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CATSKILL — The treasurer of the Greene County Volunteer Firemen’s Association has been arrested and faces more than 100 charges of forgery and using a false instrument with intent to defraud, state police confirmed Monday.

Harold Rivenburgh, 46, of Catskill, was arrested by state police on Friday, according to state police.

He has been charged with 54 counts of second-degree forgery, 54 counts of first-degree false instrument with intent to defraud, and one count of thirddegree grand larceny, according to state police.

The charges are related to Rivenburgh’s work with the Greene County Volunteer Firemen’s Association, state police Public Information Officer Steven Nevel confirmed Monday.

The case remains under investigation and more details are expected to be released, Nevel said.

“The senior investigator on the case is still following up on some leads and we expect to release more information on Tuesday,” Nevel said.

Although Rivenburgh was charged in late January, an investigation was launched on Dec. 19, according to state police.

Rivenburgh is a former chief of the Catskill Fire Department, and at the

present time is listed as a non-active member of the department, according to Catskill Village President Vincent Seeley.

Seeley confirmed that he had been notified of Rivenburgh’s arrest both before and after it took place.

“I was notified that he was going to be arrested, and I was contacted after the arrest took place,” Seeley said.

Seeley said Rivenburgh’s arrest did not involve either the village or town of Catskill, and that when Rivenburgh was chief of the Catskill department his work did not involve handling money.

“While he was associated with the village of Catskill he never had a position where he handled any of our finances,”

Seeley said. “We have a yearly audit and we had no findings in any year, but specifically any year when Harold was fire chief.”

The Greene County Volunteer Firemen’s Association was established in 1889 to provide support to local fire departments, according to the Greene County website.

Each September, the organization works with its ladies auxiliary to host an annual convention that draws fire departments and volunteers from across Greene County and neighboring counties, and includes both a Mardi Gras parade and a formal dress parade at the convention’s conclusion.

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GREENPORT — Local college students will now have a more streamlined process of earning their bachelor’s degrees, thanks to a new partnership between Columbia-Greene Community College and SUNY Delhi.

Columbia-Greene announced the new program, which will go into effect in the fall 2020 semester, on Thursday. Students who earn their associate degree or complete certificate programs in nursing, business, criminal justice, environmental sustainability and computer science and earn a 2.0 grade-point-average or

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our nursing program,” Drummer said. State law now requires nurses to have a bachelor’s degree, she added.

Nursing students at Columbia-Greene who meet the eligibility requirements will be able to earn their bachelor’s degree on campus and nursing alumni now have the opportunity to come back for their Bachelor of Science in Nursing degrees at Columbia-Greene, Drummer said.

College Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs George Timmons called the move See DEGREE A8

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higher, or 2.8 for nursing students, will be accepted directly into the corresponding bachelor’s programs at SUNY Delhi, according to the community college.

“It’s a wonderful union of two institutions,” College President Carlee Drummer said. “We are so thrilled at this new partnership. It will enable students to pursue bachelor’s degrees in the designated program areas without leaving the Columbia-Greene campus.”

The partnership marks the first time Columbia-Greene will have a university presence on the campus, Drummer said.

“We started looking at the partnership for

Sheriff: Senior call-in system almost ready

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Greene County Sheriff Peter Kusminsky has announced plans to develop a county-wide call-in program for senior citizens.

The program has existed in the town of Windham for over 30 years, Kusminsky said. Two senior citizens in Windham are currently using the program.

“I think it’s a very good program,” Windham Town Supervisor Thomas Hoyt said. “If we have something that can work for the rest of the county, they can use [our program] as a template.”

Senior citizens enrolled in the program will are required to call in to the sheriff’s office by 10 a.m. each day. The sheriff’s office will have a dedicated line for this program,

Kusminsky said. If the citizen does not make the call, the sheriff’s office will attempt to contact the resident first by Greene County phone and if Sheriff Peter Kusminsky the resident cannot be reached, a deputy will be dispatched to the residence for a welfare check, Kusminsky said.

“Greene County has several elderly people who reside alone and may be homebound with little to no regular daily contact,” Kusminsky said.

Kusminsky is still working out the eligibility details, he said, adding that the program

“Greene County has several elderly people who reside alone and may be homebound with little to no regular daily contact.”

— GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF PETER KUSMINSKY

“I think it’s a very good program. If we have something that can work for the rest of the county, they can use [our program] as a template.”

— WINDHAM TOWN SUPERVISOR THOMAS HOYT will likely extend to individuals with disabilities who live alone, even if they are not elderly.

Population demographics in Greene and Columbia counties skew statistically older than other areas, according to Pattern for Progress’ “Out of Alignment,” a year-long study funded by Central Hudson.

In Columbia and Greene,

more than 40 percent of the population will be age 55 and older by 2030. By 2030 almost 25% of Columbia County residents will be age 70 or older, according to the study.

Hudson has a similar program, called the Elderly CallIn Program, Hudson Police Chief L. Edward Moore said.

Family members can fill out a form to have their loved one checked on once a day,

Moore said.

About a dozen seniors are registered to use the program, Moore said, adding that enrollment peaks at about 24.

Kusminsky expects the Greene County program to be finalized next month, he said.

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WASHINGTON — House managers argued Monday that senators have a “duty” to remove President Donald Trump from office as they opened closing arguments in the impeachment trial following last week’s vote not to call witnesses regarding his conduct toward Ukraine.

Senators will hear from both the House impeachment managers, led by Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Trump’s lawyers, led by White House Counsel Pat Cipollone and Trump personal lawyer Jay Sekulow. The trial is expected to end Wednesday with an acquittal.

Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., began closing arguments on behalf of the House managers, telling senators that they have a duty to remove Trump from office.

“I submit to you on behalf of the House of Representatives that your duty demands that you convict President Trump,” Crow said, “Now, I don’t pretend that this is an easy process.

It’s not designed to be easy. It shouldn’t be easy to impeach or convict a president. Impeachment is an extraordinary remedy, a tool only to be used in rare instances of grave misconduct.

But it is in the Constitution for a reason in America.

“No one is above the law.

Even those elected president of the United States, and I would say especially those elected president of the United States.”

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President Donald Trump outside the White House in Washington on Jan. 13, 2020.

Crow continued to argue that the House managers had proved Trump to be a threat to the coming election.

“If you believe, as we do and as we have proven, that the president’s efforts to use his official powers to cheat in the 2020 election jeopardize our national security and are antithetical to our democratic tradition, then you must come to no other conclusion than that the president threatens the fairness of the next election,” he said.

With an acquittal of Trump all but assured after a two-week impeachment trial, a handful of Republican senators have opted to declare Trump’s conduct “inappropriate” but not impeachable - which has fueled speculation that Congress could pursue the less grave sanction of censure for the president.

Multiple senators of both

parties dismissed the idea as they arrived at the Capitol on Monday.

Asked to gauge the appetite for censure among Republicans, Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind., said, “zero.”

The vast majority of Republicans, he said, believe Trump committed no wrongdoing and has been subjected to a partisan, politically motivated investigation.

“The only time I ever heard that question is from reporters,” he said.

Several Democrats said they were also uninterested in the idea, calling it a punishment well short of what Trump’s alleged conduct deserves.

“What he did was an impeachable offense - I think it’s absolutely obvious, and giving a slap on the wrist doesn’t do any good,” said Sen. Jon Tester,

D-Mont.

Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, suggested a censure would only allow Republicans to skirt responsibility for protecting Trump: “I’m not bailing them out.”

One Democrat who was open to the idea was Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, who said “some additional action may well be appropriate,” but added that he would want to speak with colleagues before endorsing the idea.

Meanwhile, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said on her way into Monday’s closing arguments that she believes Trump’s conduct was inappropriate.

Asked if she agreed with Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., that Trump acted inappropriately, she said, “I would concur.” She said little else. Murkowski had been considered a key potential swing vote but voted against calling witnesses in the Senate trial.

Trump was impeached by the House for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The crux of the case against him is the allegation that he withheld military aid and a White House meeting to pressure Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden and his son. Hunter Biden served on the board of Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company, while his father was vice president.

China built a massive hospital in 10 days to combat coronavirus. And it’s not enough.

By Michael Brice-Saddler The Washington Post

A new medical facility in the city of Wuhan opened its doors to patients Monday after just 10 days of construction, marking the latest effort by Chinese officials to stymie the rapidly spreading coronavirus that has sickened more than 17,000 people in the country.

Dubbed the “super-fast hospital” by the state-owned China Daily newspaper, construction of the 1,000-bed Huoshenshan hospital began formally on Jan. 25. Officials hope the facility will relieve pressure on Wuhan’s already overcrowded medical institutions, where some seeking care have been turned away because of a shortage of beds and basic supplies. It comes as the World Health Organization has cautioned against panic

about the outbreak and praised China’s efforts to contain it, even as fears of transmission have continued to grow.

WHO has reported 146 confirmed cases of coronavirus in 23 countries outside China.

The facility’s first patients arrived Monday, according to Chinese state media.

Huoshenshan’s swift construction was the product of a round-the-clock effort fueled by 4,000 workers and 1,000 construction machines, according to China Daily. Live-streamed video over the course of construction allowed people to follow its progress online.

Xinhuanet, another state-run news agency, reported that the hospital is staffed by 1,400 medical personnel from the People’s Liberation Army. The publication noted its rapid construction

was modeled after a similar hospital built in Beijing during the 2003 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), which involved 7,500 construction workers. That facility, Xiaotangshan, was built in seven days.

Details about the patients who arrived at Huoshenshan on Monday were not immediately available.

According to the Associated Press, the two-story, 600,000-square-foot Huoshenshan building features doubledsided cabinets and ventilation systems that essentially quarantine patients, allowing hospital staff to deliver supplies without entering their rooms.

The building also contains infrared scanners that can detect if any employees have a fever one of the coronavirus’s telltale

symptoms.

The new facility is opening as many residents of Wuhan have opted to stay home even if they are sick, citing limited beds and fears they may fall sick at hospitals. But even in the early days of Huoshenshan’s construction, it quickly became apparent that the facility would not be large enough to mitigate bed shortages as the virus continues to spread.

Another hospital under construction in Hubei province, called Leishenshan (“thundergod mountain”), is scheduled to be completed Feb. 5 and will contain an additional 1,600 beds. Similar facilities are also being built in Beijing and other Chinese cities.

The Washington Post’s Simon Denyer contributed to this report.

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CVS shrinks board, drops exAetna CEO Bertolini as director

By Angelica LaVito and Drew Armstrong Bloomberg

CVS Health Corp. will drop three directors from its 16-member board, including Mark Bertolini, the former chief executive officer of Aetna, the health insurer it bought in a transformative $68 billion deal in 2018.

The changes, which will shrink the board to 13 members, are being made to “further align with corporate governance best practices,” Woonsocket, Rhode Island-based CVS said in a statement Monday.

The Aetna acquisition, announced in December 2017, was the health, pharmacy and benefits company’s biggestever deal, and a bet that the U.S.

health-care system is shifting to a more integrated model.

“With the bulk of the integration behind us and the Aetna business performing strongly,” CVS spokesman T.J. Crawford said in an emailed statement, “the board felt it was the right time for Mark to focus on his other endeavors.”

Bertolini said that he wasn’t renominated to the board of directors.

“I offered to continue my service to the board in what I think is the most transformative effort in health care for the company and for the nation, and the board felt otherwise,” Bertolini said in a phone interview.

Bertolini said he serves on six boards, three for-profit companies and three nonprofits,

including Verizon Communications Inc. and Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation. He is helping his son’s high-school friends with a microgrid energy company.

CVS shares were up 0.5% to $68.13 at 10:43 a.m. in New York.

Over the past 12 months, the stock has gained about 4%.

Also leaving the board are Richard Swift, the former CEO of Foster Wheeler Ltd., the energyservices company, and Richard Bracken, the ex-CEO of for-profit hospital chain HCA Inc. CVS said the changes will go into effect after the company’s annual meeting of shareholders. The company hasn’t set a date for the 2020 meeting yet; last year’s was held in May.

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CALENDAR Tuesday, Feb. 4 n Durham Town Board workshop meeting 7:30 p.m. Town Hall, 7309 Route 81, East Durham

Wednesday, Feb. 5 n Greene County Legislature health

services; county resources; public safety 6 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., Catskill

Thursday, Feb. 6 n Ashland Planning Board 6 p.m.

Town Hall, 12094 Route 23, Ashland n Coxsackie-Athens Central School District board of education mid-year workshop 6 p.m. High School Library, 24 Sunset Blvd., Coxsackie n Coxsackie Town Planning Board 7 p.m. Town Hall, 16 Reed St., Coxsackie n Coxsackie Village Workshop meeting 6 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie

Monday, Feb. 10 n Ashland Town Board 7:30 p.m.

Town Hall, 12094 Route 23, Ashland n Catskill Village Planning Board 7 p.m. Catskill Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill n Coxsackie Village Board 7 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie n Greene County Legislature county services; public works 6 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., Catskill n Greenville CSD BOE Business Meeting 6:30 p.m. MS/HS Library, 4976 Route 81, Greenville 518-966-5070

Tuesday, Feb. 11 n Cairo Public Library Board of Trustees 3:30 p.m. Library, 15 Railroad Ave., Cairo 518-622-9864 n Coxsackie Town Board workshop 6 p.m. Town Hall, 16 Reed St., Coxsackie n Coxsackie Village Historic Preservation Committee 6 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie

Wednesday, Feb. 12 n Athens Village Board 7 p.m. Village

Hall, 2 First St., Athens 518-945-1551 n Catskill Central School District BOE 6:30 p.m. High School Library, 341 West Main St., Catskill n Catskill Village Board 7 p.m. Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill 518-9433830 n Greene County Legislature workshop 6 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., Catskill n Jewett Town Board 7 p.m. Jewett Municipal Building, 3547 County Route 23C, Jewett

Thursday, Feb. 13 n Greene County Legislature finance

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

Monday, Feb. 17 n Athens Town Hall Offices closed in observance of President’s Day n Athens Village Hall Offices closed in observance of President’s Day n Coxsackie Town Offices closed in observation of President’s Day n Coxsackie Village Offices closed in observation of President’s Day n Greene County Office Building closed in observation of President’s Day n Greenville Town Offices closed in observation of President’s Day

Tuesday, Feb. 18 n Athens Village Planning Board 6:30 p.m. Village Hall, 2 First St., Athens 518945-1551 n Durham Town Board 7:30 p.m.

Town Hall, 7309 Route 81, East Durham n Greene County Legislature economic development and tourism; Gov. Ops.; finance; Rep and Dem. Caucus 6 p.m.

Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., Catskill n Hunter Town Board 7 p.m. Town Hall, 5748 Route 23A, Tannersville

Police: Report of shots fired Sunday morning in Hudson

By Bill Williams Columbia-Greene Media

HUDSON — Police were called to the 500 block of State Street on Sunday morning for reports of shots fired.

Police received a call just after 9:30 a.m. from a caller at 560 State St., reporting that they heard several shots fired in the area, according to Hudson Police Chief L. Edward Moore.

While Hudson police began interviewing residents on State Street, state police responded with a K-9 unit and began searching the area.

Police walked the entire length of Green Street to Fairview Avenue and back.

Long Alley between Sixth and Seventh streets, as well as sections of Sixth and Seventh, were considered to be a crime scene Sunday and were closed to traffic as the investigation continued, police said.

Police are searching for a white male, in a gold- or tan-colored sedan, and a black male, who was walking in the area, according to state police radio reports.

The incident remains under investigation.

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Shots were fired Sunday morning in Hudson. Police are investigating.

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Shots were heard in Hudson this weekend and police are investigating.

Dow selected as Dem County Election Commissioner

By Amanda Purcell Columbia-Greene Media

HUDSON — Attorney Ken Dow was selected as the county Democratic Party’s choice for election commissioner in a caucus nomination Thursday.

The nomination will go before the Columbia County Board of Supervisors for a vote. Dow is in line to replace Virginia Martin, who has been serving on a holdover basis since Jan. 1.

Dow was previously Democratic Election Commissioner from 2005 to 2008 when he resigned to run for the state Senate. He also graduated from Albany Law School at that time. Dow has also served as an attorney for several municipalities including the Copake Planning Board and Village of Chatham.

The election commissioner is appointed to a two-year term. Two commissioners, one Democrat and one Republican, lead the Columbia County Board of Elections full-time. The commissioners are responsible for all aspects of elections in the city of Hudson, towns and county and assist some villages and

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school districts with their elections. Three full-time staffers report to each of the commissioners.

“Ken represents real experience in both the Board of Elections and in Election Law,” Columbia County Democratic Committee Chairman Keith Kanaga said

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in a statement on Thursday.

“In this year of important elections, including presidential, his leadership is critically important in delivering fair elections. We are excited to recommend him for this post.”

The Columbia County Democratic Committee

regrouped to select a new nominee for county Election Commissioner after the county Board of Supervisors opted not to appoint Democrat Virginia Martin to another term in December after nearly a decade of holding the post.

Other candidates for

consideration were Mark Young, co-owner of Mexican Radio; Erin Stamper, Democratic Election Specialist; and Penny Panoulias, secretary of the Clermont Democratic Committee.

Dow won in a weighted vote of caucus members, 56% to 42%, against Stamper, the other finalist.

Thursday’s vote comes after a tumultuous end to a voting season in which full results in some races were not available until days and, in some cases, weeks after the election.

The next full board meeting of the Columbia County Board of Supervisors is Feb. 12 at 7:30 p.m. at 401 State St. Kelly Miller Simmons was tapped for Republican election commissioner after a vote at the organizational meeting on Jan. 6 after Jason Natske opted not to be considered for the position once it was switched from parttime to full-time.

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FCC’s reversal good for local economy Digital technology is growing by leaps and bounds, so the announcement last week by the Federal Communications Commission that parts of New York state will be eligible for broadband funding is a reminder that innovation combined with objectives still has value.

FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai sent a letter to U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-21, who has been working with a bipartisan team of local, state and federal elected officials including U.S. Rep. Antonio Delgado, D-19, to extend broadband’s reach in New York, saying the FCC would include areas of New York to be eligible for the first phase of the Rural Digital

Opportunity Fund, a national initiative to correct the disparities in rural broadband.

The idea of closing the digital divide in rural New York is not a new one, and it has taken more time for development than it should have, but there is no arguing that even rural communities require access to speedy and affordable broadband to support economic growth, communication with other municipalities and a reason for new commerce to settle and thrive. Families, schools, hospitals and farms also require broadband in the 21st century.

Its absence is unthinkable in today’s computerlinked world.

On Jan. 14, when the FCC named 48 states with locations deemed eligible to receive Phase I Rural Digital Opportunity Fund awards, elected representatives here were shocked to learn New York was omitted from the list that would make it eligible for $16 billion in funding.

The change of heart by the FCC to open New York state to broadband funding is a startling pivot, but it will have a great impact on one of the nation’s most innovative states. This is the kind of thinking that will deliver New York, particularly Columbia and Greene counties, from the dusty recesses of businessas-usual into the digital era.

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Tech companies’ scattershot war on disinformation isn’t working (c) 2020,The Washington Post

More than 29 million Americans may have seen an alarming dispatch on their Facebook feeds last year: “Trump’s grandfather was a pimp and tax evader; his father a member of the KKK.” The accusation, which is at best highly misleading, came from a website that publishes articles in English, written by Americans. The catch?

These writers are paid by an operation based in Iran.

CNN reported last month on American Herald Tribune, a self-professed “genuinely independent online media outlet” that cybersecurity experts have determined is part of a far-reaching Iranian influence campaign. The strategy is simple: create a network of inauthentic news sites, then enlist associated accounts on popular platforms to spread the stories not only here but also in Europe, Latin America and the Middle East.

American Herald Tribune’s modus operandi matches what we’ve already learned about online disinformation: Adversaries “launder” their campaigns through sympathetic citizens of target countries, or just citizens they offer money to - from authors on propagandistic or outright deceptive news sites to run-of-the-mill social media users.

The byline on the KKK story, for instance, belongs to a man from Salem, Oregon, who told CNN he believes the site is run by a man named Sam who lives in Brazil.

But there’s something else: Those cybersecurity researchers identified this influence operation way back in 2018. CNN’s investigation reveals that Facebook removed American Herald Tribune’s page then, along with 651 others in its network, and

Google made similar takedowns. Twitter, however, booted American Herald Tribune only this past month. Whatever companies today are doing to coordinate with each other as they fight disinformation, it’s not enough. And that’s a real problem - because the manipulators themselves are very good coordinators.

On Jan. 14, researchers at the University of Washington published in a Harvard University review a look at disinformation across platforms, focusing on a campaign to discredit the White Helmets, an organization of brave and selfless volunteers who operate in opposition-controlled parts of Syria. What they found was striking: Once again, a mix of activists, journalists and media outlets - including state-sponsored channels such as Russia Today and Sputnik News - promoted each other in symbiosis.

Key to their strategy was cross-posting content from YouTube to Twitter, building a bridge between the two platforms that plunged users on the latter into the cesspool of anti-White Helmet videos on the former.

Social media sites have established channels for sharing leads on terrorist and child exploitation material, but when it comes to disinformation, collaboration is ad hoc and scattershot. There are challenges, from the privacy concerns that could surround the sharing of the most useful data, such as IP addresses, to the basic problem that many of these sites haven’t come to their own definition of a disinformation or manipulation campaign, much less agreed on one. But the platforms that have long been saying they can’t fight these wars alone should be doing far more to fight them together.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY ‘Each person must live their life as a model for others.’

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Our president is unchecked, and our system is unbalanced WASHINGTON -— What will be left of the impeachment power after the Senate’s acquittal of President Trump? Not much. What will be left of the Senate’s reputation as the world’s greatest deliberative body? Same answer.

Same scary answer.

The two are interconnected, of course, but my point is not that the Senate was obligated to convict the president. Conviction and removal from office are warranted, but that was never a realistic possibility. And a reasonable senator with an eye on the electoral calendar could have concluded that it would be better for the country to let voters decide.

What a reasonable senator could not do was what happened here: wholesale shirking of the Senate’s constitutional responsibility to assess — which includes a responsibility to obtain — all the evidence of potential wrongdoing. Senators offered up an unconvincing grab-bag of excuses for this dereliction of duty: That the House didn’t do its homework and it wasn’t the Senate’s job to make up for that — as if the Senate had not been entrusted with the “sole power to try” impeachments. That it would take too long and distract the Senate from its other pressing work — as if there were anything more important, as if the Senate were actually doing anything beyond ramming through judicial nominees.

As bad an argument, and perhaps even more dangerous as precedent, was Tennessee Republican Lamar Alexander’s assessment that the Senate didn’t have to pursue the evidence because, although Trump’s behavior was, to use Alexander’s milquetoast phrase, “inappropriate,” it wouldn’t justify removal. That may be a legitimate basis for acquittal. But how can the Senate decide how bad the president’s behavior was if it doesn’t know the facts?

Most dangerous of all were the constitutional arguments made by the president’s

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MARCUS lawyers, which would render the impeachment clause meaningless: A president cannot be impeached except for criminal conduct. A president cannot be impeached for abuse of power. A president cannot be impeached if he believes his quid pro quo arrangement was in the nation’s interest. That combination of jaw-dropping audacity and constitutional illiteracy now leaves a toxic residue: the impeachment clause neutered, and the country in dangerous constitutional territory.

It would have been one thing if the president’s lawyers, rather than doubling down on his “perfect” conversation approach, had acknowledged that Trump’s behavior was wrong. Instead, they slavishly lauded his good works and proceeded to drain all meaning out of the impeachment clause.

The Senate’s acquittal in the face of their extreme positions risks complicity with this constitutional mischief.

It is not hard to imagine a future Senate being confronted with the arguments of Alan Dershowitz and the Trump outcome and being lectured on the significance of this precedent.

There are two risks inherent in any impeachment.

One, which Trump’s lawyers repeatedly invoked, is that lawmakers will set the impeachment bar so low that it will become a regular tool to seek to remove presidents on the basis of policy disagreements and as an exercise in partisan mischief.

The other, which Trump’s lawyers resolutely ignored, is that impeachment and removal will be made even more difficult than the constitutional structure already

entails — such as the requirement that conviction be by a two-thirds majority — and that presidents will therefore feel unconstrained by the implicit threat presented by the impeachment clause.

That strikes me as the bigger risk. Extremists on either side have bellowed about it on occasion, but the country has witnessed very few serious attempts to remove a president precisely because impeachment is such a drastic and unwieldy remedy.

There was lots of chatter after the Clinton impeachment that the mechanism would become just another weapon in the political arsenal. That didn’t happen.

Indeed, even with all of Trump’s outrages, even with a Democratic majority in the House after the 2018 election, impeachment did not become a reality until the disclosures about his dealings with Ukraine essentially forced House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to take that step.

The impeachment power isn’t needed to keep most presidents from engaging in impeachable conduct, just as homicide statutes aren’t necessary to keep most of us from committing murder.

Presidents face other constraints, moral and political, on their behavior. The reason the framers wrote the impeachment clause into the constitution was that they recognized the risk, even within the span of a four-year term, of an outlier, renegade president, one so dangerous that they needed to take desperate measures. In such cases, impeachment isn’t overturning the will of the electorate — it’s effectuating the wisdom of the framers.

They put their faith in checks and balances. We are left with a president unchecked and a system dangerously unbalanced.

Ruth Marcus’ email address is ruthmarcus@washpost.com. (c) 2020, Washington Post Writers Group

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Merging authorities an alarming proposal To the editor: Gov. Cuomo’s 2020 budget contains an alarming proposal for the Mid-Hudson Valley. Cuomo’s plan to merge the state Bridge Authority with the Thruway Authority is nothing more than a blatant money grab.

The Bridge Authority operates five Hudson River crossings: the Rip Van Winkle, Kingston-Rhinecliff, MidHudson, Newburgh-Beacon, and Bear Mountain bridges.

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George “Hey Baby Blue Eyes” Acker Sr. George “Hey Baby Blue Eyes” school years. Throughout his life Acker Sr. of Purling, N.Y. died he kept involved with sports and peacefully surrounded by his lov- coached, assisted coaching to ing family after a long illness on many community teams he was January 18, 2020 at the age of well respected by his community.

59. George was born on April 25, He always went above and be1960, in Catskill, N.Y. and is the yond helping a player build their son of the late George William and confidence to become a great Vivienne Joan (Marcelli) Acker. team player. After 25 years he George is survived by his wife retired from the N.Y.S. DepartIrene of Purling, N.Y. his son ment of Corrections as Sergeant George Acker, Jr. and his wife and Community Supervision.

Kelly of New Hartford George was an assisConnecticut, his daughtant baseball coach at ter Diana Losey and her BARD College and he husband Matt of Indiaalso was employed at napolis, Indiana, his son C.C.S. Hessel Museum Michael Acker and his at BARD College as a wife Ashley of South security manager for Cairo, N.Y. George was six years, both of these the loving grandfather careers were shortened to Isabella Acker and due to his illness. George Acker Sr. Clayton Losey. Other was also the chairman surviving children Anfor the Greene County drew Beede of Cairo, N.Y., Alan Independence Party. George was Beede of Purling, N.Y. George is a huge fan of The N.Y. Mets and also survived by his brother Wil- the N.Y. Giants teams he enjoyed liam Acker and his wife Janine of watching games, spending qualFort Lauderdale, Florida, many ity time with family, bird watching, aunts, uncles, niece, nephews hiking and playing pool. He will be and cousins. George also leaves missed but never forgotten. behind his beloved furry GrandFamily and friends will be inson companion and partner in vited to a Celebration of Life on crime Buddy. George was re- Saturday, April 25, 2020, time united with his parents George and location will be announced William Acker and Vivienne Joann at a later date. Arrangements are Marcelli, and many aunts, uncles, under the direction of Richards cousins and friends. George Funeral Home, 29 Bross Street, is a graduate of Cairo Durham Cairo, N.Y. Condolences may be High School. He was a member made at www.richardsfuneralhoof the football team in his high meinc.net.

Betty J. DelVecchio Betty J. DelVecchio, age Mills, as well as many nieces 93 years young, a lifetime area and nephews. resident of Athens, N.Y. passed After completing high school away peacefully on February 1, at Athens High School, she was 2020 at her home with her fam- employed at Imperial Lifeboat ily. in Athens, N.Y. and also at G.E. She was born on December as a bookkeeper and payroll 22, 1926, in Athens, N.Y., and clerk in Selkirk, N.Y. Betty was is the daughter of the late Clar- a member of The Makawomuc ence and Cornelius Truesdell. Ladies Auxiliary and also The Besides her parents, she is Athens Garden Club. Throughpredeceased by her loving hus- out her lifetime, she was a deband Anthony, and sisvoted wife, mother, ters Marguerite Kachugrandmother and ba and Grace Harris. great grandmother.

She is lovingly rememShe always expressed bered by her brothhow taking care of her er Clarence “Skip” grandchildren kept her Truesdell and his wife young at heart. She alIrene, her son Anthony so enjoyed cooking for DelVecchio Jr. and his Sunday family dinners wife Jeanie, daughand for holidays.

DelVecchio ters Sandra Palmateer Relatives and friends and her husband Laware cordially invited to rence; and Tracy Lester and her attend calling hours at Richhusband William. Betty is also ards Funeral Home, 28 North survived by her grandchildren Vernon Street, Athens, N.Y. on Anthony DelVecchio III; Brian Wednesday, February 5, 2020 Gordon and his wife Angela; from 4:00 P.M. – 7:00 P.M. Mass Kristin Vizzie and her husband of the Christian Burial will be Michael; Christopher DelVec- celebrated on Thursday, Februchio and his wife Kristie; Lind- ary 6, 2020 at 10:00 A.M. at St. sey Palmateer; Sara and William Patrick’s R. C. Church, Athens, Lester, her Great Grandchildren N.Y. Interment will follow in the Isabella and Hunter DelVecchio; family plot of The St. Patrick’s Coral, Reese, Isla and Summer Cemetery, Catskill, N.Y. ConVizzie; Gabriella, Lucas and dolences may be made at www.

Liam DelVecchio; and Grayson richardsfuneralhomeinc.net.

Ralph J. Tiano Jr. Ralph J. Tiano Jr. of Stuyves- no and devoted step daughters ant, NY passed away peacefully Jennifer and Rachael Harvender on February 1st , 2020 at the age and his beloved companion Callie of 62 at home surrounded by his who always brought smiles and loving family. joy and gave him comfort. Our Ralph graduated from Hudson family would like to thank Kevin High School Class of 1975 and Sweet for being his rock and beattended St. Cloud Uniing there lifting his spirits versity and also served during his illness. in the U.S. Air Force and Visitation services will was a member of Hudbe held at Bond Funeral son Elks Club and the Home, 1015 Kinderhook Philmont Rod and Gun St. Valatie, NY on ThursClub. Ralph formally day, February 6, 2020 worked at Herringtons from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm, for 17 years and Perseand a Mass of Celebraveration Tree. He was tion on Friday February Tiano Jr. an avid outdoorsmen 7, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at and fisherman with a love for life. the Church of St. Joseph, Route Ralph had a contagious smile 9, Stuyvesant, NY with burial foland laughter that brought joy to lowing at Cedar Park Cemetery, everyone he encountered. Ralph Hudson, NY. In lieu of flowers, leaves behind his loving and de- Memorial donations may be voted wife Suzanne (Hendler) Tia- made in Ralph’s name to: Everno, mother Helene Craft and step lasting Hope Animal Rescue 180 father William Craft. Father Ralph Prach Rd. Hillsdale, NY 12529 or Tiano Sr. and step mother Ruth, Community Hospice of Columbia devoted brother and best friend Greene, 47 Liberty St. Catskill, NY Christy Tiano (Rita), and “Uncle 12414. Our family would like to Buck’s” cherished nephews also thank his Hospice caregivers Christy and Drew Tiano , his step for all their support and excellent brother Doug Scrodin (Donna), care they provided to Ralph and loving sons Ryan and Shawn TIa- his family in his final days.

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Loudonville-Walter J. Marvin, a meal, telling stories and jokes, 85, passed away peacefully on and delighting small children Saturday, February 1, 2020. with magic tricks. After his reWalter was born on January tirement from Merrill Lynch, 19, 1935 in Hudson, New York Walter and his wife Jean reloto the late Myron O. and Mary cated to Naples, Florida, where R. Marvin. Walter Marvin was a they lived until 2018, before descendent of Matthew Marvin, returning to the Capital District originally from Great area.

Bentley, England, who He is survived by his was one of the foundwife of 61 years, Jean ers of the cities of both A. Marvin of Colonie Hartford and Norwalk and three children; Connecticut in the sons Walter M. Marvin 1600s. Walter Marvin of Delmar and Michael is predeceased by his J. Marvin (Kimberly) sister Mary Ann (Marof New Orleans; and vin) Russell and brother daughter Kelly CumRoger Marvin. Growing Marvin mings (Richard) of up in Hudson, Walter Loudonville. Walter attended St. Mary’s Academy, is also survived by four grandgraduating in 1952. He earned children: Michael W. Marvin a bachelor’s degree from Man- (Weatherly); Sam R. Marvin hattan College in 1956, and in (Charlotte); Richard Cummings 1958 he earned a master’s de- IV and Grace Cummings. gree in Business Administration The family wishes to extend from Syracuse University. a special thanks to the staff of Walter Marvin retired in 1998 Eddy Village Green, house #7 as a senior vice president of for the kind and compassionate the Merrill Lynch Private Client Group in Albany. His tenure care that they gave Walter over with Merrill Lynch spanned al- the past year.

Relatives and friends are inmost four decades, beginning in vited to visit with Walter’s family 1960. Walter was the past president of the Albany Jaycees and Tuesday, February 4, 2020 from served on a number of commu- 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm at McVeigh nity boards, including Big Broth- Funeral Home, 208 North Alers Big Sisters; the Boy Scouts; len Street, Albany, NY 12206. the Albany Symphony; Si- Funeral services Wednesday, ena College; the American Red February 5, 2020 at 9:15 am at Cross; and St. Rose College. He McVeigh Funeral Home, Albany was a pioneer in financial report- thence to St. Pius X Church, ing and served as the financial Loudonville, NY at 10:00 am editor for WRGB/Channel 6 and where his Funeral Mass will be later WTEN/Channel 10 begin- celebrated. The Rite of Comning in the early 1970s. He also mittal will follow at Cedar Park broadcasted financial reports Cemetery, Hudson, NY immetwice daily on WHRL, 103.1 FM diately following the Funeral for roughly thirty years. Walter Mass. To leave a message for was a jovial friend and colleague the family, light a virtual candle, as well as a devoted husband, obtain directions or view other father and grandfather. He helpful services please visit made friends wherever he went, www.McveighFuneralHome. whether on the golf course, on com Those wishing to rememthe basketball court, or on the ber Walter in a special way may sidelines of his grandkids’ ath- send a contribution to St. Pius letic contests or performances. X Church, 23 Crumitie Road, He enjoyed spending time over Loudonville, NY 12211.

EAST DURHAM – Gary C. Hill Wildlife Club. In addition Van Tassel, 70, passed away to his parents, he was predeon Thursday January 30, 2020 ceased by his sister, Sherry at Columbia Memorial Hospi- Lynn Van Tassel. tal. He was born on January 14, Gary is survived by his son, 1950 in Catskill to the late Ger- John D. Van Tassel (Alyssa ald and Virginia StroncWood); his brother, Terzek Van Tassel. He was ry (Patty) Van Tassel; raised in East Durham and by several nieces, and graduated from nephews, and cousins.

Cairo-Durham Central As per his wishes, School. He served in Gary has been privately the NY National Guard. cremated and a priHe worked as a truck vate family memorial driver at Miron Rediwill take place at a later Mix and simultaneously date. In lieu of flowers, Van Tassel served on the Durham memorial donations Police Dept. In later years, he can be made to the Friends of worked as a truck driver for the Feathered and Furry Wildlife Cranesville Block in Amster- Center, 10846 Rt. 23A, Hunter, dam, retiring in 2012. He was a NY 12442. Condolences can be former member of the Norton posted at ajcunninghamfh.com.

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Irene M. Baccaro Irene M. Baccaro, 83, of nephews, sister of the late H. Catskill passed away on Satur- Robert Sauer. day, February 1, 2020.

Calling hours will be held on She was born in Catskill, a Thursday from 4:00 - 7:00 PM at daughter of the late Harold and Millspaugh Camerato Dorothy M. Baird SauFuneral Home, 139 Jefer. Irene married Carl ferson Hgts., Catskill.

Baccaro on August 19, The funeral procession 1961. For over 20 years will form on Friday at she worked at medi9:00 am at the funeral cal records and the home. A Funeral Mass former Greene County will be celebrated at Hospital. Irene also St. Patrick’s Church, worked with Carl at Al’s Catskill at 10:00 am.

Tire Center, Jefferson Baccaro Interment will follow in Heights, Catskill. BeTown of Catskill Cemloved wife of Carl Baccaro, loving mother of Tammy Baccaro etery. Memorial contributions and Suzanne Baccaro, grand- may be made to the Columbia mother of Nico, Ryan and Niko- Greene Humane Society or the las, aunt of many nieces and Catskill Community Center.

Richard F. “Rich” Cary, Jr. In Loving Memory of Richard F. “Rich” Cary, Jr. January 27, 1954 – January 21, 2020 Our Beloved Brother, Richard F. Cary Jr. (Rich), age 65 years, of Coxsackie, N.Y. passed away on January 21, 2020 after a brief illness. Rich was born on January 27, 1954, in Catskill, N.Y. and is the son of the late Richard F. and Madeline C. (Schnur) Cary Sr. who once resided in Coxsackie, N.Y. He is survived by his siblings Marleen Gallup, Mildred McPherson, Robert Cary and Patricia Mahoney, and many nieces and neph-

ews. Besides his parents, Rich is predeceased by his sisters Jean Shufelt and Brenda Cary.

Rich was employed most of his adult life by the Coxsackie Correctional Facility and later at Greene Correctional Facility where he was head cook until his retirement.

At the family’s request, there will not be calling hours. At the family’s convenience, a private memorial service will be held in the summer of 2020. Condolences may be made at www. wcbradyssonsinc.net.

U.S. farmers need to wait a FUNERAL while for China’s buying spree DIRECTORS

By Isis Almeida Bloomberg

American farmers anticipating all the benefits of President Donald Trump’s trade deal with China are going to have to wait a while.

There’s been skepticism about China’s ability to buy as much as $50 billion in U.S. farm goods ever since the pact was signed in mid-January.

And while the head of ArcherDaniels-Midland Co., one of the world’s top agricultural commodity traders, said the Asian nation will make good on its promises, most of its purchases may come only in the second half of 2020.

What’s more, Chinese officials are now said to be hoping the U.S. will agree to some flexibility on their pledges as the spread of deadly coronavirus threatens to slow domestic growth.

“I think the problem is serious and China will most likely avoid any big rush of commodity buying because of the trade deal for now,” said Michael McDougall, a managing director at Paragon Global Markets in New York. “They have a good excuse at least.”

That could delay any boost for farmers, a core voting bloc for Trump as he prepares to seek re-election later this year. U.S. growers have been roiled by the trade war between Washington and Beijing, losing market share to rivals in nations such as Brazil after China imposed tariffs on American agricultural goods.

The so-called phase-one deal aimed at resolving the spat includes provisions for more Chinese imports, the world’s biggest consumer of commodities has vowed to follow a market-oriented approach. That means purchases are likely to be made at the time of the U.S. harvest, when

prices are usually lower than in rival producers.

“I do believe that China intends to comply with the phase-one conditions of the deal,” Juan Luciano, the chief executive officer of ADM, said Thursday. “The way we have estimated it for ourselves is back-loaded, so the exports to China are coming in the second half of the year.”

It’s no surprise China hasn’t started buying American products as the trade deal enters into force only a month after it was signed. The market is now focusing attention on a part of the agreement that says the nations will consult “in the event that a natural disaster or other unforeseeable event” delays either party from complying with the deal.

It’s unclear whether China has formally requested such consultation yet, but the people familiar with the matter said the plan is to ask for it at some point.

Some traders have also expressed concerns that large agricultural purchases aren’t feasible if they are marketoriented. But if they aren’t, and the Chinese government orders its state-owned enterprises to buy U.S. products at higher prices than elsewhere, that could distort global crop markets.

Additionally, the country hasn’t dropped tariffs on U.S. products, creating uncertainty over its imports. While the Chinese government hasn’t made any official announcement on its plans, people familiar with the matter say the Asian nation will administer a system of waivers from retaliatory tariffs or cut duties altogether for a few products.

“I believe that if these commitments are fulfilled, it will be tremendously helpful,” Buddy Allen, president of

the American Cotton Shippers Association, said in an interview at the Commodity Markets Council event in Miami last week. “But until the actual purchases occur, there will likely not be enough confidence in the marketplace to see significant improvement in value.”

U.S. officials aren’t concerned that the Asian nation has been picking up soybeans from Brazil or wheat from Australia, Canada and France, people familiar with the matter said, asking not to be identified. They also aren’t worried about tariffs, and argue that the onus is on China to make good on its pledges, according to the people.

Meat markets may be the biggest winner, with many non-tariff barriers set to come down and China facing a large protein deficit due to the African Swine fever disease.

It’s currently cheaper to buy soybeans from U.S. rival Brazil, which is gathering a record crop. And China now needs fewer beans after a deadly pig disease decimated its herd -- the world’s biggest -- reducing demand for the crop that accounts for the majority of its American agricultural purchases.

“The tariffs are still in place, so is the U.S. expecting China will stock at prices that are more expensive than Brazil?”

McDougall said.

CHS Inc., the largest U.S. farm cooperative, “remains hopeful that execution against those targets can be done in the most market-based approach possible to provide appropriate signals to farmers, the market and ag supply chain,” said John Griffith, senior vice president of global grain marketing and renewable fuels.

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

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Angelo Acompora has been chosen as the Cairo-Durham High School Student of the Month for December 2019. He has chosen one of his favorite teachers, Matthew Brooks, to be pictured with him as he receives this honor. Acompora is a junior at C-D. He has received the perfect attendance award and clearly understands the importance of responsibility to one’s commitments. He enjoys graphic design, basketball and gaming as well as the great outdoors.

The Too Good for Violence program consists of four interconnected strands — Conflict Resolution, Anger Management, Respect for Self and Others, and Effective Communication. Within each of these major areas are five to six subsets related to the main concept.

This month I would like to return to the topic of communication as a prevention tool. The ability to communicate our thoughts, opinions and feelings is crucial to being able to develop and maintain relationships, resolve conflicts, manage our anger, and understand others.

Teaching young people good communication skills is a vital part of the prevention program because it is the vehicle we use to interact with others. Too Good for Violence devotes a great deal of time and attention to helping kids learn and practice ageappropriate communication skills in every grade. Students must understand the impact each of the three communication styles — passive, assertive, aggressive — has on others. Furthermore, they must learn the style we use determines consequences, how we are perceived and responded to.

Discussions and role play further enhance the experience, allowing students to experience and evaluate

each style in an atmosphere of learning and safety, gaining insight into potential consequences in specific situations. Events can trigger thoughts and feelings, which can affect our behavior.

Managing and effectively expressing feelings in positive ways is imperative if we are to successfully navigate life.

When asked to define communication most students immediately respond, “It’s talking.” But communication is so much more. It’s the complicated interplay of verbal and non-verbal signals that must be skillfully interpreted for mutual understanding to be accomplished.

Tone of voice, body language and facial expressions can negate or confirm words, and even send messages independently of language. Each participant in an exchange is sending non-verbal cues to the other person. The challenge is to interpret what the person’s face, body language and tone of voice are saying. How are these factors contributing to the intent of the message? The interpretation is key in determining the response. Body language is such a fundamental piece in this complex process that emojis were designed to aid in texting emotions accurately.

The two roles in communication are the “speaker” and the “listener.” Each has a specific job. The speaker’s job is to send clear messages, the listener’s is to listen, interpret and respond. The

role of the listener is equal in importance to the speaker’s role since the goal of communication is to send and receive messages.

Sounds deceptively simple. Our goal as prevention educators is to teach students how to be both good speakers and listeners, and to be cognizant what those roles demand, which is a great deal. Many people take for granted that we can effectively execute those roles.

But do we really? How often do we ask, “Are you listening?” or demand that someone listen. How many misunderstandings happen because someone hasn’t clearly communicated or carefully listened? Have we failed to ask clarifying questions before we jumped to conclusions or lost our tempers? The bottom line is good communication requires clarity from the speaker and active attention on the part of the listener, and good will on everyone’s part. An exchange between a clear speaker and an inattentive listener, or a vague speaker and an attentive listener, results in a breakdown in the process.

Messages can be short circuited, misinterpreted or hit a dead end. When communication fails, violence fills the gap.

Relationships flourish or wither depending on the quality of the communication.

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FEB. 5 CATSKILL — The Greene County Economic Development Corporation annual meeting will be held at 4 p.m.

Feb. 5 at the Greene County Economic Development, Tourism and Planning Conference Room 427, 411 Main St., Catskill. The meeting is open to the public. For additional information, contact Executive Director Karl Heck at 518719-3290.

FEB. 6 CATSKILL — Honeyford Memorial American Legion Post 110 and Auxiliary will meet at 7 p.m. Feb. 6 at the Catskill Elks Lodge, 45 North Jefferson Ave., Catskill.

FEB. 8 COXSACKIE — Salon 255 Ltd., 255 Mansion St., Coxsackie is holding a “Cut - A - Thon” to benefit Greene County Women’s League Cancer Patient Aid 1-4 p.m. Feb. 8. Cuts are $25. There will be raffles and a 50/50. For information, call Salon 255 at 518731-2559.

TANNERSVILLE — The 2020 Annual Children’s Ice Fishing Derby sponsored by The Catskill Mountain Fish & Game Club and The Stoney Clove Rod & Gun Club will be held 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Feb. 15 at the Rip Van Winkle/Tannersville Lake. Registration starts at 9 a.m. Prizes awarded for the largest fish and the most fish, in both the Junior and Senior Division. Open to children up to 16 years old. Children 16 years of age must have a valid fishing license. You may fish with up to three tip ups or hand lines, and use single hooks only. Live bait and some tip ups will be available for use. For more information, call Bob Monteleone at 518488-0240.

CAIRO — The Cairo Public Library, 15 Railroad Ave., Cairo, hosts a talk and book signing, The Catskills in the Ice Age, at 1:30 p.m. Feb. 8 with Robert and Johanna Titus.

For information, call 518-6229864.

VOORHEESVILLE — ‘The Gray Fox – a Tree Climber’ at 2 p.m. Feb. 8 at Emma Treadwell Thacher Nature Center, 87 Nature Center Way, Voorheesville. Learn about the ecology and behavior of the elusive gray fox. This fox is one of the two canines in the world that is capable of climbing.

Discover what was learned by studying these mammals for three years in Northern Wisconsin. Michaela Fisher, who led the project, will discuss why the gray fox may exhibit this behavior, as well as potential limitations in their climbing ability. Call 518-872-0800 for information.

FEB. 9 VOORHEESVILLE — Snowshoe Walk 10 a.m. Feb. 9 at Thacher Nature Center, 87 Nature Center Way, Voorheesville. Join us on a winter walk through woods and fields on Nature Center trails. We’ll explore a variety of habitats and look for signs of wildlife. Bring your snowshoes or rent a pair of ours. If we don’t have snow, we’ll take a winter walk. Call 518-872-0800 to register, reserve snowshoes and check conditions.

FEB. 11 MECHANICVILLE — The Society of American Magicians-Assembly #24 will meet at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 11 at St. Luke’s on the Hill Church, 40 McBridge Road, Mechanicville. All persons, 16 and older, interested in the various aspects of the hobby of magic are invited to attend. For information, visit WWW.SAM24.

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FEB. 12 NEW BALTIMORE — The Food and Fellowship Luncheon Program will be held noon-2 p.m. Feb. 12 at the New Baltimore Reformed Church, 52 Church St., New Baltimore. The menu (subject

to change) is baked cod with macaroni and cheese, tossed salad and cherry puff pastries.

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

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

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NEW WINDSOR — Soldiers will bring to life the Continental Army’s final winter encampment with musket and cannon firings, medical demonstrations and other aspects of daily life 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Feb. 15 and Feb. 17 on Presidents’ weekend. Muskets and a cannon will be fired at 11 a.m., 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. Saturday and Monday. Following these firings, children enlist in the Continental Army, drill with wooden muskets and get paid in Continental currency for their service. New Windsor Cantonment State Historic Site is co-located with the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor on Route 300, 374 Temple Hill Road, in New Windsor, For information, call 845-5611765 ext. 22.

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CPC closes first two affordable housing projects through loan program NEWBURGH — The Community Preservation Corporation (CPC), a leading nonprofit affordable housing and community revitalization company, announced the closing of the first two projects under the State’s new Small Building Participation Loan Program (PLP). The financing package will provide the owners of small properties in Yonkers and Newburgh with the funding they need to rehabilitate and upgrade their buildings, and will ensure that the rents are affordable to residents.

“Small buildings are a cornerstone of our upstate communities. As a mission-based lender, CPC is committed to addressing the needs small building owners, and HCR’s PLP fills a real need for this type of unique financing to help them preserve, repair, and stabilize their properties,” said Rafael E. Cestero, CPC’s President and CEO. “As an affordable housing program, it also ensures that as a community grows, its residents will have the peace of mind that comes with knowing their rent will be affordable and their buildings will have the resources needed to remain in good physical and financial health.”

HCR Commissioner RuthAnne Visnauskas said, “Across the state, small buildings with five to 40 apartments are an important source of affordable housing for New York’s families. HCR is excited that we can now offer owners of these properties flexible financial terms and resources to upgrade their buildings without raising rents through our Small Building Participation Loan Program. This unique tool allows HCR to do even more to further revitalization efforts in cities like Yonkers and Newburgh by beautifying neighborhoods, enhancing quality of life and keeping people safely housed in quality apartments they can afford. Thanks to Governor Cuomo, we can now make targeted investments in smaller rental properties as part of our larger strategy to improve New York’s communities.”

“The state pension fund is pleased to partner with CPC in financing these two projects,” said New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, trustee of the New York State Common Retirement Fund.

“By investing in these apartments, we not only ensure a solid return for our members, but also benefit Yonkers and Newburgh. We are proud that the pension fund can play a role in revitalizing New York’s communities.”

HCR’s Small Building PLP is an affordable housing program that was created with small buildings in mind, and provides the financing, terms, and technical assistance that owners and operators need to be successful. To be eligible, buildings can be between 5 to 40 units and must be located outside of New York City.

In exchange for keeping the apartments income-restricted to an average of not more than 80 percent of area median income (AMI), HCR will provide gap financing assistance for qualified developers for acquisition, capital costs and related soft costs associated with the preservation and improvement of small rental properties. Subsidy from HCR is combined with financing from a participating private institutional lender, such as CPC, resulting in a lower blended financing cost.

The owners of 78-80 Morningside Avenue in Yonkers are using the Small Building PLP to perform a complete gut renovation of the vacant four-story building. When complete, it will have eight, two-bedroom apartments with rents affordable to tenants earning not more than an average of 80 percent of AMI. HCR is providing a $400,000 PLP loan and CPC is providing a $980,000 construction loan and SONYMA-insured permanent loan financed through their partnership with the State’s Common Retirement Fund (CRF).

A predominantly middleincome city, Yonkers has seen steady growth and development in its downtown and waterfront areas. Additionally, its proximity to New York City

has also increased demand on the local housing stock, with most of the new units coming online having high market rents. Housing financed under HCR’s PLP ensures that small building owners have flexible financing that works for their project, and that growing communities like Yonkers get high quality housing that locks in affordable rents for years to come.

The owners of 109 South William Street in Newburgh are using the PLP to finance the transformation of a threestory, 17,500 square-foot warehouse into a mixed-use building with affordable apartments and commercial space.

When construction is complete there will be nine rental apartments on the upper floor and ground-floor commercial space. Apartments will be affordable to residents earning not more than an average of 80 percent AMI. HCR is providing a $450,000 PLP loan and CPC is providing a $2 million construction loan and SONYMA-insured permanent loan financed through their partnership with the CRF. As a nonprofit lender and the largest Community Development Financial Institution in the nation dedicated to financing multifamily housing, CPC helps their borrowers, partners and local governments meet their housing and revitalization challenges; leveraging their financial resources, unique expertise and partnerships to help create vibrant, thriving communities.

Nearly 70 percent of CPC’s investments since its founding, totaling over 3,000 loans, have been in small building projects. Preserving small buildings, especially in areas outside of New York City where owners are recovering from the decades of economic disinvestment, is essential to the health and vibrancy of neighborhoods. As part of its mission, CPC is dedicated to supporting their borrowers in helping build stronger, thriving communities for their residents.

Varley Real Estate announces new hire at Keller Williams in Saratoga SARATOGA SPRINGS — Scott Varley, the Capital Region’s top real estate agent for more than 30 years, has added substantial firepower to his high-producing team at Keller Williams.

Joe Bordeau is a new construction sales expert with a family name and reputation fueling his high-rolling career. Bordeau joins The Scott Varley Team after an illustrious career with Bordeau Builders, a renowned Capital Region construction company started by Joe’s father, Gary Bordeau.

Since 2006, Joe Bordeau has listed and sold over $700 million in real estate, making him a big asset for Varley’s group of sales specialists. In fact, Bordeau brings 80 new construction home sites to Varley’s Keller Williams team, including: Lone Pine Estates in Guilderland; Honey Hollow in Clifton Park; Helderburg Meadows in Rotterdam; Pinehollow in Charlton; Stonebridge Estates Ballston Lake.

“Because the real estate industry is becoming more sophisticated and challenging every day, you need a professional that understands the industry and is positioned to stay ahead of the game,” Bordeau said,

adding: “I go the extra mile to help my clients achieve their goals.”

With his market knowledge and expertise in all aspects of home construction, Bordeau will play a key role with The Scott Varley Team.

Varley has sold more than $1 billion in real estate over the past 30 years in Saratoga, Albany, Warren, Rensselaer, Schenectady, Fulton, Washington and Montgomery counties and beyond.

In addition to his resale prowess, Varley is a leading sales representative for many of the area’s best newconstruction developments.

Current projects include Cornerstone townhomes in Ballston Spa; Revolutionary Heights from Camelot Builders in Stillwater; Beaver Pond Village’s maintenancefree community in Saratoga; Luxury homes at Park Lane from Bella Builders in Saratoga; West Avenue luxury condos in Saratoga Springs.

Varley has been selectively building his Keller Williams team in anticipation of the grand opening of his new office at 382 Broadway in the heart of Saratoga Springs.

Adding Bordeau means another seasoned veteran will help service the hundreds of home buyers, sellers,

developers, builders, designers, financiers and architects that partner with The Scott Varley Team across many real estate initiatives.

“Growing up in the business, I was keenly aware of my skills as a real estate salesman from an early age,” said Bordeau, who started out from the ground up at his father Gary Bordeau’s homeconstruction company.

“I constantly research the market and property values so your home is priced effectively from Day One. I also am on top of all the latest, innovative advertising and marketing techniques to make sure sellers’ homes are being seen, and that buyers know where to get the home of their dreams,” Bordeau said.

Bordeau was influential in directing Bordeau Builders to adopt new concepts in home styles and construction to reflect a rapidly expanding and dynamic market in the Capital Region.

He has supplemented his on-the-ground experience with training from experts around the United States and is a certified New Construction Specialist and a member of the Sales and Marketing Council of up-

Central Hudson appoints Donna Kladis chief technology officer POUGHKEEPSIE — A skilled technology leader with broad industry experience has joined Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation as its Chief Technology Officer.

Donna Kladis will lead the energy company’s information technology transformation, including hardware, software, cybersecurity and digital strategy.

“We’re excited to welcome Donna to head our Information Technology group, and we are confident that she will lead a digital transformation that will benefit our customers,” said Charles A. Freni Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer. “In our rapidly evolving utility industry, Donna’s background and experience in leveraging advancements in information technology will enhance our operations, improve system efficiencies and strengthen

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cybersecurity as we strive to meet and exceed the expectations of our customers.”

Kladis most recently served as Chief Information Officer of Techtronic Industries, a leader in power tools with popular brands including Ryobi, Rigid, Stok and Hart, where she was responsible for all business

and enterprise applications, including development of a modernization plan and strategic roadmap. She previously served as Vice President, Global Transformation at Estee Lauder, where she led their global team in implementing technology solutions. Her prior experience also includes IT-related roles at Warner Music, PepsiCo, Diageo and the Associated Press.

“Technology advancements are revolutionizing the way companies such as Central Hudson connect with customers,” Kladis said.

“There has never been a better time to leverage digital capabilities to maximize customer satisfaction and enhance their experience.”

Kladis holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Professional Computer Studies from Pace University.

Breast surgeon joins Dyson Breast Center at Vassar Brothers Medical Center POUGHKEEPSIE — Breast surgeon Dr. Carinne Anderson has joined the Dyson Breast Center at Vassar Brothers Medical Center, now part of Nuvance Health. Anderson joins Chief of Breast Surgery Dr. Susan Boolbol as part of a flourishing comprehensive breast health team in the Hudson Valley.

“I’m excited to join Vassar Brothers Medical Center and the Dyson Breast Center,” Anderson said. “Being a part of a dedicated breast center allows me to give patients the best possible experience and care, the kind of care I would want for my own family members. That has always been my personal mission for every patient.”

Anderson joins the Dyson Breast Center after serving as a breast surgical oncologist at Einstein Healthcare Network in Philadelphia, Pa. She was also an assistant professor of surgery at Sidney Kimmel Medical College, part of

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Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Penn.

Anderson treats breast cancer as well as benign breast disease. She is experienced in treating high-risk patients, patients with the breast cancer gene (BRCA) mutation, as well as other genetic mutations.

Anderson performs same day biopsies in the office and specializes in nipplesparing mastectomy, hidden scar surgery and oncoplastic

lumpectomy. She works together with plastic surgeons to provide immediate reconstruction for her patients.

Anderson received her medical degree from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pa. She completed her residency in general surgery at Christiana Care Health System in Newark, Del., and a breast surgical oncology fellowship at Mount Sinai Health System in New York, N.Y. Anderson is board certified by the American Board of Surgery and is a fellow of the Society of Surgical Oncology.

She is a member of the American Society of Breast Surgeons, the American College of Surgeons, and the Society of Surgical Oncology.

Anderson has also participated in numerous research projects and has been published multiple times in major medical journals.

Chazen announces new environmental services and office director POUGHKEEPSIE — The Chazen Companies welcomes Richard T. Kampf, PG, LEP as an Environmental Services Director and New York City Office Director.

Kampf has more than 21 years of experience in environmental and cross-disciplinary consulting, focusing primarily on site remediation and related property redevelopment. Most recently he directed and helped grow P.W. Grosser Consulting’s New York City office in Manhattan, where he provided environmental risk management and real estate advisory services to public and private clients throughout the region.

Kampf managed the office and staff, helped drive environmental and engineering business opportunities, and managed multiple environmental and engineering contracts with city and federal agencies. Kampf’s expertise lies in environmental due diligence, investigation, and remediation of E-designation, brownfield, Superfund, and spill sites, related strategic

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planning, and regulatory negotiations.

Kampf recently led a team awarded the 2019 Big Apple Award for Environmental Protection from the NYC Brownfield Partnership, and is currently working on projects across the City and in Connecticut. Chazen has private and public environmental projects throughout New York City. Kampf will work on these as well as new client sites.

“We are very happy Rich has joined us” said Russell Urban-Mead, PG, Senior Principal, Vice President of Environmental Services, The Chazen Companies. “We believe his expertise will be an excellent addition to Chazen and our growing Environmental practice in the New York City metropolitan area.

We look forward to announcing our new office location soon.”

Chazen expects to open a New York City office early in 2020, offering both environmental and additional services from this office. Chazen has a nearby full-service office in White Plains.

Kampf graduated from William and Mary College with a B.S. in Geology and earned a graduate certificate in Real Estate Finance & Investing from NYU. He is a NYS Professional Geologist and a Connecticut Licensed Environmental Professional (LEP). Kampf resides in Brooklyn.

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HHS notifies Congress it may tap millions of additional dollars for coronavirus response Yasmeen Abutaleb and Erica Werner The Washington Post

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services notified Congress on Sunday it might need to transfer up to $136 million to help combat the fast-moving coronavirus epidemic, a new sign of how the White House has ramped up its response in recent days.

The notification came as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is quickly burning through $105 million that was set aside for emergency public-health responses to things like the coronavirus.

The additional money would address growing demands on CDC, HHS’s Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, and HHS’s Office of Global Affairs, HHS confirmed Monday.

Of that money, around $75 million would be available for CDC, $52 million for ASPR and $8 million for the Office of Global Affairs.

The quiet but proactive effort to obtain more money is reflective of the White House’s response to the coronavirus outbreak in recent days. The Trump administration has sought to downplay risks to the public while working behind the scenes to bolster the government’s response given how quickly the coronavirus

has spread in China and around the world.

HHS Secretary Alex Azar is overseeing the Trump administration’s response to the epidemic that has infected more than 17,000 people in China and 146 people in 23 countries outside China, including 11 in the United States. On Friday, he announced sweeping new travel restrictions and quarantine rules to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in the United States.

Many of the White House’s most aggressive steps to address the spread of the virus have come since Friday.

The need for additional funds is not unexpected given the labor- and resource-intensive measures CDC has had to take to respond to the epidemic in recent weeks. By law, HHS must wait 15 days after providing Congress notice to access the funds, according to an HHS spokesperson.

“With the disease outbreak expanding rapidly in China, and more cases occurring in the United States, it is not possible to project exact funding needs weeks in advance,” an HHS spokesperson said. “Out of an abundance of caution and to ensure HHS’s ability to respond and adapt to a rapidly changing situation, HHS notified Congress that it may need to

use the transfer authority at a future point in time to make up to an additional $136 million available.”

The CDC has used the initial $105 million for immediate planning and response needs, HHS said, including enhanced laboratory capacity, communication and education efforts, transportation, medical screening and monitoring of U.S. citizens returning from China. The agency has nearly 200 people working on the response, most of them at CDC’s headquarters in Atlanta, and it has the only lab in the country that is able to test all suspected cases of the virus.

The agency has also sent teams to help states that have confirmed cases of the virus - which now include six in California, one in Washington state, one in Arizona, two in Illinois and one in Massachusetts. It also has had to send staff to the 20 U.S. airports that are screening passengers returning from China.

The initial $105 million CDC is using is made available to the agency through a congressional appropriations law. In 2019, Congress created the Infectious Diseases Rapid Response Reserve Fund, which provides the agency money to immediately respond to an infectious disease outbreak. HHS used some of the money set aside for 2019 and 2020 to

respond to an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but there was more than $100 million remaining that CDC tapped for the coronavirus response, according to a senior Democratic House aide. HHS notified the House Appropriations Committee on Jan. 25 that CDC was tapping the fund, according to the senior Democratic aide.

The money HHS has notified Congress could be transferred is separate from the congressional fund.

“As they should, the agencies on the front lines are using the funding and flexibility provided in the law to respond to the threat. We remain in close contact with them and stand ready to provide more resources if needed,” a Senate Republican aide said.

The administration drastically stepped up its response to the outbreak on Friday.

HHS declared coronavirus a public health emergency, a long-expected move, but also began at 5 p.m. on Sunday barring non-U.S. citizens who recently visited China from entering the United States, subject to a few exemptions. Officials are also quarantining any Americans who have visited China’s Hubei province, the epicenter of the outbreak, within the past 14 days, and the government

is requiring screening and self-quarantines for Americans who recently visited any other parts of China.

With President Donald Trump’s expected acquittal in the Senate impeachment trial this week, senior administration officials expect coronavirus to be front and center and do not want to appear unprepared in their response to the outbreak. Top U.S. officials have repeatedly warned that the number of cases in the country will likely climb, and reported the first case of person-to-person transmission in the United States last week. The number of U.S. cases rose from seven on Friday to 11 on Monday. Officials are also concerned that a diagnostic test used to detect the virus is not always accurate, and that there is evidence showing that the virus can be spread even when someone is not symptomatic.

In the past, President Trump has repeatedly sought to slash global health funds in the administration’s annual budget blueprint, but those requests have been rebuffed by Congress. For the 2019 fiscal year, Trump requested zero dollars for the Infectious Disease Rapid Response Fund, but Congress provided $50 million.

For the 2020 fiscal year, Trump requested $50 million for the fund and Congress provided $85 million.

Google stuck between privacy, antitrust with ad data limits Gerrit De Vynck and Mark Bergen Bloomberg

Google is limiting access to key tools that track ad spending, disrupting hundreds of marketers and underscoring the powerful role the search giant plays in the digital advertising industry.

One recent change affects ad-measurement companies -- independent firms that monitor the performance of ads across Google, Facebook, Twitter and elsewhere. Last month, Google cut off those companies from analyzing a popular type of Google ad shown on iPhones and iPads. Instead, the company told advertisers to use its own measurement tools, something marketers have complained about in the past because they would rather trust neutral third parties.

The move focuses on ads that try to persuade people to install apps, a corner of the industry that generates billions of dollars a year in revenue for Google and other tech giants. One industry executive said the step was anticompetitive because Google

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is favoring its own services and unfairly elbowing out rivals.

The person plans to complain to state attorneys general, who are investigating Google for potential antitrust violations. The person asked not to be identified discussing sensitive issues.

Google dominates search ads and, with Facebook, controls more than 60% of the broader digital ad market, according to one estimate. With data on billions of users, Google helps marketers target online messages and measure how many people clicked on ads and took other valuable actions, such as making purchases. The power of these offerings will be on show when parent Alphabet Inc. reports results after the market closes Monday.

The internet giant has been pressured for years to share more of this data with outside firms, so marketers can trust the metrics and easily compare how Google ads perform versus other providers. Access to this information is an emerging antitrust issue, especially in Europe, and Google has slowly opened up over the years.

the county website, greenegovernment.com, the Department for the Aging will include the announcement in its newsletter, Kusminsky said. Circulation for the newsletter is about 1,800 seniors. To enroll, seniors will fill out the accompanying

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The Google logo displayed at the Google Playspace at CES 2020 in Las Vegas on Jan. 7, 2020.

But new privacy rules in California and Europe have raised the bar on what data companies are allowed to share. Google and other tech companies have responded by limiting the information that leaves their platforms. Apple Inc. has also cracked down on what can be shared for advertising.

Privacy laws have given Google “cover” to increasingly force advertisers to play by its rules, said Dina Srinivasan, a former ad-technology

executive. “What we need in the U.S. is a privacy approach that solves competition problems and consumer privacy problems at the same time.”

Google executives have privately complained about being stuck in a “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” situation.

If the company shares less data, advertising rivals and partners shout antitrust. If it opens up, privacy advocates cry foul.

A spokesman said Google changed the approach to

registration form, Kusminsky said.

In addition to the senior citizen call-in program, the sheriff’s office has been working on updating all of its policies and procedures since Kusminsky took office in January, collaborating

with community resources on the opioid crisis, and will be giving monthly updates at the Greene County Legislature’s Public Safety Committee meetings each month, Kusminsky said.

app-install ads because it’s hard to accurately measure the performance of these ads when iPhone users are logged out of their Google accounts. Letting external firms track ads in these cases would rely on techniques that “don’t provide users with appropriate choice, transparency and control,” the spokesman added. AdWeek reported the iPhone and iPad ad changes earlier.

Google told partners that the restrictions affect ads representing at least 40% of the money spent with Google to promote apps on iPhones and iPads, according to a person familiar with the situation. The Google spokesman said the “vast majority” of app ads on iPhones will not be affected, but declined to site specific numbers.

A similar dynamic is playing out in other parts of Google’s vast business. By the third quarter of 2020, the company plans to stop advertisers from pulling data about who clicks on their web banner and video ads out of Google’s system. Marketers have used this information for

2 killed, 1 injured in shooting at Texas A&M University-Commerce Paulina Firozi The Washington Post

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a game-changer for Columbia and Greene counties, especially for students hoping to pursue four-year degrees closer to home.

“As a community college, Co-Greene serves a diverse population of students with a wide variety of needs,” he said.

“From transportation challenges to family obligations, to job responsibilities and beyond, the roadblocks to pursuing a degree are many. This partnership with SUNY Delhi will open doors for a greater number of students, including

those leading into some of the most in-demand and wellpaying jobs in the region.”

Several industries experienced job growth throughout the state from December 2018 to December 2019, according to the state Department of Labor.

Educational and health services gained 51,200 jobs; professional and business services 31,500; leisure and hospitality 20,800; trade, transportation and utilities 7,600; government 6,100; information 2,900; and natural resources and mining 100.

Industries that experienced job losses included manufacturing with 7,200 losses, financial activities with 4,400, other

services with 4,400 and construction with 400.

SUNY Delhi Provost Kelli Ligeikis agreed.

“We are pleased to offer an excellent, clear pathway for C-GCC students to continue their education in one of our outstanding bachelor’s programs at SUNY Delhi,” she said. “We are confident that C-GCC students will thrive in the student-centered learning environment at SUNY Delhi.”

SUNY Delhi will also offer two, one-time transfer scholarships to C-GCC graduates — one residing on campus and one enrolled in an online program — who maintain fulltime student status with a cumulative GPA of 3.0, Ligeikis

said.

About 230 students are in the programs to be included in the partnership, C-GCC Director of Marketing and Communications Jaclyn Stevenson said. An additional 400 students that are enrolled as Individual Studies majors will also potentially be eligible for the transfer program, bringing the count up to more than 600, Stevenson said.

The programs are enormously popular with students, Drummer said.

“In these areas, when you look at job openings, even in the next five years, they will continue to increase the demand for more workers,” Drummer said.

years to fine-tune their messages. Google already made this change in Europe and has said it would be applied globally. But complaints from some partners prompted Google to delay the change until later this year.

“Customers pushed back pretty hard,” said Ari Paparo, head of digital ad firm Beeswax and a former Google executive.

“With the increasing emphasis on privacy, it seems inevitable that they will make this change despite the negative impact.”

Earlier this month, the Alphabet unit also said it would phase out cookies -- bits of software code that let advertisers track users around the web and send them targeted ads.

This approach has sustained a major part of the online marketing industry, and advertisers are scrambling to prepare.

This “will force ad-tech companies to re-imagine their businesses and advertisers to fundamentally shift the digital buying strategies they have been honing for 20 years,” said Brad Nunn, an executive at Media Assembly, part of ad agency MDC Partners Inc.

Two people were killed and a third person was injured in a shooting at Texas A&M University-Commerce on Monday afternoon, the school said.

The injured victim has been taken to the hospital after a shooting at a residence hall on campus.

The University canceled all remaining classes for the

day and placed police officers throughout campus. Students and faculty were asked to shelter in place while the shooting is investigated.

Earlier Monday, University police said it was conducting an “active criminal investigation” at Pride Rock Residence Hall, which is a three-story facility for first-year students, according to the Dallas Morning News.

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Janay Brantley’s 33 points and 11 rebounds helped Catskill defeat Taconic Hills, 49-29, in Friday’s Patroon Conference girls basketball game.

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CRARYVILLE — Freshman Janay Brantley scored 33 points and pulled down 11 rebounds to spark Catskill to a 49-29 Patroon Conference girls basketball victory over Taconic Hills on Friday.

Kiana Salierno scored the first seven points of the game for the cats as they took a 155 lead after one quarter. They extended the gap to 26-14 at halftime and 40-22 through three quarters.

Salierno had four assists for the Cats.

Kirsten Shumsky led Taconic Hills with 14 points.

Marleah Perry added eight.

CATSKILL (49): Brantley 15-2-33, Konsul 1-2-4, Leipman 0-0-0, O’Connell 2-1-5, Salierno 2-2-7. Totals 20-7-49.

3-pointers: Brantley, Salierno.

TACONIC HILLS (29): Kernan 2-0-4, Mottoshiski 1-1-3, Perry 2-2-8, Shumsky 6-0-14, Sparacino 0-0-0. Totals 11-3-29.

3-pointers: Perry 2, Shumsky 2.

Maple Hill 73, Greenville 18 CASTLETON — Maple Hill remained unbeaten in Patroon Conference girls basketball with a 73-18 victory over Greenville on Friday.

Natasha Strock topped the Wildcats with 15 points.

Alexis Tedford added 11 and Sophia Chevrier had eight.

Molly SanEmeterio and Bella Trostle each had six points for Greenville.

Maple Hill led 14-0 after one quarter, 34-3 at halftime and 56-10 at the end of the three quarters.

GREENVILLE (18): E. Haller 0-1-1, Krasney 1-0-2, Rauf 1-0-3, SanEmeterio 3-06, Trostle 1-4-6. Totals 6-518.

3-pointers: Rauf.

MAPLE HILL (73): Bennett 2-0-4, Berger 3-0-8, Bleau 2-0-6, Chevrier 4-0-9, Flach 2-0-4, C. Haller 3-0-6, Smith 1-2-4, Strock 5-4-15, See GIRLS B8

COXSACKIE — The Hudson Bluehawks came away with a hard fought Patroon Conference boys basketball victory on the road Friday night, 7059, against the Coxsackie-Athens Indians.

Hudson’s Isaiah Maines led all players with 23 points and teammates Noah Hedgepeth and Dayquan Griffin added 16 and 13, respectively, to lead the Bluehawks (10-3, 10-6) to the win.

The game got out to a very fast start, Hedgepeth drained three shots from beyond the arc in the first quarter, giving Hudson a 15-12 lead midway through.

The Indians continued to stick with the Bluehawks’ fast paced offense, and were only down 22-19 at the end of the first. The second period was more of the same, each team going shot-for-shot, and trading the lead back and forth See BOYS B8

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Coxsackie-athens’ Aiden Boehm shoots a free throw during Friday’s Patroon Conference boys basketball game against Hudson.

Cats clinch tie for Patroon title; Haye, Lampman achieve milestones

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CATSKILL — On a night when senior DeVon Haye and coach Doug Lampman both achieved career miestones, Catskill clinced at least a tie for its eighth Patroon Conference boys basketball title in the past 10 years with a 97-35 victory over Taconic Hills.

Haye needed 22 points to reach 1,000 for his career and with his teammates feeding him the ball early and often, he became the 15th boys basketball player in school history to achieve the milestone on a putback with 6:02 to go in the second quarter.

“It was a very great experience, it was fun, it’s 1,000 points, it’s everything,” Haye said. “It’s a crazy feeling. Everybody was supporting me, everybody was trying to get me the ball to try and get it early to get it out of the way.”

Haye was appreciative of his teammates’ effort to get him the ball.

“I play with some phenomenal kids,” Haye said. “They gave me the ball when they needed to and I usually take advantage of it and get the bucket.”

Catskill’s Kellen Gibbs (14) glides to the basket during Friday’s Patroon Conference boys basketball game against Taconic Hills.

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Chiefs rally to defeat 49ers in Super Bowl LIV Mark Maske The Washington Post

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The Kansas City Chiefs waited a half-century between Super Bowl appearances. Then they waited for more than three quarters Sunday evening at Hard Rock Stadium for quarterback Patrick Mahomes and their dynamic offense to get revved up.

All that waiting was well worth it for the Chiefs and their fans. Mahomes delivered a pair of touchdown passes as part of a 21-point outburst as Kansas City came back to beat the San Francisco 49ers, 31-20, with a stunning late turnaround in Super Bowl LIV on a pictureperfect South Florida night.

“I just went out there and kept competing,” said Mahomes, who was named the game’s MVP. “I knew we weren’t in an ideal situation.

But I believed in my defense to get stops. They did. And the guys kept believing in me to start making plays down the field, and we found a way to win.”

The Chiefs surrendered the first 10 points of the second half and trailed, 20-10, midway through the fourth quarter. But Mahomes, who had thrown a pair of earlier interceptions, proROBERT DEUTSCH/USA TODAY vided a one-yard touchdown pass to tight end Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) hoist the Vince Lombardi Trophy after Travis Kelce with just more than six minutes defeating the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV at Hard Rock Stadium. remaining. The Chiefs got the ball back and After the Kansas City defense sacked fourth-down play, Williams added a 38-yard Mahomes threw a five-yard touchdown pass to running back Damien Williams with 2:44 left.

49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo on a touchdown run with 1:12 to play to put the

Chiefs faithful in full celebration mode. The Chiefs secured the second Super Bowl triumph in franchise history. They beat the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl IV in January 1970 in their most recent appearance in the big game.

“We never are out of a game,” Chiefs linebacker Damien Wilson said. “Never. . . . It’s not how you start. It’s how you finish. We’re the embodiment of that.”

The Chiefs overcame deficits in their AFC playoff victories over the Houston Texans and Tennessee Titans. Their latest comeback denied the 49ers what would have been their sixth Super Bowl win.

“That team, that’s kind of how they’ve been all year,” Niners Coach Kyle Shanahan said of the Chiefs. “They’re not a team that does it every drive. They get a little bit hot and cold. They can score very fast.”

Garoppolo had a touchdown throw to fullback Kyle Juszczyk in a 20-for-31, 219-yard passing performance for the Niners. He threw two interceptions, the second of which came in the game’s final minute. Tailback Raheem Mostert had a rushing touchdown for San Francisco.

“It hurts everybody in our room, losing a Super Bowl,” Shanahan said. “We had an opportunity to win that and came up short. But win or lose, it doesn’t change how I feel about See CHIEFS B8

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Fans gather at Staples Center for final day of memorials for Kobe Bryant Alex Wigglesworth Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES — They came to share a moment together.

Family. Friends. Fans.

A week after Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven others were killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, thousands once again swarmed the streets around Staples Center on Sunday to pay their respects to the legendary Los Angeles Laker.

They scrawled messages of love on large display panels, sidewalks and banners. Bouquets and votive candles decorated the plaza in front of the arena. Someone set up a boombox and played “To Live and Die in L.A.” Sunday marked one week since Bryant died.

It was also the last day for people to leave behind jerseys, flowers and artwork at one of several makeshift memorials that sprang up around the sports arena, where Bryant made sports history by helping the Lakers win five NBA championships.

Officials said they would begin dismantling the displays after Sunday’s Super Bowl. The city is planning an official memorial event at a later date. Bryant’s wife, Vanessa, will be given some of the items left behind by fans, while perishables will be composted and spread around the Staples Center complex.

“That made us want to come even more,” said Linda Mazariegos, 33, who made the hourand-a-half trek from Victorville with her mother and left behind a collage of photographs.

The atmosphere Sunday was equal part memorial, festival and swap meet. Vendors crowded the sidewalks, selling T-shirts, balloons, churros and hot dogs that one enterprising salesman touted as “Kobe dogs.”

Metro buses beeped as they drove by, their LED displays flashing “RIP Kobe.” Outside the arena, a line of fans waited to photograph themselves in front of a set of Lakers nesting dolls that Jerry Montero bought at a swap meet.

“I brought these down here for everybody to love,” said Montero, 53, of Lakewood.

Montero headed to Staples Center last Sunday, as soon as he heard news of Bryant’s death.

He wanted to catch one more glimpse of the memorials before they were removed.

Like many of those in attendance, he saw

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Usher performs during a ceremony to honor Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Friday.

Bryant as an inspiration.

“He encouraged us to believe in ourselves, too,” Montero said. “That’s what made me love him so much.”

Giovanna Castro, 30, said that when she was hospitalized with lupus, her brother would continually ask her what he could bring to make her happy.

“I would be like, ‘Bring me Kobe Bryant,’ “ Castro said. “And he would just look at me and we would all laugh.”

Watching Bryant play with the Lakers was just about the only thing that could take her mind off her illness, she said.

“That was always my happiness,” she said.

“I could be feeling really sick and watch a game and see Kobe and everything he did, it was just — it would make me happy. And at the time, I was really sick and I needed him right there when I was really bad.”

These days she’s feeling better, but she still draws on Bryant’s example on the court as a source of strength.

NBA roundup: Pistons top Nuggets in OT Field Level Media

Andre Drummond had 21 points, 17 rebounds and four assists, Reggie Jackson supplied 20 points and six assists off the bench, and the host Detroit Pistons snapped a five-game losing streak by surprising the Denver Nuggets with a 128-123 win in overtime.

Bruce Brown contributed 19 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists, and Svi Mykhailiuk and Tony Snell scored 13 points apiece for Detroit. Drummond recorded the 400th doubledouble of his career.

Nikola Jokic carried Denver with 39 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists.

Will Barton had 20 points, nine rebounds and five assists, and Monte Morris scored 19.

Detroit’s Derrick Rose left in the first half with a groin injury and did not return to the game. He finished with two points, ending his streak of 20-point games at 14.

Bucks 129, Suns 108 Giannis A n t e t o kounmpo missed a tripledouble by one assist for the fifth time this season, contributing 30 points, 19 rebounds and nine assists to Milwaukee’s victory

over visiting Phoenix.

Brook Lopez blocked a career-high nine shots to complement 17 points, and Khris Middleton went for 25 points, helping the Bucks – beaten at home by Denver on Friday – win for the 10th time in their last 11 games.

Devin Booker scored more than 30 points for the seventh time in his last 10 games, pouring in a game-high 32 to pace the Suns, who lost their second straight.

Raptors 129, Bulls 102 Rookie Terence Davis scored a career-best 31 points on 12-for-15 shooting, and Toronto defeated the visiting Chicago to equal the franchise record with 11 straight wins.

Pascal Siakam added 17 points and nine rebounds despite not playing in the fourth quarter for the Raptors, who also won 11 straight in 2016 and 2018.

Thaddeus Young had 21 points and seven rebounds for Chicago before fouling out in the fourth quarter. Zach LaVine added 18 points, seven rebounds and seven assists for the Bulls, who have lost three in a row.

“It sucks that this happened and everything but his words, still, it’s there, what he would tell us and everything,” Castro said. “Like whatever you want, you got to go get it. And every day I wake up and I’m like, ‘Let’s do this,’ the same as Kobe.”

Many fans brought their children, pushing them in strollers or boosting them onto their shoulders to get a glimpse at the outpouring of condolences.

They were there to pay tribute not to Bryant the basketball star, but to Bryant the father.

“In Hispanic culture, deaths, I think it’s a different point of view because it’s a family matter,” said Andrea Orellana Fernandez, 57, of Orange County. “The culture ... you take it more personal. You make them a part of you.”

Delfino Delrio, 51, of Downey took his son to Lakers playoff games during their championship seasons in the early 2000s. He was at the memorial with his grandsons, Jacob, 6, and Jonathan, 8.

“I wanted to express to them what that meant

to me, sharing that moment with their dad,” he said. “Now I’m sharing this moment with them.

It’s generation to generation.”

Delrio said he felt as though he watched Bryant grow up, transforming from a young hothead into a mature role model.

“I’ve seen him come a long way,” he said.

“I’ve seen him be a jerk. I’ve seen him be the hero, the villain. And then I’ve seen him be a compassionate, loving father.”

That’s the example he wanted to pass on to his grandchildren.

“That’s what I want them to know,” he said.

“You don’t have to be a jerk.”

Ruben Montemayor, 45, of Covina and three of his children — Raylene, 3, Rayden, 6, and Roy, 8 — hung a large paper banner that read, “RIP Kobe & Gigi. ... God’s Angels.”

Montemayor said that when his dad retired as an employee with the city of Los Angeles, Bryant personally presented him with a commemorative jersey. His father passed away in 2014 and left the jersey to him.

“We’re just paying our respects,” Montemayor said. He said he believes that Bryant’s family will take solace in the sheer number of people who have come out to do so.

“It seems like it’s busier here than a regular basketball game,” he said.

The displays of mourning were, at times, loud and public.

Every so often, a murmur of “Kobe, Kobe” welled up from the crowd and spread until the entire plaza outside Staples Center was chanting his name.

Ryan Rice, 37, was leading the cheers. He traveled from Stockton with his daughter Adalynn, 5, and her mother Jennifer Villegas, 38.

“We’re fighters, too, just like the Mamba was,” Rice said.

At the edge of the memorial, he placed a pair of Nike sneakers signed with his family members’ names and inscribed with Bryant’s numbers, 8 and 24, as well as Gianna’s 2 and “forever in our hearts.”

Between sharing hugs and shaking hands with other fans, Rice gestured to the crowd behind him.

“Look at this,” he said. “It’s brought the whole city together. We’re way closer. And all we’re yelling is ‘Kobe’ right now.”

NHL roundup: Penguins clip Caps in 1st meeting of season Field Level Media

Sam Lafferty, Patric Hornqvist, Dominik Simon and Brandon Tanev each scored a goal as the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Washington Capitals 4-3 Sunday.

This was the first time the two rivals have met this season, and the 75th game where Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin did battle – including the playoffs. Crosby and his friends took this one, as their offense kept the pressure on Washington for long stretches.

Pittsburgh goalie Matt Murray was in just his eighth game since the start of December but now has won six in a row.

He finished with 29 saves, including 11 in the third period.

Meanwhile, Washington rookie goalie Ilya Samsonov had won his previous 11 decisions before dropping this one. He also finished with 29 saves.

Blue Jackets 4, Canadiens 3 Pierre-Luc Dubois scored two goals and added an assist as Columbus defeated host Montreal.

Elvis Merzlikins stopped 27 shots as the Blue Jackets earned at least one point for the eighth straight game. Columbus is 17-2-5 over its past 24 games, and Merzlikins is

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Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Matt Murray (30) is congratulated by Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Marcus Pettersson (28) after defeating the Washington Capitals at Capital One Arena on Sunday.

10-0-2 since starting goalie Joonas Korpisalo sustained a knee injury on Dec. 29.

Canadiens goalie Carey Price, making his fifth straight start, stopped 23 in the loss.

Tomas Tatar, Max Domi and Shea Weber scored for Montreal.

Hurricanes 4, Canucks 3 Justin Williams provided the winning marker in a shootout for the second time in his

four games since returning to action, lifting Carolina past visiting Vancouver.

Nino Niederreiter, Sebastian Aho and Andrei Svechnikov scored for the Hurricanes in regulation.

Elias Pettersson scored two goals, and Tyler Myers added the other in regulation for the Canucks, who had a five-game winning streak end. Pettersson also converted in the shootout.

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Catskill’s DeVon Haye (45) pulled up to take a three-point shot as teammate Lavon Fernandez looks on during Friday’s Patroon Conference boys basketball game against Taconic Hills.

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Taconic Hills’ Bryce Atwood (11) takes a shot as Catskill’s Lavon Fernandez defends during Friday’s Patroon Conference boys basketball game.

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Catskill’s DeVon Haye takes a shot during Friday’s Patroon Conference boys basketball game against Taconic Hills.

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Haye said he wasn’t focused on reaching the milestone.

“Not really,” he said. “It was more just let’s get the game over with, let’s get into sectionals and then move on to the state championship.”

While Haye didn’t give much thought to reaching 1,000 point, his classmates certainly did.

“That’s all I heard at school, ‘how many do you have left?’ Now it’s off my shoulders,” Haye said.

Lampman was thrilled that Haye reached his milestone, especially on his home court.

“It’s not an easy thing to do. You have to be consistent, you have to stay injuryfree, you have to stay out of trouble, you have to play all of your games and he’s done that,” Lampman said. “DeVon is the type of kid that’s just rock solid. Every practice, he doesn’t mail it in, he doesn’t say ‘I’m not feeling good, coach,’ he doesn’t come in late to school, he’s here every day.

“The teachers love him, he works hard in the classroom, he’s totally appropriate always, and then reports to the gym for practice after school.

Athletes like that are a lot of fun and I’m glad that he’s able to be honored with 1,000 points. It’s definitely special any time you can have those type of achievements, especially for a kid like him.”

Lampman was especially impressed with how his team came together to achieve one common goal.

“What really stuck out in my mind about this game, I turned to Andy (Jones) and said ‘do you see what’s happening out there?’ When they were trying to get him his 1,000th point, everybody was locked in on that goal and that unselfishness is what we’ve been trying to preach year in and year out.

“That’s the beauty of our game. If you can play the game unselfishly and put all of your individual goals aside, it’s just beautiful. It was great that DeVon was honored, but how his teammates got him there tonight was absolutley beautiful. I’m going to keep that tape forever.”

Haye’s Dad, Henry, who was a standout player for the Cats in the late 80s, was beaming with pride at his

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Catskill coach Doug Lampman and senior DeVon Haye both achieved career milestone in Friday’s game against Taconic Hills.

Lampman earned his 300th career victory and Haye scores his 1,000th point.

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Catskill’s Lavon Fernandez goes to the basket between Taconic Hills’ Kyle Delamater (20) and Warren Bradway (22) during Friday’s Patroon Conference boys basketball game.

son’s accomplishment.

“I’m very proud of my son,” Henry Haye said.

“He’s got something I didn’t get, 1,000 points, and I’m very, very happy for him, very proud father. It’s a big achievement. A lot of people have come through Catskill and have not achieved that, so for him to be one of the guys that they put on that plaque, his name will be up there and something that will always be in the school is great. He can come back one day and maybe show his kids.

I was happy to be there.”

The victory was the 300th of Lampman’s coaching career, but the milestone came as a surprise to the Cats’ veteran coach when Athletic Director Eric Joyce announced the accomplishment to the crowd at the conclusion of the game.

“I don’t really keep track of that, Eric kind of kept track of that years ago,” Lampman said. “I’m focused on so many other things, it’s hard to focus on that, but it’s a nice

surprise for tonight. If you do it long enough we’ll all get there. I’ve been very fortunate to work with a lot of great athletes over the years, both at Prattsburg and here in Catskill.

“I never thought I’d make it to 300 wins, I honestly don’t think about that. You just try to make them better kids in the game of basketball and, hopefully, go on to do great things in their life beyond what they do in the gym, and I’m always trying to prepare them for that. This brings back a lot of memories. I’ve had a lot of neat teams in Western New York and here in Catskill. It’s a long time, it’s pretty cool.”

Lampman was proud that the Cats could clinch at least a share of another Patroon championship. They can claim the title outright with a victory over Greenville on Tuesday night.

“It’s an honor,” Lampman said. “We’re playing other schools in the area like us and to be able to consistently out

a team on the court that can respresent night in and night out and win the Patroon. I don’t belittle the Patroon like I know a lot of people do. It’s neat to be able to compete time and time again with the schools that are like us. I feel really good about that.”

Haye finished with 29 points for the Cats (13-0, 151). Lavon Fernandez added 20, Bervonis Donely had 13 and Logan Scott 10.

Joel Preusser had 10 points for Taconic Hills.

TACONIC HILLS (35): B. Atwood 3-0-8, Bradway 2-04, Delamater 2-0-5, Krzeminski 1-0-2, Nowak 1-0-2, Preusser 5-0-10, Van Alstyne 2-0-4. Totals 16-0-35.

3-pointers: B. Atwood 2, Delamater.

CATSKILL (97): Christian 2-1-5, Donely 6-1-13, Fernandez 9-1-20, Gibbs 2-0-4, Haye 13-2-29, Kent 2-0-4, Lowe-Scott 2-0-4, Lyles 1-46, McEachern 1-0-2, Scott 5-0-10. Totals 43-9-97.

3-pointers: Haye, Fernandez.

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Catskill’s Jonathan Kent (50) drives around Taconic Hills’ Ryan Nowak during Friday’s Patroon Conference boys basketball game.

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Fear keeps jittery driver from getting a license Dear Abby, I am trying hard to let go of my paralyzing fear of driving, which has prevented me from getting a license. I am not sure why I get so nervous and afraid when I get behind the wheel. I really need a car to get my family and myself DEAR ABBY around. I just wish I knew what was causing this. Could you please help me figure it out?

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JEANNE PHILLIPS

Gladly. The quickest way to get to the bottom of what’s causing your fear of driving would be to discuss it with a licensed mental health professional — if possible, one who specializes in treating patients with phobias. Your physician or your health insurance company should be able to refer you to someone who is qualified.

Dear Abby, A few months ago, my wife and I invited another couple over for dinner. The husband was on his phone the entire time, showing us YouTube videos he apparently thought were interesting. After dinner, he lamented that he had run out of data and wanted us to provide our Wi-Fi password so he could continue watching his videos. I begrudgingly gave him access, but was really irked by it. Isn’t it rude for a dinner guest to ask to use your Wi-Fi? Not So Interested It was not rude to ask for your Wi-Fi password.

In some circles, it’s normal. What WAS rude was for one guest to monopolize the conversation

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the way that dinner guest did. I’ll bet it will be a long time before you invite that couple again.

Dear Abby, I need help dealing with a neighbor problem. “Diane” and I have been neighbors for five years. We both have daughters in elementary school who ride the bus. At the bus stop, Diane always manages to point out something about my daughter or me that makes me uncomfortable. She’ll ask things like, “Are those new shoes?” “I like that jacket. Was it expensive?” “You have a new hairdo; did it cost much?” Or “Wow, how can you afford such nice clothes for your daughter?” “Are those new jeans? How much were they?”

I find her prying annoying and quite rude.

Most of the other parents avoid her, probably because of this behavior. I work to afford the things I have, and I don’t feel I need to discuss what I spend for my child or myself with anyone. Other than this, she’s a nice neighbor.

What’s the best way to get her to stop asking these questions? I try to ignore them, but this has been going on for years, and I’m at a loss.

Annoyed In North Carolina

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The surest way to get your neighbor to stop asking these kinds of questions would be the direct approach. Tell her questions of that nature make you uncomfortable and to please stop asking. If she persists, repeat it until she finally gets the message.

Exposing the French paradox A friend told me that her husband, who is 80, is claiming that the French eat a lot of butter, cream, cheese, pastries and red meat, and have the lowest rate of heart disease in the world.

That seems crazy to me, and I’m wondering if there’s any truth to it. She does all of the food shopping and cooking, and he is complaining TO YOUR that their meals are boring and GOOD HEALTH that their diet is unnecessarily strict.

DR. KEITH ROACH

France does not have the lowest rate of heart disease in the world — Japan and South Korea are lower — but it does have the lowest rate in Europe. France also has a high rate of saturated fat consumption, and that discordance is called “the French paradox.”

Some, like your friend’s husband, interpret the paradox to mean that these rich foods are not bad for you at all, and while there remains some controversy about how bad saturated fat is for you, there are many other proposed reasons why French have lower rates of heart disease.

Wine has long been proposed, and while it is true that moderate wine drinkers have lower rates of heart disease, there aren’t definitive data supporting wine reducing heart disease risk.

Since wine (like any alcohol) is definitely harmful in excess, I recommend no more than modest wine drinking.

Obesity rates are much lower in France (24%) than the U.S. (34%), and the French eat far more fruits and vegetables. French exercise more as a part of their daily lives. French consume far less sugar, especially in sugar-sweetened beverages.

French eating has traditionally emphasized quality over speed and quantity, and portion sizes are much smaller in France than the U.S. Finally, diets in France have changed over

time, and it takes decades to see the changes in heart disease reflect dietary changes. Many authorities expect that heart disease rates in France may increase as their diets (and exercise) trend closer to less-healthy North American norms.

A healthy diet does not need to be boring, and it can include all of the foods your friend’s husband wants, but in proper proportion and as part of a diet that is mostly plant-based, appropriate in size and combined with regular moderate exercise.

Blondie

Does eating late at night make you gain weight?

Hagar the Horrible

There is a myth that calories eaten late at night are somehow more important than those eaten at other times. Eating late at night does not necessarily lead to being overweight. It remains how much you eat and how much you exercise that ultimately determines weight gain or loss.

However, there are patterns of eating that are more associated with unhealthy eating and with weight gain. Night eating is one that is commonly associated with poor eating habits. Nighttime eating may also be considered a specific eating disorder. In this group, with strict criteria for diagnosis, treatment with an antidepressant led to 2.9 kilogram (over 6 pounds) of weight loss in overweight people with nighttime eating.

While not everyone with nighttime eating will gain weight, many people choose poor foods late at night, which tend to make weight gain more likely. There is also good evidence that late-night eating is not good for dental health. So, if you are going to eat late at night, choose healthier foods and practice good dental care.

Horoscope

By Stella Wilder Born today, you may not be the one in the spotlight at all times, but you are surely essential when it comes to keeping things going and ensuring that a given agenda is promoted and ultimately comes to fruition. Where others may be stars, capable of attracting attention with charisma, charm and the ability to inspire, you get things done through sheer will and hard work — and a refusal to see things left undone!

Despite the fact that you are able to focus with single-minded dedication and unmatched intensity on the things that have to get done, you have a soft spot for family members, and you will almost always drop what you are doing when someone you love needs your attention, counsel or affection. Home is, indeed, where the heart is!

Also born on this date are: Rosa Parks, civil rights activist; Alice Cooper, singer; Kimberly Wyatt, singer; Oscar De La Hoya, boxer; Natalie Imbruglia, singer and songwriter; Charles Lindbergh, pioneer aviator; Clint Black, singer; David Brenner, comedian.

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

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5 AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — You’re likely to progress today much more quickly than expected.

Others will come to your aid if you find you have to pack up and move on!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — Whom you get to do a job in your stead today will matter much more than the pace at which the job gets done. Pick the right people!

Zits

Baby Blues ARIES (March 21-April 19) — You may require a fresh start today — but not if you’re willing to make the best of a situation that doesn’t give you the greatest advantage.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — You learn an important lesson just in time to teach it to someone else. This isn’t the last time you’ll pass on such learning.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — A little more power may be required today. You know where to apply it, but you may be afraid that others aren’t ready for it.

Let that go!

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Someone from your past sends you a message today — and how you got it may be a mystery for a long time. Still, you must heed its warning.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — A laid-back, generous approach is best today. Those who are your beneficiaries will certainly appreciate how you give them enough space.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — You’ll be in awe of what someone is able to do today, and for a while some will chalk it up to magic. You know better, however.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — You may be tempted to hide your feelings today, but that’s likely to prove the wrong approach when all is said and done. The truth will come out!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Those who gravitate toward you do so because of that certain something that is so difficult to name. If you know what it is, say so.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Your attempts to hide what you are really doing, or what is going on beneath the surface, will likely backfire.

Many know the truth now.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You’ll discover today that the instructions you’ve been giving others really did the trick, but there may be some corrections still to make.

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SUPER QUIZ

THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

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

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

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Rhymes with all Level 1

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(e.g., A narrow space for a horse. Answer: Stall.)

Freshman level 1. A woman’s head or shoulder covering.

2. A storm that happens suddenly, especially at sea.

3. You must learn how to do this before you can walk.

Graduate level 4. Happen, occur.

5. A slow way of speaking, with long vowel sounds.

6. Its capital city is Kathmandu.

PH.D. level 7. Make repairs or adjustments to.

8. Hold spellbound.

9. To catch fish by pulling a large net behind a boat.

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Enthrall. 9. Trawl.

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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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.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to The LLC 19 Hudson St Rm 501 New York NY 10013.

Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Formation of Ace Communications, LLC filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 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 OR- lawful activity.

ARTICLES OF GANIZATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 358 EICHYBUSH, LLC Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (“LLC”). Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (“SSNY”) on 01/17/2020. Office location: Columbia County.

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

SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to the LLC to Kristal Heinz, ESQ., P.O. Box 1331, Hudson, NY 12534.

Purpose: To engage in any lawful activity.

Casa Craryville LLC. Filed 11/6/19. Office: Columbia Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: c/o Roger Leaf, 70 E 10th St Apt 12a, NY, NY 10003. Purpose: General.

CITY OF HUDSON INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING Please take notice that there will be a regular meeting of the City of Hudson IDA, Audit Committee, Governance and Finance Committees on February 11, 2020 at 1:00pm at One Hudson City Centre, Suite 301, Hudson, NY 12534 for the purpose of discussing any matters that may be presented to the Agency for consideration.

Dated: February 4, 2020 Tiffany Garriga Chair City of Hudson Industrial Development Agency CROW HILL GROUP, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/09/20. Office: Greene County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 194 CR 51, Coxsackie, NY 12051.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

Eggena.Co LLC. Filed 12/30/19. Office: Columbia Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 560 Snydertown Rd, Claverack, NY 12513.

Purpose: General.

FASHION SQUAD SCHOOL LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 1/23/20.

Office in Columbia Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

County, New York, for on-premises consumption.

Circle W Market Inc. 3328 Route 23A Palenville, New York 12463

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 395 Main Street, Village of Catskill, Greene County, New York, for on-premises consumption.

Circle W Market Inc. Formation of TLC 395 Main Street Country Caretaker, Catskill, New York LLC filed with the Se- 12414 cy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/21/2020. Notice is hereby given Office loc.: Columbia that an order entered County. SSNY desig- by the Supreme Court, nated as agent of LLC Columbia County, on upon whom process the 27th day of Januagainst it may be ary, 2020, bearing Inserved. The address dex Number 15337-20, SSNY shall mail pro- a copy of which may cess to Elizabeth Ka- be examined at the ofnaga, 45 Panners fice of the clerk, locatLane, Hudson, NY ed at 560 Warren 12534. Purpose: Any Street, Hudson, NY grants me the right to lawful activity. assume the name of Herman K. Schmidt Patrick Peter DiCosHVAC LLC, Arts of mo. The city and state Org. filed with Sec. of of my present address State of NY (SSNY) are Ghent, NY: the 1/8/2020. Cty: Colum- month and year of my are January, bia. SSNY desig. as birth agent upon whom pro- 1959; the place of my cess against may be birth is Bridgeport, CT; served & shall mail my present name is process to 29 Merle Pasquale Floyd DiCosAve., Hudson, NY mo.

12534. General PurNotice is hereby given pose. that an order entered Hidden River LLC. by the County Court, Filed with SSNY on Columbia County, on 1/9/2020.

Office: the 27th day of JanuGreene County. SSNY ary, 2020 bearing indesignated as agent dex number 15286-15, for process & shall mail copy of which may be to: 401 Mossy Hill Rd examined at the office Catskill NY 12919. of the Clerk, located at 560 Warren Street, Purpose: any lawful Hudson, New York, INDUSTRY STUDIO grants me the right, efLLC. Filed 6/6/19. Of- fective on the 1st day fice: Greene Co. SSNY of March, 2020 to asdesignated as agent sume the name of Kyle for process & shall mail David Donenfeld. to: Bennett D Krasner, His/her present ad1233 Beech St, No 49, dress is 71 Tipple Atlantic Beach, NY Road, Ghent, NY 11509. Purpose: Gen- the date of his/her eral. birth is 1/28/2017; his/her present name Life Aligned Wellness is Kyle David Risch.

LLC filed Articles of Organization with Notice is hereby given SSNY on 11/14/2019. that an order entered Office: Columbia by the county court, County. SSNY desig- Columbia County, on nated at the agent of the 17th day of Januthe LLC upon whom ary bearing index numprocess against it may ber 1531-20, a copy of be served. SSNY shall which may be exammail copy of process ined at the Office of to the LLC, 2389 the County Clerk, loCounty Rte 11 Hills- cated at 560 Warren dale NY, 12529. Pur- Street, Hudson, New pose: Any lawful pur- York, grants me the right, effective on the pose.

20th day of February, Magie Maids LLC Arts. 2020 to assume the of Org. filed w/ SSNY name of Crystal Lee 1/6/20. Off. in Colum- Newton. My present bia Co. SSNY desig. address is 165 School as agt. of LLC whom House Road, New process may be Lebanon, NY 12125; served. SSNY shall the date of my birth is mail process to the September 5, 1985; LLC, P.O. Box 406, 11 my present name is Shaver Rd, Copake, Crystal Lee Curtiss.

NY 12516. Purpose: NOTICE OF FORMAany lawful activity.

TION OF ALTERNANotice is hereby given TIVE BODYWORK that a license (number CENTER, LLC. Art. of to be assigned) for Org. filed with Departwine and beer is being ment of State, Division applied for by the un- of Corp. (SSNY) on dersigned to sell wine 12/16/2019.

County: and beer at retail in a Greene. SSNY is desrestaurant under the ignated agent of LLC Alcoholic Beverage to whom process be Control Law at 3328 served. SSNY may Route 23A, Town of mail a copy of any proCatskill, Greene cess to LLC, 41 Five Mile Woods Road, Catskill, N.Y. 12414.

Any legal act or activity.

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PURSUANT TO NEW YORK LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY LAW SECTION 206 1. The name of the limited liability company is Barracks Nine Holdings, LLC. 2. The date of filing of the articles of organization with the Department of State was November 20, 2019.

3. The County in New York in which the office of the company is located is Columbia.

3-a. The street address of the principal business location of the company is 61 Flints Crossing Road, Canaan, NY 12029.

4. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the company upon whom process may be served, and the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the company served upon him or her to: 61 Flints Crossing Road Canaan, NY 12029.

5. The business purpose of the company is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under the laws of the State of New York. /s/ Francis J. Roche Attorney at Law 538 Union Street P.O. Box 321 Hudson, NY 12534 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Bridge Approach Wine and Liquor LLC A DOMESTIC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York on January 31, 2020.

New York Office Location – Greene County.

Secretary of State of the State of New York is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. Secretary of State of the State of New York shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her at: c/o LLC, 7 Milo Street, Hudson, NY 12534.

PURPOSE: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

Notice of formation of Catskill Charters, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect'y of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/14/2020. 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: Condon & Forsyth LLP, Attn: Stuart E. Berelson, Esq., 7 Times Square, NY, NY 10036. Purpose: any lawful act.

NOTICE THE next meeting of the Columbia County Local Early Intervention Coordinating Council (LEICC) will be held February 12, 2020, (snowdate 2/26/20) from 1:00-3:00pm, at the Human Services Building, (1st floor board room) located at 325 Columbia Street, Hudson, NY. This meeting is open to the public.

All persons wishing to learn about services for children with a disability or developmental delay are enNOTICE OF FORMA- couraged to attend.

TION OF A NEW For more information YORK LIMITED LI- call Jan Nieto at 828ABILITY COMPANY 4278 ext. 1340.

NOTICE OF FORMATION of Cherry Alley Designs LLC. Articles of Organization filed with New York Secretary of State on January 2, 2020. Office location: Columbia County. Secretary of State is designated as agent of LLC upon whom service of process against it may be served. Secretary of State shall mail process to Robert A. Huston, 531 Warren St., Hudson, NY 12534.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity within the purposes for which a limited liability company may be organized pursuant to the Limited Liability Company Law. 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 Mountain Family Ventures LLC The name of the Limited Liability Company is Mountain Family Ventures LLC. The Articles of Organization were filed with the New York State Secretary of State on December 27, 2019. The office of the LLC is located in Columbia County, New York. The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of such process to Mountain Family Ventures LLC, c/o The West Firm, LLC, 677 Broadway, 8th Floor, Albany NY 12207. The LLC is organized to engage in any lawful act or activity within the purposes for which limited liability companies may be organized pursuant to New York State Limited Liability Company Law provided that the limited liability company is not formed to engage in any act or activity requiring the consent or approval of any state official, department, board, agency, or other body without such consent or approval first being obtained.

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.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Mountains of Laundry LLC The name of the Limited Liability Company is Mountains of Laundry LLC. The Articles of Organization were filed with the New York State Secretary of State on December 27, 2019. The office of the LLC is located in Columbia County, New

York. The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of such process to Mountains of Laundry LLC, c/o The West Firm, PLLC, 677 Broadway, 8th Floor, Albany NY 12207. The LLC is organized to engage in any lawful act or activity within the purposes for which limited liability companies may be organized pursuant to New York State Limited Liability Company Law provided that the limited liability company is not formed to engage in any act or activity requiring the consent or approval of any state official, department, board, agency, or other body without such consent or approval first being obtained.

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 NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF COLUMBIA WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS IN-

DIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR MFRA TRUST 2014-2, Plaintiff AGAINST WENDY ANN GARDNER, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated June 24, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Front Steps of the Columbia County Courthouse, 401 Union Street, City of Hudson, on February 28, 2020 at 10:00AM, premises known as 367 COUNTY ROUTE 13, OLD CHATHAM, NY 12136. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Chatham, County of Columbia and State of New York, SECTION 35., BLOCK 1, LOT 14.

Approximate amount of judgment $644,497.36 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 11263-17.

ALBERT KOLAKOWSKI, ESQ., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF FORMATION OF A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) The name of the LLC is Sage Elements, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on January 3, 2020. New York office location: 544 Route 23B, Town of Claverack, County of Columbia and the State of New York.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is: Sage Elements, LLC; 544 State Route 23B, Hudson, New York 12534. Purpose/Character of business: Any lawful business purpose permitted under the New York Limited Liability Company Law. This notification is made pursuant to Section 206 of the Limited Liability Company Law.

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF COLUMBIA, SEFCU, Plaintiff, vs. BRIAN W. HOFFMAN A/K/A BRIAN HOFFMAN, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to an Order Confirming Referee Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly filed on December 17, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Columbia County Supreme Courthouse, 401 Union Street, Hudson, NY 12534 on February 21, 2020 at 10:00 a.m., premises known as 116 Summerset Road, Stuyvesant, NY 12173.

All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Stuyvesant, County of Columbia and State of New York, Section 52.1, Block 2 and Lot 3.

Approximate amount of judgment is $71,619.05 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 12644-18.

Timothy R. Shevy, Esq., Referee Schiller, Knapp, Lefkowitz & Hertzel, LLP, 200 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF FORMATION OF A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) The name of the LLC is TK Firearms, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on January 3, 2020. New York office location: 449 Fairview Avenue, Town of Greenport, County of Columbia and the State of New York.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is: TK Firearms, LLC; 449 Fairview Avenue, Hudson, New York 12534. Purpose/Character of business: Any lawful business purpose permitted under the New York Limited Liability Company Law. This notification is made pursuant to Section 206 of the Limited Liability Company Law NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF COLUMBIA

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Federal National Mortgage Association ("Fannie Mae"), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, Plaintiff AGAINST Paul M. Podmijersky a/k/a Paul Podmijersky; Amanda Podmijersky; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated November 19, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Columbia County Courthouse, Hudson, New York on February 19, 2020 at 11:00AM, premises known as 15 Podmijersky Road, Hudson, NY 12534. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Livingston, County of Columbia, State of NY, Section 140. Block 1 Lot 26. Approximate amount of judgment $247,172.43 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 13577-18.

Sandra M. Colatosti, Esq., Referee Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792 Dated: January 10, 2020 #98194

Notice to bidders.

Please take notice that the Town of Hillsdale highway department is seeking bids for the following materials.

1- # 1 Washed stone 2- # 1A Washed stone 3- # 2 Washed stone 4- Tailings 5- Item 4 gravel 6- Screen fill 7- Stone fill 8- Crusher run gravel 9- Winter snow sand 10- #1 Drainage stone 11- #2 Drainage stone 12- #3 Drainage stone 13- #4 Drainage stone 14- Blacktop The Town of Hillsdale highway department is seeking bids for a fully insured TREE CONTRACTOR. Contractor must have at least three million dollars in liability insurance. All bidders must have a truck with at least 60’ aerial working height.

Bids must be accompanied with an insurance certificate.

Tree contractor must be qualified to work around electric lines.

OSHA certificate must accompany bid.

Tree trimming and removal will be bid by both an hourly rate (on site) and a daily rate (our crews’ hours) Bids will be both with and without a ground man.

Bids will be with and without a chipper.

Bids will be publicly opened at the February 11, 2020 meeting of the Town Board.

Bids must be received by the Town Clerk, at the Town Hall, Route 23 Hillsdale, NY 12529, by 1pm on February 10, 2020 in sealed envelopes and bear on the face the name and address of the bidder. All bids will be for the time period of February 15, 2020 thru February 14, 2021. A non-collusive bidding certificate must accompany all bids. The town board reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids.

RICHARD BRIGGS, Highway Superintendent 518-325-4744

Public Notice of Intent to Provide Transportation for Elderly Individuals and Individuals with Disabilities Utilizing Federal Funds Transportation providers and other interested parties are hereby notified that (In Flight, Inc. PO Box 326 Red Hook, NY 12571) is applying for a federal grant of up to $26.1 million, under Section 5310 of Chapter 53 Title 49, United States Code, for grant vehicle(s) to operate specialized transportation within (Dutchess, Ulster, Columbia, Greene Counties) to meet the needs of elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities.

The purpose of this notice is to invite private for-profit bus, taxi, ambulette operators and other interested parties to participate in the development of proposed grant project(s) and in the provision of enhanced transportation services to elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities.

Please contact (Diane Schneider 845-8356060 ext. 113) within 15 calendar days of this public notice to request a copy of the project(s) proposed.

Comments on proposed projects must be submitted to (In Flight, Inc.) within 15 calendar days after receipt of the proposed project information.

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK - COUNTY OF COLUMBIA U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ASSET INVESTMENT LOAN TRUST MORTGAGE PA S S - T H R O U G H CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-BNC3, V. DAWN MATO, ET AL. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated November 12, 2020, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Columbia, wherein U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ASSET INVESTMENT LOAN TRUST MORTGAGE PA S S - T H R O U G H CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-BNC3 is the Plaintiff and DAWN MATO, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the COLUMBIA COUNTY COURTHOUSE, FRONT LOBBY, 401 UNION STREET, HUDSON, NY 12534, on February 14, 2020 at 10:00AM, premises known as 114 COUNTY ROUTE 7A, COPAKE, NY 12516: Section 187.1, Block 2, Lot 20: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMP R O V E M E N T S THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE TOWN OF COPAKE, COUNTY OF COLUMBIA, STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 13527-18. Robert Thomas Bugbee, Esq. - Referee. RAS Boriskin, LLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff.

STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF GREENE Filed: 09/10/2019 Index No.: 19-0749 SUMMONS AND NOTICE Mortgaged Prem-

ises: 2237 Route 145 East Durham, (Town of Durham) NY 12423 CITIMORTGAGE, INC., Plaintiff, -vsAny unknown heirs to the Estate of LORETTA F. JOHNSON, next of kin, devisees, legatees, distributees, grantees, assignees, creditors, lienors, trustees, executors, administrators or successors in interest, as well as the respective heirs at law, next of kin, devisees, legatees, distributees, grantees, assignees, lienors, trustees, executors, administrators or successors in interest of the aforesaid classes of persons, if they or any of them be dead, all of whom and whose names and places of residence are unknown to the plaintiff; GEORGE JOHNSON; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OBO INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; and “JOHN DOE” and “MARY DOE,” (Said names being fictitious, it being the intention of plaintiff to designate any and all occupants, tenants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises being foreclosed herein), Defendants.

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on Plaintiff's attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a Defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. 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 OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is for the foreclosure of: Mortgage bearing the date of January 25, 1999, executed by Loretta F. Johnson to Homestead Funding Corp. to secure the sum of $55,204.00, and interest, and recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Greene County on January 29, 1999 in Book: 1261, Page: 276.

That Homestead Funding Corp., a New York corporation duly assigned said Note and Mortgage to Source One Mortgage Services Corporation by Assignment dated January 25, 1999 and recorded on January 29, 1999 in the Office of the Clerk of Greene County in Book: 1261, Page: 282.

That White Mountains Services Corporation, fka Source One Mortgage Services Corporation, fka Firemans Fund Mortgage Corporation, fka Manufacturers Hanover Mortgage Corporation, fka Citizens Mortgage Corporation duly assigned said Note and Mortgage to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. by Assignment dated March 23, 2000 and recorded on July 14, 2000 in the Office of the Clerk of Greene County in Book: 1377, Page: 310.

That Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (“MERS”) duly assigned said Note and Mortgage to CitiMortgage, Inc. by Assignment dated January 21, 2019 and recorded on January 30, 2019 in the Office of the Clerk 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.”

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Please send letter of interest or resume outlining experience to Town Supervisor Jeffry Ruso, 3809 County Route 51, Hannacroix, NY 12087, jruso@townofnewbaltimore.org, or call (518)756-6671, Ext. 7 for information.

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SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF COLUMBIA U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF10 MASTER

PA R T I C I PAT I O N TRUST, Plaintiff against DAWN H. VANVORST A/K/A DAWN H. VAN VORST, et al Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated on December 19, 2019.

I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Columbia County Courthouse, 401 Union Street, Hudson, N.Y. on the 2nd day of March, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. premises described as follows: All that tract or parcel of land together with the buildings and improvements located thereon, situated in the Town of Stockport, County of Columbia, State of New York.

Said premises known as 131 County Route 25, Hudson, N.Y. 12534.

(Section: 81.4, Block: 1, Lot: 52).

Approximate amount of lien $ 219,568.21 plus interest and costs.

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

Index No. 13700-18.

Henry R. Bauer, Esq., Referee.

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B8 Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Boys

Ethan Phillips’ 14 points led Cairo-Durham. Ethan Handel contributed 14.

Chatham held quarterly leads of 12-9, 32-21 and 44-30.

CAIRO-DURHAM (44): Doble 1-1-3, Handel 6-2-14, Morgan 1-0-3, Phillips 4-6-17, Rivera 2-2-7. Totals 14-11-44.

3-pointers: Phillips 3, Morgan.

CHATHAM (64): Clarke 1-02, Ford 2-1-5, Gregg 4-5-14, T. Jeralds 1-3-5, Kastner 2-3-8, Talbott 0-3-3, Thorsen 1-1-3, Van Tassell 3-0-7, Williams 6-5-17. Totals 20-21-64.

3-pointers: Gregg, Kastner, Van Tassel.

From B1

throughout.

Bluehawks’ Nate Johnson had an important block on an Indians shot attempt at the end of the half, and Hudson went into halftime down by a point, 36-35.

The third period began with hard defense on display for both teams, the referees missing more than a handful of foul calls for both sides. A few minutes later, Hudson took the lead at the free throw line as the quarter was ending, and led 52-51 going into the fourth.

The fourth quarter started with a small 6-2 run by Hudson in the first 3:30, forcing Coxsackie-Athens to call a timeout. Out of the short break, the Indians responded with six unanswered points of their own to take a 59-58 lead.

On the next play, Isaiah Maines was fouled as he knocked down a jumper, made his free throw, and put the Bluehawks up for good as Coxsackie-Athens did not score again.

Hudson picked up a few more points at the end off of rebounds, thanks to desperate shots by the Indians and went on to win the game.

HUDSON (70): Anderson 4-0-8, DeJesus 1-0-2, Griffin 6-1-13, Hedgepeth 5-2-16, Johnson 1-0-2, Maines 6-9-23, Romano 3-0-6. Totals 26-1270.

3-pointers: Hedgepeth 4, Maines 2.

COXSACKIE-ATHENS 59): Boehm 8-0-16, Hynes 2-0-4, Kiefer 5-2-15, Kane Schrader 2-1-5, Killian Schrader 6-0-12, Simmons 3-0-7. Totals 26-359.

3-pointers: Kiefer 3, Simmons.

Maple Hill 73, Greenville 67 GREENVILLE — Maple Hill overcame a one-point deficit after three quarters with a 2316 scoring edger over the final eight minutes to nail down a 73-67 Patroon Conference boys basketball victory over Greenville on Friday.

Maple Hill built a 20-14 lead after one quarter, but Greenville got to within 35-34 at halftime surged ahead, 51-50, after three.

Rian Jewett dropped 25 to lead Maple Hill. Blake Decker had 15 and Dominic Hirschoff 10.

Greenville’s Damien Fiducia led all scorer with 30 points. JJ O’Connor chipped in with 15.

MAPLE HILL (73): Decker 3-9-15, Flach 0-2-2, Hirschoff 4-2-10, Jewett 10-3-25, Marra 3-3-9, McGarvey 2-0-4, Sherwood 2-1-5, Utter 1-0-3. Totals 25-20-73.

Girls From B1

Tacy 2-2-6, Tedford 4-0-11.

Totals 28-8-73.

3-pointers: Tedford 3, Berger 2, Bleau 2, Chevrier, Strock.

COLONIAL Ichabod Crane 69, Mohonasen 56 VALATIE — Madison

Chiefs From B1

our team. . . . They were better than us today. We can deal with that. But we’re obviously pretty disappointed.”

Mahomes became a Super Bowl winner in his third NFL season. He had a firsthalf rushing touchdown and ended up completing 26 of 42 passes for 286 yards. Chiefs Coach Andy Reid added a Super Bowl victory to his distinguished career.

“He’s one of the greatest

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Hudson’s Isaiah Maines shoots over Coxsackie-Athens’ Josh Kiefer during Friday’s Patroon Conference boys basketball game.

Hudson’s Dayquan Griffin puts up a shot during Friday’s Patroon Conference boys basketball game against Coxsackie-Athens.

Mohonasen 53, Ichabod Crane 48 ROTTERDAM — Shawn Gillisslee and Alexander Gannon combined for 34 points to help Mohonasen defeat Ichabod Crane, 53-48, in Friday’s Colonial Council boys basketball game.

Gillisslee and Gannon each had 17 points for the Might Warriors, who held quarterly leads of 11-10, 28-20 and 4037.

Zach Kennedy had 18 points for the Riders. Brett richards chipped in with 10.

ICHABOD CRANE (48): Holzhauer 0-1-1, Kennedy 6-3-18, Mulica 1-0-2, Ogden 3-0-8, Richards 5-0-10, Vecellio 0-1-1, Walsh 1-0-2, Wheeler 3-0-6. Totals 19-548.

3-pointers: Kennedy 3, Ogden 2.

MOHONASEN (53): Coelho 2-2-7, Gannon 7-1-17, Gillisslee 7-3-17, March 1-0-2, Reinke 1-0-2, Vice 3-1-8. Totals 21-7-53.

3-pointers: Gannon 2, Coelho, Vice.

CHVL

in Chatham’s 64-44 Patroon Conference boys basketball victory over Cairo-Durham on Friday.

Jayshawn Williams led the Panthers with 17 points. Zach Gregg had 14 and Quinten Kastner eight.

Germantown 59, Loudonville 35 GERMANTOWN — Germantown jumped out to a double-digit lead in the opening quarter and never looked back in handing Loudonville Christian a 59-35 loss in Friday’s Central Hudson Valley League boys basketball game.

The Clippers led 17-4 by the end of the first quarter, 33-17 at halftime and 51-27 after three.

Robbie Eaton was the Clippers’ top scorer with 19 points.

Bryan Bathrick had 16.

Patrick Manella led Loudonville Christian with 14 points.

LOUDONVILLE (35): Manella 4-2-14, Myhre 3-06, Scott 4-0-8, Simon 1-2-4, Woods 1-0-3. Totals 13-4-35.

3-pointers: Manella 4, Woods.

GERMANTOWN (59): Anderson 4-1-9, Bathrick 7-1-16, Eaton 8-0-19, Hohensheldt 1-0-3, McKinney 2-0-4, Rifenburgh 4-0-8. Totals 26-2-59.

3-pointers: Eaton 3, Bathrick, Hohensheldt.

45-36.

MOHONASEN (56): Collins 1-0-2, Fasolino 5-0-13, Hart 2-2-8, Lennon 5-1-11, Lott 7-3-19, Petrocci 1-0-3. Totals 21-6-56.

3-pointers: Fasolino 3, Hart 2, Lott 2, Petrocci.

ICHABOD CRANE (69): A. Ames 4-0-10, H. Ames 1-0-2, Culver 4-0-8, Dolge 6-3-16, Graham 7-6-22, More 5-1-11.

Totals 27-10-69.

3-pointers: A. Ames 2,

Graham 2, Dolge.

Germantown 47, Loudonville 40 LOUDONVILLE — A big third quarter run helped Germantown post a 47-40 victory over Loudonville Christian, 47-40, n Friday’s Central Hudson Valley League girls basketball game.

Germantown was up 14-13 at the end of the first quarter,

but Loudnville drew even at 23-23 by halftime. The Clippers then went on a 16-7 run in the stanza to take the lead for good.

Kierlan Denninger led Germantown ith 13 points. Riley Gibbons and Kaycee Hayes each had 10.

Skyler Householder’s 18 points topped Loudonville Christian.

GERMANTOWN (47): Decker 2-0-4, Denninger

6-1-13, Dunn 3-2-8, Gibbons 5-0-10, Hayes 4-0-10, Ljutich 1-0-2. Totals 21-3-47.

3-pointers: Hayes 2.

LOUDONVILLE (40): Branch 1-0-2, Householder 7-1-18, Paddock 1-0-2, Ralston 3-1-8, Temple 2-0-4, Woods 3-0-6. Totals 17-2-40.

3-pointers: Householder 3, Ralston.

late touchdowns. From there, their offense appeared typically unstoppable.

“I told them that I’d coach another 20 years if I could have that group right there, man,” Reid said. “They’re a beautiful bunch - resilient, tough, tough-minded. . . . I’m so proud of them.”

Reid did his part by sending his offense back on the field for a fourth-and-one try from the San Francisco 5-yard line in the opening quarter, trailing by a field goal. As the Chiefs lined up, Mahomes and three other players performed a synchronized twirl to their right as part of a shift. Williams took

a direct snap and ran for four yards and a first down at the 1-yard line. Mahomes scored from there on a second-down quarterback keeper.

Garoppolo threw an interception to hand the Chiefs a second-quarter field goal.

But Garoppolo and the 49ers regrouped quickly. A superb drive ended with Garoppolo connecting with Juszczyk for a 15-yard touchdown. The 49ers had a chance to take the lead just before halftime. But Shanahan at first took a conservative approach to clock management. Then, when the Niners suddenly turned aggressive, a long completion

from Garoppolo to tight end George Kittle was negated by an offensive pass interference penalty called against Kittle for a light push-off.

“The ref made the call,” Kittle said, “and I’ve got to live with it.”

Shanahan opted against a fourth-and-two try from the Kansas City 24-yard line in favor of a field goal and a 13-10 lead in the third quarter. Mahomes threw an interception that led to Mostert’s one-yard touchdown run that upped the Niners’ advantage to 2010.

“I just tried to fight,” Mahomes said. “I thought that

was the biggest thing. Obviously the third quarter didn’t go the way I wanted it to. I tried to force some things and got some turnovers. That’s a really good [49ers] defense. . . . I didn’t play to my liking in the third quarter. The guys believed in me and gave me confidence and kept fighting, and we found ways to win at the end.”

Mahomes and the Chiefs just were getting started, as it turned out.

“He’s greatness in a bottle,” Wilson said. “He showed up big for us today. Everybody did.”

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Chatham 64, Cairo-Durham 44 CHATHAM — Nine players reached the scoring column

Graham dropped 22 points to highlight Ichabod Crane’s 6956 victory over Mohonasen in Friday’s Colonial Council girls basketball game.

Abigail Dolge chipped 16 points to the Riders’ attack.

Ashley Aes had 10.

Breanna Lott was Mohonasen’s top scorer with 19 points.

Ava Fasolino had 13 and Jahddah Lennon 11.

The Riders built quarterly leads of 18-17, 30-27 and coaches of all time,” Mahomes said. “I don’t think he needed a Lombardi Trophy to prove that. But just to do that, it puts all doubt aside. He’s gonna be listed as one of the all-time great coaches in history whenever he wants to be done, which I hope is not any time soon.”

Reid had lost his previous Super Bowl head coaching appearance while with the Philadelphia Eagles. He seemed on his way to another Super Bowl defeat until Mahomes connected with wide receiver Tyreek Hill for a 44-yard gain on a third-and-15 play to set up the first of the Chiefs’ three

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Mahomes, in Super Bowl comeback, showed why he is the NFL’s best quarterback Jerry Brewer The Washington Post

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — In the fourth quarter of Super Bowl LIV, in a game descending into agony, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes asked his team to believe. It took some nerve to make that request because Mahomes, perhaps the most mesmerizing young quarterback the NFL has ever seen, seemed lost at that point. He was confused, frustrated, impatient. He was awful, and Mahomes doesn’t do awful.

Tyreek Hill sighed and slumped his shoulders. Mahomes had just thrown a pass behind the receiver, and San Francisco 49ers safety Tarvarius Moore intercepted it. It was Mahomes’s second pick of the night, his first multi-interception game since November 2018. The Chiefs trailed by 10.

Believe? Hill had lost faith.

“Man, how are we going to pull this off?” Hill recalled asking.

“You’ve got to believe, brother,” Mahomes insisted. “It’s going to happen, man. I can feel it.”

Looking back, it seems foolish that Hill had such doubt. In a rousing rally, Mahomes turned his most perplexing performance into his pluckiest in a 31-20 Kansas City victory before 62,417 at Hard Rock Stadium. In the Chiefs’ first Super Bowl appearance in 50 years, on a night when the NFL celebrated its 100th season by honoring its 100 greatest players, Mahomes cemented his legend as a phenom who could help define the next century. He proved he is more than the sport’s greatest entertainer. At this moment, he is its best active player, period, and now he has the championship, the signature comeback and all the requisite toughness and resilience to boot.

With the Chiefs trailing 20-10 midway through the fourth quarter, Mahomes bounced back and delivered the Lombardi Trophy to a long-suffering football town and to Andy Reid, his long-suffering coach.

He didn’t do it simply by believing. He had to recover, and he had to do so against the San Francisco defense, a force as mighty as the offense he directs so brilliantly. The 49ers were dragging Mahomes by the mohawk toward his ultimate humbling.

Then magic happened. Mahomes Magic, as

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Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) celebrates after a touchdown in the fourth quarter against the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV at Hard Rock Stadium.

they call it. On third down and 15, he connected with Hill for 44 yards. Man, how are we going to pull this off? Mahomes’s answer: Quickly. Marvelously. Emphatically.

Four plays after Hill’s catch ignited the offense, Mahomes hit all-pro tight end Travis Kelce for a one-yard touchdown. The deficit had been trimmed to three. After the Kansas City defense came through with a three-andout, Mahomes went to work again. He needed only 2 minutes 26 seconds to drive 65 yards and take the lead. He and Sammy Watkins combined to burn San Francisco cornerback Richard Sherman on a 38-yard pass. Three plays after that, Mahomes found Damien Williams for a five-yard score. All of a sudden, the Chiefs led 24-20. They had broken a 49ers defense that seemingly broke them.

“It’s Magic Mahomes,” Kelce said. “It’s Showtime Mahomes. He’s going to be himself no matter what the scenario is, and you know

Shanahan — conservative and timid — will have to wear 49ers’ Super Bowl collapse Dieter Kurtenbach The Mercury News

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan dared the best player in the NFL to beat him by being timid and conservative, by being willing to take three points instead of pushing for seven, by choosing to burn clock instead of trying to press his advantage.

And yet still, the 49ers were less than nine minutes away from winning the Super Bowl title Sunday. They led the Kansas City Chiefs 20-10, were dominating on both offense and defense, and had the ball with less than nine minutes to play in the fourth quarter.

They subsequently collapsed in a dramatic and comprehensive fashion.

Shanahan and the 49ers gave Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes an inch. He took so much more — he took away San Francisco’s sixth Super Bowl title, leading Kansas City to its first championship in 50 years with a 31-20 win.

The 49ers’ head coach came to the Super Bowl with the goal of changing his legacy. Despite being the most brilliant offensive mind in the NFL and one of the league’s best head coaches, young or old, Shanahan is best known for “28-3” — the lead the Atlanta Falcons had over the New England Patriots three years ago in Super Bowl LI. Sunday’s 20-10 scoreline won’t be emblazoned on tshirts, but the loss should be worn by the 49ers’ head coach.

Maybe it’s just bad luck, and, of course, it isn’t all on the coach — he only calls the plays, the players must execute. His quarterback, Jimmy Garoppolo, was flustered in

the fourth quarter behind an offensive line that broke down.

The Niners’ defense — which was controlling the contest — shattered. But Shanahan is the common denominator of two of the more shocking fourthquarter collapses in Super Bowl history.

In Shanahan’s seven career fourth-quarter drives as an offensive play-caller, his offenses are yet to score a point.

On Sunday, the 49ers’ first two punts of the contest arrived on their first two drives of the fourth quarter. The Chiefs took the subsequent drives and turned their 20-10 deficit into a 24-20 lead.

And yet, still, San Francisco had a chance to win the game late. They had the ball, down four, with 2:44 to play. The Niners mustered only seven plays and barely crossed midfield, turning the ball over on downs and handing the victory to Kansas City, who added another touchdown to the scoreboard when merely a first down or two would have sufficed.

“We didn’t take our opportunities,” George Kittle said. “I could give you every cliche in the book — we just didn’t get it done.”

Shanahan’s play-calling in the fourth quarter will surely be parsed, dissected, and criticized by 49ers fans for years to come. But it was his larger choices — his decisions to kick two field goals instead of trying to convert reasonable fourth downs in an effort for seven points and to effectively concede a possession at the end of the first half — as to not allow Kansas City another — that will loom ever larger as time passes.

what? I love him. He willed this team back into the game.”

And now Reid is a winner. The coach entered this game with 221 career regular season and postseason victories, the most in league history for any coach without a Super Bowl of NFL championship. After 21 NFL seasons as a head coach, we now know why it took so long for Reid to win the big one: He had to wait for Mahomes.

Mahomes might have been worth all the heartbreaking losses, all the criticisms of his clock management. Mahomes needed until nearly the last possible minute to find himself, but he finally did so. After that second interception, Mahomes completed 8 of 13 passes for 114 yards and two touchdowns to complete the most memorable of Kansas City’s three comefrom-behind victories this postseason.

“I’m going to go get the biggest cheeseburger you’ve ever seen,” Reid joked. “And it might be

a double.”

By the end, Mahomes’s numbers looked quite nice: He completed 26 of 42 passes for 286 yards and two touchdowns. But to get there, he had to accept his toughest challenge. San Francisco had the most potent defense he has faced, and it had the perfect game plan to limit the Chiefs’ big plays, to keep Mahomes from improvising and to hit the quarterback enough to make him flustered.

For 3 1/2 quarters, the 49ers made the game look uglier for Mahomes than he has experienced as an NFL player. But in the end, it merely enabled him to show how great he truly is.

“I had the mind-set that I’m going to keep firing it,” Mahomes said.

He didn’t need another flawless performance full of highlights. Mahomes needed to show he can do it the hard way. He needed to overcome the opponent and himself. That he figured it out was an impressive way to take his rightful place as the new face of the NFL. It’s a designation that Mahomes is too humble to claim.

“There are several guys that can be the face of the NFL,” he said. “Lamar Jackson was just the unanimous MVP and had one of the greatest seasons ever for a quarterback.”

Mahomes won the MVP a year ago at age 23 after throwing for 5,097 yards and 50 touchdowns. Now, at 24, he became the secondyoungest quarterback to win a Super Bowl. But he is a different animal when you compare him to some of the other 25-and-under Super Bowlwinning QBs. That list includes Ben Roethlisberger, Tom Brady and Russell Wilson, and it’s likely that all of them are headed to the Hall of Fame. But put Mahomes with those three, and here’s the difference: He is the only one who was asked to carry his team as a young quarterback. Roethlisberger, Brady and Wilson grew into their franchise-player responsibilities.

Mahomes has been the franchise since he became a starter. And he is not just an extraordinary athlete with a gifted arm. He is a relentless competitor, too.

“Doesn’t matter the score,” Kelce said.

“Doesn’t matter. We’ve got Pat Mahomes.”

And the Chiefs will never doubt what he is capable of again. The rest of us would be wise to join them. fbn-brewer-1stld-writethru

Kansas City’s biggest chief, Andy Reid, finally wins a Lombardi Trophy Sam Farmer Los Angeles Times

MIAMI — Andy Reid coached 365 games without a Super Bowl victory, meaning he could have coached a game a day for an entire year without reaching the NFL mountaintop.

The breakthrough came Sunday in No. 366.

Now that’s what you call a leap year.

What better coach to end the 50-year drought of the Kansas City Chiefs than the lovable Reid, a man who endured a historic dry spell of his own.

“It was written in the stars,” linebacker Reggie Ragland said. “It was meant to be.”

Written in the record books too. Reid came into Super Bowl LIV with 221 victories, more than any coach in NFL history without a ring — and that list includes Marty Schottenheimer (205), Dan Reeves (201), Chuck Knox (193) and Jeff Fisher (178).

Reid blissfully extricated himself from that category, a reality so delightful he happily accepted the involuntary ice-bucket challenge that came courtesy of his players as the clock was winding down on the 31-20 victory over the San Francisco 49ers.

“The guys were jumping on top of me, I got an ice bath and everything,” Reid said of the celebration that followed the gameclinching touchdown run by Damien Williams, putting Kansas City up by 11. “I didn’t have a lot of time to reflect on anything, other than try to keep guys off the field. We still had a minute and some left to go, so anything can happen.

“It was awesome. Just to be able to celebrate with guys that worked so hard just to get you to this spot. To get themselves and the team to this spot.”

Unlike 15 years ago, when New England edged Reid’s Philadelphia Eagles in Jacksonville, there was no Tom Brady to play spoiler. San Francisco’s Jimmy Garoppolo did a solid job for most of the game, but wasn’t going to put his team on his shoulders and carry it to victory.

Patrick Mahomes did that, coolly guiding the Chiefs out of another 10-point abyss, just as he did in the AFC championship game against Tennessee. In the divisional game against Houston, the Chiefs spotted the Texans a 24-0 lead before roaring back to outscore the visitors 51-7 the rest of the way.

“It’s just team; we have heart,” Mahomes said. “That’s just from Day 1, coach pushes us to be the best people we can be, and we never give up. I think those guys around this — the leaders we have on this team — they

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Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid is dunked with Gatorade by his players in the fourth quarter against the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV at Hard Rock Stadium.

have that mindset that we never give up and we’re going to fight until the end.”

Reid exhibited those traits dating to his days at Marshall High in Los Angeles, where he would launch his football career. He was unafraid and relentless from an early age.

On a hot afternoon nearly 60 years ago, Reid got into a scuffle with the school’s quarterback and had the poor guy on the ropes. The quarterback yelled for his teammates to step in. But they were doubled over with laughter ... because Reid was the 6-year-old ball boy.

With his chubby hands clutching his foe’s facemask, Reid had leaned back and had the quarterback bent over at the waist and wind-milling his arms.

“The guy had been harassing Andy, giving him a hard time,” Reid’s older brother, Reg, a halfback on the team, recalled for the Los Angeles Times in 2001. “He was going, ‘Reid! Reid! Get your brother off me! Get your brother off me!’ “ It was that stubborn spirit that guided Reid through all the disappointments and near misses over the years, and kept him in the game despite the tragic loss of his eldest son, Garrett, who died of a drug overdose in 2012.

“I had two goals when I became the starting quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs,” Mahomes said. “The first was to win the Lamar Hunt Trophy (awarded to the AFC champion). I wanted to bring it home, the

one that has our founder’s name on it ...

“And the second most important thing was to get coach Reid a Super Bowl trophy.

He’s one of the greatest coaches of all time.

I don’t think he needed the Lombardi Trophy to prove that. But just to do that, it puts all doubt aside.”

Whereas Reid shrugged off the yoke of Super Bowl disappointment, San Francisco’s Kyle Shanahan was burdened with more. He was Atlanta’s offensive coordinator when the Patriots pulled off the biggest comeback in Super Bowl history, wiping out a 28-3 deficit to win in overtime. And Sunday, Shanahan’s 49ers were outscored, 21-0, in the final 6:13.

In the fourth quarter and overtime of his two Super Bowls, Shanahan’s teams have been outscored, 46-0.

“Yeah, it was a tough loss and it hurts everybody in that locker room, losing the Super Bowl,” Shanahan said. “We had opportunities to win and came up short. ... They were better than us today. We can deal with that, but we’re obviously disappointed.”

Reid is a creature of habit, and throughout the season he has a reliable routine whenever speaking to the media after practice. He lists the injuries, then opens the news conference to questions with, “The time is yours.”

Yo, Andy.

At long last, the time is yours.

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Five takeaways from the Chiefs’ Super Bowl LIV comeback victory John Clayton The Washington Post

The Kansas City Chiefs completed a masterful comeback in their 31-20 victory over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV, shaking off a rough start from quarterback Patrick Mahomes and their high-powered offense.

Here are five big takeaways from the Chiefs’ championship victory: • The win was a breakthrough for Andy Reid, and another heartbreak for Kyle Shanahan.

I’ve covered 43 of the 54 Super Bowls and I can’t remember a game that meant more for the individual legacy of a coach. Reid entered the game with a 14-14 playoff record and one trip to the Super Bowl, which was a loss. He was being billed as the best coach to never have won a Super Bowl.

After Patrick Mahomes’ third-quarter interception, with his team trailing by 10 points, it looked as though Reid was about to have yet another postseason disappointment. Instead, Mahomes led two fourth quarter touchdowns to put Kansas City in front, 24-20, before a late Damien Williams touchdown run added insurance. Reid no longer needs a Super Bowl championship to complete his otherwise stellar coaching resume.

Of course, the win comes at the expense of Shanahan, who already had one Super Bowl failure in the New England Patriots’ comeback from a 28-3 deficit three seasons ago, when he was the offensive coordinator of the Atlanta Falcons. Plenty of fans and outside observers will note that Shanahan was once again on the wrong end of a comeback, even though this one was only 10 points.

While this result was much more about the brilliant comeback led by Mahomes than it was a failure by San Francisco, the thing that will have to nag Shanahan is that after that Mahomes interception, the 49ers had four possessions, which went punt, punt, turnover on downs, and interception. Had they made one or two plays on offense down the stretch, maybe the outcome would have been different.

It’ll be up to the 49ers coaches and management to keep this loss from affecting the team moving forward, the way Super Bowl defeats have

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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo (10) throws against Kansas City Chiefs defensive tackle Derrick Nnadi (91) during the first quarter of Super Bowl LIV at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. on Sunday.

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Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt kisses the Vince Lombardi Trophy after defeating the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV at Hard Rock Stadium.

been disruptive in recent years for teams like the Seattle Seahawks.

• Never before have we seen a quarterback be this good this quickly.

In all those years covering the NFL, I’ve never seen a quarterback rise as fast as Mahomes. In his first year as a starter, he threw 50 touchdown passes, won the league MVP award and took the Chiefs to the brink of a Super Bowl berth, only to lose in overtime of the AFC championship to Tom Brady and the Patriots.

This year, his numbers weren’t as good, but his accomplishments were better.

He overcame double-digit deficits in all three of Kansas City’s postseason games, and won the Super Bowl MVP. Early in Super Bowl LIV, Mahomes, a former major league pitching prospect, had the look of a starting pitcher whose fastball was just a little off. He missed throws he usually makes, and appeared rattled against the 49ers’ stellar pass rush.

Regardless, Mahomes made it work. He finished with 26 of 42 passing for 286 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions, and made a couple of critical throws - the first a 44-yard completion to Tyreek Hill on a third-and-15 on the drive that cut the Niners’ lead to 20-17, and then a 38-yarder to Sammy Watkins on the

drive that put them ahead, 2420. When the Chiefs needed the drives and throws to win the game, Mahomes made them. He ripped the hearts out of a 49ers defense that was one of the best in football this year.

• Jimmy Garoppolo will take some heat, but he didn’t have a bad game overall.

The Niners’ quarterback will receive some criticism for the team’s failures down the stretch, and understandably so. But he did a great job of bouncing back from an early interception and putting San Francisco in position to nearly win a Super Bowl. Entering the fourth quarter, he had gone 12 of 13 for 156 yards after that first-quarter interception.

He isn’t on the same level as Mahomes, but Garoppolo proved himself as capable of being a quarterback to lead his team to a conference championship. This Niners team could be a contender for years to come. Unfortunately, he will have to live with his fourth-quarter failures and the criticism that comes with that.

• Damien Williams was the X-factor.

I had written in my bold predictions that Williams could have a good game, but I couldn’t have seen this coming. Williams made several key plays for the Chiefs, finishing with 104 rushing yards and a touchdown to go with four catches for 29 yards and a

touchdown.

Like former Chiefs running back Kareem Hunt, Williams has the versatility to thrive in Kansas City’s offense as both a runner and a pass-catcher.

Now he has a Super Bowl ring, and the Chiefs might not have pulled off the comeback if not for him.

• The Chiefs will have a tough time keeping this group together.

The biggest challenge for Reid and General Manager Brett Veach is to keep the Legion of Zoom together. Mahomes is in line for a contract extension that could pay him $40 million a year, and that means Kansas City will likely need to cut down on costs elsewhere.

Hill, who caught nine passes for 105 yards, is making $18 million a year. Watkins, who finished with five catches for 98 yards, is making $16 million a year and might not be back.

It’ll be tough to keep the entirety of this roster together.

But this team is fun. It has great chemistry and great talent.

“We have heart,” Mahomes said after the game. “That’s just from day one. Coach Reid pushes us to be the best people we can be and we never give up.”

That certainly showed Sunday.

Super Bowl: 49ers defense was Lombardiworthy until Mahomes, Chiefs wrestled it away Evan Webeck The Mercury News

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — All it took was a stutter. Sammy Watkins got a step on Richard Sherman, and he was gone. Patrick Mahomes unleashed the pass over Sherman’s head and into Watkins’ hands. Four plays later came the decisive score of Super Bowl LIV. Against any other offense, it wouldn’t have happened. It couldn’t have.

But no team in football was better against the zone than the Chiefs this season. And no team in football relied on the zone more — and more successfully — than San Francisco in its cover three scheme.

But on this play — and many in this 31-20 loss to the Chiefs in Super Bowl LIV — Sherman was matched up one-on-one against the speedy Watkins.

“Uncle Sherm” as he’s become known in the twilight of his career couldn’t keep up.

The 49ers spent the past two weeks implementing a largely man-to-man scheme to contain a Chiefs offense that had torn apart the zone this season.

Measured by ESPN’s QBR stat, Mahomes was near-perfect — 99.3 out of a possible 100 — against the zone.

Turns out, this prolific Chiefs

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San Francisco 49ers defensive lineman DeForest Buckner (99) reacts after sacking Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) during the fourth quarter of Super Bowl LIV at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. on Sunday.

offense can beat just about any defense.

As usual, Sherman patrolled the left side of the field and Emmanuel Mosely the right. But, for the most part, they matched up one-on-one with the receiver lined up opposite them, with safeties Jimmie Ward and Jaquiski Tartt dropped back in coverage.

It wasn’t until the fourth quarter that the Chiefs offense began to heat up. Nick Bosa was in Mahomes’ face on the first play of the game. Mahomes tried to find running back Damien Williams in the flat, but

Bosa got his hand on the pass.

The next play? Another pass incomplete to Williams. The vaunted Chiefs offense didn’t look so might after all.

But the Chiefs simply used their opening drive as a test run.

Then they started testing the run. And, more crucially, the run-pass option.

If Kansas City’s first drive was vanilla, then everything that followed was funfetti. Only to be followed by red-and-gold confetti when it was all over.

And yet, it took a pure act of Patrick Mahomes to crack Robert Saleh’s defense. Sure, the

first-half stat sheet looked good (Mahomes: 12-18, 104 yards; Williams: 47 yards on 10 rush attempts), but it had amounted to only 10 points. The 49ers had even intercepted Mahomes twice — once by linebacker Fred Warner in zone, another by fifth-string cornerback Tarvarius Moore in man coverage.

But late in the fourth quarter, Mahomes — with DeForest Buckner in his face — unleashed a bomb that could have moonlighted as a punt. Only, it landed in the hands of a wideopen Hill, who had gotten behind the San Francisco defense, for a gain of 44 yards. It only took four more plays for the Chiefs to get into the end zone and put their star quarterback within striking distance.

And strike, he did.

The 49ers proceeded to go three and out and put the ball right back in the hands of the one man they least wanted to have it. A weak punt gave Kansas City the ball just 15 yards from midfield, only needing a field goal to tie.

The 49ers, who held a 2010 lead with less than half the fourth-quarter to go, could not hold on. They contained Mahomes for 50 minutes, but could not do it 10 minutes longer.

Garoppolo wasn’t the star the 49ers needed him to be Kerry Crowley The Mercury News

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — With his former head coach, Bill Belichick, and former mentor, Tom Brady, in attendance at Hard Rock Stadium, 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo had a chance to break from their shadows and build his own Super Bowl legacy.

The 49ers starter already won two rings serving as Brady’s understudy, but when San Francisco traded for Garoppolo in 2017, the torch that John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan needed a quarterback to carry belonged to him.

Sunday was supposed to be the day Garoppolo earned his place next to Joe Montana and Steve Young as the face of a 49ers team that won a Super Bowl.

The stage was set, the 49ers led by a double-digit margin and yet when the curtain fell, Garoppolo had a leading role in a tragedy and not a triumph.

It wasn’t the ill-advised, mind-boggling secondquarter interception that led to a Chiefs field goal that will define Garoppolo’s performance, but there weren’t any notes of greatness to remember it by either. From the outset of his tenure in San Francisco, the 49ers have always said Garoppolo is “one of the guys,” for the way he fits in with his teammates and blends in to the background.

Against a Kansas City team led by star quarterback and Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes, the 49ers needed Garoppolo to be more than an average Joe. Instead, he played the role that became all-too-familiar and way too comfortable.

With a solid, if unspectacular stat line and a handful of nice throws on chunk plays, Garoppolo proved what he’s shown all along.

He’s more than capable of leading a balanced 49ers attack, but he’s less likely to be the best player on the

field when he’s playing in a big game.

There are other quarterbacks –such as Mahomes– who can pull a rabbit out of a hat in multiple ways, while it seems Garoppolo hasn’t yet figured out how to drop anyone’s jaw.

When the 49ers simply needed Garoppolo to manage the offense, he did it seamlessly in a third-quarter that featured two-scoring drives that allowed San Francisco to take a 10-point lead. But when the Chiefs began to threaten the 49ers’ supremacy midway through the fourth quarter, Garoppolo was not the man to punch his offense out of a corner.

On a critical three-andout that allowed Kansas City to get the ball back with more than five minutes on the clock, Garoppolo threw two incompletions and a had a pass batted at the line of scrimmage.

When the Chiefs took the lead –in large part thanks to Mahomes’ brilliance and heroics– Garoppolo struggled to move the ball and took a fourth-down sack that popped the balloon containing the 49ers’ Super Bowl hopes.

For fans who followed the 49ers all season, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Garoppolo wasn’t the X-factor on Sunday. He had great games and bad games, good games and games that made you shrug your shoulders. He was never the unquestioned star of the 49ers’ offense, like Mahomes has always been on a Kansas City team filled with elite talents.

The formula of Garoppolo merely being “one of the guys” worked for an entire season and the odds are good it will work in the future, too. The 49ers have incredible depth, top-tier talent at critical positions and a head coach who is considered one of the game’s best.

What they don’t have is a star at the quarterback position. On the game’s biggest stage, that hurt.

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