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CATSKILL — Months after an application for a controversial ash dump was withdrawn from the state, a new proposal has been submitted for Peckham Industries’ Catskill site.

Peckham, which owns the former Holcim Cement Plant off Route 9W, submitted an application to the state Department of Environmental Conservation last month to construct berms made of construction and demolition debris, according to DEC.

Although DEC is lead agency on the proposed project, the Town of Catskill Planning Board remains an interested party.

Peckham representatives are scheduled to present information about the project at the Nov. 26 planning board meeting, Chairman Joseph Izzo said.

“They want to put berms along the plant along the river,” Izzo said.

The project would involve importing 600,000 tons of construction and demolition

debris, according to DEC. “The materials would be used to construct a series of visual, noise and dust barrier berms across the site to screen the industrial recycled asphalt pavement handling and processing operations from surrounding viewsheds, including the Hudson River,” according to DEC. Former EPA Regional Administrator Judith Enck said she believes the project will have a negative impact on the See PROPOSAL A2

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In a revealing yet circular impeachment hearing, Gordon Sondland, ambassador to the European Union, testified Wednesday that President Donald Trump clearly did quid pro quo in his dealings with Ukraine, and that many officials — including Vice President Mike Pence — knew about it.

In his opening testimony, Sondland said that a public statement from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that his government would investigate alleged Ukranian interference in the 2016 U.S. election and Burisma, the Ukrainian energy company tied to former Vice President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, were prerequisites for an Oval Office meeting with Trump and the

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Rep. Jim Jordan, right, shares a laugh with colleagues during a break in testimony at the President Donald J. Trump impeachment inquiry Wednesday.

release of nearly $400 million in security aid to the country.

“Everyone was in the loop. It was no secret,” Sondland said, listing multiple

officials including acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Energy Secretary Rick Perry.

Sondland read aloud multiple emails, text messages and WhatsApp exchanges to corroborate what he classified as “the conventional wisdom at the time” that cooperation from Ukraine would “break the logjam,” meaning release the security aid. He also said he expressed concerns to Pence that Trump’s freeze of the military aid was tied to Ukraine’s investigations of the Democrats, which Pence’s chief of staff later refuted in a statement, saying it “never happened.”

Sondland testified that he, Perry See LOOP A2

Legislature names change-order subcommittee

By Sarah Trafton Columbia-Greene Media

CATSKILL — County lawmakers authorized a series of change orders for the new jail Monday night and also established a subcommittee to expedite future change orders under $7,500.

Construction on the 80-cell, 64-bed jail began in late June off Route 9W in Coxsackie.

The project is funded by a $39 million bond from Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc. at 2.49% interest and an $8.1 million contribution from the county.

The county expects to start

accepting inmates in July 2021.

Legislators approved two change orders and seven resolutions considered to be “expansion of services” for contractors working on the jail in both the Public Safety and Finance committees.

Another resolution created a Jail Finance Subcommittee with the power to authorize change orders less than $7,500 in value.

Legislator Matthew Luvera, R-Catskill, disagreed with the appointment of a subcommittee.

“I feel this subcommittee

should not have the authority to be spending taxpayer money,” he said.

An alternative to the subcommittee is to hold special Finance Committee meetings when the project needs a change order, Legislator Michael Bulich, R-Catskill, said.

Legislature Chairman Patrick Linger, R-New Baltimore, said he didn’t have a problem calling a special meeting, but the subcommittee was more for convenience, so that the project wasn’t being held up and that the Legislature didn’t See CHANGE A2

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County lawmakers passed a series of change orders Monday night and established a subcommittee of Legislature Chairman Patrick Linger, R-New Baltimore, Legislator Michael Bulich, R-Catskill and Legislator Gregory Davis, R-Greenville, to handle future change orders.

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and former State Department special envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker were directed to pressure Ukraine into investigate the Bidens and 2016 election interference by the president through former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, Trump’s personal attorney.

“We did not want to work with Mr. Giuliani. Simply put, we were playing the hand we were dealt,” Sondland said.

However, he said he did not, at the time, know the connection between Burisma and the Bidens. In Tuesday’s afternoon hearing, Volker also said he had not realized the connection.

Rep. Adam Schiff, a California Democrat and chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, used Sondland’s testimony and questioning to continue laying the groundwork for articles of impeachment, including labeling the Oval Office meeting and security aid

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Catherine Pugh, the former mayor of Baltimore, has been indicted on corruption charges connected to money she received for a series of children’s books she wrote, prosecutors made public Wednesday.

Pugh, who resigned as mayor in May amid state and federal investigations over the sale of her “Healthy Holly” books to companies that had business ties to the city, faces multiple charges, including wire fraud, conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government and tax evasion.

Most of the “Healthy Holly” books, promoting healthy eating and exercise habits, were never distributed to children as had been promised, the authorities said.

environment.

“If approved, this project will have a very negative impact on the environment and the Hudson River,” Enck said.

“The last thing we should be doing is allowing hundreds of thousands of tons of construction and demolition waste to be imported to this riverfront site. It is imperative that the public get actively involved in opposing this project. It

Instead, thousands of copies were found in a Baltimore City Public School System warehouse; others were stored in Pugh’s offices and in one of her houses.

Federal prosecutors said the children’s book series was at the heart of an elaborate scheme orchestrated by Pugh to defraud health care companies, Baltimore’s school system and taxpayers by failing to deliver copies of the books that had been paid for.

She was indicted last week but the charges had been kept secret. Pugh, who has previously denied wrongdoing, is expected to appear in federal court Thursday.

Steven D. Silverman, Pugh’s lawyer, declined to comment.

Pugh, a Democrat, received at least $600,000 for the books before and after she became mayor in 2016, according to the indictment. The period also coincided

with her tenure as a member of key health committees in the state Senate.

Prosecutors said Pugh used the money from the book deals for her political campaigns, and to buy and renovate a house in Baltimore.

Pugh did not recuse herself from voting or other decision-making on issues related to companies that paid her for the books and had not disclosed the financial relationships publicly, the indictment said.

Prosecutors also revealed Wednesday that Gary Brown Jr., who served as an aide to Pugh in the state Senate and at City Hall, had pleaded guilty to fraud and for filing a false tax return.

Roslyn Wedington, executive director of a nonprofit group that was once led by Pugh, also pleaded guilty to defrauding the government and filing false tax returns.

as “official acts.” Schiff also raised concerns of whether the White House is obstructing justice after Sondland lamented the Department of State for not releasing multiple records of his emails and phone calls.

The lack of access to the records proved to be problematic for Sondland throughout his over six-hour hearing, who said he is not a note-taker and answered, “I don’t recall,” in response to multiple questions. Republicans pointed to Sondland’s foggy memory to paint his testimony as less credible.

“You don’t have records, you didn’t have notes because you didn’t take notes,” Steve Castor, Republican lawyer for the House Intelligence Committee, told Sondland. “This is like the trifecta of unreliability, isn’t it?”

Aside from gaps in memory during his Wednesday hearing, though, Sondland also raised red flags because after his closed-door testimony to the committee last month, he submitted an amended statement. U.S. Rep. Sean Maloney, D-18, called out Sondland for

the three tries it took to get a full testimony from him.

“You’ve been very forthright, this is your third try to do so. Didn’t work so well the first time, did it? We had a declaration come in after, remember that?” Maloney said to Sondland sharply referring to Sondland’s testimony amendment.

“Now, you’re here a third time, and we got a doozy of a statement from you this morning.

There’s a whole bunch of stuff you don’t recall, so all due respect, we appreciate your candor but let’s be really clear on what it took to get it out of you.”

Another point of contention rose when Sondland said that in a September phone call with Trump, when he asked what Trump wanted from Ukraine to unfreeze the security aid, the president responded “something along the lines” of “Nothing, I want nothing, I want no quid pro quo, tell President Zelensky to do the right thing.”

Republicans jumped on this, with multiple representatives asking Sondland why he did not include that phone call

in his opening testimony, and whether Trump ever directly told Sondland that the security aid was linked to the investigations.

However, Schiff argued that many times, participants in quid pro quos do not actually say out loud that they are seeking bribes.

U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-21, repeated questions and points she has made in previous hearings: the aid was ultimately released to the Ukraine, and the investigations never took place.

Schiff said the aid was only released because Trump got caught, saying, “Two days before the aid was lifted, Congress announced that it was investigating this scheme.”

Along the same lines, Schiff said in Tuesday’s public hearing the quid pro quo is “no less odious because it was discovered and it was stopped.”

should never see the light of day.”

Local geologist David Walker recently learned of the project and plans to keep a close eye on it, he said.

“I will be paying close attention at the planning board meeting next Tuesday night to learn more about details, location, etc.,” Walker said.

“It really is a poor idea to do a substantial dumping project within spitting distance of a big river under any circumstance. It is also worrisome to hear C&D and a possible beneficial material use designation mentioned in the same

context.”

Construction and demolition debris often contains toxins such as asbestos, lead paint and heavy metals, Walker said.

Peckham could not be reached for comment Wednesday.

The proposal comes on the heels of the application for an ash dump by the New Hampshire-based company Wheelabrator Technologies, which the community staunchly rejected this spring.

Wheelabrator was proposed leasing 158 acres on Route 9W in Smith’s Landing, including a former quarry owned by

Peckham Materials, Inc. The project involved hauling 445,000 tons of ash annually from Wheelabrator’s incinerators in Peekskill, Hudson Falls and Poughkeepsie, to the Catskill site, and separating the metals from the ash. The anticipated life of the project was 48 years.

The application, first submitted in 2017, was withdrawn after public outcry led by environmental advocates including Enck and the environmental watchdog organization Riverkeeper.

Bulich urged Groden not to overlook the fact that James H. Maloy went over budget by more than $21,000.

The total amount was $190,000, but due to the $169,000 worth of allowances built into the contract, a balance of $21,000 remained, according to the resolution.

“This should not be a change order because there was more topsoil than you thought,” Bulich said.

Based on core samples, the contractor estimated that some areas of the site would require no excavation and in other areas up to a foot of topsoil would need to be removed, Groden said.

An average of the samples was calculated and the estimate was short, Groden said.

“I just don’t see how you make this kind of a mistake,” Bulich said.

Whether the estimate had

been accurate or whether the county paid through change order, the cost was still going to be higher, Groden said.

The expansion of services included $200 to Bellamy Construction Co. for rock removal, $8,867 to Bellamy Construction Co. for fire hydrant on Kings Road, $8,948 to James H. Maloy for drainage and $1,079 to James H. Maloy for a fire hydrant on site, all of which are covered by allowances within the contracts.

The last three items — $5,929 to James H. Maloy for the transition parking pad, $6,239 to Nfrastructure Technologies of Clifton Park for electrical work for the transition trailer and $1,867 to Nfrastructure Technologies for a power line for signage were all line items in the budget but had not been awarded to contractors previously.

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Linger, Bulich and Legislator Gregory Davis, R-Greenville, will serve on the subcommittee.

The two change orders on the agenda included an increase of $42,635 to Bellamy Construction Co. of Scotia for water lines to the state prisons, which will be reimbursed by the state, Greene County Administrator Shaun Groden said, and an increase of $21,000 to James H. Maloy of Loudonville for excavation services.

“This is a very complicated project,” Groden said. “There are going to be change orders.”

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HUDSON — A 19-year-old Columbia County woman and two other younger teenagers, one from Greene County, were charged after a reported break-in at an empty mansion on Parkwood Boulevard, police said Tuesday.

Monique A. Rivera, 19, of Hudson, was charged with third-degree burglary, a class D felony, and thirddegree criminal mischief, a class E felony. She was arraigned in Hudson City Court and is scheduled to return Nov. 21 at 8:30 a.m.

At about 7:34 a.m. Tuesday, Columbia County 911 received a call from a city resident reporting a burglary in progress on Parkwood Boulevard, according to a statement from the Hudson Police Department.

The suspects, two men and a woman, ran out of the house into a wooded area by the home, which was uninhabited and in repair, according to Hudson police.

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Police said this Parkwood Boulevard house was burglarized Tuesday morning. Three teenage suspects, including one from Catskill, have been charged by Hudson police in the break-in.

including Columbia County Sheriff’s deputies and Greenport Police Chief Kevin Marchetto searched the neighborhood to find the two men.

Two Columbia County Sheriff K-9 units tracked the teenage suspects, who were

quickly found and arrested in the area of Underhill Pond, Hudson police said.

Police have not released the names of the teenagers because of their ages.

The teens, identified by police only as two 16-yearold boys, one from Catskill

and the other from Hudson, were expected to appear in front of Columbia County Family Court Judge Jonathan Nichols after they are booked by police.

Additional charges may be pending, Hudson police said.

“There have been a few recent reports of larceny and criminal mischief,” Hudson Police Chief L. Edward Moore said. “I believe more charges will be lodged when we get done sorting this all out with all local law enforcement. I am thankful for the immediate response from the Sheriff and Greenport Police Department.

Our Officer Card had sight of the burglars within four minutes of the original report.”

Several residents reported car break-ins in Greenport, including Joslen Boulevard. More than half a dozen residents there reported loose change stolen from their center consoles. It is unclear if those incidents are connected to the Parkwood Boulevard burglary. The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office is investigating those alleged larcenies.

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Old jail brings new set of problems A state review concluded that demolition of the former Greene County Jail on Bridge Street in Catskill will have no adverse impacts on the environment, but the job of the Greene County Legislature is far from over.

Before a single brick is removed, the Legislature has to deal first with the lead and asbestos in the jail building and the historic impact the demolition will have on the vicinity of the project.

Lawmakers, in the picture we see, might have acted prematurely when they issued a negative declaration based on the state environmental review, which indicated that the demolition is expected to have moderate to large historical impacts apart from the presence of lead and asbestos.

The Legislature has some big decisions to make in the coming days and weeks. How will the county deal with the lead and asbestos inside the old jail? Can any historic materials such as the Ohio sandstone that makes up the facade of the jail be salvaged?

The jail building and the former sheriff’s office are part of the East Side Historic District. How important is this fact? The State Historic Preservation Office asked the county to come up with “prudent and feasible” alternatives to demolition.

Unfortunately, rehabilitation of the

buildings is not economically feasible given the substantial cost of remediation, concluded Barton & Loguidice, the engineering firm assigned to make cost studies.

To renovate the sheriff’s office and demolish the main jail complex and the newest section of the jail known as D-Block, the cost would be $4.8 million. The renovations include bringing the office up to current American Disabilities Act and fire code standards.

To renovate all three spaces — sheriff’s office, main jail complex and D-Block — and repurpose them as general office space, it would cost $10.7 million.

Finally, Barton & Loguidice estimated that to demolish all three buildings and develop a new 5,000-square-foot office building would cost between $1.13 million and $1.2 million.

We don’t support the Legislature spending additional millions of dollars on fruitless jailrelated projects. Enough has been spent, or, in the view of many, wasted on the new jail.

But asbestos and lead have to be removed from the old jail and it must be done safely.

It is incumbent on the Legislature to achieve this without harm to workers or the general public in the vicinity of the building. The inherent risks call on the Legislature to be mindful of this project’s serious health implications.

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The long reach of outrage (c) 2019, The Washington Post

To the long list of President Donald Trump’s dubious achievements, add the spread of “fake news” as a loanword to the non-English-speaking world. Inspired

by Trump’s own diatribes against press coverage he dislikes, authorities from Brazil to Tanzania deploy the epithet against reporters upon whom they, like the U.S. president, wish to focus the anger of social media crowds. We learned of this repercussion of Trump’s leadership in a meeting with this year’s winners of the Committee to Protect Journalists’ press freedom awards.

These six members of the media from Brazil, India, Nicaragua, Tanzania and Pakistan exemplify the courage it takes to engage in free expression of which officials disapprove, including in many countries usually thought of as democratic.

Sadly, their job is made harder by a lack of consistent support from the world’s strongest democracy, the United States.

To the contrary, the Trump administration radiates sympathy for some of the governments that harass them. In Brazil or India, whose elected leaders are rightwing populists admired by, and admiring of, Trump, common tools of intimidation include smear campaigns on social media, lawsuits and doxxing - as we were told by Patrícia Campos Mello, a reporter and columnist at Brazil’s daily Folha de Paulo, targeted for exposing manipulations of WhatsApp messaging by supporters of then-presidentialcandidate Jair Bolsonaro, and by Neha Dixit, a freelance investigative journalist in India facing legal and physical threats for reporting on alleged murders and abductions by police and right-wing nationalist groups.

In Tanzania, Maxence Melo Mubyazi,co-

founder and managing director of Jamii Forums, an online discussion site and breaking-news source, has been hounded with charges of cybercrime, travel restrictions and registration fees.

Mubyazi, so far, has been jailed once, for eight days. Lucía Pineda Ubau, news director, and Miguel Mora, founder and editor, of Nicaraguan broadcaster 100% Noticias, were imprisoned for six months for covering political demonstrations against that country’s dictatorial regime.

They were freed on June 11; 100% Noticias has been closed in Nicaragua, though it operates a shoestring Internet news service from abroad.

Both the Trump administration and Congress have put pressure on President Daniel Ortega’s government, demonstrating the validity of what Zaffar Abbas, editor of Pakistan’s Dawn newspaper, told us: “International statements do matter.” To the Trump administration’s credit, it granted the CPJ honorees a meeting with Vice President Mike Pence.

Of course, to have meaning, expressions of solidarity must not be aimed selectively at left-wing governments such as Ortega’s. And there is no substitute for a clear message from the president himself.

Alas, too often he and the world’s would-be authoritarians speak the same language. As Abbas, recipient of a special CPJ award named for the late U.S. journalist Gwen Ifill, for his defiance of both the Pakistani military and Islamist terrorist groups, warned, “when journalism is derided as fake news in the U.S., the authoritarian mind-set in developing democracies kicks in: ‘If the White House can brand journalism as fake news, we can go a step further to destroy journalism.’ “

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY ‘‘Not many men have both good fortune and good sense.’

MARILYN FRENCH

A sly examination of elitism WASHINGTON — “Elitist” is the most wounding epithet in an epoch when millions of Americans, having the courage of their egalitarian convictions, have placed in the presidency someone innocent of any intellectual, moral or other excellence that might remind them that some people have superior attributes. Elitism, more frequently deplored than defined, gets a sly examination in Joel Stein’s “In Defense of Elitism: Why I’m Better Than You and You’re Better than Someone Who Didn’t Buy This Book.” This subversive romp pretends not to be the defense that it really is.

After the 2016 election, Stein sojourned in Roberts County, Texas, which had the nation’s highest percentage (95.3%) of Trump voters and has several people named Rifle (the name Remington has become “too popular”) and a dog trained to emit a pained whimper at the word “Hillary.” But 33.2% of the residents have at least a bachelor’s degree, which is around the national rate.

When a Roberts County judge asks Stein, who lives in Los Angeles, “Would you leave your child with anyone in a 10-block radius of your house?” Stein thinks his community is “virtual”: “My friends appear on my phone far more often than on my doorstep.” Roberts County people are especially “connected” to each other and relish this. They are, however, “a remote tribal island , untouched by the last 30 years.” (Of the 25 states with the lowest percentage of passport holders, Donald Trump won 24.) And they are increasingly “distanced from their country.” (“Even when things are desperate,” Stein writes, “people won’t venture far: Less than a third as many unemployed men move across state lines than they did in the mid-1950s. ...

White people who stayed in their hometown were 50% more likely to vote for Trump

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WILL than whites who moved even two hours away.”)

It is, Stein says, understandable that people “still living in the 1950s” — in Roberts County, a cutting-edge, curved ultra-HD television is used to watch “Gunsmoke” — often feel disoriented and resentful. It is, however, “dangerous for people in the 1950s to vote on how people in the 21st century should behave.”

Back in Los Angeles, Stein worries that “our striving, global, diverse, loosely intertwined lifestyle is breaking the world into angry atoms.” At a dinner party with anti-Trump resisters, “I have never been part of a more heated conversation in which everyone agrees.”

He is unenthralled with the elite milieu: “[The elite] are far more into impressing each other than into making money. The elite dream is not to own a yacht but to give a TED talk.” Some of today’s elites are plebian, prominent without being distinguished, something that worried Winston Churchill nine decades ago: “The leadership of the privileged has passed away; but it has not been succeeded by that of the eminent.”

Today’s anti-elitism reflects the not-always-mistaken belief that eminence, even when validated by achievement, often reflects transmitted family advantages. It does not, however, follow that elites have neither earned their eminence nor are socially beneficial.

Granted, expert economists did not anticipate the

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2008-09 financial crisis, but some of them prevented it from becoming Depression 2.0. Today’s anti-elitism wields what Stein calls the Meteorologist Fallacy — because forecasts are sometimes wrong, meteorology is worthless: “Populists argue that banks can’t be trusted because their mortgage derivatives collapsed in 2008. It’s an argument that is tricky to refute unless you’ve ever dealt with a child. Their first method of challenging adults is to say that you were wrong this one time about that one obscure fact, so you’re probably wrong about humans needing to go to sleep at night.”

Elites are necessarily small groups that exercise disproportionate influence. In any modern, complex democracy, the question is not whether elites shall rule, but which elites shall, so the perennial political problem is to get popular consent to worthy elites. In their calmer moments, Americans do not idealize mediocrity cloaked with power. And they know that representative government means that “the people” do not decide issues, they decide who shall decide.

Away from politics, which most people treat more passionately than seriously, they are serious about depending on credentialed elites: “Nice landing, pilot.” “Who is the city’s best thoracic surgeon?”

“History,” said the sociologist Vilfredo Pareto (1848-1923), “is a graveyard of elites.” Yes, but of everyone else, too. And elites have produced things — from vaccines to the globalized commerce that has reduced extreme poverty worldwide 70% since 1990 — that have made lives better and longer before graveyards beckon.

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Jean Lagana Jean Lagana, age 93, of Cai- band, Ernie in 1983 and daughro passed away peacefully at ter, Francine in 2015. Survivors Whittier Skilled Nursing Center include her son, Carl (Sue) Lagon November 20, 2019. Born in ana of Catskill; daughter, Maria Brooklyn on February 12, 1926, Suttmeier of Hudson; and four Jean was one of seven siblings grandchildren, Christopher and born of the late Vito and Marian- Danielle Fillmore of PA, Mark na (Crisalli) Russo. Jean married (Ashley) Suttmeier of NH and Ernest (Ernie) Lagana in 1946 Michelle (Jamal) Little of IL as and together they raised three well as many nieces, nephews, children. She was a communi- and friends. cant of Sacred Heart Catholic Relatives and friends are inChurch of Cairo. Jean vited to pay respects at and Ernie owned and Sacred Heart Church in operated the popuCairo from 10:00 AM to lar Cairo Diner from 12:00 PM on Saturday, the 1950’s through November 23, 2019 imthe 1970’s where they mediately followed by a made everyone feel at Mass of Christian Burihome. Her greatest joy al. Private interment will was her family and her follow in the family plot numerous friends. Jean in Jefferson Heights. In Lagana loved to cook and took lieu of flowers, donagreat pride in her home. tions in Jean’s memory She especially enjoyed the holi- may be made to the Greene days which were a festive time County Women’s League Canof celebration that embraced cer Patient Aide Society, P.O. the wonderful traditions of her Box 341, Round Top, NY 12473.

Italian heritage including her fa- Funeral arrangements are unmous “Nana cookies”. der the direction of Richard’s In addition to her parents, Funeral Home, Cairo, NY. Conbrothers and sisters, she was dolences may be made at www. predeceased by her loving hus- richardsfuneralhomeinc.net.

Dylan Desgaches WINDHAM- Dylan Des- Mountain Ski Resort as a freegaches, 18, passed away on style competition coach for the Thursday, November 7, 2019. past 2 years. He was admired He was born on Januand loved by the other ary 14, 2001, the oldcoaches and athletes est son of Claudia and on the mountain.

Stephane Desgaches; A mass of christian he also leaves behind burial will be held on two brothers, Luke and Saturday, November 23 Noah. at 1PM at St. Theresa of Dylan was a graduthe Child Jesus Roman ate of WindhamCatholic Church, 5188 Ashland Jewett High NY-23, Windham, NY. Desgaches School, Class of 2019.

A celebration of his life He was a freestyle skier to follow from 2-5PM in and was employed by Windham the church hall.

Charlene Lynn (Bensen) Sundheim Charlene Lynn (Bensen) Sundheim, 71, of Hudson, New York, passed away on November 19, 2019 at Albany Medical Center following a seven-year illness with Multiple Myeloma.

Charlene was born in Keene, New Hampshire to Harold and Eleanor Bensen on August 11, 1948. She went to Burlington High School and then the University of Vermont, both located in Burlington, VT. She graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in English and a concentration in French. She worked as a secretary and book-keeper for various companies throughout her life. On May 30, 1981, she married Robert W. Sundheim. They later adopted two daughters, Amy and Catherine and raised and supported them throughout their childhood in Hudson, NY. Charlene is survived by her mother Eleanor (Brugge) Bensen of Corinth, VT, her husband Robert Sundheim of Hudson, NY, her two daughters, Amy Hathway (Bill) of Freeville, NY, and Catherine Peck (Jason) of Chatham, NY, a granddaughter Myla Peck of Chatham, NY, her sibling Craig Bensen (Deb) of Cambridge, VT, nephew Ben Bensen (Ilse) of Rock Hill, SC and other sibling Clark Bensen

(Cynthia) of Lake Ridge, VA, and nieces Meredith Calabrese (Mark) of Falls Church, VA and Stafford Bensen (Jeffery Grover) of Somerville, MA. Charlene was predeceased by her father Harold Bensen and her niece Amanda Bensen Fiegl.

The family wishes to extend their gratitude to all of the medical professionals, friends, and family who supported her throughout her journey with Multiple Myeloma. Should friends desire, memorial donations may be sent to Gospel Volunteers Inc. PO Box 250, Speculator, New York 12164; or The Christian Missionary Alliance’s Great Commission Fund online at www.cmaalliance.org A funeral service will be held at Clearview Christian & Missionary Alliance Church at 275 Schodack Dr, Castleton-OnHudson, New York at 11:00 AM on Saturday, November 23, 2019. Visitation will be held at the Raymond E Bond Funeral Home, 1015 Kinderhook St, Valatie, New York from 2:00 - 4:00 PM and 6:00 - 8:00 PM on Friday, November 22, 2019. A memorial service will be held in the summer of 2020 in Speculator, New York.

Albert Earl Wagar Jr. Albert Earl Wagar Jr., age 88, of Germantown, died suddenly Tuesday, November 19, 2019 at Columbia Memorial Hospital. Albert was born October 22, 1931 in Albany, NY, the son of the late Albert E. and Louise (Williams) Wagar Sr. Albert was a graduate of SUNY Morrisville in 1954. He served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. Albert was employed as a teacher and taught automotive technology for Questar in Hudson prior to his retirement. He was a former Boy Scout Leader. Albert was also a long-time member and served on the Consistory at the Reformed Church of Germantown. Albert was predeceased by a son, David C.

Wagar in 2015.

Albert is survived by his wife of sixty years, Mrs. Barbara (Collen) Wagar of Germantown; three sons, Stephen C. Wagar of Acra, Eric C.Wagar of Germantown, and Mark C. Wagar of Georgia; a brother, Charles Wagar of Keene, NH; six grandchildren, Collen Wagar, David Wagar, Tiana Wagar, Garrett Wagar, Parker Wagar, Madelyn Wagar; two great-grandchildren, David and Noah; and several cousins, nieces and nephews.

Graveside funeral services will be held 11 AM Monday, November 25th, at Albany Rural Cemetery. Reverend David Tipple will be officiating.

Radar finds 145 graves buried beneath King High School in Tampa

By Paul Guzzo Tampa Bay Times

TAMPA, Fla. — Ground penetrating radar has located 145 graves on the southern ground of King High School in Tampa, Fla., buried 3 to 5 feet deep, in an announcement Wednesday by Hillsborough School Board chairwoman Tamara Shamburger.

The School District announced on Oct. 18 that it had learned the mid-20th century Ridgewood Cemetery for the indigent and unknown was located on property later used to develop King High, at Sligh Avenue and 56th Street.

Just five days later, groundpenetrating radar rolled across King High’s campus in search of the some 250 people — mostly African Americans — buried there.

The school district initially said Ridgewood Cemetery was on the southeast corner of the King High campus, now the site of one small building and open land used for the school agricultural program.

That was based on appraisal surveys conducted before the school district purchased the land in 1959.

But the city of Tampa later provided the Tampa Bay Times with 1930s-era records placing the cemetery at the northeast corner of the campus — land now occupied by the school gym and the main

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Scott Purcell, a senior geophysicist with GeoView, left, and Mike Wightman, president of GeoView use ground penetrating radar technology to scan a portion of King High campus in search for Ridgewood Cemetery in Tampa, Florida on Wednesday, October 23, 2019.

parking area.

Tampa opened Ridgewood Cemetery at 56th Street and Sligh Avenue in 1942. It was used as a burial ground for the indigent — mostly AfricanAmericans but other people, as well.

The city sold a 40-acre plot that included the cemetery to a private company in 1957 and that company sold it to the school district in 1959.

Records from a Hillsborough County cemetery

survey conducted in 1985 by the Florida Genealogical Society indicated the people buried in Ridgewood were later moved to city-owned Woodlawn Cemetery. But Woodlawn’s records were lost in a fire in 1986.

This is the second lost cemetery to be discovered this year.

In August, in reaction to a Tampa Bay Times report, archaeologists went looking for and then found nearly 130

caskets from the all-black segregation-era Zion Cemetery under a portion of the Robles Park Village housing projects. (c)2019 Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, Fla.) Visit the Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, Fla.) at www.tampabay.com Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

Hitler’s birthplace in Austria to become a police station Melissa Eddy The New York Times News Service

BERLIN — After years of wrangling over the future of the butter-yellow house in Austria where Hitler was born, authorities have decided to turn the building into a police station, in a bid make it less of a magnet for neoNazis.

With the move, announced by the interior minister Tuesday, Austrian authorities hope to send a clear message to supporters of far-right extremism that the three-story building in downtown Braunau am Inn, near Austria’s border with Germany, will not be a shrine to Hitler.

“The future use of the house by the police should

send an unmistakable signal that the role of this building as a memorial to the Nazis been permanently revoked,” Wolfgang Peschorn, the interior minister of Austria, said in a statement.

The building has posed a problem for authorities for the past seven decades. The building’s owner had refused for years to renovate it, making tenants hard to find. Admirers of Hitler, born there in 1889, kept returning.

The Interior Ministry took over the main lease from the family that owned the building in 1972 to ensure it had the final say on the use of the building. In 1984, the government sought to acquire the building outright from

Gerlinde Pommer, a descendant of the original owners, who by that time had sole possession of the property, but she refused to sell.

At the same time, she also refused to invest in the building, making it difficult for the government to find a tenant who met the requirement to use it only for administrative, educational or social services purposes. In 2017, the government seized the building from Pommer, bringing an end to the dispute.

A redesign competition for the building’s new purpose will begin this month, with work on the building to start next year, Peschorn said.

Over the years, the house has served as a makeshift

Teen used remote-controlled car to try to smuggle 55 pounds of meth across border, officials say Kim Bellware The Washington Post U.S. Border Patrol officers have arrested a 16-year-old U.S. citizen at the U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego for allegedly attempting to smuggle methamphetamine using a remote-controlled car. Sunday’s incident is yet another instance in a long history of smugglers using ever-evolving, often unusual methods, to get drugs over the border.

Officers noticed a person walking near a secondary border wall just after midU.S. Customs and Border Protection night early Sunday whom U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Sunday arrested they described as “ducking in- a teen suspected using a remote-control car to smuggle and-out of the agent’s view,” methamphetamine over the U.S.-Mexico border. according to a news release from U.S. Customs and Border ahead of the other. In recent Protection. After more offi- a lawyer.

“I am extremely proud of years, technology has increascers were notified, the Border Patrol searched for the smug- the agents’ heightened vigi- ingly played a role, with a surge gler and found a boy hiding in lance and hard work in stop- in illicit drone flights over the what officials described as “a ping this unusual smuggling border using widely available thick brush near the border” scheme,” Douglas Harrison, store-bought unmanned mini along with two large, black CBP’s San Diego Sector chief aircrafts. duffel bags that contained the patrol agent, said in a stateOther efforts rely on clever ment. remote-controlled car. disguise: Border Patrol offiCBP noted Sunday’s inci- cers have seized drugs hidden The boy was questioned dent bore a similarity to one in and searched, leading the Borin everything from burritos to 2017, when a 25-year-old man der Patrol to find 50 packages bananas. of methamphetamine in his was arrested for allegedly atDespite efforts by President bags; the 55-pound haul has tempting to smuggle 25 packDonald Trump to halt drug an estimated street value of ages of meth over the border and human trafficking at the using a 2-foot-tall drone. more than $106,000, officials border with a wall. smugglers The more than century-old said. have found a way around that, Following the search, the effort to curb drug smuggling too or rather, through it: Drug teen was arrested and de- at the U.S.-Mexico border smuggling gangs have taken to tained at a nearby station continues to play out in an sawing through new sections where he faces unspecified endless back-and-forth where drug smuggling charges. It was smugglers and law enforce- of the border wall using comnot immediately clear if he had ment attempt to stay a step mon power tools.

museum, a school and a library.

After World War II, veterans from Austria and neighboring Germany flocked to the house, especially on Hitler’s birthday. Although the neo-Nazi supporters had dwindled recently, the house remained under constant surveillance for potential problems.

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Happy Thanksgiving, remember to give thanks

By Abby and Gabby For Columbia-Greene Media

PRATTSVILLE — Happy Thanksgiving. May it be filled with family, friends and love, and give thanks.

If you do not have the latest copy of Catskill Tri-County Historical Views, Vol. 2, No. 2, Fall 2019, get your hands on one. Very interesting and Prattsville’s own Kelli Huggins, daughter of Ted and Sharon Huggins, has an article featured in it. The article is titled “Modern Dianas: Wild Women of the Catskills.” Proud parents have kept The Scoop up-to-date on Kelli’s various and varied accomplishments.

Congratulations to all.

In the booklet there are many more authors who will be

known to you, as well as those named in memorium. Good job all around. Can’t wait until the next issue.

Hats off to the Prattsville Fire Company on their community baked ziti dinner. It was very well attended and with various raffles and a 50/50 drawing. Hard to find a parking spot. Gerald Jaeger was the big winner for the 50/50 and very generously donated part of the prize back to the firefighters. Win/win situation. Gerald brought his championship golf ring he won at Christman’s in the senior, 62-plus tournament. You have to be a dedicated golfer to wear that ring — it is HEAVY. Were the delicious desserts mentioned? If not, they were

delicious and plentiful. Heard rumors there might be more dinners, plus breakfasts, in the future.

Prattsville was buzzing with hunters, like in “old times.”

Good for many Prattsville businesses and we wish them success. With that we want to mention “Buy in Greene.”

There is a website to check all the places to do your shopping. At this time of year with the Christmas season quickly coming upon us, check out our local businesses for outright gifts or if you can’t decide or the product is not suitable for placing under the Christmas tree, give a gift certificate for a special item.

Sympathy to the family of Candy Timm of Conesville.

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You are in our prayers and thoughts. We send our condolences to the Dennis Moore family of Grand Gorge. All are in our prayers.

The Greene County Blue Star Mothers presents Operation Christmas noon-4 p.m. Dec. 8 at Pegasus, Route 9W, raising funds for holiday care packages for the troops.

Luncheon $25 per person, children under 12, $10. There will be music, door prizes, pick-a-prize raffle. The Blue Star Mothers are also collecting for Toys for Tots in Greene County. For more information, go to president.ny13@ bluestarmothers.us. Tracy Carroll is president of this fine organization.

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The charms of Platte Clove

By Dede Terns-Thorpe For Columbia-Greene Media

Interesting tidbits about Platte Clove, an area that is presently bypassed with emphasis on the corridor of 23A. This 1914 news article explains its beauty much better than my attempt could: Platte Clove’s Charms from the June 19, 1914, Brooklyn Daily Eagle — “This charming section of the Catskills, at the head of the beautiful Plattekill Clove or Grand Canyon, is the most delightful section of the interior Catskills and its pretty summer homes and comfortable boarding houses are well patronized during July and August.” Another 1914 article, “Situated at the head of the beautiful Plattekill Clove, Platte Clove, has one of the most delightful locations of any hamlet in the Catskills. The elevation is two thousand feet.”

From a 1911 paper, “Mail between Saugerties and Platte Clove is no longer carried by stage but is now delivered to Tannersville via railroad and from that point to Platte Clove by a carrier. It was only 8 years later that the Platte Clove Post Office was discontinued.”

A 1903 -1906 exchange says: “Mr. Pierce of East Windham, who is teaching at Platte Clove, while on his way home on Friday afternoon, tipped his wagon and broke his arm. He was taken back to Platte Clove, and was resting quite comfortably.”

Hiram E. Dibbell (an old-time name) of Platte Clove, died May 20, aged 74, interment at Platte Clove. (1901) “Last week two handsome peacocks were received here by express. They were for Mrs. O.H. Milderberger and Mrs. Henry Martin, who reside at Platte Clove.” (1882) And in 1879, “Here, across the mountains toward Mink Hollow, was that famed region where the first few settlers of Tannersville, fleeing before the persecutions which many of

our forefathers bore patiently in old Revolutionary days, found a new home here in April 1790.

They brought their wives and children, traveling across from Kingston. It was here that some two years afterward the Dutch hunter, seeking the bear whose trail betrayed where he went, dragging the heavy trap with him, came upon the blue smoke of the little settlement, and the women clapped their hands for joy at the sight of the first men they had seen for two years.

Those women wept when they reached the wilderness where they were to toil without a view of the outside world. What lives those were of the first inhabitants in this new settlement. It was here the first child of the pioneers was born in 1796.”

The Catskill Recorder from 1924 said, “Aloysius Byrne, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Byrne (my dad’s, Bill Byrne’s brother) passed away at his home on April 18, aged nineteen

years. He was critically ill with pneumonia for about 10 days but was gaining, when he had an attack of mumps and suffered a relapse, causing his death.

In 1925 Leo Dibble lost his home to a fire, burning to the ground.

Mary and Steve Palazzolo and friends Joe Shattuck and Mary Ann Cariello enjoyed an evening in Albany recently.

They started with dinner and then attended the International Blues Challenge Winners Benefit Concert at The Linda-WAMC’s Performing Arts Studio.

Nice turnout for the free information session on “Medicare and You” by Robin Williams of Emblem Health at the Community Hall in West Kill on Nov. 16.

Betty Hapeman is happy to have her son Gary visiting her from California for a few days. It was Betty’s birthday Nov. 18.

Hannah Podliasik’s birthday is Nov. 22. Nov. 23 it’s happy birthday to Eleane Grinnell. Linny Bloodgood’s birthday is Nov. 24. Also celebrating a birthday on Nov. 24 is Kevin Simmons. Best wishes to all.

The monthly combined worship service will be held in the Jewett Presbyterian Church, Route 17 at 10 a.m.

Nov. 24. No refreshments following the service.

Greene County Senior Nutrition Program menu for the week of Nov. 25 – Nov. 29 is as follows: Monday—Chili Con Carne, brown rice, wax beans, fruit cocktail; Tuesday— Baked chicken with gravy, mashed potatoes, California mixed vegetables, chocolate mousse; Wednesday—Apple glazed pork chop, Brussels sprouts, spice cake; Thursday—Thanksgiving—main office, Rivertown Senior Center and all senior nutrition sites closed; Friday—Turkey burger with onions and peppers, carrots, fresh salad, scalloped potatoes, fresh

fruit. All persons over 60 and spouses are invited to attend.

Meals served at noon for a suggested donation of $4 per meal. Please call at least a day in advance to reserve your meal. Mountain Top Senior Nutrition site is located in the Jewett Municipal Building, Route 23C, 518-263-4392.

On Dec. 2 at 11 a.m. the Lexington/West Kill Administrative Council will meet at the home of John and Eleane Grinnell.

Mountain Top Ecumenical meeting will be Dec. 3 at the Ashland UM Community Church. Meetings start at 11 a.m. with a speaker followed by a covered dish luncheon.

Bring a friend and a dish to pass. There are no Mountain Top Ecumenical meetings in January, February and March.

The annual West Kill Tree Lighting and covered dish supper will be held on Dec. 7.

Meet at the Community Hall, 141 Spruceton Road, West Kill at 5 p.m. We will walk the short distance to the flagpole at the memorial monument, sing Christmas carols, light the beautiful new tree, and go back to the Community Hall for fellowship and supper.

Bring the family, children, your neighbors and friends.

Then on Dec. 8 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Lexington Farmers Market crew will be hold a Holiday Market in the Community Hall, 141 Spruceton Road, West Kill. There will be lots of handmade crafts, knitwear, candles, tinctures, woodwork and much more.

The Lexington Historical Society will be having their yummy soup sale at the Holiday Market for all the hungry shoppers.

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Dec. 18, 7 p.m. is the Annual Charge Conference for the Lexington/West Kill UMC with District Superintendent The Rev. Dr. Karen Monk at the church hall in Lexington.

Prayers for Pastor Bob and Kate Barnum, Ellouise Cole, Marilyn and Nancy Dippold, Donna Falke, John Grinnell, Betty Hapeman, Martha Hartman, Sally Hildebrand, Dale Klein, Bill Klein, Barbara and Bill Mead, Jannel Mellott, Pastor Bob and Diane Nash, Ellis and Betty Potter, Stephanie Pushman, Joan Rappleyea, Ann Robinson, Art and Joyce Rood, Anna Simpfenderfer, Clarence and Jeanne Soule, Tom Soule, Don and Diane Strausser, Dr. Dan Sullivan, Gladys Van Valkenburgh, Annette Waller, Debbie Wandursky, Mary and Ron Westman, Mickie Winters, our country, our government, our military and their families and all others in need of prayer.

While in a store, I kept crossing paths with a mom with a baby and toddler. The toddler wasn’t having a good time. I smiled at the mom and said a few kind words to her. She smiled back with a “thank you.” A short time later I heard the toddler say “I want to go home!” Mom, very quietly and calmly said, “So do I.” Definitely one of those “priceless” moments.

Thanksgiving is Nov. 28, but I would like to wish you a safe and wonderful holiday just a bit early.

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Eleven women of the Greene County American Legion Auxiliary and the 3rd District President met in Catskill for the bi-monthly meeting. Pictured, left, are Lucille Mozzillo, Helen Dystra, Marianne Krauss, Helen Hunt, Joy Andreassen, Jacqui Packham, Cynthia Babb, Janice, Cathy Martino, Ginny Gurley and Dolores Rogers.

accepted the invitation to join the Catskill American Legion Honeyford Memorial Post 110 for breakfast at the Ambrosia Diner in Catskill on Nov. 9. The post has a standing invitation to all veterans and guests to join them for breakfast the second Tuesday of each month at 9 a.m. at Ambrosia Diner in Catskill. WWII and Korean War veterans will be guests of the post. Others will pay their bill. Think about accepting the invitation to join in. The American Legion Auxiliary Unit 1327 held their monthly meeting on Nov. 9, and made arrangements for theirs and Post 1327 Christmas 100th anniversary party, 6 p.m. at Prattsville Hotel.

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Professor Louie & The Crowmatix at Daryl’s House PAWLING — Grammy Nominated Professor Louie & The Crowmatix, from Woodstock, will perform a special concert event at Daryl’s House, 130 Route 22, Thursday, Nov. 21, 8 p.m.

Pawling and feature songs from their extensive music catalogue. Playing songs from their 15 studio CDs, including new original songs from their latest 2019 “Miles Of Blues” CD, fan favorites and select tunes from The Band & Bob Dylan. Their CD “Miles Of Blues” has been on the RMR Radio charts in the top 50 for the past three months.

Professor Louie has emerged in the music industry as a torch bearer of the true spirit of American Roots music — a seasoned live performer, prolific recording artist and versatile multiinstrumentalist (Hammond B3 organ, piano/keyboards, accordion, vocals), Professor Louie

Professor Louie & The Crowmatix ‘Roots Music Royalty’- playing the fabric of American Music Professor Louie, Producer and collaborator with The Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall Of Fame group The Band, brings his Roots Music Royalty group Professor Louie & The Crowmatix to Daryl’s House in Pawling.

also wears the hat of awardwinning recording producer and engineer, capturing the talents of some of the world’s most highly acclaimed musicians,

most notably, The Band. Listen to Professor Louie’s Woodstock Rockin’ Revue every Saturday Night 5-7 p.m. on 98.1 WKZE. Professor Louie & The

Crowmatix play 150 shows a year in the U.S. and worldwide, and have 15 studio CDs on the Woodstock Records label.

PL&C have been inducted into Blues Hall Of Fame, New York Chapter, and hold a permanent place in the Canada South Blues Museum.

The Crowmatix ~ Professor Louie - keys, accordion,vocals collaborated with the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall Of Fame group The Band for over 16 years.

Performing will be Miss Marie (Rick Danko Band) – vocals, percussion, keyboards; Gary Burke (Bob Dylan) - drums; Frank Campbell (Levon Helm Band) - bass, background vocals; John Platania (Van Morrison) - guitar, vocals.

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Tivoli Artists Gallery presents annual holiday show TIVOLI – Tivoli Artists Gallery Tivoli Artists Gallery, the Hudson Valley collective of artists, artisans and photographers, announces its final presentation of the year, a showcase of handmade artwork, jewelry, goods and novelties via its annual holiday show (Nov. 22 - Dec. 22).

This trademark TAG event features work from members and guest artists in the area, offering everything from fine art to traditional crafts to whimsical fancies and creative, one-of-akind pieces, at a variety of prices.

There will be an artists’ opening reception on Saturday, Nov. 23, from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m., offering a chance to meet the many talents whose work will be for sale, and to mix and mingle with the community. There is no charge to attend, and light refreshments will be served.

The holiday show, which will run for five weekends, has always been a time for members

and nonmembers alike to exhibit items for holiday giving, often unique objects created just for this show. Show curator Peggy Farrington will guide the exhibit and look to feature unique gifts such as paintings, photographs, handmade jewelry and accessories. Pottery,

other artistic items and more will also be on display and available. In the spirit of supporting local artists and supplying more special gift ideas, the gallery will also offer gift certificates in any amount, which can be used for gift memberships or to purchase future items.

According to Farrington, “We aim to bring art into your life. If you’re looking to give a special gift of creativity this year, while supporting the local arts community, you have come to the right place.” Farrington’s goal is to unite artists with the region and create an environment of positivity and prosperity.

“We are passionate about local, handmade goods and sharing the works of member and guest artists with the rest of world,” Farrington added.

Tivoli has become a destination for the arts in the Hudson Valley and TAG, now in its 26th year, has been a mainstay for artists and arts enthusiasts. The Tivoli Artists Gallery Holiday Show and Sale will be held Nov. 22-Dec. 22, at Tivoli Artists Gallery. Admission is free. Opening reception will be Saturday, Nov. 23, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Visit tivoliartistsgallery.com for more info.

Wreath & Sip at Hancock Shaker Village HANCOCK, Mass. — Hancock Shaker Village and Pittsfield florist Township Four present a holiday wreath-making workshop at the Village on Sunday, Nov. 24, from 2–4 p.m.

Floral designer Jed Thompson leads the session with a creative twist, using fresh Fraser fir, juniper, pine and other natural

materials, some foraged from Hancock Shaker Village’s property. While crafting, enjoy a glass of wine and snacks.

Tickets are $80 ($72 for members) and may be purchased online at hancockshakervillage. org or by calling 413-443-0188.

A second workshop will be held Sunday, Dec. 8, from 2–4 p.m.

ABOUT HANCOCK SHAKER VILLAGE Hancock Shaker Village, a living history museum on 750 acres in the heart of the Berkshires, is located at 1843 West Housatonic Street, Pittsfield, MA. Hancock Shaker Village is open daily through Nov. 11, 10 a.m. –4 p.m. and weekends only

from Nov. 16–Dec. 22, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.

Admission is $20/adults ($18 for seniors, AAA members, MTA cardholders, and active and retired US military), $8 youth (ages 13–17), and free for children 12 and under, courtesy of Berkshire Bank.

A need for speed in ‘Ford v Ferrari’

By Raymond Pignone Columbia-Greene Media

No-nonsense and proud, passionately dedicated to his work, fueled by the challenge of a new idea, Carroll Shelby in the 1960s set the sport of racing and, by connection, the auto industry, on its ear. If he made movies instead of cars, “Ford v Ferrari” is the kind of movie he would have made.

“Ford v Ferrari” is instead the work of James Mangold, who blends flawed heroes (“Walk the Line,” “The Wolverine” and “Logan”) with a sense of exuberance and all their compulsive love for facing down adversity.

Because of this, “Ford v Ferrari” is the most powerful movie Mangold has made to date.

The movie’s cockeyed optimism grows out of a visual style that makes every image look as bright and promising as Shelby’s single-minded determination to build a Ford car that will win the 24 Hours of LeMans and end Ferrari domination of the race.

But just beneath the sunny, stylized exterior lies a story of failure, disappointment and loss. The movie’s compulsive

Matt Damon and Christian Bale in “Ford v Ferrari.”

swagger, instead of manifesting neat ironies, gives the movie a wistful, bittersweet edge. The old photograph of the real Carroll Shelby that accompanies the movie’s final credits contains the character who embodies these qualities.

Christian Bale is the perfect actor to play Ken Miles, the expert race car driver with a preternatural knowledge of automobiles hired by Shelby, played by a superb Matt Damon, to drive the Ford’s gleaming silver and white GT40 at LeMans. Bale captures Miles’ relentless snappiness and the glints of humor that show through his flares of manic energy.

Bale gives Miles’ brawling, mercurial personality great charm. He seems to be coming at you chin first, daring you to back off or throw a punch in selfdefense. Then he turns it into something genuinely heroic when it crashes head-on into the image-mongering, profitconscious manipulations of American business, embodied

by Ford and its executives.

Damon, starting out as a professional racer who is forced to retire because of a heart condition, reflects his own brand of heroism. He becomes the rock of the Ford racing team by refusing to allow anything, even heavy corporate pressure, to

interfere with the mission to win LeMans.

The movie rushes through the script’s fine points with the breathlessness of Shelby’s GT40 yet still holds viewer interest. In inspired bits of casting, Tracy Letts plays Henry Ford II, the kind of boss who can threaten to fire everyone around him, then give Shelby a guarded vote of confidence, and, Jon Bernthal as the pre-Chrysler Lee Iaccoca, who becomes Shelby’s corporate ally. And there is the luminous Caitriona Balfe as Miles’ wife Molly. Bale and Balfe have a grand, understated moment together as they dance to a pop song while, behind them, the jet that was supposed to fly Miles to France takes off without him.

Thanks to Phedon Papamichael’s golden-toned photography and thrilling point-of-view racing sequences, Francois Audouy’s impressive production design and Daniel Orlandi’s convincing costumes, “Ford v Ferrari” has a handsome visual sheen without looking extravagant. Mangold has elaborated on these themes before, but never with so clear and emotional a sense of purpose.

CALENDAR LISTINGS TSL Movies November 21 November 28 n Queen of Hearts: Audrey Flack — Q&A with filmmaker Deborah Shaffer on Sunday, 11/17 following 5:00pm screening. At 88 years-old, Audrey Flack holds a unique place in the history of contemporary art in America. She has been a trailblazer, from her early days as an Abstract Expressionist in the 50s, to her successful career as the sole female Photorealist in the 70s, to her monumental public sculptures of recent decades. Queen of Hearts follows Flack as she takes her work in a brand new direction and reveals her long-term struggles as the mother of child with autism. A moving portrait of an artist who is still testing, still experimenting, still searching.

2019. 1h15m. n Stuffed — A documentary on the surprising world of taxidermy. Told through the eyes and hands of acclaimed artists across the world, the film explores this diverse subculture, where sculptors must also be scientists, seeing life where others only see death. From an all-female studio in Los Angeles that has elevated taxidermy to the forefront of fashion and modern art, to fine artists in the Netherlands, these passionate experts push creative boundaries. The film highlights a diversity of perspectives including an anatomical sculptor in South Africa and a big game taxidermist in Ohio. Stuffed reveals the importance of preserving nature, using taxidermy as its unlikely vehicle, and the taxidermist as its wild driver. 2019. 1h24m. n Synonyms — Winner of the Golden Bear at Berlinale, the latest from Nadav Lapid (The Kindergarten Teacher) features a dynamic lead performance from newcomer Tom Mercier, whose feral intensity practically bursts out of the frame.

Mercier plays Yoav, a disaffected young Israeli who flees Tel Aviv for Paris to start a new life. Desperate to erase his origins, Yoav sees becoming French as his only hope for salvation. Step one is to replace his language. From now on, he will not utter a single word of Hebrew and his dictionary becomes his constant companion. His work at the Israeli embassy is a burden, but studying for his naturalization test also has its pitfalls. And the young French couple he befriends has some rather strange ideas about how to help him. Based on writer-director Nadav Lapid’s own experiences, Synonyms explores the challenges of putting down roots in a new place. In French with subtitles. 2019. 2h03m. n Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project — Q&A with the film’s producer Kyle Martin on Saturday, 11/23 following 6:00pm screening.

A Communist radical who became fabulously wealthy, Marion Stokes secretly recorded American television 24 hours a day from 1975 until her death in 2012. For Marion, taping was a form of activism to seek the truth, and she believed that a comprehensive archive of the media would one day be invaluable.

Her visionary and maddening project nearly tore her family apart, but now her 70,000 VHS tapes are being digitized for future generations.

2019. 1h27m. n Greener Grass — In a bizarro version of suburbia – where adults wear braces on their alreadystraight teeth, everyone drives golf carts, and children magically turn into golden retrievers – best friends Jill and Lisa are locked in a passive aggressive battle-of-the-wills that takes a turn into the sinister when Lisa begins systematically taking over Jill’s life. Meanwhile, a psycho killer is on the loose, Jill’s husband (SNL’s Beck Bennett) has developed a curious taste for pool water, and Lisa is pregnant with a soccer ball.

A hilariously demented, Stepford Wives-on-acid satire destined to be an instant cult classic. 2019. 1h37m. n Female Pleasure — A documentary on five courageous and self-determined women, breaking the silence imposed by their societies and religious communities.

With incredible strength, Deborah Feldman, Leyla Hussein, Rokudenashiko, Doris Wagner, and Vithika Yadav are fighting for sexual liberation and autonomy for women, beyond religious rules and cultural barriers.

Their victory comes at a high price.

In English, German, French, and Japanese with subtitles. 2018. 1h41m. n American Dharma — No stranger to interviewing some of the most controversial figures of our time, Errol Morris (The Fog of War, The Unknown Known) trains his lens on Stephen K. Bannon, questioning him closely about his beliefs, current feelings about President Trump, and films that shaped and continue to animate Bannon’s understanding of the world. Morris concludes that whatever one thinks of Bannon, ignoring him is the most dangerous course of action. 2019. 1h37m.

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You’ll learn how to paint this seasonal image of “Autumn Maple Tree” on an authentic roofing slate tile (various sizes to choose from) or on a large 16×20 canvas.

All painting materials, donation, wine and snacks included! $40.00, Thursday, November 21, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm, https://berkshirepaintandsip.squarespace.com/ deliveries/thu-1121-6pm-opento-the-public-autumn-maple-treeslate-or-canvas-hudson-ny Columbia-Greene Humane Society, 111 Humane Society Road, Hudson, 518-828-6044 https://cghs.org/ Mount to host talk by Janet Braun-Reinitz, freedom rider NEWBURGH – November 2019 – Mount Saint Mary College will host a talk by Janet Braun-Reinitz, who participated in the early 1960s civil rights movement, on Thursday, November 21 at 6 p.m. in Aquinas Hall Theatre.

The talk is free and open to the public. The Mount is located at 330 Powell Ave., Newburgh, N.Y. Braun-Reinitz was a participant in the Freedom Ride in 1961. Freedom Riders took interstate buses across the United States to bring attention to the fact that two Supreme Court decisions, which ruled that segregated public buses were unconstitutional, were not being enforced.

At this time, she was arrested and jailed in Little Rock, Ark. For more information, visit www. msmc.edu

NOVEMBER 22 THE ART OF COMEDY! UPSTATE COMEDY SHOW. Join us for a night of laughs. The Athens Cultural Center presents a lineup of talented, eclectic comedians who come from all backgrounds, and they will take the stage and give their own views on life.

Featuring Comedians: Erik Angel, Jim Felter, Jessica McNabb, Aric Grooms and Makenzi Berg.

Upstate Comedy Show will be our last event that is scheduled in conjunction with our exhibit “HOMELY,” Curated by Tim Watkins, of May + Watkins Design, located in the Village of Athens. The exhibit will run until November 24th at the Athens Cultural Center.

Donation at the Door: $10.00 The Wizard of Oz: A Marionette Performance Friday, November 22, 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Join The Puppet People as they follow the yellow brick road to The Emerald City and beyond in the magical Land of Oz and bring to life this literary classic! See Dorothy, The Scarecrow, The Tinman and The Cowardly Lion learn about home, courage, heart and smarts!

This puppet fantasy features marionettes, shadow puppets, rod puppets, a large parade puppet and more!

“You have plenty of courage, I am sure,” answered Oz. “All you need is confidence in yourself. There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger. The true courage is in facing danger when you are afraid, and that kin of courage you have in plenty.” Frank L Baum, The Wizard of Oz A show for all ages.

Friday, November 22, 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m., http://www.roejanlibrary.org/ kids-events/ Roeliff Jansen Community Library, 9091 NY-22, Hillsdale, 518-325-4101 www.roejanlibrary.org The Euforia Band Friday, November 22, 8 p.m. - 11 p.m.

Join us for The Euforia band Friday, November 22, 8 p.m. - 11 p.m., https://www.facebook.com/ events/404251033588857/ Ryan’s Bar & Grill, 1009 Kinderhook Street, Valatie, 518-610-9055

NOVEMBER 23 Ukulele Jam Saturday, November 23, 10:30 a.m. - noon Sing, strum, play! It’s more fun to play in a group. All ages are welcome to the library’s Ukulele Jams, led by Carmen Borgia, singer, songwriter and ukulele player extraordinaire! Leave your inhibitions at home. Are you a novice? The library has ukes you can borrow.

Saturday, November 23, 10:30 a.m.

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Thank you to my readers, family and friends Next week is Thanksgiving already. Where has the year gone? Weren’t we just complaining about the slow start to the growing season?

Next week there will be no paper on Thursday, so let me express my thanks to all of you for being loyal readers. I am thankful for each and every one of you: Those who stop me at various events and tell me how much they enjoy my (our) memories. Those who send me corrections, because I know they are reading my words carefully enough to find errors. Those who look for my column to find out what events to go to. I thank the publishers at the Daily Mail and the Mountain Eagle for letting me spread my news and thoughts to the public. And my family for giving me time to write and think, and my friends for giving me things to write about. I am thankful for having you all in my life.

‘Tis the season for end-ofthe-year dinners! Hensonville Hose Company had a lovely dinner at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Assumption.

Very well attended, wonderful food and company. The Jewett Fire Department held its annual dinner at the Brandywine. Ken Hudecek was awarded his 50-year pin, presented by President Bill Miller and Chief Dave McGowan.

Congratulations! Thanks to all of our firefighters and ambulance crews for their service and dedication.

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ANDERSON Orthodox church of the Assumption, 4752 Route 23, Windham, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. every Sunday until Christmas in the hall. There are holiday decorations, toys, housewares, jewelry and more.

There is something new every Sunday. Free coffee, tea, hot chocolate and gift wrapping.

It’s worth the trip!

Twenty-five family members of Ed and Janet Armstrong gathered together for an early Thanksgiving dinner on Saturday. It’s always nice to be remembered and go to their meals.

The Ashland Historical Association had a great breakfast on Saturday. Good food and friends. On Saturday night, many enjoyed a Chinese auction and ziti dinner at the new Prattsville firehouse. There’s so many activities and so little time before the winter sets in.

Yes, I went to Texas to find a rich rancher, but instead I found a half-naked homeless man (I left him there!)

The December Ecumenical will be held at 11 a.m. Dec. 3 at the Ashland UMC. There will be a guest speaker from

hospice and special harpsichord Christmas music. Covered- dish luncheon to follow.

The Masonic dinner will be held Dec. 15 at BrandyWine.

Don’t bake your Christmas cookies, let the members of the Ashland Community Church do it for you. Our Annual Cookie Walk is coming 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Dec. 14.

Congratulations to all of our local hunters: Kyle Creech bagged a beautiful buck on opening day. Bob Story has sat in his tree stand for the last 15 years and has only missed getting a deer one year. This year it was a 6-pointer.

Windham UMC will be holding Thanksgiving Eve Services on Nov. 27. Dinner will be at 5:30 p.m., featuring Korean and American foods.

Worship to follow. The Christmas Tea and Craft Sale will be held 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Dec. 7.

Santa will arrive at 2 p.m. The Catskill Glee Club Christmas Concert will be at 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 7 at the Reformed Church in Catskill.

A Christmas Concert and Dessert Buffet featuring The Rip Van Winkle Brass Quintet will be held at 7 p.m. Dec. 4, at St. Theresa of the Child Jesus R.C. Church, State Route 23, Windham. Admission is free.

CARES AND PRAYERS Prayers for Carol Sutton and Barbara Katt, also for Larry Moore, who passed. Please keep families in crisis in your prayers. Vickie Petreau is having a birthday. Ninety nine year old Mrs King from Hervey

Street is in need of prayer.

Prayers for Deacon Peter and family, whose sister in Indiana had a stroke.

lmgeand@yahoo.com or calling 518-734-5360. I’m even behind on these. Reminders are accepted, plus new events.

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Nov. 22 and 23 Christmas Bazaar and sale at South Cairo UMC 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Nov. 27 Thanksgiving Eve Services Windham UMC Dinner 5:30 worship following.

Nov. 28 Senior Angel Thanksgiving.

Nov. 30 Holiday Sale Kaaterskill UMC Tannersville 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Dec. 2 Wreath making Senior Center Hensonville 1 p.m.

Dec. 3 Ecumenical at Ashland UMC 11 a.m.

Dec. 4 Rip Van Winkle Brass Quintet and dessert buffet St. Theresa’s RC Church 7 p.m.

Dec. 5 WAJPL Golden Age Club Holiday Luncheon Point Lookout call Opal 518-7508380.

Dec. 7 OES Christmas Bazaar and Chinese Auction, Masonic Lodge, Main Street, Windham 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Dec. 7 Windham UMC Tea and Craft Sale 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Santa arrives at 2 p.m.

Dec. 7 Catskill Glee Club Concert Reformed Church Catskill 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 14 Ashland UMC Cookie Walk 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Dec. 14 Green Room Players Songbirds Christmas music Windham Center Church 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 15 Masonic Dinner at BrandyWine.

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Do you believe in karma?

People who visit you after death? Things happen because they are supposed to.

I had a hard time finding a topic for this week. I was sorting through some ornaments that I got from my nephew’s storage unit when a friend stopped by to visit. I stopped to talk, and when I got back to the ornaments, an old airmail letter was lying on the floor where I was working. It was addressed to Miss Lula Holdridge, dated 1954, from Germany. I recognized the handwriting immediately. Remember air-mail stationary?

Both the envelope and stationary were tissue paper thin.

There were two stamps, each stating 30 Deutsche Bundespost. Air mail at the time was very expensive.

In the ‘50s, my mother was president of the PTA and director of the Greene County Cancer Unit. Because we

lived on a farm we had plenty of room, and welcomed a girl from New York City under the Fresh Air Exchange Plan, then decided to host an exchange student. My sister-in-law, Ida, was here from Germany, and Wm. Laxier was a foster going to WAJ, so we applied for a German student. Heidi Von Guttenberg came and spent a year, graduating from WAJ, then returned to Germany for a degree in language. She traveled to many countries to experience the language nuances necessary for translation.

Why her letter came to me now is a wonder. I have no idea where the letter came from. Last year, Judy came to pick me up for Peg and Lyle’s memorial service. She bent down and picked up a wedding picture from the floor. It was Jeannie Quinn’s wedding.

We walked into the memorial service, and sitting there were Jeannie and her daughter, who I haven’t seen in forever. Why? Do you have special stories like these? Someone or something that brings the past to the present? Do you believe?

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Barksdale to host hoop game, community dinner

By Tim Martin Columbia-Greene Media

HUDSON — Rashad Barksdale’s It’s OK to Dream Foundation will host the annual Turkey Bowl basketball game and free Thanksgiving Community Dinner today at the Hudson Youth Center, 18 South Third Street in Hudson.

Youth activities start at 3 p.m. at the Youth Center, with the basketball game at 5 p.m. and Dinner served at 7 p.m. Kids will go home on the bus at 6 p.m. and are welcome and encouraged to return with their parents for dinner at 7.

Barksdale, one of Hudson’s best all-around athletes that went on to play college ball at UAlbany and spent four years in the National Football League, explained why he continues to give back to the community.

“My passion and love for my community is what keeps it/me going,” he said. “I’ve come to realize my charity events are a platform for people to come together and I love that!”

Barksdale began the basketball portion of the event a year ago and said there will be a few minor adjustments to the format this year.

“This years basketball game is a little different,” he said. “Last year it consisted of the older guys vs the younger guys. This year we tweaked it a little and mixed the teams up and added some of the ladies! Every single year I’m always looking to mix things up, never at a stand still.

“Vern Cross is one to always help me come up with new ideas. I can’t take the credit for adding the girls, it was Vern’s idea! But I’m never against giving others an opportunity.”

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Rashad Barksdale brings the ball up the floor while guarded by Keiland Cross during the 2018 Turkey Bowl basketball game at the Hudson Youth Center.

Barksdale’s It’s OK to Dream Foundation is hosting the 2019 Turkey Bowl and Thanksgiving Dinner today at the Youth Center.

Before the game, Barksdale has activities planned for the kids.

“So we do also have some other things planned,” Barksdale said.

“Starting at 3 p.m. there will be

activities for the youth, such things as dodgeball games, etc. The basketball game is at 5 p.m. and directly after See BARKSDALE B5

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When will it all click for Giants’ Jones?

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The Ichabod Crane Varsity Club hosted its Fall Sports Award Ceremony recently. Award winners are pictured. Front (left to right): Edgar Gomez (Varsity Soccer Offensive MVP), Rey Cruz-Pablo (JV Soccer Defensive MVP), Alex Sweeney (JV Soccer MVP), Janoy Harrison (Varsity Soccer Coaches Award), Joe Desmonie (Varsity Soccer Most Improved). Back row: Quinn Murphy (Varsity Soccer Newcomer of the Year), Justin Meza (Varsity Soccer Defensive MVP), Trevor Wolfe (Varsity Golf Most Valuable Golfer), Alex Regan (Varsity Cross Country Coaches Award), Tismark Boham (Varsity Golf Coaches Award), Michael Vecellio (Varsity Cross Country Coaches Award), Logan Groat (Varsity Soccer Offensive MVP), Conner Pesce (Varsity Football Spirit of the Rider), Haydon Broockmann (Varsity Football Defensive MVP), Joe Penzabene (Varsity Football Offensive MVP), Louis Warner (Varsity Cross Country MVP), Trevor Cavagnaro (Varsity Cross Country Most Improved).

The reigning MVP had just one before he took the league by storm. The presumptive MVP this season had seven and is now redefining the game.

Daniel Jones already has more than either of them.

What are we talking about? Starts as a rookie, of course. It’s no surprise that both Patrick Mahomes and Lamar Jackson needed their rookie experiences to help them blossom into superstar quarterbacks who are currently carrying their teams toward the postseason. It takes time for a young player to find his footing in the NFL. But now that Jones has eight starts behind him and heads into his ninth on Sunday against the Bears, it’s fair to wonder if that half-season of experience is enough to

start to propel him to the next level of his development.

When, in other words, will it all click for Jones?

Sadly, there is no magic number that somehow transforms a frog of a rookie quarterback groping his way through the early stages of his career into the kind of prince that can win awards and championships. Because it’s not necessarily the snap counts or the starts or the practice reps that allow young players to take what is very often the largest stride of their careers. It’s the offseason that really serves as the cocoon for the metamorphosis.

“He’ll be a rookie throughout the season,” Pat Shurmur said of Jones on Monday.

“I don’t think he’ll be able to fully internalize what’s happening to him See GIANTS B5

Kaepernick beating the league at its own game Kevin B. Blackistone The Washington Post

It isn’t the beat or the hook that makes “This Is America”

by Childish Gambino so compelling, so memorable. It’s the ingenious allusion in lyrics and, most notably, imagery in its video - for example, a biblical image from Revelation 6:8 symbolizing police killings of black citizens - to the struggle of being black and marginalized in America. Earlier this year, it became the first rap song awarded a Grammy for song of the year and record of the year.

Turned out, it was a primer for the theater Colin Kaepernick, the quarterback the NFL exiled three years ago for using its stage for political protest, unveiled last weekend that cleverly alluded to the fight he has waged against the NFL for

another opportunity at employment.

Indeed, after Kaepernick and his camp rejected a take-it-orleave-it offer from the league last week to audition at its Atlanta franchise’s headquarters Saturday, the quarterback and his crew moved the planned workout to another location, slyly named, later the same day.

It was Charles R. Drew High in Riverdale, Georgia. It was as symbolic for Kaepernick as Childish Gambino mimicking a Jim Crow pose was in “This Is America.”

For Drew was, like Kaepernick, of one profession before he walked away from it to protest racial injustice. Drew was the District of Columbia-born, high school sports star who, after studying at Amherst and earning two medical degrees

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) prepares to pass against the Seattle Seahawks during a Jan. 1, 2017 game at Levis Stadium.

from McGill University in Montreal in the 1930s, revolutionized the collection and storing of blood for transfusions.

In World War II, where it was

first deployed in large scale, it proved lifesaving and birthed what we know as blood banks.

But when the U.S. military requested Drew segregate black

blood, he protested. When the military relented by stating black blood would be used only for black soldiers, Drew resigned.

Drew was his own man.

Kaepernick, three years ago, became his own man, too.

Kaepernick protested at first on his own, sitting alone on the San Francisco 49ers’ bench that August 2016 as “The Star-Spangled Banner” blared. He did so, he explained afterward, in disgust at a judicial system that wasn’t being applied to police summarily executing unarmed black men.

Kaepernick severed his contract with the 49ers on his own.

He has spent most of the past three years delivering support via social media for social justice causes, such as campaigns against police lethality, on his

own.

But what Kaepernick is fighting ultimately is this Faustian deal that black athletes, in particular, have long made with sports. They’ve so often traded their physical talent for little of critical importance in return.

Jackie Robinson surrendered the right to defend himself. College athletes relinquished the ability to be treated as employees. NFL players agreed to be penalized for how they want to wear their pants.

Imagine if more players than not took a collective cue from Kaepernick’s defiance rather than looked on from afar. The league couldn’t exist without all of them.

But Kaepernick didn’t flinch.

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Pro basketball NBA Eastern Conference Atlantic W L Pct Boston 11 2 .846 Toronto 9 4 .692 Philadelphia 8 5 .615 Brooklyn 5 8 .385 New York 4 10 .286 Central W L Pct Milwaukee 10 3 .769 Indiana 8 6 .571 Detroit 4 9 .308 Cleveland 4 9 .308 Chicago 4 10 .286 Southeast W L Pct Miami 9 3 .750 Orlando 6 7 .462 Charlotte 6 8 .429 Atlanta 4 9 .308 Washington 3 8 .273 Western Conference Northwest W L Pct Denver 9 3 .750 Utah 8 5 .615 Minnesota 8 6 .571 Oklahoma City 5 8 .385 Portland 5 10 .333 Pacific W L Pct L.A. Lakers 11 2 .846 L.A. Clippers 9 5 .643 Phoenix 7 5 .583 Sacramento 5 7 .417 Golden State 4 12 .250 Southwest W L Pct Houston 11 3 .786 Dallas 8 5 .615 New Orleans 5 9 .357 San Antonio 5 9 .357 Memphis 5 10 .333 Monday’s games New York 123, Cleveland 105 Indiana 115, Brooklyn 86 Toronto 132, Charlotte 96 Milwaukee 115, Chicago 101 Houston 132, Portland 108 Dallas 117, San Antonio 110 Boston 99, Phoenix 85 Minnesota 112, Utah 102 L.A. Clippers 90, Oklahoma City 88 Tuesday’s games New Orleans 115, Portland 104 Golden State 114, Memphis 95 Phoenix at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

Oklahoma City at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s games New York at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

San Antonio at Washington, 7 p.m.

Milwaukee at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.

Cleveland at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

Orlando at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

Golden State at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Detroit at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Utah at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Houston at Denver, 9 p.m.

Boston at L.A. Clippers, 10 p.m.

Thursday’s games Portland at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

New Orleans at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m.

GB — 2.0 3.0 6.0 7.5 GB — 2.5 6.0 6.0 6.5 GB — 3.5 4.0 5.5 5.5 GB — 1.5 2.0 4.5 5.5 GB — 2.5 3.5 5.5 8.5 GB — 2.5 6.0 6.0 6.5

Pro hockey Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OT SO Pts GF GA Boston 21 13 3 1 4 31 75 54 Florida 21 11 5 2 3 27 79 76 Montreal 21 11 6 3 1 26 74 67 Buffalo 21 10 8 2 1 23 60 63 Toronto 22 9 9 2 2 22 71 77 Tampa Bay 18 9 7 2 0 20 65 62 Ottawa 21 9 11 0 1 19 59 69 Detroit 23 7 13 2 1 17 54 86 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT SO Pts GF GA Washington 23 16 3 3 1 36 89 69 NY Islanders 19 15 3 1 0 31 63 46 Carolina 21 13 7 1 0 27 74 61 Pittsburgh 21 11 7 3 0 25 71 55 Philadelphia 21 10 7 0 4 24 63 65 Columbus 20 8 8 3 1 20 50 65 NY Rangers 18 8 8 1 1 18 60 66 New Jersey 20 7 9 1 3 18 51 74 Western Conference Central Division GP W L OT SO Pts GF GA St. Louis 22 13 4 3 2 31 65 62 Colorado 21 13 6 2 0 28 76 61 Winnipeg 22 13 8 0 1 27 61 65 Dallas 22 12 8 1 1 26 61 53 Chicago 21 9 8 2 2 22 63 63 Nashville 20 9 8 1 2 21 71 68 Minnesota 21 8 11 2 0 18 57 70 Pacific Division GP W L OT SO Pts GF GA Edmonton 22 13 6 2 1 29 71 61 Arizona 22 13 7 2 0 28 64 49 Vancouver 22 10 8 3 1 24 70 65 Vegas 22 10 9 3 0 23 68 65 Calgary 23 10 11 3 0 23 62 73 Anaheim 22 10 10 2 0 22 59 64 San Jose 21 10 10 1 0 21 63 73 Los Angeles 21 8 12 1 0 17 53 75 Sunday’s games Chicago 4, Buffalo 1 Vegas 6, Calgary 0 Monday’s games Washington 5, Anaheim 2 Arizona 3, Los Angeles 0 Tuesday’s games Minnesota 4, Buffalo 1 Florida 5, Philadelphia 2 Boston 5, New Jersey 1 NY Islanders 5, Pittsburgh 4, OT Columbus 5, Montreal 2 Ottawa 4, Detroit 3 Winnipeg 2, Nashville 1 St. Louis 3, Tampa Bay 1 Carolina 4, Chicago 2 Dallas 6, Vancouver 2 Colorado 3, Calgary 2 Toronto at Vegas, 10 p.m.

Edmonton at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s games Ottawa at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.

Washington at NY Rangers, 8 p.m.

Transactions BASEBALL American League Houston Astros - Re-signed 1B Yuli Gurriel to a oneyear, $8.3 million contract.

Seattle Mariners - Named Kristopher Negron assistant to director of player development.

FOOTBALL National Football League Arizona Cardinals - Removed G Ian Silberman from the practice squad.

Atlanta Falcons - Added DE Austin Larkin to the practice squad. Removed T Anthony Coyle from the practice squad.

Chicago Bears - Added DE Dewayne Hendrix to the practice squad. Waived LB James Vaughters.

Cincinnati Bengals - Added DE Freedom Akinmoladun and WR Cody Thompson to the practice squad.

Cleveland Browns - Placed DB Morgan Burnett on IR. Denver Broncos - Placed RB Andy Janovich on IR. Signed TE Orson Charles to a one-year, $805,000 contract.

Houston Texans - Waived T Seantrel Henderson.

Jacksonville Jaguars - Added T Ryan Pope to the practice squad. Removed T Ka’John Armstrong from the practice squad.

Los Angeles Chargers - Cut LS Matt Overton.

Los Angeles Rams - Added RB John Kelly to the practice squad.

Miami Dolphins - Waived RB Mark Walton.

New England Patriots - Activated T Isaiah Wynn from the IR/Designated for return list. Placed WR Gunner Olszewski on IR. Philadelphia Eagles - Signed LS Rick Lovato toa four-year contract extension.

Pittsburgh Steelers - Placed DE L.T. Walton on IR. Signed LB Tuzar Skipper.

Washington Redskins - Activated DE Carroll Phillips from the practice squad. Waived DE Noah Spence.

NCAA Football Florida State - Promoted senior defensive analyst Odell Haggins to defensive assistant.

Nevada - Announced QB Austin Kirksey has left the program due to personal reasons.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association Golden State Warriors - Assigned PF Kevon Looney to Santa Cruz (NBADL).

Philadelphia 76ers - Assigned PG Shake Milton to Delaware (NBAGL).

Portland Trail Blazers - Signed SF Carmelo Anthony to a one-year, $2.15 million contract.

San Antonio Spurs - Recalled SF Keldon Johnson from Austin (NBAGL).

NCAA Basketball Arkansas - Announced F Reggie Chaney has served his suspension.

HOCKEY National Hockey League Boston Bruins - Assigned LW Brendan Gaunce to Providence (AHL).

Calgary Flames - Assigned RW Tobias Rieder to Stockton (AHL). Recalled LW Zac Rinaldo from Stockton (AHL).

Getting hockey referees ready for the big leagues Stephen Smith The New York Times News Service

BUFFALO — When Jessica Leclerc skated into the corner of the rink, she was already a blur. Up went an arm as she stopped, whistling a penalty. A decisive chop of hand on sleeve signaled a slash.

This is what hockey justice looks like — or would, if this were an actual game.

It was just a drill. No actual hockey players had strayed or been punished, and Leclerc made for the blueline to do it all again.

Welcome to the National Hockey League’s officials combine, an annual late-summer festival of phantom calls and practice puck drops. Over four days in mid-August, 86 aspiring game officials from across North America convened at Harborcenter, the two-rink training facility next door to the Buffalo Sabres’ home arena.

Every spring, on the same ice, the NHL puts the best draft-eligible players through their paces. This is a showcase like that one, but with fewer fans, not so much media and many more striped sweaters. Instead of showing extravagant goals by, say, Sidney Crosby, televisions on the concourses ran highlight reels of mic’d-up referees.

Part training camp, part clinic, the combine is a job fair for some. Since 2014, the NHL has hired 27 officials who auditioned at the event. Others are in an exploratory phase, first-timers with a whistle, just trying to figure out whether the officiating life is for them.

“Not everybody gets to the NHL,” said Al Kimmel, the league’s director of scouting and development for officiating. “It’s similar to the players: 2 or 3%, just the very elite.”

For more than a century, NHL officials have been policing the game and faithfully upholding the rule book. Nobody remembers that.

It’s the errors that fix in the minds of players, coaches and fans — the penalties that weren’t called, the goals that maybe shouldn’t have counted.

“It’s a hell of a job,” the third president of the NHL, Clarence Campbell, said in 1964, ruminating on the referees’ lot. “A man has to have iron in his soul, the will to command.”

Hockey today is faster on the ice and an altogether bigger business. One thing has remained constant for the 44 referees and 38 linesmen employed by the NHL: the culture of high-definition scrutiny that they inhabit.

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NHL referee Wes McCauley (4) during the third period of a Oct. 2017 game at Amalie Arena.

For all the drama attending the St. Louis Blues’ unlikely championship in June, the playoffs were also skewed by several officiating miscues. Notable among those: a hand pass by San Jose’s Timo Meier that led to an overtime goal in the Western Conference finals between the Sharks and the Blues. That should have stopped play, but none of the four officials saw it. Under the rules then in place, the play was not reviewable.

The goal, and the outrage, stood.

Asked for his view after Meier’s handling, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said, “What I thought was, it would be good if I kept my head from exploding.”

Soon after the season’s end, the league’s Board of Governors approved a raft of new rules, expanding video review.

“Officials make mistakes,” said Stephen Walkom, the league’s director of officiating, “and they’re always held accountable in that regard.”

If the speed of the game makes it more exciting to watch, it also heightens the challenges for those trying to keep tabs on hurtling pucks and bodies. The advent of video review has aided officials; it can also raise stakes and pressures.

“At one time, people would think, ‘Oh, the referee was great because he got 80%

of the calls right,’ “ said Walkom, who refereed more than 600 NHL games.

“Now, if he gets 99% of them right, but gets one wrong, it’s a big issue.”

He added: “When you sit in my chair, you always hear that officiating needs to improve. So you think, ‘OK, how?’ “ Introducing the combine was part of the answer. Going back to Campbell’s time and beyond, the NHL’s method for keeping the league supplied with officials was never particularly systematic.

“The resources and the focus on officiating was kind of limited,” Kimmel said. “We run it just like a team now.

Bring in new draft picks every year and watch them develop and push the group in front of them to make everybody better.”

And in this day and age, Walkom said, “whether you’re a linesman or a referee, you need to be an athlete.”

At the combine, the participants divided their waking hours between the ice and the nearby gym. There they dashed and pedaled and planked under the eyes of high-performance fitness instructors and staff members from Walkom’s NHL officiating office.

They also clattered, skates on, into classrooms to face off with laptops that took them through visual drills appraising depth perception and information processing. In another room, they

focused on interactive screens streaming an app, uCall, designed to test how fast they reacted to plays unfurling in real time.

Throughout the weekend, attendees picked up sticks to play in a tournament of scrimmages in which they took turns officiating under the guidance of combine graduates now working in the NHL. The hockey was fast, skillful and mostly whistle-free. The clamor from the benches wasn’t all for goals that went in: On this ice, with this crowd, an iffy offside was just as likely to bring down the house.

Leclerc, 34, from Saco, Maine, came to the combine having officiated hockey since she was 13. When she’s not on the ice, she works as an administrator at an assisted-living facility; when she is, she has supervised youth and tier-one junior hockey and served as a lineswoman at the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea.

Women are still waiting for their chance to work an NHL whistle. Eleven women attended this year’s combine, four of whom went on to work preseason rookie tournaments. Without committing to a timeline, Walkom said that it was a matter of when women took the next step, not if.

Leclerc was not sure she would be a part of that, but “hopefully,” she said, “by being here this weekend, it really shows that women can compete and that gender really has no role in officiating.”

Corey Syvret, a 2007 Florida Panthers draft pick who played eight seasons as a minor league defenseman, attended the combine in 2017 and adapted quickly enough to officiating to be hired by the NHL that year. Now 30 and a mentor at the combine, he has worked two full American Hockey League seasons along with more than 30 regular-season NHL games.

The intensity is what he values in his new calling, being “captured” by the game he’s in.

“As a hockey player, you’re kind of reckless out there,” he said. “You’re trying to see what you can get away with.”

For those wondering whether a life in hockey law enforcement might be for them, Walkom said, “You better love it.”

Smiling, he noted that the only time a referee is perfect is during the anthem, before the puck drops.

“The best golfer in the world is the one that recovers the quickest from the bad shot,” he added. “In hockey, you make mistakes, and you recover quickly. You need that mindset as a ref.”

Kyle Busch’s NASCAR championship was a fitting end to Joe Gibbs Racing’s emotional season David Scott The Charlotte Observer

When Kyle Busch won Sunday’s Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, he handed team owner Joe Gibbs his fifth NASCAR Cup championship trophy.

And a special and emotional season was complete for Joe Gibbs Racing.

The year began with the death of J.D. Gibbs, team owner Joe Gibbs’ oldest son and the organization’s co-chairman.

J.D. Gibbs was 49 and had suffered from a degenerative neurological disease.

A few weeks later, JGR’s Denny Hamlin — who was discovered by J.D. at Hickory Motor Speedway in the early 2000s — won the season-opening Daytona 500, with teammates Busch and Erik Jones finishing second and third, respectively.

Ten months later and a few minutes after Busch claimed his second championship, Joe Gibbs could reflect.

“For me, it started with the Daytona 500,” Gibbs said. “I think anybody that saw that would say there’s no way that could happen by accident. I felt like God was kind of overseeing that. I think J.D. was there. And then it kind of continued the entire year for me.

It’s been emotional to think that you could win the number

of races we’ve won.”

The season was a team-wide success from start to finish for JGR. In all, JGR won a NASCAR-record 19 races (Martin Truex Jr. won seven, Hamlin six, Busch five and Jones one).

Three of the “championship four” were Gibbs drivers (Busch, Hamlin and Truex), and that trio finished 1-2-3 at Homestead (Busch, Truex, Jones).

Gibbs drivers have now won five Cup titles — 2000 (Bobby Labonte), ‘02, ‘05 (Tony Stewart), ‘15 and ‘19 (Busch). That trails only drivers from Hendrick Motorsports (12), Petty Enterprises (10), Junior Johnson (six) and Richard Childress Racing (six) on NASCAR’s alltime list.

Truex and Busch both talked recently about Joe Gibbs’ work ethic and how that permeates the entire organization.

“That man is relentless,” Busch said. “He is at the shop, whether it’s 7 or 8 in the morning, every single morning, that man is there, and he works.

This is his life. This is what he does.

“Same as me, this is what he does. And I think that’s why we respect each other so much and we get along so well in what we do, is if he’s at home and in North Carolina, he’s at the shop, and if he’s got to go

somewhere and get on an airplane and fly somewhere, it’s for his race team or his family.

There are certain times where it’s for his family, of course, too, but that’s how a leader

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If Astros are guilty, MLB must ban personnel, strip World Series title Mac Engel Fort Worth Star-Telegram

ARLINGTON, Texas — Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred wants to have the dog mess in H-Town cleaned up with a solution by the start of the 2020 season, but he is not saying much more about baseball’s Houston Enrons.

Here is what Mr. Manfred should say: If any of the Houston Astros management, scouts, managers or coaches knew of their alleged electronic sign-stealing measures, they are banned and never will be allowed to work in MLB again.

If MLB investigators discover that the Astros used the electronic measures to steal so much as a cup of coffee from the opposition during their 2017 World Series run, take away the trophy and ship it to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Unlike a batter or a hitter using steroids to improve his performance, what the Astros are alleged to have done is akin to management handing the needle to their players.

“Any allegation that relates to a rule violation that affects the outcome of a game is the most serious

matter; it relates to the integrity of the sport,” Manfred said on Tuesday after he toured the new Texas Rangers stadium. These were his first public comments since news of this story broke.

“We have a very active, what is going to be a really, really thorough investigation ongoing. Beyond that I can’t tell you how close we are (to a conclusion).”

Fans are numb to players and coaches cheating, but a sports league must rule with the power of Thor’s hammer to discipline when one of its own franchises brazenly violates the rules.

Starting with the PR fiasco that was disgraced assistant GM Brandon Taubman during the 2019 MLB playoffs, the Astros reek of an arrogant organization that is run not by baseball people but bratty Wall Street traders who value margin over life.

The Houston Astros are the Wall Street firm that commits insider trading and assumes, if they actually are caught, they will just have to pay a few fines to the SEC. It is only too appropriate that the Astros’ home used to be called Enron, a name synonymous

with corporate greed, fraud and electronic manipulation of the numbers.

In Houston’s series with New York in the 2019 American League Championship Series, the Yankees accused the Astros of stealing signs, to which manager A.J. Hinch flatly denied.

Sign stealing has long been an accepted part of baseball gamesmanship, and those human measures are fine. They’re almost fun. Because they are human, and they may be wrong.

And then there is club-sponsored, and team-funded cheating using a HD monitor, and video system.

Per a report by veteran MLB reporter Ken Rosenthal and Evan Drellich of The Athletic, the Astros allegedly experimented with cameras, binoculars and other equipment to steal signs from the opposition.

This may be a widespread problem in MLB, but the Astros are the first club directly associated with it.

“We are focused on the information that we have with respect to the Astros,” Manfred said. “I’m not going to speculate if other people are involved. We will deal with that it if comes. I have no reason to believe

There were no examples of management encouraging, and funding, the acts that violate the spirit of play.

A pro sports league is about entertainment, but the legitimacy of its product anchors around the perception that it is above some WWE-style script.

However this plays out, the Astros’ run of dominance is tarnished, only this feels worse than the New England Patriots and their SpyGate/DeflateGate narratives.

Manfred has been the MLB boss since he was elected in August 2014, and this will be a defining point in his tenure. By all accounts, this man does not screw around and is not some agreeable soul who is happy to have his job.

As much as he may like some of the people who work for the Houston Astros, the integrity of MLB’s battered brand is questioned. That’s his priority.

It’s one thing for a player to cheat, but quite another for the team to sponsor it.

If anyone with the club did it, they’re out. Forever. And the World Series trophy is gone, too.

it extends beyond the Astros at this point in time.”

This is Manfred’s Kenesaw Mountain Landis/Bartlett Giamatti moment as MLB commissioner.

The 1919 Chicago Black Sox were banned by Landis for throwing World Series games. Giamatti banned Pete Rose for life because he bet on baseball; that decision was upheld by Manfred in 2015 when Rose appealed it.

The rampant steroid users in MLB who were dumb enough to actually get caught had the benefit of a collective bargaining agreement that left Manfred’s predecessor, Bud Selig, powerless to enforce major discipline.

It was not until enough players were fed up being associated with all of the steroid guys did the MLB Players Association and MLB agree to testing, and penalties against violators.

MLB’s previous embarrassments were all the result of a player trying to gain an edge. To throw a ball faster.

To hit a ball farther. To recover more quickly. To, ultimately, perform better and sign a bigger contract.

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152 MOUNTAIN LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/22/19.

Office: Greene 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 11105, McLean, VA 22102.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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 A&CO. Botanicals LLC, Art. of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/15/2019.

Off. loc.: Columbia Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served & shall mail: 67 Finkle Rd, Ancramdale, NY 12503. Purp.: any lawful purpose.

Bellus Domos LLC, Art. of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/2/19. Off. loc.: Greene Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served & shall mail: 28 Summit Ave., Catskill, NY 12414.

Purp.: any lawful.

APEX Remodeling LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/2/19. Office: Columbia County. United States Corporation Agents, Inc designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to United States Corporation Agents, Inc, 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

AUSTERLITZ FIRE DISTRICT # 1 PO BOX 77 SPENCERTOWN, NY 12165 PUBLIC NOTICE PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THERE IS AN OPENING FOR (1) FIRE COMMISSIONER POSITION CONSISTING OF ONE FIVE YEAR TERM BEGINNING JANUARY 1ST, 2020 IN THE AUSTERLITZ FIRE DISTRICT # 1.

INTERESTED PARTIES SHALL SUBMIT A WRITTEN LETTER OF INTENT TO THE SECRETARY NO LATER THAN NOVEMBER 30TH, 2019.

CANDIDATES MUST RESIDE IN THE AUSTERLITZ FIRE DISTRICT PLEASE MAIL TO: BRENDA OAKES 121 STATE RTE 203 SPENCERTOWN, NY 12165 518-392-5671

BY ORDER OF: DISTRICT SECRETARY/ TREASURER BRENDA OAKES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON SITE PLAN/SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 30’ X 54’ PAVILION AND A SITE PLAN FOR A 2-LOT SUBDIVISION Notice is hereby given that the Planning Board of the Town of Cairo, Greene County, will meet at the Town Hall, 512 Main Street, Cairo, New York 12413, on the 5th day of December, 2019, at 7:00 PM, prevailing time, for the purpose of conducting a public hearing upon a site plan/special use permit to construct a 30’ x 54’ Pavilion for outdoor events and a site plan for a 2-lot subdivision

by Django Houston relating to property located at 115 Fox Fire Road, Round Top, New York, Tax ID #135.00-2-8.11.

The Planning Board will hear all persons interested in the subject.

By Order of the Planning Board of the Town of Cairo, New York Diane M. Newkirk Planning Board Clerk of Cairo

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Legal Notice of Snow Plow Bids Notice is hereby given that the Windham Fire District. #1 of the Town of Windham, State of New York, seeks bids for the plowing of snow from the parking areas around and about the Windham Fire House and the Hensonville Fire House for the 2019 – 2020 Winter Season.

A Qualified Contractor must be fully insured.

Sealed bids will be opened on Wednesday, December 18, 2019 at 7:00 PM at the Windham Town Hall, 371 St Rt 296, Hensonville, NY 12439, in the Town of Windham, State of New York.

Sealed bids can be submitted at the meeting or mailed on or before December 18, 2019, to Windham Fire District #1 PO Box 91 Hensonville, NY 12439.

By order of the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Windham Fire District #1.

Dated: October 28, 2019 Board of Fire Commissioners Windham Fire Dist.#1 371 St Rt 296 Hensonville, NY 12439 NOTICE of formation Grandview Terrace, LLC for any lawful purpose. Articles of Org. filed w/ NY Sec’y of State (NS) 8/15/19. NS designated as agent upon whom process served & shall mail service of process to principal business location 35 S Franklin St Athens Greene County NY 12015.

FIRST: The name of the Limited Liability Company is FOS Productions, LLC, (hereinafter referred to as the “Company�).

SECOND: The Articles of Organization of the Company were filed with the Secretary of State on October 23, 2019.

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

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 151, Spencertown, New York 12165.

FIFTH: The Company is organized for all lawful purposes.

DATED: November 1, 2019 GUTERMAN SHALLO & ALFORD, PLLC 21 North Seventh Street Hudson, New York 12534 (518) 828-5400 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON SITE PLAN TO EXPAND CAMPGROUND TO INCLUDE SEVEN (7) ADDITIONAL TINY HOUSES Notice is hereby given that the Planning Board of the Town of Cairo, Greene County, will meet at the Town Hall, 512 Main Street, Cairo, New York 12413, on the 5th day of December, 2019, at 7:00 PM, prevailing time, for the purpose of conducting a public hearing upon a site plan to expand campground to include 7 additional Tiny Houses

by BMPP, LLC and Margorie Juszczak relating to property located at 2754 CR23B, South Cairo, New York, Tax ID #101.002-63. The Planning Board will hear all persons interested in the subject.

By Order of the Planning Board of the Town of Cairo, New York Diane M. Newkirk Planning Board Clerk of Cairo

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 297 LNC LLC Notice of Formation of 297 LNC LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC), Article of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on October 3, 2019. Office location: Columbia, NY. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC to 349 Maple Lane, Valatie, NY 12184.

Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

PLEASE TAKE NONOTICE OF FORMA- TICE that I have desigTION OF LIMITED nated Elka Park Road (Roaringkill Section) LIABILITY COMPANY Dog’s Country, LLC, Town of Hunter as a Articles of Organiza- seasonal limited use tion filed with SSNY on highway. Please be 8/8/18. Business loca- advised that the Town tion: Greene County. of Hunter shall not Address for process: maintain nor remove The LLC, 275 Flats snow or ice from said Road, Athens, NY length of road between 12015. Purpose: Any November 1, 2019 and April 15, 2020. lawful purpose.

By Order of the HighNOTICE OF ORGAN- way Superintendent IZATION OF LIMITED Town of Hunter LIABILITY COMPANY John G. Farrell

Notice of Qual. of 106 Ridge Lessee LLC, Auth. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 10/17/19.

Off. loc: Greene Co. LLC org. in DE 10/16/19. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom proc. against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of proc.: Four Winds Real Estate, 5 White Way, Windham, NY 12496.

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Notice of Qual. of 110 Ridge Lessee LLC, Auth. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) 10/17/19.

Off. loc: Greene Co. LLC org. in DE 10/16/19. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom proc. against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of proc.: Four Winds Real Estate, 5 White Way, Windham, NY 12496.

DE off. addr.: 160 Greentree Dr., Ste. 101, Dover, DE 19904.

Cert. of Form. on file: SSDE, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purp: any lawful activity.

NOTICE TO BIDDERS Special Education Transportation The Board of Education, Cairo-Durham Central School District, Cairo, New York, hereby invites the submission of sealed bids to furnish transportation for a Special Education Transportation run for the 2019-2020 school year. Bids will be received no later than Friday, December 6, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. at the District Office, Main Street, Cairo, New York at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened. The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any and/or all bids.

Bridget Agostinoni District Clerk

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that I have designated the easterly two and one half miles of Town of Hunter Route 9, known as Platte Clove Mountain Road, as a seasonal limited use highway. Please be advised that the Town of Hunter shall not maintain nor remove snow or ice from said length of road between November 1, 2019 and April 15, 2020.

By Order of the Highway Superintendent Town of Hunter NOTICE OF SALE SU- John G. Farrell PREME COURT Public Notice GREENE COUNTY MTGLQ INVESTORS, Town of Livingston PLEASE TAKE NOLP, Plaintiff against MONA VANDERMARK TICE that the Town of A/K/A MONA E. Livingston is accepting COOKE, et al Defen- applications for the position of alternate dants Attorney for Plaintiff(s) town planning board Applicants Knuckles, Komosinski member. & Manfro, LLP, 565 must submit their resumes to the Town Taxter Road, Suite 590, Elmsford, NY Clerk no later than No10523 Attorney (s) for vember 29th 2019. By Order of the Town Plaintiff (s).

Pursuant to a Judg- Board ment of Foreclosure Tammy Molinski and Sale granted Oc- Livingston Town Clerk tober 8, 2019, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at the Greene County Courthouse, 320 Main Street, Catskill, New York on December 10, 2019 at 2:00 PM. Premises known as 236 Broome Street, Catskill, New York 12414.

Sec 171.12 Block 3 Lot 8.

All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the Village and Town of Catskill, Greene County, New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $202,400.75 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 2017-0935.

Cash will not be accepted at the sale.

Michael C. Howard, Esq., Referee 2296002956

Please take notice that the Town of Coxsackie Planning Board will conduct a public hearing on Thursday, December 5, 2019 at 7:00 pm at 56 Bailey Street, Coxsackie, NY. The purpose of the hearing is to review the proposed ground mount solar application for a single-family residence located at 479 Medway-Earlton Rd., Earlton, NY 12058.

Interested parties have the right to be heard.

By Order of the Planning Board, Bruce Haeussler, Chairman.

PUBLIC NOTICE – WINDHAM VILLAGE – A Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates as doing business Verizon Wireless is proposing to collocate antennas on a 66-foot building at 19 Resort Drive, Windham, Greene County, NY. Public comments regarding the potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30-days from the date of this publication to: Maggie Klejbuk – CBRE, 70 West Red Oak Lane, White PUBLIC NOTICE Plains, NY 10604, GERMANTOWN CEN- whiteplainsculturalreTRAL SCHOOL sources@cbre.com or The Germantown Cen- (914) 694-9600 tral School Board of Education is seeking transportation bids for special education transportation for the remainder of the 20192020 school year.

Specifications may be obtained in the District Clerk’s Office between the hours of 7:30 a.m. VILLAGE OF VALATIE and 3:00 p.m. Bids ELECTION NOTICE must be in the hands NOTICE IS HEREBY of the District Clerk by GIVEN that, pursuant 9:00 a.m. on Decem- to New York State ber 4, 2019 at which Election Law, Section Subdivision time they will be pub- 15-104 3A., The General Villicly opened and read.

By Order of the Board lage Election for the Village of Valatie, of Education, County of Columbia, Linda Anderson will be held on District Clerk Wednesday, March 18, Request for Proposals 2020 at the Martin H. for Student Com- Glynn Municipal Buildmencement Photogra- ing located at 3211 phy Services Church Street, Valatie, C o l u m b i a - G r e e n e NY 12184 between the Community College hours of 12:00 Noon Student Services is re- and 9:00 PM and that, questing proposals for at such election, the photography services following offices will be for the 2020 Student filled; c o m m e n c e m e n t . Trustees (2) - Two Year Specifications and Term terms can be request- Each office to be filled ed from Student Ser- will commence on April vices at, karen.fidu- 1, 2020. cia@sunycgcc.edu . All Barbara A. Fischer proposals must be Village Clerk /Treasurer submitted by 2pm De- November 14, 2019 cember 3,2019.

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COLUMBIA-GREENE MEDIA SUMMARY NOTICE OF SALE $2,995,000 CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF HUDSON COLUMBIA COUNTY, NEW YORK SCHOOL DISTRICT (SERIAL) BONDS, 2019 PROPOSALS will be received and considered by the undersigned President of the Board of Education of the City School District of the City of Hudson, Columbia County, New York (the "School District"), via iPreo’s Parity Electronic Bid Submission System (“Parity”) or by facsimile transmission through the offices of the School District’s municipal advisor, Bernard P. Donegan, Inc., at Facsimile No. (585) 924-4636, on November 26, 2019 until 11:30 a.m. (Prevailing Time) at which time and place the bids will be publicly opened and announced, for the purchase IN FEDERAL FUNDS at not less than par and accrued interest of $2,995,000 School District (Serial) Bonds, 2019 (the "Bonds"), due on June 15, as follows: Maturity Amount Maturity Amount June 15, 2021 $260,000 June 15, 2028 $320,000 June 15, 2022 265,000 June 15, 2029 320,000 June 15, 2023 280,000 June 15, 2030 65,000 June 15, 2024 285,000 June 15, 2031 65,000 June 15, 2025 300,000 June 15, 2032 70,000 June 15, 2026 305,000 June 15, 2033 70,000 June 15, 2027 315,000 June 15, 2034 75,000 The above annual principal installments, together with interest thereon, are expected to provide for substantially level or declining annual debt service on the Bonds. The School District may, after selecting the low bidder, adjust such principal amounts to the extent necessary to meet the legal requirements of substantially level or declining annual debt service.

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CHANGE THE TIME AND/OR DATE FOR THE OPENING OF THE BIDS. NOTICE OF ANY SUCH CHANGE SHALL BE PROVIDED NOT LESS THAN ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE TIME SET FORTH ABOVE FOR THE OPENING OF BIDS BY MEANS OF A SUPPLEMENTAL NOTICE OF SALE TO BE TRANSMITTED OVER THE TM3.

The Bonds will be dated December 17, 2019, and will bear interest at the rates per annum specified by the successful bidder therefor in accordance with this notice, payable on June 15, 2020, December 15, 2020, and semi-annually thereafter on June 15 and December 15 in each year until maturity. The Bonds will be issued in fully registered form in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York ("DTC"), which will act as securities depository for the Bonds. The Bonds maturing on or before June 15, 2027 will not be subject to redemption prior to maturity. The Bonds maturing on or after June 15, 2028 will be subject to redemption prior to maturity at the option of the School District, in whole or in part, and if in part, in any order of their maturity and in any amount within a maturity, on any date on or after June 15, 2027 at par plus accrued interest to the redemption date, in accordance with the Notice of Sale.

THE BONDS WILL BE DESIGNATED AS “QUALIFIED TAX-EXEMPT OBLIGATIONS” PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 265(b)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED. Sealed Bids, accompanied by a good faith check or wire transfer in the amount of $59,900, must be for all $2,995,000 principal amount of the bonds. The award shall be based on lowest net interest cost as provided in the Notice of Sale. The School District will furnish the bonds together with the approving legal opinion of Rodenhausen Chale & Polidoro LLP, Rhinebeck, New York, on or about December 17, 2019 Bidders must refer to the full Notice of Sale for the complete terms and conditions of the sale. Copies of the Notice of Sale and the Official Statement may be obtained upon request from the offices of the School District’s municipal advisor, Bernard P. Donegan, Inc., 345 Woodcliff Drive, 2nd Floor, Fairport, NY 14450, Tel. No. (585) 924-2145, Facsimile No. (585) 924-4636.

Dated: November 13, 2019 Carrie Otty President of the Board of Education City School District of the City of Hudson Columbia County, NY

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until he has time away here in the offseason where he’ll look back and say, ‘Wow, what was that?’”

Jones is hardly overwhelmed by what he has so far faced. There have been just three times in NFL history that a rookie quarterback has thrown for at least 300 yards in a game with four touchdowns and no interceptions. Two of those three were accomplished by Jones in the past two months.

(Marcus Mariota did it for the Titans in 2015 too.)

Even his interception numbers are acceptable.

He’s thrown eight of them against his 15 touchdowns.

Not great, but certainly within the tolerance of a lot of teams with or without rookie quarterbacks. About the only thing that has humbled Jones has been his turnovers. He’s fumbled 13 times and lost nine of them.

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Besides Mahomes and Jackson, Jones also has more rookie starts than the last first-round rookie quarterback the Giants threw in there to learn on the job. It wasn’t until this point in the season – Nov. 21, 2004, 15 years ago on Thursday – that Eli Manning made his first start for the Giants. Imagine having waited so long to have seen Jones this year? Manning, of course, had historic struggles through those final seven games. It wasn’t until Week 17 that he notched his first win.

When he came back in 2005, though, he was a completely different player. The Giants went 11-5 and won the division.

Might that happen to Jones? It’s possible. Jones is in a different position than his aforementioned contemporary quarterbacks who joined playoff-caliber teams as a late-in-the-process piece. There was no rebuild, no roster overhaul, no growing pains that were shared with other key positions when they first stepped onto the field. And Manning’s

second season featured the best running back, receiver, and defensive lineman in team history, along with the infrastructure of one of the top offensive lines in the NFL over the past 20 years. And a Hall of Fame coach. Jones doesn’t have that package to work with.

The Giants undoubtedly will try to build some of that around him. They have some of the pieces already, such as Saquon Barkley.

But it probably won’t be until at least 2020 that Jones truly flourishes. The next six games most likely will be about his development, not his dominance.

“I mean he’s a rookie,” Shurmur said. “He keeps fighting through it and he keeps improving. I think he’s doing a lot of really good things.... At this point, he’s in it and he’s competing to help us win games.

“Yeah,” Shurmur said, “I guess chronologically, he’s a rookie.”

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It reminded me of what Robinson and two other Negro Leagues players went through in 1945 at Boston’s Fenway Park after being invited there ostensibly to try out for the Red Sox. Only one Red Sox player showed up to work out with the Negro Leaguers. Manager Joe Cronin was said to have watched disinterestedly for 90 minutes. Robinson dismissed it as charade. He and the two other black players departed and never heard from the Red Sox. Kaepernick hasn’t said he has heard from any of the eight teams represented at his Saturday workout or from any of the other 17 who showed up at the Falcons’ facility but didn’t, for whatever reason, make the drive to Charles R. Drew High.

“I’ve been ready for three years,” he said. “I’ve been denied for three years. We all

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Kaepernick made that declaration after his workout, one that he started, by the way, with another image that underscored his point. It was a warm-up shirt emblazoned with the name Kunta Kinte.

Kinte was the key protagonist in Alex Haley’s 1976 award-winning novel and made-for-TV miniseries tracing a black American family’s origin from Africa, “Roots.”

Kinte was captured in Gambia as a teenager and sold as a slave in the Americas. One of the most-indelible scenes from the story is a white master having to whip Kinte to a pulp until Kinte finally rejects his African name for the name the master gave him as a slave.

Kaepernick’s T-shirt was a reminder, maybe to himself but certainly to others, that he is refusing to be broken.

“There’s so many others who I can publicly thank as well, but they know who they are!

“To the Hudson Community, I appreciate everyone’s support in any and everything that I do. The city of Hudson bond is what keeps me wanting to continue to grow the It’s OK to Dream platform.”

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NFL power rankings Week 12: The Ravens are on a roll as they move to the top Mark Maske The Washington Post

Each week during the season, Post NFL writer Mark Maske ranks the 32 teams. This week, the Ravens move up to No. 1 after another dominant performance in Sunday’s victory over the Texans. Yes, the Ravens have two losses on the season, to the Patriots’ one. But they have a win over the Patriots and also beat the Seahawks handily. The Patriots drop only one spot to second after their workmanlike triumph in Philadelphia. The Raiders - yes, the Raiders - are among those moving into the top 10.

1. Baltimore Ravens (8-2) | Last Week’s Rank: 2 The Ravens looked great against the Texans and deserve to leapfrog the Patriots to No. 1, even with one more loss than New England.

They have wins over the Seahawks, Patriots and Texans by an average margin of 21.7 points. Lamar Jackson was spectacular, as usual, against Houston. The most encouraging sign was that the defense also was very good.

2. New England Patriots (9-1) | Last Week’s Rank: 1 The Patriots got back into the win column Sunday in Philly after the loss in Baltimore followed by their bye week. The defense was typically sturdy. But the failure of the offense to click is becoming worrisome. The Patriots go for the sweep of the NFC East this weekend when they host the Cowboys.

3. Seattle Seahawks (8-2) | Last Week’s Rank: 3 The Seahawks had their bye week to savor the huge overtime triumph over the 49ers and continue to work WR Josh Gordon into the offense. The post-bye schedule is fairly demanding with consecutive games against the Eagles, Vikings and Rams.

4. San Francisco 49ers (9-1) | Last Week’s Rank: 4 The comeback win over the Cardinals kept the Niners ahead of the Seahawks in the NFC West and in the lead for the NFC’s No. 1 seed.

But they have looked vulnerable lately and the schedule is unrelenting with the Packers, Ravens and Saints up next. A return by TE George Kittle from his knee and ankle injuries would certainly help.

5. Green Bay Packers (8-2) | Last Week’s Rank: 5 The Packers return from their bye to play Sunday night at San Francisco in a significant matchup for NFC playoff positioning. Both teams are vying for NFC supremacy. But both continue to face tough competition in their own division, the Packers from the Vikings and the Niners from the Seahawks.

6. Minnesota Vikings (8-3) | Last Week’s Rank: 7 The Vikings never should have fallen so far behind the Broncos in the first place. But the big comeback and the uplifting victory do provide further evidence that this is a different version of Kirk Cousins and a more resilient Vikings team on display this season.

7. New Orleans Saints (8-2) | Last Week’s Rank: 8 The win at Tampa Bay was routine but still meaningful after the baffling loss to the Falcons. The Saints failed to make home field advantage work for them during last season’s NFC title game, but securing the conference’s top playoff seed this season still would be significant.

8. Kansas City Chiefs (7-4) | Last Week’s Rank: 9 The Chiefs showed Monday night in Mexico

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Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson (8) carries the ball in the third quarter against the Houston Texans at M&T Bank Stadium on Sunday.

City that they actually can win a game in which Patrick Mahomes isn’t unbelievably great. But Philip Rivers’ generosity certainly helped.

9. Dallas Cowboys (6-4) | Last Week’s Rank: 12 The Cowboys are back in sole possession of first place in the NFC East and probably are the best team in a bad division. But unless they turn it up a few notches, they’re irrelevant in the bigger picture, with so many very good teams in the NFC. The Cowboys certainly need to get RB Ezekiel Elliott reinvolved in the offense after two straight quiet games. QB Dak Prescott is putting up huge numbers but can’t be asked to do it all himself.

10. Oakland Raiders (6-4) | Last Week’s Rank: 13 Oakland Raiders, playoff contender. Get used to that phrase, at least for the remainder of this season. It remains pretty amazing that coach Jon Gruden has turned things around in Year 2, and the less-than-daunting remaining schedule means that the Raiders are likely to stay in the thick of the AFC postseason chase.

11. Buffalo Bills (7-3) | Last Week’s Rank: 16 QB Josh Allen threw the ball very effectively in the victory at Miami. If he can be even a threat in the passing game, the Bills are a difficult matchup for any opponent.

12. Houston Texans (6-4) | Last Week’s Rank: 6 The Texans simply were noncompetitive in Baltimore. Forget about that pass interference non-call. The Houston defense had no answers for Lamar Jackson. On offense, the Texans couldn’t protect Deshaun Watson and didn’t score until they trailed, 34-0, midway through the fourth quarter.

13. Los Angeles Rams (6-4) | Last Week’s Rank: 15 The Rams beat the Bears in what amounted to a playoff elimination game Sunday night.

But it’s still a steep uphill climb for the defending NFC champs, and QB Jared Goff’s performance against Chicago was less than reassuring. Coach Sean McVay leaned on the running game and only had Goff attempt 18 passes.

14. Indianapolis Colts (6-4) | Last Week’s Rank: 20 The Colts pulled into a first-place tie with the Texans but must take to the road for Thursday night’s matchup with Houston for the AFC

South lead.

15. Tennessee Titans (5-5) | Last Week’s Rank: 14 The Titans certainly aren’t out of it in the AFC South. Their chance to be a factor in the race is directly in front of them, with three division games in the next four weeks.

16. Cleveland Browns (4-6) | Last Week’s Rank: 19 Even when the Browns win, they can’t win.

The NFL’s suspension of Myles Garrett for at least the rest of this season and postseason was fully justified after one of the ugliest onfield incidents in league history, and it cost the Browns their top defensive player.

17. Philadelphia Eagles (5-5) | Last Week’s Rank: 10 Don’t forget that the Eagles’ best moments and biggest wins the previous two seasons came with Nick Foles, not Carson Wentz, at QB. Foles now is in Jacksonville, and his offseason exit from the Eagles is not working out particularly well for either side.

18. Pittsburgh Steelers (5-5) | Last Week’s Rank: 11 The incident in the final seconds of the loss in Cleveland completely overshadowed an inept offensive performance by the Steelers.

Their four-game winning streak ended and their bid to reassemble their once-broken season is in peril.

19. Carolina Panthers (5-5) | Last Week’s Rank: 17 The lopsided defeat at home to the Falcons was unsightly, and another season is slipping away from the Panthers. Perhaps Kyle Allen is not the answer at QB, after all. But Cam Newton is not coming to the rescue this season, and perhaps not ever again in Carolina.

20. Chicago Bears (4-6) | Last Week’s Rank: 18 The Bears are basically eliminated from playoff contention in the competitive NFC, and it would be very difficult for them to turn back now to Mitchell Trubisky at QB after coach Matt Nagy pulled him from Sunday night’s loss in L.A., citing a hip injury. It felt like a benching, with Trubisky saying he had wanted to finish the game. The most sensible path forward is probably to make Chase Daniel the starter for the rest of the season and then pursue Cam Newton, Teddy Bridgewater or

another QB option in the offseason.

21. Atlanta Falcons (3-7) | Last Week’s Rank: 27 If only someone had told the Falcons that those games in September and October actually counted in the standings, they’d be just fine now. Suddenly they’re unbeatable.

22. New York Jets (3-7) | Last Week’s Rank: 28 The Jets, somehow, have received full credit in the standings for their victories over the Giants and Redskins the past two Sundays.

23. Denver Broncos (3-7) | Last Week’s Rank: 21 The Broncos couldn’t hold the big lead at Minnesota and there’s pretty much no reason to pay attention to them any longer, at least not until rookie Drew Lock gets his audition at QB. 24. Jacksonville Jaguars (4-6) | Last Week’s Rank: 22 Nick Foles’ return went poorly in the loss at Indianapolis. It’s looking like a lost season for Foles and the Jaguars after his offseason parting with the Eagles.

25. Los Angeles Chargers (4-7) | Last Week’s Rank: 23 Philip Rivers has thrown seven interceptions over the last two games, and the Chargers continue to lose games they could have won.

The team that no one seems to want isn’t playing well enough to endear itself to anyone.

26. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-7) | Last Week’s Rank: 24 The thing that’s easy to overlook is that the offense actually has been quite productive in Coach Bruce Arians’s first season. The Bucs are ranked in the NFL’s top 10 in total offense, scoring offense and passing offense. There simply have been too many mistakes by QB Jameis Winston, and the defense has been so dreadful that the positives on offense haven’t mattered.

27. Miami Dolphins (2-8) | Last Week’s Rank: 25 The two-game winning streak came to an end against the Bills. But if the Dolphins plan to return to their losing ways in earnest, it might be too late to “catch” the Bengals for the top overall pick in the NFL draft.

28. Detroit Lions (3-6-1) | Last Week’s Rank: 26 All the promise has been drained from the Lions’ season with QB Matthew Stafford’s back injury and the three-game losing streak.

They’re 9-16-1 since hiring Matt Patricia as their coach on the heels of firing Jim Caldwell following a 9-7 season.

29. Arizona Cardinals (3-7-1) | Last Week’s Rank: 29 The early 16-0 lead against the 49ers disappeared. The Cardinals, in an interesting Year 1 for coach Kliff Kingsbury and QB Kyler Murray, remained a team that is competitive and entertaining but not quite fully formed or ready to win consistently.

30. New York Giants (2-8) | Last Week’s Rank: 30 The Giants will return from their bye to finish their season because, well, NFL rules pretty much require it.

31. Washington Redskins (1-9) | Last Week’s Rank: 31 The Redskins have crossed that very dangerous line from inspiring anger in their fans to inspiring apathy in their now-former fans.

32. Cincinnati Bengals (0-10) | Last Week’s Rank: 32 The Bengals have two games left against the Browns and one each against the Jets and Dolphins. Is there a single victory to be had? It’s tough to say at this point.

A veteran sixth man still waits for the call Marc Stein The New York Times News Service

When Carmelo Anthony was getting ready for his expected Portland Trail Blazers debut Tuesday night in New Orleans, Jamal Crawford was back in the Pacific Northwest, tweaking his daily workout routine to mix in some TV time.

Crawford typically heads to the gym twice daily in Seattle to keep himself sharp while waiting for the kind of call Anthony just got from the Trail Blazers. But some games in mid-November are must-watch — and Blazers at Pelicans suddenly qualified as worthy of schedule shuffling.

“I’m rooting for Melo big time,” Crawford said.

Like Anthony, Crawford has no shortage of supporters openly wondering when he will be summoned back to the NBA. No less a legend than Bill Russell tweeted in support of Crawford on Nov. 8, tacking on the hashtag: #getthismanajob.

Crawford turns 40 in

March but admitted he was “shocked” his phone didn’t ring with more interest in the offseason after his 2018-19 stint with the Phoenix Suns.

He didn’t have a job with the Suns, either, until the night before the regular season started — but Crawford finished the campaign with a 51-point flourish in Dallas on April 9.

It was one of the most remarkable regular-season finales in league history. In Dirk Nowitzki’s last home game of his Hall of Fameworthy run with the Dallas Mavericks, in which he scored 30 points on 31 shots before closing out his career the next night in San Antonio, Crawford arguably upstaged him. In Game 82 for the Suns, Crawford scored 51 points on 30 shots in 38 minutes 8 seconds — off the bench.

From a selfish perspective, it was the sort of one-of-akind occasion that helped me make up for some internal conflict that still lingers from the final day of the 2015-16 season. I was in Oakland, California, that night to see

the Golden State Warriors beat the Memphis Grizzlies and clinch a record-breaking 73rd victory against just nine losses, but that meant I could not be in Los Angeles to see Kobe Bryant score 60 points on 50 shots in his Lakers farewell after 20 seasons.

The stark difference from that wild and unforgettable occasion, of course, is that everyone knew Bryant was retiring before he walked onto the Staples Center floor and proceeded to riddle the Utah Jazz for sixty. Crawford does not want to retire.

In a phone interview, he made it clear that he remained determined to find a new team and rejected the notion that walking away after such a monumental game, a la Kobe, would make for the perfect send-off.

“I know that it was historic in a bunch of ways,” Crawford said of a performance that made him the oldest 50-point scorer in league history, as well as the first to do so as a reserve — and to do it with four franchises (Suns, Warriors, New York Knicks,

Chicago Bulls).

“But I honestly thought more so along the lines of: ‘I’m reenergized. I’m ready for the next chapter.’ “ Crawford’s detractors assert that he is bound to surrender more points defensively than he could ever score at this stage of his career. But he doesn’t fire back at them. Insistent on positivity even though this is the first November since his lone collegiate season at Michigan in 1999-2000 in which he did not hold an NBA job, Crawford appears to have taken on the role of spokesman for the various veteran free agents who, like him, have been unable to find a new employer since last season.

“Take myself out of it,” Crawford said, before proceeding to list several peers in a similar bind: Corey Brewer, Joakim Noah, Kenneth Faried and J.R. Smith.

Crawford also mentioned Jeremy Lin, who signed with the Beijing Ducks of the Chinese Basketball Association when he could not land an NBA contract over the

summer.

“You still have a ton of quality guys out there,” Crawford said. “That’s something that’s a little alarming for me.”

The past week, though, has been a source of encouragement. The Brooklyn Nets signed Iman Shumpert in response to Caris LeVert’s need for surgery on his right thumb. Then the Blazers, however desperate they looked at 4-8 when their Anthony interest went public, ended Melo’s yearlong wait for an opportunity to go out in circumstances more befitting of a 25,551-point scorer.

Things are starting to happen for the veteran set.

“I honestly don’t think it’s anything personal,” Crawford said of the fact that he remains unsigned. “Obviously I can still play.”

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I just had the highest scoring month in my whole career

after not really playing that much all year.”

It’s true. The Suns went 2-2 in April in the four games Crawford played, with the three-time winner of the NBA’s Sixth Man Award scoring 19, 28, 27 and, yes, 51.

Crawford understands that he is not guaranteed a Melo moment. He knows — as Anthony surely grasps better than any veteran looking for work — that prospective teams are generally more inclined to focus on the things that free agents in their twilight years can no longer do rather than what they still can.

Yet Crawford refused to believe that Melo was out of options after his Houston flameout. Nor is he listening to anyone who suggests that all 30 NBA teams’s doors are closed to him.

“In my heart of hearts, I feel like it’ll happen,” Crawford said. “I just don’t know when.”

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Friend fears for family living in piles of clutter Dear Abby, I have a close friend who is an extreme hoarder. She and her husband have a beautiful, large, custom-built home that is stacked floor to ceiling with clutter. There are only narrow paths to walk around. Clothes, papers, toys, etc. are piled everywhere. Normally, I would mind my own business, but they have four children at DEAR ABBY home. The children are getting to the age where they are embarrassed about their home.

It is so bad they can’t invite friends over.

When we discuss the condition of the place with her and her husband, they get defensive and say they just don’t have time.

They do both work full-time, and their time off is usually spent shuttling the children to activities. Overall, they are excellent parents, and the children are loved and cared for, but the condition of their house is worse each time I see it, and they continue to buy more and more stuff.

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JEANNE PHILLIPS

Because you say the children are loved and cared for, instead of contacting Child Protective Services, I suggest you quietly place a call to the Health Department for guidance. From your description, the “beautiful, large, custom-built” home may be a fire hazard and possibly a danger to the family’s health if there are “critters” also living in that mess. Whether their problem is the result of depression or simply gross disorganization, they do need an intervention for their children’s sake.

Dear Abby, My 25-year-old daughter is getting married in about two months. Invitations have been sent out, and everything was going along pretty smoothly. However, my two older brothers, who live out of state, have informed me that neither of them will be attending her wedding. They didn’t offer any reason for not attending, and money is not an issue.

My father, who has been very ill this past year with cancer, is doing everything he can to be there. My daughter had hoped that everyone could come, as it would be an opportunity for our entire family to be together, especially given my father’s poor health.

Am I wrong to be upset? My brothers seem to not prioritize our family very highly. I am trying to focus on who will be there and not on who isn’t. But I am afraid this isn’t something I will forget.

Trying To Smile In Florida Unless you have omitted some important information from your letter, has it not occurred to you that your brothers’ refusal may have something to do with their relationship with your father? I’m as mystified as you are about why they refused the invitation, but please don’t allow their absence to cast a shadow over this happy occasion.

When you say you won’t forget it, I hope you won’t waste your precious time looking backward and carrying a grudge. Your daughter’s wedding is not a command performance, and if your brothers cannot be there to appreciate the joyous occasion, so be it.

Long-term hiccups have been a plague since youth My friend has been struggling with almost never-ending hiccups since she was young.

There seems to be no apparent trigger for them.

They happen all hours of the day and even wake her up in the middle of the night. She will hiccup until it starts to become very painful for her, and she cannot make them stop. She’s tried TO YOUR every remedy she can find — GOOD HEALTH drinking water, holding her breath and slowly letting out, even doing handstands, just to name a few.

She lives in a rural community with no doctor who can figure it out. They also don’t seem to take seriously how disruptive and painful it is. They tell her there’s nothing they can do. Do you have any suggestions? What kind of specialist treats this problem?

DR. KEITH ROACH

Persistent hiccups can be a severe problem.

The hiccup (“singultus,” in Latin) is a spasm of the diaphragm, the main muscle of breathing, and an ancient neurological reflex. There are numerous case reports of people having hiccups lasting for decades, despite exhaustive searches for cures. The effect on a person’s quality of life can be devastating.

In a person with hiccups lasting more than 48 hours, it’s appropriate to look for one of the more common causes, but often, a cause is not found.

This starts with a careful history and physical examination. A history of medication use is critical, since some medicines — Aldomet, an old blood pressure medicine; diazepam (Valium); and

dexamethasone, a steroid similar to prednisone — are known causes.

Enlarged thyroid (goiter) and enlarged lymph nodes are causes of irritation to the phrenic nerve, which controls the diaphragm. Oddly, irritation in the external ear (such as by a hair) can stimulate the vagus nerve, which can affect the phrenic nerve via a neurological reflex, so inspection of the ear is indicated as well. Gastroesophageal reflux disease may be the most common cause and it sometimes can be seen on exam, even if the person has no symptoms, like heartburn or cough. A stroke is a known cause, but that does not seem likely for your friend.

If no cause is found, a doctor must make his or her best guess at treatment. The most common drugs tried are gabapentin, baclofen, metoclopramide and chlorpromazine, but only the last of these is indicated by the Food and Drug Administration for hiccups. None of these drugs is benign enough to use lightly. Because undiagnosed GERD can be a cause, it may be worth trying a proton pump inhibitor, such as omeprazole.

I read quite a few articles about hiccups to research this answer, and found that neurologists, ENT doctors, pulmonologists and gastroenterologists all have identified themselves as hiccup experts, which shows that it requires broad expertise to understand and treat this condition.

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Horoscope

By Stella Wilder Born today, you like to live on the edge, and as one who gives his or her all to most any relationship or endeavor, you can be unusually emotional in your day-to-day dealings — but not so much that you fall prey to your own depth of feeling. On the contrary, the fact that you feel things so deeply and so profoundly is what gives you the strength to pursue your most lofty goals; your aspirations are built upon the very emotional current that runs swiftly just beneath your sometimes-deceptive surface.

You have the kinds of ambitions that can lead you to tremendous heights if you are successful or plunge you into dangerous depths if you are not — so, clearly, you will want to be as successful as you possibly can be in all things!

Also born on this date are: Ken Griffey Jr., baseball player; Troy Aikman, football player; Cherry Jones, actress; Goldie Hawn, actress; Juliet Mills, actress; Marlo Thomas, actress; Stan Musial, baseball player; Voltaire, satirist.

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.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22 SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — You’re in the mood for one of your “favorites,” but you may have trouble choosing — especially since you may not be granted it outright.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You’ll want to review a piece of work in order to come up with the right ideas for a future project. The old and new combine well.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — You’re seeking

a way to get something done without attracting attention, but that may not be possible. Others are watching, like it or not.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — You’re letting minor annoyances get to you far too much at this time. Relax, and let the world turn without you for a little while.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Progress can be made today, but it comes in an unusual way — and in a most unexpected form. This is nothing to scoff at, surely!

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — You are keenly aware of what is going on around you today, but that doesn’t mean you can do anything to stop it.

Accept it and move on!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — You may want to look back at a success to determine if it is possible, today, to repeat it. That is a dangerous way to proceed right now.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — You are in a position of authority that you may not wholly appreciate. It’s a good day to test another’s boundaries — and your own, too.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Questions abound today about the methods you are using to achieve a certain result. Your supporters can “sell” your work better than you can.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — You are taking good care of someone who needs it, but he or she isn’t really aware of how deeply involved you really are.

You can make it clear.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — You may take a wrong turn today as you pursue a creative endeavor toward its logical conclusion — but the result actually betters your odds!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Someone returns from a faraway spot to confront you about something you actually know little about. You may choose to follow up on your own.

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SUPER QUIZ

THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME

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

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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.

Winter Level 1

2

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

” (Answers tomorrow) Jumbles: GOOSE SHOVE LOUNGE THRIVE Answer: Edison filled his attic with helium because he wanted a — LIGHT HOUSE

Solution to Wednesday’s puzzle

11/21/19 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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(e.g., Title of a play by Shakespeare. Answer: “A Winter’s Tale.”)

Freshman level 1. This Jonathan played Mearth, the child of Mork and Mindy.

2. Which emperors used the Winter Palace as their official residence?

3. The 1980 autobiography of this actress is titled simply “Shelley.”

Graduate level 4. Term for the day with the shortest period of daylight and longest night of the year.

5. What play begins, “Now is the winter of our discontent”?

6. “Winter Is Coming” is the first episode of the first season of this TV series.

PH.D. level 7. This 1966 play depicts the conflicts of Henry II and his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine.

8. This Florida city 51 miles east of Tampa is the home of Legoland, Florida.

9. Complete the question posed by Percy Bysshe Shelley: “If winter comes ...?”

SUPER QUIZ ANSWERS 1. Jonathan Winters. 2. Russian emperors. 3. Shelley Winters. 4. Winter solstice. 5. “Richard III.” 6. “Game of Thrones.” 7. “The Lion in Winter.” 8. Winter Haven. 9. “Can spring be far behind?”

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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Crossword Puzzle Mother Goose & Grimm ACROSS 1 High chair accessories 5 Crab Louie or coleslaw 10 Venerable British historian 14 Put to __; drive away 15 Showy feather 16 Bug spray 17 Askew; crooked 18 __ for; signed up to join 20 TV’s “Major __” 21 Untainted 22 Easy to reach 23 Kick out, as a tenant 25 Peach stone 26 Pointed tooth 28 See the __; take a tour 31 Initial phase 32 Sponge off others 34 Chinese __; deciduous tree 36 Winter flakes 37 Seal up cracks 38 The Bee Gees, e.g.

39 Twain’s Sawyer 40 Wilkes-__, PA 41 Small skin openings 42 __ for; craves 44 Cuban exports 45 “Gosh!”

46 __ control; wild 47 Be on the same page 50 Spew forth 51 Octopus secretion 54 Skinniest 57 Backed by facts 58 Meghan, to Prince George 59 “Same for me!”

60 Actor’s award 61 Team in the NBA 62 Sudden muscle cramp 63 Seizes DOWN 1 Staple alternative 2 Nebraska’s neighbor 3 Too heavy; oppressive 4 Piggy’s home

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5 Christmas tree, perhaps 6 Open-eyed 7 Racing sled 8 “What Kind of Fool __?”

9 Start of Iowa’s capital 10 Out of __; panting 11 Deserve 12 Gave up the ghost 13 Whirlpool 19 Leg part 21 1/8 of a gallon 24 Feast one’s eyes on 25 Choose 26 Price to be paid 27 Pester 28 White fish 29 Solid ground 30 More devious 32 One of the planets 33 “__ Father, Who art in heaven…”

35 Green velvety ground cover 37 Charlie Chaplin’s prop 38 Small African nation 40 Raise AKC dogs

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Non Sequitur

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41 __ helmet; safari hat 43 Representatives 44 Usual practice 46 Removes from power 47 As strong __ ox 48 Elmer’s adhesive 49 Money for the landlord

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50 __ kick out of; enjoy 52 Deadened 53 Islets off Florida 55 Harris & McMahon 56 “__ Van Winkle” 57 Reasonable bedtime

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