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COXSACKIE — In the midst of a lawsuit, the Coxsackie Town Board revived discussion of its solar law Tuesday night.

Friends of Flint Mine Solar, a group that represents 25 landowners, is suing the town of Coxsackie claiming the law it passed in November to bar development of most solar energy farms is illegal.

Friends of Flint Mine Solar including group president Giuseppina Agovino and members Luciano Agovino, Eric Meier, Diane Oringer, Franker Orginer and Mary Lou Zimmer-

man filed the lawsuit March 11 in state Supreme Court.

The lawsuit names the town of Coxsackie and Town Supervisor Richard Hanse as defendants.

The town has issued a response to the complaint and Friends of Flint Mine Solar’s attorney has until June 28 to respond, Giuseppina Agovino said.

“If an agreement can’t be made, we’ll go to court,” she said.

Giuseppina Agovino is unsure why the town is revisiting the law.

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In this Sept. 14, 2018, file photo, Eric Voellm of Coxsackie, far left, in red, speaks about his support for solar projects to the members of Saving Greene.

The Friends of Flint Mine Solar filed a lawsuit against the town of Coxsackie claiming its local law barring construction of most solar-energy farms is illegal.

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HUDSON PRIDE PARADE celebrates 10 years

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OutHudson’s annual Pride Parade brings lots of color to Warren Street each year.

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HUDSON — When Charlie Ferrusi was crowned prom king and another boy crowned queen at Hudson High School a decade ago, he didn’t think about making history.

To him, what stuck out in his mind was the affirmation that will stay with him forever: He knew he was accepted by his peers. The honor earned him one of the spots as grand

marshal in the first OutHudson Pride Parade in 2010.

“I am lucky to have grown up in Hudson,” Ferrusi said.

“Thinking back to my 16- and 17-year-old self, it showed me there is a local, loving community of people that will support you, and that Columbia County is a safe place for young people to come out.”

Ferrusi, now 26, shows his appreciation by helping to plan Pride Festival in June

each year. The week-long celebration of the LGBTQ community in Hudson is organized by OutHudson.

The parade is part of OutHudson Pride Festival, which started Wednesday and runs until Sunday, and features 12 events at different locations around the city, sponsored by OutHudson.

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Charlie Ferrusi and a fellow male student were honored as Hudson City School District’s first male Prom King and Queen. The students were honored by becoming grand marshals in Hudson’s first-ever Pride Parade, hosted by OutHudson.

State eliminates vaccination exemptions

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Members of the American Medical Association voted this week to support state policies that would allow minors to override their parent’s objections to vaccinations.

ALBANY — State lawmakers ended religious and other nonmedical exemptions for immunizations, but the vote in the Legislature drew strong opposition from advocates for religious freedom.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the bill into law Thursday, according to a press release issued by his office.

“I support vaccination and encourage everyone to vaccinate their children. However, this bill restricts an individual’s personal freedom to exercise their religious beliefs — a right that is protected by our Constitution,” state Sen. George Amedore Jr., R-46, said.

Supporters of the bill say it is designed to combat the ongoing measles epidemic,

the “most significant measles outbreak in over 25 years,” according to a statement from the state Senate.

“By eliminating all nonmedical vaccine exemptions, we can better protect Hudson Valley families and help contain New York’s measles outbreak,” Assemblywoman Didi Barrett, D-106, said. “Over the last century we have seen that vaccines do work; they have virtually eradicated a host of highly contagious, potentially fatal diseases in our country and around the world. Infants and individuals with immune disorders can’t be vaccinated and rely on the rest of us to help them stay healthy. This legislation is about public health and safety.”

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to have solar at their homes or for commercial solar.”

Utility-scale solar projects will be permitted in commercial and industrial zones, Hanse said.

“These projects are not bound by our zoning laws,” Hanse said. “The state siting board can supersede them.”

Gov. Andrew Cuomo passed a law granting this authority in 2011.

“Article 10 provides for the siting review of new and repowered or modified major electric generating facilities in New York state by the Board on Electric Generation Siting and the Environment in a unified proceeding instead of requiring a developer or owner of such a facility to apply for numerous state and local permits,” according to dps.ny.gov.

Giuseppina Agovino is hopeful that an agreement can be reached between the parties.

“Everyone in the community is trying to get on,” Agovino said. “We’re trying to find the best way to have solar and protect our community at the same time. That’s what we’d like the town to understand. If we could find a suitable compromise to help everybody, that would be the best approach.”

The town board is waiting for word from the Greene County Planning Board before voting on the law, Hanse said.

ing at the Spotty Dog Books & Ale, 440 Warren St., or a movie screening at House Rules Cafe, 757 Columbia St., businesses throughout the city have jumped at the chance to host events to help support the festival throughout the week, Ferrusi said. That’s an encouraging thought for the LGBTQ community, he said.

Fourth Ward Alderman Rich Volo is one of the organizers for Pride happenings in the city and finds the event inspiring for young people.

“When I was growing up, I was bullied almost daily — that probably gave me the best training for Hudson politics,” Volo said. “It’s not right, and boys and girls should be able to express themselves, outside of standard gender roles and defini-

tions, without fear.”

“Growing up in a small city, where a Pride parade is an annual event, where everyone attends, helps these kids understand that they have the support of their community, so that they can grow up free to be themselves,” Volo said.

To that end, OutHudson annually sponsors a $1,000, four-year college scholarship for LGBTQ teens and their allies who are supporting or doing work on the topic.

Political affiliations and divides are dropped at the parade, Ferrusi said.

“I think for our local residents, it is not a partisan parade,” Ferrusi said. “It is really a parade that reflects the diversity of Hudson. It shows people have our backs

regardless.”

On Saturday, Etsy will be hosting a family craft fair from 3 to 6 p.m. at Promenade Hill Park. Poke the Bear will be on stage at Or Gallery & Tavern from 3 to 6 p.m.

Sherry Vine @ Club Helsinki, 405 Columbia St. Admission is $25; doors open at 5 p.m. and the show starts at 7 p.m.

The show Faeries, Freaks & Fantasies will be held at Basilica Hudson, 100 S. Front St., from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. Admission is $10.

On Sunday, a Tea Dance will be held at Red Dot, 321 Warren St., from 4 to 9 p.m.

To reach reporter Amanda Purcell, call 518-828-1616 ext. 2500, or send apurcell@ thedailymail.net, or tweet to @amandajpurcell.

save lives and ensure that preventable diseases do not become epidemics in our state.”

Robert Ross, of Hudson, said he was in favor of the measure.

“It’s scary to think that measles could make a comeback,” Ross said. “I think everyone should be vaccinated.”

There have been 1,022 cases of measles in 22 states, with 588 confirmed cases in New York City and 334 confirmed cases in other areas of the state, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Over 90% of measles cases in the United States occurred in New York state, according to the state Senate statement.

But opponents of the legislation say it is a matter of religious freedom. State Sen. Daphne Jordan, R-43, voted against the bill.

“I believe that vaccinations are important and I encourage everyone to get vaccinated. My two boys have had all of their vaccinations,” Jordan said. “However, our country was founded on the principle of religious freedom and this fundamental American value should be preserved and protected.

The law up until yesterday was not automatic for those seeking religious exemptions, but at least considered

for those who sought it.

Unfortunately, that consideration was ripped away by passage of the bill.”

Assemblyman Jake Ashby, R-107, said he voted against the bill because he wants “to see the religious exemption remain as it is a personal freedom issue.”

New York is added to a short list of states that do not allow immunization exemptions on religious grounds, including California, West Virginia, Mississippi and Arizona.

In addition to those who oppose the law based on religious grounds, there was also opposition from vaccine skeptics.

During the 2017-18 school year, 26,217 students in public, private and parochial schools, child care centers, nursery schools and prekindergarten programs in New York state had religious exemptions, according to the state Department of Health.

The New York Times News Service contributed to this report.

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cially eradicated in the United States in 2000, but there have been flare-ups of the disease.

The most recent outbreak is centered around New York City, with the majority of cases found in Brooklyn and Rockland County.

Many cases originated in Orthodox Jewish communities where “vaccine symposiums” have featured speakers that encouraged people to shun vaccinations.

To date in the Twin Counties, there has been one reported case of measles this year; the patient, a Greene County resident who traveled to Brooklyn and made a full recovery, according to state health officials. The patient has not been identified.

The bill passed in the state Legislature on Thursday would eliminate religious exemptions as excuses for not getting vaccinated.

“Vaccines save lives,” said state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, D-35. “The fact that New York state has the overwhelming majority of these measles cases is shameful, and we must step up to protect New Yorkers’ health.

The legislation advanced by the Senate Majority will help

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Valley to host a Pride parade.

This year, Poughkeepsie celebrated its first Pride Parade on Main Street.

The Hudson parade will step off at 2 p.m. Saturday from 7th Street Park and head down Warren Street.

This year, the parade will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in New York City, a series of violent demonstrations by members of the gay community against a police raid that began June 28, 1969, at the popular nightspot known as the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village.

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are zoned commercial and industrial,” Agovino wrote.

“High-voltage power lines and the railroad tracks cut most of the land. Our viewsheds, and our neighbors’ viewsheds, consist mostly of the Athens Generating Plant, maximum and minimum security prison, gun shop, 9W, high-voltage power lines, two shooting ranges with a third being built by the correctional facility, the train tracks and abandoned lands. Not very scenic now, is it?”

Resident Helen Meier personally addressed Councilman Michael Veeder, who owns Kool-Temp Heating and Cooling in Coxsackie, in her correspondence to the board June 11.

“Solar power is a good thing, right Mr. Veeder?” she wrote. “I am assuming that if solar panels were so dangerous, you would not be selling them. I doubt that you would be installing these panels on people’s homes if they were going to poison people, be a serious fire danger or any of the other dozens of reasons I have been given as to why this is a terrible thing.”

Veeder, along with Planning Board Chairman Bruce Haeussler, headed the committee that produced the law, Hanse said.

“I think it’s a quite good law,” Hanse said. “It really answers the needs for people to be able

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“We don’t know if they’re going to pass it again or not pass it,” she said. “No one is sure what they’re doing.”

Town Supervisor Richard Hanse said the law is being reintroduced because of a technicality.

“The law is worded exactly the same,” he said. “We needed to do a more thorough state Environmental Quality Review.

We still didn’t find any adverse environmental impacts from the law but we can’t add a new SEQRA without reintroducing the law.”

Agovino agreed that the town did not follow proper procedure when assessing the environmental impact the first time.

“They did not look at the positive impact on the land,” she said, adding that another solar farm underway by the Greene County Industrial Development Agency was found to have positive impacts when a proper review was performed.

Coxsackie’s Local Law No. 2 will regulate solar farms in terms of the placement, design, construction and operation of solar-energy systems and ensure there will be no significant impacts on the environment or the town’s aesthetic qualities

and character.

The town zoning code previously allowed solar projects within Residential Agricultural 2 zones.

Flint Mine Solar, the namesake of the group, will mean new revenue opportunities for the aging farming community or for farmers with unfertile land, Agovino said.

The 100-megawatt solar farm proposed by Hudson Energy Development also offers the community $750,000 a year for the life of the project, she said.

Resident David Meier wrote to the town board June 11 in support of the project.

“Solar power is an up-andcoming industry that will help save our planet and give our children and grandchildren a cleaner environment in which to live,” Meier wrote. “If you have done your homework, you are aware of the fact that the Flint Mine project, for the most part, cannot be seen. It is a well-camouflaged array of solar panels hidden behind hills and trees that already exist. In the case that they will be slightly seen, trees and berms are planned to offset the problem.”

The viewshed in question is lacking in aesthetics, Agovino wrote to the board in a letter June 11.

“The project will be located along the 9W industrial corridor, between properties that

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CALENDAR Monday, June 17 n Athens Town Board 6:45 p.m. at the

Town Hall, 2 First St., Athens n Greene County Legislature economic development and tourism; Gov. Ops.; finance and Rep. and Dem. Caucus 6 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 4th Floor, 411 Main St., Catskill n Greenville Town Board 7 p.m. at the Town Hall, 11159 Route 32, Pioneer Building, Greenville

Tuesday, June 18 n Athens Village Planning Board 6:30

p.m. at Village Hall, 2 First St., Athens n Durham Town Board 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 7309 Route 81, East Durham n Hunter Town Board 7 p.m. at the Town Hall, 5748 Route 23A, Tannersville

Wednesday, June 19 n Catskill Central School District BOE 7 p.m. in the CHS Library, 341 West Main St., Catskill n Catskill Library Board 6:45 p.m. at either the Catskill Library, 1 Franklin St., Catskill or Palenville Library, 3303 Route 23A, Palenville n Catskill Town Board committee meeting 6:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill n Greene County Legislature regular meeting No. 6 6:30 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 4th Floor, 411 Main St., Catskill

Thursday, June 20 n Coxsackie-Athens Central School

District BOE 6:30 p.m. in the High School Library, 24 Sunset Blvd., Coxsackie n Coxsackie Village Planning Board 7 p.m. at Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie n Greene County Legislature CWSSI panel meeting 4 p.m. Emergency Services Building, Cairo

Monday, June 24 n Greenville Central School District

BOE 6:30 p.m. MS/HS Library, 4976 Route 81, Greenville

Chatham firefighters honored for bravery

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ALBANY — Four Chatham firefighters were honored Saturday for their bravery in rescuing several people from a burning apartment complex for seniors and people with disabilities last year on Mother’s Day. Four Chatham firefighters were honored by the American Legion, Department of New York District 3, as the District 3 Firefighting Unit of the Year. The firefighters, Chief Paul Rideout, Assistant Chief Eric Barnes, Alex Horst and Greg Horst, were awarded certificates of distinction, which were presented by Commander Gary Schacher, and Law and Order Committee Chairman Jeffrey French. The ceremony was held at the Joseph E. Zaloga Post No. 1520 in Albany.

“Although we are very honored to receive this award, this was a team effort,” Rideout said. “I am extremely proud of all our firefighters. I thank all of our volunteers that respond every time the alarm rings.”

The fatal fire occurred on May 13.

Chatham Fire Department was dispatched to the blaze, which broke out in a first-floor apartment of the Chatham Manor Apartments at 18 School St. at 8:26 a.m.

The fire started in a hallway near the bedroom of apartment No. 7. Smoke and heat quickly spread throughout the entire wing.

Three tenants were rescued and 28 others were able to escape the fire.

The School Street complex has 32 apartments for senior and disabled residents. Thirty-one of the 32 were occupied.

Rideout and Barnes set a hose line

Four Chatham firefighters were honored by the American Legion, Department of New York District 3, as the District 3 Firefighting Unit of the Year. The firefighters were awarded certificates of distinction, which were presented by Commander Gary Schacher, and Law and Order Committee Chairman Jeffrey French.

The ceremony was held at the Joseph E. Zaloga Post No. 1520 in Albany.

into the apartment to extinguish heavy fire and attempt to rescue trapped victims. Firefighters Alex Horst and Greg Horst found and rescued a man in a wheelchair. Firefighters went on to save two more victims trapped by heavy smoke.

The man in the wheelchair, Dennis O’Mara, 71, of Chatham, suffered significant burns over most of his body, and later died in the burn unit of Westchester Medical Center at 9:30 p.m.

“When they [fire crews] pulled him out of the building, he was unconscious,” Assistant Chef Eric Barnes said Sunday. “He inhaled smoke and toxins.”

The fire was put out by 8:45 a.m., and it was contained to the one apartment. Seven other apartments in the same wing received significant heat and smoke damage.

Several lives were saved and eight

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Four Chatham firefighters were honored Saturday for their bravery in rescuing several people from a burning apartment complex for seniors and people with disabilities last year on Mother’s Day.

apartments that were damaged in the fire were able to be repaired.

“The residents of the village of Chatham are very lucky to have such a dedicated and well-trained group of volunteers that risk their lives all while

leaving their own families home,” Howe said. “This group of firefighters went above and beyond this day, but it is what they and all of our volunteers do for the better of our communities’ every day.”

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Tuesday, June 25 n Catskill Town Planning Board 7 p.m.

at Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill

Wednesday, June 26 n Athens Village Board 6:30 p.m. at

Village Hall, 2 First St., Athens n Catskill Village Board 7 p.m. at the Senior Center, Academy Street, Catskill n Greene County Legislature workshop 6 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 4th Floor, 411 Main St., Catskill

Monday, July 1 n Athens Town Board 6:45 p.m. at the

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

STATE POLICE n Ian Green, 25, of Coxsackie, was arrested at 9 a.m.

June 11 in Cairo and charged with second-degree possession of contraband in prison, a class A misdemeanor, and first-degree possession of dangerous contraband in prison, a class D felony. He was held. n Harrison M. Gonnelly, 21, of Ballston Spa, was arrested at 2:55 a.m. June 12 in Coxsackie and charged with fourth-degree criminal possession of a

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narcotic drug and third-degree criminal possession of a narcotic drug with intent to sell, both class B felonies. His arrestee status is unknown. n Scott K. Albert, 26, of Greenville, was arrested at 6:38 p.m. June 12 in Greenville and charged with petty larceny, a class A misdemeanor. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Robert G. Pagan, 37, of Athens, was arrested at 12:20 a.m. June 13 in Coxsackie and charged with tampering with physical evidence, a class E felony; seventh-degree possession of a controlled substance and possession of a

hypodermic instrument, both class A misdemeanors; and for having a controlled substance in a non-original container, a violation. His arrestee status is unknown. n Brittney L. Wood, 31, of Athens, was arrested at 12:20 a.m. June 13 in Coxsackie and charged with tampering with physical evidence, a class E felony, and seventh-degree

criminal possession of a controlled substance, a class A misdemeanor. She was issued an appearance ticket. n Ricky A. Angier, 62, of South Cairo, was arrested at 10:44 p.m. June 13 in Catskill and charged with third-degree assault and criminal obstruction of breathing, both class A misdemeanors. He was issued an appearance ticket.

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Public Hearing on Code of Conduct and Safety Plan 5:45 p.m. in the CHS Library, 341 West Main St., Catskill

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n Athens Village Board 6:30 p.m. at Village Hall, 2 First St., Athens n Catskill Village Board 7 p.m. at the Senior Center, Academy Street, Catskill

Thursday, July 11 n Cairo Town Planning Board 7 p.m.

at the Town Hall, 512 Main St., Cairo

Monday, July 15 n Athens Town Board 6:45 p.m. at the

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controlled substance, a class C felony, seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a class A misdemeanor, and unlawful possession of marijuana, a violation.

He was held. n Cruz Rivera, 31, of Leeds, was arrested at 11 p.m. June 11 in Greenport and charged with second-degree criminal contempt, a class A misdemeanor.

He was released on his own recognizance. n Mark A. Burnett, 31, of Hudson, was arrested at 12:35 p.m. June 12 in Catskill and charged with third-degree criminal possession of a

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Stop, look and listen Assemblywoman Patricia Fahy, D-109, said at an Albany press conference Thursday that Greene County would be “a good candidate for this type of law.”

State Sens. Luis Sepulveda, D-32, and Jamaal Bailey, D-36, both from New York City, D-109, showed their support for the law at the press conference. Fahy and the senators are sponsoring either a Senate bill or its companion bill in the Assembly. The bills are also supported by Assemblymen Joseph Lentol, Mark Weprin, Michael Blake and Clifford Couch and Sens.

Zellnor Myrie and Julia Salazar, many of whom also hail from the Big Apple.

And what is “this type of law” Fahy alluded to at the press conference? The answer is a bill that would enable Greene County to

share a jail with a contiguous county.

“Greene County now has about 30 inmates and that’s expected to drop significantly with bail reform,” Fahy said Thursday. “I think Greene County would be right for shared services with, for example, Albany County.”

Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple said he sees the logic behind a shared jail but he stressed Greene County must support it.

“It does make sense but it’s a Greene County issue,” he said. “If they had a plan, then we could sit down.”

If we understand Apple’s comment, it means that Albany County would at least be willing to talk about a shared jail if Greene County developed a plan.

Fahy added that the $47 million to build the jail could be better spent else-

where.

“We know that localities are scrambling for money and that drug and opioid abuse services and related social services are needed,” she said. “I think that money could be better invested elsewhere.”

While Greene County officials make plans for a groundbreaking this month, elected officials from as far away as New York City are suggesting Greene County think this project through one more time. Assemblymen and senators who have never been here seem to know more about the situation than Greene County knows itself. Maybe it is not too late for Greene County officials dead set on building a $47 million white elephant to stop, look and listen.

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CBP has a lot to answer for The Washington Post

The government is collecting Americans’ faces, but it doesn’t know how to protect them. An announcement from Customs and Border Protection that a hacker had accessed photographs of travelers in a “malicious cyberattack” shows how important it is that the government better safeguard its citizens’ most sensitive data. But it also raises the question of whether authorities should be stockpiling that data at all.

The customs agency told reporters it could not release the name of the subcontractor it blamed for leaving vulnerable pictures of the license plates and faces of people in vehicles who recently entered and exited the country - and then included the subcontractor’s name in the document title of its public statement. Those license plates and faces themselves, it seems, were handled with similar carelessness. And though CBP says the data has not appeared on the “dark Web,” a cache of breached files from the implicated firm was being offered online last month

as a free download.

Customs and Border Protection has a lot to answer for, including why, if its subcontractor violated its security strictures, it did not catch the shortcomings. Government vendors are alluring targets for bad actors, but a convoluted procurement process can render technologies outdated by the time they actually are used. Agencies will either have to step up their systems for auditing partners’ security, or they will have to stop allowing third parties to handle sensitive information.

Agencies must also improve their own security practices, especially as data gathered by one agency travels through interconnected databases across government.

There’s another option, too: limit the creation of such tantalizing troves of citizens’ information. CBP says the hack disclosed this week compromised fewer than 100,000 people. That’s small comfort, because the Department of Homeland Security’s ambitions for data collection are much larger. CBP had gathered the later-stolen images at

a land port, but the agency is working on a “biometric entry-exit system” for air travelers - in layman’s terms, systematic face scans. The aim is to run the technology on almost all international passengers, or more than 100 million travelers per year. Faces are not the only information gathered at scale: Last week, the State Department announced that the United States would collect the social media usernames of 15 million visa applicants every year.

The line from officials is that the security benefits of these efforts outweigh the privacy concerns, but security is exactly what’s at risk when the government cannot take care of the information it hoovers up - and, oftentimes, retains for years or even decades.

No system can ever be entirely invulnerable, which is one reason among many that agencies must offer a more compelling rationale than they’re in the habit of providing for amassing Americans’ data. But before we even get that far, they must show they can do a better job at keeping that data safe.

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To beat Trump, Democrats must practice a politics of modesty WASHINGTON — “It is a great advantage to a president,” said the 30th of them, “and a major source of safety to the country, for him to know he is not a great man.”

Or, Calvin Coolidge would say today, a great woman.

While today’s incumbent advertises himself as an “extremely stable genius” and those who would replace him promise national transformation, attention should be paid to the granular details of presidential politics, which suggest that a politics of modesty might produce voting changes where they matter, and at least 270 electoral votes for a Democrat.

If the near future resembles the immediate past, which it often does, the Democratic nominee in 2020 will be, as the Republican nominee was in 2016, the person favored by the party faction for whom government is more a practical than an ideological concern. For Republicans in 2016, the faction — non-college whites — felt itself a casualty of an economic dynamism that has most benefited people who admire this faction least. In 2020, the decisive Democratic faction in the nomination contest is apt to be, as it was in 2016, African Americans, whose appraisal of government is particularly practical: What will it do regarding health care, employment, schools? For them, packing the Supreme Court, impeaching the president, abolishing the Electoral College and other gesturepromises probably are distractions. African Americans were at least 20% of the vote in 15 of the 2016 primaries, and in all the primaries combined they gave 76% of their votes to Hillary Clinton. This is why Trump did not get a chance to defeat Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who narrowly defeated Clinton among white voters in the primaries. These numbers

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WILL are from the National Journal’s Josh Kraushaar, who noted that in a 2016 Pew survey, “just 28% of AfricanAmerican Democrats identify as liberal, with a plurality describing themselves as moderate.” Some of that plurality surely resent the idea of reparations for slavery as a badge of an irremediable damage. And the importance of ensuring robust African American turnout for Democrats is illustrated by this fact: If in 2004 John Kerry had received as many black votes in Ohio as Barack Obama was to receive in 2008, Kerry would have been the 44th president.

Furthermore, in the 110day sprint between the end of the Democratic nominating convention in Milwaukee and Election Day, the earliest voting — this is subject to change — begins Sept. 18 in Minnesota and at least one fifth of 2020 voters will probably cast their ballots before Election Day. The decisive voters might be those who crave not transformation but restoration — the recovery of national governance that is neither embarrassing nor exhausting. So, the Democratic Party, the world’s oldest party, which for the first time in its history has won the popular vote in six of seven presidential elections, should be keenly focused on how to subtract states from Donald Trump’s 2016 roster, and to do so by carrying more than the 487 counties (out of 3,142) that Clinton carried. Democrats might

try to decipher the almost 41-point swing in northeast Iowa’s inscrutable Howard County, the only U.S. county that voted in a landslide for Obama over Mitt Romney (by 20.9 points) in 2012 and four years later in a landslide for Trump over Clinton (by 20.1 points).

Democrats must make amends with the 402 other counties that voted for Trump after voting for Obama at least once. This will require the Democrats’ progressive lions to lay down with the Democrats’ moderate lambs, a spectacle as biblical as it is inimical to progressives’ pride about their wokeness. They might, however, be encouraged to be more politically ecumenical by remembering this: In 2016, Clinton won cumulatively a million more votes than Obama did in 2012 in New York, Massachusetts and California, but won one million fewer than he received everywhere else.

Everything, however, depends on Democrats jettisoning, before they allow it to influence their selection of a candidate, their self-flattering explanation of 2016.

As William Voegeli, senior editor of the Claremont Review of Books, has written: “Ascribing the 2016 election to your opponents’ bigotry makes clear that the problem was not that Democrats didn’t do enough to deserve people’s votes, but that the people weren’t good enough to deserve Democrats’ governance. ... One imagines that, sooner rather than later, even Democrats will come to suspect that denigrating people until they vote for you lacks a certain strategic plausibility.” Sooner than the Milwaukee convention?

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An offer you refuse The Washington Post

“I think you might want to listen; there isn’t anything wrong with listening. If somebody called from a country, Norway, ‘We have information on your opponent,’ oh, I think I’d want to hear it,” President Donald Trump said during a Wednesday interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos. “You don’t call the FBI. . . . Give me a break - life doesn’t work that way.”

When Trump made objectionable remarks in the past, we wrote editorials imagining what a decent president would have said. We haven’t done that in a while; it is pointless to expect him to act presidential. But this instance is so disturbing that we think it is worth reminding ourselves once again of how a normal, law-respecting president would speak. Here is what a presidential president might have said: If there is one thing the past three years have shown, the only good answer to a foreign country offering dirt on your political opponent is to decline and immediately report the offer to the FBI. Our country is still enduring the fallout from Russian interference in

2016. It has cast a pall on my presidency and led to the indictment of former senior government and campaign officials. The last thing any president should do is encourage foreign meddling in our next presidential election.

That is why I denounce and renounce any foreign government seeking to aid my campaign, and I will not use any material they dig up, even if it might benefit me. I have instructed Republican campaign committees to spurn any scandal-mongering from foreign sources and to excise any such information from any campaign material. I also will insist that nonparty groups, such as super PACs, do not seek information or otherwise cooperate with foreign actors.

It is important for me to be clear on this, because it is not only a question of me or my campaign potentially breaking the law. It is also a matter of principle. Our political differences matter less than our commitment to one another as citizens loyal to the same constitutional order and committed to defending it in a world in which other states, friendly or unfriendly, pursue their own national interests.

As president, I will defend this principle from the same erosion of other norms we have seen as our politics have gotten sharper.

Moreover, as president,I have a unique responsibility to act in the best interests of the nation, not in the interests of a foreign government to which I am indebted - and not to my family company’s bottom line. That is why I did my best at the outset of my presidency to divest from businesses and other interests that could raise conflictof-interest concerns. That is why I released my tax returns and, beyond that, issued a thorough report on my remaining financial holdings.

That is why I removed myself and my family members from decision-making roles in my business, turning it over to an executive whom I do not consult. Americans deserve better than a president who takes money from foreigners and lobbyists at a hotel one day, then hands out government favors to them the next.

The country is going to have enough argument and disagreement over the next year and a half of campaigning. We don’t need any foreign “help” making it worse.

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Eddie Davis Eddie Davis 87, of Green- at the Shiloh Baptist Church port, died peacefully at home 14 Warren St Hudson, NY. on Friday June 7, Services will begin 2019. Born in Goldsat 1:00 PM with Rev. boro, NC on August Ronald Grant officiat8, 1931, he was the ing. Burial will follow son of the late Milton in Cedar Park CemGould and Daisy Daetery, Hudson, NY. vis. Eddie was a Heavy Funeral arrangements Equipment Operator are under the direction for N.Y.S.D.O.T. until of Sacco-McDonaldhis retirement. He was Valenti Funeral Home the loving husband of Davis Hudson, NY. To leave Betty J. (Summers) Davis at home. A Visiting online condolences visit: hour will be on Friday June 21, www.saccomcdonaldvalenti.

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Pamela Brock Lappies Pamela Brock Lappies, She is survived by her husfreelance developmental edi- band Jeffrey, sons Daniel and tor for educational publishers, Cristian and grandson Eli. She former teacher, and devoted is also survived by her sister spouse of Jeffrey Lappies, and brother-in-law Sandra and mother of Daniel and Cristian Vic Ramsey and step-brothLappies and granders Duane and Baird mother of Eli Lappies, Washburn and steppassed away June 9th sister Linda Thrasher at her home. She was and their families.

68. Born in BloomingShe is also survived ton, IL, she was the by her mother-in-law daughter of Elizabeth Jane Lappies and her and Sanford Brock. sister-in-law Sally She was a graduLappies. Contribuate of Horlick High tions in her name can School in Racine, WI. be made to the CaLappies Later she was a 1972 naan Congregational Bachelor’s Degree graduate of Church. A memorial service Macalester College, St. Paul. will be held Saturday, June 22 MN. Pam married Jeff Lappies at 11 am at St. Peter’s Presbyin 1973 in Golden Valley, NC. terian Church in Spencertown, She was a deacon of the Ca- NY.For On-line condolences, naan Congregational Church. visit wenkfuneralhome.com

Brian F. Smith Brian F. Smith, 58, of Schodack, NY passed away suddenly on June 11, 2019 in North Carolina. Born in Brooklyn, NY on July 3, 1960, son of Fergus and Anne Smith. The family relocated to Upstate New York in his early teen years. He graduated from Ichabod Crane High School and quickly jumped into the roofing industry with his father and brothers. Brian was a well renowned slate roofer for the entirety of his life. His love for architecture and difficult tasks led him to work on some of the most historical buildings.

His work took him all over the country from, the North East

to Hawaii. He took much pride was always quick with a joke, in his work, and loved working and could bring laughter to any on landmarks that held a sig- gathering. He will forever be nificance in the comgreatly missed. munity and in his heart.

Brian is survived by Brian loved his family, his son, Jason (Jesespecially his grandsica), and his daughter, children Ian and Violet.

Victoria (Roy Swann), He would spend countand his two grandchilless hours working on dren, Ian Smith and projects with his family, Violet Fisher. He is also all the while joking and survived by his brothteasing them. He was ers and sisters, Christoan avid collector of fire pher Smith (Christine), Smith arms and antiques.

Timothy Smith (Lisa), He was also a huge Cow- Bernadette Carman (James), boys fan. And his family the, Kathleen Frances (Mark), Jenni“Cowboy Crew” would do their fer Desmoine (Steven), brother yearly trips to see games. He in law Thomas Garland and ma-

ny nieces and nephews. Brian is preceded in death by his sister, Theresa Garland, mother, Anne Smith, and father, Fergus Smith. Calling hours will be held at Raymond E. Bond Funeral Home Valatie, NY on Monday, June 17 from 4-8 pm. There will be a mass held Tuesday June 18 at 11am at St. John’s The Baptist Church in Valatie, NY. Burial immediately following to St. John’s Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be given to Out of The Pits, a local Pitbull Animal Rescue, in honor of Brian’s love for his pit bull, Diesel.

President Trump accuses Iran in explosions that crippled oil tankers Peter Baker The New York Times News Service

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday that there was no doubt that Iran was behind the explosions that crippled two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman this week and warned Tehran not to try to close the Strait of Hormuz, a major transit point for the world’s oil supplies.

“Well, Iran did do it,” the president said in a telephone interview on “Fox & Friends” in his first comments since the ships were damaged. “You know, they did it because you saw the boat. I guess one of the mines didn’t explode, and it’s got essentially Iran written all over it.”

The president was referring to video footage released by the U.S. military that it said showed an Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps patrol boat pulling alongside one of the stricken ships several hours after the first explosion and removing an unexploded limpet

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President Donald Trump waits at the podium during a press conference with President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda on Wednesday at the White House.

mine in broad daylight.

The president warned Iran not to try to block the Strait of Hormuz.

“They’re not going to be closing it,” he said. “If it’s closed, it’s not going to be closed for long. And they know it.”

The explosions ratcheted up tension in the Middle East, where Trump has sought to confront and contain Iran since he took office. Many players in the region were watching the president Friday to see how he would respond to the latest episode, even as

his administration sought to assign blame for the explosions to Iran amid skepticism from some critics of the United States.

The explosions forced the crews of both vessels to evacuate and left at least one ablaze.

The incident increased international anxiety over the shipping lanes that are the gateway for a third of all crude oil by tanker and raised fears of a broadening crisis that could escalate and jeopardize world energy supplies.

Iran dismissed allegations of its involvement.

“That the US immediately jumped to make allegations against Iran—w/o a shred of factual or circumstantial evidence—only makes it abundantly clear that the #B_Team is moving to a #PlanB: Sabotage diplomacy—including by @AbeShinzo—and cover up its #EconomicTerrorism against Iran,” Javad Zarif, Iran’s foreign minister, wrote on Twitter on Friday.

Jeannette K. Ringer Jeannette K. Ringer 86, of com Jeannette K. Ringer 86, Claverack, NY died peacefully of Claverack, NY died peaceon Tuesday June 11, 2019 at fully on Tuesday June 11, 2019 Pine Haven Nursing Home in at Pine Haven Nursing Home Philmont. Born February 2, in Philmont. Born February 2, 1933 in Hudson she was the 1933 in Hudson she was the daughter of the late Lawrence daughter of the late Lawrence and Katherine (Opshanski) and Katherine (Opshanski) Egnasher. Jeannette was the Egnasher. Jeannette was the beloved wife of Raymond H. beloved wife of Raymond H. Ringer at home. She was the Ringer at home. She was the Chief Billing Clerk for 10 years Chief Billing Clerk for 10 years with Allied Health Care with Allied Health Care in Stuyvesant Falls, in Stuyvesant Falls, NY. In addition to her NY. In addition to her husband she will be husband she will be greatly missed by her greatly missed by her sons: Gordon Ringer sons: Gordon Ringer and girlfriend (Joann and girlfriend (Joann Acker) of Round Top, Acker) of Round Top, NY., Douglas and (DiNY., Douglas and (Diane) Ringer of Scheane) Ringer of Schenectady, one daughter nectady, one daughter Ringer Susan and (Shawn) Susan and (Shawn) Connors of Scotia-Glenville, Connors of Scotia-Glenville, 2 2 sisters: Patricia Kurland sisters: Patricia Kurland of Miof Miami Beach, Diane and ami Beach, Diane and (Charles) (Charles) Stockmeier of Ame- Stockmeier of Amelia, Ohio, lia, Ohio, one sister-in-law one sister-in-law Marlene Marlene Weisner of Green- Weisner of Greenport, grandport, grandchildren: Alexandra children: Alexandra Ringer and Ringer and her fiancé (Derick her fiancé (Derick Hasenkoph), Hasenkoph), Douglas Jr. and Douglas Jr. and (Cassan(Cassandra) Ringer, Katherine dra) Ringer, Katherine Ringer, Ringer, Christopher and Jack Christopher and Jack Connors, Connors, as well as great- as well as great-grandchildren: grandchildren: Austin Ringer, Austin Ringer, Lindsay RingLindsay Ringer, Amber Ringer er, Amber Ringer and Hailey and Hailey Raymer. Calling Raymer. Calling hours will be hours will be Tuesday June 18, Tuesday June 18, 2019 from 2019 from (6-9) PM at the Sac- (6-9) PM at the Sacco-Mcco-McDonald-Valenti Funeral Donald-Valenti Funeral Home Home 700 Town Hall Drive 700 Town Hall Drive Hudson, Hudson, NY. A Mass of Chris- NY. A Mass of Christian Burial tian Burial will be Celebrated will be Celebrated WednesWednesday 11:00AM at the day 11:00AM at the Church of Church of St. Joseph 2824 At- St. Joseph 2824 Atlantic Ave. lantic Ave. Stottville, NY 12172 Stottville, NY 12172 with Fr. with Fr. George Flemming of- George Flemming officiating. ficiating. Burial will follow in Burial will follow in Mellenville Mellenville Union Cemetery. Union Cemetery. Memorial Memorial contributions are re- contributions are requested to quested to the American Heart the American Heart AssociaAssociation www.heart.org To tion www.heart.org To leave leave online condolences visit: online condolences visit: www. www.saccomcdonaldvalenti. saccomcdonaldvalenti.com

Vito Summa Vito Summa, 87, of Leeds, passed away on Saturday, June 8, 2019. He was born in Messina, Italy and immigrated to Yonkers in 1955. Vito later moved to Catskill and married Barbara Wilson on May 21, 1989. He is survived by his loving wife, Barbara, one brother Attilio Summa of Florida, two sisters Guiseppina Boccagna of Italy, and Ada Milio of Florida, as well as many

nieces and nephews.

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Anthony Price, author of Cold War spy thrillers, dies at 90 Neil Genzlinger The New York Times News Service

Anthony Price, whose string of espionage novels, rich in historical references and complex characters, drew comparisons to the work of John le Carré, died May 30 in South East London. He was 90.

His daughter, Katherine James, said the cause was chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Price, whose first spy novel, “The Labyrinth Makers,” came out in 1970, was among several thriller writers who moved the espionage genre beyond the slick shenanigans of early-period James Bond as the Cold War calcified.

“The Labyrinth Makers” was the first of 19 novels featuring David Audley, an analyst for the British secret service, who was often the protagonist but sometimes a secondary figure. Price was not content with simple linear plots; he loved to burden his characters with ghosts from the past and explore how long-ago actions influenced events years or even centuries later.

His stories ranged far and wide. “Other Paths to Glory” (1974), which The Daily Telegraph of London named one of the top 20 spy thrillers of all time, involves both a nuclear summit and the Battle of the Somme during World War I. In “Sion Crossing” (1984), a character named Oliver Latimer, a sort of rival of Audley’s, travels to the United States and gets involved in a mystery in Georgia related to the Civil War. “A New Kind of War” (1988) begins in Greece in 1945, then shifts to the Teutoburg Forest in Germany and makes reference to a battle the Romans fought there 2,000 years earlier.

If Price’s books never became blockbusters, they did garner critical praise.

“He does not yet enjoy the same degree of fame as

John le Carré, Len Deighton or Frederick Forsyth,” John Gross wrote in The New York Times in 1986, reviewing “Here Be Monsters,” “but he can more than survive comparison with any of them. He is far more subtle than Mr. Forsyth and much less gimmicky than Mr. Deighton, and if he can’t quite match Mr. le Carré’s doomy intensity, he has the compensating virtues of (relatively speaking) greater directness and solid good sense.”

Anthony Price was born Aug. 16, 1928, in Hertfordshire, north of London, where his mother, Kathleen (Lawrence) Price, a commercial artist, had returned from India during her pregnancy while his father, Walter, remained there, working as an accountant. Anthony rarely saw his father during childhood, and after his mother died when he

was a boy, he was raised by an aunt in Canterbury.

After doing his national service from 1947 to 1949, first in the Royal Signals and then in the Royal Army Educational Corps, he attended Merton College, Oxford, studying history and earning a master of arts. In 1953 he married Ann Stone. About the same time he took a job at The Oxford Times; by 1972 he had worked his way up to editor, a position he held until he retired in 1988.

Early in his career at the paper, he began writing book reviews for its sister publication, The Mail, to supplement his income. In a 2011 interview with Nick Jones for the blog Existential Ennui, he recalled receiving what turned out to be a particularly memorable assignment from his editor, Hartford Thomas, to write about the first volume of a little-known author’s trilogy.

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I think it all started years ago with Marlin Perkins I know I’ve said it before, but I like animals.

I will frequently read articles about them in the magazines I come across in waiting rooms.

I have several critter books in my library and frequently can be found watching Animal Channel, The Discovery Channel or The Learning Channel, all of which have some good shows about animals.

I’ve even found some excellent programs on PBS, although it’s hard to find them hidden among the British soap operas and comedies that all seem to have some character named Reginald. They don’t have commercials on PBS, just fundraisers that last for weeks and promise that if you join at the $40 level, they’ll send you a CD of the Peruvian Pan Flute Orchestra playing selected bagpipe favorites. I prefer commercials.

They do have some great animal shows, though. I found one the other night dealing with the mating habits of the anteater that was very interesting but something about it just didn’t seem right. I finally figured it out — the young man narrating the show was dressed in jeans and a polo shirt. That made me doubt the authentic nature of the knowledge he was spouting. If he really knew what he was talking about, why wasn’t he dressed in khaki?

Maybe it’s just me, but if you’re supposed to be an animal expert, isn’t there a law or some-

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I think it all started years ago with Marlin Perkins on Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom.

That was the first animal show I remember watching. Marlin looked crisp and clean in his khaki outfit. I always thought he had stolen the look from the old Stewart Granger safari movies and had just left off Stewart’s ascot. I remember being disappointed as a child that he was never armed with one of Stewart’s elephant guns, the man had an arsenal of the biggest rifles I’d ever seen.

I never remember Marlin packing a gun, but looking back on the show, he never really needed one, he had Jim. Marlin was an old guy who weighed probably a little over a hundred pounds soaking wet, but he was the brains of the outfit. Jim was big and brawny but not too bright. He dressed in khaki, too.

Marlin would introduce the show and tell about the animal

of the day. They would track the beastie to its lair, Marlin would sic Jim onto the critter and as poor Jim wrestled the python or alligator to the death, Marlin, looking clean and crisp, would cut away to a commercial for Mutual of Omaha.

Commercial over, the camera came back to a bruised and battered Jim, looking a little confused, holding the animal of the day for a close up so Marlin could tell us more about it.

I learned a lot about animals and life from that show. It spawned a bunch of other khaki-covered experts. My personal favorite was The Crocodile Hunter. The host, Steve Irwin, dressed from head to toe in khaki, which showed that he was an animal expert. In fact he swam in his khaki shorts and shirt, surfed, skied and probably slept in them. It was a great show and since Steve was his own Jim, probably cost less to produce.

I think I could probably do my own animal show, all I need is a khaki outfit. I saw on Facebook a week or so ago that Jim had passed away. I’m not jumping on any animals; are you doing anything this weekend?

Thought for the week —”The female of all species are most dangerous when they appear to retreat.”

–Don Marquis Until next week, may you and yours be happy and well.

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William DeLuca, associate CONTRIBUTED PHOTO professor of criminal justice C-GCC Criminal Justice students on the college’s 2019 National at C-GCC, said the field study Field Study trip visit the Arlington County Police Department. has been part of the Criminal Justice program at the college reer opportunities, and quali- the same time. for more than two decades, fications for employment.

“I wanted to be selected serving as a capstone experi“The personal stories of the for the trip because I knew I ence for selected students. presenters are often the most wouldn’t have an opportunity “The motivation behind meaningful for the students like this again,” she said, to the National Field Study is to to hear — where the presenter which Criminal Justice Club expose students to career opcame from, went to college, President Dominick Manoli of tions they may not ordinarily and why they chose to seek Acra added, “I was hoping the be aware of, and how imporemployment with the agen- trip would adequately display tant it is to continue their studies after graduating from cies located in the Washing- the pros and cons of a career in federal law enforcement, C-GCC,” he said, noting that ton, D.C. area.”

The trip is not an automatic and I was not disappointed in students spend four to five days in the Washington, D.C. perk for C-GCC students. De- the least; in fact, it went far bemetropolitan area exploring Luca explained that over the yond my expectations.” professional opportunities at course of the academic year, In addition to the funds locales such as the Arlington students must demonstrate students raised themselves, County, Virginia, Police De- dedication to their studies the Office of Student Activities partment, Arlington County and participate in community and Office of Academic AfSheriff’s Office, the Federal service and fundraising activi- fairs at C-GCC also provided Bureau of Investigation, U.S. ties in order to earn a spot on financial support to make the Secret Service, U.S. Capitol the field study roster.

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Father’s Day plants Now that the spring rush of early season bloom has subsided we can focus on looking for plants that bloom in the middle of June or later. There are cultivars of most early spring flowering shrubs that are a bit later than the more common varieties.

Let’s begin with lilacs. I happen to love the fragrance of lilacs and cannot get enough of them. In addition to being beautiful and fragrant, they are also very hardy, long-lived, usually reliable bloomers when grown in full sun and are pretty deer resistant. No plant is “deer proof” but lilacs are as close as possible.

It is not completely uncommon to come upon lilacs growing in a forested area where there is no house associated with them. If you should see this phenomena, look around carefully and you will likely find the remnants of an old foundation where a house once stood.

Lilacs sometimes outlive the people who plant them, but they do not self-seed or ever become invasive as some shrubs do.

All lilacs are in the genus Syringa, with Syringa vulgaris, known as “common lilac” planted most often.

Syringa oblata is called “early blooming” lilac and it has been cross bred with vulgaris to produce some great early cultivars. A little bit later than S.vulgaris are the Korean lilacs, S.meyeri and S. pubescens. These are somewhat smaller in stature and ideal for small gardens or foundation plantings near a house. My favorite Korean lilac is called “Miss

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Late-blooming lilacs include the little leaf lilac S.pubescens and the underutilized tree lilac S.reticulata. There are a number of very attractive tree lilacs that can be trained to grow as tall as a small roadside tree. Most are drought and salt tolerant as well. If any of you are involved in municipal or street tree programs, please consider the tree lilacs! It is pretty easy to find lilacs that will bloom throughout the month of June.

Rhododendrons are among the most popular of all flowering foundation shrubs, with many early varieties that bloom at the same time as forsythia.

Many of these are small, reliable and well suited for foundation plantings. I see the common “PJM” rhododendron planted to such an extent that is rivalling forsythia as an overused shrub in my opinion.

It is the later flowering varieties, however, that really provide the most spectacular displays. There are several varieties of the Rosebay rhododendron, R.maximum, which bloom in late June into early July.

Some of these will provide a 15 foot, or even taller, solid wall that is covered with white, pink or purple flowers. The varieties “Album” (white flowers), “Purpureum” (pink to purple flowers) and “Roseum” red buds, pink flowers) are great shrubs that can tolerate shade and are at least somewhat deer resistant.

A few other easy to grow early summer flowering shrubs include butterfly bush, which resembles a lilac and attracts lots of butterflies; Carolina allspice, with deep red, spicy-scented flowers, which is hardy in all but the coldest areas of the Catskill Mountains; hydrangea paniculata, perhaps the easiest of all the hydrangeas to grow; spirea japonica, which is really easy to grow and very pretty but now considered invasive in some places.

All of these shrubs are generally available at local garden centers and nurseries as well as many, many other beautiful shrubs.

This Father’s Day weekend would be a great time to visit some of these businesses.

Contrary to stereotypical belief, lots of dads love flowers as much as the moms, who already had their day in the sun a month ago.

Now that most vegetable gardens are fully planted, conditions are still just about perfect for planting trees and shrubs. We may get some hot summer weather at any time now so take advantage of the spring weather while it lasts!

Church Briefs CLASSIC CAR SHOW COEYMANS HOLLOW — Hot Rods in the Hollow Classic Car Show will be held 11 a.m.-3 p.m. June 15 at Trinity Methodist Church, 1313 Route 143, Coeymans Hollow. Food, drinks, bake sale, door prizes. No entry fees; bring a non-perishable canned good or paper items for the food pantry.

YARD SALE SAUGERTIES — The Katsbaan Ladies Aid Society Yard Sale & Bake Sale will be held, rain or shine, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

June 15 in the Katsbaan Reformed Church Hall, 1801 Old Kings Highway, Saugerties.

Household items, toys, books, jewelry and delicious homemade baked goods.

HARDWARE SALE CATSKILL — Temple Israel of Catskill will be holding a Father’s Day Hardware Sale 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. June 16 in the temple parking lot, 220 Spring St., Catskill. Bring your favorite father to our display of hand and power tools, hardware, nuts, bolts, garden tools, flashlights and anything else you might find

(or can’t) find in your garage.

For information, call 518943-5758.

CHICKEN BARBECUE CAIRO — The Cairo United Methodist Church annual Giffy’s Chicken Barbecue will be held 4-6 p.m. June 19 on the lawn in front of Fellowship Hall, 488 Main St., Cairo. The meal includes half a chicken, baked potato, cole slaw, roll and butter, juice and homemade dessert. The cost is $12. Advance orders are suggested. Call Betty at 518-622-3602, Kathy at 518622-8172 or Sue at 518-6228239 to order tickets.

INDOOR YARD SALE FREEHOLD — The Freehold Church, 3592 County Route 67, Freehold, indoor yard sale will be held 9 a.m.-3 p.m. June 22. Beginning at 2 p.m. fill a grocery bag for $5.

CHICKEN BARBECUE ATHENS — A chicken barbecue catered by Tom Frese of Ravena will be held 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. June 23 at the First Reformed Church of Athens, 18 North Church St., Athens. Take out only. The

menu includes half a chicken, baked potato, corn on the cob, cole slaw, roll and butter, cookie. The cost is $12.

Pre–sales only. For information and tickets, call 518-3349488.

PERFORMANCE CATSKILL — Temple Israel of Catskill presents In the Voices of Our Mothers at 4 p.m. June 30 at Temple Israel of Catskill, 220 Spring St., Catskill. “In the Voice of Our Mothers” is an original play written and directed by Carol Fox Prescott. The show is free to all, however a good will offering is appreciated.

A cheese and wine reception will follow the performance.

For information, call 518943–5758.

MEGA GOSPEL CELEBRATION CHATHAM — God Belongs in Our Country presents Mega Gospel Celebration will be held 5-8 p.m. July 20 at the Columbia County Fairgrounds, 182 Hudson Ave., Chatham. Free tickets are available by registering on Eventbrite@megagospel. For information, text 518-6532008 or klsomic@aol.com.

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Pastor: Fr. Scott VanDerveer Weekly Mass: 9:00 a.m. Wed & Thurs Saturday Vigil 4:30 p.m. Sunday 9:30 a.m.

Food Pantry Hours: Tues & Thurs 10-11 a.m.

Wednesday 6-7:00 p.m.

Thrift Shop Hours: Wed. 6:00-7:00 Thurs, Fri. & Sat. 1:00-3:00 p.m.

• Sunday Worship 11:00am (all are welcome) • Church School: “Faith Builders Kids Christian Education” Wednesday at 7pm • Wednesday, Bible Study & Prayer - 7-8:30pm (all are welcome) • Food Pantry, Last Saturday of the month, 10-11am and last Monday of the month, 5-6pm, or by appointment • Thrift Shop Open April 12 - Mid Oct., Thursdays 10 - 4 Saturdays 10 - 2 and when Food Pantry is open. (Handicap Accessible) • Youth Group - Grades 6 - 12 2nd and 4th Thursdays @ 6:30pm

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If you don’t • Sunday Morning Praise Time @ 10:00AM • Sunday School @ 10:15AM have a Church • Sunday Morning Worship @ 10:30AM Fellowship & Refreshments following Sunday Worship Service home, we invite •• Weekly Bible Study @ 7:00PM Monday Evenings you to join us. • Communion Sunday is the first Sunday of every Month “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28

Asbury United Methodist Church 5830 State Rte. 81, Greenville, NY 12083 518-966-4181 - Rev. Dale Ashby, Pastor www.asburyumcgreenvilleny.com • minister.asburyumcny@gmail.com secretary.asburyumcny@gmail.com • Facebook: @asbury.greenville.ny

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To send information to be included in Briefs, email to editorial@thedailymail.net; mail to The Daily Mail, Atten: Community News, One Hudson City Centre, Suite 202, Hudson, NY 12534; fax to 518-828-3870. For information, and questions, call 518-828-1616 ext. 2490.

ONGOING CATSKILL — The Greene County Federation of Sportsmen annual Youth Fishing Derby & Activity Day will be held July 6 at Historic Catskill Point. Sign up runs from 8-9 a.m. and the Fishing Derby runs from 9 a.m.-noon. Activities will start at noon and end at 3 p.m. Event is for children 5-15 accompanied by an adult. Free food and drink will be available and prizes will be awarded for the smallest fish, biggest fish and the most fish. Bait will be provided so bring a fishing pole and enjoy a fun day. For additional information, contact Tom Holleufer at 518-772-2173 or Han Coons at 518-943-0644.

PURLING — The 21st annual Youth Fishing Derby will be held June 29 at the Bavarian Manor, 866 Mountain Ave., Purling. Registration at 9:30 a.m., fishing from 10 a.m.noon. Open to anglers 3-15, accompanied by an adult. Bring a rod and reel, bait will be provided. Hot dogs and sodas for all who register. For information, call Les Armstrong at 518965-4868 or Bob Story at 518622-9305. This is a free event sponsored by the Cairo Fish & Game Club and the Greene County Federation of Sportsmen.

JUNE 15 TANNERSVILLE — Mountain Top Arboretum hosts 23Arts Spring Concert: Fantasy & Fantasia 2-3:30 p.m. June 15 in the Education Center, 4 Maude Adams Road, Tannersville. 23Arts returns for the second installment of its debut concert series at the Arboretum’s brand new Education Center: Fantasy & Fantasia.

Members, free; non-members, $10. For information, call 518589-3903.

SARATOGA SPRINGS — The role of a Civil War infantry regiment recruited from New York City and Newark, New Jersey as well as villages across Western New York will be the subject of a free talk at 1 p.m. June 15 at the New York State Military Museum, 61 Lake Ave., Saratoga Springs. Rick Barram, the author of the book “The 72nd New York Infantry in the Civil War, A History and Roster” will talk about the history of the unit which in every key battle waged in the War’s Eastern Theater from 1861 to 1865. The 72nd was part of the Excelsior Brigade, a unit of five regiments recruited by Brig. General Daniel Sickles from across New York.

COEYMANS HOLLOW — Hot Rods in the Hollow Classic Car Show will be held 11 a.m.-3

p.m. June 15 at Trinity Methodist Church, 1313 Route 143, Coeymans Hollow. Food, drinks, bake sale, door prizes. No entry fees; bring a non-perishable canned good or paper items for the food pantry.

JUNE 16 CATSKILL — The Catskill Elks Lodge, 45 Jefferson Heights, Catskill, will serve a Father’s Day Breakfast 9-11 a.m. June 16. Dads and children under 6 eat free; all others, $8.

ALBANY — The GermanAmerican Club, 32 Cherry St., Albany, first summer picnic will be held June 16. Tasty German and domestic food and drink are available for purchase. The grounds open at noon. Entry is $3; children under 12 are free.

Live music by Greg’s Brauhaus Band. Children’s activities include a parade. In the event of rain, the event will be moved indoors in the large banquet hall and barroom. All events are open to the public.

Admission is free. For information, call 518-589-3903.

CATSKILL — Awakening of Rip Van Winkle Festival will be held beginning at noon June 22 at Dutchman’s Landing Park, Lower Main Street, Catskill. A day of music, art, and festivities along Main Street in the quaint little village of Catskill, leading up to evening performances by area bands including Southbound and “2019 Blues Artist of the Year” Thomas Edison and Music Award winning Wyld Blu. Join in the celebration at Dutchman’s Landing Park.

Food, games, prizes, and fireworks for the whole family to enjoy. Spend the day celebrating the 200th birthday of our best known resident, the world renowned Mr. Rip Van Winkle,

in what is destined to become an annual event celebrating our local heritage, art, music and more as the Awakening of Rip Van Winkle rumbles through the Hudson Valley once again.

corn on the cob, cole slaw, roll and butter, cookie. The cost is $12. Pre–sales only. For information and tickets, call 518334-9488.

FREEHOLD — The Freehold Church, 3592 County Route 67, Freehold, indoor yard sale will be held 9 a.m.-3 p.m. June 22.

Beginning at 2 p.m. fill a grocery bag for $5.

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CATSKILL — Catskill Elks Lodge, 45 North Jefferson Heights, Catskill, will serve a chicken barbecue dinner 4:307 p.m. June 27. Take out only.

Menu includes half chicken, baked potato, cole slaw, baked beans and dessert for $12.

ATHENS — A chicken barbecue catered by Tom Frese of Ravena will be held 11:30 a.m.1:30 p.m. June 23 at the First Reformed Church of Athens, 18 North Church St., Athens. Take out only. The menu includes half a chicken, baked potato,

TANNERSVILLE — The Mountain Top Arboretum Education Center, 4 Maude Adams Road, Tannersville, presents In the Footsteps of John Bartram: Native Plant Tour of the

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Catskills with Carol Woodin of the American Society of Botanical Artists 10 a.m.-3 p.m. June 29. Co-hosted with Mountain Top Historical Society. John Bartram and his son William were 18th century botanists who explored throughout the eastern colonies. After the lecture, take a short drive to the Mountain Top Historical Society Visitor Center in Haines Falls to park and arrange carpooling to North/South Lake.

From there the group will walk in the footsteps of the Bartrams.

Carol Woodin, Paul Harwood and Robert Gildersleeve will lead in retracing fascinating local botanical history. Bring a bag lunch for group picnicking, proper clothing/shoes for being outdoors and a water bottle.

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CATSKILL — Temple Israel of Catskill will be holding a Father’s Day Hardware Sale 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. June 16 in the temple parking lot, 220 Spring St., Catskill. Bring your favorite father to our display of hand and power tools, hardware, nuts, bolts, garden tools, flashlights and anything else you might find (or can’t) find in your garage. For information, call 518943-5758.

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movement into the codes committee, is A1413. This bill, sponsored by Assembly Member Jo Ann Simon, (D),

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The current NYS legislative session is scheduled to end in four days on June 19. Among the bills that’s had recent

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Riders look to repeat as state champs

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VALATIE — As the weekend approaches, most people prepare for a relaxing weekend.

But Tracy Nytransky, head coach of the Ichabod Crane softball team, her staff and her players prepare for battle.

For the fourth time in a short five-year period, the Ichabod Crane softball team will compete in the New York State, Class B Final Four, taking on Section I champion Ardsley today at 11:30 a.m. at Moreau Rec. Eden plays Oneida in the other semifinal, with the two winners meeting at 4 p.m. for the state championship.

ICC has won two state championships already, the first in 2015 and the second in 2018. In 2016, the Riders

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Ichabod Crane sophomore pitcher Isabella Milazzo has compiled a 16-0 record with a 0.47 earned run average and 187 strikeouts in 104 innings pitched in her first full year on the varsity team.

lost in the semi finals and in 2017, they lost in the Section

II championship. The amount of success earned is no small

feat, but if you ask coach Nytransky, it is due to experience.

“I think it can be attributed to the fact that our coaching staff has a lot of experience,” Nytransky said. “Bob (Wheeler) and I have been working together for 12 years now and Chris (Saccento) came on board when his daughters started playing.”

Of course, it takes truly passionate athletes to make a team as well.

“The girls that we have in out program are also very committed to softball,” Nytransky said. “Most of them play all year round and are continuously working on their game.”

Nytransky also believes that success breeds success.

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Willie Jones goes the basket during Tuesday’s workout at the Hudson Youth Center.

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of talent.

Jones, a former Hudson High standout, who now lives in Florida, will be one

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GREENPORT — Coach Joe Braim and his undefeated Rattlers kept the streak alive for another game. The Rattlers doubled the score against the Knights, winning 10-5 in Thursday’s Hudson River Collegiate Baseball League game at Greenport Town Park.

The Rattlers were led to the win thanks to strong pitching from Matt Triola and a strong troop of hitters.

Matt Triola took the mound for the Rattlers and he delivered six and two thirds innings with ten strike outs. Triola allowed four walks, 3 hits and four runs. Kyle Powell finished the game up with one and one-third innings and two strike outs. Powell only allowed two hits, three walks and one run.

The Rattlers batting was dominant, with eight players contributing. Matt Dagostino was leading that squad with a home run, two singles and two RBI.

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Ichabod Crane’s Rama Culver and Tanner Dunkel both went 2 for 4 with a double and single and Ryan Abel, Kyle Powell, Colby Nash, Maple Hill’s Quinn Pratico and Nick Santoro all contributed a single.

The 2018 Champion Knights put a fight against the Rattlers, but it wasn’t quite there. The Knights had two pitchers on the mound during the game.

Nick Shallo started and pitched six innings, striking out three. Shallo gave up four walks, six runs, four of which were earned and hit seven batters. Austin Berry came in for the last two innings, allowing four walks, five hits and four earned runs.

The Knights had four hitters in the game. Brien Hollowood led the team, going 2 for3 with two singles. Christian McCarthy contributed a single and two RBI, Connor Hall doubled and Brenden

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Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE East W L Pct GB NY Yankees 41 26 .612 — Tampa Bay 41 27 .603 .5 Boston 36 34 .514 6.5 Toronto 25 43 .368 16.5 Baltimore 21 47 .309 20.5 Central W L Pct GB Minnesota 45 22 .672 — Cleveland 34 33 .507 11.0 Chi. White Sox 33 34 .493 12.0 Detroit 25 40 .385 19.0 Kansas City 22 46 .324 23.5 West W L Pct GB Houston 46 23 .667 — Texas 36 32 .529 9.5 Oakland 35 34 .507 11.0 LA Angels 34 35 .493 12.0 Seattle 29 43 .403 18.5 Wednesday’s games Oakland 6, Tampa Bay 2 Boston 4, Texas 3 Toronto 8, Baltimore 6 Seattle 9, Minnesota 6, 10 innings Detroit 3, Kansas City 2 Thursday’s games Minnesota 10, Seattle 5 Toronto 12, Baltimore 3 Boston 7, Texas 6 LA Angels 5, Tampa Bay 3 Kansas City 7, Detroit 3, at Omaha, Neb. Chi. White Sox 5, NY Yankees 4 Friday’s games Boston (Rodriguez 6-4) at Baltimore (Cashner 6-2), 7:05 p.m.

LA Angels (Heaney 0-1) at Tampa Bay (Snell 4-5), 7:10 p.m.

Cleveland (Plutko 2-1) at Detroit (Carpenter 1-3), 7:10 p.m.

NY Yankees (Sabathia 3-3) at Chi. White Sox (Giolito 9-1), 8:10 p.m.

Toronto (Sanchez 3-7) at Houston (Cole 5-5), 8:10 p.m.

Kansas City (Keller 3-8) at Minnesota (Gibson 6-3), 8:10 p.m.

Seattle (Gonzales 6-6) at Oakland (Bassitt 3-2), 9:37 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE East W L Pct GB Atlanta 40 29 .580 — Philadelphia 38 30 .559 1.5 NY Mets 33 34 .493 6.0 Washington 31 37 .456 8.5 Miami 24 42 .364 14.5 Central W L Pct GB Milwaukee 39 29 .574 — Chi. Cubs 38 29 .567 .5 St. Louis 33 33 .500 5.0 Cincinnati 30 36 .455 8.0 Pittsburgh 30 38 .441 9.0 West W L Pct GB LA Dodgers 45 23 .662 — Arizona 37 33 .529 9.0 Colorado 35 32 .522 9.5 San Diego 33 35 .485 12.0 San Francisco 28 38 .424 16.0 Wednesday’s games Chi. Cubs 10, Colorado 1 Arizona 2, Philadelphia 0 Miami 9, St. Louis 0 Atlanta 8, Pittsburgh 7, 11 innings San Francisco 4, San Diego 2 Thursday’s games Atlanta 6, Pittsburgh 5 Arizona 5, Washington 0 St. Louis 4, NY Mets 4, suspended San Diego at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

Chi. Cubs at LA Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

Friday’s games Arizona (Ray 5-3) at Washington (Scherzer 4-5), 7:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Brault 2-1) at Miami (Richards 3-6), 7:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Ponce de Leon 0-0) at NY Mets (Matz 5-4), 7:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Pivetta 4-1) at Atlanta (Fried 7-3), 7:20 p.m.

San Diego (Quantrill 1-2) at Colorado (Hoffman 1-3), 8:40 p.m.

Chi. Cubs (Hendricks 7-4) at LA Dodgers (Hill 3-1), 10:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Davies 7-0) at San Francisco (Pomeranz 1-6), 10:15 p.m.

Interleague Wednesday’s games Cincinnati 7, Cleveland 2 Milwaukee 6, Houston 3, 14 innings Fridays’ game Texas at Cincinnati (Mahle 2-6), 7:10 p.m.

Pro basketball NBA PLAYOFFS NBA Finals (Best-of-7) Toronto 4, Golden State 2 Thursday, May 30: Toronto 118, Golden State 109 Sunday, June 2: Golden State 109, Toronto 104 Wednesday, June 5: Toronto 123, Golden State 109 Friday, June 7: Toronto 105, Golden State 92 Monday: Golden State 106, Toronto 105 Thursday: Toronto 114, Golden State 110

Raptors 114, Warriors 110 TORONTO (114) Siakam 10-18 3-4 26, Lowry 9-16 4-6 26, K.Leonard 7-16 7-8 22, M.Gasol 0-5 3-4 3, Da.Green 0-0 0-0 0, VanVleet 6-14 5-5 22, Ibaka 7-12 1-2 15, N.Powell 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 39-83 2329 114.

GOLDEN STATE (110) Dr.Green 5-10 0-2 11, St.Curry 6-17 6-6 21, Iguodala 9-15 1-5 22, K.Thompson 8-12 10-10 30, Looney 3-7 0-0 6, Livingston 3-5 0-0 6, Cousins 4-9 4-7 12, Cook 1-3 0-0 2, McKinnie 0-1 0-0 0, Derrickson 0-0 0-0 0, Bogut 0-1 0-0 0, Jerebko 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 39-80 21-30 110.

Toronto Golden State

33 27 26 28 —114 32 25 31 22 —110

3-Point Goals—Toronto 13-33 (VanVleet 5-11, Lowry 4-7, Siakam 3-6, K.Leonard 1-5, Ibaka 0-1, N.Powell 0-1, M.Gasol 0-2), Golden State 11-31 (K.Thompson 4-6, Iguodala 3-6, St.Curry 3-11, Dr.Green 1-4, Cousins 0-1, McKinnie 0-1, Cook 0-2). Rebounds—Toronto 39 (Siakam 10), Golden State 43 (Dr.Green 19). Assists—Toronto 25 (Lowry 10), Golden State 28 (Dr.Green 13). Total Fouls—Toronto 23 (Lowry 5), Golden State 24 (Dr.Green, Iguodala 4). A—19,596.

Transactions BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston Red Sox - Signed LHP Chris Murphy, RHP Ryan Zeferjahn, SS Cameron Cannon, 1B Joe Davis, SS Alex Erro, CF Luke Bandy, and LF Wil Dalton.

Detroit Tigers - Recalled LF Victor Reyes from Toledo (IL). Sent RHP Jordan Zimmermann on a rehab assignment to Toledo (IL).

Houston Astros - Optioned RF Derek Fisher to Round Rock (PCL). Sent C Max Stassi on a rehab assignment to Round Rock (PCL).

Kansas City Royals - Activated 1B Lucas Duda from the 10-day IL. Minnesota Twins - Optioned RHP Ryan Eades to Rochester (IL). Recalled RHP Fernando Romero from Rochester (IL).

New York Yankees - Placed DH Kendrys Morales on the 10-day IL, retroactive to June 12.

Recalled CF Mike Tauchman and LHP Nestor Cortes Jr. from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL).

Oakland Athletics - Sent C Chris Herrmann on a rehab assignment to Las Vegas (PCL).

Seattle Mariners - Assigned RHP George Kirby and LHP Brandon Williamson to the Seattle Mariners.

Tampa Bay Rays - Placed 3B Christian Arroyo on the 10-day IL. Recalled RHP Hunter Wood from Durham (IL).

Texas Rangers - Released RHP Nick Gardewine.

Sent LF Willie Calhoun on a rehab assignment to Nashville (PCL).

Toronto Blue Jays - Acquired RHP Nick Kingham from the Pittsburgh Pirates for cash considerations. Placed RHP Elvis Luciano on the 10-day IL. Transferred RHP Ryan Tepera from the 10-day IL to the 60-day IL. NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago Cubs - Placed RHP Carl Edwards Jr. on the 10-day IL, retroactive to June 10. Recalled LHP Tim Collins from Iowa (PCL).

Cincinnati Reds - Signed SS Rece Hinds, 2B Tyler Callihan, and CF TJ Hopkins.

Colorado Rockies - Activated LHP Mike Dunn from the 10-day IL. Assigned RHP Alex Achtermann, RHP Blair Calvo, SP Alex Haynes, RHP Gavin Hollowell, RHP Jared Horn, SP Mitchell Kilkenny, RHP Mike Ruff, RF Brenton Doyle, RF Jack Yalowitz, and 3B Owen Taylor to the Colorado Rockies. Optioned LHP Phillip Diehl to Albuquerque (PCL).

Los Angeles Dodgers - Activated 1B Matt Beaty from the 10-day IL. Placed SS Corey Seager on the 10-day IL, retroactive to June 12.

Miami Marlins - Signed 3B Yangervis Solarte to a minor league contract.

New York Mets - Signed LHP Jordan Martinson and RHP Matt Mullenbach.

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If a team starts to win, people will take notice and want to be part of a winning culture. She believes that the community plays a larger role in the success of the softball players and program as well.

Each year is not a guarantee, success or failure; the season could go either way. But when asked about retaining five years of success, Coach Nytransky was modest.

“Every year we take a look at the team and we think ‘you never know,’” Nytransky said, “After the first few games it was easy to see that we had a chance to go as far as we have.”

Ichabod Crane’s pitching staff, which was a major concern after two-time Class B state player of the year, Calista Phipppen graduated in 2018.

Phippen left big shoes to fill and they were, by a young sophomore, Isabella Milazzo.

“Bella has stepped up huge this year. She’s an extremely hard worker and that’s really what it takes.” Nytransky said, “She’s the kid that will stay after practice and pitch or go home after practice or on the weekend and pitch.”

Nytransky is particularly impressed how Milazzo keeps great composure on the mound. Milazzo does not get flustered if she hits someone or throws a wild pitch.

Along with Milazzo, Ichabod has another young talent in Emma Scheitinger, an eight grader who is in the midst of her first year on the varsity team. Scheitinger has a jawdropping batting average of .538.

“From the start we knocked that Emma was going to be a special player.” Nytransky said, “I’ve watched her since she was young and she has the best bat speed I’ve ever seen.”

According to Nytransky, Scheitinger has impressive bat speed, quick hands and base running speed as well.

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of Brooklyn, would prohibit offering firearms as prizes in raffles.

Co-sponsors of the bill include Assembly Members Phil Steck (D) of Schenectady, and Patricia Fahey (D) of Bethlehem.

While restricting what can be a prize in a game of chance may not be high on the general public’s radar, it certainly raises a “red flag” when taken into the broader context with what’s going on in NY in terms of the backdoor antisportsman agenda. In fact, it speaks of an even broader goal of forcing the values of politicians who wish to dictate the way we all should live our lives.

If passed, the measure would not allow organizations like sportsmen’s clubs and federations, Ducks Unlimited, the National Wild Turkey Federation and other similar conservation minded entities, from a major source of fundraising; raffling off sporting firearms. It’s clearly an attack to drain the funding of organizations legislators just don’t like.

Just over one year ago, the NYS Department of Financial Services targeted local sportsmen’s organization in a regulatory ruling that prohibits the NRA from providing affordable insurance to community-based organizations that provide firearms safety training in NY. In doing so, Cuomo is threatening the very existence

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McGillin had a double and one RBI. The Rattlers are now 6-0 and alone in first place. The Knights are holding the

Kailtyn Schmitz .529 (46 for 87, six home runs, 47 RBI, 10 doubles, six triples), Courntey Schmitt .469 (38 for 81, 3 home runs, 27 RBI), Katie Zimmerman .459 (34 for 74, 1 home run, 31 RBI), Brooke Woodard .455 (35 for 77, 33 RBI) and Mattie Woodard .453 (43 for 95, two home runs, 36 RBI, nine triples).

Calloway is also Eden’s No. 1 pitchers, compiling an 11-2 record with a 1.18 earned run average. She has struck out 144 and walked 11 in 83 innings while allowing 27 runs and 54 hits.

Mattie Woodard is the the Raiders’ No. 2 pitcher with a 7-1 record and a 1.73 ERA. She has struck out 100 and walked eight while allowing 18 runs LOGAN WEISS/COLUMBIA-GREENE MEDIA and 37 hits in 53 innings.

Ichabod Crane players and coaches celebrate after winning the Section II Class B championship against Eden reached the state Schuylerville. The Riders take on Ardsley in the state semifinals today at 11:30 a.m. at Moreau Rec. semifinals with an 8-1 victory over Section V chmp Waterloo Scheitinger is a true threat to division from Class A a year to breed success. Ichabod has score whenever she is on base. ago. The Panthers earned a trip that in the form of their fans in the Far West Regional final.

“She earned the starting to the Final Four with a 4-2 vic- and families who support the The Raiders won the Section VI title with a 20-4 conquest of spot right away and the team tory over East Rockaway in this program. has really taken her under their past weekend’s regional final.

“It’s nice to know that at Olean.

Oneida (23-1) earned a spot wing and made her feel com“I’ve gotten a few scouting every game (home and away) in the semifinals with a 3-1 fortable.” reports on them.” Nytransky there are always going to be victory over Section IV chamOf course, no team can suc- said, “I know they have a great people there.” Nytransky said, ceed without leaders. Ichabod catcher, their pitcher doesn’t “We have most of our parents, pion Waverly this past weekCrane’s leaders are a solid throw hard, but shoe moves grandparents, and fans travel end. The Indians topped Adgroup of senior players. the ball around a lot and hits to most games; even as far as irondack, 9-2, in the Section “The five seniors I have her sports.” According to Ny- Ogdensburg and Plattsburgh.” III championship game after this year have been with me tranksy, Ardsley also has some Ichabod Crane receives a lot of barely getting by Camden (6-5, for two, three or four years.” strong hitters at the top of their support from school adminis- 10 innings) in the quarterfinal Nytransky said, “There is no lineup and the team’s overall trators, teachers, students and round. the local communites as well. way we make it here without defense is strong.

Kaylin Curro is the top hitter “We will need to execute on “It’s great to know that people for the Indians, collecting 45 them. They have come through clutch in a lot of games for us offense, take advantage of any want to watch us play and that hits in 88 at-bats for a .517 avand have led this team with the opportunity given to us and means a lot to us,” Coach Ny- erage. Lauren Skibitski is batmindset that we belong here.” not make any mistake on de- transky said. “We are just hop- ting .437 (38 for 87) and leads ing to put on a good show every the team in RBI with 30. SydThe five seniors include fense.”

Ardsley senior pitcher Gab- time they show up.”

Gabbie Cox, Jenna Downey, ney Lusher is batting .400 (25 EDEN vs. ONEIDA Brittany Futia, Kylie Rivers and by Krumper has 53 wins in her for 65) and Olivia Friend has a varsity career is one of the PanSection VI champion Eden Kayla Walsh. .394 average (26 for 66) and 28 “They are not just phenome- thers’ captains, along with se- (21-3) has put up the most imRBI. nal players, but also fun people nior catcher Lauren Rende. pressive offensive numbers of Kyra Schlothauer, Alyssa to be around,” Nytransky said.

Two sophomores played key the four teams in the semifiGiegner and Reilly White lead “They are fun to coach because roles in last week’s win over nals. The Raiders have a team the Indians in home runs with it’s okay to throw a little sar- East Rockaway. Sophia Man- batting average of .440 with two apiece. casm at them and they throw it gone drilled a two-run homer eight of their nine starters batSchlotzhauer does all of the right back at us. We keep things that tied the score at 2-2 in ting above .400. light and have a good time and the fourth inning and Angelia Marissa Calloway is Eden’s pitching for Oneida, posting a I think that is something that is Scalere had a clutch two-run top hitter with a .576 batting 23-1 record with a 1.28 era. She very important for any team.” single in the top of the seventh average (53 for 92). She has two has 161 strikeouts and walked The Riders will be playing that put Ardsley in front to stay. home runs, 38 RBI, 14 doubles 21 while surrendering 37 runs and 86 hits in 142 innings against an Ardsley team that As Nytransky said before, it and four triples. dropped down to the Class B takes a positive community Other top hitters include pitched.

of sportsmen’s clubs in NY. Governor Cuomo used his executive power through Maria T. Vullo, Superintendent of the Department of Financial Services, to successfully ban the NRA from insuring firearms safety programs in NY. It’s clear that its members of organizations like those of the Coxsackie Sportsmen’s Club, and other clubs, federations, and organizations trying to make a difference in the lives of members of our community by providing firearms safety programs.

Gentlemen hunters and fishermen of old, who’d spent a lifetime fishing in green felt hats, hunting pheasants in brown tweed, or deer in the old red & black plaid wool coats, are now trying to give back and pass on the tradition to our youth. All you need do is take a quick look at the many upcoming youth fishing derbies, just a few of which are listed below.

Just look around Greene, Columbia, Rensselear, Ulster, Dutchess, and most any upstate county. There you’ll find such dedicated men and women volunteering their time, skills, and resources to get our kids outdoors so they can enjoy the beauty and connection to fish and wildlife they enjoyed throughout their lives.

They are the stalwarts of our community, helping to pass on traditions of fishing, hunting, and the shooting sports. They mentor our youth and set a good example promoting safety and ethics.

Some kids have single parents and many lack any connectivity to the outdoors at all.

There’s a need for those that

second place spot with a 3-3 record.

Both teams will play on Saturday. The Knights will play the late game at 5:30 pm against the Bears while The Rattlers will play at 12:30 p.m. against the Storm, followed by a 3 p.m. contest against the Bears.

are able, to show them how to enjoy nature and the outdoors.

The Green County Youth Fair is just over a month away.

Folks from many of these organizations will formally offer our youth opportunities to go afield with mentors in a variety of ways. All volunteers, all giving of their time for free.

So, what gives legislators, (many of whom live right here in our adjacent counties), who sponsor and cosponsor bills that attack our way of life, the right to drain funds away from critical community organizations they don’t agree with? I say they don’t possess that right, and were not elected for that purpose. They need to be held accountable to all their constituents, regardless of their party affiliation.

I spoke with Tom King, President of the NYS Rifle & Pistol Association (NYSRPA) who said there are things we can do to effect positive change in this difficult legislative environment. He suggested starting with these three steps: Contact your local senate and assembly member and let them know how you feel about bills like A1413 and all similar attacks on your rights and freedoms. Register to vote, help your friends and family get registered, and make sure you vote in all elections.

Join and support organizations like the NYSRPA, the NRA, and local and national sportsmen’s organizations.

Tom also pointed out that when we fail to stop legislation that threatens our rights, the only recourse is legal

redress through the courts.

He noted that it is extremely expensive however, with one current lawsuit to defend the second amendment they are sponsoring all the way to the US Supreme Court projected to cost over $1.5 million.

That’s why he asserts its critical we support NYSRPA and the NRA in theses costly legal battles by at least establishing or renewing our membership.

Its high time we take a stand and mobilize to protect our rights, our communities, and our future.

Happy Father’s Day and Happy Hunting & Fishing until next time.

Remember to report poaching violations by calling 1-844-DEC-ECOS.

NEWS AND NOTES Father’s Day Events: Roe-Jan Creek Boat Club – Father’s Day Steak Bake, Sunday, June 16 The Roe-Jan Creek Boat Club is hosting their annual Father’s Day Steak Bake on Sunday, June 16 from 113 p.m. Cost for a complete steak dinner for adults is $15, kids $7.50. Clams will also be available for purchase. For more information, call Barb at 518-828-7173 or the clubhouse at 518-828-5954.

Earlton Fish & Game Club - Father’s Day Steak Roast, Sunday, June 16 The Earlton Fish & Game Club is hosting a Father’s Day Steak Roast on Sunday, June 16 at 56 Potic Creek Road in Earlton from 2-6 p.m. Dinner includes steak, potatoes, salad, vegetables and dessert.

There will be music, silent auctions, and raffles. Donation of $20 for adults, $10 for

kids 10 to 16. For more information call 516-644-0702 or email info@earltongunclub. com.

Upcoming Youth Fishing Derbies: Annual Youth Fishing Derby at Bavarian Manor - June 29 The Cairo Fish and Game Club in conjunction with the Greene County Federation of Sportsmen is sponsoring its Annual Youth Fishing Derby at the pond at Bavarian Manor in Purling on Saturday June 29th.. Youths 3 to 15 years of age are eligible to participate.

Free hot dogs, hamburgers, and drinks for the kids. All kids get a prize with special awards for winners in the junior and senior divisions.

Register at 9:30 a.m. and fish from 10 a.m.-noon.

Greene County Youth Activity and Fishing Derby at Catskill Point - July 6 *Further details are forthcoming Field & Stream’s Free Outdoor Education Series Fly casting – Thursday, June 20 from 6-8 p.m.

Fishing 101 - Tuesday, July 9 from 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Baitcasting 101 – Tuesday, July 16 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. *All classes are presented at Field & Stream store at 579 Troy Schenectady Road in Latham.

You can share any comments with our sports desk at sports@registerstar.com *If you have a fishing or hunting report, photo, or event you would like to be considered for publication, you can send it to: huntfishreport@gmail.com

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of the many young athletes dislaying their talent at today’s Team Fredette Basketball Showcase at Hudson High School.

Jones played a year of JV ball in Hudson as an eighthgrader, then played half of his freshman year on the Bluehawks’ varsity squad before moving with his family to the Tampa area of Florida.

He’s had an instant impact on the Seffner Christian Academy team this season, helping the Crusaders post a 25-7 record and reach the Florida 4A State Championship game where they lost to Westminster Academy of Fort Lauderdale, 77-73.

“My season went great,” Jones said. Meeting new people, people that play ball that want to do the same thing I

family. He just did everything for me to get to that school and it happened, it’s good.”

Having played in both New York and Florida, Jones said there isn’t that much of a difference between the level of competition in the two states.

“One difference that I see is that they’re a lot stronger physically. I had to be in the gym a lot, be more aggressive. Florida is known as football state, but there are basketball kids there, too.”

The 6-5 junior-to-be, feels his game has evolved since moving to Florida.

“I’m more patient,” Jones said. “Driving to the basket more and being more aggressive on the court and being a leader. We have leaders on our team, but I had to step up and be a leader.”

Jones’ immense potential has been noticed by college recruiters. He already has one scholarship from the University of South Florida,

want to do, play basktball at a higher level. Everybody was nice, they were cool and they really wanted to win. Everybody was on the same page, everybody wanted to play basketball and get far.

“It was too bad we couldn’t get it, but those guys are still my brothers. It doesn’t matter that I’ve just been there a year, they brought me there and it felt like we were brothers.”

Jones averaged 13 points per game and was one of several talented sophomores on the Crusaders roster.

“We have great talent.

One of my friends I played AAU with down there, Mike Trigg, he’s very good and he’s the one that got me to that school. I was going to go to another school and he was like ‘bro, you and me could be so good over there, we could go to the chip.’ And I liked that sound and so he and his Dad brought me there and made me feel like

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with many more to come.

“I’m just looking for a good college that will help me, not even with just basketball, but with other stuff in life,” Jones said. “That’s what my Mom wants for me. She says she’s going to let me pick, but all she wants for me is to have a good life. My Mom is one of my great supporters.”

Jones is looking forward today’s event at Hudson High and the chance to play with and in front of his friends again. Team Fredette Hudson will play Revolution at 5 p.m.

“It feels like home,” Jones said. “I was so happy to come back and play with my friends. I hadn’t seen them in a long time and they got better, too. The sky’s the limit for my friends. The coaches treat me like family whatever I do and whatever I need they help me out.”

Admission to today’s showcase is $5. Games get underway at noon.

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Team Fredette Hudson ninth and 10th grade coach Isiah Heard (left) works with Willie Jones at the Hudson Youth Center on Tuesday.

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Filed and recorded was a declaration of assignee of land patent All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the town of Hunter, county of Greene and state of New York bounded and described as follows: beginning at a point in the center of town highway route 8 (elka park road) at. the most northerly corner of lands of radcliffe, liber 892, page 252, and proceeding thence from said point of beginning along the center of said highway the next four courses: north 41. degrees 05 minutes.

44 seconds east 73.15 feet; thence north 43 degrees 32 minutes 30 seconds east 115.67 feet; thence north 46 degrees 49 minutes 54 seconds east 199.53; and thence north 48 degrees 33 minutes 46 seconds east 9.20 feet to the southwest corner of a 12.500 acre parcel of dennis radcliffe; thence south 38 degrees 34 minutes 46 seconds east along the southerly bounds of said parcel the next three distances: 40.46 feet to an iron spike; thence 59.54 feet to an iron pin; and thence 247.02 feet to an iron pin; and thence south 69 degrees 40 minutes 33 seconds east 540.34 feet to an iron pipe found in the westerly bounds of leach, liber 572, page 41; thence south 20 degrees 19 minutes 27 seconds west, along the westerly bounds of leach, the next three distances 610.59 feet to an iron pipe; thence 220.00 feet to a 36 inch hemlock tree; and thence 140.00 feet to the center of the schoharie creek; thence along center of said creek north 32 degrees 36 minutes 41 seconds west 226.28 feet; thence along the lands of radcliffe, liber 892, page 252, the following: north 20 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds east 96.90 feet to an iron pin; thence on the same bearing 60.00 feet to an iron pin; thence north 38 degrees 34 minutes 46 seconds west 933.35 feet to an iron pin; and thence on the same bearing, 25.41 feet to the point and place of beginning.

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Hudson Housing Authority PUBLIC NOTICE OF SIGNIFICANT AMENDMENT TO THE ANNUAL A N D / O R FIVE-YEAR PLANThe Hudson Housing Authority (HHA) is amending its Annual and/or Five Year PHA plan. The HHA plans to receive a Commitment to Enter into a Housing Assistance Payments (CHAP) from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the conversion of public housing units to Project Based Voucher assisted units under the Rental Assistance Demonstration Program (RAD) in accordance with the guidelines of PIH Notice 2012-32, Rev 2, Rev 3, and any successor notices. Conversion under RAD is considered a Significant Amendment to the HHA Five Year Plan.This is a 45 day notice with an opportunity to present public comments regarding this change.

The statutory 45 day comment period will begin on June 16, 2019 and will end on July 29, 2019. Comments must be made in writing and presented to Hudson Housing Authority's main office located at 41 N 2nd St., Hudson, NY 12534, Attn. Tim Mattice or via email to TMattice@hudsonhousingauthority.com no later than noon on July 29, 2019.A draft of the proposed Significant Amendment is available for review on the Hudson Housing Authority's website at h t t p : / / w w w. h u d s o n housingauthority.com/ and at The Authority's main office at 41 N 2nd St., Hudson, NY 12534A public hearing will be conducted on the significant Amendment on July 31, 2019 at 4:00pm in the Bliss Towers Community room at 41 North Second Street Hudson, New York 12534. Persons with special needs relating to handicapped accessibility, hearing or vision impairment or foreign language shall contact the Hudson Housing Authority Office at (518) 828-5415 prior to the date above.

CITATION File No.: 2019-61 S U R R O G AT E ' S COURT, COLUMBIA COUNTY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO: James Kearney a brother and distributee of Kathleen Kearney, deceased, if living, and

if dead, his executors, administrators, or heirs at law; otherwise to the distributees of Kathleen Kearney, deceased, and other persons, if any there be, and whose names and addresses are unknown to Petitioner, and also to persons who are or make any claim whatsoever as executors or administrators, or any persons who may be deceased, and who, if living would have an interest in these proceedings derived through, or from any or all of the above-named persons or their distributees, devisees, and legatees, and which persons, if any there be, their names and domicile addresses are unknown to the Petitioner.

A Petition having been duly filed by Marie Rother who is domiciled at 208 Cardinal Lane, Delray Beach, FL 33445.

YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate's Court, Columbia County, at 401 Union Street, Hudson, New York, on July 8, 2019 at 1:45 o'clock in the after noon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the Estate of Kathleen Kearney lately domiciled at 514 Fairview Drive, Copake, New York 12516, United States admitting to probate a Will dated November 19, 2018, a copy of which is attached, as the Will of Kathleen Kearney deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that: Letters Testamentary issue to Marie Rother.

Dated, Attested, and Sealed, May 24, 2019 HON. RICHARD M. KOWEEK, Surrogate. /s/ Kimberly A. Jorgensen, Chief Clerk.

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INVITATION TO BID The Town of Lexington Highway Department is soliciting bids for a 2018 or newer truck.

Request for quote are as follows: 5500 Regular cab 4wd-Diesel Engine Min. GVW 19,000 lbs. Power windows, locks, & mirrors - Keyless entry - Running Boards Traction rear tires Snow Plow Prep-Aux. SwitchesEngine Block Heater- Spare Traction Tire/Wheel - 9 ½ ft. V Blade Stainless Plow - 9 ft. Steel Dump Body - Electric over Hydraulic - 1 Coal Chute Center Strobes - Dump Bed & Front Grill - Full Cab Shield -Tarp/Roller - H D Hitch Plate - 4D Rings Welded in Body for Sander The bids must be received by the Town Clerk at 3542 Route 42, by 4:00 PM on June 27, 2019, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud. The bid will be awarded at the Regular Town Board Meeting on July 2, 2019 at 6:00 PM. The Town of Lexington may reject any and all bids.

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Notice to Bidders The Board of Education of the Hudson City School District hereby invites the submission of sealed bids on the following: Bread Products Bids will be received until NOON on June 20, 2019, at the Business Office of the Hudson City School District, 215 Harry Howard Avenue, Hudson, NY 12534, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened.

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Physicians RFP Leslie M. Coons The Catskill Central District Clerk School District requests sealed bids for PLEASE TAKE NOthe 2019-2020 School TICE that the July Planning Physicians RFP. monthly Sealed bids should be Board meeting for the submitted to the Cats- Town of Austerlitz has kill Central School Dis- been rescheduled for trict, Business Office, Tuesday July 9, 2019 347 West Main Street, at 7:00pm at the AusCatskill, New York terlitz Town Hall, locat12414 until 2:00 p.m. ed at 812 Route 203, New on Wednesday, June Spencertown, York.

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Specifications will be Mary Davis available upon request Planning Board Clerk and may be obtained June 13, 2019 from the Business Office by calling 518- NOTICE OF FILING 943-2300 ext. 1473 or Chittenden Falls Hyext. 1414 or emailing dropower, Inc (CHF) a m c c a b e @ c a t s - owns and operates the killcsd.org. The Board Chittenden Falls HyProject reserves the right to droelectric reject any and all pro- (Project) located on the Kinderhook Creek in posals.

By order of the Board Columbia County New York. The existing liof Education Catskill Central School cense for the Project was issued by the District Amanda McCabe, Dis- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission trict Treasurer (FERC) on June 29, MPORTANT INFOR- 1981 and expires May 2021.

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Walnut Street, Suite 420, Boulder, Colorado 80302 filed an application for a new license for the Project with FERC on May 31, 2019. The filed application is for a new license for a minor water-power project 5MW or less pursuant to FERC’s regulations.

The License Application contains the existing information and results of several recent studies conducted as part of the licensing process to fully describe the Project, its operations, potential environmental effects, and proposed environmental enhancement measures to be implemented under the new FERC license. These measures include provisions for upstream and downstream eel passage.

This application can be reviewed during normal business hours at the Hudson Area Library in Hudson, NY. Electronic copies of the application are available via FERC’s elibrary online at https://www.ferc.gov/d ocs-filing/elibrary.asp, search Project No. 3273. Upon acceptance of the application for filing, FERC will publish subsequent notices soliciting public participation. Any questions regarding this notice or the application can be directed to Ms. Celeste Fay at celeste@gravityrenewables.com Resolution No. 243-2019 Sponsored by Supervisor RESOLUTION ISSUING DETERMINATION AND FINDINGS PURSUANT TO EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEDURE LAW, SECTION 204 FOR PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS TO THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM KNOWN AS THE COLUMBIA COUNTY SEWER & WATER DISTRICT #1, SERVING THE GERALD R. SIMONS COMMERCE PARK UPON, the recommendation of the Public Works Committee at a

special meeting held on the 12th day of June, 2019; and of the Finance Committee; at a special meeting held on the 12th day of June, 2019; WHEREAS, the County has established the Gerald R. Simons Commerce Park that includes a sewer district to serve developed lots within the Park, developed and installed in or about 1992, and the existing wastewater treatment facility has now reached the end of its usable lifespan, requiring the County to evaluate possible solutions to continue to serve the commerce park; and WHEREAS, on April 10, 2019, pursuant to Section 201 of the New York State Eminent Domain Procedure Law, a public hearing regarding the replacement of the existing treatment facilities with new pump stations and the construction of a new transmission system to the town of Greenport collection system for Columbia County Sewer and Water District #1 was conducted.

The purpose of the hearing was to inform the public and to review the public use to be served by the project and the impact of the project on the environment and the residents of the area where these improvements will be constructed; NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the County of Columbia determines and finds as follows: (a) The Columbia County Sewer and Water District #1 owns and operates a wastewater treatment facility located within the Simmons Commerce Park located in the town of Ghent, New York. The facility is currently regulated under SPDES Permit # NY-0240401 which contains strict effluent permit limits.

Columbia County entered into an Order on Consent with the Department of Environ-

mental Conservation (R4-2010-1021-119) in February 2011 to evaluate the facility and to make modifications in order to consistently meet permit conditions. A second Order on Consent (R4-2016-0108-05) was issued in March 2016 requiring Columbia County to evaluate alternatives to the existing treatment facility.

Columbia County then evaluated options for either replacement of the existing wastewater treatment facility or discharge to another wastewater treatment facility. Based upon this evaluation, it was proposed to replace the existing treatment facilities with new pump stations and to construct a new transmission system to the existing Town of Greenport collection system and existing Greenport sewage treatment plant A smaller treatment plant serves the Columbia County Airport and operates under SPDES Permit # NY0223557. This facility consists of a septic tank, pump station and sand filter and has a design flow of 1500 gallons per day.

The proposed improvements for the betterment of the public consist of the replacement of the existing treatment facilities with new pump stations and construction of a new transmission system to the existing Town of Greenport collection system and existing Greenport sewage treatment plant.

For the smaller treatment facility located at the Columbia County Airport the proposed improvement consists of the abandonment of the smaller treatment plant and redirecting its flow to the existing collection infrastructure currently serving the larger plant. This work includes installation of a new duplex pump station at the Columbia County Airport and construction of an approximate

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A new pump station for the larger treatment facility will be located near the Commerce Park headworks. The station would be designed for the district average day flows of 50,000 gallons per day, would consist of two vacuum prime pumps rated at 200 gallons per minute and a six-foot diameter precast concrete wet well with flow controls and alarm conditions.

In addition to the pump station at the Commerce Park Sewage Treatment Plant, three additional pump stations will be required. Each pump station will be sized to accommodate up to 75,000 gallons per day on an average day basis and will each consist of two vacuum prime pumps rated at 235 gallons per minute and a 6 foot diameter precast concrete wet well with flow controls and alarm conditions.

Approximately 13,500 feet of 6 inch diameter HDPE force main and 6700 feet of 8 inch diameter PVC gravity sewer will transport the sewage from the Commerce Park sewage treatment plant to the town of Greenport sewage treatment plant.

There will be no modification to the existing Columbia County Sewer and Water District #1 boundaries as result of the proposed improvements.

This project will contribute to the health and general welfare of the public. (b) The approximate locations for the proposed public project are in the areas of the existing wastewater treatment facility located within the Simmons Commerce Park within the town of Ghent, and within the area of the Columbia County Airport. In addition, the infrastructure for transmission of the effluent will be constructed on various parcels of real property; the proposed conveyance system construction requires the acquisition of both construction and/or permanent easements on approximately 42 parcels. The owners of the subject parcels from whom consent has not been obtained for the construction and/or permanent easements are set forth below by address and section/block and lot numbers: 6 Grandinetti Drive, Ghent, NY 101.00-1-10 Route 66, Claverack, NY 101.00-2-53 Route 66, Claverack, NY 101.00-2-6.100

771 Route 66, Claverack, NY 101.00-1-66 765 Route 66, Claverack, NY 101.00-1-65 763 Route 66, Claverack, NY 101.00-1-64 759 Route 66, Claverack, NY 101.00-1-63 725 Route 66, Claverack, NY 101.00-1-60 705 Route 66, Claverack, NY 101.00-1-59 673 Route 66, Claverack, NY 101.00-1-52.2 569 Route 66, Claverack, NY 111.00-1-1.1 23 Fish & Game Road, Claverack, NY 110.00-1-29.2 3 Fish & Game Road, Claverack, NY 110.00-1-28 497 Route 66, Claverack, NY 110.00-1-27 491 Route 66, Claverack, NY 110.00-1-26 487 Route 66, Claverack, NY 110.00-1-24 441 Route 66, Claverack, NY 110.00-1-31.1 441 Route 66, Claverack, NY 110.00-1-31.4.21 Briwa Lane, Greenport, NY 100.00-1-39 Route 66, Claverack, NY 110.00-1-30 Route 66, Claverack, NY 110.00-1-30 The real property sought to be acquired for the construction and/or permanent easements represents the minimal amount of real property required for this public improvement project. The reasons for the location of the proposed construction and/or permanent easements for the transmission system is that Columbia County has determined that construction of this new transmission system to the town of Greenport wastewater pollution control facility is the most cost effective long term solution to address the wastewater needs of the Commerce Center and is based upon sound and accepted engineering principles. (c) The proposed project will not have a negative impact on the environment and the residents of the locality. On January 3, 2017 Columbia County classified this public project as a Type I action under the State Environmental Quality Review Act Regulations and further declared itself to be lead agency for this public project.

Thereafter, on March 8, 2017 Columbia County issued a negative declaration pursuant to the State Environmental Quality Review Act with respect to this project. Columbia County took a hard look at the anticipated environmental concern of the proposed project and made a reasoned elaboration of the basis for its determination. d) The estimated capital costs for all of the proposed improvements approximately equals $9,197,000, while the estimated annual payment would approximately equal $469,224 for a 30 year bonding period at an assumed interest rate of 3%. The estimated current annual operation and maintenance costs are approximately $162,000. The estimated annual operation and maintenance costs for the proposed improvements results in a decreased annual cost to approximately $45,000. (e) The proposed project is approved and the appropriate procedure under the Eminent Domain Procedure Law be followed to acquire the necessary construction and/or permanent easements.

AND BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that a brief synopsis of the Determination and Findings be published in at least two successive issues of the Hudson Register Star.

AND BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that Columbia County by and through its designated agent shall serve, by personal service or certified mail, return receipt requested, a notice of the brief synopsis of the Determination and Findings upon each assessment record billing owner or his or her attorney of record whose property may be acquired.

AND BE IT FURTHER,

RESOLVED, that certified copies of this resolution be forwarded to the Columbia County Attorney, Columbia County Treasurer, the Columbia County Clerk, the Board of Commissioners of the Columbia County Sewer & Water District #1, and any and all others deemed necessary and proper.

S/Robert J. Fitzsimmons, County Attorney Resolution Committee: S/Matt B. Murell S/Sarah H. Sterling S/Patrick Grattan STATE OF NEW YORK} COUNTY OF COLUMBIA} ss: This is to certify that I, undersigned Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Columbia, have compared the foregoing resolution with the original resolution, now on file in the office of said clerk, and which was adopted by said Board of Supervisors on the 12th day of June , 2019, and that the same is true and correct transcript of such original resolution and of the whole thereo f .

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Board of Supervisors this 13th day of June, 2019.

S/Kelly S. Baccaro, Clerk of the Board

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LOT FOR sale in Greenport, 308 Anthony Ave 117X80" $35,000.

Call 518-8213208 New York / Vermont Border $39,900. 12 acre Mini Farm with views, southern exposure, stream, beaver pond.

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South of Ocean City near state line, spectacular lots in exclusive development near NASA facing Chincoteague Island. New development with paved roads, utilities, pool and dock. Great climate, low taxes and Assateague National Seashore beaches nearby. Priced $29,900 to $79,900 with financing. Call (757) 824-6289 or website: oldemillpointe.com

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ANTICIPATED VACANCIES CLEANER FOOD SERVICE WORKER MAINTENANCE PERSON SUBSTITUTES IN ALL AREAS GREENVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL is accepting applications for anticipated positions and substitutes in all areas.

Please visit www.greenvillecsd.org for information or call 518-966-5070, Ext. 525.

Hudson Valley Fish Farms Hudson, NY Job Title: Aquaculture Manager Job Location: Hudson, NY

Lamont Engineers, P.C. is seeking the following positions at its Saugerties Office:

Major Responsibilities: Oversee the operations of the fish farm animal husbandry with particular focus on pacific salmonid culture according to production plan, including the integration of a third party water treatment system and harvesting equipment into existing farm designs. Develop maintenance schedules and the annualized budget for the farm. Develop alternatives for waste streams including but not limited to exploring fish ensilage and decoupled aquaponics. Audit existing biosecurity procedures to provide recommendations on areas of risk and mitigation. Manage design and construction of pilot programs with the development of a commercial prototype for shrimp. Support the development of operator training programs for running recirculating aquaculture system.

Lead system modifications as required and facilitate the evaluation of alternate species for the farm expansion. Troubleshoot and develop successful renovation plans for recirculating aquaculture retrofit projects, and water chemistry monitoring with focus on recirculating aquaculture systems. Optimize, modify, and upgrade the existing systems of infrastructure and Hydro-Mechanical industrial system construction and management including troubleshooting, maintenance, and training with demonstrated ability to integrate design with site characteristics in order to ensure the success and profitability of our Electro-Stunning Harvesting System and Water Pre-Treatment System. Develop market evaluations and forecast based on seafood trends and new developments in the seafood industry and vendor and stakeholder management with established relationships with major feed, processing and equipment suppliers and experience working with veterinarians, government & regulatory authorities and distributors.

Develop monthly financial and operational reporting on a consulting basis, including procurement and quoting.

Perform value analysis looking at the cost of production against the market demand for our products. Analyze acquisition and partnership opportunities. Explore export opportunities. Coordinate special business projects, including the analysis of Aquaponics and Processing expansion. Extensively participate in the build out and integration to identify the deficiencies in the integration of our water pre-treatment system.

Responsible for procurement and quoting with focus on large scale plumbing, electrical and construction projects. Responsible for Production modelling and alignment of sales & distribution planning; Project management; Integration of design with site characteristics; Technical and operational training with management teams of 8 or more people; managing operations with annual revenue of more than $5 M. 15% travel required.

ASSISTANT PROJECT ENGINEER – Full-time position with benefits; Bachelors (BS) degree in Civil Engineering with FE or PE, with 2 - 10 years of relevant experience; proficient with Autodesk Civil 3D and/or Autodesk Revit; working knowledge of Microsoft Office; good written and verbal communication skills; experience with civil engineering projects a plus. Benefits.

Job Requirements: Applicant must possess 6 years of experience in cultivating salmonid species from egg through to full market site and running commercial recirculating aquaculture systems. Additionally, the applicant must have professional experience in the following: 1.) Animal husbandry with particular focus on pacific salmonid culture; 2.) water chemistry monitoring with focus on recirculating aquaculture system; 3.) managing operations with annual revenue of more than $2.5M; 4.) Vendor and stakeholder management with established relationships with major feed, processing and equipment suppliers and experience working with veterinarians, government & regulatory authorities and distributors; 5.) Hydro-Mechanical industrial system construction and management including troubleshooting, maintenance, and training with demonstrated ability to integrate design with site characteristics; 6.) procurement and quoting with focus on large scale plumbing, electrical and construction projects; 7.) Production modelling and alignment of sales & distribution planning; 8.) Project management; 9.) Integration of design with site characteristics; and 10.) Technical and operational training with management teams of 8 or more people.

To apply: Send resumes to Kimberly Sedano, 4269 Route 9, Hudson, NY 12534 WINDHAM-ASHLAND-JEWETT CSD BUS DRIVER/CUSTODIAN AND MECHANIC/BUS DRIVER POSITIONS OPEN The Windham-Ashland-Jewett CSD is seeking to hire for the following positions: Bus Driver/Custodian and Mechanic/Bus Driver. Qualified individuals whom are student-centered, flexible and hard-working individuals wanting to work within a rigorous, family atmosphere are strongly encouraged to apply. Additional details regarding these positions are available upon request.

Please send a completed application, cover letter, certifications and names of references with contact information to: Mr. John Wiktorko, Superintendent of Schools Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central School PO Box 429 Windham, NY 12496 Please respond as soon as possible but no later than June 28, 2019.

LANDSCAPE YARD FOREMAN Immediate opening. Unique opportunity for self-driven individual to learn and grow in premier established garden center. Includes heavy lifting, forklift operation, plant care, customer service & outside work. Weekends and holidays.

Please call Callander’s Nursery at (518) 392-4540, Ext. 1

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FARM WORKER (George W. Saulpaugh & Son, Inc., 1790 Route 9, Germantown, NY 12526) Harvest apples and orchard maintenance. Frequent stooping, repetitive movements, lift 75 lbs, exposure to temperature extremes, 2 months verifiable experience. (07/20/2019 – 12/01/2019) $13.25/hr, ¾ guaranteed contract; tools and supplies, housing, transportation expenses paid by employer. Transportation, subsistence paid to worker upon 50% completion of contract. 30 temporary jobs.

Please contact employer or (877)466-9757 to locate nearest State Workforce Agency office and apply using NY 1304522.

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CLAVERACK, NY - Rt 23, 2 bdr, appliances, wash/dryer on premises. $850 per mon.

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Village of Coxsackie Water Department Laborer Position The Village of Coxsackie is seeking applicants for a fulltime position with benefits and state retirement in the Water Dept. as a laborer. The job description and application is posted on the Village’s website, www.villageofcoxsackie. com, Facebook or can be picked up at the clerk’s office at Village Hall at 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie, NY. Applications will be accepted until 4pm on July 1, 2019.

JOB OPPORTUNITY $18.50 P/H NYC $15 P/H LI $14.50 P/H UPSTATE NY If you currently care for your relatives or friends who have Medicaid or Medicare, you may be eligible to start working for them as a personal assistant. No Certificates needed. (347)4622610 (347)565-6200

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AIRLINE CAREERS Start Here -Get trained as FAA certified Aviation Technician. Financial aid for qualified students. Job placement assistance. Call AIM for free information 866296-7094 Columbia County. Home Care Helper Wanted Private residence, pleasant environment, exp. a plus, but not needed. Will train.518-828-2163

Lamont Engineers is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Section 3 applicants are encouraged to apply.

Send resume to: lamont@lamontengineers.com PO Box 610, Cobleskill, NY 12043 LANDSCAPE YARD FOREMAN Immediate opening. Unique opportunity for self-driven individual to learn and grow in premier established garden center. Includes heavy lifting, forklift operation, plant care, customer service and outside work. Weekends and holidays. Please call Callander’s Nursery at (518) 392-4540, Ext. 1 PLUMBER AND plumber apprentice, full time position for year around work. Full benefit package, health ins. pd. vacation, personal time, sick time, life ins. 401k, profit sharing. Salary based on experience. Send resume to PO BOX 793 Philmont, NY 12565.

445 Situations Wanted Personal Assistant/Caregiver Available Immediately Short or long-term, Cairo area. Helper/companion for elderly, house watcher, errands, pet care. 518.653.7025

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Serial dater’s love life is hard for his friend to watch I have a guy friend who goes from girl to girl constantly. People talk about what a player he is and say he doesn’t really like the women he’s dating. He has been called desperate — among other things. None of this ever gets to him.

Even though we are just close friends, he has even asked ME out.

DEAR ABBY I think he’s doing things all wrong, and I want to tell him so, but I know it’s his life, and he’s going to tell me that.

I want people to stop talking behind his back. He annoys me so much when it comes to his dating life that I sometimes want to scream at his face. Do you have advice for me?

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He knew my feelings about them, but didn’t take them down. He has two smaller pictures of the two of us, but you can’t miss the two 8-by10s when you enter the room.

Was I wrong in asking him to remove them?

I still care for him, but my feelings don’t seem to matter to him.

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Yes, I do. You have a right to express your opinions to your friend. That said, try to be less judgmental. Remain his friend but focus less on his dating life so much because it is not your business. You are making a mistake if you allow it to become an obsession.

My daughter says that if I send a wedding gift of money to the bride and groom even though we weren’t invited, it would make the bride feel guilty for not including me/us.

My daughter and the bride have been friends and sports teammates for 25 years. We watched her grow up into a fine person. She had a small, backyard wedding, and we completely understood and agreed with her decision to not invite us. What is the proper etiquette on this topic?

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My boyfriend of 10 years and I recently broke up over some photos he has displayed on his mantel. At one time, he had an 8-by-10 photo of me, which suddenly disappeared. He swore he had no idea what happened to it. He now has four photos (two are 8-by-10) of a woman he calls his “co-worker.” She ushers with him at church on Sundays, and I know she has no interest in him.

I’m not a jealous person, but those photos have caused me hurt and embarrassment when others asked who the “babe” in the pictures is.

You weren’t wrong to tell your ex how you felt about the photos.

And you are right that your feelings on the subject weren’t important to him. It appears he became fixated on the church lady, which is why you were smart to break off the relationship.

There have been many trials that show acupuncture is superior to no treatment for various symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. This is TO YOUR true especially for fatigue, but GOOD HEALTH also in a composite score that includes stiffness. A systematic review of published studies found that “acupuncture has significant positive effects.”

Other studies have shown that sham acupuncture, where random areas of the body were needled, was also effective in treating symptoms. This has led some skeptical authors to conclude that acupuncture is a placebo effect: The treatment convinces people that they are getting better, so they do feel better. However, if acupuncture were completely harmless and improved symptoms, I would recommend it to people who were interested.

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I have been experiencing spells of dizziness (not spinning), along with tiredness

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The rule of etiquette is that if you accept a wedding invitation, you should give the couple a gift.

However, if you do not attend and still would like to send something, it’s not only NOT a breach of etiquette, it is a generous and loving gesture. By all means send the check along with a sweet note expressing the sentiments you shared with me.

Accupucture effective in relieiving Parkinson symptoms Is acupuncture a possible therapy to relieve back pain and stiffness associated with Parkinson’s disease?

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and feeling out of breath. I take tamoxifen to prevent breast cancer. When I started, my red blood cell count was normal at 3.95, but now it is low at 3.61. Could tamoxifen be causing the dizziness?

Tamoxifen has both estrogenlike and anti-estrogen effects, and has been shown to reduce risk of breast cancer in high-risk women. However, it has many potential side effects, including hot flashes, blood clots, endometrial disease and coronary artery disease risk.

Two less-common side effects are dizziness and anemia. Dizziness can mean vertigo (often described as spinning), but also lightheadedness, which is what I think you mean.

I suspect your case is due to the tamoxifen relaxing your blood vessels (called vasodilation), which leads to flushing and low blood pressure.

However, about 5% of women taking tamoxifen will have anemia. (A low red blood cell count is a sign of anemia, although it is more common to follow hemoglobin level or hematocrit percentage.) The combination of vasodilation and anemia could certainly cause dizziness.

If continuing the tamoxifen is important to you in preventing breast cancer, you could try increasing your salt and water intake. Discuss this with your doctor ahead of time to be sure your blood pressure can handle that.

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By Stella Wilder Born today, you may not seem to be one of the most sensitive, poetic individuals born under your sign, but the truth is that you are almost all emotion, and you respond to the world with your heart rather than your head. This can be dangerous for you at times, for you will often find yourself in situations that demand a certain strength and fortitude that you are unable to muster. What sees you through, however, is your ability to use your own nature, your own character, your own personality to advance any cause you embrace — and you are able to succeed simply because you know yourself so well.

Your sensitivity can be a tremendous advantage when it comes to love; you are able to give a romantic partner all that he or she wants and needs — and then some!

Also born on this date are: Ice Cube, rapper and actor; Neil Patrick Harris, actor; Courteney Cox, actress; Helen Hunt, actress; Waylon Jennings, singer; Tim Lincecum, baseball player; Jim Belushi, actor; Julie Hagerty, actress; Jake Busey, 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, JUNE 16 GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — It’s important for you to learn as much as you can about circumstances and situations you’re going to face today.

Don’t try to progress blindly.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — You may not feel as collaborative as you had hoped today, but what you do on your own can certainly be built upon with others later on.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Hard work is in store — after some careful thinking. You can’t do what you want to do without making a detailed plan — and

sticking to it.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — You’re eager for a day that seems normal from morning to night, but that’s not in the stars for you during this particular phase. Be ready!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — You are likely to face more today than you had planned on, but that doesn’t mean you won’t be able to deal with it all in a productive manner.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Someone else is likely to leave for parts unknown, and this may put you in something of a funk; he or she will be back in touch very soon!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — The sooner you make a start today, the more you’ll get done — and the more you get done now, the more time you’ll have to yourself later.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You may be wondering at the sheer scope of things right now, but a friend helps you regain a more healthy perspective. All makes sense soon!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — You must be ready when a new opportunity knocks, and that means tying up loose ends right now. They may be hard to spot, but they’re there.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — A friend or loved one is concerned for your well-being; perhaps you’ve been doing or saying things that are confusing. Be reassuring.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Someone knows just where to strike today to get the greatest possible reaction out of you. If you’re prepared, however, you needn’t buckle.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — This is a good day to start something over that hasn’t been progressing the way you had hoped. You’ve learned a thing or two since it began.

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SUPER QUIZ

THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

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

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

In which state?

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

(Answers Monday) Jumbles: SNACK GRIPE INSIST STURDY Answer: The U.S. flag was changed in 1960 because Alaska and Hawaii were — RISING STARS

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

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(e.g., Mount Rushmore. Answer: South Dakota.)

Freshman level 1. The Catskill Mountains 2. The French Quarter 3. Pearl Harbor 4. The Alamo 5. The Kennedy Space Center Graduate level 6. Graceland 7. Silicon Valley 8. Harvard University 9. Little Bighorn Battlefield 10. Fort Sumter PH.D. level 11. Hannibal, the boyhood home of Mark Twain 12. The world headquarters of Nike 13. The headquarters of CNN 14. Fort McHenry 15. Harriet Beecher Stowe House

SUPER QUIZ ANSWERS 1. New York. 2. Louisiana. 3. Hawaii. 4. Texas. 5. Florida. 6. Tennessee. 7. California. 8. Massachusetts. 9. Montana. 10. South Carolina. 11. Missouri. 12. Oregon. 13.

Georgia. 14. Maryland. 15. Ohio.

24 to 30 points — congratulations, doctor; 18 to 23 points — honors graduate; 13 to 17 points — you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 5 to 12 points — you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 4 points — enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points — who reads the questions to you?

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By TODD MARTENS Los Angeles Times

If game writer Taylor Kurosaki has his way, this year’s annual “Call of Duty” release — a reset of the franchise’s “Modern Warfare” brand — will also reframe “Call of Duty’s” reputation.

While plenty have attempted to make a so-called thinking-person’s shooter, “Modern Warfare’s” single-player narrative, previewed for media in advance of theElectronic Entertainment Expo slated for June 11 through 13, aims to capture the nuances of proxy warfare, a term used when outside powers fight one another through surrogates.

More intriguing — perhaps even

risk-taking for a series known for its blunt patriotism — “Modern Warfare,” due Oct. 25 for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PCs, gives players point-of-view control through a character named Farah Karim, a Middle Eastern woman and battlescarred warrior who has been fighting for survival since childhood.

In one of the two missions previewed, we see Karim crawling under a bed and scurrying around her house to take down a lunkheaded Russian soldier with little more than a screwdriver.

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The character of Farah Karim in the upcoming “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare” video game was inspired by the YPJ, the female brigade of Kurdish resistance fighters in Syria, some of whom are shown here.

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Taron Egerton channels Elton John in ‘Rocketman,’ and the role is about to change his life

By AMY KAUFMAN Los Angeles Times (TNS)

CANNES, France — “Sorry for the delay,” Taron Egerton says, setting his iPhone on a table. “I can literally say that I had to take a call from Elton John.”

Little more than 12 hours have passed since the lights came up inside the Cannes Film Festival’s grandest theater, revealing the actor and the iconic musician he plays in “Rocketman” both in tears. The crowd around them rose to its feet as the two embraced, sobbing into the other’s shoulder. Then they migrated down the Croisette to a party on the beach, where the 29-year-old and the 72-year-old duetted together for hundreds of guests standing in their black-tie attire on the sand.

“It was just the perfect day,” Egerton says — one of the best of his young life. But he started it off anxious, walking into the Grand Thetre Lumiere with his breath high in his chest. He couldn’t relax for the first 45 minutes of the film, seated beside John as the performer faced depictions of emotionally turbulent years filled with parental neglect, sexual confusion and substance abuse.

“He only saw it for the first time yesterday, which is why I think he was so profoundly moved,” Egerton says.

“He’s lived a life less ordinary, but it’s not been an easy life, I don’t think.

So to see him, relive some of that and have such an acute emotional reaction? It’s an emotional thing for me.”

Hence the call from John just now, “taking a moment to be happy” over the resoundingly positive reviews that poured in overnight. After a long night of drinking beer, Egerton is now mainlining coffee in a hotel suite overlooking the waterfront where he performed hours earlier. His Tricker’s loafers, he points out, are coincidentally the brand’s “Elton” style.

He’s trying not to look at his phone, but it keeps lighting up. First came a text from Jamie Bell, who plays John’s songwriting partner Bernie Taupin in the film. “You’re my brother,” wrote Bell, who couldn’t make the premiere because his wife was about to have a baby. And there were a few from his mother, who showed him “The Lion King” when he was 5, the movie in which he first heard John sing.

“I’ve had some fab calls,” he acknowledges. “But you know, we’ve got a long way to go, and we don’t know how things are going to go.”

Indeed, no matter how splashy the debut, the timing of “Rocketman” is also nerve-racking. The film, which opens Friday in the U.S., comes on the heels of fall’s “Bohemian Rhapsody,” the Freddie Mercury biopic that earned an astonishing $900 million at the global box office. In February, Rami Malek earned a lead actor Oscar for his performance as the Queen frontman. And “Rocketman” director Dexter Fletcher had stepped in to finish production on “Bohemian Rhapsody” when that film’s credited director, Bryan Singer, was fired.

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Taron Egerton as Elton John in “Rocketman.”

The comparisons are inevitable.

And no matter how good “Rocketman” is, or how good Egerton is, does it arrive too soon for another portrait of a rock ‘n’ roll star to be fully embraced?

Egerton says he hopes the success of “Bohemian Rhapsody” proves just the opposite — “that there’s an appetite for this type of film.” And he’s keen to emphasize their differences: The Queen movie was a more straightforward portrait, where “Rocketman” is a musical fantasy that tracks John from boyhood to to his early 40s, when he gets sober.

And while Malek gave a “wonderful performance” that felt like he “resurrected Freddie,” Egerton says, he was primarily lip-syncing the songs.

“Our film is a different animal.

Hopefully we garner some of the same love,” he says. “We ain’t gonna make $900 million. I think everyone needs to adjust their expectations. That film is a unicorn.”

John and his husband, David Furnish, had been developing a “Rocketman” film for nearly two decades. The first actor officially cast to play John, Oscar nominee Tom Hardy, was not planning to sing in his own voice. But producers ultimately decided that Hardy, 41, was too old to believably play the singer in his youth.

“It’s also a musical, and Tom’s obviously probably the most gifted actor of his generation — and I think Tom knows this — but he ain’t a singer,” says Egerton, who counts Hardy as a friend. “He emailed me last week congratulating me and saying he felt that I was the man to portray the big man.

Tom’s a class act.”

After the success of 2014’s “Kingsman: The Secret Service,” the action comedy starring Egerton as a cheeky agent recruited into an undercover spy organization, he wanted his next role to include singing.

Then, on the set of the 2017 “Kingsman” sequel, director Matthew Vaughn suddenly asked: “How would you feel about playing Elton?” Vaughn had just come aboard “Rocketman” to help John and Furnish get the longgestating project off the ground. Coincidentally, the couple had just met Egerton for the first time on the set of the second “Kingsman” film, in which John made a cameo.

“The first thing Elton ever said to me was during a wedding scene we were filming: ‘You know, if I were five years younger, it’d be me that you were marrying there,’” Egerton says with a laugh.

After Vaughn advised them that the actor also had “the voice of an angel,” John and Furnish began seriously considering Egerton for the role.

It helped, Furnish adds, that “he and Elton got on like a house on fire.”

John made himself totally available to the actor. During visits to the singer’s mansion in Windsor, England he asked the singer questions about his life.

“Sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll — everything,” Egerton says. “Because when you play someone, you have to know the beating heart of their experience. If you’re playing a drug addict, the world of addiction is not pretty. That’s a dark place, and I asked him a lot about it, because I felt it was important I know. And I have never asked Elton anything that he has been uncomfortable with. You cannot make that man blush.”

John allowed Egerton to read the diaries he’d kept in the 1970s and even gave him the first diamond earring he’d ever bought. The actor wore it during a pivotal rehab scene in “Rocketman,” coming to feel the jewelry was his “little talisman — my thing that made me feel close to him.”

The only time John ever weighed in on his performance, Egerton says, is when he first heard the actor’s takes on his songs.

“I f—ing love it. Stop trying to sound like me.”

Ultimately, Fletcher advised him to just sing the songs as best he could, without fixating on mimicking John’s voice precisely. From that point forward, neither John — who was reviewing dailies — nor Furnish — who spent a lot of time on set — gave Egerton any notes.

“There are moments in the movie where I’m screaming and shouting or doing lines of gear — moments that aren’t pretty,” says Egerton. “It’s tantrums and tiaras, man — it’s Elton John. There’s moments where you’ve got to see him lose his mind3/8. If I thought too much about Elton watching it, I’d start to go, ‘God, is he going to hate the fact that I’m making him look crazy?’”

That John didn’t sanitize the screenplay is a “tribute to Elton’s bravery,” believes Egerton, noting that “we’ve all seen movies where the real-life protagonist who is still knocking around have made themselves look saintly.”

He also credits Paramount for not watering down a love scene between the musician and his manager, John Reid, played by Richard Madden.

Though the sequence is brief and nonexplicit, its mere existence immediately generated headlines after the Cannes premiere: “‘Rocketman’ Blazes Trail as First Major Studio Film to Depict Gay Male Sex,” wrote the Hollywood Reporter.

“The fact that people write about it in that way means that it’s still a conversation. It wouldn’t be a conversation if it was a heterosexual scene, so it’s still important we push that

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Warfare’s” Kurosaki, “and a lot of times they have no escape.”

Though set in the fictional Middle Eastern country of Urzikstan, the inspiration for a character such as Karim, says Kurosaki, was the very real YPJ, the female brigade of northern Syria’s Kurdish resistance militia that the U.S. has supported in its fight against Islamic State.

There are plenty of Western hero-types in the game — this is “Call of Duty,” after all — but Kurosaki says his mission this time extended beyond blockbuster moments. He wants the “Call of Duty” fan to learn about a “side of warfare that they may not be aware of.”

“There’s this whole other side of war today that is real, that’s happening, and to ignore it or not cover it felt like it would be a terrible, terrible omission,” says Kurosaki, who joined “Modern Warfare” publisher Infinity Ward after years at Santa Monica’s Naughty Dog (“Uncharted”). “It wouldn’t be doing justice to the unintended victims in these wars and the unsung heroes of these wars.

“This game,” he continues, “is as much of an indictment of the industrial military complex

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of the superpowers of the world as it is a referendum on where you draw the line and what tips the scale from freedom fighter to terrorist. There are all these perspectives on this, and no one is completely innocent.”

It’s heady stuff, and while it will be a few months before we know if it will work, it’s also not necessarily what led “Call of Duty” to become one of the most recognizable names in gaming. Just a year ago, some were wondering if the Activision-published game would abandon the development of costly single player campaigns

altogether to go multiplayer only, where persistent updates can extend the life of a game.

And while the franchise during its existence over a decade and a half has swung from world war realism to the occasional absurdity (astronaut soldiers), when it has tried to get thought-provokingly serious it hasn’t always worked. Case in point: the second installment in the “Modern Warfare” series when an attempted commentary on terrorism allowed players to uncomfortably gun down civilians.

One of the previewed

missions of the new “Modern Warfare” (this upcoming number-less release will be the fourth) sends players on an intensely intimate raid of a terrorist cell in London with returning British soldier Capt. John Price, a Special Forces expert.

Gunfights will occur in narrow hallways of a multistoried home where it’s implied families live with the terrorists, and the line between civilian and enemy looks intentionally blurred.

In one moment, a woman is used as a human shield, but she ultimately turns out to attempt to attack the Western soldiers

boundary,” says Egerton. “ It’s two people falling in love and one person losing their virginity. I’m very proud to be part of a film that has handled that with humanity and integrity, rather than trying to sidestep it.”

As for the reports that Paramount forced the production to scale back the scene to make it tamer, Egerton insists that wasn’t the case.

“People have said they cut the scene substantially? What do they think has been cut?” he says, becoming animated. “We shot that scene for ... four hours. What do you think is3/8 missing? What graphic bit of detail do you think is3/8 missing? No, it’s just been edited together now. You could probably watch a five-hour version of it if you wanted.”

While Egerton did attend an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting midshoot to better understand addiction, he says he tried not to get too caught up in the emotional turmoil of the character. He doesn’t subscribe to method acting — “Frankly, I think it’s indulgent nonsense” — and didn’t hide out in his trailer, getting into character.

Bryce Dallas Howard, who plays John’s mother, says she was impressed by the “high-wire act” Egerton pulled off immersing himself in John’s world while acting like a normal dude on set.

Even if “Rocketman” doesn’t make $900 million, it will likely have a big impact on Egerton’s career, an odd side effect of a film largely about the perils of fame.

“People are always saying, ‘You’re about to blow up.’ It’s not true,” he says. “Que sera sera, but I’m not going to become an overnight ... A-lister.

I would like to have autonomy over my choices creatively, and I like earning money. These things are fine. I want the movie to be a success, and of course I want me personally to be a success. Would I like to not be able to get on the bus without being hounded? No, I’m not interested in that at all. I don’t mind taking a selfie out now and then, but if I had to do as many every day as I did yesterday?

That sounds like fun, but it ... isn’t.”

Egerton would like to continue a steady but relatively slow pace of work.

And he’s interested in further pursuing music. He says he feels most at peace when expressing himself through song — which is also how he connects with John, whose husband told Egerton: “The only time I don’t worry about Elton is when he’s on stage.”

“I need to learn how to play the piano properly,” he says. “That’s my next big aim. ... Elton’s very keen that I do it too. I need to learn an instrument, because if I learn an instrument, who knows? Maybe I could write something ... If I ever wanted to pursue that as a thing, I’d have to be able to write some songs, I think.”

No matter what, one thing is certain: Egerton and John are bonded for life. After the screening last week, Furnish says, he pulled the actor close and told him: “You’re an indelible part of our family, forever and ever.”

herself. It’s meant to be uncomfortable — there’s a baby to rescue in one room — and the gunfire and gag-inducing injuries become audibly graphic.

Kurosaki says he knows some scenes won’t be for the faint of heart.

“We want the players to obviously feel tension, and we want them to feel that there are stakes — there’s peril, frankly,” he says. “In the old games, Price always used to say, ‘Check your corners.’ I think you know what that means, but the player didn’t have to. It was window dressing. In this game, the player does need to check their corners; otherwise they jeopardize the mission.”

Kurosaki says he wants “Call of Duty” to be spoken of as on par with the best war films, and he hopes “Modern Warfare” will inspire fans to check out the harrowing and eye-opening documentaries “The White Helmets” or “Last Man in Aleppo.”

It’s worth noting that some who worked on the Oscar-winning “The White Helmets” were barred entry into the U.S. due to travel restrictions by the Trump regime, highlighting the stillfraught relationship America has with the region “Modern Warfare” will aim to shine a light on.

Thus, Kurosaki is certainly not unaware of the challenge that lies ahead.

“Typically, you can say ‘Call of Duty’ is the Walmart of video games. It’s this big behemoth,” he says.

“What would it mean if Walmart started to carry all organic produce? It would be such a big change,” noting that the mass market retailer would, in theory, be able to bring organics to the masses.

“So we have that kind of reach,” he says. “We touch all these people’s lives, and people love these games so much. So why can’t they get their wish fulfillment of navigating this complicated world and making a difference in it and also learning about this whole other side of warfare?”

It’s a lofty and important goal, and while there have been independent games that deal with harsh, emotional realities of war — the anthology-like stories of 2016’s “Battlefield 1” went a more personal route — the rules are still being defined when it comes to marrying deep narratives with big-budget violent games.

“As a creator,” Kurosaki says, “I only get so many atbats. It takes three years to make one of these games, and so you only get so many chances to say something. I would rather say something about making sense of the world that we live in today than not.”

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Food

ebabs make it a party Three marinades for three meats

By ROBIN MATHER Chicago Tribune

It’s officially grilling season.

Steaks, chicken, burgers and hot dogs will grace the grill through summer’s sultry afternoons and long, soft evenings.

For special occasions, though, offering kebabs will please everyone at the table. Though they’re a little fussy to make, kebabs invariably delight diners. What is it about dinner on a stick?

We have marinades suitable for beef, lamb and shrimp, with suggestions for sauces and side dishes that will make your grilling adventure a success.

First, a couple of tips. Skewer meat and vegetables separately. Although the ready-made kebabs offered at grocery store meat counters look appealing, meat and vegetables cook at different speeds. Putting them on the same skewer will mean underdone meat and perfect vegetables — or perfect meat and overdone vegetables. Cherry tomatoes always seem to fall off during cooking.

Leave a bit of space between the pieces when you skewer them so each can cook to perfection.

Vegetable kebabs don’t have to be limited to peppers, zucchini, cherry tomatoes and onion. Try making mushroom skewers, mixing portobello, cremini, white button and shiitake. Or consider ratatouille skewers

of Japanese eggplant rounds, zucchini, jarred roasted peppers and onion chunks. Squash skewers could include chopped butternut squash — buy the pre-cut stuff at the grocery, and precook it until it can just be pierced with a fork — as well as zucchini and yellow squash. Crucifer skewers of blanched cauliflower, broccoli florets and Brussels sprouts sweeten when grilled. Mix suitable fruits with vegetables if you like; pineapple’s a good choice, as are peaches.

Whatever your vegetable skewer choices, cook them on a cooler area of the grill, and brush them as they cook with olive oil warmed with crushed garlic, a pinch of salt and freshly ground black pepper.

Plan on one to two skewers of meat or shrimp and one of vegetables for each guest. But you don’t have to serve the vegetables on the skewers.

Slide the cooked vegetables off onto a platter, and everyone can have some of everything.

Whether you choose wooden or metal skewers, select long ones rather than short. Doing so gives the chef a cooler part of the skewer to use as a handle, which makes turning the kebabs easier.

Kebabs cook quickly, so you’ll need to babysit them at the grill, turning them frequently.

Lime-marinated skirt or flank steak pairs nicely with saffron rice and a sauce of harissa or Sriracha

thinned with Greek yogurt to soften its fierce heat. We like skirt and flank steak for their intensely beefy flavor, but there’s a trick to these sometimes-tough cuts. Slice them across the grain and at an oblique angle — aim for about a 45-degree angle. The strips will be wider, and more tender to the tooth.

If lamb kebabs are your choice, the herby Yemeni sauce called z’hug complements lamb’s richness and stands up to the flavors of its robust marinade. Serve on a bed of regular or Israeli couscous — the multicolored large couscous makes an attractive plate.

Shrimp marinated in white wine with orange juice and zest, green onion, crushed garlic and black pepper, then wrapped in bacon before skewering offers a fresh, citrusy flavor profile with smoky overtones. The traditional Mississippi favorite comeback sauce is a fine companion (and it’s easy to make).

Steamed or boiled rice dressed with a profusion of chopped fresh herbs — parsley, cilantro, marjoram, thyme, summer savory or a mix, are good choices — would set off the plate beautifully.

Robin Mather is a longtime food journalist and the author of “The Feast Nearby,” a collection of essays and recipes from a year of eating See KEBABS C6

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Smoked bacon wraps shrimp that has been marinaded in a wine-citrus-garlic mixture. Comeback sauce, a Mississippi staple of mayo, ketchup, hot sauce and flavorings, right, makes a fine companion.

There’s more great chocolate available than ever COCOA LOVERS:

Here’s how you can find and savor the best

By SIMRAN SETHI Washington Post

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Cocoa has more than 600 aroma compounds that reflect the plant’s genetic makeup and where it was grown, fermented and dried.

I step into the candy aisle and prepare myself for overwhelm.

Although I have been reporting about chocolate for years — and devouring it for even longer — I am always dazzled by the growing number of companies that are making chocolate and now sourcing it from an even broader swath of countries within the equatorial band where cocoa is grown: from Hawaii to Haiti, Ecuador to India, and Vietnam to Vanuatu.

While most of us tend to think of chocolate as a single flavor,

cocoa has more than 600 aroma compounds that reflect the plant’s genetic makeup and where it was grown, fermented and dried.

These diverse aromas and tastes are usually highlighted in more specialized chocolates, but they can also be mixed and muted to achieve the consistent flavors we expect in mass-produced confections.

Chocolate lovers now have a cornucopia of choices that celebrate flavor and offer more opportunities than ever before to support the people behind the bars, but it can be easy to get lost in a sea of high prices, shiny wrappers and certification jargon. Here’s what you need to know to find and savor your ultimate bar — or bars. n What chocolate is made of:

The foundational ingredient are cocoa beans, the processed seeds of Theobroma cacao — the name translates from the Greek as “food of the gods” — a tree with heavy, colorful pods that each holds 30 to 40 seeds, surrounded by a thin layer of creamy white pulp. Cocoa production is a labor-intensive, hands-on process at every juncture. Once cocoa pods are harvested and cracked open, the seeds are extracted, piled in boxes or under plantain or banana leaves, and fermented for up to five days. After fermentation, the beans are dried and stored, ready for the next step of their journey. n The transformation from bean to bar: A cocoa bean is made See CHOCOLATE C6

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Books & authors

The humor and strangeness of Florida (without the easy stereotypes)

By JAKE CLINE Washington Post

Mostly Dead Things

By Kristen Arnett Tin House. 354 pp. $24.95 For anyone whose opinion of Florida and its residents largely depends on social media and those mean-spirited “Florida Man” headlines, Kristen Arnett’s “Mostly Dead Things” may come as a disappointment. The central characters in this sad and funny book are recognizable not as easily boxed, felonious stereotypes but as complex, fleshand-blood human beings. That their family business involves copious amounts of flesh and blood is only as weird as a reader wants it to be.

Set in Central Florida, where, Arnett writes, “theme parks and chain restaurants were built over homes and libraries” and “no one ever seemed to remember what came before,” “Mostly Dead Things” is narrated by Jessa-Lynn Morton, who assumed operation of the family taxidermy shop after her father shot himself. Jessa-Lynn discovered the body, which, she recalls, had slumped “onto the metal table where we’d cured our first hide.” Six months later, when the story begins, she is trying to work through her grief while also attempting to rescue her sinking business and family, which includes a younger brother, Milo, whose ambition extends no farther than his next beer, and a mother, Libby, who has

taken to creating pornographic art from the shop’s inventory of animal parts.

Arnett, who is based in Orlando and the author of the 2017 collection “Felt in the Jaw,” gets many things right in this first novel: the feeling of being trapped and vulnerable

within one’s own family; the frustration of trying to look to the future when the past has “its teeth dug into you like a rabid animal”; how “love makes you an open wound, susceptible to infection”; and the manifold risks of swimming in a warm Florida lake, where if

an alligator doesn’t get you, a brain-eating amoeba might.

Most of all, Arnett skillfully and humanely captures the agony and confusion of surviving a loved one’s suicide.

Jessa-Lynn oscillates between honoring her father’s memory and railing against it, between trying to fill the emptiness created by his final act and being swallowed by it. She throws herself into her work and drinks until she blacks out, one night getting “so drunk I couldn’t unbutton my pants in the bathroom.” Peace and acceptance are fleeting, anger and depression relentless.

Humor, which comes as easily to Jessa-Lynn as skinning a raccoon, offers little defense against painful memories. “Images from the past layered over each other,” she describes, “two films running at the same time: him young and bearded, smiling, hacking into deer meat, and then the way I’d last seen him, splayed out and graying. Lifeless. What had he thought in those final moments? That the letter was explanation enough? Did he think I’d consider him another piece to stuff, something I could mount and set around the house?”

Jessa-Lynn’s grief over her father’s death is compounded by the loss of Brynn Wiley, her childhood best friend, lover and sister-in-law who skipped town years earlier “for someplace even hotter than Florida with a stranger she’d met at the dry cleaner.” Brynn, who

maintained a romantic relationship with Jessa-Lynn even after marrying Milo and having a child with him, appears throughout the novel in flashbacks, and Arnett excels at depicting the thrilling promise and hormonal rush of young love, as well as the abject fear of its departure. Jessa-Lynn and Milo are no match for Brynn’s steady confidence and natural cool, and long after she’s gone, Brynn remains stuck between brother and sister “like a divider we couldn’t quite pull down.” They never hear from her again, but as Jessa-Lynn notes, “She still dictated how we saw each other. How we saw other women.”

Hope arrives for Jessa-Lynn in the form of Lucinda Rex, a gallery owner eager to introduce the world to Libby’s wild, erotic art, which provides the book’s most comic moments.

Although the reader realizes that Lucinda Rex, “her name already bigger than life,” will usher Jessa-Lynn back into the light of the living long before the narrator does, it’s of little consequence in Arnett’s smart and empathic novel.

“We spent so much time looking for pieces of ourselves in other people that we never realized they were busy searching for the same things in us,” Jessa-Lynn concludes near the close of “Mostly Dead Things,” her — and the book’s — authenticity evident to the end.

Cline is a writer and editor in Miami.

Don’t overlook this oft-overlooked thriller

By MICHAEL DIRDA Washington Post

Black Magic

By Marjorie Bowen Dodo Press When “Black Magic” first appeared in 1909, Marjorie Bowen was 24. At that time the young Englishwoman had already brought out five books, including “The Viper of Milan,” “The Glen O’ Weeping,” (aka “The Master of Stair”) and “The Sword Decides.”

These remarkably accomplished novels — focusing on struggles for political power in, respectively, Renaissance Italy, late 17th-century Scotland and the so-called Dark Ages — earned Bowen acclaim from such literary eminences as Mark Twain and Arthur Conan Doyle. The adolescent Graham Greene particularly admired Bowen’s narrative zest, but responded even more deeply to her fascination with evil, her recognition that nemesis always awaits success and her understanding that human nature isn’t black and white but black and gray.

For most of her adult life, Margaret Gabrielle Vere Long (nee Campbell) was the sole support of herself and her three sons. Until her death in 1952 at age 67, she wrote indefatigably as Marjorie Bowen — and sometimes as George Preedy, Joseph Shearing or Robert Paye. Today, though, her powerful fiction is too little read, apart from a handful of eerie tales and con-

tes cruels. These include the Christmastime ghost story, “The Crown Derby Plate,” the gruesome “Scoured Silk” and a breathtakingly sexy and chilling novella, “Julia Roseingrave,” which opens with the Devil knocking on the door of a lonely country house and requesting a room for the night.

Of Bowen’s dozen or so supernaturally inflected historical novels, “Black Magic” is by far the best known. Subtitled “A Tale of the Rise and Fall of the Antichrist,” this subtle and complex thriller, set in the Renaissance, consistently undermines the reader’s expectations: Schemers become saints, murderers turn out to be self-sacrificing and the diabolically wicked gradually earn our sympathy and respect.

The novel begins with a bang: “In the large room of a house in a certain quiet city in Flanders, a man was gilding a

devil.” Before long, the young artist Dirk Renswoude is entertaining two guests: the selfsatisfied aristocrat Balthasar of Courtrai and the angelically good-looking Theirry of Dendermonde.

Dirk is immediately drawn to the latter, whom he recognizes as a fellow aspirant to mastery of the dark arts. The two soon pledge comradeship and together travel to Basel, where Dirk pursues his secret study of black magic. Theirry, however, waffles constantly between his dream of acquiring great worldly power and an intermittent desire to renounce the Devil and all his works.

When he encounters Jacobea of Martzburg, he sees in her a purity and spiritual loveliness that might save him from damnation. Quickly aware that his weak-willed friend is being tempted to good, Dirk resolves to corrupt and ruin Jacobea.

Theirry, he insists, “is mine through eternity.”

Why does Dirk — clearly an evil mastermind on the rise — care so much about his wishywashy, rather inept partner in deviltry? A powerful witch even warns him that his inordinate affection could bring his downfall. Though Dirk doesn’t hesitate to murder, he nonetheless behaves as tenderly as an infatuated woman with Theirry. One wonders how early readers responded to this portrait of a friendship that certainly seems homosexual in nature.

However, Bowen never

hints at any physical intimacy between the two. Dirk, in fact, hates to be touched. So might there be some other undisclosed bond between the two? There is a mystery at the heart of “Black Magic,” which I won’t reveal, but it involves one of the most haunting legends of the Middle Ages.

After the two young Satanists transfer their operations to Frankfurt, they find themselves caught up in court intrigues swirling around the Emperor of the West, his iron-willed, exquisitely beautiful Empress, the ambitious Balthasar and sad-hearted Jacobea. Dirk plots to ensnare them all in his coils. As he declares in a moment of triumph, “I do think God is very weak.”

In the novel’s final third, the scene shifts to Rome. By this time, the reader cannot help but admire Dirk, who is cut from the same cloth as those heroically amoral overreachers in Jacobean tragedy. He has struggled against great forces, assumed multiple disguises, remained true to his convictions and even retained his love for Theirry, despite the latter’s lies and betrayals. Now in possession of immense riches and power, Dirk reminds his often faithless comrade, “I never broke my vows. I loved you then ... and it ruined me, as the devils promised. Last night I was warned that you would come to-day and that you would be my bane ... well, I do not care since you are come, for sir, I love you still.”

Together, he adds, they can yet realize all their dreams of world domination, with one caveat: “Be true to me, for on your faith have I staked everything.” But can Theirry resist the gentle Jacobea or a new sexual temptation, a dark beauty who wears a mask and is known only as “the dancer in orange”?

An enthralling storyteller, Bowen excels equally in colorful descriptive passages, whether depicting a cardinal’s gorgeously luxurious apartments or the wild vegetation, cypress groves and marble fragments of ancient Rome: “The stillness of great heat was over city and ruins, noiseless butterflies fluttered over the shattered marble, and pale narcissi quivered in the deep grass; the sky, a bronze gold over the city and about the mountainous horizon, was overhead a deep and burning blue; a colour that seemed reflected in the clusters of violets that grew about the fallen masonry.”

Throughout “Black Magic” Dirk’s energy, fidelity and courage remain unshaken.

Even when others urge him to flee from disaster, he proudly answers, “Whatsoever I am, I perish on the heights, but I do not descend from them.”

Is he the Antichrist or simply an anti-hero? Whatever the case, he remains indisputably fascinating and “Black Magic” makes for ideal summer reading. Just don’t give away its secret.

Here are the best-sellers for the week that ended Saturday, June 1, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by NPD BookScan.

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. Where the Crawdads Sing. Delia Owens. Putnam 2. Queen Bee. Dorothea Benton Frank.

Morrow 3. The 18th Abduction. Patterson/Paetro.

Little, Brown 4. Redemption. David Baldacci. Grand Central

5. Sunset Beach. Mary Kay Andrews. St Martin’s 6. The Guest Book. Sarah Blake. Flatiron 7. Blessing in Disguise. Danielle Steel.

Delacorte 8. Fire & Blood. George R.R. Martin.

Bantam 9. The Stiehl Assassin. Terry Brooks. Del Rey 10. Neon Prey. John Sandford. Putnam

HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered.

Kilgariff/Hardstark. Forge 2. Unfreedom of the Press. Mark R. Levin.

Threshold 3. Howard Stern Comes Again. Howard

Stern. Simon & Schuster 4. The Pioneers. David McCullough.

Simon & Schuster 5. Sea Stories. William H. McRaven.

Grand Central 6. Becoming. Michelle Obama. Crown 7. Everything Is F(ASTERISK)cked. Mark Manson. Harper 8. Range. David Epstein. Riverhead 9. Medical Medium: Celery Juice. Anthony William. Hay House 10. Anthony Bourdain Remembered. Ecco

MASS MARKET 1. In His Father’s Footsteps. Danielle Steel. Dell

2. Past Tense. Lee Child. Dell 3. Liar, Liar. Lisa Jackson. Zebra 4. Riding Shotgun. William W. Johstone.

Pinnacle 5. The Summoning. Heather Graham.

Mira 6. Spymaster. Brad Thor. Pocket 7. Triple Homicide. James Patterson.

Vision 8. Unbridled. Diana Palmer. HQN 9. Texas Nights. Debbie Macomber. Mira 10. The Gray Ghost. Cussler/Burcell.

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TRADE PAPERBACK 1. The Mueller Report. Scribner

Summaries from The New York Times Book Review:

AMITY AND PROSPERITY: ONE FAMILY AND THE FRACTURING OF AMERICA

By Eliza Griswold. (Picador, $18.) This exhaustively researched account traces the devastating effects of fracking on a Pennsylvania town: illnesses, toxic waste, a collapsing middle class. The book, which won a Pulitzer Prize this year, captures the layers of government malfeasance and neglect that allowed a corporation’s interests to win out in the region.

THE GREAT BELIEVERS

By Rebecca Makkai.

(Penguin, $16.) Makkai’s powerful novel chronicles the AIDS epidemic, from its outbreak to the present day, through the lives of a group of friends in Chicago, most of them gay men. Along the way, the story of a woman searching for her daughter in Paris in 2015 is woven in. The book was one of the Book Review’s 10 best of 2018.

FRENEMIES: THE EPIC DISRUPTION OF THE AD BUSINESS (AND EVERYTHING ELSE)

By Ken Auletta. (Penguin, $17.) The media reporter and bestselling author describes the new landscape for advertising and marketing, both competing with and dependent on Silicon Valley. Although America’s fascination with advertising has dimmed, Auletta does point to successful innovations, even as the industry stares down existential threats.

OHIO

By Stephen Markley. (Simon & Schuster, $16.99.)

In this timely debut novel, which touches on everything from the Iraq War to opiate addiction to the alt-right, former classmates return to their Rust Belt hometown, where an astonishing number of secrets and betrayals are revealed. As Times reviewer Dan Chaon put it, “The real core of this earnestly ambitious debut lies not in its sweeping statements but in its smaller moments, in its respectful and bighearted renderings of damaged and thwarted lives.”

THE ELECTRIC WOMAN: A MEMOIR IN DEATHDEFYING ACTS

By Tessa Fontaine.

(Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $16.) After her mother suffered a terrible stroke, leaving her severely incapacitated, the author ran off to join the circus, where she ate fire, handled a boa constrictor and even swallowed swords. Fontaine braids these experiences, of losing her mother and performing in a sideshow, into an elegant narrative.

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NOTEWORTHY PAPERBACKS

2. Before We Were Yours. Lisa Wingate.

Ballantine 3. Little Fires Everywhere. Celeste Ng. Penguin 4. Long Road to Mercy. David Baldacci.

Grand Central 5. The Mueller Report. Skyhorse 6. The Tattooist of Auschwitz. Heather Morris. Harper 7. The Woman in the Window. A.J. Finn.

Morrow 8. The Mister. E.L. James. Vintage 9. A Gentleman in Moscow. Amor Towles.

Penguin Books 10. The Death of Mrs. Westaway. Ruth Ware. Scout

By Rachel Kushner.

(Scribner, $17.) Set in a women’s correctional facility, this propulsive novel reveals an imagination that is Dickensian in its range and its reformist zeal. As Times reviewer Charles McGrath wrote, “Kushner’s novel is so powerful and realistic you come away convinced that ... even for those who get out, prison is still a life sentence.”

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Puzzles Last week’s puzzle answers

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Solution to Last Week’s puzzle

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

For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit sudoku.org.uk © 2019 The Mepham Group. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency. All rights reserved.

Answers Next Week

Goren bridge WITH BOB JONES ©2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC

SPADES OR NO TRUMP Neither vulnerable, North deals NORTH ♠ K J 10 3 ♥ KJ9 ♦ K 10 2 ♣KQ8 WEST ♠Q64 ♥ 10 4 3 ♦ Q3 ♣ J 10 9 4 3 SOUTH ♠A875 ♥ A86 ♦ AJ7 ♣A65

EAST ♠92 ♥ Q752 ♦ 98654 ♣72

The bidding:

NORTH EAST SOUTH 1♣ Pass 1♠ 1NT* Pass 4NT 6♠ All pass *15-17 points

WEST Pass Pass

Opening lead: Jack of ♣ Today’s deal is from a competition in Australia, where the “weak” no trump, 12-14, is popular.

Proponents show a 15-17 no trump by opening one of a minor and rebidding one no trump. When partner responds in opener’s fourcard major, opener has a choice of

Horoscope rebids. North, with a completely flat hand, chose to rebid one no trump instead of raising spades. South made a quantitative raise and North finally showed his spade support at the six level.

South was Mike Cornell, a world champion from New Zealand. Had they played this deal in six no trump, declarer would have had to pick up two out of the three missing queens. In spades, however, Cornell showed that it was only necessary to find the queen of trumps, provided that the trumps split 3-2.

It is slightly better to play West for the queen of spades, as you can pick up a possible queen-ninefourth only in the West hand.

Accordingly, Cornell won the opening club lead with dummy’s king, led a spade to his ace, and then led a spade to dummy’s jack.

Success!

It was now a simple matter to draw the last outstanding trump, cash the ace and queen of clubs, and then cash the ace and king of hearts. Cornell then exited with a heart, not caring which opponent won the trick. Whichever opponent had the queen would be end played and forced to yield a ruff-sluff or break the diamond suit. Cornell just faced his cards and the opponents conceded. Nicely played!

By Stella Wilder Born today, you may not seem to be one of the most sensitive, poetic individuals born under your sign, but the truth is that you are almost all emotion, and you respond to the world with your heart rather than your head. This can be dangerous for you at times, for you will often find yourself in situations that demand a certain strength and fortitude that you are unable to muster.

What sees you through, however, is your ability to use your own nature, your own character, your own personality to advance any cause you embrace — and you are able to succeed simply because you know yourself so well.

Your sensitivity can be a tremendous advantage when it comes to love; you are able to give a romantic partner all that he or she wants and needs — and then some!

Also born on this date are: Ice Cube, rapper and actor; Neil Patrick Harris, actor; Courteney Cox, actress; Helen Hunt, actress; Waylon Jennings, singer; Tim Lincecum, baseball player; Jim Belushi, actor; Julie Hagerty, actress; Jake Busey, 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, JUNE 16 GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — It’s important for you to learn as much as you can about circumstances and situations you’re going to face today. Don’t try to progress blindly.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — You may not feel as collaborative as you had hoped today, but what you do on your own can certainly be built upon with others later on.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Hard work is in store — after some careful thinking. You can’t do what you want to do without making a detailed plan — and sticking to it.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — You’re eager for a day that seems normal from morning to night, but that’s not in the stars for you during this particular phase. Be ready!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — You are likely to face more today than you had planned on, but that doesn’t mean you won’t be able to deal with it all in a productive manner.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Someone else is likely to leave for parts unknown, and this may put you in something of a funk; he or she will be back in touch very soon!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — The sooner you make a start today, the more you’ll get done — and the more you get done now, the more time you’ll have to yourself later.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You may be wondering at the sheer scope of things right now, but a friend helps you regain a more healthy perspective. All makes sense soon!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — You must be ready when a new opportunity knocks, and that means tying up loose ends right now. They may be hard to spot, but they’re there.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — A friend or loved one is concerned for your well-being; perhaps you’ve been doing or saying things that are confusing. Be reassuring.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Someone knows just where to strike today to get the greatest possible reaction out of you. If you’re prepared, however, you needn’t buckle.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — This is a good day to start something over that hasn’t been progressing the way you had hoped. You’ve learned a thing or two since it began.

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Tasteless tomatoes may be on the way out SCIENCE TO RESCUE:

Tomato’s flavor gene is being bred back in

By JEANETTE MARANTOS Los Angeles Times

At last! Scientific confirmation of what anyone with a palate already knew: Supermarket tomatoes, by and large, are as tasty as raw potatoes, which is to say they basically have no flavor at all.

As humans have tried to develop a tough-skinned, slowripening commercial tomato that would survive the rigors of long-distance transport, it appears the flavor genes got left behind, says molecular biologist James Giovannoni.

Consumers have been grousing about Flavorgate for years, Giovannoni said, especially when they compare the supermarket varieties to the tomatoes that Grandma

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These pea-sized currant tomatoes (Solanum pimpinellifolium) are the wild precursors to our modern-day tomatoes. They pack a big flavor punch, with the crucial TomLoxC flavor gene recently discovered by scientists to be lacking in most modern varieties.

used to grow, or even the ones they grew last summer in their yards.

“Lots of people don’t know

what a fresh peach should taste like because they’ve never grown one, but tomatoes are a little unique,” he said.

“If you’re growing anything at your home, it’s probably a tomato plant, even if it’s on your balcony, so people know what a good tomato should taste like.”

But now breeders have a key for reinserting some flavor into their tomatoes, while still keeping them market tough.

Giovannoni, of the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service Plant, Soil and Nutrition Research Laboratory, and fellow researcher Zhangjun Fei, a bioinformatics scientist at the Boyce Thompson Institute, both in Ithaca, have constructed a pan-genome — basically the entire set of genes — for 725 different cultivated tomatoes and their wild relatives, discovering 5,000 previously undocumented genes.

Turns out wild tomatoes have lots of flavor but they’re also tiny, around the size of

a pea, Giovannoni said. Humans began cultivating larger mutants of the wild variety, that originated in South America.

The researchers discovered one particular gene — dubbed TomLoxC — that is present in 91% of the tasty wild varieties, primarily Solanum pimpinellifolium, aka currant tomatoes, which are sometimes used as a garnish in fancy restaurants, Giovannoni said, served on a stem like a cluster of tiny grapes to add a little pop of tomato flavor.

But — surprise, surprise — TomLoxC was present in only about 2% of cultivated varieties, including heirlooms.

Now that researchers have teased out a critical flavor gene, breeders can start adding it to the mix when they create new commercial varieties. And now that they know what genes provide specific

Kebabs From C3

locally on a very strict budget.

LIME-MARINATED SKIRT STEAK KEBABS Makes: 4 servings Skirt steak is a good choice for these kebabs because of its fattiness, which keeps the meat from drying out. If you can’t find it, substitute flank steak, cut in the same way.

Threading the strips of steak onto the skewer satay-style means these kebabs will cook very quickly — don’t leave them untended on the grill.

Zest the limes before squeezing their juice.

1 ½ pounds skirt steak or flank steak ½ cup lime juice from about 8 limes ½ cup olive oil 4 cloves garlic, smashed, peeled 1 tablespoon Dijon-style mustard ½ teaspoon each: salt, black pepper and crushed red pepper flakes Grated zest from 2 limes Additional limes, cut into quarters, for garnish 1. Lay the skirt steak across the cutting board so that a long side is nearest to you.

Using a sharp knife, cut the steak into ½-inch thick slices across the width, angling the knife blade about 45 degrees so you make a slanting cut.

Place the beef slices into a gallon zip-close plastic bag.

2. In a blender or food processor fitted with a metal blade, combine lime juice, olive oil, garlic, mustard, salt, black pepper, crushed red pepper flakes and zest. Whiz until everything is combined, about 1 minute.

3. Pour the marinade into the zip-close bag with the beef; seal the top. Knead the

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up of fat (cocoa butter) and chocolatey nibs. Some cocoa is processed directly into cocoa butter and powder, while other lots are destined for makers and manufacturers. The latter will sort, roast, crack, shell, refine, temper and mold their bars, adding ingredients along the way. Almost all chocolate bars contain sugar; some also incorporate an emulsifier, such as lecithin, or extra cocoa butter to enhance texture, plus such ingredients as vanilla, salt, nuts and dried fruit. Milk chocolate is made

Lamb kebabs, front, get a marinade with lemon, wine, onions, garlic, Dijon and herbs. They go beautifully with the herb condiment called z’hug, seen in back. Steak kebabs, left, marinate in a lime-garlic-herb mixture. (Abel Uribe/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

bag briefly to make sure the marinade contacts all the beef. Refrigerate 8 to 24 hours, turning once or twice.

4. At cooking time, remove the beef from the marinade, discarding marinade. Pat excess marinade from beef slices. Thread the slices sataystyle onto skewers.

5. Grill over a hot fire, 2 to 4 minutes per side. Serve with harissa-yogurt sauce and saffron rice, if desired.

LAMB KEBABS Makes: 4 servings This garlicky marinade enhances lamb’s richness. Request that the butcher trim away fat and connective tissue if you’ve asked him or her to cut it into cubes for you. As always, discard marinade after with milk powder or a plantbased alternative, and white chocolate (yes, it’s really chocolate) contains only cocoa fat (no nibs), plus sugar and any other ingredients. n What to look for: When approaching the chocolate aisle, ask yourself what kind of experience you want to have and what you want that experience to support. Many people speak of allegiance to particular percentages, but that number tells a partial story — and can limit you in terms of flavor. A 70 percent bar is made of 70 percent cocoa, with other ingredients (sugar, cocoa fat, inclusions, etc.) making up the remaining 30 percent. (Chocolates

marinating raw meat. ½ cup olive oil Juice of 1 lemons 2 tablespoons dry red wine ½ small onion, cut into chunks 4 large cloves garlic, smashed, minced 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 1 ½ teaspoons each: dried oregano, basil, rosemary and cumin ½ teaspoon each: coarse salt and black pepper 1 ½ pounds leg of lamb, cut into 1 ½- to 2-inch cubes Z’hug, see recipe 1. In a blender or food processor fitted with a steel knife, combine olive oil, lemon juice, wine, onion, garlic, Dijon mustard, dried herbs and salt and pepper. Whiz until the mixture thickens — it will look like mayonnaise when

that don’t list percentages — such as candy bars chockfull of nougat and caramel — aren’t trying to emphasize the amount, or quality, of cocoa.)

Jael Rattigan, co-founder of French Broad Chocolates and curator of the company’s online shop and Chocolate Bar Library in Asheville, N.C., says that when she shops for chocolate, she “gravitates in two seemingly opposite directions: old favorites and new experiences.” One way to embrace both is to try different companies’ takes on 70 percent bars or explore different origins. For example, even though Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago are neighbors, the former is known for cocoa varieties that hold delicate notes of honey and caramel, while the latter’s chocolate displays deeper dried fruit aromas.

you’re done.

2. Pour the marinade into a gallon zip-close plastic bag.

Add the lamb, seal the top and knead to make sure marinade touches all the lamb pieces.

Refrigerate 8 to 24 hours, turning once or twice.

3. At cooking time, remove the lamb from the marinade and pat excess marinade away with paper towels. Discard remaining marinade.

Thread the lamb pieces onto skewers, with 4 or 5 cubes on each.

4. Grill over a hot fire, 4 to 5 minutes per side. Serve with z’hug and couscous, if desired.

Z’HUG Place 1 bunch parsley, 1 bunch cilantro, 4 cloves

garlic, 1 teaspoon salt, 2 jalapenos and 2 serrano peppers in the work bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade. Whiz until the mixture is a paste, then thin with olive oil to a saucy consistency.

Taste and adjust heat by adding cracked red pepper flakes to your preference.

BACON-SHRIMP KEBABS Makes: 4 servings The acidity of the white wine and orange juice will “cook” the shrimp — just like ceviche — if the shrimp marinates too long, so let them rest for no more than 2 hours. The bacon’s smokiness echoes in the comeback sauce, enhancing the shrimp’s citrusy flavor.

Zest the orange before juicing it.

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There’s more great chocolate available than ever.

Certifications also communicate the stories behind the bar. Rattigan reaches for chocolate “that support people and place, meaning chocolate that’s built upon fair relationships with cacao farmers and producers, and sustainable growing practices.” Fair Trade is the most established economic protocol and assures a baseline price to farmer cooperatives (not individual producers).

Rainforest Alliance and UTZ are merging and, collectively, focus on environmental protection, health and safety, and labor practices. USDA Organic certification is strictly focused on inputs, indicating whether any ingredients were grown

with synthetic chemicals.

While these protocols confer some benefits, none solve the problems of poverty or environmental degradation. It’s why craft companies such as Rattigan’s practice direct trade, buying cocoa directly from farms or specialty cocoa bean brokers, with a focus on exceptional flavor. Rattigan emphasizes the relationships: “As we grow, we can buy more cacao from them at prices that far exceed the commodity price.” n How to savor it: First, know your motivation, says Terese Weiss, an instructor at the International Institute of Chocolate and Cacao Tasting and judge at the International Chocolate Awards. “If what you need is

GROW SOME AT HOME If you don’t want to wait for the breeders, here’s a list of existing tomato varieties with the cherished TomLoxC gene — both heirloom and hybrid types — that you can plant at home, or look out for at specialty markets and farmers markets: n Sugar Lump has golf-ball

size fruit. n The rest are cherry-size

tomatoes: Peacevine Cherry, Yellow Cherry, Snowberry (yellowwhite), Galina (yellow), Katinka Cherry (Russian heirloom orange-red), Gardener’s Delight, Marcellino Hybrid, and Super Sweet 100 Hybrid.

qualities, they can test their new plants when they’re only a few inches tall, to see if they include all the qualities they want, from long shelf life to TomLoxC aromatics.

½ cup olive oil ½ cup dry white wine (an oaky chardonnay would be a good choice) or vermouth Zest and juice of 1 large navel orange 6 green onions, white and green parts, thinly sliced 3 cloves garlic, smashed, peeled 1 teaspoon each: ground cumin, coarse salt, freshly ground pepper 1 ½ pounds (size 21-25) shrimp 1 pound smoked bacon Comeback sauce, see recipe 1. Combine olive oil, wine, orange zest and juice, green onions, garlic, cumin, salt and pepper in a gallon zip-close plastic bag. Add the shrimp, seal the top and knead briefly to make sure all shrimp contact the marinade. Refrigerate, 1 to 2 hours, turning once.

2. At cooking time, remove the shrimp from the marinade and pat excess marinade away with paper towels. Discard the marinade.

3. Cut the bacon crosswise into half-length pieces. Wrap a shrimp with a half strip of bacon; then skewer them, making sure to pierce both ends of the bacon. Continue with remaining shrimp and bacon. You may have bacon left over.

4. Cook over a hot fire until bacon is crisp and shrimp is pink, 2 to 4 minutes per side.

Serve with comeback sauce and herbed rice, if desired.

COMEBACK SAUCE In a medium bowl, combine ¾ cup each mayonnaise and ketchup, ¼ cup Sriracha or your favorite hot sauce, 2 tablespoons minced green onion, 1 tablespoon each lemon juice and Worcestershire sauce, 1 teaspoon each dry mustard and smoked paprika, 1 tablespoon minced garlic, ½ teaspoon each black pepper and salt. If the sauce is too thick, thin it with a little olive oil. creamy texture and a rush of sweetness, there isn’t much point in worrying about approach,” she says. “It’s a destination, not a journey.” If you’re consuming a higher-priced craft bar, however, slow down and assess the way the bar impacts your senses.

Weiss recommends exploring how the chocolate smells, and gauging its intensity (“gentle, medium or bold?”), texture (“fine, rough or sandy?”) and flavor (“sweet, floral, fruity, woody, roasted, chocolatey?”).

The goal isn’t to become a choco-snob but to better understand and describe what you like — so you can spend your money wisely and more easily find what you want. n How to store it: If you happen to have any chocolate left, store it in a cool, dry, dark place, away from any strong smells.

Don’t be alarmed by any whitish discoloration you find on your bar; it’s simply the cocoa fat separating from the nib. It will melt together in your mouth. Chocolate companies are required to include an expiration date, but bars that don’t contain milk powder will usually last well past any listed time. Use your judgment before throwing away something so precious.