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Authorities investigate a fatal stabbing death outside 120 Pleasant Vale Road in Clermont early Sunday.

By Amanda Purcell Columbia-Greene Media

CLERMONT — A Dutchess County man is being held without bail after he was charged with stabbing a Clermont man to death, state police said, leav- Robert Streib ing this quiet riverside community in shock.

Robert Streib, 36, of Red Hook, has been charged with second-degree murder, a class A-1 felony, state police said.

Police were called to 120 Pleasant Vale Road at about 1:30 a.m. for a report of a person with stab wounds.

Columbia County Sheriff’s deputies arrived to find a man, later identified as Glenn Unson, 43, suffering from several knife wounds to his chest and abdomen.

Deputies applied first aid until paramedics arrived. Unson went into cardiac arrest and succumbed to his injuries while Northern Dutchess Paramedics attempted to save him. Unson died a short distance from his home, Columbia County District Attorney Paul Czajka said.

“Clermont is usually a quiet town,” Columbia County Sheriff David Bartlett said.

“It is a terrible thing to have happened down there today.”

Bartlett and Czajka held a joint press conference about the incident Sunday afternoon at the sheriff’s headquarters, 85 Industrial Tract, Greenport. They were accompanied by lead investigators Kevin Skype and Mark Dunspaugh.

Unson was stabbed several times, but authorities did not know exactly how many times he was struck. His body was to be taken to Ellis Hospital in Schenectady for an autopsy performed by pathologist Dr. Jeffrey Hubbard.

“At no time was there a danger to the

New York State Police’s Forensic Investigation Unit helps gather and collect evidence from the scene of a fatal stabbing at Pleasant Vale Road in Clermont.

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An alleged stabbing left one person dead outside 120 Pleasant Vale Road this weekend.

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CATSKILL — A small state grant will go a long way toward financing new research into future art exhibits at the Thomas Cole House on Spring Street in Catskill.

The Thomas Cole National Historic Site is among 16 historic organizations or sites in the region to receive grant funding from the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area.

The program awarded a total of $69,575 in matching grants to cultural and historic organizations in the Hudson Valley, according to the National Heritage Area on Monday.

“By awarding National Heritage Area funds to locally developed projects, the Heritage Development Grant Program illustrates the unique cooperative framework of the National Heritage Area program at its very best: harnessing federal resources to encourage engaging, homegrown initiatives that promote the many historic and cultural assets of the entire Hudson Valley,” Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area Executive Director Scott Keller said.

The $5,000 grant awarded to the Thomas Cole House will go toward “improving the visitor experience” at the site, according to the release.

“We’re thrilled to receive this support for an exciting new installation on the second floor of the Main House,” Thomas Cole Executive Director Betsy Jacks said. “The $5,000 is helping us conduct new research about the content of the interactive exhibits that will open in 2020.”

Other local recipients include the FASNY Museum of Firefighting, which will use its $1,750 grant for a marketing project in USA Today, the village of Kinderhook, which plans to use its $1,325 grant to develop a walking and bicycle tour called “Discover Historic Kinderhook,” and Friends of Clermont, which will use its $2,000 grant to offer reduced-wmont State Historic Site in collaboration with Albany County Historical Association, according to the release.

The Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area awards these grants twice per year.

“Priority was given to

CATSKILL — The public will get a chance to review the final draft of the village’s comprehensive plan Thursday, officials said Monday.

The village imposed a moratorium on all new development along the waterfront in September 2018 so officials could begin to update the municipality’s 10-year-old comprehensive plan.

The firm of Crawford & Associates was hired as consultants for the job and a committee of village trustees, planning board members, residents and business owners was formed to discuss village housing, economic development, natural resources, historic resources, transportation, public facilities, downtown revitalization and land use policies. The first public hearing was held on Oct. 10.

Resident Hudson Talbott attended that hearing.

“It still needs a lot of work,” Talbott said Monday. “The language in it is what I would call boilerplate. It is very

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The Catskill Village Board of Trustees imposed a moratorium on waterfront development last fall.

generic — not specific to Catskill’s needs.”

For example, the section on street landscaping does not take into account

the work that the Tree Council, which Talbott helped found, has been doing for six years, he said.

“To be fair to them, they had to

start someplace,” Talbott said. “But it needs to be tuned into specific needs of Catskill and where we are now.”

Another concern for residents at the last hearing was Planning Unit Development or PUD zoning, Talbott said, especially for residents on Woodland Avenue, where the future of the former St. Patrick’s Academy remains in limbo.

Dennis Frascello, the new owner of St. Patrick’s Academy, started to convert the former school into an apartment complex although the property is not zoned for multiple dwellings.

Village President Vincent Seeley told Frascello to stop construction in February and said no action would be taken on the matter until the comprehensive plan was finished.

Residents are worried the type of zoning proposed in the plan was too flexible, Talbott said.

Trustee Gregory Smith agreed with the residents at the first hearing and See PLAN A8

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FILE -- President Trump walks toward Air Force One at the Chicago O’Hare International Airport in Chicago on Oct. 28, 2019. A federal appeals panel on Monday, Nov. 4, 2019, said Trump’Äôs accounting firm must turn over eight years of his personal and corporate tax returns to Manhattan prosecutors, a setback for the president’Äôs attempt to keep his financial records private.

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NEW YORK — A federal appeals panel said Monday that President Donald Trump’s accounting firm must turn over eight years of his personal and corporate tax returns to Manhattan prosecutors, a setback for the president’s attempt to keep his financial records private.

But the tax returns are not likely to be handed over soon.

Trump has fought vigorously to shield his tax returns, and the case appears headed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Trump had sought to block his accounting firm from releasing the tax returns to the office of the Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr. Prosecutors in the office are investigating the role of the president and his business in hush-money payments made to two women just before the 2016 presidential election.

The legal fight began in late August after the office of Vance, a Democrat, subpoenaed Trump’s accounting firm, Mazars USA, for his tax returns and those of his family business dating to 2011.

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ORLANDO, Fla. — A 14-year-old girl called 911Thursday telling authorities that she was considering suicide due to the deplorable conditions her parents keep her and her siblings in, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office said.

Deputies responded Halloween night to the nightmare scenario described by the teenage girl as a physically and emotionally abusive lifestyle led by her parents Dennis Allen, 33, and Betty NicolicchiaAllen, 42, according to FCSO spokeswoman Brittany Kershaw.

Deputies found the Bunnell home in “disarray,” Kershaw said.

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Fecal matter from two chickens covered the front porch.

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The teenage girl also told deputies that it had been three to seven days since any of the children had taken a bath.

“This is a traumatic situation for all of the children involved,” said FCSO Sheriff Rick Staly. “Halloween is a day where kids should be out having fun, not contemplating ending their life. I want to commend the girl for calling the Abuse Hotline and being brave enough to ask for help” The Department of Children and Families took custody of the four younger children, Kershaw said. The 14-year-old was taken into protective custody under the

Baker Act. Deputies then arrested Dennis and Betty Allen on Friday afternoon, Kershaw said.

They were taken to Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility, and each face five counts of child neglect.

“These children were living in deplorable conditions. I am thankful that these kids are now safe from these two individuals who obviously do not know how to properly care for children,” Staly said. (c)2019 The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Fla.) Visit The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Fla.) at www.OrlandoSentinel.com Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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Apple on Monday announced a $2.5 billion plan to help address the housing crisis in California, becoming the latest tech giant in the state to address a problem that it helped cause.

The plan includes $1 billion for an affordable housing investment fund and another $1 billion to help first-time homebuyers find mortgages.

Apple joins other big tech companies based in California seeking to ease the state’s severe housing crunch. Facebook said last month that it would give $1 billion in a package of grants and loans in California; in June, Google pledged $1 billion for a similar effort.

Microsoft, which is based in Redmond, Washington, pledged $500 million toward affordable housing in Seattle in January.

Apple’s plan includes making available land it owns in San Jose, which it said was worth $300 million, for new

affordable housing; $150 million to support affordable housing in the Bay Area, including long-term forgivable loans and grants; and $50 million to address the causes of homelessness in Silicon Valley.

Apple said the money it was pledging could be spent within approximately two years.

The housing supply in the San Francisco area has failed to keep pace as Apple, Google, Facebook and scores of smaller tech-focused companies with headquarters in the region have drawn a steady stream of workers. Since 2005, California has added 308 housing units for every 1,000 new residents, according to the McKinsey Global Institute. In the Bay Area, 676,000 jobs have been added over the past eight years, compared with 176,000 additional housing units.

As a result, housing prices have soared beyond the reach of people trying to find a place to live. In June, the National Low Income Housing Coalition said Bay Area counties accounted for five of the six most

expensive places to live in the country. In September, California lawmakers responded by approving a statewide rent cap covering millions of tenants.

Homelessness has also surged in some areas of California, causing tent encampments to spring up. San Jose recently reported 6,200 homeless people, a 42% increase over two years.

The growth of major tech companies in Silicon Valley has helped drive up housing prices in the area. Apple employs more than 9,000 people at its sprawling new Silicon Valley headquarters, which is a mile in circumference.

“Affordable housing means stability and dignity, opportunity and pride,” Apple’s chief executive, Tim Cook, said in a statement posted on the company’s website. “When these things fall out of reach for too many, we know the course we are on is unsustainable, and Apple is committed to being part of the solution.”

On its own, however,

investment from the technology industry will not be enough to transform the housing market in California, said Robert Silverman, an affordable housing expert at the University at Buffalo.

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CALENDAR Tuesday, Nov. 5 n Coxsackie Town Offices closed in

observance of General Election Day n Coxsackie Village Offices closed in observance of General Election Day n Greene County Office Building closed in observance of General Election Day

Wednesday, Nov. 6 n Greene County Economic Develop-

ment Corporation 4 p.m. Greene County Economic Development, Tourism and Planning Conference Room (Room 427), 411 Main St., Catskill n Greene County Legislature health services; county resources and public safety 6 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., Catskill

Thursday, Nov. 7 n Ashland Planning Board 6 p.m. at

the Town Hall, 12094 Route 23, Ashland n Athens Town Board 6:45 p.m. at the Town Hall, 2 First St., Athens n Cairo Town Planning Board 7 p.m.

Town Hall, 512 Main St., Cairo n Catskill Town Board meeting/public hearing 2020 preliminary budget 6:30 p.m. Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill n Catskill Village Board special meeting/public hearing 7 p.m. Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill n Coxsackie Planning Board 7 p.m.

Town Hall, 56 Bailey St., Coxsackie n Coxsackie Village workshop 6 p.m.

Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie

Monday, Nov. 11 n Ashland Town Board 7:30 p.m.

Town Hall, 12094 Route 23, Ashland n Catskill Town Offices closed in observance of Veteran’s Day n Catskill Village Planning Board 7 p.m. Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill n Coxsackie Town Offices closed in observance of Veteran’s Day n Coxsackie Village Offices closed in observance of Veteran’s Day n Greene County Office Building closed in observance of Veteran’s Day

Tuesday, Nov. 12 n Catskill Town Planning Board 7 p.m.

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

Wednesday, Nov. 13 n Athens Village Board 6:30 p.m. at

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

Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill n Catskill Village Board 7 p.m. Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill n Coxsackie Village Board 7 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie n Jewett Town Board 7 p.m. at the Jewett Municipal Building, 3547 County Route 23C, Jewett

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Editor’s Note: A charge is not a conviction. All persons listed are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Charges can be amended or dismissed.

STATE POLICE n Waleed A. Kassim, 22, of Catskill, was arrested at 5:01 p.m. Oct. 29 in Catskill and charged with prohibited sale of alcoholic beverage and unlawful dealing with a child, both class A misdemeanors. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Craig Rowell, 36, of Catskill, was arrested at 9:20 p.m. Oct. 31 in Catskill and charged with third-degree assault and acting in a manner to injure a child, both class A misdemeanors. He was released on his own recognizance. n Mistelle A. Lanphear, 30, of Chatham, was arrested at 9:15 p.m. Oct. 31 in Catskill and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol content greater than 0.08% and driving while intoxicated, both unclassified misdemeanors.

She was issued an appearance ticket. n John D. MacDonald, 23, of Windham, was arrested at 2:09 a.m. Nov. 1 in Windham and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol content greater than 0.08% and driving while intoxicated, both unclassified misdemeanors.

He was issued an appearance ticket. n Chris A. Bourbeau, 56, of Tannersville, was arrested at 2:30 p.m. Oct. 31 in Tannersville and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol content greater than 0.08% and driving while intoxicated, both unclassified misdemeanors, and speeding, an infraction. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Allison S. Aguiar, 38, of Cairo, was arrested at 10:02 p.m. Nov. 1 in Greenville and charged with third-degree assault, a class A misdemeanor.

She was issued an appearance ticket. n Bruce A. Stevens, 58, of

Monday, Nov. 18 n Athens Town Board 6:45 p.m. at the

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

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

Tuesday, Nov. 19 n Athens Village Planning Board 6:30 p.m. at Village Hall, 2 First St., Athens n Hunter Town Board 7 p.m. at the Town Hall, 5748 Route 23A, Tannersville

1:04 a.m. Nov. 3 in Greenville and charged with first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, a class E felony, and driving while intoxicated, an unclassified misdemeanor. He was held. n Grayson G. Ihlenburg, 25, of Hudson, was arrested at 4:24 a.m. Nov. 3 in Catskill and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol content greater than 0.08% and driving while intoxicated, both unclassified misdemeanors.

He was issued an appearance ticket. n Paul D. Englert, 63, of Catskill, was arrested at 8:56 p.m. Nov., 3 in Catskill and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol content greater than 0.08% and driving while intoxicated, both unclassified misdemeanors.

He was issued an appearance ticket. n Paul E. Reynolds, 34, of New York, was arrested at 2:38 a.m. Nov. 4 in Cairo and charged with operating a motor

vehicle with a blood-alcohol content greater than 0.08% and driving while intoxicated, both unclassified misdemeanors.

He was issued an appearance ticket. n Dylan J. Meicht. 22. of Hudson, was arrested at 2:07 p.m. Nov. 3 in Catskill and charged with assault with intent to cause serious physical injury, a class D felony. His arrestee status is unknown. n Jacob Greene, 19, of Catskill, was arrested at 2:22 a.m. Nov. 4 in Catskill and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol content greater than 0.08%, driving while intoxicate and aggravated DWI, all unclassified misdemeanors. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Casey A. Ray, 39, of Fall River, Massachusetts, was arrested at 5:34 p.m. Nov. 1 in New Baltimore and charged with unauthorized use of a vehicle, a class A misdemeanor.

He was issued an appearance ticket.

New York state Department of Health announces new services to help e-cigarette users quit ALBANY — The New York State Department of Health announced new services for ecigarette users seeking help to stop vaping, including free quitcoaching and nicotine replacement therapy through the New York State Smokers’ Quitline.

The Department added the service to the Quitline to address the growing need to help users of e-cigarettes break their dependence on vaping. In addition, the Department announced the release of a Request for Applications (RFA) to award $16 million for the next five-year round to support healthcare systems in their efforts to help smokers and vapers quit through proven cessation methods, as well as the launch of a new statewide ad campaign to educate teens and their parents about the dangers of vaping.

To address the recent national vaping illness epidemic, the Department collaborated with Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo, which administers the Quitline, to develop eligibility criteria and evidenced-based practices for the Quitline to assist e-cigarette

users and provide Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) treatment. NRT, particularly combination therapy with a patch and gum or lozenge, typically doubles the odds for successful quitting with cigarette users.

Those interested should contact the Quitline by calling 1-866-NY-QUITS (1-866-6978487) any day of the week beginning at 9 a.m. A specially trained Quit Coach will assess users of e-cigarettes for type of product, frequency of inhalation and dependence. Based on the assessment, a user may be eligible to receive complimentary patches, gum, lozenges or a combination of these products. Quit Coaches also will help users develop a personalized quit-plan and guide them to consult their healthcare professionals and health insurance plans for additional stop-smoking medication and support. The Quitline is available for New Yorkers of all ages, including adolescents.

Similar to the eligibility guidelines for cigarette users, users of e-cigarettes who qualify for the Quitline’s free NRT will receive a starter kit with

n Greene County Legislature finance

audit 4 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., Catskill n Windham-Ashland-Jewett CSD BOE audit finance committee 5:15 p.m. in superintendent’s office; regular meeting 6 p.m. in the School Library, 5411 Route 23, Windham

Athens, was arrested at 6:18 p.m. Nov. 2 in Athens and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol content greater than 0.08% and driving while intoxicated, both unclassified misdemeanors.

He was issued an appearance ticket. n Richard W. Widener, 41, of Saugerties, was arrested at 9:15 p.m. Nov. 2 in Catskill and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol content greater than 0.08% and driving while intoxicated, both unclassified misdemeanors.

He was issued an appearance ticket. n Stephanie M. Dick, 37, of Greenville, was arrested at 11:46 p.m. Nov. 2 in Coxsackie and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol content greater than 0.08% and driving while intoxicated, both unclassified misdemeanors.

She was issued an appearance ticket. n David T. Boccanfuso, 42, of Norton Hill, was arrested at

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In addition, the Department of Health is releasing a Request for Applications (RFA) to award $16,375,000 for the next five-year round to improve the delivery of healthcare services to help smokers and vapers quit through proven cessation methods. Organizations funded through this initiative will work with health systems throughout the state to ensure they have effective protocols and systems in place to help people addicted to nicotine quit. The organizations

will address tobacco use disparities among people with low educational attainment, low income and poor mental health by supporting health systems efforts to change.

With an anticipated start date of July 1, 2020, a total of $16,375,000 over a five-year period will be awarded to support contracts in nine regions across New York State and one statewide Center for Health Systems Improvement. The program will help reduce disparities in tobacco use by providing resources and technical assistance to medical and mental health care organizations that primarily serve populations disproportionately affected by tobacco use. In NYS, such populations

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Dairy industry needs Farm Workforce Act A bipartisan bill introduced in the House last week could give long struggling immigrant farm workers, including those in the dairy industry, access to work visas and green cards and complete another road to citizenship.

The Farm Workforce Modernization Act, co-sponsored by 44 representatives including Rep. Elise Stefanik, D-21, would provide undocumented farm workers a pathway to permanent legal status, or green cards, and farm workers in the year-round dairy industry access to the H-2A work visa program, something typically reserved for the seasonal and temporary agriculture industry.

This will be no small feat, coming at a time of crisis for an agriculture industry buffeted by an uncertain economy, assaults on seasonal worker visa programs and an increasing number of employee audits by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.

The proposed legislation stipulates that immigrant farm workers who have worked in agriculture for at least two years prior to the introduction of the bill will be eligible for certified agriculture worker status. The status can be adjusted to lawful permanent residency — or a green card — if the immigrant has worked a specified numbers of years

before and after the bill is enacted. The bill will also streamline the application process for seasonal worker visas, raise wages and allow agriculture workers access to more green cards.

Access to the H-2A work visa would be groundbreaking for the large dairy industry in upstate New York, which was comprised of nearly 4,300 farms in 2017, according to the state Department of Agriculture. With lowskill work visas now reserved for temporary, seasonal industry, the dairy farm industry tends to have largely undocumented workers. In addition, the grueling nature of dairy farming jobs means most of the 55,000 dairy workers in New York are undocumented immigrants, according to a 2017 report about dairy farms issued by the Workers’ Center of Central New York and the Worker Justice Center of New York. This is true of large farms with greater needs for milking labor and less access to family labor.

We urge representatives to do all they can to support enactment of this bill. Migrant workers are the cornerstone of local dairy farms and dairy farms are among the cornerstones of the Twin County economy. Both need to be protected.

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Fate of America’s Amazon is hanging in the balance (c) 2019,The Washington Post

To some, it is a resource that drove development for decades, before environmental protections and economic difficulties conspired to close it off. To many others, it is an ecological treasure that may not be the country’s best-known wild expanse - but probably should be. The fate of the world’s largest intact temperate rainforest, the Tongass National Forest, which hugs Alaska’s southeastern coast, is once again in the balance. This time, those who want more development are winning.

At issue is President Bill Clinton’s 2001 “roadless rule,” which banned road building and other development in nearly 60 million acres of federally administered national forests. President George W. Bush tried unsuccessfully to kill the policy. Alaska’s congressional delegation has also sought a specific exemption for the Tongass. The Trump administration now appears ready to give them one, proposinga full exemption from its restrictions for 9.5 million acres of the 16.7-million-acre national forest.

The state’s leaders complain that federal roadless restrictions have choked off economic growth in the area, requiring burdensome reviews to get exceptions from the roadless rule to build hydroelectric dams, to mine or, yes, to fell trees. Federal land policy looms large in southeastern Alaska, where the federal government owns some 94 %, leaving some locals incensed that distant authorities restrict them from exploiting the resources in their backyard.

Conservationists respond that federal oversight is not so burdensome: Forest Service officials have substantially cut the time

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it takes to get permits for projects in the Tongass. Meanwhile, the forest’s ecological value is arguably unmatched in the United States. The old-growth forest environmentalists now fear is at risk contains massive trees sometimes centuries in vintage that are the backbone of a complex ecosystem. Such trees cannot be replaced quickly even with careful management. The Tongass is something like the United States’ Amazon: Experts reckon that it eats up an astonishing 8% of the country’s annual carbon dioxide emissions.

When considering the future of irreplaceable resources, it is best to be cautious.

Logging even seemingly isolated stretches of forest, and building roads to them, can have tremendous effects for the whole ecosystem - and those who make their living in non-extractive industries. Erosion can lead to cloudy rivers and streams in which salmon are supposed to spawn. Clear-cut forests are unsightly and unappealing to tourists.

The Tongass contains the spawning ground for some 40% of the wild salmon along the West Coast. Tourism accounts for 17% of the region’s jobs. It is little surprise that tourism groups and fishermen, not to mention native tribes that practice subsistence hunting on these lands, oppose easing federal protections.

The Obama administration had the right idea: It drafted a plan that would move what logging persisted in the Tongass from oldgrowth to new-growth stands, a far more ecologically sound enterprise. Rather than tearing up that plan, the Trump administration should try to make it work.

As the facts mount against Trump, his GOP defenders flail WASHINGTON — President Trump and his Republican allies can’t seem to decide whether they want his defense to be based on substance: He did nothing wrong!

It was a perfect call! or procedure: Democrats were out to get him from the start! It’s a Soviet-style inquisition! That confusion is no surprise: Both arguments are unconvincing, and Republicans will increasingly have to figure out how to deal with that unpleasant reality.

It’s a rule of Washington that if you’re arguing over process, you’re losing. That holds especially true here, because the procedural laments are not only procedural — they’re bogus. Republicans contend that the new House rules to govern the inquiry deny Trump basic elements of due process and that the previous handling of the investigation was so flawed that it taints any proceedings going forward.

That’s ridiculous. Even assuming some imaginary unfairness, take McCarthy’s argument to its logical conclusion: Congress should ignore video of Trump shooting someone on Fifth Avenue because it was improperly obtained?

It would be more concerning if the rules governing the next phase of the proceedings were unfair. But they are effectively identical to the procedures employed in the Nixon and Clinton impeachments, letting Republicans subpoena witnesses and documents, subject to the approval of the majority. When the House Judiciary Committee takes up the matter, Trump’s own lawyers will be allowed to call and crossexamine witnesses. This right may be suspended if Trump “unlawfully refuse[s]” to produce documents or let witnesses testify -- a reasonable threat given the administration’s refusal to cooperate with what the White House described as “this illegitimate impeachment proceeding.”

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Which is warranted, because the facts keep piling up against Trump. “There is nothing in that phone call that is wrong or impeachable,” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said of Trump’s July 25 conversation with Ukrainian President Vlodymyr Zelensky.

Nothing wrong, except that the call was so alarming to Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, an Iraq War veteran detailed to the National Security Council, that he alerted a White House lawyer. “I did not think it was proper to demand that a foreign government investigate a U.S. citizen, and I was worried about the implications for the U.S. government’s support of Ukraine,” Vindman said.

And Trump’s problem is not one damning phone call — it is a months-long operation to corrupt U.S. foreign policy to help Trump’s reelection campaign and, it seems increasingly likely, financially benefit his friends and donors.

Now the inquiry is poised to enter what is, for Trump and Republicans, a dangerous new phase. Imagine Vindman in his dress-blue uniform testifying in public about his horror and alarm about hearing Trump ask Zelensky for help against a political foe.

Imagine top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine William Taylor, West Point graduate, Vietnam veteran, lifelong public servant, looking out at hostile Russianled forces across a war-damaged bridge and describing his anguish that “more Ukrainians would undoubtedly die

without the U.S. assistance” — aid that Trump was holding up for political gain. A single video is worth a thousand leaked opening-statement transcripts.

Does any of this matter in a country with political divisions so deeply entrenched?

There are two recent data points, one sobering, one hopeful. The sobering point is that not a single Republican House member appeared disturbed enough by Trump’s behavior to even vote to authorize the inquiry.

How could anyone look at this evidence and not conclude that further investigation is warranted?

The hopeful event is the shift in public opinion. A new Washington Post-ABC News poll found 49% in favor of Trump’s impeachment and removal from office. Compare that to a July survey — before the Ukraine news broke — that found just 37% supporting the far milder step of launching an impeachment inquiry. Facts can change minds, and more facts are coming; they are not likely to be in Trump’s favor.

And changed minds, in key states, can change lawmakers’ entrenched positions. At the moment, it seems highly unlikely that any but a few congressional Republicans would vote to impeach or convict Trump. Trump will be in serious trouble if — probably only if — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell concludes that his continuing to back Trump will endanger his majority. That’s nowhere near true yet, but there is some worrisome polling for Republicans in states like Colorado and North Carolina. Don’t count on Trump’s ouster, but keep an eye on endangered Republican senators.

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Robert C. BreMiller Robert C. BreMiller, 56, of of Ohio, and Richard BreMiller Catskill passed away on No- of Shady; son in law of Alfred vember 3, 2019. He was born and Susan DeThomas of Cairo, in Poughkeepsie, a son of the sister in law of Sandy Murphy of late Charles and Jean McKin- Cairo, uncle of Jason, Alana, Miley BreMiller. Forchael and Shannon. merly of Millbrook and Calling hours on Saugerties, Bob preThursday from 4:00 – viously worked as a 8:00 pm at Millspaugh welder at Holcim CeCamerato Funeral ment, Catskill. He atHome, 139 Jefferson tended Grace Baptist Hgts., Catskill. A FuChurch, Freehold and neral Service will then was a foster parent for be conducted at 7:00 many years. Husband pm by Pastor Dale BreMiller of Ann-Marie DeThoQuick. Memorial conmas BreMiller, father tributions may be made of Collin, Shane, Kayla, Jacob, to Matthew 25 Food Pantry, 8 Daniel and Lauren BreMiller, all Union St, Catskill, NY 12414. of Catskill, grandfather of Buck; Messages of condolence may brother of William (Ellen) BreMi- be made to MillspaughCamerller of Millbrook, Susan BreMiller ato.com.

Stephen A. Diffendale lotte Diffendale of Albany and Mary Diffendale of Hartford, CT, brother of Charlotte Diffendale of Cranston, RI, brother-in-law of Andrew Groves (Travis Chapman) of Albuquerque, NM and Joseph Groves (Pamela Maraglio) of Otego, and uncle of Emily and Isabella.

A private interment will be held in Evergreen Cemetery, Otego. In keeping with Steve’s love of cats and dogs, memorial contributions may be made to AnimalKind, 721 Warren St., Hudson, NY 12534. Funeral arrangements by Millspaugh Camerato Funeral Home, Catskill. Messages of condolence may be made to MillspaughCamerato.com.

House investigators release transcripts of closed-door testimony Nicholas Fandos and Michael S. Schmidt The New York Times News Service

WASHINGTON — House impeachment investigators began moving witness testimony into the open for the first time Monday, releasing transcripts of private depositions taken last month with the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine and a top diplomat who advised Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

The ambassador, Marie Yovanovitch, told Democrats and Republicans during her deposition last month that she believed she was the victim of a conservative smear campaign that sought, incorrectly, to portray her as disloyal to President Donald Trump and prompted him to remove her. The diplomat, Michael McKinley, described to investigators how he pressed top State Department officials to publicly support Yovanovitch as she was dragged through the news, and they declined.

The House voted on a resolution last week that directed the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Oversight and Reform committees to release the transcripts with necessary redactions and begin to move other findings into public view. Democrats are expected to publicize transcripts of additional depositions, including with witnesses more central to their case, this

week. They could begin public hearings with some of the witnesses as soon as next week.

“As we move towards this new public phase of the impeachment inquiry, the American public will begin to see for themselves the evidence that the committees have collected,” the three Democratic committee leaders involved in the inquiry said in a statement accompanying the transcripts. “With each new interview, we learn more about the president’s attempt to manipulate the levers of power to his personal political benefit.”

Republicans involved in the inquiry did not immediately respond.

The transcript release came as a new batch of witnesses were refusing Monday to sit with investigators. The White House’s top national security lawyer declined to appear for a scheduled deposition Monday morning, saying he would wait until a federal judge rules on whether Trump’s closest advisers have to answer questions from congressional investigators.

The lawyer, John A. Eisenberg, played a central role in dealing with the fallout at the White House from a July call between Trump and the Ukrainian president, in which Trump asked the Ukrainians to conduct investigations that could benefit him politically.

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MIAMI — Federal officials are investigating after a small plane grazed an Amazon truck during an emergency crash landing on a main Doral artery, about four miles west of Miami International Airport.

The plane came to a stop at an intersection along Northwest 25th Street just west of 87th Avenue late Sunday night, near an industrial complex and the headquarters of Miami-Dade police.

It clipped an 18-wheeler Amazon delivery truck on its way down, according to Doral police.

Surrounding streets were closed late Sunday and the plane was moved, at the direction of federal authorities, to Northwest 89th Court, to reduce traffic congestion during Monday’s rush hour, said Doral police spokesman Rey Valdes.

Traffic was moving slow but steady shortly after 8 a.m.

Monday, with the downed plane visible off Northwest 25th Street. Officers were guarding the plane, which was blocked off by police tape. The plane was resting on a strip of road with a canal on both sides.

“The fact that it happened at a Sunday night at 10 p.m. made a big difference,” Valdes told reporters at the scene. “I don’t want to think of what would be during the day or on a weekday.”

There were two men on board the plane, he said. One of them was treated at the crash site for minor injuries.

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A small plane crash-landed in Doral near Miami-Dade Police headquarters. It remained on the street Monday morning, Nov. 4, 2019.

The plane, numbered N6015Z, is a twin-engine Beechcraft BE-76, also known as a Beechcraft Duchess, and was heading to Miami Executive Airport in Kendall, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

It’s registered under Osorio Aviation Corp, a MiamiDade for-profit corporation, according to FAA records.

The plane’s certificate is valid and will expire in February 2022, according to the FAA. On the ground in Doral, the plane had some visible damage, including dents and cracked windows. One of its wings also was damaged.

This is the second plane owned by the corporation to make an emergency crash landing in recent months. In August, one of the corporation’s registered small Piper PA-28 planes crashed in a grassy field near Miami Executive Airport. The crash sent two people to the hospital, one in serious condition. A third passenger was treated on the scene and later released.

The company, which was registered in April 2017 with the state, became inactive in September 2018 for failing to file the required annual reports or other legal guidelines, according to Sunbiz.

Trump administration sanctions top aides to Iranian leader Khamenei Carol Morello The Washington Post On the anniversary of the U.S. embassy takeover in Tehran, the Trump administration slapped new sanctions Monday on the core inner circle of advisers to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and announced a $20 million reward for information on a former FBI agent who disappeared in Iran 12 years ago.

The sanctions target some of Khamenei’s closest advisers, including his second son, Mojtaba Khamenei, who often represents his father at official functions even though he has never been appointed to a government position, U.S. officials said.

Other prominent officials sanctioned include Ebrahim Raisi, the newly-appointed head of Iran’s judiciary, and Mohammad Mohammadi Golpayegani, the supreme leader’s chief of staff. The list also includes an adviser who arranged credit lines for oil shipments to the Syrian government, and the head of Iran’s Armed Forces General Staff, the top military body in Iran.

As if to underscore the long history of conflict between the United States and Iran,

the Treasury Department also sanctioned Hossein Dehghan, one of Khamenei’s military aides who was a commander in Lebanon during the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut that killed 241 service members.

“Today’s anniversary is a reminder that we are dealing today with the same regime that sprang up 40 years ago, the same regime our diplomats encountered so long ago,” said a senior administration official, referring to the 1979 student takeover of the U.S. embassy in which more than 50 diplomats and military guards were held captive for 444 days.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to speak out Monday afternoon against Iran’s activities in the region when he addresses a State Department commemoration of the embassy siege.

In a statement, Pompeo called for the release of all missing and wrongfully detained Americans, and harked back to the 1979 embassy seizure.

“The State Department announced a $20 million reward for information on the whereabouts of Robert Levinson, a retired FBI agent who vanished during a 2007 visit to Kish

Island in Iran.

Another administration official called on the Iranian government to renounce hostage-taking and release all foreigners unjustly imprisoned in Iran. At least five Americans are believed to have been imprisoned on accusations of espionage that their families and colleagues consider baseless.

In a background call with reporters, U.S. officials repeatedly made derogatory remarks about the Iranian regime, calling the leaders “self-appointed revolutionaries.”

Tensions between Tehran and Washington have been escalating rapidly since President Trump withdrew last year from the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.

They have spiraled upward particularly in recent months, as sanctions have been reimposed and Iran has reacted by appearing to test Washington’s resolve. It has downed a U.S. drone in the Persian Gulf, and the administration has blamed it for attacks on Saudi oil facilities.

In Tehran, new anti-American graffiti has appeared on the wall around the former U.S. embassy, now turned into a museum for a paramilitary militia.

Iran adds advanced centrifuges, further weakening nuclear deal Richard Pérez-Peña The New York Times News Service

Iran said Monday it had started using a new set of advanced centrifuges, bringing the country a step closer to being able to produce enough nuclear material for a bomb.

It is the latest move made

by Iran to exceed the limitations of the nuclear agreement it signed in 2015, and it was done in retaliation for President Donald Trump’s withdrawing from that deal and imposing new economic sanctions.

The Iranian government reiterated that it was

prepared to reverse its buildup if the European powers that signed the agreement found a way to ease the impact of U.S. sanctions. Tehran has pursued a calibrated campaign of steps beyond the boundaries of the 2015 deal, steadily ratcheting up pressure on the Europeans.

But if the European commitments “are fully implemented, we will come close to what we had in the nuclear deal, too,” Ali Rabiei, a government spokesman, said at a news conference in Tehran, according to the semiofficial Fars News Agency.

The announcement came as Iran celebrated the 40th anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, when 52 Americans were taken hostage.

In Washington, the Trump administration marked the anniversary with new sanctions on Iranian leaders. The Treasury Department action targeted the general staff of Iran’s armed forces and nine associates of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country’s supreme leader. Among them were the ayatollah’s chief of staff, one of his sons and the head of Iran’s judiciary.

org. The corporation is registered under Joao Osorio, who was also the corporation’s director. Osorio was not immediately available for comment.

The Federal Aviation Administration said it’s investigating and that the National Transportation Safety Board will determine the cause of the accident. (c)2019 Miami Herald Visit Miami Herald at www.miamiherald.com Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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TANNERSVILLE — Being nominated for Student of the Month at Hunter-Tannersville Middle/High School is a special honor. October’s students are Benjamin Randolph and Domenick Walley.

With this honor comes recognition and support. Each student of the month enjoys a lunch or dinner for two at The Last Chance Antiques and Cheese Café, a one-day lift ticket at Hunter Mountain provided by Peak Resorts, two passes to the Mountain Cinema from the Catskill Mountain Foundation, an engraved pen from the SPTO, a family bumper sticker from the board of education, and an ice cream from Principal Funck.

The criteria the staff considers in nominating a student are: academic perseverance, involvement in school/community activities, participation in sports/hobbies, respectfulness, determined to succeed in an endeavor, dedicated to do their best, and dependability.

Hunter-Tannersville values exemplary students and citizens.

Randolph, a freshman, represents the “Maroon Group” (grades 7-9). He is the son of Elizabeth Dymond of Lexington. Randolph plays both soccer and baseball for Hunter-Tannersville. He has participated in both band and chorus and he is also a member of the morning announcement program.

Randolph spends most of his time helping with his family’s business, making maple syrup and maple products at Maple Hill Farm. He is interested in entering the Marines

By Helen M. Exum, Senior Prevention Educator, Twin County Recovery Services Inc. For Columbia-Greene Media

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Benjamin Randolph with faculty members Ritamary Vining and Lee Herchenroder.

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Domenick Walley with faculty members Jordan Davis and George Bain.

after he graduates and later pursing a career in law enforcement.

Walley, a senior represents the “Gold Group” (grades 1012). The son of Rachel and Wayne Walley, he lives in Elka Park. This is his second year in the visual communications

program at NCOC BOCES. His interests are in music and music recording; he also enjoys photography. After graduation in June Walley plans to attend SUNY Oneonta and study in the music industry program. He hopes to have a career in live music one day.

NYSEG and RG&E warn customers of new scam attempts BINGHAMTON — NYSEG and RG&E, subsidiaries of AVANGRID Inc. (NYSE: AGR), are urging customers to be vigilant of scammers posing as representatives of the energy companies.

NYSEG and RG&E have recently received reports of customers having accepted calls from people who claim to be “consultants” of the companies, some with a corresponding forged caller ID. Customers are urged to never give out personal or account information to unsolicited callers.

Additionally, customers have reported calls threatening to cut service unless an immediate payment over the phone is made using a prepaid debit card such as “Green Dot.” This is a sure sign of a scam. In some cases, the caller seems to have specific knowledge about the customers they are calling and will provide a callback number that spoofs a recorded greeting similar to that of the companies’ customer service line. Please note that NYSEG and RG&E provide advance notice before terminating a customer’s service for nonpayment, and employees do not perform shut-offs during hours when the Customer Service Center is closed.

Scammers often target commercial establishments such as restaurants, sandwich shops, or markets shortly before their busiest lunch or dinner periods.

However, residential customers have also reported receiving calls.

Any customer who is uncertain whether a call is genuine should hang up and call NYSEG or RG&E at the number listed on the bill or on the company’s website. Here are some helpful tips: n Customers can research their energy supply choices at NYSEG or RG&E. Never give out unsolicited account information over the phone or in person. n NYSEG and RG&E will never call customers for payment if the account is in good standing.

Be suspicious of callers asking

for payment for an account that is current. n If unsure of the identity of the caller, ask for the last five digits of the account. If they do not have this information, hang up and alert local authorities.

You can also report this to the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center. Never give out personal or account information to a caller. n Be suspicious of unexpected emails from NYSEG or RG&E, especially if you’re not an eBill customer, and think twice before clicking links. If you’re not certain, you can make credit card payments, check balances and find other information at nyseg.com and rge.com. n When making a payment by phone, always use company phone numbers: NYSEG customers can call 800-600-2275.

RG&E customers can call 800295-7323. You can also check your account status over the phone.

n Do not make any payments over the phone to anyone who has contacted you or asked you to dial a number that is different than the one on your bill or the companies’ website.

For payments by mail use the following addresses: NYSEG, P.O. Box 847812, Boston, MA 02284-7812; RG&E, P.O. Box 847813, Boston, MA 02284-7813.

Pay in person at an authorized payment agent, a Walmart location or one of the NYSEG or RG&E walk-in office locations.

For a listing of payment agents, visit nyseg.com and rge.com.

NYSEG and RG&E employees carry company-issued photo ID with a unique employee number. Ask for ID before providing personal or account information, or granting access to your property. If you are not certain, call to confirm using the number on your bill or the company’s website.

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This event is part of the Never Forget Series at C-GCC. For more information, contact Events Specialist Amanda Karch at 518.828.4181, extension 3344.

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In October you were introduced to the Mendez “Too Good for Violence” program that is being taught in Greene County public schools by Twin County Prevention educators.

Over the course of the next few months I’d like to share more in-depth information with you on the actual lessons and rationale behind each one.

This program is designed to be taught starting in kindergarten. So that’s where I’ll begin, but please keep in mind the program is a series of consecutive lessons that build on each other over the entire course of elementary and middle schools. With that in mind, and the understanding that middle schoolers have been exposed to the concepts taught in earlier grades, we’ll look at the themes in the first lessons at every grade level.

Lesson one in kindergarten and grades 1-3 focuses on peace, and peaceful people. The words are defined by the children who are invited to describe and draw their perception of peaceful places and peacemakers. The emphasis on peace and being a peaceful person seems obvious and is supported by research.

In the kindergarten teacher’s manual, Mendez states, “Research shows that school-based violence prevention programs can only be effective when students

learn prosocial attitudes and skills within the context of a caring classroom community.”

So, the prevention educator’s first task is to reinforce the understanding that the classroom is a place where each child is affirmed as a valuable person and that every child has a sense of belonging within the group.

Establishing these fundamental concepts is basic if the child is to be able to learn more complex skills.

Learning is hampered when the environment is hostile or simply indifferent. The lesson themes based on peace and acceptance are introduced using a variety of techniques. Games, songs, puppets and other activities enhance the learning experience while teaching respect for self and others.

Individual differences are applauded as “special” qualities to be appreciated.

This is the environment that sets the stage for positive social and personal interaction. This is where we begin to combat violence.

Goal Setting is the first lesson taught each year in grades 4 through 8.

This concept is introduced in fourth grade because research has shown that early exposure to the basic elements of setting and accomplishing goals helps the child utilize this skill as he grows (Mendez, Teacher’s Manual grade 4, pg.25, Lesson 1 Rationale).

The goal-setting concept is reintroduced in grades 5 through 8 with age-appropriate elements added at

each level.

Consistent yearly review of the topic helps the student internalize the concepts that are introduced and make them part of their value system.

Research has told us that students who can, and do, set realistic goals develop a stronger sense of self and make better decisions as a result (Mendez Teacher’s Manuals grades 4-8). Students are encouraged to set a realistic short-term goal, develop a plan of action to accomplish that goal and consider the potential obstacles that may hinder them in that pursuit.

Role play and small group problem-solving activities allow the students to respond to life situations under professional supervision, with the focus on positive thinking and actions resulting in positive outcomes.

The character traits targeted here are courage, responsibility and self-discipline, all of which are essential in building a strong sense of self and enabling better decision making.

A strong sense of self and better decision making are two necessary protective factors for preventing violence and substance abuse. Positive character traits and social skills are the tools children need to lead healthy lives.

Reach Helen Exum at helene@ twincountyrecoveryservices.org.

Margaretville hosts Holiday on Main on Nov. 30 MARGARETVILLE — The Business Association of Margaretville will host its annual Holiday on Main festivities Nov. 30.

Shop owners will offer many special attractions and numerous fun activities are planned throughout the day. Holiday on Main is being held in conjunction with Small Business Saturday.

The day will kick off with a parade through Main Street at 11 a.m.

After the parade, Santa and Mrs. Claus will be guests of honor at the American Legion Hall.

There will also be many

crafts for kids and the business community will feature many specials during the celebration.

Throughout the day, there will be hayrides around the village; the Catskill Mountain Model Railroad Club invites the public to observe its impressive model train setup at the Presbyterian Church; there will be a live Nativity program and the traditional tree lighting in late afternoon. There will also be Christmas caroling with all invited to lend their voices.

The Business Association of Margaretville (BAM) is organizing a full day of

special attractions in the village, including a pop-up market (the market will also be open Friday, Nov. 29).

Margaretville Central School will be holding its annual Holiday Bazaar in the school auditorium that day.

BAM invites the public to “Come Shop Small on Small Business Saturday” and show support for local merchants. This event is a showcase for local businesses and the important role they play in shaping rural communities and the economy.

For information, call 845586-4177.

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Road salt: The good, the bad and the ugly

By Anna and Larry Kadish; Stan and Lucy Yarian For Columbia-Greene Media

Winter is coming. And that means the task of salting icy roads can’t be far behind.

Even as you read this the road salt spread not just last winter but in winters before is percolating into ponds, wetlands, streams, lakes, and farm and household wells. It is referred to as a legacy effect of salt in the environment, meaning that concentrations in surface and ground water will increase, perhaps for decades, even if we were to stop using road salt today.

Road salt is halite, the nonpurified form of table salt (NaCl). It has been used in the United States to de-ice roads since 1937. Road salt works by

lowering the freezing point of water because of the added particles (solute) in the water.

For road salt to work some water has to be available. Over 22 million tons of road salt are used yearly in the U.S. When salt levels in water reach a certain point the water becomes toxic for living things. Roadside grasses, shrubs and foliage, including emerged and submerged aquatic plants, are stunted or killed. Soil fertility and root growth of roadside farms and gardens are affected.

Increased levels of salt in waterways can change the natural development of living species including insects, amphibians, fish, zooplankton, and others. Salt can leach into groundwater as well, putting

drinking water at risk. Salt in drinking water affects humans, causing hypertension and other issues.

It was shown in Dutchess County that salt content in rivers, creeks, lakes, ponds, and even household wells near treated roads are higher than in such sources away from roads. It is assumed that Columbia and Greene counties would reveal a similar pattern.

If road salt continues to be laid down at the current rate, the water used by plants and animals, including humans, could be compromised. For now we must decrease the amount of road salt currently being spread on our roads.

Alternatives to halite are either not as effective or as inexpensive, so the strategy must

be to find ways to use less.

Some towns, counties, and the state are looking into ways to do just that.

Using less salt can lessen the impact on water resources and show up as savings in municipal budgets. Some measures toward this end do not require large expenses, beginning with simple awareness of the need to use no more salt than is necessary.

When highway department staff are required to attend regular training, particularly if it entails a salt-efficiency module, they become partners in protecting the water. Recent developments in spreader technology equipped with GPS and temperature sensors that respond to location, air and road temperature, speed,

and stops measure the exact amount of salt that is being applied, giving road crews a benchmark.

Trucks do not need to be fully loaded if crews have the knowledge of the amount necessary to complete the run. At its May meeting the board of the town of Livingston voted to purchase two of these state-of-the-art spreaders, and board members will be keeping an eye on water quality and cost savings. This is a very important start and, hopefully, other towns are following suit. There are also developments in plow design that make for a more complete removal of frozen material.

While these technological developments do involve a financial outlay, over time,

as has been demonstrated in the town of Lake George, its investment in snow removal technology was covered within five years. As an official at Lake George, said, “Apply salt smarter.”

Anna Kadush is the Town of Taconic representative for the CCEMC and Stan Yarian was the Town of Livingston representative for the CCEMC. The Columbia County Environmental Management Council is an advisory committee to the Columbia County Board of Supervisors pursuant to NYS Environmental Conservation Law 47-0107. Opinions presented herein are not necessarily the opinions or adopted policies of the Columbia County Board of Supervisors unless otherwise indicated.

Airport Authority selects Caldwell, EIT, honored new chief executive officer as Woman on the Rise ALBANY — The Albany County Airport Authority appointed Philip Calderone of Albany to become the new Chief Executive Officer of the Albany County Airport Authority. The section of Calderone follows an extensive recruitment and interview process to select a new Chief Executive Officer to replace retiring long-term CEO John A. O’Donnell. Calderon will take over the critical leadership position before the end of November at an annual salary of $185,000.

Father Kenneth Doyle, Chairman of the Airport’s Board explained, “The Board and I are extremely pleased that someone of the leadership depth and experience of

Phil Calderone will be taking the reins of our thriving airport from our very effective current CEO John O’Donnell.

We anticipate a seamless transition, especially because Phil has such a depth of knowledge of the Capital District, given his extended service, first as Deputy Mayor of Albany for 17 years and his recent position as Deputy Albany County Executive and Counsel.”

Calderone is an Albany native, a graduate of Siena College (1977) and Albany Law School (1981). He has a long private and public employment history here in Albany.

He also has very extensive civic board experience.

The Authority Board received over 50 applications for

the CEO position from across the country and ultimately interviewed seven finalists before selecting Calderone. The Albany International Airport is currently experiencing strong growth in passenger enplanements and by early 2020 will be completing several major construction projects. Those projects include a new 1000car parking garage and significant upgrades to the terminal and its concessions. In addition, the Airport is the beneficiary of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s initiative to fund and complete the long planned Exit 3 of the Northway which will greatly enhance public access to the airport.

New head of school honored at investiture ceremony NEW LEBANON — Andrew “Andy” J. Vadnais was honored Oct. 5 at an investiture ceremony officially installing him as the 12th Head of The Darrow School.

The investiture ceremony took place in the beautiful Tannery building on the historic, 365-acre Darrow campus. Remarks by senior class student Rianna Young ‘20, faculty member Michael Glovsky, and a special performance from The Darrow School Chorus, set the stage for the keynote address from Jennifer Cholnoky, vice chair, board of trustees and parent of two alumni and a current student at the school. Cholnoky recounted Vadnais’ journey back to Darrow, and closed by saying, “Andy, this is indeed a great day in the history of our school. We are so pleased to have you back on the Mountainside, returning to the ‘flock,’ as it were.”

In accepting the charge to lead The Darrow School, Vadnais thanked all the speakers and attendees, and offered the following: “As we gather today in this beautiful building, there is much for which we can be grateful. We can be grateful for the long and dignified history of our little school and for the dedication of those who came before us here — including the 11 Heads of School who preceded me. We can be grateful for the wonderful opportunity to

LATHAM — The Chazen Companies have announced Elizabeth “Liz” Cadwell, EIT, has been honored as one of six women named “Women on the Rise” by the Albany Business Review.

“Women on the Rise” identifies and honors women leading the way for the next generation with their outstanding and significant contributions to the business community.

Cadwell joined Chazen in 2017 and recently obtained her EIT (Engineer in Training) certification. Since starting with Chazen, Cadwell has been an integral part of various projects for key clients. A few examples include providing interpretation of updated NYSDEC code for Solid Waste Management Permitting for Transfer Station Facilities, contributing to the design of a groundwater well-point system, securing millions of dollars in grant money for communities in need of clean water and drinking water infrastructure under the State Revolving Fund, and providing project management and coordination for a brewery.

Cadwell has also been essential in evolving Chazen’s culture, according to the company . She has become a mentor for junior staff, joined

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Honorees at the Albany Business Review Luncheon on Oct. 11.

the company’s communication committee, and actively participated in the Capital Region’s CANstruction event.

“When Liz came to Chazen she immediately demonstrated a desire to succeed.

Her organization skills and attention to detail has resulted in increased efficiency for every project she works on.

Liz will face any challenge she is given with determination and resolve. She is willing to take on any aspect of a project even if it is not within her comfort zone. She recently passed the Fundamentals of Engineering exam and she

will undoubtedly become a licensed Professional Engineer in the near future. Liz is a valuable asset to the company, and we are fortunate to have her as a colleague,” said Walter J. Kubow, P.E., LEED AP, Principal, Manager, Civil Engineering, The Chazen Companies.

Cadwell graduated from Clarkson University with a B.S. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering, and lives in Latham. She was honored at a luncheon held by the Albany Business Review on Oct. 11 at the Glen Sanders Mansion in Scotia.

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serve humanity afforded to those of us lucky enough to live and work here. Through our work, we can touch the future.”

In a statement, Vadnais added, “I am returning home to the Mountainside with the hope of helping The Darrow School move confidently into its next chapter. Together we have exciting opportunities to explore – unique opportunities made possible by the age in which we live. In all our programs and initiatives, we will be wise to preserve the Shaker ideals of simplicity, industry, honesty, and

harmony — ideals that will serve us well in the future, just as they did in the past.”

Vadnais is a Berkshire native and graduate of Williams College. He first arrived at The Darrow School in 1983, serving as a teacher for seven years.Vandais and his wife Nancy Lyon moved to Connecticut where he eventually served as head of school at South Kent School for 15 years. Vadnais rejoined the Darrow community in November 2018 and began his tenure as head of The Darrow School on July 1.

ALBANY — John R. Dunne, Senior Counsel with Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP, will be honored with the Haywood Burns Memorial Award by the New York State Bar Association’s Committee on Civil Rights on Oct. 16 at the City University of New York Law in Long Island City.

The award was established by the committee to honor the late civil rights lawyer and academic, Dean W. Haywood Burns of CUNY Law School, who sought to expand the rights of all people and provide connections among diverse groups with the communities he served. Dunne’s extensive and prolific work best meets the spirit of this award.

Dunne is the former United States Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights under President George H.W. Bush and Deputy Majority Leader of the New York State Senate. During his tenure as the nation’s chief civil rights

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counsel, he was responsible for the enforcement of all federal statutes affecting civil rights and was an active member of inter-agency task forces addressing issues including immigration, employment discrimination, aging and disability compliance. Dunne was a prominent Long Island attorney and was elected State Senator from Nassau County for 13 terms rising to the position of Deputy Majority Leader.

He chaired numerous Senate

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committees including judiciary, insurance, environment, corporations and prisons and was responsible for significant state legislation.

As senior counsel at Whiteman Osterman & Hanna, Dunne concentrated his practice on environmental, government relations, litigation, arbitration and mediation. In 2006, he received the New York State Bar Association’s Gold Medal Award, the Association’s highest recognition for service to the Bar and the community. Additionally, he received the Correctional Association of New York’s award for Lifetime Achievement in Public Service in 2007. In 2010, he was awarded the Fund for Modern Courts’ Career Public Service Award and the U.S. Department of Justice created the John R. Dunne Award, recognizing professionals who have furthered the cause of civil rights through nonlitigation activities.

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Buffalo Wild Wings managers fired after reportedly asking black diners to move Emily S. Rueb The New York Times News Service

Two managers of a Buffalo Wild Wings in Illinois have been fired after a patron said they asked her group, which included black diners, to move because another customer in the restaurant was racist.

A service manager and shift manager at the restaurant in Naperville, about 30 miles west of Chicago, were terminated after the company conducted “a thorough, internal investigation,” it said in a statement Monday in response to a Facebook post describing the episode.

“We take this incident very seriously,” the statement said. “Buffalo

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community, and the investigation has shown that this was not a random act since both parties were known to each other,” Bartlett said.

The investigation into the alleged stabbing is in its early stages, Czajka said.

“We’re not prepared right now to discuss any motives or the reason behind the conduct,” Czajka said. “The two persons in question did know each other for some time, and they have had a relationship going

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said this section of the plan would be removed, Talbott said.

Smith could not be reached for comment.

Planning Board member Gil Bagnell supports this type of zoning.

“The comprehensive plan is just recommendations for the future,” Bagnell said. “If the section on PUD was included, it would not have changed zoning.”

PUD is a method of zoning that would allow trustees to approve a proposal for use of a large parcel of land with added flexibility, Bagnell said.

Wild Wings values an inclusive environment and has zero tolerance for discrimination of any kind.”

Mary Vahl was among the group of six adults and 12 children who went to the restaurant in Naperville on Oct. 26.

According to an account that Vahl wrote on Facebook, which has been shared and commented on thousands of times, her husband, Justin, had initially requested a table for 15.

But when he approached an employee for a table with three more seats, the worker asked, “What race are you guys?” and said that one of the restaurant’s “regular customers,” who was dining near the larger seating area, was “racist,” Vahl wrote.

back some years. They were not home at the time. They were driving. The incident occurred a short distance from the decedent’s home.”

Bartlett described the scene after deputies arrived: Streib was seen leaning over Unson, who was lying on his back on the ground, police said. Streib did not attempt to flee, and was taken into custody without incident, police said.

Streib was found at the scene with superficial wounds to his face, Czajka said.

“The defendant was apprehended without incident and he was completely cooperative,” Czajka said.

Bartlett and Czajka declined “Some residents were worried this would open the door to unwanted developments,” Bagnell said. “It wouldn’t have allowed people to do whatever they wanted. It still would have required trustee approval.”

Although PUD didn’t make the cut, residents may see zoning changes, Bagnell said.

“It doesn’t mean there won’t be changes in the future to accommodate particular projects,” he said.

Trustee Joseph Kozloski said he believes more residents would have supported PUD if it had been explained to them, he said.

Another issue that came up at the first hearing was that residents wanted the arts and culture of the village to be represented in the plan, Kozloski

“We knew right away who it was because the guy was staring at us the entire time and giving us looks as we were being seated,” she wrote. The group was made up of minorities, “mostly consisting of African-Americans,” she wrote.

After talking to the other customer, a manager approached Vahl’s group, which had already begun ordering drinks and appetizers at the table where they’d been seated, and said “these seats are reserved and we will have to move your group,” she wrote.

The group “politely” declined to relocate, she said.

Another manager then approached and said that another party of 18 had called, and that Vahl’s

to say whether the defendant made any admissions to police.

The sheriff’s deputies recovered a knife at the scene, but authorities declined to say what kind of knife was used.

The alleged victim’s sister saw her brother on the ground and called 911. The Unson family lives in a cluster of homes near their farm on Pleasant Vale Road, Czajka said.

The altercation began in a vehicle at the southeast corner of Route 9 and Pleasant Vale Road.

A second team of investigators was seen combing that area Sunday. Police say the Unson was then driven to 120 Pleasant Vale Road, where Unson’s sister lives.

group would have to move, according to her account.

“In 2019, this type of behavior should not be accepted because of certain views,” she wrote. “If you don’t want to sit next to certain people in a public restaurant then you should probably eat dinner in the comfort of your own home.”

She said the families left and went to a nearby Hooters restaurant. Vahl thanked that restaurant in her Facebook post “for serving our group and the patrons of Hooters for not being close-minded people that would ruin the night of others.”

Reached by telephone Monday, Vahl declined to comment. Buffalo Wild Wings did not identify the

“It was not apparent that the incident occurred other than where the deputies found the defendant until sometime later,” Czajka said. “Sheriff Bartlett did not discover this second scene until sometime after they had all arrived.”

Sheriff’s investigators are continuing to piece together what happened before the incident and are working to determine where the two men had been before, Czajka said.

“We’ll be canvassing the whole area,” Bartlett said.

“Again, this is an ongoing investigation, so we’re in the very preliminary stages.”

Police said there was no indication the incident was

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said.

“It’s not that type of document,” he said. “It’s a land use document. That’s all it is.”

Resident Richard Wagoner, who attended the first hearing,

had several concerns, he said.

“Despite being called a

managers who were fired, or describe the episode.

Another member of the group, Marcus Riley, who is a children’s basketball coach, told CBS Chicago: “It’s 2019. We’re supposed to be past this.”

Riley could not be immediately reached for comment, but his mother, Debra Riley, said her son had called in tears that night. She said what had happened “hurt him to the core.”

“Now you have truly experienced racism,” she remembered telling him.

The State Police Forensic Investigative Unit, along with uniformed troopers, were called in to assist with the two crime scenes. Czajka responded to the scene and his office is assisting with the investigation.

“I commend the sheriff and Senior Investigator [Kevin] Skype for their prompt response and for seeking assistance from the state police Forensic Investigation Unit,” Czajka said.

Columbia County Coroner Bernadette Powis assisted at the scene.

planned.

Streib was arraigned by Clermont Town Justice Ronald Banks on the murder charge.

Streib asked for an attorney, Czajka said, and Chief Public Defender Michael Howard was called to represent him. Howard waived a preliminary hearing for Streib.

Czajka declined to say whether drugs or alcohol played a role in the incident.

“I don’t know that it is appropriate right now to necessarily discuss the illnesses or afflictions of either person right now,” Czajka said. “There may be questions as to those issues.

That we will explore as the investigation continues.”

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

comprehensive plan, it didn’t seem to be very comprehensive to myself and many, with the focus seemingly based on real estate and zoning,” Wagoner said. “Echoing many of the sentiments for dressing up Main Street and the village to attract tourists and outside investors presented in the Downtown and Waterfront Development Plan of 2009, again this new comprehensive plan fails to thoroughly acknowledge and address the lack of affordable housing and job opportunity here. What bothered me most about the current plan is that unlike the

2009 plan that had extensive data on area demographics such as the different income groups living in the village, employment and homeless rates, as well as surpluses and deficits of area industry, agriculture, and retail or service businesses, the current plan had no up to date data to support it, relying instead on a few guest speakers from different businesses and organizations for input.”

No vote will be taken after the hearing Thursday, Kozloski said. The completed plan will have to be sent to the county for review.

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COLONIE — Schuylerville scored twice in the first half and made that two goal lead just stand up enough to pull out a 2-1 win over top seeded Ichabod Crane in Saturday’s Section II Class B boys soccer championship at Colonie High School.

Early in the match, Ian Winchell was just inside the box when he sent a beautiful curling shot into the nets to give the Black Horses a 1-0 edge. The second goal was off a corner kick and it seemed to deflect off an Ichabod player or keeper into the nets to make it 2-0.

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SCHUYLERVILLE — Chatham will be playing in a Section II championship game for the second straight year after blanking Whitehall in Saturday’s Section II Class D football semifinal at Schuylerville High School.

The Panthers (7-2), who played in the Class C title game a year ago, will meet Warrensburg (8-1) for the Section II Class D championship on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Schuylerville High School.

After a scoreless first quarter, Chatham got on the board with 2:17 to go in the first half when Jacob Sorros capped off a drive with a four-yard run to put the Panthers up 6-0 at halftime.

Chatham broke the game open in the second half. Tyler Kneller threw touchdowns passes of 43 yards to Thomas Van Tassel and two yards to Jayshawn Williams in the third quarter. Quinten Kastner added a twopoint conversion run.

Kastner scored on a 30-yard run and Van Tassel had a six-yard run to close out Chatham’s scoring in the fourth quarter.

Sorros had his most productive game of the season, rushing for 116 yards and a TD on 19 carries. Kastner added 93 yards and a score on 13 carries, Casey Sitzer had 48 yards on five carries, Williams nine yards on three carries and Van Tassel five yards and a touchdown on two carries.

Sitzer completed 1 of 6 passes for 23 yards. Kneller completed 4 of 6 passes for 63 yards and two touchdowns.

Sean King led the Chatham defense with three solo tackles, seven assists and one sack. Justin Geerholt had four solos and three assists; Van Tassel three solos, two assists and one sack; Kyle Nehmans one solo and five assists; Anthony Schiffer one solo and three assists; Sorros one solo and three assists; Richie Kratt two solos and one assist; Konur Barlow one solo and one assists; Jayson McKay two assists; Kneller one solo; Williams one assist; Sitzer one assist; Mateo Talbott one assist and one interception; Nate Dyer one assist; Graham Newton one assist.

Ichabod Crane had several ooprtunities. Edgar Gomez hit a dangerous curling shot which the keeper just got to, and tipped it over the crossbar. Joe Desmonie sizzled a shot just wide of net. The Riders had a sure goal when some nice passing ended up with a dead on shot on net and out of nowhere

came Black Horses defender, Noah Morris, who blocked the attempt.

Logan Groat came racing into the box, collided with the goalkeeper, and both were down, and a Rider shot went toward the empty net, but Morris cleared it away from the empty nets — two of the best

plays of the day, and they were both tremendous hustle plays.

Just three minutes remained when there was a mad scramble in the Black Horses box with bodies packed in everywhere, and out of that Desmonie knocked it in to pull the Riders to within 2-1.

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second and the Riders fell just short.

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Twins take second in Goldberg Classic

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HUDSON — Niagara County Community College pulled away from a close game with a late second half run and went on to defeat Columbia-Greene Community College, 91-72, to win the Goldberg Classic championship on Saturday afternoon.

Niagara, a Division II junior college that won 27 games a year ago, seemed to be on the verge of breaking the game wide open several times, but each time the Twins would fight back to stay within striking distance.

The Thunder Wolves built a 4232 lead by halftime and kept the lead in double digits for most of the second half until the Twins rallied, cutting the deficit to 63-57 with 748 to go in the contest.

Following a timeout by coach Bill Beilein, Niagara flipped the switch and went on a 14-0 run to put the game out of reach for good.

Myles Ukoh stepped up and nailed five three-pointers for the Twins and finished with a teamhigh 22 points. Rande Harper and Cameron Thomas both had 11.

Marcellus Cooper led Niagara with 22 points, including five thunderous dunks. Nick Scantlebury chipped in with 18.

SUNY Orange, which dropped a 71-63 decision to Niagara in Friday’s opening round of the tournament, defeated Word of Life, 10956, in the consolation game.

Niagara’s William Kondrat was named the tournament Most Valuable Player.

Columbia-Greene (1-1) plays host to Tompkins Cortland Community College on Saturday at 2 p.m.

NIAGARA (91): Scantlebury 5-518, Anderson 1-1-4, Luckman 2-28, Kondrat 4-1-9, Petit-Homme 3-1-8, Simeon 2-0-5, Adams 4-1-9, Cooper 9-4-22, Pollard 3-0-6. Totals 33-15-91.

3-pointers: Scantlebury 3, Pollard 2, Luckman 2, Anderson, Pettit-Homme, Simeon.

C-GCC (72): Rodgers 2-1-6, McIntosh 2-3-7, Thomas 3-5-11, Harper 4-2-11, Ukoh 7-3-22, Davis

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Columbia-Greene’s Cameron Thomas (3) drives to the basket during Saturday’s game against Niagara County Community College in the Goldberg Classic.

3-3-9, Hedgepeth 2-1-6. Totals 2318-72.

3-pointers: Ukoh 5, Rodgers, Harper, Hedgepeth.

FRIDAY C-GCC 94, Word of Life 42 HUDSON — Rande Harper poured in 27 points to help

Columbia-Greene Community College defeat Word of Life, 9442, and give Ryan Parshall his first victory as Twins head coach in the opening round of the Goldberg Classic on Friday.

Columbia-Greene will play Niagara County Community College

in the championship game on Saturday at 2 p.m. SUNY Orange will lay word of Life in the consolation game at noon.

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Jepkosgei’s NYC Marathon upset caps a year of leaps and turmoil Lindsay Crouse The New York Times News Service

NEW YORK — The New York City Marathon finished without controversy Sunday on a pristine autumn day.

Joyciline Jepkosgei of Kenya won the women’s race in ideal long-distance running conditions, completing her debut in the 26.2-mile race in 2 hours, 22 minutes, 38 seconds. She edged out Mary Keitany, 37, also of Kenya, denying her a fifth title. It was the fastest debut in the women’s race.

Jepkosgei, 25, is the world-record holder in the half-marathon, but the race Sunday was her first major marathon.

“I knew Mary had more experience in marathon, so I was trying to push,” Jepkosgei said. She added that she was looking back during the last few miles to see if her opponent would catch up.

In the men’s race, Geoffrey Kamworor, 26, also of Kenya, broke the tape at the finish line in 2:08:13. He finished third in 2018 after winning in 2017.

“About 24 miles, I saw I was able to go, and I was feeling strong,” Kamworor said. “That’s when I decided to pull away.”

NOAH K. MURRAY/USA TODAY Before that point, he ran mostly with a pack Joyciline Jepkosgei of Kenya, crosses the finish line to win the women’s division of the New York of several runners. Albert Korir of Kenya fin- City marathon in Manhattan. ished second in 2:08:36. Girma Bekele Gebre best runners will now turn their focus to the Feb. 29 in Atlanta. of Ethiopia finished third in 2:08:38.

The triumphant finishes rounded out a The marathon was the last major compe- 2020 Olympics. In the United States, the tition on the running calendar. The world’s Olympic trials marathon is scheduled for tumultuous year in the sport that generally

reflected, and sometimes fueled, broader debates both social and otherwise.

It was a year in which running had to confront thorny questions. Who counts as a woman? What do those women deserve in terms of compensation, and who is keeping them from getting it? There were even debates about what counts as a world record, and what counts as a proper shoe.

“This year had a lot of big breakthroughs that wound up transcending the running community,” said Hawi Keflezighi, the track and field agent whose brother, Meb, was one of America’s top distance runners of the modern era. “There were a lot of discussions about fairness in the sport, whether it’s around shoes or gender. You have all these amazing athletes who are so dominant and admired and connecting with fans. We’re following them closer and getting to know them and their journeys and their challenges. Everyone can have an opinion. They’re simple questions but not simple issues. People’s lives and careers are at stake.”

In May, Caster Semenya of South Africa, the two-time Olympic 800-meter champion, was barred from racing against other women because her testosterone levels give her what the International Association of Athletics Federations considers an unfair advantage over all but a tiny segment of the female See MARATHON B3

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NASCAR notebook: Several playoff hopes take huge hits Field Level Media

FORT WORTH, Texas — After another disaster on the race track, Chase Elliott has a crystal clear vision of his only path to a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series championship.

On Lap 9 of Sunday’s AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, Elliott’s No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet broke loose as he was running a higher lane in Turns 1 and 2. The car slammed into the outside wall, severely damaging the rear of the Camaro.

Elliott’s crew made repairs, beating the time limit under NASCAR’s damaged vehicle policy by roughly 10 seconds.

Elliott completed 312 of 334 laps and finished 32nd – a result that left him 78 points below the current cut line for the Championship 4 Round of the playoffs.

In other words, Elliott must win next Sunday at ISM Raceway in Phoenix if he wants to race for the series title at HomesteadMiami Speedway. There is no other option.

“I made a mistake, got loose and crashed,” Elliott said. “I really hate that (the wreck) happened. Obviously, it’s not good and not what you’re looking for. It’s just my mistake and there’s really no excuse for it. It’s just all eyes on Phoenix.

“Obviously, today was very self-inflicted. I made a mistake that there’s really no excuse for, and that’s what you get. You make mistakes, you put yourself in a bad position, and that was all on me today. I hate that it happened, but it did, and we’ll just go on to Phoenix and try to get a win out there.”

BLANEY FACES UPHILL BATTLE AT PHOENIX Ryan Blaney manhandled his No. 12 Team Penske Ford (or perhaps it manhandled him a bit), ultimately finishing eighth. He now sits 23 points behind fourthplace finisher Joey Logano – who is also fourth in the standings – for the final two spots in the Championship 4.

“It was a long night,” Blaney acknowledged.

“We struggled really bad all night with track position, and then I felt like, even when we got a little bit of it, we still weren’t very good.

“We tried a lot of things tonight, and they didn’t really work. Unfortunately, we didn’t really get many stage points and the 4 (Kevin Harvick) winning didn’t help our cause, but we have to run better than that, anyway.”

Nor did it help Blaney’s cause that Ryan Newman, a driver notoriously difficult to pass, held him up during a green-flag run and blocked Blaney’s run off Turn 2.

“Ryan is Ryan and he is going to race hard,” Blaney said. “I was mad that I had a massive run up top and he just turned right and it made me jump out of the gas and get tight and hit the fence.

“That’s what I was mad about. I was fine with the racing before that, but when someone has a big run like that it’s like, ‘c’mon.’”

That incident likely didn’t change Blaney’s situation heading for ISM Raceway at Phoenix.

“Gotta win,” Blaney said. “Hopefully, we go do that.”

HAMLIN GOES FROM FAVORITE TO LONG SHOT The weekend was going well for Denny Hamlin – up until the Lap 80.

Hamlin came to Texas Motor Speedway second in the playoff standings and qualified third for the second race of the Round of 8.

But on Lap 80, while racing for position in the top 10, the driver of the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota turned sideways in Turn 4 and slid through the infield grass, damaging the splitter on his Camry.

Hamlin lost two laps on pit road while his crew repaired the car. Slowed by the damage, he finished 28th, six laps down.

The real damage, however, came in the standings. A five-time winner this year, Hamlin dropped to fifth in the standings, 20 points behind Logano. That’s a huge deficit with one race left to determine the Championship 4 drivers.

Now a season that Hamlin characterized as his best to date depends on a stellar performance at ISM Raceway in Phoenix.

“Just got up in that stuff (traction compound) before it was really broke in,” Hamlin said. “Just lost control. That’s all there is to it. Proud of the whole FedEx team for putting their best effort forward so we could be there at the end. Did the best we could, and we’ll go to Phoenix and try to win.

“The car and the effort will be there, that’s for sure. There’s no doubt in my mind that we can go there and win. In these circumstances, I like the challenge. We’re going to go out there and give it our best shot and put our best foot forward and see if we can’t get a win next week.”

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NASCAR Cup Series driver Kevin Harvick (4) celebrates winning the AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.

Harvick clinches Miami berth with win at Texas

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Kevin Harvick arrived at Texas Motor Speedway for Sunday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup race in a bit of trouble as he was 14 points below the cutline in the Series’ Playoffs Round of 8.

He left TMS trouble-free as he locked down a spot in the Championship 4 round of the Playoffs by winning the AAA Texas 500 on Sunday night.

“A lot of work put into this race,” Harvick told reporters after the race. “We knew this was a good racetrack for us. Felt like it fit the style of our cars and man, did it.”

The victory was the fourth of the season and third in his last five starts at TMS, but it was the first of the 2019 Playoffs for the 2014 champion. It came from the pole and saw him lead a race-best 119 laps.

“Texas has always been so great to us,” said Harvick, who

advanced to the championship finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway for the fifth time.

“What a racetrack (for him and his team) the last few years.”

Finishing second Sunday was Harvick’s Stewart-Haas Racing teammate, non-Playoffs driver Aric Almirola. The margin of victory was 1.59 seconds.

“For a little while I thought we had a car capable of winning,” said Almirola, who led 62 laps. “When Harvick got a good restart there and was able to keep pace with us, I knew I was in trouble. His car was a good bit faster than ours in clean air.”

Daniel Suarez, also a nonPlayoffs driver, gave SHR a podium sweep by finishing third.

“We did a good job. We had good execution and a good clean day,” Suarez said. “I am very happy for Stewart-Haas Racing and the 41 Ford Mustang was pretty sporty. I am very happy for Kevin (Harvick) getting his ticket for Homestead.”

Rounding out the top five were Playoffs driver Joey Logano of Team Penske and Hendrick Motorsports’ Alex Bowman.

Harvick joins Martin Truex Jr., who won last weekend at Martinsville Speedway, as a berth earner in the Championship 4. The final two berths in the Championship 4 Playoffs finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway in two weeks will be decided next Sunday in Phoenix.

At least one of the drivers who will secure entry to the Championship 4 will qualify by way of points.

Kyle Busch, Truex’s Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, currently sits third and is 22 points clear of the cutoff. Logano is two points back in the fourth position.

Hendrick Motorsports’ Chase Elliott will need a victory in Phoenix in order to keep championship hopes alive.

The fan favorite got loose and

slammed the wall just nine laps into Sunday’s race. He started the day eighth in points among the eight drivers in third round of the Playoffs. He finished 22 laps off the pace Sunday and sits 78 points behind the cutoff. He must win to advance.

Denny Hamlin of Joe Gibbs Racing started the day a strong second in points. But on Lap 81, he got loose and plowed through the infield grass. His car suffered considerable body damage and was never a factor again. He finished seven laps behind the winner.

“The car and the effort will be there. That’s for sure,” said Hamlin, who will be in fifth place, 20 points below the cutline, when he takes to the track in Phoenix. “There is no doubt in my mind we can go there and win. I like the challenge.”

Ryan Blaney and Kyle Larson are tied for sixth in the standings, 23 points behind Logano.

Who will replace Willie Taggart at FSU? Matt Baker and Joey Knight Tampa Bay Times

Now that Florida State has fired coach Willie Taggart, here are some names to watch as potential candidates to fill the job: Kentucky coach Mark Stoops The first name you’ll hear is this former FSU defensive coordinator has made three different coaching stops in the state and has recruited Florida well for the Wildcats.

He took Kentucky to its third 10-win season ever in 2018. But if FSU fans didn’t like Taggart’s career losing record, how will they feel about Stoops?

Minnesota coach P.J. Fleck The one-time Bucs assistant has rowed Western Michigan to a 13-1 season and the Cotton Bowl in 2016 and has the Golden Gophers at 8-0 for the first time in decades.

Florida State offensive coordinator Kendal Briles His offenses have put up lots of points and lots of yards everywhere he has been.

His name, rightly or wrongly, is still connected to the Baylor scandal, but FSU vetted him as an assistant. Is the 30-something ready for a head coaching job?

FSU analyst Jim Leavitt The former USF coach is already in Tallahassee as a defensive analyst. He has head coaching experience and could stabilize the program — if FSU was comfortable with his controversial exit from USF. Former Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops The former UF assistant has obvious Florida ties. He also has a job as the coach/ general manager for the XFL’s Dallas Renegades.

Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly Ten years is an eternity in the pressure cooker at Notre Dame, so maybe he’s looking for a change. His resume (a trip to the title game and another to the playoff) is impressive.

Penn State coach James Franklin A well-regarded recruiter who hasn’t gotten over the hump in the loaded Big Ten East would have an easier path to the final four at FSU and the watered-down ACC. Wake Forest coach Dave Clawson His offenses are entertaining, and he has

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Head coach Willie Taggart of the Florida State Seminoles watches his team during the first half against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons on Oct. 19 at BB&T Field in Winston Salem, N.C.

the Demon Deacons headed to a fourth consecutive bowl game for the first time ever. His obvious ACC familiarity is a bonus.

Memphis coach Mike Norvell He doesn’t have any clear Florida ties, but he has the Tigers headed for a fourth straight bowl game as one of the top Group of Five programs in the nation.

Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables acknowledges fans after the football team returned to campus Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, in Clemson, S.C., the day after the Tigers defeated Alabama 44-16 in the College Football Playoff championship game.

(RICHARD SHIRO 5/8 AP) His resume and list of mentors (Bill Snyder, Bob Stoops, Dabo Swinney) speak for themselves, but the coaching landscape at all levels is rife with guys who flourished as coordinators but flopped as coaches. Venables, who turns 49 in December, never has been a head coach.

Indiana coach Tom Allen Since the ‘Noles can’t clone Bobby

Bowden (who turns 90 on Friday), perhaps they can hire someone who has a ton more in common with FSU’s resident icon than people realize. Like Bowden, Allen is a devout Christian, already has coached in Florida (USF, Armwood, Temple Heights) and has enjoyed head coaching success elsewhere. He resuscitated USF’s offense in his lone season in Tampa (2015), and has the Hoosiers (7-2) ? whose roster is loaded with Floridians ? headed to nice bowl.

Clemson co-offensive coordinator Jeff Scott At least 10 of the receivers Scott coached at Clemson are in the NFL. If ties to Tallahassee are a consideration, Scott, 38, was practically raised there. His father, Brad, spent more than a decade on Bobby Bowden’s staff, and he has recruited the state (and Tampa Bay) well.

Clemson co-offensive coordinator Tony Elliott Yes, one more Tigers assistant. He might be closer to a big-time head coaching job than Scott and was the 2017 Broyles Award winner as the nation’s top assistant.

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Columbia-Greene’s Rande Harper throws down a dunk during Saturday’s game against Niagara County Community College in the Goldberg Classic.

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Columbia-Greene’s Myles Ukoh (22) puts up a shot as Niagara CC’s William Kondrat defends during Saturday’s game in the Goldberg Classic.

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Columbia-Greene’s Kaijah Rodgers drives through a pair of Niagara CC defenders during Saturday’s game in the Goldberg Classic.

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against Word of Life, rolling to a 44-26 by halftime.

“Our team really came together,” said Parshall, who at 24 is the youngest collegiate coach in the country. “I’m really proud of them. I’ve got a great group of guys and they’re all playing together well. I feel great,” Cameron Thomas followed Harper in scoring for the twins with 12 points. Isaac McIntosh contributed 11, former Hudson High standout Zack Hedgepeth had nine, Kaijah Rodgers eight, Tyrese Carter seven, Myles Ukoh six, Anthony Diaz five, Jason Davis four, Zach Lane two, Mason Beck two and Zach Moro one.

The Twins’ defensive pressure bothered Word of Life all game long, forcing numerous turnovers which were then converted into points.

“Defensively, I think we did a great job,” Parshall said. “The press, I think they could have been a little quicker, but we started tightening it up a bit in the end, just getting in front of your man, using the sidelines so we can get the backcourt violation or out of bounds.

“Offensively, we put up a lot of points, we threw up some tricky shots and what I really wanted to see, and toward the end they were doing it, was using more presence in the post.

For me, it’s a matter of making sure all aspects of the game are fine. We got the win, but we’ve got some things to work on. I loved the offensive tempo, I loved the defensive tempo, I love the talking, but offensively

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minutes of regulation time; 20 minutes of overtime and 10 minutes of golden goal overtime, the Germantown Clippers and the New Lebanon Tigers were tied 1-1 in the Section II, Class D girls soccer semi finals match.

The New Lebanon squad prevailed 3-1 in the penalty kicks tiebreaker to advance to the section final game against Northville on Wednesday at Mechanicville High School.

Northville defeated Fort Ann 3-0 in the other semi final match of the Class D bracket.

The Clippers struck first in the 31st minute of the first half when junior defender Emma Howard moved up into the offensive third for Germantown to convert a corner kick served by junior midfielder Riley Gibbons into the 6 yard box. Howard’s header goal was the only tally of the first stanza.

The score remained 1-0 until midway through the second half of regulation when New Lebanon senior striker Emily Schafer converted a penalty kick after being taken down inside the 18 yard box by one of the

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Above, Niagara CC’s Mike Pollard puts up a shot as Columbia-Greene’s Myles Ukoh (22) defends during Saturday’s game in the Goldberg Classic.

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Right, Columbia-Green’s Zack Hedgepeth goes to the basket during Friday’s opening round game in the Goldberg Classic against Word of Life.

we have to make sure we attack inside a little more and get some free throws.”

Ryan Haneman and Quentin Lackey each had 11 points to lead Word of Life.

Germantown’s defenders.

For the rest of regulation and throughout the four overtime sessions, the two teams exchanged possessions and scoring chances, but the teams’ respective defenses and net-minders showed why these two CHVL rivals finished the regular season as co-champions.

After the deciding shootout, Germantown Coach Mike Pudney told his players to hold their heads high, and he reminded them that after only their third year in existence they already have a regular season championship to their credit. And they pushed the section’s number one seed to penalty kicks in the semi finals.

“This is the type of game you’ll remember for the rest of your lives,” Pudney said.

“You should be proud of yourselves. You’ve accomplished so much this season, and as far as I’m concerned, you’re winners regardless of tonight’s outcome,” he told his team.

Germantown took 16 shots on goal, while New Lebanon had 15.

Germantown goaltender Kauitlyn Stagno stopped 13 shots. New LEbanon goalkeeper Brianna Shuhart collected 15 saves.

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Former Hudson High standout Zack Hedgepeth scored a total of 15 points in two games for Columbia-Greene Community College during this past weekend’s Goldberg Classic.

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population. She is currently the best in the world at her event, but had to sit out the world championships in Doha, Qatar, in September.

The ruling triggered an uproar around athletic and gender activists who felt Semenya was unfairly targeted for being a black, intersex woman. Semenya has never revealed details of her biology. Others questioned the fairness of having someone with higher testosterone levels race against other women, going so far as to say that “losing the next generation of female athletes” was at stake in the case. The IAAF, track and field’s world governing body, imposed hormone restrictions in women’s events from 400 meters to the mile, leading many to question the invasive nature of mandating that a person regulate her hormone levels.

Also in May, Olympians Alysia Montaño, Kara Goucher and Allyson Felix disclosed to The New York Times that they faced reduced compensation from their shoe sponsors for having children. Felix

disclosed that her contract with Nike had lapsed while she had her daughter in November 2018. She went on to win two more gold medals at the world championships in Doha less than a year postpartum, making her the most decorated track and field athlete of all time.

The revelations prompted a national debate about the extent to which the sport protects pregnant athletes and new mothers, and whether it had an obligation, or an incentive, to do so at all.

Nike faced particular criticism — its roots in the sport are deep, and its advertising campaigns celebrated women who combined sports and motherhood while its contracts punished them.

In August, Nike’s executive vice president for global sports marketing, John Slusher, issued a letter to the company’s sponsored athletes detailing changes that have been made to their contracts in an effort to support them through pregnancy.

Controversy followed Nike. During the world championships in Doha on Sept. 30, Alberto Salazar, the former champion runner and famed coach, was barred for four years from the sport after being found guilty of

doping violations by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. Ten days later, Nike shut down Salazar’s team, the Nike Oregon Project, which trained some of the best athletes in the United States, including Olympic medalist Galen Rupp and the woman with the second fastest American marathon time, Jordan Hasay.

Then came an incredible weekend for the sport last month. In a run through a park in Vienna on Oct. 12, Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya broke the two-hour barrier in the marathon, finishing in 1 hour, 59 minutes, 40 seconds. The performance followed through on Kipchoge’s prerace musings: “I don’t know where the limits are, but I would like to go there.”

The limits were stretched significantly by science and other support. Kipchoge received fuel as he ran and had pacers blocking the wind.

He wore a pair of unreleased shoes with Nike’s patented carbon plate. The effort, which captivated the world, was a time trial rather than a race, and was therefore not counted as an official world record, which he already holds: He ran a 2:01:39 at the Berlin Marathon last year.

This year in Berlin, in a nearly

overlooked event, Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia came within two seconds of breaking Kipchoge’s mark.

The day after Kipchoge’s breakthrough time, another Kenyan in Nike’s new shoes, Brigid Kosgei, shattered the woman’s world record at the Chicago Marathon.

“I wanted to be the second Kipchoge — the Kipchoge for women,” she said.

The two performances catapulted a conversation that had been happening in professional running circles for three years into the wider public: Are races being won by the best athletes — or the best shoes? Right now, the carbon plates in the expensive Nike-patented shoes are seemingly so good at what they’re designed to do — help whoever’s wearing them to go faster — that any athlete wearing them has a significant advantage over those not wearing them.

The IAAF quickly appointed a task force to come up with shoe guidelines.

With the 2020 Olympics on the horizon, the volume of the debates will likely rise. A sport that can seem so simple, as it did on the streets of New York, Sunday, is proving to be anything but.

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Wife can’t forgive herself for her own costly error Dear Abby, I am a woman in my 50s who has been the family “screw-up” since I was a teenager.

Eighteen months ago, I screwed up in the worst way possible. Without my husband’s knowledge, I started robbing Peter to pay DEAR ABBY Paul with the bills. The end result: I lost us everything (home, vehicle, etc.).

He is a good man, and he deserved so much better than what I put him through. He has said he forgives me for everything, but my problem is that I can’t forgive myself.

We are divorcing now, and I’m struggling to live my life without the man I love (and who still loves me). The divorce was pushed-for right after we lost everything. His adult son paid for it, so he hasn’t dropped it. He says he doesn’t want to make waves because he’s living in his son’s guest room. I had to move back in with my dad several states away.

We talk daily, but I am still incredibly depressed. I have found a job near where I live now, but I have no medical benefits, so therapy is out of the question (and so is everything else I need to take care of my health). I have worked with mental health patients my whole adult life, so I recognize the symptoms (I have to force myself to perform personal hygiene, I sleep whenever I’m not at work,

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etc.).

Abby, I don’t know what to do anymore.

There are days when I don’t know why I bother continuing on. I feel like I don’t deserve to live after what I did to my husband. There is no way I will ever be able to give him back everything I caused him to lose, and that knowledge haunts me every minute of every day. How does someone learn to forgive themselves?

Forever The Screw-Up There are options available for individuals who have little or no money and need help with their mental health. I researched what might be available in your community and found there is a university with a department of psychological services. Contact it and inquire if someone in that department might be able to help you.

There is also the option of the County Department of Mental Health.

Once you are stable again, you can begin to work on forgiving yourself. The problem with being labeled a “screw-up” as a teenager is that once the idea is embedded, it can become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Start there.

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Vitamin D3 is usually wellabsorbed by the body I am 60 years old and generally healthy, but my vitamin D is low (below 20). I took 50,000 IU of vitamin D2 for six weeks, then 2,000 IU of vitamin D3 daily for the past two years. Recently, I started magnesium glycinate, because I read in a journal that it helps D3 get absorbed better in our body and that otherwise, 90% of D3 TO YOUR is passed in stool or urine.

GOOD HEALTH Is that correct? If yes, then is magnesium glycinate the right option for it to absorb easily in our body?

DR. KEITH ROACH

Vitamin D3 is normally well-absorbed by healthy people without needing any other supplements. Bile is needed for absorption of all D vitamins, as they are fat-soluble, so people with severe obstructive liver disease, as well as people with other malabsorption syndromes, may have difficulty.

For vitamin D to be passed in the urine, it would need to be absorbed. However, vitamin D is normally excreted mostly through stool, even after absorption.

Magnesium is necessary for proper bone health, so magnesium supplementation is appropriate for people with low magnesium level.

This is uncommon, but it is a concern in people taking some diuretic medications. It’s possible that the journal you read may have meant absorbed into bone, not into the body.

A simple blood test of your vitamin D level will confirm adequate absorption, and it should be checked if there is a reason to suspect malabsorption.

Should senior citizens think long and hard about whether they are endangering their mental health when riding roller coasters?

I didn’t know there is a cushion between my skull and my brain, and it’s drying out just like

other parts are at my age. I caved under pressure from my grandchildren, and rode one that jerks riders’ heads from side to side. I started experiencing symptoms of brain damage, and my doctor said I could have had a concussion on that ride.

The only sign there said that people with neck or back problems might want to stay off the coaster, but no warning was given about age. What do you think?

The meninges and cerebrospinal fluid act as shock absorbers for the brain, but they aren’t perfect. In older adults, the brain normally shrinks a little, so there is more room for it to move and be damaged under acceleration.

I found several studies looking at the accelerations on a person’s head in a roller coaster compared with sports, such as a “header” in soccer, and car crashes. The authors concluded that the risk of brain damage (i.e., concussion or traumatic brain injury) was low. However, I found many case reports of neurological damage due to roller coasters. A study from Stanford suggested that two people on the very same ride could have very different head pressures from each other.

Although I couldn’t find evidence to support it, I agree with you that some older adults will have more susceptibility to injury due not only to loss of shock-absorbing capability in the skull, but also with changes to muscles, joints, reflexes and bones with age. This could lead to a greater potential for harm.

I still think that older people who enjoy roller coasters can do so with minimal risk, but the risk isn’t zero. Certainly, people who have noticed symptoms after such a ride should avoid the most aggressive of these rides, which can exert a great deal of pressure.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — News comes to you today that you cannot help but feel deeply — and yet it may be too late for you to do anything about it.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — You can impress others with your knowledge of a certain topic, as what you know is rare. Don’t reveal too much without compensation.

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By Stella Wilder Born today, you are far more adventurous than any of your forebears, and you are likely to make this your claim to fame in more ways than one. You enjoy surprising those around you with feats of daring, and because you are observant, studious and thorough in your preparation for all endeavors, you’re likely to succeed at things that only bring disappointment and failure to others.

You are both deeply spiritual as well as uncommonly sensuous. You thrive on the study of that which cannot be explained, and life’s most important issues you find quite compelling. You are also quick to fall in love — and you do so mind, body and soul. Your romantic partners had better be able to go the distance!

Also born on this date are: Tatum O’Neal, actress; Tilda Swinton, actress; Bryan Adams, singer; Sam Shepard, playwright and actor; Art Garfunkel, singer and songwriter; Elke Sommer, actress; Ike Turner, rock pioneer; Vivien Leigh, actress.

To see what is in store for you tomorrow, find your birthday and read the corresponding paragraph. Let your birthday star be your daily guide.

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world you’d be paid handsomely for what you do today, but you must be satisfied with hearty thanks and a feeling of accomplishment.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — You don’t want to leave people uninterested today, so employ a method that teases them into paying attention by building the suspense.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — Someone may be making overtures today, but you’re not interested in seeing what follows. You have your own agenda to further right now.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Do you have what it takes to provide another with what is sorely needed right now? Indeed you do, whether or not you know it. Get to work!

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — You can provide more than mere expertise to a problem today, for you care more than you think you do — and that will make all the difference.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — You may not be met with the response you expect today when you do a certain thing without warning. Still, some will be on your side.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Focus on what is true, not what is popular. Ideas you put forth today can make a big difference if they are shared with the right people.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You may be faced with something of your own creation today that challenges you in a way you never expected. Is it really too much for you?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — You and others may have to work together today to face a common threat — but it’s not likely to affect anyone for long if you take the lead.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — You are eager to forge a lasting partnership with someone who complements you in many ways — but hammering out an agreement will take time.

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(e.g., Brand name of a home appliances company. Answer: Hamilton Beach.)

Freshman level 1. He said, “We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds ...”

2. This rock band’s many hits include “Good Vibrations.”

3. Home of the RMS Queen Mary.

Graduate level 4. Location on the Monterey Peninsula noted for its golf course.

5. Beaches that were the site of the landing operations on June 6, 1944.

6. Florida city once known for hosting races on its beaches.

PH.D. level 7. Name of a popular diet promoted in a bestselling 2003 book.

8. Title of a semi-autobiographical play by Neil Simon.

9. The Guinness World Records lists it as the world’s longest pleasure beach.

SUPER QUIZ ANSWERS 1. Winston Churchill. 2. The Beach Boys. 3. Long Beach, California. 4. Pebble Beach, California. 5. Normandy beaches. 6. Daytona Beach. 7. South Beach Diet. 8. “Brighton Beach Memoirs.” 9. Virginia Beach, Virginia.

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 “__. Doubtfire” 4 “…and a partridge in __ tree.”

9 The folks over there 13 __ for; cheer on 15 Piece of china 16 Island dance 17 Decorated tinplate 18 Corrosive formations on metal 19 Unsightly 20 Joy 22 __ up; bungle 23 Burrowing animal 24 __ the ball; bowl clumsily 26 Banana __; ice cream treats 29 Nice 34 Burial sites 35 Minimum 36 TV’s __ Arthur 37 Roof overhang 38 Rosary pieces 39 __ Worth, TX 40 180 degrees from SSW 41 Disguises 42 Will to achieve 43 Violent streams of water 45 Drug seller 46 Over-the-hill 47 Tune 48 Late singer __ Cass 51 Make known publicly 56 Dutch cheese 57 Approaches 58 “Why don’t we!”

60 Arthritic swelling 61 Unsuspecting 62 __ other; one another 63 Secondhand 64 Actress Kirstie 65 Your DOWN 1 Actor on “The A-Team”

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8 Agitated 9 All __;Reiner’s clumsyboy 13 Carl 10 Gigantic 11 Building wings 12 Baseball great Willie 14 Wood eater 21 Decays 25 Word attached to meal or cake 26 Very tired 27 City in Texas 28 Sweetheart 29 Reaches a high point 30 Youths 31 Bubbling away on the stove 32 Chutzpah 33 Idaho export

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Please take notice that there will be a meeting of the Columbia Economic Development Corporation Governance and Nominating Committee held on November 13, 2019 at 8:30am at One Hudson City Centre, Suite 301 Hudson, NY 12534 for the purpose of discussing any matters that may be presented to the Committee for consideration.

Dated: November 6, 2019 Sarah Sterling Secretary Columbia Economic Development Corporation

LEGITSKIN LLC. Filed 5/20/19.

Office: Greene Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: Meagan Alvord 45 S River St Apt B, Coxsackie, NY 12051. Purpose: General.

MAD Building LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 9/26/2019. Office location: Columbia County.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 436 Union Street, Hudson, NY 12534. Purpose: real estate and general business purCOLUMBIA ECONOM- poses.

IC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION Notice of Formation of NOTICE OF MEETING Please take notice that 25 Columbia Turnpike there will be a meeting LLC. Arts. of Org. filed of the Columbia Eco- with NY Dept. of State nomic Development on 9/24/19. Office loColumbia Corporation Loan cation: Committee held on County. Princ. bus.

November 12, 2019 at addr.: 25 Columbia Hudson, NY 8:30am at One Hudson Tpke, City Centre, Suite 301, 12534. Sec. of State Hudson, NY 12534 for designated agent of the purpose of dis- LLC upon whom procussing any matters cess against it may be that may be presented served and shall mail to the Committee for process to: c/o Mark Rosenblum, CPA, 37 consideration.

11th St., Dated: November 5, Brighton Brooklyn, NY 11235.

2019 Purpose: any lawful Sarah Sterling activity.

Secretary Columbia Economic Development Corpora- NOTICE OF FORMATION OF BIRD STONE tion HOLDINGS LLC. ArtiFinding Food Produc- cles of Organization tions, LLC, has been filed with the SSNY on formed to engage in 10/9/2019. Office: Cocatering and other lumbia County. SSNY food-related activities. designated as agent of Articles of Organiza- the LLC upon whom tion were filed with the process against the Secretary of State of LLC may be served.

New York on July 15, SSNY shall mail copy 2019.

Office: P.O. of any process to LLC Box 188, Chatham, c/o Legalinc Corporate (Columbia County) Services Inc., 1967 New York 12037. Da- Wehrle Drive, Suite 1 vid Israelow has been #086, Buffalo, NY designated as the 14221. Purpose: For LLC’s agent upon any lawful purpose. whom process against it may be served. A Notice of Formation of copy of process THE POND RESTAUshould be mailed to RANT LLC Articles of the LLC at: 116 Sec- Organization filed with ond Avenue, Apt. 7I, the Secretary of State New York, NY 10003. of N.Y. (SSNY) on H u n t e r- Ta n n e r s v i l l e 10/25/2019. Office loColumbia Central School District cation: is seeking proposals County. SSNY desigfor Legal Counsel. nated as agent of LLC Contact the District Of- upon whom process fice at (518) 589-5400 against it may be extension: 1000 to re- served. SSNY shall quest a proposal. mail copy of process Sealed proposals must to: 22 Park Row , be received by 11:00 Chatham, NY 12037. a.m. on November 29, Purpose: any lawful activity.

2019.

INFORMATIONAL MEETING The Village Board will be holding an Informational Meeting prior to the regular Village Board Meeting on November 13 , 2019 at 6:30PM in the Village Clerk's office in the Community Center building located at 2 First Street, regarding the possibility of constructing a new DPW building. The Public will be given the opportunity to discuss this project and ask questions of the Village Board.

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

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, P.O. Box 536, Philmont, NY 12565. Pur- LEGAL NOTICE FOR pose: Any lawful pur- FIRE DISTRICT ELECTION pose Annual Election of GalCATSKILL MOUNTAIN latin Fire District LODGING, LLC Arti- December 10, 2019 cles of Org. filed NY PLEASE TAKE NOSec. of State (SSNY) TICE, THAT THE An9/9/2002. Office in nual Election of the Greene Co. SSNY de- Gallatin Fire District sig. agent of LLC will take place on December whom process may be Tuesday, served. SSNY shall 10, 2019 between the mail process to 2105 hours of 6:00 pm and Shore Parkway, Apt. 9:00 pm at the Town of 12D, Brooklyn, NY Gallatin Town Hall lo11214. Purpose: Any cated at 667 County Route 7, Gallatin, NY lawful purpose. for the purpose of CITY OF HUDSON IN- electing two commisDUSTRIAL DEVELOP- sioners, being one for a 5 year term, and one MENT AGENCY NOTICE OF PUBLIC for a 3 year term, each commencing January MEETING Please take notice that 1, 2020. All duly registhere will be a regular tered residents of the meeting of the City of Gallatin Fire District Hudson IDA on No- shall be eligible to vember 12, 2019 at vote. Note: By the pro1:00pm at 1 North visions of Town Law, Front Street, Hudson, Section 176(7), the NY 12534 for the pur- Board of Fire Commispose of discussing any sioners has provided matters that may be by resolution that the presented to the Agen- candidates for the Fire District Office shall file cy for consideration.

Dated: November 5, their names and term with the Secretary of 2019 the Gallatin Fire DisJustin Maxwell trict, no later than NoSecretary City of Hudson Indus- vember 20, 2019. trial Development By order of the Board of Fire Commissioners.

Agenc Gallatin Fire District COLUMBIA ECONOM- PO Box 67 IC DEVELOPMENT Ancram, NY 12502 CORPORATION gallatinfiredisNOTICE OF MEETING trict@yahoo.com

Notice of Formation of Maxlyke, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with New York Secy of State

(SSNY) on 10/15/19.

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

Purpose: any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION Two Stones Farm LLC a limited liability company, Articles of Organization filed with the New York State Department of State on July 29, 2019. Offices located in Greene County. NYS Secretary of State is designated as agent with whom process against the LLC may be served. Secretary of State shall mail copy of such process to 22 Bruce Scudder Road, Halcott Center, NY 12430. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

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

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

Purpose/Character of business: Any lawful business purpose permitted under the New York Limited Liability Company Law. This notification is made pursuant to Section 206 of the Limited Liability Company Law.

NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY BERKSHIRE HILLS SCULPTURE GARDERN, LLC FIRST: The name of the Limited Liability Company is BERKSHIRE HILLS SCULPTURE GARDERN, LLC (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”) SECOND: The Articles of Organization of the Company were filed with the Secretary of State on October 15, 2019.

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

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

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

Dated: November 1, 2018 FREEMAN HOWARD, P.C. 441 East Allen Street P.O. Box 1328 Hudson, New York 12534 NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY FIRST: The name of the Limited Liability Company is 584 YELLOW HOUSE, LLC (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”) SECOND: The Articles of Organization of the Company were filed with the Secretary of State on October 31, 2019.

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

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

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

Dated: October 31, 2019 FREEMAN HOWARD, P.C. 441 East Allen Street P.O. Box 1328 Hudson, New York 12534

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

Off. loc: Greene Co. LLC org. in DE 9/16/19. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom proc. against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of proc. to 5 White Way, Windham, NY 12496. DE off. addr.: 160 Greentree Dr., Dover, DE 19904.

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

PUBLIC HEARING: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Town of Ashland will conduct a Public Hearing on Tuesday, November 12th., 2019 at 7:30PM for the 2020 Town Budget. This is for the fiscal year beginning January1, 2020, including all districts. The meeting will take place at the regular Town Board meeting re-scheduled to the 2nd Tuesday due to the observance of Veterans Day at the Ashland Town Hall, #12094 Route 23, Ashland, New York.

By Order of the Town Board Dawn Thorp Town Clerk Dated November 1, 2019 SHERMSHANDYSERVICES LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) June 25, 2019, Office in Columbia Co. SSNY design.

Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC at1627 County Rte 13, Brainard, NY 12024. Purpose: General handyman services and any lawful activity.

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK - COUNTY OF COLUMBIA NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC, V. DONALD C. GIGLIO A/K/A DONALD GIGLIO NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated April 06, 2018, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Columbia, wherein NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC is the Plaintiff and DONALD C. GIGLIO A/K/A DONALD GIGLIO is the Defendant. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the COLUMBIA COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 401 UNION STREET, FRONT LOBBY, HUDSON, NY 12534, on November 18, 2019 at 3:00 pm, premises known as 17 FARM ROAD, COPAKE, NY 12516: Section 176.3, Block 4, Lot 52: ALL THAT PARCEL OF LAND IN TOWN OF COPAKE, COLUMBIA COUNTY, STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 009222/2015.

Kathryn Barber, Esq. Referee. RAS Boriskin, LLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff.

NOTICE TO BIDDERS Notice is hereby given that the Town of Cairo will accept sealed bids for: Cairo and Greenville Pedestrian Improvement Project.

The project consists of the construction of sidewalks along County Road 23B and a 1,770 foot long multi-

use pathway in the Town of Cairo and sidewalks along NY Route 81 and NY Route 32 in the Town of Greenville. Project work includes sidewalks, curbing, full depth shoulder reconstruction, landscaping, pavement markings, signing, closed drainage, and pedestrian signals.

Contract will be awarded based upon the lowest qualified bid. Contract Documents, including Invitation to Bidders, Instructions to Bidders, Wage Rates, Bid Documents, Agreement, Special Notes, Specifications, Contract Drawings and any Addenda, may be examined at no expense at the office of Creighton Manning Engineering, 2 Winners Circle, Albany, NY 12205 or at the Office of the Town of Cairo Town Clerk’s Office, 512 Main Street, Cairo, NY 12413.

USB drives containing electronic Plans and specifications may be obtained at the Town of Cairo Town Clerk’s Office during business hours. There is no charge for USB drives.

The Town will not mail Plans and/or Specifications.

Bids to be considered must be received in a sealed envelope at the office of Kayla Warner, Town Clerk, Town of Cairo, 512 Main Street, Cairo, NY 12413 by 10:00 AM, local time, on November 22, 2019 at which time and place they will be publicly opened and read aloud. Bids received after the above noted time will not be accepted. All sealed envelopes should be clearly labeled "BID FOR CAIRO AND GREENVILLE PEDES-

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Owner’s Contact Louann Arp Town of Cairo Bookkeeper Phone: 518-622-3120 ext.115 Email: bookkeeper@townofcairo.com Engineer’s Contact Tony Christian, P.E Creighton Manning Engineering, LLP (518) 689-1880

NOTICE TO BIDDERS The Greene County Department of Human Services (Aging Dept.) is inviting bids on: PAPER GOODS and DISPOSABLE PRODUCTS Specifications may be obtained at: Greene County Department of Human Services Department for the Aging 411 Main Street Catskill, NY 12414 Bidders may submit quotes on any single or combination of the items listed above.

Please bid on Grade A and USA produced products wherever possible.

Bids must be submitted in sealed envelope, which bears the marking “Sealed Bid�.

Sealed bids will be received until 11 am Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019 at the office of the Clerk of the Greene County Legislature, 411 Main St., Catskill, NY 12414. At that time, bids will be opened and publicly read as required by Section 103 of the General Municipal Law. The bid period will be January 1, 2020- December 31, 2020 A Non-Collusion certificate, and a signed acknowledgement of Greene County’s Sexual Harassment Policy must be included with the sealed bids.

Companies awarded will be responsible for delivery to the Greene County Department of Human Service office at 411 Main Street Catskill, NY 12414.

Orders must be delivered by the Wednesday after order is placed or no more than three (3) business days of order.

Greene County reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

Greene County reserves the right to award the full bid to any bidder that is awarded at least 75% of the items.

By order of the Greene County Department of Human Services.

ThÊrèse M. McGee Ward, Executive Director Greene County Department of Human Services NOTICE TO BIDDERS The Greene County Department of Human Services (Aging Dept.) is inviting bids on: CANNED, MEAT, AND FROZEN FOOD PRODUCTS Specifications may be obtained at: Greene County Department of Human Services Department for the Aging 411 Main Street Catskill, NY 12414 Bidders may submit quotes on any single or combination of the items listed above.

Please bid on Grade A and USA produced products wherever possible.

Bids must be submitted in sealed envelope, which bears the marking “Sealed Bid�.

Sealed bids will be received until 11 am Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019 at the office of the Clerk of the Greene County Legislature, 411 Main St., Catskill, NY 12414. At that time, bids will be opened and publicly read as required by Section 103 of the General Municipal Law. The bid period will be January 1, 2020- July 31, 2020 A Non-Collusion certificate, and a signed acknowledgement of Greene County’s Sexual Harassment Policy must be included with the sealed bids.

Companies awarded will be responsible for delivery to the Greene County Department of Human Service Nutrition sites located in Acra, NY, Jewett, NY, and Athens, NY. Orders must be delivered by the Wednesday after order is placed or no more than three (3) business days of order.

Greene County reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

Greene County reserves the right to award the full bid to any bidder that is awarded at least 75% of the items.

By order of the Greene County Department of Human Services.

ThÊrèse M. McGee Ward, Executive Director Greene County Department of Human Services SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF GREENE INDEX NO. 0962/2014 Plaintiff designates GREENE as the place of trial situs of the real property SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Mortgaged Premises: 215 SOUTH MAIN STREET NEW BALTIMORE, NY 12124 Section: 7.16 Block: 3 Lot: 19 CIT BANK, N.A. F/K/A ONEWEST BANK N.A. F/K/A ONEWEST BANK, FSB, Plaintiff, vs.

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

NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF PARKS, RECREATION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION

NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed bids for East Water Tank Replacement at Lake Taghkanic State Park will be received by the 0GY ;QTM 5VCVG 1ÇĽEG QH 2CTMU 4GETGCVKQP CPF *KUVQTKE 2TGUGTXCVKQP 124*2 6CEQPKE 4GIKQP CV 9 Old Post Road, PO Box 308, Staatsburg, NY 12580 until 3:00 PM local time, December 11, 2019 when they will be publicly opened and read. Each bid must be prepared and submitted in accordance YKVJ VJG +PUVTWEVKQPU VQ $KFFGTU CPF OWUV DG CEEQORCPKGF D[ $KF 5GEWTKV[ KP VJG HQTO QH C EGTVKÇŁGF check, bank check, or bid bond in the amount of: General Construction Contract D005605 43,300.00 Forty-three thousand Provide and install a new 33,000 gallon three hundred dollars glass-fused-to-steel elevated water storage tank. Connect to the existing underground water distribution piping. Replace existing booster pump station with new one. Disconnect from service, clean, restore and preserve the existing historic masonry water tower. Convert it to an observation tower.

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Takeaways from the first month of the NHL season Andrew Knoll and Allan Kreda The New York Times News Service

In the past decade in the NHL, the Philadelphia Flyers have qualified for the playoffs in the last game of a season and reached the finals. The Los Angeles Kings have squeaked into the playoffs and then won not one but two Stanley Cups in three years. Just last season, the St. Louis Blues were in last place in January before ascending to their first Stanley Cup, ending a wait that extended more than 50 years.

So the first month of the season may not be very instructive. Yet this season has already seen its share of shockers.

These are some of the players and teams who are sizzling and fizzling in the early going.

(Records and statistics are through Saturday’s games.)

The Sabres are on the rise.

The Buffalo Sabres (9-4-2) have not made the playoffs since 2011, and in their 50th anniversary season, they are still seeking the franchise’s first Stanley Cup. But first-year coach Ralph Krueger, who spent some of his six years out of the NHL coaching in Europe, has elevated his team’s play as a mixture of youthful exuberance and veteran experience has struck the right chords.

Rookie Victor Olofsson — nicknamed “Golofsson” by fans — has gone from obscure seventhround draft pick to lethal power-play weapon.

Carter Hutton may have finally cemented himself as a No. 1 goalie at age 33. He has posted a 6-21 record and is one of five goalies to have posted two shutouts, including one that set the franchise record for saves made (47) in a shutout.

Last season, Buffalo darted out to a 17-6-2 record in a 25-game stretch that ended with a 10-game winning streak. But the Sabres lost 21 of their final 26 games. This season their roster is deeper, more experienced and better balanced.

Other teams off to surprisingly good starts include the Vancouver Canucks (9-3-2), who have missed the playoffs the past four seasons and, like the Sabres, have a 50-year Cup drought; and the Edmonton Oilers (10-4-1), who have a new coach (Dave Tippett) and a new general manager (Ken Holland) and two of the league’s top point scorers in Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid.

The Colorado Avalanche (8-4-2) and the defending champion Blues (9-3-3) are jostling for the top spot in the Central Division but have been hit with injuries. Colorado faces the extended absences of top forwards Mikko Rantanen and Gabriel Landeskog, and St. Louis will be without its leading scorer, Vladimir Tarasenko, for five

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Buffalo Sabres right wing Victor Olofsson (68) against the Dallas Stars at KeyBank Center.

months after he recently had shoulder surgery.

The Sharks and Lightning are in a rut.

The San Jose Sharks were a popular pick to win the West last season, and they came close, reaching the conference finals. They managed to retain much of their free-agent-laden roster, most notably defenseman Erik Karlsson and forward Timo Meier. (Their captain, Joe Pavelski, left for Dallas.)

But the Sharks have stumbled out of the starting blocks, in last place in the West with a 4-10-1 record and the league’s second-worst goal differential. Their offensive explosiveness masked some atrocious goaltending last season; those figures have not improved much this year.

In the East, the Tampa Bay Lightning, who had one of the best regular seasons in league history, seem to still be reeling from a stunning sweep in the first round of the playoffs, starting the season with a lukewarm 6-5-2 record. Their penalty kill, which was the NHL’s best last season, has fallen near the bottom of the league.

The Rangers are experiencing growing pains.

Eleven games into their season, the New York Rangers have many more questions than answers. With an exceptionally young squad — seven players 21 and under dressed against Tampa

Bay on Tuesday — the Rangers won five games in the first month of the season.

Expectations are high with the arrival of elite scorer Artemi Panarin in free agency and 18-yearold Kaapo Kakko, the No. 2 pick in the draft in June. He has two goals, including one in Tuesday’s 4-1 win over the Lightning in which the Rangers’ youth brigade burst through with three goals. The others came from 20-year-old center Filip Chytil and heralded rookie defenseman Adam Fox, 21.

It was perhaps the most promising period of the season for the rebuilding Rangers, who have the youngest roster in the league. But they still have 37-year-old goaltender Henrik Lundqvist, who has been outplayed in the early going by 23-year-old Alexandar Georgiev.

Coach David Quinn has a tall task ahead: melding all this youth with a sprinkling of veterans and creating a team that can stay competitive over the grind of an 82-game season. He points out repeatedly that there are many highs and lows young players will experience as they navigate the steep learning curve of NHL life.

The Rangers envisioned more contributions from forwards Lias Andersson, 21, taken seventh

at the 2017 draft, and Vitali Kravtsov, 19, the ninth pick in 2018. Andersson, who has one point in 11 games, is struggling to find his game at the NHL level. Kravtsov started the season at their minorleague affiliate in Hartford, then used an escape clause in his contract to return home to Russia to play on loan in the Kontinental Hockey League.

Barry Trotz’s Islanders were not a one-season fluke.

The New York Islanders are once again the class of the Metro area, even though the Rangers and the Devils made big offseason splashes.

Despite the additions of P.K. Subban, Wayne Simmonds and the No. 1 draft pick Jack Hughes, the Devils have only three wins. They have been plagued by defense and goaltending problems and have squandered significant leads.

The Islanders are succeeding in much the way they did last season: by playing stingy defense, scoring opportunistic goals and deploying two solid goaltenders. After starting 1-3, they reeled off nine straight wins.

The early-season surge again points to the second-year coach Barry Trotz, who coaxed a 103-point finish and second-round playoff appearance from the squad last season. His steady but firm approach is clearly working again.

The scoring attack is balanced, led by Brock Nelson, Mathew Barzal, Josh Bailey and Anders Lee. Newcomer Derick Brassard, who is on his fifth team in two years, has scored in five games in a row. Goaltender Semyon Varlamov has fit in well, replacing last season’s team hero Robin Lehner. And defenseman Devon Toews has become an emerging force offensively and on the blueline.

There are some surprising names among the league leaders.

— John Carlson of the league-leading Washington Capitals became the fourth defenseman in NHL history to record 20 points in October.

Entering Sunday’s games, his 23 points are tied for third in the league. If he can maintain his staggering pace, or anything close to it, he would become the first defenseman to score 100 points in a season since the Rangers’ Brian Leetch did so in 1991-92.

— Edmonton wing James Neal has notched 11 goals, two behind the league leaders. Last season he scored only seven goals in 63 games with Edmonton’s rival, the Calgary Flames.

— Chicago Blackhawks center Jonathan Toews, who had 81 points last season, so far has only two in 12 games.

What to know from NFL Week 9: The race to the bottom of the standings is getting fierce Adam Kilgore The Washington Post

The chill in the air and changing leaves provide the sure signal of what phase the NFL season has entered. Every team has played at least half its schedule, and the Super Bowl is closer than the Hall of Fame Game. It’s past the time when contenders have separated from also-rans, but at this point both halves of the league are positioning themselves and confronting how good — or how awful — they are.

By now, expectations can both be fulfilled and upended.

Russell Wilson remains an MVP favorite, as his five touchdowns — including the game-winner to a backup tight end in overtime - attested in a victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and irrepressible wide receiver Mike Evans. The Green Bay Packers looked like an NFC favorite a week ago, only to stumble in telling fashion at the Chargers.

Meanwhile, eulogies are being prepared for preseason darlings Chicago and Cleveland.

It’s getting cold, and the stakes are getting higher. Here is what to know from Week 9 of the NFL season: The race to the bottom is getting fierce. The Washington Redskins haven’t scored a touchdown in three weeks and the winless Cincinnati Bengals just benched their longtime quarterback, but the New York Jets exited Week 9 as the NFL’s most hapless team. The Jets lost going away at Miami, a previously winless outfit openly tanking for the first pick in the draft, and they trailed all game.

The Jets traded one of their best defensive players, tackle Leonard Williams, and this week found themselves embroiled in a war of hurt feelings with safety Jamal Adams, probably their best player, over rumors they had taken trade offers for him. Quarterback Sam Darnold has regressed in his second season under alleged offensive guru Adam Gase, who is now in possible one-and-done

territory, despite a reportedly close relationship with new general manager Joe Douglas, who has an even bigger cleanup project on his hands than he could have envisioned when he left the Eagles.

“You can’t be embarrassed by this [expletive],” Gase said afterward. You sure about that?

Brian Flores earned the first win of his coaching career, and given the talent on Miami’s roster, he earned the bath of orange Gatorade his players gave him. It would be interesting to know how Dolphins management felt about the victory.

Amazingly, the Dolphins might not hold one of the draft’s first two picks - likely to be Tua Tagovailoa and Justin Herbert - if the season ended today, depending on how strength of schedule shakes out.

There’s a long way to go for those top two picks. Avert your eyes, Tua and Justin. After a bye next week, Washington will play the Jets in Week 11. The Jets will also play the Bengals and see the Dolphins in New York for a rematch. Some terrible, terrible football awaits.

- The Chiefs need to take it easy with Patrick Mahomes.

Keeping Mahomes healthy for the long term should be Kansas City’s priority, and the Chiefs are fortunate their circumstances ensure it will not cost them anything in the near term.

The Chiefs’ 26-23 victory over the Minnesota Vikings behind backup Matt Moore and Harrison Butker’s 54-yard, walk-off field goal reinforced the Chiefs’ ability to rest Mahomes without sacrificing competitive considerations.

Mahomes dislocated his right kneecap three weeks ago but avoided serious ligament or nerve damage. If the Chiefs pushed, Mahomes probably could return next week - he has participated in practice in the past two weeks. The Chiefs should be extra cautious and hold him out next week at Tennessee, in part because they can afford to.

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Miami Dolphins cornerback Eric Rowe (21) and defensive back Nik Needham (40) bring down New York Jets wide receiver Demaryius Thomas (18) during Sunday’s game at Hard Rock Stadium.

The Chiefs (6-3) hold a twogame lead in the AFC West, where they are the only team above .500. With or without Mahomes, they’re going to win the division. In two starts, Moore has completed 69 percent of his passes for 542 yards and three touchdowns without an interception. Andy Reid is a brilliant offensive coach who can coax victories out of a solid backup such as Moore through scheme - and dynamic wide receiver Tyreek Hill - even against a quality opponent such as Minnesota. To beat the Patriots or win the Super Bowl, the Chiefs need Mahomes.

It would be nice if the Chiefs could keep pace with New England and earn a seed that would place their potential playoff showdown in Arrowhead Stadium. But that ship sailed when Kansas City lost its third game.

The Chiefs are going to have to beat the Patriots on the road to make the Super Bowl. Whether they get a first-round bye matters less than Mahomes’s full health.

- The Patriots will have a rough road back to the Super Bowl. The Patriots’ 37-20 loss in Baltimore on Sunday night should not be considered alarming. They’re 8-1, and any reasonable analysis would suggest they’re the best team in the AFC. Whenever possible, bet on

Bill Belichick.

That said, if the Patriots reach a third consecutive Super Bow, they will have earned it. The AFC is by far the weaker conference, but this year it could present a unique gauntlet at the top. Depending on how seeding breaks down, the Patriots may have to beat Patrick Mahomes and Lamar Jackson in consecutive weeks. Those are the two most uniquely talented quarterbacks in the NFL, and they play for coaches who have developed systems perfectly tailored to their skills. The Patriots would be favored to beat them both, but pulling off two wins would still be a feat.

- The Texans took control in the AFC South. One week after every AFC South team won and muddled the divisional outlook, the Texans asserted themselves by trouncing the Jaguars in London and watching the Colts and Titans lose back in the States.

- The Colts are still undefeated in the division and have beaten the Texans, which is significant for tiebreaker purposes. But the Texans still get to play Indianapolis at home (in Week 12), and they have the best player in the division - and one of the best in the NFL - in Deshaun Watson. He completed 22 of 28 passes for 201 yards and two touchdowns after taking a cleat to the face last week.

Watson credited his ability to play through the injury to eating Popeyes spicy chicken sandwiches, which must have taken some explaining in England.

Sunday became hugely regrettable for the Colts. They lost quarterback Jacoby Brissett to an apparent knee injury early after lineman Quentin Nelson landed on him. They still played well enough behind backup Brian Hoyer to be in position to win. But Adam Vinatieri hooked a potential game-winning, 43-yard field goal into another dimension. It was such a bad miss that, on top of Vinatieri’s early-season struggles, it made you wonder whether it marked the end of his Hall of Fame career.

- The Steelers aren’t dead.

Anybody still think the Steelers made a mistake by trading a first-round draft pick for defensive back Minkah Fitzpatrick?

Even with Ben Roethlisberger shelved for the season, Pittsburgh is primed to make a playoff run in the lousy AFC - and Fitzpatrick is a major reason.

Sunday, he picked off Hoyer at the goal line and returned it 100 yards for a game-turning touchdown. If anyone other than Tyreek Hill has run faster on an NFL field this season, we haven’t seen him.

The Steelers own Fitzpatrick’s contractual rights for another two seasons at salary cap hits of $1.9 million and $2.7 million, plus a fifth-year option.

They acquired a foundational piece at a premium position who makes their roster building easier in the short term. And the draft pick it cost them will not be high. The Steelers are 4-4, and they still play the Browns twice, the Bengals, the Jets and the Cardinals. The jury is already in - getting Fi- tzpatrick was a steal.

The Packers have a weakness. Nothing went well Sunday for Green Bay, which snapped a string of impressive performances with a 26-11 loss at the Los Angeles Chargers. But one phase stood out most for the

Packers.

They entered Sunday with the 26th-ranked run defense in the NFL, according to Pro Football Focus. The Chargers had rushed for less than 40 yards in five consecutive games. And then Los Angeles rushed for 159 yards on 38 carries, led by Melvin Gordon’s 80 yards and two touchdowns on 20 carries. The Packers remained in first place at 7-2 because every NFC North team lost Sunday, but the rest of the league now knows with certainty that they can be run on.

Green Bay’s porous rush defense will receive another stress test next week, when the Packers host Christian McCaffrey and the Carolina Panthers.

- It’s getting uglier for the Browns - and not just on their feet. As CBS sideline reporter Jay Feeley reported at halftime, the NFL told wideouts Odell Beckham Jr. and Jarvis Landry to change their cleats at halftime if they wanted to play the second half. Landry had started Cleveland’s 24-19 loss to the Denver Broncos with a gold pair of shoes, and Beckham sported a white pair with a sad clown motif.

Beckham caught five passes for 87 yards, and he also drew a key pass interference call on cornerback Chris Harris on the Browns’ last touchdown drive.

But he has been a nonfactor in a malfunctioning Browns offense. His only touchdown all season came in Week 2. In the past six games, Beckham has averaged 4.3 catches for 57.2 yards. Over that span, Beckham has caught only 56.5 percent of the passes he has been targeted on.

Beckham’s acquisition fueled Super Bowl hype for the Browns, who sunk to 2-6. His lack of production is one of many factors that have placed firstyear coach Freddie Kitchens in the fire. Like Gase, Kitchens could be a candidate for a oneand-done tenure.

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Juwan Howard, Michigan basketball and the ‘beautiful road’ that reunited them Mitch Albom Detroit Free Press

There were two days in Juwan Howard’s life that he chose Michigan. Both ended in tears.

The first was almost exactly 29 years ago, when he rose and got dressed in his grandmother’s place on the south side of Chicago. She told him to wear something nice, because “you’re gonna talk to those reporters.”

Howard chose a rayon shirt and tan slacks. He smelled breakfast cooking and his grandmother’s cigarette smoke. He hugged her as he headed off to high school and promised himself that when he made the NBA one day, he would buy her a big house.

Hours later, he chose the University of Michigan as the place he would play college basketball, becoming the first member of what would come to be known as the Fab Five. Cameras clicked. Journalists took notes.

And that evening, Juwan came home from practice to gathered neighbors and shocked expressions, and he burst through the door and saw his relatives weeping.

His beloved grandmother had collapsed from a massive heart attack.

She was dead before they reached the hospital.

“Noooo!” Juwan screamed.

He cried for hours.

The second set of tears came last May, when Howard once again chose his clothes in the morning, and went off to speak before a group of reporters.

Only this time, it wasn’t to play for the Wolverines, it was to coach them. And he didn’t kiss his grandmother goodbye, but rather his wife and two teenage sons.

Yet once again, when U-M athletic director Warde Manuel began to talk about Juwan’s life and accomplishments, the crying began.

“I was like ‘Oh, God.’ The tears just poured,” Howard recalls. “I had to turn my back to take a deep breath to gather myself. I probably would have just fainted or fell to my knees — because that’s how much I care for this opportunity to be here.”

To understand 46-year-old Juwan Howard, whose first game that counts as U-M men’s basketball coach is Tuesday night against Appalachian State, you should first know that he has always been grateful.

He was raised with so little. His mother was a high school junior when he was born. He grew up in the projects of Chicago. His first crib was the

drawer of a chest, stuffed with a pillow and a blanket.

His grandmother, Jannie Mae Howard, was the rock of his life; she raised him, kept him from danger, kept him from the streets. Juwan knew, without her, he might well be lost — he had little to do with his biological parents — and he thanked her all the time.

When she passed away, he would soon cling to Michigan basketball — Steve Fisher, Brian Dutcher, Jay Smith, the Fab Five teammates — as his new family. They gave him security.

A home. He was endlessly grateful for that.

Howard became a first-round draft pick, had a long NBA career, made a ton of money, made an All-Star team, and won a championship with the Miami Heat in his final season. And as he was preparing for life after basketball — “planning to ride off into the sunset,” he says — Heat head coach Eric Spoelstra and assistant David Fizdale suggested he’d be good at coaching.

Why not give it a shot? they suggested And he was grateful for that.

He started at the bottom. He asked for nothing more. He would work his way up, as he had always worked his way up. Howard was forever a hard worker. Fisher, his coach at Michigan, used to crow about how diligently Howard studied the game, how he worked at the small things, baseline moves, reading the defender.

As someone who covered the Fab Five extensively, I would have said if any of them would become a head coach, it would be Juwan.

But he disagrees.

“I wouldn’t have looked at myself,” he says. “I might have pointed to — it’s easy to say Jalen (Rose), but I would say no — I would probably say Ray Jackson.”

Why Ray Jackson?

“Because Ray is very laid back but he’s also a people person. Great communicator. Very knowledgeable about the game. And if you don’t like Ray Jackson, there’s something’s wrong with you.”

Well. The same could be said for Howard. He is unfailingly polite, stops himself midsentence if he misspeaks and says “excuse me,” was doing charity work even back in college and is consistently sensitive to how he comes across.

One morning, early in his first season as an assistant coach with the Heat, he came down to breakfast at the team hotel. The coaches were sitting at one table. The players were sitting at

another.

“I was like, ‘Wow, here are my former teammates. Should I go sit with them?’ I did not want to look bad in front of my coaches. But then I was like, ‘Should I go sit with the coaches?’ And I was concerned that the guys who were just my teammates would look at me like I’m on the ‘dark side’ now.”

So what did you do?

“I sat at my own table.”

Your own table?

“Yeah. Neutral. It was a very uncomfortable moment for me.”

Still, that should tell you something.

A man that aware of how he is coming across can make a good leader in a profession where how you come across is everything. Howard is a solid communicator, an eternal student of the game, but never one to assume his own superiority.

Once, in that first season with Miami, he was directing Chris Andersen (the guy they called “Birdman”) in some defensive drills. They had been teammates, but now one wore a uniform and one did not.

“We were talking about rebounding and pulse-line defense and pick-androll defense and Chris turned around and looked at me and he was like, ‘Wow, you’re right.’ He’s like, ‘You got this coaching thing down. You’re perfect for this role.’

“That was the first moment I really took time to say, ‘Hey, you know what?

Now I’m really a coach.’ “ From there it was a steady climb up the NBA mountain. By his sixth season on the Miami bench, Howard was a high-level assistant coach, and was getting calls from other NBA teams.

The Knicks. The Pistons. The Lakers.

Cleveland. Minnesota.

But never college. It was a foreign world that held no real interest. The only school Howard might be interested in, he always said, was Michigan, only because it figured so prominently in his life.

But he never figured that to happen.

“Then one Sunday night (in May) I go to bed feeling comfortable, the season was over, looking forward to getting some rest — and that morning I turned on the television and I saw ESPN — bottom ticker said breaking news: Coach Beilein accepted a job with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

“So I was like, “Whoa.” That caught me by surprise. My wife looked at me — because during that time I was prepping to interview for the Minnesota Timberwolves head coaching position — and she was like, ‘What are

your thoughts?’ And I was like ‘Well, it’s a shocker. I’m disappointed Coach Beilein left, but that’s interesting.’

“So then they called me up for an interview. I said I’ll definitely listen. I’ll come in for an interview.

“And here we are.”

It didn’t take a lot longer than that.

Howard says Manuel called and offered him the job the day after his interview. Juwan’s first words?

“Wow,” he says.

He told his wife and sons. He called Spoelstra to thank him. And then he started sweating. A cold sweat.

“My brain started moving at a rapid pace, thinking about putting together a coaching staff, communicating to current players on the roster, thinking about recruiting, thinking about style of play.

“Yeah. My brain hasn’t stopped yet.”

I ask Howard if he called any of his former Fab Five teammates to tell them the news.

“They all called me!” he said.

As for an eventual reunion — the often-asked question, since all five have never been back to Michigan at the same time — he is, fitting for a new coach, diplomatic.

“I have not thought about when or how — I just know that the guys have been proactive looking at their schedules and when they can come to support the team and support me.”

So you think that will happen this year?

“I’m not sure. I’m not sure. That’s a very good question. I’m not going to plan or say something like that will happen and then it doesn’t there will be disappointment or backlash.”

But you’ve spoken to everybody — Chris Webber included?

“Oh, damn right.”

Meanwhile, the real work begins.

Howard will no doubt have a learning curve as head coach. It’s his first time calling the shots, and nobody slides into that seat without a few squirms to get adjusted.

But he’s fine with that. He’s already been swimming in the recruiting pool.

He says he’s only gotten one question about what it was like playing with LeBron James. I ask how often he brings up the Fab Five, and surprisingly, he says, he never does.

“The parents of the kids that I’m recruiting, they know about the Fab Five.

I let them mention it. But it’s not a part of my selling pitch.

“A lot of the kids don’t know who the Fab Five was. Some do — they’ve watched the documentary. But I don’t

want to send the wrong message to people, that I’m trying to duplicate everything and do it how we did it with the Fab Five. That’s not what’s happening here.”

Again, he’s careful how he comes across. It’s part of his DNA. Michigan head coach Juwan Howard gives directions against Saginaw Valley State during the second half of an NCAA exhibition college basketball game in Ann Arbor, Mich., Friday, Nov. 1, 2019.

Michigan head coach Juwan Howard gives directions against Saginaw Valley State during the second half of an NCAA exhibition college basketball game in Ann Arbor, Mich., Friday, Nov. 1, 2019. (Photo: Paul Sancya, AP) Howard has driven his wife, Jenine, past the old haunts of his Wolverine student days. He’s even taken her to Mr. Spots, a chicken wings and cheesesteaks place that used to be his favorite haunt.

“I still love eating at Mr. Spots,” he says. Back in the 90s, fellow students would ask for his autograph. Today, the students still ask for it, but then they want to know how the team is going to do this year.

It’s a big chair to fill. Beilein was extraordinarily successful. And anyone who thinks Howard will instantly pick up where Beilein left off doesn’t understand the complexities of coaching, recruiting, and building a culture.

But if Howard has his way, he’ll be here for the long run. There was a moment, he says, after the press conferences and the congratulations and the endless articles and photos, that he found himself alone in the Crisler Center, looking up at the rafters. And it all started to hit him. He welled up.

Then he went to his new office, and looked at the desk and the nameplate that said “Juwan Howard, Head Coach,” and he welled up again.

Then he thought about his grandmother, and how proud she would be, and what she might say, and it all but left him shaking.

“I know she would be in tears if she saw that I got the job at the University of Michigan,” he says.

Tears have been an integral part of this journey. Tears of grief. Tears of gratitude. I ask him to look back on this nearly 30-year odyssey, from recruit to player to famous alumni to head coach. This is how he sums it up: “A beautiful path.”

On it goes.

After UFC 244, could a non-title rematch be next?

Kevin Draper The New York Times News Service

NEW YORK — After all the hype and bluster, one of the biggest mixed martial arts fights of the year ended not with a bang, but a whimper and a rain of boos from the Madison Square Garden crowd.

Yet for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the medical stoppage that surprised both Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal immediately presented a fresh challenge of how to balance business and competitive factors in a sport where matchups are made quite subjectively.

Masvidal defeated Diaz in the UFC 244 headliner on Saturday night, an event that wholly embraced spectacle, with appearances by President Donald Trump and Dwayne Johnson, the blockbuster actor who once wrestled as The Rock.

After the third of five scheduled rounds, the sellout crowd lustily booed as a doctor stopped the fight because of deep cuts around Diaz’s right eye. Masvidal was winning on all three judges’ cards at the time of the stoppage, but even he wanted to keep fighting.

“I don’t like to leave the ring like this with my opponent conscious,” he said.

Both fighters clamored for a rematch, but afterward Dana White, the UFC president, said such a fight “doesn’t interest me right away.” Instead, White hinted at a possible title fight for Masvidal, while the future for Diaz — long one of the UFC’s most entertaining fighters and outsize personalities — is less certain.

The 170-pound champion, Kamaru Usman, sat near the cage, a common move in a sport where marketing for the next fight starts immediately in the octagon after a bout ends. But Diaz and Masvidal have shown themselves to operate unlike other fighters, who are focused on winning championships as quickly as possible.

Money and belts, it seems, don’t always line up.

For the UFC, where there are no rules about mandatory challengers, and lucrative fights can be prioritized over competitive ones, it can be difficult to forgo the possible riches of a rematch, especially considering Diaz is historically a huge pay-per-view draw.

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Jorge Masvidal (red gloves) and Nate Diaz (blue gloves) react after their fight during UFC 244 at Madison Square Garden.

At face value and for newcomers to the sport, it is difficult to understand the hype surrounding Diaz and Masvidal. Neither fighter was ranked in the top three of the division before the fight. Instead, the event was built around the ever-entertaining Diaz — who has fought just once in three years as he repeatedly feuded with the UFC — and the trash-talking Masvidal, who started in Miami as a street brawler who fought in online videos.

The only belt at stake Saturday was a profanely named title to declare the “baddest” fighter between Diaz and Masvidal, with Johnson handing out the belt.

Until a few months ago, Masvidal, 34, had not been close to headlining a pay-per-view event. He didn’t join the UFC until 2013 — after a decade of fighting for other promotions — and his record in the UFC was a pedestrian

11-6. He has never fought for a title.

But he rocketed to fame earlier this year with the fastest knockout in UFC history, one that reinforced both the beauty and the brutality of mixed martial arts. At a fight in July, he attacked Ben Askren at the opening bell with a stunning flying knee that rendered Askren unconscious in five seconds.

“If he had survived that, we were ready to whoop him for 14 minutes and 30 seconds until I would have ended him,” said Masvidal.

Masvidal’s rise comes as Diaz seems to be on the decline, and other popular UFC fighters won’t be around much longer. Daniel Cormier is near the end of his career. Ronda Rousey has essentially retired. Conor McGregor has fought once in three years, lost, retired, unretired and this week pleaded guilty to punching a man at a bar in Ireland (just one of the legal

issues he faces).

But Masvidal also points toward a more organic way forward. By taking entertaining fights and winning entertaining fights in entertaining ways, even a later-career journeyman can become a headliner and attract eyeballs. And if he is willing to add some fuel to the fire — Masvidal seemingly lived inside of an ESPN studio this week, appearing on the network to boast almost constantly — all the better.

There were other, external signs that Saturday night was big for the UFC. Trump, facing an impeachment inquiry ratcheting in intensity, traveled north to watch other people do the fighting for once.

He entered the arena to a loud mixture of jeers and cheers, but fans soon after turned their attention to the fights they had paid hundreds of dollars to watch, not the president.

The UFC event upstaged another big fight happening across the country in Las Vegas on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, where boxer Saúl Álvarez, known as Canelo, knocked out Sergey Kovalev to win a light heavyweight title.

DAZN, the streaming service showing the Álvarez vs. Kovalev fight, opted to delay its start until after Masvidal had defeated Diaz, conceding to the popularity of the UFC. As the delay grew to 90 minutes, Álvarez and Kovalev were shown relaxing on the leather couches in their dressing rooms, eyes closed with boxing gear fully on.

The UFC event was even shown in the MGM Grand to placate the restless boxing fans.

For 24 hours last week, however, it seemed like the fight might not happen. Diaz announced that he had tested positive for a banned substance, ruling him out. The U.S. Anti-Doping Association and UFC quickly clarified that while Diaz did have an elevated level of a banned substance in him, he had not committed an anti-doping violation.

The fight was on, and it could be again if the UFC and the fighters decide a rematch is more appealing than making other fights.

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