, the highest-paid pitcher in the majors this season, continues to receive his salary while on administrative leave. He has not pitched since June 28. The longer he

remains on leave, the less likely he could rebuild enough arm strength to return to the Dodgers’ starting rotation this season.

As the Los Angeles Times reported last month, a majority of players do not want Bauer to return.

After he won the National League Cy Young Award last year, for his work with the Cincinnati Reds, his hometown Dodgers signed him to a three-year, $102 million contract.

The woman who sought the restraining order alleged that Bauer had choked her to the point of losing consciousness during two sexual encounters -- one in April and one in May -- and injured her face during the second one.

The woman provided the court with a report from a hospital exam showing she had suffered “assault by manual strangulation” and “acute head injury.”

Bauer’s representatives have said the pitcher “vehemently denies her account of the two meetings” and that the encounters were “wholly consensual.” Shawn Holley, an attorney representing Bauer, argued in a court filing that, since the woman does not allege she has seen Bauer since May 16 or communicated with him since May 31, the request for the restraining order is “unfounded.”

PRO BASKETBALL National Basketball Association Atlanta Hawks - Signed PG Sharife Cooper to a two-way contract. Signed SF Jalen Johnson to a two-year, $5.45 million contract.

Denver Nuggets - Signed PG Nah’Shon Hyland to a two-year, $4.3 million contract.

Detroit Pistons - Signed PG Saben Lee. (Reported) Golden State Warriors - Waived PF Alen Smailagic.

Houston Rockets - Signed SG Jalen Green to a two-year, $18.44 million contract.

New York Knicks - Signed PF Julius Randle to a four-year, $117 million contract extension (Reported).

Philadelphia 76ers - Signed C Andre Drummond to a one-year, $2.4 million contract (Reported).

Signed SG Danny Green to a two-year, $20 million contract (Reported). Signed PG Jaden Springer to a two-year, $4.15 million contract.

Portland Trail Blazers - Signed C Cody Zeller to a one-year, $2.39 million contract (Reported).

Sacramento Kings - Signed G Davion Mitchell to a two-year, $9.44 million contract. Signed SG Terence Davis II. (Reported) Washington Wizards - Signed SF Corey Kispert to a two-year, $6.94 million contract.

PRO FOOTBALL National Football League Arizona Cardinals - Activated CB Lorenzo Burns from the IR/COVID-19 list. Waived DB Tae Hayes.

Atlanta Falcons - Placed TE Jaeden Graham on IR. Signed WR Trevor Davis to a one-year, $990,000 contract.

Buffalo Bills - Activated G Ike Boettger from the IR/COVIVD-19 list.

Carolina Panthers - Cut RB Mason Stokke.

Signed DB Brian Cole to a one-year, $660,000 contract. Signed RB Rod Smith to a two-year, $1.4 million contract. Waived WR Ventell Bryant and P Oscar Draguicevich III.

Mets bats quiet again in 4-2 loss to Marlins Deesha Thosar New York Daily News

The pressure and the stakes will be at a boiling point this weekend.

The Mets will travel to Philadelphia to open a critical three-game series against a division rival having lost two consecutive series. The Mets lost three out of four against the Marlins this week, punctuated by their 4-2 loss to Miami in the series finale on Thursday.

The Mets’ (56-52) NL East lead is down to one game, and they’re in danger of seeing that standing shrink to 1/2 a game pending the conclusion of Thursday night’s Phillies-Nationals matchup.

“This is definitely not the way we wanted it to go,” said Michael Conforto, who was agitated and

unusually curt. “At this point, we’re moving forward. We’re going to Philly.”

Thursday’s defeat came crashing down in the eighth inning of a tied game, after Jeurys Familia was frustrated by home-plate umpire Shane Livensparger’s strike zone.

Familia walked Miguel Rojas, which seemed to set off the spiral that followed. He gave up three straight singles that resulted in three runs, as the Marlins broke the tied game and cruised ahead to a three-run lead.

As disastrous as that eighthinning meltdown was for Thursday’s end result, it’s hard to blame Familia for the loss when Mets bats struggled to connect with runners in scoring position all afternoon.

The Mets left 15 runners on base against the Marlins in the series

finale.

“I think we missed our pitches and we chased them. We almost showed up like we weren’t prepared to face that pitcher and what that pitcher had,” manager Luis Rojas said of Marlins left-hander Braxton Garrett. “He kind of hunted us later in the game.”

As a team, Mets players are hitting .209 with the bases loaded this season. For perspective, the league average is .273 with the bases juiced.

The Mets sent six men to the plate and loaded the bases with nobody out in the first inning on Thursday, and no runs scored. In the ninth inning, trailing by three runs, the Mets again loaded the bases with two outs and scratched one run across that fell short of a comeback.

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MLB roundup: Braves use 6-run eighth to sweep Cards Field Level Media

Austin Riley hit a two-run homer as the visiting Atlanta Braves scored six runs in the eighth inning to rally past the St. Louis Cardinals 8-4 Thursday night and complete a three-game sweep.

The Braves cleared .500 for the first time this season and moved within 1 1/2 games of the firstplace New York Mets in the National League East.

Atlanta finished the season 6-1 against the Cardinals and improved to 20-11 against the National League Central.

Braves starting pitcher Touki Toussaint allowed three runs, two earned, on five hits and two walks in 5 1/3 innings. Edgar Santana (1-0), the third Atlanta pitcher, earned the victory.

Giants 5, D-backs 4 (10) Kris Bryant hit a run-scoring double in the 10th inning as visiting San Francisco rallied to beat Arizona.

The Giants trailed 4-0 going into the ninth before Bryant doubled and scored their first run of the game. San Francisco ended up tying the score before winning it in the 10th.

The comeback marked the first time San Francisco won a game in which it trailed by four runs going into the ninth inning since beating the Atlanta Braves 13-12 in 11 innings on April 18, 1993.

Tigers 8, Red Sox 1 Robbie Grossman’s leadoff home run set the tone and Detroit starter Tarik Skubal tossed five scoreless innings to help host Detroit top Boston in the rubber match of a three-game series.

Victor Reyes (2-for-4) totaled three RBIs and Jonathan Schoop (2-for-5) drove in two for Detroit, which pounded out 13 hits to bounce back from a 4-1 loss Wednesday following its 4-2 series opening victory. Skubal (7-10) struck out four while allowing just five hits and walking one.

Detroit has won six of its last nine games and is 13-7 since the All-Star break.

Phillies 7, Nationals 6 Rhys Hoskins snapped a tie with a two-out, two-run double off Kyle Finnegan in the ninth inning to lift Philadelphia past host Washington, completing a four-game sweep.

J.T. Realmuto hit a two-run double with two outs in the ninth to tie the game at 5. Hoskins finished with three hits while Bryce Harper homered for the Phillies. Odubel Herrera added two

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hits for the Phillies, who won their fifth in a row.

The Phillies are just half a game behind the New York Mets in the National League East. Phillies starter Aaron Nola struggled through five innings as he allowed five hits and five runs. Nola struck out seven and walked three.

Rockies 6, Cubs 5 Trevor Story hit two home runs, Connor Joe and Sam Hilliard also went deep and Colorado beat Chicago in Denver.

The Rockies built an early lead by scoring single runs in the first four innings against starter Jake Arrieta. That included Story’s solo homer in the first inning and Joe’s third of the season, also a solo shot, in the second.

Chicago wiped that out with four runs in the fifth, but the Rockies came right back in their half of the fifth. Brendan Rodgers led off with a single and Story hit his second homer of the day

and 15th of the season to put Colorado ahead for good.

Angels 5, Rangers 0 Dylan Bundy threw 6 1/3 shutout innings in his best outing of the season, and Los Angeles beat Texas to take the final three games of the fourgame series.

Bundy (2-8) gave up three hits, struck out six and walked two in his second start since being demoted to the bullpen for a month. He improved to 6-2 in his career against the Rangers with a 3.12 ERA. Adam Eaton hit his first homer with the Angels, David Fletcher had two hits and Jose Iglesias added two RBIs for Los Angeles.

Reds 7, Pirates 4 Joey Votto and Eugenio Suarez drilled threerun homers in a six-run second inning to power Cincinnati past visiting Pittsburgh in the opener

of a four-game series.

Reds starter Sonny Gray (4-6) was the beneficiary of an early offensive surge as he pitched five innings to earn the win. He gave up four runs on six hits and two walks, striking out seven as the Reds moved seven games over .500 for the first time since 2014.

Pirates starter Wil Crowe (3-6) allowed seven runs – three earned – and eight hits over four innings.

Twins 5, Astros 3 Rookie right-hander Griffin Jax earned his first career win as a starter and Minnesota parlayed a four-run second inning into a road victory over Houston.

Jax (2-1) limited the Astros to one hit and just two baserunners through five shutout innings.

Jax logged a career-high 5 1/3 innings, allowing one run on three hits and one walk.

Rob Refsnyder went 2-for-3 with two runs for Minnesota, and Andrelton Simmons drove in two. Yordan Alvarez hit his 21st home run, a tworun shot in the ninth, for Houston.

Royals 3, White Sox 2 Edward Olivares homered, Emmanuel Rivera provided a two-run double, and Kansas City held on for a win over host Chicago.

Royals left-hander Daniel Lynch (2-3) did not need any additional run support as he limited the White Sox to one run on four hits in five-plus innings. The highly touted rookie walked two and struck out seven for his third quality start in a row.

Jose Abreu homered for the White Sox and Eloy Jimenez contributed an RBI double. Chicago lost two out of three games in its series against Kansas City and finished its six-game homestand with a 3-3 record.

Blue Jays 3, Indians 0 Bo Bichette hit a two-run homer and drove in all three runs, right-hander Ross Stripling pitched six strong innings and Toronto won three in a row after dropping the opener of the four-game series with Cleveland.

The Blue Jays are 6-1 after returning to Rogers Centre for the first time since Sept. 29, 2019, because of COVID-19 restrictions.

Stripling (5-6) held Cleveland to three hits and a walk for his second consecutive win. He struck out six.

Astros great J.R. Richard dies at 71 Field Level Media

Houston Astros pitching legend J.R. Richard died Wednesday night at a Houston hospital at age 71.

The 6-foot-8 right-hander played with the Astros from 1971-80 before his career was cut short when he suffered a stroke at the age of 30.

Richard was a 20-game winner in 1976, topped the National League in strikeouts in 1978 and 1979 and led the NL in ERA in 1979.

“Today is a sad day for the Houston Astros as we mourn the loss of one of our franchise icons, J.R. Richard. J.R. will forever be remembered as

an intimidating figure on the mound and as one of the greatest pitchers in club history,” the team said in a news release.

“He stood shoulder to shoulder with club icons Larry Dierker, Joe Niekro and Nolan Ryan, to form a few of the best rotations in club history.

“Sadly, his playing career was cut short by health issues, but his 10 years in an Astros uniform stand out as a decade of excellence. We send our heartfelt condolences to J.R.’s wife, Lula, his family, friends and countless fans and admirers.”

Richard started in the 1980 All-Star Game, just three weeks before he had a stroke while playing catch at Houston’s

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Astrodome on July 30.

He posted a 107-71 record with a 3.15 ERA and 19 shutouts

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Richard, the No. 2 overall pick in the 1969 draft, ranks fifth in Astros history in wins and is third in strikeouts behind Nolan Ryan (1,866) and Roy Oswalt (1,593).

“J.R. was one of my good friends,” said longtime Astros outfielder Jose Cruz. “This is very sad to hear. I have great memories of J.R. He was one of the greatest Astros ever. When he was pitching, we knew that we were going to get a ‘W.’ I didn’t get too many balls hit to me in the outfield when he pitched because he was so dominating. He was a great friend and a great teammate.”

In 2019, Richard was part of the inaugural class inducted

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Richard struck out 303 batters in 1978, becoming just the third National League pitcher, after Sandy Koufax and Steve Carlton, to strike out 300 batters in a season. He followed with 313 strikeouts in 1979 to become the third pitcher since 1901 to fan 300 batters in consecutive seasons, following Koufax (1965-66) and Nolan Ryan (1972-74 and 1976-77).

Richard posted a leagueleading 2.71 ERA in 1979 and finished third in the Cy Young Award voting behind first-place Bruce Sutter and teammate Joe Niekro. Richard’s All-Star start in 1980 was the first All-Star selection of his career.

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Keyshawn Davis gives U.S. boxing two chances at sweet revenge Les Carpenter The Washington Post

TOKYO — Keyshawn Davis’s semifinal fight was over Friday afternoon, and the American lightweight boxer was on to Sunday’s gold medal final, to the biggest day U.S. men’s Olympic boxing has had in years. But as much as he wants that gold medal and the celebration and the obvious promotion it will bring to his professional career, he wants something else.

He wants Andy Cruz.

Nobody has tormented Davis more than the Cuban boxer who won all three times they met in 2019. So even as Davis stood in a corridor beneath the Kokugikan Arena stands Friday, chatting about his unanimous decision over Armenia’s Hovhannes Bachkov in the semifinal, he kept looking at the television a few feet away that was showing Cruz’s semifinal against Australia’s Harry Garside.

Not that Davis really had to watch. He already knew what was going to happen. Cruz is 111-8-0 as an amateur. He’s lost only once since 2018. There was no way Cruz was falling Friday, just as there was no way Davis was going to let Bachkov win a fight the Armenian had turned into something more closely resembling wrestling.

Davis pumped his still-gloved hands when the television showed Cruz ahead by points.

He nodded when Cruz’s victory was announced. And he smirked as Cruz danced a jig in the middle of the ring.

Nothing in sports tastes better than revenge, and Sunday is a day that can bring so much of it for the U.S. team when Davis fights Cruz and super heavyweight Richard Torrez Jr. faces Uzbekistan’s Bakhodir Jalolov, a giant of a man who knocked Torrez out cold the last time they fought, sending Torrez out of the arena on a stretcher.

“For all of us, you feel things personally,” U.S. Coach Billy Walsh said Friday.

Walsh calls Torrez’s knockout “great motivation.” Videos of that September 2019 fight at a tournament in Russia have long circulated on the Internet. It is one of the ugliest

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“One hundred percent, and that’s not just on the court,” said Devin Booker, whose 20-point performance was second only to Durant’s 23 points. “We get that same spirit and that vibe and that energy from him off the court. He’s been in the situation before, and he’s leading us as such.

“I think these games are real meaningful to him and our

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26, doesn’t have a history of greatness to fall back on.

His averages last season of 24.1 points, 10.2 rebounds, 6.2 assists and 41% 3-point shooting were all career highs after getting drafted in 2014.

By extending now, Randle ensures a career-high salary while committing long term to

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past week. And that’s been one of the places of some rising cases and things like that,” Boone said. “So I’m sure that could have played a role.

“But it’s hard to know who contracted what, where, when, and how, and, again, just trying to navigate it the

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With an average age of 30.8 years, the Tokyo roster was the oldest ever for a U.S. Olympic soccer team. And in the oppressive heat and humidity of the Japanese summer, the players looked at times every bit as old as their passports say they are.

Nothing seemed to go right in these Games for the Americans. They came to Tokyo ranked No. 1 in the world, having gone 21/2 years since their last loss and four years since they were last shut out.

Both streaks ended in the first game, a 3-0 loss to Sweden.

Six days later the U.S. was

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Keyshawn Davis, left, throws a punch at Gabil Mamedov of the Russian Olympic Committee in Tokyo.

knockouts you will see, with Jalolov’s left fist crashing against Torrez’s jaw and Torrez instantly tumbling unconscious onto the canvas, lying flat, his eyes shut.

“I told him, ‘This moment will not define you,’” Walsh said. “‘What will define you is how you come back from this moment, and you show the character that you are and the person that you are to come back from that defeat to this stage.’”

Then Walsh’s eyes danced from behind the mask he was wearing.

“And if you’re writing a script, this is the script: that you come back, go to the Olympic final and you go beat the guy who put you on your ass,” he added. “That’s what we’re here to do.”

It’s the kind of script that boxing so often produces. For days Walsh had lamented the draw here, an imperfect system based on

points because most of the key pre-Olympic qualifiers had been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. But on Friday he had to admire the way it had worked in the lightweight and super heavyweight classes. There were no better possible matchups than Davis against Cruz and Torrez against Jalolov.

For a country that hasn’t won a gold medal in men’s boxing since Andre Ward in 2004, the potential of the first two golds in 17 years coming in the ultimate of revenge fights is almost too delicious to be true.

“Richard has come back stronger,” Walsh said of Torrez’s return from the knockout.

“You have to know the character and the personality and who he is and what he has done [in] getting back to this stage. This guy [Jalolov] is awesome. He’s massive. He’s big.”

But so too, Walsh continued, was Kazakhstan’s Kamshybek Kunkabayev, whom Torrez

beat in the semifinals. And few here thought Torrez would defeat Cuba’s Dainier Pero, which Torrez did in the quarterfinals.

“So we are going to give this guy hell on earth on Sunday,” Walsh said.

That’s something Davis seems to want as well in his latest fight with Cruz. At the end of last year, Davis left the U.S. team, a mutual decision made between him and USA Boxing officials after Davis, frustrated by the possibility the Olympics wouldn’t happen, broke the organization’s quarantine curfews and missed some camps. He turned pro and even won his first three fights, two on Canelo Alvarez cards.

He is only back because the canceled qualifier for North and South American countries left boxing organizers here to pick the field based on amateur point totals. Davis’s replacement didn’t have enough points to qualify, but Davis could be added as something of a wild card, along with two other pros who had been a part of the U.S. program.

Davis had already given up his lifelong dream of winning an Olympic boxing gold and meeting Cruz again when USA Boxing called this spring with the invitation to return. Getting the chance to seize both has been too good to be true. He had stormed through the Olympics, knocking out the top seed and almost knocking out another fighter to get to Friday.

Later he was delighted with the way he handled Bachkov’s relentless pushing and holding, dancing out of reach and delivering enough blows to guarantee a victory. He had beaten Bachkov before and had been exhausted from the effort it took to win. He was happy with the energy he still had Friday, considering it a sign of how he has matured as a fighter both mentally and physically.

“I feel like that’s going to be an easy fight,” he said about the gold medal bout while watching Cruz on the television. “I’m bigger, stronger, faster, smarter.”

He grinned.

How lucky he is to have one last chance at the one boxer who has driven him mad.

whole team. So, he has been a great leader for us. We feed off what he does, and we feed off his energy. ... He didn’t have to be here. He’s done what he’s done in the Olympic Games in the past, but for him to solidify himself and come here and be a leader, we feed off that energy.”

Durant, who became the career leader in U.S. men’s Olympic scoring during preliminary-round play, said the key to rallying against Australia was the team’s patience and ability to adjust

to circumstances as they unfolded. Every player has been down 15 points or more in a game at some level, he said.

But few of them had Durant to lead the charge back, as he did on Thursday.

“We know teams are going to come out fast and hit us with a nice punch,” Durant said. “We know that teams want to get us down early and see how we respond. A lot of these guys got continuity for years and years, so they know how to play with each other.

“I feel like a lot of teams are

expecting us to fold early. So we stuck with it, stuck with our principles, made a couple scheme switches on defense, and we were able to get some momentum going to the half.

Guys came out with that intensity, man; we made shots as well. So, I feel like everything aligned for us in that second half, and that’s who we are.”

The rest of the world has made inroads against American basketball supremacy, but the U.S. still has the most talent. And no one else here has Durant, who has scored

30 points in each of his two previous gold medal game appearances. At London in 2012 he also had nine rebounds, one assist, one steal and one block in a 107-100 victory over Spain. At Rio in 2016 he scored 30 in a 96-66 romp over Serbia and had five rebounds, four assists, two steals and a block.

It’s noteworthy that when he was asked what he’s planning for his third straight gold medal game, he didn’t mention surpassing his previous scoring sprees.

“I’m looking forward to

going out there and executing the game plan on defense,” he said. “Offensively, I’m not worried about that. But just executing the game plan defensively as a team, and we’ll see what happens.”

Good things have happened in his two previous Olympic gold medal finals. There’s no reason to expect that to change in Tokyo. “It is a different experience, different teammates,” he said, “but the journey has been fun so far, and we are looking forward to this opportunity.”

the franchise that fostered his birth as a star.

The extension starts in 2022 after Randle finishes his current deal at about $22 million million salary this season.

“There’s no better place than New York, I felt, to do it; no organization or fan base that’s hungrier for a championship-caliber team than here in New York,” Randle said during last season in a forecasting quote. “For me, I wanted to be a part of that. Honestly, for the rest of my career, that’s

really what I want. I wanted to be a Knick, I wanted to be one of the greats here. That was my thinking going into it.

“Hopefully, I can continue to be a part of that, hopefully keep building here, in the future bring a championship or championships here, because honestly I don’t think there would be any place better to win than here.”

For the Knicks, it’s an obvious win. Randle’s production would’ve commanded a higher salary if he were an

unrestricted free agent, and now they’re getting his prime years on a reasonable deal. For perspective, here are lesser players who will get a higher salary than Randle after his extension kicks in: Kevin Love, John Wall, CJ McCollum, Tobias Harris, John Collins, Al Horford, Gordon Hayward, Andrew Wiggins, D’Angelo Russell, Kemba Walker and Pascal Siakam.

Still, there should be questions about the conveyance of Randle’s breakthrough

season. Only a year ago, Randle’s contract and presence were considered a hindrance to New York’s rebuild. He was coming off a disappointing COVID-19-shortened season and the Knicks were so skeptical they drafted his replacement, Obi Toppin, with the ninth overall pick.

Of more recent concern was Randle’s relapse in the playoffs, when he buckled under the double teams and defensive pressure administered by the Hawks. It was Randle’s

first postseason, and he shot under 30% while averaging more turnovers (4.6) than assists (4.0).

But in between, Randle was spectacular. He led the NBA in minutes and quickly morphed into a fan favorite who was regularly serenaded with ‘MVP’ chants at MSG. If that continues at four years, $106 million, it’s a steal for the Knicks.

best we can.”

The Yankees have gone back to some of the COVID-19 protocols they used before reaching the 85% rate, but not all. There is more mask-wearing among support personnel.

Jameson Taillon said the other day they were practicing social distancing as best they can.

But Boone said they aren’t sure what else they need to do.

“Obviously (we’re doing) the contact tracing stuff comes

into play once that’s determined, and those guys then go through some testing,” Boone said. “Essentially that’s how Monty found out about his positivity in the contact tracing, but yeah, we’re just again doing the best we can.

“I mean, just try to be responsible and safe,” Boone added. “I think all of us all the country, everyone’s learning as this thing continues to evolve. So just trying to do the

best we can with it.”

The Yankees were relatively lucky in 2020.

DJ LeMahieu and Luis Cessa tested positive before they reported for training camp in July. Aroldis Chapman tested positive during that camp.

While they had their schedule revamped by outbreaks on other teams, they got through relatively without a case.

“Once we actually started camp last year, I think we

made it through the whole year without anything and then have obviously been hit pretty hard and hit hard of late,” Boone said.

And they’ve gotten familiar with the challenges.

“There’s less shock each time even though, obviously we’ve had some really significant people on our team have it happen to and so I think the more and more it happens the more you’re not completely

caught off guard or or floored by the news,” Boone said. “I think you just kind of check in on the individuals and see how they’re doing and make sure they’re okay. But from there it becomes ‘All right, what do we have to do baseball wise now to move on and go out and try and grab one grab a W.’ “ The Yankees called up Rob Brantly to backup catcher Kyle Higashioka before Thursday’s game.

blanked again in a scoreless draw with Australia and finished the group stage with four points, fewest ever for a U.S. women’s team in a major international competition.

Goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher gave the team a chance to salvage the tournament with a spectacular effort in the quarterfinals, saving three penalty shots -- one in regulation and two in a tie-breaking shootout -- against the Netherlands. But the U.S. lost her to a hyperextended knee a half-hour into a semifinal that Canada won on another penalty kick, this one following a questionable foul call.

That performance -- one win in the first five games -led to two team meetings last Tuesday, one with coaches and one for players only, said

captain Becky Sauerbrunn.

“We just tried to clear the air and try to figure out what was going on,” she said. “Some of it was hard to hear. Some of it was amazing to hear. And this was the response that we had.”

Rapinoe, a month past her 36th birthday, got things started with the best goal of the Games, bending a corner kick over a leaping Lloyd and into the side netting at the far post in the eighth minute.

After Sam Kerr tied the score for No. 9 Australia, Rapinoe put the U.S. in front to stay in the 21st minute, volleying a poor Australian clearance into the roof of the net. Lloyd, who turned 39 in Tokyo, made it 3-1 just before halftime, running onto a Lindsey Horan feed in the box and blasting a shot by Australian keeper

Teagan Micah, a former UCLA standout.

Lloyd, playing in her 312th international game, second on the all-time list, got her second goal six minutes after the break and it was vintage Lloyd, outrunning Australian defender Alanna Kennedy to get to a Christen Press through ball, then beating Micah with a clinical finish.

It was the 128th goal of her career, tying Germany’s Birgit Prinz for fifth all-time, and it was her 10th in Olympic play, most by an American. It also proved to be the game-winner, marking the third time Lloyd has scored the final U.S. goal in an Olympic tournament -and all three have produced medals, golds in 2008 and 2012 and a bronze here.

“We lost our way a little bit. I

don’t think it was one particular thing, but maybe we needed this tournament to go the way that it did for everybody to realize how important that culture is,” Lloyd said. “On paper, yeah, we look like the best team in the world. But talent doesn’t get you medals.”

The last game was the best of the tournament for both Lloyd and Rapinoe, two of the three oldest players on the team. But it felt a bit like an aging crooner playing his greatest hits one last time: It brought back memories of the good ol’ days while making it clear those days are gone.

“It’s always kind of been in the back of my mind,” Lloyd said of retirement.

“I haven’t made any official announcement. But obviously I am at the tail end of my

career.”

A reckoning also looms for Sauerbrunn, 36.

“I’m going to get some time and distance and perspective and a lot of self-reflection and have some talks with people that I really trust that are going to tell me very honestly if I still have it or not,” she said.

“But I’m not thinking about it tonight. It’s just about the bronze and celebrating my team.

“Not many people get to leave the tournament on a win.”

If Thursday’s game proves to be the last time the band plays together, it ended with an encore performance, an exclamation point that reminded us of how good the group once was.

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For the first time, the U.S. Olympic men’s sprint team didn’t win a single gold medal Adam Kilgore The Washington Post

TOKYO — Late on the final night of the United States Olympic track and field trials, maybe a little high on the euphoria of victory, Noah Lyles offered his prediction for U.S. sprinting at the Tokyo Olympics.

“Shoot, I want all the sprints,” Lyles said. “Plain and simple.

100. 200. 400. 400 hurdles. 110 hurdles. 800. Men’s and women. Shoot, I want it all. And I don’t think I’m crazy for saying we could do it.”

At the time, it really did not sound crazy. On the men’s side, Trayvon Bromell had established himself as the clear favorite in the 100 meters. Lyles was the reigning world champion in the 200. Michael Norman was the fourth-fastest man ever at 400 meters. Grant Holloway was unbeatable in the 110-meter hurdles. Rai Benjamin had to face Karsten Warholm in the 400 meter hurdles, but his excellence gave him a chance.

As Norman’s fast start from Lane 8 fizzled into a fifth-place finish Thursday night, the United States completed an unwanted, unforeseen first.

The heralded American men’s individual sprint team, flats and hurdles, will leave Tokyo with a sizable medal haul. But for the first time in Olympic history, none of those prizes will be gold.

As the men’s individual sprints concluded, the golds had been dispersed to a diverse collection of countries: Italy (Lamont Jacobs, 100), Canada (Andre De Grasse, 200), Barbados (Steve Gardiner, 400), Jamaica (100 hurdles, Hansle Parchment) and Norway (Warholm, 400 hurdles).

The United States’ lack of golds should not invite panic by medal count, the Americans have been dominating. Their four silvers and one bronze, won over four events by five different athletes, gave it the most medals in the men’s sprints.

Only Jamaica and Canada won multiple medals across those events. In Jamaica’s case, they came in the same event (100 hurdles). In Canada’s case, they came from the same man (De Grasse).

By most any measure, the United States had the most success in men’s sprints. Unless, of course, you wanted to measure gold medals or fulfilling expectations. Had you told any member of the U.S. track team

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Trayvon Bromell of Team USA failed to qualify for the final of the 100-meter dash, after entering the Olympics as a favorite in the event.

its sprinters would win no golds a week ago, it would have been met with disbelief.

Not all medals, even ones of the same color, are created equal. Benjamin’s silver, earned while he smashed Warholm’s old world record as Warholm set a new one, should be the size of a hubcap. Fred Kerley’s 100 meters silver was a massive achievement, earned after he switched from the 400 meters at the start of the year to ample criticism. Kenny Bednarek claimed his silver in the 200 as a self-described “overlooked” 22-year-old.

Meanwhile, in a session with reporters, Holloway made liberal use of the word “sucks” in discussing his silver medal.

Before an emotional account of his challenges from the past year, Lyles called his bronze “boring.”

Holloway and Lyles had at least medaled. Bromell, an inspiration as he won the U.S. trials and completed a remarkable comeback, didn’t even make the 100 meters final, and he was a member of the 4x100 team that failed to qualify for the final in part due to a botched handoff. Norman had been off all year in the 400, and he tried summon a huge performance with his fast start, but could not.

“At the end of the day, an Olympic medal is an Olympic medal,” said Michael Cherry, who nearly stole a medal and finished fourth in the 400 on a photo finish with Kirani James of Grenada. “You want golds, but if you can come out with anything, that’s great.”

Through circumstances, Cherry was left as the lone voice representing the U.S. men’s sprints. The 400 meters happened to be the last sprint, and

so the story line arose as he raced. Norman walked past reporters in the mixed zone. USA Track and Field did not make any officials available, with Director of Public Relations Susan Hazzard saying coaches would speak to media only after competition ends. After missing a medal by centimeters, Cherry answered questions with grace and insight.

A major theme of the U.S. track team was the number of young medal favorites making their Olympic debuts. Lyles, Holloway, Norman and Bromell had all been viewed as clear favorites at some point over the last calendar year, but aside from Bromell, they are all in their early 20s and had no Olympic experience.

In the women’s 800, Athing Mu proved youth and inexperience does not preclude dominance. But Mu is an outlier, not a standard, and the U.S. men may be revealing the value of experience. Holloway explained that he “got a little excited” when he saw the finish line before he was passed by Parchment - a 31-year-old he grew up studying.

“Nobody is blaming nobody,” Cherry said. “We have a very young team. You’re used to seeing [Justin] Gatlin, Lashawn Merritt, stuff like that. But now you have a change of the guard.

It’s 23-year-olds, 24-year-olds, 25-year-olds. We got college kids. We got guys that just got out of college. We’re a pretty young team. We’re going to dominate soon. Just right now, we just have to grow up and adjust. But everybody’s doing a great job. No one’s mad.”

Some hinted that trouble could be coming. Will Claye, who owns two Olympic silver

medals in the triple jump and a bronze in the long jump, understands what it takes to succeed at the Olympics better than most. Before the Games, Claye warned the United States’ choice not to hold a training camp could affect athletes.

“I think we have been done a small disservice as Team USA by not having a training camp,” Claye, who finished fourth Thursday afternoon, said in a video news conference before the Games. “I think if we were to have a training camp, I think it would have been a lot easier to go and do opening ceremonies, similar to other countries who are already there in training camps.

“I’m not sure why we didn’t have a training camp. For athletes who are competing earlier in the Games, like the 31st [of July or] the first of August, I think they’ve been done a disservice. And it’s unfortunate for them to be able to only get four to five days to get acclimated over in Tokyo.”

No athletes could move into the Village until five days before they competed, but some countries set up camps outside Tokyo. USA Track & Field canceled its in 2020, then decided not to renew, believing athletes could train and protect themselves from the coronavirus better from home.

In Cherry’s mind, the decision showed that officials had prioritized athletes’ health and limited their chances of infection in Tokyo, which would have eliminated them from the games. He also explained how a training camp would have helped.

“You get to adjust to the time, the places, the food, everything where you’re at,” Cherry said.

“When you come here on the short term, it’s kind of hard. But I think there’s no excuses. All races are the same. We just have to adjust to what we have.”

Another possible factor: The pandemic pushed the trials closer to the Olympics than usual. The United States is the toughest track team to make, a mini-Olympics before the Games themselves. Athletes could have used more time to recover from the mental and physical strain. In a different event, hammer thrower Gwen Berry spoke of the exertion she and her teammates felt having to gear back up a month after pushing each other so hard to make the team.

Ross and Klineman win gold for U.S. in women’s beach volleyball Nathan Fenno Los Angeles Times

TOKYO — Some 1,300 days ago, the veteran and the newcomer cemented their fledgling partnership by touching sloshing water bottles together in a toast on a beach.

April Ross and Alix Klineman were an unlikely duo.

Although both had been raised in Southern California, Ross established herself as one of the world’s top beach volleyball players and captured two Olympic medals while the long-armed Klineman pursued the indoor game.

The beach brought them together and, on a steaming afternoon at Shiokaze Park on Friday, the American duo won a gold medal at the Summer Games.

“I can’t fathom that it worked out the way it did,” Ross said. “It’s kind of a fairytale story.”

The victory over Australia’s Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar 21-15, 2116, capped an undefeated run through the beach volleyball bracket for the Americans. In match after match at the temporary stadium, empty other than a scattering of officials and media members, the duo showed why the unexpected partnership in the early days has become the best in the world.

“She saw something in me

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April Ross (USA) and Alix Klineman (USA) pose with their gold medals after the women’s gold medal beach volleyball match during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Summer Games at Shiokaze Park.

that no one else did,” Klineman said. “She was looking at my potential and took that bet on me.”

Although the Australians cut the Americans’ lead to 16-13 in the second set, her spike seconds later ended the brief comeback. That’s how the 44-minute game played out. Each time the Australians made a push, Ross and Klineman shut them down.

The broiling day -- with a heat index of 99 degrees when the match started at 11:30 a.m. -didn’t bother the Americans, either. They methodically dismantled their opponents in what has become routine fashion, ending with a long

embrace after the gold-medal point.

“When you’re working for something like this, you need somebody who’s going to work their butt off every day and have a fire under their butt,” Ross said a day earlier.

“I knew she was coming out to the beach to make the Olympics and to take a risk. ... I knew that was going to be a huge motivating factor.”

Ross, the former USC and Newport Harbor High standout from Costa Mesa, partnered with Jen Kessy to win a silver at the London Games in 2012, then joined Kerri Walsh Jennings to capture bronze in Rio de Janeiro four years later.

For all the accolades -- including a world championship and NCAA indoor titles -- Ross didn’t have a gold medal. Ross and Walsh Jennings, a threetime Olympic gold medalist in the sport that had been dominated by Americans, ended their partnership in 2017. The search for a replacement led Ross to a surprising place. With a 6-foot-5 frame and wingspan that seems tailor-made for frustrating opponents at the net, Klineman was the Gatorade national player of the year at Manhattan Beach’s Mira Costa High in 2006 before becoming a fourtime All-American at Stanford.

After being left off the U.S. Olympic indoor volleyball roster in 2016, Klineman shifted to the beach in search of a fresh start. Ross floated the idea of teaming up when they attended the Stagecoach country music festival in Indio in April 2017.

“From an outsider’s perspective, some of the things when you’re watching beach volleyball look simple and I think once I got going, I realized how many different parts of beach volleyball are different from indoor,” said Klineman, who had less than a year of experience in the sport at the time. “There were so many days of practices where it just felt impossible to grasp these new concepts.”

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USA player Diana Taurasi (12) shoots against Nigeria during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Summer Games at Saitama Super Arena.

U.S. women’s basketball doesn’t want the current era to end in anything but gold Ava Wallace The Washington Post

SAITAMA, Japan — Brittney Griner leaned on the guard rail keeping her approximately three feet from reporters Friday, her voice quiet and serious as she spoke about the current U.S. women’s basketball team’s duty to those who built the program into a dynasty.

Unfortunately for her, Diana Taurasi was not in the mood for quiet or serious after her team overwhelmed Serbia, 79-59, in the Olympic semifinals. Taurasi, 39, bumped Griner from behind, just as the 30-year-old Griner was getting to the part about “not letting the older ones down.”

“Especially not the old ones like Diana!” Griner yelled after her teammate.

“Last dance, baby!” Taurasi shouted back as she rounded the corner.

Such is the balance the U.S. women’s basketball team carries into Sunday’s gold medal game at Saitama Super Arena.

The Americans’ victory over Serbia was their 54th consecutive win in the Olympics, setting up a game that could continue a gold medal streak that began in 1996, when current Coach Dawn Staley played point guard. That’s the business part of the task at hand.

The more sentimental aspect is that game most likely will be the end of the USA Basketball careers of Taurasi and Sue Bird, both five-time Olympians.

Bird already has declared she’s done after Tokyo, and while Taurasi hasn’t made a definitive announcement, “last dance, baby” feels telling.

Staley said neither guard has been speaking much about the finality of these Games or the fact that they could be the first Olympic basketball players to win five gold medals.

“I know they’re probably just reserving until that moment of actually winning their fifth gold medal and our seventh straight,” Staley said.

Standing in their way will be either Japan or France, two teams the U.S. squad has already defeated at this tournament. The Americans beat Japan 86-69 in their second game of the group stage and took down France 93-82.

But the team that held Serbia to 30-percent shooting from the field Friday feels much different from the slightly less organized, slightly less fluid version of the U.S. team of the group stage.

The Americans jumped out to a quick start for the second straight game after struggling to get going in its early

appearances. They unspooled a 20-4 run in the first half, turning to Bird to get the offense moving but feeding Griner, the center, and Breanna Stewart, acting as the small forward at 6-foot-3, for sure buckets against a tired-looking and physically overmatched Serbia side.

Serbia, which won the bronze medal in the Rio de Janeiro Games and will play for another Saturday, took the court to warm up for the first time 25 minutes before the game because their team bus was stuck in traffic, then the cable holding an NBC camera above the court broke roughly 40 minutes before tip-off.

The Americans, who had the court to themselves for warm-ups before Serbia arrived, had no issues.

Griner led with 15 points and 12 boards while Stewart had 12 points and 10 rebounds to follow up her 23-point performance against Australia in the quarterfinals.

If Bird and Taurasi are on their way out, Stewart, Griner and 6-foot-4 A’ja Wilson, also a starter, may represent the future of the U.S. women’s team, rooted not in the backcourt but the post.

“Every quadrennial, there are players that will rise to the challenge,” Staley said. “Stewie’s been around it seems like forever. This is only her second Olympic Games, but she has been with USA basketball for all of her young life, and the same with A’ja . . . you knew those players would be in a position of where they are today because of who they are and the talent that they posses and the selflessness that they give to each and every team. I’m not surprised, they are young stars in their own right. I’m sure if they continue to want to play USA Basketball in the Olympic Games, no coach is going to leave the country without them.”

Stewart and Griner have said they want to play USA Basketball as long as the team will have them. Asked yet again Friday what makes her squad so dominant, Staley - whose own career with USA Basketball began in 1989 - said the women’s team gets commitments from the best players in the country for every single tournament.

Stewart and Griner, both two-time Olympians, are keenly aware of how much they owe to Bird and Taurasi.

At 26 and 30 years old, respectively, they are still on the younger side of the roster, learning with every Olympic experience.

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Weekend Preview: Watkins Glen Invitational Field Level Media

When NASCAR resumes racing after the longest break in the schedule in three decades, we should be prepared to hand the winner’s trophy to Chase Elliott after 82 laps at Watkins Glen International, right?

After all, the reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion won the last two races at the 2.45-mile road course, and he’s the heavy favorite to win a third straight in Sunday’s Go Bowling at the Glen (3 p.m. ET on NBCSN, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

Elliott’s road course credentials are impeccable. The driver of the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet picked up his first career victory at The Glen in 2018 and followed that with another win in 2019. There was no race at Watkin Glen in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic.

All told, seven of Elliott’s 13 Cup victories have come on road courses, including both his wins this year-in the inaugural event at Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas, and the long-awaited return of the NASCAR Cup Series to Road America.

“We’re excited to get back to Watkins Glen,” says Elliott, who beat runner-up Martin Truex Jr. in his last two trips to The Glen. “Any time you can run well and win somewhere, it’s always nice to go back.

“Winning in the Cup Series, in general, is something to be proud of, in my opinion, regardless of where it is or who you beat. The last couple of trips to The Glen, I’ve enjoyed battling Martin. I feel like we share a lot of mutual respect and have for many years, so I have enjoyed those battles with him.”

There’s one obstacle to Elliott’s march to Victory Lane on Sunday. After finishing 18th at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in the last Cup event before the Olympic break, he’ll start 11th at Watkins Glen.

In the last 16 events at the historic road course in New York’s Finger Lakes District, the winner has come from the top 10 on the grid 14 times – the exceptions being Tony Stewart from 13th in 2009 and Joey Logano from 16th in 2015. Elliott’s two victories at the track came from third in 2018 and from the pole a year later.

Truex starts two positions ahead of Elliott, so the driver of the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota also will have work to do.

“I think the last two second-place finishes, it was just track position,” says Truex, who picked up his lone victory at WGI in 2017. “The 9 (Elliott) ended up in front of us, and we couldn’t pass him.

That’s a really, really fast place, and it can be difficult to pass. His car was better in different spots than mine.

“From lap times, we were faster both years – I could get to him, but he was fast in the right places where I couldn’t pass him. I will have to hopefully figure out how to get faster in a few key areas.”

The three Team Penske drivers – Brad Keselowski, Logano and Ryan Blaney – will start from the top three spots on the grid, in that order. Keselowski finished second in three consecutive races (2011-13), twice to road course ace Marcos Ambrose and once to Kyle Busch.

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NASCAR Cup Series driver Chase Elliott (9) during the Jockey Made in America 250 Presented by Kwik Trip at Road America on July 4. Elliott won the race.

Logano won at The Glen in 2015 and finished second to Denny Hamlin a year later, but in his last three starts there, he has a best result of 23rd.

Blaney’s best finish was fifth in 2019, in his fourth Cup start at the track.

With the Cup debut at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course to follow, Sunday’s Go Bowling at the Glen is the first of two straight road course races and the 23rd event of the 26-race Cup regular season.

At WGI, two very important battles are set to take place. Hamlin, who is winless this year, is fighting to retain his series points lead over Kyle Larson, with 15 Playoff points and an automatic Playoff berth on the line for the regular-season champion.

Hamlin holds a 13-point lead over four-time winner Larson, who has clinched a Playoff berth thanks to his multiple trips to Victory Lane.

At the bottom of the Playoff grid, Tyler Reddick leads Richard Childress Racing teammate Austin Dillon by five points in a heated battle for the final Playoff position.

–Austin Cindric is seeking first road course victory of 2021: An accomplished road course racer, Austin Cindric picked up his first NASCAR Xfinity Series victory at Watkins Glen International in 2019, the last time the series raced at the 2.45-mile road course.

Four of Cindric’s 12 career wins have come at road courses, but all four of his 2021 victories have come at ovals: Daytona, Phoenix, Dover and Pocono. There’s a strong possibility that could change in Saturday’s Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey 200 (4 p.m. ET on CNBC, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

Between his victory at The Glen in 2019 and Saturday’s return, Cindric has posted 11 wins and captured the series championship with a victory in the season finale at Phoenix last year.

“I’ve thought about it, because we didn’t have the race last season, and obviously the last time we were there, I won the race, and it was my first win in the Xfinity Series,” says Cindric, who will start from the outside of the front row next to polesitter Justin Allgaier. “And to think how far I’ve come as a driver in that amount of time is pretty incredible, and I’ve got a lot of the same guys around me.

“It’s going to be fun to kind of show up there knowing what we did the last time, but it’s still the same challenge. That’s not going to make it any easier, I can promise you that, but it’s a fun race track. It’s a great track to have on the schedule, and I know there’s always a great fan base that shows up at that place, so looking forward to going back.”

If Cindric, the current series leader, is comfortably in a Playoff position this season, drivers on the bubble by definition are not. With seven races left in the regular season, Michael Annett currently holds the last of 12 Playoff-eligible position by 32 points over Riley Herbst and 41 points over Brandon Brown.

Annett missed the last two Xfinity races after suffering a stress fracture in his right femur, which has been surgically repaired. After recovering during the Olympic break, the driver of the No. 1 JR Motorsports Chevrolet has been cleared to race at Watkins Glen.

Annett also retained his Playoff eligibility, thanks to a medical waiver from NASCAR. –NASCAR Camping World Truck Series drivers face Playoff cutoff race: It’s the last-chance showdown for drivers hoping to make the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoff.

With one race left in the regular season, seven drivers already have clinched Playoff berths: regular-season champion and five-time winner John Hunter Nemechek, Ben Rhodes, Austin Hill, Todd Gilliland, Zane Smith, Matt Crafton and

defending series champion Sheldon Creed.

That leaves three spots available entering Saturday’s United Rentals 176 at Watkins Glen International (12:30 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

Carson Hocevar, Stewart Friesen and Chandler Smith currently occupy the last three Playoff-eligible positions. Given that Smith holds a 40-point lead over Derek Kraus – the first driver out – it’s likely Kraus will have to win the race to advance to the postseason.

The same is true of Tyler Ankrum and 2016 series champion Johnny Sauter, who are 44 and 51 points below the cutoff, respectively.

Smith, on the other hand, simply needs to avoid disaster – and to avoid the whammy of a driver below him in the standings winning the race.

“I think the biggest thing for us going to Watkins Glen is just not beating ourselves,” says Smith, who will start third behind Hill and Gilliland.

“We’ve got to finish the race, make sure we are 25th or better, have a solid day on my end and the pit crew’s end and hope everything goes our way.”

Former NASCAR Cup Series driver Paul Menard will drive a fifth truck for ThorSport Racing on Saturday. Though the Truck Series hasn’t competed at Watkins Glen since 2000, Menard has a combined 27 national series starts there – 11 in the Xfinity Series and 16 in Cup. To win the race, however, Menard will have to overcome a 39th-place starting position.

NASCAR Cup Series Next Race: Go Bowling at The Glen The Place: Watkins Glen International The Date: Sunday, August 8 The Time: 3 p.m. ET TV: NBCSN, 2:30 p.m. ET Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Distance: 220.5 miles (90 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 20), Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 40), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 90) NASCAR Xfinity Series Next Race: Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey 200 The Place: Watkins Glen International The Date: Saturday, August 7 The Time: 4 p.m. ET TV: CNBC, 3:30 p.m. ET Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Distance: 200.9 miles (82 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 20), Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 40), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 82) NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Next Race: United Rentals 176 The Place: Watkins Glen International The Date: Saturday, August 7 The Time: 12:30 p.m. ET TV: FS1, 11:30 a.m. ET Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Distance: 176.4 miles (72 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 20), Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 45), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 72)

Steelers open preseason with win over Cowboys in Hall of Fame Game Gerry Dulac Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

With their former coach and two former players watching and waiting for their gold-jacket moment, the Steelers kicked off Hall of Fame weekend with a 16-3 victory against the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday night that will likely be the least exciting event of the fourday celebration.

Coach Mike Tomlin elected to not use most of his starters in the game.

Only seven starters — four on offense, three on defense — appeared in the game, including rookies Najee Harris and center Kendrick Green.

The Steelers trailed 3-0 at halftime but came back to put up two touchdowns and a 48-yard field goal by kicker Sam Sloman to open their four-game preseason with a win in front of a crowd

of 20,113 at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium.

The Steelers took a 6-3 lead in the third quarter on a 4-yard run by Kalen Ballage, a score set up when first-year receiver Mathew Sexton returned a punt 36 yards to the Cowboys 33.

Dwayne Haskins, who came in the game in the second quarter, then completed a 15-yard pass to tight end Kevin Rader and running back Anthony McFarland went 9 yards on the next play to get to the Cowboys 9, setting up Ballage.

The Steelers padded the lead to 9-3 when free-agent kicker Sloman, who earlier missed an extra point and a 49-yard field-goal attempt, kicked a 48-yard field goal with 5:15 remaining in the third quarter. That score was set up when undrafted rookie safety Donovan Stiner returned a Ben DiNucci

(Pine Richland High School) interception 18 yards to the Cowboys 44.

After stopping the Cowboys on a fourth-and-1 play at Dallas 33, the Steelers quickly made it 16-3 when Josh Dobbs entered the game and threw a 5-yard pass to wide receiver Tyler Simmons with 8:44 remaining.

The Steelers offense did little in the first half, failing to score a point, but the biggest play was a 45-yard pass from Mason Rudolph to Chase Claypool that set up their only real scoring chance in the opening 30 minutes. That, though, resulted in a missed 49-yard field goal attempt by Sloman.

Rudolph, who started the game, looked sharp, however, completing 6 of 9 passes for 84 yards. His only mistake was a fumble that set up the Cowboys’ only field goal.

Harris, the team’s No. 1 pick, played

three series and carried seven times for 22 yards. Harris, Claypool, Green and Diontae Johnson were the only regulars on offense to start the game.

Defensively, outside linebacker Alex Highsmith, inside linebacker Robert Spillane and cornerback Cam Sutton were the only starters.

The Cowboys took a 3-0 lead in the first quarter on a 29-yard field goal by Hunter Niswander, a score that was set up when Rudolph fumbled what appeared to be a play-action fake to Claypool on the opening series. Former Penn State linebacker Micah Parsons, the 12th overall pick in the draft, recovered at the Steelers 48.

The Cowboys looked as though they would pad their lead when they drove from their own 11 to the Steelers 7, a drive that started with a 21-yard completion from quarterback Garrett

Gilbert to receiver Cedric Wilson. But the drive stalled when linebacker Curtis Marsh had a strip sack on Gilbert on third down and rookie safety Tre Norwood partially blocked Niswander’s 29-yard field goal attempt.

The Steelers came right back and had their best scoring opportunity of the half when Rudolph completed a deep 45-yard pass to Claypool to the Cowboys 29. Claypool was injured on the play and left the game, but the injury did not appear to be significant.

Harris, though, lost 4 yards on first down and two more plays gained only 2 yards, setting up a 49-yard field goal attempt by Sloman. However, Sloman’s kick was wide right.

The Cowboys had another scoring chance at the end of the half, but Niswander’s 52-yard attempt was wide right with one second remaining.

Eddy Alvarez made Olympic history, now his U.S. baseball teammates aim to do the same Dave Sheinin The Washington Post

YOKOHAMA, Japan — Eddy Alvarez was standing in the infield dirt near second base at Yokohama Stadium, the Olympic rings spray-painted in white in the outfield grass to his right, the final out of Team USA’s semifinal win suddenly in the books.

He lowered his head, jogged in to shake his teammates’ hands, made his way to the dugout, took a seat - and absolutely lost it. Something bigger than a baseball game was won out there Thursday night.

“I got emotional, because it [took] a lot of sacrifice,” Alvarez, 31, explained later. “It’s been a long time coming. I didn’t know my road was going to take me here.”

With Team USA’s 7-2 win over South Korea on Thursday

night at Yokohama Stadium, the Americans - searching for their first Olympic gold in baseball since 2000 - earned a spot in Saturday night’s championship game against Japan, and Alvarez earned a rare and lofty personal distinction: Assured now of a medal, he will become the sixth athlete in Olympic history - joining American boxer/bobsledder Eddie Eagan, Norwegian ski jumper/ yachtsman Jacob Tullin Thams, German speedskater/cyclist Christa Luding-Rothenburger, Canadian cyclist/speedskater Clara Hughes and American sprinter/bobsledder Lauryn Williams - to earn medals at both the Winter and Summer Games.

This humble Miami native, this son of Cuban immigrants, this 5-foot-9 bundle of explosive athleticism, this career minor

leaguer who got a cup of coffee in the majors in 2020 - this guy now takes his place, depending upon how you look at it, as either one of the best all-around athletes of his generation or someone who merely made the most of two unique opportunities seven years apart.

In 2014, Alvarez earned a silver medal in Sochi as part of the Team USA 5,000-meter relay in speedskating. Speedskaters don’t typically emerge out of Miami, but Alvarez had spent half his youth in roller blades, gaining the nickname “Eddy the Jet,” developing the muscles and the speed and the nerve before eventually switching to ice.

In 2020, after parts of six years in the minors - a stint that began in 2014, when the Chicago White Sox signed him following the Sochi Olympics - Alvarez was called to the majors in

August 2020 by the Miami Marlins, who had to replenish more than half their roster that month amid a coronavirus outbreak.

When he debuted on Aug. 5 of that year, he joined Jim Thorpe as the only Olympic medalists from a sport other than baseball to play in the majors.

After making the United States roster for Tokyo this spring, he was given the honor of being one of two flag bearers for Team USA at the Opening Ceremonies, joining basketball star Sue Bird. “Oh my God, this is absolutely incredible,” Alvarez said to NBC during its broadcast. “Thank God I have Sue here holding me up because I’m freaking out a little bit. I’m not going to lie.”

These Olympics are different from his experience in Sochi for one obvious reason: “All the [covid] protocols,” he said. “It’s

different, but you still feel the energy. You still feel how powerful this Olympic movement really is and how special this is to the world. It doesn’t feel different in the [athletes’] village. It just feels a little different in the venues.”

It was Alvarez who made perhaps the game’s biggest defensive play Thursday night at second base, ranging to his left then pivoting toward second to start a tricky 4-6-3 double play that got Team USA out of a fifth-inning jam when South Korea was a hit away from tying the game or going ahead. At the plate, he went 1-for-4 and drove in a run during the five-run sixth inning that broke the game open.

As a 31-year-old minor leaguer with a brief stint in the majors who has spent most of the 2021 season in Class AAA, Alvarez is emblematic of a Team USA

roster filled with former stars, future stars and hangers-on who all share one trait: they are not currently on an MLB 40man roster.

While Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball and the Korean Baseball Organization, widely regarded as the second- and third-best pro baseball leagues in the world, both sent their top players to the Olympics, Team USA’s roster is a mixture of players on the fringes of the major leagues, typically either at the beginning or the end of their careers.

Though that roster includes former MLB all-stars such as Todd Frazier, Edwin Jackson, Scott Kazmir and David Robertson, no one is going to mistake this for an all-star team.

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B8 - Saturday - Sunday, August 7-8, 2021

Real stories behind the ascension of Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning Sam Farmer Los Angeles Times

CANTON, Ohio — Peyton Manning will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Sunday, the capstone of a spectacular career in which he directed both the Indianapolis Colts and Denver Broncos to Super Bowl victories.

In the audience will be legions of fans, along with friends and former teammates. Some grew up with him in New Orleans, and lined up with him on the sports fields at Isidore Newman School, which is pre-K through 12th grade.

The Los Angeles Times gathered five of his former Newman teammates for a video conference to reminisce about the gangly, plodding, pranking kid who rounded into one of the best quarterbacks in NFL history.

On the call were Manning friends Baldwin Montgomery, Justin Reyna, Thad Teaford, Mike Keck and Nate Stibbs.

“I really value those friendships, and a number of others who I grew up playing Little League baseball with or went to school with at Newman,” Manning said. “I’m proud that I’ve been able to maintain those friendships for such a long time. They give me a hard time because they basically had an annual trip to see me play once a year either to Knoxville, for a Tennessee game, Indianapolis for a Colts game, or in Denver.

“When I retired they accused me of kind of ruining our annual trip, that I was selfish about retiring and screwing everything up. I took the heat for that.”

Getting together wasn’t easy during the pandemic, but Manning did gather his friends to take in a college game at Tennessee.

“Watched the game, sat in the stands, and had a good get-together. Have to be a little more creative and finding what to do on our annual trip. Football made it easy.”

Among the memories: Forget me not Even when he was a kid, Manning’s memory was something to behold. He could recall the smallest of details, and not just sports-related ones. Sometimes it was music.

“Back in those Little League days, sometimes you’d be going to play some game an hour or two away,” Reyna said. “Peyton was with us one time, and my parents put some Motown on the radio. We’re probably 11 or 12. He’s sitting back there naming the songs and who sings them. My parents were looking around like, ‘Who knows these songs as a 10-, 11- or 12-yearold?”

Manning still has that curiosity about his old classmates.

“He loves nostalgia, the childhood memories,” Montgomery said. “Every five years you have your high school reunion, and nobody’s more interested in what our classmates are up to or getting an email chain going: ‘Where are you?

Who’s going to be there? How is so-and-so doing?’ There’s this keen interest in looking back.”

Not surprisingly, football factoids were of particular interest.

There, he was a walking Wikipedia.

“He knew every single player his dad played with,” Teaford said. “He knew every single play. He would listen to the radio broadcast and he would tell you exactly what the next play was going to be, who the receiver was that caught every touchdown, where they were from, what their brother’s name was.

He could tell you stories about people he’d never even met.

“The light switch didn’t just go off when he started playing quarterback at Newman or got to Tennessee or got to Indianapolis. The light switch was on from the second he was born.”

A sticky solution Did you ever watch “Homeland” or “The Wire,” where crime solvers would construct a wall of photographs or thoughts tenuously connected by pieces of string, a crazy visual aid untangling some type of convoluted conspiracy?

Basically, that was Manning’s bedroom.

“Back in 1993, we didn’t have computers in class, nobody had iPhones,” Stibbs said. “So whenever he had an idea, he would write it down on a little yellow sticky note.

“You’d go to his room at his house and he’d have 250 sticky notes all over his wall, just on little ideas that flashed into his mind that he didn’t want to forget about. So he kept a note and a pen in his pocket and he’d write it down. I always thought that was pretty incredible at that age to have that attention to detail.

“It could have been a homework assignment, something that popped into his mind.

Something about watching game film or practice or preparation. It was all over the board.”

The crying game Sometimes, Peyton was too smart for his own good -- or at least he thought he was.

He was on a “bitty basketball” team when he was in grade school, and a teammate’s dad was the coach. The guy was a lawyer who lived in the Mannings’ neighborhood, and though he didn’t know a lot about coaching, he was focused on the kids having fun.

That didn’t sit well with young Peyton, not after the team lost a game.

The coach tried to give the team a pep talk in the wake of defeat, sort of: “Well, we didn’t play our best, but we’ll get ‘em next time.”

Peyton stood and countered with: “No, the reason we lost is you don’t know what you’re doing as a coach.”

Manning still cringes at the memory.

“I was dead wrong,” he said.

What’s more, young Peyton was in trouble with his own father, Archie.

“My dad couldn’t hear what

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Pro Football Hall of Fame Inductee Peyton Manning waves during Super Bowl LV between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Kansas City Chiefs at Raymond James Stadium on February 7 in Tampa, Florida.

I was saying,” Manning said.

“He just saw me pointing my finger at the coach, and he could tell that I was out of line.

Made me go over to the coach’s house that night and apologize.

I remember I was crying. I was bawling and my dad was saying, ‘I’m not going to let you play next week.’

“The coach was very nice, accepted my apology and said, ‘No, I want you to play.’ It was a good learning lesson for me of what’s right and what’s wrong, being coachable and keeping your mouth shut. That was the most valuable lesson in that. My dad straightened me out real quick.” Clash of the Titans When it came to high school coaches in Louisiana, Billy Fitzgerald was larger than life.

He was the head coach of two sports at Newman High for a combined 60 years, with his teams winning five state titles in basketball and two in baseball.

The 6-foot-5 “Coach Fitz” was a commanding presence whose decisions from the sideline or dugout were seldom questioned.

Then along came Manning.

“Peyton was a pretty intense, competitive personality as well,” Keck said. “I always thought to myself, man, when coach Fitz is upset you just kind of nod your head and, ‘How soon can we move on and get out of here?’ Peyton, he would butt heads with him. He would go after him, they would get into it with each other. They were very competitive.

“Those who played basketball probably noticed the most tension between those two. It was all healthy. It was all in the pursuit of excellence. But I remember they would get into

it, and I was like, man, he’s the guy who makes me run wind sprints. I’m not going to fight with that guy. I just tried to get out of there as quickly as I could.

I didn’t have the guts to have words and decide I had something to say back to him.” Naked and afraid Then there was the time Manning and his Newman baseball teammates were on the road for a tournament and stayed in a motel the night before their semifinal game.

Fitzgerald reminded them to grab towels because they’d be showering before their fivehour bus ride home.

When Manning got off the bus to get a towel, Stibbs asked him to grab him one too. Prankster Peyton returned with a towel for himself and a tiny washcloth for his pal.

That was fine and funny until Newman blew a big lead and lost a game it shouldn’t have lost. Fitzgerald was fuming.

The disappointed team, sheepish and silent, hit the showers, and Peyton’s friend brought his washcloth, figuring he’d quietly exchange it for the full-sized towel of some unlucky freshman.

The towel swap happened, but the guy who wound up with the terrycloth postage stamp was the hotheaded coach Fitz, who emerged from the showers naked, soaked and steaming mad. He demanded to know who had left him with a washcloth.

“I remember looking over at Peyton sitting in the corner, and he was just hunkered down,” Stibbs said. “He wouldn’t look at anybody. And I remember thinking, ‘You almost got us killed because of your little

prank.’ We still tell that story every time we get together once a year. It’s etched into all of our memories.”

Manning’s defense can be summed up in three words: not my fault.

“That was on Stibbs,” he said.

“I was simply pulling a prank on my friend. It should not have gotten to the head coach. So that’s all on Stibbs. I’m not taking the heat for that one.” The imposter Manning was no stranger to mischief.

“When we weren’t waterballooning cars at Thad’s house as teenagers, we did a lot of prank calling,” Montgomery said. “This was prior to Caller ID when you could actually get away with calling someone and acting as if you were someone else.

“It was always better to prank call a parent, because they were naive and gullible and easier to go through with it, versus a peer who was going to recognize your voice.”

Some of the most memorable gags involved Manning posing as a reporter for a publication that specialized in rating high school football players for fans and college recruiters.

“He had this idea that we would call some players’ dads of one of our rival teams and act as if we were of Blue Chip magazine inquiring about their son,” Montgomery said. “So Peyton would get on the phone and call someone’s dad, an acquaintance, and act as if he was someone inquiring about their son. “‘Hey, I hear your son’s a rising senior and a football player, can you tell me a little bit about him?’ These dads just took it hook, line and sinker. Everybody wants their son to be the next great athlete. So the dad would say3/8, ‘Oh, yeah, he plays both ways, linebacker, running back. Runs well. Works out in the weight room.’

“We would just pry and ask the most ridiculous questions and get into, ‘What does he power clean? Does he wear a neck roll? Does he wear a Breathe Right?’ Just see how far we could go with it. We got some good laughs out of it.”

It worked until it didn’t. Manning was nabbed when he left a voice message for someone and that person recognized the voice.

“He got in trouble,” Montgomery said. “I think Archie received a phone call, and he had to apologize to these dads for those prank calls.” Self-made Manning Manning is the son of an NFL star quarterback. His genetics certainly helped. But he didn’t stroll into high school as a phenomenal athlete. He was slow and skinny, and it was his relentless work ethic that molded him into the player he became.

“People make assumptions that because Peyton had all the success he had that he was born fast, born able to jump high, strong,” Teaford said.

“But we used to do a speed

camp with the track coach when we were in the eighth grade. There was a heavyset guy who would run with us, and Peyton was running with him.

In eighth grade he was probably close to a 6-second-flat 40-yard dash3/8.

“When we went into the weight room, he practically couldn’t lift the bar. It’s a testament to who he is. It’s not where he started, it’s where he got to in the end that matters. I bet by his senior year he was probably running a 4.9 -second3/8 40 and I know he used to talk all the time about how much stronger he got at Tennessee. It’s pretty amazing. It’s not like he was born with that talent.”

Manning routinely would gather his receivers for impromptu workouts, and it was always with a purpose, not just to toss around the ball. Keck, who was a tight end, remembers the quarterback directing him to run five-yard out routes over and over.

“I didn’t understand that the five-and-out was critically important for spreading out the defense,” Keck said. “All I knew was it was the most boring play ever. You’re going to catch it and go out of bounds or get killed. You’re going to get four, maybe five yards if you catch it.

“I would do it 18, maybe 20 times and I was like, ‘This is so boring. Can we do different routes? Can we do a post or a long touchdown catch?’ But he understood the strategic nature of the timing of that route with each receiver. He was probably working on making sure that as soon as I swung my head around the ball was right there.

Meanwhile, I’m just complaining. My feet hurt. I don’t want to catch another five-and-out. It’s just not that fun.”

The lesson?

“He got to this point where he decided he was going to be the best, and he just put his head down,” Keck said. “He out-prepares anybody.” Along for the ride Manning will be up on that stage in Canton, but his high school teammates and friends in the audience will feel as if they’re standing right beside him.

“It’s been a long journey for all of us,” Stibbs said. “We’ve been going to the games when he was in Knoxville in college every year. For the 18 years that he was with the Colts. In Denver, we would go to games every year. It almost feels like we’re going in with him. We’ve been part of that whole experience, that whole journey where it’s consumed our lives too.”

Said Montgomery: “Selfishly, I don’t think we ever wanted him to retire. It’s such a part of the last 20-plus years, whether it was going to Denver or Indy or some other NFL town to go watch him play, and how proud we were to be a part of it, and our families a part of it, whether it’s our spouses or kids.

Rafael Nadal ousted from Citi Open by Lloyd Harris; vows to keep working through injury Liz Clarke The Washington Post

WASHINGTON — Over a two-decade career spent largely at the top of his sport, Rafael Nadal has developed a prodigious array of weapons - a punishing forehand, ruthless command of angles, rare stamina and the mental resolve to wear down most opponents.

But at this moment in Nadal’s storied career, at 35 and working his way back from a foot injury that has sidelined him for two months, explosive movement, also long one of his calling cards, isn’t in that arsenal.

Nadal’s vaunted forehand and fighting spirit could take him only so far Thursday night at the Citi Open. And despite the cries of “Vamos!” from a capacity crowd, the top-seeded Nadal was beaten by South Africa’s Lloyd Harris, who blasted 16 aces en route to

a 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 victory.

On the heels of American wild-card Jenson Brooksby’s straight-sets upset of Felix Auger-Aliassime earlier in the day, the Citi Open lost its top two seeds in roughly a six-hour span.

Nadal’s first career appearance at the Citi Open has been a boon for the tournament, a fixture in Washington’s sporting summer for 52 years.

Tickets for the event sold out almost the moment his participation was confirmed. For days, the tournament grounds teemed with Nadal supporters who came to watch him practice over the weekend and packed the Stadium Court, 7,800 strong, to cheer him through his early rounds.

On Sunday, the day before the tournament got underway, Nadal disclosed that a debilitating injury to his left foot was the reason he withdrew from Wimbledon and the Tokyo

Olympics after a grueling loss to Novak Djokovic at the French Open on June 11.

The Citi Open, he explained, represented a major step in his return to form - a logical place to launch the hardcourt season that culminates with the U.S. Open, which gets underway Aug. 30, and gauge his readiness.

But on Wednesday, Nadal needed more than three hours to win his opening match against Jack Sock, a player who had never beaten him in five previous attempts. Afterward, Nadal was frank about the pain he felt in his foot as the match wore on, which he likened to suffering.

Asked how he planned to balance the need to rest his foot with the need to practice, Nadal said: “I have been resting enough. Maybe is not about resting, but is the moment to just keep going, no?”

Against the 6-4 Harris, 24, who hit with wild abandon from the outset, Nadal could go only so far.

For stretches, Nadal appeared to be playing with his upper body only, unloading all he had into his groundstrokes while minimizing the number of steps required. At other moments, Harris cleverly wrong-footed Nadal, and the Spaniard made no furious effort to backpedal, essentially conceding points.

Nadal stormed back after ceding the first set to level the score at one set each.

But Harris kept the pressure on through a tight third set and closed with a lob that sailed well over Nadal’s head and plopped well inside the baseline, utterly irretrievable.

“All the credit to him that he played aggressive,” Nadal said of the 50thranked Harris. “He played well. He was

brave. So, well done.”

For his part, Nadal said he had to accept the fact that he needed to keep working, to keep trying his best, with next week’s Masters 1000 event in Toronto his likely next step.

While Nadal said afterward that his foot felt better than it had Wednesday, he acknowledged: “I need to keep improving, it’s true. ... I did as much as I could, and I tried hard in two long matches.”

He apologized to the fans who had shown up to cheer him on and to the tournament officials who had made him feel so welcome on his first visit to Washington.

“Sorry for the defeat,” Nadal said.

“The most painful thing is to not be on court tomorrow in this great city.”

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Friend forced to play role in couple’s melodrama Dear Abby, I have two good friends who dated all through college until “Isaac” broke up with “Jen” in a very stressful and dramatic way.

We were all living together in a house, and he broke up with her to date a girl he liked from his newspaper club.

We used to host parties for DEAR ABBY the club, and the girls would openly flirt with him in front of Jen. During the mess of the breakup, I learned that Isaac had known for a while he wanted to end things with Jen, and stayed with her only because he wanted to have enough people for a nice student house.

Fast-forward three years: We are out of college, and I still live with Jen. Isaac relies on her for all his emotional needs and says she’s his “best friend.” She can’t say no to him or distance herself because she’s still hoping that “maybe” something could happen. Earlier this year he told me that he was not planning on getting back together with her, but he’s here almost every day, insisting on spending time with us.

It’s frustrating since I feel Jen deserves more. She’s very anxious, and told me during the breakup that she didn’t want me telling her any details about him that she wouldn’t want to hear. I’m now wondering if I have used that as an excuse to spare her from all the things I feel she ought to know.

I don’t know how I would even broach the subject, and it’s making me irritable around them. Help!

Hoping I’m A Good Friend

JEANNE PHILLIPS

Jen made clear that she doesn’t want to

hear any bad news from you. If you disclose what you know, you will lose your housemate. The message you want to deliver falls into that category. From your description of Isaac, he’s a user and a player. She would be better off without him in her life. But she must arrive at that conclusion herself. (After their breakup, she should have realized he couldn’t be counted on.)

Sometimes people have to learn the hard way, and Jen appears to be one of them. If you uncouple your life from theirs and spend less time with them, it will be healthier for you.

Dear Abby, There are several same-sex couples within our circle of friends and former coworkers. Whether male or female, each has a husband and wife. We are not sure how it is decided who will assume which role; and we don’t feel comfortable asking what might be too intrusive a question regarding their relationships. We would appreciate it if you could find the answer, if there is one.

Curious In The East Unlike with straight couples, who define their spouse as “husband” or “wife,” when male couples marry, both spouses refer to their partner as “husband.” With female couples, the spouses are both called “wife.”

Household tasks usually fall to whomever does them best or wants to do them. Roles are assigned according to ability and circumstance, rather than imitating traditional marital duties. (By the way, the same applies to some opposite-sex couples as well.)

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By Stella Wilder Born today, you are led through life by your undying curiosity, which pretty much means that your powerful mind is both the vessel and pilot that lead you wherever it is you may go, and for whatever reason. Indeed, you have been endowed with tremendous brainpower, and your ability to study a problem and arrive at a satisfactory solution is not likely to be matched by anyone you encounter either professionally or personally. You are captivated by the mysteries of life.

Despite your penchant for hard work -and, indeed, you know how to work harder than most! -- you can also be quite the clown when the workday is done and social interactions take over. You love a good joke, and you enjoy playing games that in some way reveal “secrets” about those playing them.

Also born on this date are: Charlize Theron, actress; David Duchovny, actor; Billie Burke, actress; Tobin Bell, actor; Wayne Knight, actor; Louis Leakey, anthropologist; Garrison Keillor, writer and radio personality; John Glover, actor.

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.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 8 LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You are curious about certain issues that are just appearing on the periphery of your experience and awareness. Can you get ahead of the curve?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Efficiency is the key today, especially when it comes to communication in the midst of getting a job done. You can’t risk a slowdown.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Giving to oth-

ers what you yourself value will say a lot Zits about you and gain you favor among those who have been suspicious of you in the past. Dark Side of the Horse SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- You’re likely to find yourself running just a few minutes late throughout the day. Don’t make excuses, but do apologize as necessary.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Others may be waiting for you to get your act together at this time, but the fact is that you are already well ahead of the curve today.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- You’re in for something of a surprise today if you think that everything is going to progress exactly as planned. Be ready to improvise.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- You have room to experiment today, and you don’t Daily Maze just have to stick to what you know. Feel free to explore some off-the-wall topics!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) -- You may have reason to question the motives of a friend today. A quick look back will tell you all you need to know about this situation.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- You and a friend have much to talk about, and neither of you really knows how to start. You may want to suggest moving to neutral ground.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- You’ll come across something that seems tailor-made to the situation you are currently in, but be careful -- it’s not what it seems.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- You’ll receive a warning from someone who boasts a wide range of experience, but you’re sitting in a position no one has yet been in.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Just when you thought you were “in,” you may discover that you are “out” -- but that’s likely to give you a reason to work even harder next time.

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8/7/21 Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9.

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5 Role on TV’s “Friends” 6 Love in Paris 7 __ up on; attack as a pack 8 High school subj.

9 90 degrees from ENE 10 Painter 11 Wreck 12 Wooden shoe 13 Barnyard birds 19 School uniform piece 21 “All __ Jazz” 24 Knightly titles 25 Make fun of 26 Long narrative 27 Musical drama 28 Big __; fast-food burgers 29 Stress 30 “All __ lead to Rome” 32 __ on; walked all over 33 Uncooked 35 __ on; victimize

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ACROSS 1 Spanish bull 5 Hits the ceiling 10 Prefix for angel or bishop 14 Had regrets about 15 “__ home is his castle” 16 Reign 17 Applied frosting to 18 Cold symptom 20 Prof.’s degree 21 Hoodlum 22 Los Angeles NHL team 23 Theater worker 25 Prefix for place or print 26 Gregarious 28 Bricklayer’s goo 31 __ from; besides 32 Stretch of land 34 Lawman 36 Acquires 37 Teacup flaw 38 Surgical souvenir 39 “That’s What Friends __ For” 40 __ up; matures 41 Coat material 42 Worshipped 44 Minute 45 Boxer’s foot 46 Bare minimum 47 Colorado resort 50 Composer/singer/ pianist Billy 51 “__ Lazy River” 54 Indirect 57 Actor James __ Jones 58 Give a hoot 59 Renter’s paper 60 Go no further 61 Went lickety-split 62 Not as kooky 63 Makes clothing

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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, right, and Emily Blunt, center, star in the new Disney film “Jungle Cruise.” Also starring is Jack Whitehall, left. Disney

By PETER SBLENDORIO New York Daily News

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Firm advises Golden Globes group, “You understand what the headline will be if you do not pass these bylaws.” Arturo Holmes/Getty Images/TNS

Only one way to save the show As major broadcasters cut ties, firm says updated bylaws are vital to Golden Globes

Getting on board a

By STACY PERMAN Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES — As the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s vote on its proposed new bylaws nears, the outcome remains in play. Underscoring the uncertainty, the group’s crisis PR consultant sent a memo to members last week, prodding them to “consider what will happen if you do not pass the bylaws.”

“Some of you may wish for an alternate future but the reality is totally different,” wrote James Lee, the founder and CEO of the Lee Strategy Group, according to the memo obtained by the Los Angeles Times. “As journalists, you understand what the headline will be if you do not pass these bylaws.”

The new bylaws would codify reforms of core issues including governance and membership, as well as policies on Golden Globes voting, the conduct and ethics of members and a host of membership perks — including the prohibition of gifts from studios and others. The reformed bylaws — which require a two-thirds majority vote to pass — are intended to address the controversies that have long dogged the association and played a role in NBC announcing that it would not broadcast the awards next year.

Reminding members that, “The Hollywood community has already accepted passage of the bylaws as a condition of returning to business as usual,” Lee’s note outlines potential scenarios should members not approve them.

Among them, Lee wrote that the organization would continue to be cut off from “celebrity interviews or other talent for the foreseeable future” and there will be no broadcast of the Golden Globes, or celebrities interested in participating in the ceremony.

Further, “Your opponents will seize on this as proof you are not committed to reforms and push even harder to not only continue the boycott but broaden it.”

Lee confirmed the memo in an interview with the LA Times.

‘Jungle Cruise’ Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt share their journey to the new Disney adventure film

wayne “The Rock” Johnson and Emily Blunt followed very different paths to get to “Jungle Cruise.”

Johnson didn’t hesitate when he was first approached about making a fantasy-adventure movie based on the longtime boat ride at Disney’s theme parks.

“The script was in a really good place, and I immediately just saw the potential of the opportunity,” Johnson, 49, said during a press conference Monday.

“That opportunity was to take a beloved and iconic Disney ride since 1955, when the park opened — this was Walt Disney’s baby. There were a lot of elements that I felt comfortable with saying yes, I will come on board, I’ll partner with you guys.”

Once Johnson joined, he recorded a video for Blunt in hopes of recruiting her as his co-star, saying, “Emily, you are the only one who can do this movie.” She didn’t exactly jump at the chance, he joked.

“I just needed to back it up a little bit, and I needed to read the script,” Blunt, 38, deadpanned.

Ultimately, the duo teamed up for the twist-filled flick, which cruised into theaters and on Disney+ Premier Access last month.

Blunt plays Lily Houghton, a botanist driven to find a mythical entity with extraordinary healing powers that’s rumored to exist deep in the jungle. Johnson portrays the pun-loving Frank, a skilled steamboat skipper who agrees to guide Lily and her brother McGregor, played by Jack Whitehall, on their quest.

Set a century ago, “Jungle Cruise” sees the characters encounter daunting dangers and supernatural scares as they venture into the jungle — while grappling with a ruthless prince, portrayed by Jesse Plemons, who’s after the same prize.

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From left, Jack Whitehall, Emily Blunt and Dwayne Johnson star in “Jungle Cruise.” Frank Masi/Disney

Trevor Noah made ‘The Daily Show’ his own South African host had feared he’d ‘break’ the Comedy Central show

By GLENN WHIPP Los Angeles Times

Amy Schumer didn’t want the job. Chris Rock passed, not wanting to commit beyond the 2016 presidential election. Louis C.K. and Amy Poehler also said no.

As Trevor Noah, the guy who eventually won the gig, put it in a 2019 interview with the Los Angeles Times: “Only an idiot would take over from Jon Stewart as the host of ‘The Daily Show.’ And luckily, I was that idiot.”

Comedy Central announced Noah would

succeed Stewart in 2015 after he made just three appearances as an on-air contributor to the show. Suffice it to say, it was an unexpected choice. Noah wasn’t widely known outside of his native South Africa, where he grew up as a child of a mixed-race union, then illegal in that country’s apartheid system.

(Noah titled his 2016 memoir “Born a Crime.”)

“I never looked down on any type of decision that was made because someone said ‘no’ to somebody else,” Noah said. “We are all a ‘no’ to

somebody else’s ‘yes.’”

Noah’s six-year run with “The Daily Show” has expanded the ranks of women and people of color both behind and in front of the camera, evolving the staff beyond what Stewart once called a “Harvard Lampoon school of pasty white guys sitting in a room.” It has grown in other ways too, standing as the No. 1 late-night show in digital and social media and podcast downloads.

But the changing of the guard wasn’t smooth. After Noah took over, the show lost

nearly 700,000 viewers a night from Stewart’s final year. And it took a long time for Noah to understand what Stewart had told him (“Jon is my Jewish Yoda”) before the transition: The program is an extension of the host. Noah was at a loss in making an imprint on a show that had become a national institution.

“How do you break what was one of the most lauded shows in American history?

Who has the right? Nobody,” Noah said, remembering his See NOAH C2

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The Faroe Islands: Dramatic landscape and otherworldly sense of mystery

By JEANINE BARONE Washington Post

Where: Faroe Islands When to go: May to September Why to go: A door-left-unlocked destination with dramatic topography (narrow fjords, plummeting waterfalls, soaring cliffs) and an otherworldly sense of magic and mystery, where thick fog rolls across verdant slopes that briefly disappear behind a gauzy veil.

Logistics: Atlantic Airways, the national airline, flies direct from Keflavik International Airport in Iceland. The most efficient way to get around the 17 inhabited North Atlantic islands is by combining a car rental (from Vagar Airport) with ferries and the occasional (inexpensive) helicopter. (You can reserve only a single, one-way chopper ticket per day.) You will drive causeways and up-to-seven-mile-long tunnels. A few are dark, one-lane thoroughfares, with pull-in points for dealing with oncoming traffic.

Money: The currency is the krona.

While most major businesses in the capital (Torshavn) and elsewhere on the larger islands accept credit cards (especially Visa), establishments on the smaller, outlying islands may not.

(American Express is rarely accepted anywhere.) Bring cash. You’ll find ATMs even in remote villages.

Paperwork: U.S. citizens don’t need a visa to visit the Faroe Islands for fewer than 90 days. Your passport must be valid for at least three months after you leave the United States.

Language: Faroese is the national language, and Danish is the official second language. Most everyone, however, also speaks English, especially younger people. Menus at upscale restaurants and cafes are often in Faroese and English, as are signs for hiking trails and place names. Surprise residents by learning these Faroese phrases: godan dag (good day/hi) and takk fyri (thank you).

Health: All visitors from the United States are required to get a PCR coronavirus test upon arrival at the airport and self-quarantine until they get the results. A second test four days later is recommended but not required. If you’re unvaccinated, you must self-quarantine for 10 days or get a second negative test four days later. Since the regimen differs for vaccinated and unvaccinated people, bring vaccine certification with you.

Crime is pretty much nonexistent.

The only concern: unpredictable weather — dense fog and blustery winds — when driving, hiking or engaging in water-based activities.

Prevailing myth: This rural archipelago can seem frozen in time, as if the entire population were made up of sheep herders and fishermen. In fact, although fish and sheep’s wool

Viderejde, the northernmost village of the Faroe Islands. The archipelago is known for its spectacular scenery. Dominic Breitbarth

are key to the economy, the Faroese are technologically advanced — with a vibrant capital — successfully melding the traditional with the modern, including contemporary art, design, fashion and architecture.

Itinerary for first-timers: Plan on staying at least four days and visiting the six islands (Vagar, Streymoy, Eysturoy, Kunoy, Vidoy and Bordoy) connected by roads. (Operate out of Torshavn, on Streymoy.) From the airport, on Vagar, stop in the scenic, historic hamlet of Bour, with its wee lanes and black-painted church. Mulafossur is Vagar’s much photographed waterfall, plunging hundreds of feet to the sea.

Walkable Torshavn has cafes, galleries and shopping emporia. Scope out the art and cultural events at the National Gallery of the Faroe Islands, Nordic House and the Steinprent workshop and gallery, where you can watch demonstrations of traditional lithography.

It’s an easy two-hour hike from Torshavn to Kirkjubour, an ancient seaside village. If you have time and want to experience a placid, tiny island, take a ferry to Nolsoy. On Eysturoy, with its arresting offshore sea stacks (rock formations), another memorable sight is the dramatic, 650-foot-long gorge in the 400-year-old village of Gjogv. You may even spot seals.

Itineraries for repeat visitors: Spend more time on Eysturoy, which is sliced by rugged fjords, and Streymoy (including Torshavn), which is the largest of the islands. Take a boat trip from Streymoy to the 2,300-foothigh Vestmanna Sea Cliffs, where thousands of puffins and other seabirds nest. Another spot for puffin lovers is Mykines, an island accessible by boat or helicopter from Vagar.

Visit a few of the other outer islands (Kalsoy, Svinoy, Fugloy, Koltur), which requires coordination with ferry or helicopter transfers but provides opportunities for hiking, birding, visiting museums and photographing postcard-worthy scenery.

Eat this: Traditional, strongly flavored, fermented lamb and codfish; salmon ceviche and grilled salmon; fish soup and langoustine (like lobster); braised lamb; and rhubarbbased desserts. For a splurge: the New Nordic cuisine served at two Michelin-starred Koks restaurants.

Special events: Music plays an outsize role in Faroese culture, and the eclectic local music scene is always buzzing. No matter your genre preference, summertime music festivals are sure to enthrall. Stages are set up on beaches and in bars, churches, concert halls and other venues. Participating

Skerpikjot, or dried lamb, is a popular part of the Faroese diet. Ingrid Hofstra

musicians, composers and songwriters are not just from the Faroes but from around the world. The G! Festival (canceled for 2021, but on for next year), Summartonar and Summarfestivalurin are the highlights.

Reading list: “The Tower at the Edge of the World” by William Heinesen; “The Land of Maybe: A Faroe Islands Year” by Tim Ecott; “The Brahmadells” by Joanes Nielsen.

Cultural sensitivities: Don’t refer

to the Faroese as Danes — they’re not.

The Faroe Islands is a self-governing part of Denmark. In addition to their language, they have their own flag and cultural and civic norms. Avoid criticizing the periodic whale hunts; whale has long been a food source here.

When visiting Tinganes, the old part of Torshavn, with its thatch-roofed traditional dwellings, respect the homeowners’ privacy. And don’t fly drones over this or any other inhabited area.

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Dwayne Johnson and Emly Blunt in “Jungle Cruise.” Disney+

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films like “Indiana Jones” and “Romancing the Stone,” Blunt said.

“Tonally, we just needed to strike a chord that was really well-crafted and that we curated with so much love and was made in the spirit of the films that we all grew up watching,” Blunt said.

The movie is directed by Spanish American filmmaker Jaume Collet-Serra, whom Blunt praised for his ability to balance the story’s action and heart.

“He goes, ‘You know, it’s about love,’” Blunt said. “It was so perfect, because you could’ve talked about all the action and the spectacle and the myths and the legends and all that, but that’s when I knew, in Jaume, we had an innate romantic and a world-builder,

and that’s what you need for this type of movie.”

Other cast members in “Jungle Cruise” include Edgar Ramirez and Paul Giamatti.

It’s the latest major movie that Blunt has worked on with Disney; she also starred as the title character in the 2018 sequel “Mary Poppins Returns.”

“Jungle Cruise” also marks her second big film of 2021, following Paramount Pictures’ freaky thriller “A Quiet Place Part II.” She and Johnson both raved about the “Jungle Cruise” cast’s chemistry, with Johnson adding the film is “so much more than what I expected.”

“There’s so much to do in the Disney parks, then you get on this ride and it’s almost like you can exhale and really just enjoy ... the simplicity of the ride,” Johnson said.

“But our movie is anything but simple with all the elements that we had. I think we delivered,” he said.

early struggles. The breakthrough came about eight months into his tenure, when he took “The Daily Show” on the road to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland and the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia leading up to the 2016 election.

Then Donald Trump was elected, and Noah found an adversary, along with an increased sense of urgency.

“This is it, the end of the presidential race, and it feels like the end of the world,” Noah said on air the night Trump won. “You know, I’m not going to lie, I don’t know if you’ve come to the right place for jokes tonight, because this is the first time throughout this entire race where I’m officially s— my pants.”

“Satire works best when it has targets,” Noah told the LA Times. “Once Trump came into office, the show immediately had its relationship with the White House. And it (was) an interesting relationship, like Harry Potter had with Voldemort.”

That said, Noah defines his primary goal moving forward — he’ll return from a three-month hiatus on Sept.

13 to a “Daily Show” that, per Comedy Central, will boast a “brand new look and feel”

Trevor Noah, host of the satirical news program The Daily Show on Comedy Central, has made an impact thoughout the pandemic, including Hosting the 2021 Grammy Show. Noah is photographed in DeWitt Clinton Park in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of New York City. Kirk McKoy / Los Angles Times

— as engaging viewers in a way that will bridge divisions.

“Daily Show” correspondent Roy Wood Jr. thinks he might succeed.

“There’s an even keel to Trevor that helps you maintain a north star and have a conversation that can get lost in a bunch of yelling and screaming on both sides,” Wood told the LA Times.

Prior to leaving on his hiatus, Noah laid out his hopes for when he returns to work.

“We have to acknowledge that we may have differing opinions on things and then go from there,” he said in a Zoom call from his Manhattan apartment. “But man, I can’t expect everyone in my audience to share every single viewpoint. And I think that’s slowly where we’re getting to. People are discarding other people and creating brainwashed factions of thoughts. You have to tick all these boxes, then you can be

my friend. If not, then I don’t want to see your voice on social media.”

“So I’ll try to breathe in the summer months and then come back and try and be a part of that. And I’d rather fail at least trying to be a part of that. I do not wish to succeed in the shouting match,” he said.

“I can’t spend all my time in pandemic land away from humans and then not figure out how to talk to humans when I come out of this thing.”

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According to the writer of a piece in the Union Signal, pie is the first step on the road to sin and degradation.

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Unseen horrors of pie (in 1883) Old newspaper details the whole sordid story

By DANIEL NEMAN St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Times change and so do attitudes. If we were around in 1883 and reading the Union Signal newspaper, we would have been alerted to the moral, ethical and spiritual dangers of — pie.

For 70 years, the Union Signal was the weekly national newspaper of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, an organization that is still active today, by the way. I stumbled upon a reference to the anti-pie essay in an article in a December 1883, edition of Good Health magazine, which published some of the loonier ideas of cereal magnate and genuine nutcase J.H. Kellogg.

According to the writer of the piece in the Union Signal, pie is the first step on the road to sin and degradation.

Here is the logic, or what passed for logic at the time: Our writer visits a typical American home of the time on baking day, when fresh-baked pies rest along the shelf, along with a few cakes.

“They certainly look innocent enough,” the narrator says, but that is before we know the true dangers that lurk within their flaky crusts and fruit fillings.

“As we stand in our neighbor’s pantry, we do unhesitatingly assert that in those numerous pies we find an enemy to temperance principles.”

Some pies of the time actually had alcohol in them, such as mince pies made with brandy, but those are not the article’s subjects. Such pies obviously have no place in a household that eschews strong drink. The problem is far more insidious than that.

For this tale of demon pie, the writer creates a representative American lad named Johnnie.

“From his cradle, Johnnie’s staple article of food is pie. It is pie for breakfast, pie for dinner, and pie for supper, while Johnnie as the baby, has the left-over pieces between meals.”

That sounds unlikely now, but who knows? Perhaps in 1883 people did stick to the all-pie diet. The hypothetical Johnnie did, with terrible consequences: “The once rosy cheeks of the boy have taken on a pallor that can be likened to

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A double smash burger with cheese is messy to eat, but easy to make. Gretchen McKay/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/TNS

These double-decker burgers are topped with a secret sauce

By GRETCHEN MCKAY Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Grilling is a preferred cooking method for a lot of people in summer. Yet there are times when it’s so hot and humid outside that the last place you want to be is standing over a hot grill, dripping sweat.

Those nights, when you’re still craving a burger, why not make them in a skillet?

Smash burgers — the apt name for balls of hamburger meat that are smashed into thin patties after being placed on a flat top or hot pan — not only come together in a flash, but they just might also be the best tasting burgers. Searing the meat in a hot pan causes it to caramelize and create a nice crust.

And because it cooks in its own fat very quickly, you don’t have to worry about the burgers drying out, so long as you don’t smash it again after flipping.

Traditional toppings call for pickles, shredded lettuce, diced onion and a good slather of saltysweet special sauce. And don’t forget slices of American cheese!

This recipe calls for stacking two burgers between three buns, which makes it a handful, not to mention messy to eat. So be sure to have a stack of napkins.

DOUBLE-DECKER SMASH BURGERS WITH SECRET SAUCE FOR SAUCE 1/4 cup mayonnaise 2 tablespoons ketchup 2 tablespoons sweet pickle relish 1 teaspoons sugar 1 teaspoon white vinegar 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

FOR BURGERS 1 pound ground beef, 70% lean Kosher salt and pepper 1 teaspoon vegetable oil 4 slices American cheese 4 hamburger buns, plus 4 hamburger bun bottoms 1/2 head iceberg lettuce, shredded 1/4 cup finely chopped onion 1/4 cup dill pickle chips, homemade or jarred

Prepare sauce: In small bowl, stir all the ingredients together. Taste and adjust seasonings.

Preheat oven to 250 degrees.

Prepare burgers: Divide ground beef into 8 2-ounce portions and gently form each into a large, loose ball. Do not form patties — you will be smashing the burgers in the pan.

Heat a cast-iron griddle or large stainless-steel skillet over mediumhigh until very hot, about 2 minutes (a drop of water should sizzle in the pan), then lightly brush with vegetable oil or butter.

Place 4 meat balls on the hot griddle and smash flat with a spatula for several seconds to form 4-inch patties. No worries if they’re not perfectly round, but they should be wide and flat; you want to sear the bottom of the patty into the heated cooking surface for around 10 seconds.

Season liberally with salt and cook patties, without touching, until the outer edges are brown, about 2 minutes. Flip patties, season with more salt and cook another minute or so, until burgers are medium-rare. Remove to an oven-proof plate and place in oven to keep warm.

Repeat with remaining 4 meat balls, adding a slice of cheese to each after the burgers are flipped. Cook until cheese starts to melt and burgers are medium-rare, about 1 minute.

Assemble burgers: Spread a generous amount of sauce over 4 bun bottoms, then top with a burger from the oven, pickles and lettuce. Place bun bottom on top of each burger, and spread a little more sauce on top. Add a cheeseburger, along with more lettuce, chopped onion and pickle chips, plus a little more sauce if you like your burgers really messy.

Top each burger with a top bun, and serve immediately, with plenty of napkins. Makes 4 burgers.

Restaurant supply stores are the best places to buy kitchen tools

By AARON HUTCHERSON Washington Post

If you’re looking for quality kitchen gadgets, a restaurant supply store is your best option. Scott Suchman/Washington Post

I love restaurant supply stores. Anytime I wander the aisles, I feel like a kid in a candy store and inevitably end up walking out with something to add to my ever-expanding pile of kitchen tools. (No, I do not want to talk about the wire storage shelf in my bedroom that houses the overflow from my kitchen cabinets.) Even if you aren’t quite the cooking fanatic that I am, there are many perks to checking out your

local restaurant supply store.

First things first: Yes, it is called a “restaurant supply store,” but you don’t necessarily need to work in the restaurant industry to shop at one.

(While some do require you to be part of an actual food business to shop, many are open to home cooks as well.) A simple Google search can help you find if there are any in your area - just make sure they are open to the public before visiting - and a number of them let you shop online, such as

WebstaurantStore, which touts itself as the largest online restaurant supply store.

What sets these stores apart from your standard home goods retailer? The selection.

They can carry just about any piece of kitchen equipment you can think of, such as pots and pans in all sorts of sizes and shapes, pizza peels, mini fluted quiche pans, food mills, giant party-sized ramekins, dishware and serving platters for your next soiree, and more. Whether for ordinary

or special use, you’re likely to find whatever you’re looking for at one of these vendors.

The price and quality are often hard to beat, too. Items sold at restaurant supply stores are meant to withstand the wear and tear of professional kitchens. If they can survive hundreds of busy restaurant shifts (depending on the item), they should be able to handle whatever you throw at them while making meals See TOOLS C6

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Four tools to help you track your books

By ANGELA HAUPT

on my radar, but all appealed to me.

Stellar recommendations aside, StoryGraph — which is free — also allows users to categorize books into various piles, such as “currently reading,” and create yearly reading goals.

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Serious readers, much like sports fans, often relish keeping track of stats. Many turn to Goodreads, a large social cataloguing website that allows users to log, discuss, review and rate the books they read.

(Goodreads is owned by Amazon, whose founder, Jeff Bezos, owns The Washington Post.)

But increasingly, there are websites and apps beyond Goodreads for analyzing your reading habits. Whether you want to boost your reading speed, keep track of your growing personal library or find just the right book to fit your mood, here are four reading tools to consider.

BOOKLY

LITSY Instagram already has a thriving literary community where people post photos of and talk about books. Litsy, a book-centric social network, takes that to the next level. On the free app, you can follow other readers to cultivate a steady stream of bookish content. It looks like a pared-down version of Instagram — minus the occasional kid or dog photo.

When readers post about a book, they can rate it “pick,” “so-so,” “pan” or “bailed.”

Each post is directly attached to that book’s searchable catalogue page, where you can add it to your list. The search function works well. I typed in Emily Henry’s novel “Beach Read,” and thumbed through pretty photos of the book beside a dog, next to a scrumptious muffin and — fittingly — on a beach.

Some photos simply featured favorite passages.

Everyone who joins Litsy starts with 42 “Litfluence” points, which indicate how influential you are on the platform. You can collect more by logging books that you’ve read and receiving likes or

Reading tools can help you whether you want to boost your reading speed, keep track of your growing personal library or find just the right book to fit your mood. Vecteezy.com

comments on your posts. I have yet to reach influencer status, but I did find the app an upgrade from my usual mindless scrolling — I emerged from my screen every evening with a few new, quality additions to my reading list.

LIBRARYTHING If you obsess over your home library and thrive on organization, LibraryThing might suit your needs.

The platform, available on the Web and as an app, recently dropped its membership fees and is now free. Getting started is easy: Import your books from Goodreads, plug them in manually or scan the bar codes on your physical copies using your phone’s camera. You can also

catalogue movies and music.

While sites like Goodreads are convenient for keeping track of what you read, LibraryThing is an excellent place to keep track of what you own. You can organize books into different collections and add tags to note whether you own a certain title or borrowed it. For example, you might categorize books to indicate that they’re on your living room bookshelf or in a box in the basement. (I like that I can also log library books I’d like to own, so if I come across something interesting at a book sale, I can easily confirm I need it.)

LibraryThing’s recommendations are great: Its No. 1 pick for me was “The Vanishing Half” by Brit Bennett, which I devoured. The site also fosters a

nice sense of community: One popular group, called “Name That Book,” is designed to help people remember the name of a book they once read. “Girl sent to island for being sick,” a recent query read. (It turned out to be “The Scourge” by Jennifer A. Nielsen.) On message boards, there is near-constant chatter about every bookish matter you could imagine.

THE STORYGRAPH Whether a book resonates often depends on how you’re feeling when you pick it up. The website StoryGraph delivers on a big promise: to steer you toward books that fit your mood.

After signing up, I filled out a survey that included a dozen questions, including: What

are your favorite genres? What characteristics do you appreciate the most in books right now?

(Options: plot twists; womenheavy cast of characters; morally ambiguous characters.) What turns you off from a book? (Flat characters; confusing ending; dense writing.)

I whittled my recommendations down by noting what I was in the mood for (“funny” and “light-hearted”), whether I wanted fiction or nonfiction (fiction), and number of pages (300-499).

My selections generated a list of books that was remarkably spot-on. It included “Breaking Out of Bedlam” by Leslie Larson, “Ghosts” by Dolly Alderton and “Super Host” by Kate Russo. None had previously been

If you think of reading as a competitive sport, you’ll appreciate Bookly, an app that doubles as a personal trainer.

The goal: to make reading a habit and increase your “performance” — which basically means reading more often and, ideally, faster.

Bookly’s app is easy to navigate and centers on a timer that keeps track of reading sessions.

When you’re done reading, the app prompts you to log what page you’re on and calculates how much longer it will take you to finish the book.

Bookly is a statistician’s delight: You can comb through reports on your reading speed and compare your performance on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. The app is also big on goals.

I entered that I wanted to read for 30 minutes a day, and I set an alarm to get a friendly nudge if I hadn’t done so by 8:30 p.m.

The app’s tone is chirpy and encouraging — “Hey! It’s reading time,” it announces, in a notification with a smiley face and book emoji. Half an hour later, when I hadn’t resumed reading, another appeared: “With 21 pages to go, you need 10 minutes of reading time to finish your book today.”

Bookly is free to use, but there’s also a paid version. It offers additional perks such as PDF summaries of your stats, including your best reading day and all-time fastest speed — which sounds like the literary version of a baseball card.

Angela Haupt is a freelance writer and health editor.

‘The Very Nice Box’ is a very funny office satire

By ANGELA HAUPT Washington Post

By Eve Gleichman and Laura Blackett Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

368 pp. $25 “The Very Nice Box,” by Eve Gleichman and Laura Blackett, is a very funny debut — and perhaps the most original office satire of the year.

It takes place mostly at STÄDA, a Brooklyn-based company clearly modeled on real-life behemoths. STÄDA makes affordable Swedish furniture with agreeable names: Its bestsellers include the Encouraging Desk Chair, Courteous Dishrag, Dependable Drying Rack, Accommodating Garbage Bin and Practical Sofa.

At STÄDA’s headquarters, the conference room — “imagination room” — is equipped with a “neg alarm” triggered any time someone says “no,” “but” or “can’t.” The Wellness Kitchen is stocked with spring water infused with fruit; colleagues chat with each other on S-Chat, the company’s inhouse instant messenger.

STÄDA employees undergo mandatory personality testing that determines their leadership color — yellow means outgoing; blue is analytical. Staffers buy color-coded knickknacks for their desks,

dress in their colors and use them to introduce themselves.

(Go ahead and roll your eyes, but know that you risk a neg alarm.)

The ridiculousness isn’t lost on the novel’s protagonist, Ava. “Am I in a cult?” she wonders vaguely in the opening pages. It’s an excellent question.

Ava is a queer 30-something engineer who designs storage containers with “perfect dimensions and ingenious lids.” She’s practical and competent and has no patience for social niceties. Since her fiance, Andie, died a few years prior, she’s channeled her grief into her work, breaking her days into 30-minute units: one for breakfast and coffee; 16 at work; another spent walking her dog. Her lifestyle suits her.

It’s a predictable existence, until a shiny new employee arrives, mesmerizing the office.

Mat is a “literal Adonis” — a wildly handsome and charismatic sort who speaks in self-help platitudes. “He had a puppyish energy that alarmed her,” Gleichman and Blackett write. “He was the type of man who would accidentally drop a baby and immediately be forgiven.” He’s the corporate bro of Ava’s nightmares, and though he’s younger than her and fresh out of graduate

school, he’s going to be her boss.

In his first few days at the office, Mat has pool tables and a shuffleboard court installed; he adds grass-fed jerky and electrolyte-heavy drinks to the Salty Kitchen. He implements marketing-centric “Yes, And” meetings, which the engineers loathe. His favorite catchphrase is “one thousand percent” — as in, “we can one thousand percent market this as the box for minimalists.”

Or, “That guy is one thousand percent the worst.”

Inexplicably, despite her immediate visceral reaction, Ava is drawn to him. Stranger yet, they become friends.

Soon, they’re in her Principled Bed. The romance is startlingly out of the character for Ava, and demands some suspension of belief. If you go with it, you’ll start to get weirded out

by Mat: Yes, he’s a cringeworthy caricature of male-entitlement, but there’s also something sinister about him.

Mat spends his free time at Good Guys meetings, which is similar to Alcoholics Anonymous, minus the alcohol. “It helps guys like me get back on their feet and keep up selfcare regimens and do good in the world,” he tells Ava. “You know, good guys who have had some rough times.”

Ava occasionally has doubts about her new boyfriend, in part spurred by warnings from her lone office friend, who calls him dangerous. But her company-supplied therapist

offers prompt reassurances: “Who could you be if you allowed yourself to be pleasantly surprised? Who could you be if you stepped out of your comfort zone?”

Clearly, the relationship will implode. A tense anticipation hums over much of the novel, foreshadowing a big reveal about Mat’s true intentions.

The satire itself would have been enough to make the book work; the suspense heightens its stakes and makes it something else entirely.

There’s no way to put “The Very Nice Box” into, well, a box. It’s a parody that feels like an extended inside joke; it’s a thriller, a romance and a quirky coming-of-age saga.

Gleichman and Blackett are trying to make a lot of points: about gender disparities in the workplace; about corporate responsibility; about gentrification. About insidious male toxicity and queer representation. That’s enough for several books, and some plotlines feel rushed, or like too much of a stretch.

But the novel’s witticisms and smart takes help it shine, and its empathetic commentary on grief humanizes it. Ava has closed herself off for years, and watching her open back up is satisfying.

Plus, who can resist a novel that takes down an entitled man-child in absurdly grand fashion?

Very Nice, indeed.

Angela Haupt is a freelance writer and health editor.

Publisher’s Weekly best-sellers Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended July 17, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by NPD BookScan.

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. The Cellist. Daniel Silva. Harper 2. The Last Thing He Told Me. Laura Dave. Simon & Schuster 3. It’s Better This Way. Debbie Macomber.

Ballantine 4. The Paper Palace. Miranda Cowley

Heller. Riverhead 5. Nine Lives. Danielle Steel. Delacorte 6. The President’s Daughter. Clinton/ Patterson. Little, Brown and Knopf 7. Malibu Rising. Taylor Jenkins Reid.

Ballantine 8. The Adventure Zone: The Crystal Kingdom. Clint McElroy et al. First Second 9. The Midnight Library. Matt Haig.

Viking 10. The Personal Librarian. Benedict/ Murray. Berkley

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. American Marxism. Mark R. Levin.

Threshold 2. How I Saved the World. Jesse Watters.

Broadside 3. Landslide. Michael Wolff. Holt 4. Frankly, We Did Win This Election.

Michael C. Bender. Twelve 5. This Is Your Mind on Plants. Michael Pollan. Penguin Press 6. Killing the Mob. O’Reilly/Dugard. St. Martin’s 7. What Happened to You? Perry/ Winfrey. Flatiron/Oprah

8. Subpar Parks. Amber Share. Plume 9. Greenlights. Matthew McConaughey.

Crown 10. Trejo. Danny Trejo. Atria

MASS MARKET 1. A Time for Mercy. John Grisham. Dell 2. Once upon a Time in Hollywood.

Quentin Tarantino. Harper Perennial 3. The Boy from the Woods. Harlan Coben. Grand Central 4. The Institute. Stephen King. Pocket 5. Daddy’s Girls. Danielle Steel. Dell 6. Close to You. Nora Roberts. Silhouette

7. The Gossip. Nancy Bush. Zebra 8. Susannah’s Garden. Debbie Macomber. Mira 9. NYPD Red 6. Patterson/Karp. Grand Central 10. Shakeup. Stuart Woods. Putnam

TRADE PAPERBACK 1. The Adventure Zone: The Crystal Kingdom. Clint McElroy et al. First Second 2. People We Meet on Vacation. Emily Henry. Berkley 3. Where the Crawdads Sing. Delia Owens. Putnam

4. Chainsaw Man, Vol. 1. Tatsuki Fujimoto. Viz 5. The Silent Patient. Alex Michaelides.

Celadon 6. Anxious People. Fredrik Backman.

Washington Square 7. The Shadow. Patterson/Sitts. Grand Central 8. While We Were Dating. Jasmine Guillory. Berkley 9. A Time for Mercy. John Grisham.

Bantam 10. If It Bleeds. Stephen King. Scribner

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Goren bridge WITH BOB JONES ©2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC

BAD IDEA Neither vulnerable, South deals NORTH ♠8542 ♥ 832 ♦ Q984 ♣A6 WEST ♠QJ73 ♥J ♦ K 10 6 ♣75432

EAST ♠ 10 ♥ Q 10 9 7 6 ♦ J7532 ♣K8 SOUTH ♠AK96 ♥ AK54 ♦A ♣ Q J 10 9

The bidding: SOUTH WEST 2NT Pass 3♠ Pass

NORTH EAST 3♣ Pass 4♠ All pass

Opening lead: Jack of ♥ Today’s deal is from a face-to-face tournament in Tasmania last April, at a time when many COVID-19 restrictions were lifted in Australia. We are told that the country is back on lockdown as we write this.

When this deal was played, half of

the declarers made 10 tricks in a spade contract and half failed. We suspect the failures received a club lead. It is considered a bad idea to lead a singleton when you have four trumps.

Better to lead a long suit and try to set up a forcing defense. This declarer received a heart lead and was able to make his contract with careful timing.

South won the ace of hearts at trick one and ran the queen of clubs. East won with his king and returned the queen of hearts, covered with the king and ruffed by West. West exited safely with a club and declarer cashed the ace and king of spades, learning about the bad trump split. He then cashed two clubs, discarding a heart and a diamond from dummy. He led a heart, ruffing it in dummy, returned to his hand with a diamond, and ruffed his last heart. He thus scored both low trumps in dummy “en passant”. West could have ruffed anytime he wanted, but that would have been the last trick for the defense.

Declarer might have succeeded after a club lead with clairvoyant play, but many well-played hands would finish a trick short.

(Bob Jones welcomes readers’ responses sent in care of this newspaper or to Tribune Content Agency, LLC., 16650 Westgrove Dr., Suite 175, Addison, TX 75001.)

By Stella Wilder Born Sunday, you may be known as erratic, inconsistent, mercurial or even irresponsible, but these labels are most likely assigned to you by people who either do not know you well, have only heard of you through hearsay of some kind or who know you personally but cannot keep up with you — for you are one of the most energetic and active individuals born under your sign!

You are highly creative, and you’re always looking for new ways to express yourself.

You are never one to shrink from a challenge, and you are known for laughing in the face of danger. That doesn’t mean you don’t recognize danger for what it is; on the contrary, you most certainly do recognize it — but like others born under your sign you are drawn to danger and compelled to challenge yourself by embracing it.

Also born on this date are: Dustin Hoffman, actor; Esther Williams, swimmer and actress; Connie Stevens, actress; Mel Tillis, singer and songwriter; Rory Calhoun, actor; Emiliano Zapata, war hero.

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.

MONDAY, AUGUST 9 LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — What you are trying to do is new to many people, and the road ahead of you is likely to be bumpier than you suppose — but you won’t be stopped!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Your personal affairs are likely to be affected by someone else’s, but in a way that is difficult to sound. You can’t afford to be impatient.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — You’re ready to take on more than others, but you must be careful not to let your eagerness overtake your common sense while you

work.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — You’ve misinterpreted a simple message and put others at risk as a result. Listen to what a friend has to offer, and reverse your course.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — You’ll have to take on more than others if you want to finish ahead of the pack by day’s end. You’ll get far by focusing on what you know.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Despite turning in an impressive performance — and under pressure, too — there will be those who are critical of your methods today.

AQUARIUS (Jan.20-Feb. 18) — It’s not what you say but how you say it that matters most today. You don’t want to turn anyone off because your approach is overwhelming.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — You may have come close to a premature end recently, but you’re ready to reclaim your place as a leader. Today’s events should go your way.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Getting things in the right order before dealing with each on its own merits will be trickier than you think — but you may receive help.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — You must be ready to move quickly in any direction today, as you’re likely to be faced with a challenge that requires a nimble response.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — You’re in no mood to do things the way you’ve always done them, and yet you aren’t ready to try something new. What are others doing?

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — You’ve got a number of attractive options to consider today, but you must be sure to assess each one from the proper perspective.

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Seltzerland spreads fizzy fun across the U.S. Some fans are in it for more than just the party

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By EMILY HEIL Washington Post

Seltzerland, a traveling festival celebrating the fizzy alcoholic drink that has taken over the beverage world, sounds like a sherbet-hued novelty.

It conjures a mango-scented mythic land whose passport is an Instagrammed selfie and its lingua franca a Megan Thee Stallion bop. It sounds like a boozy theme park, a Brigadoon for 20-somethings, a fever dream of people who unironically aspire to make “Hot Vax Summer” happen.

But on Saturday, at the Washington stop on the circuit at the rolling green hills of the Rock Creek Golf Course, Seltzerland felt ... pretty chill.

Hundreds of people — and not just Gen Zers — braved a triple-digit heat index to sidle up to booths to sip samples from little plastic cups and discuss their contents’ flavor profiles and relative merits.

In other words, Seltzerland is basically a wine festival, just with a lower ABV and a few more bubbles. And, OK, maybe just a little more ‘gram content.

“One more second! Arm up!” Sandra Charles was stage-managing as she posed with friend Jamie Coleman in front of the photo-booth setup at the bright-orange Vizzy trailer.

Aside from nailing the perfect pose, the two 40-something women from Washington said they were actually there for the fizz.

“We like trying different kinds,” Charles said. “If I find one I like, I’ll buy her a six pack, and if she finds one, she buys me some, too. We’re seltzer friends.” A festival, with multiple vendors offering dozens of flavors they’ve never tried, sounded like an efficient way to expand their list of favorites.

They’re about halfway through the gauntlet, and so far, Coleman has discovered two new-to-her brands she liked: Press, which comes in sophisticated combinations including pineapple basil and blackberry hibiscus; and Bravazzi, which offers citrusy bubbles inspired by Italian sodas, and whose setup at the festival resembles a courtyard you’d see in a Tuscan village, complete with folding bistro chairs.

“I like that they’re both womenowned,” she said.

Two years after White Claw turned 2019 into the “Summer of Seltzer,” the beverage is still booming. Sales in 2020 topped $4 billion, according to Nielsen, eating into beer and wine sales. And that’s just the tip of the fruity spear: Goldman Sachs has said the category could reach a

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nothing more appropriately than, his mother’s pie crust.

His digestive organs have ground away on pie till a mutiny has sprung up, and the poor child is in terrible distress.”

The doctor would see him and diagnose Johnnie’s probably as chronic dyspepsia, which is to say indigestion.

What’s a poor mother to do?

Obviously, she will go to the apothecary to procure a tonic of some sort to relieve her boy’s pain. Neighbors would have suggested remedies to her, and nearly all of them would have involved bitters.

Johnnie would go to the store and “buy a great bottle of

Attendees drink samples at Seltzerland. Craig Hudson/Washington Post

After a year of no concerts, no festivals, no communal sweaty experiences like this, a live, in-person event was a welcome change. beer-dropping $30 billion in annual sales by 2025.

While White Claw and Boston Beer-owned Truly still dominate the market, new products from major beverage companies keep coming: Topo Chico this summer introduced a boozy version of its popular seltzer.

The company had a booth at Seltzerland, where it doled out sips of strawberry-guava and mango blends under strings of colorful lanterns that suggested a Mexican street fair. Jose Cuervo had the biggest display here, with an elaborate set that looked like a tropical bar, replete with a thatched roof and faux palm trees.

Many craft breweries have dipped their toes in the water, including D.C. Brau, which poured samples of its line of “Full Transparency” seltzers at the festival. And artisanal offerings abound. At Seltzerland, drinkers could try out Two Robbers, a Philadelphia-based brand that describes itself as “part beverage company, part art project” and features such varieties as watermelon-cucumber, and Drunk Fruit, a label founded by Asian American friends that boasts blends of yuzu and litchi.

bitters, possibly Hostetter’s.”

A brief digression — call it a digestion digression. Dr. J. Hostetter’s Celebrated Stomach Bitters were the bestselling bitters in the country throughout the second half of the 1800s. During the Civil War, they were sold to Union soldiers as “a positive protective against the fatal maladies of the Southern swamps and the poisonous tendency of the impure rivers and bayous.”

They were also 47% alcohol. That’s stronger than most bourbon.

Poor Johnnie will only find relief from the bitters for a few days, the story continues, and then will begin to console himself with alcohol without the bitters. From there, “his downward course is short.

“His heart-broken mother wonders why her boy would turn out to be such a drunkard. ... She does not see the steps from improper food to dyspepsia, from dyspepsia to bad medicine, and from thence to strong drink.”

The story is tragic, but the logic is irrefutable: Eating pie will inevitably turn you into a raging alcoholic.

Ally Bailey, left, and Courtney Walters have their photo taken. Craig Hudson/ Washington Post

Seltzerland resembles a live version of the lucrative competition playing out on grocery and liquorstore shelves and in bars around the country. Brands passed out stickers and koozies, hawked their wares with colorful signage and compelling origin stories, and generally tried to impress. Flush with options, customers kicked the tires and sipped.

Finding new flavors is part of the fun for Caroline Russell, a 30-year-old from Alexandria, Va. During quarantine, she liked watching videos of a TikToker trying out various cans. “So I thought, ‘I’ll try them, too!’” she said.

“Ugh, that was not embarrassing at

all to admit.”

Her friend, Meghan Costello, a 28-year-old from Arlington, was making sure not to drain the sample glass she was offered at the Fat Tire booth.

“This is a marathon,” she said, “not a sprint.” Before moving on, the two posed for pictures with a large inflatable dinosaur sporting a festive Hawaiian shirt.

Of course, what’s in the glasses is just part of the event’s appeal. After a year of no concerts, no festivals, no communal sweaty experiences like this, a live, in-person event was a welcome change. Seltzerland 2020 was canceled, but the 2021 edition was

salvaged, with organizers landing on the idea to hold many of them on golf courses, where they could spread out the booths over multiple holes.

And so Dwayne Smith was there for his birthday weekend. The 33-yearold and his fiancee, Nicole Smith, 27, came to Washington from Newport News, Va., to celebrate, and figured they would give it a try. Smith, who was wearing a giveaway straw hat from the Cuervo booth, mostly likes IPAs, but he’s curious about seltzers.

“I just thought, ‘Why not?’”

Once the samples started flowing, a party vibe set in. After all, this wasn’t just a glorified shopping trip.

Bean bags flew at various booths set up with lawn games. A woman in a white tube top had apparently made off with the blowup dinosaur from the Fat Tire booth. She was strolling around with it casually tucked under her arm like some kind of outsize clutch purse, dousing herself and the T. rex with a bottle of water to ward off the heat.

Meanwhile, a guy at the Topo Chico booth was attempting an advanced photo shoot. He wanted a photo of himself catching a miniature Frisbee branded with the company’s logo. This proved to be a difficult feat, but after a few attempts, he checked his buddy’s screen and was satisfied with the result.

At the end of the circuit, a group of friends gathered for a post-mortem.

But they didn’t compare selfies or debate captions. They had been sipping dozens of seltzers for a couple of hours, but no one was sloppy. (That is one of seltzer’s biggest selling points.)

Instead, the group shared notes on their favorite drinks from the day, consulting photos to jog their memories and to inspire their next purchases. The lime-lemongrass from Press was a favorite. Everyone liked the Bravazzi.

Allison Hall, 26, of McLean, Va., noted that Jose Cuervo had the best setup and swag. “They had the bar and the hats and bandannas — and they had shade,” she said.

But these were discerning drinkers, and the poster kids for the mainstreaming of seltzer. Even the cleverest of merch wasn’t going to sway them. They drink other hard beverages — wine and liquor — and they said they aren’t loyal to any particular purveyor of bubbly booze.

“Not really,” said Elizabeth Gillett, a 27-year-old from Oakton, Va., when asked if she had a go-to brand. “I’ll buy something if I see an interesting flavor — or a really good sale.”

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for your household. On top of that, they’re often available at the fraction of the price of what you can find elsewhere since restaurant supply stores act primarily as wholesalers to businesses buying in bulk.

Your first restaurant-supply shopping experience can be intimidating, whether in person or online. Larger stores have so much to offer that they can feel overwhelming, and if you’re after the prettiest kitchen supplies out there, you should look elsewhere (unless you’re really into the industrial chic aesthetic). But the price, selection and durability of the cookware you’ll find is well worth it in the end.

Here are some of the items you should pick up on your next trip, along with a couple to avoid. n Sheet pans and wire racks.

These are workhorses in my kitchen. I use them to bake cookies, roast meats and vegetables, cook sheet pan meals, drain fried foods, and more.

They come in a range of sizes, and while you might think you should buy the “full” size, those are actually too large for standard residential ovens. Go with “half” (13-by-18-inches) or smaller pans and accompanying wire racks. I’ve become particularly fond of quarter sheet pans when cooking meals for one. WebstaurantStore sells individual sheet pans for just over $5 each, whereas other places online list them for double that amount or more. n Storage containers.

Need some cooking supplies? Head to the nearest restaurant supply store. Pexels

One of the benefits of the containers found at restaurant supply stores is that they are designed to nest, meaning that they are easier to organize and will take up less space in your cupboards. If you’re like me, you already have a collection of the pint- and quart-sized deli containers you get from takeout, which are great for storing and freezing sauces, soups and stocks.

If you’re looking for something more sturdy, the plastic containers from Cambro are the standard in many restaurant kitchens. They can be either square or round and come in sizes ranging from 1 to 22 quarts, with the larger sizes being particularly useful for storing dry goods such as flour, sugar, rice and beans. Some people also love the rectangular metal containers meant to be used as steam table inserts. n Stainless-steel mixing

bowls.

They’re cheap, lightweight and durable — what more could you ask for? Well, since you asked, they are offered in an array of sizes that are great for holding your mise en place or tossing a large salad for your next dinner party. The cherry on top is that they are sold individually, allowing you to buy only what you need versus being beholden to an entire set of bowls as at some retail home stores. n Pots and pans.

You can find an array of cheap, heavy-bottomed stainless-steel cookware, carbonsteel pans and woks for all of your high-heat cooking needs and affordable-yet-egg-cooking-worthy nonstick pans. As Daniel Gritzer wrote in Serious Eats, “Just like toothbrushes and underwear, you should approach nonstick cookware with the intention of replacing

it often.” n Kitchen tools.

This is where things can go off the rails. There are whisks of all sizes — from tiny ones that look like they’re meant for toddlers to gigantic ones fit to stir a cauldron. You can find all manner of knives, but I’d recommend paring and serrated knives the most as they are best replaced once they’ve gone dull. You can easily find large, thick and sturdy cutting boards that aren’t prone to warping.

One of my personal favorites are dishers, a.k.a. scoops, which I use often for portioning batter into muffin tins and cookie dough. They’re much sturdier than other cookie scoops I’ve tried. This is just the tip of the iceberg! Some other items worth your consideration include vegetable peelers, tongs, spiders, nut crackers, squeeze bottles and thermometers. n What to avoid. Restaurant supply stores are great for many things, but there are a few items that home cooks are better off buying elsewhere, particularly when it comes to appliances.

Restaurant stoves aren’t as well insulated as those meant for residential use, and installing one may void your home insurance policy. And though an industrial refrigerator sounds like a great idea, they can be extremely noisy and are likely to make you regret a decision to buy one when you’re trying to sleep.

Whether you are on a budget and in need of arming your kitchen cheaply, or a food- and cooking-obsessed home cook in need of a special piece of equipment for your next recipe project, restaurant supply stores are the places to go.