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GREENPORT — An autopsy conducted on the body of the employee who died in an industrial accident at ADM Milling Co. on Tuesday has identified the cause of death.

“The autopsy said it was a trauma,” said Columbia County Coroner Daniel Herrick. “At this time I can’t release any further details.”

Greenport Town Supervisor Kathy Eldridge confirmed Friday that the man who died was Kenneth Pierce, 52, of Ghent. He was a laborer and Lead Man at ADM Milling Co. for many years, according to an obituary that appears on the Sacco Funeral Home website.

The funeral home also confirmed that Pierce is the man who died in the accident.

“My sincerest condolences to Ken Pierce’s family, to all his coworkers at ADM and to his community friends,” Eldridge said Friday. “When I was notified of the incident I was horrified that such a tragedy had occurred. Once I arrived at the scene I was briefed on the magnitude and severity of the incident and I knew that this tragedy would be forever etched in the minds of many.

“The professionalism and dignity of the CCSO, Emergency Management, EMS, Greenport Fire Department, Town of Greenport Police and the Forest Rangers, under the direction of Sheriff David Bartlett can only be described as exemplary,” Eldridge said. “Ken will be missed by many.”

The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office has declined to release the victim’s identity.

Pierce died in what the sheriff’s office has classified as an industrial accident at the mill Tuesday morning. His body was recovered Wednesday.

“When it occurred I received a phone call from the sheriff saying they were

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First responders and police seal off the entrance to ADM Milling in Greenport where an employee was killed in an industrial accident, according to the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office.

trying to recover the body.

That evening they suspended the recovery operation because it was deemed too dangerous to continue because it was dark,” said Columbia County Board of Supervisors Chairman Matt Murell. “It got to a point where they felt it would not be safe to continue trying to recover the body. The next day they did recover it.”

Pierce was born in Schenectady and was a 1987 graduate of Hudson High School, according to his obituary. He leaves behind a wife, Debra, two sons and four siblings. He was predeceased by a sister.

Tammy Hotaling of Red Hook, Pierce’s godsister, said she had many fond memories of him.

“I practically lived with them growing up. Juanita, his mom, is my god momma,” Hotaling said.

“Kenny was always such a protective, loving person.

He would do anything for people. He has always had a great work ethic and loved his family.”

Hotaling recalled memories of playing with Pierce and his sisters.

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Firefighters and other first responders at the gate of ADM Milling in Greenport.

“It was a good-size apartment and he would definitely find the best hiding spots,” Hotaling said.

The last time she saw him, Hotaling said, he was helping her move a freezer to her new home.

“He refused gas money and all he wanted was for me to be happy again. My fiance had passed away in March of 2019 and Kenny and momma just wanted me home so they could help me and watch out for me,” she said.

“I will forever love and miss him,” she added.

ADM is a major exporter

of corn, sorghum and soybeans around the world, according to its website. The company is a bottler and distributor of edible oils in Europe. Its brands include edible oils from a variety of sources, including rapeseed, soybean, corn, sunflower and specific blends in a large range of packaging formats.

ADM exports products to 50 countries in Asia, Europe and South America, from Argentina to Vietnam, according to the company’s website.

WASHINGTON — Parts of New York are now eligible for broadband funding, the Federal Communications Commission said Thursday.

FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai sent a letter to U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik saying the FCC would include areas of New York to be eligible for the first phase of the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund, a national initiative to invest in the disparities in rural broadband.

“Closing the digital divide is my top priority,” Pai wrote. “I have seen for myself what affordable high-speed Internet access can do for a community — for its families, its schools, its hospitals, its farms, its businesses — as well as the impact of its absence.”

The FCC released on Jan. 14 a list of 48 states with locations deemed eligible to receive Phase I Rural Digital Opportunity Fund awards, to be voted on later by the entire FCC at the end of the month.

New York did not make the list that would make it eligible for $16 billion in funding, to the dismay of many of its elected officials.

A cohort of 22 New York congressional members, including Stefanik and U.S. Rep. Antonio Delgado, D-19, quickly sent a letter to the FCC expressing concern that the state was not included in its original list of eligible locations.

The decision to include New York for consideration was applauded by those same members.

“The FCC reversing their decision to categorically exclude New York is an important step in the right direction, as this will open the door to much needed investment in the areas of North Country that still lack broadband connectivity,” Stefanik said in a statement Thursday. “However, the FCC’s treatment of areas without high-speed access See FUNDING A2

Activists reject plastic bag regulations

By Sarah Trafton Columbia-Greene Media

ALBANY — Environmental activists descended on the state Capitol on Friday to emphasize their concerns with the proposed regulations on the plastic bag ban.

Scheduled to take effect March 1, the law places a ban on single-use plastic bags and gives municipalities the option of putting a 5 cent tax on paper bags. Spearheaded by Environmental Advocates of New York, New York Public Interest Research Group and former EPA Regional Administrator Judith Enck, a group of more than 60 environmental organizations called for the regulations proposed by the state Department

of Environmental Conservation to follow the intent of the law, in a letter delivered to the Capitol on Friday afternoon.

Riverkeeper Legislative Advocacy Manager Jeremy Cherson said there are about a dozen issues with the regulations, ranging in minor language discrepancies to more serious concerns.

Cherson identified four major concerns that Riverkeeper has with the proposed regulations.

“The law allows for plastic bags 10 mil or thicker,” Cherson said. A mil is a unit that represents one-thousandth of an inch.

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in Afghanistan last year, the highest since at least 2013, according to data released in January by the U.S. Air Force.

Peace talks between the United States and the Taliban briefly resumed in December, but U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad called for a “pause” in the negotiations after the Taliban attacked a highly fortified U.S. air base in Bagram.

Since then, Khalilzad has been demanding that the Taliban reduce violence before formal talks can resume. Taliban negotiators presented Khalilzad with a plan to do so earlier this month, but talks have not restarted.

Overall, the watchdog report found that attacks launched by the Taliban and other insurgent groups increased by 6 percent in 2019 from the previous year.

The watchdog report also found that during the same

period, Afghanistan’s special forces - the units leading the fight against the Taliban in Afghanistan - conducted fewer ground operations than at any other time during 2019.

Since 2018, the push for peace has brought with it a spike in violence in Afghanistan as the U.S.-backed government and the Taliban have looked to gain negotiating leverage through battlefield gains. That increased violence has resulted in record-high civilian casualties and rising casualties among Afghanistan’s security forces.

Casualties among Afghan security forces continued to increase during the last three months of 2019, the watchdog report found. But the increase was not quantified with a percentage, as past quarterly reports have done. Instead, the report says casualties among security forces have increased

“slightly.”

Afghanistan’s military has struggled with high casualty rates for years. In early 2019, President Ashraf Ghani said more than 45,000 members of the Afghan security forces had been killed since he took office in 2014.

A key element of the draft peace deal reached in September, and later upended

by President Trump, was the withdrawal of thousands of U.S. troops, a move that would significantly increase pressure on Afghanistan’s military.

The American military command in Kabul has already begun reducing forces despite stalled talks, bringing U.S. troops in Afghanistan down to 13,000. At the height of the war in 2010 and 2011, there were more than 100,000 U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

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phase is just the first step.

“Of paramount importance will be the FCC’s treatment of regions that lack qualifying broadband service despite having received some degree of state support,” he said Thursday.

The disparity in broadband access between rural and urban areas is significant.

According to the FCC Broadband Deployment Report of

2019, more than 25% of rural residents don’t have access to sufficient internet speeds, compared to less than 2% of urban residents.

According to the New York State Broadband Program Office, 98% of New Yorkers have access to broadband. But the number is known to be an extreme overestimate because of mapping flaws. If one home within a census block

has access to broadband services, the entire block is marked as served, according to the office.

are being banned, the activists wrote in their letter to DEC. “This change would allow stores to distribute for free or sell thicker plastic bags that are nearly identical to single-use plastic carry-out style bags that consumers are already familiar with and accustomed to disposing of after one use,” according to the letter. “Most consumers will not use these thicker plastic reusable bags. The thicker bags will simply end up in all the same problematic places as their thinner counterparts.”

Riverkeeper also has reservations regarding proposed exemptions.

“The law would enable DEC, on a case-by-case basis, to exempt stores where there was no reasonable or practical alternative to plastic bags,” Cherson said. “We don’t believe there should be an exemption for stores.”

If DEC is going to have such discretion over granting exemptions, Riverkeeper wants to see public notices issued and a period for public comment before such an exemption is granted, Cherson said.

Because restaurants are exempt from the law, another concern is that corner stores, food marts, convenience stores, bodegas and other places that serve hot food may not be covered under the law, Cherson said.

“It appeared to us that there could be a loophole that would allow [these stores] to not comply because they could be interpreted as restaurants, which are exempt,” he said. “Our main goal is to see as many stores and as many plastic bags covered by the law [as possible].”

Other exemptions under the law include bags to wrap uncooked meats and seafood; package items from bulk containers such as fruits and vegetables;

package food sliced to order; package newspapers for delivery; bags that are sold in prepackaged pre-sealed boxes; sold as trash bags; sold as food storage bags; used as garment bags by dry cleaners or laundry services; provided by a restaurant for takeout food; provided by a pharmacy for prescriptions; a reusable bag as defined by the regulations; or a film plastic bag for which there is no other alternative for storing the items, according to the regulations.

The plastic bag ban in Ulster County, which began in July, has been effective, Scenic Hudson Director of Public Policy Andy Bicking said.

“Reality has proven that folks have adapted to it and it has been effective at reducing litter in our communities,” he said.

Ulster County opted to add the 5 cent paper bag tax, while Greene County lawmakers opposed the idea.

Retailers can also choose to set fees of their own. Hannaford and Price Chopper are among the chains to announce that they will be charging 5 cents for paper bags.

After the law takes effect, Riverkeeper will continue to advocate against plastic pollution.

Each year, Riverkeeper does cleanup events along the Hudson River, Cherson said.

“The amount of plastic we find from New York City to the Adirondacks is staggering,” he said. “We will still be advocating for even greater coverage of more plastic items, to aid the transition to biodegradeable and reusable items.”

New Yorkers use an estimated 23 billion plastic bags each year, according to a release from the environmental advocates.

The New York City Department of Sanitation estimates that it collects about 1,700

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During the last three months of 2019, the Taliban and other insurgent groups launched more than 8,200 attacks against Afghan troops, American forces and civilians, more than any other fourth quarter since 2010, the U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction said in its quarterly report released Thursday.

The record number of attacks comes amid a rampedup air campaign by the United States, which dropped 7,423 munitions on targets

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despite some state investment will be central to the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund fulfilling its goal of truly closing the digital divide.”

Delgado agreed with Stefanik, saying in a statement that the inclusion in the first

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between that and 4 mil or 2 mil, which is what other jurisdictions, other states, counties and cities, have set as their threshold,” he said.

Additionally, 10 mil is just above the threshold for what most machinery can make, which makes the regulation costly for manufacturers, Cherson said.

Riverkeeper is calling for a no-film plastic standard, Cherson said.

“It makes it a lot easier for everybody,” he said.

The section regarding bag thickness is regarding requirements for reusable bags. The requirement for non-plastic reusable bags is a minimum fabric weight of 80 grams per square meter, according to the law.

Enck described the 10 mil regulation as a “monumental mistake.”

“The DEC thankfully has time to change [this] before the law takes effect in March,” Enck said.

NYPIRG Environmental Policy Director Liz Moran agreed.

“Plastic bags are plastic bags,” she said. “To maintain New York’s status as a climate champion, DEC must ensure regulations follow the intent of the law and won’t allow the distribution of plastic bags, regardless of thickness, starting March 1.”

Environmental Advocates of New York Deputy Director Kate Kurera echoed similar remarks.

“Unfortunately, DEC has proposed regulations that undermine the intent of the law, which is to ban plastic carry-out bags, by opening the door to plastic bags of a certain thickness,” she said.

These thicker plastic bags could potentially end up sharing a fate similar to the single-use plastic bags that

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

tons of plastic bags per week, which cost $12.5 million per year, according to the release.

Single-use plastic bags are used for an average of 12 minutes, according to the letter.

“Before being discarded to be buried in a landfill, burned in an incinerator — which pollutes our air and harms public health — or littered on land or in water where they will break into smaller and smaller pieces over hundreds of years,” according to the letter.

Nine million tons of plastic enter the ocean each year, according to the letter.

The public comment period for the regulations ends Feb. 3.

The proposed regulations can be viewed at https:// www.dec.ny.gov/docs/materials_minerals_pdf/part351propexterms.pdf Comments can be sent to plasticbags@dec.ny.gov or Kayla Montanye, NYSDEC, 625 Broadway, Albany, NY 12233.

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Thursday, Feb. 13

City overdose fatalities at zero

By Amanda Purcell Columbia-Greene Media

HUDSON — There were no overdose deaths in the city in 2019, according to crime statistics released this week by the Hudson Police Department.

Hudson police officers administered the overdose reversal drug known as naloxone nine times in a total of 22 overdoses reported in the city in 2019. Overdose deaths were down in Hudson in 2018 from the previous year, according to figures provided by the Hudson Police Department. City police responded to three overdose deaths reported in 2016; four in 2017; and two in 2018, according to Hudson police.

“Overdose deaths are down,” Police Chief L. Edward Moore said. “It’s a combination of factors, including the availability of Narcan for the patrols, the availability of Narcan for the citizens and the pressure on open drug dealing, which has displaced some of the supply end to outside of the city.”

Hudson police responded to 27 overdose calls from the beginning of 2017 to the end of 2018. Six of those calls were fatal. Of those overdoses, 15 were revived using naloxone.

Hudson Police Department’s first save was Sept. 3, 2017. All overdoses reported in Hudson in 2017 and 2018 were linked to heroin, Moore said. The police have used a sternum rub or Greenport Rescue Squad administered naloxone in other instances.

All 25 Hudson police officers are trained in the use of naloxone. Officers of the Hudson Police Department are recertified in the use of overdose reversal drugs annually, Moore said.

Training in naloxone began for officers in January 2017.

The city brought significant sentences last year for a major drug network that

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The Hudson Police Department reported no drug overdose deaths in Hudson in 2019.

supplied more than 100 people in Columbia County with crack-cocaine. Five people were convicted in 2019 as part of a federal, state and city police investigation into the drug ring, and all were connected to a spate of back-and-forth gun violence incidents in the city in the summer of 2017, authorities said.

The number of overdose reversal drugs needed to revive victims is increasing, emergency personnel said. In one instance in 2018, five doses of naloxone were needed before an overdosed person was revived in Hudson.

The statistics came out of the Hudson Police Committee meeting on Monday at City Hall, 520 Warren St. The U.S. Department of Justice traditionally releases crime statistics from the previous year in September, but Moore and Lt. David Miller Jr. release statistics to city officials in January during the first police committee meeting of the year.

The new 20-bed detox center approved by the planning

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board for the corner of Merle Avenue and Route 66 in Greenport, will help bring the number of overdoses down further, Moore said.

“Clearly it’s something to help addicts, and from what I understand it won’t cost taxpayers money,” Moore said.

“They [the detox center’s staff] are going to be able to bring them [addicts] to rehab facilities and treat them there [at the detox center] and it is something that is a long time coming ... If a facility like that comes to our area and if that provides a choice for an addict, I think 100 percent it has got to help. Some addicts will be more inclined to get help than to go somewhere to buy heroin. So I think it is going to be a good thing.”

Hudson Police Commissioner Peter Volkmann, who did not attend the meeting, said he and Mayor Kamal Johnson are working on a directive to bring Chatham Cares 4U to Hudson.

“Detox isn’t for everybody or for every addiction,” Volkmann said. “Some substances that do not require detox ... it is a maze

of which door is the best door for someone.”

The Hudson Police Department answered 8,862 incident calls in 2019, or an average of 24 calls per day. The police made 685 arrests and 1,062 booking arrests in 2019. An arrest can result in more than one charge, Moore said. The Hudson Police

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Department is the second busiest police agency in the county behind the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office, Moore said.

Vehicle and traffic tickets in the city have doubled in recent years, but were down slightly from last year to 1,366 total tickets in 2019. Hudson police issued 1,914 vehicle and traffic citations in 2018. In 2017, police distributed 975 tickets and issued 997 in 2016.

“Bail reform has not had a large impact on this department so far,” Moore said. “The department gets 200-plus bench warrants a year for folks that have failed to show in front of the judge. It is a possibility that number will go up under the new bail reform laws and cost us in manpower [to track down the defendant] but I can’t make that judgment yet.”

In recent years, Hudson police have added more traffic enforcement and applied for grants to give officers overtime to hold special details once a month, including details for cracking down on drunken driving and cell phone use while driving, Moore said.

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STATE POLICE n Maria A. Uvino, 28, of Freehold, was arrested at 3:20 p.m. Jan. 28 in Cairo and charged with second-degree criminal impersonation, a class A misdemeanor. She was released on her own recognizance. n Shane O. Whyte, 32, of Hempstead, was arrested at 10:45 p.m. Jan. 28 in Tannersville and charged with fourthdegree criminal possession of a weapon, a class A misdemeanor. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Annaliese Santader, 27, of Bronx, was arrested at 10:45

p.m. Jan. 28 in Tannersville and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a class A misdemeanor. She was issued an appearance ticket. n Ian J. Lynch, 29, of Earlton, was arrested at 11:40 a.m. Jan. 28 in Coxsackie and charged with third-degree criminal mischief, a class E felony; thirddegree grand larceny, a class D felony; and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a class C felony. His arrestee status is unknown. n Seth S. Smith, 23, of Freehold, was arrested at 9:07 p.m.

Jan. 30 in Cairo and charged with petty larceny, a class A misdemeanor. He was issued an appearance ticket.

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A frightening assault on privacy The supercomputer that rules the galaxy in “Alphaville” and the ubiquitous television cameras that never stop watching in “1984” were once considered science-fiction, but as reports highlight controversies involving law enforcement’s use of facial recognition technology, it is now cold, hard fact. Is this the end of privacy? If it is, the state Legislature can do something about it.

State Sen. Brad Hoylman, D-27, on Monday introduced a bill that would ban all law enforcement agencies or officers from acquiring, accessing or installing biometric surveillance technology to be used for their jobs, although it would allow for ongoing use of existing, more conventional

biometric practices such as fingerprints.

Hoylman even sounds like the science-fiction thriller heroes: “In the wrong hands, this technology presents a chilling threat to our privacy and civil liberties, especially when evidence shows this technology is less accurate when used on people of color, and transgender, non-binary and non-conforming people.”

Facial recognition technology is far from bulletproof, according to research. A 2018 study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab found the top three facial recognition tools were incorrect up to 35% of the time when identifying dark-skinned women.

When identifying white men, on the other hand,

all three companies had error rates below 1%.

The widespread use of facial recognition technology by numerous companies is disconcerting, especially to minority communities and activists, since these communities are disproportionately monitored by law enforcement — another Big Brother angle.

More efficient technology would increase the disparity, advocates worry.

In our opinion, facial recognition technology and other forms of biometric surveillance are inaccurate, intrusive, vulnerable to abuses and a direct threat to the privacy and civil liberties of all New Yorkers. The state Legislature has the power to stop it.

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The consequences of coverup The Washington Post

Senators face a historic decision Friday: whether to shut downthe trial of President Donald Trump without hearing what they know would be essential evidence. Trump has denied for months that he withheld military aid and a White House meeting from Ukraine’s president in an effort to force politicized investigations, including of former vice president Joe Biden. The president’s lawyers have insisted that there is no firsthand testimony to the contrary. Yet, now, senators know that former national security adviser John Bolton can supply that testimony and that he is prepared to appear if called.

Polls show that Americans overwhelmingly want the senators to hear witnesses. There is no precedent for an impeachment trial without testimony. If the Senate refuses, it will ratify a coverup, making any acquittal of Trump meaningless.

Bolton is not the only witness who could enlighten the Senate, and the country, about the Ukraine affair. Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney also has direct knowledge of Trump’s intention in withholding the Ukraine aid. Vice President

Pence knows why Trump suddenly ordered him not to attend the inauguration of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last May. Rudy Giuliani, the president’s personal lawyer, and his former sidekicks Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman know in detail how Zelensky and his top aides were pressured.

Republicans argue that an attempt to subpoena Bolton or other witnesses would lead to court battles with the White House — even as they fault the House for not undertaking the same fight. One of the president’s lawyers has advanced the extraordinary defense that Trump was entitled to trade official acts for help with his reelection — a position, that, if ratified, would grant Trump and future presidents vast powers to rig elections.

GOP leaders vow that if the Senate votes to call witnesses, they will move to summon Biden, his son Hunter and others.

That would be shameful: By forcing the Bidens to testify, senators would be handing Trump what he was seeking all along, the chance to sow bogus questions about the probity of a leading Democratic presidential candidate. Democrats, however, should

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not be intimidated by this threat into backing away from the demand that Bolton and other relevant witnesses appear.

Ironically, senators who support a coverup now will only limit their acceptable options as the trial ends.

Serious arguments have been made against conviction. One is that, because the president’s extortion scheme never bore fruit — no investigations were announced, and U.S. aid was eventually delivered — removal from office is an excessive remedy. Another is that a verdict on Trump’s tenure should be rendered by voters nine months from now.

But if Republicans muzzle potential witnesses and suppress relevant documents, senators who respect the Constitution will be left with only one honorable choice. Mr. Trump tried to use his office to force Ukraine to intervene in the 2020 election.

He and his lawyers have not only refused to admit wrongdoing but have brazenly asserted the president’s right to engage in such manipulations. If that proposition is the one to be decided, and what should be a full and fair trial is aborted on the president’s orders, the only justifiable vote will be for conviction.

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Human reclamation through bricklaying PITTSBURGH — In the 1940s, Steve Shelton’s grandfather dressed up — white shirt, tie, fedora — to take the streetcar to the steel mill where he would change into work clothes, and would shower before dressing up to return home. “There was,” Shelton says, “such dignity in the trades back then.”

There still is at the Trade Institute of Pittsburgh (TIP) that Shelton launched. There, in what used to be a Westinghouse Electric factory, some men, many in their 30s looking for their first legal jobs, and a few women learn to wield trowels and mortar, thereby deriving from bricklaying (and welding, carpentry and painting) a dignity they did not feel when they grew up on this city’s meanest streets, or when, for 85% of them, their incarcerations ended.

Shelton, 59, was 12 when he first was taken to a construction site. “I just wanted to build stuff,” so after enjoying two things in high school (wood shop, metal shop), serving in the Navy and working in the trades, he started a business “out of the trunk of my car.” Eventually, however, he wondered: “Where are all the young guys?” He saw: “Everyone was being pushed to college.” He thought: “Having guys 55 or 60 years old on top of scaffolding, laying bricks, is not sustainable.”

He knew there were guys like him “who want to work with their hands.” Many were coming out of jail. Shelton talked with churches and civic organizations, and eventually the local Mellon (banking) and Heinz (ketchup, etc.) foundations. One thing led to another, and to this: The abandoned factory — deindustrialization has upsides — has a floor covered with bricks, cinder blocks, tubs of mortar and people trying to get the hang of building

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WILL things, and get on the bottom rung of the ladder of upward mobility.

Things were made in the factory in the 1920s when Pittsburgh, then America’s 9th most populous city (in 1920 it was just ahead of Los Angeles) made the nation’s steel ligaments. In 2020, builders are made in the factory. Pittsburgh, now 66th in population, has put aside smokestacks and remade itself around technology and health care. It has, however, a construction boom — partly a result of Pennsylvania’s fracking — and a shortage of workers for the building trades.

Shelton’s $1.4 million annual budget, from private and public sources, enables him and his staff “to take someone from nothing to a living wage in 10 weeks.” Cameron Meadows, TIP’s assistant masonry instructor, served 10 years for shooting someone in a bar fight, long before TIP changed his life. Shelton notes that when his human reclamation program prevents someone from spending 60 years in prison, costing Pennsylvania $50,000 a year, “I’ve saved taxpayers 3 million bucks.”

One in 38 American adults is incarcerated, on probation or on parole. Many former inmates return to communities where they had barely been connected to its constitutive units — families, schools and civic, religious and commercial institutions. Reintegration — acquiring residences, driver’s licenses, bus passes,

bank accounts, health care, child care, employment — can be bewildering, demoralizing and exhausting. Some of TIP’s trainees are “couch surfing” — moving from one residence to another, night by night. All receive financial counseling. And there are driving lessons in the factory’s parking lot.

But every morning at 8 a.m.

— not 8:01, because, Shelton says, in construction time is money — the trainees sit in the “gratitude circle.” There, each says something for which he or she is thankful.

They all can mention this: 10 weeks — 340 hours — of free training. And a job on the horizon, sometimes a union job at $22.58 an hour.

To a person from a fractured family, a job says: Someone objectively values you — enough to pay you to spend eight hours a day adding value to a project. To a person fresh from prison, a job says: You are a welcomed, functioning part of the society that decided it had to put you in a cage for a while. To a person whose education conferred only rudimentary skills, a job says: You have risen from among the unskilled to the rank of craftsman.

An expert bricklayer’s virtuosity with a trowel and mortar — Shelton’s is magical — as he or she manipulates bricks with motions so fluid that the bricks seem weightless, has the elegance that characterizes all craftsmanship. The recidivism rate among formerly incarcerated Pennsylvanians is around 43%. The rate among Shelton’s former trainees is 9%.

It is an old saying that the devil fills idle hands. But not hands holding trowels.

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An ‘indefensible’ police shooting The Washington Post

After A Prince George’s County policeman allegedly shot to death a suspect sitting with his hands cuffed behind him in a police cruiser, it took less than 24 hours for the officer to be charged by police with second-degree murder and other crimes. That, and unequivocal public statements from the county police chief, make the incident late Monday seem from the outset like the rare police shooting likely to be followed by a transparent investigation, a commitment to accountability and swift justice.

Those, at least, are the standards to which Prince George’s Police Chief Hank Stawinski and other top local officials have pledged themselves publicly as the investigation moves ahead in the death of William Green, a 43-year-old Washington resident shot to death in the nearby Temple Hills area of Prince George’s.

Chief Stawinski decided there was probable cause to pursue charges against the officer, Cpl. Michael Owen Jr., a 10-year veteran of the force whose record includes

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The speed of the chief’s action is almost unheard-of; just as notable was the clarity of his statements directed at the community he serves.

The chief said his decision in what he called an “unprecedented” incident was based on a determination that police are subject to the same laws as civilians. He added: “There aren’t two sets of rules, and there is no dynamic whereby we are going to defend the indefensible. We are not defending the indefensible.”

The “indefensible” aspects of the shooting to which the chief referred appear to include the fact that Green, who police say appeared to be on drugs of some sort, was handcuffed when he was shot; he may also have been seat-belted inside the police cruiser, where the officer allegedly shot him seven times at close range.

Prosecutors will now conduct a more thorough grand jury investigation and, if the evidence warrants it, seek an indictment. In the meantime, County Executive Angela Alsobrooks has instructed the

police to undertake a review of training and policies. And state and local officials have some questions to answer regarding the fact that Cpl. Owen, like all but about 80 of the county’s 1,500 sworn police officers, was not equipped with a bodyworn camera.

Compared with other area jurisdictions, Prince George’s has dragged its feet on body cameras for police. A bill in the Maryland legislature that would have required the county to provide them to all officers went nowhere last year; Alsobrooks’ budget for the coming year does include the required funding. Even in a perenially cash-strapped county, that should have happened several years ago.

It’s unclear if body cameras affect officers’ behavior, but at least they can furnish investigators with critical evidence of events preceding lethal incidents. That would have been useful in the coming inquiry into Green’s death- even if it is almost impossible to imagine any circumstances that could justify an officer’s decision to shoot a man whose hands were cuffed behind his back.

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Lawrence G. Biegel BIEGEL, Lawrence G. (aka stepson Justin Hocking, grandLester Gass), 67, of Cornwallville, daughters Brianna, Kayleigh and passed away on Jan. 21, 2020.

Hannah Hocking, brother Ron Larry graduated from the Rut- Biegel and Lynne, nephews Jagers University School of Envi- son, Jeffrey (Godson) and niece ronmental Science. He began his Victoria, sister Sharon Stallone career as a Planner at the Greene and Joseph, nephew Michael County Planning Department in and niece Lauren (Goddaughter), Cairo then moved to the NYS- sister-in-law Carola Engelmann, DEC as an Environmental Analyst nieces Christie, Carra, Carly, in New Paltz. He was instrumen- Caytie, and nephew Michael, tal in promoting passage of the sister-in-law Joan VanDenburgh NYS bottle law in 1982. and John(Jr), nephews In retirement, Larry John, Joesph, Justin, continued to be an avid Richard, and Ryan, sisenvironmentalist and ter-in-law Mary Hans, ornithologist. He also nephews TJ, Adam, enjoyed fishing, hunting niece Nicole, sister-in and taxidermy. These law Darlene Shamus, passions taught us all nieces Jamie, Mariya, how to enjoy and care Roxanne, Amanda, for our environment and Reneé, Ariel and nephBiegel he will be deeply missed ews James and Joshua, by his family and friends. brother-in-law John Larry is survived by wife Sha- Quirk and Suzanne, niece Mackron, mother Grace Biegel, moth- enzie, sister-in law Jenny Wright er-in-law Marilyn Quirk, step- and Greg, and his beloved dog daughter Lisa Hocking, grandson Oscar. Larry is pre-deceased by Jeremy Patrick Monington, his father Victor and father-in-law stepdaughter Rebecca Hock- John. ing, grandsons Mason Anthony A private memorial gathering Colao and Vincent Xavier Colao, will be held in the spring.

Margarete B. Dallas Margarete B. Dallas 84, of Catskill and formerly of Philmont, NY died peacefully on Wednesday January 29, 2020 at Albany Medical Center. Born in Darmstadt, Germany on January 15, 1936.

Calling hours will be Monday February 3, 2020 from (5-8) PM at the Sacco Funeral Home 700 Town Hall Drive Hudson. A

Mass of Christian Burial will be Celebrated Tuesday 10:00AM at St. James Church in Chatham with Fr. Gary Gelfenbein officiating. Burial will be in Sacred Heart Church Cemetery in Philmont.

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Joseph V. Sutera Joseph V. Sutera, age 80 years, passed away on January 31, 2020 at Columbia Memorial Hospital, Hudson, N.Y. He was born on May 19, 1939, in Brooklyn, N.Y. and is the son of the late Paul and Jenny (Alcamo) Sutera. Survivors include his loving wife of 45 years Barbara, and his two sisters and his one brother. During his lifetime, Joseph was very mechanically inclined, he enjoyed automotive work and he loved working around his home.

Relatives and friends are cordially invited to attend a memorial celebration of Joseph’s life at Richards Funeral Home, 28 North Vernon Street, Athens, N.Y. 12015, on Tuesday, February 4, 2020 from 4:00 P.M. – 7:00 P.M., with Pastor Rick Snowden of The Community Life Church in Catskill, N.Y. officiating services at 6:00 P.M. at the funeral home.

Condolences may be made at www.richardsfuneralhomeinc. net.

James A. Vining Jr. James A. Vining Jr., 70, of pool league, loved music, espeGreenport, passed away sud- cially the Beatles, and playing the denly at his home on Tuesday guitar. Jim was a fan of the New January 28, 2020. Jim was a lov- York Giants, and Yankees, and ing husband, father, son, brother, also enjoyed an occasional nip and “Poppa” to his grandchildren of Jack Daniels. He was a memand great grandchildren. ber of the Moose Lodge, and Our Born November 1, 1949 in Lady of Mt. Carmel Church.

Hudson, Jim is one of three sons Jim was predeceased by his to Victoria (Iaccino) and James mother Victoria (Iaccino) Vining.

Vining Sr. A 1967 graduate of Left to cherish his memory are his Hudson High School, Jim con- father James A. Vining Sr., wife tinued his education, Teena (Alonge) Vining, earning an Associates children James A. Vining Degree in accounting III (Rose), Teena Viningfrom Albany Business Graf (Thomas), and AnCollege. He also proudly thony Vining Sr. (Melaserved his country from nie), grandchildren, 1969-1972.

Joshua, Christopher, Jim’s greatest joy Gregory, Meagan, Natawas his family, and every lie, and Anthony Vining cherished moment he Jr., Kaitlyn Fein, Joseph was able to spend with and Emma Downey, and Vining Jr. them. His career in the Nicole Downey Rosario. automotive industry was exten- Also surviving are two brothers sive, including working at Central Robert (Kathy) and Ed (Donna) Auto Parts, Pitcher’s Central Au- Vining, along with seven great to Parts, Catskill Auto Parts, Vin- grandchildren and many nieces, ing’s Used Cars, and Auto Parts nephews and cousins.

Unlimited. Upon retiring, Jim Visitation hours at the Bates continued to work at Art Omi, and & Anderson- Redmond & Keeler for his son, Vining’s Carpentry Funeral Home are Monday Feband Services. In his spare time, ruary 3, from 4-7pm. In lieu of Jim enjoyed tinkering in his ga- flowers, memorial contributions rage, as he had a vast interest in in Jim’s name may be made to old cars. Jim also enjoyed bowl- Community Hospice of Columing in many leagues at Hendrick bia-Greene, or Hudson Fire DeHudson Lanes, was in the APA partment Central Station.

Jeffrey Rick Yungandreas Jeffrey Rick Yungandreas, age 36, of Catskill, died unexpectedly January 29, 2020. He was born December 16, 1983 in East Meadow, New York, the son of Rick and Margaret (Moran) Yungandreas of Catskill. Jeffrey is also survived by four sisters, and many aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews, and friends.

Jeffrey was a graduate of Catskill High School and ColumbiaGreene Community College with

an Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice Jeffrey was a prankster with a great sense of humor. He loved the outdoors, travel, working with his hands, and women…

Relatives and friends may call 9-11 AM Monday, followed by an 11 AM Monday Memorial Service at Traver & McCurry Funeral Home, 234 Jefferson Heights, Catskill. Fr. Scott Vanderveer will be officiating. Interment will be at the Town of Catskill Cemetery.

There’s another virus stalking America: It’s called the flu Michelle Cortez Bloomberg

A second wave of seasonal influenza is taking hold in the U.S., just as health officials are on high alert for new cases of the novel coronavirus. Many of the symptoms are the same, but when it comes to immediate risk, Americans should fear the flu more.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that more than 19 million Americans have fallen ill with the flu so far this season, including 180,000 who ended up in the hospital. About 10,000 Americans have died, including more than 60 children.

The flu season, however, has taken a backseat to the coronavirus emanating from Wuhan, China. That pathogen has already infected almost 10,000 people in more than two dozen countries, the vast majority in China. In the U.S., there are only six cases of the coronavirus, dubbed 2019-nCoV, five of whom were diagnosed after returning from China. The sixth contracted it from his wife, an Illinois resident in her sixties who had recently visited family in Wuhan. None have died.

Both viruses start off similarly: cough, fever, and in some cases difficulty breathing. The key difference is that people most at risk for the coronavirus will have either traveled to China or been in close contact with someone who is already infected, said Nancy Messonnier, director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.

This flu season in the U.S. began earlier than usual. It started picking up in mid-November with a surge of influenza B, a strain that typically develops later in the cycle and hits children the hardest. More than half of all tests coming back positive for the flu this season have been in children and young adults under age 25, typically a healthier group of people.

Because the elderly are the most likely to fall gravely ill and die from influenza, the rate of hospitalization and mortality remained well below average even as infection rates climbed.

But an uptick in new flu infections began to appear over the past two weeks. The strain that’s emerging now is an H1N1 type of influenza A, the one that normally kicks off the season.

It can take hold in adults and may be more severe, resulting in more deaths.

Every state in the U.S. is reporting widespread infections, according to the weekly Influenza Surveillance Report published Friday. Influenza-like symptoms were responsible for 5.7% of all visits to the doctor in the week ending Jan. 25, with 44 states reporting the highest activity levels.

“This week, we see that activity is continuing to go up,’’ said Lynnette Brammer, head of the CDC’s domestic surveillance program. “We had seen this influenza B wave, and we are now seeing an increase in H1N1. We don’t know how large it will be.’’ (The CDC recommends getting a flu shot to help avoid contracting seasonal influenza.)

Gregory Poland, director of the

Vaccine Research Group at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, lamented the low vaccination rates among Americans, especially pregnant women and children. This is especially frustrating because the vaccine that’s now being administered is well matched to the flu that’s circulating, he said.

“Their risk is influenza, and it’s substantial.’’

“Coronavirus isn’t a risk for the average American [or] for anyone who hasn’t traveled to China or been exposed to someone who has,’’ Poland said. “Their risk is influenza, and it’s substantial.’’

“We get all worked up over exotic sounding viruses, and I’m not saying we shouldn’t,” Poland said. “[But] we ignore the annual toll of 10,000 or 20,000 or 30,000 deaths each year from a virus that we understand pretty well, have treatments for and can vaccinate against.”

The flu outbreak still isn’t as bad as 2017-2018, when the virus hit so hard that some hospitals had to set up triage centers in their parking lots. The influenza A that’s circulating now is the milder form-the one that landed two years ago put 810,000 Americans in the hospital, and resulted in about 61,000 deaths.

“If coronavirus becomes a larger issue in the U.S., this will be a difficult thing,’’ Poland said. “As clinicians we are bombarded with people right now who have flu-like symptoms.’’

Facebook can’t win its moderation dilemma Eric Newcomer Bloomberg

Facebook is hard at work crafting its own Supreme Court of content moderation-just as it works to make much of its content impossible for it to review.

This week, Facebook hired the director of its oversight board and released material about the review process.

Most cases are expected to take 90 days-which the company that gave us the motto “move fast and break things” BLOOMBERG PHOTO BY GABBY JONES surely knows is an eternity in The Facebook logo on an iPhone on Jan. 26, 2020. the world of the internet.

Facebook has commit- suddenly responsive once critics say they share. But elected officials are worried ted $130 million to fund the BuzzFeed joined the cause.

To take a more extreme about the company’s plans board, so it can deal with the hardest calls it faces about example, the New York to encrypt Facebook Meswhich content to remove Times reported last year senger perhaps even more from its site. For political about 45 million pictures than they care about pricontent and misinforma- of child sexual abuse ap- vacy.

Republican Sen. Lindsey tion, a board of elders could pearing online in 2018. The investigation pinpointed Graham, along with Demomake a lot of sense, even though it wouldn’t extend to Facebook Messenger as a cratic Sen. Richard Blumenencrypted messages (more place where abusers swap thal, is working on a bill images, including a video of wrapping in attacks both on that later).

The company is aware a man sexually assaulting a on encryption and content that the public has run out of 6-year old that went viral in moderation. It would “require that companies work patience. “We know that the the messaging app.

These cases don’t require with law enforcement to initial reaction to the oversight board and its mem- an oversight board. (And identify, remove, report and bers will basically be one of they wouldn’t get one: Mes- preserve evidence related to cynicism-because basically, sages would be exempt un- child exploitation.” While the reaction to pretty well der Facebook’s current pro- the bill doesn’t specificalanything new that Facebook posal.) But there are other ly mention encryption, it does is cynical,” said Nick enforcement issues here. would be hard for Facebook Clegg, its VP of global policy. Facebook’s WhatsApp prod- to cooperate if it couldn’t Sure enough, TechCrunch uct already has end-to-end read the underlying meson Tuesday called the board encryption, meaning the sages. company itself can’t see the Under the bill, companies “toothless.”

I’ll reserve judgment un- contents. And now, Face- that don’t cooperate with til we see who Facebook book has plans to encrypt law enforcement would has selected as co-chairs. Messenger as well. Some of no longer receive protecBut not all of Facebook’s those Facebook cynics that tion from Section 230 of the problems are all that hard to Clegg knows are out there Communication Decency adjudicate. Just this week, might even say the compa- Act-the law that shields BuzzFeed wrote about a ny plans to encrypt away its them from much liability for woman who struggled to get Messenger moderation co- content their users post. In Facebook’s eyes, this law is Facebook to remove an ob- nundrum.

Facebook’s official expla- the only way to make conscene page using her name without success — for four nation is that encryption in- tent moderation tenable. years! The company became creases privacy — a goal its Without it, it could face civil

Air Force colonel sentenced to five years in prison for receiving child porn Rachel Weiner The Washington Post

WASHINGTON - A decorated colonel in the U.S. Air Force was sentenced Friday to five years in prison for receiving child pornography, a mandatory minimum.

Mark Visconi, 48, has two Bronze Star Medals from combat in Iraq and several more medals for air missions in the Middle East, Europe and South America. He

studied Arabic and trained Iraqi pilots. He was set to take a command at Joint Base Andrews in suburban Maryland when the investigation into his online activity began in 2015.

Defense attorney Sean Marvin said in a court filing that Visconi was abused at a young age and “has struggled to balance his service to his country with addictive behaviors.” Along with downloading child sex abuse

videos online, Visconi admitted taking clandestine photographs of girls in public.

In court, Visconi, of suburban Fairfax, Virginia, apologized for not seeking help for his problems earlier, saying he did not want to jeopardize his career. Judge T.S. Ellis handed down the sentence in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, in suburban Alexandria, Virginia.

lawsuits for libelous and other problematic content, and will have a much greater incentive to pull down far more content.

But Graham thinks that Section 230 gives companies like Facebook too much freedom in how they run their platforms. He also doesn’t like encryption. So if he doesn’t get his way on encryption, at least he’ll get his way on the content moderation. Like Graham’s idea or not, you have to admit that it’s clever.

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Nancy Hogshead-Makar to deliver keynote address at Stoneman Day ALBANY — Albany Law School and the Kate Stoneman Honorary Committee announce that Nancy Hogshead-Makar, Olympic champion, civil rights lawyer and CEO of Champion Women, a nonprofit providing legal advocacy for girls and women in sports, will deliver the keynote address at the 26th Anniversary Kate Stoneman Day on March 19.

Kate Stoneman Day is Albany Law School’s annual celebration of women in law.

As the keynote speaker, Hogshead-Makar will receive the prestigious Miriam M. Netter ’72 Stoneman Award, presented in honor of Kate Stoneman, the first woman admitted to practice law in New York state and the first woman to graduate from Albany Law School, Class of 1898.

“Nancy Hogshead-Makar is a champion in every sense of the word — a renowned attorney, a tireless advocate for equal rights, and an Olympic gold medalist,” said Albany Law School President and Dean Alicia Ouellette. “She exemplifies the trailblazing spirit of Kate Stoneman and is an inspired choice to headline our next Kate Stoneman Day.” Hogshead-Makar recently led a multi-year effort to protect athletes from sexual abuse in club and Olympic sports, which culminated when a new federal law, the Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and SafeSport Authorization Act, was signed in February 2018.

Hogshead-Makar has testified in Congress numerous times on gender equity in athletics. She often serves as an expert witness in Title IX cases and has written amicus briefs representing athletic organizations in precedent-setting litigation, and is a frequent guest on national news programs on the topic, including CNN, ESPN, NPR, Fox News, MSNBC and 60 Minutes. Her book, co-authored with Andrew Zimbalist, “Equal Play: Title IX and Social Change,” has received acclaim since its release by Temple University Press. She was also the lead author of “Pregnant And Parenting Student-Athletes: Resources and Model Policies,” published by the NCAA. Through her work,

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Hogshead-Makar has helped shape policy for girls and women. She has served on the NCAA Task Force on Gender Equity, and on the boards of Equality League, the Association of Title IX Administrators, the Aspen Institute’s Sport and Society, the One Love Foundation, and the World Olympians Association. Sports Illustrated listed her as one of the most influential people in the history of Title IX in 2007.

Hogshead-Makar capped eight years as a world-class swimmer at the 1984 Olympics, where she won three gold medals and one silver medal.

She is a member of the Duke University Athletics Hall of Fame.

After the Olympics, she graduated with honors from Duke and earned her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1997. She went on to practice law at Holland & Knight LLP in the litigation and public law departments. From 2003 to 2012, she was the Co-Chair of American Bar Association Committee on the Rights of Women. From 2001 to 2013, Hogshead-Makar was a tenured professor on

the faculty at Florida Coastal School of Law in Jacksonville, where she taught first-year torts and sports law courses, including Gender Equity in Athletics.

Additional Stoneman Awards, given annually to individuals who have demonstrated a commitment to seeking change and expanding opportunities for women within the legal profession, will be announced at a later date.

Past Stoneman Award honorees include U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, New York State Solicitor General Barbara Underwood, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, the Honorable Constance Baker Motley, former New York Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye— who delivered the inaugural keynote in 1994—and other leaders in the private sector, public service, and academia.

Kate Stoneman Day is free and open to the public. For information on Kate Stoneman and Albany Law School’s annual Kate Stoneman Day, visit katestoneman.org.

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BEYFUSS the oil used to fry the wings is also high in saturated fat.

“Alligator pears,” as avocados are sometimes called, also contain at least 20 different vitamins and minerals.

Botanically known as persea americana, in the Laurel family, avocados are native to south central Mexico but are now widely cultivated in most sub-tropical regions all around the world. Mexico is the world’s largest producer with about 400,000 acres yielding 1.5 million pounds a year. Southern California has about 60,000 acres, (92% in San Diego County) and I was surprised to learn that it is the official fruit of California.

At least a half dozen different cultivars are commercially grown, with fruit shaped like small pears to oval shape and large, almost round fruit, the size of a grapefruit. The cultivar “Hass,” named after the man who patented it back in the 1930s, now accounts for 80% of all production.

His single, original tree, from which all others are derived, died in 2002. This is the variety most of us see in our local supermarkets.

The fruit mature on the tree but are picked when still hard and green and allowed to ripen in transport or at the market. Prices for avocados have fluctuated widely this past winter, partly as a result

of trade issues with Mexico.

I quit buying them when they cost over $2.50 each but right now they are back in the range of about $1.

I am fortunate that my friend Willy grows a local variety, commonly called the Florida avocado. These fruit are much larger than “Hass” with green skin, versus the “Hass” speckled, black skin.

They are also lower in fat and calories, but in my opinion they are at least as tasty! This may be due to the fact that he can harvest these local fruit in the almost ripe stage, which could never be shipped.

The trees Willy has growing are pretty large, at least 50 feet tall and just as wide and spreading. He picks them with a long handled pole with a basket designed specifically for this task. Like coconuts or papaya, this is not a fruit you would want to fall and hit you on the head! The trees are majestic and beautiful to look at and they produce fruit almost all year-round.

Sadly, Willy has lost many of his avocado trees to a deadly fungal disease called “Laurel wilt” which is spread by insects called ambrosia beetles. There are pesticides recommended to kill the beetles and suppress the disease, but Willy uses no pesticides in his grove and consequently, he has also lost most of his grapefruit and at least half of his other citrus to another deadly disease called “Greening.”

I may have more to say about this disease, as I continue to enjoy my Florida lifestyle. It is wonderful to be able to enjoy fresh fruit and vegetables even in the dead of New York’s winter time.

Reach Bob Beyfuss at rlb14@cornell.edu.

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Community solar farms make it possible for residents to subscribe at no cost to a share of a local solar farm, lower their annual electricity costs and support local clean energy.

With community solar, residents are able to take advantage of clean energy without installing solar panels on their own home. Many people may not have a roof suitable for solar panels, may rent their home or apartment, or may not have the resources to purchase solar panels, making community solar an attractive option. By subscribing to a Nexamp solar farm, consumers can save 10% on their annual electricity costs.

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Before I begin this week’s column I want to thank readers who commented on my bird feeding columns of the past two weeks. One reader has figured out a way to attach his garden’s electric fence to the feeding platform in such a manner that the squirrels get zapped! Another reader sent me this website that sells several different designs of “squirrel proof” feeders that she has found to be very effective. https://www.duncraft. com/Duncraft-SquirrelBlocker-Bird-Feeder As we approach Super Bowl Sunday some of us are thinking about an interesting fruit, a single-seeded berry actually, that is the avocado.

Of course, this fruit is the main ingredient in a tasty snack called “guacamole.” If you are hosting or attending a Super Bowl party, I highly recommend this tasty alternative to many snacks that are far less healthy, such as most cheese dips or any dip containing mostly mayonnaise.

Guacamole is made from mashed ripe avocados mixed with any of several different ingredients such as sea salt, onion, tomatoes, lime or lemon juice, cilantro (my favorite), jalapeno or cayenne pepper. The resulting dip or spread is relatively high in calories, at about 234 per cup, (roughly one whole avocado) and more than 80% of those calories are derived from fat, but the fat is unsaturated and considered quite healthy. Avocados are considered a very heart healthy food in general. Two medium-size fried chicken wings with the skin on contain about the same number of calories as a cup of avocado, but lack most of the other healthy stuff found in the fruit. Chicken fat, or

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Church Briefs PRAYER AND WORSHIP EAST BERNE — The Helderberg Christian School, 96 Main St., East Berne, will hold an afternoon of prayer and worship beginning at 4 p.m. Feb. 1.

PIZZA TAKE OUT GREENPORT — Sacred Heart Mt. Carmel Shrine, 442 Fairview Ave., Greenport, pizza takeout noon-6 p.m. Feb. 7.

Pizza is $10, extra toppings, $1 each. Call 518-828-8775. Pick up between 3:30-6:30 p.m.

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GREENPORT — Sacred Heart Mt. Carmel Shrine, 442 Fairview Ave., Greenport, pizza takeout noon-6 p.m. March 6. Pizza is $10, extra toppings, $1 each. Call 518-828-8775.

Pick up between 3:30-6:30 p.m. Bake at home also available.

FOOD AND FELLOWSHIP NEW BALTIMORE — The Food and Fellowship Luncheon Program will be held noon-2 p.m. Feb. 12 at the

New Baltimore Reformed Church, 52 Church St., New Baltimore. The menu (subject to change) is baked cod with macaroni and cheese, tossed salad and cherry puff pastries.

Following the meal there will be an informal folk and hymn musical duo from the Third Reformed Church in Albany appropriately named “Strings Attached,” with Mia Galva on auto harp and Sarah Hayes on ukulele. This luncheon is open to all members of the community. To facilitate planning, reservations are encouraged by the Sunday before the luncheon. To make reservations, call the church at 518-7568764 or email nbrchurch@ aol.com. Include name, contact number and number of reservations being made for this meal. If transportation or physical assistance is needed, leave that information as well.

Dining space is limited to 60 seats. Free will offerings are graciously accepted to offset food costs.

PASTA FAGIOLI GREENPORT — Sacred Heart/Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Shrine, 442 Fairview Ave., Greenport, will serve a pasta fagioli with sausage meat lunch and dinner on Feb. 20. One quarter with bread and butter, $8. Call in orders 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. at 518-8288775. Pick up between 11:30 a.m.-6 p.m.

CRAFT FESTIVAL SEEKING APPLICANTS RICHFIELD 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 13 in Spring Park on Scenic US Route 20.

For information, an application and festival details go to www.rschurchofchristuniting.com or call Carla at 315858-1451 or Sue at 315-8582681.

Holy Cross Family Ministries reopens the Museum of Family Prayer NORTH EASTON, Mass. — The Museum of Family Prayer, 518 Washington St., North Easton, Massachusetts, reopened following substantial water damage as a result of a fire in the chapel on Dec. 16.

During set-up for Rosary and Mass, a candle on the evergreen Advent wreath fell over and ignited the wreath.

While the fire damage was contained to the A dvent wreath, water significantly damaged the chapel and adjoining museum spaces.

“It was very disappointing to all of us that the museum would close and families could not visit during the Christmas season; however, we were so relieved that there were no injuries,” said Elizabeth Ponce, Museum Project Leader. “The fire department responded quickly and as a result fire damage was minimal. The sprinkler system kicked on full force and certainly minimized the impact of the fire, but the water spread to other areas of the museum.”

Since the original opening

of the museum on Sept. 15, it has been a prayer destination for pilgrims and guests alike and has had many repeat visitors. The museum is open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday; noon-4 p.m. Sunday and admission is free. The museum reopened on Jan. 24 with special tours, refreshments and activities and will continue for several weeks.

“The chapel is the heart and soul of a Museum visit. Our staff and contracted partners worked diligently and quickly to restore the chapel and the Museum,” said Father Willy Raymond, C.S.C., President of Holy Cross Family Ministries, the organization that created the Museum. “We are very pleased the chapel is restored to its original beauty.”

The Museum of Family Prayer shares the power of family prayer through state of the art interactive, educational, reflective and immersive opportunities, museum exhibits, graphics and media content creating a lively,

interactive experience allowing guests to touch, listen and watch, reflect and pray.

The Museum’s focus is family prayer and the works of Father Patrick Peyton, C.S.C., the organization’s founder.

The Museum of Family Prayer continues the mission of Venerable Patrick Peyton encouraging families to pray daily, particularly the Rosary.

Father Patrick Peyton, a priest of the Congregation of the Holy Cross, was a Catholic media pioneer and now sainthood candidate, who founded Family Rosary in 1942 and Family Theater Productions in 1947.

Father Peyton known as the “Rosary Priest,” would continually remind families worldwide that “The family that prays together stays together.”

Father Peyton’s ministry is vibrant and growing after more than 75 years and continues to support families with ministry centers in 17 countries. The museum is a showcase of his vision, work and the power of family prayer.

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The art of maintaining a positive attitude I sat the other day and had a little ponder on the matter of maintaining a positive attitude as you age. I think feeling sorry for yourself is responsible for killing off more seniors than the mechanical failure of major body parts. Not to worry, though, I think I have the cure, get up off your (in more cases than not) ample posterior and do something!

Loneliness is one of the horrors of old age. Why are so many seniors lonely? One of the most common answers I get when I inquire is, “I have no one, my friends are all dead, my family is grown and gone.” If you have no one or no family — then go get some. You built your family, you found someone to love, you had children and you raised them. You started from scratch and built it. You can do it again. You weren’t born with friends, you made them.

You can do it again. There are all kinds of families out there just waiting for you to join them. You can do it again. Go to the nearest senior center, they love old people. Go to the nearest hospital or nursing home and

WHITTLING AWAY

DICK

BROOKS volunteer. Churches are family units willing to welcome new members. I go to the New Baltimore Reformed Church and we’d love to have you join us. Churches are always looking for new members and always have some useful work that needs doing.

Fire companies are another good community family unit.

Schools are always looking for seniors to work one on one with children who need help.

You can still be useful and there’s a lot of love out there just waiting for you. It’ll take some effort but do it. If your body doesn’t work as well as it once did, find an activity that will keep your mind active. Laura Ingalls Wilder

didn’t become an author until she was in her sixties and was nagged into doing it by a daughter who loved her.

Maybe you can’t run fast any more or you have arthritis and your hands don’t work so well any more, you can still do something useful. My friend said to me the other day, “If you wake up in the morning and nothing hurts, lay down ‘cause you’re dead.”

So if it hurts, you’re still alive and life is good but like the lottery, “You got to be in it to win it.” Don’t be one of those sad souls sitting in a dark room somewhere waiting for the Grim Reaper to visit, there’s a lot of fun and companionship waiting out there for you to enjoy, all you have to do is go looking for it.

You can do it again!

Thought for the week — “If it were the other way around, I doubt that a cat would take in 23 old ladies.”

Until next week, may you and yours be happy and well.

Reach Dick Brooks at Whittle12124@yahoo.com.

Coxsackie-Athens Central announces kindergarten registration dates COXSACKIE — Kindergarten registration dates for the Coxsackie-Athens Central Schools have been scheduled.

Registration for the Edward J. Arthur Elementary School will be held on Feb. 12 and registration for students scheduled to attend the Coxsackie Elementary School will be held on Feb. 11.

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Children should be registered at the school they will be attending. In order to be eligible for Kindergarten, a child must be five years old on or before Dec. l, 2020.

A birth certificate must be presented at the registration. Each registrant must also present proof of the following immunizations: 3

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Registration information will be mailed to parents of children listed on the school census on Jan. 17, 2020.

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Ichabod Crane’s Haley Ames looks to pass to a teammate during Thursday’s non-league girls basketball game against Emma Willard.

By Matt Fortunato Columbia-Greene Media

VALATIE — The Ichabod Crane Riders were at home against the Emma Willard Jesters on Thursday night, and were victorious with a 57-44 final.

Ashley Ames and Madison

Graham scored a combined 31 for the Riders, to outdo the 23-point effort by Jesters’ Emma Shields. Emma Willard falls to 6-4, while Ichabod Crane climbs to 6-8.

The game was very competitive from the opening tip, and was tied at seven midway through the first quarter. The

Riders took advantage of 2 steals to take a lead at the end, and led the Jesters 14-13 at the end of one.

Ichabod Crane forced a timeout by Emma Willard at the 5:32 mark in the second, after hitting a three pointer and widening their lead to five. Though a two-possession

game, defense continued to dictate the pace of the second period.

With 42.8 left before the half, Rider power forward Malati Culver left the floor with a leg injury that had her shaken up.

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Local sports clubs hold annual banquets

By Larry DiDonato For Columbia-Greene Media

Two local sportsmen’s clubs held their annual banquets last weekend. The Canaan Conservation Club held their event on Friday, January 24 at Jackson’s Old Chatham House restaurant in Old Chatham, NY, and the Federation of Polish Sportsmen (FPS) hosted their banquet at their clubhouse in Hudson.

At the Canaan Conservation Club event on Friday, Club President, Daniel Herrick reflected upon many of the organization’s successes over the past year in 2019. He noted a key focus of the organization to support, promote and increase youth participation in hunting, fishing, and the shooting sports.

The club annually holds an instructional “Youth Beginner’s Archery” event each May to introduce kids to archery shooting and bowhunting. They continue support of youth outdoor activities by hosting a two-day “Youth Fishing Derby” in April.

The club president reminded all in attendance of the upcoming “21st Annual Hardwater Derby” for adults and kids of See BANQUETS B6 Past and present officers of the Federation of Polish Sportsmen.

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GERMANTOWN — Pine Plains outscored Germantown 6-2 in overtime to earn a 43-39 nonleague girls basketball victory on Thursday.

Germantown built leads of 11-5 after one quarter and 22-13 at halftime, but Pine Plains outscored the Clippers 10-5 in the third stanza and 1410 in the fourth to force overtime.

Emily Torre was Pine Plains’ top scorer with 14 points. Lilyanna Brenner added 12 and Emma Hall had nine.

Riley Gibbons led all scorers with 20 points for Germantown. Kaycee Hayes contributed nine.

PINE PLAINS (43): Beliveau 1-0-2, Brenner 5-212, Flynn 1-1-3, Gardner 1-1-3, Hall 2-5-9, Torre 5-1-14. Totals 15-10-43.

3-pointers: Torre 3.

GERMANTOWN (39): Decker 1-0-2, Denninger 1-0-2, Dunn 1-1-4, Gibbons 7-6-20, Hayes 3-0-9, Ljutich 1-0-2. Totals 14-739.

3-pointers: Hayes 3, Dunn.

WRESTLING PATROON Coxsackie-Athens 84, Cairo-Durham 3 COXSACKIE — Coxsakie-Athens won eight matches by pin en route to an 84-3 victory over Cairo-Durham in Thursday’s Patroon Conference wrestling match.

Josiah Decker (106), Aidan Scarpinati (113), Tommy Notabartolo (138), Anthony Iamunno (145), Andrew Riley (170), Colby Lord (182), Zarib Alam (220) and Seth Dillworth (285) all won their matches by pin for C-A. Cairo-Durham’s lone victory came in the 152-pound division where Tyler Geno decisioned Joseph Martinez, 6-5.

Results 99: Neil Murphy (C-A) won by forfeit; 106: Josiah Decker (C-A) pinned Courtney Gagne, 2:51; 113: Aidan Scarpinati (CA) won by forfeit; 120: Logan Campbell (C-A) won by forfeit; 126: Kyle Green (C-A) won by forfeit; 132: Schyler Caringi (C-A) won by forfeit; 138: Tommy Notabartolo (C-A) pinned

Adam Schlosser, 1:06; 145: Anthony Iamunno (C-A) pinned LeeAnna Evans, :37; 152: Tyler Geno (C-D) decisioned Joseph Martinez, 6-5; 160: Colin Riley (C-A) won by forfeit; 170: Andrew Riley (C-A) pinned Michael Geno, 1:02; 182: Colby Lord (CA) pinned Dante Alvarez, :26; 195: Nate VanValkenburg (C-A) won by forfeit; 220: Zarib Alam (C-A) pinned Korinee Hawley, :48; 285: Seth Dillworth (C-A) pinned Abigail Oles, :19.

VOLLEYBALL PATROON Hudson 3, Taconic Hills 1 HUDSON — Hudson recorded a 3-1 victory over Taconic Hills in Thursday’s Patroon Conference boys volleyball match.

For the Titans, Ryan Wilson had 11 kills and 2 blocks; Adonias Mercado 14 digs, 3 kills and 2 assists and Chris Cortwright 11 digs and 3 kills.

BOWLING PATROON Maple Hill 3, Chatham 2 EAST GREENBUSH — Mike Laney’s 214-568 sparked Maple Hill to a 3-2 victory over Chatham in Patroon Conference bowling action on Thursday.

Shawn Miller followed Laney with a 195-551 for the Wildcats.

Tyler Beaudry rolled a 21-576 for Chatham. Andrew Duso added a 226567.

GIRLS COLONIAL Cohoes 30, Maple Hill 2 COHOES — Abby Houser fired a 181-531 to lead Cohoes to a 30-2 victory over Maple hill in Thursday’s Colonial Council girls bowling match.

MAdisyn Bullock had a 192-523 and Ellen Spence a 194-521 for the Tigers.

Kate Ackerman’s 199500 led Maple Hill. Rachel Gardner chipped in with a 181-479.

Cohoes had games of 917, 991 and 1,003 for a 2,911 total. Maple Hill rolled an 937, 844 and 884 for 2,565.

The case for Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes as an all-time great, already Sam Mellinger The Kansas City Star

AVENTURA, Fla. — Tom Brady broke his routine for a private meeting after a playoff game last season to tell Patrick Mahomes what he thought. Brett Favre called Mahomes “virtually flawless.” Kurt Warner called Mahomes the “most complete quarterback we’ve ever seen.”

Three Hall of Famers, each going out of his way, and that’s not the one that most sticks in Patrick Mahomes’ memory. That would be a year ago this week, when he accepted the MVP award in front of a room full of stars at the annual NFL Honors show on the eve of the Super Bowl. He took the trophy from Paul Rudd, nailed the speech, then walked off the stage ... and the first person he saw was Aaron Rodgers.

Rodgers, the future Hall of Famer. Rodgers, the man who once (half) jokingly said it would be an insult to compare his younger self to Mahomes.

“That was one of the guys I tried to model my game after when I was in college and high school,” Mahomes said. “To have that moment, where a guy like that is congratulating you right when you walk off the stage, it’s pretty cool.”

The idea that Mahomes is a transcendent player is not new. The idea that he has been the

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Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) drops back to pass during the AFC Championship Game against the Tennessee Titans at Arrowhead Stadium on Jan. 19.

single greatest change agent — the force multiplier pulling so many others through — as the

Chiefs have walked briskly away from a blooper-reel postseason history is not new.

Mahomes led them to their first home playoff win in 25 years, which gave them their first AFC Championship Game at home in the 47-history of their stadium. Then this year, he pushed them to their first Super Bowl in 50 years.

Which means it’s time for an absurd but true statement: Mahomes, just 24 years old and with 11% as many career starts as Brady, is one of the greatest players in modern football history.

A win Sunday would give Mahomes the objectively best first two years as a starter of any player since Jim Brown and, at least in theory and sports-talk debates, be enough for an eventual Hall of Fame induction regardless of what he does from age 25 on. That’s a ridiculous thing to say, except it’s true. So is this: There is a non-zero% chance that we are watching the best player the sport has ever seen, from beginning to end, all in Kansas City.

“I hope I get to play there the rest of my career now,” he said.

We can do this statistically: He already has more wins (including postseason), more yards and more touchdowns in his first two seasons as a starter than any quarterback in league history.

We can do this factually: He is one win from See CHIEFS B6

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Pro hockey NHL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OT SO Pts Boston 51 29 10 5 7 70 Tampa Bay 50 30 15 5 0 65 Florida 49 28 16 2 3 61 Toronto 51 27 17 3 4 61 Montreal 52 23 22 6 1 53 Buffalo 51 22 23 6 1 51 Ottawa 50 18 23 5 4 45 Detroit 51 12 35 3 1 28 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT SO Pts Washington 51 34 12 3 2 73 Pittsburgh 50 31 14 5 0 67 N.Y. Islanders 49 29 15 3 2 63 Columbus 51 27 16 6 2 62 Carolina 50 29 18 3 0 61 Philadelphia 50 27 17 1 5 60 N.Y. Rangers 48 23 21 2 2 50 New Jersey 50 18 24 3 5 43 Western Conference Central Division GP W L OT SO Pts St. Louis 51 31 12 5 3 70 Colorado 49 28 15 5 1 62 Dallas 50 28 18 2 2 60 Nashville 50 24 19 4 3 55 Chicago 51 24 21 2 4 54 Winnipeg 51 25 22 3 1 54 Minnesota 50 23 21 4 2 52 Pacific Division GP W L OT SO Pts Vancouver 51 29 18 3 1 62 Calgary 52 27 19 5 1 60 Edmonton 50 26 18 4 2 58 Vegas 52 25 20 6 1 57 Arizona 52 26 21 2 3 57 San Jose 52 22 26 3 1 48 Anaheim 50 20 25 4 1 45 Los Angeles 51 18 28 3 2 41 Wednesday’s games Toronto 5, Dallas 3 Nashville 5, Washington 4 Anaheim 4, Arizona 2 Tampa Bay 4, Los Angeles 2 Calgary 4, Edmonton 3, SO Vancouver 5, San Jose 2 Thursday’s games Montreal 3, Buffalo 1 Nashville 6, New Jersey 5, SO Los Angeles at Arizona, 9:30 p.m.

Today’s games Detroit at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

Washington at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

Vegas at Carolina, 7:30 p.m.

Boston at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

St. Louis at Edmonton, 9 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

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Pro football NFL PLAYOFFS Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 19 Kansas City 35, Tennessee 24 San Francisco 37, Green Bay 20 Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 26 at Orlando, Fla. AFC 38, NFC 33 Super Bowl Sunday At Miami Gardens, Fla. San Francisco vs. Kansas City, 6:30 p.m. (FOX)

NBA roundup: Raptors defeat Cavs for 9th straight win Field Level Media

Serge Ibaka scored 26 points and the visiting Toronto Raptors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 115-109 Thursday night to extend their season-best winning streak to nine games.

Kyle Lowry added 23 points – 14 in the third quarter – for the Raptors, who completed a three-game sweep of the season series with the Cavaliers. Norman Powell scored eight of his 16 points in the final 1:02 of the game for Toronto to help repel a Cleveland rally.

Pascal Siakam contributed 19 points for Toronto, Chris Boucher had 10 points and Fred VanVleet had eight points and a season-best 12 assists.

Kevin Love and Collin Sexton scored 23 points each for Cleveland. Darius Garland had 16 points and eight assists, Kevin Porter Jr. and Larry Nance Jr. added 13 points each, and Tristan Thompson had two points and 12 rebounds.

Kings 124, Clippers 103 De’Aaron Fox scored a game-high 34 points with eight assists and four steals, sparking Sacramento to a surprising win over host Los Angeles, which played without Kawhi Leonard.

Buddy Hield added 19 points off the bench for Sacramento, which set a franchise record with 21 3-pointers. Hield converted 5 of 11 from behind the arc.

The Kings also made 50 percent of their shots from the floor compared to 38 percent for the Clippers.

Paul George was back in the lineup for Los Angeles after being sidelined for nine games with left hamstring tightness.

However, George managed just eight points on 2-of-10 shooting. Leonard was

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Toronto Raptors center Serge Ibaka (9) dunks in the second quarter against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.

a late scratch after being ruled out with lower back tightness shortly before tipoff.

Nuggets 106, Jazz 100 Nikola Jokic had 28 points and 10 assists, Will Barton scored 18, and host Denver held on to beat Utah.

Jerami Grant added 15 points, Torrey Craig scored 13 and grabbed 10 rebounds, and Michael Porter Jr. added 12 points and 12 rebounds off the bench for Denver, which overcame a huge fourth quarter from Jordan Clarkson.

Clarkson scored 24 of his season-high 37 points in the final quarter to nearly

rally Utah from 17 down. Rudy Gobert had 21 points and 11 rebounds, Bojan Bogdanovic added 18 points and Georges Niang had 10 points for the Jazz, who have lost three in a row.

Celtics 119, Warriors 104 Gordon Hayward scored 25 points, Marcus Smart added 21 and Boston beat visiting Golden State.

Jayson Tatum had 20 points in his return from a three-game absence (groin), and Jaylen Brown chipped in 18 as the Celtics won for the fifth time in their last six games. Tatum was named to the Eastern Conference All-Star team as a reserve

earlier in the day.

D’Angelo Russell had 22 points and Alec Burks 18 for the Warriors, who have lost five straight and 15 of 16.

Hawks 127, 76ers 117 Trae Young exploded for 39 points and a career-high 18 assists and host Atlanta stunned visiting Philadelphia with a 39-point first quarter en route to a dominant win.

John Collins accumulated 17 points and a season-high 20 rebounds for the Hawks, who avenged an earlier 105-103 home loss to the 76ers. Ben Simmons paced the 76ers with 31 points.

Young had 14 points and 10 assists while De’Andre Hunter 10 of his 15 points in the first quarter, as the Hawks took a lead they never relinquished in winning their third straight at home. Young finished the first half with 29 points and 11 assists, becoming the first player since Kobe Bryant in 2013 with 25 points and more than 10 assists in a half.

Wizards 121, Hornets 107 Bradley Beal scored 34 points and Washington put together a strong second half to defeat visiting Charlotte and snap a two-game skid.

Thomas Bryant added 21 points, Isaiah Thomas tallied 18 points, Troy Brown Jr. supplied 12 points and Ish Smith had 11 points.

Charlotte was held to 47 second-half points after a big first half. Miles Bridges led the Hornets with 23 points and Terry Rozier pumped in 21. PJ Washington had 15 points, Willy Hernangomez added 12 points and Devontae’ Graham, who was slow to get cranked up for the second game in a row, finished with 11.

Pro basketball NBA Eastern Conference Atlantic W L Pct Toronto 34 14 .708 Boston 32 15 .681 Philadelphia 31 18 .633 Brooklyn 20 26 .435 New York 13 36 .265 Central W L Pct Milwaukee 41 6 .872 Indiana 31 17 .646 Chicago 19 31 .380 Detroit 17 32 .347 Cleveland 13 36 .265 Southeast W L Pct Miami 32 15 .681 Orlando 21 27 .438 Washington 16 31 .340 Charlotte 16 32 .333 Atlanta 13 36 .265 Western Conference Northwest W L Pct Denver 32 15 .681 Utah 32 15 .681 Oklahoma City 29 20 .592 Portland 21 27 .438 Minnesota 15 32 .319 Pacific W L Pct L.A. Lakers 36 10 .783 L.A. Clippers 33 14 .702 Phoenix 20 27 .426 Sacramento 17 30 .362 Golden State 10 39 .204 Southwest W L Pct Dallas 29 18 .617 Houston 29 18 .617 Memphis 24 24 .500 San Antonio 21 26 .447 New Orleans 19 29 .396 Wednesday’s games Indiana 115, Chicago 106, OT Brooklyn 125, Detroit 115 Memphis 127, New York 106 San Antonio 127, Utah 120 Portland 125, Houston 112 Oklahoma City 120, Sacramento 100 Thursday’s games Toronto 115, Cleveland 109 Washington 121, Charlotte 107 Atlanta 127, Philadelphia 117 Boston 119, Golden State 104 Utah at Denver, 10:30 p.m.

Sacramento at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

Today’s games Toronto at Detroit, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.

Dallas at Houston, 7:30 p.m.

Memphis at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Denver at Milwaukee, 9 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Portland at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

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NBA All-Star Game to honor Kobe Bryant with 24-point fourth quarter Dan Woike Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES — The NBA’s going to try to do the unthinkable — inject true competition throughout the NBA All-Star Game — and they’re going to do it to honor the late Kobe Bryant.

Before announcing the AllStar Game reserves Thursday, the NBA announced format changes to the game inspired by Bryant.

The No. 24 will be on everyone’s mind in the fourth quarter when the clock will turn off and the teams will battle for a set score — 24 points more than the leading team has at the end of three. For example, if LeBron James’ team is up 125-120 heading into the fourth, the first team to 149 points wins.

The All-Star Game will be played in Chicago on Feb. 16.

Each quarter before that is going to count, too, with the NBA awarding $100,000 to the Chicago-based charity of the winning team’s choosing. The score will reset at 0-0 to start the second and third quarters. If the score is tied, the charity prize will rollover to the next period. The

team that reaches the final target score first will win $200,000 for its charity.

LeBron James and Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo will captain the two teams, with the players participating in a televised draft next Thursday.

After the starters were announced last week, the two captains found out the rest of the All-Star pool on Thursday, with no other Lakers or Clippers joining James, Anthony Davis and Kawhi Leonard in the game.

In the Western Conference, former Lakers wing Brandon Ingram will be a part of a group of reserves that includes Utah center Rudy Gobert, Utah guard Donovan Mitchell, Denver center Nikola Jokic, Portland guard

Damian Lillard and Houston guard Russell Westbrook. Oklahoma City guard Chris Paul will also play in the game.

Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker is the most notable omission, averaging more than 27 points per game while hitting 51% of his shots.

“I’ve played with and against multiple All-Stars in this league and Devin Booker is undoubtedly an NBA All Star,” Suns general manager James Jones said in a news release.

In the East, Miami center Bam Adebayo and forward Jimmy Butler will represent the Heat alongside Philadelphia guard Ben Simmons, Milwaukee forward Khris Middleton, Boston forward Jayson Tatum, Toronto

guard Kyle Lowry and Indiana big man Domantas Sabonis.

Washington’s Bradley Beal was the biggest snub in the East.

In addition to James, Leonard, Davis and Antetokounmpo, Atlanta’s Trae Young, Boston’s Kemba Walker, Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid, Toronto’s Pascal Siakam, Houston’s James Harden and Dallas’ Luka Doncic were chosen as starters Nine players will make their All-Star debuts in Chicago — Doncic, Siakam, Young,

Sabonis, Tatum, Adebayo, Ingram, Gobert and Mitchell.

Frank Vogel and the Lakers coaching staff will coach Team LeBron, while the coaching staff that will represent the East is still undecided because Mike Budenholzer and his Milwaukee staff are ineligible for the honor two years in a row.

Tributes to Bryant and former NBA commissioner David Stern are expected throughout the weekend in Chicago.

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Fearless forecaster picks Niners to win Super Bowl LIV Joe Manniello Newsday

Super Bowl LIV features two teams that have been LIV-ing good. Week 17 couldn’t have played out any better, as the Chiefs and 49ers earned first-round byes and now say hello in Miami for what should be an entertaining finale. With Patrick Mahomes, the Chiefs are never out of it (just ask the Texans), but the belief here is that the 49ers are the more complete team and will prevail on Sunday. Here are five reasons the 49ers are the pick to win Super Bowl LIV. THE LINE: Chiefs -1; O/U: 54.5 1. GOLDEN PASS RUSH The 49ers’ defensive line has dominated all season. San Francisco can thank Kansas City for two of its stars, too. Well, sort of. One is Dee Ford, the former Chiefs pass rusher known for his costly offside penalty in last year’s AFC title game, who Kansas City then traded. The other is Nick Bosa, the relentless rookie whom the 49ers selected with the No. 2 pick ... a top selection that likely wouldn’t have happened if Jimmy Garoppolo wasn’t injured at Kansas City in Week 3 of last season.

One more Bosa connection: You think

his brother, Joey, a pass rusher with the Chargers, has given him insight into beating the Chiefs’ O-line?

In addition to Bosa (nine sacks) and Ford (6.5 in 11 games), the 49ers boast Arik Armstead (10) and DeForest Buckner (7.5). Mahomes has not faced a defensive line with this type of speed. He won’t have the same amount of time to find open receivers as he did against the Texans and Titans. The 49ers had 57 sacks (nine in the playoffs). According to ESPN and NFL Network, all six teams who entered the Super Bowl with at least 55 sacks in the last 15 seasons have won. That’s 6-0, including both Giants teams.

2. GOLD RUSH! The 49ers’ run game is incredible (144.1 yards per game, second most in the NFL), and the fact they’ve done it without a star running back shows how Kyle Shanahan is the best run schemer in the NFL. Just look to the playoffs, when the 49ers beat the Vikings and Packers by a combined score of 64-30 while throwing just ... wait for it ... 27 times! The 49ers put the game away against the Vikings with an eight-play TD drive. All eight plays

were runs. Defenses know they’re running and still can’t stop them. The Chiefs’ defense is improved, but more so against the pass (eighth best, 221.4 ypg) and not the run (seventh worst, 128.2 ypg). Yes, they contained Derrick Henry, but the trailing Titans had to ditch the run game in the second half. It’s hard to see the Chiefs shutting down Raheem Mostert, fresh off his record-breaking 220-yard, 4-TD performance in the NFC title game.

3. JIMMY G: REMEMBER ME? While Garoppolo hasn’t had to do much in the playoffs, don’t sleep on his ability. For starters, he owns a 23-5 record, and don’t forget this is the guy whose trade to the 49ers reportedly didn’t sit well with Patriots coach Bill Belichick. He’s no Mahomes (who is, really?), but Garoppolo can hold his own if this turns into a shootout. Case in point: The 49ers’ 48-46 win at New Orleans in Week 12. Garoppolo threw for 349 yards and four touchdowns.

He had a strong regular season, something the average fan might not realize after seeing him hand off a million times in the playoffs. He was the only QB to be top 5 in completion percentage (69.1), touchdown passes (27)

Francisco lost three games, and all three were decided in the final seconds. That’s three losses by a total of 13 points (seven points if you don’t include a meaningless TD on a lastsecond lateral). Yet somehow there’s this notion that they can’t win because of what Mahomes and the Chiefs did in the playoffs. Newsflash: The 49ers are not the Texans or Titans!

San Francisco’s defense is healthy at the right time, and its pass defense (NFL-best 169.2 yards per game) was on pace for a record season before injuries. They’re stacked at all three levels on defense, and Richard Sherman should bring his A-game to lead a secondary that will have its hands full with the Chiefs’ speedy receivers.

The impression I get is that Mahomes’ magic comebacks have made people overestimate those wins. Impressive?

Yes. But this is a huge step up in competition. If the Chiefs fall behind 100, let alone 24-0, they’re in for a long night against a super 49ers team.

JOE MANNIELLO’S PICK 49ers 34, Chiefs 31 MVP: Emmanuel Sanders Playoff record: 3-7 Regular season: 119-130-7

and yards per attempt (8.4), according to ESPN. Shanahan will put him in positions to succeed, especially on play-action passes. Super Bowl-winning receiver Emmanuel Sanders and rookie Deebo Samuel are undervalued and Garoppolo also has George Kittle, who is on the same level as Travis Kelce as pass-catching tight ends but gets the slight edge because of his blocking ability.

4. 49ERS ARE BATTLE-TESTED Quick, what did the top games of the year almost all have in common?

Yep, the 49ers were a part of them.

From the two thrillers against Seattle to the shootout at the Superdome to the Baltimore slugfest, this team has experienced it all. The Chiefs? They had a tense win at New England and other than that won half their regularseason games against a bad AFC West (6-0). In a Super Bowl matchup that should be tight in the fourth quarter, the 49ers’ familiarity with pressurepacked situations could be a factor.

5. PUT SOME RESPECT ON THEIR NAME The 49ers finished 13-3, cruised in the playoffs and for some reason are still being underestimated. San

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Ichabod Crane’s Madie Graham (15) finished with a team-high 17 points as the Rider defeated Emma Willard, 57-44, in Thursday’s non-league girls basketball game.

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Leading 27-25 at halftime, Ichabod was now down to six players, at least for a while, as

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all ages scheduled for Saturday, February 15th at Queechy Lake.

The evening continued with the presentation of an award to Peter Davis of Claverack for his many years of dedicated service to the mission of the Canaan Conservation Club.

That was followed by the swearing in of club officers for 2020 with Daniel Herrick, President, Alex Horst, Vice President, Lee Tilden, Secretary/Treasurer, and Bud Godfroy as Assistant Secretary/ Treasurer. Congratulations to all newly seated officer’s and best wishes for continued success in the coming year.

The banquet circuit continued the following night at the Federation of Polish Sporstmen’s Annual Banquet held in Hudson on Saturday, January 25. Speaking with FPS President, Steve Leonard, I learned the organization is at near capacity in terms of membership. He said currently there are 279 members of the federation.

Steve relayed it’s a great help when many of the members remain active with club events. I believe the phrase, “many hands make light work” was brought up when he discussed some of the larger, work-intensive events. This makes it easier for FPS to fulfill its mission, support its members, as well as serve the local community.

Two key charitable events they hold annually are the

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becoming the youngest quarterback in NFL history to be an MVP and Super Bowl champion.

We can do this with impact: Mahomes is having the best postseason by a quarterback since Pro Football Focus was invented in 2006 in terms of grade and expected points per play.

We can do this aesthetically: He is the planet’s only human capable of the 9 seconds of chaos touchdown against the 49ers last year, left-handed against the Broncos, fourthand-9 against the Ravens, the jump pass against the Titans and the run in the AFC Championship Game.

And we can do this strategically: All of Mahomes’ wild highlights can muddy the stubborn and counterintuitive fact that he is among the league’s best both inside the pocket and out, when blitzed

Culver’s injury was assessed in the meantime.

The Jesters took the lead early in the third, thanks to a shot-and-the-foul by Emma Shields.

The Riders responded with seven unanswered points to build a 36-30 lead with 4:06 left

jackolantern-lined “Pumpkin Walk,” and support of local families with Thanksgiving dinner. Both of these events are conducted in partnership with the Columbia-Greene Mental Health Association.

FPS also supports youth fishing, the Boy Scouts of America, hunter education, and the shooting sports.

Both the Canaan Conservation Club and the Federation of Polish Sportsmen were kind enough to ask me to make a few remarks at their respective events. I addressed both organizations by discussing a theme in a recent column entitled, “United We Stand.”

That piece spoke to the need of great grassroots organizations like the Canaan Conservation Club, and FPS, to seek common ground whenever possible with their partners and affiliates in county and statewide sportsmen’s organizations.

It urged remaining vigilant to prevent splintering on issues where sportsmen may disagree, and instead, pick their battles when opposing those who might threaten hunting, fishing, trapping, and the shooting sports.

There are many issues where there is agreement among our state’s sportsmen and women. Let’s fight for those goals together with solidarity and purpose. I believe a unified message in support of our common values to overcome the many challenges that lie ahead, is the best path forward.

I’m happy to report both the Canaan Conservation Club and the Federation of Polish

and when not, and against pressure and clean.

“What I don’t think people give him enough credit for is that he actually plays quarterback,” 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh said. “There’s a lot of people, there’s a lot of quarterbacks in the league that will say no to (the first read) and then it just becomes street ball. He gets rid of the ball on time. He puts it where it needs to be. He hits a lot of throws in rhythm.

“And when he needs to take his shot, he knows how to buy time in the pocket and do it.

So, he’s a superstar in every way you can possibly imagine and he’s going to be tough to deal with.”

In other words: There is no good way to defend him, only various strategies that focus on taking one thing away and praying against a dozen others.

But if we’re talking about Mahomes’ eventual place as the best quarterback to ever do it, the bar is deservedly high, which means nits can and should be picked.

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Ichabod Crane’s Madie Graham drives against Emma Willard’s Molly Zahnleuter during Thursday’s non-league girls basketball game.

Ichabod Crane’s Madie Graham at the free throw line during Thursday’s non-league girls basketball game against Emma Willard.

in the quarter. Culver made her way back to the Rider bench, a bag of ice in hand, during a timeout.

A few possessions later she moved next to the scorer’s table to check in at the next substitution, to rousing applause.

Culver, back in action, had a

too late for the Emma Willard and Ichabod Crane left with the win.

EMMA WILLARD (44): Gunnel 1-0-2, Harris 3-0-6, E. Shields 8-7-23, Zahnleuter 5-0-13, Kaur 0-0-0. Totals 177-44.

3-pointers: Zahnleuter 3.

huge block in the paint that led to a three-point shot at the other end, inspiring the play of her teammates.

By the end of the third, the Riders were up 46-32 and were able to coast in the fourth. Despite being outscored in the final period 12-11, it was far

ICHABOD CRANE (57): A. Ames 6-0-14, H. Ames 2-05, Culver 1-2-4, Dolge 3-1-9, Graham 7-2-17, Knapp 1-0-2, More 3-0-6. Totals 23-5-57.

3-pointers: A. Ames 2, Dolge 2, Graham, H. Ames.

Ghent Sportsmen’s Annual Team Rabbit Hunt – *Coming up Saturday, February 8 This 4-man team event will start at 7 a.m. and end at 3 p.m. on Saturday, February 8.

Sign-up from 6:30-8 a.m.

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Cash prizes will be awarded to winning teams. Points accumulation as follows: 3 points per partridge (grouse), 2 points per rabbit, and 1 point per squirrel harvested.

For more information contact Event Chairman Eric Nelson Jr. at 518-339-3557 or Jim Bertram at 518-965-3971.

Kudos to Kevin Ryan of Hudson River Bait & Tackle

Thanks go to Kevin Ryan of Hudson River Bait & Tackle in Rensselaer. He was good enough to donate bait to Schenectady’s Central Park Middle School Ice Fishing Program.

Kevin runs a top-notch, fullservice bait shop located at 85 South Street in Rensselaer.

Shop is open 7 days/week as follows: Monday through Thursday 6 a.m.-6 p.m., Friday 6 a.m.- 8 p.m., Saturday 5 a.m.-2 p.m., and Sunday 5 a.m.-noon. Kevin cautions ice conditions have been sketchy all season and to use your best judgement as many derbies have been postponed or cancelled due to poor ice conditions.

Kevin advises to check in advance to see if an event you plan to attend is postponed or cancelled and relayed the following update: *The Baily Fish & Game

Club’s 36th Annual Ice Derby on Snyder’s Lake scheduled for Saturday, February 1st has been CANCELLED due to poor ice conditions.

Grafton Lakes State Park to host 35th annual Ice Fishing Contest – Re-scheduled to February 8th Due to poor ice conditions, this event has been rescheduled to Saturday, February 8th from 5:30 am-2:00pm. Registration begins in the park’s maintenance building via the Main Entrance at 5:30 a.m. and ends at 11 a.m.; (12:30 pm for youth). Entry fee is $10 for those 16 and over, and free for those under 16.

Sand Lake Kiwanis Ice Fishing Tournament on Burden Lake is Scheduled for February 15, ice conditions permitting.

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Entry fee for adults 16 and over is $15 and $5 for kids 15 and under. Three cash prizes for largest trout, perch, pickerel, and crappie with a gaspowered auger standing in for the grand prize. Other prizes include hand augers, tip-ups and jigging poles. For more information contact Julia Horst at 518-567-4302 or by email at canaanconservationclub@yahoo.com Save the Date: February 15, 2020 The Catskill Mountain F&G Club/Stony Clove F&G Club Youth Ice Fishing Derby This event is scheduled for Saturday, February 15; ice conditions permitting.

Sign-in begins at 9 a.m. with youth fishing from 10 a.m.noon. There will be prizes for all kids attending plus refreshments will be available. For more information call Bob Monteleone at 518-488-0240.

Remember to report poaching violations by calling 1-844-DEC-ECOS. You can share any comments with our sports desk at sports@registerstar.com *If you have a fishing or hunting report, photo, or event you would like to be considered for publication, you can send it to: huntfishreport@gmail.com

Here’s a funny one: Mahomes’ regression this year meant the Chiefs averaged 30.4 points in his 16 starts, including the playoffs, and his QBR was the 27th best in the 14-year history of the statistic. Also, in their four games (again, including playoffs) with relative full health, the Chiefs are actually scoring on more possessions (61 percent) and scoring more points per possession (3.78) than they did in 2018’s record-setter of a year (52.6% and 3.12).

It’s telling of Mahomes’ ability and future that the most solid criticism about him is that he plays in perhaps the NFL’s best situation for quarterbacks. Andy Reid is among modern football’s greatest offensive minds, and Mahomes is surrounded by the league’s fastest receiver, another who would be the fastest player on, like, 27 teams, the world’s best or second-best tight end (depending on what you think of George Kittle), and an offensive line good enough to finish fifth in pass blocking according to Pro Football Focus

despite an absurd number of injuries (more on that later this week).

The most common knock on Brady’s place as the game’s greatest is that Bill Belichick can win without him, so with Mahomes it will be Who couldn’t succeed in this context?

Well, we do have a crudebut-useful way to measure this.

In Alex Smith’s last season as KC’s QB1, the Chiefs had essentially the same starters on offense, with the notable exception of running back Kareem Hunt’s only full season, when he led the league with 1,327 yards rushing.

That season the Chiefs averaged 25.9 points per game and 6.1 yards per play, finishing fourth in Football Outsiders’ catch-all offensive DVOA metric and blowing a 21-3 lead at home in their only playoff game.

In Mahomes’ 33 full games as QB1, the Chiefs have averaged 32.7 points and 6.6 yards per play. They have finished first and third in DVOA

and won three playoff games (matching their total from the previous 25 years), with the chance for one more.

For perspective, only five teams (excluding the Chiefs) since the merger have averaged more yards per play in any single season, and only nine more points.

So even with a lessened run game and an almost comical run of injuries this season, not to mention more opportunities for opposing defenses to game-plan, Mahomes has pushed the Chiefs through the league’s and life’s most difficult path — from good to historically great.

No offense in the league has been better than the Chiefs with Mahomes, and nothing wins in the NFL like offense.

OK, some disclaimers. The heavy lifting on Mahomes becoming one of the league’s best is done, but the most difficult part of him becoming the best in history is still to come.

The most obvious part of that is health. Football is a nasty game, and quarterback is a dangerous job description,

even as the league has heightened its protections around the position.

But there is also subtlety here: He will likely sign the biggest contract in league history this offseason, which will obviously be deserved but also make filling out the rest of the roster more difficult (again, more on this later in the week).

Eventually the Chiefs won’t be able to afford the help, in other words, and Mahomes’ career is likely to outlast that of the 61-year-old Reid’s.

That’s the thing, though.

Every crumb of what we know about Mahomes as a worker says he’ll stay sharp, and what we know of him as a person says the best coaches and players will want to be on his side, and what we know of him as a player says he’ll be good enough to be the best player at the most important position and push his team to the biggest games.

It’s only two years in, essentially, but his career so far is how the career of the best to ever do it should begin.

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The swearing in of Canaan Conservation Council Officers at their annual banquet.

Sportsmen were extremely supportive of that view.

Happy Hunting, Fishing and Trapping until next time.

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Take 5: Keys to Super Bowl LIV David DeChant Field Level Media

With Sunday’s star-studded Super Bowl LIV battle between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers nearly here, it’s time to dive deep into the matchup.

We’ll start with arguably the league’s best quarterback facing one of the league’s best defenses, as Patrick Mahomes takes on defensive coordinator Robert Saleh’s stingy unit.

1. 49ers’ pass rush must deliver As we touched on in our conference championship Film Study, the 49ers’ front four is the game’s biggest key. The best way to slow Mahomes is to generate pressure with only four rushers, but that must be done while also containing him in the pocket. San Francisco is certainly capable. Can the 49ers deliver?

On the edges, the burden will fall primarily on Nick Bosa, who usually will face left tackle Eric Fisher. An above-average blindside protector, Fisher can be exploited, and Bosa must be effective with power. Bosa’s focus won’t be simply to go around Fisher – he’ll want to work through him and move Fisher toward Mahomes, shrinking the pocket without opening up a scramble lane.

On the other side, Dee Ford will battle old teammate Mitchell Schwartz, perhaps the league’s best right tackle. Schwartz is extremely steady, so Ford must mix things up. His speed-topower bull rush can help collapse the pocket, and his closing speed is the 49ers’ best way to track down Mahomes when he’s flushed.

Inside might be the 49ers’ biggest advantage.

DeForest Buckner and Arik Armstead are tough matchups for left guard Stefen Wisniewski, center Austin Reiter and right guard Laurent DuvernayTardif. At least one will be single-blocked on most plays, and both must win a majority of those reps.

Saleh’s final piece in the pass rush is schematic, where he features a variety of fronts, stunts, twists and timely blitzes. Expect several tilted fronts – three of four linemen to one side of the center – and players deployed all over the line.

Ford and Bosa will take turns at 3-technique, with Bosa even occasionally on the nose. Buckner and Armstead can and will line up anywhere.

The unit has been seamless when stunting, working to maintain gap discipline while still reaching the quarterback. The periodic blitzes of linebacker Fred Warner, who often twists with Buckner or Armstead, add another dangerous element.

The Chiefs’ O-line excelled against the Titans’ stunts in the AFC Championship Game, but those often came with only three rushers, and none overly dangerous outside of Jurrell Casey.

This will be a different test.

2. Saleh’s dilemma: More man or zone?

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San Francisco 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa (97) during the NFC Championship Game against the Green Bay Packers at Levi’s Stadium.

Traditionally a zone-heavy defense, the 49ers have played more man coverage of late, and with great success. It might be tempting to continue vs. the Chiefs, whose rare struggles on offense this season came against man-heavy defenses, and whose deadliness against zones is well known.

The problem is that Saleh’s personnel doesn’t match up particularly well to play man-to-man.

There’s no logical speedster to track Tyreek Hill, even with safety help. The 49ers’ fastest cornerback is Emmanuel Moseley, and even if he can hang with Hill, the Chiefs still have plenty of speed elsewhere in Mecole Hardman and Sammy Watkins.

The most logical matchup for tight end Travis Kelce might be cornerback Richard Sherman, with Warner and safeties Jimmie Ward and Jaquiski Tartt mixing in occasionally. That isn’t ideal for a whole game.

Saleh surely will play man coverage at times, but it likely won’t be the base of his approach.

Instead, expect him to favor the muddied zones he used most of the season, with a variety of disguises and coverage rotations to force Mahomes to process after the snap.

Considering the Chiefs are one of the league’s pass-happiest teams, Saleh should be creative with his personnel and looks, daring Kansas City to run. That might include six- and seven-DB packages, exotic fronts and stunts or blitzes, even on early downs.

3. How Mahomes and Reid will counter

There certainly are challenges that come with playing zone. For one, it’s more exploitable by run-pass options, and Chiefs coach Andy Reid runs as many RPOs as any coach in the league.

The 49ers might emphasize the pass, but expect the Chiefs to do some damage via RPOs one way or another.

Likewise, Reid will be able to dictate matchups against zone.

With Sherman staying on the defense’s left, the Chiefs could threaten him with Hill, a poor stylistic matchup, to see if Sherman can hold up vertically. Hill is also a terror inside against the zone, especially as the inside slot of trips, where he winds up on a safety or a linebacker.

Reid will use plenty of trips and quads sets that unbalance the formation. Many of these looks will feature Kelce as the single receiver, allowing him to pick on Moseley while a three- or fourman route combination floods the other side of the field.

The Chiefs know how great the 49ers’ pass rush is, so expect them to try to dull it early with screens, misdirection and quick throws. San Francisco was mostly sharp recognizing screens against Green Bay in the NFC Championship Game, but the volume and variety will be greater on Sunday.

4. Expect Shanahan to be aggressive Even if he trusts his defense, 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan knows Mahomes & Co. are going to score, and he knows no lead is safe. Expect him to

come out firing.

Shanahan surely will count on the run game, but he should lean on Jimmy Garoppolo’s arm early. There will be opportunities to attack the Chiefs with play-action and RPOs as they gear up against the run, and the 49ers also match up well in the drop-back passing game.

Emmanuel Sanders gave Kansas City repeated issues during his time in Denver, and Deebo Samuel’s physicality will be a challenge for Chiefs cornerbacks Charvarius Ward and Bashaud Breeland. There’s no logical matchup for George Kittle – Tyrann Mathieu is feisty but lacks length, while Daniel Sorensen or any linebacker would be too slow.

One other central tenet of Shanahan’s plan should be throwing to backs. His good friend and former coaching teammate, Green Bay coach Matt LaFleur, feasted on the Chiefs’ linebackers with running backs in a Week 8 win. Shanahan’s scheme is filled with creative vertical releases from the backfield.

5. Chris Jones and the Chiefs’ run D We know how deadly the 49ers’ run game is, and we know the Chiefs’ run defense struggled much of the season. We also know Kansas City has since improved, including limiting Derrick Henry to 3.6 yards per carry in the AFC Championship Game.

Pro Bowl selection Chris Jones played only passing downs vs. the Titans because of injury, so it’s tempting to think the Chiefs could be even more stout inside if he regains a full workload.

That’s not impossible, but I’m not so sure.

Against Tennessee, Kansas City often played with Mike Pennel and Derrick Nnadi inside, essentially using two nose tackles who specialize in run-stuffing. They weren’t perfect, but they did well to plug holes and limit cutback lanes.

Jones, while improved in this area, has never been a very disciplined run defender. He’s more of a disruptor who shoots gaps, often creating negative plays but also pursuing too far or getting washed down the line.

Shanahan might prefer to see more of Jones on early downs. He could target him on trap plays (letting Jones rush upfield before a “wham” block seals him off) or on the backside of outside zone and split zone, enticing Jones to flow to the front side and open a cutback lane behind him.

The Niners’ run game is too diverse and too effective to be shut down entirely by the Chiefs, but Kansas City might avoid the worst damage by leaning on the Pennel-Nnadi tandem. There might even be snaps where coordinator Steve Spagnuolo uses all three DTs against San Francisco’s heavy personnel. That would put Jones at end, where his power would be a handful for tight ends and offensive tackles.

Djokovic routs Federer to reach 8th Australian Open final; Kenin, Muguruza to meet for women’s title Chiara Palazzo dpa

MELBOURNE, Australia — Defending champion Novak Djokovic on Thursday night defeated ailing 20-time Grand Slam winner Roger Federer 7-6 (7-1), 6-4, 6-3 to claim sole ownership of the all-time record for most Australian Open finals with an eighth appearance.

Spain’s Garbine Muguruza, meanwhile, defeated fourth seed Simona Halep 7-6 (10-8), 7-5 in extremely hot conditions to reach her first Melbourne final, where she will face world No. 15 Sofia Kenin, who upset top seed Ash Barty 7-6 (8-6), 7-5 on Barty’s home soil.

In an opener filled with action, Federer struck first to take a 2-0 lead.

The two Grand Slam champions then exchanged breaks, with the Swiss 38-year-old missing out on three chances for a double break on 4-1 and then faltering as he served for the set at 5-3.

The tiebreaker was one-way, with Djokovic winning all but one point, and Federer did not get another look at the Serbian’s serve.

After failing to convert three break points early in the second, Djokovic, a seven-time Australian Open champion, produced one more chance on 5-4, and hit a crosscourt winning forehand on a short ball to pocket it.

Djokovic went on to grab another break on 3-2 in the third and never looked back, going on to seal his 27th win over his longtime rival in their 50th career clash and set up a final meeting against either Dominic Thiem or Alexander Zverev on Sunday.

“Respect to Roger for coming out tonight, he was obviously hurt,” Djokovic said. “(He) wasn’t at his best, not even close to his best in terms of movement, and respect for coming out and trying his best all the way through.”

Federer took a medical timeout after the first set to address an issue that had already bothered him in the quarterfinals. He later told journalists that the possibility of retiring from the match

had been discussed with his team.

“I did believe there was something that could be done (in terms of playing a competitive match) today, and also must have felt like at least it was probably not going to get worse. If it did, this would have been my first retirement today,” Federer said.

Earlier at Rod Laver Arena, Muguruza got the first break on 3-3 thanks to her 12th winner, but Romania’s Halep broke back when it mattered most as Muguruza served for the opener, bringing things to 5-5, with the Spaniard eventually taking the tiebreak after 67 minutes of play.

Three consecutive breaks led to Halep serving at 5-4 to level the sets, but

Muguruza kept her under pressure, converting her fourth break point in the game to tie things up to 5-5.

After a convincing hold, Muguruza got Halep on the ropes again after earning two match points and converting the second to make it into her first Australian Open final.

Muguruza, who had reached just one semifinal since winning Wimbledon in 2017 and competed unseeded for the first time since 2014, started her Melbourne campaign with a viral infection and really struggled healthwise at the beginning of the tournament.

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Siblings come home to visit, but not with family Dear Abby, I have a problem I haven’t seen in your column before. My husband comes from a large family with siblings spread far and wide. We live in the home state and are happy to accommodate his brothers and sisters (families, DEAR ABBY dogs) when they come home to visit and ask to stay with us.

While it’s never said openly, it quickly becomes clear that the purpose of their visit is to do activities with people other than my husband and me. In the past, we cleared our calendars and expected to entertain and feed these visitors. It becomes awkward when they unexpectedly leave for events with other people — once a Christmas Eve dinner! Advice?

Awkward In The Midwest

JEANNE PHILLIPS

Do not be confrontational, but when plans are being made for the next visit, you and your husband should ask his relatives which days or evenings you should expect to entertain them.

That way you won’t have needlessly cleared your calendar only to be left standing at the curb.

Dear Abby, My fiancee, “Mia,” lost her dad two years ago, and her mother recently announced to the family that she is seeing someone. She has been staying over at his house, and she is planning to sell her home and move in with him.

Mia is very upset about it.

Her mom is now in the process of getting rid of her father’s belongings. She feels like her mom is erasing her father from their lives.

How long should her mother have waited? Is Mia being selfish? Shouldn’t she be happy for her mother?

Family Circus

Going Forward In The East I hesitate to call your fiancee selfish as much as self-CENTERED. Her mother has waited a respectful amount of time. She isn’t erasing her late husband from her life or her children’s as much as going on with hers, which is healthy.

I wish you had mentioned how long she has been seeing the man she’s planning on moving in with, because it might be pertinent. For her own protection, she should discuss her plans with her lawyer to ensure that she — and her assets — are safeguarded before she sells her house.

Dear Abby, A good friend of mine is giving a baby shower next month for her grandson and granddaughter-in-law. She wants to invite many of her longtime friends to the shower, but most of them have little or no history or relationship with her grandson or his wife, and neither one really wants them to be invited.

The grandmother, however, thinks it would be rude not to. Your thoughts?

Invited In The West

Classic Peanuts

Garfield

Someone should remind your good friend that the celebration is not for her, and that showers aren’t supposed to be hosted by close relatives but by friends of the honoree. Not only would your friend’s contemporaries not be offended if they are not invited, they would probably feel relieved. People of Great-GrandmaTo-Be’s generation have been through so many showers they aren’t likely to have hurt feelings if the younger generation takes over, unless they’re very close to the honoree.

Blondie

Conflicting results in studies for women using Propecia In common with some women over the age of 65, I find that my hair is thinning a lot. I have tried various shampoos and conditioners with no positive results. Will Propecia work for women?

The studies on finasteride (Propecia) in women have TO YOUR shown conflicting results, with GOOD HEALTH the best study showing no benefit at 1 mg, but smaller studies appearing to show benefit at higher doses, such as 2.5 or 5 mg. The drug seems to be welltolerated in women.

Finasteride should not be used in any dose by a pregnant woman or a woman who might become pregnant.

Minoxidil (Rogaine) is effective and often used for both men and women as a topical treatment.

DR. KEITH ROACH

I often wonder how many colds and other contagious illnesses could be prevented if only we stopped the practice of shaking hands.

Of course, there’s no answer to this question, but if our culture would stop this practice, I bet we would all be healthier!

Most colds are spread by hand-to-hand contact; however, they also can be transmitted through aerosol droplets. Not shaking hands is very likely to reduce cold and flu transmission

(and as you suggest, many other diseases as well).

Frequent hand-washing has almost as much benefit as avoiding handshakes. If you do shake hands, it’s a very good idea to be careful not to touch your face until you wash your hands.

I was recently diagnosed with bullous pemphigoid, and the dermatologist recommended 10 mg prednisone. I was hoping you could recommend a different medication.

Bullous pemphigoid is an autoimmune disease of the skin. The skin develops tense fluidfilled blisters, which can be very itchy.

Prednisone, a common and powerful antiimmune system drug, is the first line treatment for people who can’t be treated successfully with steroid creams or ointments.

I can’t truly overrule a doctor, such as your dermatologist, who has the benefit of doing a thorough history and exam. While some experts do use other anti-immune system agents, such as azathioprine, these are usually used in conjunction with prednisone, to allow for lower doses. Your dose of 10 mg is a pretty low dose, so it seems to me to be a very reasonable treatment for many people with bullous pemphigoid.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Someone tried to make a deal with you that is no deal at all. You know better than anyone how to stretch your resources at this time.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — You’re likely to receive a last call of sorts today. Fortunately, you are ready to do all that you are expected to do — and then some.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — You may have fall-

Zits

Baby Blues

Horoscope

By Stella Wilder Born today, you go through life feeling very much as though you are, in some way, carrying someone’s torch — that what you are about and what you are doing, your destiny in fact, is something you have inherited from another.

This is not all that uncommon among Aquarius natives, and it is something that all, including you, can learn to value greatly as you make your way in life’s long journey.

There are times, surely, when you will slip and fall — especially when you are trying something that pushes the envelope of your ability, knowledge or stamina. But no one knows better how to pick himself or herself up than you do.

Also born on this date are: Lisa Marie Presley, singer; Brandon Lee, actor; Clark Gable, actor; Rick James, singer; Pauly Shore, comedian; Sherman Hemsley, actor; Langston Hughes, writer; Don Everly, singer; Garrett Morris, actor and comedian.

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

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2

Hagar the Horrible

en prey to a rather devious deception recently. You can do much to repair your reputation — though few hold it against you.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Others are starting to pay attention to something you are doing that is quite unusual. You know that there may be quite a big payoff at the end!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Don’t let anyone tell you what you are doing isn’t worth it. You know what is at stake, and you know just how to avoid falling short.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — You may receive a familiar message today, but your reaction is likely to be anything but routine. A great deal is changing right now.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You are getting used to the idea that things in the near future aren’t likely to fall out the way you had expected — and that it’s a good thing!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — You aren’t likely to be showered with praise today, no matter how well you perform. It will be entirely up to you to keep your spirits up.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — You are facing a challenge that you may not want to address directly — but do you have a choice? Someone hasn’t been playing by the rules.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — It’s a good day to put someone’s needs before your own — but you must do so when the timing is just right. Guesswork won’t cut it.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — You can reveal unexpected strength today as you face a situation that was not of your making. A creative solution is at hand.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You’re going to want to shop around for the best bargains today.

You mustn’t settle on the first thing you find — online or in a store.

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SUPER QUIZ

THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek Get the free JUST JUMBLE app • Follow us on Twitter @PlayJumble

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

LUMPE NUWDO DTROAW LITFEU ©2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC All Rights Reserved.

Yesterday’s

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

Maps Level 1

2

3

4

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

Answers Tuesday (Answers Monday) Jumbles: HUMID AXIOM STOOGE PLAGUE Answer: When she saw her former husband in the restaurant, she wasn’t — “EX-SIGHTED”

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Solution to Friday’s puzzle

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

For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit

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(e.g., Term for a book of maps. Answer: Atlas.)

Freshman level 1. What usually “marks the spot” on a treasure map?

2. On old maps it was called Ceylon.

3. What kind of map might you keep in a glove compartment?

4. The most common map convention puts this direction at the top of a map.

5. An explanatory table of the symbols appearing on a map.

Graduate level 6. This country borders Colombia, Peru and the Pacific Ocean.

7. Which state borders North Dakota to the east on a map?

8. Which person aboard a large ship is most concerned with maps?

9. Term for a person who makes maps.

10. In a hotel, what meal option is indicated by “MAP”?

PH.D. level 11. What type of map draws contour lines through points of equal elevation?

12. Polar maps of the Arctic or Antarctic regions are conventionally centered on the ____.

13. What is a cartouche when seen on a map?

14. “CEO” stands for “cartography of ____ objects.”

15. On what kind of map would you see isobars?

SUPER QUIZ ANSWERS 1. Letter “X.” 2. Sri Lanka. 3. Road map. 4. North. 5. Legend. 6. Ecuador. 7. Minnesota. 8. Navigator. 9. Cartographer. 10. Modified American Plan. 11. Relief map or contour map. 12. Pole. 13. Decorative emblem. 14. Extraterrestrial. 15. Weather map.

24 to 30 points — congratulations, doctor; 18 to 23 points — honors graduate; 13 to 17 points — you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 5 to 12 points — you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 4 points — enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points — who reads the questions to you?

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Crossword Puzzle Mother Goose & Grimm ACROSS 1 ABC followers 4 Bridal path 9 Charitable gift 13 Family of hockey’s Bobby 15 Empty a sink 16 Café au __ 17 Word after booby or tourist 18 __ a slow burn; seething 19 Turner or Fey 20 Wave the white flag 22 Ill at ease 23 “Yours, Mine & __”; Dennis Quaid film 24 4th calendar pg.

26 Scours 29 Consultants 34 Track-and-field events 35 Scuzzball 36 Drivers’ assn.

37 Annexes, often 38 Prepared for a selfie 39 End-of-theworkweek shout 40 Pub drink 41 Knight’s suit 42 One of the vital signs 43 Complete turn 45 Occupation 46 Amethyst or ruby 47 Hit on the head 48 Make a __ of; jot down 51 Worship 56 Make money 57 Second-largest U.S. state 58 Highly selfsatisfied 60 “Pardon me?” (less politely) 61 Vote into office 62 Go underground 63 Acid fighters 64 Basins 65 Ball holder DOWN 1 __-com; Internet business 2 Miscalculates 3 Düsseldorf wife 4 Scary snake 5 Actor Jeremy

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6 “I Am…I __”; Neil Diamond song 7 TV’s “What’s My __?”

8 Etched 9 Modifies 10 __-back; relaxed 11 Actress __-Na Wen 12 Command to Fido 14 Brussels __; cruciferous veggies 21 __ the wrong way; irritates 25 Printing store chain 26 Make a smudge worse 27 Yo-Yo Ma’s instrument 28 Find a new tenant for 29 Firebug’s crime 30 Forest animal 31 Bird of prey 32 Elevate 33 Morley, once of “60 Minutes” 35 Singer Perry

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Non Sequitur

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38 Apes & monkeys 39 Istanbul language 41 Feasted 42 Be out of breath 44 Insurance co. employees 45 Shorelines 47 __ up; start laughing

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48 Semiaquatic salamander 49 Home to most Hawaiians 50 Mine car 52 Sandwich shop 53 Horned animals 54 Leave out 55 Wearing nothing 59 “__ whiz!”

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BREAKING BARRIERS Spike Lee will be the first black president of the Cannes film jury

By SONIA RAO

CANNES FILM FESTIVAL

Washington Post

T

he Cannes Film Festival announced Tuesday that Spike Lee would serve as president of the jury in May, making the American director the first black person to do so in the French festival’s 73-year history.

In a statement signed from “Da People’s Republic of Brooklyn, New York,” Lee detailed his history with the prestigious festival dating back to his 1986 debut feature, “She’s Gotta Have It,” which won the Prix de la Jeunesse, an award honoring young directors. Lee, 62, has since returned to Cannes six times. His most recently chosen film, 2018’s “BlacKkKlansman,” won the Grand Prix, or second place overall.

“In this life I have lived, my biggest blessings have been when they arrived unexpected, when they happened out of nowhere,” Lee wrote. “When I got the call that I was offered the opportunity to be President of Cannes Jury for 2020, I was shocked, happy, surprised and proud all at the same time.”

“BlacKkKlansman,” a thriller starring John David Washington as a black police officer who infiltrates a local Ku Klux Klan chapter

n WHATl The festival previews new films of all

genres from around the world n WHEN: May 12 to 23 n WHERE: Cannes, France

in the late 1970s, marked Lee’s return to the Cannes competition after 22 years. The film received a lengthy standing ovation — “It doesn’t always have to be that way,” Lee told the Washington Post that year, as “people get booed at Cannes” — and went on to earn six Academy Award nominations, including his first best director nod. (He won best adapted screenplay.)

The reception to “BlacKkKlansman” represented a high point in Lee’s relationship with the festival, which hit a snag in 1989 when Steven Soderbegh’s “Sex, Lies, and Videotape” beat Lee’s acclaimed front-runner “Do the Right Thing” for the top prize, the Palme d’Or. Lee never held anything against Soderbergh but instead directed his frustration toward that year’s jury president, German filmmaker Wim Wenders, whom Lee heard found his now-iconic lead character, Mookie, to be “unheroic.” In the film, Mookie incites a riot after another character is choked to death by

a police officer.

The situation has figured into conversations surrounding the myth that “black films don’t travel well,” which, as Lee once discussed with fellow director Jordan Peele, has less to do with cultural differences and more to do with a dearth of opportunities for black filmmakers.

Like many major film festivals, Cannes has attracted criticism over a perceived lack of diversity — in terms of gender, too — but has shown signs of improvement in recent years.

Cannes president Pierre Lescure and artistic director Thierry Frémaux issued a joint statement Tuesday expressing their hope that Lee will help “shake things up.”

“Spike Lee’s perspective is more valuable than ever,” they wrote. “Cannes is a natural homeland and a global sounding board for those who (re) awaken minds and question our stances and fixed ideas.”

The warm feelings were mutual. In his statement, Lee added: “To me the Cannes Film Festival (besides being the most important film festival in the world — no disrespect to anybody) has had a great impact on my film career. You could easily say Cannes changed the trajectory of who I became in world cinema.”

Hollywood is bracing for a writers’ strike REPEAT PERFORMANCE: With more entertainment platforms, more is at stake

By ANOUSHA SAKOUI & RYAN FAUGHNDER Los Angeles Times

At the Television Critics Association gathering in Pasadena, Calif., earlier this month, NBC Entertainment Chairman Paul Telegdy reflected on a subject many of his peers wished to avoid: the prospect of reliving another writers’ strike.

“So far we’ve been told that we should be cautious, as always, but that a strike is something we will always be prepared for,” Telegdy told journalists at the Langham Huntingon hotel.

“It’s a different world ... I just need

to make sure there are things people want to watch and we’ve got plans that could sustain us.”

More than a decade after writers shut down Hollywood, studios and networks are once again preparing for another potential walkout that could disrupt Southern California’s highest profile industry. But the circumstances have radically changed since the last strike, which began in fall of 2007 and lasted 100 days.

Then, Hollywood was just entering a digital revolution that would upend old distribution models, with Netflix just starting its pivot from DVD to the

internet and Hulu going live as the strike ended. Today, the streaming revolution has accelerated to a degree few could have imagined then, creating a new golden era in TV production.

Much more is at stake for both the studios, which are in the throes of launching new direct-to-consumer services such as NBC’s Peacock and AT&T’s HBO Max., and the writers, who could miss out on a production surge. HBO Max is due to launch the same month the Writers Guild of See STRIKE C2

Writer’s Guild staffers prepare signs to distribute for a picket around the NBC Studios in Burbank, Calif., during the start of the 2007 strike. Hollywood is bracing for another writer’s strike. Al Seib/Los Angeles Times

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Contemplating the growth of spiritual tourism

By JEAN HOPFENSPERGER Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

Before flying to my Santa Fe, N.M., resort, I received a list of at least 20 activities available during my stay.

Yoga Nidra. Zen Qi Flow. Sound Healing Journey. Meditation in Motion. Temazcal Sweat Lodge. Petroglyph Art Hike. Awakening the Elements Within. Chicken Chats.

I circled the boxes for hiking, chi gong, visual arts — and put a question mark next to chicken chats. I was laying the groundwork for my first foray into spiritual tourism, to explore what is one of the fast-growing segments of the travel industry — and maybe return more rested and centered.

Spiritual tourism encompasses not just traditional pilgrimages, but also trips designed to restore gratitude and calm, to explore inner life — to touch the soul.

Searching for answers to life’s big questions, travelers increasingly are setting forth on journeys within.

These seekers are a 21st century version of the religious pilgrims of old, but instead of heading to Jerusalem or Mecca, they are flying to specialty retreat and wellness centers, monasteries, natural wonders and beyond.

Countries across the globe are eyeing spiritual and religious tourism with intense interest. The United Nations World Tourism Organization held its first conference on “spiritual tourism for sustainable development” in 2013. It estimates that 330 million people visit religious sites each year, and spiritual tourists are among the ranks.

“We can see this burgeoning growth (in spiritual tourism),” said Daniel Olsen, a professor of geography at Brigham Young University who researches religious tourism.

“People have always traveled for spiritual reasons but it’s been tied to religion. Today people are seeking purpose in life, but not always within that religious structure.”

That analysis resonated with what I learned from seekers I met during my New Mexico stay.

“I’ve always taken care of other people, now I need to find out about myself,” explained a woman I met at my resort, Sunrise Springs Spa Resort. “What’s my next step in life?

Where do I go from here?”

As a religion reporter, I was curious about this trend. But where to go? I’m wary of New Age wu wu such as crystal or aura readings. I’m incapable of countless hours of meditation or yoga. And I needed to stay in the United States for budget reasons. (Although “Monk for a Month” in Thailand was tempting.) So I scouted online for “best spiritual retreats” and boom.

Options galore.

The Sunrise Springs Spa caught my eye. The tranquil 70-acre resort outside Santa Fe is described online as a “sacred, nurturing destination spa where you define the experience you want.”

I arrived on a heavenly November day of clear blue skies and cottonwood trees ablaze in autumn

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America contract ends with the studios expires May 1.

NBC plans to roll out Peacock nationally by July 15.

“The bottom line is, we are in a really different context than we were in 2007 and 2008,” said Ivy Kagan Bierman, an L.A.-based entertainment lawyer who has represented production companies on labor issues. “The emergence of Netflix and similar platforms has really changed the landscape.”

Studios, production companies and guild members are all eager to avoid a sequel to the last major disruption that cost the state an estimated 37,700 jobs and $2.1 billion in lost output from late 2007 through the end of 2008, according to a 2008 Milken Institute report.

Even L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti is worried about the potential effect of a work stoppage on the city.

“It’s troubling because this doesn’t just hurt the industry, it hurts main street,” Garcetti said in an interview to promote a new initiative to increase Latino employment in Hollywood. “It hurts the dry cleaner

Countries across the globe are eyeing spiritual and religious tourism with intense interest. ... (The UN) estimates that 330 million people visit religious sites each year, and spiritual tourists are among the ranks.

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gold. After checking me in, a Sunrise worker explained the lay of the land. In front of us was a landscaped “medicine wheel” — circular walking paths laid out in the design of this Native American sacred symbol. To the left was a large “ceremonial circle” and a sweat lodge. Ahead were a dozen small buildings holding a cooking studio, meditation and yoga rooms, horticulture classes, two restaurants, a full-service spa and four “repose pools” fed by natural hot springs. Guest rooms were in earth-tone buildings that blended into the landscape. Guests were a mix of regular vacationers and spiritual explorers.

I decided to get a close spiritual encounter with those repose pools as soon as possible. But first, I needed to explore. With a resort map in hand, I peeked in the “Sages” library

and the bakery and those dollars that are recycled here. I hope that as models change, that people can also figure out a way to keep that production here because fighting for something better, the last thing we want to see is for that production to leave altogether.”

The continued spread of filming to Georgia, New York and other film hubs could lessen the economic hit of a strike on L.A., but the “impact on individuals could be just as bad, especially if there is a protracted strike, because of the higher cost of living,” said Kevin Klowden, executive director of the Milken Institute’s Center for Regional Economics and California Center.

At TCA last week, FX Networks Chairman John Landgraf described the landscape as a “mad race to keep the massive conveyor belt of content going.” The industry’s networks and streaming services together produced 532 scripted dramas, comedies and limited series in 2019, doubling the number of scripted shows produced a decade ago.

The problem is, the content bumper crop hasn’t benefited writers the way it should, according to the WGA. Employment for film writers has reached levels not seen for 20 years, with about 1,000

and found a woman quietly reading a book about fairies. I checked out a secluded patio, where a woman sat alone, writing in a journal. I discovered lovely hiking trails. And then I spotted a sign, “Cat Corral.”

I approached the trailer next to it. A woman inside opened the door and asked “Did you want to come in?” Inside were a frisky group of kittens. Their keeper explained that the resort offers kitten play, puppy play and chicken “interactions” to its guests.

I asked how that meshed with exploring spirituality. She looked up and said, “Anytime you are interacting with another species, it’s a spiritual experience.”

Hmm. A second resort staffer described it this way: “Kittens are about innocence, about unconditional love. Isn’t that what we seek?”

We are in a completely new world of how people consume entertainment.”

DAVID GOODMAN WGA West President

screenwriters reporting more than $100 million in earnings each quarter (up from about 700 writers in prior years) and nearly 5,000 members working in TV for the last five years.

Nonetheless, “too many members” are working at, or close to, minimum, the WGA told members in December.

As streaming takes over the traditional broadcast network TV model, studios are commissioning shorter seasons and writers also are losing out on revenue from what would have been syndication or reselling of their shows.

“We are in a completely new world of how people consume entertainment,” WGA West President David Goodman said in an interview. “There is intense competition between the companies to launch their streaming services and hold on to their libraries. The question for the Writers Guild is, how are our members being compensated? Are we keeping

MYSTERIES OF HISTORY My first full day as a spiritual explorer started with a small group hike to the nearby Cieneguilla Petroglyph Site. Ancestors of the Pueblo Indians traversed this desert centuries ago, etching hundreds of primitive images on boulders along their trail routes. Human stick figures. Birds.

Animals. A hunched flute player known as Kokopelli.

A drawing that stood out looked like a church topped by a tiny crucifix. Next to it were running horses, animals introduced to the continent

by Spanish conquerors.

I marveled that I was viewing a real-time depiction of the arrival of Christianity. Wouldn’t these ancient artists marvel that the spiritual practices they were forced to abandon now are embraced by 21st century people of European ancestry?

up with this enormous growth and how do we make sure to protect our members in this new business model?”

But Goodman said the whirlwind of speculation about a strike was “part of a game to try to put us on our heels.”

He dismissed the widespread perception that the union’s months-long fight with major talent agencies over industry practices foreshadows a bigger labor fight. He noted that the union voted to strike only once out of the last four rounds of bargaining.

“We will identify the issues. ... The members will decide how hard they want to fight for it,” Goodman said. Union leaders have conveyed that message in a series of routine meetings in writers’ rooms across Hollywood.

At the end of January, the WGA leadership will disclose to members a so-called “pattern of demands,” the key issues that will frame upcoming negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents major studios such as Walt Disney and Warner Bros. but also Amazon and Apple.The uncertain outcome has many writers on edge.

“Everybody is very stressed about it,” said Dan Fogelman, creator of the hit NBC show “This Is Us,” at the Pasadena

Burning sage. Sweat lodges. Medicine wheels. All were available at my resort and at countless others. The circle of life?

Our guide, Ruth, frequently offered bits of wisdom gleaned from the stone. When she paused next to a star-covered boulder and explained that stars were used for navigation, she added: “Aren’t we all still looking for our North Star? Our direction in life?”

This rich blend of nature, history and heart was cause for reflection. I walked quietly.

My afternoon at the resort was colored by a far too worldly episode: I got locked out of my room on the balcony. Fortunately I was holding a copy of the book “Seven Spiritual Laws of Success.” I used it to bang on the metal balcony railings until — 10 minutes later — I caught someone’s attention. I felt very successful.

Wide awake after that episode, I walked over to a class being held at the medicine wheel paths. In the center was the teacher, sitting next to a small plate of burning sage and a plastic Bic lighter. “Hi, I’m Diane,” she said with a smile.

We soon were joined by five other women, offering a glimpse into 21st century spiritual pilgrims. One was a young woman who used to live in a nearby Buddhist monastery and felt profoundly drawn to the area.

The others were in their 30s or 40s, working professionals, mothers and wives, seeking time out to ponder the next steps in life and to sample new spiritual practices that could help them.

For the next hour we learned about the four directions symbolized by the medicine wheel, which I found a bit confusing, and then were taught some chi gong moves. I hadn’t tried chi gong before and found it pleasantly meditative.

By this point, the sky was darkening and the hot spring “repose pools” beckoned. I headed toward the spa center’s outdoor area, where four big steamy pools were illuminated by dreamy blue lighting. Since it was a Sunday night, they were nearly empty. I slipped into a wide circle of warmth. Leaning back, I gazed at the stars, the same stars that the petroglyph artists stared at centuries ago.

And so, the worries of the world drifted away with the blue mists rising from the pools. That lovely state

conference. “People are still making money, so there’s a lot to figure out between guilds and studios (about) how that money is going to be spread fairly around.”

Even the industry’s insider newsletter, The Ankler, launched an index called “Strike-O-Meter 2020,” though for now it had the probability of a strike at just 20%.

Several industry executives declined to publicly discuss strike plans but privately said they were taking contingency measures, including ordering extra episodes of existing shows or potentially holding back programs for later in the year.

One executive described creating a schedule, akin to a football playbook, with various alternative programming plans depending on the length of a strike, whether it be one week or several weeks.

The streaming revolution has brought new tech giants into the Hollywood market, such as Amazon and Apple. They are hungry for new content but don’t have a history of dealing with unions.

Then there’s Netflix, which is not a member of the producers alliance. The Los Gatos company has already started forging its own labor deals, including a landmark contract with SAG-AFTRA this summer,

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that could give it a competitive advantage in the event of a work stoppage The ability to negotiate a separate deal with Netflix also gives WGA and other talent unions some leverage with the studios. Contracts for SAG-AFTRA and the Directors Guild of America expire June 30.

Another change over the past decade is the consolidation among legacy media companies, with the formation of AT&T-Warner Media, ViacomCBS, Disney-Fox and Comcast-NBC. These corporate behemoths may take a harder line with unions and have more resources to fight the WGA and other guilds. At the same time, they need talent more than ever to feed their new streaming pipelines.

“They both need each other in the end, but when there is some consolidation it can lead to a little more leverage,” said David Smith, a professor of economics at the Pepperdine Graziadio Business School. “There is almost a frenzy in terms of production and the need for writers during these times, so that dynamic is at play.”

Said Fogelman: “My hope is that very smart people who don’t want a strike can get together and come up with an arrangement that makes everybody happy.”

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Food Cheese cubes marinated in piri piri hot sauce answer the late-night munchies. Mixing in kalamata olives and toasted pistachios might sound like a teenager thought it up, but trust us.

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here is a certain air of public dismissiveness around the types of foods that seem to always be associated with “the munchies.” Movies and television promote images of teenagers face-planted in bags of chips, bros stuffing whole tacos blindly into their mouths between fits of uncontrollable laughter, or a stoner spouting deeply incoherent philosophical ramblings punctuated with consuming sweets like a strange Socratic Cookie Monster.

The easy joke is not only that most control is lost, but also that the food sought in these times

of enjoyment or impairment is automatically on the lowest end of the quality scale. Cheech and Chong never went in search of an organic, locavore acai smoothie bowl.

While I suppose there is a whiff of truth in this, and many a Cheeto and Oreo have disappeared in some lost hour of a late night or early morning, I would like to point out that some of the reasons that certain foods are painted with the “munchies” brush is because they are easily sourced and affordable, but mostly because they have See SNACKS C6

Chris Kimball offers this tasty steamed fish dish MILK STREET CHEF: America’s Test Kitchen co-founder authors ‘The New Rules’

By CHRIS ROSS San Diego Union-Tribune

Following up on his James Beard Award-winning cookbook “Milk Street: Tuesday Nights” in 2018, Christopher Kimball’s latest book is “Milk Street: The New Rules,” which challenges us to rethink the way we cook.

Kimball is one of the co-founders of America’s Test Kitchen and in 2016 created the Boston-based Milk Street, which includes a TV show, cooking school and magazine. In the cookbook, he offers 75 new rules that he says will simplify time in the kitchen and at the same time improve the results.

The rule for this steamed fish recipe is “Cook Gentle, Season Strong: A gentle, even heat is best for keeping the delicate flesh of fish tender.

Steaming is ideal because the heat surrounds the fish, cooking it from all sides without movement.”

STEAMED FISH WITH SHIITAKE MUSHROOMS Lean white fish is mild in flavor, so before steaming the fillets, we season them boldly with garlic, ginger, oyster sauce and fiery-sweet sriracha.

For a little spice, drizzle the plated fish fillets with chile oil before sprinkling with the scallions. Or sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds. Serve with steamed or stir-fried greens and jasmine rice. Don’t uncover the pot before 8 minutes of steaming has elapsed. Opening the lid releases steam and cools the pot.

Makes 4 servings 3 tablespoons oyster sauce 1 tablespoon Sriracha 1 tablespoon grapeseed or other neutral oil 8 medium garlic cloves, finely grated 1 tablespoon finely grated fresh ginger 3 tablespoons soy sauce, divided Kosher salt and ground black pepper Four 6-ounce skinless cod, haddock or halibut fillets (each about 1-inch thick) 8 ounces shiitake mushrooms, stemmed and thinly sliced 2 tablespoons unseasoned rice vinegar 1 tablespoon packed light or dark brown sugar 2 scallions, thinly sliced In a shallow bowl or pie plate, whisk together the oyster sauce, Sriracha sauce, oil, garlic, ginger, 2 tablespoons of soy sauce and ½ teaspoon each salt and pepper. Add the fillets and turn to coat, gently

rubbing in the sauce. Add the mushrooms and toss until evenly coated.

Marinate at room temperature for about 10 minutes.

Place a steamer basket in a large Dutch oven. Add enough water to fill the bottom of the pot without touching the basket. Remove the basket.

Cover the pot and bring to a simmer over medium-high.

Meanwhile, mist the steamer basket with cooking spray. Arrange the fish in an even layer in the basket and top the fillets with the mushrooms, evenly arranging them. Return the basket to the pot, cover and steam over medium until the fish flakes easily, 8 to 12 minutes.

Meanwhile, in a small bowl, stir together the vinegar, sugar, the remaining 1 tablespoon soy sauce and ¼ cup water. When the fish is done, use a thin metal spatula to transfer the fillets and mushrooms to a platter. Sprinkle with the scallions and serve with the sauce on the side.

Excerpted from “Milk Street: The New Rules” by Christopher Kimball. Used with permission of Little, Brown and Co., New York.

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Books & authors What really happens to all that unwanted stuff you donate?

By LISA ZEIDNER Washington Post

Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale

By Adam Minter Bloomsbury. 299 pp. $28 We don’t need Marie Kondo to tell us that we stockpile way too much stuff. So you might ask why you should acquire another book, especially one that may not spark joy — actually, it’s more likely to spark deep dismay about the staggering amount of waste that contemporary consumers produce. You might think of Adam Minter’s “Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale” as the hair shirt you don after relishing your brand-new Christmas booty. But this fascinating account of what happens to that sweater you bag for Goodwill or the totaled car your insurance company writes off, is eye-opening — and even surprisingly hopeful. Sometimes one man’s trash is indeed someone else’s treasure.

Journalist Minter, who hails from two generations of junkyard owners, makes his living from writing about reuse. His

last book, “Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade,” chronicled the fate of waste and international recycling. He carries on the work in “Secondhand” by following the merchandise — and the money — from objects discarded in Minneapolis or Tucson to ports as far-flung as Malaysia and Benin. The ragand-bone trade is now a huge, complex international business.

Anyone who has had to clean out the houses of beloved

parents, and deal with the reality that no one wants their cherished china or heavy wood furniture, will feel for the unloved objects Minter follows. He begins with the proliferating companies, like Empty the Nest, that help facilitate those poignant clean-outs. Then it’s on to a Goodwill in Tuscon, where he tracks a never-ending tide of objects. As he documents, by no means do most things donated to a Goodwill sell. Next stop for the remaining flood of stuff is Goodwill Outlet Centers, where they’re sold by the pound to specialists, many of whom will cross the border to resell in Mexico. Other tons go to Pakistan or Africa.

What doesn’t make the cut there is often shipped back to the United States to be broken down into rags — who knew that rags are such big business?

One company that Minter studies sold 15 million pounds of rags in the United States in one year. And then clothes cross the ocean yet again, to be broken down and respun into new fabric in India. “A secondhand trade that once flowed in one direction — from rich to poor

— now goes in every direction,” Minter writes.

His chapter on Japan is particularly eye-opening. Japan has been a huge market for secondhand goods, partly because apartments don’t tend to be gargantuan, so there’s incentive to own less. But as Minter documents, the Japanese are also in the vanguard of the minimalist movement partly because their affluence has allowed them to accumulate so much, so fast.

And Japanese birthrates have declined so precipitously that more people are dying than being born, which means there aren’t devoted relatives to clean out the apartments of the deceased. Japan has 8 million empty homes, known as “ghost homes,” and the elderly are encouraged to practice shukatsu, preparing for their own demise.

Of course, there are objects that are unlikely to ever spark joy again, like the 3.8 million unused fondue sets currently stashed in British homes. But in much of the developing world, secondhand shops are more common than shops selling new objects. Everyone knows about Cuba’s meticulously

maintained vintage cars; less well-known is the fact that Ghana is a world capital for fixing up American cars sold at auction after accidents. In the South Bronx, damaged cars are packed with parts and shipped to Africa, where they’re repaired and resold.

Same goes for old tube TVs. In Ghana, “Tamale, a town of, officially, 350,000 people, has more than a hundred TV-repair businesses. ... In the big cities of Ghana and Nigeria — the most affluent parts of West Africa — the electronic repair shops are more common than Starbucks in Manhattan.”

Minter is no poet. His prose is statistic-rich and straightforward. He’s at his best in the chapters discussing the ecological impact of waste in terms of product durability, and encouraging companies to be more transparent about planned obsolescence. He reveals how some companies, like manufacturers of car seats, put expiration dates on their products and exhort people not to reuse them, even though there’s no hard evidence that “expired” car seats are unsafe. He reserves

Story of bricklaying robot fascinating

By MARGARET QUAMME The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio

“SAM: One Robot, a Dozen Engineers, and the Race to Revolutionize the Way We Build” by Jonathan Waldman; Avid Reader (288 pages, $28) Bricklaying is one of the most ancient crafts around, one that hasn’t — as Jonathan Waldman puts it — changed much since “man crawled out of the muck.”

In 2006, two guys in upstate New York came up with an idea that they hoped would revolutionize the industry: They would build a robot capable of doing the backbreaking work that people had been doing for millennia.

Nine years, and many, many experiments and failures later, they had a version of the robot that construction companies thought might be worth buying.

Before founding their company, Construction Robotics, Scott Peters was an engineer working on fuel cells at General Motors.

His soon-to-be father-in-law, Nate Podkaminer, was an architect working as a project manager for a large construction firm.

Together, they conceived the idea of the robot they called SAM — for “semi-automated mason” — and began developing it.

Waldman’s fascinating account follows that process from twinklein-the-eye to workable result on an almost month-by-month basis. It’s a story with enough twists and turns and surprising conflict to engage even those who have never looked closely at a brick, or

wanted to.

It turns out there are reasons why robotics hasn’t entered the construction industry to any great extent. Though construction is a

huge industry, it also is a deeply conservative one, “famously stubborn in its adoption of new technology.”

It also takes place not in the

“clear, climate-controlled space” where robots thrive, but “in the wild, where nothing was fixed or level or clean.”

Although the process of developing a working robot was frustrating for those involved, those struggles make for lively reading.

Often, operators had to give SAM a subtle nudge with a hand or foot to keep it from going off track. As the machine was subjected to new weather conditions, its inventors rigged a hairdryer to keep mortar from getting too mushy and a heating pad to maintain the proper temperature for the robot’s innards.

At its first public demonstration, Waldman writes, “the contrivance had a lot more in common with a treehouse cobbled together by ten-year-olds than an iMac or even a minivan.”

Waldman’s bemused account of bumpy progress, in which the innovators solved one problem only to be confronted by a dozen others, provides a believable and intriguing look at the way technological change lurches forward, as well as a personal look at the growing pains of a new company.

This is a story of people as well as of technological innovation, and Waldman is as interested in those doing the inventing and implementing as he is in their creations.

Waldman’s endless curiosity and lively explanations make the book irresistible for anyone inquisitive about machines and the people who make and use them.

Poking fun at Florida’s official symbols

By TOM SZAROLETA The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville

“Roaring Reptiles, Bountiful Citrus, and Neon Pies: An Unofficial Guide To Florida’s Official Symbols” by Mark Lane; University Press of Florida (133 pages, $19.95) Daytona Beach, Fla., author and journalist Mark Lane opens this tongue-in-cheek tribute to the banality of our state legislature with a warning to school librarians to keep it away from their students: “(‘Roaring Reptiles, Bountiful Citrus, and Neon Pies: An Unofficial Guide to Florida’s Official Symbols’) is full of the kind of unnecessary commentary that might cause trouble.

Some will accuse this book of disrespect toward our state’s most revered symbols. That it mocks the mockingbird. Ridicules the antebellum origins

of our state pie. Questions the awesomeness of our neverperformed state play. That is celebrates our glorious ancestors as no more than schmoes like us only in better costumes.

That it paints the very act of legislating on state symbols as

the result of political calculation that are at best silly and worst tawdry ... (and) Soon people with matching T-shirts (will be) filing into the seats at school board meetings. Soon the legislature will modify the social studies standards again.

And soon everyone will be faced with new standardized tests and mandated courses because that’s how Florida responds to educational controversies.”

If the librarians accidentally buy the book, he suggests they keep it in the reference section away from little enquiring minds.

And rightly so, he names names and points fingers at the silliness that has always seemed to overcome our state legislators the minute they pass the Tallahassee city limits sign.

For instance, take the official

state pie (Key Lime, of course).

While most of the state symbols have been around for a while, the north and south pie fight between legislators (northerners wanted Pecan and Sweet Potato) sidetracked this icon until the early 2000s. Lane points out the appropriateness of this late honor: “ ... like much of Florida life, it was a twentieth-century invention ... the pie’s key ingredient is sweetened condensed milk, a product that was not patented by Gail Borden Jr. until 1856 (11 years after Florida became a state) ... (and) the local Key Limes, all but wiped out in hurricanes of 1920s and 1930s became hard to find (Hurricane Andrew finished the job). Lane quotes local author and folklorist Stetson Kennedy: “With very, very few exceptions, none of the pies being served by that name have ever seen a real Key lime.”

Our official state song was

just as problematic. “The Swanee River (Old Folks at Home)” was “written by a composer who never visited Florida and misspelled the river’s name. Stephen Foster found the name in an atlas and felt it sounded better than his first choice, the Pee Dee River.” With lyrics from another time, many modern governors have found the 1851 minstrel tune’s racist tone off key, some even attempting a rewrite.

Lane’s well-researched little volume goes on to point out the checkered history of other official state symbols including the tree, sport, bird, reptile, fruit, fossil, play, gem and marine mammal, as well as the slogan, state and statehood days and, of course, our motto and seal.

In retrospect, this seems the perfect volume for all of Florida’s future voters.

particular ire for companies like Apple, which actively — and probably illegally — discourage consumers from learning to fix their own electronics by warning that opening your phone will void its warranty.

Paradoxically, of course, a washing machine that lasts forever is not going to do much good for the economy — or for people in the developing world who can’t afford new ones. In terms of a philosophy of wise recycling, Minter exhorts the media to “stop stigmatizing the trade in secondhand — especially the immigrant and ethnic-minority businesses that make up most of it. Instead, it needs to recognize secondhand as a globally significant industry and start covering it as such.

From Mexico to Ghana to India, secondhand is the consumer economy. But good luck finding any quality, consistent news coverage.”

“Secondhand” serves as a fine model of how to start that coverage.

Zeidner is a professor at Rutgers University at Camden. Her last novel is “Love Bomb.”

Weekly best-sellers Tribune News Service

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Jan. 11, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by NPD BookScan.

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse. Charlie Mackesy. HarperOne 2. Moral Compass. Danielle Steel.

Delacorte 3. Dear Edward. Ann Napolitano. Dial.

4. The Guardians. John Grisham.

Doubleday 5. Such a Fun Age. Kiley Reid. Putnam 6. A Minute to Midnight. David Baldacci. Grand Central 7. The Silent Patient. Alex Michaelides.

Celadon 8. The Dutch House. Ann Patchett.

Harper 9. Criss Cross. James Patterson. Little, Brown 10. Treason. Stuart Woods. Putnam

HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. You Were Born for This. Chani Nicholas. HarperOne 2. The Defined Dish. Alex Snodgrass.

HMH 3. Talking to Strangers. Malcolm Gladwell. Little, Brown 4. The Blue Zones Kitchen. Dan Buettner. National Geographic 5. Ultimate Veg. Jamie Oliver. Flatiron 6. Tiny Habits. B.J. Fogg. HMH 7. Girl, Stop Apologizing. Rachel Hollis. HarperCollins Leadership 8. Becoming: A Guided Journal for Discovering Your Voice. Michelle Obama. Clarkson Potter 9. Martha Stewart’s Organizing.

Martha Stewart. HMH 10. How Not to Diet. Michael Greger.

Flatiron

MASS MARKET 1. Long, Tall Texans. Diana Palmer.

Harlequin 2. Vendetta in Death. J.D. Robb. St. Martin’s 3. The Boy. Tami Hoag. Dutton 4. Huckleberry Lake. Catherine Anderson. Berkley 5. Preacher’s Frenzy. William W. Johnstone. Pinnacle 6. The Coming Storm. Nora Roberts.

Silhouette 7. The First Lady. Patterson/DuBois.

Grand Central 8. Cut and Run. Fern Michaels. Zebra 9. Hired Guns. William W. Johnstone.

Pinnacle 10. Pieces of Her. Karin Slaughter.

Morrow

TRADE PAPERBACK 1. 7-Day Apple Cider Vinegar Cleanse.

J.J. Smith. Simon & Schuster 2. The Official Galar Region Pokedex.

Pokemon 3. First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 (2020 ed.). Tao Le et al. McGraw-Hill Education 4. Before We Were Yours. Lisa Wingate. Ballantine 5. Instant Loss: Eat Real, Lose Weight.

Brittany Williams. HMH 6. The River Murders. Patterson/Born.

Grand Central 7. The Ultimate Instant Pot Cookbook: Foolproof, Quick & Easy 800 Instant Pot Recipes for Beginners. Simon Rush 8. The Dirty, Lazy, Keto Cookbook.

Laska/Laska. Adams 9. The Official ACT Prep Guide 20192020. Wiley 10. Official SAT Study Guide (2020 ed.). College Board

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A regular club finesse or a ruffing finesse in clubs? There are many options for declarer, but they all seem dangerous. A foul lie of the cards can

lead to defeat, although all of these plays have reasonable chances. In a pair competition, you’d have to choose a line of play that gave you a chance for an overtrick or two. Merely making your contract might not be good enough. This deal was played in a team competition, however, where overtricks are not very important.

Making your contract is the key.

Belladonna found a line of play that was guaranteed to make his contract on any lie of the cards. Can you spot it?

Belladonna won the opening diamond lead with his ace, crossed to dummy with the ace of clubs, and led a low heart away from dummy’s king!

Should East play an honor, Belladonna would have 10 tricks. The worst result would be for South’s jack to lose to West’s queen. West would have to shift to a trump to prevent a heart ruff in dummy. That would give declarer 10 tricks whenever trumps split 2-1.

Even if West started with three spades to the king, South would just win in dummy and lead the king of hearts.

East would have no trump to lead if he won the ace and West couldn’t lead another trump without giving away his trump trick. A perfect line of play!

(Bob Jones welcomes readers’ responses sent in care of this paper or tcaeditors@ tribpub.com)

By Stella Wilder Born today, you go through life feeling very much as though you are, in some way, carrying someone’s torch — that what you are about and what you are doing, your destiny in fact, is something you have inherited from another. This is not all that uncommon among Aquarius natives, and it is something that all, including you, can learn to value greatly as you make your way in life’s long journey.

There are times, surely, when you will slip and fall — especially when you are trying something that pushes the envelope of your ability, knowledge or stamina. But no one knows better how to pick himself or herself up than you do.

Also born on this date are: Lisa Marie Presley, singer; Brandon Lee, actor; Clark Gable, actor; Rick James, singer; Pauly Shore, comedian; Sherman Hemsley, actor; Langston Hughes, writer; Don Everly, singer; Garrett Morris, actor and comedian.

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

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2 AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Someone tried to make a deal with you that is no deal at all. You know better than anyone how to stretch your resources at this time.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — You’re likely to receive a last call of sorts today. Fortunately, you are ready to do all that you are expected to do — and then some.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — You may have fallen prey to a rather devious deception recently. You can do much to repair your reputation — though few hold it against you.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Others are starting to

pay attention to something you are doing that is quite unusual. You know that there may be quite a big payoff at the end!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Don’t let anyone tell you what you are doing isn’t worth it. You know what is at stake, and you know just how to avoid falling short.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — You may receive a familiar message today, but your reaction is likely to be anything but routine. A great deal is changing right now.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You are getting used to the idea that things in the near future aren’t likely to fall out the way you had expected — and that it’s a good thing!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — You aren’t likely to be showered with praise today, no matter how well you perform. It will be entirely up to you to keep your spirits up.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — You are facing a challenge that you may not want to address directly — but do you have a choice? Someone hasn’t been playing by the rules.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — It’s a good day to put someone’s needs before your own — but you must do so when the timing is just right. Guesswork won’t cut it.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — You can reveal unexpected strength today as you face a situation that was not of your making. A creative solution is at hand.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You’re going to want to shop around for the best bargains today. You mustn’t settle on the first thing you find — online or in a store.

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Spiritual From C2

of emptiness that meditation is supposed to bring — I attained it with less effort.

I liked this path to enlightenment.

PEACEFUL ROUTINE

Resort guests stroll through the walking paths in the design of a medicine wheel, a sacred Native American symbol. Jean Hopfensperger/Minneapolis Star Tribune

Snacks From C3

the kinds of exciting flavor profiles that can cut through any fog. Which not only makes them ideal for those indulgent moments, but also, surprisingly inspiring for amping up the flavors of some other dishes that can be enjoyed with or without any medicinal assistance.

Carbs are always a natural with munchies food. Whether sweet or savory, it seems to be the first place we turn. So, one of my favorite things to do is to take some basic plain household favorite, like popovers, scones or pancakes, and use them as a blank canvas, getting inspired with new flavor combinations. Because a lot of our most beloved snack foods have complex flavor profiles, it is fun to experiment to see if you can make something new, and maybe a bit elevated, but still have it hit that sweet spot of delicious nostalgia.

Doritos are one of the superior snacks, needing no dip or extra anointing to be at their salty, cheesy best. By breaking down the flavors of Doritos seasoning into its composite parts — cheese, tomato and spice — and combining it with my favorite popover recipe, you get a light popover with all the punch of a bag of Original Doritos, the perfect thing to serve alongside a steak or roast chicken. And a Cool Ranch version is just a packet of Hidden Valley away.

Speaking of chicken, fried chicken is one of the most craveworthy foods of any snack attack, whether it is a crispy nugget or tender, a basket of wings, a sold-out sandwich, or a bucket of pieces with all the sides. Scones are one of the easiest and fastest things to bake, and this version takes all of the flavors of great fried chicken, not to mention some bonus crispy skin bits, and makes a bake that hits your finger-licking fried chicken button, with pinkies-up high-tea elegance.

Finally, if there were one food that is likely to cause a snaccident at my house, it is a classic French onion dip. I am powerless against its salty, oniony pull, ideally delivered on a Lays wavy chip, but also on any raw vegetable or even just a spoon.

As such, I almost always make a double or triple batch when entertaining, in fear of running

My four-day stay evolved into a routine. Morning coffee with journal writing. Late breakfast. Nature-bonding hikes. A class or two exploring a spiritual dimension. Evenings included serious pool reposing followed by reading in my TV-free, peaceful room.

I didn’t have time, or inclination, to do more. But one of my fellow spiritual travelers, Katy, had signed on for serious soul searching. She had met with a spiritual counselor,

attended a three-hour sweat lodge session with a native healer, had her cards read.

That was in addition to daily classes.

I saw her last at a “sound healing” session. Our instructor created different sounds, such as a chant or a drum beat or flute melody, and we closed our eyes and listened. Sitting on a floor pillow, I found it incredibly relaxing. But twice during the first chant, I felt a breeze on my cheek in the enclosed room. After class I mentioned this to the teacher. He paused, and then explained he had been “summoning the four winds.” A coincidence?

This long weekend reminded me of the Introduction to World Religions class I took in college. There were practices I found strange, and some I found unexpectedly soothing.

I concluded that we all have a lot of answers to our perennial inner questions, but are too preoccupied with life to listen. But with fresh direction, a serene setting and a few fellow spiritual travelers, insights emerge.

Unfortunately, I did not return to Minnesota in a state of inner bliss. But I did unlock some insights useful for this new year. On my last morning at Sunrise Springs, I sat quietly at the medicine wheel, enjoyed a nature walk, and went back to the cat corral.

I watched how playing with rambunctious kittens really did lift guests’ spirits.

Whether “chicken chats” could compete with these cuddly creatures for inspiration remained unclear. I’ll need some divine guidance on that.

out, and then have leftovers calling to me from the fridge.

But if you are facing down a morning-after, and have a halftub of dip still hanging about?

French onion dip pancakes are the perfect thing to turn your day around. It might sound odd, but caramelized onions are naturally sweet, and sour cream brings a similar tang as buttermilk, so these pancakes are actually a perfect blend of sweet and sour and shockingly great with maple syrup.

If you have kids, they will love the weird factor. You can also make little silver-dollar sized ones and serve as an appetizer — with more dip!

So, the next time a craving hits, at 4:20 or any other time of day, think a little outside the bag or bucket, and give one of these a try.

DORITOS-STYLE POPOVERS Makes: 6 large or 12 small You can make the popovers a day or two ahead. To reheat, place them on a wire rack over a baking sheet and bake in a 400-degree oven for 6-8 min- By breaking down the seasoning ingredients in Doritos, you can create a popover the approximates the taste of that craveable snack. utes until hot and crisp. The Abel Uribe/Chicago Tribune recipe also doubles fine if you shaking and tapping to remove are feeding a crowd. If you are a any excess. If you don’t have bigger fan of Cool Ranch Doria popover pan, you can use a tos than Original, you can brush muffin tin; they just won’t “pop” the tops of the hot popovers quite as tall, but they will still be with a light coating of melted delicious. butter and sprinkle with ranch 4. Whisk the batter vigorpowder, or serve with a ranch ously to make sure it is fully butter made by mixing a packet combined; pour into popover of ranch dressing powder into a pan, filling each cup to about stick of softened unsalted but½ inch from the top. (Don’t ter. Look for tomato powder overfill; you might have a small and cheddar cheese powder at amount of batter left over.) Bake some spice shops and online. without opening the oven door until fairly well popped and 3 large eggs just beginning to brown, 20-25 2 cups milk, 2% or whole milk (just not minutes, but start checking at skim) 15 minutes. Decrease the oven 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, temperature to 300 degrees cooled slightly without opening the oven door; 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour bake until popovers are golden 2 tablespoons cheddar cheese powder brown all over, 35 to 40 minutes 1 tablespoon tomato powder more.

1 tablespoon chili powder 5. Open the oven door; us1 teaspoon garlic powder A classic scones recipe is transformed by chicken fat and pieces of crispy chicken skin. Abel Uribe/ ing a small skewer or the tip 1 teaspoon kosher salt Chicago Tribune of a paring knife, poke a small ½ teaspoon onion powder hole in the top of each popover. ½ teaspoon ground black pepper rated fat, 36 mg cholesterol, 24 g rest at room temp for at least 30 Stir in the crispy chicken skin, Turn the pan if they are not Nonhydrogenated vegetable shortening carbohydrates, 1 g sugar, 3 g protein, if using.

Make a well in the dry minutes. Heat oven to 200. coloring evenly. Close the door; 1,170 mg sodium, 1 g fiber mixture; pour in the cream 2. Heat a griddle or nonbake until deep golden brown, 1. Whisk eggs until light and and melted chicken fat. Using stick skillet over medium 5-10 minutes longer. Remove FRENCH ONION foamy in a medium bowl. Slow- from the oven; rest the popover your fingers held in a stiff rakehigh heat. When hot enough PANCAKES ly whisk in milk and butter until pan on a wire rack. Poke each like shape, blend until barely for a drop of water to skitMakes: 12 large or 24 small ter across the surface and incorporated. combined. Knead just enough popover again with a skewer or pancakes 2. Combine flour, cheese evaporate, brush a thin layer knife; let cool, 2-3 minutes. Turn to have a cohesive, soft dough. powder and seasonings in a out popovers. Serve hot with the Overmixing will yield tough of oil on the surface. Drop large bowl. Whisk the milk scones.

2 packets (2 ounces each) French onion spread or filling of your choice. ½-cup scoops for large cakes 2. Place dough on a lightly mixture into the flour mixture soup mix or ¼-cup scoops for small floured surface; pat into a until no lumps remain. Transfer Nutrition information per serv1 cup sour cream on the skillet, leaving plenty 7-inch round, about 1-inch batter to a large measuring cup, ing (for 6 popovers): 314 calories, 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, of room for them to spread. thick. Cut into 8 wedges (tricover with plastic and let rest cooled slightly 11 g fat, 6 g saturated fat, 117 mg I usually coax them along angles). Place them 1 inch apart 2 cups flour at room temperature, 1 hour. cholesterol, 40 g carbohydrates, 5 g with the back of the scoop, on the baking sheet.

(Alternatively, batter can be sugar, 13 g protein, 571 mg sodium, 1 tablespoon sugar since the thick batter will 3. Bake until golden, 12 to refrigerated for 1 day. Bring fully 2 g fiber 2 ½ teaspoons baking powder only spread so far on its own.

15 minutes. Transfer scones to to room temperature before ½ teaspoon baking soda Cook until plenty of bubbles proceeding with baking, at least FRIED CHICKEN SCONES a cooling rack. Serve hot with ½ teaspoon kosher salt appear on the tops of the honey, butter and hot sauce. Or 1 cup buttermilk Makes: 8 scones 4 hours.) pancakes and the edges look if you want to get meta, serve 3. Heat oven to 450 with 2 large eggs, beaten dry, about 2 minutes. Flip 1 3/4 cups flour with fried chicken. the rack in the lower-middle.

Vegetable oil pancakes over. Don’t press 3 tablespoons chicken bouillon powder (or 9 Note: To make crispy Generously smear shortening Butter, maple syrup, hot sauce down! (These are extra fluffy chicken skin, spread pieces of bouillon cubes, finely ground) on the inside of a 6-cups large cakes; if you press on them, chicken skin out flat between 1 tablespoon baking powder or 12-cups small popover pan; 1. Mix the French onion they will get rubbery.) Cook two sheets of parchment pa1 teaspoon poultry seasoning lightly dust the cups with flour, soup mix into the sour cream on the second side until per; place between two baking 1 teaspoon minced fresh thyme leaves until well combined. golden brown and cooked sheets. Bake in a 400-degree ½ teaspoon ground black pepper 1.

In a large bowl, whisk all through, 1 to 2 minutes. oven until deeply golden and ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper the dry ingredients together 3. Transfer pancakes to a completely crispy, 15-25 min½ cup chopped crispy chicken skin (opuntil well mixed. Whisk the rack over a baking sheet; hold utes. Skin should shatter and tional, see note) sour cream mixture, butterin the warm oven while you break instead of bend. Cool 1 cup heavy cream milk and eggs together in a make the rest. Serve hot with 2 tablespoons rendered chicken fat, melted, completely; chop into pieces small bowl.

Pour the wet mixbutter, maple syrup and/or and store covered in the fridge cooled ture into the dry ingredients; hot sauce. for up to a week. If needed, restir until almost combined, but crisp in a hot skillet. (Save the 1. Heat oven to 375 degrees; there are still some dry spots.

Nutrition information per panchicken fat to use in the scones line a baking sheet with parchGently mix in the melted butcake (for 24 pancakes): 91 calories, batter.) ment paper. In a large mixing ter until just combined; you 4 g fat, 2 g saturated fat, 26 mg bowl, whisk flour, bouillon should still have some lumps, cholesterol, 11 g carbohydrates, 1 g powder, baking powder, poulNutrition information per serving but not see any streaks of dry sugar, 3 g protein, 287 mg sodium, try seasoning, thyme, black (not including optional chicken flour. Set aside the batter to pepper and cayenne together. skin): 243 calories, 15 g fat, 7 g satu0 g fiber