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CATSKILL — Two New York City men led police on a high-speed interstate chase last week after stealing several items from Walmart in Catskill, state police said.

Sheffield C. Brown III, 51, and Mark Simpson, 31, both of Brooklyn, left the store in a U-Haul with the stolen merchandise at about 9 p.m. on Thursday, according to state police.

Brown and Simpson are accused of stealing four televisions, state police Public Information Officer Steven Nevel said: two 32-inch Onn. TVs, a 43-inch Hisense Roku TV and a 50-inch

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Walmart’s Catskill store, at 30 Catskill Commons. Two Brooklyn men allegedly stole four TVs from the store last week and led state police on a high-speed chase that ended in New Jersey.

Samsung TV. The two men drove the U-Haul to

the New York State Thruway and began traveling south, according to state

police. Troopers were able to catch the vehicle and pull it over in Ulster County.

“The U-Haul truck appeared to comply and stopped on the Thruway in the town of Saugerties,” according to police.

State police said Brown got out of the vehicle and was taken into custody.

As Brown got out of the U-Haul, Simpson drove off and refused to comply with orders from police to stop.

Simpson the crossed the state line into New Jersey after a lengthy pursuit by multiple police units. The chase ended near Paramus, New Jersey.

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COPAKE — U.S. Rep. Antonio Delgado has more questions about President Donald Trump’s dealings with the Ukrainians over former Vice President Joe Biden.

“This investigation is leading to critical facts to be revealed,” Delgado,

D-19, told a standing-room-only crowd at Copake Town Hall, 230 Mountain View Road on Saturday. The town hall was Delgado’s 29th since taking office and his third in Columbia County.

“And these facts continue to be alarming for me,” Delgado said.

The impeachment hearings that

began last week are probing whether the president and other top government officials applied pressure to the leaders of Ukraine and other foreign nations to publicly announce investigations of Biden, the leading 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, and his son, Hunter Biden.

Delgado admitted he was not one of

the members of Congress who spoke out early on the issue of impeachment.

“I was trying to do this in a way where we could pursue truth and understanding what is going on, particularly when it comes to Russia’s meddling, in a fashion that would be as nonpartisan See QUESTIONS A8

Planners to vote on battery storage project

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CATSKILL — A battery storage project proposed for Catskill will not have an adverse impact on the environment, town planners said Monday.

The Town of Catskill Planning Board issued the negative declaration on the state environmental review at a meeting last week.

Glidepath, an alternative energy company based in Illinois, is before the planning board seeking a permit to site 40 battery-storage containers

on 10 acres near the intersection of Route 9W and Route 23. The lithium-ion batteries will supply 20 megawatts of power.

The planning board expects to make a decision on the project’s special-use permit Nov. 26, Board Chairman Joseph Izzo said Monday.

If the project is approved, Glidepath hopes to complete the permit process by the end of the year and begin construction in 2021, Glidepath Director of Development Erin Hazen said in September.

Construction is expected to take six months to a year to

complete.

Glidepath has been open to the board’s requests, Izzo said last month, and has added earthen berms and landscaping to minimize the potential visual impact of the project, he said.

Energy storage projects are critical to support renewable sources of energy, Glidepath Chief Development Officer Peter Rood said at the September meeting.

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President Donald Trump exits the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Nov. 14, 2019. With Gordon Sondland prepared to testify this week, Republicans backed away from complaints about secondhand information and instead offered a blunter defense: The president did nothing wrong.

that means ex, taking away, culpable, blame, then we look forward to seeing it.”

Trump had frozen the military aid about a week before.

Williams told House investigators she thought the telephone call was “unusual and inappropriate,” adding, “I guess for me it shed some light on possible other motivations behind a security assistance hold,” according to a transcript of her deposition released Saturday evening by Democrats.

“Tell Jennifer Williams, whoever that is, to read BOTH transcripts of the presidential calls, & see the just released ststement from Ukraine,” Trump wrote, misspelling the word “statement.” “Then she should meet with the other Never Trumpers, who I don’t know & mostly never even heard of, & work out a better presidential attack!”

Williams is not the only witness who listened in on the call expected to testify this week.

Others include Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman, the National Security Council’s top expert on Ukraine, who has told investigators he was so alarmed by the call that he immediately reported it to council lawyers. But Sondland’s appearance is the most anticipated.

On Sunday, Chris Wallace, the host of “Fox News Sunday,” pressed Rep. Steve Scalise, the No. 2 House Republican, on that point, asking him whether Sondland might “blow a hole” in Republicans’ defense.

“The president’s defense is that those things didn’t happen,” Scalise said, adding: “The real bottom line is he got the money. Ukraine got the money.”

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WASHINGTON — House Republicans, bracing for another week of impeachment hearings, asserted Sunday that President Donald Trump had done nothing wrong because his plans for Ukraine to investigate his political rivals never came to fruition — even as the president complicated their efforts by attacking another witness.

On a day of back-and-forth on Twitter and the morning television talk shows that are a staple of Sundays in Washington, Speaker Nancy Pelosi invited Trump to testify before the House Intelligence Committee, while the president’s allies shifted their emphasis away from the defense they offered last week, when they stressed that witnesses had only secondhand information against him.

That argument may not work much longer, because lawmakers are about to hear from crucial witnesses who had direct contact with the president, including Gordon D. Sondland, a donor to and an ally of Trump who served as his liaison to Ukrainian officials while the president withheld — but later released — $391 million in military aid to Ukraine.

“The Ukrainians did nothing to — as far as investigations goes — to get the aid released,” Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, one of Trump’s chief defenders, said on CBS’ “Face the Nation.”

“So there was never this quid pro quo that the Democrats all promise existed.”

Pelosi, also appearing on “Face the Nation,” suggested that Trump — who is blocking key witnesses like Mick Mulvaney, his acting chief of staff, from testifying — make his case for himself, while delivering a brief lesson in Latin: “If he has information that is exculpatory,

Wallace on Twitter. “@SteveScalise blew the nasty & obnoxious Chris Wallace (will never be his father, Mike!) away on Chris’s lowest rated (unless I’m on) morning show,” the president wrote. “This kind of dumb and unfair interview would never have happened in the @FoxNews past. Great job Steve!”

Both Scalise and Jordan have made such arguments before, but their remarks Sunday suggest this will be Republicans’ core line of defense this week.

What the two congressmen failed to mention, however, is that Trump released the administration’s hold on the money amid a bipartisan uproar on Capitol Hill and revelations of a whistleblower’s report that prompted the impeachment inquiry.

Their responses underscore the difficulty party leaders face in fashioning a defense as evidence mounts against Trump.

On Friday, the Democrats’ case was bolstered by another witness, David Holmes, a top official at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, who told investigators in a closed-door deposition that he had overheard Trump on a cellphone call loudly asking Sondland if Ukraine’s president had agreed to conduct an investigation into one of his leading political rivals.

“So, he’s going to do the investigation?” Trump asked, according to a copy of Holmes’ opening statement.

“He’s going to do it,” replied Sondland, who had just come from a meeting with top Ukrainian officials and the country’s president, according to the statement. He also told Trump that Zelenskiy would do “anything you ask him to.”

President Donald Trump hinted Sunday at a possible meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, tweeting to the leader he addressed as “Mr. Chairman” that he would “see you soon!” But hours later, North Korean state media responded with a curt message: We don’t want a meeting if we don’t get anything from it.

In a statement to the Korean language website of the official Korean Central News Agency on Monday, Foreign Ministry adviser Kim Kye Gwan said that he had read Trump’s Twitter post but that North Korea was not interested in another fruitless meeting.

Though terse, the statement continued a North Korean policy of blaming gridlock in talks with the United States on Washington - as well as a more recent shift that shows the nation again singling out Trump by name.

Despite three meetings between Trump and Kim, “there has not been much improvement in relations with the United States,” wrote Kim Kye Gwan, a veteran diplomat who previously led the North Korean delegation in six-party denuclearization talks.

The short statement concluded with the argument that if the United States wanted dialogue with North Korea to improve, it must “withdraw from the hostile policy of seeing us as an enemy.”

Despite Trump’s unprecedented decision to meet with Kim in Singapore, Hanoi and the Korean Peninsula’s demilitarized zone, progress on negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang dragged to a halt this year, with disagreement between the two nations centered on how much of its nuclear program North Korea could give up and when crippling U.S.-led sanctions on the nation would be lifted.

In response, North Korean state media has taken aim at members of the Trump administration it feels contributed to the breakdown.

In April, state media suggested that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo should be replaced by someone who “is more careful and mature in communicating.” The following month, it said that John Bolton, then Trump’s national security adviser, was a “structurally defective guy.”

But Trump had avoided the sharp tongues of the North Korean elite. In some cases, even as they criticized his administration, they praised him. “We still cherish our good faith in President Trump,” read a statement released last year, shortly after a disastrous Pompeo visit to Pyongyang.

The tenor has now changed.

At the start of October, North Korea reissued an end-of-year timeline for the United States to change its approach to negotiations. And then last week, a

statement released by the country’s State Affairs Commission criticized Trump’s statements about North Korean talks.

“We, without being given anything, gave things the U.S. president can brag about but the U.S. side has not yet taken any corresponding step,” the statement said. “Now, betrayal is only what we feel from the U.S. side.”

Just one day after that meeting, Trump declared North Korea “no longer a nuclear threat.”

But aside from a vague and short statement agreed upon by the pair in Singapore, there has been little agreement between the two and a second summit in Hanoi broke down with no consensus.

North Korea resumed shortrange ballistic missile tests this year, despite the United States and South Korea scaling back military drills in a gesture of good will. Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper last week announced that the two nations had postponed joint air drills in an attempt to save talks with Pyongyang.

State media in North Korea is known for its acerbic style. At the start of Trump’s presidency, it insulted him in personal terms, dubbing him an “old lunatic” and a “dotard” and prompting the president to respond with his own message that implied Kim was “short and fat.”

Last week, a KCNA commentary took aim at former Vice President Joe Biden, a potential

rival for Trump in the 2020 election, dubbing him a “rabid dog” who deserves to be beaten to death.

In Trump’s tweet on Sunday, the president said that Biden was not a dog. “He is actually somewhat better than that, but I am the only one who can get you where you have to be,” he wrote.

“You should act quickly, get the deal done.”

Adam Taylor writes about foreign affairs for The Washington Post.

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on behalf of one of the alleged victims. Czajka argued that the depositions detailing the alleged crimes and signed under penalty of perjury by Hudson police detectives should have been enough to send the defendant to Columbia County Jail without bail.

Police based their arrest on forensic interviews with the alleged victims, photo arrays and an investigation into the accusations, according to court documents.

Ali is accused of sexually abusing two girls under the age of 11 multiple times between 2008 and 2011, according to nine criminal complaints filed against him by the Hudson Police Department. Some of the acts Ali is accused of include forcibly compelling a 5-yearold girl into sexual intercourse, touching one of the girls’ vaginas with his hands, and touching the breasts of one of his victims on multiple occasions.

The names of the victims cannot be disclosed in court documents under state civil rights law. The Register-Star does not identify alleged victims of sexual assault.

An arrest warrant for Ali was issued after the complaints were officially filed by Hudson

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HUDSON — A city man accused of nine felonies, including the rape of a child, was released from police custody after his arraignment in City Court on Thursday, prompting a firestorm of protest by the Columbia County District Attorney’s office.

Mohammed Ali, 67, of State Street, was arraigned on three class B felonies: one count of first-degree course of sexual conduct against a child; two counts of first-degree rape; and six class D felonies: one count of second-degree course of sexual conduct against a child and five counts of first-degree sexual abuse.

City Judge Brian Herman ordered Ali’s release after his arraignment Thursday on two conditions: that Ali surrender his passport and that he check in with the Columbia County Department of Probation once a day. It is unclear if Ali will be required to check in with the Probation Department by phone or in person.

Columbia County District Attorney Paul Czajka expressed frustration about the judge’s decision in court Thursday while requesting a restraining order

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charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Brady will be required to register James Brady as a sex offender upon his release from prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.

As part of his guilty plea, Brady admitted to using a desktop computer equipped with file sharing to download and distribute child pornography, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.

Special FBI agents and other law enforcement officers executed a federal search warrant at Brady’s Philmont home on March 1, 2018 after tracking

ALBANY — A Columbia County man was sentenced in federal court to six and a half years in prison for having 200 videos depicting children engaged in sexual acts, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Friday.

James Brady, 70, of Philmont, will serve time for distributing and possessing child pornography, according to U.S. Attorney Grant Jaquith. Senior U.S. District Judge Thomas J. McAvoy also imposed a 15-year term of supervised release, which will begin after Brady is released from prison. Brady was also ordered to pay $9,000 in restitution.

The announcement was made by Jaquith, with James N. Hendricks, special agent in

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and discovering Brady’s activity online, according to court papers.

The pornography was alleged to have been downloaded and shared between Dec. 4, 2017, and March 1, 2018, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office.

In one video, a girl between eight and 10 years of age was raped anally, according to court papers.

Brady also had another video depicting girls between the ages of 3 and 8 raped by several adult men, according to court papers.

“The girls are shown performing oral sex on adult males and being vaginally penetrated,” according to court papers.

Brady was interviewed in the living room of his home

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charge of first-degree course of sexual conduct is punishable by a minimum of 10 years and a maximum of 25 years in prison.

First-degree rape carries a minimum of 5 years to a maximum of 25 years.

Herman said he would be happy to consider a bail application from the District Attorney’s office at Ali’s next scheduled court appearance on Nov. 21.

“If he comes back,” Czajka said.

Herman issued a full stayaway restraining order on behalf of one of the alleged victims at Ali’s arraignment, but declined to issue an order for the other.

Herman later clarified that he could not issue the second restraining order without knowing the name of the second victim.

“I can’t issue an order of protection without a name,” Herman said. “Unfortunately, I could not find any case law that gives me any guidance, but I felt I needed something, on the record, to tie this protected party to this case.”

Czajka argued that the name of the second victim already had been submitted to the court at Ali’s arraignment.

“For the life of me, your honor, I have never understood why this court — and this court alone — insists that I provide ‘good cause’ beyond an actual criminal complaint issued by the Hudson police department, under penalty of perjury, alleging this man committed the violent sexual offenses against two children,” Czajka said. “I would respectfully submit that that alone is sufficient, not only for an order of protection, but that, in addition, this man should have been remanded without bail.”

Herman granted the request for an order of protection for the second alleged victim once Det. Sgt. Jason Finn, the lead investigator, provided her name to the court, which, Czajka said, had already been submitted.

Violent sexual offenses such as rape are exempt from the new state bail reform laws to take effect Jan. 1.

Defense Attorney Michael Howard did not immediately return a call for comment on Friday.

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police detectives on Sept. 3, 2019. Ali turned himself in to Hudson police at about 9:45 a.m. Thursday, according to the record of his arrest.

Czajka told the judge he is concerned for the safety of the alleged victims after Ali was released.

“These are children victims,” Czajka said, his voice raised.

“This man is released on his own recognizance only to provide opportunity for him to go after them again.”

In response, Herman said, “As you’re well aware Mr. Czajka, I can’t set bail as a pre-emptive measure out of concern for future crimes, even though I would like to do that.”

Ali has no criminal history, according to police records.

Herman brandished what appeared to be Ali’s U.S. passport in court, which Ali had surrendered earlier that day.

The court could have weighed several factors to determine bail was necessary, including Ali’s likelihood to return to court given the severity of the sentences that could be imposed if he is convicted, Czajka said.

The combined sentences of all the charges could equal life in prison for Ali, if convicted. The

COPAKE – Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying other possible victims of a contracting scheme.

Paul J. Kosnick, 59, of Ghent, was charged Nov. 4 with thirddegree grand larceny, a class D felony, according to state police. He was released on his own recognizance after his

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return for materials and home improvement services, according to state police. But work was not done on the homeowner’s home.

State police are asking the public to contact the Livingston barracks if they suspect they are a victim of similar offenses allegedly perpetrated by Kosnick at 845-677-7300.

by investigators on the day of the raid. He then admitted to searching for and downloading images of child pornography using his desktop computer, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

“Brady stated that he has been lonely and has been searching for and viewing child pornography for some time,” according to court papers.

“Brady understood that it was illegal to download and possess child pornography.”

The case was investigated by state police and the FBI and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Sahar L. Amandolare.

The case was prosecuted as

part of Project Safe Childhood, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Project Safe Childhood, launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice, is led

by U.S. Attorney’s Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section. Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute suspects who exploit children on the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

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Greener Pathways stands up to critics Controversy over the Greener Pathways’ mountaintop mobile clinic led the organization to ramp up its education efforts about the service. It should not have come to this.

Greener Pathways Assistant Program Director Carl Quinn wrote an open letter to Windham residents about the services the mobile clinic offers to communities after concern arose early in November that the clinic will actually increase, rather than decrease, the drug problems in the area. These concerns have no basis in fact for a number of reasons.

The mobile clinic serves people who lack the resources or means of transportation to get to a traditional medical setting. Meeting people where they live instead of forcing them to go somewhere else for services removes a barrier to people getting the help they need. Think of the clinic as a doctor on four wheels that makes house calls.

The clinic offers the anti-overdose drug Narcan only to adults who ask for it and who are willing to participate in the mandatory training period before they receive a kit. State Health Department guidelines do not allow the clinic to randomly hand out Narcan. Each kit is tracked and the recipient must provide contact information before entering the training procedure. Training and distribution is done inside the mobile clinic to protect the privacy of the individual.

The mobile clinic is not a safe injection facility. Most safe injection sites were outlawed

by the federal government although some states have begun a process for approval. The bottom line here is this: the Greener Pathways mobile clinic is not a safe injection site.

Yes, the mobile clinic is about drugs and addiction, but that is not all it’s about. The clinic also offers free Hepatitis C, HIV and STI screenings; free condoms and Plan B; access to clean needles and harm reduction supplies; food and care bags, which include items such as water, granola bars, lip balm and a blanket; and assistance with obtaining health insurance.

Clinic services are not restricted to Windham and Greene County. It also serves Columbia County. It has visited ColumbiaGreene Community College, fire departments and businesses.

One fact cannot be ignored. The weekend before the clinic traveled to Windham, Greene County had nine overdoses. The opioid crisis in this area creates emergency medical situations and has claimed several lives. Greene County has one of the highest drug-related death rates in the state and Columbia County is not immune by any stretch of the imagination. Greener Pathways officials are doing their part not only to fight the war against opioids but to deliver a limited yet important array of medical services. It’s a shame they have to defend their work amid a crisis with so many casualties.

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McConnell needs to do something about gun violence (c) 2019,The Washington Post

Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., took to the Senate floor Thursday morning to try to force a vote on gun-control legislation. He argued, “We can’t go 24 hours without news of another mass shooting somewhere in America.” Indeed, as he was speaking, a mass shooting was unfolding in a high school in Santa Clarita, California. Two students were killed and three others were wounded as their classmates hid behind locked doors or fled in terror.

No matter. Murphy’s effort to get a vote failed as one GOP senator squashed all consideration of the bill on behalf of Republicans.

“What kind of world is this?” was the question posed by one student who survived the early-morning shooting at Saugus High School. A 15-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy were fatally wounded when, according to authorities, another student pulled a powerful handgun from his backpack and started firing - seemingly indiscriminately - before shooting himself in the head. The suspected shooter, whose 16th birthday was Thursday, died Friday.

As the investigation continues, there are many unanswered questions. What prompted a 16-year-old boy described by friends as a quiet, smart kid to go on a murderous rampage? Were there warning signs that were overlooked by authorities or his family? Where did he get the .45-caliber semiautomatic pistol used in the shooting? Some will argue that the bill blocked from Senate consideration - a measure passed in February with bipartisan support by the House to require universal background checks - might

not have prevented Thursday’s carnage.

True, there is no single or easy solution to the problem of gun violence, and not every tragedy will be averted and every life saved. And yes, there must be a variety of approaches, including those that deal with mental-health issues. But it is insupportable that Republicans in Congress and the White House refuse to acknowledge, or do anything about, the obvious problem that there are simply too many dangerous guns getting into the hands of too many of the wrong people.

Thursday’s shooting was the fifth mass shooting at a U.S. school or school event so far this year and, overall, there had been 369 mass shootings catalogued by the Gun Violence Archive in 2019 as of Sunday. After the summer’s back-to-back shootings in Texas and Ohio, President Donald Trump vowed to take action but quickly backed down after the National Rifle Association applied pressure. Attorney General William Barr’s unveiling last week of an initiative to tackle gun violence by strengthening law enforcement partnerships in enforcing existing gun laws was recognition of the fact that the White House has no appetite for needed legislative fixes.

“My kids and millions’ others hide in corners of their classroom or in their bathrooms preparing for a mass shooting at their school, and this body does nothing about it,” said Murphy moments before news broke of the Santa Clarita school shooting. How many more will there be before Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., decides it is time to stop sitting on his hands and do something about the problem?

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Even though it failed, Trump’s bullying of Ukraine was still repugnant WASHINGTON — No harm, no foul. An emerging line of Republican defense for President Trump against his looming impeachment is that, however malign his intentions, however corrupt his requests, nothing bad happened as a result.

Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., made this case concisely as the impeachment hearings opened. “For the millions of Americans viewing today, the two most important facts are the following,” she said.

“Number one, Ukraine received the aid. Number two, there was in fact no investigation into Biden.” Nothing to worry about; let’s all move on.

One answer to this argument has been to burrow further into both facts and law. On the facts, this answer proceeds: Yes, the aid was eventually provided, but only after the story was breaking, meaning that Trump deserves no credit for abandoning his plan. On the law, it continues this way: Attempted murder is still a crime, even if no one dies. That Trump was frustrated in his attempt to twist U.S. foreign policy to serve his political interests does not mean that he did not commit an impeachable offense.

These answers are persuasive, but they also miss the fundamental point of the impeachment power. We prosecute crimes in order to punish wrongdoers for their bad acts, to incapacitate them, and to deter others from engaging in similar conduct. We do not impeach presidents, on the rare and solemn occasion when we take that grave step, to punish them for bad deeds.

The voters are perfectly capable of taking that step; indeed, it is constitutionally entrusted to them.

The remedy of impeachment is focused on the latter goals: incapacitation and, to a lesser extent, deterrence.

Impeachment and removal should be resorted to — that is the last resort — when a president has demonstrated

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MARCUS himself to be so unfit for office that he cannot be allowed to remain. The question about Trump’s efforts to harness Ukraine in the service of his political interests is, as House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff, D-Calif., put it in opening the public phase of the impeachment inquiry Wednesday, “whether such an abuse of his power is compatible with the office of the presidency.”

Thus, the question before lawmakers is not whether Trump succeeded but whether it is unsafe to leave him in place and — here is where deterrence comes in — whether it would set a dangerous example for future presidents to allow such egregious conduct to go unremedied. “Our answer to these questions will affect not only the future of this presidency, but the future of the presidency itself, and what kind of conduct or misconduct the American people may come to expect from their commander in chief,” Schiff noted.

This is why Trump’s continuing fecklessness at translating bad intent into bad results is irrelevant to the question of whether he should be impeached. We heard this argument earlier, in the aftermath of the report by special counsel Robert Mueller: Trump shouldn’t be impeached for attempting to obstruct justice because others managed to prevent his most obstructive acts. For example, White House counsel Don McGahn balked at Trump’s orders to have Mueller dismissed over purported

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conflicts of interest; McGahn later refused to go along with Trump’s instruction that he deny reports he had ordered him to have Mueller fired.

McGahn’s ability to interpose himself between Trump and actual obstruction doesn’t make the president’s behavior any less culpable.

Likewise, in the even more troubling set of facts involving Ukraine, the fact that Trump’s efforts to bully Ukraine into investigating his political rival did not succeed does not make them any less repugnant; that scheme seems to have been foiled by Ukrainian officials’ understandable concern over being drawn into U.S. domestic politics.

Similarly, that the Ukraine aid was ultimately released does not lessen the gravity of his willingness to use federal funds, and critically needed help for a U.S. ally, in service of his political interest. That the president’s plan leaked before it could be implemented does not excuse his ill intent — it just shows that there is welcome resilience to the president that persists within the government, even now.

As the framers debated the importance of including a provision for impeaching the president, James Madison made a point that must be kept in mind today. A mechanism for removing the president during his time in office, Madison said, was “indispensable ... for defending the Community [against] the incapacity, negligence or perfidy of the chief Magistrate.”

Just because others have prevented this president from being effective in implementing harm does not make his behavior any less foul or his continued tenure any less dangerous.

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Dora Barbara Riley Thorne Dora Barbara Riley Thorne ceramics. Painting especially passed away Thursday Novem- miniatures was her main interber 14, 2019 at Whittier Nursing est. She was a member of ChaFacility, Ghent NY. tham United Methodist Church, She was born in Norwich NY Post 42 American Legion and on August 18,1920 to Paul Riley the Hendrick Hudson Chapter and his wife Lotta Mable Bow- NSDAR. She was predeceased ers. During WWII she entered by her parents, and brothers the Marine Corps and served Charles and William Riley. She as a draftsman at Quantico VA. is survived by her sons William She married William Thorne Jr. Stephen [Alaine] of Chatham, on September 21, 1946. They Jonathan of St. Petersburg FL. were married for 68 Additionally she leaves years until his death in grandchildren Lara 2014.

[Thomas] Gonser of For many years they Chatham, William C. operated Thornecrest [Sara] Thorne of Forest Poultry Farm in ChaCity NC, and her greattham. Upon retirement granddaughter Kaythey divided their time leigh Thorne of Forest between Chatham and City.

North Ft. Myers FL., In lieu of flowers doThorne spending leisure time nations may be made playing tennis, golf to Chatham United and camping across the coun- Methodist Church, or The Hentry Dodie, as she was known, drick Hudson Chapter NSDAR. was a graduate of Pratt Insti- Arrangements are under the tute and had a BFA from SUNY direction Wenk Funeral Home Albany. Art was her life long for burial in the spring. An Aninterest. She did and taught nouncement will be made.

Mary Angelina “Graziano” Reutenauer Mary Angelina “Graziano” Claverack, Henry A. Reutenauer Reutenauer of Greenport died of California, Terry L. ReutenauSunday November 17, 2019 at er of Hudson, 3 Grandchildren; Whitter Rehab and Skilled Nurs- Jamie Reutenauer of Ghent, Suing Center in Ghent, zanne (Phill) Geerholt of NY. Ghent, Frank Tiscareno Born March 1, 1930 of California, and 5 in Stockport, she was great-grandchildren; the daughter of the late Taylor, Justin, and BryAngelo and Angelina anna Geerholt, Jacob, (Grandinetti) Graziano. and Nicholas ReutenShe was married to the auer. late James H. ReutenCalling hours will be auer. Mary was a past Thursday November member of the former Reutenauer 21, 2019 from (4-7) pm Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Greenport Fire De- at the Sacco Funeral Home 700 partment Lady Auxiliary, and a Town Hall Drive Hudson, NY. Funeral services will be at the babysitter her entire life.

She was pre-deceased by 3 funeral home on Friday at 11:00 Sisters and 8 brothers; Kather- am with Fr. Winston Bath offiine Rhines, Mabel D’Onofrio, ciating. Burial in the family plot Rose Nicolia, Louis, Frank, Joe, at Cedar Park Cemetery HudRalph, Philip, Patrick, Samuel son will follow. In Lieu of flowers and John Graziano. She is sur- please send donations to Whitvived by many devoted nieces tier Nursing and Rehab Center and nephews and her sons; 1 Whittier Way Ghent New York James “Skip” H. Reutenauer of 12075

Glenn W. Roach Glenn W. Roach, 63, of daughters Kathleen O’Connor Leeds, NY passed away on Fri- of Cairo, Jessica Lee Roach of day, November 15, 2019 in the Catskill and Tyler D. Roach of comfort of his home after a long Earlton; and his grandchildren fought battle with cancer.

Marc Anthony Vlasaty, Breanna He was born in AlNicole Colon, Candace bany, a son of the late Michele Vlasaty and Omar D. and Lillian Aubrey Ann Roach.

VanEpps Roach. A He was predeceased Colonie Central High by his brothers Omar School graduate, Glenn D. Roach, Jr. and Gary then worked at Tobin Lee Roach.

Packing Company in Calling hours will West Albany. Glenn be held on Thursday later began a 36-year from 2:00 – 6:00 pm at career at the Coxsackie Roach Millspaugh Camerato Correctional Facility Funeral Home, 139 Jefferson and retired as Sergeant in DeHgts., Catskill. A Prayer Service cember 2018.

Glenn was an avid outdoors- will be conducted by The Rev. man who enjoyed spending time Justine M. Guernsey at 5:30 pm. with his family at camp boating In lieu of flowers, memorial conand snowmobiling. He loved tributions may be made to the listening to music and playing American Cancer Society. Meshis drums. Survivors include sages of condolence may be his devoted wife of 32 years made to MillspaughCamerato.

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Harvey W. Clark Jr. Harvey W. Clark Jr., 76, of Hudson, NY passed away Saturday November 16, 2019. Born October 25, 1943 in Hudson, NY, he is the son of Harvey W. and Elsie (Rousseau) Clark. Harvey was retired from Laborer’s Union #1000 of Poughkeepsie.

He was a member of the Federation of Polish Sportsmen, and C.H. Evans Hook and Ladder Co. Harvey will be remembered as a kind soul with a gentle heart, who loved to socialize, and give his opinion on any subject, even if it wasn’t asked.

Harvey is survived by his brother Gary (Coral) Clark, stepdaughter Patricia (Don) Perry, grandchildren David Perry and

Diane Batista, and great granddaughters Samantha and Alexandra Batista. In addition to his parents, Harvey was predeceased by his wife Edith (Doty) Clark, stepchildren Joan Alward and Robert Slater, and brother Bruce Clark.

A funeral service will be held Wednesday November 20, at 1:00pm from Bates & Anderson-Redmond & Keeler Funeral Home. Visitation hours will be from 11:00am-1:00pm prior to the funeral service. Interment will be in Cedar Park Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are encouraged to be made to Greenport Pumper Co. #2 (Becraft Firehouse).

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Robert F. Zimmer EAST DURHAM – Robert F. Zimmer, 90, passed away peacefully on Sunday November 17, 2019 at Columbia Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. He was born on March 13, 1929 in Brooklyn to the late Frank and Maude Schoener Zimmer. After graduating high school, he joined the Army during the Korean War. He was Honorably Discharged in 1952 and soon moved up to his grandmother’s property in Cornwallville. He lived on Maude Farms, where he was a horse trainer and ran a taxi service from NYC to East Durham.

Robert is survived by his Bob also worked for many years as a truck driver for Amos Post step-children, Kevin M. Duncan, Gary (Kathy) DunCompany. In his later can, Karen M. Martin, years, Bob helped Cindy Lee (Robert) many neighbors and Dingee, and Kerwin friends with property B. (Michelle) Duncan; maintenance and lawn sister-in-law, Dorothy work. In addition to his Zimmer; nieces, Kathparents, he was preleen (Robert) Anton, deceased by his wife, Christine Ciulla, MauMarilyn Matthews Zimreen (Patrick) Mena, mer; his step-children, Zimmer and Irene (Victor) Hili; Jeffrey S. and Bruce Duncan; his siblings, Frank G. nephew, Franklin Zimmer; and Zimmer, Arthur W. (Dolores) many grand and great-grand Zimmer, and Marguerite M. nieces and nephews, and cousins and dear friends.

Wieder.

Robert has been privately cremated. Calling hours will be held on Saturday November 23rd from 10am to 12 noon at the A.J. Cunningham Funeral Home, 4898 State Route 81, Greenville, followed by a memorial service at 12 noon. His ashes will be interred at the Saratoga National Cemetery in the springtime. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Greene County Veterans Service Agency, 159 Jefferson Heights, Catskill, NY 12414.

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Trump’s chief immigration adviser cites two white nationalist websites Katie Rogers and Jason DeParle The New York Times News Service

WASHINGTON — Peter Brimelow, founder of the anti-immigration website VDARE, believes that diversity has weakened the United States, and that the increase in Spanish speakers is a “ferocious attack on the living standards of the American working class.”

Jared Taylor, editor of the white nationalist magazine American Renaissance, is a self-described “white advocate” who has written that “newcomers are not the needy; they are the greedy.”

As a young Senate aide, Stephen Miller, President Donald Trump’s chief immigration adviser, referred to the two sources while promoting his anti-immigration views, suggesting deeper intellectual ties to the world of white nationalism than previously known.

“The heart of where these guys differ from neoconservatives and Republican orthodoxy is basically: ‘What is the American nation and what is the nature of American nationhood?’” Lawrence Rosenthal, the chair and lead researcher at the Berkeley Center for Right-Wing Studies at the University of California, said in an interview.

“It’s not based on ‘We hold these truths to be self evident.’

It’s based on ‘What were the color of the people who wrote those words?’”

A cache of Miller’s emails obtained by the Southern Poverty Law Center shows Miller’s interest in disseminating some of the views of Brimelow and Taylor and their writers with the help of allies at Breitbart News.

The law center has labeled VDARE a “hate website” for its ties to white nationalists and publication of race-based science, and the Anti-Defamation League calls American Renaissance a “white supremacist journal.” Both sites approvingly cite Calvin Coolidge’s support for a 1924 law that excluded immigrants from southern and Eastern Europe, and praise “The Camp of the Saints,” a 1973 French novel that popularizes the idea that Western civilization will fall at the hands of immigrants.

Miller had no comment on the emails. The White House, which has publicly denounced “bigotry” on Miller’s behalf and equated the law center’s report to libel, did not respond to a request for comment.

But Katie McHugh — the former Breitbart editor who leaked the messages, some 900 emails sent from March 2015 to June 2016 — said in an interview last week that “it’s easy to draw a clear line from the white supremacist websites where he is getting his ideas to current immigration policy.”

McHugh was fired in 2017 for posting anti-Muslim tweets. She has since renounced white nationalist viewpoints and shared her emails with the Southern Poverty Law Center to “make amends,” Michael Hayden, the law center reporter with whom she initially shared the messages, said in an interview.

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FILE - From left, Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, and White House senior adviser Stephen Miller, walk to Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland for a trip to Lexington, Ky, on Monday, Nov. 4, 2019. Newly released emails show President Trump’Äôs chief immigration adviser, Stephen Miller, was a young Senate aide who promoted his anti-immigrant views by referring to white nationalist magazines.

scientist at the University of Georgia who studies rightwing movements, said in an email that “both VDARE and American Renaissance are white nationalist organizations, who provide a pseudointellectual veneer to classic racism.”

Miller’s familiarity with white nationalist thinking predated his job as a staff aide to Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama. As a college student at Duke University, he worked with a fellow student, white nationalist Richard Spencer, to arrange for Brimelow to speak on campus.

The emails show a continued interest after his arrival in Washington. In the emails to Breitbart, a topic Miller referred to more than once was the Coolidge-era immigration law, which ushered in 40 years of lowered immigration levels with discriminatory quotas aimed at southern and Eastern Europeans, whom critics at the time attacked as nonwhite.

On Aug. 4, 2015, Miller sent an email supporting the idea of a complete ban on immigration “like Coolidge did,” an apparent reference to the 1924 law. As a result of those new “national origin quotas,” immigration fell by half and the arrival of Italians and Poles fell by 90%. Sessions, Miller’s boss at the time, was known for publicly praising Coolidge’s policies because he believed they had bolstered American wages.

The 1924 law endorsed by Coolidge is widely seen today as a symbol of bigotry and was heavily influenced by the eugenics movement and theories that immigrants from Eastern and southern Europe were genetically inferior.

Coolidge “embraced the so-called scientific argument that Italians and Eastern Europeans were genetically inferior,” Daniel Okrent, whose book “The Guarded Gate” is a history of the 1924 law.

The law was disturbing, he said, not only because of the theories behind it but also because it prevented hundreds of thousands of would-be migrants from escaping the Nazis.

“Those people could have lived if they hadn’t locked the

door,” Okrent said.

In his communications with Breitbart, Miller does not explicitly endorse the national origin quotas, but praises Coolidge and his legacy.

In one email to McHugh, Miller writes approvingly about “The Camp of the Saints.” Chelsea Stieber, a specialist in French literature at Catholic University, said the approving reference is disturbing because the book makes the case against migration in explicitly racial terms.

“In white nationalist circles, it invokes the theory of the Great Replacement and the fall of the white West,” she said, referring to the theory that white civilization will be overrun by dark-skinned invaders from the developing world.

Much of the emails’ content can be seen as foreshadowing the course that the Trump administration has taken under the influence of Miller. The nostalgia for Coolidge and all-white, northern European immigration of the past was echoed in Trump’s famous denunciation of immigrants from “shithole countries” and his calls for more Norwegians.

In a report on the administration’s proposed “public charge rule,” the nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute concluded that it would shift migration away from Mexico and Central America and move it “toward other world regions, especially Europe.”

The central theme of “The Camp of the Saints,” another work Miller referred to in his communications with Breitbart, is that immigrants seek to exploit Western societies’ kindness — that a welcoming ethos is itself a threat.

That is a theme that Trump has advertised at mass rallies with his recitation of “The Snake,” a poem that he has turned into a parable of refugee treachery about a kindly woman who takes in a wounded reptile and is repaid with a venomous bite: “I saved you,” cried that woman. “And you’ve bitten me even, why?”You know your bite is poisonous and now I’m going to die.” “Oh shut up, silly woman,” said the reptile with a grin. “You

knew damn well I was a snake before you took me in.”

With Miller taking the lead, refugee admissions during the Trump administration have fallen by nearly threequarters, to the lowest level since the modern program began in 1980.

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Hunter resident enriched our history for 100 years

By Dede Terns-Thorpe For Columbia-Greene Media

This week’s column is in honor of one of our town’s most remarkable citizens, Doris Hoyt O’Brien.

Many of us were blessed to have her as our teacher in our early years at Hunter Elementary School. Doris was the perfect teacher for those influential years of schooling. She was a bright, gentle, intelligent teacher with a great sense of humor. I asked her daughter, Jane Lucas, to give us some information on her mom. Thank you, Jane, for sharing additional insight into your mom’s life.

Doris Hoyt O’Brien began her story 100 years ago, Nov. 18, 1919. Doris was born at home, as were most babies back then. She was the fourth child of Lena Becker and Hiram (Hippy) Hoyt. Her family included her sisters, Charlotte and Bernice, along with brothers Eddie, George and Woody.

Only Doris is left.

Doris grew up in Hunter and attended Hunter Elementary School. She then went to Tannersville High School, HTC, and graduated in 1938, within two years of the centralization of HTC. Doris always wanted to go to college and become a teacher — but as Jane said, this would take a lot of determination and hard work to achieve. Jane said her mom worked at many jobs as a babysitter, housekeeper, and a waitress. She carefully put away every cent she made. For many summers, she worked for Mae Gordon in Hunter, who saved her money for her until she was ready to go to college. Doris went off to SUNY Oneonta and graduated in 1944. After graduation, Doris taught third and fourth grades at the Abraham Kellogg Central School in Treadwell near Oneonta until 1946.

In the fall of 1946, she began a 33-year teaching career at Hunter Elementary School.

There she taught first grade for 23 years, followed by 10 years

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Doris Hoyt O’Brien today.

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Doris Hoyt O’Brien in 1966.

as a remedial reading teacher.

Doris loved teaching (and the students loved her) and stayed until 1974. During this time, she attended night classes at SUNY New Paltz and SUNY Albany to earn her master’s degree.

Her excellence in teaching rewarded her with the Outstanding Teacher of the Year award in 1974.

Doris married John J. O’Brien (Joe) on June 15, 1944.

It was wartime, and Joe was in the Army. They got married when he was home on leave — she stayed in Hunter, and Joe went overseas. When Joe returned, he got a job with the railroad — Joe would commute every day for 40 years.

Doris and Joe tried to get in as much traveling as they could, sandwiched between their years of working. They saw Bermuda, the Caribbean, Canada, Europe, Ireland, and Hawaii. Cape Cod was a

favorite summer destination for Joe and Doris.

Doris was always ready to help any neighbor in need. For many years Doris (and Bernice) were at the helm of the food pantry and the thrift shop.

She carried that dedication into many other volunteer organizations. Doris was a member of the Kaaterskill United Methodist Church, American Legion Auxiliary, Greene County Cancer League, HTC Alumni Association (Historian), Mt. Top Golden Agers, the Knit Wits, Mountain Top Historical Society, the Delta Kappa Gamma Society (professional women motivated to make a difference in promoting education), and the Greene County Teacher’s Association.

Doris also enjoyed her years as a Brownie and Girl Scout Leader. One favorite hobby was baking cakes, largely birthday and wedding cakes.

Doris’ life was not always easy. She had losses of parents, siblings, husband, and grandson, but her strength and independent spirit got her through.

Jane said that Doris would say that she has had a very good life — blessed by family, her students, and the friends she has made over 100 years.

Doris is fortunate to have her sight and to be living in the home she has lived in for 67 years. She still enjoys telling stories, listening to music, being read to, spelling tests (she rarely misses a word), and of course, her two daughters and her extended family.

Thank you, Jane, for giving the community further insight into your mom’s 100-year life.

Thank you, Doris, for allowing us to share a part of your life.

Until next week, take care. Be thankful and be kind. You never know how your act of kindness may change someone’s life. Any comments or concerns, please contact: hunterhistorian@gmail.com, or call 518-589-4130.

Leading Thomas Cole Scholar will deliver lecture CATSKILL — The Thomas Cole National Historic Site announced that its 14th Annual Raymond Beecher Lecture will be delivered by Alan Wallach, Ph.D, Ralph H. Wark Professor of Art and Art History and Professor of American Studies Emeritus, College of William & Mary.

The lecture, “What’s In a Name? Interpreting Thomas Cole’s Course of Empire,” will explore Cole’s epic series of paintings, The Course of Empire, 1835-1836, and how it embodies the artist’s concern for the future of the United States.

The lecture will take place at 2 p.m. Nov. 24 in Thomas

Cole’s New Studio at the Thomas Cole Site in Catskill.

The Course of Empire is a series of five large-scale paintings in which Cole depicted the rise and fall of a civilization. The paintings are: The Savage State, The Arcadian State, The Consummation of Empire, Destruction, and Desolation. The series is in the collection of The New York Historical Society, which notes that Cole’s distinctly pessimistic vision differed from that of many of his American peers, who thought the future of the United States was limitless.

Scholars have long puzzled over the series, but in

recent decades much has been learned about what motivated Cole and how he was influenced by the British poet Lord Byron (1788-1824) and British artist J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851), who like Cole were fascinated by the theme of the rise and fall of empire.

Dr. Wallach will illuminate what Cole intended the series to mean at a time when the United States was still a young nation facing tumultuous times.

Tickets can be purchased in advance at thomascole.org/ events and as available at the lecture for $10 for members and $12 general admission.

Hunter Elementary School first quarter honor roll HUNTER — Hunter Elementary School announces the first quarter honor roll for the 2019-2020 school year.

William Delehant, Madeline Fromer, Sky Paridie, Jason Partridge, Chase Zimmer.

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Superintendents Honor Roll: Linsey Bellinger, Blake Cameron, Chasidy Campfield, Lily Constable, Rupert Conybeare, Chase Fletcher, Ian Gilmore, William Schneider, Grace Vandean.

Principals Honor Roll: Melinda Bates, Araya Carey, Taylor Dugo, Roderick Dumont, Elijah Firmalino, Angelus Gorman, Jaiden Neal, Katie Paradis, Jude Sabugueiro,

Superintendents Honor Roll: Carisa Benjamin, Chayse Dugo, Abigail Dwon, Donovan Garcia, Olivia Gilbert, Joaquin Gracia, Anthony Ligas, Kadyn Maul, Abigail Vierstra, Lilia Vishnyakov.

Principals Honor Roll: Lillian Andrus, Brooke Becker, Alexis Legg, Winnie Li, Gracelynn Ormerod.

Honor Roll: Shane Agosto,

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Aluna Velez, James Verdon.

Honor Roll: Madison Cline, Faith Emel, Devin Ostrander Jr., Jacob Zheng.

GRADE 4 Principals Honor Roll: Gideon Glennon, Elijah Gracia, Owen Higgins, Teagan Mahoney, Grady Maul, Tess Murphy, Amalinalli Reyes, Paige Rinaldi, Nikolai Vishnyakov.

Honor Roll: Lilliah Harper, Katlynn Smith, Jazlynn Tait, Lillia Walsh.

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Treating tobacco dependence

By Karen dePeyster, Tobacco-Free Action For Columbia-Greene Media

At the time of the first Great American Smoke Out in 1976, there were not many resources to help smokers “kick the habit.” Smokers were advised to chew gum, suck on mints, puff on a straw, drink lots of water.

My own father gave up cigarettes with the help of about 5,000 Lifesavers, but it was misery for him (and us.)

Progress has been made since then. In 1981, the American Lung Association began offering a series of in-person cessation groups called Freedom From Smoking. In 1984, the nicotine patch was introduced, the first prescription medication designed to help smokers quit. All states now have a Smokers’ Quitline that offers free counseling and support.

The internet has improved access to online, interactive programs and resources.

One important change is that smoking is finally being called what it really is: nicotine addiction, a medical condition to be treated, not just a bad habit. This is important because it encourages smokers to seek help, which significantly improves chances of success, and has sparked research into new treatments and the most effective means of using those that have been developed so far. Doctors are more knowledgeable now and more proactive in treating tobacco dependence with their patients.

The key to breaking nicotine addiction is being able to deal with the intense cravings and irritability, anxiety, and restlessness that are common symptoms of withdrawal. There are three types of FDA approved medications designed to help make withdrawal manageable: n Nicotine replacement products (NRT) work by

taking the edge off of cravings and by gradually weaning the person off nicotine.

NRT patches, gum, and lozenges come in “step-down” doses and are available over-the-counter. NRT nasal spray and inhaler require a prescription from a doctor or dentist. It is safe, and even recommended, to use more than one form of NRT at a time. For example, a person wearing the patch who experiences a strong urge to smoke can take an NRT lozenge or piece of gum. (It is not true that if a smoker “slips up” with a cigarette while wearing the patch, it will cause serious or fatal results.) n Chantix is the brand name for the prescription drug Varenicline. Chantix works by blocking the nicotine receptors in the brain, which takes away the satisfaction associated with cigarettes and reduces the desire to smoke. Another unique feature of this medication is that smokers are instructed to continue smoking in the first week after starting it.

This has the psychological effect of reducing anxiety and feelings of loss. Abstinence begins the second week, when the drug has begun to take effect and the desire to smoke may already be starting to wane. n Wellbutrin and Zyban are brand names for the drug Bupropion, an antidepressant approved to help with smoking cessation.

This drug helps to calm the restlessness associated with withdrawal and is often prescribed in combination with NRT products.

The most effective treatment combines medications with some form of counseling and support. With the whirlwind of modern life, it is rare these days to find an actual in-person cessation group, but there are a number of highly-rated resources

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online and as Apps available to download. These programs are free and allow individuals to customize a plan based on personal factors like level of dependence, level of motivation, severity of withdrawal, physical and emotional conditions, and living environment. All of them offer on-going support in various forms such message boards, chat rooms, text messages, and tools for tracking progress.

Among those ranked most effective are: n Become an EX: www. becomeanex.org · Quit Net: www.quitnet.com · Freedom From Smoking: www.ffsonline.org n LIVESTRONG MyQuit Coach: available for iPhones n Smoke Free: available for iPhones and Android phones A list of these and other recommended online and app resources along with a full description of each is available on our website: www.rvwtobaccofree.org Breaking nicotine addiction is a marathon, not a sprint. It takes practice to become a smoker—beginner’s cough is the body’s attempt to repel the toxic mix being inhaled—and it take practice to treat and overcome dependence. Nov. 21, the day of this year’s Great American Smoke Out, is a good time to start talking with your doctor, lining up a coach, getting your support team in place, and start practicing.

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Adirondack Diversity Initiative welcomes first director SARANAC LAKE — The Adirondack Diversity Initiative (ADI) has hired its first director.

The Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA) announced that Nicole Hylton-Patterson of the Bronx will take on the leadership position for the Initiative, which aims to make the Adirondack region a more welcoming and inclusive place for residents and visitors.

Hylton-Patterson, acting director of a Westchester County college’s social justice center, will begin serving as ADI’s diversity director Dec. 2. She will be based at ANCA’s office in downtown Saranac Lake.

ANCA Executive Director Kate Fish said, “We could not be more excited about this new hire. Nicky possesses the experience and passion for

diversity and inclusion work that is critical to achieving the ADI’s goals. We all look forward to working with her as Nicole HyltonPatterson she brings fresh ideas and approaches to the Initiative’s work.”

Hylton-Patterson brings a unique cultural perspective to her new position. Born in Jamaica, she spent her formative years in northern Norway as part of a gifted child program. Hylton-Patterson has 20 years of experience leading activities and programs geared toward advancing diversity, equity and inclusion.

In addition to her current role as acting director of the Mary

T. Clark Center for Religion and Social Justice at Manhattanville College, she served as program coordinator for the college’s Center for Inclusion.

She has also instructed and coordinated programs in Arizon, Syracuse and Elmira that focus on race and gender studies, justice, diversity and advocacy.

Hylton-Patterson holds a master’s degree in Pan African Studies from Syracuse University, a master’s degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology University, and a bachelor’s degree in African & African American Studies and Philosophy from Mount Holyoke College. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Afro-LGBTQI+ Justice with Arizona State University.

“I am deeply excited to be

Chief curator at the Hammer Museum to receive Award for Curatorial Excellence ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON — The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (CCS Bard), announce that Connie Butler, chief curator at the Hammer Museum, has been selected as the recipient of the 2020 Audrey Irmas Award for Curatorial Excellence on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of CCS Bard.

For the past 21 years, the Audrey Irmas Award for Curatorial Excellence has celebrated and awarded the individual achievements of a distinguished curator whose lasting contributions have shaped the way we think of exhibition-making.

The award reflects CCS Bard’s commitment to recognizing individuals who have defined new thinking, bold vision, and dedicated service to the field of exhibition practice.

This year the award will be presented to Butler by artist Andrea Fraser at a gala celebration and dinner cochaired by CCS Bard Board of Governors member Lonti Ebers and Chairman of the CCS Bard Board Martin Eisenberg, and will take place on April 7, 2020 at One Manhattan West, 395 9th Ave., in New York City. The event location was provided

by Brookfield Properties, with additional generous support from Lonti Ebers.

“Connie Butler represents the best of curating; independently minded, always curious, dedicated to artists and consistently bold in the scope of her exhibitions and choices of subject. Her exhibitions are touchstones of curating in the United States — helping to re-define subjects and the institutions where she works,” said Tom Eccles, executive director, CCS Bard.

The awardee is selected by an independent panel of leading contemporary art curators, museum directors and artists. Past recipients include Harald Szeemann (1998), Marcia Tucker (1999), Kasper König (2000), Paul Schimmel (2001), Susanne Ghez (2002), Kynaston McShine (2003), Walter Hopps (2004), Kathy Halbreich and Mari Carmen Ramírez (2005), Lynne Cooke and Vasif Kortun (2006), Alanna Heiss (2007), Catherine David (2008), Okwui Enwezor (2009), Lucy Lippard (2010), Helen Molesworth and Hans

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Ulrich Obrist (2011), Ann Goldstein (2012), Elisabeth Sussman (2013), Charles Esche (2014), Christine Tohme and Martha Wilson (2015), Thelma Golden (2016), Nicholas Serota (2017), Lia Gangitano (2018), and Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev (2019).

“I am thrilled to receive the Audrey Irmas prize for curatorial excellence. The history of this award is truly a distinguished one and it is an honor to be among such incredible colleagues at this critical time in our field.

Now more than ever our work matters and I continue to follow and support the work of artists and believe in the future of museums,” Butler said.

The 2020 award will once again be given under the name of patron Audrey Irmas, who has bestowed the endowment for the Audrey Irmas Prize of $25,000. Irmas is an emeritus board member of CCS Bard and an active member of the Los Angeles arts and philanthropic community. The award has been designed by artist Lawrence Weiner, and is based on his 2006 commission Bard Enter, conceived for the entrance to the Hessel Museum of Art at CCS Bard.

Connie Butler is the chief curator at the Hammer Museum at UCLA, where she

has organized numerous exhibitions including the biennial of Los Angeles artists Made in L.A. (2014), Mark Bradford: Scorched Earth (2015) and Marisa Merz: The Sky Is a Great Space (2017). She also co-curated Adrian Piper: A Synthesis of Intuitions which opened at The Museum of Modern Art, New York in April of 2018 and at the Hammer in October 2018; Andrea Fraser: Men on the Line, 2019 and Lari Pittman: Declaration of Independence a retrospective exhibition which opened at the Hammer September 2019. From 2006-2013 she was The Robert Lehman Foundation Chief Curator of Drawings at The Museum of Modern Art, New York where she co-curated the first major Lygia Clark retrospective in the United States, Lygia Clark: The Abandonment of Art, 1948-1988 (2014); and co-curated On Line: Drawing Through the Twentieth Century (2010) and mounted Marlene Dumas: Measuring Your Own Grave, the first US retrospective of the artist’s career. Butler also organized the groundbreaking survey WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution (2007) at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, where she was curator from 1996-2006.

taking on this role with the Adirondack Diversity Initiative,” Hylton-Patterson said. “As someone who understands the challenges facing spaces that are perceived as lacking aspects of human diversity, I look forward to working with Adirondack communities and New York State. The opportunity to expand our understanding of the region and the way we welcome and celebrate differences is one that requires a willingness to first make ourselves vulnerable. Yet, it is only when we see ourselves for who we are, that we can ask the same of others. I’m looking forward to putting these principles into action in my new role in the Adirondacks.”

Fish said the addition of Hylton-Patterson to the ADI team will help the Initiative achieve its objectives through

a research and process-driven effort, bringing social and economic benefits to the region’s residents, businesses and visitors.

The diversity director will work closely with ADI partners to advance these goals, which are driven by two guiding principles: that the Adirondack region should be welcoming and inclusive to everyone and that the region should be relevant to and supported by an increasingly diverse state and national population.

“We have looked forward to this day since 2014, long before the Adirondack Diversity Initiative held its first major symposium in Newcomb,” said Adirondack Council Conservation Director Raul “Rocci” Aguirre. “What was once an all-volunteer effort focusing on local diversity, equity

and inclusion challenges will now have the coordination and direction needed to move these important issues forward in the North Country.

Nicky is an outstanding person who will make an impact immediately.”

Established in 2015, the ADI is a volunteer-run collaboration of organizations and individuals who develop and promote strategies to help the Adirondack Park become more welcoming and inclusive to all New Yorkers, including visitors, seasonal residents and permanent residents. In May 2019, New York state announced that $250,000 of its 2020 budget would go to the ADI as part of the $300 million Environmental Protection Fund.

Gerber and TerraCycle partner to launch national recycling program TRENTON, N.J. — Gerber, the early childhood nutrition leader, has partnered with international recycling company TerraCycle to help give hard-to-recycle baby food packaging a new life.

This partnership is rooted in Gerber and TerraCycle®’s shared values around eliminating waste and supports the recovery of hard-torecycle baby food packaging on a national scale.

Participation in the program is easy — parents can simply sign up on the Gerber Recycling Program page at https://www.terracycle. com/en-US/brigades/gerber and mail in packaging that is not municipally recyclable using a prepaid shipping label. Once collected, the packaging is cleaned and melted into hard plastic that can be remolded to make new recycled products.

“Through this free recycling program, Gerber is offering parents an easy way to divert waste from landfills by

providing a responsible way to dispose of certain hardto-recycle baby food packaging,” said TerraCycle CEO and Founder, Tom Szaky.

“By collecting and recycling these items, families can demonstrate their respect for the environment not only through the products that they choose for their children, but also with how they dispose of the packaging.”

As an added incentive, for every pound of packaging waste sent to TerraCycle through the Gerber Recycling Program, collectors can earn $1 to donate to a non-profit, school or charitable organization of their choice.

Gerber believes the baby food industry should help create a world where babies thrive, and this partnership is one of many steps toward its goal to achieve 100% recyclable or reusable packaging by 2025. “We’re thrilled to partner with TerraCycle as part of our broader

sustainable packaging efforts,” said Gerber President and CEO Bill Partyka. “We know every parent’s top priority is to ensure a healthy, happy future for their baby.

Our commitment to sustainability is rooted in giving parents a hand in making their baby’s future that much brighter.”

Gerber was founded on the ambition to give babies the best start in life. That’s why their work doesn’t stop at nutrition. As the world’s largest baby food company, Gerber has upheld some of the industry’s strongest agricultural standards through its Clean Field Farming™ practices, and is committed to reducing energy use, water use and carbon emissions in its factories.

The Gerber Recycling Program is open to any interested individual, school, office, or community organization.

For information on TerraCycle’s recycling programs, visit www.TerraCycle.com.

Lynn Grady named publisher of Princeton Architectural Press HUDSON — Jack Jensen, president of the McEvoy Group, announced that Lynn Grady will join Princeton Architectural Press as publisher, starting Nov. 4.

Grady has spent more than 30 years in the trade book publishing world with a diverse array of roles in the publishing and marketing arenas. She was most recently with HarperCollins for 15 years, where she was deputy publisher at William Morrow and publisher of Dey Street Books.

While at Dey Street, Grady published a distinguished group of illustrated books including “Notorious RBG,” “Together We Rise” and “Rejected Princesses,” as well as critically acclaimed titles such as “The World According to Star Wars” by Cass R. Sunstein, “Yes Please” by Amy Poehler, and “Unbelievable” by Katy Tur. Additionally, during her career at HarperCollins, she acquired books by Cher, Courtney

Love, Willie Nelson and Green Day. “Lynn is a passionate and widely accomplished book publishing professional who will bring a myriad of knowledge, skills and abilities to the future growth and success of the Press,” said Jensen. “She has great respect and admiration for the high-quality, distinctive list that Princeton creates and is firmly committed to continuing to burnish and grow the exceptional company that Kevin Lippert founded and has helped nurture over these many years.”

“I am beyond thrilled to be joining the incredible team at Princeton Architectural Press,” said Grady.

“Their award-winning and gorgeously designed books have inspired so many over the years and their esteemed program remains at the forefront of innovative, creative, and smart publishing.

Working with such a bright and talented group will be a

privilege, and I look forward to all of the new opportunities ahead!”

About Princeton Architectural Press: Beginning with Letarouilly’s Edifices de Rome Moderne, published in 1981 and still in print, Princeton Architectural Press has produced nearly 1,000 intelligent and stimulating publications on classicism, architectural design, landscape design, history, photography, and visual culture. In 2017, the Press received the Arthur Ross Award for Excellence in the Classical Tradition from the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art. In the last seven years, the Press broadened its scope to include an even more diverse selection of nonfiction subjects and has introduced a children’s list and a line of gift and stationery products. Originally based in Princeton, N.J., the Press is now headquartered in New York City and Hudson.

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T-Mobile’s longtime CEO will step down Edmund Lee The New York Times News Service

John Legere, the colorful chief executive of T-Mobile, will step down at the end of April after his contract expires, the company said Monday.

The change comes at a crucial time for T-Mobile, which is moving closer to acquiring a smaller rival, Sprint, to create a wireless carrier with more than 100 million customers, putting it within striking distance of Verizon and AT&T. T-Mobile and Sprint had earlier said that Legere would be the chief executive of the combined company after the deal was finalized. Instead, Legere will be succeeded at T-Mobile

by Mike Sievert, T-Mobile’s president and chief operating officer who is now expected to become boss of the new company.

The merger, valued at $26.5 billion, is central to T-Mobile’s strategy to gain ground in an industry that is spending billions of dollars building out 5G cellular networks while engaging in intense price wars.

Legere, 61, has fashioned himself a new kind of telecommunications executive, cheerleading the company he

has run since 2012 on social media for his millions of followers and making public appearances costumed in the bright magenta color that T-Mobile uses to market itself. On Saturday, to bring attention to a cross-promotion deal with Taco Bell, he posted a photo of himself wearing a giant foam hat in the shape of a taco.

At T-Mobile, Legere was known for slashing prices, introducing new mobile plans and merrily calling out rivals Verizon, AT&T and even Sprint.

(That was before the merger.) His cutrate pricing plans paid off, allowing T-Mobile to more than double its subscriber base.

His enthusiasm helped drive the acquisition of Sprint. Legere used social media to talk up the plan since the two companies announced their intention to join forces in April 2018. He also played a strong role in lobbying lawmakers and regulators, an effort that included stays by him and other T-Mobile executives at the Trump International Hotel in Washington.

Although Legere has been the face of T-Mobile for many years, his departure was characterized by the company as part of “a comprehensive,

multiyear, leadership succession planning process.” Legere was characteristically jaunty in a Twitter thread Monday, writing that he was handing “the magenta CEO reins” to Sievert, adding: “You’ve heard me joke that he’s ‘my son,’ but in reality, since I hired him in 2012, @SievertMike’s been my mentee, my secret weapon and my friend.”

Sievert had been waiting in the wings. A provision in his employment agreement guaranteed that he would be paid as much as $58 million if there was a change in leadership at T-Mobile and the job did not go to him.

Despite a few bumps, the company’s acquisition of Sprint, which is controlled by SoftBank of Japan, had been moving forward over the last two years. In recent months it won approval by the Justice Department and the Federal Communications Commission after T-Mobile and Sprint agreed to sell off significant portions of their businesses to the pay-television operator Dish Network as part of a plan to create a potential new major wireless company.

But a significant hurdle remains: a lawsuit filed by attorneys general from

15 states and the District of Columbia who are trying to block the merger.

They argue that the reduction of major wireless carriers from four to three will inevitably drive up prices for cellphone customers and result in a significant loss of jobs. The deal cannot be go through until the suit is resolved. The trial is expected to start next month.

Letitia James, New York’s attorney general, has argued that the deal would cost subscribers at least $4.5 billion annually and is “exactly the sort of consumer-harming, job-killing megamerger our antitrust laws were designed to prevent.” Legere said he felt good about the possibility of settling the suit, but if it goes to trial, “we’re ready.”

Because of the lawsuit, the original deadline for T-Mobile’s acquisition of Sprint has come and gone. In the meantime, T-Mobile has pushed to renegotiate the terms of the deal.

During this period of uncertainty, Legere was also considered for the job of chief executive at another company controlled by SoftBank: the commercial real estate startup WeWork.

SoftBank recently bailed out

WeWork, and Sprint’s executive chairman, Marcelo Claure, recently became WeWork’s executive chairman as part of SoftBank’s rescue effort. The possibility raised questions of a possible conflict of interest because of Softbank’s role with both WeWork and Sprint, the T-Mobile merger partner.

On Monday, however, Legere said he had not talked to the company about the job. “I was never having discussions to run WeWork, and because we had this announcement pending, I couldn’t say it but it did create a weird awkward period of time,” he said on a call with investors.

Masayoshi Son, SoftBank’s founder, had long sought a way for Sprint to get bigger as the telecommunications business has turned more cutthroat.

The company has been a perennial fourth-place carrier. In recent years, it has been losing customers and bleeding cash. Separately, Son is leading the management turnaround at WeWork, whose founder and chief executive, Adam Neumann, was forced to resign after an expand-at-all-costs strategy drove the business into the ground.

Hong Kong demonstrators trapped at Polytechnic University Elaine Yu, Russell Goldman and Lam Yik Fei The New York Times News Service

Police officers Monday cornered hundreds of student protesters who occupied a Hong Kong university, offering the demonstrators one way out: Drop your weapons and surrender or be met with a hail of tear gas and rubber bullets.

For days, the protesters have held the police off from entering the campus of Hong

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as possible, Delgado said.

Delgado said he feared that things would become more divisive if impeachment hearings were pursued and politicized, even if it was not their intent.

“That being said, things changed when, in my estimation, the president for the first time admitted in essence to some wrongdoing,” Delgado said. When you admit to seeking political favor from a foreign national, there is not much room at that point for debate. He has already said it happened.

Delgado said it is about understanding the following questions: Why and for what purpose? Who was put in harm’s way? Was money withheld? How many people were fired and moved as a result?

And how long did it date back to? And how much was the power of the presidency used for this personal gain?

“All of that is important to

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the frequency of energy stays within a certain range, Rood said.

“With a renewable grid, these services aren’t always as easy to provide,” Rood said.

“The sun isn’t always out, the wind isn’t always blowing.

Battery projects provide these services that renewable projects can’t provide as easily.”

Battery storage projects are essential to meeting Gov.

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“Simpson was taken into custody by the Paramus Police Department after striking five Paramus Police vehicles and fleeing on foot,” according to

Kong Polytechnic University, fortifying their holdout with homemade fire bombs, giant sling shots, bricks and bows and arrows.

At least 38 people were injured in a protracted battle at the university Sunday, the city’s Hospital Authority said, after a bloody battle in which a police officer was struck by an arrow and demonstrators set a police van on fire.

The Hong Kong protests began in June over legislation, since scrapped, that would

have allowed extraditions to mainland China, and have expanded to include a broad range of demands for police accountability and greater democracy.

The students Monday afternoon tried unsuccessfully to rush a police cordon only to be pushed back into the campus. Despite running out of options, the students fear that following police instructions to “drop their weapons” and leave through one designated exit will result in their arrest.

get to the bottom of in my estimation,” Delgado said. “Ad you try to do it in the most nonpartisan way possible. It is hard to do that in the partisan world we live in.”

Delgado is one of only six members of new Congress members to have a bill that he introduced signed into law.

Four out of the six were post office renamings.

Delgado is working on a post office renaming bill for Shannon Kent, a U.S. Navy senior chief petty officer and cryptologic technician who was deployed to Syria and killed in the 2019 Manbij bombing. The post office to be renamed is located in Pine Plains in Dutchess County, Kent’s hometown.

The bipartisan bill signed into law by Trump is the Family Farmer Relief Act, which eases the process of reorganizing debt through Chapter 12 bankruptcy rules, a tool created to help family farmers during tough economic times, according to Delgado’s website.

“We are determined to get everywhere and connect with folks across the political spectrum,” Delgado said. “We

understand how partisan and how divided these times are.

We understand there are a lot of folks out there in places of power that want to exploit the division and exploit the partisanship for their own gain and have lost sight of why they are in that role in the first place.”

Gun control and health care are among other concerns in the 19th, Delgado said.

“We can’t get things done that are the most obvious,” Delgado said. “The most unified support. Universal background checks: 90 percent of folks want those. That can’t get the light of day. Not the light of day.”

“Everybody agrees Medicare should be able to negotiate with the pharmaceutical industry. I haven’t found a person yet at all 29 town halls who says, ‘I disagree with that,’” Delgado said. “So they can have cheaper drugs.

And yet we can’t get it passed.

Why? Money in politics.”

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

Andrew Cuomo’s goal for New York state to become 50% to 70% dependent on renewable energy by 2030, Hazen said.

“This is a chance for Catskill to be leading the way,” Hazen said.

Glidepath has battery storage projects in Illinois and Pennsylvania and one under construction in Texas, Hazen said.

The project will disturb less than two acres, one-tenth of which are wetlands, Glidepath Chief Operating Officer Chris McKissack said in September.

In an evaluation performed by the state Historic

Preservation Office, no artifacts of cultural or archaeological significance were discovered, McKissack said.

The battery containers are equipped with a series of safety features such as a fail-safe fire suppression system and fail-safes for overcharging, overheating and short-circuiting, McKissack said.

The batteries will be monitored 24/7 by the company and they will receive commands from the grid operator every four seconds so they are always charging or discharging, Rood said.

state police.

Simpson is being held by the Paramus Police Department facing multiple charges including five counts of assault by vehicle, eluding police, resisting arrest, criminal mischief and possession of stolen property.

No officers were injured in New York or New Jersey,

according to state police.

Brown was charged with two counts of petty larceny, a class A misdemeanor. He was arraigned in Catskill Village Court and sent to the custory of the Greene County Sheriff’s Office in lieu of $3,500 bail or $7,000 bond. His next court appearance is scheduled for Nov. 21 at 5 p.m.

The protesters, many of them university and high school students, have occupied the campus for a week.

On Sunday night and well into Monday morning they clashed with the police in one of the most violent confrontations in months of conflict.

At least 500 protesters remained on campus by Monday afternoon, after police tried to enter the campus that morning but were pushed back.

Conditions on the campus

have grown increasingly desperate with injured protesters unable to receive treatment, Owan Li, a student council member, told reporters. Student leaders said protesters suffered eye injuries and hypothermia after being struck by a stinging dye shot from a police water cannon.

Trying to mediate the stalemate, Jasper Tsang, founder of Hong Kong’s largest proBeijing political party, arrived at the university late Monday evening. Tsang spoke to

several protesters and said he was willing to accompany their departure from the university to help ensure their safety.

Later, dozens of protesters lined up at the designated exit and were arrested on rioting charges by police. It was not immediately clear whether they had departed because of Tsang’s mediation. Nor was it clear how many students remained on the campus.

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Heard returns to coach at alma mater

By Tim Martin

Columbia-Greene Media

HUDSON — More than 16 years after playing his last game at Hudson High, Isiah Heard has returned to his alma mater as the head coach of the junior varsity basketball team.

Before graduating in 2003, Heard became one of the greatest players to ever wear the Blue and Gold, scoring 1,352 points, leading the Bluehawks to a Patroon Conference championship in 2002 and twice earning Patroon Conference Most Valuable Player honors.

Heard already has an extensive background in coaching, having led teams in the Youth Department League and at the AAU level. He is grateful for the opportunity to now coach at the school where it all began.

“I’m very very excited to get this started,” Heard said. “It’s a new experience and I have to give thanks to not only (Shawn) Briscoe and Tyrone (Hedgepeth), but to Mr. (Justin) Cukerstein and Mr. (Derek) Reardon for giving me this shot at my alma mater, someplace where I put in a lot of pain, a lot of blood, sweat and tears.”

Heard never envisioned himself returning to Hudson High as a coach, but his outlook changed the past few years.

“There was always times I’d be sitting in the crowd and I would diagnose the game and I would think I would change this or I would change that,” Heard said. “I didn’t think it was too feasible at first and then Tyrone took me under his wing.

“I have to give a lot of credit to Nick Zachos down at the Youth Center for putting me on to YDBL, he gave me a travel team, Tyrone gave me an AAU team, they showed me the ropes. I just wanted to be the change, the change that people want to see. I’m somebody they can talk to, I’m approachable and I felt I wanted to impact as many young lives as I could.”

Hudson varsity coach Shawn Briscoe, a teammate of Heard’s during

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Former two-time Patroon Conference MVP Isiah Heard is the new head coach of the Bluehawks junior varsity basketball team.

their playing days, is excited to work with someone who has meant so much to the program.

“I think he brings a lot of different aspects to the table,” Briscoe said.

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Hudson junior varsity basketball head coach Isiah Heard works with Darien Moore during a recent practice.

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Former Hudson High standout Kimedrick Murphy (50) had a total of 18 points and 18 rebounds as Utica College split a pair of games in the Westfield State Tournament over the weekend.

AUBURN — Rande Harper torched Cayuga Community College for 39 points as ColumbiaGreene earned a 112-108 victory in in Saturday’s Region III men’s basketball game.

Harper also had seven assists, six steals and four rebounds for the Twins.

Myles Ukoh added 24 points and eight rebounds, Kaijah Rodgers had 19 points and 13 assists, Isaac McIntosh 10 points and four assists and Cameron Thomas nine points and 10 rebounds.

Tyrese Carter had five assists off the bench for Columbia-Greene.

On Sunday, the Twins fell to Onondaga CC, 11465.

The Lazers had six players reach double digits in scoring, led by Latyce Faison’s 20-point performance. Jakhi Lucas had 19, Qeyion Williams and Sunday Joshua 18 apiece, Ben Russ 15 and Chaz Washington 10. Joshua added 14 rebounds and Russ grabbed 13.

Ukoh had a doubledouble for C-GCC with 13 points and 11 rebounds.

McIntosh added 13 points and Thomas and Anthony Diaz had eight apiece.

Columbia-Greene (43) travels to Sullivan CC on Thursday at 7 p.m.

Darnold’s second straight win against bad opponent is another step forward Roman Stubbs The Washington Post

LANDOVER, Md. - A few moments after New York Jets quarterback Sam Darnold completed one of the best performances of his young career, he walked to midfield and searched for Washington Redskins rookie Dwayne Haskins. Darnold had watched Haskins struggle all afternoon during the Jets’ 34-17 rout at FedEx Field, and he knew his young counterpart was hurting.

“No matter what people say, the doubters, people who are going to say anything bad, just block it out, man. Just continue to go to work, man,” Darnold said he told Haskins, because maybe more than most young quarterbacks in the NFL, Darnold could relate.

He had already endured a brutal first half of the season himself. He missed multiple games while sick with mononucleosis and suffered through a two-week stretch that included seven interceptions in losses to New England and Jacksonville. At one point, he was forced to take more command of the offense during meetings with coaches, and this week he faced the New York media and provided a vote of confidence to his embattled head coach, Adam Gase, despite the team’s 2-7 start.

Darnold started to climb out of his sophomore slump with a promising showing in a win over the New York Giants last week, and

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New York Jets quarterback Sam Darnold looks to pass in the second quarter against the Washington Redskins at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland on Sunday.

the schedule helped him again Sunday against hapless Washington. Darnold finished 19 for 30 for 293 yards passing and a career-high four touchdowns, leading the Jets to their first

winning streak in 20 games.

“I think for me, it was just going back to work and understanding the process. Understand that every week is a new week and a new

opportunity,” said Darnold, who made just one poor decision Sunday, a second-quarter interception to Redskins linebacker Jonathan Bostic on an attempted screen pass.

Darnold otherwise played up to the billing of a player who was expected to energize the franchise when he was selected by the Jets out of Southern California with the third pick in the 2018 draft. Darnold has shown only flashes, and despite a second straight week of facing a scuffling NFC East team, Sunday was another positive step. He threw three touchdowns in the first half alone and created a string of plays with his feet.

They included one in the first drive, when Darnold rolled out to his left and threw a 20-yard touchdown strike to tight end Daniel Brown to cap a seven-play, 75-yard drive. After another touchdown pass to wide receiver Robby Anderson in the second quarter, Darnold made his best series of throws late in the quarter, finding running back Le’Veon Bell on a tight, 20-yard completion in the slot. On the next play, Darnold scrambled out of the pocket and floated a throw to tight end Ryan Griffin for a 45-yard gain. That set up another Darnold touchdown throw to Griffin for 16 yards to make it 20-3 and trigger a spate of boos at FedEx Field.

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Kyle Busch stays mistake-free to win NASCAR Cup title Jerry Garrett The New York Times News Service

HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Kyle Busch pulled away in the final third of the race, took the victory and clinched his second Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series championship Sunday in the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

“We were the underdog, or so everybody said,” Busch said. “That was the consensus. It was the same thing in 2015 when I won the first time.”

It was the fifth victory of the 2019 season for Busch, 34, and the 19th victory of the season for the Joe Gibbs Racing team, a record in the 36-race season series.

Busch edged two Gibbs teammates who were among the four title contenders entering the 400-mile race: Martin Truex Jr. and Denny Hamlin, whose pit crews each made critical blunders that took them out of contention.

The fourth finalist, Kevin Harvick, challenged for the lead at various points, but could not make his Ford stick on the long, green-flag runs.

Truex came in second, four seconds back, after dominating the first half of the race. His crew accidentally put the wrong tires on during a pit stop, forcing him to make an extra stop to have them replaced — a delay that ultimately prevented him from catching Busch.

Erik Jones, a teammate who was not among the title contenders, finished third. Harvick was fourth, followed by Joey Logano.

Hamlin came in 10th after his car started overheating. He had been right behind Busch

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NASCAR Cup Series driver Kyle Busch (18) celebrates winning the NASCAR Cup Series Championships after the Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

until he had a disastrous late pit stop, in which his crew decided to try to block air flow to the engine to make it run faster. The blockage was too much, and instead caused the radiator to boil over.

Busch avoided any problems on the track, and his crew avoided any serious mistakes as they kept his Toyota running well despite changing track conditions and drastically

Fizdale’s Knicks situation shows contrast to Heat approach

By Ira Winderman Sun Sentinel

MIAMI — David Fizdale left plenty behind when he moved on from his role as Erik Spoelstra’s lead Miami Heat assistant in 2016.

Including, apparently, any sense of patience from management and ownership.

First there was a playoff season with the Memphis Grizzlies in his head-coaching debut in 2016-17. And then, working with one of the worst front offices in the NBA, a dismissal by the Grizzlies 19 games into 2017-18, at 7-12.

Now, with the New York Knicks, Fizdale has been asked to guide a radical roster remix, almost all with an eye toward future contracts, simply because of the nature of their current contracts.

The rub is what Fizdale has been asked to work with is eerily similar to what Spoelstra had to endure at the start of 2016-17 with the Heat.

That was when, in the wake of losing out on their longshot bid for Kevin Durant in free agency the Heat moved ahead with shortterm deals with Wayne Ellington, James Johnson, Dion Waiters and a trade for Luke Babbitt.

The early results were as could be expected with a group of imperfect strangers, including an 11-30 start.

All the while? Crickets from the Heat front office and ownership. Because there was confidence in having the right man in charge on the bench.

The second half of that season? A 30-11 finish.

Putting aside the fallout of the contracts extended to Waiters and Johnson in the wake of that revival, it was an example of knowing what the team was getting into in July 2016 and of the risks attached, including, as proved to be the case, players eventually maximizing their value in 2017 free agency.

In many ways, this 201920 Knicks roster is the embodiment of that 2016-17 Heat mix, all the way down to how it was put together in the wake of the Knicks’ own failed free-agency pursuit of Durant.

So Bobby Portis got a two-year deal that includes a team option for the

second year. Julius Randle got a three-year deal that is non-guaranteed in the third season. Marcus Morris got a one-year deal. And Taj Gibson, Elfrid Payton, Reggie Bullock and Ellington got two-year deals with non-guaranteed second seasons.

Just as that 2016-17 Heat team stood, it essentially is a team of independent contractors, all better off renting than owning, with little security from the Knicks or commitment toward the Knicks beyond this season.

What the Knicks have gotten is a payoff in the standings commensurate with the commitments offered, Thursday’s victory over the Dallas Mavericks notwithstanding.

Yet thrust into the fire less than a month in is Fizdale, who well may ultimately prove to be the equivalent of an NFL coordinator getting in over his head in a lead role.

The reality is there never was enough time to get a read on that reality in Memphis, nor, seemingly will there be in New York.

Because in Memphis, management that no longer is in place needed a scapegoat.

And now in New York, the front office duo of Steve Mills and Scott Perry also need a fall guy after their failure to make any headway yet again in free agency.

When your best player is Mitchell Robinson or Kevin Knox, what exactly are you expecting? Unless the goal is player development, as the Heat pursued with 2017 draft picks Justise Winslow and Josh Richardson, in the wake of coming up short with their 2016-17 mix.

If Fizdale was hired as a win-now coach, there is nothing in place to win with.

If he was hired as a developmental coach, then the veterans signed in the offseason only convolute the situation.

In retrospect, Fizdale could have found himself in a far better place had he taken the Atlanta Hawks job that eventually went to Lloyd Pearce in the 2018 offseason, a place without the lurking of Mills and Perry.

There, he could have grown into the job, with a franchise that seemingly appreciates the value of nurturing.

cooling temperatures.

“I knew it would take a mistake-free race to win, and I was proved right,” Busch said. “It means everything to win this championship again. There were a lot of doubters when we won the first one.”

Busch’s first title in NASCAR’s top series came after he had earned an injury waiver to excuse him for missing much of the first half of

the season because of a broken leg and foot he sustained in a crash at the season opener. Usually, drivers must contend every race of the series to be eligible for the title.

“I can’t wait to get ready to chase a third title next year,” he said Sunday. “Titles are my legacy, and I want to win a bunch of them. I think I should have more titles than this already.”

In fact, Busch is the only active series driver to have more than one championship to his credit, except for the seven-time titlist Jimmie Johnson. According to NASCAR, Busch has more wins this decade than any other driver in the series. The win also gave him 56 career Cup Series victories, giving him sole possession of ninth on the career list, one ahead of Rusty Wallace.

Busch started the race in fourth; qualifying had been rained out, so the starting order was determined by points, with Hamlin in the top position.

After some initial trading of positions, Truex pulled away from the pack. He led until the first round of pit stops — only 37 laps into the 267lap contest. All of the contenders complained of a high rate of tire wear. The weather was also a factor; it was only 67 degrees for the first lap, an unusually low temperature. A cold front went through the area Friday.

After Busch emerged as the winner and champion, the team owner Joe Gibbs dedicated the moment to his son, J.D. Gibbs, a cofounder and former president of the team who died in January.

“This is a very emotional victory for our team,” Joe Gibbs said. “We did it for J.D. This whole season is dedicated to him.”

Baseball’s sign-stealing controversy is an old story with a modern, high-tech twist

By Paul Sullivan Chicago Tribune

Sign-stealing accusations levied against the Astros by pitcher Mike Fiers reverberated throughout baseball this week, leading to an MLB investigation, a Twitter spat between Yu Darvish and Christian Yelich and who knows what else down the road.

This story, as they say in the business, has legs.

It has all the ingredients to make for interesting reading — cheating, lying, modern technology and high-paid athletes and executives looking for an edge over their opponents in a sport in which some rules are made to be broken.

The only disappointing part of Fiers’ expose in the Athletic is that it wasn’t released during the Astros-Nationals World Series, when Fox Sports analyst Alex Rodriguez, the former PED user, could have shared his opinion on the difference between cheating via sign-stealing and cheating via juicing.

Sign-stealing has been an accepted HANNAH FOSLIEN/GETTY IMAGES part of baseball forever, and some per- Mike Fiers of the Oakland Athletics delivers a pitch against the Minnesota Twins on sonnel, including former White Sox coach July 18 at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Joe Nossek, were renowned for their abilafterward to the media. In fact, most of the more in his own team.” ity to break the opposing team’s codes.

Sale believed the Tigers were stealing But using a hidden center-field cam- accusations of sign-stealing go under the era, which the 2017 Astros allegedly did, radar and don’t come close to reaching signs because a player in the Sox dugout according to Fiers — who was on the team the level of MLB scrutiny. A Cubs source had been performing counter-espionage, that season — is not only illegal but con- said they believe a team was stealing signs spying with binoculars on the culprit in sidered beyond the pale and could lead to off them in a postseason series, but they the bleachers. A few days later in Ventunever went public with their belief. a hefty penalty. ra’s office, Sale and Ventura engaged in Sometimes it’s not even the players a heated argument after Sale demanded “It’s certainly not something to be swept under the rug,” Cubs President who play detective.

Ventura call out the Tigers for the signIn 2013, Bob Gehrke, a 76-year-old stealing.

Theo Epstein said at the general managers meetings in Scottsdale, Ariz. “It needs Wrigley Field security guard who died in Instead, Ventura sent Sale home that to be fully investigated, bring light to it. 2015, was working in the tunnel outside day to cool off and declined to go into deI’m sure there will be appropriate action the visitors clubhouse when he noticed tails about their argument when the Tritaken. … There are always a number of a new cable wire stretching from the op- bune reported it. teams there are rumors about, or more posing team’s video room to the dugout, Reacting to the Athletic report on the even going through the dugout urinal. than rumors.

Astros incident, Tigers GM Al Avila seemA lifelong Cubs fan, Gehrke watched “It’s just part of baseball. I’m sure some ingly alluded to Sale’s accusation in an inof them are based in fact and some in fic- the opposing team’s players come and terview for a story in Friday’s USA Today. go through the tunnel during a game and tion. It’s just important that any time this “People have always been suspicious stuff comes up, MLB has to investigate it came to the belief they were stealing Cubs of different ways teams get signs,” Avila and take it very seriously, and we under- signs off the video monitors and sometold USA Today’s Bob Nightengale. “I how relaying them to someone near the stand that they are.” remember when Justin Verlander was Darvish became involved in the con- dugout. pitching for us, he was always aware of Gehrke told his superior about the versation tangentially when he discussed things that might be going on. Chris Sale wire, but his boss humored him and told his World Series flop against the 2017 Ashim they’d handle things, reminding him got upset thinking guys were getting signs tros in a YouTube video.

Though blaming himself instead of al- not to discuss it with the media. Gehrke from center field. This stuff has been goleged sign-stealing, he also brought up an did, naturally, and I took a couple of pho- ing on forever.”

If the Sox had made a stink of Sale’s incident this year with the Cubs in which tos of the wire in case anything came of an opposing hitter was looking into left- his report. But the next day the wire was accusation in 2014, who knows what center field during an at-bat, forcing Dar- gone, and Gehrke said the opposing play- would’ve happened. Either way, they vish to step off the mound. The Cubs-cen- ers gave him dirty looks every time they are now in the middle of the Astros signtric website Bleacher Nation discovered a passed him in the tunnel. The Cubs never stealing because of Farquhar’s accusavideo of such a moment between Darvish made a public accusation against the op- tion two years after the fact. posing team, which we are not naming and Yelich.

“Look, most of this stuff, let’s call it When Darvish responded by tweet- because there was no proof or charges. club-on-club crime, so to speak, that usuIn September 2014, the Sox and Tigers ally gets handled pretty quietly between ing “I’m not sure what he’s trying to do,” Yelich shot back on his Twitter account: engaged in a spat over an alleged sign- the two clubs and the league involved if “Be better than this. Nobody needs help stealing incident at Comerica Park during need be,” Sox general manager Rick Hahn Chris Sale’s final start of the season. Sox facing you.” said at the GM meetings.

Former Sox pitcher and current Class- outfielder Avisail Garcia reportedly told “I know over the last couple years the A Winston-Salem pitching coach Danny Tigers designated hitter Victor Martinez league has been very diligent in this catFarquhar also was quoted in the Athletic the Sox believed the Tigers were stealing egory of sign-stealing, and certainly any report describing an alleged sign-steal- signs from someone in the outfield. concerns that the White Sox or any other Sale plunked Martinez in the sixth ining incident during a Sox-Astros game in club has had over that period time have 2017, when a banging noise came from ning with the Sox up 1-0. Tigers manager been heard.” the Houston dugout to signal a changeup Brad Ausmus, apparently informed of Now that sign-stealing has gone highGarcia’s conversation with Martinez, was coming. tech, and Fiers, now with the the Athletcalled Sale “weak” for hitting Martinez.

A Twitter user who calls himself @Jomboy found the Sept. 21, 2017, game and Sox manager Robin Ventura responded ics, outed his former team, perhaps more tweeted a video that backs Farquhar’s ac- by saying Sale “doesn’t do weak things” sign-stealing allegations will surface in and alluded to the alleged spying by say- the future. cusation.

This is not the story baseball wants.

Neither Farquhar nor the Sox brass ing Ausmus “should probably worry mentioned the alleged sign-stealing about his own team and investigate a little But maybe it’s the story baseball needs.

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Lamar Jackson has won over his teammates, his doubters and all of Baltimore John Feinstein The Washington Post

BALTIMORE — Once, this town’s colors were orange-and-black, back when the Orioles ruled.

Now, though, with the Orioles in free fall for much of this century and the Ravens consistent winners, the city’s color is purple, through and through.

So many of the fans who fill M&T Bank Stadium on fall Sundays show up wearing Ravens jerseys. For years, the jersey worn by a majority of those fans was Ray Lewis’s No. 52. When Lewis retired, Joe Flacco’s No. 5 took over.

At the stadium Sunday morning, there was no doubt which uniform has taken over as the most popular among the city’s football faithful: No. 8 as in Lamar Jackson’s No. 8.

As Jackson put it so eloquently after the Ravens season-opening, 59-10 annihilation of the Dolphins back in September: “Not bad for a running back.”

Two springs ago, Jackson was the quarterback all the scouts and TV talking heads wanted to convert to running back or wide receiver. It was, according to the experts, “the year of the quarterback” - as in Baker Mayfield, Sam Darnold, Josh Allen and Josh Rosen, all of whom were taken in the top 10. Jackson was taken with the last pick of the first round by Ravens General Manager Ozzie Newsome - who didn’t see a running back or a wide receiver, but a quarterback with unique skills.

Newsome, the first African American general manager in NFL history, retired at the end of last season, but he is still around the Ravens’ complex on an almost daily basis. No doubt, he spends a lot of time smiling about his last first-round pick.

Sunday was supposed to be a battle of two

superb young quarterbacks - Jackson and the Houston Texans’ Deshaun Watson - and a matchup of two good football teams. The Ravens came into the game 7-2, the Texans 6-3.

As reflected in the 41-7 final score, it was a mismatch in every possible way. While the Ravens defense chased Watson around the field all afternoon - recording a season-high five sacks by halftime and six against Watson for the game - Jackson was, well, Jackson.

After a 1-for-6 start, he warmed up both with his arm and his legs. Before he came out of the game in the fourth quarter with the Ravens leading 34-0, he had completed 17 of 24 passes for 222 yards and four touchdowns, completing 13 straight at one stage. He had also unleashed several of his ankle-breaking runs and finished with 86 yards on nine carries. His quarterback rating was a mere 139.2 - an off day, given that he has twice this season finished with a perfect 158.3 By the time he threw the last of the touchdown passes, many in the crowd were chanting, “MVP.” It wasn’t hyperbole.

When someone pointed out to Jackson that he was the first Ravens quarterback to throw for at least four touchdowns twice in a season, he smiled. “I like hearing those passing statistics. I’d rather throw than run.” He smiled and then added, “Especially since I’m a running back.”

The four most exciting quarterbacks in football right now - with apologies to Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers - are Jackson, Watson, Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes (last year’s league MVP) and Seattle’s Russell Wilson. All four have two things in common: They are African American, and none was the first quarterback chosen in his draft. Wilson didn’t go until the third round in 2011; Mahomes and Watson were both drafted after Mitchell Trubisky in 2017; and Jackson, as

everyone now knows, went fifth in his class.

Of course, Brady was famously the 199th pick in 2000 and Rodgers was the second quarterback taken in 2005 - 23 picks after Alex Smith went No. 1.

But Jackson was the only one asked by teams at the combine whether he would be willing to move to running back or wide receiver. To his everlasting credit, he said no - quite firmly.

Now, he isn’t just the pride of Baltimore; he’s the most electric player in the game. The same TV talking heads who were insisting he wasn’t an NFL quarterback are now lining up to talk about his unique skill set. They no longer come to bury him, they come to praise him.

When Ravens Coach John Harbaugh began talking about all the factors that led to his team’s easy win, he talked about the defense (which pitched a shutout until the fourth quarter), the running game and the offensive line’s pass blocking. Then, almost as an afterthought, he added: “Lamar was great, of course.”

Later, Harbaugh went into more detail. “He beats you with his arm, his legs and his mind,” he said. “He’s steadily improving every week. He’s so locked in every day; so locked in on the details.

He’s not a guy who repeats mistakes.”

Every week, it seems, Jackson makes a play that leaves even his teammates gasping. Sunday’s was a 39-yard third-quarter scramble in which he made five different Texans miss after looking like he might be trapped in the backfield.

“Should have been a loss,” running back Mark Ingram said. “He just keeps upping himself each week.”

Harbaugh is not one to go on too much about one player, no matter who it might be. But, like last week in Cincinnati, when Jackson produced a spinning, pirouetting 47-yard touchdown run,

Harbaugh had to concede that the ankle-breaking 39-yarder was pretty special too. “We see him every day,” Harbaugh said. “But you don’t expect that. I’ve never seen one like that.” He paused and smiled. “Except for last week.”

Two weeks ago, Bill Polian, the Hall-of-Fame general manager who was among those who said Jackson should change positions, admitted he was wrong. “I was wrong because I used the old traditional quarterback standards with him,” Polian said, going on to call Newsome and Harbaugh “prescient” for seeing in Jackson what others either did not or refused to see.

There are still a few holdouts - those who don’t want to concede they were wrong about Jackson - who insist he will get hurt because he runs the football a la Robert Griffin, who went from rookie of the year in 2012 to being Jackson’s backup after a series of injuries. But Jackson isn’t like Griffin he is far more elusive, avoiding direct hits most of the time.

Jackson seems to be amused by the adulation he is receiving now. He walked into his postgame news conference Sunday wearing a T-shirt that said, “Nobody Cares. Get Better.”

“I really don’t care what people say about me or said about me,” he said. “That’s just their opinion. As long as my guys believe in me, that’s all that matters.”

It’s pretty clear that they do. Jackson insisted that Ingram precede him to the podium. When Ingram finished, he waved his arms for quiet and said, “And now . . . the man, the myth, the legend.

The MVP front-runner . . .”

Jackson walked up and pushed him aside, only to make him stop talking. But it’s much too late to stop the hype, because it isn’t hype.

No. 8 is the real deal. Not just in Baltimore. Everywhere.

Eric Reid thinks Colin Kaepernick proved he can help all 32 NFL teams

By Alaina Getzenberg The Charlotte Observer

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Sunday following the Panthers’ loss to the Falcons, safety Eric Reid stood in the locker room with media surrounding him wearing a black Colin Kaepernick jersey and sneakers with Kaepernick’s face on the back.

His message?

That every NFL team could use Kaepernick on its roster, including the Panthers. And that his workout the day prior had shown exactly that.

“Wait and see. All 32 teams could benefit from having a quarterback like Colin on their team. So now we wait and see,” Reid said. “I think we could use Colin’s help, I think every team could use Colin’s help. I would definitely be excited if he were here.”

With these comments coming after Kyle Allen threw four interceptions in a loss to the Falcons, it was natural to ask if Carolina perhaps needs a new quarterback on their roster more than most.

“You can’t blame Kyle for (the loss),” Reid said. “But again I stand by what I said. I think Colin could help our team.”

The free agent quarterback has not played in the NFL since 2016 when he and the 49ers parted ways. Kaepernick was the first NFL player to kneel during the national anthem to protest social injustice and racial inequality.

The NFL had scheduled a workout with Kaepernick and invited all 32 teams to come see what he could do on the football field. The day didn’t go as the NFL had thought, but Reid stated that the result was what had been intended.

“The whole goal of this was to show everyone that Colin is ready to play this game,” Reid said. “He took his workout to a different location, and he showed that. He proved that. It was reported that his arm was

elite. It’s always been that way.

“So why is the NFL, why is Jay Z, why are all these other pundits trying to slander Colin?

For him protecting himself and wanting transparency. The goal is accomplished, Colin proved that he can play his game. He proved he can throw the ball.

Elite, that’s what an NFL executive said.”

Reid is a former teammate of Kaepernick’s and a close friend, and he made a point of being in attendance even with a game the following day. He was also the first player to kneel by his side.

The safety did not need to clear his decision to visit Atlanta with the Panthers; he went in his free time and made it back for meetings Saturday night.

“Of course I’m going to be there for my brother,” Reid said.

“Y’all have seen that. The way he fights for people, the way he fights for justice, I want to make sure I’m there supporting him, so I’m happy I was able to do that in the time that I was.”

Kaepernick’s session was originally scheduled at the Falcons’ facility in Flowery Branch, Ga., that would include interviews and an on-field portion, similar to that of a combine or workout before an NFL team.

But the workout ended up moving to Charles R. Drew High School in Riverdale, Ga., due to a dispute with the NFL over Kaepernick’s camp wanting it to be open to the media so that everyone could see what he was capable of.

Another issue between the NFL and Kaepernick was the liability waiver they asked him to sign. Reid said that the waiver included a portion that would have forced him to relinquish his employment rights now or in the future.

“A standard liability waiver for Colin’s workout is he accepts the condition of the field, there may be potholes in the field, the equipment that’s used

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Colin Kaepernick visits with fans following his NFL workout held at Charles R. Drew High School on Saturday in Riverdale, Ga.

in the workout may be defective and Colin accepts all of those conditions,” Reid said. “The standard is not to forfeit your employment rights for now or in the future. There’s nothing standard about that. Why would he sign that?”

In a statement released by the NFL on Saturday, the league stated that “on Wednesday, we sent Colin’s representatives a standard liability waiver based on the waiver used by National Invitational Camp at all NFL Combines and by NFL clubs when trying out free agent players. At noon (Saturday), Colin’s representatives sent a completely rewritten and insufficient waiver.”

Reid and Kaepernick previously filed a collusion grievance against the NFL, alleging that

the league and its 32 team owners — influenced by President Donald Trump’s inflammatory remarks about kneeling players — colluded to prevent the pair’s employment.

They reached a confidential settlement with the NFL in February.

There has been many different interpretations concerning Kaepernick’s intent behind moving the workout to a different location. Instead of the approximately 25 teams that were prepared to observe him at the original location, only a reported eight came to the site. In addition, former NFL head coach Hue Jackson had come to assist in the initial workout, but did not go to the new location.

“We knew this was a PR stunt from the beginning and when

we got the waiver, it was like, ‘Oh we see now. It’s the employment rights, you want him to forfeit his employment rights.’

So they never had Colin’s best interest at heart,” Reid said. “If that were the case, why were they making such a big deal about moving the workout?

The point of the workout was accomplished. He showed all 32 NFL teams that he can still throw the ball and that he’s ready to go. And that’s the story.”

ESPN talent Stephen A. Smith put up a video Saturday night arguing that Kaepernick does not actually want to play in the NFL. Reid fought back on Twitter and in his comments after the game Sunday.

“I ain’t got time for Stephen A. man,” Reid said. “Like I said

in my tweet, he’s tap dancing around for the NFL. I understand that he has a show, and I probably gave him great content. Congratulations.”

While the Panthers did not have a representative at the workout, Reid reiterated that he had spoken last week to team owner David Tepper, who the safety said told him they would request a video of the workout.

While what’s next for Kaepernick is unknown, Reid feels strongly about the type of person he is.

“Can you imagine the mental fortitude it takes to stay in shape for three years while somebody is blackballing you for you wanting to stand up for people who have been wronged? For you fighting for injustice? It’s hard to describe the type of person he is,” Reid said.

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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.

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 purpose Notice of Formation of Palmquist Editorial, LLC Articles of Organization for Palmquist Editorial, LLC, (the “LLC�) have been filed with the New York Secretary of State (“SS�) on 11/12/2019. Office location: Columbia County. SS has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. Address to which SS shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is: PO Box 673, Kinderhook, NY 12106-0673. The character and purpose of the business of the LLC is any lawful act or activity permitted under NY Limited Liability Company Law.

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

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.

Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Supreme Court, Greene County, on the 31st day of Halloween, 2019, bearing Index Number 19-0843, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Greene County Clerk, located at 411 Main Street, Catskill, New York 12414, grants me the right to assume the name MICHAEL ASHTIN NEWKIRK. The city and state of my present address is Leeds, New York; I was born on October 11, 2000, in Kingston, New York; my present name is MARIA AMBER NEWKIRK.

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 Buffalo, NY ARTICLES OF OR- #086, 14221. Purpose: For GANIZATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY any lawful purpose.

COMPANY Notice of Formation of THE ORCHARDS Maxlyke, LLC. Arts of HOUSE HUDSON LLC Org. filed with New Notice of formation of York Secy of State Limited Liability Com- (SSNY) on 10/15/19. pany ("LLC"). Articles Office location: Columof Organization filed bia County. SSNY is with the Secretary of designated as agent of State of New York LLC upon whom pro("SSNY") on cess against it may be 11/14/2019. Office lo- served. SSNY shall cation: Columbia mail process to: 25 County.

SSNY has Robert Pitt Dr., Ste been designated as 204, Monsey, NY agent of the LLC upon 10952. The name and whom process against address of the Reg. it may be served. Agent is Vcorp Agent SSNY shall mail a copy Services, Inc., 25 Robof any process to the ert Pitt Dr., Ste 204, LLC to Kristal Heinz, Monsey, NY 10952.

ESQ., P.O. Box 1331, Purpose: any lawful Hudson, NY 12534. activity.

Purpose: To engage in Notice of Formation of any lawful activity.

THE POND RESTAUARTICLES OF OR- RANT LLC Articles of GANIZATION OF Organization filed with LIMITED LIABILITY the Secretary of State COMPANY of N.Y. (SSNY) on PAMELA SALISBURY 10/25/2019. Office loLLC cation: Columbia Notice of formation of County. SSNY desigLimited Liability Com- nated as agent of LLC pany (“LLC�). Articles upon whom process of Organization filed against it may be with the Secretary of served. SSNY shall State of New York mail copy of process (“SSNY�) on to: 22 Park Row , 11/15/2019. Office lo- Chatham, NY 12037. cation: Columbia Purpose: any lawful County.

SSNY has activity. been designated as agent of the LLC upon NOTICE OF FORMAwhom process against TION it may be served. Two Stones Farm LLC SSNY shall mail a copy a limited liability comof any process to the pany, Articles of OrLLC to Kristal Heinz, ganization filed with ESQ., P.O. Box 1331, Hudson, NY 12534.

Purpose: To engage in any lawful activity.

COLUMBIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING Please take notice that there will be a meeting of the Columbia Economic Development Corporation Board on November 26, 2019 at 8:30am at One Hudson City Centre, Suite 301, Hudson, NY 12534 for the purpose of discussing any business presented to the Corporation for consideration.

Dated: November 19, 2019 Sarah Sterling CEDC Secretary Columbia Economic Development CorporaLEGITSKIN LLC. Filed tion 5/20/19.

Office: Greene Co. SSNY des- Finding Food Producignated as agent for tions, LLC, has been process & shall mail to: formed to engage in and other Meagan Alvord 45 S catering River St Apt B, Cox- food-related activities. sackie, NY 12051. Pur- Articles of Organization were filed with the pose: General.

Secretary of State of ARTICLES OF OR- New York on July 15, GANIZATION OF 2019.

Office: P.O. DOUGLAS MITCHELL Box 188, Chatham, (Columbia County) ENTERPRISES, LLC Under Section 203 of New York 12037. Dathe Limited Liability vid Israelow has been designated as the Company Law

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 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 PUBLIC HEARING TOWN OF ATHENS PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held by the Town Board of the Town of Athens on November 18, 2019 at 7:05 pm local time, at the Athens Town Hall, 2 First Street, Athens, New York 12015 to hear all interested parties on proposed Local Law No. 3 of 2019.

The purpose of this Local Law is to Override the Tax Levy Limit for Fiscal Year 2020.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that copies of said proposed Local Law are available for review at the Town Hall, 2 First Street, Athens, New York 12015.

By order of the Town Board of the Town of Athens dated November 7, 2019.

Linda M. Stacey, Town Clerk Town of Athens Notice of Public Hearing, Village of Chatham Planning Board.

Take notice that the Planning Board of the Village of Chatham, New York, will hold a public hearing on an application by Kimberly Coon, for a site plan in the Historic District in relation to a new sign at 54 Main Street in the Village of Chatham. Such hearing will be held on Monday, November 25, 2019 at 7:30 PM, at Tracy Memorial Hall, 77 Main Street, Chatham, NY 12037. All interested persons shall be given to the opportunity speak at such hearing.

Patricia DeLong,Deputy Clerk Village of Chatham

Organization of MAJESTRIC VALLEY MEDICAL LLC 872 Mountain Avenue Apt 1 Purling, NY 12470 NOTICE OF PUBLIC filed June 26, 2019 with SSNY 99 WashHEARING Notice is hereby given ington Ave. Albany, NY that a public hearing for General Purpose. will be held on the PLEASE TAKE NOmorning of Thursday, TICE that the Village of November 21, 2019 10 Coxsackie will hold a A.M. in the office of the Public Hearing at VilGreene County Civil lage Hall, 119 Mansion Service Commission, Street, Coxsackie, NY 411 Main Street, Suite 12051 on December 9, 340, (3rd floor) Catskill, 2019 at 6:45 p.m. The NY 12414. The pur- purpose of this hearing pose of the hearing is is to introduce Local to amend and revise Law #5 of 2019, titled the Text and Rules Ap- “To Amend Chapter 53 pendices of the of the Village Code to Greene County Civil Add Responsibilities of Service Owners to Remove Commission Rules.

Dog Waste on Public The full text of these Property and Property amendments are of Others�. available for inspection Nikki Bereznak, Clerk at the above address The Town of Clermont during business hours.

GREENE COUNTY ZBA will not hold their CIVIL SERVICE COM- monthly meeting on November 27, 2019.

MISSION Attest: Michele Guerin, The December meetCivil Service Adminis- ing has been changed to December 18, 2019. trator Dated: November 4, Desiree Webber, Secretary 2019

PUBLIC NOTICE 51 ALBANY AVENUE, LLC AUTHORITY FILED WITH SSNY Notice is hereby given that 51 ALBANY AVENUE, LLC Authority was filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/16/19. FIRST: The name of the foreign limited liability company is 51 ALBANY AVENUE, LLC (the “LLC�).

SECOND: The jurisdiction of the organization of the LLC is Vermont (VT) and the date of its organization is 8/8/19.

THIRD: Columbia County is the county within NY wherein the LLC is located.

FOURTH: The SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC to 1710 Greenbush Road, North Ferrisburgh, VT 05473.

FIFTH: The address of the LLC in VT is 1710 Greenbush Road, North Ferrisburgh, VT 05473. SIXTH: The LLC existed in VT at the time its application for authority in NY was filed. The VT Secretary of State is the authorized officer where the LLC’s Articles of Organization is filed, whose address is 128 State Street, Montpelier, VT 05633. The LLC is organized for any legal purpose. This notification is made pursuant to Section 802 of the NY Limited Liability Company Law. Public Notice CLAVERACK FIRE DISTRICT NOTICE OF ANNUAL ELECTION ON DECEMBER 10TH, 2019 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Election of the Claverack 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 Claverack Fire House, for the purpose of electing two Commissioners for five (5) year terms, commencing on January 1st, 2020 and ending on December 31st, 2024. 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 submit a letter of intent to the Claverack Fire District, Attn: Secretary/Treasurer, Drawer A, Claverack, NY 12513, no later than seven days before the election, December 3, 2019.

Robert T. Keeler S e c re t a r y / Tre a s u re r, Board of Fire Commissioners Claverack Fire District The Town of New Baltimore is seeking applicants for the Planning Board and Zoning Board of Appeals where annual training is required. Please send letter of interest or resume outlining experience to Supervisor Jeff Ruso, 3809 County Route 51, Hannacroix, NY 12087, jruso@townofnewbaltimore.org, or call (518)756-6671 Ext. 7 for information by December 20, 2019.

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF FORMATION OF A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) 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.

SHERMSHANDYSERVICES LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) June 25, 2019, Office in Columbia Co. SSNY design.

Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC at1627 County Rte 13, Brainard, NY 12024. PurThe Board of Commis- pose: General handysioners of the West man services and any Athens Lime Street lawful activity.

Fire District will hold a Workshop meeting at SUPREME COURT Station 2 at 933 Leeds COUNTY OF GREENE Athens Road on FEDERAL NATIONAL Wednesday, Novem- MORTGAGE ASSOCI("FANNIE ber 20th 2019, at 6 ATION pm. to discuss future MAE"), A CORPORAORGANIZED plans with the Fire TION AND EXISTING UNCompany.

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COLUMBIA-GREENE MEDIA 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 THE VILLAGE OF HUNTER ELECTION PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, pursuant to New York State Election Law § 15-104(3)(a), The Village of Hunter will hold its General Village Election on Wednesday, March 18, 2020, between the hours of 12:00Noon and 9:00PM. This election will be held to fill the position of Mayor with a threeyear term of office.

Polling will take place at the Hunter Village Hall, located at 7955 Main Street (Route 23A), Hunter, New York 12442.

Any person, who needs an Absentee Ballot Application, may obtain same from the Village Clerk at the Hunter Village Hall beginning Monday, November 18, 2019.

Kathleen M. Hilbert Clerk/Treasurer The Village of Hunter 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, creditors, legatees, 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.

YOU MUST RESPOND

BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. RAS BORISKIN, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff BYHans Augustin, Esq. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310 Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675

WBE/MBE Energy Management Technologies, LLC is seeking proposals for qualified Women-owned or Minority-owned Electrical Contractors to subcontract the labor to install Building Management System (BMS) controls for the Phase Three Infrastructure Project at Columbia-Greene Community College, 4400 NY23 Hudson NY 12534.

All interested parties should respond to Energy Management Technologies, LLC at: office2@emtechcontrols.com.

ENERGY MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

WILD SWEDE FILMS LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 10/31/19. Office in Columbia Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to Mikael Sodersten 127 W 79th St Apt 16A New York NY 10024. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

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AFTER-HOURS ARRAIGNMENT ATTORNEY Columbia County is seeking to fill 1 after hour arraignment attorney position at a yearly stipend of $35,000. The attorney will be a contractual, independent contractor.

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Attorney will be on call on a rotational basis with the other 3 existing attorneys. The appointed attorneys will be contacted directly by the court for individuals needing counsel at arraignment.

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Let’s talk about Utah, the most charming of College Football Playoff contenders Chuck Culpepper The Washington Post

Would you mind if we talked about Utah? OK, thank you.

In a widely overlooked marvel involving No. 7 Utah, no visitor has scored in the fourth quarter in Utah all season, which makes scoring in Utah a bit like drinking in Utah: If you want to partake, you had better get it done early because they will shut it down shortly.

That’s just one of a heap of feats this autumn as they have themselves a fantastic time in Salt Lake City, and if they sustain their merriment against Arizona, Colorado and then No. 6 Oregon in the Pac-12 championship game, you and they won’t believe where they might be headed. If the College Football Playoff selection committee does pick Utah for the four-team playoff, you and they will be able to survey the 24 choices in the first six seasons of the playoff concept and declare Utah the most charming of all.

It would mean Utah, from the 30thmost-populous state, would have overcome an early road loss to Southern California, the ignorant football

snobbery long practiced in the Eastern and Central time zones and the less-ignorant football snobbery long practiced by other Pac-12 teams toward Utah. It will have stood out from beneath the big three of LSU (10-0), Ohio State (10-0) and Clemson (11-0) and from a bale of one-loss teams that at present are No. 4 Georgia, No. 5 Alabama, Oregon, No. 8 Minnesota, No. 9 Penn State, No. 10 Oklahoma and No. 13 Baylor, each one of those in a huge, frothing thicket of 9-1.

Even better, Utah will have done all that with a team so dutiful that, after its 49-3 mauling Saturday night of a UCLA team that had been trending as Chip Kelly teams tend to trend (upward), the Utah coach said this to Kurt Kragthorpe of the Salt Lake Tribune: “I think I’ve had to yell maybe one time all year. Literally.”

Good grief. What is this, a yoga class?

No, it is very much not a yoga class.

And while the coach continued soon with, “It’s just a very mature group that knows how to operate,” it does make one wonder what happened to cause the one yell. Was it when Northern Illinois sprang for 17 first-half points,

obviously inappropriate behavior at Utah?

With so little knowledge of Utah, here’s a brief primer on Utah: The nickname, Utes, refers to a Great Basin Native American tribe that granted permission for the name in 1972, just as Utah changed it from . . .

Redskins. The Utes played in the Western Athletic Conference from 1962 to 1998, in the Mountain West Conference from 1999 to 2010 and in the Pac12 from 2011 to now.

The stadium, Rice-Eccles, is named for two men who provided a handy component of stadium development: funding. The stadium setting is probably prettier than your stadium setting unless you’re UCLA or Washington or somebody. It is that rare college football stadium that also held Olympic Opening Ceremonies (2002), which was clearly an outsize attempt to boost football recruiting.

The coach, Kyle Whittingham, upgraded from defensive coordinator in December 2004 just as Urban Meyer finished 12-0 and left for Florida, and Whittingham has remained for the 15 seasons since with a steady excellence

and without a trace of narcissism. By now, the fans presumably have forgiven him for playing linebacker at Brigham Young.

The quarterback, Tyler Huntley, came all the way from South Florida in 2016 and won this season’s distinction of Last Football Bowl Subdivision Quarterback To Throw A Pick. On Saturday night, he threw touchdown passes of 69 yards to Brant Kuithe and 83 yards to Samson Nacua, then uttered this beauty to reporters about his confidence in his receivers: “More confidence than I’ve got in myself and I’ve got a lot of confidence.”

The team ranks No. 4 in scoring defense, No. 3 in total defense and No. 5 in yards-per-play defense. “You know, they sent the house a pretty good amount of the time,” said UCLA quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson, referring to a house you would not want sent toward you.

On one play in the second quarter Saturday night, Thompson-Robinson took the snap 15 yards from the Utes’ goal line and backed up, only to wind up like a cork in a torrent when Utah’s Julian Blackmon and Francis Bernard

paid an uninvited visit. ThompsonRobinson fumbled, as would have you, the ball fleeing off nearby until Mika Tafua could collect it for a 68-yard touchdown return on which he rumbled beautifully for a 258-pound dude.

There have been 24 quarters of home defense played this season at Rice-Eccles, 18 of them quarter shutouts, and six guests have combined for 36 points and zero fun.

In the apparent race for No. 4, a good bet to specialize in welcome bile, there’s Georgia, whose collection of wins has grown into a fine bouquet, including a divinely talented Notre Dame, Florida and, as of Saturday, Auburn, after a 21-14 cats-and-dogs scuffle. Georgia’s coach, Kirby Smart, appeared to continue to molt further from his aggressive dullness when he said, in the news conference at Auburn, “How ‘bout them [expletive] Dawgs?” There’s Nick Saban’s Alabama, which will try to figure out how to operate without Tua Tagovailoa, and which has figured out other stuff across time.

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Hudson junior varsity basketball head coach Isiah Heard talks to his team during a recent practice.

Hudson junior varsity basketball head coach Isiah Heard instructs his team during a recent practice.

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Hudson junior varsity basketball head coach Isiah Heard works with his team during a recent practice.

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IQ of the game, but the biggest thing I think he’s going to bring to us is his ability to reach the kids. He had a great rapport with the kids, he works down at the Youth Center and knows all the kids.

“So I think he’s going to be able to bring that aspect into it and bring some more of that family dynamic that we’re trying to build here. This is more of a family than it is a basketball team. He’s obviously going to bring some great coaching attributes when it comes to developing these kids and getting them ready for varsity level and having their skills where they need to be because he knows what it takes to play at a high level and to win at a high level.”

Briscoe said his door is always open and is happy to help Heard should he have any questions.

“We’ve already gone over some things that we want him to start doing that we do that we want our JV guys to know.

We want him to feel comfortable asking us for whatever he needs and that if he has any new ideas we’re open to those as well. So, hopefully, it’ll be a great working relationship and we can start something here that can really build on create a culture of not only winning, but letting these kids know that we’re there for them.

“We’re really looking forward to it and I think we’re going to work very well together.

I’ve known him since high school days when we used to play together and it should be fun. We have a nice staff here that works well together and feeds off of each other and it should be good for years to come.”

Hudson varsity assistant Tyrone Hedgepeth knows the transition of going from standout player to a coach, having done it himself, and feels Heard is a perfect fit.

“I think this is very positive.

We definitely want somebody in the community that came through the school system, that played ball here, that knows the majority of the kids that are on the team. He has a relationship with these kids, but at the end of the day he has that pedigree, too,” Hedgepeth said. “He knows the game, he knows the kids and he’s a student of the game that wants to get better as a coach.

“I think he brings a lot of energy and excitement. He also brings a lot of respect. The kids really respect him and they like him. I think they’re going to give 110% and play hard for him.”

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can use his arm strength to get the ball down the field.

It’s really remarkable,” Griffin said. “I’m glad he’s on our

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Hudson junior varsity basketball head coach Isiah Heard works with his team during a recent practice.

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Hudson junior varsity basketball head coach Isiah Heard (left), varsity head coach Shawn Briscoe (center) and varsity assistant Tyrone Hedgepeth (right) talk during a recent practice.

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Hudson junior varsity basketball head coach Isiah Heard works with Kristyain Clarke during a recent practice.

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Hudson junior varsity basketball head coach Isiah Heard instructs his team during a recent practice.

Heard’s coach at Hudson, Pat Maloy, is pleased to see his former pupil become a head coach.

“I’m extremely happy for him,” Maloy said. “The last five years he’s been doing a lot of volunteer coaching at the Youth Center, with the AAU programs. When I’ve talked to him he seem to really have an affinity for it, that he really liked it and I think it’s extremely beneficial to have Isiah, Shawn and Tyrone. They’re all Hudson High graduates, they all went through a program

and they all know the families of the kids in the district.”

The respect factor will be a huge plus for Heard, Maloy feels.

“Isiah always worked very hard in practice and he always had a good way about him,” he said. “People like Isiah, and I think he’s going to garner that respect where they both like him and respect him. I think Isiah’s demeanor is going to be a real asset because as he good as he was as a player, he understands everyone isn’t going to play like he did.”

“I think his demeanor is to encourage and to coach and to get what he can out of the kids.

Because he did a lot of this stuff volunteer and now he’s just taking it up to another level where he’s molding a high school team. I think it’s going to be a great fit, especially with his easy-going way. He’s going to want to win, but he is going to be good with the kids.”

Heard played two years for Maloy and hopes to incorporate some of his former coach’s teachings into his

game plans.

“I was raised in the Pat Maloy era and defense was the No. 1 thing for Pat Maloy.

I know our guys are talented and we can score, so my theme going into this year is who can lock up? Who is going to sacrifice? Who is going to be that guy that is going to lock their best player down? So the No. 1 theme I want to run with is conditioning and defense.”

Having made a name for himself as a player, Heard now hopes to do the same as

a coach.

“I never really thought that this was in my reach of things, but with the grace of God and people supporting me from my home to my job, telling me this was the right thing and that I was in the right place and touching these kids in the right way, I figured God gave me this talent to know how to play basketball and I want to push that down like so many did it for me,” Heard said.

team.”

The improvisation of Darnold was not so pronounced a few weeks ago, and he said Sunday that it was a sign of him becoming more comfortable during his first year in Gase’s offense. “When plays do break down and I need to scramble, guys feel free

to go out there and make a play,” Darnold said. “We’re just playing with a lot better rhythm.”

Darnold was more measured in his comments after Sunday’s win than he was a week ago after beating the Giants, when he told reporters afterward that he still

believed his team could get on a roll and make the playoffs.

That drew some chuckles, and it forced Gase to rein in his second-year quarterback this week, hoping Darnold would not get too far ahead of himself with seven games remaining.

Darnold continued to show

his unflinching belief in his team’s future when he defended Gase’s job status this week, then followed it up with one of the best performances of his career. Yet he reminded everyone on his sideline how hard he is on himself near the end of the game, when he was ranting more about

his interception to Bostic than he was focusing on any of his four touchdowns. And afterward, he remembered how fleeting success in the NFL can be when he spoke to Haskins.

“If you go to work every single day,” Darnold told Haskins, “it will be all right.”

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Parents are up in arms over boy’s photos posted online Dear Abby, My husband and I have a happy, adorable 18-month-old son. Understandably, he’s the light of our lives.

Early in my pregnancy, I decided to not post a pregnancy announcement or pictures of him on social media.

I felt my son should have the DEAR ABBY autonomy to build his own social media presence as he saw fit. During the past year, I have felt comfortable sharing about five pictures of him with my 40-plus close friends and family who follow that social media account.

My mother-in-law has been posting pictures of my son to her social media account for a while now. It bothered me, but I didn’t voice any concerns because I didn’t want to overreact. A few weeks ago, my husband texted her a picture of our son, himself and me. A few hours later, it ended up on her social media account with a filter altering the picture’s original color!

My husband and I became extremely upset about it, and my husband agreed to tell her that she could no longer share pictures of our son on social media. Is this appropriate? I don’t want to be one of those controlling, domineering parents, but I firmly believe that my mother-in-law should have asked permission prior to sharing any pictures of our son. Am I correct?

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You and your husband should ask yourselves what has upset you more — that his mother shared a family picture with her circle of friends or that she altered the color. If you prefer she post no more pictures, ask her to stop and explain why.

If it’s the fact that she took artistic license, I think you are overreacting and you should let it go.

Dear Abby, I am a 70-year-old widower. For the past year I’ve been dating a woman, “Celeste,” and our relationship was growing closer (we were intimate, and we seemed to be becoming a couple).

Because she’s a big fan of a particular performer who was going to be in our area, I bought tickets for us two months in advance. They were quite expensive. Celeste knew about it and was eager to go.

On the day of the performance, when I went to pick her up, she informed me that she wouldn’t be able to go. A friend had just come into town (passing through on business) and surprised her with a visit. She apologized and promised she’d explain later that weekend.

Well, the man turns out to be a former beau she hadn’t seen in about a year. Celeste seems to think I should be OK with her canceling our date, but I can’t help but feel she was wrong to do it so she could spend the weekend with a former lover. I ended the relationship over the brush-off she gave me, but she is trying to renew things. Was I wrong to take this as serious enough to end the relationship?

Perplexed Ex In Missouri You were not wrong. Celeste stood you up, which was, to say the least, inconsiderate of your feelings. She’s trying to renew the romance with you (for now) because her former beau’s visit ended. When he called, she should have told him she had a previous commitment and honored it. Eligible men your age are a hot commodity. It shouldn’t be too hard to find someone who appreciates what you have to offer. Move on.

Is it the alcohol or grapes that makes wine good for you?

Alcoholism runs in my family. I do not drink.

For years I’ve read studies showing how good a glass of red wine is for you. Just recently something came out on the local news that “wine is good for your gut.”

On a far less frequent basis, TO YOUR news appears that grape juice GOOD HEALTH is also good for you. Is it the alcohol that makes wine good for your health, or the grapes?

Many people cannot control their desire for alcohol, which is a mind-altering substance that can wreak havoc on marriages and the highway, just to name two. Can you clarify whether it’s wine or grape juice that’s good for your health?

DR. KEITH ROACH

The common wisdom that a glass of wine a day is good for you is unproven. It is certainly true that people who drink moderately tend to be very healthy, but it is not clear that it’s the wine drinking that causes the benefit. People who drink moderately tend to have many other healthy behaviors, and despite great efforts on the part of researchers, it is not possible with the current evidence to be sure if moderate alcohol is really of benefit.

On the other hand, it is abundantly clear that moderate to heavy drinking is extraordinarily dangerous, and I would add liver disease and many cancers to your short list of the dangers of excess alcohol consumption. There is some evidence that even modest drinking increases risk of dementia.

Grape skins contain quantities of several

natural compounds that are purported to have benefit to the body. Since only red wine uses the skins of the grapes, red wine has long been considered the best for health reasons. However, epidemiological evidence suggests that modest drinkers (a standard drink a day or so for men, half a drink for women) have a lower risk of heart disease than nondrinkers, regardless of the type of alcohol they consume. Unfortunately, trials of the individual components of grape skins have not shown a significant benefit.

The “gut health” statement came from a study showing that wine drinkers have a more diverse collection of bacteria in the gut, which is an accepted measure of gut health. Interestingly, even people who consume wine only every two weeks had this positive association, while people who drank other types of alcohol did not. This type of study cannot determine whether the wine consumption caused this beneficial bacteria diversity, nor whether this diversity leads to better health in the future. It does not answer your question either, as it did not look at people who consumed grapes or grape juice.

Given the uncertainty of benefit of modest alcohol consumption, the known potential for harm of excess consumption (more than two drinks a day from men, more than one for women, or binge drinking in either), I do not recommend consuming red wine or any other kind of alcohol for health benefits. This is even more critical in people who have a family history of problem drinking.

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By Stella Wilder Born today, you are never afraid of learning about things the hard way, and you value experience and hands-on training far more than any book learning. Though you may well be highly educated, the fact is that you benefit far more from the kind of education you can get out in the real world; you can — and likely do — do very well in school, but that’s because you are one of those who, when you choose to do something, will never give it anything less than your very best.

If you like doing a thing, you will certainly commit to it fully; if you don’t, you may do it well — but it’s never something that becomes a real part of you.

Also born on this date are: Ryan Howard, baseball player; Kerri Strug, Olympic gymnast; Jodie Foster, actress; Meg Ryan, actress; Calvin Klein, designer; Ted Turner, TV mogul; Larry King, talk show host; James Garfield, U.S. president.

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.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20 SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — You can avoid quite a calamity today simply by saying what is on your mind — and you will find yourself carrying a lighter load as a result.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — It’s time for you to step in and stop someone from doing something that could well be hazardous. You’ll be thanked in an unexpected way.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Someone

knows just how to light a fire under you today to get you to do a certain thing with greater celerity than usual; you’ll be grateful.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — You’ll want to avoid moving from place to place today without really registering where you’ve been or where you’re going. Pay attention!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — Your interest in someone’s progress isn’t entirely selfless, as you’re likely to be rewarded in turn based on his or her accomplishments.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — You’ve been looking at a certain issue from the wrong angle of late.

Today, a simple adjustment can yield much more valuable information.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — You’ll be in a position to give someone precisely what he or she desires today — but is that really the right thing to do?

Consider carefully.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — A question of right and wrong refuses to yield the answer you seek today. A Pisces native works in the shadows and exerts a certain influence.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — You know how to make it very easy for someone to do his or her job, but that may not be fair to others. Step back; let come what comes.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — The more you fret, the more a certain issue is likely to impact you today and in the days to come. Remain calm, and address it in a logical fashion.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — You may begin to worry about a friend or loved one who simply doesn’t understand what is expected. You may have to take the reins today.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — You may feel it tomorrow, but today you can take on an extra burden so as to lighten the load for someone. This will reap certain rewards.

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THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME

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

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

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Each question or answer contains “Yankee.” (e.g., “The House that Ruth built.” Answer: Yankee Stadium.)

Freshman level 1. Gary Cooper portrayed Lou Gehrig in this 1942 film.

2. He was nicknamed “The Yankee Clipper.”

3. He “came to town riding on a pony.”

Graduate level 4. This sportscaster was known for years as “The Voice of the Yankees.”

5. James Cagney played George M. Cohan in this film.

6. Title of a musical comedy that won a Tony Award for Best Musical.

PH.D. level 7. This author of “Walden” has been called “A Yankee Diogenes.”

8. Title of an 1889 novel by Mark Twain.

9. The Yankee-class submarines were produced by which country?

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

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Solution to to Saturday’s Monday’s puzzle Solution puzzle

11/19/19 Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9.

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SUPER QUIZ ANSWERS 1. “The Pride of the Yankees.” 2. Joe DiMaggio. 3. Yankee Doodle. 4. Mel Allen. 5. “Yankee Doodle Dandy.” 6. “Damn Yankees.” 7. Henry David Thoreau.

8. “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court.” 9. Soviet Union (Russia).

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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36 Irving Berlin’s “What’ll __” 37 Truck scale divisions 38 Roast turkey recipe verb 39 Flying bug 40 Peeve 41 Ride charges 42 Cop’s ID 43 Honors highly 45 Never-married women 46 Top file drawer, often 47 Brown seaweed 48 British Upper House member 51 Horrifying 56 Very eager 57 Traveler’s path 58 “All You __ Is Love”; Beatles hit 60 Prisoner’s room 61 Actress Potts 62 Way to get through a fence 63 Patella’s place 64 Tricycle riders 65 __ away; escaped DOWN 1 Gent 2 Correct a manuscript

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42 Invoice 44 Propel a canoe 45 Wild brawls 47 Ms. Couric

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50 48 Witty Haveresponse none of 49 Kitchen necessity 50 Aggravate 52 Child’s horse 53 Young hoodlum 54 __ miss; close call 55 “__ grip!”; cry to the hysterical 59 Cub Scout group

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