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GREENPORT — Four New York City men are facing criminal charges in connection with the passing of counterfeit money at several box Robbie stores in Columbia, Brimage Greene and Ulster counties, Columbia County Sheriff David Bartlett said.

The four men arrested by the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office on Nov. 7 at 4 p.m. are identified as: n Kymani Q. Hardie, 20, of Brooklyn,

charged with firstdegree possession of a forged instrument, class C felony; fourth-degree conspiracy, a class E felony; and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor Omar McFarlane vehicle in the third degree, class U misdemeanor. n Omar N. McFarlane, 20, of Brooklyn, charged with first-degree possession of a forged instrument, class E felony; and fourth-degree conspiracy, a class E felony. n Robbie M. Brimage, 19, of

Brooklyn, charged with fourth-degree conspiracy, a class E felony. n Tziah N. Townsend, 20, of Brooklyn, charged with fourth-degree conspiracy, a class E Kymani Hardie felony.

All four are expected to appear in Greenport Town Court at 9 a.m. today to answer to the charges. They also are also awaiting similar court action in other areas outside Columbia County, police said.

Sheriff’s deputies were called to the

Greenport Walmart at 460 Fairview Ave. at 11:22 a.m. Thursday. Deputies interviewed Walmart Loss Prevention personnel at the store who said two men had just attempted to purchase Tziah Townsend gift cards using counterfeit money. One of the suspects was able to make his purchase and leave the store before the money was discovered to be counterfeit, police said.

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Members of American Legion posts 165 and 110 post the colors at Palenville’s Veterans Day ceremony Monday.

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PALENVILLE — Community members of all ages gathered Monday at the Palenville Veterans Monument next to the Palenville

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Firehouse to honor the men and women who have served in the military.

The annual ceremony began at 11 a.m., with refreshments to follow in the firehouse.

Blake Garrison, president of Garrison Fire & Rescue Corp., served as the master of ceremonies and introduced Catskill fourthgrade student Louise Kieraldo, who sang the National Anthem

while the colors were posted.

Kieraldo was put on the spot and asked to sing at the ceremony the morning of, she said.

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50 years later, Stonewall survivors reflect

By Massarah Mikati Johnson Newspapers

HUDSON — Martin Boyce still vividly hears the silence.

Standing on Christopher Street in front of the Stonewall Inn with a massive crowd of protesters, facing off with the police, the silence that fell upon the street was deafening. Then he heard thumping, marching, and he was suddenly face-to-face with riot police clad in shields and gas masks.

“We just stared at each other. We were both shocked they were going to attack us, and that they were called in for this,” Boyce recalled in front of a crowd of over 50 at Columbia-Greene Community College Friday night. “We formed a kick line and did this Roxy thing...and they attacked.”

Boyce, who identifies as a Stonewall veteran, recounted his experience at

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Advocates gathered at Columbia-Greene Community College to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots that sparked the gay rights movement.

the Stonewall Riots in 1969 as an installment of C-GCC’s Never Forget Series. Fifty years later, Boyce and Jay

Toole, a fellow Stonewall survivor, along with Jamie Adams, a National Park Service ranger serving at the

Stonewall National Monument, reflected on how queer identity, rights and community have evolved through the decades.

“I never thought I’d be here,” said Toole, who was kicked out of her home at the age of 13 for coming out and was homeless for nearly 30 years. “I never thought we’d have gay marriage. I never thought I’d be at a university talking about Stonewall.”

Toole recalls constant harassment by police when she was living in Washington Square Park. She said they frequently arrested her for “sexual deviancy” because she wasn’t wearing “three articles of female clothing.”

Boyce remembers walking through Central Park at night and hearing a desperate scream — but he couldn’t

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general under President George W. Bush. He argued that when Trump terminated the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program in 2017, he did not give a valid explanation to justify the move. Federal judges in San Francisco, New York and Washington, D.C., agreed. They said Trump’s repeal rested on the false claim that Obama’s order was illegal from the start.

“The executive can change course on enforcement policies, but not in arbitrary and unreasoned ways,” he wrote.

His brief argued that presidents for 70 years had used “parole” or “deferred action” to shield large groups of immigrants and refugees, including Hungarians in the 1950s, Cubans in the 1960s and Vietnamese and Cambodians in the 1970s. “DACA is lawful. The administration could have left (it) in place. It did not have to end this humanitarian policy that allows nearly 700,000 people to stay in the only country they have ever really known,” he said.

In November 2018, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district judge’s order that had blocked Trump’s repeal.

University of California, Los Angeles law professor Hiroshi Motomura, an expert on immigration law, said the court’s

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courts in California and New York and won a series of quick rulings that put Trump’s initiatives on hold. When the cases reached the Supreme Court, Trump and his lawyers have often prevailed.

But Roberts is emerging as one of the court’s most unpredictable votes, most famously siding with liberals twice to uphold the Affordable Care Act, also known as “Obamacare.”

Conservatives were equally disappointed in June when Roberts joined with the court’s four liberals to block the Trump administration from adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census. The chief justice agreed the law gave Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross authority over the census, but he concluded nonetheless that the secretary had violated the Administrative Procedure Act by giving a “contrived” and “pretextual” reason for adding the new question.

Hardly anyone believed Ross’ claim that he was seeking to better enforce the Voting Rights Act. Critics said it was designed to reduce census participation among Latinos.

That ruling, though highly procedural, has given hope to lawyers for the Dreamers.

They include Ted Olson, a Republican and the U.S. solicitor

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Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts during a group photograph at the Supreme Court building on June 1, 2017, in Washington, D.C. Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in this year’s most far-reaching immigration case and decide whether President Donald Trump was justified in seeking to revoke a popular Obama-era policy that allowed more than 700,000 immigrants brought to the country illegally as children to temporarily live and work in this country.

opinion by Judge Kim McLane Wardlaw “reminds me very much of Chief Justice Roberts’ opinion in the census case.”

Motomura said the judge ruled that DACA could be rescinded, but there had to be a valid reason articulated. The decision could not rest on the “erroneous premise” that DACA was unlawful, the judge said.

Trump’s Solicitor General Noel Francisco has the easier argument in the high court. If Obama as president was free to grant temporary relief to the Dreamers, Trump as president is free to change course, he said.

That is especially so for the chief executive’s “decision to rescind a discretionary policy of nonenforcement against a category of individuals who are violating the law on an on-going basis,” he wrote.

The National Immigration Law Center in Los Angeles says there are more than 700,000 DACA recipients here now. They arrived on average at age 7, have lived here more than 20 years and are the parents of 256,000 children who are U.S. citizens.

The DACA policy emerged from the Obama administration’s strategy to target criminals, drug traffickers, security threats and repeat border crossers for arrest and deportation.

As such, it made no sense to go after young people who had been brought into the country as children and had clean records since.

In 2012, then-Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano issued a memo setting out the new policy and said it was based on “the exercise of our prosecutorial discretion.”

Those who were younger than 16 and had lived in the United States for at least five years were invited to come forward. If they passed a background check, they could be granted deferred action “on a case-by-case basis” and obtain a work permit.

A year later, Napolitano was named the president of the University of California system and she is one of the lead plaintiffs in the suits to preserve DACA. One of the three cases to be heard together Tuesday is called the Department of Homeland Security vs. Regents of the University of California.

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WASHINGTON — Rep. Peter T. King, the longest-serving Republican in New York’s congressional delegation, said Monday that he would retire, joining a growing exodus of Republicans from Congress before the 2020 elections.

King, who is currently serving his 14th term in the House, said in a statement that his decision was primarily motivated by the desire to end the weekly commute to Washington after nearly three decades and have “more flexibility” to spend time with his children and grandchildren.

But in an interview, King conceded that the toxic political environment in Washington and the uncertainties of a coming impeachment proceeding against President Donald Trump had underscored his sense that it was

time to leave.

“Something was building for a while,” King said. The difficulties of coordinating his Thanksgiving and Christmas travel plans with family amid the unknowns of the impeachment battle, he said, “somehow became like a metaphor” fueling his decision.

The exit of King, 75, comes as a growing number of Republicans have decided to retire rather than seek reelection as they eye the grim political realities for their party, including an uphill slog to win back the House in next year’s election and the prospect of sharing a ticket with an unpopular president. The dilemma is particularly acute for Republicans in suburban districts, where voters have been alienated by Trump’s rhetoric and his positions.

King, who represents parts of Nassau and Suffolk counties

as part of New York’s 2nd Congressional District, said none of those concerns influenced his decision, pointing to favorable polling numbers and a sizable war chest. More persuasive, he said, was his daughter’s recent move to North Carolina, and a desire to give New York Republicans plenty of time to find a replacement candidate before the primary in April.

“I think it’s gotten too toxic,” King, a boxer, acknowledged, “but once I’m in the arena, I enjoy the battle.”

He said he called Trump on Sunday to inform him of his decision, assuring the president that he would vote against articles of impeachment and support his reelection bid, as Republicans seek to prevent any defections in the coming weeks.

Trump, King said, asked him to reconsider retirement, but

ultimately understood his decision.

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Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill n Coxsackie Town Board 7 p.m. Town Hall, 56 Bailey St., Coxsackie n Coxsackie Village Historic Preservation Committee 6 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie n Greene County Legislature county services and public works 6 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., Catskill

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Village Hall, 2 First St., Athens n Catskill Central School District BOE 6:30 p.m. High School Library, 341 West Main St., Catskill n Catskill Town Zoning Board 6 p.m.

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Town Hall, 2 First St., Athens n Durham Town Board 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 7309 Route 81, East Durham n Greene County Legislature economic development and tourism; Gov. Ops; finance and Rep. and Dem. caucus 6 p.m.

Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., Catskill n Greenville Town Board 7 p.m. at the Town Hall, 11159 Route 32, Pioneer Building, Greenville

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p.m. at Village Hall, 2 First St., Athens n Hunter Town Board 7 p.m. at the Town Hall, 5748 Route 23A, Tannersville

Wednesday, Nov. 20 n Catskill Library Board 6:45 p.m. at either the Catskill Library, 1 Franklin St., Catskill or Palenville Library, 3303 Route 23A, Palenville n Catskill Town Board committee meeting 6:30 p.m. Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill n Greene County Legislature public hearing (Greene County AFSCME, AFLCIO, Council 66 collective bargaining agreement County Office Building Board Room) 6 p.m. followed by Legislature Meeting No. 11 6:30 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., Catskill

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Festival of Trees spreads holiday cheer

By Melanie Lekocevic Columbia-Greene Media

LEEDS — It may only be early November, but the holiday season unofficially kicked off this weekend with the 24th annual Festival of Trees, hosted by the Fortnightly Club of Catskill.

Hundreds were drawn to Anthony’s Banquet Hall in Leeds for the annual event, which put 56 trees, 30 wreaths and other items up for a silent auction.

“I just love Christmas trees because they are so pretty and bright,” said Andrea DiBenedetto, of Athens, as she browsed among the dozens of decorated trees Saturday morning. “It makes me feel happy.”

Frances Miller, also of Athens, agreed. “It’s so bright and happy and joyful. I just love it,” Miller said.

The event began Thursday and continued through Sunday. At 4 p.m. Sunday, the high bidders were announced and took home the auction items they won.

Christa Bush, of the Fortnightly Club of Catskill, is one of the co-chairs of the Festival of Trees, now in its 24th year. Since 1995, the event has been held at several venues, including the Armory, the Elks Lodge, the former Friar Tuck restaurant, and for the past 10 or 12 years, Anthony’s Banquet Hall in Leeds, Bush said.

This year’s festival theme was “Merry and Bright.”

“All of the money we raise at the Festival of Trees goes right back into the community for all kinds of projects and other organizations that we support, like the arts, education, scholarships, food pantries, libraries,” Bush said. “Organizations and groups come to us and say they are trying to do something, and we do what we can to help them. It depends on how much we raise — we give away every single penny. No one in our organization is paid. We are all volunteers.”

The goal each year is to raise around $25,000 through the Festival of Trees. The trees themselves are sponsored by local businesses, organizations and individuals, and then volunteers from around the community decorate them. The work begins early each year, Bush said.

“We purchase the trees on Black Friday. So we literally start planning this event the day after Thanksgiving for the following year,” she said.

Lisa Leone-Beers, co-chair of the Festival of Trees, has been volunteering for the event since she joined the Fortnightly Club of Catskill in 2012.

“It’s an amazing

organization of 35 active women and 70 honoraries that all work together so we can support the community and have events like this,” Leone-Beers said. “Even though we are exhausted

by Sunday night, when you hear how well we did and all the people who came to the event, it gives you a warm and fuzzy feeling.”

Bonnie Caro, another co-chair for the event, also started volunteering with the Fortnightly Club and the festival in 2012. In addition to working with the auction itself, Caro also helps organize the two breakfasts with Santa Claus on Saturday and Sunday.

“It brings in the holiday spirit,” Caro said of the festival.

Other local groups get in on the action as well, such as the chorus and band from Catskill High School, both of which performed on Satur-

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Brooke Pfeiffer, 1 1/2, and her mom, Jessica Bland, of Greenville, visit with Santa Claus during the 24th annual Festival of Trees held this weekend in Leeds.

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“Merry and Bright” was the theme of this year’s Festival of Trees, hosted by the Fortnightly Club of Catskill this weekend.

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And, of course, what Christmas event would be complete without a visit from The Big Guy, Santa Claus? Brooke Pfeiffer, 1 1/2, of Greenville, had the chance to visit with Santa on Saturday morning.

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Hundreds turned out this weekend for the annual Festival of Trees celebration.

A cornucopia of trees greeted visitors during the annual auction this weekend.

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“This is our first year because we just moved to Greenville,” her mom, Jessica Bland, of Greenville, said.

“My favorite tree so far is the animal tree, and Brooke likes the Grinch one, because she tried to grab the Grinch off the tree.”

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The Catskill High School Band performs during the Festival of Trees in Leeds on Saturday.

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OUR VIEW

An election in crisis We know voting is not an exact science given the technological shifts from the old curtained voting booths with pull-down levers to relatively new card-reading computers. Until all the bugs are winnowed out of the system, there are bound to be gremlins.

But when the Columbia County Board of Elections can’t release results three days after the election (as of Friday) and offers an apology to voters yet doesn’t cite, on the record, a single possible cause for such a long delay, something is clearly wrong.

One theory is that the board was unprepared for the early voting period Oct. 6 to Nov. 2. Election results from 3,371 early voters, which will likely affect at least some local races, were not released as of Friday’s print deadline. Election officials said they were close to reaching a final tally Friday afternoon. No final tallies materialized.

Early voting results were posted on Election Day. Twice, they were kept separate from Tuesday’s votes on the Columbia County Board of Elections’ website, on Tuesday and Wednesday, but were later taken down with no explanation from the board.

Election officials did not answer questions Friday about what specifically caused the delay in releasing the results. But they issued a public apology on the board’s website: “We know people are eager to get the results from the election, and all of us — staff and additional part time staff — are working as hard as we can to get those results to you.

We have very strict controls over the counting and reporting processes, requiring bipartisan

signoff each step along the way to ensure the integrity of the ballot count. This takes extra time, and it’s worth it to make sure we get it right.

“We’re sorry it’s taking longer than usual; we’re making steady progress and will release the results as soon as possible.”

We’re all for integrity in any election and we want counting and reporting to be accurate. But it’s hard to accept that all counties don’t have the same strict controls and desire for integrity.

Greene County added early voting results to its tabulations in the middle of last week. In Dutchess County, the counting and reporting process was much like in years past even with the addition of early voting. Early votes were secured in bipartisan fashion. Memory cards containing the votes were reviewed and posted on Election Night before Tuesday’s results were posted. Early voting results appeared on the Dutchess County Board of Elections website shortly after 9 p.m. last Tuesday. Election Day results, similar to previous years, were delivered by couriers on memory cards from all polling places in the county. Officials were able to post full results by 11:30 p.m.

Whatever the cause of this delay, the Columbia County Board of Elections has to own up to this error, technical or otherwise, and do it soon. The public has been in the dark too long. Voters and nonvoters alike deserve to know the nature of the problem, how it is being fixed and, finally, who won and who lost on Nov. 5.

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Saudi Twitter breach is warning to all technology companies (c) 2019,The Washington Post ·

Whatsapp is suing technology company NSO Group for allegedly exploiting a videocalling vulnerability in the phones of at least 100 activists, journalists and human-rights defenders around the world to infect them with spyware. But why go to the trouble of paying for a high-tech service like that when there’s a cheaper way?

The Justice Department last week charged two former Twitter employees with accessing the firm’s data on more than 6,000 users.

One account belongs to Omar Abdulaziz, a high-profile dissident who lives in asylum in Canada, and the description of another matches an anonymous critic of corruption who tweets under the handle @Mujtahidd.

The architect of the Saudi regime’s aggressive online repression operation once hinted that authorities had ways to unmask online gadflies who were using pseudonyms for protection. We now know at least one of those ways.

The story rings an alarm about Saudi Arabia’s reach, but it also provides a more general warning to technology companies sitting on stockpiles of sensitive personal information. Security professionals across industries see insider threats as a rising concern, and Silicon Valley has hardly been a stranger to the risk. Vice has reported on Myspace employees harnessing a tool called “Overlord” to read users’ messages and passwords back in that platform’s heyday; Snapchat employees have allegedly snooped on saved photos and

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These sorts of compromising pictures could prove valuable to governments who hope to pressure a dissident out of dissenting, and a trove of behavioral data on U.S. voters would be a boon for any leader seeking to influence or to interfere. Foreign nationals have been accused of stealing before; the FBI accused Chinese engineers twice in the space of six months of sneaking away secrets on autonomous vehicles. Employees who attack companies from within need not be professional spies. Many laymen working overseas have family back at home, and an incentive to do what a notoriously demanding - and punishing - ruling party asks.

Technology companies aren’t national defense agencies with extensive built-in background checks for neatly defined levels of security clearance. We probably don’t want them to be, for fear it could shut out some of the brightest minds based merely on where they come from. But keeping data private unless someone’s job requires access is essential, and so are strategies to detect abnormal activity by employees on company networks along with logs to track who is looking at what. This is an issue Silicon Valley firms should prove they have a handle on, lest the next Cambridge Analytica break out - this time from within.

Trump’s attacks on the judiciary are dangerous. Good for this judge for speaking up.

WASHINGTON — Federal judges mostly speak through their opinions. When they give speeches or write law review articles, they tend to take measured tones. On the rare occasions they tread into issues touching on current politics, they usually do so obliquely.

So it was all the more striking that Paul Friedman, a highly respected federal district court judge, used the occasion of an annual lecture before a group of the capital’s most distinguished judges and lawyers not merely to defend the independence of the federal judiciary but to take on President Trump directly.

“We are witnessing a chief executive who criticizes virtually every judicial decision that doesn’t go his way and denigrates judges who rule against him, sometimes in very personal terms,” Friedman said. “He seems to view the courts and the justice system as obstacles to be attacked and undermined, not as a coequal branch to be respected even when he disagrees with its decisions.”

Trump, Friedman noted, “is not the first president to be frustrated with judicial outcomes and to respond by attacking judges personally.” He cited Thomas Jefferson, who proposed electing judges; and Franklin D. Roosevelt, whose court-packing scheme was “a bad idea then and a bad idea now”; and Barack Obama, who “surely chose an inappropriate forum” in criticizing the Citizens United ruling before a “captive audience” of Supreme Court justices at the 2010 State of the Union.

“And yet, what we are witnessing today and over the last few years is markedly different,” Friedman said, ticking through Trump’s greatest hits on the judiciary — the “Mexican” judge, the “so-called judge,” the “complete & total disaster” 9th Circuit. “This is not normal,” Friedman concluded.

“And I mean that both in the colloquial sense and in the sense that this kind of personal attack on courts

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Bravo. The audience thought so, too — Friedman received a lengthy standing ovation.

Underscoring Friedman’s point, the new book by an anonymous Trump administration official depicts the president, furious over rulings against him, instructing White House lawyers to draft a bill to cut the number of federal judges. “Can we just get rid of the judges? Let’s get rid of the [expletive] judges,” Trump is quoted as saying.

“There shouldn’t be any at all, really.”

To grasp the significance of Friedman’s remarks, it helps to understand something about him. Friedman, 75, was named to the bench

by Bill Clinton, but he is no liberal hothead. He is a former federal prosecutor and corporate lawyer. I met him 30-something years ago, when he was president of the D.C. bar. He was judicious long before he was a judge.

Friedman is not the first federal judge to chide Trump for his intemperate attacks, although his criticism is uncommonly direct.

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. last year responded to a Trump fusillade by noting, “We do not have Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges.”

These are important efforts to counter Trump’s dangerous assaults, but they also contain an element of naivete. Certainly, as Friedman pointed out, some Republican-appointed judges have joined Democratic colleagues in ruling against the Trump

administration’s legal excesses.

Yet there are significant, increasing and hard-toignore philosophical differences between judges chosen by Republican and Democratic presidents. Growing partisanship and accompanying procedural changes, including eliminating the filibuster for judicial nominees, have resulted in a more hard-edge breed of ideologically committed judges on the bench. Trump might like to get rid of the federal judiciary, but he has moved to transform it instead, quickly stocking the courts with young conservatives.

Trump boasted about this achievement at a White House event the same day as Friedman’s speech, noting that he had now named 1 in 4 federal appeals court judges, with an average age under 50. The American Bar Association has rated nine of Trump’s nominees “not qualified,” more than for any previous president; five of them have been confirmed.

Friedman, understandably, took an optimistic view of his colleagues, old and new. Most judges, he said, “fully understand that they are not beholden to — and cannot be counted on — to please ‘the home team,’ as it were.” Perhaps, but as the judiciary becomes more ideological, and more ideologically polarized, there is a disturbing amount of lining up with the home team. “If it’s my judges,” Trump promised evangelical Christian leaders during the campaign, “you know how they’re going to decide.”

The next few years will offer a guide to the reliability of that promise. In the meantime, it is important both to defend the independence of the judiciary against Trump’s attacks on it and to be clear-eyed about what he is doing to it.

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Thomas “Tommy” Rogers Thomas “Tommy” Rog- married the love of his life Hilda ers, age 92 years, lifetime area (Holdridge) in her family’s home resident of Cairo, N.Y. passed in South Cairo. They were able away on November 9, 2019. He to spend 56 wonderful years was born on February 6, 1927, together before Hilda’s passHoboken, N.J. ing on December 30, 2010. A At three months of age, he dedicated Fireman, Tommy has and his young widowed Mother been a member of The Cairo Loretta (Hatfield) Rogers moved Hose Co. for 76 years, joining at back to Cairo to the Hatfield the tender age of 16. Over the Brother’s Farm where his Moth- years, he has served as Presier, and his five bachelor uncles dent, Assistant Chief of Cairo John, Joe, Vin, Gene Hose Co., President of and Tom Hatfield would The G.C.V.F.A., served raise him. At a mere 12 on G.C. Fire Advisory years of age, Tommy Board, as well as bestarted working on cars ing a Member of The at Canniff’s Garage and Kedemah Masonic it turned out to be his Lodge #693 in Cairo, lifelong career. Tommy The V.F.W., and other attended Cairo Central organizations. He dediSchool. While attendcated himself to his Rogers ing school, Tommy community and the fire also worked as a truck service driver/mechanic for Creamery A Pillar of his community, and Carrriers in Cairo, At the tender just a good guy, you won’t find age of 17, he was driving tracmany people that Tommy hasn’t tor trailers full of milk down to N.Y.C. Although he was all set helped in some way over the to graduate with his class in years. Tommy is survived by his June of 1945, he chose to en- son David (Ginny) Rogers and list in the U.S. Armed Services his beloved Twin Grandsons at the age of 17, therefore he Cody and Dustin Rogers.

Relatives and friends are would be able to choose his military branch. On February cordially invited to attend call9, 1945 Tommy enlisted in The ing hours at Richards Funeral U.S. Navy, and he still was able Home, 29 Bross Street, Cairo, to obtain his High School Di- N.Y. on Friday, November 15, ploma. Tommy was a part of 2019, from 2-4 and 5-7 P.M, the CB Detachment 1153, 140th and on Saturday, November Naval Construction Battalion 16, 2019, from 2:00 P.M. - 4:00 stationed on Manus Island in the P.M., with Military Honors takAdmiralty Islands in the South ing place at 3:30 P.M. at the funeral home. The Cairo Hose Pacific.

Upon his return from the ser- Company will hold services at vice, Tommy worked as a me- the funeral home Friday evechanic at Peckham Industries, ning at 6:30 P.M. and Kedemah Andy Zimmer’s Garage in Cairo, Masonic Lodge # 693 Cairo, will Ed’s Service Center in Catskill, hold services Friday evening at N.Y. and White Truck in Albany, 6:45 P.M. at the funeral home and for Ray French’s Garage Condolences may be made at in Hudson and East Windham. www.richardsfuneralhomeinc.

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Jean Marie Horkan Jean Marie Horkan passed ceased by four sisters, three away peacefully on November brothers, her husband James 9, 2019 at Pine Haven Nurs- Jr. and a son James III. She is ing Home in Philmont, NY, with survived by her son Michael J. family by her side.

Horkan, daughters Patricia (SvJean was born at home in ende) Beecher, Madeline WhitBarrytown, NY on August 17, taker, Theresa Horkan, Jean 1932 to Edward and Irene Lew- Horkan, nine grandchildren, five is, one of eleven children. She great grandchildren, brother attended Red Hook Schools Thomas (Norma) Lewis and siswhere she met her future hus- ters Joyce(Richard) Cole and band James J. Horkan, and was Barbara Lewis. married in September Family will receive of 1950. Together they friends on Thursday raised six children.

November 14th from Jean operated a HRPC 9:30am to 10:30am at family care home with the French, Gifford, ten residents known as Preiter & Blasl Funeral “The Ladies” for over Home, Chatham. Mass thirty years.. Jean was of Christian Burial will awarded the 1988 cerbe celebrated at 11am tificate for outstandat Saint James Church Horkan ing dedicated service with interment to follow HRPC family care. A at St. John’s Cemetery lover of animals she adopted in Red Hook. For directions or many stray dogs and cats and to convey condolences visit on occasion welcomed a rac- frenchblasl.com. Memorials in coon and opossum to eat cat Jean’s name may be made to food on her back porch. Be- the Columbia/Greene Humane sides her parents she is prede- Society.

Catherine P. Havelka Catherine P. Havelka, 78, of Niverville, NY, died Friday, November 8, 2019 at Columbia Memorial Hospital.

Born March 18, 1941 in Des Moines, IA, she was the daughter the late Michael and Catharine (Morris) Polich. Catherine was a Maryknoll nun for a time before working for Paramount Pictures in New York City and Cecilware Corporation in Queens. She was a communicant of St John the Baptist Church in Valatie and was in charge of the lector ministry for many years, also serving as head lector and Eucharist Minister for the homebound. She taught catechism for the religious education program for a time and along with her husband were foster parents for a while.

She is survived by her husband

of 35 years Robert Havelka, a sister: Mary Welter (Jerome “Dutch”) of Johnston, IA, two brothers: Anthony Polich (Connie) of West Des Moines, IA, Charles Polich of Des Moines3, IA and several nieces, nephews, great nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her brothers, Rev. James Polich, Michael Polich and her sister, Honore “Honey” Sinnott.

A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated on Thursday, November 14, 2019, 11:00am, at St. John the Baptist Church, Valatie with Rev. George Fleming officiating. Burial will be held at St. John’s Cemetery at a later date. Calling hours will be Wednesday, November 13, 2019 from 5-8pm at the Raymond E. Bond Funeral Home, Valatie.

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Louise Irene Quindazzi Louise Irene Quindazzi (born Luisa LoCicero), 77, of Tannersville, NY, died peacefully in her sleep Friday, September 19, 2019, from natural causes.

She was born to the late Anna Cappellare and Ignazio Lo Cicero on Sept 19, 1942, in the Carroll Gardens neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY. Her father was an accomplished tailor who taught her how to sew, and they handcrafted formal attire for the neighborhood’s best. She was known as Little Luisa in the shop, the youngest of 8 sisters and one brother, and always under the watchful eye of her protective father. Her mother, a dedicated homemaker, taught her to cook authentic Italian food while her older siblings would take her to the beach in the summers. As a kid, she

spoke fluent Italian in the home extended family. Louise was and carried on Italian traditions an accomplished professional while acclimating to life in Amer- and earned certifications in acica. counting, insurance, and seLouise grew-up a city girl but curities. She worked at several later learned to love top financial services the countryside. She institutions, starting was a pageant winner in an entry-level role in the Macy’s Thanksat Goodbody & Co. giving Day Parade, the and later promoted same year she graduinto sales. Thru the 80s ated from high school. and 90s, she achieved It was her first trip to President’s Club for summer-camp that exconsecutive years at posed her to the beauPrudential, American Quindazzi tiful outdoors. The next Savings and Green summer, she travelled to the Point Bank. She was both proud Jersey Shore with her girlfriends and humble about her contribuwhere she met Michael A. Quin- tions to Toast Masters Internadazzi. They married in 1962 and tional and as an Italian translathey lived together in Closter, tor.

NJ raising a beautiful family and She had a love of horses but enjoying time with their large most enjoyed skiing, and moved

to the Tannersville area back in 1986. Louise obtained her PSIA level 2 Certification and enjoyed teaching youths to ski at Hunter and Windham Mountains. She continued to love the ocean and mountains until her passing.

Louise is survived by her two children: Michael S. Quindazzi and spouse, Emma L. Quindazzi, of Huntington Beach, CA; Michele L. Hanley and spouse, James M. Hanley, of Queensbury, NY. She also is survived by five wonderful grandchildren, one great-grandchild, and two of her loving sisters.

There is an open invitation to A Celebration of Life for Louise Quindazzi on Saturday, November 16, 2019, from 2:00 to 3:30 at the Villa Vosilla Boutique Resort located at 6302 Main Street in Tannersville, NY.

Veterans Day: Trump returns to NY for parade, to cheers and boos

By Michael Gold c.2019 The New York Times Company

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump returned to his hometown Monday to kick off the 100th annual New York City Veterans Day Parade, his second visit to the city since he announced he was making Florida his primary home.

Trump gave a speech that was met with some claps and cheers as he thanked veterans for their service.

But raucous boos and chants jeering Trump could also be heard throughout.

Trump, the first sitting president to participate in the parade, addressed the crowd at Madison Square Park in Manhattan, just a couple of miles down Fifth Avenue from Trump Tower, the glass-and-steel skyscraper that has been his primary residence since 1983.

Hours before the president was set to appear, some supporters had already gathered near the park, many of them wearing hats bearing Trump’s 2016 campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again.”

But protesters had also gathered, a number of them from an anti-Trump group, Rise and Resist. They carried signs calling for Trump’s impeachment and shouted “shame” repeatedly.

In one act, people in buildings near the park had also posted signs in their windows bearing the words “impeach” and “convict.”

Elliot Crown, 47, came to the protest wearing army fatigues, a clown nose and a farcical oversized mustache.

He and a friend carried a sign reading “Operation Bone Spur,” a reference to a diagnosis that allowed Trump to avoid serving in the Vietnam War. “He’s always pretending to be something he’s not,” Crown said. “And he certainly isn’t a supporter of veterans.”

Trump has generally received more support from veterans than from the

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President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump attend the annual Veterans Day Parade in New York on Monday morning, Nov. 11, 2019.

public at large. According to a recent survey from the Pew Research Center, 57% of veterans said they approved of the way Trump was leading the military, compared with 41% of adults overall.

Last year, an Associated Press poll found that 56% of veterans said they approved of the job Trump was doing as president, compared with 42% of the general public.

Still, Trump has been criticized by some veterans groups over incidents where he was perceived as being disrespectful to those who had served. During the campaign and his presidency, he frequently attacked Sen. John McCain, saying the onetime Navy pilot was “not a war hero” and criticizing the now-deceased senator for his record on military and veterans’ issues.

Trump also drew condemnations after he disparaged the parents of a slain Muslim soldier who had strongly denounced Trump during the Democratic National Convention.

Trump’s rise to the ranks of the rich and famous was inextricably linked to the

city he called home. He was born in Queens and built his real estate empire in Manhattan, quickly becoming a fixture in the city’s tabloid papers and sprinkling his name on buildings across the region.

Even as he began his presidential campaign, Trump used the city as his backdrop, starting his eventual journey to the White House in the lobby of Trump Tower.

But three years into his presidency, Trump is deeply unpopular in New York City.

His name was removed from residential high-rises and a hotel in SoHo after numerous complaints, and even the Central Park skating rinks that his company runs diminished the presence of his name on signs.

The president’s returns to the city have often been met with protests. Earlier this month, Trump swung by an Ultimate Fighting Championship event at Madison Square Garden, where he was met by both boos and cheers.

In late September, Trump filed court documents

Veterans Day turns jubilant for 70-yearold Army vet after he wins lottery in NC

By Mark Price The Charlotte Observer (TNS)

CHARLOTTE, NC. — A 70-year-old Army veteran found himself counting cash on Veterans Day, after he won more than a quarter of a million dollars in the North Carolina Education Lottery.

Ernest Dodson bought the Cash 5 ticket at Sons of Nie, an Asian market in Greensboro, and realized the next morning that it was worth $276,688, lottery officials announced on Veterans Day. He paid $1 for the ticket.

“I about fell over,” Dodson said in the release. “I’m tickled to death that I can be debt free.”

Federal and state taxes whittled his winnings to $195,757, but the Greensboro resident

says that’s still enough to pay off his car and his house, with some left over for fun.

He’s got a plan for that, too.

“I’m also going to get a bigger TV so I can watch my favorite wrestling matches,” he said in a release.

Cash 5 gives players the chance to win a jackpot each night at a cost of $1 per ticket.

Jackpots start at $100,000.

Money from the lottery funds education expenses in North Carolina. (c)2019 The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.) Visit The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.) at www.charlotteobserver.com

saying that he was becoming a resident of Florida and that Mar-a-Lago Club was his primary dwelling. On Twitter, he said that while he cherished New York, the city with which he had become closely associated during his rise to fame, he had been “treated very badly” by elected officials there.

“Few have been treated worse,” he said. “I hated having to make this decision, but in the end it will be the best for all concerned.”

Trump has frequently sparred publicly with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, both Democrats who are critical of the president’s policies.

When asked about Trump’s return to New York last week, de Blasio told reporters that it was important to focus on veterans at the parade, not politics.

“This is not about him,” de Blasio said. He later added: “It should not be politicized.

It should not be a spectacle.

If he’s really coming here to truly honor veterans, God bless him.”

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A tricky tree nut Well, the holiday season is upon us and along with the turkey, the pricey pecan takes center stage at the dinner table.

Native to North America from Mexico to Canada, the buttery and versatile pecan ranks No. 5 in popular edible nuts and can live to be 150 years old!

Aside from the traditional pecan pie and other tasty confections, pecans can be used for candied pecan bourbon, in stuffing or stuffed in peppers with goat cheese, and can even be tossed in a salad for some crunch. And as it turns out, the fruit of the hickory tree is incredibly good for you.

Not only are pecans tasty, it turns out they have amazing health benefits. Not technically part of the tree nut family, the pecan is a drupe, defined as a fruit with a single stone, or pit, surrounded by the husk So now that we’ve classified this tricky tree nut, let’s get down to business and find out how this nut can help you stay healthy for a lifetime.

According to a study in the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry, pecans contain more anti-oxidants than any other tree nut. Ranked by the USDA as one of the top 15

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SCHOEPE foods with the highest levels of antioxidants, pecans help prevent oxidative stress between free radicals in the body and their harmful effects. Oxidative stress is a key factor in the development of certain cancers, Alzheimer’s disease, heart failure, chronic fatigue syndrome and depression.

Plus, pecans can also speed up your metabolism! Rich in fatty acids and healthy fats, recent research indicates pecans provide your body with those oh-so-important Bcomplex vitamins like riboflavin, niacin, thiamin and vitamin B-6 which together, help to increase your metabolism.

And it gets even better. Because pecans are rich in thiamine and copper, they are also good for your brain health.

Thiamine and copper work together to stop free radical

damage in the brain, decreasing your risk for developing neurological problems like Parkinson’s disease.

Adding pecans to your diet can also contribute to your glowing appearance. And who doesn’t want to glow? Not only do antioxidant-rich, agedefying pecans work wonders for your complexion, they also provide L-arginine, an amino acid that can encourage the growth of healthy hair. L-arginine also treats male pattern baldness by promoting blood flow to the head.

And that’s not all this homegrown delicacy can do. Pecans are super high in fiber and unsaturated fats, which lower your LDL (bad) cholesterol levels and raise HDL (good) cholesterol levels. So how can you go wrong?

So why not give them a try?

One ounce (a handful, not a can full) of pecans is 200 calories, making it a satisfying, healthy snack.

I guess there’s a reason they’re the state tree of Texas!

Next week we’ll take a look at the New York state tree and its health benefits — the sugar maple.

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NOV. 12 LATHAM — The local group of The Society of American Magicians, Assembly 24, meets at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 12 at the S. W. Pitts Hose Co. of Latham, 226 Old Loudon Road, Latham.

All persons, 16 and older, with any interest in the art of magic is welcome. For information about the organization, or for a link to a local magician, visit WWW.SAM24.SYNTHASITE. COM. HUDSON — Cornell Cooperative Extension hosts its Annual Meeting at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 12 in the Student Center of Columbia-Greene Community College, 4400 Route 23, Hudson. There will be a recognition of supporters, volunteers and staff as well as a brief business meeting, which includes elections to the board of directors. The guest speaker for the evening is David Valesky, Deputy Commissioner of NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets. There is no fee for this program. Light refreshments will be provided. Register by calling 518-622-9820.

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Nov. 13 at the Pegasus Restaurant, 10885 Route 9W, Coxsackie. The Cornucopia luncheon features Kathy Brennan “K & B One of a Kind Designs” from Saugerties; music by Ed Mateyunas from Gilboa and speaker Amy Macris from East Greenbush. Come and bring a friend, they’ll be glad you did.

Reservations are necessary and cancellations a must. Call Ruth at 518-634-7405 or Lynn Overbaugh at 910-382-6373.

The luncheon is $12.50, cash only. When calling, let us know if you have any specific dietary needs and if you are a first timer.

NEW BALTIMORE — The Food and Fellowship Luncheon Program at the New Baltimore Reformed Church, 52 Church St., New Baltimore, will be holding their monthly luncheon noon-2 p.m. Nov. 13. The menu (subject to change) is turkey and dressing, mashed potatoes with gravy, butternut squash, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie. Following the meal there will be a presentation by Ron Gabriele.

He will be speaking on “Uncle Mike and World War II.” Ron’s Uncle Mike joined the service from Athens. Ron will also tell us something about the causes of the war and how America got into it. This luncheon is open to all members of the community. To facilitate planning, reservations are encouraged by the Sunday before the luncheon. To make reservations, call the church at 518756-8764 or email nbrchurch@ aol.com. Include your name, contact number, and the number of reservations you are making for this meal. If you need transportation or physical assistance, leave that information as well. Dining space is limited to 60 seats. Free will offerings are graciously accepted to offset food costs.

CASTLETON — The Rensselaer-Columbia-Greene Counties Board of Cooperative Educational Services will conduct its regular board meeting at 6 p.m. Nov. 13 at the Central Office Boardroom (2nd floor), 10 Empire State Blvd., Castleton and via videoconference at 223 Bethel Ridge Road, Catskill.

WEST COXSACKIE — A diabetes awareness day and flu shot clinic will be held 9-11:30 a.m. Nov. 13 at the Greene County YMCA Gymnasium, Hope Plaza, 35 Route 81, West Coxsackie.

NOV. 14 VOORHEESVILLE — Cornell Cooperative Extension Albany County will hold its Annual Meeting at 12:30 p.m.

Nov. 14 at 24 Martin Road, Voorheesville. This meeting is open to the public. Albany County residents 18 years of age or older are eligible to vote for members of the Board of Directors and various program committees. Ballots will be available the day of the meeting. For information or to make a reservation, call Cornell Cooperative Extension Albany County at 518-765-3500.

PRATTSVILLE — The American Legion Virgil E. Deyo Post 1327 will have their monthly

meeting at 7 p.m. Nov. 14 at the Prattsville Town Hall, 14517 Main St, Prattsville. Plans are being made for a 100th Anniversary/Christmas party for both and need your available dates to coordinate the day.

NOV. 16 ALBANY — The fourth annual Green Fair will be held 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Nov. 16 at the Sage College Armory, 130 New Scotland Ave., Albany. Enjoy one-stop shopping with information, services and products related to living in harmony with our earth. It is free and open to the public with ample, accessible parking and is sponsored by Community Advocates for a Sustainable Environment. This is the largest indoor/outdoor environmental Fair in the Capital Region having great roadside visibility. At the Fair, meet for profit and nonprofit exhibitors, listen to speakers on a variety of environmental topics while enjoying vegan friendly food and drink. It is a “zero waste” event using compostable products.

Presentation and book signing by local author COXSACKIE — The Greene County Historical Society announces a presentation and book signing by local author John Ham at 7 p.m. Nov. 14 in the reading room of the Vedder Research Library, 90 County Highway 42, Coxsackie.

Ham will begin the evening with a slide show and narration covering a selection of images from his new hardcover, “From Gotham to the Berkshires: New York Central’s Harlem Division,” followed by a brief opportunity for questions and the chance to have purchased copies signed by Ham. Ham is a celebrated local

historian who first discovered his passion for railroads as a young boy in Hunter seeing the last of the great steam locomotives that serviced the heart of the Mountain Top in

Greene County.

His titles include “One Hundred Years on Resort Ridge,” “Narrow Gauge Railroads to the Catskill High Peaks” and “Light Rails and Short Ties Through the Notch” among others. Filled with numerous previously unpublished images, his solo and co-authored books offer interesting photographs that bring to life the bygone golden age of the locomotive in New York.

The event is free to attend, and some of Ham’s previous titles will be available, in addition to his latest offering.

Bronck Museum holds Chilly Willy Winter’s Eve tours COXSACKIE — The Bronck Museum near Coxsackie will hold its Chilly Willy Winter’s Eve tours, a celebration of a series of ancient but now mostly forgotten celebrations, the weekend of Nov. 16 and Nov. 17.

The Bronck houses will be decorated for the celebrations of Martinmas, St. Nicholas Day and St. Lucia Day. The ancient legends will be told. Visitors will learn how a goose was replaced by a turkey, and how one old holiday gave rise to two modern holidays.

The Martinmas lanterns are lit, the corn dolly hangs on the front door beside the Lucy bundle. Inside the klompen are ready. The Lucy Kator sits patiently on the parlor stairs and the Lucy crown has been prepared. Visitors will be led by a costumed guide and pass through rooms which approximate the temperatures and light levels present during winters in the 1700s, warm attire is strongly suggested.

Swedish and Dutch refreshments will be served.

The tours leave from the

Bronck Museum Visitor Center at 11 a.m., 1 and 3 p.m. each day.

Seating for this special event is limited and is offered on a first come first served basis. Adult admission for this event is $8; GCHS members and children $4.

The Bronck Museum is located just off Route 9W, 1.5 miles south of the intersection of Routes 9W, 385 and 81, near Coxsackie.

For information about the Bronck Museum or this event, visit gchistory.org.

HUDSON VALLEY BOTTLE CLUB MEETS NOV. 15

NOV. 17 ATHENS — An all you can eat breakfast, sponsored by West Athens-Lime Street Fire Co., will be held 8 a.m.-noon Nov. 17 at the West Athens Firehouse 2, Leeds-Athens Road, Athens. Freewill offering accepted.

ANNANDALE — The Bard Baroque Ensemble in collaboration with Bard Chamber Singers and Graduate Vocal Arts Program will perform J.S. Bach-Cantata 198: TrauerOde Marin Marais-Alcyone at 5 p.m. Nov. 17 at the Bard Chapel of the Holy Innocents in Annandale and at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 23 at the Old Dutch Church, 272 Wall St., Kingston.

Admission is free and open to the public,

NOV. 19 TANNERSVILLE — The annual Mountaintop Community Interfaith Thanksgiving Service will be held at 7 p.m. Nov. 19 at the Kaaterskill United Methodist Church, 5942 Main St., Tannersville. All are welcome to attend. Refreshments will be served after the service.

NOV. 20 CATSKILL — Hearthstone Cafe, 1187 Route 23A, Catskill, will host a nutrition cooking workshop 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Nov. 20. Sponsored by Hearthstone and Cornell Cooperative Extension in connection with Greene County Rural Health Network.

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The Hudson Valley Bottle Club will meet at 7 p.m. Nov. 15 at the Marlboro Presbyterian Church, 51 Grand St., Marlboro. The Cornwall Potters of Orange County will be the topic and hosting the talk will be local historian and author Chester Faber, who has been documenting and collecting Cornwall pottery for the last 50 years. Admission is free. There will be snacks and refreshments available as well as bottles and small antiques for sale. If you have questions or want to join the Hudson Valley Bottle Club, contact Alex Prizgintas at 845-774-9856. Hudson Valley Bottle Club president Alex Prizgintas (left) stands with historian and author Chester Faber (right).

Rep. Antonio Delgado announces November mobile office hours KINGSTON — Each month, the office of U.S. Representative Antonio Delgado, D-19, hosts mobile office hours where constituents can meet with the congressman’s staff and receive assistance with constituent services.

This includes any type of support with federal services, from seniors having issues with their Social Security benefits, to veterans needing more information on VA benefits and services, to organizations applying for grants.

In October, Delgado’s office held mobile office hours at locations in Rensselaer, Greene, Delaware, Otsego, Sullivan and Ulster Counties.

“I am continuing to uphold my commitment to be accessible,

accountable, and transparent to everyone in the district. That’s why I’ve opened five district offices, held twenty-six town halls, and created in-district advisory committees focused on the priorities important to NY-19 including Health Care, Veterans, Small Businesses, and Agriculture.”

Delgado continued, “I’m proud to announce mobile office hours with members of my staff this November to continue bringing the resources and services from my office directly to the communities I represent.

“There are a number of ways my office can help cut through red tape and resolve issues tied up in federal agencies. Last month my office enjoyed meeting new folks at mobile office

hours and hearing about the issues important in communities across our district.

“We are looking forward to meeting more folks in November — hope you’re able to come by!”

NOV. 18: SCHOHARIE & MONTGOMERY COUNTIES Fulton Town Hall, 1168 Bear Ladder Road, West Fulton, 8–10 a.m.; Canajoharie Village Office, 75 Erie Blvd., Canajoharie, noon-2 p.m.

NOV. 25: SULLIVAN COUNTY Roscoe Free Library, 85 Highland Ave., Roscoe, 11 a.m.–1 p.m.; Mamakating Library, 128 Sullivan St., Wurtsboro, 2–4 p.m.

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Tips for managing your holiday spending

By Tim Bartholomew For Columbia-Greene Media

Like almost everything else these days, the holidays have become a barrage of options and choices, with nearly limitless opportunities to overspend. Here are some tips to help you make sure your family’s spending remains in check this holiday season.

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First and foremost, develop a budget. Involving family members will help you establish and maintain realistic expectations at the outset.

Remember to include not just gifts, but also holiday meals and parties, travel, greeting cards and stamps, gift wrap, decorations, and any other category you deem necessary. This is also a good time to commit to using cash or charging no more than you can pay off in one month.

Next, devise a method of tracking all your purchases, receipts, gift recipients, and the locations of hidden gifts that you might otherwise forget about. This will make life easier as the chaos ramps up.

Review your credit cards to see if you have any perks.

Could you use earned points for travel, or cash back and gift card rewards to help defray costs?

Track down old gift cards and put them to use now. If you think you’ll never use them, trade them in for cash on a discounted gift card website. There, you can sell your old cards and even buy new egift cards at a discounted rate, which you can then give as gifts or use for your own purchases.

Put technology to work for you. You can find apps that offer cash back if you shop online; alert you to online coupons available at nearby stores; round up your purchases to the nearest dollar and put the difference into a savings account; and track your online purchases, scan other stores for better prices, and then automatically email

the original stores on your behalf to take advantage of the price-match guarantees.

There are myriad options available, so be sure to check reviews and privacy/security measures before downloading.

THINK CREATIVELY Gifts. Take time to carefully scan all promotional materials before you head out the door or open a browser, because great deals are often available for limited periods of time. For example, some stores have offered generous gift cards in exchange for buying certain products on Black Friday.

Consider giving experiences rather than gifts, which happiness experts say could lead to more sustained levels of well-being. In fact, you may find that you’ll spend less overall by giving one or two memorable experiences instead of the usual pile of items.

Create meaningful yet inexpensive gifts, such as photo books, calendars, and family recipe books, using online apps and services. This idea is especially appropriate for gifts from children to older family members.

For larger or extended families, make a game out of gift giving. Consider a “Yankee swap,” or implement a gift exchange, where everyone is randomly assigned a person for whom they buy one special gift. Or consider having the entire family chip in a certain amount per person and donating to a favorite charity or sponsoring another family in need.

Food. Nonperishable holiday-related goods typically

go on sale in late fall, so plan ahead and stock up. Also keep an eye out for specials; for example, some grocery stores offer a free turkey around Thanksgiving when you spend a certain amount on groceries.

Party planning, decorations, gift wrap. Consider buying the bulk of these supplies at deep-discount stores and splurging on a few special highlight items, such as napkins with an elaborate design, centerpieces of fresh flowers, or fancy bows. If you live in an area where evergreens, autumn berries, and pine cones are plentiful, take advantage of this potentially sophisticated, yet completely free, decor. Or create even more memories by hosting an ornament-making party. Use old costume jewelry or other items to make ornaments and decorations with sentimental value.

Travel. During one of the busiest travel times of the year, deals can be hard to find. Here are some tips: n Be flexible. If you can postpone your celebration until after the holidays, you may be able to save substantially on travel costs. (You can also shop the post-holiday sales for gifts!) n Avoid airline baggage fees by using carry-on luggage. n Use fare-tracking apps to find the best deals. n Cost-compare alternative modes of travel, such as train and ridesharing.

IT’S NEVER TOO EARLY TO START SAVING Finally, get a jump on next year’s festivities by stocking up on supplies during postholiday sales, opening a savings account with a goal of saving at least as much as you spend this year, and shopping as early as possible to spread spending throughout the year.

Tim Bartholomew is an investment representative with Greene Investment Services, located at the Bank of Greene County. Please call 518-943-2600 ext. 2153 with your comments or questions.

Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences names founding director ALBANY — Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (ACPHS) announces that Kamal A. Rashid, Ph.D. has been named founding director of the college’s new Center for Biopharmaceutical Education and Training (CBET), a $37.3 million training center dedicated to workforce development in the rapidly growing biopharmaceutical industry.

Rashid, who has more than 40 years of experience in academia and industry, will be responsible for the creation of a center that features hands-on experience with emerging manufacturing technology. Rashid will oversee facilities buildout and development of courses and workshops for degree students and working professionals. He will assist in the recruitment of faculty, support personnel and industry adjunct faculty.

Rashid will also coordinate industrial partnerships and an industry advisory council.

“Kamal is an internationally recognized educator with decades of academic experience in both research and biotechnology program development,” said Greg.

Dewey, Ph.D., president, ACPHS, noting that he has delivered bioprocessing training programs on-site in China, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Indonesia, Iraq, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Vietnam,

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Thailand, Taiwan, and Singapore. “We are fortunate to have him join us at this critical stage of CBET’s development.”

Rashid most recently worked as research professor and former director of the Biomanufacturing Education and Training Center at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, a newly established center dedicated to serving the workforce needs of the biomanufacturing industry.

Before that, he served as research professor at Utah State University and the associate director of the University’s Center for Integrated BioSystems, where he developed the university’s bioprocessing facility to support undergraduate and graduate education and faculty research, and as a contract services provider of training programs and process development for biotechnology companies.

“ACPHS is one of the oldest and most distinguished

pharmacy schools in the country,” said Rashid. “I am excited to lead the effort to train our pharmacy students and mid-career professionals for jobs making biopharmaceutical drugs, which is a rapidly-growing part of the drug industry nationwide.”

CBET, the first academic bioprocessing center in New York state to be housed in a pharmacy school, is slated to launch its initial offering of educational and training programs in 5,000 square feet of rented space near campus in January.

ACPHS then plans to embark on a $28.2 million fundraising campaign to develop a 20,000-squarefoot advanced technology center near its New Scotland Avenue campus. The facility will feature emerging technologies such as single use and continuous bioprocessing, cell therapy, gene therapy, and real time analytics. Hands-on programing will include real world applications operating in a simulated Current Good Manufacturing Practice environment, as well as broader topics such as quality control and supply chain management. Close ties and consultation with corporate partners will be crucial to providing relevant programming both for traditional students and individuals within the workforce.

Medical and community unveil life-saving 3D biopsy technology at CMH HUDSON — Medical and community leaders joined in Hudson to unveil stateof-the-art 3D breast biopsy technology that will significantly improve the diagnosis, treatment and outcomes for breast cancer patients in Columbia and Greene counties.

The stereotactic 3D biopsy system, known as Affirm, will provide more precise targeting of tissue abnormalities identified through CMH’s 3D mammography capabilities, yielding earlier and more accurate detection of breast cancer. The technology was acquired through the generosity of community members who contributed to the Columbia Memo-rial Health Foundation.

“This life-saving 3D biopsy technology, paired with our 3D mammography service, pro-vides our patients with the most advanced diagnostic care available in locations that are comfortable, convenient and close to home,” said CMH President and CEO Jay P. Cahalan.

In addition to offering 3D mammography and 3D biopsy services, CMH has significantly augmented its radiology and pathology expertise through its affiliation with Albany Med. The Albany Med and CMH radiology and pathology services are now fully integrated, which means

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Medical and communities leaders join to unveil CMH’s new 3D breast biopsy technology. Paired with CMH’s 3D mammography capabilities, the new life-saving technology will significantly improve the diagnosis, treatment and outcomes for breast cancer patients in Columbia and Greene counties. Cutting the ribbon is CMH Breast Surgeon Rakel Astorga, MD. Other dignitaries include Senator Daphne Jordan, Columbia Memorial Health Foundation Chair Anne Schomaker, and CMH Chief of Radiology Tariq Gill, MD.

that mammograms, and all imaging and diagnostic studies, are interpreted by the region’s leading experts.

Dr. Tariq Gill, Chief of Radiology at CMH said, “Each year in the U.S. more than 268,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer.

This technology, now available right here in our community, is a tremendous step forward in our ability to detect and diag-nose early stage breast cancer, significantly

improving the likelihood of successful treatment.”

Columbia Memorial Health Foundation Vice Chair Anne Schomaker said, “This technology is truly a gift of life made possible through the tremendous generosity of our donors. We are grateful beyond words to our supporters who continue to rally around CMH to ensure its essential mission can continue and expand.”

Windham Mountain hires Dan Hogan as director of Snowsports WINDHAM — Windham Mountain announces that Dan Hogan has joined the senior leadership team in the role of director of Snowsports School. Hogan will manage a staff of more than 300 instructors, coaches, managers and administrative personnel.

He’ll oversee all programs, revenue, expenses, employee compensation, benefits, and administration of the snowsports program at Windham.

Over the last decade, Hogan has been on an eternal winter circuit, splitting his time between the Children’s General Manager role at Breckenridge Resort in Colorado and as the Snowsports School Manager at Perisher Resort in New South Wales, Australia. Settling down in the Northern Hemisphere for a year-round role at Windham is a move closer to home for Hogan. He’s a native of the Boston area, where he started his career as a Junior Instructor at Wachusett Mountain in 1997. From there, he made stops at Wildcat, Smugglers’ Notch and Stowe before settling in at Breckenridge and

Perisher. He’s received his PSIA Level I, II, III, and FS I certifications, and has attended the national academy nine times. Hogan says, “I love everything that skiing has to offer. Time in the mountains, the community of passionate people brought together by the sport, and seeing new people enjoying skiing and snowboarding for the first time is what continues to drive me every day.”

PSIA-E/AASI Einar Aas Award winner and longtime director of Snowsports, Franz Krickl, has been at Windham for more than 40 years. He will remain on board for the 2019-2020 winter season as director of Skiing and Riding.

Krickl will focus on development of all snowsports school staff members in areas of teaching, coaching, training, and psychology.

“We’re excited to have Dan joining us and are fortunate to have the continued support of Franz,” says Chip Seamans, president and general manager of Windham Mountain. “Dan’s vision, leadership and PSIA experience will

continue to move the resort forward.”

Just two and a half hours north of New York City, Windham Mountain is a place to get lost and found again, to find stunning adventure close to home, and to be reminded of how good it feels to be alive with family and friends in the fresh air. Boasting 285 skiable acres across 54 trails serviced by 11 lifts, the Resort offers six terrain parks, an awardwinning snowsports school, Terrain Based Learning, lodging, on-mountain dining, an Adventure Park, a full-service spa, sunset skiing, and much more. Summer brings a range of activities including simple mountain getaways, events and festivals, extraordinary weddings, and energizing corporate gatherings. Windham Mountain Bike Park is famous for its World Cup course and also features a three-mile-long beginner trail. Windham Country Club is an 18-hole public golf course with a private club atmosphere.

Boxwood Linen hosts weekend of high design CHATHAM — Boxwood Linen presents a weekend of high design honoring Judy Grunberg, whose passion and commitment to PS 21 lives on.

Three talented designers will be hosted for a holiday shopping event 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Nov. 16 and Nov. 17, with a portion of the sales dedicated to PS 21 in memory of Grunberg’s contribution to the community.

“I’ve looked forward to creating this unique event.

It’s a rare opportunity to

have these three celebrated designers in one place at the same time…”

World class millinery designer Victoria DiNardo has created hats for designers including Donna Karen, Emanuel Ungaro and Geoffrey Beene. Since her shop days in SOHO NYC she has moved upstate and now creates hats in her beautiful hillside studio.

Ceramicist Michele O’Hana has been featured in many top publications nationwide. The easy, organic

style of her porcelain pieces have garnered a loyal, international following.

Adrienne Rogers, a Smithsonian Museum award winner and British Crafts Council exhibitor, works with some of the finest mills in the world to create unique and luxurious handcrafted textiles.

These designers will be in house both days to meet with guests and provide insight and discussion about their beautiful work and passion for their craft.

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Delgado panel explores veteran reintegration

By Massarah Mikati Johnson Newspapers

TROY — Tears well up in Nicole Caquias’ eyes every time she thinks about the veterans her nonprofit organization has not been able to serve.

She’ll go out to the bridges and find veterans underneath, bring them back to the Catskill Veteran Outreach Center/Utica Center for Development, only to realize that she has to turn them away because of red tape around the grants her organization received. The veteran received a dishonorable discharge, or was post-9/11, or did not have a certain level of disability — all of these are categorizations that can render veterans unqualified to received services, Caquias shared at a panel on veteran reintegration hosted Friday

by U.S. Rep. Antonio Delgado, D-19.

“It’s unacceptable,” Delgado said on the issue after the panel, held at the Brunswick Elks Lodge. “We should do everything in our power to not put any veteran in that position.”

The panel was organized in one of Delgado’s in-district weeks, leading up to Veteran’s Day. Delgado’s district has about 40,000 veterans, according to his spokesperson.

The panelists, all of whom were veterans or related to veterans, represented a holistic range of needs veterans have when they return from duty, from political representation to finding employment to receiving mental health care.

One of the main issues raised was knowledge within the community about the wealth of services out there for veterans, red tape or not.

“I think it’s so important to make

sure that we are making sure that people who are on the front lines (helping veterans) have the capacity to build the relationships and make it easier for those in the veteran community to take advantage of these programs,” Delgado said.

For example, one of the panelists, Dean Koyanagi, is the director of the Cornell Farm Ops Program, which helps veterans start their own farms. The benefit is two-pronged: it supports veterans to become economically self-sufficient, but it also helps their mental health.

“There’s value in horticulture and being outside,” Koyanagi said. “And (veterans) have that service mission again and feel they’re working together with somebody.”

After his last community panel on rural broadband, Delgado introduced two pieces of legislation on

the issue a week later. He said that Friday’s panel gave him multiple ideas for bills he’d like to explore, such as funding, but he’s already started with a bill introduced Thursday that would give counties access to federal funding for veteran cemeteries.

The Fairness for Local Veteran Cemeteries Act, a bipartisan bill co-sponsored by U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-21, would shift funding decisions from the state down to local municipalities, which would help areas that do not have state-operated veterans’ cemeteries.

Also in bipartisan spirit, Assemblyman Jake Ashby, R-107, was one of the panelists. A veteran himself, Ashby has a bundle of bills he plans to introduce this upcoming legislative session that would serve the veteran community by addressing

health care gaps, providing legal services and creating a “Green Alert” program, similar to Amber Alerts, that would notify law enforcement when a veteran goes missing.

“What we’re starting to see is a (suicide) trend come down to our younger generations,” Ashby said, citing a study that found veterans from ages 19 to 34 were three times more likely to commit suicide than their civilian counterparts. “We’re trying to help funds get down to the local municipalities to make sure veterans are getting the services they need.”

Massarah Mikati covers the New York State Legislature and immigration for Johnson Newspaper Corp. Email her at mmikati@columbiagreenemedia.com, or find her on Twitter @massarahmikati.

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“I sang at the school assembly [on Friday],” Louise said.

“My chorus teacher said I had a great voice and asked me to sing it.”

Louise was already on deck to read the poem “In Flanders Fields” for Palenville’s ceremony, but after Friday’s successful performance, she was asked to do an encore.

“When I got here they wanted me to sing the national anthem,” she said.

Louise, who sang the song a capella, said performing in front of crowds makes her “kind of, but not really” nervous.

The color guard consisted of members of Bunt-Brewer American Legion Post 165 of Tannersville; Honeyford Memorial American Legion Post 110 of Catskill; Cub

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Louise Kieraldo, 9, of Catskill, sings the national anthem at Palenville’s Veterans Day ceremony Monday.

Scouts Packs 44 and 37; Girl Scout Troop 1595; Boy Scouts Troops 131 and 131G; and members of the Catskill Elementary School Student Council and Business Club.

Student council members delivered facts to the audience about Veterans Day. Garrison spoke about the history of the monument.

“As many of you know, the Palenville Veterans Monument was originally placed in front of Rowena Memorial School by the Palenville Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary in 1948,” Garrison said. “It was moved to the fire district property when Rowena passed from school district ownership to private hands. It was

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The other man was turned away at the register by a Walmart employee as he was attempting to purchase cards with the money, but he also left the store, police said.

A third man was standing near the gift card rack when a Loss Prevention worker approached and asked the man if he needed any help, police said. The third man abruptly left the store. Deputies quickly obtained descriptions of all

once again disturbed due to the expansion of the fire station. The plaques were saved, along with a small amount of the stonework, but the monument was disassembled.”

The inspired work of a Boy Scout made the current monument a reality, Garrison said.

“It was rebuilt through the efforts of Matt Simons, a

Palenville resident and Boy Scout of Troop 131, who undertook that task as his Eagle Scout project.”

Fire department member Joel Holland delivered the invocation.

Navy veteran Donna Chewins performed the ceremonial wreath laying.

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call the police because he was a gay man walking alone in the park at night, and felt surely he would be harassed.

A member of the audience, Ed Beaty, who was also present at the Stonewall Riots, shared a story about getting beaten by a group of men for being gay. When the police found the group, they put the victim in handcuffs.

“They told us they beat you up because you were queer,” Beaty recalled officers telling him before he was arrested.

It was the first time Beaty shared his traumatic experience and he said he was compelled to share such details to demonstrate the importance of the Stonewall Riots.

“Who’s going to know about the abuse that the Stonewall had a catalytic effect of ending?” he said.

Police harassment diminished and the LGBTQ community was able to achieve momentous steps toward equality in the decades following Stonewall, perhaps most notably with the Supreme Court legalizing gay marriage in 2015.

But Adams reminded the crowd there’s still room to grow.

Adams served in the U.S. Coast Guard during the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell period, and she stayed in the closet during her time.

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Members of American Legion posts 165 and 110 retire the colors at the end of Palenville’s Veterans Day ceremony Monday.

1st Class in the Vietnam War, serving as a member of Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service, or WAVES, which was active from 1942-1978.

“It was an honor to honor all our vets,” she said. “My dad and uncles are on the plaque here.”

One of Chewins’ uncles, Donald McDowell, is a retired naval commander who served in the military for more than 30 years, she said.

“He was in Korea, Cuba, Vietnam and Desert Storm,” she said. “I was honored to do this for him.”

Chewins’ brother served in the Navy and she has a granddaughter who joined the junior ROTC, she said.

“Veterans Day is always an emotional day for me,” Chewins said, adding that she comes to the Palenville ceremony every year.

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A celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots was held at Columbia-Greene Community College on Friday.

“I made the decision to join the Coast Guard, knowing that I would have to be in the closet in order to keep my job, and it was horrible,” Adams said. “I loved my job, the Coast Guard, but it made me hate myself.”

That’s why Adams is so proud to work at the Stonewall National Monument today, helping people develop emotional connections to this critical point in history and learn about the oppression and marginalization the LGBTQ community faced, and continues to face.

As Boyce and Toole relived the Stonewall Riots, their faces beamed with pride and their voices carried passion.

“It wasn’t that we were arrested — we were arrested every f------ night. It was because there were so many people on the streets,” Toole said, counting off Black Panthers,

Vietnam War protesters, homeless youth and different groups within the LGBTQ community. “Every population that was out there had felt police violence one time or another. So we all came together for that one moment in time.”

The morning after the riots, when Boyce was walking down the street in his neighborhood, he made eye contact with a worker on the streets who glared at him. Boyce was paralyzed with fear, ready to get beaten.

But the worker slowly raised his hand into a fist above his head, showing solidarity.

“We were individual conquerers, soldiers...but we never came together since the Band of Thieves to show our valor,” Boyce said. “For the first time in 2,500 years, a group of gays showed valor.”

three men and a description of the vehicle they were seen getting into and leaving the parking lot in.

Information on the suspects was broadcast to other deputies in the area so that they could be on the lookout.

A vehicle matching the description of the one that left Walmart was stopped by K9 Deputy Travis VanAlstyne on Stottville Road near the intersection of State Route 66 in the Town of Claverack. Of the four men inside the car, three matched the description of the men who were in Walmart earlier that day, police said.

The case was turned over to the Sheriff’s Office’s criminal investigators.

Investigating for the Sheriff’s Office are Senior Investigator Kevin Skype, Investigator Patrick Logue, Investigator Reagan Anderson, First Sgt. Louis Bray, Sgt. Jeffrey Hofstetter, VanAlstyne, Deputy Peter Merante and Deputy Andrew Horst.

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Chatham’s Jayshawn Williams (3) makes a spectacular catch over Warrensburg defender Dylan Winchell during Saturday’s Section II Class D Super Bowl at Schuylerville High School.

Chatham falls short in Class D Super Bowl

By Tim Martin Columbia-Greene Media

SCHUYLERVILLE — Chatham coach Rich Sitzer knew in order to beat Warrensburg in Saturday’s Section II Class D Super Bowl, his team would have to keep turnovers and penalties to a minimum.

Unfortunately for the Panthers, three first-half turnovers turned

into 22 points for the Burghers, who went on to post a 28-18 victory to repeat as Section II champions.

Warrensburg (9-1) advances to regional play and will take on the Section VII champion Moriah on Friday at 7 p.m. at Beekmantown High School. Chatham finishes the season with a 7-3 record.

The Burghers capitalized on a

miscue on Chatham’s first possession as Jesse Griffin intercepted a pass on a fake punt attempt at the Warrensburg 45 yard line.

Eleven plays and two offsides penalties against Chatham later, Dylan Winchell scored on a nine-yard run. Jesse Griffin ran in the two-point conversion to put the Burghers up 8-0 with 4:41

remaining in the opening quarter.

Warrensburg threatened again the next time it had the ball, but on a fourth and sixth play from the Chatham 19, Mac Baker threw an incomplete pass — his only incompletion of the day — and the Panthers took over on downs.

Chatham got on the scoreboard five minutes into the second

quarter in spectacular fashion. Jayshawn Williams leaped over Warrensburg defender Dylan Winchell to snag a Casey Sitzer pass, pulling the ball in off of Winchell’s back, then sprinting down the sideline to the end zone to complete a 63-yard play.

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Titans fall in regional final Columbia-Greene Media

LAKELAND — Section IX Class C champion Taconic Hills had its season come to an end in Saturday’s state regional final as Section I champ defeated the Titans, 5-0, at Lakeland High School.

Bronxville started quickly, scoring two goals in the first nine minutes of the contest and the Titans could never recover.

Taconic Hills had two penalty corners. Goalkeeper Sydney Kiernan had a busy day, turning away 22 shots.

“As disappointing as this loss was, I am proud

of this team for being the first team since 1981 to make it to the field hockey regional final game,” Titans coach Angela Webster said. “This team can say that they played with heart and did everything they could. Somedays, it just isn’t meant to be. This team had a tremendous season with lots of memories.”

The Titans finish up with an overall record of 14-4 and will lose the following seniors to graduation: Delana Bonci, Amelia Canetto, Sage Pulver, Kirsten Shumsky, Amara Wright, Tanner Van Alstyne.

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Jets wrestle a win away from Giants Bill Pennington The New York Times News Service

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — At kickoff in Sunday’s game between the New York Giants and the New York Jets, the stands at MetLife Stadium were less than half-full.

The teams play each other in the regular season only once every four years, which customarily stokes the heated rivalry between the New York metropolitan area’s two NFL teams. But this year, the region’s football fans seemed unmoved.

With good reason.

Those with tickets to the game remained in the parking lots encircling the stadium, and a majority appeared in no hurry to get inside the building to watch a matchup

of two of the league’s worst teams.

But then the game began, with the Jets racing to a twotouchdown lead. That spurt induced the tailgating crowd, which was at least half Giants fans, to head inside the stadium. And perhaps to everyone’s surprise, an exciting, entertaining game ensued.

Maybe it was the level of the competition, but for long stretches Sunday, both teams looked like they knew what they were doing for a change. The Giants rallied impressively throughout the middle of the game, and the Jets countered with a fourthquarter, 10-point comeback of their own to win, 34-27.

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Columbia-Greene’s Cameron Thomas slides over to defend against a Schenectady player during Sunday’s game.

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Columbia-Greene’s Rande Harper throws down a dunk during Sunday’s game against Schenectady CC.

HUDSON — Eleven players reached the scoring column in Columbia-Greene Community College’s 100-71 victory over Schenectady Community College on Sunday.

The victory completed a weekend sweep for the Twins, who earned a come-from-behind 93-84 win over Tompkins Cortland Community College on Saturday.

Against Schenectady, C-GCC opened up a 40-29 lead by halftime and coasted to its third victory against just one loss. The only drama in the second half was whether the Twins would reach the century mark in points, which they did with less than a minute to go on a pair of free throws by Zach Lane.

Rande Harper was the top scorer for the Twins with 26 points. Cameron Thomas

added 17, Myles Ukoh had 13 and Jason Davis 10.

Towan Hamlin’s 26 points topped Schenectady. Chris Miller chipped in with 14 and Elijah Gibbs had 13.

While happy with the win, Twins’ coach Ryan Parshall said there are still some things that need to be cleaned up going forward.

“We still have a lot of things to work on,” Parshall said. “We just have to come together more as a team, a lot of guys are not on the same page, which upsets me. We’re scoring well, defense isn’t bad. I want to improve on defense more.

“We’re averaging 90 points per game so, offensively, I couldn’t ask for much more, but defensively we have to step it up. We just have to come together more. Communication is the biggest thing.”

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Hamlin clinches title shot with win in Phoenix Field Level Media

Twenty points below the cut line, Denny Hamlin wasn’t exactly boiling over with confidence when he arrived in Arizona to race in Sunday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs cutdown race at ISM Raceway.

He was talking about how 2019 would not be a failure were he not to advance to next weekend’s Championship 4 race in Homestead, Fla., and how finishing a career without a championship would not be a disgrace.

But on Sunday afternoon, Hamlin’s tone did a 180 as took the lead on Lap 178 of the 312-lap Bluegreen Vacations 500 and then survived a late-race restart to drive to his sixth victory of the season and second in 29 starts at the track formerly known as Phoenix International Raceway.

“One of the best cars of my career, I can tell you that,” said Hamlin, who led 143 laps, many of those by large margins.

The victory for the two-time Daytona 500 winner came a week after an unforced spin at Texas Motor Speedway contributed to his points woes and negativity earlier in the weekend.

“Can’t believe it,” said Hamlin, who in 2010 may have cost himself that year’s championship with a horrible performance in Arizona.

“I put them (his Joe Gibbs Racing team) in a bad hole last week and I told them today in the meeting, I said, ‘I’m going to give everything I got to make up for the mistake I made last week.’ And that’s all I got.”

Hamlin joined Martin Truex Jr. and Kevin Harvick – who had previously won Round of 8 races at Martinsville Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway, respectively – in the

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NASCAR Cup Series driver Denny Hamlin celebrates with champagne after winning the Bluegreen Vacations 500 at ISM Raceway.

championship Round of 4.

Hamlin’s teammate, Kyle Busch, finished second and earned the fourth and final berth in next weekend’s championship-decider in South Florida by way of points.

The margin of victory was .377 seconds.

“Just didn’t quite have enough,” Busch, who led 69 laps, said. “I think the 11 (Hamlin’s) was

the best car in practice. I knew we were going to be about third to fifth and we were second, so ...

“Cool to have a chance to go race for a championship, obviously,” said Busch, whose winless streak moved to 21 races. “We just keep coming up short.”

Rounding out the top five were Ryan Blaney of Team Penske, Kyle Larson of Chip Ganassi

‘An Overwhelming Feeling’: LSU solves the Alabama puzzle Billy Witz The New York Times News Service

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Somewhere down in the bayou, you can be certain that candles were lit, Hail Marys were paired with bloody marys and gris-gris were lovingly caressed again Saturday afternoon. It is the way they mark Alabama day during the college football season.

For the past eight years, as the calendar has turned over, that appointment has carried with it the dread of inevitability, stamping an expiration date on whatever great expectations Louisiana State had built to that point in the season.

Alabama has Nick Saban as its coach, but the truth is, for a decade now, he has lorded over two programs — his own and the one at LSU, where he won a national championship in the 2003 season before an unsavory sabbatical in the NFL (and a mountain of money) lured him back to the college game.

The Tigers have had fine coaches in the meantime: grass-nibbling Les Miles, who won a national title of his own in the 2007 season, with some of Saban’s players, and the one-of-us Ed Orgeron. Each university has churned out NFL players, and each has won a lot of games.

But there has been a discernible difference between the programs, which comes into relief each time they meet: Alabama always appears to have all the answers.

“In recruiting, they say if you go to LSU, we’re going to beat you,” said LSU safety JaCoby Stevens, one of a large

contingent that has been recruited by both teams.

So if LSU’s 46-41 victory over Alabama on Saturday marked a shift in the hegemony of the Southeastern Conference and a further jumbling of the College Football Playoff picture, it was more profound than that for the Tigers.

They had arrived emboldened, ready to be tested by the environment and Alabama’s championship determination, but encouraged by Orgeron’s proclamation early in the week that they were the better team. Thus, when their eight-game head-to-head losing streak, which began in the 2011 national championship game, had been laid to rest, there was a catharsis that came with it.

“Being a guy from Baton Rouge, coming in here playing for my home city — grew up 20 minutes away from campus,” running back Clyde EdwardsHelaire said after rushing for three touchdowns and catching another. “I can’t put it in words. Just an overwhelming feeling.”

A moment later, EdwardsHelaire, who was visibly emotional immediately after the game, tried again.

“Understand there were plenty of guys that came before me that didn’t win a game,” he said. “Five-year seniors that didn’t win a game here against Alabama.”

The question now for LSU is what happens on the way to the coronation? The Tigers are likely to ascend to the top spot in the College Football Playoff rankings when they are announced Tuesday. (They were No. 1 in the Associated

Press poll that was released Sunday.) Also, the Heisman Trophy is Joe Burrow’s to lose after his latest quarterbacking master class.

Ahead is a trip to Mississippi on Saturday; a visit from Arkansas, which just fired its coach; and a final home game against Texas A&M, which beat the Tigers in eight overtimes last season.

Then comes the SEC championship game, almost certainly against Georgia.

The Tigers, with a resume that includes wins over Texas, Florida, Auburn and Alabama — all in the top 10 when they played — can almost assuredly afford a slip-up.

There are few others, though, that can say that. Perhaps only Ohio State, which has thoroughly dominated a middling slate of opponents.

Clemson is the defending national champion and has won 25 consecutive games, but its schedule is exceedingly soft.

The final four weeks of the regular season are shaping up as a free-for-all chase for the final berth in the four-team Playoff.

Minnesota, which struggled to beat South Dakota State, Fresno State and Georgia Southern, is nevertheless undefeated after upsetting Penn State on Saturday. The Gophers climbed from 13th to seventh in the AP poll, but they are not likely to be that high in the CFP poll, where they were ranked 17th last week. Baylor, which is also 9-0 against a modestly more difficult schedule, dropped a spot, to 12th, in the AP poll after winning at Texas Christian. It will have a chance to burnish its

credentials when it hosts 10thranked Oklahoma on Saturday.

The Pac-12 division leaders, Oregon and Utah, saw their hopes grow a flicker brighter during a bye week, but their problem is that the best line on either one’s resume was Oregon’s lone loss — against Auburn to open the season.

All of this is good news for Alabama.

“We don’t want to waste a failure,” Saban said after Saturday’s game, knowing full well that if the Tide win their final three games (at Mississippi State, home against Western Carolina and at rival Auburn) it may well reach the Playoff for the sixth consecutive season. Alabama reached the Playoff in 2017 after finishing behind Auburn in the SEC West and proceeded to win the national championship.

What could sink Alabama is if Georgia wins its regularseason games (including Saturday at Auburn) and beats LSU in the SEC championship game.

Still, after the way Alabama was beaten — looking like the lesser team on its home field against a team it had befuddled for years — perhaps Orgeron’s defiance was understandable after he headed to an interview room. This wasn’t quite Jim Harbaugh coming after Pete Carroll, but he had a message for the other side.

“We comin’,” Orgeron growled. “We comin’. This won’t be the last time.”

And the next time might not be far off.

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Former Detroit Lions wide receiver and No. 2 overall draft pick Charles Rogers has died at 38.

The Saginaw, Mich., native’s high school coach, Don Durrett, and his Michigan State teammate, Chris Baker, both confirmed the news Monday morning.

“Devastated to learn of the passing of my spartan brother Charles (Rogers),” Baker tweeted. “Spoke with his mom this morning. Please pray for her and his children.

Please also be respectful of their privacy at this difficult time. Rip Chuck.”

An All-American at Michigan State, Rogers was selected second behind quarterback Carson Palmer in the 2003 NFL Draft.

He caught 135 receptions for 2,821 yards and 27 touchdowns in just 24 games with the Spartans.

“He’s the best athlete I ever seen. I mean,

honestly,” Durett told the Free Press.

“We’re talking about basketball, football and track together. He could have had a scholarship in all three sports. That’s how good. ... I haven’t seen nobody that fast that could do it all. He was just a blessed athlete that could do it all.”

Rogers was unable to avoid injuries and off-field trouble, however, ultimately becoming one of the biggest draft busts in NFL history.

The 6-foot-3, 220-pounder played in only 15 games (nine starts) over three seasons with the Lions from 2003-05, catching 36 passes for 440 yards and four touchdowns.

Two of those scores came in his NFL debut, a season-opening 42-24 win against the Arizona Cardinals on Sept. 7, 2003.

Rogers suffered season-ending collarbone fractures in 2003 and 2004 and was suspended by the league for substance

abuse violations in 2005. The Lions released him on Sept. 2, 2006, and he never played in the NFL again.

Rogers was arrested at least six times from 2008-12 on charges ranging from assault and battery and probation violations to DUI, open container violations and marijuana possession.

In a 2017 interview with the Lansing State Journal, Rogers blamed injuries and a painkiller addiction for his abbreviated career.

He also said he smoked marijuana throughout his time in college and the pros.

“I am getting my life together. ... A fresh start,” he said in that interview. “Do I need a little love? Yeah. Am I still trying to find Charles Rogers? Yeah. I stay optimistic and positive. I’ve been to hell and back, but I stay strong. I still have faith. I’m still a young man. It ain’t over. I’m going to be all right, you know? I’m going to be all right.”

Racing and Stewart-Haas Racing’s Harvick.

The race started with six drivers competing for the final two spots in the Championship 4 – Busch, Joey Logano, Hamlin, Blaney, Larson and Chase Elliott.

Joe Gibbs Racing’s Logano, who started the race above the cutline and led 90 laps, faded in the final stage. He finished ninth and lost his shot at winning a second straight Cup championship.

“No clue,” Logano said when asked what happened to a race car which had won the second stage. “No clue. It went from a car that could lead and win a stage and run really well.

From what they tell me an air pressure (in his tires) adjustment made it go from a good, winning car to can’t stay on the lead lap. One of the tightest things I’ve ever driven. Doesn’t make any sense.”

Hendrick Motorsports’ Elliott needed to win in order to advance – he didn’t. He spun and rammed the wall on Lap 166. It was his second major wreck in the last two races as he popped the wall at Texas Motor Speedway last Sunday.

Too bad, too, because he had a fast car and was running third when he crashed.

“We had a decent NAPA Chevy today,” Elliott said.

“It was really tough in traffic to catch guys and then pass and whatnot. But, I feel like we were in a good position to run solid. I’m not sure why we had a tire go down. I think that’s what happened, at least; it seemed like it. It’s unfortunate. Like I said, these last three weeks (he suffered a mechanical failure two weeks ago at Martinsville) have been pretty rough.”

What to know from NFL Week 10: The Saints and Chiefs suffer inexplicable losses Adam Kilgore The Washington Post

You think you know something about the NFL, and then along comes a Sunday like Week 10. The league starts to make sense, and then it goes berserk.

People too often call NFL weeks weird and wild, but Sunday was weird and wild.

How else to describe it?

The New Orleans Saints didn’t score a touchdown at home, Patrick Mahomes lost a shootout to Ryan Tannehill, and the Miami Dolphins have a winning streak.

Usual winners swapped places with perpetual losers. The New England Patriots had a bye, but the other participants in last year’s conference title games Kansas City, Los Angeles and New Orleans - all lost.

Meanwhile, the Jets and Falcons joined the Dolphins in doubling their season win totals.

It’s comforting to count on some events, such as Lamar Jackson’s brilliance and Aaron Rodgers throwing darts while squinting into Lambeau snowflakes.

Some things don’t change, and here’s what to know from the 10th Sunday of the NFL season: - The Saints’ inexplicable loss was just one of those days - they hope. It is tempting, easy and probably accurate to dismiss New Orleans’s 26-9 loss to the Falcons and their atrocious defense as an aberration.

Division game, opponent coming off a bye, all that.

But they also have to make sure it is not the start of an offensive swoon, because that has happened before.

The Saints averaged 37.1 points in their first 11 games last season. They didn’t score more than 31 the rest of the year and produced outputs of 10, 12, 14 and, in two home playoff games, 20 and 23. Their offense stagnated in the NFC championship game, scoring 10 points in the final three quarters and overtime.

Sunday’s loss was strange in many ways. New Orleans has one of the league’s best offensive lines, but the Falcons dominated it Sunday.

They sacked Drew Brees six times, which matches

the most the Saints have allowed during the Sean Payton-Brees era.

For all the Saints’ firepower, they have now failed to score a touchdown three times this season. The others came in the Rams loss when Brees was knocked out with a thumb injury and in a 12-10 victory over the Cowboys behind Teddy Bridgewater. Those made sense. But against a Falcons defense that entered 1-7 while allowing 31 points on average? Hard to figure.

The Saints caught a break when the Panthers lost in Green Bay, keeping them in firm control of the NFC South. Their only concern should be whether Sunday was a harbinger.

Lamar Jackson is Mr. Perfect. As the results in Tennessee and Atlanta proved, there is value in destroying bad teams. The Ravens’ 49-13 dismantling of the Bengals was particularly impressive. They were on the road in a division game, primed for a letdown after their statement victory over the New England Patriots.

And they handled their business from the opening kick, scoring on their first two drives and never letting the Bengals up for air.

- Baltimore validated what it showed last week: It is a legitimate threat to the Patriots in the AFC. The driving force, of course, was Jackson. He registered his second perfect 158.3 quarterback rating this season, joining only Ben Roethlisberger among quarterbacks who have had two in one year. Jackson completed 15 of 17 passes for 223 yards and three touchdowns while also rushing for 65 yards on seven carries - and a Lamar-ian touchdown - before yielding to backup Robert Griffin III in the fourth quarter.

Even if it came against the Bengals, the performance underscored that the Ravens are only improving. Jackson has only made 17 starts in his career, playoffs included, and Baltimore overhauled its offense in the offseason. Offensive coordinator Greg Roman’s system has plenty of room to expand. And Jackson is already a leading candidate for MVP honors.

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Schenectady’s Dequan Lewis drives against Columbia-Greene’s Kaijah Rodgers (1) during Sunday’s game.

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On Saturday, C-GCC trailed Tompkins Cortland by 11 in the second half, but a switch from a man to man defense to

a 3-2 zone paid off as the Twins went on to outscore TCCC by 20 down the stretch to pull out the victory.

Ukoh torched the Panthers for 36 points, draining six three-pointers. Harper added 26 points, including five threepointers.

Jaiden Allen had 17 to lead

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Columbia-Greene’s Isaac McIntosh (2) defends during Sunday’s game against Schenectady CC.

TCCC. Devonte Henry added 16 and Phillip Harris had 14.

Columbia-Greene plays host to SUNY Broome on Tuesday at 6 p.m.

TCCC (84): Loussaint 1-0-2, Allen 5-5-17, Blenman 3-0-7, Paul 4-1-9, Henry 6-4-16, Reid 2-0-5, Bower 4-2-12, Harris 5-3-14, Williams 1-0-2. Totals

31-15-84.

3-pointers: Bower 2, Allen 2, Blenman, Reid, Harris.

C-GCC (93): Rodgers 2-2-7, McIntosh 3-1-7, Thomas 0-11, Harper 8-5-26, Davis 1-2-4, Hedgepeth 3-1-7, Diaz 2-0-5, Ukoh 12-6-36. Totals 31-1893.

3-pointers: Ukoh 6, Harper

Columbia-Greene’s Cameron Thomas (3) looks for a teammate to pass to after pulling down an offensive rebound during Sunday’s game against Schenectady CC.

5, Rodgers, Diaz.

SCHENECTADY (71): Flowers 1-0-2, Lewis 0-1-1, Holland 2-0-5, Hamlin 12-1-26, Gibbs 4-5-13, Bernacet 1-0-2, Ruth 4-0-8, Miller 4-2-14. Totals 289-71.

3-pointers: Miller 4, Hamlin, Holland.

C-GCC (100): Rodgers

5-1-12, McIntosh 3-0-6, Thomas 7-3-17, Harper 10-226, Moro 0-1-1, Davis 3-4-10, Hedgepeth 1-0-3, Lane 1-24, Diaz 2-0-6, Ukoh 5-1-13, Sweet 1-0-2. Totals 38-14-100.

3-pointers: Harper 4, Diaz 2, Ukoh 2, Hedgepeth, Rodgers.

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Chatham’s Jacob Sorros heads up the field after catching a screen pass during Saturday’s Section II Class D Super Bowl against Warrensburg at Schuylerville High School.

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Chatham’s Matt Thorsen looks for running room while returning a kickoff in Saturday’s Section II Class D Super Bowl against Warresnburgh at Schuylerville High School.

Chatham’s Spencer Ford (12), Kyle Nehmans (75), Jacob Sorros (4) and Mateo Talbott (10) combined to stop Warresnburg’s Dylan Winchell during Saturday’s Section II Class D Super Bowl at Schuylerville High School.

on a three-yard burst up the middle by Jaron Griffin.

Chatham refused to pack it in and fought back with a nine-play, 69-yard rive that was capped off by a 12-yard pass from Sitzer to Kastner with 7:47 still to play.

The Panthers recovered an onsides kick following the

touchdown and were quickly back in the red zone on a 25-yard pass from Sitzer to Williams and a 16-yard completion to Kastner.

Chatham got as far as the Warrensburg three, but the drive stalled there and Warrensburg was able to run out the clock and claim its second straight Section II title.

STATISTICS RUSHING: Chatham — Casey Sitzer 10-30, TD; Quinten Kastner 6-13; Jacob Sorros 4-7; Spencer Ford 2-4.

Warrensburg — Jesse Griffin 25-134; Jaron Griffin 13-68, 2 TDs; Mac Baker 9-14.

PASSING: Chatham — Casey Sitzer 9-14-1, 167 yards 2 TDs; Jaysawn Williams 0-11. Warrensburg — Mac Baker 3-4, 27 yards; Jesse Griffin 1-1-, 23 yards.

RECEIVING: Chatham — Jayshawn Williams 3-101, TD; Quinten Kastner 5-56, TD; Sorros 1-10. Warrensburg — Dylan Winchell 2-36, TD; Jesse Griffin 2-14.

A mere 47 seconds into the third quarter, Jones’ ball security issues cost the Giants points again. On a blitz, Jets safety Jamal Adams ripped the football from Jones’ right hand as he was in the process of being sacked. Adams then raced 25 yards into the end zone untouched for a 21-13 Jets lead.

But things were just getting interesting. On the Giants’ next possession, wide receiver Golden Tate caught a screen pass with several blockers in front of him and bolted through a gap in the Jets’ defense for a 61-yard touchdown. The Giants appeared to tie the game with a successful 2-point conversion try, but an offensive pass interference penalty negated those points.

Then the Giants decided to go for the 1-point kick attempt instead. Aldrick Rosas missed the try and the Giants still trailed by 2.

About six minutes later, Jones again connected with Tate, who was wide open in the middle of the field when he caught a 15-yard touchdown pass. As he was being knocked to the ground, Jones lofted a deft pass over two Jets into the left corner of the end zone for a 2-point conversion that put the Giants ahead, 27-21.

The Jets cut the deficit to 27-24 late in the third quarter on a 53-yard field goal by Sam Ficken. At the start of the fourth quarter, a 33-yard pass interference penalty on Giants rookie corner DeAndre Baker gave the Jets the ball on the Giants’ 1-yard line. One play later, Bell put the Jets ahead with a touchdown plunge. They extended their lead later in the quarter on a 35-yard Ficken field goal.

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the end zone to complete a 63-yard play.

The two-point conversion try failed, leaving Warrensburg in front, 8-6.

After an empty possession by the Burghers, Chatham got the ball back with momentum on its side, but a fumble gave the ball right back to Warrensburg at the Chatham 17.

The Burghers needed just four plays to score, with Jaron Griffin bulldozing his way into the end zone from six plays out to finish the drive. The two-point conversion attempt failed, but Warrensburg had stretched its lead to 14-6.

Quinten Kastner took the ensuing kickoff back 30 yards to set Chatham up with excellent field position at the Warrensburg 44, but two plays later, disaster struck again

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end of the game, which concluded with the Giants’ offense failing four times to match the Jets’ late charge.

The Giants (2-8) have now lost their past six games. At the final whistle, fans of the Jets (27), who no longer shared the stands with Giants fans, celebrated.

The Jets opened the game as if they were going to run the Giants out of the building by halftime. On an opening 13-play drive that took 7 minutes 39 seconds, Jets quarterback Sam Darnold had some of his best moments of this season, standing in the pocket under pressure to complete his first seven passes. With the Jets at the Giants’ 2-yard line,

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Chatham’s Jayshawn Williams deflects a pass intended for Warrensburg’s Dylan Winchell in the end zone during Saturday’s Section II Class D Super Bowl at Schuylerville High School.

Chatham’s Grayson Van Wie (60) applies pressure on Warrensburg quarterback Mac Baker (24) during Saturday’s Section II Class D Super Bowl at Schuylerville High School.

as Zach Shambo intercepted a pass giving the ball back to the Burghers with less than three minutes remaining in the half.

Jesse Griffin completed a 23-yard halfback option pass

to Winchell on first down, and seven plays later, Baker tossed a 13-yard scoring pass to Winchell. The pass was nearly picked off in the end zone by Williams, but the ball skipped off his fingertips and

into the arms of Winchell for the score.

Jaron Griffin’s two-point run made it 22-6 at halftime.

Chatham closed the gap to 22-12 with 5:56 to go in the third quarter on a 14-yard run by Sitzer, but Warrensburg got the lead back up to 16 early in the final stanza

Darnold perfectly executed a run-pass option play, faking the handoff to Le’Veon Bell before keeping the ball to dash into the end zone for a score that put the Jets ahead, 7-0.

After the Giants ran just three plays on their initial drive, Darnold looked poised again. On a second-down play, with Giants linebacker Markus Golden draped around his legs in the passing pocket, Darnold adeptly fired a crisp pass to Robby Anderson for an 11-yard gain.

The Giants’ defense appeared to be in disarray as the Jets marched to the Giants’ 23-yard line. From there, on a third-down play, Darnold was again under pressure, but tossed the ball into the right flat to Jamison Crowder, who despite being surrounded by three Giants defenders managed to sprint into the end zone for a 14-0 Jets lead late in

the first half.

It was another embarrassing gaffe for the beleaguered Giants secondary. Things were not any better for the Giants’ offense, which gained 2 yards and had only one first down in the first quarter. Daniel Jones had already fumbled once. But in the second quarter, everything shifted.

Jones led the Giants on an eight-play, 75-yard scoring drive. The longest gain for the Giants was a 31-yard gain by tight end Rhett Ellison, who caught a swing pass and stormed up the right sideline.

Three Jets penalties also kept the Giants’ advance alive.

At the Jets’ 5-yard line, Jones had more than five seconds in the pocket to choose his target and eventually fired a pass between three Jets defenders for a touchdown to Darius Slayton that cut the Jets’ lead in half.

The Jets had their chances in the quarter. On a flea flicker, Darnold looked 50 yards downfield and saw wide receiver Vyncint Smith running behind the Giants’ secondary, but Darnold’s pass was too long and fell yards beyond the reach of Smith.

The Giants’ pass rush was also beginning to get to Darnold, who was sacked once and harassed into poor throws several times.

The Giants’ offense continued to be effective, and benefited from Jets’ penalties.

Jones was at his best in pivotal moments. On fourth-and-4 at the Jets’ 39-yard line, he rifled a short pass on a slant pattern to Slayton, who caught the pass at the 30-yard line and outraced the Jets’ secondary into the end zone. A bungled snap on the ensuing extra point try left the Jets ahead, 14-13.

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16-18 Fairview Avenue LLC Arts. of Org. filed w/ SSNY 10/21/19.

Off. in Columbia Co. SSNY desig. as agt. of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 18 Fairview Ave, Hudson, NY 12534. Purpose: any lawful activity.

2019-2020 Biennial Temporary Assistance and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment Plan The biennial Plan outlines local policy governing employment programs operated to provide employment services for Family Assistance (FA), Safety Net Assistance (SN), and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients as well as optional services for individuals eligible for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) services with incomes up to 200% of the federal poverty level. The Plan includes the Agency’s policy and/or procedure for the approval of training programs, disability determinations and work accommodation procedures, available support services and conciliation procedures.

To review the plan, individuals may contact the Principal Social Welfare Examiner, Lindsay Arp, at (518)828-9411 ext.

2126 All comments regarding the plan must be received in writing by close of business on November 30, 2019.

Comments may be mailed or dropped off at: Columbia County Department of Social Services 25 Railroad Avenue PO Box 458 Hudson, New York 12534 Attn: Director of Income Maintenance 42 Equity LLC. Filed with SSNY on 10/8/19.

Office: Columbia County. SSNY designated as agent for process and shall mail to: 160 Fairview Ave, Suite 812-195, Hudson, NY 12534. Purpose: any lawful.

FIRST: The name of the limited liability company is: DOUGLAS MITCHELL ENTERPRISES, LLC. SECOND: The county within this state in which the office of the limited liability company is to be located is: Greene County.

THIRD: The latest date on which the limited liability company is to dissolve is: Thirty years from the date of filing.

FOURTH: The Secretary of State is designated as Agent of the Limited liability Company upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Office address within or without this state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the Limited Liability Company served upon him or her is: P.O. Box 127, Leeds, New York 12451.

FIFTH: The future effective date of the Articles of Organization is upon filing.

SIXTH: These Articles of Organization have been filed with the Secretary of State on August 22, 2019.

Charles H. Schaefer, Esq. Deily & Schaefer, Esqs.

One Bridge Street Catskill, New York 12414 (518)943-6632 CATSKILL MOUNTAIN LODGING, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 9/9/2002. Office in Greene Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 2105 Shore Parkway, Apt. 12D, Brooklyn, NY 11214. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Election Notice Notice to all residents of the Stockport Fire District, an election will be held on Tuesday December 10, 2019 at the Stockport and Stottville Firehouses for the purpose of electing one Fire Commissioner for a five (5) year term. Polls will be open from 6PM to 9PM. All registered voters as of November 18, 2019 and residing in the Stockport Fire District will be entitled to vote at said election. Any candidate wishing to appear on the ballot must file their name with the Secretary of the Fire District by November 20, 2019.

By order of the Board of Fire Commissioners Stockport Fire District Columbia County New York Michael Briscoe District Secretary

8 FAIRVIEW LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/09/19. Office: Columbia County.

SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, P.O. Box 536, Philmont, NY 12565. Purpose: Any lawful purLEGITSKIN LLC. Filed pose 5/20/19.

Office: ARTICLES OF OR- Greene Co. SSNY designated as agent for GANIZATION OF DOUGLAS MITCHELL process & shall mail to: Meagan Alvord 45 S ENTERPRISES, LLC Under Section 203 of River St Apt B, Coxthe Limited Liability sackie, NY 12051. Purpose: General.

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INVENTORY LIQUIDATION SALE On November 16th the North Chatham United Methodist Church will be selling tents, tables, shelving, pallets, lights, etc. For more information please go to northchathammethodistchurch.org.

LEGAL NOTICE FOR GERMANTOWN FIRE DISTRICT ANNUAL ELECTION PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the annual election of the Germantown Fire District will take place on Tuesday, December 10, 2019 between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. at the Germantown Firehouse located at 181 Main Street, Germantown, New York for the purpose of 1) electing one Fire Commissioner for a five (5) year term commencing on January 1, 2020 and ending December 31, 2024 and 2) voting on Proposition 1 establishing a Repair Reserve Capital Reserve Fund. All voters in the Germantown Fire District who are registered voters with the Columbia County Board of Elections on or before November 18, 2019 shall be eligible to vote.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that you may request an absentee ballot by contacting district secretary at 518-9656262, no later than November 27, 2019.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that Candidates for District Office of Commissioner must submit their petition to the District Secretary at P.O. Box 331, Germantown, New York 12526, to be placed on the ballot no later than November 20, 2019.

Kerrie Abela, Secretary Germantown Fire District LEGAL NOTICE CANAAN FIRE DISTRICT Please take notice that the Annual Canaan Fire District Election will take place on December 10, 2019 between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. at the Canaan Firehouse, located on 2126 Route 295, Canaan, NY. The purpose will be to elect one Commissioner for a 5-year term commencing on January 1, 2020 and ending December 31, 2025.

Candidates for District Office shall file their name in writing with Patricia Liddle, Chairperson of the Canaan Fire District, P.O. Box 307, Canaan, NY, 12029 not later than November 20, 2019.

Patricia Liddle Chairperson EXHIBIT A NOTICE OF SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT MEETING AND ELECTION ABSENTEE BALLOTS AND PERSONAL REGISTRATION Coxsackie-Athens Central School District

Greene County, New York PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Special School District Meeting and Election of the Coxsackie-Athens Central School District, Greene County, New York, will be held on December 17, 2019 (the "Election Date") at the Coxsackie Elementary School, in Coxsackie, New York and the Edward J. Arthur Elementary School in Athens, New York, at 1:00 o'clock P.M. and the polls shall be kept open for voting by electronic voting machine between the hours of 1:00 o'clock P.M. and 9:00 o'clock P.M. Prevailing Time, for the purpose of voting upon the following proposition: BOND PROPOSITION: IMPROVEMENTS TO SCHOOL DISTRICT BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES Shall the following resolution be adopted, towit: RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Coxsackie-Athens Central School District, Greene County, New York, is hereby authorized to construct improvements to and reconstruct various School District buildings and facilities (including installation of generators at the Coxsackie and Athens Campuses, replacement of roof at the Middle School and construction of a tennis court at the High School), including original furnishings, equipment, machinery, appurtenances, apparatus, and incidental improvements and expenses in connection therewith, at a maximum estimated cost of $3,775,000 and to expend $175,000 Capital Reserve Fund monies to pay a portion thereof and that the remaining $3,600,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be raised by the levy of a tax upon the taxable property of said School District and collected in annual installments as provided

by Section 416 of the Education Law, and in anticipation of such tax, obligations of said School District shall be issued.

SEQRA DETERMINATION: The action herein authorized has been determined to be a Type II Action pursuant to 6 NYCRR Part 617.5(c)(l), (2) and (10) of the regulations of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation promulgated pursuant to the State Environmental Quality

Review Act ("SEQRA"), the implementation of which as proposed, such regulations provide will not result in any significant adverse environmental impact.

QUALIFIED VOTERS: The qualified voters of the School District shall be entitled to vote at said special election. A qualified voter is one who is: (1) a citizen of the United States of America, (2) eighteen (18) years of age or older, and (3) resident within the School District for a period of thirty (30) days preceding the special election, and not otherwise prohibited from voting (i.e. mentally incompetent or convicted felon). Qualified voters must be registered voters in order to vote at said Special District Meeting.

ADDITIONAL PERSONAL REGISTRATION: NOTICE IS HEREBY ALSO GIVEN that pursuant to Section 2014 of the Education Law and Article 5 of the Election Law, personal registration of voters is required for said Special District Meeting and Election and no person shall be entitled to vote thereafter whose name does not appear upon the register of the School District or on the permanent personal registration lists of the County of Greene.

Persons otherwise qualified to vote, who have been previously registered for School District voting and voted during these last four (4) calendar years, need not personally register for this special election.

Persons who have registered to vote in town, county, or national elections pursuant to Section 352 of the Election Law need not personally register for this special election.

All other persons who wish to vote must register.

Any person eighteen years of age or over, and a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the School District for thirty (30) days next preceding the day for voting (and not otherwise prohibited from voting) is entitled to register and vote. Voters may register at the District Office at 24 Sunset Boulevard, in Coxsackie, New York, during regular business hours between the hours of 8:00 A.M. to 3:30 P.M. Monday through Friday on days when school is in session until the date five days prior to the Special District Meeting and Election, at which time any person will

be entitled to have his or her name placed on such Register, provided, that he or she is known or satisfactorily proven to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at such election for which the Register is prepared. Such registration is also scheduled for the following dates: (1) December 3, 2019 Coxsackie Elementary School 5:30P.M. to 6:30P.M. (2) December 9, 2019 E.J. Arthur Elementary School 5:30P.M. to 6:30P.M. Such registration shall not take place less than five days preceding the date of the Special District Meeting and Election.

The Register of the School District so prepared and the permanent personal registration lists for the County of Greene will be filed in the office of the School District Clerk, located at 24 Sunset Boulevard, Coxsackie, New York, where the same will be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District, between the hours of 8:00A.M. to 3:30 P.M. Prevailing Time, beginning five days prior to such election on weekdays and each day prior to the day set for the election except Sunday, and at the polling places on the date of the vote.

ABSENTEE BALLOTS: NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots may be applied for at the office of the School District Clerk. Any such application must be received by the District Clerk at least seven days before the date of the afore-

Please Recycle said Special District Meeting and Election if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before such Special District Meeting and Election, if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter.

Absentee ballots must be received by 5:00 P.M. on the date of election in the office of the School District Clerk. A list of all persons to whom absentee voter's ballots shall have been issued shall be available for public inspection in the office of the School District Clerk, 24 Sunset Boulevard, in Coxsackie, New York not less than five days prior to the date of the Special District Meeting and Election (excluding Saturdays and Sundays) during regular office hours that are between 8:00A.M. and 3:30 P.M. until the date of the aforesaid Special District Meeting and Election. In addition, such list shall also be posted conspicuously at the place of voting during the hours of such Special District Meeting and Election.

Any qualified voter may, upon examination of such a written list, file challenge to the qualifications of any person whose name appears on the list of absentee voters and provide reasons therefore known to the District Clerk prior to the election for transmittal to the Inspectors of Election before the close of the polls or directly to the Inspectors of Election on the day of the vote before the close of the polls.

ELECTION DISTRICTS: AND FURTHER NOTICE IS GIVEN that the election districts and places of voting shall be located as follows: Election District #1 shall constitute the area of the School District that lies within the Town of Athens inclusive of the Village of Athens, Town of Cairo.

Election District # I shall vote at the Edward J. Arthur Elementary School, 51 Third Street, Athens, New York.

Election District # 2 shall constitute the area of the School District that lies within the Town of Coxsackie inclusive of the Village of Coxsackie, Town of New Baltimore. Election District# 2 shall vote at the Coxsackie Elementary School, 24 Sunset Boulevard, Coxsackie, New York.

Please check with the School District Clerk if you have any question as to the election district in which you should vote.

Dated: Coxsackie, New York, October 21, 2019.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE COXS A C K I E - AT H E N S CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, GREENE COUNTY, NEW YORK. Judy Zoller, School District Clerk Finding Food Productions, LLC, has been formed to engage in catering and other food-related activities.

Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York on July 15, 2019.

Office: P.O. Box 188, Chatham, (Columbia County) New York 12037. David Israelow has been designated as the

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COLUMBIA-GREENE MEDIA LLC’s agent upon whom process against it may be served. A copy of process should be mailed to the LLC at: 116 Second Avenue, Apt. 7I, New York, NY 10003.

LEGAL NOTICE ANNUAL ELECTION OF THE ANCRAM FIRE DISTRICT On December 10’TH,2019 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Election of the ANCRAM FIRE DISTRICT will take place on December 10’TH, 2019 between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. at the ANCRAM Fire House located at intersection of County route 7 and State route 82 Ancram NY, for the purpose of electing one Commissioner for a five (5) year term, commencing January 1, 2020 and ending December 31, 2004.

All voters registered with the Columbia County New York County Board of Elections on or Before November 18’th, 2019 shall be eligible to vote.

Candidates for District Office shall have filed their names with the Secretary of the ANCRAM FIRE DISTRICT, at the fire house at ANCRAM FIRE HOUSE, no later than twenty days before the election, November20’TH, 2019.

Date: OCTOBER 15’TH, 2019 THOMAS R. DIAS, Secretary BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS ANCRAM FIRE DISTRICT LEGAL NOTICE NORTH CHATHAM FIRE DISTRICT North Chatham, NY Notice is hereby given to the citizens of the North Chatham Fire District of the Annual Election to be held Tuesday, December 10, 2019 at the Fireman’s Hall. The polls will be open from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The position to be filled is the 5-year term of current Commissioner George H. Vollmuth that will expire at the end of this year. This notice is given in accordance with Article 11, Section 75 of the Town Law by The Board of Commissioners of the North Chatham Fire District.

A. Gawron, Chairman MELLENVILLE FIRE DISTRICT NOTICE OF ANNUAL ELECTION ON DECEMBER 10TH, 2019 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Election of the Mellenville Fire District will take place on Tuesday December 10th, 2019 between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. at the Mellenville Fire House, for the purpose of electing two Commissioners one for a five (5) year term, commencing on January 1st, 2020 and ending on December 31st, 2024 and another one for a two (2) year term, commencing on January 1st, 2020 and ending on December 31st, 2021. All voters registered with the Columbia County Board of Elections on or before November 18th, 2019 shall be eligible to vote.

Candidates for the District Office shall have filed their names with the Secretary of the Mellenville Fire District, at the Fire House at PO Box 81 Mellenville, New York 12544, no later than twenty days before the election, November 20th 2019.

Timothy M. Teaney Secretary Board of Fire Commissioners Mellenville Fire District 1T#49 (328)

Voting will take place at the District Office located at 921 Schoharie Turnpike.

The purpose of this Election is to elect one (1) Commissioner for a term of five (5) years commencing January 1st 2020 and ending December 31st 2024, Candidates for this offices must file their name on a petition with at least twentyfive (25) eligible voters’ signatures with District Secretary Jeanne E. Townley, on or before November 20th 2019.

Please note that this year there will be a referendum on changing the Office of District Treasurer from an elected to an appointed position.

All residents of the District registered with the Greene County Board of Elections by November 18th 2019 shall be eligible to vote.

Jeanne E. Townley, District Secretary P. O. Box 156, Athens, NY 12015 518-943-4255 Notice of Fire District Election Please take notice that the Annual Election of the West Athens Lime Street Fire District will be held Tuesday, December 10th, 2019 from 6 pm to 9 pm.

Voting will take place at the District Office located at 921 Schoharie Turnpike.

The purpose of this Election is to elect one (1) Commissioner for a term of five (5) years commencing January 1st 2020 and ending December 31st 2024.

Candidates for this office must file their name on a petition with at least twenty-five (25) eligible voters’ signatures, with District Secretary Jeanne E. Townley, on or before November 20th 2019.

Please note that this year there will also be a referendum on the ballot on whether or not to change the Office of District Treasurer from an elected position to an appointed position.

All residents of the District who are registered with the Greene County Board of elections by November 19th 2019 shall be eligible to vote.

Jeanne E. Townley District Secretary P. O. Box 156 Athens, NY 12015 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF BIRD STONE HOLDINGS LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the SSNY on 10/9/2019. Office: Columbia County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of any process to LLC c/o Legalinc Corporate Services Inc., 1967 Wehrle Drive, Suite 1 #086, Buffalo, NY 14221. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

Notice of Formation of Maxlyke, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 10/15/19.

Office location: Columbia County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 25 Robert Pitt Dr., Ste 204, Monsey, NY 10952. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is Vcorp Agent Services, Inc., 25 Robert Pitt Dr., Ste 204, Monsey, NY 10952.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

a limited liability company, Articles of Organization filed with the New York State Department of State on July 29, 2019. Offices located in Greene County.

NYS Secretary of State is designated as agent with whom process against the LLC may be served. Secretary of State shall mail copy of such process to 22 Bruce Scudder Road, Halcott Center, NY 12430. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

Notice of Form. of BHUD LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/15/19. Office location: Columbia SSNY desg. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process to 79 Route 203 Austerlitz, New York, 12017. Any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY FIRST: The name of the Limited Liability Company is 584 YELLOW HOUSE, LLC (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”) SECOND: The Articles of Organization of the Company were filed with the Secretary of State on October 31, 2019.

THIRD: The County within the State of New York in which the office of the Company is located is Columbia.

FOURTH: The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process against the Company may be served. The post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail process is P.O. Box 400, Claverack, NY, 12513.

FIFTH: The Company is organized for all lawful purposes, and to do any and all things necessary, convenient, or incidental to that purpose.

Dated: October 31, 2019 FREEMAN HOWARD, P.C. 441 East Allen Street P.O. Box 1328 Hudson, New York 12534 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY BERKSHIRE HILLS SCULPTURE GARDERN, LLC FIRST: The name of the Limited Liability Company is BERKSHIRE HILLS SCULPTURE GARDERN, LLC (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”) SECOND: The Articles of Organization of the Company were filed with the Secretary of State on October 15, 2019.

THIRD: The County within the State of New York in which the office of the Company is located is Columbia.

FOURTH: The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process against the Company may be served. The post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail process is Matt Thomases, 135 Eastern Parkway 6E, Brooklyn, NY 11238.

FIFTH: The Company is organized for all lawful purposes, and to do any and all things necessary, convenient, or incidental to that purpose.

Dated: November 1, 2018 FREEMAN HOWARD, P.C. 441 East Allen Street P.O. Box 1328 Hudson, New York 12534

Notice of Qual. of Rivington House Partners LLC, Auth. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 9/18/19.

Off. loc: Greene Co. LLC org. in NOTICE VILLAGE OF DE 9/16/19. SSNY deCOXSACKIE sig. as agent of LLC Please be advised that upon whom proc. the Annual Financial against it may be Report for the Village served. SSNY shall of Coxsackie, Greene mail copy of proc. to 5 County, for the fiscal White Way, Windham, year ending May 31, NY 12496. DE off.

2019, has been filed addr.: 160 Greentree with the New York Dr., Dover, DE 19904.

State Comptroller purCert. of Form. on file: suant to General MuSSDE, Townsend nicipal Law. Bldg., Dover, DE A copy of this report is available for inspection SHERMSHANDYSER- 19901. Purp: any lawby any interested per- VICES LLC Articles of ful activity. son at the Village Of- Org. filed NY Sec. of fice, 119 Mansion State (SSNY) June 25, The Board of CommisStreet, Coxsackie, NY 2019, Office in Colum- sioners of the West bia Co. SSNY design. Athens Lime Street during business hours.

Agent of LLC upon Fire District will meet Amanda Quinlivan whom process may be for a workshop at 6 pm Treasurer Dated: November 8, served. SSNY shall on Wednesday, Octomail copy of process ber 23rd 2019, at Sta2019 to The LLC at1627 tion #2 at 933 Leeds NOTICE OF Fire Dis- County Rte 13, Brai- Athens Road. trict Election nard, NY 12024. Pur- John P. Farrell, Jr. Please take notice that pose: General handy- Chairman the Annual Election of man services and any PUBLIC NOTICE the West Athens Lime lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMAStreet Fire District will be held Tuesday, De- NOTICE OF FORMA- TION OF A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY cember 10th 2019 TION Two Stones Farm LLC (LLC) from 6 pm to 9 pm.

Notice of Formation of THE POND RESTAURANT LLC Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 10/25/2019. Office location: Columbia County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 22 Park Row , Chatham, NY 12037.

Purpose: any lawful activity.

The name of the LLC is Pooch HQ LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on July 16, 2019. New York office location: 84 Summit Street, Village of Philmont, County of Columbia and the State of New York. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is: Pooch HQ LLC; 84 Summit Street, Hudson, New York 12534.

Purpose/Character of business: Any lawful business purpose permitted under the New York Limited Liability Company Law. This notification is made pursuant to Section 206 of the Limited Liability Company Law. SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF GREENE FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION ("FANNIE MAE"), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Plaintiff against- MARIE A. ANNUNZIATA, YVONNE PARADISO, ANNE PARADISO, ANGELO PARADISO, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered herein and dated October 2, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Greene County Courthouse, 320 Main Street, Catskill, NY on December 16, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. premises situate, lying and being in Old Palenville, in the Town of Catskill, Greene County, New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a pin driven in the ground in the westerly side of the Bogart Road 250 feet northeasterly from the easterly corner of lands of George Garabedian (approximately 1128 feet to the northeasterly of the CatskillTannesville State Highway Route 23A); being a plot 500 feet by 100 feet by 500 feet by 100 feet. Section: 184.19 Block: 1 Lot: 2.

Said premises known as 91 BOGART ROAD, PALENVILLE, NY Approximate amount of lien $162,923.73 plus interest & costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.

Index Number 413/2014.

MATTHEW J. GRIESEMER, ESQ., Referee David A. Gallo & Associates LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 99 Powerhouse Road, First Floor, Roslyn Heights, NY 11577 File# 8150.668 Town of Austerlitz Columbia County New York Public Notice PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Town of Austerlitz Planning Board will hold a Public Hearing at the Austerlitz Town Hall, located at 816 Route 203, Spencertown, on Thursday, December 5, 2019, at 7:00 pm.

Under consideration is a site plan review/special use permit for a proposed project consisting of constructing/installing 6 cabins for camping purposes with a multiuse bam and associated walking paths and extending the existing driveway. The project also consists of construction/installation of wastewater and water treatment system. Tax ID#95.-l-7.100, located off of Punsit Road. All persons wishing to comment on the applications will have an opportunity to do so.

Susan Haag Town Clerk November 8, 2019 Trespassing, hunting and fishing are strictly forbidden on all properties owned by Sunnyview Farm LLC. Property is patrolled and violators will be prosecuted.

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF GREENE INDEX NO. 0962/2014

Plaintiff designates GREENE as the place of trial situs of the real property SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Mortgaged Premises: 215 SOUTH MAIN STREET NEW BALTIMORE, NY 12124 Section: 7.16 Block: 3 Lot: 19 CIT BANK, N.A. F/K/A ONEWEST BANK N.A. F/K/A ONEWEST BANK, FSB, Plaintiff, vs.

NICHOLAS J. RULISON A/K/A JACOB N. RULISON, AS HEIR AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES POTTER RULISON, JR. A/K/A JAMES P. RULISON A/K/A JAMES RULISON; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DISTRIBUTEES OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES POTTER RULISON, JR. A/K/A JAMES P. RULISON A/K/A JAMES RULISON; any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE-TAX COMPLIANCE DIVISION-C.O.ATC; INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A., Defendants.

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

NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $240,264.00 and interest, recorded on July 14, 2004, at Liber 1927 Page 83, of the Public Records of GREENE County, New York, covering premises known as 215 SOUTH MAIN STREET NEW BALTIMORE, NY 12124.

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

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

NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding

against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.

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

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

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BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. RAS BORISKIN, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff BYHans Augustin, Esq. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310 Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675 SUPREME COURT: STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF COLUMBIA SHERIFF'S NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL PROPERTY 70 Hull Road, Elizaville, NY 12523 Index No. 8081-2014 ESTATE OF GEORGE SALENSKY, Plaintiff, -againstSTEVEN M. HULL and AMY A. HULL Defendant.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that by virtue of an execution issued out of the Supreme Court, Columbia County, dated September 16, 2019, against the real property of the judgment debtors, STEVEN M. HULL and AMY A. HULL, the Sheriff of the County of Columbia will sell at public auction, pursuant to law, at the Columbia County Courthouse, 401 Union Street, Hudson, New York on the 8th day of January, 2020 at 10:00 AM in the forenoon of said day all the right, title and interest which the said STEVEN M. HULL and AMY A. HULL have therein on the 8th day of January, 2020, or at any time subsequent thereto, in and to the lands and premises described and numbered below: 1. All of the interest of STEVEN M. HULL and AMY A. HULL in and to that parcel of real property situated in the Town of Gallatin, Hamlet of Elizaville, County of Columbia, State of New York with the tax map number Tax ID# 183.-1-16.100 commonly known as 70 Hull Road, Elizaville, NY 12523 and the same are described in Book 631 of Land Records at Page 1687 and more particularly described in Schedule "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof.

Dated: November 8, 2019 David P. Bartlett Columbia County Sheriff Schedule A To Notice of Sale Tax ID # 183.-1-16.100 commonly known as 70 Hull Road, Elizaville, NY 12523 ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, lying or being erected in the Town of Gallatin, (Elizaville),County of Colum-

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bia, State of New York, more fully described as follows: KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS 70 Hull Road, on a plan or map of the property of Michael and Marcella Hull, known and shown on a map prepared by S.V.N. Rockerfeller, C. E. and entitled "Property of Michael & Marcella Hull to be conveyed to Walter and Ruth Hull", scales as noted, filed at the Columbia County Clerk's Office, Hudson, N.Y. on November 5, 1954.

SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING RESTRICTIONS: 1. The above described premises to be used for residential purposes.

2. The Grantee herein, his heirs and assigns, to comply with all State and County laws and regulations as to water and sewage installations and this conveyance is made subject to those laws and regulations.

3. The Grantee herein, his heirs and assigns, to comply with any and all reservations, right of way, boundary agreements, easements and any and all restrictive covenants that run with the land and the affecting lot.

4. The Grantee herein, his heirs and assigns, to comply with the right of the public to access the portion of Hull and Benton Road, lying within the parcel.

5. The Grantee herein, his heirs and assigns, to comply with rights of record, if any, of existing public utilities.

BEING a portion of the parcel as described in a deed from Henry W. Livingston to Henry Younghanse, dated April 12, 1835 and recorded in the Book of Deeds at the Columbia County Clerk's Office, Hudson, N.Y. BEING the same premises and parcel conveyed by and as described in Warranty Deed by Charles Weaver to Michael Hull, bearing the date of September 24, 1921, and recorded in the Columbia County Clerk's Office, Hudson, N. Y. on May 22, 1931 in Liber 211, Book of Deeds at page 165.

BEING a portion of the premises conveyed in part as described in a deed from Michael and Marcella Hull, husband and wife, as tenants by the entirety, bearing the date of December 3, 1954 and recorded in the Columbia County Clerk's Office, Hudson, N. Y. in Liber 318, Book of Deeds at page 185.

BEING a portion of the premises described in a deed from Marcella Hull as surviving tenant by the entirety of her husband Michael Hull, to Walter Hull and Ruth Hull by a deed bearing the date of January 31, 1967 and recorded in the Columbia County Clerk's Office, Hudson, N. Y. in Liber 431, Book of Deeds at page 347.

BEING a portion of premises described in a deed bearing the date of April 10, 1976 from Walter Hull and Ruth Hull to Walter and Ruth Hull and recorded in the Columbia County Clerk's Office, Hudson, N. Y. in Liber 524, Book of Deeds at page 963.

BEING a portion of premises described in a deed bearing the date of March 6, 2008, from Ruth Hull to Stephen and Amy Hull and recorded in the Columbia County Clerk's Office, Hudson, N. Y. in Liber 631, Book of Deeds at page 1693.

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By Matt Breen The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS)

On one side of Houston’s Minute Maid Park, the Washington Nationals sprayed each other with champagne late last month as they closed the baseball season by celebrating a World Series crown. On the other, Gerrit Cole — one of baseball’s premier pitchers — traded his Astros cap for a hat emblazoned with the logo of his agent and left the stadium.

“It was a pleasure to play in the city of Houston,” Cole said.

With that, the grand prize of the free agency hit the market. The offseason, which will gain some momentum this week at the general managers’ meetings in Scottsdale, Ariz., was ready to begin. And a year after neglecting to add starting pitching, the Phillies have reset their priorities.

Cole headlines an enticing class of freeagent pitchers that will have the Phillies’ attention. GM Matt Klentak, according to a source, is heading to Scottsdale with an offseason plan that centers around pitching.

The Phillies neglected their starting rotation last winter, only for it to finish with a 4.64 ERA and one starter — Aaron Nola — who made at least 10 starts and posted an ERA better than 4.00.

Nola and Jake Arrieta, who will earn $25 million in 2020 and is coming off elbow surgery, are the only locks in the rotation. One rotation spot could be reserved for Vince Velasquez, Zach Eflin, or Nick Pivetta while two other starters are acquired from a pool of free agents that is deeper than last winter’s.

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Houston Astros starting pitcher Gerrit Cole throws during the eighth inning against the Tampa Bay Rays during Game 2 of the American League Division Series on Oct. 5 at Minute Maid Park in Houston. Cole headlines an enticing class of free-agent pitchers this offseason.

contract in history for a pitcher, is at the top of the Phillies’ list.

A year after their starting pitching was their weakness, the Phillies have the ability to arrive at spring training emboldened by their

rotation.

Cole is joined at the top of the pack by Stephen Strasburg, who was hoisting a World Series MVP trophy while Cole was wearing the Boras Corporation hat. Madison Bumgarner,

Cole Hamels, Zack Wheeler, Jake Odorizzi, and Hyun-Jin Ryu have hit the market. Any of those would be welcomed upgrades. The Phillies, armed with a willingness to spend money and a desire to add pitching, will have their options.

They began last offseason by hosting Patrick Corbin at Citizens Bank Park, showing they at least had a desire to upgrade their rotation. But the Phillies walked away from negotiations after Washington offered the lefthanded starter a six-year contract. That desire is now much stronger, but their mindset on the length of starting-pitcher contracts must be altered as the 29-year-old Cole will certainly be offered a contract longer than Corbin’s.

Last season’s struggles were enough for the Phillies to understand that they must upgrade their pitching before they can reach October. Klentak has an offseason docket that includes rebuilding the bullpen, rectifying the situation at third base, and filling out a bench. But none of those needs is more pressing than fixing the starting rotation.

The general manager’s work to address his rotation begins this week. The Phillies might not add a pitcher before Klentak leaves on Thursday, but the foundation for the offseason will be laid. Scott Boras will be in Scottsdale, presenting his sales pitch to baseball’s decision makers to place their bids on Cole.

The pitcher will soon swap his Boras Corporation hat for a new team. And the Phillies will make it their priority that it’s a red cap emblazoned with a “P.”

Paul Sullivan: Baseball’s hot stove league could use an NBAstyle spark after the slow pace of the last few offseasons

By Paul Sullivan Chicago Tribune (TNS)

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — When discussing teams’ interest in free agent Bryce Harper last year at the general managers meetings, agent Scott Boras cautioned that many suitors would be playing it cool over the winter.

“It’s not a regatta,” Boras said.

“It’s a submarine race.”

The submarine race finally ended more than three months later, during spring training, with Harper signing a record 13-year, $330 million deal with the Phillies.

As baseball executives and agents gather again Monday at the 2019 GM meetings in Scottsdale, Ariz., we can expect another long slog to February for some of the game’s biggest free agents, with plenty of speculation and little real movement the next three months.

Several of Boras’ clients, including Dallas Keuchel and Nicholas Castellanos, should be on the Cubs’ and White Sox’s radar. Cubs President Theo Epstein and White Sox general manager Rick Hahn both figure to meet with Boras at some point, whether it’s this week or at

the winter meetings in San Diego next month.

Boras controls the top three free agents — Gerrit Cole, Anthony Rendon and Stephen Strasburg — along with several others who figure to be highly pursued, including Castellanos, Keuchel, Hyun-Jin Ryu and Mike Moustakas.

Most free agents won’t have to wait until spring training to find a team, but the slow development of baseball’s free-agency period has become a trend, with many teams rebuilding and downplaying free agency and others trying to avoid paying the luxury tax.

Teams vying for free agents will get plenty of exposure in the offseason, which can’t be bad for selling season tickets. But baseball’s hot stove league now pales in comparison to the NBA’s free-agency period, in which most of the stars receiving the biggest contracts are signed within the first day or week.

Having a salary cap, of course, helps move things along, and MLB players aren’t about to agree to that, even if some believe the luxury tax serves as a de facto cap.

“Yeah, there was a lot of attention around NBA free agency,”

MLB Players Association executive director Tony Clark said during a meeting with baseball writers at the All-Star Game. “They’ve done a tremendous job in marketing and promoting their players, and have done so over the last three decades to where everything that happens now with those guys, it’s a headline. I’d love for our guys to put themselves in the same place.”

It takes two to tango, and the slow offseason movement can be blamed on teams waiting out the market for bargains and agents such as Boras trying to create a bidding war. Manny Machado’s agent, Casey Close, also waited until spring training to seal a deal with the Padres, who were seldom mentioned in speculation until January.

As the unofficial ringmaster of baseball’s offseason circus, Boras controls the tempo more than any other individual. His agency reportedly has approximately 175 clients, and when he speaks at the GM and winter meetings, dozens of reporters crowd around to hear his every utterance. That annoys some of his peers and amuses many of the executives, some of whom try to predict his metaphor of choice.

Boras can make a convincing argument to any reporter as to why the team he or she covers should be interested in one or more of his clients and usually provides some “humorous” quotes to entertain readers. This week he’ll not only be asked about his free-agent clients but other newsworthy topics, such as the players union’s service-time grievance over Kris Bryant’s delayed call-up in 2015. Bryant didn’t get the call until the Cubs were assured he wouldn’t be a free agent until after his seventh season in 2021.

The decision on Bryant could have significant ramifications on the Cubs’ offseason plans, especially if it’s ruled he’ll become a free agent next winter, increasing the urgency of contract negotiations.

Aside from targeting potential free agents, executives also get a chance to meet face to face to discuss possible trades, and Epstein, for one, already has said he may be active on the trade front this winter.

Last winter the Cardinals acquired Diamondbacks slugger Paul Goldschmidt, who helped St. Louis end a three-year postseason drought.

The Cubs and Sox need to be

active this winter for different reasons. The Cubs need to make some noise with a new manager, David Ross, in place and the new teamowned Marquee Sports Network about to launch. The Sox need to convince their fans the rebuild is progressing in Year 4, and they have many holes to fill, including the rotation, outfield and designated hitter.

Plenty of stars, including Bryant, will see their names bandied about in trade speculation this offseason, whether they get dealt or not. Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts, the 2018 American League MVP, also may be shopped by incoming chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom, who reportedly has a mandate to get Boston’s payroll under the $208 million luxury-tax threshold.

The GM meetings rarely see any significant deals or signings and are viewed as a prelude to the winter meetings.

But it’s an opportunity for team executives to give their fans some hope for the future, and selling hope in the long, cold winter traditionally has been one of baseball’s greatest strengths.

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New girlfriend nixes time spent with kids and ex-wife Dear Abby, I’m recently divorced. We have two wonderful children ages 6 and 11. I try to spend as much time with them as possible because it’s important to me, even if it means spending time with my ex-wife.

DEAR ABBY The woman I am dating is also divorced. She has a bad relationship with her ex and doesn’t think I should spend any time with my ex, even if it’s for the sake of the kids. An example: My daughter’s birthday is coming up, and it is my ex’s day with the kids. However, we will be going out for a birthday dinner, and my girlfriend doesn’t think I should go.

I’m not torn about going to dinner. I am torn about how to deal with the new girlfriend regarding my relationship with my kids and ex-wife. Any suggestions?

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Dear Abby, My partner and I have a long, loving relationship. But there’s always been this one little problem. When we’re out in public, I ask him to “please pull up your pants” and “please not put your hand down your pants.”

He gets upset that I call him out on it, but it’s embarrassing for me, and I feel like it should be for him, too.

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Eating cigarettes is a recipe for nicotine poisoning I talked to a person who said they’d eaten a cigarette and it cured all of their symptoms of parasite infection, because tobacco is an “ancient cure” or something like that. I looked up the topic on poison control and was shocked to see cases of children who’ve been hospitalized, etc., for this. Is tobacco actually effective for getting rid of parasites? Also, if a person can smoke up to 40 cigarettes a day, how come more people aren’t in the hospital for nicoTO YOUR tine poisoning?

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DR. KEITH ROACH

Children are particularly at risk for nicotine poisoning.

Nicotine is a deadly poison, with a very small dose (7.5 mg) needed to cause symptoms and less than a gram, even in adults, to cause death. However, adults who do not smoke will frequently develop symptomatic nicotine toxicity if they try smoking, particularly smoking a cigar.

Nausea and vomiting are the most common symptoms, but larger exposures can lead to more serious problems, such as seizures, muscle breakdown and paralysis, including respiratory muscle failure. People do become somewhat more tolerant to nicotine toxicity with repeated use.

Tobacco has been used medicinally for centuries, certainly in pre-Columbian Americas, including for parasites. However, there are not good data to support its use. Conventional modern treatments for parasites are very effective, and documented parasite infections should not be treated with tobacco. I will note that finding people who believe they have parasites but do not is a common situation. This is difficult to treat since the belief in parasitic infection can be unshakable.

I have just finished taking antibiotics and my gut is a mess, scientifically speaking. My

lower abdominal pain has been almost constant for the past three days, even though I stopped antibiotics the day before yesterday.

My cramping is relatively mild, but I have some bowel urgency shortly after I eat. I started taking a probiotic last night and am going to the grocery store to get kombucha tea. What measures should we take to restore gut health after a course of antibiotics?

People with persistent diarrhea after a course of antibiotics should be concerned about the possibility of Clostridioides difficile infection. This was formerly Clostridium; bacteria species confusingly change names occasionally. C. diff is a potentially serious infection.

Three or more episodes of watery diarrhea in 24 hours, starting during antibiotic treatment (or within two weeks of finishing) should make a clinician consider testing for C. diff. Symptoms can start even 10 weeks after a course of antibiotics, albeit rarely.

However, it doesn’t sound like you are quite there. A person doesn’t have to have C. diff to have gastrointestinal symptoms associated with antibiotic use. Several studies have shown that probiotics are modestly effective at reducing or preventing symptoms in people taking antibiotics, with a low risk of side effects, although one study cautioned that probiotic may be dangerous in people with severe pancreatitis. However, there is no consensus as to what the best probiotic bacteria strains or amounts are. Plain yogurt with active live cultures is a cheap and effective option for some: Those who can’t tolerate that could consider probiotics.

Kombucha, a fermented drink made with tea, sugar, bacteria and yeast, may have some benefits of probiotics, but there is not enough evidence to recommend it.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — A rather long and somewhat tiresome game of “back and forth” is likely to come to a welcome resolution today — and you won’t have to back down!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — You may have to make arrangements with unusual care today as you try to synchronize with someone’s crazy schedule.

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By Stella Wilder Born today, you will move through life smoothly and efficiently, winning results at every turn — not because you are always the best at what you may be doing, but because your planning is always sound and your implementation as effective as it can possibly be. You work well on your own or as a member of a welloiled, highly functioning team; what you do not do well, however, is maintain a high level of performance when other members of your group are dropping the ball.

You have a highly visual imagination, and what you see in your mind’s eye you are able, more often than not, to transform into reality.

Others are impressed by this ability to make the unreal real, and you may well earn a reputation as one who is actually able to do the impossible.

Also born on this date are: Nadia Comaneci, “perfect 10” Olympic gymnast; Grace Kelly, actress, later Princess Grace of Monaco; Neil Young, rocker; Al Michaels, sportscaster; Auguste Rodin, sculptor; Sammy Sosa, baseball player.

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.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Be sure to give yourself plenty of time to accomplish the things on your to-do list today. Not everything will be as easy as you think.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — You’ll very likely dig deeper than anyone else today as you work with your team to uncover the key to a certain mystery.

Don’t hold back!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — The view ahead of you may not be crystal clear, but you can fill in any blanks by engaging your instincts — which are quite well-established.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — You’re expecting things to be consistent today, when in fact inconsistency is likely to be the only one constant. At all times, be flexible!

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — You’re ready to give yourself more freely to someone who has several tasks in mind for you. Have you arrived at a suitable arrangement?

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — You may have to make certain concessions today as you work with those who seem to have seniority over you. Don’t neglect to pay attention to yourself!

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Someone ups the ante today, but you’re not in the mood for such games. Be specific as you express your desires and expectations; don’t vacillate!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You must pay close attention to what others are doing today; the results they get will help you decide if you should follow in their footsteps.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — You may not encounter a great many people who disagree with you today, but that’s not the same as support. A true friend waits for you.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — You are waiting for a sign, but it’s not likely to come today. If you really want to get moving, you can do so if you follow your instincts.

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(e.g., This character was the valet of Bertie Wooster. Answer: Jeeves.)

Freshman level 1. He was the first ghost that Scrooge saw.

2. This character begged not to be thrown into the briar patch.

3. The title character of this E.B. White book is born just over two inches long.

Graduate level 4. What was the profession of the title character in “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie”?

5. This lawyer had a daughter nicknamed Scout.

6. Elizabeth Bennet is the protagonist of this famous novel.

PH.D. level 7. Severus Snape is hostile to the title character of this popular series of books.

8. In Homer’s “Iliad,” he killed the Trojan hero Hector outside the gates of Troy.

9. Holden Caulfield is the central character of this novel.

SUPER QUIZ ANSWERS 1. Jacob Marley. 2. Brer Rabbit. 3. “Stuart Little.” 4. School teacher. 5. Atticus Finch. 6. “Pride and Prejudice.” 7. “Harry Potter” series. 8. Achilles. 9. “The Catcher in the Rye.” 18 points — congratulations, doctor; 15 to 17 points — honors graduate; 10 to 14 points — you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 4 to 9 points — you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 3 points — enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points — who reads the questions to you?

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