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Gov. Andrew Cuomo held a press conference at the state Capitol on Monday to announce the federal government’s decision to cancel a Medicaid program that funded an initiative to help reform the state’s health care system.

ALBANY — The state will not receive the last $625 million of $8 billion in Medicaid funding after the federal government declined to extend a program aimed at changing a hospital-dependent health care system, an angry Gov.

Andrew Cuomo said at a press conference Monday.

In April 2014, the federal government approved an $8 billion waiver to fund the Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment program. The program was a result of the state’s Medicaid Redesign Team, and has a primary goal

of reducing hospital use by 25% over five years through payouts to hospitals and health care agencies after achieving results in system transformation, clinical management and population health, according to the state See MEDICAID A8

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A fire destroyed a home in Freehold on Saturday.

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caused several small explosions at Smiley’s Equipment in Freehold on Saturday.

The fire at Smiley’s was ignited by a nearby brush fire that got out of control, officials

confirmed Monday.

Firefighters responded to a report of large brush fire at 1:54 p.m. Saturday, at 3493 County Route 67, after being dispatched by Greene County

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The fire spread quickly and engulfed the house, officials said.

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firefighters, to make sure the home’s occupants were evacuated, fire officials said.

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Hi-way Drive-In in Coxsackie for sale

By Sarah Trafton Columbia-Greene Media

COXSACKIE — A relic of summers gone by in Greene County that grew from one screen, then to two and then four, is on the market.

The Hi-way Drive-In on Route 9W has been listed for sale, with a price tag of $975,000. Built in 1960, according to the listing with Keller Williams, the theater features four screens and 600 parking spaces. Owners Roger and Sharon Babcock purchased the drivein in 1996, according to Greene County property records.

“I’m 73 as of tomorrow,” Roger Babcock said Monday. “It’s about time to retire.”

Roger Babcock began working at the drive-in in 1971 at the age of 24, starting out in the box office. Sharon Babcock started at the theater in 1975.

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The Hi-way Drive In in Coxsackie is now for sale.

“She was the good-looking girl cleaning the grill and working the

register,” Roger recalled.

The two were married in 1990.

“When my boss decided he wanted to retire, he made us an offer we couldn’t refuse,” Roger said. “I already spent half my life there.”

The Babcocks’ five children and, later, their grandchildren worked at the theater, Roger said.

“Everybody in the family worked there at some point or another,” he said.

Today, the goal is to transition the business to a new owner who cares about drive-ins, Roger said.

“We’re not closing,” he said. “we’re transitioning to retirement.”

The 13-acre property also includes a snack bar with restrooms, according to the sale ad.

Coxsackie officials have fond memories of the theater.

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NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein was convicted of two of five counts Monday, marking a climactic end to a high-profile case that in some ways serves as vindication of the MeToo movement.

During the six-week trial, a physically diminished Weinstein shuffled in and out of a 15th-floor courtroom with the aid of a walker. He appeared stoic as six accusers testified; they faced hours of cross-examination, and some broke into tears as they recounted their alleged encounters with the formidable movie producer.

Weinstein did not testify in his own defense, so prosecutors were unable to interrogate him about his alleged conduct. But Weinstein and his lawyers have insisted that his encounters with the women were consensual.

Most of the women said the alleged assaults began under the pretext of a professional relationship. Weinstein would express interest in each woman’s acting career or a script they were writing before inviting them to his hotel room or Manhattan apartment, they said.

Annabella Sciorra, an actress best known for her role in “The Sopranos,” said Weinstein offered her a ride home from an industry dinner in Manhattan in 1993 or 1994. The two had met several times but never flirted or discussed the possibility of a romantic relationship, Sciorra said.

But moments after she was dropped off at her Gramercy Park apartment building, Weinstein knocked on the door and barged his way in, she said.

He began unbuttoning his shirt and lunged forward, even though the actress told him to leave, according to Sciorra. She said she punched and kicked Weinstein to no avail.

“I was just trying to get him away from me and he took my hands and he put them over my head,” Sciorra said. “He got on top of me and he raped me.”

Sciorra’s allegation was too old to prosecute individually, but it was factored into the top count of the indictment. To convict Weinstein of predatory sexual assault, jurors had to believe the mogul assaulted Sciorra and one of two other accusers: Mimi Haley or Jessica Mann.

After four days of deliberation, the jury asked Manhattan Supreme Court Judge James

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Harvey Weinstein arrives at Manhattan Criminal Court Monday, Feb. 24, 2020 in Manhattan, New York.

Burke if they could deadlock on the predatory sexual assault counts, but reach a unanimous decision on the individual allegations made by Haley and Mann. The question was only posed as a hypothetical, but Burke ordered them to continue deliberating.

Haley, a former production assistant on the Weinstein Co. show “Project Runway,” said she first met Weinstein in 2004 and repeatedly rebuffed his advances. But she agreed to meet Weinstein at his SoHo apartment in 2006 out of fear she had damaged her relationship with the powerful Hollywood figure, she said.

What started as a casual conversation spiraled out of control when Weinstein attempted to kiss her, she testified last month.

Weinstein, who prosecutors said weighed more than 300 pounds at the time, used his bulk to back her into a bedroom, hold her down her arms and forcibly perform oral sex on her, Haley said.

In court, she remembered saying “no” repeatedly, and then realizing she was being raped.

After Haley and Sciorra testified, Mann took the stand, describing a lengthy and abusive relationship with Weinstein.

While some of their encounters were consensual, the onceaspiring actress also accused Weinstein of raping her on two separate occasions in hotels in

New York and Southern California.

Mann’s testimony lasted three days. When lead defense attorney Donna Rotunno crossexamined her about possibly suffering sexual abuse as a child, Mann broke into sobs and had to be escorted from the courtroom.

The Washington state native said that while she was never sexually attracted to Weinstein, she felt “compassion” for him and wanted his approval in her acting career.

But the relationship turned violent in a New York City hotel in 2013, Mann said, when Weinstein grabbed her and dragged her into a room, she said. Once inside, he physically barred her from leaving, she told the jury.

Mann said she “gave up” and had sex with Weinstein against her will.

Months later, Mann said she tried to end her relationship with Weinstein at a Beverly Hills hotel when she told him she had fallen in love with someone else.

Weinstein became enraged, picked her up from a chair and then violently raped her, she said.

Tarale Wulff, who once worked as a waitress at a swank Manhattan club, claimed Weinstein masturbated in front of her at the restaurant and later forcibly raped her in 2005. Lauren Young, whose allegations led to criminal charges against Weinstein in Los Angeles, accused

Weinstein of trapping her in a hotel bathroom then groping her while he masturbated.

And the defense insisted that the women were not victims, but opportunists seeking connections and acting roles.

Before the verdict was delivered, some legal experts predicted that the accusers’ continued contact with Weinstein could pose problems for the prosecution.

Haley and Mann both had consensual sex with Weinstein after the alleged assaults, the defense argued. Cheronis said Mann was actually in a “loving relationship” with Weinstein rather than the hellish dynamic she described, and Rotunno produced emails showing Haley once offered to introduce the mogul to her mother.

Emails presented by Rotunno showed Mann turned to Weinstein when her father died and during a difficult breakup.

“The person you chose to reach out to was the person you claimed sexually assaulted you,” Rotunno said. “You reached out to Harvey because you wanted to see him.”

Trauma experts have said a sexual assault victim might stay in touch with their abuser because of financial dependence or, in Weinstein’s case, because he held power over them in Hollywood.

A witness for the prosecution, forensic psychiatrist Barbara Ziv attempted to knock down socalled rape myths — including the notions that the truthfulness of a rape allegation can be evaluated by how an accuser behaves afterward.

During her closing arguments, Rotunno said that the women made the choice to interact with Weinstein, and that prosecutors had “created a universe that strips ... adult women of common sense, autonomy, and responsibility It’s offensive, actually.”

In her closing argument, prosecutor Joan Illuzzi pushed back against the idea that staying in touch with an alleged abuser means that the abuse didn’t happen.

“The question is not whether Jessica Mann made a bad decision,” Illuzzi said. “The question for you is whether or not Jessica is lying. If she’s telling you the truth, she’s the victim of rape.”

Weinstein will next answer to four more counts of rape and sexual battery charges in Los Angeles. (c)2020 Los Angeles Times

N.Y.’s Schumer admits to spending nearly $9,000 on cheesecake Antonia Noori Farzan The Washington Post

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., is not about to apologize for spending thousands of dollars on cheesecake.

“Guilty as charged,” he told reporters at a Sunday news conference. “I love Junior’s Cheesecake so much.”

Schumer was responding to a Saturday report in the New York Post that ribbed him for spending over $8,600 at Junior’s Cheesecake, a famed New York institution, over the course of a decade. “At the current price of $43.95 for the signature plain cheesecake, the House minority leader gobbled up 196 in five years,” the tabloid reported, suggesting that Schumer could be called “Sen. Chuck E. Cheesecake.”

As CNN confirmed, Federal Election Commission filings show that the Friends

of Schumer PAC did spend $8,638.85 at Junior’s Cheesecake between 2009 and 2016.

But the expenditures were categorized as “supporter acknowledgments,” meaning that the cheesecakes were handed out as gifts, not purchased as snacks for the senator, as the New York newspaper itself acknowledged.

And none were bought with taxpayer money, a spokesman for Schumer’s office told CNN. Still, based on the headline alone — “Chuck Schumer has spent $8,600 on Junior’s cheesecakes in the past decade” - a reader could be forgiven for thinking that Schumer was living it up and consuming an astonishing amount of cheesecake. And the senior New York senator made clear on Sunday that he doesn’t have a problem with that. (After all, not liking Junior’s Cheesecake would almost certainly be a bigger electoral liability.)

“It’s the best cheesecake in the world,” he declared, holding up a printout of the Post article.

“It is made in Brooklyn. I’ve been going to Junior’s since I was a little boy.”

The news conference was centered around a much more serious issue — Schumer’s concerns about the Transportation Security Administration’s use of the short-video app TikTok, which has ties to the Chinese government. Later on Sunday, TSA officials said they would no longer be creating videos on the app.

Putting those weightier matters aside, Schumer, who is also known for being a big fan of cheesesteaks and New York City diners, took the opportunity to address the allegations that he was in the pocket of Big Cheesecake. He gamely accepted a tray of Junior’s cheesecakes from an aide, then handed out a half-dozen mini cheesecakes to

members of the press. “It’s my guilty pleasure,” he said, before cautioning reporters not to look at the calorie count.

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Celebrating a mentor in the greenhouse and life

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By Nora Mishanec Columbia-Greene Media

FREEHOLD — George Story celebrated his 100th birthday surrounded by family and friends at the Freehold Firehouse on Saturday.

In a short speech, John Story described his father as a gentleman who “never spent a day without doing something he was passionate about.”

Story, standing nearby, said, “I’m learning a lot about myself.”

The party guests then sang “Happy Birthday” and the centenarian blew out the candles on his cake.

Story founded Story’s Nursery in Freehold and ran it for decades before handing over the reins to his business partner Ken Thompson in 2000.

He lived in his childhood home in Freehold until recently, when he moved to Ghent to live with his daughter Pam DeGeyter.

Many members of Story’s family were in attendance to fete his long life. Story has seven children, 17 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.

Story is well-known around Greene County for his kind Nora Mishanec/Columbia Greene Media demeanor and careful atGeorge Story blows out candles at his 100th birthday party on tention to plants, said many Saturday in Freehold. community members attending the party.

Linda Novak, of East Dur- transplanting Calwonder community, said members ham, worked at Story’s Nurs- peppers, Geneva tomatoes of the Greenville Masonic Lodge. ery for five years. “I didn’t and Savoy cabbages.

Story was a member of the Looking over the display, know a lot about plants, but Masons for 75 years, said MaR.J. Schmollinger, of Freethey trained me,” she said. sonic Lodge Master Luman hold, said he had known Story “It’s amazing that one man Chichester, of Medusa. his entire life but never realcould know so much.”

“He is a wealth of knowlThe Story family displayed ized how hard Story worked. a collection of photographs, “That’s what strikes me. edge and wisdom. He’s taught newspaper clippings and It doesn’t seem like it was all the brothers the things he’s learned in the greenhouse, notebooks. One notebook work,” Schmollinger said.

Story approached life with and in life,” Chichester said. lay open to a page from April 1947, when Story recorded a commitment to serving his “I’ve never seen him upset,

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he’s always happy.”

“He was very supportive of the other brothers,” said Kenny Siegel of Greenville.

“Always a joy to see at the meetings.”

Of Story’s 75-year membership in the Masons, Charles Sands, of Catskill, said, “He’s a faithful member, one of the backbones of the community for years.”

Mason Bob Tauckus, of

Greenville, remembered Story in lighter moments, listening to music at Gavin’s Irish Country Inn. He said Story and his late wife Marsha especially loved listening to Irish tenor Andy Cooney.

The Freehold Firehouse was an apt venue for the party, as it was formerly a one-room schoolhouse where Story studied as a boy.

Hundreds pack Delgado town hall in Claverack

By Nora Mishanec Columbia-Greene Media

CLAVERACK — More than 225 people filled the Churchtown Fire Hall in Claverack to hear U.S. Rep. Antonio Delgado, D-19, answer questions about migrant labor, opioid addiction, bail reform, climate change and vaccines Saturday.

The town hall, Delgado’s fourth in Columbia County and 35th since taking office, concluded a week of engagements in the district.

In his opening remarks, Delgado said he strives to listen to his constituents regardless of their party affiliation.

“I’m a Democrat. Two-thirds of the people I represent do not share my party,” Delgado said.

He cited his Family Farmer Relief Act, which President Donald Trump signed into law in August, as an example of his ability to work across party lines.

Claverack Town Justice Michael Brandon spoke about the bail reform law, which went into effect in New York on Jan. 1.

“I feel this bill was passed very quickly and was not thought out completely,” Brandon said.

Although he does not have a say in bail reform, which is a state law, Delgado said he believes the cash-bail system penalizes defendants who are poor.

“We have to be mindful of what we are trying to correct for,” he said. “And what we are trying to correct for, I think, at

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the federal level, is how do we get to a place where the criminal justice system is equitable in that regard?”

A vocal group in attendance wanted to discuss vaccines.

Outside, as people left at the end of the town hall, six people held up signs saying “no more mandates” for vaccines. One person held up a sign that read, “Measles is a beneficial disease.”

During the question period, Stu Summer said he and several other people had contacted Delgado’s office about vaccination laws, but received the same letter back.

“We have been trying to educate you about this issue, and you have been a stone wall,” Summer said. “Are you going to mandate that every adult in this country be vaccinated to the CDC schedule?”

“And I’ll continue to do the research, and if I, in doing so, am informed differently, then I will change my point of view,” he said. “The issue for me is that it is a public safety issue,” which caused the room to break into chatter and calls of dissent.

Delgado said he would continue to educate himself.

A theme of Delgado’s remarks was that corporate interests, including Big Agriculture and Big Banks, have an outsized effect on how the government operates.

Barbara Ullman, of Claverack, who since 1983 has owned an apple orchard

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managed by Yonder Farms, said she is concerned about the supply of migrant and guest farm workers. She asked Delgado if there is anything he can do to help.

Small, family-owned farms need more attention from Washington, Delgado said. He supports the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, which would streamline the hiring process for farms and create a pathway to legal residency for seasonal workers who pass a background check, he added.

Some of Delgado’s information about opioids did not hold up under scrutiny, said Andrew Vallas of Hillsdale.

Delgado said he believes in taking a compassionate tone when talking about addiction, and he disagrees with those who would prefer a punitive approach.

Vallas disagreed.

“What you’re saying does not work,” Vallas said.

Delgado pointed to the work of Chatham Police Chief Peter Volkmann, who Delgado invited to attend the State of the Union in January. Volkmann’s Chatham Cares 4 U Initiative is “thoughtful and creative enough to have a real impact,” Delgado said.

Cheryl Qamar asked if Delgado would be willing to support a walkathon for water.

He said he would, citing his support of the PFAS Action Act to set enforceable maximum contaminant levels for PFAS chemicals and improve systems for wastewater management. PFAS is perfluorooctanoic acid, an ingredient used in industrial chemical processes, and is a contaminant that has been found in some water

supplies in the region.

Craig Bender, of Ghent, asked about finding common ground on climate change.

Climate change is already having an impact on farmers, Delgado said, citing flooding, soil health and the increase in Lyme disease.

There’s a moral and economic imperative to act, he said. “All of the job growth is in a green job economy.”

Investing in renewable energy, weatherization and water-management technologies would create jobs and sustained economic growth, Delgado said.

The Green Jobs and Opportunity Act, which Delgado introduced in August 2019, would train students for jobs in wind and solar energy, he said.

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An intelligent approach to legalization Legalization of adult use of marijuana in New York state is serious business, for health and economic reasons. To prevent as many problems as possible, Gov. Andrew Cuomo will embark on what some wags are calling “the cannabis tour” of states where marijuana is already legalized. It is a wise strategy and, we believe, a necessary one.

Cuomo will travel to three states that allow recreational marijuana use in the coming weeks ahead of his push to pass legalization as part of the proposed 2020-21 state budget.

Eleven states and the District of Columbia legalized recreational marijuana use in the last decade.

Cuomo plans to visit Massachusetts, Illinois and California, or Colorado, to learn more about their programs before New York’s April 1 budget deadline. Recreational marijuana was legalized in Massachusetts in 2017. Illinois passed its Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act last year.

Much can learned from the simple strategy of discovering how something is done by someone else. When it comes to a gamechanging resolution to make marijuana legal — to take New York state into uncharted territory — it’s imperative to do research.

And the best research is seeing the practical

applications of others.

Cuomo included a 200-page bill in his $178.6 billion budget proposal to legalize the use of marijuana for adults 21 and older. The bill addresses the all-important economics initiatives to direct funds to communities of color and provide them with steady footing to enter the new industry as entrepreneurs — specifics that were excluded from last year’s version.

The governor plans to speak to officials in other states about the challenges they faced with legalizing marijuana, including local law enforcement.

It’s refreshing to see New York’s top state official conducting personal research into this important legislation. Legalization of marijuana in other states including Massachusetts ran into some trouble along the way, so doing this the intelligent way also means the right way.

Legalization will have big social, economic and health implications. As a result, New Yorkers deserve a close-up study of the problems that arose, the solutions to those problems, what was amended and how it was done, how law enforcement was integrated into the process and what blueprint was drawn for the fair distribution of revenue.

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Civil society activist’s arrest is another sign of Erdogan regime’s cruelty and paranoia (c) 2020,The Washington Post ·

For a few hours on Tuesday, it appeared that there had been a breakthrough in Turkey’s dismal human rights situation. A judge unexpectedly acquitted nine people unjustly charged with attempting to violently overthrow authoritarian President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, including one of the country’s foremost civil society activists, Osman Kavala.

Alas, the jubilation among Turkey’s beleaguered liberals was short-lived. Kavala never emerged from prison; instead, he was re-arrested under a new set of trumped-up charges. On Wednesday, it became clear who was responsible for the reversal: Erdogan publicly complained that “maneuvers had been pulled” to free Kavala, and an investigation was launched into the judge who cleared him.

Who is this alleged coup plotter that Turkey’s strongman fears so much? Kavala is a cultured, 63-year-old philanthropist whose foundation, Anadolu Kultur, was known for backing initiatives such as a human rights film festival, art exhibitions and theaters. He also was one of the organizers of the Turkish branch of the Open Society Foundation, which is backed by billionaire George Soros, the subject of countless crackpot conspiracy theories among the European and U.S. far right.

Arrested in 2017, Kavala was one of tens of thousands of Turks swept up in a government crackdown following a failed 2016 coup against Erdogan. He and his co-defendants were charged with another offense: allegedly organizing mass protests in 2013 in Istanbul’s Gezi Park. There was no evidence to support this. In December, the European Court of Human Rights found there were no grounds

for Kavala’s continued detention and ordered his release.

Turkey was formally bound by that decision, and Erdogan has been under pressure to release the philanthropist from senior European leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron. The acquittal Tuesday at first appeared to be a concession by the regime at a moment when it is seeking Western aid for the latest crisis in neighboring Syria.

Yet within hours Kavala was facing fresh charges.

The new case is even more flimsy than the first. Prosecutors claim Kavala was part of a CIA team that oversaw the 2016 attempted coup - a conspiracy they portray as led by a U.S. college professor, Henri Barkey, who happened to be conducting an academic seminar on an island off the coast of Istanbul when the failed military uprising took place.

The charge that he led the coup is manifestly ludicrous - and, in any case, Kavala was not present at the seminar. The charge is based on a passing encounter the two men had at an Istanbul restaurant several days later.

That one of Turkey’s leading civil society figures could be imprisoned and prosecuted on such a preposterous pretext is just one more sign of the cruelty and paranoia that has come to characterize Erdogan’s regime.

We’d call on President Donal dTrump to intervene on Kavala’s behalf - except Trump is an open admirer of the Turkish ruler and has himself propagated conspiracy theories involving Soros. That means Merkel, Macron and other European leaders still committed to liberal values and the rule of law must step up.

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There is no sugarcoating the Nevada results. It was a Sanders blowout.

WASHINGTON — There is no discounting the strength and significance of Vermont senator Bernie Sanders’s victory Saturday night in the Nevada caucuses. For people like me, who would prefer to see anybody but Sanders as nominee, there is no sugarcoating the results. The polls had prepared us for a Sanders win in Nevada — just not one quite so resounding or broad-based.

Sanders claimed victories in Iowa and New Hampshire, but the first was contested and the second notably slim.

In Iowa, Sanders won more of the popular vote — a shade over 2,000 more votes than former South Bend, Indiana, mayor Pete Buttigieg, or 1.4 points — yet Buttigieg actually walked away with two more delegates. In New Hampshire, Sanders beat Buttigieg by fewer than 4,000 votes — 1.3 percentage points — but emerged with the same number of delegates.

Nevada was different. It was a Sanders blowout.

On Sunday morning, with a pathetic 60% of precincts reporting, Sanders had 46% of the delegates, trailed badly by former vice president Joe Biden with 19.6% and Buttigieg at 15.3%. Sanders skeptics could comfort themselves after Iowa and New Hampshire that the sum of the vote of his rivals far exceeded Sanders’ support, underscoring the degree to which Democrats seemed to prefer a more moderate alternative. That argument was not available in Nevada.

As significant as Sanders’ totals was the accompanying diversity of the coalition he assembled. Four years ago, Sanders lagged badly behind Hillary Clinton in most contests in attracting minority voters. This year in Nevada, the first voting state with a significant minority population, Sanders demonstrated strength with that critical coalition. Four years ago in Nevada, Clinton won 76% of the African-American vote to Sanders’ 22%; this year, Sanders secured 27% of the African

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MARCUS American vote in the more crowded field, compared with Biden’s 39%. Likewise, Sanders won an outright majority of Latino voters, 51%, effectively matching his 53% four years ago.

That wasn’t all. The powerful Culinary Workers Union declined to endorse a candidate but warned that Sanders’s Medicare-for-all proposal risked undoing their members hard-bargained and expansive health care benefits; nonetheless, 34% of union households backed Sanders, far more than the closest second, Biden with 21%. On ideological grounds, Sanders not only prevailed with voters who described themselves as very liberal (49%) or somewhat liberal (29%), he also won nearly a quarter of voters who called themselves moderate or conservative, the same 24% share of that group who backed Biden. Sanders won with every age group except those over 65.

The nomination battle isn’t over, not yet. Biden can hang on at least through South Carolina, where he still leads in the polls, although his numbers have been dropping and Sanders has surged.

A new CBS News poll finds Biden with 28% of the vote there, and Sanders at 23%; ominously, Biden’s support among African Americans, who account for more than 60% of the state’s Democratic voters, has fallen by 19 points since November, from 54% to 35%.

Meantime, former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg’s billions have propelled him toward the top of the field - in the current

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RealClearPolitics national average, he is at 15% to Sanders’ 29% and Biden’s 17%.

Bloomberg is positioned to do well in the expensive Super Tuesday states March 3, if another disastrous debate performance does not sink him.

But, but, but. The current betting has to be on Sanders. First, his opponents can’t win by taking turns nipping at Sanders’ heels and dividing the non-Sanders vote: Buttigieg doing well in Iowa, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar coming in third in New Hampshire, Biden hanging on in Nevada. On this score, Bloomberg’s role threatens to be more spoiler than savior, further dividing the field.

Second, Sanders is the only candidate who has the financial structure - an enormous pool of low-dollar donors who can compete with Bloomberg, if not on a level playing field. Sanders has raised more ($133 million, as of the end of January) and spent more ($116 million) than any non-billionaire candidate. He had nearly $17 million on hand at the end of January, while his rivals were running out of fuel; Biden and Buttigieg had about $7 million each, Klobuchar and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) even less.

Finally, the party’s delegate selection rules operate in Sanders’ favor in a multicandidate field. His rivals can’t win any delegates at all unless they reach 15% of the vote. That allows Sanders to win a plurality but amass an outsized share of delegates.

All of this is a recipe for disaster: a contested convention that leaves the party bitterly divided, or a Sanders nomination that will face an extraordinary electoral map challenge. Meanwhile, this dish is getting dangerously close to cooked.

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Lawrence H. Evers CATSKILL – Lawrence H. family. He was a skilled carpenEvers, Jr., 93, formerly of Earl- ter, having built four homes for ton, passed away peacefully himself; then, more like a Dad on Wednesday February 19, than a StepDad, helped his fam2020 at Greene Meadows Nurs- ily with their homes. In earlier ing Home, Catskill, NY. He was years, Larry enjoyed fishing and born in Paterson, NJ on April 26, hunting, feeding the birds and 1926 to the late Lawrence and gardening. Later on, Larry and Rebecca Van Vliet Evers.

Edna enjoyed traveling in their Larry joined the US Navy in camper. In addition to his par1944, where he beents, Larry was predecame a Machinist ceased by his wife of 58 Mate, 3rd Class on a years, Edna L.Sutton tanker that fueled warEvers, in 2009; and by ships in the Pacific. He his three sisters, Isabel, was in Japan during Maude, and Ruth. the atom bombings Larry is survived by of Hiroshima. After he his step-sons, Wayne was Honorably Dis(Yvonne) and Kenneth charged in 1946, he ran (Charlene) Mabey; Evers his own septic and magrandchildren, Erin sonry business before (Bruce) Hawks, Michael working for Wright Aeronauti- (Lu) Mabey, Sean (Lindsey) Macal Corp, where he worked on bey, Gina (Tony) Bruno, and aircraft engines. Larry’s early Thomas (Tere) Mabey; his 10 life began in North Haledon, great-grandchildren; and his 2 NJ, and after marrying his wife, great-great grandchildren. he built their first home there.

The family extends a special He and Edna resided in North thanks to the Greene Meadows Haledon from 1951-1959 before staff for their compassionate moving to Greene County, New care.

York State where he worked All services will be conducted first, for the NYSDOT and then privately with burial at the Freefor Hannay Reels as a machin- hold Cemetery. In lieu of flowist, retiring in 1989. ers, donations may be made to Larry was a kind, generous either the Town of Coxsackie man who, without hesitation, Ambulance, PO Box 135, Coxwas always willing to help oth- sackie, NY 12051 or to the Earlers with any project, without ton Volunteer Fire Department, any thought of praise or reward. PO Box 187, Earlton, NY 12058.

His true enjoyment was always Condolences can be posted at building things and helping his ajcunninghamfh.com

Dorothy Jean Hoffman Dorothy Jean Hoffman of Hill- Hoffman (Michael Moore), Britsdale, NY passed away peace- tany Hamberger (Douglas), and fully on February 22, 2020. Dor- Kimberly Hoffman. She has four othy was born July 4th, 1927, great grandchildren, Gabriella the daughter of Harold and Hoffman-Emory, Elena SorrenHelen DeWitt of North Chatham. tino, Alexander McCleester, and She married Warren George Daxton Hamberger and many Hoffman, Sr. of Hillsdale on Oc- nieces and nephews. Dorothy tober 6th, 1947. She worked was an avid quilter, knitter and for a local company for a time. baker. She loved making items Together they have five sons, for her family. She also loved Warren G. Hoffman, crossword puzzles and Jr. (Donna VanAllen), garden flowers.

Dale A. Hoffman (DeFriends are innise), Bruce D. Hoffman vited and may call on (Patricia), Ned C. HoffWednesday Februman (Terri), and Gary L. ary 26, 2020 from 4:00 Hoffman (Patricia). She – 8:00 PM at the Peck and Warren had a prosand Peck Funeral perous dairy farm and Home, Route 22 in Coin business with son, pake NY. Services will Hoffman Gary, milking over 50 be held at the funeral head of cattle. Dorothy is pre- home on Thursday February deceased by her parents and 27, 2020 at 11:00 AM. Interment sisters, Edna Hancock of Ohio, will follow in the North Hillsdale Mary Maiorano of Thornwood, Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, and Helen Kukon of German- donations may be made to the town as well as her husband.

North Hillsdale United MethShe is survived by her sis- odist Church, C/o Lynne Colter, Evangeline of Hasbrouck clough, 146 County Route 21, Heights, her sons and nine Hillsdale NY 12529, the Hillsdale grandchildren: Brian (Sarah) Fire Company, or the Taconic Hoffman, Rebecca Hoffman, Hills Dollars for Scholars, PO Pamela Hoffman (Joshua), Le- Box 1119 Philmont NY 12565. anne Hoffman Sorrentino (Mi- To send an online condolence chael), Amelia Hoffman (Michael please visit www.peckandpeck.

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Assange called a threat to people who ‘put their lives at risk’ Ellen Milligan Bloomberg

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was called a threat to the people “who put their lives at risk to assist the U.S.” on the first day of his extradition trial in London.

James Lewis, a lawyer for the U.S., told a London court that Assange’s case has little to do with freedom of the press.

Instead, he tried to narrow the focus of the U.S. charges down to the harm to secret agents caused by the WikiLeaks disclosures.

Assange faces a maximum prison term of 175 years in the U.S. for charges that he conspired to obtain and disclose classified documents passed to him by former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning. The documents, including 90,000 Afghanistan war-related activity reports, 400,000 Iraq war-related reports and 250,000

State Department cables, were published by WikiLeaks in 2010 and 2011.

The month-long trial begins after Assange’s lawyers alleged President Donald Trump instructed a former congressman to offer him a pardon if he “played ball” and denied Russia’s involvement in Democratic National Committee leaks during the 2016 election. U.S. political motivations are set to play a prominent part in the case.

He’s been in London’s notorious Belmarsh prison since he was evicted in April from the Ecuadorian embassy where he had been given refuge for several years after skipping bail to avoid questioning in a Swedish sexual-assault case. That case was dropped in November after Swedish prosecutors said the allegations had been weakened as the memories of witnesses faded.

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John P. Bermingham passed social and enjoyed his time with away February 21, 2020 at St. family and friends as well as The Peter’s Hospice. Born February Toastmasters of Hudson, NY. 13, 1950 at St. Annes, Fermoy He is survived by his sons, Ireland, he was the son of the John and Peter, Granddaughlate John and Ellen Walsh Ber- ter, Brigid Rose, Brothers, mingham.

Walter and Redmond (Briget), He was raised in Sister, Eleanor, former Shanballymore, Co. wife, Carol (Moller), Cork Ireland and was nieces, nephews along a graduate of Rochwith his dear friend Gaestown College. After briel Palmer. graduation he moved Calling hours will to England where he be Saturday, March became employed at 7, 2020 from 10 to Lloyd’s Bank of Lon11:30am at the French, don. Moving on to New York, he attended Bermingham Gifford, Preiter & Blasl Funeral Home, ChaFordham University and graduated from Sienna Col- tham, NY. Mass of Christian lege with a major in Finance. Burial will follow at noon at St. Becoming a member of the Ce- James Church, Chatham, NY. ment and Concrete Workers In lieu of flowers contributions Union, Local 18A, he focused in John’s name may be made to on a career in construction in St. Peter’s Hospice, Albany, NY. NYC. He also spent a couple of For directions or to convey an years employed on the Alaskan online condolence visit frenchPipeline Project. John was very blasl.com

Retired SMsgt Paul Raymond Marilyn Martin, son, Christopher Martin, age 62, of Chatham, NY Martin daughter, Jessica Marpassed away on February 21, tin, his siblings, Edwin (Lorraine) 2020 surrounded by his loving Martin, Cherylee Endryck, and family.

Adam (Rebecca) Martin, and Paul grew up and was edu- his grandchildren Jadyn Carcated in Chatham. After graduruthers, Austin Martin ation, Paul entered the and Ethan Martin. Paul Air Force and would was predeceased by serve for twenty years. his father Edwin and When he returned from brothers, Kevin and active duty he worked Steven. for the state for fourFamily will receive teen years until his refriends at the French, tirement. He was an Gifford, Preiter & Blasl active member of the Funeral Home, ChaKinderhook Elks and Martin tham, on Tuesday FebSt. James Knights of ruary 25th from 4-7 pm.

Columbus, A life member of Mass of Christian Burial will be the SW Smith Hook and Ladder Company, an active member of Celebrated at St. James Church the martial arts community ob- on Wednesday at noon. Intertaining status of a black belt. He ment will follow at St. James enjoyed golfing with his broth- Cemetery. In lieu of flowers coners and friends and spending tributions in Paul’s name may be made to the Wounded Wartime by the pool Paul is survived by his wife rior Project. Condolences may Dawn Anderson-Martin mother, be conveyed at frenchblasl.com

NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, portrayed in ‘Hidden Figures,’ dead at 101

By Kate Feldman New York Daily News

Katherine Johnson, a trailblazing NASA mathematician whose story was told in the “Hidden Figures” book and movie, died Monday morning.

She was 101.

Johnson, a black woman from West Virginia, was hired at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory in 1953 as part of the so-called Computer Pool, a group of people, mostly women, who worked as data processors before computers were invented.

Among her projects were Alan Shepard’s May 1961 mission Freedom 7, America’s first human spaceflight, and the Lunar Orbiter Program, which mapped the moon’s surface ahead of the 1969 moon landing. But her most well known work was on John Glenn’s 1962 orbital mission, when he ordered engineers to “get the girl” to re-run the equations calculated by the computer for his trajectory.

“If she says they’re good,” Glenn said, “then I’m ready to go.”

In 2015, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama.

“Today, we celebrate her 101 years of life and honor her legacy of excellence that broke down racial and social barriers,” NASA tweeted Monday.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine called Johnson

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US President Barack Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to NASA mathematician and physicist Katherine Johnson at the White House in Washington, DC, on November 24, 2015.

an “American hero” and said her “pioneering legacy will never be forgotten.”

“Ms. Johnson helped our nation enlarge the frontiers of space even as she made huge strides that also opened doors for women and people of color in the universal quest to explore space,” Bridenstine said in a statement. “Her dedication and skill as a mathematician helped put humans on the moon and before that made it possible for our astronauts to take the first steps in space that we now follow on a

journey to Mars.

Johnson’s barrier-breaking work was immortalized in “Hidden Figures,” written

by Margot Lee Shetterly. The 2016 Oscar-nominated movie, based on Shetterly’s book, starred Taraji P. Henson as Johnson, Octavia Spencer as Dorothy Vaughan and Janelle Monae as Mary Jackson.

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Supreme Court agrees to hear case of religion vs. gay rights over fostering

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Monday it will decide another clash between religion and gay rights, this time involving Philadelphia’s refusal to contract with Catholic Social Services over the group’s refusal to place foster children with same-sex couples.

The court agreed to hear an appeal from religiousrights advocates who argue that excluding the Catholic agency from the city program violated the 1st Amendment’s protection for the “free exercise” of religion.

Philadelphia said it required its contractors to abide by the city’s civil rights provisions, including a ban on discrimination based on sexual orientation. Catholic groups had been involved in placing foster children for more than century, but church officials refused to make a written commitment to consider same-sex

couples. They contended that doing so would violate their sincere religious beliefs about marriage.

The city then ended its contract with the group and said it no longer had the authority to place foster children. A federal judge and the 3rd Circuit Court upheld the city’s decision, saying it was based on a sincere commitment to its policy of nondiscrimination and was not a targeted attack on religion.

Lawyers for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty appealed, and the court said Monday it would hear the case of Fulton vs. City of Philadelphia.

“The next big religious freedom case just landed at SCOTUS. Philly is trying to shut down a 100-year-old Catholic ministry over the ministry’s religious beliefs about marriage,” Lori Windham, a Becket lawyer, said in response to the court’s announcement.

The American Civil Liberties Union had joined

Philadelphia in defense of its policy of non-discrimination.

“When agencies choose to accept taxpayer dollars to provide this critically important government service to children, the needs of children must come first,” Leslie Cooper, deputy director of the ACLU LGBT & HIV Project, said in response. “This case could have profound consequences for the more than 400,000 children in foster care across the country. We already have a severe shortage of foster families willing and able to open their hearts and homes to these children.”

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Cornell Cooperative Extension welcomes new board members HUDSON — The board of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Columbia and Greene Counties held its 2020 organizational meeting Jan. 28 at Columbia-Greene Community College.

The following new board members were welcomed, Roberta Keller, Paula Van Meter, Virgilia Tegiacchi, Marion Coyne and Rebecca Pinder.

They join veteran members, Nicole Bliss, Virginia Benedict, Linda Fix, Bryan Frisbee, Sandra Gardner, Billy Greer, Linda Levitt, Joshua Lipsman, Matthew Maraglio, Alicia McCagg, and Dan McManus. Matt Luvera returned to the board for another year following his appointment as a representative of the Greene County Legislature and Ryan Skoda will be representing the Columbia County Board of Supervisors.

Billy Greer was nominated to serve as board president; Nicole Bliss as vice-president; Virginia Benedict as treasurer and Alicia McCagg will continue to serve as secretary.

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across all program areas. Evon Antonio, Executive Director and Angela Tallarico, Senior Administrator provided administrative oversight to the meeting proceedings.

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FEB. 27 CARMEL — Medical experts at Putnam Hospital Center will lead a community discussion on cardiovascular disease focusing on prevention, detection and treatment during a Heart-Healthy Lunch and Learn event. The luncheon is from noon-2 p.m. Feb. 27 in the hospital’s Michael T. Weber Conference Rooms, 670 Stoneleigh Ave., Carmel. Enjoy a wholesome lunch while hearing from cardiologist Dr. Lawrence Solomon of The Heart Center, a division of Hudson Valley Cardiovascular Practice, PC, an affiliate of Nuvance Health, along with Registered Dietitian Jenna Godfrey, on diet and exercise, reducing stress and risk factors, cardiac risk assessments and advanced treatments.

Seating is limited. Registration is required. To reserve a seat, visit www.healthquest.org/ heartlunch or call 845-2304773 (TTY 800-421-1220).

FEB. 28 WEST COXSACKIE — The Greene County YMCA will be hosting 90 minutes of nonstop Zumba to help raise funds for this year’s annual campaign 6:30-8 p.m. Feb. 28 at the YMCA, 35 Route 81, West Coxsackie. The party is for ages 12 and older. Participants are asked to wear white and neon colors. Light refreshments will be provided. Neon accessories and face paint will be provided. Instructor appearances include Melissa, Veronica, Julie, Rachel and Penny. Members, $12; nonmembers, $15. Pay at the door.

For information, call 518-7317529.

CAIRO — The Cairo-Durham Drama Club present the

2020 musical production, “Les Miserables,” at 7 p.m. Feb. 28 and Feb. 29; and 2 p.m. March 1 in the Cairo-Durham Middle/High School auditorium, 1301 Route 145, Cairo. General admission, $8; students and seniors, $7. Advance tickets are available for purchase 5:30-7 p.m. Feb. 13, 26 and 27 in the CDHS lobby. Tickets will also be available for purchase at the door on the night of performances. Tickets are sold by show date and by seat. Visit www.cairodurham.org.

CATSKILL — Catskill Elks Lodge, 45 North Jefferson Heights, Catskill, will hold Fish/Seafood Fry 5-7:30 p.m.

Fridays during Lent, Feb. 28 through April 10. Last order by 7 p.m. The cost is $12 for fish, shrimp or clam dinners; $15 for combo platter. Eat in or take out.

FEB. 29 CATSKILL — The Catskill Elks will hold a Cabin Fever Dinner Dance 6-10 p.m. Feb. 29 at the Lodge, 45 North Jefferson Ave., Catskill. The cost is $25 and includes a hot/cold buffet and music by The Night Moves. Tickets available at the lodge or call Mike at 518-2910185.

VOORHEESVILLE — Beginner Basket Weaving 10 a.m. Feb. 29 at Thacher Visitor Center, 830 Thacher Park Road, Voorheesville. Learn to weave a basket with artisan and teacher Karin Kuck. Your finished basket will serve as a great introduction to weaving techniques that are the foundation of basket construction.

You will leave with a usable 5” x 5” basket that you’ll be proud to display in your home or give as a gift. The course fee of $40 includes all materials. The approximate time for the course is about three hours. Call 518872-0800 to register.

MARCH 1 ALBANY — Jewish Genealogical Workshop will be held 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. March 1 at the Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York, 184 Washington Ave. Ext., Albany.

This meeting will be in a workshop format for members of the public seeking hands-on assistance in conducting Jewish genealogical research. For information, contact David Barnet at crjgs1@gmail.com or 518-573-8966.

Dear Warriors, I became physically ill when I heard Trump’s State of the Union address. Tell me, in the three years Trump has been in office, how is his healthcare plan working for you? The answer is it’s not, because he has none. He has even gone so far as to say he’ll tell you his plan after his election! Really! This is the same president who came one vote away from throwing 32 million Americans off the Affordable Care Acts’ protection for people with pre-existing conditions. He has joined with other states in lawsuits to dismantle the Affordable Care Act with absolutely nothing to put in its place.

As reported in Newsweek, Tiffany Stepien, whose 10-year-old daughter was diagnosed with a rare kidney cancer, said she struggled to watch Trump’s address when he talked about pre-existing conditions, knowing her daughter’s condition included the removal of one kidney and will have to have lifelong treatment!

Stepien said that while Sophia is now cancer-free following treatment, which included the removal of one of her kidneys, her condition requires lifelong monitoring.

“I felt frustrated and angry with the fact that Trump lied about protecting pre-existing conditions while he has staff actively fighting to dismantle the ACA in court,” Stepien said.

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WHITEHEAD-DICKENS Many people angrily tweeted about his constant “Lie, deny, blame the other guy” approach. I think one of the most outrageous things he’s said was, “I was the person who saved pre-existing conditions in your healthcare, you have it now, while at the same time winning the fight to rid you of the expensive, unfair and very unpopular individual mandate.” Please Warriors, don’t let him insult your intelligence!

I’ve heard Trump supporters say one of their reasons for support was because he appointed lower court judges and Supreme Court judges.

Do you ever stop and think how these Trump-appointed judges affect your life? Trump supporters were gleeful about Trump supporting Supreme Court judges to overturn Roe vs. Wade. Do “Right to Life” advocates realize while you may be saving embryos, Trump is killing people with his other actions. Example, before Roe vs.Wade women of all colors were dying from back-alley abortions.

Now to be fair, Warren and Sander’s “Medicare for all” stance is well-meaning, but just a pipe dream. As long as there is a Senate that votes for Trump’s policies with the purpose of keeping their own political careers relevant (Lindsey Graham), it will never pass! The answer is to improve on the Affordable Care Act, to make health care affordable!

The Trump administration has overhauled the Clean Water Act that past in the Obama administration, because God forbid he keeps anything passed by the Obama Administration! Trump’s actions remove federal protections for waterways around the country, including as many as two-thirds of those in California. Remember the cancer caused by PFOA chemical in our waters, something U.S. Rep. Delgado, D-19, is fighting against.

So when you think of Trump remember he is the “Lie, deny, blame the other guy candidate. https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/environment/2020/01/23/ trump-administration-unveils-new-clean-water-actrules/4558319002/ https://www.newsweek. com/trump-state-unionobamacare-exisitng-conditions-1485804 Reach Inez at callherid8@aol. com.

CATSKILL — Temple Israel of Catskill, 220 Spring St., Catskill, annual winter tag sale will be held 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.

March 1. Included will be lots of costume jewelry, furniture, household items, collectibles, some winter clothing, lamps, lamp shades, yarn and various items too numerous to mention. All items are price to sell. A soup lunch will be served from noon-2 p.m. for $6. Choice of three soups, with various accompaniments and beverage included. Bake sale will take place all day during the tag sale. Soup will be available to go from noon-2 p.m.

To go soups priced accordingly. Gift baskets will be raffled off and there will be a 50/50 drawing. Tickets are 10/$5 or 1 ticket for $1. For information, contact the temple office at 518-943-5758.

MARCH 2 DELMAR — The Delmar Community Orchestra, under the direction of Vincent Bonafede, will present a March Concert at 7:30 p.m.

March 2 at the Delmar Reformed Church, 386 Delaware Ave., Delmar. The concert, which will include classical selections, pops, and movie music, is free and open to the public. For information, contact DCO President Janet Behning at delmarcommunityorchestra@gmail.com or 914-271-2055, or visit the DCO website at www.delmarcommunityorchestra.org.

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MARCH 3 ACRA — Cornell Cooperative Extension of Columbia and Greene Counties Board of Directors will meet at 7 p.m.

March 3 at the Agroforestry Resource Center, 6055 Route 23, Acra.

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Single bullet sends 7 to hospital after man fires gun in Houston flea market Kim Bellware The Washington Post

Chaos erupted Sunday evening at a crowded Houston flea market when a man fired a gun, leaving seven people hospitalized. Police are still trying to determine whether the shot was fired by mistake or with a specific target in mind.

Police took one armed man into custody but have not announced charges.

The shot was fired around 7 p.m.

Sunday at the Mercado Sabadomingo, about 11 miles north of downtown, which on weekends turns into a dance hall popular with families, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez told reporters Sunday.

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Department of Health website.

“This funding has been very important in helping rural communities in particular build responsive and coordinated health services,” Columbia Memorial Hospital spokesman William Van Slyke said Monday. “As with any funding reduction, whether it comes from the federal or state government, it will only steepen the challenge for providers.”

The waiver that funds the initiative expires March 31.

The state applied in September to extend the program for four more years with another $8 billion. The request

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“I hope they keep it a drivein,” Coxsackie Town Supervisor Richard Hanse said. “It’s one of the few remaining in the country.”

A witness reported seeing someone with a gun at the same time a shot rang out, Gonzalez said. One man was shot in the leg with a passthrough wound; his age and identity have not been disclosed. Six others were injured from what police think was the bullet passing through the first victim and ricocheting off the concrete floor, after which it struck others or caused shrapnel injuries.

How or why the gun was fired isn’t clear, but Gonzalez said the alleged shooter had been drinking.

“We don’t know if he was fumbling around with the pistol, being irresponsible about it, or if he was actually intending to shoot somebody,” Gonzalez said. The man initially

claimed to have had his hand in his pocket when the gun fired, Gonzales said, but the early accounts haven’t matched up with the evidence.

“Guns and alcohol aren’t a good mix, especially when he’s not supposed to have a gun in this establishment,” Gonzalez said.

There’s no connection between the suspect and the man who was shot in the leg, police said.

Seven people were taken to the hospital, six of whom were injured from the apparent ricochet and treated for what Gonzalez described as nonfatal, “minor, superficial-type wounds.” The seventh, the man who was shot in the leg, did not suffer a life-threatening injury, the sheriff

said.

Gonzalez said children were among the attendees and called it a “miracle” that more people weren’t injured. He praised the officers who helped to apply tourniquets to stabilized those injured, but lamented that “we’re getting too much practice, to be quite honest.”

Gonzalez questioned why someone would bring a gun to the market to begin with: There are signs clearly posted prohibiting guns, and the area had a strong police presence of 10 officers from different agencies and 15 security guards, Gonzalez said.

The suspect could face penalties related to bringing a weapon into a place where they’re prohibited, or

was denied Friday in a letter from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services. “[An extension] would limit the state to just five years of its current budget neutrality savings, making it impossible for CMS staff to adequately assess the state’s proposal,” according to the CMS letter addressed to the health department. “CMS is therefore not in a position to authorize a conceptual agreement that is beyond the current demonstration period.”

Cuomo, at his press conference, assailed the decision.

“This health care denial is really obnoxious,” Cuomo said Monday. “It’s devastating to the hospitals that were counting on it. Health care is a human right. We fought all of these cuts all along.”

The federal government’s decision targets the state and

was politically motivated, Cuomo said, going on to talk about the state’s recent progressive policies including bail reform and the Green Light Law, which allows undocumented immigrants to obtain a driver’s license.

“In and of itself, it is very counterproductive and hurtful to this state, but when you view it in the series that are going on, it is even more disturbing,” Cuomo said. “Because this is not just the federal government takes an isolated action that is hurting the state.

There is continued pattern and series of these actions.”

The governor plans to contact the state’s congressional delegation in Washington.

“We’re going to marshal all our allies because it’s unconscionable,” Cuomo said.

“There has to be a place where you doing play politics. It has

to end somewhere. It should end at health care ... Why you would want to play politics with someone’s health care is just beyond me. They have no limits whatsoever.”

The waiver’s program was part of efforts to transition to a more community-based health care system, which is currently based on hospitals, the governor said.

“Emergency rooms versus using a community-based organization that’s better and cheaper ... everybody agrees with that,” Cuomo said. “It’s the doing it that’s the hard part.”

The $625 million was slated to be paid to a few dozen hospitals and health care agencies through the end of next month, including Albany Medical Center, Ellis Hospital in Schenectady and Samaritan Medical Center in Watertown.

Albany Medical Center was expected to receive $15,748,286 and up to $27,865,422 was slated for Ellis Hospital, according to a statement from the governor’s office.

Health care providers are disappointed in the decision.

Not extending the Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment program was shortsighted and does not make sense, according to the Greater New York Hospital Association.

“The decision ... is a major step backwards for New York’s health care providers and the patients they serve,” according to a statement from the association. “By significantly reducing preventable hospital admissions and readmissions, DSRIP dramatically improved care delivery and achieved major savings for the federal

government. But rather than build on those gains, CMS has chosen to punish New York.

This makes no sense.”

The decision will have an adverse impact on the state’s efforts to restructure its Medicaid program and reduce costs to hospitals, according to the association.

“This terrible decision will severely harm numerous DSRIP focus areas, including expanding medication-assisted treatment into primary care and emergency room settings, targeting seriously mentally ill populations for enhanced supports and addressing housing and other social determinants of health,” according to the statement from the association. “We must not let this happen. The health care of all New Yorkers is much too important.”

The owners plan to remain open until the sale goes through.

Going to drive-in theaters is an experience that is passed down from generation to generation, Hanse said.

“I know of people who come here because they want to show their children what a

drive-in is,” he said. “They’re a relic of the past. It’s sad to hear it’s up for sale.”

The theater gives Coxsackie some of its character, Hanse said.

Coxsackie Village Mayor Mark Evans recalls going to the drive-in as a child.

“I’ve gone there since I was

little kid,” he said. “The folks have always kept it in great shape. It’s kind of an iconic part of Coxsackie. There’s not many drive in theaters still around.”

Evans hopes the Babcocks are successful in their search for a new owner to take on the business, he said.

One of the highlights of owning the drive-in has been the customers, Roger said.

“We greatly appreciate everyone’s business, every friendship,” he said.

The response to the announcement has been emotional, Roger said.

“It brings a tear to your eye,”

he said. “They’re not just considered customers. They’re a part of our family.”

The drive-in tradition lives on in Greenville, at Drive-In 32. Founded in 1959, the theater went on hiatus for several years before current owners Dwight Grimm and Leigh Van Swall took over in 2015.

NOTICE OF FILING WITH THE FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P. FERC Docket No. CP20-48-000 Please be advised that on February 3, 2020, Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P. ("Iroquois") filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("Commission") an application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity ("Certificate"). In that application, Iroquois seeks authority to construct and operate its Enhancement by Compression Project ("ExC Project"). In accordance with the Commission’s regulations, Iroquois is hereby providing some additional information regarding the ExC Project.

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Over two dozen fire companies responded to the scene or were placed on standby for departments that were fighting the fire.

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got out safely, state police confirmed Monday. The home was part of a working farm and there were a lot of animals around, but no animals were injured or lost.

Small explosions could be heard as the flames swept through the property.

“My assistant chief said something did pop,” Greenville Fire Chief Wade Davis said Monday.

The “pop” was the sound of small propane tanks exploding on the property, based on observations from a walkabout after the fire, Davis said Monday.

The Greene County Hazardous Materials Unit and state Department of Environmental Conservation Spill Response Team were called to the scene to assist with fuel spills.

The Greene County hazmat team worked to contain a large amount of home fuel, Greene County Emergency Services Director John Farrell said Monday.

“We assisted the DEC folks

criminal charges if police determine he was reckless with the weapon or intended to shoot someone. Gonzalez would not comment on what potential charges police may pursue.

Unintentional shootings account for about 18 percent of all gun-related injuries, according to data analyzed by Giffords, a nonprofit antigun violence group.

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Docket Number/Party Status: As denoted above, the ExC Project has been assigned a docket number by the Commission: CP20-48-000. This docket number should be used in any communication with either Iroquois or the Commission with respect to the ExC Project. Please note that requests to intervene in this proceeding are to be filed with the Commission. A separate notice about the Project will be mailed to all affected landowners and governmental entities. Questions can be directed to the Commission’s Office of External Affairs at (202) 502-8004.

General Project Description: Iroquois is proposing to construct, own, operate, and maintain certain new natural gas compression and cooling facilities to be located at the sites of four existing Iroquois compressor stations, in Athens, New York; Dover, New York; Brookfield, Connecticut; and Milford, Connecticut (cooling only). There is no new pipeline proposed as part of this Project. A map is provided showing the location of the ExC Project in this area.

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A fire broke out at a home in Freehold on Saturday.

putting booms up to prevent fuel spills from going off the property, from running off into streams,” Farrell said.

“I could see the place burning from my house,” said Greenville Town Supervisor Paul Macko, who lives in Freehold. “From where I live, maybe 1,500 feet away, the smoke was almost gagging.”

Several fire departments arrived after fighting another large brush fire on Deyo Road in Cairo.

Davis said the brush fire on Deyo Road in Cairo was

unrelated to the fire at Smiley’s in Freehold.

More than two dozen fire companies from Greene, Albany and Columbia counties worked to bring the fire under control, including Freehold, Greenville, East Durham, Cairo, Medusa, Catskill, Oak Hill-Durham, Durham and Westerlo.

Multiple police agencies and rescue squads also assisted. County Route 67 was closed to traffic Saturday afternoon.

The ExC Project has been developed to provide a total of 125,000 Dekatherms per day of incremental firm transportation service to two existing local gas utility customers of Iroquois. The ExC Project is designed to facilitate a rational and orderly transition to a renewable energy future, complementing and supporting the region’s policy choices while at the same time addressing the need for incremental natural gas transportation capacity into the region.

In order for Iroquois to meet the ExC Project’s proposed in-service date of November 1, 2023, Iroquois must commence construction of the Project facilities by early Spring 2023.

Description of Iroquois: Iroquois is a Delaware limited partnership comprised of affiliates of two major North American energy companies, Dominion Energy, Inc. and TC Energy Corporation. Iroquois’ principal office

is located at One Corporate Drive, Suite 600, Shelton, Connecticut 06484. Iroquois is engaged in the business of transporting natural gas in interstate commerce under authorizations granted by, and subject to the jurisdiction of, the Commission. The Iroquois system is 414 miles long and extends from the U.S.-Canadian border at Iroquois, Ontario and Waddington, New York through New York State, western Connecticut and under the Long Island Sound to South Commack, New York, and then extending back under the Sound to a terminus at Hunts Point in the Bronx.

Additional Information: A complete copy of the public portions of the application filed by Iroquois can be viewed at the following location: D.R. Evarts Library 80 Second Street Athens, NY 12015 (518) 945-1417 The Commission has issued a pamphlet entitled "An Interstate Natural Gas Facility on My Land?

What Do I Need To Know?" The pamphlet briefly explains the Commission’s process and how landowners may participate in that process, and is available on the Commission’s website at www.ferc.gov/resources/ guides/industry-guides.asp. Questions about the pamphlet or your rights at the Commission can be directed to the Commission’s Office of External Affairs at (202) 502-8004 or through the general Commission web site at www.ferc.gov.

This notice provides an overview of Iroquois’ proposed ExC Project and how it might affect you.

In general, Iroquois already owns the property related to the compressor and cooling facilities.

In addition, to the extent access to property would be necessary, representatives of Iroquois should have already contacted the affected landowners to discuss an easement agreement or similar arrangement. For further information the application may be reviewed at the location listed above. In addition, you may contact Iroquois at (800) 253-5152 option 4 with any questions or for a copy of the application.

Alternatively, you may contact any of the following individuals for further information or email us at excproject.com.

Kimberly A.E. Pritchard Director, Legal Services and Corporate Secretary (203) 944-7032 kimberly_pritchard@iroquois.com Rob Perless Director, ExC Project (203) 944-7016 robert_perless@iroquois.com Ruth Parkins Director, Public & Govt Relations - ExC Project (203) 925-7209 ruth_parkins@iroquois.com

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ICC upends Hudson, advances in Class B playoffs

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C-A advances to Class B quarterfinals

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COXSACKIE — The No. 15 Coxsackie-Athens Indians beat the No. 18 Tamarac Bengals, 56-49, in Friday night’s Section II Class B boys basketball play-in game.

Joshua Kiefer led the way with 20 points for CoxsackieAthens as he emerged as the offensive facilitator for the Indians throughout. Kiefer hit shots whenever his team

needed them, grabbed rebounds down low, and kicked it out to open teammates all night.

The first half was the quintessential back and forth fight that playoff basketball breeds. To start, the Indians went up 4-0 after tip-off, but the Bengals stormed right back with five quick, unanswered points.

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New York Yankees third baseman Miguel Andujar (41) celebrates after hitting a home run during a Grapefruit League game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Charlotte Sports Park on Sunday.

Yanks’ Andujar is just happy to be able to play again

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PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — Miguel Andujar has not played in a game since May 12, 2019. The Yankees onetime starting third baseman who had surgery to repair his labrum and missed all but 12

games last year, did not care it was an hour-and-a-half road trip in a meaningless spring training game.

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HUDSON — A stellar defensive effort helped No. 12 Ichabod Crane defeat No. 5 Hudson, 37-29, in the first round of the Section II Class B girls basketball playoffs on Saturday.

The Riders advance to play No. 4 Mechanicville in the quarterfinals on Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Schalmont High School.

Ichabod Crane coach Adam Vooris said his team knew what it would take to beat Hudson.

“At the beginning of the game I asked the girls what they envisioned for today and most of them said defense,” Vooris said. “‘We’re going to be very active on defense,’ and they were. It was great.”

The Riders were able to take an 11-9 lead after one quarter, but Hudson had its best run of the game in the second, outscoring ICC 13-6 to surge ahead, 22-17, at halftime.

After the intermission, the Riders buckled down on defense and allowed just seven points the rest of the way, surrendering four in the third quarter and only three in the fourth, despite playing with just seven players.

“They all play, they all contribute one way or another, whether it’s a box out on a rebound, whether it’s a made basket or a good defensive play,” Vooris said.

“Malati Culver played awesome on defense in the second half.I don’t have how many steals she had, but it had to be a lot. She was right where she needed to be. Whether it’s on the offensive end or the defensive end we get contributions from everywhere and this group of girls love each other and they play like they love each other.”

With Hudson struggling offensively, Ichabod Crane took advantage. A bucket by Abigail Dolge just before the buzzer sounded put the Riders up 28-26 entering the final stanza and they never looked back.

ICC went on to outscore Hudson 9-3 over the final eight minutes to lock up the win and send its loyal following of fans home happy.

“We had great support from our community, which is amazing,” Vooris said. “The girls noticed it and it kept them up even when we were

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Ichabod Crane’s Ashley Ames is guarded by Hudson’s Deja Beauford (23) and Abby Jepsen (4) during Saturday’s Section II Class B playoff game.

down early, and then we settled down and played the way we wanted to.”

Vooris said the team never got rattled, despite falling behind by as much as seven early in the second half.

“No matter what I tell this group of girls they listen, and what I told them was I don’t care if we go down 15 points, please don’t do it, but we’re still going to win this game.

They believed in myself as a coach, they believed in each other and they did it.”

With two postseason victories to their credit, the Riders find themselves just two wins from playing for a Section II title, an accomplishment that seemed highly improbable early in the season.

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Ichabod Crane’s Clare Knapp (14) defends against Hudson’s Danielle McDonald during Saturday’s Section II Class B playoff game.

On second thought, Rob Manfred should strip Astros of 2017 World Series title David Lennon Newsday

TAMPA, Fla. — At first, the idea of vacating a title in Major League Baseball seemed ludicrous, too outlandish to be even seriously mentioned, never mind considered in the wake of the Astros’ sign-stealing scandal.

I always thought it silly when the NCAA, known for its ham-handed distribution of justice, chose to strip the USC football program of its 2004 national crown (along with Reggie Bush’s Heisman trophy) or take back the 1996 Final Four appearance from the UMass men’s basketball team.

My main issue? What was everyone supposed to do, just pretend those things never happened? They witnessed those victories, watched those title games, bought the memorabilia, wear the shirts. I just chalked it up to the NCAA’s feelings of omnipotence, always so confident in the ability to bend reality to suit their purposes.

MLB was above that, right? Surely commissioner Rob Manfred could come up with more TROY TAORMINA/USA TODAY sensible, stringent penalties that suitably hurt Houston Astros left fielder Marwin Gonzalez (9) and third baseman Alex Bregman (2) holds the the Astros — harsh discipline that would not championship trophy during the 2017 World Series championship parade and rally at Houston City only act as a deterrent, but satisfy those who Hall. were most wounded by their rule-breaking beFar from it. And after hearing so many play- Astros to be stripped of their 2017 World Series havior.

We know now that’s not what happened. ers throughout the league publicly call for the title, that’s not such a crazy concept anymore.

Just the opposite. It’s a punishment that best fits the crime. And who better to listen to on the meaning of that championship than the very players that work so hard for it.

Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton — two of the most high-profiles names in the sport — became the latest to suggest that taking the ‘17 trophy back from the Astros wasn’t as trite as the “piece of metal” reference Manfred later had to apologize for. Neither Yankee is known for making inflammatory comments, but in this case, they didn’t pull any punches.

“Yeah, (MLB) did their investigation and it was(clear)-cut they cheated that year, which means it should be taken away,” Stanton said.

“If you cheat in another way (PEDs) during the season you can’t even be in the playoffs. It’s pretty much the same difference.”

Judge agreed with Yu Darvish’s comparison with the Olympics, to the effect that gold medals are stripped when an athlete is found to have cheated. He also went a step further by losing all respect for the Astros, and feeling that the accomplishment was basically worthless now.

“Yeah, I just don’t think it holds any value with me,” Judge said. “You cheated and — you didn’t earn it. It wasn’t earned the way of See MANFRED B3

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Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (23) celebrates on Sunday against the Boston Celtics half at Staples Center. The Lakers defeated the Celtics, 114-112.

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Anthony Davis tallied 32 points and 13 rebounds and LeBron James recorded 29 points, nine assists and eight boards, and the Los Angeles Lakers weathered a career-high-tying 41-point effort by Jayson Tatum to beat the Boston Celtics 114112 on Sunday at Staples Center.

The historic rivals went back-and-forth throughout the game, and right down to the wire. The Celtics took a 110-108 lead with 1:17 remaining when Jaylen Brown, who scored 20 points, knocked down a 3-pointer.

Missed shots on both ends set a final 37 seconds that took several minutes due to a handful of officiating reviews and a technical foul assessed to Celtics coach Brad Stevens.

James’ fadeaway jumper with 30.4 seconds remaining gave Los Angeles the lead for good, with Davis making three free throws over the final 12 seconds to seal it.

Raptors 127, Pacers 81 Pascal Siakam scored 21 points and Toronto led all the way to defeat visiting Indiana.

Kyle Lowry had 16 points, 11 assists, seven rebounds and five steals for the Raptors, who have defeated the Pacers three times this month. The Pacers were without guard Victor Oladipo, who had a sore back.

Serge Ibaka added 15 points and 15 rebounds for the Raptors, who have won 17 of their past 18 games.

The Raptors’ 46-point margin of victory marks the largest in franchise history.

Thunder 131, Spurs 103 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a game-high 22 points and Chris Paul narrowly missed a triple-double to lead Oklahoma City to a home victory over San Antonio.

The Thunder got rolling in the second quarter, answering a Spurs run with 16 consecutive points to jump ahead. That stretch, like most of the game, came from a balanced scoring effort.

Luguentz Dort, a rookie on a two-way contract, came up big for Oklahoma City with two big baskets in the 16-0 run, including a 3-pointer to finish off the stretch, and put the Thunder up 52-45.

Nuggets 128, Timberwolves 116 Paul Millsap had a season-high 25 points, Nikola Jokic added 24, and host Denver beat shorthanded Minnesota, which had just nine players available.

Jamal Murray had 19 points, Gary Harris and Monte Morris had 13 apiece and Jerami Grant added 12

for Denver, which has won eight straight against the Timberwolves.

Kelan Martin scored a career-high 21 points, including 19 in the first half, while Malik Beasley had 17 in a balanced Minnesota attack. Jordan McLaughlin had 15 points and 10 assists, Jarret Culver had 14 points and Naz Reid added 13 for the Timberwolves.

Bulls 126, Wizards 117 Coby White scored 33 points off the bench, Zach LaVine added 32 points, and Chicago pulled away to beat visiting Washington.

Thaddeus Young finished with 23 points for the Bulls, who snapped an eight-game losing streak.

Tomas Satoransky posted a double-double against his former team with 15 points and 13 assists.

Bradley Beal scored a career-high 53 points in a losing effort for the Wizards, who have lost back-to-back games. Beal shot 15 of 27 from the field, 5 of 11 from beyond the arc and 18 of 20 from the free-throw line.

Pelicans 115, Warriors 101 Rookie Zion Williamson scored 28 points, his most in a road game this season, and Nicolo Melli saved three of his six 3-pointers for the fourth quarter as New Orleans rallied over Golden State.

Williamson shot 13-for20 and added seven rebounds, six on the offensive end, helping the playoffhopeful Pelicans win for the fifth time in their last six games.

Damion Lee had 22 points and Jordan Poole 19 for the Warriors, who lost their sixth straight. Andrew Wiggins was held to eight points on 3-for-16 shooting in the loss, but did have a team-high 10 rebounds to complement four assists and two blocks.

Trail Blazers 107, Pistons 104 CJ McCollum scored a season-best 41 points, recorded a career-high 12 assists and also collected nine rebounds to lead Portland to a tight win over visiting Detroit.

Carmelo Anthony tallied a season-high 32 points for the Trail Blazers, who played without star guard Damian Lillard (groin) for the second straight game.

Hassan Whiteside added 16 points, 17 rebounds and four blocked shots as Portland halted a three-game skid.

Christian Wood recorded 26 points and nine rebounds for Detroit, which has dropped six straight games. Brandon Knight and Derrick Rose scored 15 points apiece and Langston Galloway had 13 points.

T.J. Oshie scored the goahead goal midway through the third period Sunday as the Washington Capitals topped the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins 5-3 in a battle for first place in the Metropolitan Division.

Oshie’s goal came at 10:40 off a short-range rebound.

Carl Hagelin added an empty-netter, his second goal of the game. The Capitals, who snapped a four-game losing streak, moved two points ahead of Pittsburgh, which has a game in hand.

Jakub Vrana and Tom Wilson also scored for Washington. Braden Holtby made 32 saves.

Patric Hornqvist, Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin scored for Pittsburgh, which lost its third straight. Matt Murray made 18 saves.

Golden Knights 6, Ducks 5 (OT) Shea Theodore scored the winning goal with 1:10 remaining in overtime and William Karlsson had a hat trick as visiting Vegas won its sixth consecutive game in defeating Anaheim.

Karlsson snapped a 20-game drought without a goal for his third career hat trick. Mark Stone finished with four assists for Vegas, which has the longest active winning streak in the NHL. Max Pacioretty added two assists and Malcolm Subban finished with 25 saves.

Adam Henrique and Nick Ritchie each had two goals and two assists, while Devin Shore also scored for Anaheim, which lost its fourth straight game. Gibson stopped 22 of 28 shots.

Islanders 4, Sharks 1 Anders Lee scored twice for New York, which moved back into sole possession of a wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference by beating visiting San Jose in Uniondale, N.Y. The win was the second straight following a

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Washington Capitals right wing T.J. Oshie (77) celebrates after scoring the go ahead goal against the Pittsburgh Penguins in the third period at Capital One Arena.

four-game losing streak for the Islanders, who snapped a three-way tie for the two wild-card spots with the idle Carolina Hurricanes and Columbus Blue Jackets.

The Sharks fell to 0-3-0 on a four-game East Coast trip.

Sabres 2, Jets 1 Kyle Okposo scored both goals, rookie goalie Jonas Johansson recorded his first NHL victory and Buffalo beat visiting Winnipeg.

Okposo netted markers in the first and third periods and stretched his point streak to four games – four goals and one assist – in the five games since his return from a six-game absence.

An American Hockey League All-Star this season for the Rochester Americans, Johansson won for the first time by making 25 saves in his third career start.

Oilers 4, Kings 2 Connor McDavid delivered a goal and two assists in his return to the ice, helping Edmonton over host Los Angeles.

McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Josh Archibald scored for the Oilers, while Anze Kopitar and Dustin Brown had goals for the Kings.

McDavid looked like he hadn’t missed a step during his time on the injured list. The 23-year-old center, who missed six games with a quadriceps injury sustained Feb. 8 against the Nashville Predators, logged 19 minutes, 22 seconds of ice time and had six shots on goal along with his three points.

Flames 4, Red Wings 2 Andrew Mangiapane scored two goals, Sean Monahan had a goal and an assist and Calgary began a fivegame road trip with a victory over Detroit.

Johnny Gaudreau also scored for the Flames while Noah Hanifin had two assists. David Rittich made 27 saves to pick up the victory.

Facing the club with the NHL’s worst record, the Flames never trailed.

Blues 4, Wild 1

Oskar Sundqvist scored a goal and set up another as visiting St. Louis defeated Minnesota.

Jordan Kyrou, Brayden Schenn and Ivan Barbashev also scored for the Western Conference-leading Blues, who have allowed just two goals during a four-game winning streak.

Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington made 32 saves to win this third consecutive start.

Stars 2, Blackhawks 1 Tyler Seguin scored the goahead goal late in the second period as Dallas skated past visiting Chicago.

Joe Pavelski also tallied and Anton Khudobin made 31 saves for Dallas, which improved to 6-1-1 in its past eight games.

Rookie Dominik Kubalik scored and Corey Crawford made 31 saves and even stopped a penalty shot for the Blackhawks, who dropped to 3-7-2 in their past dozen games.

Magic Johnson on Kobe Bryant’s death: It will be hard for LA to move on Broderick Turner Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES — On the eve of when the Lakers and the NBA will pay tribute to Kobe Bryant, Magic Johnson eloquently spoke about how the iconic player’s death has affected Los Angeles and basketball fans around the world.

Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven others died last month in a helicopter crash in nearby Calabasas.

“It’s going to be hard for the city to move on,” Johnson said. “... it’s hard in a two-minute, five-minute time to say everything that he meant to the world, to the NBA, to basketball fans, because he’s just bigger than life. It’ll take a long year to get over his passing and (his) daughter and the seven other people who lost their lives as well.”

There will be “A Celebration of Life for Kobe & Gigi Bryant” Monday morning at Staples Center.

Johnson spoke Sunday morning at Staples Center, before the Lakers played the Celtics, at an event Los Angeles owner Jeanie Buss and Boston owner Wyc Grousbeck hosted in celebration of one of the best rivalries in the NBA and in sports.

Bill Russell, considered the best Celtic ever because of his 11 NBA championships, was also at the event, showing his appreciation for Bryant by wearing his No. 24 jersey.

Former Lakers Michael Cooper and Kurt Rambis and former Celtics Cedric Maxwell and Brian Scalabrine were part of the panel that talked about their times competing in the rivalry.

Johnson eased his way into the room after the group had started talking, but it didn’t take long for him to speak about Bryant.

“He loved the Lakers organization.

He loved Jeanie. He loved (former Lakers owner) Dr. (Jerry) Buss,” Johnson said.

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Bill Russell wears a Los Angeles Lakers jersey of Kobe Bryant (24) during Sunday’s game against the Boston Celtics at Staples Center.

Johnson recalled how Bryant scored a career-high 81 points against the Toronto Raptors and 60 points against the Utah Jazz in the final game of his 20-year career with the Lakers.

“Who goes out at 60 points in their last game? It was truly amazing,” Johnson said. “Every night you might see something that you would never ever see before again.”

Johnson marveled at how Bryant was “living his best life after basketball” by working with Gianna on her basketball skills, getting involved in women’s sports and working out current NBA players.

“His relationship with his kids, with his wife, the work in the community...

He was about women’s athletics, the WNBA,” Johnson said. “He worked out with everybody. The list of players that this man worked out with — Kawhi (Leonard), Kyrie Irving, (Jayson) Tatum

of the Celtics, on and on and on. He would give his time and his knowledge of the game to all these young players.

And I just loved his relationship with his girls and his wife. They were coming to the L.A. Sparks games.”

Johnson recalled how then-Lakers general manager Jerry West praised Bryant after the 17-year-old guard had an outstanding workout against Cooper, who had been a tough defensive player for the Lakers during the 1980s.

“Jerry said this is the greatest workout we’ve ever seen from anybody,” Johnson said. “Just think about the Lakers history, and so I said, ‘OK, wow!’ And when he came as a rookie, the commitment to being great, working hard each and every day, he was up at three or four in the morning, already did a two-hour workout. Then he would come here and work out with the Lakers. He was committed to just dominating and he did.”

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Madie Graham as out only returner,” Vooris said. “Abby Dolge played maybe three minutes of a section game last year and everybody else was brand new.

“So we took our lumps early, but they got up to speed and we had a great break. We didn’t have any games ove the Christmas break and we really focused in on who we are as a team and made sure when we showed up on the court that’s what we get.”

Freshman Ashley Ames led the Riders in scoring with nine points, Madie Graham contributed seven and Malati Culver chipped in with six.

Deja Beauford had a gamehigh 15 for Hudson, 11 of which came in the first half.

The Riders now face another tough assignment in No. 4 Mechanicville, which defeated Broadalbin-Perth, 68-26, on Saturday.

“We’re the 12 seed and we’re the lowest seed out there and we’ll probably be the biggest underdog out there, but we’re excited,” Vooris said.

“We just like playing together and want to continue.”

ICHABOD CRANE (37): A. Ames 3-2-9, Culver 3-0-6, Dolge 3-2-9, Graham 2-3-7, More 2-1-6. Totals 10-3-37.

3-pointers: A. Ames, Dolge, More.

HUDSON (29): Alert 0-11, Beauford 6-3-15, A. Jepsen 1-0-3, K. Jepsen 2-1-5, Johnson 1-0-2, Jones 1-0-3. Totals 11-5-29.

3-pointers: A. Jepsen, Jones.

Schalmont 67, Catskill 41 SCHENECTADY — Topseeded Schalmont jumped

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intensity on offense and stayed aggressive on defense as well. Though Tamarac trailed by more than one possession, it continued to shoot with confidence and did not get overzealous.

The Bengals managed to knock down a three pointer with 21 seconds left in the first quarter, and keep pressure on the Indians who failed to attempt a shot on the final possession of the period. Nevertheless, Coxsackie-Athens led 17-16 after one quarter of play.

The second quarter brought about even more lead changes, one after another, as both teams fought to stay on top.

Tamarac took a three point

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the opportunity. You know to be here healthy to be out there.

I got to say I was really excited to be back out there and enjoy the game play the game,” Andujar said through Yankees interpreter Marlon Abreu.

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playing the game right and fighting to the end. The biggest thing about competition is laying it all out on the line, and whoever’s the better player, better person, comes out on top. You just lay it out there.

And to know that another team had an advantage that’s nothing that you can really guard against — I just don’t feel like that’s earned.”

When the usually-reserved Mike Trout, universally regarded as baseball’s best player, lends his voice to the chorus railing against Manfred’s disciplinary measures, that gets your attention. And Justin Turner, perhaps the most militant of this bunch, didn’t have a problem attaching his name to what everybody is thinking.

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Hudson’s Katie Jepsen (3) drives against Ichabod Crane’s Madie Graham (15) and Ashley Ames during Saturday’s Section II Class B playoff game.

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Ichabod Crane’s Delaney More eyes the basket while guarded by Hudson’s Darriell Johnson during Saturday’s Section II Class B playoff game.

out to a 19-point lead after one quarter and went on to hand No. 16 Catskill a 67-41 loss in the first round of the Section II Class B girls basketball playoffs on Saturday.

The Sabres were up 22-3 by the end of the first quarter, 3717 at halftime and 56-26 after three.

Payton Graber led Schalmont with 25 points. Karissa Antoine added 13 and Haley Burchhardt had 10.

Janay Brantley had a gamehigh 26 for Catskill (14-8) and finished her freshman year just 33 points away from 1,000 points for her varsiy career.

CATSKILL (41): Brantley 9-3-26, Konsul 2-2-6, Leipman 1-0-3, Salierno 0-0-0, O’Connell 3-0-6. Totals 15-541.

3-pointers: Brantley 5, Leipman.

SCHALMONT (67): Antoine 5-2-13, Burchhardt 4-2-10, Cordy 1-1-4, Fleming 1-0-3, Graber 9-2-25, Hallberg 2-0-4,

Lenehan 3-0-8. Totals 25-7-67.

3-pointers: Graber 5, Lenehan 2, Fleming, Cordy, Antoine.

Ravena 58, Cairo-Durham 41 RAVENA — Hannah Vanderzee and Lauren Sanderson combined for 44 points to spark No. 6 Ravena to a 5841 victory over No. 11 CairoDurham in Saturday’s Section II Class B girls basketball playoff game.

Vanderzee finished with 24 points and Sanderson had 20 for the Indians, who built quarterly leads of 17-10, 37-21 and 52-31.

Arianna Myers topped the Mustangs with 12 points.

Imani Wolcott chipped in with 10.

CAIRO-DURHAM (41): Bruck 1-0-3, James 4-0-8, Makely 0-1-1, Mudge 2-0-6, Myers 3-6-12, Wolcott 4-3-11.

Ttoals 14-10-41.

3-pointers: Mudge 2, Bruck.

RAVENA (58): DeLuca

1-0-3, Engel 1-3-5, McFerran 1-0-2, Reville 2-0-4, Sanderson 6-5-20, Vanderzee 8-8-24. Totals 19-16-58.

3-pointers: Sanderson 3, DeLuca.

lead thanks to a steal and a floater off the glass, making the score 26-23 with 3:21 to go before halftime.

On the Bengals’ next possession, Dan Honsinger was fouled hard and came down on his right hand with a good amount of his body weight.

Honsinger went to the bench to ice his hand and he would not return.

The Indians retook the lead on a put-back after a missed free throw, but the Bengals tied it at the other end with a midrange jumper. The score was 32-32 when the first half ended, and the teams got their much needed break.

The third quarter was absolutely dominated by defense from both teams, making points hard to come by. There were also multiple stoppages this quarter as a result of

excess water on the court and players slipping, though no one suffered injury thankfully.

The last four points of the quarter were scored by Joshua Kiefer, as he willed the Indians back to a 40-40 gridlock with the Bengals.

On their first possession of the fourth quarter, C-A’s Andon Roe hit a three-pointer to fire up his teammates and start off strong on offense.

Two possessions later Roe knocked down another three, and suddenly the Indians were up by seven.

At the midway point the Bengals were down by six but that was not an insurmountable lead with the way they had been pressuring the Indians on defense.

Now down by eight with 2:00 on the clock, Tamarac lost the ball, but managed to steal

it back and hit an open layup to cut the lead to six. Unfortunately for the Bengals, this sequence took over 30 seconds of game time away and a potential comeback was slipping away.

Tamarac called timeout with 39.0 left in regulation, trailing 54-49, and tried to draw up some miracle plays.

Any chance at a comeback came to a screeching halt however, when the Bengals missed a three pointer after the Indian defender hit his hand and no foul was called.

It was too late in the game to bank on missed free throws and try to keep fouling, and Tamarac Bengals lost this one to Coxsackie-Athens.

The Indians advance to play at No. 2 seed SChalmont on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Class B quarterfinals.

“This is the first time I played.

I didn’t even face pitchers or anything like that when I was down in DR. I only face live hitting here. You know so yeah this is the first time.”

While the Yankees are looking for a position to play him now that Gio Urshela has Wally Pipped him at third base, Andujar showed he still has the pop in his bat, hitting a homer off the right-field

boardwalk at Port Charlotte.

“You go through everything (I went through) and you have an opportunity to play and that’s really what you focus on,” Andujar said. “Like I said before, I’m here. I’m here for the team I’m here for whatever they need me to do. And I’m just happy with that. Just happy with the opportunity to play.”

The plan is to get Andujar

reps at third base, where he started on Sunday, in left field and first base. He will make his outfield debut maybe by the end of the week, Yankees manager Aaron Boone said.

“Progress is really going well in the outfield everything that we’ve been working on has been working out,” Andujar said. “I am excited with the results we’re getting. And now we’re just waiting for

that opportunity to get in and some game action in.”

In his rookie season of 2018 Andujar slashed .297/.328/.527 with 27 home runs and 47 doubles in 606 atbats. The 24-year-old finished second in the voting for the American League Rookie of the Year voting in 2018.

“It was just nice to see him out there. It’s obviously been a long road for him. He’s worked

really hard to get to this point,” Boone said. “He has had a good offseason. So, you know, to get in a game, turn a double play on defense and then kind of use that helicopter swing we see sometimes from Miggy really put a charge and I’m sure it felt really good for him I know how excited he’s been to get back out there.”

“As all these guys from over there are coming back and apologizing and trying to make amends for it, it’s pretty evident to me that it wasn’t earned,” Turner told reporters at Dodgers camp in Glendale, Ariz., “and it’s not something that a banner should be hung at their stadium, a trophy should be put up.

“I think what should’ve happened is the commissioner vacated their championship and then we move forward. Then we don’t have to worry about guys getting hit, we don’t have to worry about anything. It’s taken care of.”

If nothing else, vacating the Astros’ title would have been a much simpler solution. We understand the nearly impossible nature of trying to penalize the players themselves.

Manfred said he needed to grant players immunity to get their cooperation and that was essential to the investigation.

Also, if he didn’t, any attempt by the commissioner to punish those players would have likely been easily stomped on by the union’s lawyers.

Even the Astros’ fellow union members on opposing teams can appreciate that logic. But when All-Stars like Judge or Stanton or Turner talk about punishing the Astros’ players, they mostly mean the principle of stripping the title, because they know how much more that would hurt than fines or even suspensions.

I asked Manfred last Sunday at the Braves’ new springtraining site (where) if he considered taking the title away from the Astros. The commissioner replied by suggesting that the idea was discussed at length — he referred to a “high” number of “minutes” — but conceded that it was a place he wasn’t willing to go.

Manfred began his explanation by citing a lack of

precedent for taking away a championship, but the commissioner has showed no reluctance to change the game in plenty of other groundbreaking ways, such as establishing new rules with more in the pipeline. He also figured the facts, once publicly displayed, would be enough to sufficiently shame the Astros in the court of public opinion, even without an asterisk or yanking the trophy away from Houston. That’s debatable, and the players sound like they disagree.

His last point probably made the most sense, and that was expressing a fear of diving headfirst into a rabbit hole that baseball might never emerge from. If Manfred stripped the Astros of their title, would there be an outcry for more championships to be overturned on the basis of cheating, through PEDs or other means?

“Once you go down that road as for changing the result on the field, I just don’t know where you stop,” Manfred said.

Maybe so. And with Manfred yet to release his verdict on the investigation into the ‘18 Red Sox — the announcement is expected this coming week — it’s possible that vacating the Astros’ title would have established the precedent to confiscate the latest trophy from Fenway Park as well.

As if this situation already wasn’t messy enough, stripping two champions of their titles in a three-year span would be unthinkable for Manfred. But you also could argue such action as the right thing to do given the unprecedented scope of these crimes.

While it’s true that cheating has always been a part of this sport, from swiping signs with telescopes to smearing goo on

baseballs to non-kosher injectables, none of these past illegal practices caused the PR mushroom cloud that the Astros’ hi-tech espionage did this winter (thanks in part to whistle-blower Mike Fiers).

Manfred is fighting a largescale unconventional battle right now, one where he shouldn’t hide behind precedents. Vacating titles is not erasing history, or pretending it didn’t happen, as some would have you believe — or as I once did. Stripping the Astros of the 2017 championship would merely be taking away a trophy that wasn’t earned, as Judge plainly stated.

The best authority on this subject — the players themselves — don’t see this as a very complicated issue. It’s too late for Manfred to go back on this now, but he should take this opportunity to listen to them. And remember what they said for the next time.

CLASS C Maple Hill 78, Voorheesville 40 CASTLETON — Patroon Conference champion Maple Hill had three players reach double figures in scoring in a 78-40 Section II Class C girls basketball playoff victory over Voorheesville on Saturday.

Sophia Chevrier led the Wildcats with 12 points.

Karsyn Berger and Shannon Tacy each had 11.

Jenny Bogart’s 11 points topped Voorheesville.

Maple Hill held quarterly leads of 31-17, 45-26 and 6033.

The No. 2 Wildcats will host No. 7 Mayfield on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.

VOORHEESVILLE (40):

Bogart 3-2-11, Bogdany 3-17, Gifford 1-0-3, Hunt 1-0-2, Morris 1-0-2, Rowland 0-3-3, Thayer 1-0-3, Whalen 0-3-3, Zanello 2-0-6. Totals 12-9-40.

3-pointers: Bogart 3, Zanello 2, Gifford, Thayer.

MAPLE HILL (78): Bennett 1-0-2, Berger 4-0-11, Bleau 4-0-9, Brewer 2-2-8, Chevrier 4-3-12, Haller 3-1-7, Hoffman 1-0-2, Seeberger 1-2-4, Smith 3-1-7, Strock 2-1-5, Tacy 4-311. Totals 29-13-78.

3-pointers: Berger 3, Brewer 2, Bleau, Chevrier.

Hoosic Valley 44, Chatham 25 SCHAGHTICOKE — Hoosic Valley overcame a slow start to defeat Chatham, 44-25, in a Section II Class C girls basketball playoff game on Saturday.

Both teams struggled on the offensive end in the first half, with Chatham leading

3-2 after one quarter and 1210 at halftime. Hoosic valley seized a 27-22 lead by the end of the third quarter, then put the game away with a 17-3 run over the final eight minutes.

Sami Dickinson was Hoosic Valley’s top scorer with 20 points.

Hannah Taylor had eight points and Paige Eaton contributed seven for Chatham.

CHATHAM (25): Cascioli 1-0-3, Daigle 2-0-4, Eaton 2-27, Engel 0-1-1, Madsen 1-0-2, H. Taylor 3-1-8. Totals 9-4-25.

3-pointers: Cascioli, Eaton, H. Taylor.

HOOSIC VALLEY (44): Chartier 2-0-4, Dickinson 8-420, Jensen 0-3-3, Lanoue 2-06, Peckham 3-0-9, Seales 0-22. Totals 15-9-44.

3-pointers: Peckham 3, Lanoue 2.

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Happily unmarried couple reaches impasse over kids Dear Abby, My boyfriend and I have been dating for more than a decade. We’re nearly 30 now.

We are happy not being married, and we both agreed early in our relationship that we would not have kids.

All of a sudden, my boyfriend has decided he wants DEAR ABBY children. I said maybe in the future, but he feels we’re running out of time. I still don’t want kids, and it’s for selfish reasons. I enjoy traveling, having time to myself and just the two of us, peace and quiet, being able to do what I want when I want without having to worry about kids. Is that so wrong? Where do we go from here?

At Odds In Montana

JEANNE PHILLIPS

After 10-plus years, “the future” has arrived. It appears you and your boyfriend have reached a large fork in the road. From here you either go your separate ways or agree to relationship counseling to see if there may be a way to bridge this gap.

Dear Abby, For the last 25 years, we have gone on several weekend getaways with another

couple. They are now suggesting a oneweek vacation together. The issue is, they constantly either talk to or text their children while we are with them. They call to tell them the weather, where we’re eating, get updates on their various sporting events, etc.

We also have children and grandchildren, but we wait until we return home to reconnect and hear about their weekend and tell about ours.

We love our kids, but we don’t need to be constantly connected.

Except for us, this couple’s entire social life appears to revolve around their children’s lives, and it is pretty much all they talk about. We’re not sure we can tolerate this for an entire week. We don’t want to lose these friends, but don’t know how to decline a week of this. Please advise.

Vacation From The Vacation Constantly texting and calling in the presence of others is rude. Because you are hesitant to call them on it, try this: Unless they know you take weeklong vacations with other friends, tell them you prefer shorter visits with other couples. In their case, it’s the truth.

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Pain management help needed for 94-year-old’s sacral fracture My 94-year-old mother has a sacral fracture, diagnosed after a fall six weeks ago.

A CT scan diagnosed the fracture. She was put on Tylenol 3, and when that didn’t help the pain much, they added Advil. This past week she experienced additional pain and can hardly walk. She said her left leg hurt in the groin area. I took her to the emerTO YOUR gency room, and they did GOOD HEALTH another CT scan that showed nothing new. They gave her a shot and a pill for pain, prescribed a muscle relaxant and sent her home.

She has to get up every two hours to go to the bathroom, but she says she can’t walk, that it hurts too much. She sits on the walker, and I wheel her to bathroom. Calls to her doctor have not yielded much except to say that they will have home health call. But I haven’t heard from them.

It is so frustrating to see her hurting and be unable to help. Do you have any suggestions?

DR. KEITH ROACH

There are many different types of sacral fractures. A few require surgical treatment, but the majority of sacral fractures in older adults are due to osteoporosis and are managed medically.

Principles of treatment include getting the person mobile quickly, and this requires appropriate pain management. It sounds like, in her case, the pain has not been controlled well enough to allow her to be mobile. Treating pain in a 94-year-old is tricky because the risk of side effects is higher in a person as old as your mother.

Physical therapy may be the most important therapy, but again, she has to have the pain under control in order to get benefit from PT. Since her regular doctor doesn’t seem to be helping, a consultation with an expert, such as a pain specialist or a

rehabilitation specialist, may be of immense benefit. Treatment of the osteoporosis, which she is extremely likely to have, should be strongly considered.

Blondie

I am a 78-year-old female in relatively good health. My ophthalmologist says I have the beginnings of dry macular degeneration, and recommends I take AREDS-2 Preservision eye vitamin and mineral supplement by Bausch and Lomb twice a day. It claims to be “the only clinically proven formula.” In addition, he would like me to take 600 mg of omega-3 fish oil supplement daily. Is there any scientific evidence demonstrating that these products are beneficial in any way?

There is good evidence that the AREDS-2 vitamin formulation does reduce the risk of progression of dry age-related macular degeneration. The benefit is significant, but not large: 11 people needed to be treated for seven years to prevent one person from progressing. The more advanced the AMD is, the more important it is to begin treatment. The data on omega-3 are inconsistent, with one small study showing a benefit and other, larger studies showing no benefit. However, it is unlikely to cause harm. One early study also suggested that high-dose statin drugs, the kind used to treat or prevent blockages in the arteries of the heart, may have benefit. These data are so preliminary that I don’t recommend a statin just for AMD at this time.

Dry AMD can sometimes progress to wet AMD, which is treated with injection of medications called VEGF inhibitors into the eye.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — Communication with a loved one may be tense for a time today — until you realize that you’ve been the victim of a minor misunderstanding.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — You must respect the rules and boundaries of those around you today. Do not expect others to give you permission out of the ordinary.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — You’re going to

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By Stella Wilder Born today, you are very much a chip off the old block, and anyone who knows you at all can recognize that you are nothing if not the product of your parents and your upbringing. This is not, however, something that you are necessarily proud of, or even something you want to acknowledge; you like to think of yourself as someone free from such hereditary restraints, someone who can at any time spread his or her wings and fly.

You know how to save your money, but you are far fonder of spending it — and who isn’t?

You must take care, however, that you do not give yourself too much free rein when it comes to buying and spending, or you will no doubt render yourself financially quite vulnerable.

Always remember: You do not want to be poor!

Also born on this date are: George Harrison, musician, singer; Sean Astin, actor; Chelsea Handler, comedian, actress, TV host; Tea Leoni, actress; Jim Backus, actor; Sally Jessy Raphael, talk show host.

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

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want a little time today to dedicate to a personal issue you aren’t eager to share with others. Make this need known!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — It’s a good day to reexamine your tracks and to assess your progress over the past week or so. A mentor expresses concern.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — You may be waiting for quite some time today for someone to arrive on the scene and help you with a task you’ve avoided for several days.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Domestic routine gives you some comfort today when professional issues are somewhat up in the air. You can expect changes to slow your progress.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Now is the time for you to do what you have wanted others to do — if only to show them that it can indeed be done and how you’d go about it.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — You’re eager to find just the right thing to satisfy a certain hunger — but you may have to look in places other than routine providers.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — The gravity of a certain situation may not be clear to someone close to you today — but you mustn’t overreact to any inappropriate behavior.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Seek and ye shall find today — or if not, you will surely earn the assistance of one who can break through barriers for you in little time.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You may not be able to share certain pieces of information with someone today because someone else doesn’t give you necessary space.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Doors are opened to you today while another is closed — but all in all you’ll consider this a fair transaction. You have the advantage.

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Freshman level 1. What is the second book of the Bible?

2. Who said, “Let my people go”?

3. He is sometimes considered to be a version of the popular Greek hero Heracles.

Graduate level 4. Jesus was wrapped in _____ clothes after birth.

5. At around 9 and a half feet tall this man may well be the tallest man in the Bible.

6. Isaac’s wife, Rebecca, gave birth to these twin sons.

PH.D. level 7. According to the New Testament, this man was thought to be Jesus Christ’s cousin.

8. Who was the first martyr in Christian theology?

9. The three Magi are traditionally known by these names.

SUPER QUIZ ANSWERS 1. Exodus. 2. Moses. 3. Samson. 4. Swaddling. 5. Goliath. 6. Jacob and Esau.

7. John the Baptist. 8. Saint Stephen. 9. Balthazar, Melchior and Caspar.

18 points — congratulations, doctor; 15 to 17 points — honors graduate; 10 to 14 points — you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 4 to 9 points — you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 3 points — enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points — who reads the questions to you?

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420 LEX 2810 LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 2/10/20. Office in Columbia Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Corey M. Shapiro 420 Lexington Ave Ste 2810 New York NY 10170. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Andover Property Partners Management LLC. Arts of Org. filed with SSNY on 01/22/20.

Office: Greene County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, P.O. Box 20434, New York, NY 10011. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

1/9/2020. Office loc.: Columbia County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The address SSNY shall mail process to Elizabeth Kanaga, 45 Panners Lane, Hudson, NY 12534. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Formation of TLC Country Caretaker, LLC filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/21/2020.

Office loc.: Columbia County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The address SSNY shall mail process to Elizabeth Kanaga, 45 Panners Lane, Hudson, NY 12534. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Hidden River LLC. Filed with SSNY on 1/9/2020.

Office: Greene County. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail Animal Control or Dog to: 401 Mossy Hill Rd Control Officer - Town Catskill NY 12919. of Ancram: The Town Purpose: any lawful of Ancram is seeking applications from Hillsdale Storage LLC, qualified individuals to a domestic LLC, filed serve as the Town's with the SSNY on part time Animal Con- 2/10/2020. Office lotrol or Dog Control Of- cation: Columbia ficer. Interested appli- County. SSNY is descants should send a ignated as agent upon resume summarizing whom process against experience and cre- the LLC may be dentials to Ancram served.

SSNY shall Town Supervisor Art mail process to 427 Bassin by email (abas- West 21st Street Apt. sin@aol.com) or regu- ž, New York, NY lar mail (Town of An- 10011. Purpose: real cram, 1416 County estate and general Route 7, Ancram NY business purposes.

12502).

Applications should be submitted Hubbell Inc. is currentno later than 5 pm Fri- ly accepting proposals day, March 6, 2020. for materials and subInterviews may be contractors for work scheduled with the An- pertaining to the Big cram Town Board prior Pond Road Culvert Reto an appointment, placement Project in which will be effective the Town of Hardenburgh, Ulster County, April 1, 2020.

NY. MBE, WBE, and ARTICLES OF OR- Section 3 firms are enGANIZATION OF couraged to respond LIMITED LIABILITY and will be given first COMPANY priority. Please call 358 EICHYBUSH, LLC Laurissa Vanoni at Notice of formation of 845-586-2707 or email Limited Liability Com- L A U R I S S A . V A N O pany (“LLC�). Articles NI@HUBBELLS.COM of Organization filed for details. with the Secretary of State of New York J&J Powder Ridge, (“SSNY�) on LLC. Filed 12/13/19.

01/17/2020. Office lo- Office: Greene Co. cation: Columbia SSNY designated as County.

SSNY has agent for process & been designated as shall mail to: Colt agent of the LLC upon Capital Management, whom process against 320 E 53rd St, NY, NY it may be served. 10022. Purpose: GenSSNY shall mail a copy eral. of any process to the LEGAL NOTICE LLC to Kristal Heinz, FOR Administrative ESQ., P.O. Box 1331, Hall Rental Hudson, NY 12534. The New Baltimore Purpose: To engage in Fire District is acceptany lawful activity. ing bids for AdminisHall Rental Ashland Cemetery As- trative sociation annual meet- Management services ing, February 27, for 2020. This request 2020. 7 PM - at the is for the community Ashland Town Hall Rt room at Station #1 on Gill Road 23, Ashland, NY All proposals are due Camptown, LLC. Filed to the New Baltimore with SSNY on Fire District in a sealed 2/6/2020. Formed in envelope, labeled DE on 2/14/2020. Of- Administrative Hall fice: Greene County. Rental Management, SSNY designated as by March 12, 2020 by agent for process & 7:00PM. All proposals shall mail to: P.o. will be opened and reDrawer 359 Fayette- viewed on March 12, ville West Virginia 2020 at the District 25840. DE SOS: DE. meeting to be held at Purpose: any lawful 7:30PM. If you have any quesCROW HILL GROUP, tions or would like a LLC. Arts. of Org. filed copy of the bid letter, with the SSNY on please contact Com01/09/20. Office: missioner Greene County. SSNY Cliff Meyer (518) 756designated as agent of 6539 or Commissioner the LLC upon whom Steve Firstiun at process against it may (914) 804-4189. be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process LEGAL NOTICE to the LLC, 194 CR 51, FOR JANITORICoxsackie, NY 12051. A L / M A I N T E N A N C E Purpose: Any lawful SERVICE purpose.

The New Baltimore Fire District is acceptFASHION SQUAD ing bids for janitoriSCHOOL LLC Articles al/maintenance servicof Org. filed NY Sec. of es for State (SSNY) 1/23/20. 2020. This request is Office in Columbia Co. for Fire Station #1 on SSNY design. Agent of Gill Road and Fire StaLLC upon whom pro- tion #2 on High Rock cess may be served. Road.

SSNY shall mail copy All proposals are due of process to The LLC to the New Baltimore 19 Hudson St Rm 501 Fire District in a sealed New York NY 10013. envelope, labeled Purpose: Any lawful Janitorial Services, by activity.

March 12, 2020 by Greene Clean LLC, Art. 7:00PM. All proposals of Org. filed with SSNY will be opened and reon 11/27/19. Off. loc.: viewed on March 12, Greene Co. SSNY des- 2020 at the District ignated as agent upon meeting to be held at whom process may be 7:30PM. served & shall mail: 99 If you have any quesBridge St., Catskill, NY tions or would like a 12414. Purp.: any law- copy of the bid letter, please contact Comful purp. missioner Cliff Meyer Formation of Ace (518) 756-6539 or Communications, LLC Commissioner Steve filed with the Secy. of Firstiun at (914) 804State of NY (SSNY) on 4189.

LEGAL NOTICE FOR LANDSCAPING The New Baltimore Fire District is accepting bids for landscaping services for the 2020 season (April 15th thru Nov 30th). This request is for Fire Station #1 on Gill Road and Fire Station #2 on High Rock Road.

All proposals are due to the New Baltimore Fire District in a sealed envelope by March 12, 2020 by 7:00PM. Please be sure envelope is marked Landscaping Bid. All proposals will be opened and reviewed on March 12th at the District meeting to be held at 7:30PM. If you have any questions or would like a copy of the bid letter, please contact Commissioner Cliff Meyer (518) 7566539 or Commissioner Steve Firstiun at (914) 804-4189.

Notice is hereby given that a license (number to be assigned) for wine and beer is being applied for by the undersigned to sell wine and beer at retail in a restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 374 Main Street, Village of Catskill, Greene County, New York, for on-premises consumption.

Manic Organic LLC d/b/a Mermaid CafĂŠ 374 Main Street Catskill, New York 12414

Notice of Formation of 711 CR3 LLC Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 02/20/2020. Office location: Columbia County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 22 Park Row , Chatham, NY 12037.

Purpose: any lawful LEGAL NOTICE Limited Liability Com- activity. pany NOTICE OF FORMANotice of Formation of Limited Liability Com- TION OF ALTERNATIVE BODYWORK pany (LLC) CENTER, LLC. Art. of Name: JusTim, LLC 1. Notice of formation Org. filed with Departof JusTim, LLC, a limit- ment of State, Division ed liability company of Corp. (SSNY) on 12/16/2019.

County: (the “LLC�). Articles of Organization filed with Greene. SSNY is desthe Secretary of State ignated agent of LLC of NY (“SSNY�) on to whom process be 2/11/20. Office loca- served. SSNY may tion is Greene County mail a copy of any proand the SSNY has cess to LLC, 41 Five Woods Road, been designated as Mile agent of the LLC, upon Catskill, N.Y. 12414. whom process against Any legal act or acit may be served. tivity.

SSNY shall mail a copy of any such process NOTICE OF FORMAserved to: the LLC, PO TION OF Bridge ApBox 305, Round Top, proach Wine and LiqNY 12473. The pur- uor LLC pose of the LLC is to A DOMESTIC LIMITED engage in any lawful LIABILITY COMPANY purpose.

(LLC) Articles of OrganizaLife Aligned Wellness tion filed with the SecLLC filed Articles of retary of State of the Organization with State of SSNY on 11/14/2019. New York on January Office: Columbia 31, 2020.

County. SSNY desig- New York Office Locanated at the agent of tion – Greene County. the LLC upon whom Secretary of State of process against it may the State of New York be served. SSNY shall is designated as agent mail copy of process upon whom process to the LLC, 2389 against the LLC may County Rte 11 Hills- be served. Secretary of dale NY, 12529. Pur- State of the State of pose: Any lawful pur- New York shall mail a copy of any process pose. against the LLC served upon him/her at: c/o Magie Maids LLC Arts. LLC, 7 Milo Street, of Org. filed w/ SSNY Hudson, NY 12534.

1/6/20. Off. in Colum- PURPOSE: To engage bia Co. SSNY desig. in any lawful act or acas agt. of LLC whom tivity. process may be served. SSNY shall Notice of formation of mail process to the Catskill Charters, LLC LLC, P.O. Box 406, 11 Arts. of Org. filed with Shaver Rd, Copake, the Sect'y of State of NY 12516. Purpose: NY (SSNY) on any lawful activity.

1/14/2020. Office location, County of Mutiny, LLC filed with Greene. SSNY has the SSNY on 1/21/20. been designated as Office location: Colum- agent of the LLC upon bia County. SSNY is whom process against designated as agent it may be served. upon whom process SSNY shall mail proagainst the LLC may cess to: Condon & be served. SSNY shall Forsyth LLP, Attn: Stumail process to 328 art E. Berelson, Esq., 7 Joslen Blvd, Hudson, Times Square, NY, NY NY 12534. Any lawful 10036. Purpose: any lawful act. purpose.

Notice of Formation of Dylan Thompson Golf LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/26/2019. Office location, County of Greene. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY Shall mail a copy of process to: Dylan Thompson, P.O. Box 62, Haines Falls, N.Y. 12436. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF JOSH PAYNE ARCHITECT, PLLC. Articles of organization filed with New York Secretary of State (SSNY) on December 17, 2019. Office location: Columbia County.

SSNY has been designated as the agent of the PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the PLLC, 194 Nevis Rd, Tivoli, NY 12583.

Purpose: To engage in any lawful activity or act.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Live Long In Home Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy PLLC Arts of org. filed with Secy. Of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/27/2020.

Office location: Columbia County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: 49 West Passaic Avenue, Rutherford, NJ 07070 Purpose: Any lawful activities.

Notice of Formation of Mohican House, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on December 18, 2019.

Office location: Greene County.

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

SSNY shall mail copy of process to: Mohican House, LLC, 1791 Route 23B, Leeds, New York 12451. Purpose: any lawful activities.

Notice of formation of NYCTEA STRATEGIC ADVISORS LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect'y of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/16/2020.

Office location, County of Greene. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 26 Ely St, Coxsackie, NY 12051. Purpose: any lawful act.

Onstel Nav, LLC. Filed 9/12/19.

Office: Greene Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: Eric Schadt, 483 Dent Rd, Prattsville,, NY 12468. Purpose: General.

NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 620 HUDSON HOUSE, LLC FIRST: The name of the Limited Liability Company is 620 HUDSON HOUSE, LLC (hereinafter referred to as the “Company�)

SECOND: The Articles of Organization of the Company were filed with the Secretary of State on January 23, 2020.

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

FOURTH: The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process against the Company may be served. The post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail process is David Kessler, 206 Front Street, Apt. 3D, Brooklyn, New York 11201.

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

Dated: January 23, 2020 FREEMAN HOWARD, P.C. 441 East Allen Street P.O. Box 1328 Hudson, New York 12534 Public Notice The Stockport Fire District will be holding a public referendum on March 10,2020 at the Stottville Firehouse from 6 to 9PM for the purpose of approving the purchase of a new pumper for the Stottville Fire Company and borrowing an amount not to exceed 400,000.00 this new truck will be replacing two current trucks which are 30 years old.

By order of the Board of Fire Commissioners Stockport Fire District Columbia county NY Michael Briscoe District secretary

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING New York State Bridge Authority Pursuant to Sections 528(8) and 2804 of the Public Authorities Law, the New York State Bridge Authority hereby gives notice of a public hearing: Time and Date: 7:00 p.m. on Monday, March 9, 2020 Place: Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel; Palm Court Rm.-Lobby Fl., 40 Civic Center Plaza, Poughkeepsie, NY Purpose: The public hearing will be for the purpose of receiving public comments on the proposed amendments of the Rules and Regulations of the New York State Bridge Authority (i) amending Section 201.2 and 201.5 to provide for an increase in tolls and (ii) amending Section 201.1 and adding new Sect ions 201.7 and 201.8 regarding toll collection and violations.

Written comments regarding the proposed rules may be submitted for receipt by 4:00 p.m. on March 16, 2020 to the Bridge Authority contact designated below. Copies of the proposed rules are available on the Authority’s website at www.nysba.ny.gov.

Copies of the proposed rules may be obtained from the New York State Bridge Authority, P.O. Box 1010, Highland, New York 12528.

A copy of the financial disclosure report of the Authority prepared in accordance with Section 2804 of the Public Authorities Law is available for review at the Bridge Authority’s headquarters, is available on the Authority’s website, and has been placed on file at the following area libraries: Adriance Memorial Library, 93 Market Street, Poughkeepsie, NY Newburgh Free Library, 124 Grand Street, Newburgh, NY Julia L. Butterfield Library, 10 Morris Avenue, Cold Spring, NY Howland Public Library, 313 Main St, Beacon, NY Kingston Library 55 Franklin Street, Kingston, NY Hudson Area Library, 51 N. 5th Street, Hudson, NY Catskill Public Library, 1 Franklin Street, Catskill, NY The hearing has been scheduled at a location that is accessible to people with mobility impairment. Interpreter services will be made available to hearing impaired persons, at no charge, upon written request submitted within a reasonable time prior to the hearing. Requests must be addressed to the Authority contact designated below.

For further information or to submit written comments, contact: Brian Bushek, CFO and Treasurer Mid-Hudson Bridge Toll Plaza, Rt. 44/55 P.O. Box 1010 Highland, NY 12528 845-691-7245 bbushek@nysba.ny.gov This notice was prepared and submitted by Brian Bushek on behalf of the New York State Bridge Authority.

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

provement Project.

The project consists of the construction of sidewalks along County Road 23B in the Town of Cairo and

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COLUMBIA-GREENE MEDIA sidewalks along NY Route 81 and NY Route 32 in the Town of Greenville. Project work includes sidewalks, curbing, full depth shoulder reconstruction, closed drainage, and pedestrian signals.

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

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

The Town will not mail Plans and/or Specifications.

Bids to be considered must be received in a sealed envelope at the office of Kayla Warner, Town Clerk, Town of Cairo, 512 Main Street, Cairo, NY 12413 by 10:00 AM, local time, on March 13, 2020 at which time and place they will be publicly opened and read aloud. Bids received after the above noted time will not be accepted. All sealed envelopes should be clearly labeled "BID FOR CAIRO AND GREENVILLE PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT PROJECT". The sealed bids shall include the completed Bid Form, Non-Collusive Bidding Certification (as required by chapter 956 of the Laws of New York State), and Bid Bond.

Pipe Dreamers LLC, Art. of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/24/19.

Off. loc.: Greene Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served & shall mail: 381 Medway Earlton Rd., Earlton, NY 12058. Purp.: any lawful purp.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Town of Coxsackie Planning Board will conduct a public hearing on Thursday, March 5, 2020 at 7:00 pm at 56 Bailey Street, Coxsackie, NY. The purpose of the hearing is to review the proposed ground mount solar application for a single-family residence located at 113 Johnny Cake Lane, Coxsackie, NY 12051. Interested parties have the right to be heard. By Order of the Planning Board, Bruce Haeussler, Chairman.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Town of Coxsackie Planning Board will conduct a public hearing on Thursday, March 5, 2020 at 7:00 pm at 56 Bailey Street, Coxsackie, NY. The purpose of the hearing is to review the proposed ground mount solar application for a single-family residence located at 135 Johnny Cake Lane, Coxsackie, NY 12051. Interested parties have the right to be heard. By Order of the Planning Board, Bruce Haeussler, Chairman.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Town of Coxsackie Planning Board will conduct a public hearing on March 5, 2020 at 7:15 pm at 56 Bailey Street, Coxsackie, NY. The purpose of the hearing is to review the proposed lot line adjustment between Daryl and Joanne Yost of 1667 Farm-to-Market Road, Coxsackie, NY 12051, Parcel ID:71.00-4-6.1 and Owner’s Contact Parcel ID: 71.00-4-7.

Interested parties have Louann Arp Town of Cairo Book- the right to be heard.

By Order of the Plankeeper Board, Bruce Phone: 518-622-3120 ning Haeussler, Chairman. ext.115 Email: bookkeeper@townofPUBLIC NOTICE cairo.com NOTICE OF FORMAContact TION OF A Tony Christian, P.E LIABILITY Creighton Manning En- LIMITED COMPANY (LLC) gineering, LLP The name of the LLC is (518) 689-1880 Trails End LLC. ArtiNOTICE TO BIDDERS cles of Organization The Board of Educa- filed with Secretary of tion of the Greenville State of New York Central School District (SSNY) on February will receive separate 21, 2020. New York ofsealed bids for: fice location: 177 AlCONTRACT TRANS- vords Dock Road, PORTATION FOR Town of Stockport, 2019-2020 SCHOOL County of Columbia YEAR and the State of New The Board of Educa- York. SSNY has been tion reserves the right designated as agent of to reject any or all bids LLC upon whom proand waive any infor- cess against it may be malities or defect in served. The post office such bid. address to which the Sealed bids will be re- SSNY shall mail a copy ceived in the Business of any process against Office of Greenville the LLC served upon Central School until: him/her is: Trails End DATE: Monday, March LLC; 177 Alvords Dock 2, 2020 TIME: 10:00 Road, Hudson, New AM York 12534.

PurSpecifications and bid pose/Character of forms may be obtained business: Any lawful by calling 518-966- business purpose per5070 ext. 511 or at the mitted under the New Business Office, York Limited Liability Greenville Central Company Law. This School, 4982 SR 81, notification is made Greenville, NY 12083. pursuant to Section Robyn Bhend 206 of the Limited Business Official Liability Company NOTICE TO RESI- Law. DENTS The Board of Fire Commissioners of the PUBLIC NOTICE West Athens/Lime VILLAGE OF KINDEStreet Fire District will RHOOK accept applications/re- NOTICE OF ELECTION sumes for the position NOTICE IS HEREBY of Secretary/Treasurer GIVEN that the Annual of the Fire District until Election of and for the March 23, 2020. All Village of Kinderhook applications should be will be held at the Vilmailed to the Board of lage Hall, 6 Chatham Fire Commissioners of Street, in the Village of the West Athens/Lime Kinderhook, NY on Street Fire District at Wednesday, the 18th P.O. Box 156, Athens, day of March, 2020.

New York 12015 so as The polls will be open to be received no later between the hours of than March 23, 2020. 12:00 noon and 9 p.m.

A meeting of the Board The following candiof Fire Commissioners dates have filed for has been scheduled election to the offices for March 24,2020 at listed below: 6:00 pm to review the MAYOR-TWO YEARS applications.

Inter- (VOTE FOR ONE) views will be sched- Dale R. Leiser 4 Berkuled during the month shire Drive of April with an ap- Martin Van Buren Party pointment to be made T R U S T E E - T W O for the position com- YEARS (VOTE FOR TWO) mencing June 1, 2020.

Michael Abrams 4 James Lane NOTICE VILLAGE OF ATHENS Old Kinderhook Party Robert Baumeister 7 RESIDENTS There will be a public Catskill View Drive informational meeting Bell Party held prior to the Ath- James Mark Browne 44 Eichybush Road ens Village Board Meeting Shamrock Party on February 26th at Dorene M. Weir 9 Lin6:00PM in the Village denwald Ct. Clerk's office for the Lindenwald Party purpose of providing J U S T I C E - F O U R information and an- YEARS (VOTE FOR swering questions re- ONE) garding the Commu- David A. Dellehunt 24 nity Choice Aggrega- Albany Avenue tion Program that the Justice for All Party Nicole H. Heeder village has Village Clerk opted into.

dex No.: 19-0749 PUBLIC NOTICE SUMMONS AND NOVILLAGE OF VALATIE Notice is hereby given TICE Mortgaged Premthat the Annual Elec- ises: 2237 Route 145 tion of and for the Vil- East Durham, (Town of lage of Valatie will be Durham) NY 12423 held at the Village Hall, CITIMORTGAGE, INC., 3211 Church Street Plaintiff, (Martin H. Glynn Mu- -vsnicipal Building), in the Any unknown heirs to Village of Valatie, NY the Estate of LORETTA on Wednesday the F. JOHNSON, next of 18th day of March kin, devisees, legatees, 2020. The polls will be distributees, grantees, open between the assignees, creditors, lihours of 12:00 noon enors, trustees, executors, administrators or and 9:00 pm.

The following candi- successors in interest, dates have filed for as well as the respecelection to the offices tive heirs at law, next of kin, devisees, legalisted below: distributees, Trustee- Two Years tees, grantees, assignees, li(Vote for any two) Angelo M. Nero - 3604 enors, trustees, execuMechanic Street, Vala- tors, administrators or successors in interest tie, NY 12184 David J. Williams - of the aforesaid class1304 River Street, es of persons, if they or any of them be Valatie, NY 12184 dead, all of whom and Barbara A. Fischer whose names and Village Clerk Sharpe Self Storage operator’s sale for nonpayment of storage charges pursuant to the power of sale contained in NYS CLS 182.

The following property will be sold at public auction on Saturday, February 29, 2019 at 10am, on the premises of Sharpe Self Storage at 560 Joslen Blvd., Hudson, NY. Sharpe Self Storage reserves the right to cancel the sale at any time for any reason. 518-828-7675 Name Unit # Contents Cowin B-1732 Household Items Household Items Aviles BW2128 Freeman B-0078 Clothing, Household Items Huston G-0066 Furniture Huston G-0067 Furniture Dianda BW2105 Household SUPREME COURT OF places of residence are THE STATE OF NEW unknown to the plainYORK - COUNTY OF tiff; GEORGE JOHNCOLUMBIA SON; UNITED STATES BANK OF AMERICA, OF AMERICA OBO INN.A., TERNAL REVENUE V. SERVICE; NEW YORK ROBERT P. DEDRICK STATE DEPARTMENT A/K/A ROBERT PHILIP OF TAXATION AND FIDEDRICK A/K/A ROB- NANCE; and “JOHN ERT DEDRICK; IF LIV- DOE” and “MARY ING, AND IF SHE/HE DOE,” BE DEAD, ANY AND (Said names being ficALL PERSONS UN- titious, it being the inKNOWN TO PLAN- tention of plaintiff to TIFF, CLAIMING, OR designate any and all WHO MAY CLAIM TO occupants, tenants, HAVE AN INTEREST persons or corporaIN, OR GENERAL OR tions, if any, having or SPECIFIC LIEN UPON claiming an interest in THE REAL PROPERTY or lien upon the premDESCRIBED IN THIS ises being foreclosed ACTION; ET. AL. herein), NOTICE OF SALE Defendants.

NOTICE IS HEREBY TO THE ABOVE GIVEN pursuant to a NAMED DEFENFinal Judgment of DANTS: Foreclosure dated YOU ARE HEREBY January 22, 2020, and SUMMONED to anentered in the Office of swer the Complaint in the Clerk of the County the above entitled acof Columbia, wherein tion and to serve a BANK OF AMERICA, copy of your Answer N.A. is the Plaintiff and on Plaintiff's attorney ROBERT P. DEDRICK within twenty (20) days A/K/A ROBERT PHILIP after the service of this DEDRICK A/K/A ROB- Summons, exclusive of ERT DEDRICK; IF LIV- the day of service, or ING, AND IF SHE/HE within thirty (30) days BE DEAD, ANY AND after completion of ALL PERSONS UN- service where service KNOWN TO PLAN- is made in any other TIFF, CLAIMING, OR manner than by perWHO MAY CLAIM TO sonal delivery within HAVE AN INTEREST the State. The United IN, OR GENERAL OR States of America, if SPECIFIC LIEN UPON designated as a DefenTHE REAL PROPERTY dant in this action, may DESCRIBED IN THIS answer or appear withACTION; ET AL. are in sixty (60) days of the Defendant(s). I, the service hereof. In case undersigned Referee of your failure to apwill sell at public auc- pear or answer, judgtion at the COLUMBIA ment will be taken COUNTY COURT- against you by default HOUSE, FRONT LOB- for the relief demanded BY, 401 UNION in the Complaint.

STREET, HUDSON, NOTICE OF NATURE NY 12534, on March OF ACTION AND RE24, 2020 at 10:00 am, LIEF SOUGHT premises known as THE OBJECT of the 3003 MAIN STREET, above captioned acVALATIE, NY 12184: tion is for the forecloSection 33.18, Block 1, sure of: Lot 73: Mortgage bearing the ALL THAT CERTAIN date of January 25, PLOT, PIECE OR PAR- 1999, executed by LoCEL OF LAND, WITH retta F. Johnson to THE BUILDINGS AND Homestead Funding I M P R O V E M E N T S Corp. to secure the THEREON ERECTED, sum of $55,204.00, SITUATE, LYING AND and interest, and reBEING IN THE VIL- corded in the Office of LAGE OF VALATIE, the Clerk of Greene TOWN OF KINDE- County on January 29, RHOOK, COUNTY OF 1999 in Book: 1261, COLUMBIA, AND Page: 276.

STATE OF NEW YORK That Homestead FundPremises will be sold ing Corp., a New York subject to provisions corporation duly asof filed Judgment In- signed said Note and dex # 14103-2019. Mortgage to Source Timothy Shevy, Esq. - One Mortgage ServicReferee. RAS Boriskin, es Corporation by AsLLC 900 Merchants signment dated JanuConcourse, Suite 310, ary 25, 1999 and reWestbury, New York corded on January 29, 11590, Attorneys for 1999 in the Office of Plaintiff. the Clerk of Greene County in Book: 1261, TOWN OF NEW BAL- Page: 282.

TIMORE, ZONING That White Mountains BOARD OF APPEALS. Services Corporation, Notice is hereby given fka Source One Mortthat there will be a gage Services CorpoPublic Hearing before ration, fka Firemans the Town of New Balti- Fund Mortgage Corpomore Zoning Board of ration, fka ManufacturAppeals 7:30 p.m., ers Hanover Mortgage March 4, 2020, at the Corporation, fka CitiTown Hall, 3809 zens Mortgage CorpoCounty Route 51, Han- ration duly assigned nacroix, New York. said Note and Mortto Mortgage The subject of the gage Public Hearing will be Electronic Registration the Use Variance Ap- Systems, Inc. by Asplication submitted by signment dated March Long Island Teen Chal- 23, 2000 and recorded lenge to allow for resi- on July 14, 2000 in the dence placement on a Office of the Clerk of County in parcel of land located Greene at 14302 U.S. Route Book: 1377, Page: 9W, Ravena, currently 310. zoned Industrial. All That Mortgage ElecRegistration persons wishing to be tronic Inc. heard in favor or oppo- Systems, duly assition will have oppor- (“MERS”) tunity at the time and signed said Note and Mortgage to CitiMortplace stated above. gage, Inc. by AssignPatrick Linger, Chair. ment dated January STATE OF NEW YORK 21, 2019 and recorded SUPREME COURT on January 30, 2019 in COUNTY OF GREENE the Office of the Clerk Filed: 09/10/2019 In-

of Greene County in Instrument No.: M2019-242.

The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the Mortgaged Premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above.

Plaintiff designates Greene County as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the County in which the Mortgaged Premises is situated.

Section: 50.01 Block: 1 Lot: 21 DATED: 09/09/2019 Rochester, New York NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the Mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.

Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.

Sending a payment to your Mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action.

YOU MUST RESPOND

BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. SCHEDULE A LEGAL DESCRIPTION “All that tract or parcel of land, situate in the Town of Durham, Greene County, New York, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the center of an ash tree on the southwesterly line of Route 145, said ash tree being the most easterly corner of Julius P. Mitchell lot and being 20.8 feet southwesterly measured at right angles from the southwesterly edge of the concrete pavement of Route 145, and running thence south 41 degrees 40 minutes East along the southwesterly line of Route 145, 90 feet to an iron pipe, thence south 48 degrees 20 minutes west 120 feet along lands of Van Tassel to an iron pipe; thence north 41 degrees 40 minutes west 90 feet along lands of Van Tassel to an iron pipe; thence north 48 degrees 20 minutes east 120 feet along lands of Mitchell to the point of beginning and being part of the lands conveyed to Gerald A. Van Tassel and Virginia S. Van Tassel, his wife, by deed dated February 28, 1951 and recorded on the same day in the Greene County Clerk's Office in Liber 322 of Deeds at page 517.

Subject to public utility easements recorded in Liber 258 of Deeds, page 306 and Libor 331 of Deeds, page 140.”

SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF COLUMBIA, BUSEY BANK, Plaintiff, vs. CLAVERACK PARTNERS, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly filed on December 5, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Columbia County Supreme Court, 401 Union Street, Hudson, NY 12534 on March 20, 2020 at 10:00 a.m., premises known as 21 Salerno Drive, Claverack, NY. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Claverack, County of Columbia and State of New York, Section 101, Block 2 and Lot 2.120.

Approximate amount of judgment is $4,267,998.74 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 14121-19.

Max N. Zacker, Esq., Referee Polsinelli PC, 600 Third Avenue, 42nd Floor, New York, New York 10016, Attorneys for Plaintiff

SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF GREENE RBS CITIZENS, N.A., Plaintiff against KATHLEEN MCGARRITY AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF EDWARD J. NIHILL; THOMAS NIHILL AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF EDWARD J. NIHILL; BRENDAN AKA BRANDON NIHILL AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF EDWARD J. NIHILL; BURTON GULNICK, JR., AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF EDWARD J. NIHILL; MICHAEL NIHILL AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF PATRICK M. NIHILL WHO WAS THE HEIR TO THE EDWARD J. NIHILL; KATHLEEN NIHILL AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF PATRICK NIHILL WHO WAS THE HEIR TO THE ESTATE EDWARD J. NIHILL, et al Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on January 27, 2020.

I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Greene County Courthouse, 320 Main Street, Catskill, N.Y. on the 24th day of March, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. premises described as follows: All that piece or parcel of land with the concrete block house foundation thereon, of New York State Route No. 23A. Situate, lying and being in the Village of Tannersville, Town of Hunter, County of Greene and State of New York.

Said premises known as 6244 Main Street, Tannersville, N.Y. 12485.

(Section: 165.20, Block: 1, Lot: 11.112).

Approximate amount of lien $ 261,676.03 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale.

Index No. 0223-14.

Edward S. Haddad, Esq., Referee.

McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 145 Huguenot Street Suite 210 New Rochelle, New York 10801 (914) 636-8900 TO: TOWN OF GHENT NEIGHBORS FROM: TOWN OF GHENT PLANNING BOARD DATE: February 21, 2020 RE: NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Town of Ghent Planning Board will hold public hearing on the following application on Wednesday, March 4th, 2020, beginning at 7:00 o’clock at the Ghent Town Hall located at 2306 State Route 66, Ghent, NY: OMI International, Tax ID # 74.-1-24.122; Located at 1405 CR 22, Ghent, NY 12075, application for a Special Use Permit for an additional visitor center.

Kera Zincio, Tax ID # 73.-1-91; Located at 1959 Route 9H, Ghent, NY 12075, application for a Special Use Permit for Dog Grooming, Boarding and Training.

All those interested parties will have an opportunity at this time to be heard in connection with said application.

Geoffrey French, Planning Board Chair The Zoning Board of Appeals of the Town of Hillsdale will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, March 3, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. at the Hillsdale Town Hall to consider the following: An application by Steven Kilian & Nancy Rankin for a Special Permit Application to do work within the 200 foot stream corridor on property at Hunt Road, Hillsdale, NY. All interested parties are urged to attend.

The Athens Village Board will hear public comments regarding the proposed C and D Project at the board meeting on February 26, 2020. There will be a sign up sheet in the Village Clerks Office.

Speakers will be limited to 2 minutes. The meeting begins promptly at 6:30pm in the Village Building at 2 First Street.

SWISS HOUSE INFORMATION LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 2/7/20. Office in Columbia Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC 9 Hunts Ln #1 Brooklyn NY 11201. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Town of Ancram Public Notice - The Ancram Town Board will hold a public hearing to solicit public comments on a proposal to convert all street lights in the Town of Ancram to LEDs on Saturday, March 14, 2020 at 10 am, at the Ancram Town Hall, 1416 County Route 7, Ancram, NY 12502.

Town of Ancram Public Notice - The Ancram Town Board will hold a special Town Board meeting on Thursday, March 12, 2020 at 7 pm at the Ancram Town Hall, 1416 County Route 7, Ancram, NY 12502 to discuss any matters that come before the Board.

Turkey Hill LLC. Filed 1/16/20. Office: Columbia Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: c/o Paul Gates, 377 Rector Pl #4j, NY, NY 10280. Purpose: General.

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK – COUNTY OF GREENE INDEX # 2018-1072 FILED: 1/27/2020 S U P P L E M E N TA L SUMMONS AND NOTICE Plaintiff designates GREENE County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises are situated. REVERSE MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS, INC., Plaintiff, against UNKNOWN HEIRS OF MARY LOU EISENHARDT, if they be living and if they be dead, the respective heirs-at-law, next-ofkin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant(s) who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or inheritance, any right, title or interest in or to the real property described in the Complaint, SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, NYS DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, and "JOHN DOE" and "JANE DOE", the last two names being fictitious, said parties intended being tenants or occupants, if any, having or claiming an interest in, or lien upon the premises described in the complaint, Defendant(s).

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the plaintiff's attorney(s) within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE MORTGAGE COMPANY WHO FILED THIS FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT, A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED AND YOU CAN LOSE YOUR HOME. SPEAK TO AN ATTORNEY OR GO TO THE COURT WHERE YOUR CASE IS PENDING FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON

HOW TO ANSWER THE SUMMONS AND PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY. SENDING A PAYMENT TO YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY WILL NOT STOP THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Thomas A. Breslin, a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Greene County, granted on the 3rd day of January, 2020, and filed with the Complaint and other papers in the office of the County Clerk of Greene County. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by MARY LOU EISENHARDT to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR ONE REVERSE MORTGAGE, LLC, its successors and assigns, bearing date August 18, 2014 and recorded in Book 3238, Page 304 in the County of Greene on September 18, 2014, which was assigned to REVERSE MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS, INC., by assignment executed October 22, 2018 and recorded on October 26, 2018, in Instrument No. M2018-2801, said premises being known as 647 Main St, Cairo, NY 12413 (Section 101.5, Block 7, Lot 10).

ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Cairo, County of Greene and State of New York. YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. There is due and owing, the principal sum of $107,570.30 together with all sums that may be due for interest, taxes, insurance, loan advances, and/or fees for inspections, property preservations or other expenses incurred to protect the property, and expenses and costs of suit as may be allowed by the loan documents and/or approved by the court.

The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt described above. UNLESS YOU DISPUTE THE VALIDITY OF THE DEBT, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER YOUR RECEIPT HEREOF THAT THE DEBT, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, IS DISPUTED, THE DEBTOR JUDGMENT AGAINST YOU AND A COPY OF SUCH VERIFICATION OR JUDGMENT WILL BE MAILED TO YOU

BY THE HEREIN DEBT COLLECTOR. IF APPLICABLE, UPON YOUR WRITTEN REQUEST, WITHIN SAID THIRTY (30) DAY PERIOD, THE HEREIN DEBT COLLECTOR WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED A DISCHARGE FROM THE UNITED STATES B A N K R U P T C Y COURT, YOU ARE NOT PERSONALLY LIABLE FOR THE UNDERLYING INDEBTEDNESS OWED TO PLAINTIFF/CREDITOR AND THIS NOTICE/DISCLOSURE IS FOR COMPLIANCE AND INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE New York State Law requires that

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who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner's distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. Aldridge Pite, LLP. Attorneys for the Plaintiff, Fifteen Piedmont Center, 3575 Piedmont Road, N.E., Suite 500, Atlanta, GA 30305.

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we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT You are in danger of losing your home. If you fail to respond to the summons and complaint in this foreclosure action, you may lose your home.

Please read the summons and complaint carefully. You should immediately contact an attorney or your local legal aid office to obtain advice on how to protect yourself.

SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclo-

sure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process.

To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Department of Financial Services at 1-800-269-0990 or visit the Department’s website at HTTP://WWW.DFS.NY. GOV. Rights and Obligations YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO LEAVE YOUR HOME AT THIS

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Four things we learned from Sunday’s Pennzoil 400 in Las Vegas Alex Andrejev The Charlotte Observer

Team Penske’s Joey Logano won the Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday. He was followed by Matt DiBenedetto of Wood Brothers Racing and JTG Daugherty’s Ricky Stenhouse Jr., who finished in second and third place, respectively. Here are four takeaways from the first of the West Coast races: LESS CRASHES, BUT CHAOTIC RESTARTS: Sunday’s race saw significantly less contact between drivers after Monday’s brutal Daytona 500. There were no major wrecks this weekend, but on two restarts cars immediately ran three and four wide.

Then, in the final two laps off the restart, Logano sprinted ahead and then won under caution on the last lap for his first victory of the season, while DiBenedetto squeezed past Hendrick Motorsports’ William Byron.

DiBenedetto moved into second place, fending off Stenhouse Jr., who finished just behind him. “(This) is a great day for Wood Brothers and Team Penske,” Logano said after the race. He also noted that a final push from Stenhouse Jr. on the restart made the difference.

“He shoved me ahead, which was great,” Logano said. “And then the block on the 24 (Byron), that was the winning move, I was able to get down in front of him and then be able to separate myself a little bit from the field.”

Logano has now won a race in every one of the last nine seasons.

FIRST WIN FOR TEAM PENSKE: Hendrick

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Joey Logano, driver of the Pennzoil Ford, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Pennzoil 400 on Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nev.

Motorsports, led by Chase Elliott, dominated the first two stages, but when it mattered, Team Penske capitalized. The Ford cars, driven by Logano, Ryan Blaney and Brad Keselowkski ran in first, second and seventh respectively, in the final 20 laps. With 13 laps left, Blaney slid in front of Logano and the two battled just before a caution.

Logano, however, was able to move into first place and remain there riding on old tires. He did not pit in the final laps and instead sprinted to the end. The strategy paid off for Logano, while Blaney finished the race in 11th place. Keselowski finished seventh.

Ford also had a successful night from a manufacturer’s standpoint with DiBenedetto

taking second place (Team Penske and Wood Brothers Racing have a strategic partnership). Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick also managed an eighth place finish.

A HIGHLIGHT NIGHT FOR HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS: Neither back-to-back stage winner Chase Elliott nor seven-time Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson won this year’s Pennzoil 400, but both the fan favorite Elliott and veteran Johnson were able to earn a large chunk of points for Hendrick Motorsports in Las Vegas.

Until late in the third stage, Elliott led most of the race, but a flat tire caused him to pull out before the final caution. Elliott won both the first and second stages, while Hendrick Motorsports teammates Byron, Bowman and Johnson all finished in the top 10 in those stages.

Johnson, Bowman, Byron and Elliott finished in fifth, 13th, 22nd, and 26th place, respectively.

HAMLIN LOOKED ROUGH OUT WEST: Less than a week after winning his second consecutive Daytona 500, Hamlin returned to the track for a disappointing performance in Vegas. He finished in 17th place on Sunday, and at one point in the final stage was nearly lapped by Elliott, who was leading at the time.

Hamlin, who was in 24th place when Elliott edged behind him, was able to stay just in front of the No. 9 car, but he never broke into the top ten, proving he has found more success on the superspeedways.

Logano scorches final lap to win in Vegas Field Level Media

Not having one of his cars in the championship field of four last November was simply unacceptable for NASCAR Cup Series team owner Roger Penske. So, in the offseason he shook things up by changing around the crews of all three of his teams.

In Sunday’s Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Penske’s moves looked genius as Joey Logano pulled away from the field on the final lap to get the victory.

“Boy, we fought hard for this one today,” Logano said.

“Man, this is a huge win and it’s nice to kick off the season with a W.”

The win was the second for Logano at the 1.5-mile Vegas oval with the other coming a year ago. He led 54 laps of the 267 laps. On his pit box was Paul Wolfe, who led Brad Keselowski to a season championship in 2012.

“He (Wolfe) does such a good job and it has been good getting to know each other, boy, with the whole team,” Logano said. “The pit crew was amazing today. I think we gained a spot every time.”

Aiding Logano was not pitting during a caution on the final laps. The decision to stay out while other contenders pitted was wrapped in confusion.

“I wasn’t sure what I was supposed to do,” Logano said. “There was a little confusion, but it worked out really well. A lot of cars stayed out and that was key to that move.”

Finishing second was Matt DiBenedetto, driving in just his second race for the famed Wood Brothers racing team.

“This is all just too surreal,” said DiBenedetto, who took over this season for the retired Paul Menard. “Tough to be that close but hey, this is only the second race of the season. So cool to have the backing of all the people who allow me to drive this thing ... this iconic car. It’s so cool.”

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. of JTG

Daugherty finished third while Austin Dillon of Richard Childress Racing was fourth.

Stenhouse, too, is with a new team after having been let go by Roush Fenway Racing last year.

“We know what we need to work on now,” said Stenhouse, who won the pole for last week’s Daytona 500. “It was cool to get a good, solid run in this Camaro.

“So far, so good. Two weeks. We’ve been fast last week, we weren’t bad this week.”

Penske teammates Keselowski and Ryan Blaney finished seventh and 11th respectively. Blaney led 19 laps

and had the lead late in the race.

Seven-time champion Jimmie Johnson started 18th and climbed all the way to third in the final stage. He faded a bit but came on late to finish fifth.

Ross Chastain filled in for Ryan Newman, who was injured in a horrific last-lap wreck a week ago in Daytona, as driver of the No. 6 Roush Fenway Racing Ford. Chastain started 15th, worked his way up but a spin late in the race sent him to a 27th-place finish.

Rain forced cancellation of qualifying earlier in the weekend. Kyle Busch was on the pole, with Joe Gibbs

Racing teammate Martin Truex Jr. on the outside of the front row. That put the defending Cup champion Busch on pole based on owner points.

Because of inspection issues, however, Busch was dropped to the rear for the start. Joining Busch at the rear of the field were Joe Gibbs Racing teammate and Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin, as well as Christopher Bell of Leavine Family Racing. Truex Jr. led the field to green.

Busch came back to finish 15th. Hamlin was 17th.

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At 87, former UNC basketball star Lennie Rosenbluth still remembers the magic of 1957 Scott Fowler The News & Observer

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Four miles away from the Dean Dome, in a comfortable chair inside a comfortable home decorated with memories from 60 years ago, sits the man who beat Wilt Chamberlain and led North Carolina to the 1957 national championship.

If you want to feel a little better about Tar Heel basketball — and most fans who wear Carolina blue could use a pick-me-up these days — take a seat in the other chair, right next to Lennie Rosenbluth.

Rosenbluth is 87 years old now. Since he moved back to Chapel Hill in 2010, he has been a near-constant presence behind the UNC bench for home games. But Rosenbluth has been unable to go to any games at the Smith Center this season due to complications from a fall he took in July (of course, if you’re ever going to miss a UNC season, this would be the one).

Rosenbluth’s mind is still sharp. His laugh is still strong.

And he has a theory he’d like to share with you.

“Our 1957 team was the most important team in Carolina history,” Rosenbluth said.

“Bar none. It all began there.”

That 1957 UNC team remains the only squad from the ACC to ever win a national basketball championship while also going undefeated.

Finishing 32-0, that UNC team survived triple overtime twice in an amazing Final Four — first against Michigan State, then against Chamberlain and Kansas. Rosenbluth scored 20 points in the Tar Heels’ 54-53 win over Kansas in the final.

Rosenbluth’s “most important team” theory is not just based on the fact that the 1956-57 Tar Heels were the first team to win a men’s basketball national championship from the fledgling ACC, which had been established in 1953.

It also has to do with the fact that it was that ‘57 team that first had some of its games televised in North Carolina by a sports TV pioneer named C.D. Chesley, which helped pave the way for the wall-towall college basketball TV coverage we see today.

“We had the fans coming in,” Rosenbluth said. “We had the undefeated season. It made North Carolina a basketball state... It legitimized the conference to have a

national champion. But most important of all, that team led Frank McGuire to hire a young assistant coach named Dean Smith.”

There’s some truth to all of that, although you can argue some of the particulars. N.C. State coach Everett Case had engineered a regional basketball dynasty in Raleigh with the Wolfpack long before the 1957 UNC team was formed.

And McGuire, UNC’s flamboyant head coach at the time, might have met and hired Smith regardless of that undefeated season.

But it is true that McGuire and Smith first met when they roomed together, along with several other coaches, in a large hotel suite at the 1957 Final Four in Kansas City. That made for an awkward situation for Smith, an Air Force assistant coach at the time.

He cheered hard for Kansas in the final since that was Smith’s alma mater.

McGuire understood school loyalty, though, and was impressed by Smith’s basketball acumen that week. He didn’t hire Smith immediately, but brought him to Chapel Hill in 1958 to be his lone assistant after ailing assistant coach Buck Freeman left UNC. In 1961, Smith was promoted to replace McGuire, who had found himself in some trouble with the NCAA and departed for the NBA. Smith basically begat Roy Williams, and five more UNC national championships have followed since that 1957 squad (two for Smith’s teams, three for Williams’ squads).

For many younger basketball fans, Rosenbluth may be the best college basketball player you’ve never heard of.

He was a 6-foot-5 All-American forward in 1957, averaging 28 points and 8.8 rebounds per game that year. He starred for a Frank McGuire-coached team that featured five New Yorkers as the starters.

That year Rosenbluth was also named the Helms National Player of the Year, winning that award over Chamberlain, among others. “I could do two things well as a basketball player — shoot and rebound,” Rosenbluth said.

Rosenbluth was a late bloomer — he was cut every single year from his school basketball team from seventh through 11th grade. At Chapel Hill, he was helped by the fact that he had a group of

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Lennie Rosenbluth (10) of the North Carolina Tar Heels puts up a lay up during a game at the Woollen Gymnasium in Chapel Hill, N.C. Rosenbluth played for the Tar Heels from 1955-57.

unselfish teammates and that McGuire never ran offensive sets.

It was similar to unstructured playground basketball in that way, which is what Rosenbluth had grown up with in New York.

“We had two in-bounds plays at Carolina under McGuire,” Rosenbluth said, “and that was it.”

N.C. State could have had him. But in Rosenbluth’s telling, legendary Wolfpack coach Case brought him to Raleigh, watched him work out (Rosenbluth said he didn’t know he had to actually try out and was in “terrible shape”) and then rescinded a previous scholarship offer at the last minute.

So Rosenbluth instead ended up at Chapel Hill. McGuire recruited him and offered him a scholarship without ever actually seeing him play. McGuire took Rosenbluth on the recommendation of a New

Mets’ Cespedes is speaking again Sarah Valenzuela New York Daily News

Yoenis Cespedes has agreed to start speaking to members of the media again. Under one condition: no one ask him about what happened on his ranch last year.

“I’m doing an interview, but I’m not going to talk about what happened in the past,” Cespedes told reporters in Port St. Lucie on Sunday morning. “I committed an error and I paid the price for it. Today, I’ll be talking about the present and the future.”

The Mets 34-year-old veteran slugger has been absent from baseball for more than a year after getting double-heel surgery to remove calcification and bone spurs prior to the 2019 season. In May, Cespedes suffered a significant setback after fracturing his ankle in a violent accident — reportedly due to a run in with a wild boar on his ranch.

But that’s in the past. “La Potencia” only wants to focus on the now and the what’s to come.

“I feel good, I’m happy

with the progress, every day I’m working to get better and better,” Cespedes said.

“My progress isn’t as fast as I would like it to be ... If I continue progressing like I am, yes (I’ll be ready for Opening Day).”

He explained his road to recovery — and what he thinks has been the hardest part of his return — has included having to wake up every day at 5 a.m., regardless of the time he goes to bed, to start his rehab.

Cespedes has been running in zigzags, not quite like running around the bases, but moving at about 80%. And as far as his defensive progression, he feels he’s improved to about 9095% of his capability. That progress supposedly started back in December. General Manager Brodie Van Wagenen confirmed Cespedes had resumed baseball activities after a sincedeleted video surfaced of the outfielder taking batting practice with ex-Met Endy Chavez. “(Hitting 40 homers this season) depends on the health of my legs, but I think I can,” Cespedes said when asked about his projected

offensive production.

“When it comes to hitting, that’s one of the things I’m not worried about because that’s one of the skills you never forget.”

Cespedes is in the final year of his four-year, $110 million (signed in 2016) stay with the Mets. In December, he agreed to a significant restructuring of that contract as a result of his May accident. He’ll receive a $6 million base salary (under the original contract, he was set to make $29.5 million), which could jump to $11 million if he doesn’t start the season on the Injured List, and could add another $9 million in bonuses for plate appearances, per The Associated Press.

Agreeing to take an incentive-laced pay cut, Cespedes said, has not had much impact on the way he planned to approach coming into this season.

“The truth? No. The money is important ... but a big part of the motivation is the people who have been saying I can’t do it,” Cespedes explained. “So I’m going out there to prove I can.”

York-based basketball scout named Harry Gotkin, who — back in the days when such scouting was legal — ended up steering many New Yorkers toward Chapel Hill.

UNC’s program wasn’t exactly big-time back then.

Freshmen weren’t eligible to play on the varsity, and Rosenbluth remembers dressing for his first freshman game downstairs outside Woollen Gym and then running upstairs to enter the gym, where he was hopeful a crowd awaited.

“And the doors were locked,” Rosenbluth said. “We were standing there, the other team was standing there, and we had to go find somebody to unlock the doors. And then maybe 20 fans came.”

Even in his first year on the varsity, UNC was still very much a football school. It wasn’t cool for students to go to the basketball games.

“I’d walk down the hall of

my dorm on campus,” Rosenbluth said, “and say, ‘I’ve got two free tickets for tonight’s game!’ Guys would be like, ‘I’m going to the movies. I don’t want to go.’ I’d end up throwing them away.”

That changed during that 1956-57 season, when UNC escaped a number of very close calls to grab the ACC’s lone bid to the NCAA tournament.

Rosenbluth and his fellow New York starters — Tommy Kearns, Joe Quigg, Pete Brennan and Bob Cunningham — were often labeled “four Catholics and a Jew” in newspaper stories of the time. Rosenbluth was the lone Jewish player but said he never felt he was discriminated against because of it. He’s now a member of the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.

In the championship game against Kansas, the Jayhawks played a box-and-one for part of the game as they tried to slow down Rosenbluth. The Tar Heels, meanwhile, collapsed two or three defenders for much of the game on Chamberlain. The big man still scored 23 points and had 14 rebounds, but his teammates shot poorly from the outside. Rosenbluth scored 20 points but had fouled out by the third overtime.

However, UNC’s Quigg hit two free throws with six seconds to go and then deflected a pass away from Chamberlain in the final seconds to preserve the 54-53 victory. Rosenbluth and McGuire didn’t go directly back to Chapel Hill for the celebration, instead appearing on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” To this day, Rosenbluth said that’s the one thing he regrets about the whole thing — he would have rather been celebrating at UNC. That game — one that Chamberlain once called the most painful loss of his life — was also the peak of Rosenbluth’s playing career. The Philadelphia Warriors picked him No. 6 overall in the first round of the 1957 NBA draft, but there he got stuck behind a future basketball hall of famer named Paul Arizin.

“I had high hopes until I got there and realized Arizin was my height, did the same things I did and hardly ever came out of the game,” Rosenbluth said. “It wasn’t a great experience for me. Plus, the average NBA salary in 1957 was $5,000 a year — not per game, not per minute, but per year. Big

difference between then and now, when everyone’s making $5 million a year.”

Rosenbluth played only two NBA seasons, averaging seven minutes and 4.2 points per game. That was a far cry from the 26.9 points he averaged in three varsity seasons at UNC (still a school record for points per game in a career).

After those two unhappy NBA seasons, he quit and became a high school teacher and coach — first in North Carolina and then in Florida. The best player he ever coached in high school? Chris Corchiani, who later starred at N.C. State.

Rosenbluth and his wife, Dianne, now share a home in a leafy suburb in Chapel Hill. Rosenbluth’s memorabilia decorates a large part of the house — including his retired No. 10 UNC uniform (trimmed in red — an idea of the fashion-conscious McGuire), a photo of Rosenbluth and Chamberlain on “The Ed Sullivan Show” and his Philadelphia NBA uniform.

In July 2019, Rosenbluth was adjusting a thermostat in his home when he lost his balance and fell backwards. The resulting injuries — and recurring problems with knees that spent decades supporting him on basketball floors — have meant he has to get around with a walker for now.

He still goes downtown to eat at Franklin Street, but he has avoided going to games.

“I don’t want to go to Carolina games with a walker or in a wheelchair,” Rosenbluth said. “I just don’t want fans to feel sorry for me. I’m getting better — I hope to go to the games next season. In the meantime, I just root at home and yell at the TV set and keep hoping that they break out of this slump.”

So the man who led UNC to that 1957 national championship that led to so much else for the UNC basketball program has himself a new project now.

“I just want to walk again — without the walker,” Rosenbluth said. “It’s tough, because I spent so much time in a hospital bed after the fall.

I’ve got to build the muscles back up in my legs and everywhere else. But I see the light at the end of the tunnel now.

I’m going to get back there to the Dean Dome. Probably not this season. But next season for sure.”

Djokovic thinks he might be headed for biggest year of Big Three Jeff Greer The Washington Post

BELGRADE, Serbia — Novak Djokovic emerged from a court bubble at his riverfront tennis center last week in a puffy blue jacket and a red-whiteand-blue pom beanie, smiling the smile of a player brimming with confidence and growing in strength.

The world’s No. 1 player this month claimed his 17th Grand Slam title with a comeback victory in the Australian Open final, bringing him within three of Roger Federer’s record of 20 major men’s singles titles and two back of Rafael Nadal.

The win came after Djokovic and his native Serbia topped Nadal’s Spain for the inaugural ATP Cup, a roaring start to 2020 that prompted the 32-year-old to say this could be “maybe my best season.”

That triumphant mood was met with a hero’s welcome and a hint of Super Bowl media day mayhem at a news conference here in Djokovic’s hometown, with 90 minutes of questions from Serbian Olympians and more than 60 media members that ranged from the bizarre to the adulatory. As tends to happen in Djokovic interviews, the conversation offered another

opportunity to appraise the complicated relationship he has with tennis fans and his chief rivals.

Fairly or not, Djokovic doesn’t receive the near-universal, enthusiastic embrace from fans enjoyed by Federer and Nadal, who combined with Djokovic have won 13 consecutive Grand Slam finals and 56 total since 2003.

That was evident in Melbourne, where many fans rooted for Austrian underdog Dominic Thiem in the final, even as Djokovic pursued his record-expanding eighth tournament title. He drew criticism for his in-match outburst at chair umpire Damien Dumusois, whom Djokovic tapped on the foot and sarcastically told, “You made yourself famous,” for calling two time violations at a critical juncture.

The incident, among other flare-ups and splashy tabloid comments from his father, Srdjan, over the years, added ammunition for Djokovic’s detractors.

In Belgrade, Djokovic downplayed the notion he is disliked, saying he doesn’t get that impression, “especially off the court.” He worried that feeding into that narrative might create an unwanted

Serbia-against-the-world mentality among fans in this Balkan country of 7 million people.

“Even if that was true, why would I want to add fuel to the fire?” Djokovic said through an interpreter. “I don’t want to stir up negative emotions. I have no ill feelings for people who don’t support me. I’m not proud of my occasional reactions on the court - my passion gets the better of my self-control at times. I will always admit that I do make mistakes, and I always try to learn from them.”

Speculation persists about the relationships among the Big Three, particularly Djokovic’s rapport with the other two.

Federer vs. Nadal remains the sport’s biggest rivalry, but the two are friendly off the court.

Recent public interactions among the three stars suggest warmer connections, and Djokovic credited his nemeses with shaping him as a player.

“Although it was not at the beginning of my career, I can now say that it is a pleasure to play in the same era,” Djokovic said. “There are many connecting points and similarities between the three of us. One of the biggest is the championship mentality. We pull each other toward success.”

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Kobe’s death and its harsh lesson about our obsession with youth sports Mark Zeigler The San Diego Union-Tribune

When Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna arrived at the private aviation section of John Wayne Airport on the morning of Sunday, Jan. 26, the waiting lounge was not empty. It was filled with passengers whose flights had been delayed by the fuzzy blanket of coastal fog that had moved onshore overnight across Southern California.

The Los Angeles police department and county sheriff had grounded their helicopters because visibility, a spokesperson later said, “did not meet our minimum standards” of 2 miles and an 800-foot cloud ceiling.

Commercial jets in the air were flying on instruments.

“It was thick,” a man in Calabasas said of the conditions there. “Imagine jumping into a pool filled with milk and opening your eyes.”

But Bryant and two other families with 13-yearold daughters got on a 29-year-old Sikorsky S-76B helicopter anyway ... that was not equipped with a terrain warning system recommended (but not required) by the Federal Aviation Administration ... was operated by a charter company not certified to fly on instruments in inclement weather ... and had a pilot who was “counseled” by the FAA in 2015 for improperly flying into LAX airspace in poor visibility.

Why? Because they were going to an eighth-grade girls basketball tournament 80 miles north in Thousand Oaks.

Because Team Mamba had a noon game on Court 4 of the Mamba Sports Academy in the second day of the Mamba Cup. Because of youth sports.

As a public memorial is held for Kobe and Gianna at Staples Center on Monday, a month after they and seven others perished when the Sikorsky S-76B slammed into a hillside in Calabasas in soupy fog, there are lessons about life’s fragility.

But also buried in an impact crater 15 by 24 feet wide and 2 feet deep, lost amid a 500-foot trail of smoking debris, is a lesson about life’s priorities.

About perspective.

Are youth sports really that important?

The answer is they are, in this country, in this culture. And that’s a problem.

Kobe knew it. I know it. Anyone with a kid playing club sports knows it, from the weekends with parents screaming incessantly on the sidelines, from the car (and plane and helicopter) trips to tournaments, from the hotels and restaurants and Team Moms finding laundromats at midnight to wash the uniforms, from the endless practices and camps and clinics and $60 per hour “privates.”

From the breathless Facebook accounts of

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Gianna Bryant and her father, former NBA player Kobe Bryant, attend the WNBA All-Star Game 2019 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on July 27, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nev.

reaching the final of an under-9 soccer Memorial Day tournament.

From the tangle of medals clanging from your kid’s bedroom doorknob, some of them for finishing second or third or fourth.

From our bank accounts.

It is the perfect financial storm, a system that feeds on a willingness to do anything (and pay anything) for our children; a fear that our kids will fall behind if they miss a practice or game because someone, somewhere is working longer and harder; a lust for what psychologists call “reflected glory” when they hit a home run; and an insatiable, insidious thirst for victory. In the United States, by some estimates, it is a $17 billion annual industry.

Deep down we know it’s dysfunctional, we know priorities become distorted, we know an eighth-grade girls basketball tournament isn’t really that significant in the grand scheme of life.

And yet we are powerless to stop it, to resist it, to change it.

I still drive my daughter, who plays both club soccer and water polo, all over California for weekend tournaments. A year ago, I was in Santa

The fists of Tyson Fury live up to the heavy hype Arash Markazi Los Angeles Times

LAS VEGAS — Tyson Fury entered the ring Saturday night on a throne with a crown on his head and walked out of it with the WBC heavyweight championship belt around his waist.

Fury dominated Deontay Wilder in the highly anticipated rematch of the undefeated heavyweights and forced Wilder’s corner to throw in the towel in the seventh round.

Fury took every minute of every round, knocked down Wilder twice and landed 58 punches to 18 by Wilder.

“The king has returned,” Fury said in the ring after his victory before leading the soldout crowd at the MGM Grand in a singing of Don McLean’s “American Pie.” Fury’s win caps one of the great comeback stories in sports history as Fury battled mental and drug problems five years ago and saw his weight balloon to nearly 400 pounds after defeating Wladimir Klitschko to become the lineal heavyweight champion.

Before Wilder and Fury made their entrances, Lennox Lewis, Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson were introduced and stepped into the ring.

It was a reminder of a time when the heavyweight champion was a household name in this country and when heavyweight championship fights rivaled the biggest championship games in other sports.

After a two-decade hiatus, heavyweight boxing returned to center stage and basked in the national spotlight it used to enjoy.

Not since Tyson, Holyfield and Lewis were facing each other has a heavyweight championship fight garnered the amount of mainstream and national attention as Saturday’s fight between Wilder and Fury.

It was impossible to turn on the television this week and not see the fight being talked about on an ESPN or Fox Sports network with many shows being broadcast from the MGM Grand.

Not only did the fight feel big but it delivered on the hype.

From their grand entrances to each round, the fight delivered on the unprecedented hype and probably will lead to a third fight in September or October with a mega-fight against Anthony Joshua, the WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight champion, in the near future.

Saturday’s fight broke the record for a heavyweight gate in Las Vegas, according to Top Rank president Todd duBoef, with the previous record being the second fight between Lewis and Holyfield in 1999 that drew nearly $17 million at Thomas & Mack Center. That record probably will be broken later this year when Wilder and Fury become boxing’s next great trilogy.

“Deontay Wilder came here tonight and he manned up and he really did show the heart of a champion,” Fury said. “I hit him with a clean right that dropped him and he got back up. He is a warrior. He will be back. He will be champion again but I will say, the king has returned to the top of the throne!”

Barbara shivering on a pool deck where the lights were on. The lights were on because the sun hadn’t come up yet.

Kobe, Gianna, an assistant coach and two other families still got on the helicopter.

Kobe knew it. He often talked about the pitfalls of American youth sports (and I say American because they’re not like this, even close to this, in the rest of the world). He even served as a spokesman for the Project Play and DontRetireKid campaigns sponsored by The Aspen Institute, a nonprofit think tank based in Washington, D.C., that has become the conscience of youth sports.

“Sports used to be something that kids went out and did for fun,” Kobe said in an ESPN interview last August about his involvement in Project Play. “Now it’s become so regimented where parents are starting to inject their own experiences or past failures, if you will, onto their children and it takes the fun out of it.”

He coached Gianna’s basketball team, and by all accounts he was a calm, reserved presence on the bench. But Team Mamba also practiced seven days a week, according to a Facebook post last October by the parent of another girl on the

roster.

“That’s Mamba Mentality,” the father wrote.

“Three years ago, they were a local team. Now they are one of the best eighth-grade teams in the country. Thanks Kobe.”

In September, a month after telling ESPN that “it’s not about us as coaches and us winning or losing,” Kobe posted a picture to his 20.9 million Instagram followers. It showed Team Mamba jumping in unison with the scoreboard in the background that read: 115-27.

“Two years ago, we lost to the same team 2221,” he wrote, followed by the hashtag: “hardwork.”

It got 532,724 likes. But it also was the source of biting criticism on social media, and Kobe, to his credit, realized he had succumbed — like we all do — to the dark, petty side of youth sports. The team they beat by 88 points was from San Diego.

He called the coach. He felt awful. He wanted to make it right.

So he flew down on a helicopter one afternoon in October and conducted a two-hour clinic. Just him and a dozen 13-year-old girls at a public rec center in Carmel Valley.

“He walked in with a bag of balls and said, ‘Hey, let’s go,’” says Chris Moeller, the varsity girls coach at Our Lady of Peace whose daughter plays on the youth team that lost to Gianna’s. “No fanfare. Other people started walking into the rec center and going, ‘Oh, my gosh, that’s Kobe Bryant.’ “ Then he got on the helicopter and flew home.

It is the push and pull of youth sports, the yin and yang, the charm and the curse. The solution and the problem.

Kobe spoke eloquently about burnout in youth sports, but the Mamba Cup just wasn’t another tournament. It was 12 weekend tournaments across seven months for boys and girls from third to eighth grade, with open, gold, silver, bronze and copper divisions. Teams were required to enter at least four tournaments if they wanted to qualify for the championship event in late March.

“Of course,” the tournament’s website says, “Coach Bryant’s very own Girls Eighth Grade Mamba Club Team will participate.”

In that August interview with ESPN’s Cari Champion, Kobe was asked about creating a healthy environment for young athletes.

“Get them to think,” he said. “When they can think and problem solve on their own, the game becomes something that they own. It’s something that becomes more enjoyable to them versus having another parent on the sideline that is just barking out orders.”

Six months later, Champion’s response is chilling: “Helicopter parents, as they would say.”

Kobe chuckled and replied: “Exactly.”

Ryan Newman suffered head injury during Daytona 500 wreck Jenna Fryer Orlando Sentinel

LAS VEGAS — Ryan Newman said he suffered a head injury in his crash on the last lap of the Daytona 500 but did not disclose details in a statement from the driver read before Sunday’s race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

“I was fortunate to avoid any internal organ damage or broken bones. I did sustain a head injury for which I’m currently being treated,” Newman wrote in a statement. “The doctors have been pleased with my progression over the last few days.”

There is no timetable for Newman’s return to racing, but Roush Fenway Racing said the 42-year-old Indiana native is determined to get back to the track.

“He has expressed unequivocally that this is where he wants to be and he wants to be back in a race car,” said Roush president Steve Newmark, adding that once he returns, Newman wants to be the one to address his health personally.

“Ryan actually wants to be the one in front of you to answer those questions,” Newmark said. “He and I talked about that and he’s kind of chomping at the bit to get back here and I think he feels that would be most appropriate for him to be behind the mic answering a lot of those questions.”

Roush Fenway gave its first detailed account of the harrowing ordeal that began when Newman, while leading the last lap of the rain-delayed Daytona 500, was involved in a crash that sent him hard into a wall, airborne, hit in the driver side door by another car, then trapped in an upside-down Ford on fire as rescue workers tried to free him

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NASCAR Cup Series driver Ryan Newman (6) goes airborne after being hit by Corey LaJoie (32) on the last lap of the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on Feb. 17.

from the damaged vehicle.

He was hospitalized Monday night in what Roush officials called serious but not life-threatening condition — which Newmark said they did not learn until Newman’s father passed along the information from doctors roughly two hours after the accident.

Newman walked out of the Daytona Beach hospital roughly 42 hours later appearing unscathed and holding hands with his two young daughters. The photo of that moment, Newman said in his statement, was a testament to the Roush Fenway Racing organization “that built me a car not only fast enough to lead the final seconds of the Daytona 500, but strong enough to do its job under great distress, allowing me to survive such an accident.

“I am truly indebted to each of you and it is unlikely I will ever be able to properly express to you how much the diligent effort with which you conduct your craftmanship has affected me and my family. I hope you took pride in the photograph of me walking out of the hospital hand-in-hand with my daughters on Wednesday. Thank you.

I can’t wait to get back in your race car.”

Newmark opened the news conference by reading Newman’s lengthy statement, which began with an apology from the driver for not being in Las Vegas. Ross Chastain drove the No. 6 Ford on Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway as Newman’s streak of 649 consecutive starts dating to the 2002 season opener came to an end.

“I have spoken with Jack Roush and he has assured me that the No. 6 car will be waiting and ready for my return,” Newman concluded in his statement. “I’m looking forward to getting behind the wheel and battling for another race win in the Roush Fenway Ford.”

Newmark said Newman intends to race for the 2020 Cup championship this season, and he plans to ask NASCAR for an exemption to qualify for the playoffs once he’s medically cleared to return.

Newmark briefly touched on the emotions of the Roush organization after the accident, and said the team had to force employees to leave Daytona and return to North Carolina to prepare for Las Vegas rather than

sit outside the hospital waiting for updates.

“It probably fits right in to the definition of an emotional roller coaster — we went from what we thought was seconds away from winning the Daytona 500 with Ryan ... it was looking like it was going to be a storybook race for us and a great start to the season, and all of that changed in an instant,” Newmark said.

“We go from not caring about the race, not caring about the competition, in fact I’m not sure that we knew who had actually won the race until a few hours later because the whole focus was on Ryan’s safety and well-being.”

Race winner Denny Hamlin was among many industry regulars to stop at the hospital, as did most of NASCAR’s executive team from chairman Jim France on down. Newmark said NASCAR vice chairman Mike Helton arrived at the hospital Monday night moments after the Roush representatives did.

Newmark noted that Newman’s biting humor has not changed and that the biggest sigh of relief came when the team saw Newman’s family mocking him for his large build and love of Krispy Kreme doughnuts.

“He is as tough as they come and it was also refreshing to be in the hospital room listening to his family make fun of him for having no neck and for just being completely thick,” Newmark said. “And there is truth to the rumor that when he heard there were doughnuts down in the room where we were all congregated, that he asked his dad to confiscate some and bring them back up to his room.

Not a surprising development.”

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NC State still waiting for another national title Andrew Carter The News & Observer

RALEIGH, N.C. — Out on the basketball court at PNC Arena on Wednesday night, the N.C. State students were still shoulder-to-shoulder, arms in the air as if in a mosh pit, reveling in a moment they wanted to savor. About 10 minutes had passed since the end of the Wolfpack’s 88-66 victory against Duke, and those who’d rushed the court in celebration were in no hurry to leave.

Many of them held cellphone cameras high, recording the scene for posterity. A few sat atop the shoulders of their classmates for a better view.

From a few rows up it looked like the court had disappeared, replaced by a joyful mob of red, none of whom were alive, or even close to being born, when these kinds of moments were not so unexpected.

Through a tunnel and down a hallway, N.C. State’s players continued their own celebration in their locker room. They embraced each other, and the moment. A voice rose above the noise, and the player it belonged to screamed that he’d be staying up all night. Soon, Kevin Keatts, the Wolfpack’s third-year head coach, met with reporters in another room.

And soon came the kind of question whose answer, in the positive, has eluded the Wolfpack for 30 years: How can it turn one night of excellence into sustained success? How does it build?

“You’ve got to let me enjoy tonight,” Keatts said, smiling.

For one night, N.C. State looked like the team he’d hoped to see for months. For one night, N.C. State resembled not the program that has so often been a punchline during the previous three decades, but the one that was, in a bygone era, a force in the ACC. For one night, the Wolfpack provided a reminder of what it was, and perhaps a glimpse of what it still could be.

Yet the aftermath told a story, too. Students rushed the court in an act of mass catharsis. Later, some of them moved the celebration to the N.C. State belltower, off Hillsborough Street. A video the school shared on Twitter showed Keatts arriving in the middle of the party, students swarming him on sight. Thirty years in the basketball wilderness make the highs feel higher.

This is the 30th anniversary of Jim Valvano’s last season at N.C. State. He coached his final game in March 1990, and was fired a month later, after 18 months of controversy and allegations of wrongdoing, some of which went unproven. He died three years later, but not before he became a symbol of courage and hope amid his public fight against cancer.

Since Valvano’s death in 1993, he has come to be mythologized. He is a permanent fixture in the NCAA Tournament highlights every March, when he’s forever looking for someone to hug after the Wolfpack’s championship victory against Houston in 1983. Ten years later, frail in his final months, he delivered the speech with the phrase that has defined his legacy: “Don’t ever give up.”

In recent years, N.C. State has built a statue in Valvano’s honor. It named the arena inside Reynolds Coliseum, where the Wolfpack women still play, after him. In many ways, 30 years after Valvano coached his final game, N.C. State is still attempting to duplicate the magic he created. The Wolfpack hasn’t recovered from his departure and the circumstances that surrounded it.

What would N.C. State supporters have said in 1987, after their school’s most recent ACC tournament championship, had a grim specter from the future appeared and portended the doom to come? What would they have said if someone told them they’d be waiting 33 years, and counting, for another conference championship?

“I would have told them they’ve lost their freaking mind,” Charlie Bryant said, laughing, during a phone interview earlier this week. “Yeah, that’s hard to believe.”

Bryant is 88 now, his mind still sharp. During the 1960s and ‘70s, he served as an assistant basketball coach at N.C. State under Everett Case, and then under Press Maravich and Norm Sloan.

Bryant became the executive director of the Wolfpack Club in 1975 and spent 22 years in that position. In the early ‘90s, he found himself in a particularly unenviable position.

Bryant’s job then, as it had been, was to raise money. N.C. State boosters, however, were in no mood to donate given their dissatisfaction with the university’s handling of the trouble that engulfed Valvano and led to the end of his tenure.

He was fired in April 1990 amid wide-ranging allegations of corruption and academic negligence.

A book called “Personal Fouls,” by Peter Golenbock, portrayed Valvano as unscrupulous, a villainous character who personified the ills of big-time college athletics in the mid-to-late 1980s. An extended NCAA investigation, though, uncovered no evidence to substantiate the most egregious of allegations. Nonetheless, N.C. State decided to fire Valvano, in large part because of his players’ poor academic record and questions surrounding their eligibility.

“Had he not encountered the problems he had, I’m sure our program would have stayed up near the top,” Bryant said.

Instead, three decades have come and gone with the Wolfpack in a near-constant state of

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North Carolina State head coach Jim Valvano celebrates with his team after the Wolfpack defeated Houston, 54-52, to win the NCAA Tournament championship at University Arena in Albuquerque, N.M., on April 4, 1983.

rebuild.

Golenbock did not offer any apologies during a phone interview recently. He defended his work.

Upon its publication in 1989, “Personal Fouls” created a firestorm. It portrayed Valvano, who also served as N.C. State’s athletic director from 1986-89, as the architect of an out-of-control program, with little regard for rules or the players he coached.

As damning as the allegations were, though, Golenbock’s credibility suffered. Misspellings and other factual errors plagued his copy. He misidentified places. He confused dates. He didn’t identify sources, and based the book on interviews with approximately a dozen people — a number more fitting for a newspaper or magazine story.

Even so, the book prompted the University of North Carolina system to launch an investigation. That investigation uncovered academic impropriety. Golenbock is aware of his place in N.C. State history, just as he is aware of how the Wolfpack has never quite recovered from the aftermath of Valvano’s firing.

“Not my fault,” Golenbock said.

His defense has remained consistent, when critics confront him.

“What I say to that is why did they fire him?” he said. “Why did the chancellor quit? Why didn’t they stand up and fight?”

He blamed the factual errors on Simon & Schuster, the book’s original publisher that ultimately decided to pull out of the project. Golenbock said it refused to provide him with an edited copy of his manuscript and that the second publisher, Carroll and Graf, “did not do nearly as good of a job” editing. Golenbock said he would not do anything differently with “Personal Fouls.”

“I can’t imagine what differently I could have done,” he said.

From his house on Sullivan’s Island, near Charleston, Les Robinson can see the ocean. He said he was looking at it Wednesday afternoon, while he recounted his six seasons as N.C. State’s head basketball coach.

Robinson, an N.C. State alum, succeeded Valvano in 1990. He inherited a talented team, with Rodney Monroe, Chris Corchiani and Tom Gugliotta, that won 20 games and reached the second round of the 1991 NCAA Tournament.

Then, amid self-imposed scholarship reductions and increased academic standards, N.C. State entered a basketball abyss. The Wolfpack remained there throughout the rest of Robinson’s tenure and throughout much of the 1990s.

Robinson does not view his tenure as a failure.

Winning, he said, was not necessarily the priority.

“I was there to clean up academics,” he said.

He likes to tell a story about that, and he told it again recently.

“I tell people I had the two best guards in America,” Robinson said of his first season, when he coached Corchiani and Monroe. “I was a great coach, we beat the national champions, Duke, (another that made the) Final Four, North Carolina. I said the next year, I had a first-team average SAT of 1250, 1300, I was one of the worst coaches in America.”

Ten years after N.C. State’s 1983 national championship, the Wolfpack finished 8-19. Valvano died not long after. Robinson coached four more seasons, none of them ending with winning records. N.C. State so often played in the ACC tournament play-in game (between the two lowest-seeded teams) that it became known as the Les Robinson Invitational.

“You’ve got to know me,” Robinson said, laughing again. “I understood that, and it never bothered me. I laughed at it. I knew what I was there for at State. I knew I wasn’t a bad coach.

“I used to turn it around and say, ‘God, I’m the only coach in the league that’s got an ACC game named after him.’ “ If an N.C. State fan in 1990 entered a 30-year coma and woke up today, they would not have missed much.

No ACC championships — either regular season or tournament; no NCAA Tournament runs beyond the Sweet 16, and only three that lasted that long; no top-10 seasons. They would have awoken to a world in which the Wolfpack shares an arena with an NHL team — and one, at that, that has won a Stanley Cup more recently than N.C. State has won its conference.

Arguably the wildest contrast of all between the past 30 years, and the 30 years that preceded them, are illustrated by the ACC tournament results. Between 1960 and 1990, the Wolfpack won the conference tournament six times — an average of once every five years. Only North Carolina (10 times) and Duke (seven) more often won the ACC tournament.

Since 1990, though, N.C. State’s basketball misery has known no bounds. The Wolfpack has rarely advanced deep enough in the ACC tournament to give itself a chance and, on the few occasions that has happened, the journey has ended in cruel despair, none crueler than 2003, when it surrendered a 15-point second-half lead in a defeat against Duke.

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Long gone are the days when N.C. State could claim, with merit, to be the basketball equal of UNC and Duke. Through 1990, the Wolfpack and Tar Heels had both won the same number of NCAA championships — N.C. State’s in 1974 and ‘83, UNC’s in 1957 and ‘82. At the time, N.C. State had two national championships to Duke’s zero.

And then the next 30 years happened.

But what happened, exactly?

The collapse of N.C. State basketball, and the brief but unsustained spurts of revival, cannot be explained simply. It is easier to trace a line to a turning point — to a firing, or a hiring — than it is to understand how three decades of relative futility manages to persist. It was one thing to struggle in the years after 1990, said Bryant, the former director of the Wolfpack Club.

“Since then,” he said, “I don’t think there’s any excuse for our program not being up at the top with the rest of them. “ ... It’s kind of hard to put your finger on everything. I guess when you stop and think about things, number one, it’s recruiting. Look over at Chapel Hill right now. Roy Williams is the same coach he’s always been. But he’s sitting on the bottom right now. And the reason he’s sitting on the bottom is he doesn’t have the talent and depth of talent that he normally has. And that’s a problem that I think we’ve encountered over the years. We haven’t had the consistency in coaching and had our recruiting reach the level that it needs to be.

Robinson and Todd Turner, who was N.C. State’s athletic director from 1990-96, argued another point: That N.C. State never should have abandoned the loud, hostile Reynolds Coliseum.

After the 1998-99 season, the Wolfpack moved into the cavernous Entertainment and Sports Arena, now known as PNC Arena, which it shares with the Carolina Hurricanes.

Robinson, who succeeded Turner as N.C. State’s athletic director in 1996, recalled a conversation with Herb Sendek, then the Wolfpack head coach, in the late 1990s.

“We sat in the car together there, at Reynolds,” Robinson said, “and he said ‘Coach, is there any chance we can stay here, in this arena? I said Herb, Valvano tried, I tried — it’s over. No, they want to have something as big as Carolina.’

“If State had played there, versus where they went, they wouldn’t have made as much money, (but) won 20 to 25% more of their games. That place was worth five, six, seven points.”

Bryant dismissed the idea of remaining in Reynolds as something of a fantasy.

“Even if we could have renovated it, he said, “we didn’t have the parking.”

N.C. State’s attempt to resurrect its men’s basketball program is now entering its fourth decade. Every previous attempt has been measured against the past. Mostly, it has been measured against one man. For better or worse, no one has compared to Jimmy V. No one has won like he did, for one. Nor have any of his successors inspired the kind of hope Valvano did — not only in ‘83 but a decade later, when he returned to Reynolds in his final days, during halftime of a game against Duke, and left many in the crowd in tears amid his speech.

That day, N.C. State celebrated the 10-year anniversary of its ‘83 championship. Valvano told the crowd that the team taught him about hope, about dreams — “never, ever quitting,” he said — and about the power of love. He spoke of the future.

“It’s gonna happen all here again,” he said of N.C. State, and championships.

Still, the Wolfpack waits. None of Valvano’s successors have inspired the same belief.

Robinson was a part of the N.C. State family, folksy and charming, but he didn’t win, and didn’t have much of a chance to win given the restrictions he inherited. Sendek guided the Wolfpack to five consecutive NCAA Tournaments, but his stoic nature and unaesthetic offense drew ire.

Sidney Lowe lasted five seasons after N.C. State flirted with, and failed to land, John Calipari and John Beilein. Next came Mark Gottfried, who reached two Sweet 16s in six seasons but left N.C. State with an NCAA investigation related to the recruitment of Dennis Smith, whose one-anddone season was perhaps best remembered for a dunk that didn’t count.

And now here is Keatts, attempting to succeed where his four predecessors have failed.

The victory against Duke on Wednesday came days after an uninspired defeat at Boston College, which came days after a victory at Syracuse. That has been N.C. State’s season: Inconsistent and maddening.

Late Wednesday night, some of N.C. State’s players sat in front of their lockers and spoke of possibility.

“We know what we’re capable of,” said Devon Daniels, a guard who scored 25 points. “ ... We know how good we can be.”

The Wolfpack had beaten Duke for the 13th time since the end of the 1989-90 season — 13-47 in the past 30 years. Soon, players walked out of the arena, past a crowd of cheering students who were waiting on a bus to carry them back to campus. The celebration continued outside.

Nowadays, nights like Wednesday only come around so often.

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