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S’town man faces child porn charges By Bill Williams Columbia-Greene Media

STEPHENTOWN — A Rensselaer County man is facing multiple felony charges after he was allegedly found to be in possession of child pornography, said Kyle Bourgault, public information officer for the Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Office. Kevin L. Durst, 40, of Stephentown was arrested following a two-week investigation, Bourgault said. The sheriff’s office Monday executed a search warrant at 530 Route 43 in the town of

Stephentown. Investigators seized several electronics, including a cell phone, laptop computer and six USB thumb drives that belonged to Durst over the course of the investigation, Bourgault said. Durst was arrested Wednesday at his residence, without incident, and charged with one count of promoting a sexual performance by a child less than 17 years old, a class D felony; four counts of possessing a sexual performance by a child less than 16 years old, a class E

a class E felony, Bourgault said. Durst was arraigned in Town of Stephentown Court by Justice Cyril Grant and was released to Rensselaer County Probation on electronic monitoring. He is scheduled to appear in Rensselaer County Court at a later date. Sheriff’s office investigators said they are awaiting the results of the forensic examination of Durst’s electronics, which will likely result in additional charges, Bourgault said. According to New York Penal Law, A person is guilty of

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felony; and one count of tampering with physical evidence,

promoting a sexual performance by a child when, knowing the character and content thereof, he produces, directs or promotes any performance which includes sexual conduct by a child less than seventeen years of age. If the defendant is found guilty in court, sentences can be as high as 7 years in prison, 10 years probation, and a substantial fine. In addition, they may be placed on the sex offender registration list for at least 20 years. A person is guilty of

possessing a sexual performance by a child when, knowing the character and contentthereof, he or she knowingly has in his or her possession or control or knowingly accesses with intent to view any performance which includes sexual conduct by a child less than sixteen years of age. If found guilty, the sentence ranges from one and one-third years to four years in prison, a possible fine, and the defendant will have to register as a sex offender.

Critics offer 4-point plan to settle solar farm dispute CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

A portion of the site where the Shepherd’s Run Solar Farm would be constructed.

By Natasha Vaughn-Holdridge Columbia-Greene Media

COPAKE — Opposing groups came together Thursday to offer suggested ideas about the Shepherd’s Run Solar Farm.

In response to community concerns the working group laid out different ideas they suggested Hecate include in their plan for the project. Their ideas were broken down into four

categories — protecting the environment, protecting agriculture, protecting homeowners and benefiting the community. The proposed 220-acre, 60-megawatt facility is planned

town’s zoning laws and the potential impact the project could have on the environment and property values. A working group consisting of members of Sensible Solar

for Route 23 and Route 7 in Copake. The project has been a fractious topic among local residents for the past two years, with sometimes heated debates over the project’s scale, the

for Rural New York, Friends of Columbia Solar, Columbia Land Conservancy and Scenic Hudson met to discuss ideas See DISPUTE A2

Festival performance honors jazz legend Armstrong By Noah Eckstein Columbia-Greene Media

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The band teaches Hudson High School students about performance, music, art and poetry.

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HUDSON — The Hudson Jazz Festival continued with an evening of music and spoken word at Hudson Hall on Thursday. The event was co-presented by the Louis Armstrong House Museum in celebration of the digitization of over 60,000 artifacts and recordings from the legendary jazz trumpeter’s life and career. When the lights dimmed, a band led by “Dear Evan Hansen” drummer Jake Goldblas took the stage. Alphonso Horne picked up a trumpet, Michael Stephenson

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grabbed a saxophone, Mathis Picard sat at a baby-grand piano, and Zwelakhe-Duma Bell le Pere leaned a double bass against his shoulder. Stephenson then introduced the host and vocal captain of the evening, Tony awardnominated actor Daniel J. Watts. His presence was the kind that commands attention. “This is living, breathing art,” he said, persuading the audience to inhale and exhale with him. “We’re going to acknowledge, recognize, accept, respect, appreciate, and celebrate — now, say that with me,” he said. The crowd got behind him and responded to his call, some

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with a touch of reluctance that eventually waned as the evening continued. They heeded the advice of Cat Henry, curator of the Hudson Jazz Festival, who said “the more you drink, the better they sound,” gesturing toward the band and smiling. The audience sat at circular tables, ordering drinks and food provided by Buttercup, a local restaurant. They were glued to the performance, a mix of old jazz, funk gospel and soul. The band played the music from songs such as “Grandma’s Hands” by Bill Withers and “Papa Was A Rollin’ See FESTIVAL A2

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear an appeal from President Joe Biden and decide whether he may end the Trump administration’s policy of requiring migrants seeking asylum to wait on the Mexican side of the border until their cases can be heard. The main issue before the court is whether Biden moved too hastily and without adequate rationale when ending Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” policy. A secondary issue could be whether whether current immigration law supports the policy. This will be the first time the justices have ruled on the legal issues on the Remain in Mexico policy. Traditionally, the justices have given the executive branch broad authority in the

area of immigration. Last year the Biden White House was surprised when Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a Trump appointee based in Amarillo, Texas, ruled the new administration did not have the lawful authority to suspend Trump’s hard-line policy. He said the administration had not given a satisfactory explanation for its decision to end the policy. The 5th Circuit Court in New Orleans agreed, and in August, the Supreme Court by a 6-3 vote refused to intervene on an emergency basis. But the justices will now hear the administration’s appeal in the case of Biden v. Texas in late April and will presumably hand down a ruling before their summer recess. Trump’s immigration officials said in 2019 the Remain in Mexico policy deterred tens of thousands of Central Americans from coming to the

U.S. border. Previously such asylum-seekers could enter the country while their claims were being processed. Due to a huge backlog of such claims, it can take several years for cases to be resolved. And immigration authorities do not have space to detain the influx of new arrivals. Under Trump, the asylumseekers were required to wait in Mexico until their cases were heard. Immigrants rights advocates said Trump’s policy was inhumane since it left thousands of migrants stranded with nowhere to stay, making them vulnerable to abuse and violence. On his first day in office, Biden suspended the policy. But state attorneys for lawyers for Texas and Missouri filed suit and won rulings that ordered the administration to reinstate Trump’s policy. In their separate legal briefs,

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today, I can guarantee that.” Campbell said his key takeaway from Thursday’s feedback was to get as much of the recommendations into the application prior to submitting. Hecate has an outline of what they have done and what they have committed to doing on the website Campbell said. Some of the changes Hecate has made to its plan for the projects include, downsizing the project from 480 acres to 220 acres, removing the battery storage component of the project, included co-utilization plans within panels to incorporate livestock grazing, committed to not source panels from suppliers who utilize forced labor or that contain PFAS, increased landscaping buffers after feedback from the town and working group, collaborated with the Harlem Valley Rail Trail to help support the extension of the trail, the landscaping plan utilizes native and naturalized species and includes approximately 800 trees and 800 shrubs which Hecate will source from local farmers and more according to their website, http:// www.shepherdsrunsolar.com/ working-group

lawyers for the administration and for Texas point to two different and conflicting provisions in the law. One provision says migrants “may” be returned across the border to await their asylum hearing. Trump’s lawyers cited this passage when they announced the policy. Biden’s lawyers say the word “may” means they may opt out of this approach. A second part of the law, cited by supporters of Remain in Mexico, says migrants “shall” be detained until their cases can be heard. Because U.S. officials do not have enough space to detain all of the new arrivals, Texas officials say they must be returned to Mexico. (C)2022 Los Angeles Times. Visit at latimes.com. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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screening, integrate the solar panels and utilize native plant species. Columbia Land Conservancy President Troy Weldy said Hecate has agreed to change from using chain-link fencing to animal-friendly fencing that will keep out deer but allow small animals to move through the site. “We are hopeful that combining wildlife fencing with certain plantings to allow for the movement of wildlife around the fenced areas,” Weldy said. The working group discussed a number of additional ideas in their presentation which can be seen on the groups website, CraryvilleGateway.org Hecate issued a notice of intent to file an application with a date on or about Friday, said Audrey Friedrichsen, the land use and environmental advocacy attorney for Scenic Hudson said. A number of local residents on the meeting call said they had received information about the notice of application in the mail from Hecate. “We still don’t have the application completed, so we can’t file,” project developer Alex Campbell said Friday morning. “It’s all notices. Today is the 18th, it’s not going to happen

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for Hecate Energy, the project’s developer to take into consideration for their plan. The group presented its ideas to Hecate last week and held a Zoom meeting Thursday attended by more than 140 people to hear suggestions for the project. Sensible Solar and working group member Meredith Kane said the groups began meeting last fall. “To talk about really trying to focus on what would it take to make the Shepherd’s Run project one that could actually be a win-win for Copake, and the whole Copake community for our environment, for our farms, our economy, for our residents for our school kids as well as the undeniable benefits that a solar project has for climate change,” Kane said. “We started envisioning what would it be like to have over 300 acres of new communityaccessible green space,” Friends of Columbia Solar and working group member Bradley Pitts said. “We’re envisioning what

we’re calling a polyculture park dedicated to the production of energy, culture and food for humans and wildlife alike.” Community gardens, an extension to the Rail Trial, walking trails are some of the ideas Pitts spoke about which would he said could enhance use of the area around the project. He explained this could help increase tourism to the town. The working group also discussed protecting agriculture through the use of agrivoltaics, which is the integration of farming and solar power. “It could be crop farming and or animal grazing beneath and in between solar panels,” Pitts said. “This is a new and upcoming field technique, but given the agricultural importance of the land and even the role rural agriculture plays in the Copake identity, this is a big point for us.” Agrivoltaics will help allow for the land to be used for farming, Pitts said. It is standard for solar developers to pay farmers to farm land under solar panels. He explained this creates additional job opportunities. The group also asked Hecate not to clear-cut the existing trees and incorporate scenic

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Stone” by the Temptations under Watts’ spoken word poetry . The night was a love letter to Blackness, a homage to Black history, performed in front of a mainly White and older audience. “The message doesn’t change just because the audience changes. Black Lives Matter shouldn’t be political,” PHOTO TAKEN BY DAVID MCINTYRE said Watts. “Having a stance on Black Lives Matter is both a Daniel J. Watts’ poetry is a tribute to black history. privileged perspective and diviThe band doesn’t have a his recordings sometime in the sive rhetoric that defies the philosophy so eloquently put by Dr. name yet, but they’re leaning to- future.” Armstrong recorded himself reading the paper, arguward “Everybody Says Yes”. Martin Luther King.” “That’s the key to impro- ments with his wife, practicing Most of the spoken word material was written by Watts visation,” he said, “to say yes, along to recordings, and much years before the group got to- wouldn’t life be better if we said more. After the intermission, Watts gether. Goldblas said that the yes.” Watts then instructed the band members knew each other audience to proclaim yes with put on tap shoes and went into casually over the years, but the him. They did, seeing the every- a back and forth percussive exchange with Goldblas. event was their first time play- day word in a different light. “I curated the evening,” said Arguably, the most powering together. They practiced for three hours on Wednesday be- Goldblas, who put together the ful moment of the evening was fore the show. Other than that, band. During the evening, the when Watts implored the audithey relied on their improvisa- band paused to acknowledge ence to say Black Lives Matter. “If you can’t say it, then you tional skills and experience to the profound legacy of Louis create a spectacle of musical art. Armstrong, who wrote the song are part of the problem,” he said. “The performance is incredAnd their messages were “What a Wonderful World”. Regarding the large amount ibly dynamic. The energy is multifaceted. “Life is improvisation,” said of personal recordings and reminiscent of Armstrong, but Watts who told a story about other archival material left by with a contemporary spin,” how jazz was most likely invent- Armstrong, Goldblas said, “It’s concertgoer Alexandra Prats of ed in a Black women’s kitchen like he was recording for an au- Hudson said. Earlier in the day, dience that he knew would hear the band led a master class with as she was cooking fish heads.

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Hudson high school students. Watts gave a master class in songwriting and performance. “It was so inspiring to watch the students come alive as Daniel explained how he makes a poem and then listen to the students and musicians bring it to life on stage,” Hudson Hall Executive Director Tambra Dillon said. Goldblas and Watts plan to bring their band to more venues. “The existing words can be reimagined and the way we interact with live performance can be changed,” he said. The Register-Star/The Daily Mail are published Tuesday through Saturday mornings by Columbia-Greene Media (USPS253620), 364 Warren St., Unit 1, Hudson, N.Y. 12534, a subsidiary of Johnson Newspaper Corp. Periodicals postage paid at Hudson, N.Y., and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Register-Star, 364 Warren St., Unit 1, Hudson, N.Y. 12534.

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Saturday, Feb. 19 n Germantown History Depart-

ment 9 a.m.-noon 1767 Parsonage, 52 Maple Ave., Germantown 518-5376687 n Stuyvesant Rail Station Restoration Committee 9 a.m. Town Hall, 5 Sunset Drive, Stuyvesant 518-7586248

Tuesday, Feb. 22 n Canaan Zoning Board of Appeals

7 p.m. Upstairs Town Hall, 1647 Route 5, Canaan 518-781-3144 n Chatham Central School District Board of Education 6:30 p.m. High School Library, Chatham 518-3922400 n Columbia Economic Development Corporation Full Board 8:30 a.m. One Hudson City Centre, Suite 301, State Street, Hudson and via Zoom n Greenport Planning Board 7:30 p.m. Town Hall, 600 Town Hall Drive, Hudson 518-828-4656 n Hudson Development Corp. noon 1 North Front St., Hudson n Rhinebeck Planning Board 6:45 p.m. Town Hall, 80 East Market St., Rhinebeck n Stuyvesant Zoning Board of Appeals 7:30 p.m. Town Hall, 5 Sunset Drive, Stuyvesant 518-758-6248 (as necessary)

Wednesday, Feb. 23 n Claverack Zoning Board of Appeals 7:30 p.m. Town Court Building, Route 217, Mellenville 518-672-7911 n Clermont Zoning Board of Appeals 7:30 p.m. Town Hall, 1795 Route 9, Clermont 518-537-6868 n Columbia County Board of Supervisors Public Works Committee 6 p.m. 401 State St., Hudson. 518-8281527 n Copake Hamlet Revitalization Task Force 7 p.m. Town Hall, 230 Mountain View Road, Copake 518329-1234 n Kinderhook Town Historical Committee 7 p.m. Town Hall, 3211 Church St., Valatie n Philmont Village Board Workshop 7 p.m. Village Hall, 124 Main St., Philmont 518-672-7032 n Pine Plains Zoning Commission 5:15 p.m. Town Hall, 3284 Route 199, Pine Plains 518-398-7155 n Red Hook Central School District Board of Education 7 p.m. District Office Conference Room, Mill Road Elementary School, 9 Mill Road, Red Hook 845-758-2241 n Red Hook Town Board 7:30 p.m. Town Hall, 7340 South Broadway, Red Hook 845-758-4606 n Taghkanic Comprehensive Plan Committee 6:30 p.m. Town Hall, Route 82, West Taghkanic 518-851-7638

Thursday, Feb. 24 n Chatham Village Board 7 p.m.

Tracy Memorial Hall, 77 Chatham St., Chatham 518-392-5821 n Chatham Town Zoning Board of Appeals 7 p.m. Town Hall, 488 Route 295, Chatham 518-392-3262 n Copake Zoning Board of Appeals 7 p.m. Town Hall, 230 Mountain View Road, Copake 518-329-1234 n Germantown Planning Board 7 p.m. Town Hall, 50 Palatine Park Road, Germantown 518-537-6687 n Hudson Community Development and Planning Agency noon One North Front St., Hudson n Kinderhook Town Board 7 p.m. Town Hall, 3211 Church St., Martin H. Glynn Municipal Building, Valatie n Kinderhook Town Zoning Board of Appeals 7 p.m. Town Hall, 3211 Church St., Valatie 518-758-9882 n Kinderhook Village Planning Board 7:30 p.m. Village Hall, 6 Chatham St., Kinderhook 518-758-9882 n Rhinebeck Zoning Board of Appeals 7:30 p.m. Town Hall, 80 East Market St., Rhinebeck 845-876-1922 n Stockport Town Board Workshop 7 p.m. Town Hall, 2787 Atlantic Ave., Hudson 518-828-9389

Friday, Feb. 25 n Hudson Historic Preservation

Commission 10 a.m. City Hall, 520 Warren St., Hudson 518-828-1030

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General manager Kayla Brink shared her excitement about bringing affordable clothing to the Hudson area.

Old Navy opens store, creating 20 jobs By Noah Eckstein Columbia-Greene Media

GREENPORT — A new Old Navy store has opened in Stottville, providing the area with new job opportunities and a new affordable clothing store. The store has hired 20 new employees and is looking to bring on an additional five. Starting salary for retail brand ambassadors at the store is anywhere from $13.20 to $16 per hour. Old Navy is planning a grand opening celebration for Saturday with promotions, music and balloons, according to the store’s general manager. The store is operated under Gap, Inc., and offers affordable clothing for families and plus sizes up to 4X at no extra cost to customers. If a shopper needs a larger size, the store will order it online with guaranteed no-shipping costs. “There is a bit of a learning curve in opening a new store, but we are providing good customer service, and that is

our standard,” store manager Kayla Brink said. Brink previously worked as a manager at Joann Fabric and Crafts store. She expressed plans for the store to give back to the community by providing job skill training to disadvantaged workers. One of the store’s customers, who gave her name as April, said nearby communities were in need of an affordable shopping. “We don’t have a lot of selection for clothing stores around here,” she added. “it’s nice to not have to drive so far for an Old Navy,” shopper Tiffany Longley of Claverack said. Erica Fuentes, a retail worker at the Old Navy, said the part-time job she got at the store is a great fit for her. She used to work at the Shoe Department, and said “Old Navy provided a great opportunity for part-time work.” The store is open every day 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. On Sunday’s the store closes at 7 p.m.

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Graduation rates show signs of educational recovery Let’s say for the sake of argument that the showings in the 2021 graduation rates of the 12 public school districts in Columbia and Greene counties were at least partly attributable to the educators forced to chart a treacherous course through a pandemic and its detritus, especially Regents cancellations. The pandemic exacerbated inequities in the education system, which underscored greater hurdles for students in low socioeconomic and minority districts and gaps in digital literacy as classrooms relied on remote learning. All school districts are not created equal. Neither is access to digital tools. Graduation rates are just one metric used to identify inequities so educators can better support students. Every student can succeed

when given the support to do so. The pandemic turned a cold light on those inequities that, if allowed to continue, will diminish opportunities for many students in the future. For example, Hudson City School District Lisamarie Spindler and Assistant Superintendent for School Improvement April Prestipino say they are less concerned about the district’s graduation rate and more focused on how they will recover from what they both described as lost instruction due to the pandemic. Pandemics, historians say, foster thinking about new ways to do old things. In 2021, the Hudson City School District implemented a credit recovery program in the wake of the coronavirus public health emergency as

a way for students to boost their grades during the pandemic. The New Lebanon School District implemented a similar program to help students achieve better grades after suffering losses during the pandemic. To their credit, teachers, administrators and boards of education across Greene and Columbia counties did an outstanding job educating students as they were shuffled from home to classroom and back again amid waves of the delta and omicron variants. Keeping schools together became equally important as keeping students learning. The goodto-excellent results of the graduation rates represent a triumph over the frustrating conditions imposed by the pandemic.

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The Sandy Hook settlement offers a roadmap for holding the gun industry accountable The Washington Post

When some of the families who lost loved ones in the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting sued the manufacturer that marketed the assault rifle used to kill 20 first graders and six adults, some legal experts said they had no chance of prevailing. Congress, after all, had granted the gun industry unprecedented - some said bulletproof - protection from liability. But having suffered unimaginable tragedy, the families pressed ahead. The result was a remarkable victory that puts the gun industry on notice that it can now be held accountable for shootings committed with its products. Under a settlement agreement disclosed this week, Remington Arms, the maker of the Bushmaster XM15-E2S rifle used in the 2012 shooting in Newtown, Conn., will pay $73 million to relatives

of five of the children and four of the adults killed. The landmark deal, believed to be the largest payout by a gun manufacturer to victims of gun violence, is the first time a lawsuit against a firearms maker has been settled since Congress, at the behest of the gun lobby, granted the industry sweeping immunity from civil liability in 2005. Filed in 2014, the lawsuit survived numerous twists and turns, moving from state to federal court and back as Remington and gun owners’ groups tried to kill it, including with an unsuccessful appeal for a Supreme Court hearing. The Sandy Hook families were able to overcome the immunity defense by using an exception that allows lawsuits against a gunmaker or seller that knowingly violates state or federal laws governing sale and marketing. The families argued

that Remington violated the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act when it “knowingly marketed and promoted the Bushmaster XM15E2S rifle for use in assaults against human beings,” an approach that appealed to troubled young men such as the one who attacked Sandy Hook after killing his mother. “Consider your man card reissued” was the slogan of one advertisement cited by the families featuring an image of the Bushmaster AR-15style model. Remington didn’t admit liability and the $73 million will be paid by four insurers of the now-bankrupt company. Representatives of the gun industry seized on those factors to argue that the impact of the Sandy Hook settlement will be limited; solvent gunmakers would more vigorously defend themselves.

Behold the Republican somersaults for Trump WASHINGTON — The House of Savoy on the Italian Peninsula was a dynasty so fickle across the centuries that critics said it never finished a war on the side on which it started, unless the war lasted long enough for Savoy to change sides twice. Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., fascinates not because she is the House of Savoy in human form, although she is, but because she exemplifies a phenomenon that has rarely been less rare — consistently inconstant politicians. Mace became a congresswoman on Jan. 3, 2021, three days before President Donald Trump incited the assault on the Capitol. On Jan. 7, she said, Trump’s “entire legacy was wiped out yesterday” when he, as she later said, “put all of our lives at risk.” Asked in the days after the attack if she thought he had a future in the Republican Party, she said: “I do not.” He noticed. She trod a sinuous path back toward obeisance, but Trump, unmollified, this month endorsed Mace’s Republican primary opponent. The next day, Mace stood in front of Manhattan’s Trump Tower and made a 104-second video. It was a grovel akin to Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV standing barefoot in the snow for three days outside the castle of Pope Gregory VII, hoping to have his excommunication reversed. (It was, but Gregory, who had a Savoyesque knack for changing his mind, later excommunicated Henry again.) In her video, Mace says she was one of Trump’s earliest supporters, worked for him in seven states in 2016 and thinks he made America, freedom and democracy “stronger all around the world.” Her Savoy-like somersault is less acrobatic than J.D. Vance’s in his attempt to win Ohio Republicans’ U.S. Senate nomination. He has deleted his October 2016 tweet endorsing

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WILL independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin. Vance has called Trump “noxious,” “offensive,” “reprehensible,” “cultural heroin” and “an idiot.” He has said “I can’t stomach Trump” and “I’m a Never Trump guy.” Never, however, came and went, and Vance went to Mara-Lago seeking absolution. Vance is trailing Josh Mandel, who knows how to be emollient to Trump. Mandel says he decided to run for the Senate a third time because impeaching Trump was unfair. In his Mar-a-Lago audition, Mandel told Trump that he, Mandel, is a “killer” and a “balls to the wall” fighter. As a senator, he will fight, among other things, “atheism” and Washington “cocktail parties.” Although polarization is rampant, the doctrine of Savoyism — flexibility in defense of incumbency is no vice — has bipartisan adherents. For example, many Democrats persistently say that climate change is not just a serious problem; it is an “existential” threat that, unless promptly and uncompromisingly fought, will extinguish life on Earth. But first things first. The national average price of a gallon of gasoline is $3.48, which in inflation-adjusted terms is about 57 cents more than it was 60 years ago. Many Democrats, although green as all get-out, think the federal gasoline tax (about 18 cents a gallon) should be suspended, for eternity or until

after the November elections, whichever comes first. This is today’s existentialism. It bears a resemblance to the mid-20thcentury intellectual fad with that name. It was (according to people who were not enthralled by it) the belief that because life is absurd, philosophy should be, too. Meanwhile, the climate warrior in chief, President Joe Biden, has inscribed his name on the ever-lengthening list of presidents who, to produce microscopic and evanescent downward pressure on gasoline prices, have tapped the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Biden released 50 million barrels, which is about what Americans consume every 66 hours. The SPR exists to cushion the nation in an emergency. Today’s emergency is the threat — existential, of course; is there another kind? — that disgruntled motorists pose to elected incumbents. The planet’s supposed emergency is secondary. In 2019, the year after Robert Francis (a.k.a. Beto) O’Rourke failed to win a Senate seat from Texas, he said this while failing to become president: “Hell yes, we’re going to take your AR-15, your AK-47.” Today, O’Rourke, who might become a has-been without ever having been, is running for governor and saying: “I’m not interested in taking anything from anyone. What I want to make sure we do is defend the Second Amendment.” The Book of Genesis on O’Rourke, and others: “Unstable as water, thou shall not excel.” Contemporary politics, which is simultaneously sinister and silly, can leave you in tears or in stitches. Considering the amount of nonsense spoken, it is consoling that so many people mean so little of what they say. George Will’s email address is georgewill@washpost.com.

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Mexico president’s rhetoric will get more journalists killed The San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board The San Diego Union-Tribune

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador could hardly be acting more irresponsibly, vindictively or cruel. Dozens of journalists have been killed in Mexico in recent years and five more have been killed so far this year -- two in Tijuana -- but the politician known as AMLO has repeatedly called journalists who report on his administration “thugs,” “mercenaries” and “sellouts” over the past week. He’s going to get other journalists killed.

The president’s denunciations came after one of Mexico’s most influential and highprofile media figures, Carlos Loret de Mola, reported that Lopez Obrador’s adult son had lived in a luxury home in Houston that was owned by a top official of a company that held lucrative contracts with Pemex, Mexico’s state-owned oil company. At a news conference, AMLO showed a slide purporting to detail how much Loret earned last year -- even though Mexican law says such financial records cannot be revealed. Loret said the slide included the

claim he had been paid by a media firm he left in 2019 and had other errors as well. But Lopez Obrador has continued to insist that Loret and other journalists who are “against” him are in the pay of his political rivals. On Thursday, during a visit to a military barracks in Tijuana, AMLO repeated his criticism of what he called “mercenary” journalists even as members of the media inside and outside the barracks implored him to end his attacks. If he doesn’t and more journalists get killed, he will have blood on his hands.

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Not doing too bad for an old poop Talking about Eastern Coyotes By Dick Brooks For Columbia-Greene Media

Today is one of those days when Father Time reminds me that aging is not a passive activity. There is a certain pride in being able to do anything I could do when I was 20. The only change is that the recovery time is now measured by the calendar instead of by the clock. I am thankful that my mind is as sharp as it ever was although if it was failing, would I even know? I just finished doing the breakfast dishes after I had gone into the kitchen for something that I couldn’t remember and did the dishes so the trip wouldn’t have been in vain. Days like this, I remind myself that for an old poop, I’m doing well. I’m really quite a young senior citizen and still view each day as an adventure. I can look back at many years full of fun and frolic. The world has changed since I first primal screamed my way into it and met my mother who had brought me into it after being in labor for a month and a half (That’s what she told me and she never lied). I have a little card on my desk that I received many birthdays ago that lists facts about the year of my birth. That year was 1941. The life expectancy then was 62.9 years which means that I’m already over the limit, which makes me feel like I’m ahead of the game already. A new house then cost $4,075, a new car cost $850, a loaf of bread was $.08, a gallon of milk cost $.54 and gas was $.12 a gallon. The good old days! The prices don’t look so good though when you consider that the

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BROOKS average wage was $34.17 a week. Prices are a lot higher now but so are the wages. 1941 was the year we got involved in World War II, which was no fault of mine, being brand new at the time and all. Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan since give evidence that we may be slow learners. I’m happy with life though. This getting older isn’t easy but it is interesting. Things fall into place and there’s a nice slower rhythm to the days now. Things that used to annoy me now make me chuckle and some of the things that I used to laugh at now annoy the heck out of me. Case in point — Politics. I used to be a politician, it was interesting and useful work. I remember when I looked at Congressmen (and women) with respect for their wisdom and judgment. The activities of the government in the last decade have had me eating blood pressure pills like peanuts during the news broadcasts. It’s probably the long career in the classroom but I find stupidity extremely annoying in any shape or form. I find myself looking forward to the future, who knows

what it will bring? I plan on being around for as long as I can and being as productive as I’m able. Being a writer type person, I’ve spent time thinking about an epitaph for my rock of ages when I slip the surly bonds of Earth and go on to the last big adventure. I’ve liked cemeteries since I was a kid. The older they are, the more I like them. They are mostly peaceful green places full of history. The epitaphs on the old stones tell something about the person resting there. Modern stones don’t usually do that. I’d like to see that changed. I’d like something carved on mine. That’s where the writer part kicks in. It can’t be too wordy. It needs to be cool. It needs to make a statement about my present condition without making future readers think I was bragging or boasting about my life here. Here lies Dick Brooks — stoned for the last time — was one possibility, nice play on words but since I don’t drink or use drugs, it might give the wrong impression. I finally found the absolutely right one on the sign of The Highway Drive In a couple of years ago. Simple and short, it said, “Done.” It’s been a good morning, Telly and I are going for a walk in the snow. Thought for the week — Don’t let your worries get the best of you, remember Moses started out as a basket case. Until next week, may you and yours be happy and well. Reach Dick Brooks at Whittle12124@yahoo.com.

Valatie Rescue Squad holding a vaccination clinic on Feb. 22 VALATIE — The Valatie Rescue Squad will be holding COVID-19 vaccination clinics in December at the Martin H. Glynn Municipal Building, 3211 Church St., Valatie. Have your Vaccine Card,

Insurance Card and ID ready. The Rescue Squad has all three of the COVID-19 vaccines to offer, both originals and boosters. No appointment is needed. A Vaccination Clinic will be

held 4-7 p.m. Feb. 22. Masks are required. Monitor the Rescue Squad’s Facebook page for cancellations in the event of inclement weather. For information, call 518309-8200.

Questar III BOCES receives Department of Justice Grant funding to support school safety measures ALBANY — Questar III BOCES has received $487,541 in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Justice under its Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing School Violence Act (the STOP School Violence Act). The grants awarded by the DOJ will help institute safety measures in and around primary and secondary schools in support of school violence prevention. The Questar III grant was among $126 million awarded across the nation. The STOP School Violence Act Grant Program is designed to improve school security by providing students and teachers with the tools needed to recognize, respond quickly to, and help prevent acts of violence. In 2019 after 17 people were killed during a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland,

Florida, the U.S. Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) released a report titled “Protecting America’s Schools: A U.S. Secret Service Analysis of Targeted School Violence.” In this report, it was noted that only 17% of schools have any system in place to notify staff or administrators of lifethreatening or concerning behaviors before an attack. The report recommended implementing anonymous reporting systems and threat assessment programs to give students, staff, parents, and local communities tools to be able to report concerns to schools. Questar III will utilize the services of STOPit Solutions to provide an anonymous reporting system with a 24/7 incident management center and hotline reporting center. The company’s products and

services are used by more than 6,700 organizations and have assisted with intervening in more than 150,000 incidents. “We are pleased to receive grant funding from the federal government to support this additional safety measure. The timing of the grant award couldn’t be better given the amount of mental stress our school communities have endured during the pandemic. We continue to stress to our students, staff, and families to say something if they see something that doesn’t seem quite right,” said Craig Hansen, Questar III’s Director of Health and Safety, who will oversee the grant. Questar III will use the DOJ grant funding to implement an anonymous reporting system in schools in Rensselaer, Columbia, and Greene counties.

By Bob Beyfuss For Columbia-Greene Media

I suspect that every single town in almost all of New York state has a resident population of animals that RE called the “Eastern coyotes.” Indeed these crafty creatures have even been reported in New York City and are well established on Long Island. The reason they are called the Eastern coyote, instead of just plain coyote, is because this animal is quite different then its western cousins. Western coyotes are quite a bit smaller and skinnier then our local animal, looking more like the cartoon character “Wile E. Coyote.” Some of you may remember the cartoon series in which “Wile E.” was forever in unsuccessful pursuit of the Roadrunner. Anyone who has seen a western coyote and our Eastern coyote up close will readily confirm that they are very, very different in appearance. I have seen both animals up close and in my eye, western coyotes look more like fox in size and stature and eastern coyotes look more like large dogs. Although there is some documentation that coyotes existed in the east in prehistoric times there is no record of them from colonial days. They appear to have populated our area within the past 30 to 40 years. Some recent genetic studies seem to link the Eastern coyote with red wolves, which would help to explain their larger size. They differ from wolves in their social structure being much less likely to form large “packs.” A typical group of Eastern coyotes is usually just a single family unit with perhaps four or five animals. Of course many of us have heard these critters howl and it sounds like there are a dozen or more of them. Howling can be triggered by a whistle or a fire siren going off, or after a successful hunt, as if

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BEYFUSS they are celebrating a kill. One reason why they have become so prolific is that they will eat virtually anything, including carrion (dead animals). In fact these scavengers are responsible for dragging off most of our road-killed deer and other animals that get run over. They also eat deer (mostly fawns), fish, frogs, turtles, snails, birds, eggs, berries, insects and other plant material. In New York extensive studies show that they mostly eat mice, voles and other animals we consider as pests. As a ginseng grower, I consider coyotes to be extremely beneficial members of the forest ecosystem since they preferentially eat mice and voles that feast on ginseng roots. Many deer hunters shoot coyotes because they consider them threats to the deer herd, although the scientific evidence does not support that hypothesis. I am not a fan of deer in general (except as food) since they tend to overpopulate their range and are capable of destroying entire populations of ginseng as well as other native herbaceous plants. I allow some people to hunt deer on my property, but no one is allowed to hunt coyotes. Unlike deer populations, which can quickly expand to such levels as to do ecological and economic havoc, coyote populations tend to be selflimiting at levels that do not threaten other wildlife species or plants.

Yes, they may also kill small domestic or farm animals such as lambs, dogs, chickens, ducks and cats. Some folks claim that our coyotes are actually coydogs, which are the result of a cross between a dog and coyote. This is very unlikely since coyotes are more inclined to kill dogs, than breed with them. I have heard from some local folks who have lost pet dogs and cats to these canines. I can remember quite clearly back in the late 1950s and early 1960s when we had packs of feral dogs roaming the area around Durham. It appears that this smarter and more sophisticated predator has now replaced these dog packs. I cannot definitively answer the question “will coyotes hurt humans?” I do know there have been a few reports of western coyotes attacking babies in California, but to my knowledge there has never been a report of Eastern coyotes attacking humans in New York or elsewhere in the east. It seems like they are co-existing quite comfortably with us and are only spotted infrequently despite the fact that there are lots of them. Right now is the time of year when New York’s resident coyotes breed and set up dens for pups that will arrive in the spring, according to NYSDEC. While conflicts with people and pets are rare, New Yorkers should remain alert and follow DEC’s common-sense guidelines to minimize the risk for potential conflicts with coyotes. If coyotes exhibit bold behaviors and fail to exhibit fear of people, or if seen repeatedly during the day near residences, the public is advised to contact their Regional DEC Wildlife Office https://www. dec.ny.gov/about/558.html. Reach Bob Beyfuss at rlb14@cornell.edu.

Bard College receives grant from George I. Alden Trust ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON — Bard College has received a $150,000 grant from the George I. Alden Trust to acquire an upgraded gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer in order to support the continuity and growth of ongoing curricular and research projects within the Division of Science, Mathematics, and Computing at Bard. This new instrument, with its expanded analytical capabilities, is an essential component of the five-year infrastructure and instrumentation plan created by the Chemistry and Biochemistry Program. “We are so grateful to have this support from the Alden Trust. Continuing the essential analytical capacity of our labs is important. And

with this funding, we are able expand the range of experiments that are possible, providing many more opportunities for interdisciplinary teaching and research at Bard,” said Associate Dean of the College and Associate Professor of Chemistry Emily McLaughlin. Gas chromatography– mass spectrometry (GCMS) provides the technology to separate mixtures, and to identify and quantify pure compounds and individual components of mixtures for applications ranging across scientific disciplines. At Bard, this type of instrument has been central to the science curriculum for more than 25 years. The acquisition of an upgraded gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer

impacts the undergraduate teaching and learning experience in substantial ways—including in research and curricular work in chemistry, biology, environmental studies, and Bard’s Citizen Science Program, in which all first-year students take part. The enhanced capabilities of the new GCMS will facilitate ongoing and new collaborations among faculty and students, including the ability effectively sample aqueous environmental samples for volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The GCMS has been a central part of analytical chemistry at the College, resulting in work presented at local, regional, and national conferences and manuscripts published in peer-reviewed journals.

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Stefanik calls for end to border restrictions as Canada eases rules By ALEX GAULT agault@wdt.net

The Canadian government has loosened its border entry requirements slightly, and that’s prompted some U.S. officials to reiterate their demands for an end to all COVID-19-related border restrictions. On Tuesday, the Canadian government announced that starting Feb. 28, all foreign visitors to the country will be able to enter with a negative rapid antigen test, instead of the now required molecular PCR test. The change means it will be slightly easier for travelers to enter Canada, as rapid antigen tests provide results much faster than PCR tests. However, only rapid tests administered within the previous 24 hours by a lab, health care provider or telehealth service will be accepted. Late Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Elise M. Stefanik, R-Schuylerville, issued a statement asking the Canadian and U.S. governments to begin the process to end all COVID-19 border restrictions between the two nations, at least for the land border

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between them. “I’m calling on both Canada and the United States to release a plan to drop all COVID-19 requirements, so our cross-border travel can resume and our north country communities can be restored,” she said. The congresswoman said

Northern New Yorkers have suffered from border restrictions for too long, since they were enacted in March 2020 at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The border remained closed to all but essential traffic until 2021, and has slowly opened to more people since then. It

remains nearly impossible for an unvaccinated noncitizen to enter Canada or the U.S. In her statement, the congresswoman said it is time to “resume pre-pandemic life,” which includes reopening the U.S.-Canada border for most travel.

State Sen. Patricia A. Ritchie won’t run for reelection By ALEX GAULT agault@wdt.net

HEUVELTON — State Sen. Patricia A. Ritchie will not seek reelection at the end of her term this year, she announced Wednesday. In a lengthy statement from her office, Sen. Ritchie, R-Heuvelton, said she has been honored to represent New York’s 48th Senate District for the last 11 years. “It has been the opportunity of a lifetime and a job I have loved, which is why it is so bittersweet for me to announce I will not be running for reelection and retiring at the end of 2022,” she said. Shortly after her announcement, Assemblyman Mark C. Walczyk, RWatertown, who represents the 116th Assembly District, announced he would run for the vacant Senate seat, now numbered District 50 and much larger than the current 48th District, thanks to the recently completed redistricting process. In his announcement, the assemblyman thanked Sen. Ritchie for her service in the state Senate. He said his whole adult life has been about public service, and he’s ready to take the next step on that path. “I’m running for state Senate because the people of Jefferson, Lewis, St. Lawrence, Franklin and Herkimer counties deserve a senator who will work for them,” he said. “It has never been more important to stand up to Albany Democrats who are systematically destroying our state. People are fed up with it.” Assemblyman Walczyk was quickly endorsed for the Senate seat by U.S. Rep. Elise M. Stefanik, R-Schuylerville. Shortly after that, Sen. Ritchie announced her own endorsement for the Senate District 50 race, for Matthew A. Doheny, former Republican congressional candidate who ran for office in New York’s 21st Congressional District three times. “Matt is a successful businessman who knows the district, especially the new counties it will encompass,” Sen. Ritchie said. “I’m confident he will use his knowledge, skill set and experience to help the entire north

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country reach new heights.” Mr. Doheny could not be reached for comment Wednesday night. Sen. Ritchie said March will mark her 36th year in her public service career, and she wants to retire to spend more time with her husband, children and grandchildren. During her career, Sen. Ritchie worked in the St. Lawrence County Department of Motor Vehicles and spent a decade as St. Lawrence County’s elected clerk. She said her passion for public service has driven her the whole way through. “Thank you to the voters who put their faith in me and allowed me to do what I enjoy the most,” she said. “With your support, we have achieved many great things.” Sen. Ritchie mentioned the many bills, grants and other legislative achievements she’s been part of over the last 11 years. A bill she wrote to raise awareness of furniture and TV tipping hazards was passed in 2015, and she advocated to save both the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Plant in Oswego and the St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center in Ogdensburg from planned closures. “To date, I have delivered more than $75 million in grants to help make possible important infrastructure and quality of life improvements throughout Central and Northern New York,” she said. The senator also

mentioned the work she did in 2017 and 2019 when the Lake Ontario and St. Lawrence River shorelines saw unprecedented high water levels and shoreline flooding. In 2019, after years of advocacy on many levels, the state established the multi-million dollar Resiliency and Economic Development Initiative to rebuild and restore the lake and river shorelines. She also thanked the men and women of the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum. “I will never forget being at deployment ceremonies, watching our brave troops prepare to head overseas and being overwhelmed with gratitude for the sacrifices made by them,” she said. Sen. Ritchie has orchestrated an annual 10th Mountain Division and Fort Drum Day for many years, introducing the military post and the issues that are important to its residents to other legislators in Albany. She said she’s proud of her record defending constituents’ interests, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. She said her office has fielded more than 200,000 constituent requests for assistance since March 2020. “Every day, my office receives calls from people who know they can call and have someone on the other end who is willing to help — no matter how unexpected the issue may be,” Sen. Ritchie said.

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The senator thanked the voters in St. Lawrence, Jefferson and Oswego counties for trusting her and reelecting her five times, her colleagues in the state Senate and the Republican conference, her campaign volunteers and her office staff. “People will often ask me, ‘What’s the best part of your job?’” she said. “The answer is simple. It’s the people. Throughout the years, I have been blessed to meet so many hardworking, genuine and kind individuals. It has been the privilege of a lifetime to be their representative and their voice in Albany.” Upon news of her decision to retire, Republican leaders across New York expressed gratitude for her years of service. State Senate Minority Leader Robert G. Ortt, RNorth Tonawanda, Assembly Minority Leader William A. Barclay, R-Pulaski, and Rep. Stefanik all issued statements

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First Presbyterian Church of Valatie announces new minister VALATIE — Dr. Bill Levering will begin as the new minister at the First Presbyterian Church of Valatie at the 11 a.m. Sunday worship on Feb. 20. Dr. Levering was the Senior Pastor for many years at the First Reformed Church of Schenectady and will now be leading at Valatie. Dr. Levering has taught preaching at Princeton Seminary and has been active on local not-for-profit boards, including chairing the Schenectady County Public Library and Habitat for Humanity boards. “The Hudson Valley and

this church have such a rich history and such a bright future.” Levering said. “I can’t wait to be a part of it.” Levering has degrees from the University of Illinois, Princeton Seminary and Temple University. “Bill, with his broad experience in and beyond the church, values the traditions of the church, but has an understanding of how to fit that into today’s world,” says Sarah Sayers, church Elder. “We could not be more pleased to have him joining us and look forward to the coming years to grow and thrive under his

guidance.” First Presbyterian Church of Valatie also welcomes Martika VanNess as the new church secretary. VanNess has commercial experience in project management and has a secretarial background serving the First Presbyterian Church of Hudson. Her skills in management and organization coupled with her experience with the Church make her an invaluable asset for FPCV. Sunday services at the church are safely in person and online at valatie.org and via Facebook Live.

Reflections from the Pastor By Rev. Jacqueline Jefferson, Pastor, Lutheran Parish of Southern Columbia County For Columbia-Greene Media

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PRAYER OF THE DAY O Lord Jesus, make us instruments of your peace, that where there is hatred, we may sow love, where there is injury, pardon, and where there is despair, hope. Grant, O divine master, that we may seek to console, to understand, and to love in your name, for you live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

A READING FROM BOOK OF THE GENESIS Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph. Is my father still alive?” But his brothers could not answer him, so dismayed were they at his presence. Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come closer to me.” And they came closer. He said, “I am your brother, Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt. And now do not be distressed, or angry with yourselves, because you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life. For the famine has been in the land these two years; and there are five more years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest. God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors. So it was not you who sent me here, but God; he has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt. Hurry and go up to my father and say to him, ‘Thus says your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not delay. You shall settle in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your children’s children, as well as your flocks, your herds, and all that you have. I will provide for you there — since there are five more years of famine to come — so that you and your household, and all that you have, will not come to poverty.’ ” And he kissed all his brothers and wept upon them; and after that his brothers talked with him.

WE WILL PRAY PSALM 37 RESPONSIVELY Do not be provoked by evildoers; do not be jealous of those who do wrong. For they shall soon wither like the grass, and like the green grass fade away. Put your trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and find safe pasture. Take delight in the Lord, who shall give you your heart’s desire. Commit your way to the Lord; put your trust in the Lord, and see what God will do. The Lord will make your vindication as clear as the light and the justice of your case like the noonday sun. Be still before the Lord and wait patiently. Do not be provoked by the one who prospers, the one who

succeeds in evil schemes. Refrain from anger, leave rage alone; do not be provoked; it leads only to evil. For evildoers shall be cut off, but those who hope in the Lord shall possess the land. In a little while the wicked shall be no more; even if you search out their place, they will not be there. But the lowly shall possess the land; they will delight in abundance of peace. But the deliverance of the righteous comes from you, O Lord; you are their stronghold in time of trouble. You, O Lord, will help them and rescue them; you will rescue them from the wicked and deliver them, because in you they seek refuge.

A READING FROM PAUL’S FIRST LETTER TO THE CORINTHIANS But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?” Fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. And as for what you sow, you do not sow the body that is to be, but a bare seed, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain. But God gives it a body as he has chosen, and to each kind of seed its own body. So it is with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable. It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power. It is sown a physical body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a physical body, there is also a spiritual body. Thus it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living being”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit. But it is not the spiritual that is first, but the physical, and then the spiritual. The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is from heaven. As was the man of dust, so are those who are of the dust; and as is the man of heaven, so are those who are of heaven. Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we will also bear the image of the man of heaven. What I am saying, brothers and sisters, is this: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. LUKE 6:27-38 Jesus said: “But I say to you that listen, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. If anyone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also; and from anyone who takes away your coat do not withhold even your shirt. Give to everyone who begs from you; and if anyone takes away your goods, do not ask for them again. Do to others as you would have them do to you. “If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. If you lend to those from

whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much again. But love your enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. “Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven; give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap; for the measure you give will be the measure you get back.”

SERMON Here we are once again, hearing anything but what we expected or hoped for. For a people who were oppressed by Rome, taxed into poverty, and living in fear, a champion who teaches anything but righteous retribution is not only suspect, he is a fool, maybe even a traitor! How about now? How do we react or respond to a Savior who urges us to confront injustice with mercy and compassion for the offender? Does this mean we should become entirely non-confrontational and count it as holy? Are we to ignore injustice and become complacent and complicit with bigotry? Is Jesus asking us to welcome bullying and even domestic violence? Or is it possible to work for peace and justice, to demand fair wages and good housing for others, to vote carefully for leaders and legislators who will act for the good of all, not just their benefactors, to declare and ensure that the basics of life: food, shelter, health care, education, just labor, and safety are available to all? Jesus initiated a Kingdom in which all people would live in peace and harmony. In order to establish and sustain that harmony, mercy and compassion were necessary. We are human, and we sin. Forgiveness and reconciliation repair relationship. Understanding retribution, judgement and punishment as the only answer, as opposed to responding in ways that acknowledge the wrong, but maintain the inner peace and emotional stability of the person wronged is crucial. Refusal to respond to violence with violence is a far cry from ignoring or aiding it. Is it possible that Jesus was teaching us to remember who we are, refuse to allow the evil others do to us to invade and warp our good nature, and respond with efforts to allow for the other to be transformed? Only in the mindset of the divine mercy extended to ourselves can we hope to learn the equanimity and peace vital to become persons who understand our own value, maintain our own dignity, and explore ways and means of responding in love, without placing ourselves in harm’s way. Amen

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SOUP SHARING CATSKILL — The Catskill United Methodist Church, 40 Woodland Ave., Catskill, will host ‘Soup Sharing’ 4-7 p.m. March 5. Choose from a variety of homemade soups to bring home and enjoy. A goodwill offering will be collected to benefit local missions. Call 518-291-3130 for more information.

CORNED BEEF AND CABBAGE DINNER Coxsackie — The First Reformed Church, 285 Mansion St., Coxsackie, will be serving corned beef and cabbage dinners with dessert 4:30-6 p.m. March 17, take out only, until sold out. Tickets are $15. Advance ticket purchase preferred. Call 518-731-7503 to order tickets. www.firstreformecoxsackie.com.

CRAFT FESTIVAL SEEKING APPLICANTS RICHMOND SPRINGS — Applications are currently being accepted for the 41st Annual Friendship Craft Festival sponsored by the Church Of Christ Uniting in Richfield Springs. It will take place 9 a.m.-3 p.m. June 11 in Spring Park on Scenic US Route 20. For information and an application, go to www.rschurchofchristuniting.com, email friendshipcraftfestival@yahoo.com or call Carla at 315-858-1451.

LENTEN SERVICES HUDSON — The TriCounty Lutheran Parish announces Ash Wednesday worship service schedule. At noon March 2 at Emanuel/St. John’s Lutheran Church, 20 South Sixth St., Hudson, with Pastor Tonya Enza; 4 p.m. March 2 at Zion Lutheran Church, 102 North Washington St., Athens, with Vicar Nathan Pratt; at 7 p.m. March 2 at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, 1010 Kinderhook St., Valatie with Pastor Beth George. The Tri-County Lutheran Parish pastoral staff will be imposing ashes on March 2 at the following locations: 8-10 a.m. at Broadstreet Bagel in Kinderhook; 10 a.m.noon at Main Street Goodness in Chatham; noon-2 p.m. at 7th Street Park in Hudson; 3:30-4:30 p.m. Park & Ride, Route 9 and 150 in Castleton. St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, 1010 Kinderhook St., Valatie, will be hosting a worship service starting at 6 p.m. every Wednesday during Lent starting March 9 through April 13 in person or via Zoom with the following link: https://us02web.zoom. us/j/2529435520. Visit the TCLParish.org website for location, directions, worship schedules and Zoom live streaming worship service link. Contact the administrative office at 518758-6526 for pastoral services inquiries or any further information.

EMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH STUYVESANT FALLS — Emanuel Lutheran Church is located at the junction of US Route 9 and County Route 46 in Stuyvesant Falls. Church services are at 8:30 a.m. Sunday and all are welcome and invited.

ST. MARK’S SECOND EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH HUDSON — St. Mark’s Second Evangelical Lutheran Church, 8 Storm Ave., Hudson, worships 9:30 a.m. Sunday. Communion is celebrated on the first Sunday of every month with Pastor Stan

Webster. Child care is offered during the service and Sunday school after the service ends. For information, call the Church office at 518-8289514.

ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN CHURCH STUYVESANT — St. John’s Lutheran Church, 159 Route 26A, Stuyvesant, has in-person and live online worship services at 10:15 a.m. Sunday. Sunday School is at 9 a.m. for children 3 and older. Face masks and social distancing is required at this time. The live broadcasts are on www. facebook.com/St-Johns-Lutheran.

CHRIST CHURCH EPISCOPAL HUDSON — Christ Church Episcopal, 431 Union St., Hudson, worships at 9 a.m. Sundays in person and live online. Social distancing and face masks required. Live broadcast at 9 a.m. on facebook.com/ChristChurchEpiscopalHudson or at christchurchepiscopalhudson.org. Midweek Eucharist is held at 12:15 p.m. Wednesdays in the church. For information, call 518828-1329 or email christchurch1802@gmail.com.

SAINT PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH KINDERHOOK — St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 8 Sylvester St., Kinderhook, Holy Communion in person at 8 and 10 a.m. Sundays. Face masks and distancing required regardless of vaccination status. For information and news, www. saintpaulskinderhook.org/ or follow us on Facebook. Subscribe to our newsletter: http://eepurl.com/cG4YSv; 518-758-6271 or saintpaulskinderhook@gmail.com. Office open 1:30-4:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday and by appointment.

KINDERHOOK REFORMED CHURCH KINDERHOOK — The Kinderhook Reformed Church, 21 Broad St., Kinderhook, will have in person and live online Sunday worship at 9:30 a.m. Face masks and social distancing required. Live broadcasts at 9:30 a.m. on https://www.facebook. com/KinderhookReformed Church or https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCTUNikeMHshkf_mqhMNxCw. For information, call 518-758-6401 or kinderhookreformedchuch.com.

CLAVERACK REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH CLAVERACK — The Reformed Dutch Church, 88 Route 9H, Claverack, worships at 9:30 a.m. Sundays in the sanctuary. For information, call 518-851-3811.

GHENT REFORMED CHURCH WEST GHENT — The Ghent Reformed Church, 1039 County Route 22, West Ghent, worships at 9 a.m. Sundays. Sunday School begins at 10:15 a.m. Sunday for pre-school to middle school aged children. In accordance with the New York state mandate, masks will be required. Cleaning is as diligent as always. At present, we feel safe enough to have reinstituted coffee time after service.

TRI COUNTY LUTHERAN PARISH VALATIE — The following is the worship schedule for the Tri County Lutheran Parish. Visit TCLParish.org website for weekly Zoom worship schedule and link. Columbia County: Emanual Lutheran Church, 506 County Road 46, Stuyvesant Falls, worships at 8:30 a.m. Sunday. St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, 1010 Kinderhook St., Valatie, worships at 10:30 a.m. Sunday with Sunday School also at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday. Emanuel/St. John’s Lutheran Church, 20 South Sixth St., Hudson, worships at 11 a.m. Sunday. Greene County: Zion

Lutheran Church, 102 North Washington St., Athens, worships at 9 a.m. Sunday. St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, State Route 81, Oak Hill, worships at 11 a.m. Sunday. Rensselaer County: Trinity Lutheran Church, 68 Green Ave., Castleton, worships at 9 a.m. Sunday. St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church, 751 County Route 7, East Schodack, worships at 11 a.m. Sunday.

GRACE BIBLE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH RHINEBECK — Grace Bible Fellowship Church, 6959 Route 9, Rhinebeck, worships at 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday. Sunday School for all ages meets at 9:30 a.m. Women’s bible study and Grace Bible Institute meets at 7 p.m. Mondays. Mid-week prayer meeting is at 7 p.m. Wednesdays. For information, call 845-876-6923 or cdfcirone@aol.com.

LUTHERAN PARISH OF SOUTHERN COLUMBIA COUNTY GERMANTOWN — Lutheran Parish of Southern Columbia County is planning, for now, to continue in person worship. If the COVID situation changes, plans will be posted on Facebook, the blog, by phone message and the communication tree within each church. In Person Worship at St. Thomas’s Church will be suspended due to high COVID case numbers in the county. We hope to resume on Ash Wednesday, March 2 and continue 11 a.m. services on March 6, with Communion. Christ Church folks will join folks at St. John’s Church in Manorton (Elizaville) at 9 a.m. this month.

FIRST REFORMED CHURCH OF ATHENS ATHENS —The First Reformed Church of Athens, 16 North Church St., Athens, worships at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. All are welcome to join us. Communion is celebrated the first Sunday of each month. Senior Choir rehearsal is at 6:30 p.m. each Wednesdays. We ask that singers are vaccinated. Hudson River Bells rehearsal is at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays. Masks are worn during rehearsal. For information, call the church at 518-945-1801.

LIVING FAITH COMMUNITY CHURCH MAPLECREST — Living Faith Community Church, 54 Route 56, Maplecrest, welcomes locals and visitors to worship together at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Adult Bible Study meets before service at 9:30 a.m. Fellowship meal follows service on the second Sunday of each month. For information, call 518-7344275.

FIRST REFORMED CHURCH OF COXSACKIE COXSACKIE — The First Reformed Church of Coxsackie, 285 Mansion St., Coxsackie, worships at 9:30 a.m. Sunday. All are welcome. Communion is celebrated the first Sunday of each month. Sunday School is available during the worship service time. Free Food Fridays provide a meal for anyone at 6 p.m. on the third Friday of each month; www. firstreformecoxsackie.com.

SOUP KITCHEN OPEN CATSKILL — The Camp Grace Inc. Soup Kitchen, located at the First Reformed Church of Catskill, 310 Main St., Catskill, is open noon-1 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. For information, call Director Lamont Taylor at 518249-7009.

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New associate principal at Hudson Senior High School HUDSON — The Hudson City School District welcomes Annie Coager as the new Associate Principal at Hudson Senior High School. “I am happy to return home and help lead the school that shaped me,” said Coager, who graduated from Hudson High School in 2004. “As a proud alumna, I’m excited to work in the district that inspired me to study education.” Coager has been an educator for more than a decade, most recently teaching high school English in the Poughkeepsie City School District. She participated in multiple school leadership internships, one of which was under former HHS principal Dr. Antonio Abitabile, before completing Stony Brook University’s Educational Leadership program. “Annie has a proven track record of success and collaboration with both staff and students in her previous districts,” said Robert LaCasse, Principal at Hudson High School. “Her experience in diverse educational settings lays the groundwork for a smooth transition. I am looking forward to seeing her interact with our staff and students and offering her perspective on our systems and processes.” As the Associate Principal at HHS, Coager will work to build positive relationships with students, families and staff. A key part of the position is discussing student behavior and learning concerns with parents, students and faculty, then developing ways to address those challenges. Coager will also run the HHS summer school program. “One of my primary goals

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undergraduate studies and received a bachelor’s degree in Literature. She also holds a Master of Arts in Teaching from Bard College and completed an advanced study in Special Education. She earned her School Building and School District Leadership Certifications in 2021. The focus of her educational leadership graduate studies included equity in education, restorative practices, and cultural responsiveness. The HCSD Board of Education appointed Coager on December 21, 2021, and she began the position on January 24, 2022. She lives locally with her husband and two sons and enjoys reading and running.

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2021-22 PATROON CONFERENCE GIRLS BASKETBALL ALL-STARS Columbia-Greene Media

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MVP Janay Brantley - Catskill COACH OF THE YEAR Chris Quinn - Catskill FIRST-TEAM ALL-STARS: Abby Taylor - Chatham Hannah Konsul - Catskill Sophia Chevrier - Maple Hill Bryn Fitzmaurice- Greenville Jasmine Allert - Rensselaer SECOND-TEAM ALL-STARS: Riley Sitcer - Coxsackie-Athens Emily Smith - Greenville Bella Seeberger - Maple Hill Erin Madsen - Chatham Rebecca Hall - Maple Hill SENIOR TEAM ALL-STARS: Jasmine Allert - Rensselaer Sophia Chevrier - Maple Hill Ally Engel - Chatham Rebecca Hall - Maple Hill Darri Johnson - Hudson Hannah Konsul - Catskill Jayden Lewis - Catskill Erin Madsen - Chatham Makayla Mudge - Cairo-Durham Josie O’Hare - Greenville Kiana Salierno - Catskill Taryn Silk - Greenville Abby Taylor - Chatham

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Kamila Valieva (ROC) reacts in the kiss and cry in the women’s figure skating free program during the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games at Capital Indoor Stadium.

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Drama is no stranger to the ice rink, but Thursday’s Olympic women’s figure skating final was almost too much, offering the most gut-wrenching moments the sport has seen.

On one hand, there was the brilliance of Anna Shcherbakova, who skated a triumphant and history-making performance, redemptive in its wonder. It followed a year of skepticism and injury and rightfully earned her an Olympic gold medal. She won and

yet she stood alone, seemingly pondering life’s existential questions, as the world and her top advocates focused on someone else. Her support system had circled around her friend and teammate Kamila Valieva, 15, who had collapsed under the Olympic

pressure and the scrutiny of the world because she was competing despite testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug. Near Valieva was teammate Alexandra Trusova, screaming in See VALIEVA B6

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Los Angeles Angels honor pitcher Tyler Skaggs, on July 12, 2019, at the pitchers’ mound in Anaheim, California.

Former Angels employee Eric Kay found guilty in Tyler Skaggs’ overdose death Emerson Clarridge Fort Worth Star-Telegram

FORT WORTH, Texas — An opiate addict and dealer operating in the bowels of Angel Stadium, where he worked handling press inquiries, provided to a starting pitcher a fentanyl-laced pill that led him to aspirate vomit and die during a road trip to Texas in 2019, a jury in Fort

Worth found on Thursday. Tyler Skaggs, hiding his own use of oxycodone from relatives, died facedown with his legs hanging off a bed at a Southlake Hilton hotel where he and 66 other Los Angeles Angels players and other employees stayed the night before a series with the Rangers was to begin. After hearing evidence and argument

over eight days and deliberating for about 90 minutes, the jury in U.S. District Court found Eric Kay guilty of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance and distribution of a controlled substance resulting in death and serious bodily injury. See ANGELS B6

GREENVILLE — Greenville passed its first test in the Section II Class B girls basketball playoffs with a 67-26 victory over Watervliet in Thursday’s play-in game. The No. 15 Spartans advance to play at No. 2 seed Mechanicville on Saturday at 6 p.m. Greenville led 15-6 after one quarter and widened the gap to 22-12 at halftime and 39-22 after three quarters. Bryn Fitzmaurice led the Spartans with 19 points. Emily Smith had 13, Aislinn O’Hare 12 and Josie O’Hare 11. WATERVLIET (26): Grimmick 1-0-2, Joyner 1-0-2, King 2-0-4, Smart 1-0-2, Smetzer 1-0-2, Wass 5-4-14. Totals 11-4-26. GREENVILLE (67): Smith 5-3-13, Fitzmaurice 7-1-19, Crawley 1-0-2, A. O’Hare 5-2-12, Silk 3-0-8, J. O’Hare 5-1-11, Parrish 1-0-2. Totals 27-7-67. 3-pointers: Fitzmaurice 4, Silk 2. Cohoes 50, Hudson 33 COHOES — Cohoes

jumped out to an 18-5 lead after one quarter of play and went on to defeat Hudson, 50-33, in Thursday’s Section II Class B girls basketball play-in game. The No. 14 Tigers were up 35-11 by hlaftime and 50-18 after three quarters. Amaya Moore was No. 19 Hudson’s leading scorer with nine points. Darri Johnson had eight and Gabby Logue six. Cohoes moves on to play at No. 3 seed Catskill on Saturday at 6 p.m. HUDSON (33): Jepsen 1-0-3, Box 2-0-4, Hanley 1-0-2, Moore 4-1-9, Johnson 4-0-8, Logue 2-2-6, Harp 0-1-1. Totals 14-4-33. 3-pointers: Jepsen. COHOES (50): Bryant 1-0-2, Chicaway 4-1-11, DeVoe 1-0-2, Hickey 3-0-7, Huneau 2-1-7, Hytko 2-0-4, Marcil 4-0-11, O’Hara 2-26. Totals 19-4-50. 3-pointers: Marcil 3, Chicaway 2, Huneau 2, Hickey. Bishop Maginn 50, Coxsackie-Athens 29 COXSACKIE — Anasia Bristow dropped 17 points to spark No. 17 Bishop See GREENVILLE B6

MLB lockout shows no signs of a thaw after a 15-minute session Chelsea Janes The Washington Post

NEW YORK — If anyone had wanted to play baseball in Manhattan on Thursday, they would have been able to do so comfortably. It was an unseasonably warm February afternoon, the kind of day nice enough to remind you of just how welcome the spring thaw will be - and of just how far away it still is.

But for Major League Baseball, mired in a lockout well into its third month, a thaw in labor negotiations between the owners and the players union seems no closer after another brief negotiating session Thursday. These days, the closest thing to a home game for major league players is a collective bargaining session held at union headquarters instead of at MLB’s offices a few blocks away.

That was the setting for Thursday’s session, which lasted just 15 minutes - enough time for the players union to hand over a proposal with a few changes from its previous one, then watch MLB’s negotiating team head back to its offices to mull it over. Spring training games, for which tickets have been sold and fans have planned trips, are scheduled to begin in less than two weeks.

The length of Thursday’s session the first the sides held since Saturday - is not necessarily indicative of its productivity, according to people on both sides of the negotiations. No one expected a deal to be reached Thursday, and the union’s proposal was relatively narrow, according to people familiar with it: The MLBPA dropped its demand for 100% of players with two-plus years

of service time to qualify for salary arbitration, instead asking for 80% of those players to be eligible. It also suggested that the pre-arbitration bonus pool meant to distribute additional money to high-performing young players who do not yet quality for arbitration be set at $115 million and benefit 150 top-performing players, instead of the union’s previous See MLB B6

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Eileen Gu caps her Beijing Olympics with gold in the halfpipe

Pro basketball NBA Eastern Conference Atlantic W L Pct GB Philadelphia 35 23 .603 — Boston 34 26 .567 2.0 Toronto 32 25 .561 2.5 Brooklyn 31 28 .525 4.5 New York 25 34 .424 10.5 Central W L Pct GB Chicago 38 21 .644 — Cleveland 35 23 .603 2.5 Milwaukee 36 24 .600 2.5 Indiana 20 40 .333 18.5 Detroit 13 45 .224 24.5 Southeast W L Pct GB Miami 38 21 .644 — Charlotte 29 31 .483 9.5 Atlanta 28 30 .483 9.5 Washington 27 31 .466 10.5 Orlando 13 47 .217 25.5 Western Conference Northwest W L Pct GB Utah 36 22 .621 — Denver 33 25 .569 3.0 Minnesota 31 28 .525 5.5 Portland 25 34 .424 11.5 Oklahoma City 18 40 .310 18.0 Pacific W L Pct GB Phoenix 48 10 .828 — Golden State 42 17 .712 6.5 L.A. Clippers 29 31 .483 20.0 L.A. Lakers 27 31 .466 21.0 Sacramento 22 38 .367 27.0 Southwest W L Pct GB Memphis 41 19 .683 — Dallas 35 24 .593 5.5 San Antonio 23 36 .390 17.5 New Orleans 23 36 .390 17.5 Houston 15 42 .263 24.5 Wednesday’s games Atlanta 130, Orlando 109 Detroit 112, Boston 111 Indiana 113, Washington 108 Brooklyn 111, New York 106 Chicago 125, Sacramento 118 Portland 123, Memphis 119 Toronto 103, Minnesota 91 San Antonio 114, Oklahoma City 106 Phoenix 124, Houston 121 Denver 117, Golden State 116 L.A. Lakers 106, Utah 101 Thursday’s games Miami 111, Charlotte 107, 2OT Washington 117, Brooklyn 103 Dallas 125, New Orleans 118 Philadelphia 123, Milwaukee 120 Houston at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m. Friday’s games Team Worthy vs Team Isiah, at Cleveland, 9 p.m. Team Payton vs Team Barry, at Cleveland, 9:30 p.m. Sunday’s game NBA All-Star Game at Cleveland, 8 p.m.

Pro hockey NHL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OT SO Pts Florida 48 33 10 2 3 71 Tampa Bay 49 32 11 2 4 70 Toronto 47 32 12 2 1 67 Boston 48 27 17 2 2 58 Detroit 51 23 22 5 1 52 Ottawa 47 18 25 3 1 40 Buffalo 49 16 25 7 1 40 Montreal 49 9 33 7 0 25 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT SO Pts Pittsburgh 51 31 12 3 5 70 Carolina 47 32 11 4 0 68 NY Rangers 49 31 13 3 2 67 Washington 52 28 15 7 2 65 Columbus 47 23 23 0 1 47 NY Islanders 44 18 20 3 3 42 Philadelphia 49 15 25 5 4 39 New Jersey 50 17 28 1 4 39 Western Conference Central Division GP W L OT SO Pts Colorado 48 35 9 3 1 74 Minnesota 45 30 12 0 3 63 St. Louis 48 28 14 4 2 62 Nashville 49 28 17 2 2 60 Dallas 47 26 19 1 1 54 Winnipeg 48 22 18 4 4 52 Chicago 49 18 24 6 1 43 Arizona 48 12 32 0 4 28 Pacific Division GP W L OT SO Pts Calgary 47 28 13 6 0 62 Vegas 49 28 18 2 1 59 Edmonton 47 26 18 3 0 55 Los Angeles 48 24 17 5 2 55 Anaheim 50 23 18 5 4 55 Vancouver 49 22 21 3 3 50 San Jose 47 22 21 3 1 48 Seattle 50 16 30 3 1 36 Wednesday’s games Winnipeg 6, Minnesota 3 Florida 3, Carolina 2, OT Calgary 6, Anaheim 2 Colorado 2, Vegas 0 Thursday’s games Montreal 3, St. Louis 2, OT Ottawa 3, Buffalo 1 Washington 5, Philadelphia 3 Detroit 3, N.Y. Rangers 2, SO Toronto 4, Pittsburgh 1 N.Y. Islanders 4, Boston 1 Winnipeg 5, Seattle 3 Columbus at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Anaheim at Edmonton, 9 p.m. Vancouver at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Friday’s games Nashville at Carolina, 7 p.m. Florida at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Dallas at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Vegas, 10 p.m.

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Ava Wallace The Washington Post

ZHANGJIAKOU, China — Eileen Gu turned to face the sun for a moment at the end of her long Olympic Games, her face bathed in light and her eyes closed so she could savor one last moment of competition, a victory run. She already had made history, hugged her coaches and pitched a small celebration at the top of the halfpipe Friday at Genting Snow Park. All that was left was to ski. The score did not matter. Gu had earned her second gold and third overall medal of these Games with an opening run that would have been good enough for gold and a second run that improved on that by two points at 95.25. On Wednesday night, near the close of a demanding Olympic schedule by any measure but certainly for an 18-yearold, Gu had written a note to herself in her journal to convince her exhausted mind and legs: “I am not tired. I am fresh.” On Friday, her skiing indicated the note had worked, but her expression betrayed her: At the bottom of the hill, she eschewed her usual excited waving and jumping up and down for a tired smile and a hug for her fellow medalists. “It has been really difficult, I’m not going to lie,” Gu said. “I’m not going to pretend and say it was easy, because it wasn’t. . . . It is an honor beyond words and also a dream come true. I

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feel as though I’ve done everything I possibly could to prepare for this.” Gu had earned a long nap for what she achieved. Her performance Friday made her the first action-sport athlete to win three medals in one Olympic Games - and puts her atop the career leader board, tied with a handful of athletes, including Shaun White, Jamie Anderson and Kelly Clark, as the most decorated action-sport athletes in Olympic history. No snowboarder or freestyle skier has won more than three career medals.

“These few weeks have been emotionally the highest I’ve ever been and also the lowest I’ve ever been, I would say,” Gu said afterward. “It has just been a roller coaster of emotions, partially because it has just been so high risk-reward, and I know exactly how much is riding on my performance. Being able to keep my head on my shoulders and keep thinking straight and my head focused on what’s important has been a battle, something that I feel I’ve actually learned about so much throughout this experience.”

She did it in her Olympic debut, tackling big air - added to the Olympic program this year - with a gutsy final jump, slopestyle with a clean run that pulled her from eighth place to second and halfpipe with easy confidence. She considers halfpipe her strongest discipline and, unlike in her first two events, led the field by a healthy margin after her first run. Her ability to soar higher over the halfpipe wall and execute more difficult grabs on the ends of her skis rather than closer to her feet set Gu apart Friday. She

NBC’s Mike Tirico delivers harsh monologue on the adults who ‘failed to protect’ Kamila Valieva

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Ailing Eileen Gu (CHN) celebrates the gold medal after competing in the Freestyle Skiing Womens Halfpipe Final during the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games at Genting Snow Park.

was the only skier to score at least a 90 on the first run, her dominance so obvious that she hardly had to wait for her scores to pop up, unlike the other competitors who stood staring at the scoreboard for minutes while judges evaluated their tricks. She improved as she went along, building on a 93.25 to reach a 95.25 in her second. Gu bested silver medalist Cassie Sharpe of Canada, whose best score came in her third run with a 90.75, and bronze medalist Rachael Karker, also of Canada, who scored an 87.75 in her first run of the day. There were three Americans in the final: Hannah Faulhaber (sixth, 85.25), 2018 bronze medalist Brita Sigourney (10th, 70.75) and Carly Margulies (11th, 61). No other skier pushed Gu competitively throughout the final, and any weight she might have felt because of the history at stake melted away after her opening run. All through these Beijing Games, Gu dealt with pressure both on and off the mountain with seeming ease. The 18-year-old was both the face of these Olympics and a flash point even before she began competition. Born and raised in San Francisco, Gu decided to ski for her mother’s native China in 2019 but burst onto the international stage at a time when relations between the United States and China are at a low point.

Emily Giambalvo The Washington Post

BEIJING — NBC Olympics host Mike Tirico called on the International Olympic Committee to take action after Russian figure skating coaches “failed to protect” Kamila Valieva, the 15-year-old star at the center of a doping scandal that dominated the second half of the Beijing Games. Valieva’s free skate was marred by the raw, stunning collapse of the teenage gold medal favorite, who has been heavily scrutinized for the last week and a half after the results of drug test in December revealed a prohibited substance in her system. “The adults in the room left her alone,” Tirico said from a studio during the network’s Thursday night coverage of the Games. “Portrayed by some this week as the villain, by others as the victim, she is, in fact, the victim of the villains. The coaches and National Olympic Committee surrounding Kamila Valieva, whether they orchestrated, prescribed or enabled

all of this is unclear, but what is certain: They failed to protect her.” Valieva and her teammates competed at these Games under the banner of the Russian Olympic Committee because the country is still technically banned for a state-sponsored doping scheme uncovered after the 2014 Sochi Games. Valieva’s positive test, particularly given her age, raised concerns that the country has not reformed its anti-doping system. “It’s time for the IOC to stand up, whether it’s about blocking Russia from hosting events for a very long time or stringent and globally transparent testing for Russian athletes going forward,” Tirico said in a pointed monologue, especially notable coming from the face of the Olympics’ longtime American broadcast partner. “If swift action from the top of the Olympic movement does not happen quickly, the very future of the Games could be in jeopardy.” Noting Russia’s past doping sandal, Tirico said: “Guilt by association is often

unfair, but it’s called for here. . . . The deal that was brokered was supposed to ensure a level playing field while giving clean Russian athletes a chance to compete. But that scenario totally broke down here. Now a failed a drug test from one of their athletes has tarnished one of the marquee events in the Games and taken away from every skater’s moment.” Valieva’s positive test that came to light last week prompted an expedited hearing before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which ruled Valieva could continue competing. The court cited the irreparable harm to Valieva if she had been suspended and later found innocent. The IOC said before the women’s competition that medals would not be awarded if Valieva finished on the podium - an indication that officials were preparing for a scenario in which she was later disqualified. Valieva, in first after the short program, finished fourth and was inconsolable after her score appeared. The podium ceremony went on without her.

Valieva entered the Games as a quadruple-jumping phenom, but in her final performance here, she looked like a broken 15-year-old. Tirico noted that Valieva appeared “terrified” before beginning her free skate. She stumbled on multiple jumps and fell twice. After her music ended, Valieva bent over and then brought her hands to her face. “It makes me angry that the adults around her weren’t able to make better decisions and be there for her, because she is the one now dealing with the consequences and she’s just 15 and that’s not fair,” 1998 Olympic gold medalist Tara Lipinski said on the broadcast. “Again, with that being said, she should not have been allowed to skate in this Olympic event.” IOC President Thomas Bach on Friday criticized Valieva’s coaches for their “tremendous coldness” after the teenager finished her disastrous skate.

The closed loop eliminated covid, and joy, from the Olympics Adam Kilgore The Washington Post

BEIJING — For more than two weeks, barricades separated the Winter Olympics from the place in which they were held. Athletes, officials and media members shuttled from hotels to venues, forbidden to see the host city except out of windows. Their mornings began with a throat swab, such a shared experience the participants learned how gentle each nurse would be. Temperature checks accompanied entry to any building in which they were permitted. Chinese officials and Beijing 2022 organizers called the system used at the Games the “closed loop.” In compliance with China’s Zero Covid policies, no one outside the loop could enter, and no one inside could exit. Those who had traveled to China interacted only with others wearing laminated credentials or hazmat suits. Those who lived here saw visitors passing by in buses. The extreme measures achieved their aim. In the final week of the Olympics, organizers recorded zero covid cases inside the closed loop two consecutive days, then added one case Friday. The trickle of new cases, most of which had been filtered

at the Beijing airport, ceased. As of Friday, the Games had an infection rate of 0.01 percent. International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach called the closed loop in Beijing “one of the safest places on this planet, if not the safest place.” As Bach hailed the testing numbers as “a great achievement,” Olympic and Chinese officials were less eager to reckon with the costs of their success. The elimination of covid from the Olympics placed a psychological burden on athletes. It forced hordes of unfailingly cheerful Chinese volunteers, many of them students, to spend laborious weeks away from family. It caused financial budgets to balloon. It cast a pall of pervasive joylessness. Most athletes shared the same sentiment about their Beijing experiences. Preparing had been the most trying part. They were required to take multiple coronavirus tests before boarding a plane, stressing about their results before worrying if one last test at the airport would trap them in an isolation facility days before the most important athletic performance of their lives. The vast majority of athletes tested negative at the airport, and then quickly felt their stress replaced by dullness. They

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Closed loop wait at the Main Media Center as snow falls during the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.

could train in designated areas. They could eat at the same restaurants day after day. They could wait. “With all the covid crap, it was really hard to get here,” Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris said. “Once we were here, it’s kind of like sports prison. You’re just chilling. You can’t really go do anything. You’re just chilling, which wasn’t that bad. Lots of rest, hanging out.” The athletes who tested positive struggled. Belgian skeleton slider Kim Meylemans tested positive when she arrived despite no symptoms and likely not being contagious

- Meylemans originally tested positive a month before. She moved into an isolation facility. When Meylemans recorded the requisite two negative tests, Beijing 2022 officials mistakenly sent her to another quarantine facility rather than the Athletes’ Village, owing to what she called a “communication error.” Meylemans recorded a tearful video explaining her situation and expressing concern for her ability to compete. Belgian and IOC officials intervened and moved her into the Village. Meylemans finished well outside medal contention, but she harbored no ill will toward the IOC.

“I don’t think I need an apology,” Meylemans said. “What happened, happened. They made sure I got out of there, and that’s all that matters. . . . We’re quite certain I was never positive here in China. It was just a lot of bad luck along the road.” Bach acknowledged, “there were some issues with the isolation facilities in the beginning.” Norwegian snowboarder Mons Roisland eventually won a big air silver medal, which after his first week in China he never could have imagined. He tested positive after arriving and found a mental tax in isolation. “I couldn’t take a lift with anyone,” Roisland said. “I’ve been so alone. It was really difficult. I had to be in my own head a lot.” Two days before U.S. bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor won silver in monobob, she told her coach she may have to drop out of the competition. By that point she had left isolation, but the mental and emotional damage from her time in isolation remained. After testing positive upon arrival, Meyers Taylor had to separate from her 2-year-old son, Nico, and husband Nic, a U.S. bobsled alternate. The closed loop also placed intense demands on athletes before they arrived. Speedskater Casey Dawson took 45 PCR

coronavirus tests in Utah before he could fulfill China’s obligation, triggering positives with borderline levels of detection long after he stopped feeling symptoms. Dawson, 21, arrived the morning of his first event and skated while jet-lagged and exhausted. “There’s obviously anger and a lot of emotions going through my head,” Dawson said. “I just block those off and continue going and just focused on getting here.” Asked whom he was angry with, Dawson kept it to himself. “I’m not angry at anyone,” Dawson said. “I’m not going to name names. But just, the whole situation.” As cases from the omicron variant fade across the globe, it seems somewhere between naive and reasonable to hope for a return to pre-pandemic normalcy in Paris for the 2024 Summer Games. In the past six months, two Olympics have been held, one of them delayed by a year, both held with restrictions, the latter massively so to appease a government’s aggressive virus policy. The only cheers heard came through muffled masks, from volunteers or teammates, but not fans.

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NBA roundup: Luka Doncic (49) propels Mavs past Pelicans Field Level Media

Luka Doncic recorded 49 points and 15 rebounds and the visiting Dallas Mavericks never trailed in a 125-118 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Thursday. Doncic fell two assists short of a triple-double and two points short of his season high. Jalen Brunson added 23 points, Maxi Kleber scored 20 and Dorian Finney-Smith had 14 as the Mavericks won for the sixth time in their final seven games before the All-Star break. CJ McCollum scored 38, Jaxson Hayes had 18, Jonas Valanciunas added 16 points and 18 rebounds, Devonte’ Graham and Brandon Ingram scored 12 each and Tony Snell had 11 for the Pelicans. New Orleans finished 2-4 on its longest homestand of the season. Wizards 117, Nets 103 Rui Hachimura scored 13 of his season-high 20 points in the fourth quarter as Washington recorded a victory over Brooklyn in New York. Rookie Corey Kispert added 16 points and sank four of Washington’s 12 3-pointers as the Wizards beat the Nets for the second time in eight days. Ish Smith added 15 points and Deni Avdija contributed 13 for the Wizards, who shot 55.4 percent. Patty Mills scored 17 of his 22 in the first half and rookie Cam Thomas added 20 overall, but the Nets shot 40.4 percent and were outscored 54-28 in the paint. 76ers 123, Bucks 120

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Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic (77) dribblers against New Orleans Pelicans forward Brandon Ingram (14) during the second half at the Smoothie King Center on Thursday.

Joel Embiid scored 42 points and visiting Philadelphia survived Milwaukee’s secondhalf comeback. The 76ers snapped a six-game losing streak against their Eastern Conference rivals that dated back to the 2019-20 season. Embiid hit 14 of 21 shots and added 14 rebounds to help the 76ers get back on track after

a 48-point loss to the Boston Celtics on Tuesday. Tobias Harris chipped in 19 points, eight rebounds and four assists. Tyrese Maxey also had 19 points, and Georges Niang tallied 18. Giannis Antetokounmpo paced Milwaukee with 32 points (on 13-of-23 shooting) plus 11 rebounds and nine assists. Jrue Holiday added

24 points and Khris Middleton contributed 19, but he missed a potential game-tying 3-pointer at the final buzzer. Heat 111, Hornets 107 (2 OT) Jimmy Butler hit a pair of jumpers in the final 66 seconds of the second overtime as Miami beat Charlotte in the last game for each team prior to the All-Star break. Kyle Lowry scored 25 points, Duncan Robinson tallied 21 and P.J. Tucker, Bam Adebayo and Butler all had 15 for the Heat. Adebayo had 13 rebounds, and Tucker and Butler both pulled in 10 boards. Miles Bridges racked up 29 points and Montrezl Harrell posted 24 for the Hornets. Kelly Oubre Jr. and P.J. Washington both had 15 points, and LaMelo Ball notched 14 points, 14 assists and 10 rebounds. Clippers 142, Rockets 111 Marcus Morris Sr. scored 27 points and Luke Kennard added 25 as Los Angeles went into the All-Star break with a rout of visiting Houston. Terance Mann scored 20 points as the Clippers won for the third time in their past four games. Their only setback in that stretch came on the road against the Phoenix Suns, the team with the best record in the NBA. Jalen Green scored 21 points and Jae’Sean Tate added 19 as the Rockets lost their seventh consecutive game. Christian Wood scored 13 points for Houston, returning from a one-game absence caused by an unspecified illness.

Lakers lose Davis to foot sprain, complicating hopes for late-season push Ben Golliver The Washington Post

The Los Angeles Lakers snapped a three-game losing streak with a 106-101 victory over the Utah Jazz on Wednesday, but they entered the AllStar break on an ominous note after losing Anthony Davis to a right foot sprain. With Utah leading 46-41 shortly before halftime in Los Angeles, Davis crashed to the court while collecting a defensive rebound in traffic. Replays showed that Davis’s ankle rolled severely as he landed, and the 28-year-old forward was left writhing on the court in pain and needed assistance to get to the locker room. Unable to return to the court, Davis finished with 17 points and two rebounds in 17 minutes. The Lakers said X-rays on Davis’s ankle were negative Wednesday, but a follow-up MRI exam Thursday revealed that he had suffered a mid-foot sprain that will sideline him for at least four weeks. Following Davis’s departure, LeBron James led a second-half comeback by scoring 15 of his teamhigh 33 points in the fourth quarter to defeat the Jazz. “It’s very deflating to see A.D. go down the way he did,” Lakers Coach Frank Vogel said. “[At halftime], he was just shaking his head about, really, everything - what it felt like and being

frustrated, looking like he’s going to miss some time again.” The Lakers are off until Feb. 25, but Davis is facing another extended injury absence. The eight-time All-Star missed more than two months with an Achilles’ tendon injury last season before he suffered a groin strain during Game 4 of a firstround series loss to the Phoenix Suns. Davis also missed more than a month with a knee sprain this season, an injury that kept him off the All-Star team for the first time since 2012-13, his rookie campaign. Davis’s latest setback is another complication for the Lakers (27-31), who are the West’s ninth seed after entering the season as conference favorites. James and company have one of the NBA’s toughest schedules after the break, and they were counting on Davis to help drive a late-season push. Even if he returns in four weeks, Davis will miss the Lakers’ next 11 games. “Obviously sickening to see A.D. go down in that fashion,” James said. “I hated to see him in that fashion. Anytime you see a guy with crutches, it’s not a good sign. . . . Time heals all. It’s an unfortunate play, an unfortunate event. He will get back as soon as he can. Nothing to rush.” The Lakers’ defensive

efficiency ranking has dropped from first in 2020-21 to 16th this season, and Davis’s absence will further stretch a threadbare front line. Veteran centers Dwight Howard and DeAndre Jordan haven’t brought much to the table, and James could find himself logging additional time as a small-ball center, as he did when Davis was out from mid-December to mid-January. Offensively, James, Davis and Russell Westbrook haven’t fully meshed, in part because Davis has shot poorly from midrange and beyond the arc. Davis has averaged 23.1 points and 9.7 rebounds, but the shooting rhythm he enjoyed during the Lakers’ 2020 championship run has eluded him. Despite their subpar record, chemistry questions and depth concerns, the Lakers stood pat at last week’s trade deadline. That decision, which felt like an acknowledgment that Los Angeles couldn’t tinker its way back into the West’s contender class, placed the burden on James, Davis and Westbrook to reverse this season’s momentum. Without Davis, the calculus only gets trickier, and James said he was approaching the challenge with a “day-to-day” mentality. While Vogel was able to guide the Lakers into the playoffs despite significant injuries

to James and Davis last season, his current predicament is far more challenging. Los Angeles had built itself an early-season cushion in the standings last year, and Vogel had a deeper roster. An offseason trade for Westbrook sent out three rotation players in Kyle Kuzma,

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Montrezl Harrell, and it forced the Lakers to fill in the gaps with minimum-salary contributors. Even with a healthy Davis, the Lakers were going to have a difficult time digging out of the West’s play-in picture; they trail the sixth-seeded Denver

Nuggets by six games. Now it’s possible that the Lakers could fall out of the play-in mix and into the lottery, with the Portland Trail Blazers, New Orleans Pelicans and San Antonio Spurs threatening to pass them in the standings if Davis is unable to make a speedy recovery.

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HOUSEMATE WANTEDSenior Citizen request person to share expenses of 3700 sq ft modern home, 1 mile from Hudson. Private bed. Requesting $1,100 / mo. Incls. heat, elec. direct tv, trash, one time cleaning, treadmill, W/D. Full use of residence. Must be clean, non-smoker, credit score of 650 plus. Proof of income References. No pets. Call or text (518)965-3563.

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Provisional Clerk Typist/ Secretary to Special Education Department (*Requires successful completion of Columbia County Civil Service Exam) If interested, please email application and resume to: Lisa Shanley, District Clerk at: lshanlev@germantowncsd.org dline to apply: March 2, 2022

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Personal Care Aides Wanted The Columbia County Office for the Aging is seeking candidates for the position of Personal Care Aide. This is routine work that involves the provision of (non-medical) personal care assistance to seniors in their homes. The tasks provided involve personal hygiene services, housekeeping, shopping, meal prep, etc. Position Type: Per-Diem, up to 25 hours per week. Hourly Rate: $18.00 per hour to start. Applicants must be at least 18 years of age and possess a valid NY State Driver’s License at the time of application. A county car will be available to drive to and from seniors’ homes. Applicants must either already possess, or be willing to acquire, one of the following: (a) a valid NY State Personal Care Aide Certification; OR (b) a valid NY State Home Health Aide Certification; OR (c) a valid NY State Nursing Assistant certification.

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Full-time Health Insurance Navigator The Healthcare Consortium is seeking a full-time (35 hrs/wk) Navigator to provide in-person assistance to individuals and families in Columbia and Greene Counties applying for health insurance through the New York State of Health Marketplace. Minimum qualifications include a high school diploma, basic computer skills, and a valid driver’s license; no knowledge of or previous experience with health insurance is required, as extensive training will be provided. The ideal candidate will be curious and willing to learn, be able to work both independently and as part of a team, and be motivated to provide excellent customer service, both in person and by phone. Preference will be given to individuals who speak Spanish and/or Bangla.

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The Healthcare Consortium’s offices, where this individual will spend some of his/her/their time, are located in an ADA-compliant facility and observe COVID-related workplace health and safety protocols. The candidate must also be able to work at alternate worksites, including his/her/their home, and on some evenings and weekends (with ample advance notice). The job entails local travel to a variety of work settings (e.g. libraries, town halls, churches, etc.) using one’s own personal vehicle; mileage expenses will be reimbursed at the federal rate ($.585 in 2022). The starting wage for this non-exempt position is $17.00/hour (firm), with a rich benefit package.

For a complete Position Description and Employment Application Form, visit http://www.columbiahealthnet.org. Please respond with a completed Application Form, resume, and cover letter to: Ashling Kelly, Office Manager The Healthcare Consortium 325 Columbia Street, Suite 200 Hudson, NY 12534 Email: ccchc@columbiahealthnet.org Applications will be evaluated and applicants interviewed on a rolling basis until a suitable candidate is found. The Healthcare Consortium is an equal opportunity employer and values having a diverse staff. Employment opportunities are based upon individual capabilities and qualifications without regard to race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic as established under law.

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away full houses. That Higuchi was the first woman in 12 years - and only the third ever in the women’s free skate - to take off on that treacherous forward outside edge and land the triple Axel was historic and momentous. But those moments were overshadowed by what would happen next. Enter Trusova, skating’s Evel Knievel who had dyed her hair a hellish red to channel the fiery spirit of puppysnatching Cruella de Vil, flinging herself into the air with reckless abandon. The number of quadruple jumps performed by women in this free skate soared from zero to five during Trusova’s performance alone. And her combination in the second half of the program - a quadruple Lutz, vaulting from the outside edge of the toe pick, followed by a triple toe - was the hardest jumping pass performed in the history of the Olympics, for women or men. But Trusova’s jumps lack control and seem desperate. She pays little attention to the in-between steps, galloping from one end of the rink to the other, betraying the intent that skaters must have broader skills than landing jumps. Yet Trusova’s lopsided

approach was perilously close to becoming the strategy to make an Olympic champion, exposing flaws in how the judging system balances technical merit and artistic impression. Afterward, television cameras caught her screaming in Russian about how much she hated the sport. “I hate it! I hate everyone!” she said on her nation’s TV feed, adding that she never wanted to skate again. Shcherbakova is in an entirely different league from that of her teammate. She skated like a champion, with grace and grit. She started with two explosive quadruple jumps - both flips, taking off on the part of the blade between the legs - and never stopped wowing the judges with her technical arsenal. Her balletic arms almost defied the power in which she glided across the ice. She had a performance for the ages, and it probably would have won the competition even if Valieva had performed well. But Valieva did not perform well. From her first seconds on the ice, she skated as though she had been taken over by a body snatcher - unable to square her arms or dig deep enough in her knees to set off her

planned quadruple jumps or the triple jumps that typically come easily for her. With “Bolero” playing in the background, the methodic march that legendary skaters have used to showcase swaggerific bravado felt like a cruel choice as we watched a 15-year-old wilt before our eyes. As the music ended, it became clear that it was not her body but her spirit that had been snatched - not just by the Olympic pressure but by court appeals and defiant coaches and rightful criticism and upset athletes trying to make sense of all this mess. Shcherbakova noted that she needed time to sit by herself to think about what her accomplishment meant. Those questions should extend to everyone in the sport. Winning at the Olympics seems like it should be the capstone of a competitive résumé and all the yearslong rigor, a moment of achievement for athlete and coach. The Russian Olympic Committee’s current approach certainly makes it an achievement for the coach; Eteri Tutberidze, who trains all three Russians, has ushered in an era of conveyorbelt champions to women’s figure skating. They are typically girls under 18 who push

boundaries, win a medal or two and then go away, their bodies worse for the wear. Her stable’s medal count would make her one of the great coaches, up there with Carlo Fassi, Alexei Mishin and Frank Carroll. But those three are the coaches who supported Peggy Fleming, Evgeni Plushenko and Michelle Kwan - memorable skaters with lasting legacies in the sport who never felt discarded or worthless when they did not win. So what good is an Olympic gold medal at 15, 16 or 17 in a system that values the medal more than the experience? What joy is there if you will be cast aside as the media surrounds your crying teammate and another competitor is throwing a tantrum behind you? What pride is there to stand atop a podium when observers are surprised that there is even a podium to stand on, given that the medal favorite was told she would not be given a medal until her doping investigation is complete? These are new questions for a sport that has long been questionable. But the one that typically drives a competition, particularly in the women’s field at the Olympics, is whether judges will favor the ballet or the circus.

The great rivalries in modern skating - Zagitova vs. Medvedeva, Sotnikova vs. Kim, Kwan vs. Lipinski - usually revolve around the judges’ preference in choosing between the elegant and the explosive. It is a rarity that elegance wins, but this time they chose Shcherbakova’s ballet. And still the choice was overtaken by a different kind of circus, one in which there were no winners and all accomplishments were tarnished. If there was an antidote, it was Kaori Sakomoto of Japan, the bronze medalist who can generate so much speed on the ice that it seems she is sailing more than skating. Before she started, her coach, Sonoko Nakano, held her, as she usually does - steadying her protege’s shoulders, whispering affirmations in her ear as she faced the ice. And then Sakomoto was off, landing powerful jumps with ease and joy, skating to a spoken-word poem demanding that women be appreciated, valued and not taken advantage of. May Sakomoto’s empowering message serve as a beacon for figure skating, a stabilizing force in a sport that has lost its way.

determined that “Eric Kay is the guy, and we’re going to get him.” In her summation argument, Assistant U.S. Attorney Lindsey Beran reminded jurors of testimony from Skaggs’ Angels teammates who said they had received oxycodone pills from Kay, and of a text message that Skaggs sent to Kay on June 30, 2019. “469. Come up,” Skaggs wrote, referring to his hotel room number. Prosecutors used text messages, telephone records, hotel electronic key entry logs, maps and photographs of the hotel room to explain their case. The displayed tiles on which information from testimony was typed to build a timeline for the jury. Four current or former Major League Baseball players took the witness stand and testified that they received illicit oxycodone pills from Kay. Matt Harvey, a pitcher who is a free agent, said that on June 30, 2019, the day before Skaggs died, he learned at the ballpark that he would not be flying that night with his Angels teammates to

Texas from Anaheim for series with the Rangers and Astros. Disappointed with the travel decision, Harvey avoided other players, whose spirits were higher. Harvey said that Kay, the director of the Angels communications department, left an oxycodone pill at his locker. Harvey testified that his displeasure about not making the Texas trip later cooled, and he decided not to take the pill. The next day he learned that Skaggs was dead. “I threw the pill away,” Harvey testified. Harvey testified that he and Skaggs previously ingested oxycodone at Angel Stadium and that, separately, Harvey has used cocaine. After Skaggs died, Harvey took a flight to Texas and spoke with Kay, who told him that they should stay “together during this time,” Harvey testified. The U.S. Attorney’s Office offered Harvey immunity from prosecution in exchange for his truthful testimony. Colorado Rockies first

baseman C.J. Cron testified that he received small blue pills from Kay on perhaps eight occasions. Former Angels pitchers Cam Bedrosian and Michael Morin also testified that they received pills from Kay. Kay did not testify. After Skaggs’ body was found, Angels players and other employees gathered in a ballroom, and Southlake police officers asked them to describe what they knew. Molfetta acknowledged to the jury that Kay lied when he told police that he had not seen Skaggs after they arrived at the hotel. “This case is a sobering reminder: Fentanyl kills. Anyone who deals fentanyl -- whether on the streets or out of a world-famous baseball stadium -- puts his or her buyers at risk,” Northern Texas District U.S. Attorney Chad Meacham wrote in a statement. “No one is immune from this deadly drug. A beloved pitcher, Tyler Skaggs was struck down in the midst of an ascendant career. The Justice Department is proud to hold his dealer accountable for his family and friends’ unimaginable

loss.” Reagan Wynn, another of Kay’s attorneys, said that he was obviously disappointed with the verdict, and that the case was without a winner because his client would be confined to a federal penitentiary and Skaggs was dead. Skaggs’ widow described in testimony her frustration in trying to get a response from her husband once he was in Southlake. He was usually quick to respond to her text messages. “My husband wasn’t responding to my texts because he was dead,” Carli Skaggs testified. About two weeks after Skaggs’ death, Kay shared with another press department employee an account of the hours before his body was found by an Angels security guard. Kay had been traveling with the team. “He said he had something he needed to tell me,” Adam Chodzko testified. On a car ride, Kay said that Skaggs had sent a text message to invite Kay to come to his room at the Hilton hotel in Southlake. Kay first declined, then went, he told

Chodzko. Skaggs had three lines of opiates on a hotel menu, Kay told Chodzko. “He said he watched Tyler do the three lines,” Chodzko testified. A forensic pathologist who performed an autopsy in the case testified that Skaggs’ death was caused by a mixture of three substances that led Skaggs to aspirate, but stopped short of concluding definitively that Skaggs would have survived had he not ingested fentanyl. Had Skaggs consumed only alcohol and oxycodone, the other elements of his mixed intoxication, there was “reduced probability” that he would have died, but it “can’t be eliminated,” Dr. Marc Krouse testified. The cause of death assessment came from Krouse, but the physician noted that the conclusion was reviewed by a critical case review panel of other forensic pathologists in the office that, Krouse testified, agreed with the autopsy report’s finding. Kay rejected a plea offer, Beran told Means at a pretrial conference. She did not describe its terms.

over No. 16 Coxsackie-Athens in Thursday’s Section II Class B girls basketball playin game. Gabrielle Taylor and Imperess McDonwell both had

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Instead, the union is effectively moving from a proposal in which all players with twoplus years of service time qualify for arbitration to 80% of eligible players - something they argue will cost players millions over the five-year life of a collective bargaining agreement. From MLB’s perspective, that move is minimal - a rewording rather than a meaningful reworking of an ask the owners were never going to answer in the affirmative. And as for the union’s proposal to increase the number

of players who would benefit from a pre-arbitration bonus pool, the owners will see that as a step back, not forward, given that they had been advocating for a far smaller pool ($15 million) to be distributed among far fewer players. The brevity of Thursday’s negotiating session, then, was more related to the extent of the union’s proposal than any ill will on either side. After the meeting broke up, lead negotiators Dan Halem of MLB and Bruce Meyer of the players union spoke privately for

20 minutes in what one person familiar with the conversation described as a “candid” and not unexpected heart-toheart. What came of that meeting is unclear, as is the timeline for another major negotiation. The sides are scheduled to talk about less heated issues not directly related to the more contentious economic ones Friday, after which the union will expect MLB to offer a counterproposal of its own perhaps sometime next week. When it does, the union will

almost certainly be focused on the competitive balance tax as a key to quick progress. MLB has proposed to move the competitive balance tax threshold to $214 million in 2022 and to $222 million by the end of the deal, numbers the union argues are far too low, given the rates at which revenue has increased in recent years. Just as important to the union, according to people familiar with the players’ thinking, are the tax rates imposed on teams that spend

over those thresholds. MLB is proposing to double current tax rates, something the players believe will curb free agent spending and effectively create a hard salary cap - the one thing the MLBPA has always been clear it would do anything to avoid. Until those tax rates come down, until the sides inch closer on the many other issues at play - until negotiating sessions no longer resemble something that could have been an email - baseball’s long winter will endure.

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Non-believer credits work, not ‘blessings,’ for success Dear Abby, My husband and I have had some crazy life swings since the beginning of the pandemic, mostly positive. I found a wonderful, well-paying job that I enjoy. In our 16th year of marriage, we have also brought a healthy, happy daughter into our DEAR ABBY lives. We recently bought a lovely home, and have added another, nicer, used car to our assets. In addition, my job allows my husband to live his dream of being a stay-at-home dad with our daughter. I come from a very religious family, although I am no longer religious. We don’t attend church services with the family, and it seems they have adopted the philosophy of mostly “don’t ask and we won’t tell.” My dilemma is: How should I respond to their constant comments that we are “so blessed” to be where we are? I have worked extremely long, hard hours to get to this point in my career. I put myself through school with no support from my family and worked my butt off to get us to where we are. Yes, I’m thankful for the people I’ve worked with who have helped me to grow and reach this point. However, it feels wrong for me to equate my success to being blessed from God. That statement comes up numerous times during family get-togethers. Normally, I ignore it or say we feel very lucky to have what we do. Should I continue saying that or ignore them altogether? Is there a tactful response I’m not seeing in this kind of awkward situation? Deserving In Michigan

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WEEKLY BRIDGE QUIZ Q 1 - Neither vulnerable, as South, you hold: ♠ K 10 5 3 2 ♥ 7 3 ♦ J 9 8 ♣ A J 7 WEST 1♣

NORTH Dbl

EAST 2♣

SOUTH WEST 1♣ 2♦ ? *Negative

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EAST Pass

What call would you make?

SOUTH ?

What call would you make? Q 2 - North-South vulnerable, as South, you hold:

Q 5 - North-South vulnerable, as South, you hold: ♠ A Q J 6 ♥ Q 7 ♦ J 7 ♣ 10 8 7 5 4

Partner opens 1D and right-hand opponent passes. What call would you make?

Right-hand opponent opens 1NT, 15-17. What call would you make?

Q 6 - East-West vulnerable, as South, you hold:

Q 3 - East-West vulnerable, as South, you hold:

♠ A Q 5 2 ♥ A J 5 ♦ A J 10 2 ♣ J 10

♠ Q 9 4 2 ♥ K Q 3 2 ♦ A J 10 9 5 ♣ Void

As dealer, what call would you make?

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WEST Pass

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‘Power of the Dog’ powers its way to 12 Oscar nods By CHRIS HEWITT Star Tribune

“The Power of the Dog” proved the power of writer/director Jane Campion at this year’s Academy Awards, leading the field with 12 nominations. Campion was nominated for directing the drama, becoming the first woman nominated twice for that category. Her previous nomination was for directing “The Piano”; she lost but won for writing that film’s screenplay. She’s also nominated for adapting the “Dog” screenplay, and could follow “Nomadland’s” Chloe Zhao as the second consecutive woman to win Oscars for directing an indie film that deconstructs the myths of the American West. “Dog” also earned nominations for virtually its entire cast — Benedict Cumberbatch for best actor, Jesse Plemons and Kodi SmitMcPhee for supporting actor and Kirsten Dunst for supporting actress. “Being the Ricardos,” too, cleaned up in the acting races, with three of its four leads

nominated. All three already are Oscar winners: Nicole Kidman (“The Hours”), playing Lucille Ball, for actress, Javier Bardem (“No Country for Old Men”) for actor and J.K. Simmons (“Whiplash”) for supporting actor. The momentum of South Korean 2020 best picture winner “Parasite” may have helped this year’s contender, “Drive My Car.” The Japanese film is nominated for international feature and also director, adapted screenplay and picture. “Drive My Car” is not the only foreign film to sneak into other categories; Norwegian “The Worst Person in the World” is nominated for original screenplay as well as international feature. Where “Dog” is independent-minded and made outside of Hollywood (it’s set in Montana but was filmed in New Zealand), its chief rival, “Dune,” is a big-budget, big-studio (Warner Bros.) epic. “Dune” earned 10 nominations, cleaning up in technical categories such See MOVIES C2

Benedict Cumberbatch in Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog.” Kirsty Griffin/Netflix/TNS

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LOS ANGELES — Here’s a confession from a longtime composter: Putting food waste in a separate kitchen receptacle is a no-brainer that actually feels good because it’s such an easy way to improve the world. See, our landfills are getting full, and organic materials such as kitchen scraps and yard trimmings make up about 50% of the California’s landfill “trash,” according to CalRecycle, creating enough global-warming methane gas to make landfills the state’s third largest methane source. All those organic materials creating problems in our landfills are actually a misunderstood asset that can easily be converted to compost— the miracle soil amendment that rebuilds our depleted soils while nourishing our plants. All we have to do is scrape our plates into a compost bucket instead of the trash bin. According to the EPA, food scraps and yard waste, which could be composted, make up more than 30% of what is thrown in the garbage, where it takes up space and releases methane gas. So here’s a proposal: Separating our food waste is a win-win for anyone who likes to breathe and eat food. Why not start now by becoming a composter? If you have a yard, you can easily start a

compost pile. Send items you don’t want to include, like bones or moldy cheese, to professional waste treaters and use the rest of your household food waste to create excellent and free soil amendments for your garden. No yard? No problem! Consider a small-space option like bokashi or worm composting that can go indoors or out and take up little space.

WHAT YOU NEED 1. Closable containersare critical for separating your food waste. There are myriad compost pails available for $25 to $50 — many handsome enough to sit on your kitchen counter. It should have a tight-fitting lid to stop odors and deter pests and be big enough to hold a few days’ worth of scraps. 2. Garden forks are a must for turning compost piles, a vital step to keeping the ingredients aerated and pests at bay. (A shovel will work in a pinch.) 3. High-nitrogen “green” materialshelp kick-start a compost pile’s decomposition. Soil scientist and L.A. Compost adviser Lynn Fang recommends having a good supply of these materials on hand to help the microbes do their work in breaking down the materials. These include grass clippings (well mixed with other materials so they don’t compact), coffee grounds, brewery waste

Some items such as plastic anything, fresh manure from animals such as racehorses treated with steroids, antibiotics, or other medications, and hygiene products should never be placed in organic compost pile. Dreamstime/TNS

(the leftover grains from making beer) and aged manure (left out in the sun at least three weeks) from cows, horses and chickens not treated with steroids, antibiotics or other chemicals. 4. Wood chips from untreated wood are useful carbon or “brown” ingredients, good for absorbing odors, keeping the pile aerated and covering newly added food waste, said Fang. You can request free loads of wood chips from local tree trimmers or sign up for a free delivery on chipdrop.com. (Note: One delivery can

include up to 20 yards of wood chips, an amount that can easily cover a driveway, so talk to neighbors and friends about sharing. The site also has a way for you to network with others who either want chips or have some to share.) 5. Space —preferably in a shady area — to set up a compost bin, tumbler or pile. In the helpful-but-not-absolutelynecessary category are compost thermometer to keep track of your compost’s See COMPOST C2

From apple cores to zucchini skins 12 things you can safely add to any compost pile By JEANETTE MARANTOS Los Angeles Times

What kinds of things can be sent to that compost pile you’re excited to start? To get the ball rolling, here are a dozen things that you can either safely divert from the landfill into your backyard composting efforts or send off to a communal pile elsewhere.

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n Eggshells (but just the shells)

n Fruit scraps (think apple cores, orange and banana peels, melon rinds and strawberry tops) n Vegetable trimmings (such as avocado skins, pepper cores and stems, Brussels sprouts trimmings and eggplant peels) n Tea bags (no nylon bags) n Coffee grounds and filters

FROM THE YARD/ GARDEN n Leaves and pine needles (but mixed with other ingredients to avoid matting) n Old potting soil n Grass clippings (mixed with other ingredients so they don’t turn into a slimy compacted mat. Also note that grass clippings are a great natural fertilizer

if left on the lawn.) n Shredded newspaper, paper and cardboard (except for slick or glossy papers) n Wood chips, sawdust and ash (from untreated wood only, such as cut trees) n Houseplants, flowers and outside plant trimmings chipped or cut into 2- to 3-inch pieces

n Aged (left in the sun for about three weeks) manure and bedding from cows, horses, goats and chickens. Always inquire about the food and medication the animals receive before you use their manure, to keep things like steroids and antibiotics out of your compost. Rabbit manure has lower nitrogen but can also be used.

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Organic materials such as kitchen scraps and yard trimmings make up about 50% of the California’s landfill “trash,” according to CalRecycle. Katie Nesling/Dreamstime/TNS

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internal temperature (which is a must if you’re trying your hand at hot composting). Creating a compost pile Compost requires four main ingredients: water, oxygen, nitrogen — from “green” items such as fruit and vegetable trimmings, grass clippings, tea leaves and egg shells — and carbon — from “brown” items such as dead leaves, shredded newspaper and sawdust (from untreated wood). A compost pile should be damp, like a squeezed-out sponge, but not dripping, and the more often you turn it and give it oxygen, the faster the microbes can break the materials down to an earthy-smelling, chocolatebrown amendment for your soil. You don’t have to turn it at all, but it will take much longer for all the materials to break down. The instructions here are for casual composters, who won’t be using meat, dairy or cooked foods. Those items

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as sound and visual effects. However, it did not earn any acting nods, marking it a long shot to triumph over the nine other best picture candidates, including Steven Spielberg’s acclaimed “West Side Story” and Kenneth Branagh’s autobiographical “Belfast.” Here are a few story lines to keep an eye on as we await the Oscar ceremony March 27:

DIVERSITY OR NAH? It’s two steps forward, three steps back for Oscar diversity. On the one hand, Campion is contending for the directing trophy, which has been won by just two women. On the other, Rebecca Hall’s “Passing,” a contender for major awards, was totally shut out and Maggie Gyllenhaal, who won pre-Oscar trophies for directing “The Lost Daughter,” settled for a screenwriting nod. Conspicuously, of the best picture contenders that did not receive directing nominations, those overlooked include women (Sian Heder, “CODA”) and people of color (Reinaldo Marcus Green, “King Richard,” Guillermo del Toro, “Nightmare Alley”). Troy Kotsur became the first deaf man nominated for an acting prize (2021 nominee Paul Raci performed “The Sound of Metal” in American Sign Language but is not deaf). Kotsur’s “CODA” co-star, Marlee Matlin, was the first deaf actor to win, for “Children of a Lesser God.”

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can be composted in hot piles, says Fang, but those require more effort and diligence. Guides abound online, such as these from L.A. Compost or master gardener Yvonne Savio’s website, GardeninginLA.

COMPOSTING GUIDE Here are Fang’s recommendations for starting a basic compost pile by layering in multiple ingredients: 1. Start with a 3- to 6-inch layer of untreated wood chips or small broken branches at the bottom of a bin or just on the ground. This will help absorb odors and provide air circulation. 2. Add a 3-inch layer of green or nitrogen items, such as vegetable trimmings and eggshells. 3. Add a 1-inch layer of a high-nitrogen activator such as manure, brew waste or coffee grounds. If you use grass clippings, make sure to mix them in with other items so they don’t compact. 4. Add a 3-inch layer of brown or carbon ingredients, such as wood chips, shredded newspaper or cardboard, straw or hay, pine needles or

dry leaves (well mixed with other ingredients so they don’t mat). 5. Water those layers well so the pile is thoroughly wet, and if you have enough ingredients, repeat the same layering process, watering again to ensure all the ingredients get wet. 6. Turn the pile monthly by forking ingredients from the bottom of the pile to the top. When you add food scraps, cover them with wood chips or some other brown material to absorb odors and deter pests, but try to keep an even balance of greens and browns and make sure the pile stays moist. If the pile gets too dry, decomposition slows and it’s more likely to attract ants and other pests. Add more greens and water, and turn. If the pile starts smelling or gets too wet, add more brown carbon material and mix it well. 7. Once you fill a bin, let it “cook” for a few months (turning it monthly will speed the process) and start a second bin or pile nearby so you always have a place to add your food waste. Using compost If you turn it monthly,

compost can be ready in three to six months. Finished compost has a pleasant earthy smell and a dark brown color like coffee grounds. You shouldn’t be able to recognize the ingredients, but if you find big chunks, just put them in the new pile to further break down. Use your compost as a soil amendment, mixing it into your garden beds or containers. Or spread it a few inches thick under plants as a kind of fertilizing mulch that will feed their roots as it breaks down while cooling and enriching the soil. L.A. Compost suggests a ½-inch side dressing of compost for heavyfeeding vegetables like tomatoes. Even lawns can benefit from a thin (½ inch) layer of compost raked over the top. Compost also can be added to water (L.A. Compost recommends about 2 to 4 cups of loose compost to 5 gallons of water) and left to “brew” for 24 to 48 hours. The resulting “tea” can be used to fertilize plants as they’re being watered. It also can be used a foliar spray to feed plants through their leaves.

REFUSE Ariana DeBose could join an exclusive club whose members are Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, Heath Ledger and Joaquin Phoenix. The first pair won for playing the same person, Vito Corleone, in separate movies, “The Godfather” and “The Godfather: Part II,” and the second pair won for playing the Joker in “The Dark Night” and “The Joker.” DeBose is nominated for playing Anita in “West Side Story,” a part that won Rita Moreno an Oscar six decades ago. If DeBose wins, she’ll do it with her own voice (some of Moreno’s singing, to her chagrin, was dubbed by Betty Wand).

LOTS OF TIME TO DIE Brother/sister team Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell had to wait for their “No Time to Die” songwriting nomination. Their title song hit the airwaves when the 007 thriller was originally set for release in early 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic delayed it a year and a half, to last October.

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Ansel Elgort, left, as Tony and Rachel Zegler as Maria in the film, “West Side Story.” Steven Spielberg’s reimagining of the classic musical didn’t earn as many Oscar nominations as its 1961 predecessor Niko Tavernise/20th Century Fox/TNS

In the unlikely event that real-life couple Bardem and Penelope Cruz (“Parallel Mothers”) win the lead acting categories and real-life (and on-screen) couple Plemons and Dunst win the supporting categories, all four acting Oscars would be divided between two households.

Beyonce Knowles-Carter (“Be Alive” from “King Richard”). Although “Encanto” boasts the No. 1 song in the country right now, the surprise hit “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” was not submitted for Oscar consideration.

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Steven Spielberg’s reimagining of the classic musical didn’t earn as many Oscar nominations as its 1961 predecessor — the score is 7 to 11 — but it will contend in many of the same categories, including picture, director, supporting

Lin-Manuel Miranda could get the fourth jewel in his Emmy/Grammy/Oscar/ Tony crown with his “Encanto” song, “Dos Oruguitas,” although he has tough competition in Eilish and

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actress and cinematography.

WAIT. WHAT? Some nomination pairs tend to go hand in hand with each other: director and picture, for instance. But “Flee” pulled an unprecedented triple nomination of documentary feature, animated feature and international feature. The Danish doc, streaming on Hulu, features a man interviewing his friend, a refugee from Afghanistan who reveals a big secret that ties in to the unusual decision to realize a nonfiction film with animation.

Will Smith, center, stars in “King Richard.” Reinaldo Marcus Green, director of “King Richard,” was passed over for an Oscar nomination.HBO Max/TNS

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Flavorful sauce saves that dried out pot roast A Q&A with food experts helps readers in the kitchen Washington Post

Leanne Brown, author of “Good and Cheap: Eat Well on $4/day,” recently joined The Washington Post Food staff to answer questions about all things edible. Here are edited excerpts from that chat.

Porcini Beef Pot Roast. Scott Suchman/Washington Post

Q: I made a pot roast in the slow cooker on Sunday and, well, it’s just OK. I used a chuck roast with a nice amount of marbling and seared it in a pan first, then cooked it until it was nearly falling apart. It’s quite dry and disappointing, and of course there is a lot of it. Any suggestions on how I can use the

leftovers and also improve things for next time around? With the cost of meat these days, this was a splurge and I’d like to do better. A: Though braising offers a lot of wiggle room, it’s still possible to braise meat for too long and dry it out. In terms of making the most of leftovers, I would use the meat in grilled cheese sandwiches or include it in soups. Aaron Hutcherson A: A sauce could really bring it back to life. Birria would be lovely or a simple enchilada sauce too. It might be disappointing because it didn’t turn out how you envisioned (that is so valid!), but shredded meat is great to have around, and you can use it so many ways. Add it to a rice or grain bowl, top nachos etc. Rather than the center of the meal it

is now an ingredient. And if it’s a little dry, make sure you pair it with something moist like gooey cheese or sauce or warm grains or pasta. It’s still good! Leanne Brown Q: Do you have a soup primer? A: I don’t personally have a soup primer, but it is an amazing place to start building confidence in the kitchen. Start with onion, carrot celery, or some bell pepper, or just onion and garlic then add broth and whatever your main bean or vegetable is, and you’ll get there! And you can always add a little dollop of something special like miso or pesto or even hot sauce to the end to enhance the flavor. See Q&A C6

A meal as an act of love Try making linguine with clams and lemon breadcrumbs By HANNAH SELINGER Washington Post

One of my favorite romantic movies (if “romantic” is even the right word, given the ending) is “Heartburn,” Nora Ephron’s bruising roman à clef about the dissolution of her marriage to Carl Bernstein. The movie, like the book on which it’s based, gives food space enough to be its own character. When I think of romance at its apex, I think of Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson sharing a bed, eating from a veritable trough of spaghetti carbonara. The book is a good read, but if you want a good moment of happiness, followed by sadness, followed by vindication — all played out within 1 hour and 48 minutes and clinched with a pie to the face — put on your elastic-waisted pants, tuck in and enjoy the show. In Ephron’s romantic comedy, the pasta of love is carbonara, but in my romantic comedy, linguine with clams plays the starring role. When I’m feeling particularly generous toward my husband (who has never, to my knowledge, been hit in the face with a pie), I make this favorite pasta dish of ours, with a mix of canned and fresh clams. Sometimes, I finish it with parsley. On the nights when urgency outweighs presentation, I scoop giant bowls of it out and take my first bites standing over the counter. The first time I made it for him, in the first year of our courtship, I tried it with fresh pasta. The recipe did not survive the winter, though our relationship did. Did you know that fresh pasta acts as a sponge, absorbing the precious sauce that lies in wait? Six years ago, I did not. That’s the kind of thing you learn in a marriage, I guess, and the kind of thing you learn in an active relationship with food, my other true love. The rule in our house now goes like this: Don’t you dare even try it. And by “it,” I mean buy fresh See LINGUINE C6

Rotisserie chicken is paired with butter beans, dried dates and arugula in this simple salad dressed in a smoky vinaigrette. Gretchen McKay/Pittsburgh PostGazette/TNS

Chicken salad packed with good-for-you greens By GRETCHEN MCKAY Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

A diet rich in leafy greens is always a good idea, and a great way to get those beloved veggies onto the dinner table in measurable amounts in winter is with salad. This simple entree salad goes to bat with arugula, a cruciferous leafy green with a peppery taste that’s super-rich in antioxidants. Shredded rotisserie chicken and canned beans add protein, and a tangy vinaigrette crafted with warm winter spices, honey and lemon juice adds to its bright flavor. Toasted almonds provide a bit of crunch. It might seem weird to microwave the dressing spices, but it helps bloom their flavor and aroma in a fraction of the time it would take on the stovetop. The original recipe calls for chickpeas, but I prefer the mild flavor and buttery consistency of

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WINTER CHICKEN SALAD 6 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided 1 teaspoon ground coriander 1/2 teaspoon hot smoked paprika Dash of cinnamon Juice 1 lemon 1 teaspoon honey Kosher and freshly ground black pepper 5 ounces arugula or spinach, or combination 4 cups shredded rotisserie chicken 15-ounce can white butter beans, drained and rinsed Handful fresh cilantro leaves

1 shallot, thinly sliced 8 dried figs, quartered 1/3 cup honey roasted, slivered almonds Microwave 1 tablespoon oil, coriander, paprika and a pinch or two of cinnamon in a medium bowl until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Whisk in lemon juice and honey, and season generously with salt and pepper. Whisking constantly, slowly drizzle in remaining 5 tablespoons olive oil until emulsified. Place salad greens, chicken, butter beans, cilantro, shallot and figs in a large salad bowl and toss to combine. Add about half of the dressing and toss; add more dressing to taste — you want your salad to have a light coating rather than being drenched. Sprinkle almonds on top and serve. Serves 4 as an entree.

How to reuse and properly dispose of your cooking oil By AARON HUTCHERSON

Linguine alle Vongole (Linguine with clams). Scott

butter beans. I couldn’t find fresh figs, so I substituted dried fruit, which is a little sweeter and chewier. Served with crusty Italian bread and a glass of pale ale, it makes a quick and easy supper.

Fat is a necessary part of cooking. When tossing vegetables with olive oil for flavor before roasting or deepfrying Buffalo wings to create a crispy, crunchy exterior, most cooks regularly use oil in some capacity. So whether you’re left with grease-slicked pans after searing and sauteing or find yourself with cups of oil after making fried chicken or french fries, you need to do something with that leftover fat. Pouring it down the sink, though tempting, can damage your plumbing, and tossing it in the compost might ruin your

compost. Knowing what to do with used oil and grease is a requirement of being a cook, so here’s a quick guide to reusing and properly disposing of it. n For smaller amounts of oil: I typically wipe pots, pans and any other dishes with a paper towel and then toss it in the trash. You can also designate a few dish towels for light grease cleanup and set those aside for regular kitchen laundry loads. Another option is to pour very small amounts of oil directly into a trash bag as long as there is other debris that will help soak it up. You should remove any residual

grease from your dishes before putting them in the sink or dishwasher to prevent it from entering the sewer system. (We don’t need any more fatbergs.) n For larger amounts of oil: Start by trying to limit the amount of oil you use by choosing an appropriately sized pan for the quantity of food you’re preparing, particularly when it comes to frying. Beyond that, oil can be reused by letting it cool, straining it through a fine mesh strainer, coffee filter or several layers of cheesecloth, and then storing it in a dark place to fry another day.

Oil starts to degrade once you cook with it and will continue to deteriorate with each use, so there’s a limit to how many times you can reuse it. “In a restaurant, no more than two days,” chef and cookbook author Preeti Mistry told The Washington Post. “Maybe some restaurants give it more days, but we did a lot of frying at [the nowclosed] Juhu Beach Club, so it was important to keep it clean.” Oil past its prime won’t be able to reach frying temperatures without smoking and can impart bad flavors to whatever See OIL C6

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China’s true ambitions, and what they mean for the U.S. By DEXTER ROBERTS Washington Post

By Elizabeth Economy Polity. 292 pp. $29.95 That China’s rise poses a deep challenge to the United States is a belief now widely shared among policymakers and the public, with roughly 9 in 10 Americans viewing the country as a threat or a competitor, according to a recent Pew survey. Too often what is lacking, however, is the “why,” with China portrayed as a onedimensional villain out to eat our lunch, a framing all too common in Washington these days. That simplistic characterization ignores a much more complicated reality in which both countries’ economies and societies are deeply entwined, and it avoids considering what drives Beijing’s deeply ambitious leaders and what they hope to achieve. That is an obstacle to effective policymaking. “The World According to China,” a new book by Elizabeth Economy, goes a long way toward addressing that problem. By carefully examining Chinese leaders’ economic, political and military goals and explaining how they aim to displace the United States from its ascendant status, Economy has written a guidebook to understanding and dealing with this rising superpower. Economy, on leave from Stanford University’s Hoover Institution while she serves as a senior adviser at the Commerce Department, makes it painfully clear that the earlier policy of strategic engagement, which was behind the decision to welcome China into the World Trade Organization in 2001, is badly outdated. Inevitably, Washington and Beijing will increasingly butt heads over global leadership, with President Xi Jinping aiming for no less than the “great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation,” as he has put it. “The world according to China — one which celebrates Chinese centrality as a geographic, as well as

political and economic construct — is one that leaves little room for the United States, its allies, and the values and norms they support,” Economy writes. As China pushes to expand its influence around the world, Economy distinguishes among its uses of three kinds of power. Soft power is seen in Beijing’s efforts to boost its international reputation by presenting its authoritarian governing style as a model for dealing with the pandemic, including by providing vaccines to countries around the world, and in the expansion of its state-owned media outlets to reach new audiences in Africa and Latin America. Hard power is on display in its ongoing military intimidation of Taiwan and the squelching of Hong Kong democracy, as well as the construction of airstrips on reefs in the contested South China Sea and the opening of its first overseas military logistics base, in Djibouti. In one of many instances where Economy describes her interactions with key actors in the rise of China, something that makes her book even more convincing, she recounts talking to two military scholars in Beijing who casually tell her that their country eventually should have just as many military bases around the world as the United States does. Economy does a masterful job of explaining China’s use of sharp power, which “centers on distraction and manipulation,” as the Journal of Democracy put it in a 2018 report describing the new concept. Sharp power is increasingly on display as Beijing uses access to China’s vast market as leverage over multinational corporations. When, for example, international airlines’ websites seemed to suggest that Taiwan was separate from China, and when global brands publicly stated their concern about human rights abuses against the Muslim ethnic minority in Xinjiang, consumer boycotts organized on China’s tightly controlled Internet were wielded

to ensure that those companies quickly reversed course and toed the party’s line. Similarly, the longtime practice of “coerced” technology transfer, or demanding that multinationals transfer technology as the price of doing business in China’s enticing market, falls into this category. Economy devotes a chapter to two of China’s most important goals: promoting its own technology so that it can rule international markets and pushing Chinese technology standards to eventually replace U.S.-dominated ones, as with 5G. This would allow Beijing to stop paying royalties and start earning them, as well as provide leverage over companies and countries. As with many of its national priorities, Beijing has set a date — 2035 — to achieve this second goal and has begun promoting its officials to top leadership positions in standards-setting bodies, including the International Telecommunication Union and the International Organization for Standardization. This too meshes with Beijing’s desire to have much more influence in global governance, which would allow it to “legitimize China’s notion of state-determined rights as opposed to inalienable and innate rights of the individual, and of economic and social rights as opposed to civil and political rights,” a top priority for Beijing, Economy notes. None of this will be easy. Countries that have been the largest recipients of Chinesefunded and -built infrastructure through its massive Belt and Road Initiative are no more likely to favor China. In the Czech Republic, which has drawn large Chinese investment, only about 10 percent of people say they trust China, according to a 2020 opinion poll by the Central European Institute of Asian Studies. And in Kazakhstan, a survey by the Eurasian Development Bank found that only 1 in 6 see it as a “friendly country.” Meanwhile, Beijing’s

Our attention spans are suffering; maybe there’s a way to get them back By ANGELA HAUPT Washington Post

growing authoritarian push has created a backlash around the world. Private technology companies like Huawei and TikTok parent ByteDance are facing sanctions, and Confucius Institutes, seen as “agents of Chinese propaganda,” are being forced to close on university campuses. “China’s future ability to achieve its broader foreign policy objectives is thus increasingly compromised by its insistence that it control both state and non-state actors,” Economy writes. One thing this book does not delve into is how China’s huge domestic challenges, including rising inequality, deep regional imbalances and a fastaging population, could block its leaders from achieving their grand plans. Those internal constraints could even prevent its economy from ever surpassing that of the United States, some economists now believe. But that is not the aim of this book, which instead effectively shines a light on the nature and drivers of Xi’s lofty ambitions to “reorder the world order,” as Economy puts it. Economy finishes with useful policy suggestions for “reasserting US leadership.” Those include a “renewed commitment to immigration,” essential for maintaining U.S. technological competitiveness, and expanding the “tent” to include new “like-minded allies” while continuing to cooperate with China on climate change and global health. From her extensive knowledge of China policymaking and many years interacting with the country’s elites, Economy has written a deeply informed book that serves as a wake-up call to the United States and the world.

‘Maus’ ban makes Art Spiegelman’s Holocaust graphic novel an Amazon bestseller By NARDINE SAAD Los Angeles Times

Two editions of Art Spiegelman’s graphic novel “Maus,” about his parents’ experiences during the Holocaust, have become bestsellers after being banned by a Tennessee school board recently. “The Complete Maus” (1996) and “Maus I: A Survivor’s Tale: My Father Bleeds History” (1986) broke onto Amazon’s top 20 list over the weekend and, as of Monday morning, hold the No. 2 and No. 3 spots on the bestseller list, respectively. Peter Schweizer’s “Red-Handed: How American Elites Get Rich Helping China Win” is currently perched in the No. 1 spot. Spiegelman’s books are in limited supply and not Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Jan. 29, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by NPD BookScan.

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. The Horsewoman. Patterson/Lupica. Little, Brown 2. The Maid. Nita Prose. Ballantine 3. The Judge’s List. John Grisham. Doubleday 4. The Last Thing He Told Me. Laura Dave. Simon & Schuster 5. The Lincoln Highway. Amor Towles. Viking 6. One Step Too Far. Lisa Gardner. Dutton 7. The Wish. Nicholas Sparks. Grand Central 8. Quicksilver. Dean Koontz. Thomas & Mercer 9. The Stranger in the Lifeboat. Mitch Albom. Harper

A school board in Tennessee has added to a surge in book bans by conservatives with an order to remove the award-winning 1986 graphic novel on the Holocaust, “Maus,” from local student libraries. Maro Siranosian/AFP via Getty Images/TNS

available for delivery from Amazon until mid-February and early March, according to the e-commerce giant. Neither book was in the top 1,000

at the beginning of last week, the Associated Press reported. “Maus,” which was first serialized in Spiegelman’s 1980 comic anthology “Raw,” is set

Publisher’s Weekly best-sellers 10. Wish You Were Here. Jodi Picoult. Ballantine

10. The Betrayal of Anne Frank. Rosemary Sullivan. Harper

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1. Red-Handed. Peter Schweizer. Harper 2. Atlas of the Heart. Brene Brown. Random House 3. American Muckraker. James O’Keefe. Post Hill 4. How to Be Perfect. Michael Schur. Simon & Schuster 5. The Real Anthony Fauci. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Skyhorse 6. Enough Already. Valerie Bertinelli. Harvest 7. Intended Consequences. Hemant Taneja. McGraw Hill 8. The 1619 Project. Nikole HannahJones. One World 9. Unbreakable. Jay Glazer. Dey Street

1. Savage Road. Christine Feehan. Berkley 2. Finding Ashley. Danielle Steel. Dell 3. The Affair. Danielle Steel. Dell 4. Wrapped Up in Christmas Joy. Janice Lynn. Hallmark 5. Prairie Fire. Johnstone/Johnstone. Pinnacle 6. Forgotten in Death. J.D. Robb. St. Martin’s 7. Following the Trail. Lynette Eason. Love Inspired Suspense 8. 19 Yellow Moon Road. Fern Michaels. Zebra 9. Reacher: Killing Floor (TV tie-in). Lee Child. Berkley

in 1940s Poland during the Holocaust and chronicles his parents’ internment in Auschwitz, depicting Nazis as cats and Jewish people as mice. The McMinn County School Board in Tennessee recently voted to ban the book over concerns about “rough” language and a nude drawing of a mouse (meant to be the author’s mother), according to meeting minutes posted to the district website. “Maus” was part of the eighth-grade English language arts curriculum. Its removal — sparked by a discussion about how to best teach students about the Holocaust — has drawn international attention. Spiegelman, 73, who has grown used to his book being banned, called the recent removal “absurd” and “myopic.” 10. Till Murder Do Us Part. Patterson/ Born. Grand Central

TRADE PAPERBACK 1. Reminders of Him. Colleen Hoover. Montlake 2. Emma y las otras senoras del narco. Anabel Hernandez. Grijalbo 3. I’ll Be There (but I’ll Be Wearing Sweatpants). Amy Weatherly/Johnston. Thomas Nelson 4. Verity. Colleen Hoover. Grand Central 5. The Love Hypothesis. Ali Hazelwood. Berkley 6. Where the Crawdads Sing. Delia Owens. Putnam 7. People We Meet on Vacation. Emily Henry. Berkley 8. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba: Stories of.... Ryoji Hirano. Viz 9. The Silent Patient. Alex Michaelides. Celadon 10. The Sanatorium. Sarah Pearse. Penguin Books

Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention — and How to Think Deeply Again By Johann Hari Crown. 348 pp. $28 Johann Hari had just traveled 4,000 miles to visit Graceland — Elvis Presley’s Memphis estate — and almost everyone around him was taking in the scene through a screen. He was surrounded by blankfaced people staring at iPads distributed for selfguided tours, looking at photographs of each room instead of the room itself. When a man excitedly showed his wife that if you swiped left or right on your device, the view changed, Hari snapped. “But, sir,” he said, “there’s an oldfashioned form of swiping you can do. It’s called turning your head.” That pithy takedown underscores Hari’s genuine alarm about the “urgent” attention crisis sweeping the globe. We are collectively losing our capacity for sustained concentration, he argues in his new book, “Stolen Focus,” and the problem is getting worse every day. We’re not present in our daily lives; not much gains traction in our minds. And we’re not simply losing our focus: It’s actively being stolen. So Hari, tired of telling himself “just one more tweet,” embarked on a journey around the world to figure out what was going on and how to fix it. Here are four takeaways from the book: We’re switching tasks at unprecedented speed. I was immediately — and immensely — interested in “Stolen Focus,” but it took me more than an hour to finish Chapter 1. I paused to Google the author’s previous books and then check if he had a Twitter account. An Instagram? Every few pages, I refreshed my email. If I were in a more generous mood, I might call it multitasking, but Hari argues that, in fact, this constant switching between tasks is at the root of the attention crisis. There’s been such an enormous increase in the volume of new information available every second that we’ve become transfixed by things that are “very fast and very temporary, like a Twitter feed.” The more information we inhale, he says, the less we’re able to focus on any one piece of it. Our brains aren’t designed to absorb so much at a time: In one study, 136 students took a test; some had their phones turned off, while others received occasional text messages. Those who received messages scored about 20 percent lower than those who didn’t. As an expert Hari interviewed put it, we should aim to separate ourselves from potential sources of distraction. It’s not enough to “try to monotask by force of will — because it’s too hard to resist that informational tap on the shoulder.” One of the best ways out of distraction is finding your way into flow. If you’ve ever experienced a flow state, you know what it is, though it can be difficult to put into words. Imagine an artist engrossed in the act of creation or a rock climber scaling an unfamiliar mountain. As Hari describes it: “This is when you are so absorbed in what you are doing that you lose all sense of yourself, and time seems to fall away, and you are flowing into the experience

itself. It is the deepest form of focus and attention that we know of.” And we don’t get there by relaxing. Flow requires a clearly defined goal that’s both meaningful to you and at the edge of your abilities, but not impossible. The more we achieve flow, the happier and healthier we’ll be. After Hari spent the morning writing, and entered a flow state, he felt more relaxed and open the rest of the day. To recover from the attention crisis, he argues, we need to replace our distractions with sources of flow. Technology is deliberately designed to distract. Big-name websites and apps strive to distract because that’s the key to profitability. When we’re looking at our screens, these companies make money; when we’re not, they don’t. So they manipulate us to keep us there, scrolling and clicking. “Whenever you are tempted to put your phone down, the site keeps dripfeeding you the kind of material that it has learned, from your past behavior, keeps you scrolling,” Hari writes. That’s not a particularly surprising revelation, but it is alarming. And Hari makes, perhaps, a more compelling point: It doesn’t have to be like this. There’s an entirely different way our tech could work, he argues, and a world in which our healthy attention spans could exist in tandem with our phones and social media accounts. One easy example: Facebook could hold all notifications and deliver them to you once a day, rather than pinging you in real time and interrupting your focus. Or such sites could remove their infinite scroll, so when you reached the bottom of the screen, you had to think about whether you wanted to see more or not. These changes could be implemented overnight, but without financial incentives, they’re unlikely to come to fruition. There’s not an easy solution. There are interventions we’re all capable of doing that can help reclaim some of our attention. One of Hari’s sources suggested a handful: Implement a “10-minute rule,” and whenever you feel the urge to check your phone, wait 10 minutes first. Change the notification settings on your phone so your apps aren’t bugging you every few minutes. Or maybe delete them altogether. Hari bought a kSafe, a plastic safe with a time lock. He can put his phone in it and then set the amount of time he’d like it to stay locked. (Fifteen minutes, an hour, an entire day?) He also uses a computer program called Freedom, which blocks access to the internet for designated periods. Instead of chastising himself for becoming distracted, he asks himself what he could do to enter a flow state. And he’s started to take six months of the year off social media (even asking a friend to change his passwords). Still, Hari stresses that the solution to this systemic problem can’t be solved by us as individuals. “The truth is that you are living in a system that is pouring acid on your attention every day, and then you are being told to blame yourself and to fiddle with your own habits while the world’s attention burns,” he writes. “Systemic problems require systemic solutions.” It’s a call to arms, to be sure, and I’m tempted to tell my Twitter followers about it — but I’ve deleted the app from my phone.

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Horoscope By Stella Wilder Born Sunday, you always seem to have more at stake than most other people, and you tend to live your entire life as though you have bet the farm on your success — and, in a sense, you have, for when it comes to your daily affairs, you are “all in” and never one to shrink from a challenge or difficulty. You are also, as it happens, quite a big-hearted and generous individual, and just as hard as you work for your own gain, you will work for the benefit of others as well. Your view of the world is both realistic and optimistic; you see things as they are, but you recognize that mankind has the capacity to do great things — and you are confident that the good will prevail over the bad, eventually. Whether you will be there to witness it no one can know, but it is a worthy cause to which you certainly dedicate your own life. Also born on this date are: Rihanna, singer; Kurt Cobain, singer and musician; Sidney Poitier, actor, director, diplomat; Charles Barkley, basketball player; Cindy Crawford, supermodel; Ansel Adams, photographer. To see what is in store for you Monday,

find your birthday and read the corresponding paragraph. Let your birthday star be your daily guide. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21 PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — You may have to review your financial situation with care today before deciding to invest in an opportunity recently uncovered by a friend. ARIES (March 21-April 19) — The plan you made some time ago may reveal itself to be somewhat flawed — but fixing it should be a matter of a few hours, if that. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — You have more than the usual options available to you today, but you are likely to have difficulty determining just which is right for you. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — You will have no shortage of opinions today, and neither will anyone else — so you can count on a long day of discussion and, at times, argument. CANCER (June 21-July 22) — You may find yourself at a convenient junction that allows you to look back and forward at the same time. You know where you want to go! LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You’re likely to be surprised by someone who has been watching out for you for quite some time. You needn’t be suspicious of this person’s mo-

tives. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — You may not have much time to get done the more important things on your list, so you must prioritize. Don’t let a straggler hold you back! LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — You may be knocked off balance today by a message you didn’t expect to receive. Careful review reveals something you’ll be glad to know. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — You may find yourself getting more and more involved in something today that you swore you would avoid, and a key decision will be affected. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — You must guard against any kind of intrusion today that will keep you from focusing on what you recognize to be today’s key issues. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You may be unable to avoid disruptions today, but it’s how you deal with them — and how quickly — that makes all the difference. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) As you release stress throughout the day, you must be sure that no one is in the line of fire when things reach a critical stage. You know what you’re capable of!

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Zero-proof wines are finally getting good By DAVE MCINTYRE Washington Post

Linguine alle Vongole (Linguine with clams). Scott Suchman/Washington Post

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even yourself. You should also eat something that is purely delicious, such as this dish: romantic in its rusticity, perfect in the marriage of its parts.

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linguine to serve with clams. Some nights I make this as a matter of tradition. On Christmas Eve, it appears by request, as the final course on our Feast of Seven Fishes, prepared for my Catholic, ItalianPolish husband, by his Jewish, Russian-Polish wife. The other nights are sometimes random. Maybe Nat, the 13th-generation bay fisherman who lives two blocks over, sends a text about the haul that just came in. Maybe it’s a summer night and the mood just feels good for clams. Maybe I’m feeling generous. Or maybe it’s the kind of night for pulling out all the stops and producing a romantic overture. I’m talking the whole enchilada: the parsley, yes, but also the thick puck of butter swirled in at the end, and the toasted garlic panko breadcrumbs, handmade, sprinkled on top (just a touch; you don’t want the whole thing drying out on you). My mother is allergic, so even though I’m from Massachusetts I didn’t start eating clams until adulthood, and then I couldn’t really stop. My husband describes a youth inflected with bivalves. His Italian grandmother fed them to him as a baby. He is the one who taught me to add canned clams to the mix, to amplify the flavor of the littlenecks. “It’s so much better this way,” he tells me, and really, he isn’t wrong. On Valentine’s Day, you should eat with the one you love. That can be a friend, a family member, a spouse, or

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L.B. Q: I frequently see recipes that call for less than a full can of tomatoes. Then the conundrum: what to do with the rest! Do they freeze well? Sometimes, I’ll double the recipe so there are no leftovers (or slightly modify it to use up the whole can), but that’s not always practical. I certainly don’t want to toss or compost them. A: Sure, you can definitely freeze any leftovers (not in the can, but a separate container). If there’s a little, you could do a little mini-shakshuka — cook the leftovers with some spices, transfer to a small dish or ramekin, nestle an egg and bake.

LINGUINE ALLE VONGOLE (LINGUINE WITH CLAMS) Total time: 45 minutes, plus about 1 hour for soaking clams 4 to 6 servings A combination of whole and canned clams add texture and a deep, briny flavor to this much-beloved Ligurian dish (loved so much, perhaps, because of the region’s proximity to the sea). There will be a fair amount of pots and bowls to wash — a minimum of three — but you can make a few of the elements, like the crunchy breadcrumbs, in advance. Make Ahead: The breadcrumb mixture can be prepared up to 3 days in advance. Storage Notes: Leftover pasta can be refrigerated for up to 2 days. Gently reheat in a nonstick skillet with a slick of olive oil. Where to Buy: Littleneck clams can be found at wellstocked supermarkets or your local seafood store. 36 littleneck clams, in shells (about 3 pounds) Fine salt 4 tablespoons (2 ounces) unsalted butter, divided 13 cloves garlic, divided (about 1 head) 1/4 cup panko or Italian breadcrumbs 1 1/2 teaspoons finely grated lemon zest (from 1 lemon) 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil Pinch of crushed red pepper flakes (optional) 2/3 cup dry white wine, such as Or incorporate into a vinaigrette. Becky Krystal A: I often just blend up any leftover canned tomatoes with some chipotle (either canned in adobo sauce or ground), plus lime juice, salt to taste and, if I’ve got it, some cilantro, to make some really bright-tasting salsa good for just about anything. Joe Yonan Q: What sort of pickles are used on the Popeye’s and other chicken sandwiches? I’d like to try making my own chicken sandwiches and want to get that ingredient right. A: I believe they are a pretty standard dill pickle. Do NOT use bread and butter pickles, as those are sweet. A.H.

pinot grigio One (10-ounce) can chopped clams, drained and liquid reserved 1 pound dried linguine 1/2 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped About 1 hour before you plan to cook, purge the littleneck clams of sand and grit: Fill a large bowl with cold water and add enough salt to it so it tastes like the sea. Add the clams and let stand for about 20 minutes. Lift the clams from the water and discard the water — if there is any sand on the bottom of the bowl, rinse it out. Repeat this process 2 more times. Fill a large pot with water and bring to a boil over high heat. Meanwhile, in an 8-inch skillet over medium heat, melt 2 tablespoons of the butter. Mince or finely grate 3 garlic cloves and add them to the skillet. Season with a pinch of salt and cook, stirring, until aromatic, 30 seconds. Add the breadcrumbs, and cook, stirring or shaking constantly, until they just begin to brown, about 2 minutes. Transfer the mixture to a small bowl and stir the lemon zest to combine. In a very large skillet or another large, heavy-bottomed pot over medium heat, heat the olive oil and melt 1 tablespoon of butter. Slice the remaining 10 garlic cloves and add to the skillet or pot along with the red pepper flakes, if using. Cook, stirring, until the garlic just starts to brown, about 2 minutes. Add the wine and the liquid from the chopped clams, bring to a boil and cook until reduced by Q: Recipes often say to soak beans overnight. How long is “overnight?” 8 hours? 12 hours? 24 hours? A: I’d say at least 8 and up to 10 to 12. B.K. Q: What are a few things you can prep to keep yourself motivated to not reach for the phone and order take out after a rough day at work/ kids/etc.? A: I really like having on hand certain grains so I can just focus on the main course, vegetable/protein, as well as sauces. A simple sauce can take a meal from good to great and requires little effort — if it’s made in advance, the meal feels less daunting. Olga Massov A: When you’re really tired, it can be so tempting to click on that app or run out for a quick pick-up. I like to keep tortillas in my refrigerator because then I can easily open a can of black beans, pull out

half, about 5 minutes. Add the whole clams to the pot, stirring briefly to combine. Cover and cook until all the clams open, checking on them every 2 to 3 minutes and removing them as they open. You should hear a rattling sound as the clams open one by one. Quickly rinse out the bowl you used for purging the clams and set it near your workspace. Using tongs, transfer the opened clams to the bowl and cover to keep warm. Discard any clams that refuse to open — this should be clear after about 7 minutes. Remove 12 clams from the shells and return them to the sauce. Add the chopped clams and cook until the liquid has reduced by a third, about 5 minutes. When the water comes to a boil, season it with enough salt so it’s mildly salty. Add the pasta and cook 2 minutes less than the instructions on the package. Set aside 1 cup of the starchy pasta water and then, using tongs, transfer the pasta to the pan with the clams and coat with the clam sauce. Add the reserved pasta water to the sauce ¼ cup at a time, stirring vigorously with tongs or a wooden spoon. If the pasta absorbs all of the water, add more until there is a thick, slightly pooled sauce at the bottom of the pan. Turn off the heat and stir in the remaining 1 tablespoon of butter until it melts and coats the strands — they should look glossy but not wet. Stir in the chopped parsley. Divide the pasta among the bowls, topping each bowl with the reserved clams in the shell. Evenly divide the bread crumbs over the pasta and serve.

As New Year’s wishes fade into echoes on social media, declarations of Dry January take their place. People who routinely post photos of trophy wines gracing their dinner tables, or the latest funky pét-nat, or the recent release from the newest local supernova winery, proclaim their determination to abstain from alcohol for a month, detoxing from holiday debauchery and recalibrating their livers for the year ahead. Inevitably, there is a backlash. Determined drinkers defiantly declare their intention to keep on drinking through January (and later, Sober October), come hell or high branch water. Their declarations are often judgy, seasoned with an unnecessary expletive or two aimed at the abstainers. In this tempest in a spit bucket, the Drys come across as virtue signalers, while the Wets are unnecessarily defensive. They remind me of a line by W.C. Fields, which I remember as, “Quitting drinking is easy! I’ve done it dozens of times.” Social media is our modern diary. Not a secret confessional hidden away from prying parents or spouses, but a public testimonial for the world to see. Our workout routines, daily miles run or walked, pounds lost, a month off from drinking — these posts represent personal accountability. We’ve told the world, so we have to do it. They’re also accomplishments we friends should applaud. And don’t worry, fellow Wets, our drinking buddies will be back in February. I haven’t written about Dry January before because alternatives for wine fiends are lacking. That may be changing. On Jan. 3, Miller Family Wine Co., a leading producer in

California’s Central Coast region who is best known for owning Bien Nacido Vineyards, unveiled a new line of dealcoholized wines called Hand on Heart. Available now online, they will be in stores this spring. The line features a cabernet sauvignon, a chardonnay and a rosé from the 2020 vintage for $15 a bottle. “Dealcoholized” is a regulatory term for wine reduced to less than 0.05% alcohol by volume. This is typically done through a process called reverse osmosis or by running the wine repeatedly through a centrifuge-like device called a spinning cone. That’s rough handling — not only does it remove alcohol, which provides body and texture to wine, it also removes more delicate flavor components. That’s a main reason dealcoholized wines have been disappointing in the past. Hand on Heart uses a process called GoLo, developed by a Santa Rosa, Calif., company called BevZero. A single pass through the GoLo system can reduce a wine’s alcohol from 14% to less than 0.05%, and flavor elements are captured and returned to the wine. Natural flavor extracts are added to bolster the winelike character of the final product. “Our goal was to have something with tannins, structure and acidity, and flavors as winelike as possible,” chief winemaker Jonathan Nagy told me in an interview. Hand on Heart’s target market is the “sober curious” consumer, says Tommy Gaeta, Miller Family’s director of marketing. “Someone who likes and appreciates wine, but on occasion doesn’t want alcohol,” he explains. “We want a drink that fits the occasion without tasting like sugary grape juice.”

leftover chicken and grab a few condiments for tacos or quesadillas. I have to have easy access to something I really want to eat when I’m in that sort of mood. Toasts are great, too. Crisped bread topped with whatever you like. Ann Maloney Q: What’s your favorite way to lighten up a boxed pancake mix? I bought a box of pancake mix admittedly a while ago, so it might be a little old, but, when I made the pancakes, they were super dense. I don’t want to throw it out, but am trying to figure out how to make fluffier pancakes. Would whipping the egg whites separately be the best bet? And then add them in with the milk, egg yolks and oil? It’s definitely possible I overmixed the last time, so I’ll watch out for that the next time too. A: Whipping the egg whites separately definitely works! I would suggest stirring the dry ingredients and wet together loosely, then adding the whites a bit at a time. And as always with pancakes, don’t overmix, to the point where it’s OK to have lumps and little flour pocket. Then leave it for 10 minutes or so for the baking powder to activate and get pancaking. Good luck with the fluff! You’re on the right track. L.B.

According to America’s Test Kitchen (ATK), what you fry can be more important than the number of times the oil is used in determining how long it lasts. Pexels

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food it touches. “For home use, I would use fryer oil about four times since the amount of items fried is not a huge amount,” Mistry said. According to America’s Test Kitchen (ATK), what you fry can be more important than the number of times the oil is used in determining how long it lasts: “With breaded and battered foods, reuse oil three or four times. With cleaner frying items such as potato chips, it’s fine to reuse oil at least eight times — and likely far longer, especially if you’re replenishing it with some fresh oil.” ATK made this determination by using kits that tested for degradation, but for the home cook, the easiest way

to test if oil can still be used is to give it a whiff to check if it smells off or rancid. And for Mistry: “If it sits for more than a week or two, I would also just dispose of it no matter how many uses.” To dispose of larger quantities of cooking and frying oil, always let it cool down first to prevent injury and keep whatever you transfer it to from melting. Then pour it into a disposable, preferably nonrecyclable, container with a tightfitting lid. To dispose of it, Mistry suggests searching for companies that collect oil near you. “That might be, like in Berkeley, an actual biodiesel station for cars that run on fryer oil or it might be a local restaurant or grocery store,” they said. If that is not an option where you live, you can discard it with your regular garbage.

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CLOG-FREE GUARANTEED* Call today for a free estimate!

(833) 711-1399 • Seamless, one-piece system, keeps out leaves, debris & more. • Eliminates the risk of falling off a ladder to clean clogged gutters. • Durable, all-weather tested system.

$99 Receive a $50 restaurant gift card with in-home estimate & free gutter inspection!**

Installation on a Complete LeafGuard System! DOES NOT INCLUDE COST OF MATERIAL. EXPIRES 2/28/2022.

* Guaranteed not to clog for as long as you own your home, or we will clean your gutters for free. **Consumer Disclosure/Award Rules: All participants who attend an estimated 60-90 minute in-home product consultation will receive a $50 gift card. No purchase is necessary. Retail value is $50. Offer sponsored by LeafGuard Holdings, Inc. Limit one gift card per household. LeafGuard procures, sells, and installs seamless gutter protection. This offer is valid for homeowners over 18 years of age. If married or have a life partner, both cohabitating persons must attend and complete presentation together. Participants must have a valid photo ID, understand English, and be legally able to enter into a contract. The following persons are not eligible for this offer: employees of LeafGuard or afﬁliated companies or entities, their immediate family members, previous participants in a LeafGuard in-home consultation within the past 12 months and all current and former LeafGuard customers. Promotion may not be extended, transferred, or substituted except that LeafGuard may substitute a gift card of equal or greater value if it deems it necessary. Gift card and terms and conditions (https://www.darden.com/gift-cards/terms-and-conditions) of such gift card will be mailed to the participant via ﬁrst class US Mail within 21 days of receipt of promotion form provided at consultation. Not valid in conjunction with any other promotion or discount of any kind. Offer not sponsored or promoted by Darden Restaurants and is subject to change without notice prior to reservation. Offer ends 2/28/2022. LeafGuard operates as LeafGuard of North Jersey in New Jersey under NJDCA license number 13VH09010100, in Putnam County, NY under license number PC7286 and in Westchester County, NY under license number WC-29388-H17

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C8 - Saturday - Sunday, February 19-20, 2022

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$507

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ON AUTO INSURANCE

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AARP and its affiliates are not insurers. Paid endorsement. The Hartford pays royalty fees to AARP for the use of its intellectual property. These fees are used for the general purposes of AARP. AARP membership is required for Program eligibility in most states. The AARP Auto Insurance Program from The Hartford is underwritten by Hartford Fire Insurance Company and its affiliates, One Hartford Plaza, Hartford, CT 06155. It is underwritten in AZ by Hartford Insurance Company of the Southeast; in CA by Hartford Underwriters Insurance Company; in WA, by Hartford Casualty Insurance Company; in MN, by Sentinel Insurance Company; and in MA, MI and PA, by Trumbull Insurance Company. Auto is currently unavailable in Canada and U.S. Territories or possessions. Specific features, credits and discounts may vary and may not be available in all states in accordance with state filings and applicable law. Applicants are individually underwritten and some may not qualify. 1

In Texas, the Auto Program is underwritten by Redpoint County Mutual Insurance Company through Hartford of the Southeast General Agency, Inc. Hartford Fire Insurance Company and its afﬁliates are not ﬁnancially responsible for insurance products underwritten and issued by Redpoint County Mutual Insurance Company. 2

Average savings amounts based on information reported by customers who switched to The Hartford from other carriers between 1/1/20 and 12/31/20. Your savings may vary. 3Accident Forgiveness is not available to CA policyholders. Terms and conditions apply. 4Gift is a limited time offer and not available in all states. Email address required in most states. Allow 4-7 weeks for delivery. Bottle not included. *Based on customer experience reviews shared online at www.thehartford.com/aarp as of October 2021.

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