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CATSKILL — County lawmakers Wednesday night authorized a contract for annual surveys for predatory birds at the new jail site.

The project involves the use of approximately 21.2 acres of habitat occupied by the Short-eared Owl, an endangered species, and the Northern Harrier, a threatened species, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation.

To comply with DEC’s permit for the project, the county is required to conduct winter raptor surveys, invasive species monitoring and vegetation analysis, according to the resolution.

Quenzer Environmental LLC, of Selkirk, has been hired for the surveys, which will

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The raptor surveys will not be tacked on to the jail’s budget. I will not be charging this to the jail capital project, it would come from the county budget’s general fund.

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— Shaun Groden Greene County Administrator

cost the county $12,360 annually, according to the resolution.

“It is a requirement from DEC to evaluate the magnetic migration of the spotted owl... harrier...bats...whatever,” Greene County Administrator Shaun Groden said.

When asked how long the county would have to incur this cost, Deputy Administrator Warren Hart said, “The duration of our habitat

permit. Forever.”

Legislator Michael Bulich, R-Catskill, questioned the expense.

“I can’t believe we pay $135 per hour for a bird watcher,” he said.

The cost has actually come down, Hart said.

“This group worked with DEC to reduce the cost and we modified our permit,” Hart said. “The cost started out double this.”

County sheriff’s office welcomes new addition

By Sarah Trafton Columbia-Greene Media

CATSKILL — The Greene County Sheriff’s Office welcomed its newest member this week: a Belgian Malinois puppy named Bolt.

Named after the late Sgt. Mike Bolz, Bolt was donated to the sheriff’s office by a local breeder and will be assessed for his trainability at 18 months, Sheriff Peter Kusminsky said.

Bolt was accepted in anticipation of having to retire another K9 with the department named Havoc, Kusminsky

said.

Havoc is among hundreds of K9s throughout the state facing retirement if Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposed legalization of marijuana is passed.

In his budget proposal last month, Cuomo called for the legalization of adult use cannabis.

“I believe it is best done in the budget,” Cuomo said. “I said that last year. I believe the budget is the opportunity, frankly, to make some tough decisions and work through tough issues that without the budget, can often languish,

and I suggest that we get it done in the budget.”

The budget proposal includes taxation at three levels for cannabis: the cultivation would be taxed at $1 per dry weight gram of cannabis flower, $0.25 per dry weight gram of cannabis trim, and $0.14 per gram of wet cannabis.

There are two taxes: The sale to a dispensary would be taxed at 20% and the same sale to a dispensary would be taxed at 2% and be collected on account of the county or a city with a population of a million

These types of environmental requirements are not unheard of, Groden said.

“Rene [VanSchaack] does all of this for the developments further up 9W on an annual basis,” he said.

The raptor surveys will not be tacked on to the jail’s budget, Groden said.

“I will not be charging this to the jail capital project,” he said, adding that it would come from the county budget’s general fund.

The jail project is funded by a $39 million bond from Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc. at 2.49% interest and an $8.1 million contribution from the county.

Legislature Chairman Patrick Linger, R-New Baltimore, asked if the surveying could See JAIL A2

LEXINGTON — A fatal shooting of a 68-year-old man in the town of Lexington on Wednesday afternoon has been ruled a suicide, state police Public Information Officer Steven Nevel said Thursday.

State police were called around 1:30 p.m. to the Lexington Mission Church at 3974 Route 42, which is across from the Lexington Post Office. Police found the body of a man behind the church. The man sustained a gunshot wound to the head, state police said.

Police have declined to release the man’s name.

The man was driving a vehicle when he was pulled over by police. He exited his vehicle and ran.

“He was apparently being stopped for a vehicle and traffic investigation,” Nevel said.

“Everything else is under investigation.”

Lexington Postmaster Lubko Kizymah, who was working across the street, said Thursday he looked out the window and saw several officers arrive “with their guns ready.”

Police tape cordoned off the area around the church and the immediate vicinity of Route 42 was closed to traffic as investigators combed through the scene.

The incident remains under investigation, state police Senior Investigator William Fitzmaurice said Thursday.

The circumstances that led up to the shooting have not been released, but Fitzmaurice said investigators are continuing to develop leads and interview members of the man’s family.

Greene County Coroner Hassan J. Basagic III confirmed Thursday that the victim was a man, 68 years old, who lived near the church where the shooting took place.

An autopsy was scheduled to be performed Thursday at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, Basagic said.

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The Greene County Sheriff’s Office welcomed its newest member this week: a Belgian Malinois puppy named Bolt.

Named after the late Sgt. Mike Bolz, Bolt was donated to the sheriff’s office by a local breeder and will be assessed for his trainability at 18 months, Sheriff Peter Kusminsky said.

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be done in-house rather than by a third party in the future.

As long as the individual has the proper qualifications, they can conduct the survey, Hart said.

In addition to the species found on the jail site, there are 91.5 square feet of permanent impacts to state wetlands and approximately 13,433 square feet of permanent impacts to state wetlands adjacent areas, according to DEC. Another component of the county’s mitigation plan was to designate the approximately 30 acres undisturbed by the jail project as forever wild through a land management agreement, Groden said in an

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The governor also proposed the establishment of the Office of Cannabis to handle all licensing, enforcement and economic development.

“The OCM will administer all licensing, production and distribution of cannabis productions in the adult-use, industrial and medical cannabis markets,” according to governor.ny.gov.

Because Havoc was trained to find marijuana, passage of the law would force Havoc and more than 200 K9s with state police into retirement, Kusminsky said.

Legislators Harry Lennon, D-Cairo, and Michael Bulich, R-Catskill, asked Kusminsky if the department will be able to use canines in the future.

The dogs can be trained to find narcotics and track missing persons or suspects, Kusminsky said. The marijuana training would be left out.

The K9s give the same signal

interview in April 2019.

The site was also determined to be historically significant during its State Historic Preservation Office review.

“SHPO reviewed the site and determined the project had potential to disturb Native American archaeological resources,” Deputy Public Information Officer Dan O’Keefe said. “Greene County accepted SHPO’s recommendations to avoid those areas of archaeological sensitivity in terms of construction siting and activity.”

The county had considered several alternative sites for a new jail, Groden said.

One possibility was an unfinished subdivision behind Save A Lot in Coxsackie.

“It was determined that it was the last developable piece of property that could

come onto the village tax roll,” Groden said. “We did not want to take away that final frontier from the community.”

The county also considered building the jail near the 911 center or the mental health building in Cairo, Groden said, but the configuration was not right.

“We looked at the Coxsackie distribution center but we had the same issue as the Save A Lot site,” Groden said. “That could be a developable, taxpaying property in the future.”

By using the former state land, the county was not hurting any community’s tax base, Groden said.

“Plus the site is home to two state prisons,” he said, adding that residents would have less of a NIMBY reaction.

The jail project is running on schedule, Bruce Hauessler

with The Pike Company reported Wednesday.

The 64-bed facility is expected to start accepting inmates in July 2021.

The steel and roofing on the administrative section of the jail is complete, and the concrete slab should be finished by next Thursday, Hauessler said.

“We are starting masonry tomorrow,” he said.

The waterline and gas lines are in, Hauessler said.

About 60 to 70 workers are on-site and effort is taken to source local workers, he said.

Concrete slab for the pods won’t be poured until the end of March because the pods are being delivered in April. The slab on the garage will be poured in the spring, Hauessler said.

regardless of what drug they hit on, he said.

There is more to be worked out with the legislation, Kusminsky said, such as at what level a person is “intoxicated” or “impaired” while driving and how that will be tested.

There is no breath test for marijuana.

Greene County Administrator Shaun Groden said the feeling at a recent New York State Association of Counties conference is that the law will pass this time around.

Recreational marijuana is legal in 11 states for adults over the age of 21 and legal for medical use in 33 states.

Neighboring states where marijuana is legal include Massachusetts and Vermont.

In Massachusetts, it is legal to carry up to 1 ounce and have up to 10 ounces in your home. You can grow up to six plants in your home and up to 12 plants for two or more adults. You cannot have an open container of marijuana while driving or drive under the influence of marijuana, according to mass.gov.

In Vermont, adults may possess up to 1 ounce of cannabis

or two mature (plus four immature) plants, according to statelaws.findlaw.com.

New York’s proposed law would allow adults to carry up to 1 ounce of cannabis. Possessing more than one ounce would be considered firstdegree unlawful possession of cannabis, a violation, according to the new law.

Second-degree criminal possession of cannabis would start at two ounces and be considered a class A misdemeanor, according to the law.

First-degree criminal possession of cannabis would start at 64 ounces, or four pounds, of cannabis and be considered a class E felony, according to the law. At the present time, this amount is considered a class D felony.

The law also includes sections on drugged driving.

“Every person operating a motor vehicle which has been involved in an accident or which is operated in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall, at the request of a police offcer, submit to a breath test and/or oral/bodily fluid to be administered by the police officer, and/or to

an evaluation by a drug recognition by expert or advance roadside impairment detection enforcement certified officer,” according to the law. “If such test indicates that such operator has consumed alcohol or drugs, the police officer may request such operator to submit to a chemical test or an evaluation conducted by a drug recognition expert or advance roadside impairment detection enforcement certified officer.”

Officers will also take into account the circumstances surrounding the incident, such as any visible or behavioral indication of alcohol and/or drugs or drug consumption by the operation, the presence of an open container or the odor of cannabis.

Counties or cities with populations greater than 100,000 can adopt a local law to prohibit the establishment of one or more types of licenses, according to the law. Licenses include adult-use cultivator, processor, cooperative, retail dispensary and on-site consumption.

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Tom Perez, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, called Thursday for a recanvass in Iowa, three days after the state’s first-inthe-nation caucuses led to confusion and delayed results.

“Enough is enough,” he wrote on Twitter. “In light of the problems that have emerged in the implementation of the delegate selection plan and in order to assure public confidence in the results, I am calling on the Iowa Democratic Party to immediately begin a recanvass.”

A recanvass is a hand audit of math worksheets and reporting forms completed at each of the 1,765 precincts across the state. It differs from a full recount, which involves a hand cout of each of the so-called “presidential preference cards” completed by caucus-goers to ensure that caucus-by-caucus support was tallied and transmitted correctly on the worksheets and reporting forms.

The state party, in reforms for 2020, introduced an opportunity for campaigns to request a recanvass and, if necessary, a recount of the results if they are able to show that new figures could alter the allocation of delegates to the national convention in the summer.

The state’s delegate selection plan specifies that the

recanvass is paid for by the requesting campaign. It does not include an explanation of what happens when a third party - in this case, the head of the national party - intervenes.

“We are implementing a recount or recanvass process in the event of a close caucus result,” the state party previously wrote on its website as part of caucus planning. “Individual campaigns will be responsible for requesting a recount or recanvass.”

The delegate selection plan stipulates that such requests must include an explanation of the challenge and a description of the scope of the desired recanvass. Requests must be submitted by Friday, Feb. 7, and the state party has 48 hours to respond. The selection plan calls for the party’s state central committee to certify caucus results no later than Feb. 29.

The Iowa Democratic Party said in a statement that it is prepared to recanvass if a presidential campaign requests it.

The Iowa caucuses, the starting gun of the presidential nominating contest, were thrown into disarray Monday by a series of technical failures, even as the state party pledged that it had access to an underlying paper trail that would ensure the integrity of the results. A mobile app hastily built to transmit returns to the state party failed.

A backup hotline for calling in the results became overloaded, something that Iowa Democrats said happened in part because of prank calls placed by supporters of President Donald Trump.

The closely watched contest was caught in a state of suspended uncertainty, with former South Bend, Ind., mayor Pete Buttigieg declaring victory Monday night before formal results were released and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., also predicting a strong finish.

The two candidates remained locked in a close battle for first place with almost all precincts reporting on Thursday. They were virtually tied in state delegate equivalents - the figure, traditionally used to declare a winner, which determines projected delegates to the state convention - while Sanders led in the popular vote.

Sanders, at a Thursday news conference in Manchester, N.H., said the number of state delegates was “meaningless” because he and Buttigieg would be awarded the same number of delegates to the national convention. And, three days after Buttigieg, he declared victory for himself.

“What I want to do today, three days late, is to thank the people of Iowa for the very strong victory they gave us at the Iowa caucuses on Monday night,” he said.

The move from Perez came as the presidential hopefuls barreled into their third day of campaigning in New Hampshire, which holds its primary Tuesday. A Mounmouth University poll released Thursday showed both Sanders and Buttigieg on strong footing in New Hampshire, with 24 percent and 20 percent, respectively, in a survey with a margin of error of 4 percentage points.

Former Vice President Joe Biden, who described his fourth-place finish in Iowa as a “gut punch,” registered at 17 percent.

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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 special public safety committee meeting; 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 518-9665070

Tuesday, Feb. 11 n Cairo Public Library Board of

Trustees 3:30 p.m. Library, 15 Railroad Ave., Cairo 518-622-9864 n Catskill Town Planning Board 7 p.m. Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill 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 6:30 p.m.

Village Hall, 2 First St., Athens 518945-1551 n Catskill Central School District BOE 6:30 p.m. High School Library, 341 West Main St., Catskill n Catskill Town Zoning Board 6 p.m. Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill n Catskill Village Board 7 p.m. Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill 518-943-3830 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 fi-

nance 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 Catskill Town 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

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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

Toll evasion could lead to misdemeanor

By Melanie Lekocevic Columbia-Greene Media

If you think you can find a way to get out of paying the toll on a state bridge or highway, better think again — doing so could land you in hot water with a class A misdemeanor.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s $178 billion budget for the 2021 fiscal year includes two provisions that would increase the penalties for evading tolls. In the Twin Counties, that would include the New York State Thruway and the Rip Van Winkle Bridge.

One of the provisions in the state budget would make intentionally avoiding a toll a “theft of service” crime, a low-level misdemeanor.

The second would increase the fine for driving with an unreadable or obstructed license plate if the driver enters a cashless tolling zone. Cashless tolling is being rolled out statewide in phases, but has not yet been implemented in the Twin Counties.

If approved, the governor’s proposal would raise the fine from the current $25 to a minimum of $100 and a maximum of $500.

The move comes as the state is moving to cashless tolling, with tollbooths being removed and replaced by electronic gantries with cameras mounted on them, which will read and charge the vehicle’s E-Z Pass as they pass beneath, or collect the license plate number. Drivers without E-Z Pass will be mailed a bill for the toll.

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The Thruway toll plaza at Exit 21B in Coxsackie at sunrise on Wednesday.

Cashless tolling was the impetus behind the governor’s proposed changes.

“With the ongoing shift to cashless tolling, it is paramount that we ensure all users are paying their share, and this proposal implements a fine for those who purposefully obstruct their license plate from view to evade tolls,” Freeman Klopott, a spokesman for the state’s Budget Division, said Tuesday.

Drivers will also be required to make sure their license plate can be easily read so the gantry cameras can identify them.

“Number plates shall be kept clean and in a condition so as to be easily readable

and shall not be covered by glass or any plastic material, and shall not be knowingly covered or coated with any artificial or synthetic material or substance that conceals or obscures” the plate number, according to the proposed state budget.

Specifics have not been released on how the new regulations would be enforced.

Chris Steber, a spokesman for the New York State Bridge Authority, said the Bridge Authority does not comment on pending legislation.

Jonathan Dougherty, deputy director of media relations and communications for the Thruway, also declined to comment on the legislation.

The two provisions are part of the governor’s proposed state budget, and it will be up to lawmakers to determine if the new penalties are included in the approved budget. If they are, the changes would take effect 90 days after the final budget’s approval.

Last year, the Thruway Authority began a $355 million construction project to replace traditional tollbooths with the electronic gantries. The entire length of the 450-mile paid portion of the Thruway will be moved to cashless tolling by the end of 2020, according to a spokesman for the New York State Thruway.

Existing tollbooths will eventually be removed.

Drivers will be able to drive under the electronic gantries without stopping or slowing down.

Construction of a gantry at the entrance to the Thruway’s Exit 21B in Coxsackie began in September 2019, and is expected to conclude in March 2020, according to thruway.ny.gov. Work at Catskill’s Exit 21 has not yet begun and is expected to start in July of this year and be finished in September 2020.

The switch to cashless tolling will also be coming to the Rip Van Winkle Bridge, but it is not yet known when it will take place.

“The schedule is still in flux,” Bridge Authority spokesman Chris Steber said.

“We are still figuring out the timeline, but eventually the Rip Van Winkle Bridge will be making the switch.”

While switching from tollbooths to cashless tolling is still in the works in the Twin Counties, some toll roads have already made the change, including the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge, formerly known as the Tappan Zee Bridge, which spans the Hudson River between Tarrytown and Nyack. Toll bridges in New York City have also switched to cashless tolling, and some neighboring states that use E-Z Pass, including Massachusetts, have also begun making the change as well.

The Tribune News Service contributed to this report.

Tax filing tips from the New York State Tax Department ALBANY — The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance shared valuable filing tips to help taxpayers save time and money this tax season. Taxpayers who earned $69,000 or less in 2019 can prepare and file their returns for free by using tax preparation software available through the Tax Department website, www.tax.ny.gov (click: Free File). These resources can help ensure that taxpayers submit accurate and timely returns.

“Our most important tax tip is to e-file,” said New York State Commissioner of Taxation and Finance Michael Schmidt. “It’s the most efficient and secure way to prepare and submit your return, and it will speed the issuance

of any refund you may be owed. For a smooth experience, I encourage all taxpayers to follow these tips.”

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Sounding a note of hope President Donald Trump’s third State of the Union Address will be analyzed, dissected and reassembled by pundits on the left and the right, by Democrats and Republicans and by the press.

We know this, but the greatest aspect of the address, and its most refreshing, is that it’s being refracted through the prism of one local man who is active in one of the issues faced by the entire nation.

Chatham Village Police Chief and Hudson Police Commissioner Peter Volkmann joined U.S. Rep. Antonio Delgado, D-19, on Capitol Hill for the State of the Union Address on Tuesday.

“It’s just an honor to be there and for him to see the

opioid crisis as something to continue that community conversation,” Volkmann said Wednesday. “By asking me as a representative for that conversation is just absolutely important to me and I’m so glad to represent recovery and the hope of recovery.”

Volkmann is more than a representative. He was included in Delgado’s panel discussion with medical professionals, non-profit organizations, law enforcement and recovering addicts last fall in Glasco, and has since been working behind the scenes with Delgado to make progress against the opioid crisis in New York.

Volkmann is the founder of Chatham Cares 4 U. Delgado wants to see programs

like Chatham Cares 4 U throughout the nation. It’s already on the way. Many police agencies are following the Chatham Cares 4 U model. Chatham Cares 4 U provides addicts seeking help with substance abuse with an alternative to incarceration. For his work, Volkmann received the 2018 Police Assisted and Recovery Initiative Leadership Award for his development of Chatham Cares 4 U through the Chatham Police Department.

The initiative, coupled with opening the eyes of Congress, and maybe even the White House, to the threat posed by the opioid crisis could be a way to build on the successes Chatham Cares 4 U experienced in our area.

ANOTHER VIEW

Trump sings one vision of America. Let me sing another.

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prizewinners on the island even if turning Congress into Let’s give credit where a bread-and-circuses gameit’s due. President Donald show stage is itself a form of Trump is the greatest show- downsizing.) man in the world. One might In the ringing peroration, well ask what it means for we were reintroduced to the a democracy to swap arguAmerican nation, upsized. ment, debate, compromise Here are some key moments: and the depersonalized “As the world bears witness power of “we, the people” for tonight, America is a land a form of politics conducted of heroes.” Check. That’s by means of showmanship true. “This is a place where and a highly personal form greatness is born, where desof power, but I’ll leave that tinies are forged and where for another day. Instead, legends come to life.” Check, let’s take it as given that we check, check. now conduct the work of “The American Nation our democracy via the show. was carved out of the vast Let’s judge whether the show frontier by the toughest, holds together on its own strongest, fiercest, and terms. And let’s imagine one most determined men and that might answer back. women to ever walk the face Here was the theme of the of the Earth. Our ancestors . show: “We have shattered . . tamed the wilderness; setthe mentality of American tled the Wild West. . . . We are decline, and we have repioneers. . . . We settled the jected the downsizing of New World. . . . The nation is America’s destiny.” our canvas, and this country A sourpuss such as myself is our masterpiece.” might be tempted to point Now, I ask you, is that an out that the show is based upsizing of the picture of on the fictional premise American destiny? I don’t that any of us had embraced think it is. This picture empAmerican decline but, again, ties the land of the people I’ll leave that thought for an- who were here before. This other time. vision depicts the American Let’s instead consider enterprise as a matter of whether, in this speech, we sketching on empty canvas got that promised upsizing and as primarily a matter of America’s destiny. To of conquering the natural answer this question, I’m world. going to skip right to the But America is bigger than end of the speech, hopping the world of the pioneers. over the Great American Those hardy, determined people are certainly part of Sweepstakes section. (Yes, our national story, but so, I’ll vote to keep all those

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too, are our native brothers and sisters who ultimately suffered mightily at their hands. Our America has not been about conquering a natural world devoid of human challenges. Our America includes those who have cut through the dense, complicated, painful tangle of human relations of justice and injustice growing up on these shores - from enslavement to Jim Crow; from Japanese internment to mass incarceration - to bring us to a more perfect union.

If we want to upsize our ambitions for America, it’s time to sing all of America, to learn how to tell our story together. Here’s the song we are seeking to sing: Can a people overcome its history of conflict and division to forge a shared commitment to the political institutions that can and should secure freedom and equality for all?

Truly there is no harder challenge on this planet. Achieving this is harder than going to Mars. The moonshot of our generation is right here at home. Can we sing America together so that we are all in the song? We all love a version of this country, but who has a heart big enough to sing the whole thing?

Until I see a heart singing that big, I will know we have not yet upsized our ambitions for this country.

My show would sing that truthful song. It would be that big-hearted.

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No, Susan Collins, Trump is never going to learn WASHINGTON — President Trump is not going to change. Not now, not ever.

“Chastened” is not in his vocabulary; pivoting to presidential is not in his repertoire.

If there is anything the country should have learned in the age of Trump, it is this.

So of all the amazing things that Republican senators have said in defense of their votes to acquit Trump, it is that a president who has been unwilling to or incapable of learning lessons will somehow have learned a lesson by being … not punished by them.

The latest to join this selfdelusion caucus is Sen. Susan Collins of Maine. “I believe that the president has learned from this case,” she told CBS News’s Norah O’Donnell on Tuesday, expanding on a floor speech in which she announced — surprise — her vote to acquit. “The president has been impeached. That’s a pretty big lesson.”

O’Donnell wasn’t buying it.

“But the president says he did nothing wrong. Why do you think he learned something?” she asked.

“He was impeached,” Collins repeated, in a demonstration of the eternal sunshine of the spotless senatorial mind.

“And there has been criticism by both Republican and Democratic senators of his call. I believe that he will be much more cautious in the future.”

Right. Then-White House Counsel Donald McGahn warned Trump that he risked being impeached if he persisted in his obstructive conduct in the investigation by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III. Former White House chief of staff John F. Kelly recounted warning Trump that he would be impeached if he hired a “yes man” to replace Kelly.

So the reasons to think Trump has, finally, learned

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MARCUS the lesson and will adjust his behavior accordingly are precisely zero. You cannot learn a lesson if you continue to insist that your behavior was perfect. Collins offered a concise summary of the problems with Trump’s behavior: “Because the president of the United States should not be asking a foreign country to investigate a political rival. That is just improper. It was far from a perfect call.”

Correct. But that is not what Trump believes. There was Trump tweeting the day before the Collins interview, decrying the “totally partisan Impeachment Hoax.” Lesson learned — not.

The human capacity for self-delusion is exceeded only by the politician’s capacity for self-justification. Aspects of both might be at play here.

And Collins, as I mentioned, is not alone. There was Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst, on CNN’s “State of the Union”: “I think that he knows now that, if he is trying to do certain things — whether it’s ferreting out corruption there, in Afghanistan, whatever it is — he needs to go through the proper channels,” Ernst said.

Uh huh. Trump. Proper channels. Right.

There was Indiana Sen. Mike Braun on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” similarly, willfully delusional. Trump, observed host Chuck Todd, is “going to take acquittal and think, ‘I can keep doing this.’ “ Braun

begged to differ: “No, I don’t think that. Hopefully, it’ll be instructive.”

Todd was skeptical, to put it mildly. “When you say ‘hopefully,’ I mean, what’s the evidence in his lifetime that he takes any sort of whatever it is, a misdemeanor ticket or whatever, and then he accepts that and goes, ‘Yeah, I’ll change my behavior?’ “ he asked.

Braun had his optimism, and he was sticking to it. “I think he’ll put two and two together. In this case, he was taken to the carpet. … I think he’ll be instructed by what has occurred here. And certainly any individual would want to avoid whatever might need to be modified to go through this again.”

Have these people been watching this president? He revels in touching the hot stove. And why would he not keep touching it? It’s not only that Republican senators won’t assure that the president feels the burn — they wouldn’t even call witnesses who might burn him.

Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander, fresh off his no-witness vote, joined the suspension-of-disbelief crowd, and Todd went at it again. “If a call like that gets you an impeachment, I would think he would think twice before he did it again,” Alexander offered up.

Of all the arguments to make in Trump’s favor, this seems to be the most demonstrably untrue — and the most reckless. Surely these senators know: It is just a matter of time until the president proves how little he learned from this supposed lesson.

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

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On Wednesday, as Senate Republicans prepared to acquit President Donald Trump of abuse of power, Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, offered a profile in courage.

He announced that he would vote to convict the president, becoming the only Republican to do so. Romney, alone, defied the partisanship and political incentives of the moment - and was willing to endure the punishment that is surely on its way - simply because he judged conviction to be the right call.

Romney’s reasoning was simple: The president is obviously guilty. “There’s no question that the president asked a foreign power to investigate his political foe,” he said Wednesday. “There’s not much I can think of that would be a more egregious assault on our Constitution than trying to corrupt an election to maintain power.

And that’s what the president did.”

Unlike many of his GOP colleagues, Romney refused to ignore the facts. “I don’t see how in good conscience I can reach a conclusion and not be true to what my heart

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Romney rejected on Wednesday the cynicism that has driven so many of his colleagues to avert their gaze from the rolling disaster of the Trump presidency.

“He’s the president of the United States. I voted with him 80% of the time,” he said. “I agree with his economic policies and a lot of other policies. And yet he did something which was grievously wrong. And to say, well, you know, because I’m on his team and I agree with him most of the time, that I should then assent to a political motive, would be a real stain on our constitutional democracy.”

Romney’s choice promises him nothing but grief.

Utah is deep red, and Trump carried it handily in 2016.

Romney could have voted to acquit with political - if not moral - impunity. He would have avoided what is sure to be a sharp, sustained and personal backlash from Trump and his supporters.

Other Republican senators flinched at that prospect. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., a retiring senator

from whom one could have expected more, would not even vote to hear from key witnesses such as former national security adviser John Bolton. In an interview with “PBS NewsHour,” Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., couldn’t even bring himself to say whether he thought the president’s actions were wrong or right.

For those who believe in impeachment and those who don’t, Romney deserves respect for thoughtfully weighing the evidence and the implications of removing a sitting president.

His stand did not persuade his GOP colleagues to reconsider. Fifty-two of them voted Wednesday to acquit the president on the abuse of power charge; Romney joined them in voting to acquit on the charge of obstruction of Congress. But Romney assured one outcome: No longer can Republicans argue that the Democrats forced on the nation a partisan impeachment that garnered not a single supporting GOP vote. At least one Republican acted with integrity and honor. History will remember the rest very differently.

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Travel restrictions tied to the coronavirus stall travel to U.S.

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The number of visitors coming to the United States from China could drop by as much as 28% this year, according to a new report examining the impact the coronavirus may have on the country’s tourism industry.

Travel between the two countries has been all but shut down, as U.S. officials work to prevent the spread of the virus, which as of Feb. 5, has infected

more than 24,000 and killed 490 people in China. Two people have died in Hong Kong and the Philippines; 11 people in the United States have been diagnosed with the virus.

Three major U.S. carriers — American, Delta and United — have halted all flights between China and the United States, and foreign nationals who have been in Hubei province, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, are no longer being allowed to enter

the country. American citizens and green-card holders who have been in that region in the last 14 days, are allowed to enter the U.S., but are required to be quarantined for two weeks.

Tourism Economics modeled its estimates on data from the 2003 SARS epidemic to estimate the impact the coronavirus could have on U.S. tourism. It noted that SARS, like the coronavirus, was also first diagnosed in China and spurred tighter visa restrictions and

entry procedures as countries around the world sought to contain its spread.

The U.S. has become a popular destination for Chinese tourists. Visits from China to the U.S. have increased nearly 13-fold since 2002. As a result, the company said, the coronavirus’ impact could be far more significant than that of SARS. Tourism Economics found that last year an estimated 2.8 million people from China came to the United States.

Kirk Douglas, whose masculine energy powered scores of film roles, dies at 103

By Louie Estrada (c) 2020, The Washington Post

Kirk Douglas, the Hollywood actor with the distinctive cleft chin, raspy voice and highly charged dramatic energy whose starring roles in “Spartacus,” “Lust For Life,” “Champion,” “Ace in the Hole” and “Paths of Glory” helped him become one of Hollywood’s foremost leading men and enduring stars, died Feb. 5 at 103.

His son Michael Douglas, an Oscar-winning actor and producer, announced the death but did not provide further details. His health worsened after injuries suffered in a helicopter crash in 1991, followed by a debilitating stroke in 1996.

Douglas, who amassed nearly 90 screen credits, entered Hollywood in 1946 as a product of the studio system and later made the risky transition to being an independent producer and star performer as the system crumbled.

Beyond his screen work, Douglas produced and directed films; helped put an end to the Hollywood blacklist in the 1950s; wrote memoirs, novels and children’s books; and with his second wife, Anne Douglas, ran a project to improve school playgrounds in underprivileged neighborhoods.

Starting in the 1960s, he traveled around the world as a State Department “goodwill” ambassador, which sparked an interest in politics and brought him friendships with nearly every president since John F. Kennedy. In 1981, President Jimmy Carter awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.

In the prime of his acting career, Douglas was a dashing figure, a golden-haired hunk with chiseled facial features, steely blue eyes, a distinctive low guttural voice and pearly white teeth that gleamed behind a disarming smile.

He had a muscular build stretched over a 5-foot-10 frame, trim and fit from years as an accomplished high school and collegiate wrestler.

Built upon his raw physical strength were an intelligence and intensity that he infused into his movie characters. Many of them were unscrupulous, stubborn, even diabolical. Douglas once summarized his on-screen personas this way: “I’ve made a career of playing sons of b-----.”

For some movie critics, his acting seemed one-dimensional, easily parodied by comics. Douglas tackled the slight head-on as host of a “Saturday Night Live” episode in 1980.

In one skit, he impersonated Kirk Douglas impersonators. Another skit parodied how Hollywood manufactures celebrity images and featured cast member Gilda Radner escorting her mother backstage to meet the legendary actor, only to be shocked that he stood just four feet tall.

To Mr. Douglas, the seriousness and approach to the craft of acting never wavered.

Indeed, Douglas always fol-

“When you play a strong character, find his weakness,” he once said. “If you play a weak character, find his strength.”

Whether in major motion pictures or made-for-TV movies, Douglas worked with many of the best-known stars and directors of his generation. His work covered a range of genres, from westerns and epic dramas to romances and action adventures.

In Douglas’s earliest movies, “The Strange Love of Martha Ivers” (1946) and “Out of the Past” (1947), he was cast in the unlikely role of smarmy weakling. His breakout role came in 1949 when he played a self-absorbed boxer in “Champion,” based on a Ring Lardner story of a restless young man who alienates those closest to him as he pursues a prizefighting career.

He went on to play a troubled musician character based on the jazz trumpeter Bix Beiderbecke in “Young Man With a Horn” (1950); an obsessed detective with violent tendencies in “Detective Story” (1951); and an unscrupulous newspaper reporter in director Billy Wilder’s “Ace in the Hole” (1951), which bombed with audiences at the time but has since become a critical favorite.

Douglas portrayed a manipulative Hollywood producer in “The Bad and the Beautiful” (1952); played a Kentucky frontiersman in “The Big Sky” (1952); sang as Ned Land opposite James Mason’s Capt. Nemo in “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” (1954); portrayed Vincent Van Gogh in “Lust For Life” (1956); played the gunslinger “Doc” Holliday in “Gunfight at the O.K. Corral” (1957); and appeared as a World War I French colonel in Stanley Kubrick’s scathing antiwar movie “Paths of Glory” (1957).

The son of a rag collector, Douglas was born Issur Danielovitch Demsky on Dec. 9, 1916, in Amsterdam, New York, where he was the youngest child and only son in a family of seven children.

On a wrestling scholarship, he entered St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York, and worked as a janitor to help with tuition. After his graduation in 1938, he studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York and made his Broadway debut as a singing Western Union boy in “Spring Again” (1941).

At the start of World War II, he enlisted in the Navy and served as a communications officer with an anti-submarine unit. Before he could be sent to combat duty, a bout with amoebic dysentery led to an honorable discharge in 1944.

After a brief return to the New York acting scene, he won the attention of Hollywood producer Hal Wallis on the recommendation of Lauren Bacall, a former classmate at the academy.

In “The Strange Love of Martha Ivers,” Douglas played Barbara Stanwyck’s alcoholic and scheming husband, followed by a role as a gangster outfoxed by Robert Mitchum in “Out of the Past.”

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Actor Kirk Douglas poses Dec. 13, 1976, in Washington.

prospects, Douglas said later that he could easily identify with his character in “Champion” as someone ultimately struggling for respectability.

“Reading the script, I thought, what other actor can say the lines, ‘I don’t want to be a “Hey you” all my life,’ “ he wrote in his 1997 memoir, “Climbing the Mountain.” “I want to hear people call me Mister.”

“That role was made for me - a chance to express the turbulent feelings inside me,” Douglas said.

He added that his agent did not want him to appear in “Champion” because it was a small film made by a thenobscure independent film company headed by thenunknown producer Stanley Kramer and screenwriter Carl Foreman.

His agency had lined up Douglas for a better-paying supporting role in MGM’s “The Great Sinner,” starring Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner. But Douglas so longed to play the antihero lead in “Champion” that when he met with Kramer and Foreman he ripped off his shirt to show his chest muscles and cried out, “I can do it! You know I can do it!”

He got the part, his first starring role.

The small-budget independent movie emerged as a surprise hit, receiving six Academy Award nominations, including a best actor nod for Douglas. He lost to Broderick Crawford playing a self-made, self-aggrandizing populist politician modeled on Louisiana’s Huey Long in “All the King’s Men.” Douglas went on to establish himself as an actor with a prowess for roles requiring great physicality and unsympathetic characters driven by self-interest.

The 1950s proved to be a banner decade for Douglas, who received two more best actor Oscar nominations while establishing a filmproduction company, Bryna Productions, named after

Russian Jewish immigrant.

His nominations were for “The Bad and the Beautiful” and “Lust for Life,” the second a stark departure from the strong macho parts coveted

by Hollywood’s leading men in the post-World War II era.

Douglas began to seek out complex characters wrought with inner demons and insecurities, but he still is best remembered for his tough-guy roles.

Douglas and Burt Lancaster developed a close friendship after the filming of “Gunfight at the O.K. Corral,” in which Lancaster played the lawman Wyatt Earp. The two reunited in “Tough Guys” (1986), about old-time gangsters released after 30 years in prison who attempt another heist.

At a tribute for Douglas at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Lancaster poked fun at Douglas’s reputation as a demanding actor.

“Kirk would be the first person to tell you he’s a very difficult man,” Lancaster told the crowd. “And I would be the second.”

Douglas developed a reputation for brooking little criticism. But the film scholar David Shipman quoted a movie critic’s suggestion that his “cocky magnetism” was useful in creating a commanding screen presence.

Douglas rejected the idea that he was difficult to work with on a movie set. He considered himself a thinking man’s actor who suggested script changes when he thought a storyline was weak or refused to film scenes he believed were too dangerous.

For example, during the filming of “Detective Story,” Douglas balked at doing a scene that called for the actor Joseph Wiseman to shoot him at close range with a handgun loaded with a blank.

To demonstrate his concern, Douglas asked the film crew to fire the gun at a piece of cheesecloth at twice the distance at which Wiseman’s character was to shoot Douglas.

The cheesecloth was torn to shreds by the blast.

“How would my face look if that hit me?” Douglas said.

In later interviews, he said his proudest professional achievement was his contribution to ending the Hollywood blacklist. That came about when Douglas, as executive producer of the big-budget epic “Spartacus” (1960), publicly credited Dalton Trumbo as the author of the screenplay.

Trumbo was one of 10 prominent screenwriters and directors who had been blacklisted for refusing to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee during the late 1940s and early 1950s. Until “Spartacus,” Trumbo had been forced to write under pseudonyms.

“Spartacus,” which starred Douglas in the title role as the leader of a Roman slave revolt and received four Oscars, led to Trumbo’s reinstatement as a member of the Writers Guild.

Trumbo went on to write “Lonely Are the Brave” (1962), in which Douglas plays a defiant, old-fashioned cowboy in modern New Mexico who becomes a fugitive from the law. Although it received excellent reviews, the film did little business. Douglas said it was his favorite movie.

Douglas’s lone Oscar came in 1996 when he was given a lifetime achievement award for his influence as a creative and moral force in the motion picture community.

“There’s a single thread drawing all his characters together,” director Steven Spielberg said when the Oscar was presented. “It’s called conscience. Every person he ever played had one. . . .

Kirk Douglas never made his characters simple. No good guys or bad guys. He shaded heroics with self-doubt and shaped his villainy with compassion.”

Douglas dedicated the Oscar to his wife, Anne, in his acceptance speech. He spoke in slurred speech, demonstrating the effects of the stroke a few months earlier.

About that time, he fell into a severe depression and considered ending his life, a heart-wrenching period he wrote about in his book “My Stroke of Luck” (2002).

He came close, placing a loaded a gun — the same one he used in “Gunfight at the O.K. Corral” — in his mouth.

But when he smacked his teeth with the pistol’s barrel, the pain was so excruciating, he removed the gun and began chuckling, he recalled in his book.

“A toothache delayed my death,” he said in an interview. “I laughed hysterically.”

Douglas became an advocate for stroke survivors, relaying his own struggles and triumphs, as a way to raise public awareness about stroke symptoms, treatment and rehabilitation.

His first marriage, to the former Diana Dill, ended in divorce in large measure because of his rampant philandering. In 1954, he married Anne Buydens, and their marriage endured despite his carousing.

In addition to his wife and son Michael from his first marriage, survivors include another son from his first marriage, Joel Douglas; and a son from his second marriage, Peter Douglas. A son from Buydens, Eric Douglas, died in 2004 of a drug overdose.

One of Kirk Douglas’s final film roles was “It Runs in the Family” (2003), a comedic melodrama co-featuring his first wife and Michael Douglas. The film also was the only time father and son appeared in the same movie.

Douglas told People in 1988 that he seldom worried about his screen legacy, saying he had been “more adventurous in my choice of roles than most stars of my generation.”

Nor did he fret much about the other kind of immortality, through dying.

“When a dog dies,” he said, “does he go to heaven? Why should we think we’re so special that we cannot just die?

No, you only go around once and just hope you get the brass ring. The rest is ego.”

The Washington Post’s Adam Bernstein and Glenn Frankel contributed to this report.

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‘The Irishman who taught the English how to garden’

By Thomas Christopher For Columbia-Greene Media

William Robinson, says Tom Coward, was “the Irishman who taught the English how to garden.”

Although largely forgotten today, Robinson’s work in the late 19th and early 20th centuries at his English estate, Gravetye Manor, embodied a new concept of how gardeners could relate to nature.

Through his influence on contemporaries such as Gertrude Jekyll, Robinson continues to be a seminal — and revolutionary — influence on contemporary gardening worldwide. For those who want to know more about this fascinating character, Tom Coward, the current head gardener at Gravetye Manor, will be delivering a talk about Robinson’s horticultural legacy and new directions being pursued in that garden at Berkshire Botanical Garden’s annual Winter Lecture on Feb. 22.

Born into humble circumstances in 1838 and raised during the era of the Potato Famine, Robinson worked as a gardener at a series of Irish estates before emigrating to England in 1861. There he encountered new opportunities.

England’s Industrial Revolution had created a middle class with disposable income and a need to landscape their new homes.

Robinson, whose interest in wildflowers led to a violent dislike of the artificial, hyperformal style of gardening then popular, used the media opportunities created by the steam-driven printing press to spread his ideas about a new kind of gardening. Robinson’s theories, most fully expounded in his book, The Wild Garden, published in 1870, called for basing the garden on a more natural model. Instead of planting annual flowers in meticulously plotted patterns (the previous style of gardening) Robinson proposed intermingling hardy perennials, shrubs and trees in informal combinations similar to those found in the wild.

Robinson practiced what he preached, instituting his new style of planting at the Sussex estate, Gravetye Manor, which he purchased in 1884.

Planting bulbs and perennials by the hundreds of thousands, he filled the woodlands and meadows around the house (the estate would eventually encompass 1,000 acres) with a planned progression

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of seasonal color. His popular magazine, The Garden, not only helped to pay for this program, it carried the news of Robinson’s new, more natural landscape style to a broad

Catskill High School students to perform at Carnegie Hall CATSKILL — Six students from Catskill High School have been selected for the 2020 High School Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall.

Elisha Clause, Matthew Caro and Grace McCulloch will perform with the Mixed Choir, while Deandra Catterson, Isabella Truncale and Ava Higgins will perform with the Women’s Choir this February. Participation in these Honors Ensembles is limited to the highest-rated high school performers from across the world.

These six students auditioned for the Honors Performance Series during the Summer of 2019 and were accepted after a review by the Honors Selection Board.

Acceptance to the elite group is a direct result of the talent, dedication, and achievements demonstrated in their application and audition recording.

All of the students are currently members of the Catskill High School Concert Chorus, under the direction of Michelle Storrs-Ryan.

Each student has participated and received high marks at the NYSSMA (New York State School Music Association) Solo Festival.

Additionally, they all have participated in the Greene County Music Educators Association All-County Festivals. McCulloch, Catterson, Truncale, and Higgins are members of the Catskill High School Treblaires, also under the direction of Storrs-Ryan.

These students are also wellknown on the Catskill High School Auditorium stage in their school’s musical productions. Their passion for music is evident in their activities in school both during and after the school day.

Clause, Caro, McCulloch, Catterson, Truncale and Higgins will join student performers from 47 states, Guam, several provinces of Canada, Bermuda, China, Hong Kong, Mexico, Qatar,

audience, one which was nostalgic for the rural scenes it had left behind in its pursuit of industrial prosperity.

It’s important to note, adds Coward, that although

Robinson was a fan of wildflowers and an advocate for the wild, he was not a nativist.

Because it was largely covered by ice during the last ice age, Britain has a relatively restricted flora of native plants, and Robinson enthusiastically supplemented this with hardy plants from around the world. A better case for a purely native wild garden, Coward adds, could be made in the United States, with its far richer indigenous flora.

After Robinson’s death in 1935 at the age of 96, the gardens of Gravetye fell derelict.

Converted into a hotel and restaurant in the 1950s, the estate has experienced a series of restorations, most recently under the supervision of Coward, considered one of the most respected gardeners working in Britain today.

Currently the gardens extend to some 30 acres and while remaining true to Robinson’s principles, Coward has taken the planting in some new directions. In part this is to accommodate the requirements of the hotel and restaurant — the kitchen garden, for example, has come to reflect the restaurant’s menu. But Coward has also capitalized on new plants that have become

available since Robinson’s time, an innovation of which Robinson would surely approve.

In this vein, Coward’s talk on Feb. 22, scheduled for 2 p.m. at the Duffin Theater at Lenox Memorial Middle/High School, 197 East St, Lenox, Mass., will focus not only on what he has done at Gravetye Manor but also on ways in which its principles can transfer to the listeners’ gardens.

For information about this talk and to reserve tickets, visit www.berkshirebotanical.org/ events/winter-lecture-tomcoward, or call the Berkshire Botanical Garden at 413-2983926.

Be-a-Better-Gardener is a community service of Berkshire Botanical Garden located in Stockbridge, Mass. Its mission to provide knowledge of gardening and the environment through a diverse range of classes and programs both informs and inspires thousands of students and visitors each year. Thomas Christopher is a volunteer at Berkshire Botanical Garden and is the author or co-author of more than a dozen books, including Nature into Art, The Gardens of Wave Hill. His companion broadcast to this column, Growing Greener, streams on WESUFM.org.

CATSKILL ROTARY WELCOMES NEW MEMBER

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Catskill Rotary welcomed their newest member at a recent club meeting. Pictured from the right are Proposer Roger Lane; new member Dr. Carlee Drummer, president of Columbia Greene Community College; Membership Chair Rita Landy; and President Elect Diane Dratz.

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Pictured from left are students Matthew Caro, Elisha Clause, Isabella Truncale, Ava Higgins, Grace McCulloch and Deandra Catterson.

and South Korea for a performance at the world-famous Carnegie Hall, a venue that marks the pinnacle of musical achievement.

The finalists will come together in New York City for five days in February, where they will have the opportunity to learn from worldrenowned conductors, work with other finalists, and get a taste of the City. Two performances, an Honors Choral Performance and an Honors Instrumental Performance, will take place Sunday, February 2, and are open to the public. Tickets can be purchased prior to the performance through the Carnegie Hall box office.

“Being selected to the Honors Performance Series is something each Finalist should be extremely proud of accomplishing,” said Matt Castrina, Vice President for

the Honors Performance Series. “We processed more than 18,000 nominations this year and have selected over 600 of the most talented student performers from around the world. Working with these conductors and performing at Carnegie Hall is a once-in-a-lifetime experience that these musicians never forget.”

The Honors Performance Series was created to showcase accomplished individual high school performers on an international level by allowing them to study under master conductors and perform in the celebrated venue, Carnegie Hall. The Honors Performance Series is proudly presented by WorldStrides, the nation’s leading educational travel organization.

Learn more by visiting www. honorsperformance.org and www.worldstrides.com.

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COLUMBIA-GREENE MEDIA THE ORCHESTRA NOW CONTINUES WINTER-SPRING SEASON AT BARD COLLEGE WITH BEETHOVEN’S EROTICA FEBRUARY 8 - 9

A tribute to Beethoven on his 250th birthday ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON — The Orchestra Now’s (TON) six-concert winterspring season at Bard College’s Fisher Center continues Feb. 8–9 with an all-Beethoven program in tribute to the 250th anniversary of the master composer’s birth.

The soloist is pianist Anna Polonsky, a recipient of the Andrew Wolf Chamber Music Award and frequent guest with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

The concert begins with the overture from “The Consecration of the House,” which was written for the opening of Theater am Käntnertor in Vienna in 1822. The premiere went so well Beethoven also used this overture to open the concert that included the premiere of his ninth symphony.

Pianist Anna Polonsky also joins the Orchestra for a performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4. The composer wrote this piece for himself, and its premiere was the last time he ever performed as a soloist with an orchestra. This is Polonsky’s third appearance with The Orchestra Now, following performances of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 24 at T N’s firstever concert at Bard College at Simon’s Rock in 2015, and

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The Orchestra Now, Leon Botstein, music director.

Bartók’s Concerto for Two Pianos, Percussion, and Orchestra alongside Peter Serkin at Carnegie Hall in 2018. The Beethoven celebration closes with one of the master’s most famous works, his heroic Symphony No. 3, Eroica. This innovative work marked a turning point not only in Beethoven’s career, but in music history altogether.

Beethoven’s Eroica Saturday, Feb. 8 at 8 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 9 at 2 p.m.

The 250th anniversary of the birth of one of the greatest composers of all time is celebrated with a performance of Beethoven’s heroic third symphony

Leon Botstein, conductor Anna Polonsky, piano Beethoven: The Consecration of the House Overture Piano Concerto No. 4 Symphony No. 3, Eroica Tickets are priced at $25–$35 and may be purchased online at fishercenter.bard.edu, by calling the Fisher Center at 845.758.7900, or at the Fisher Center box office in the lobby of Sosnoff Theater.

The Orchestra Now The Orchestra Now (TON) is a group of 65 vibrant young musicians from 12 different countries across the globe: Bulgaria,

China, Hungary, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Peru, Taiwan, Ukraine, the U.K., and the U.S. All share a mission to make orchestral music relevant to 21st-century audiences by sharing their unique personal insights in a welcoming environment.

Conductor, educator and music historian Leon Botstein founded TON in 2015 as a graduate program at Bard College, where he is also president.

The orchestra has performed with many distinguished guest conductors and soloists, including Neeme Järvi, Vadim Repin, Fabio Luisi, Peter Serkin, Gerard Schwarz, Tan Dun, Zuill Bailey, and JoAnn Falletta. In the 2019– 20 season, conductors Leonard Slatkin and Hans Graf will also lead TON performances.

For upcoming activities and more detailed information about the musicians, visit theorchestranow.org.

Leon Botstein Leon Botstein brings a renowned career as both a conductor and educator to his role as music director of The Orchestra Now. More info online at LeonBotstein.com.

Hancock Shaker Village call for poster submissions with $250 prize to the winner HANCOCK, Mass. — Hancock Shaker Village seeks entries for a poster contest promoting Woolfest, a weekend event taking place April 25-26, 2020. The event is held during the Village’s popular Baby Animals festival and combines events such as workshops and sheep shearing demos with a fiber marketplace featuring the region’s most talented wool and fiber artisans.

There will be live music, food and drink, and more. The event will be held in various locations throughout the Village, including the iconic Round Stone Barn.

The winner will receive a $250 cash prize; there are no

runners-up. Entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. EST on Friday, February 28. Submissions may be emailed to Kristen Dominguez, Chief Engagement Officer, at kdominguez@hancockshakervillage.org. There is no fee to enter. Rules are as follows: • Submitted artwork must be an original creation.

• Acceptable formats are .jpg, .tiff, .psd, or .pdf files.

• Poster must measure 8.5” x 11”.

• The Hancock Shaker Village logo, url (hancockshakervillage. org), and “Pittsfield, Massachusetts (or MA)” must be included on the poster. To download a

logo in black or white, visit the Hancock Shaker Village press room (hancockshakervillage. org/home/press-room/).

• The following phrases, or suitably similar words, must be included: “sheep shearing, workshops, demos and talks, tours, fiber vendors, food, live music, and more.”

• Your submission must include your name, email address, mailing address, and phone number.

• By entering this contest, you consent to the use of your name and/or artwork in any contest advertisements, educational materials, or contest publicity without further notice or

compensation.

ABOUT HANCOCK SHAKER VILLAGE Hancock Shaker Village, a living history museum on 750 acres in the heart of the Berkshires, is located at 1843 West Housatonic Street, Pittsfield, Mass.

Hancock Shaker Village reopens for the spring season Saturday, April 11, 10 am–4 pm daily. Admission is $20/adults ($18 for seniors, AAA members, MTA cardholders, and active and retired US military), $8 youth (ages 13–17), and FREE for children 12 and under, courtesy of Berkshire Bank.

SUNY Ulster Black History Month Performance STONE RIDGE — In recognition of Black History Month, The SUNY Ulster Campus Life Multicultural Series will be presenting Hip Hop artist JB!! Aka Dirty Moses & DJ Trumastr on Wednesday February 12, at 7 p.m. in the Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery, Vanderlyn Hall, room 265 on the Stone Ridge campus. There will be a Video Rebroadcast at the Kingston Center of SUNY Ulster, located at 94 Mary’s Avenue, Kingston, NY on Tuesday, February 18, 4:30 – 6 p.m. Both events are free and open to the public.

A 1970’s cultural revolution steeped in knowledge of self, music, graffiti art, break dancing, DJ’ing and emceeing became the global phenomenon called Hip Hop. Artist, JB!! Aka Dirty Moses & DJ Trumastr will give a brief lesson and demonstration

Black History JB!! and DJ Trum

on the history and reasoning behind the Hip Hop movement.

JB!! aka Dirty Moses is a recording artist, DJ, producer, rapper-singer-songwriter from Harlem, living in Albany. A natural showman, JB!! is well known for his energy and charisma on stage. DJ Trumastr was voted Albany, NY’s best DJ several years in a row. Trumastr applies his impressive knowledge and understanding of music in his turntablism and work. He thinks about music in a clever and unique way, personally hand picking each song creating the perfect soundtrack for every event.

Seating is limited; please RSVP to conta.cc/37ywSaE. For more information, contact Meg Sheeley at sheeleym@sunyulster.edu or call 845-688-6042.

Bagnell plays a special benefit performance at Catskill’s Bridge Street Theatre CATSKILL — Get ready to swoon! Catskill’s adventurous Bridge Street Theatre launches its 2020 season with a special Valentine’s Day Weekend benefit performance of Edmund Bagnell’s “He Plays the Violin.”

This wide-ranging autobiographical solo cabaret act will be presented on Saturday evening Feb. 15, at 7:30 p.m., in the theatre’s Mainstage, located at 44 West Bridge St. in the village of Catskill.

Bagnell remains first violinist (and vocalist) for the internationally acclaimed all-male singing string quartet “Well-Strung.”

The show’s broad reach

encompasses music by (among others) Johnny Cash, Frank Sinatra, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Justin Beiber, Stephen Sondheim, and even includes a new song written especially for Bagnell by Tony Award nominee Scott Frankel, composer of Broadway’s “Grey Gardens” and “War Paint.”

Tickets for this special benefit performance of “He Plays the Violin” are $60, $50 for 2020 BST Season Subscribers, and include a post-show reception at the near-by Spring Street home of Edmund’s parents, Gil and Mary Ann Bagnell.

Reservations can be obtained

at [https/violin.brownpapertickets.com]violin.brownpapertickets.com or by calling 800-838-3006. And further information on the show (and on how to become a 2020 BST Season Subscriber and receive substantial discounts on virtually every event held at the theatre throughout the year) can be found at BridgeStreetTheatre. org.

The theatre is ‘intimate’ (only 84 seats) and this one is bound to sell out quickly!

Tickets: Advance tickets available online at https://violin.brownpapertickets.com or by calling

800-838-3006 $60, $50 for 2020 BST Season Subscribers, which includes a post-show reception at the Catskill home of Edmund’s parents, Gil and Mary Ann Bagnell Tickets may also be purchased at the door one half hour prior to the performance (subject to availability) Further information: To contact Bridge Street Theatre directly, email contact@ bridgest.org or call their offices at 518-943-3894.

For more information on Bridge Street Theatre visit BridgeSt.org.

CALENDAR LISTINGS FEBRUARY 9 Up Close + Personal: A Collections Talk with Will Coleman Sunday, February 9, 11 a.m. noon Join Olana’s Director of Collections and Exhibitions, William L. Coleman, Ph.D. for a special focus on “Tropical Orchid” by Martin Johnson Heade. This painting testifies to the complex friendship between artists Martin Heade and Frederic Church and served as inspiration for the upcoming exhibition, “Cross Pollination,” opening in May 2020.

Space is very limited, reservations required.

For further information contact Margot Isaacs at misaacs@olana. org or 518-751-6857 $10 – $25, Sunday, February 9, 11 a.m. - noon, https://www.olana. org/programs-events/ Olana, 5720 State Route 9G, Hudson, 518-828-1872 www.olana.org Sip and Shop Sunday, February 9, noon - 3 p.m.

The holidays are over and now it’s time to treat yourself! I’m so excited to announce our first sip and shop vendor line up! Stop in to grab some beautiful and unique finds with Christy’s Park Lane Jewelry, Linden and Co Organic Candles and Marybeth’s Monograms and More gifts.

Sunday, February 9, noon - 3 p.m, https://www.facebook.com/ events/3446819208724480/ Unique Nutrition, 2 Hudson Street, Kinderhook, 518-6108432 https://www.facebook.com/ uniquenutritionkinderhook/ Book & Bake Sale Sunday, February 9, 1 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

An opportunity to purchase new and gently used books (most are $1 or less) on a variety of subjects, including art books, as well as CDs and DVDs. In addition, artist Otto Miranda has donated a selection of original watercolors, which will be offered for sale.

Homemade baked desserts and other treats, as well as chocolate bars from Vasilow’s Confectionary , will also be available during this event.

So come out and find that unique book or painting you’ve been looking for and didn’t know it!

Sunday, February 9, 1 p.m. - 3:30 p.m., http://hudsonarealibrary. org/calendar/ Hudson Area Library, 51 North Fifth Street, Hudson, 518-8281792, www.hudsonarealibrary. org The Chalk Garden Sunday, February 9, 2 p.m.

This psychological chamber piece was revived to critical acclaim on the West End in 2008.

In 1955 Sussex, England, a dyedin-the-wool British dowager and her precocious and equally eccentric granddaughter are about to meet their match in Miss Madrigal, the enigmatic household companion with secrets, who has just been hired. A tantalizing, fascinating and stimulating evening of theatre $10 – $22, Sunday, February 9, 2 p.m., https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4322193 The Ghent Playhouse, 6 Town Hall Place, Ghent, 800-838-3006 www.ghentplayhouse.org Conversations with Neighbors: Empowering Women and Girls Worldwide Sunday, February 9, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.

An Afternoon of Film & Discussion Join us for a very special Conversation with Neighbors.

This event will feature a panel

composed of three local advocates: Tina Dipper (program director of Perfect 10), Caroline Wheeler (founder and executive director of Sisters for Peace), and Christina Lowery (CEO of Girl Rising), who will serve as moderator and show excerpts of the powerful documentary film, Girl Rising, that led to the founding of her non-profit. $15 – $20, Sunday, February 9, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m., https://spencertownacademy.org/event/ conversations-with-neighborsempowering-women-and-girlsworldwide/ Spencertown Academy Arts Center, 790 NY-203, Spencertown, (518) 392-3693 https://spencertownacademy. org/ Belly Dancing Workshop Sunday, February 9, 2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Experienced and regionally recognized belly dance instructor Donna Barrett will teach you classic belly dance moves, then dance with your classmates to inspiring music on a winter afternoon.

No Experience Necessary! $10, Sunday, February 9, 2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m., https:// www.facebook.com/ events/566499837237658/ The Copake Grange, 628 Empire Road, Copake, 518-329-5932 Community Music Space Young Performers Showcase Sunday, February 9, 7 p.m.

The Community Music Space, located at the Chocolate Factory in Red Hook, is an artistic educational center that provides a voice for music and acting in the Hudson Valley. Its goal is to prepare people for a creative life as well as refining and building skills for professional and aspiring artists.

The Community Music Space is a music school committed to offering a blend of musical and performing arts enrichment. The school offers private lessons, group classes, and workshops for adults and kids, with an experienced, professional, and energized faculty.

The school’s goal is to prepare people to live a musical life, whether that means as a performer, recording artist, actor, or singing with family around the campfire. Groups perform extensively in the community, from festivals to public venues and street fairs, as well as this annual showcase at Helsinki Hudson.

This program represents Club Helsinki Hudson’s commitment to presenting regional and emerging talent. $10 – $15, Sunday, February 9, 7 p.m., https://helsinkihudson. ticketfly.com/e/communitymusic-space-young-performersshowcase-85486447265/ Club Helsinki, 405 Columbia Street, Hudson, 518-828-4800 www.helsinkihudson.com

FEBRUARY 14 Hudson Jazz Festival Friday, February 14 Sunday, February 16 Weekend Events: Amoureux Du Jazz, Solo Piano Summit – Kevin Hays, Francesca Tankslet, Cidnho Teixeria, Billy Harper Quintet Film Screening: I Call Him Morgan Slavic Soul Party Hudson Jazz Festival Workshop for Youth Friday, February 14 — Sunday, February 16 https://hudsonhall.org/ hudson-jazz-festival-february-14-16-2020/ Hudson Hall, 327 Warren Street, Hudson, (518) 822-1438 http://hudsonhall.org/

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Met Opera HD Live: Gershwins’ ‘Porgy and Bess’

Eric Owens (Porgy) and Angel Blue (Bess) in Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess”.

HUDSON — Met Opera HD Live: The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, Sunday, February 9, 12:30 p.m.

By George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, and Ira Gershwin Cast: David Robertson; Angel Blue (Bess), Golda Schultz (Clara), Latonia Moore (Serena), Denyce Graves (Maria), Frederick Ballentine (Sportin’ Life), Eric Owens (Porgy), Alfred Walker (Crown), Donovan Singletary (Jake) The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess returns to the Met for the first time since 1990, in a new production directed by James Robinson in his company debut. America’s “folk opera,” as the 1935 creators described it, tells the story of disabled beggar Porgy, sung by Eric Owens, and his love for the drug-addicted Bess, portrayed by Angel Blue. David Robertson conducts a stellar cast that also includes Donovan Singletary as

fisherman Jake, Golda Schultz as his wife Clara, Latonia Moore as the bereaved widow Serena, Frederick Ballentine as drug dealer Sportin’ Life, Alfred Walker as the brutal stevedore Crown, and Denyce Graves as Maria, town matriarch and operator of the local cook-shop.

Infused with the timeless melodies of the much-loved classics “Summertime,” “It Ain’t Necessarily So,” “Bess, You Is My Woman Now,” “I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin,” and “My Man’s Gone Now,” the new co-production with English National Opera and Dutch National Opera was hailed as a triumph at its premiere in London earlier this year. $15 – $27.50, Sunday, Feb. 9, 12:30 p.m., https://timeandspace.org/calendar/porgyand-bess/ Time & Space Limited, 434 Columbia St., Hudson, 518822-8100 www.timeandspace.org

Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center To Feature Diverse Visual Art Exhibit In February 2020 POUGHKEEPSIE — The Hall Gallery of the Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center located at 9 Vassar Street in Poughkeepsie will be the setting for the DiMarco Sisters Show – a collective art exhibit – opening on February 7 and running through March 28. On display will be the works of artists and sisters Christina DiMarco, Andrea DiCarlo, Jean DiMarco, Victoria DiMarco Pilgrim, and Mary DiMarco Vincent. An Opening Night reception will be held on Friday, February 7 from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. The Hall Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The DiMarco Sisters Show will feature artwork of various mediums, modalities and techniques of five members of the DiMarco family. “Having six siblings and seeing their responses to living and their arts is always inspiring and has led to this art exhibit,” explained Christina DiMarco.

The DiMarco Sisters Show

Andrea DiCarlo majored in art at SUNY Plattsburgh and graduated from Towson University, Maryland. “I see the world with an artist’s eye, although the medium I use has varied throughout my life.

Jean DiMarco, who has considered herself to be an artist from the moment she first held a pencil in her hand, graduated

from Millbrook High School with honors in Fine Art and Mechanical Drawing, and received her Associates Degree in Fine Arts from Dutchess Community College. Drawing, oil painting, watercolors, sculpture, stain glass, paper marbling, sewing and beading are her primary interests and she intends that her work “is seen and enjoyed as an

expression of joy through color, movement, flow, unexpected spontaneity and mystery.”

Betsy Jacaruso, devotes her time teaching others to learn the art of stain glass and volunteering her time at the Red Hook Community Center teaching others how to sew.

Victoria DiMarco Pilgrim studied painting, drawing, pottery and printmaking at Dutchess Community College graduating with an Associates of Arts Degree in Humanities.

Mary DiMarco Vincent is the youngest of the DiMarco siblings and specializes in fiber art. “I truly love all types of fiber art, the colors, and what you can make with them,” she noted. “I also enjoy working with stained glass, knitting and sometimes crocheting.” For more information on the DiMarco Sisters Show call the Cunneen Hackett Arts Center at (845) 486-4571 or visit cunneenhackett.org.

SUNY Ulster upcoming music events for February STONE RIDGE — The SUNY Ulster Music Department will be hosting two concerts for February. The performances will be held in the Quimby Theater in Vanderlyn Hall on the Stone Ridge campus.

The Band Festival will be held Monday, Feb. 10, at 7:30 p.m.

Local high school bands combine with the SUNY Ulster Wind Ensemble to provide an evening of beautiful music led by guest conductor Paula Holcomb.

As director of bands at SUNY Fredonia, Dr. Holcomb oversees an extensive band pro- Dr. Paula Holcomb gram consisting of four concert states, South America, Australia, bands. She is highly sought after as an adjudicator and guest Mexico, Europe, and Canada.

Recently, Dr. Holcomb was conductor, and has conducted bands and orchestras in 39 presented with the A. Frank

Miller award from Kappa Kappa Psi, served on the Council and Artistic Planning Conference Committee for the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, as well as serving on the board of the Conductors Guild.

Herrington Benefit Concert The annual concert will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 26, at 7:30 p.m. Musicians from SUNY Ulster along with local ensembles performing in memory of the college’s former band director, Lee Herrington, to raise money for music scholarships.

The Lee Herrington Memorial Scholarship is awarded annually through the Ulster Community College Foundation, Inc. and is funded by donations

made at the concert. This scholarship is given to an entering or returning student who is involved with the Music program and has participated in SUNY Ulster music or choral groups.

The 2019-20 recipient was Bradley Westervelt, a second-year College Scholar at SUNY Ulster.

A suggested donation is accepted at the door: Adults $5, students and seniors $3, and Family $10. The snow date for this event is Wednesday, March 4.

For further information, please contact Christopher Earley at 845-688-1949 or email earleyc@sunyulster.edu.

The Two Of Us Productions presents ‘Death Trap’ “… a suspenseful thriller will keep you on the edge of your seat with The Two Of Us Productions! ” COPAKE — The Two Of Us Productions, the award winning theater company based in Columbia County NY, is presenting the suspenseful Broadway thriller Deathtrap at The Theater at The Copake Grange in Copake NY. It has been said, somewhat in jest, that Broadway is a cutthroat business. In Deathtrap we see that it is all too real. Consider one Sidney Bruhl, a successful Broadway playwright who has been looking for his Cyndi Miller and Matt Leinung. next big success, for 13 years! Sidney receives a draft play from a former student. He reads the script, recognizes quality writing to “disappear”.

This delicious and twisted tale features a & a potential hit when he sees it, and starts thinking how the student’s play can become strong & award-winning cast that includes: Sidney’s property. If only the student were Matt Leinung as Sidney, Peter Mostachetti

as Clifford, Constance Lopez as Myra, Cyndi Miller as Helga, and John Costa as Porter.

Performances of Deathtrap are 2 weekends only – February 14th, 15th & 16th, and the following weekend of February 21st, 22nd, & 23rd. Friday and Saturday performances are at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday matinees are at 3 p.m. The comfortable & intimate Theater at The Grange is located at The Copake Grange, on Empire Road in downtown Copake across from the Clocktower Pub. Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for students & seniors, and $12 for groups & families. For advance reservations visit www.TheTwoOfUsProductions.org or call 518-329-6293. Make your reservations early for the best seats on the date you want!

The Two Of Us Productions is well known throughout the Hudson Valley for presenting quality theater, both musicals and dramas.

HUDSON JAZZ FESTIVAL 2020

VALENTINE’S DAY WEEKEND HUDSON JAZZ FESTIVAL 2020 VALENTINE’S DAY WEEKEND at the historic Hudson Opera House Amoureux du Jazz with Aimée Allen Friday, February 14, 7pm Tickets: $30 The Festival opens with a romantic vibe on Valentine’s Day with singer Aimée Allen, hailed by JazzTimes as a “brilliant singer and even more thoughtful lyricist,” accompanied by the engaging pianist Armen Donelian, the superb bassist Jay Anderson and veteran Jeff Siegel on drums. Allen cut her teeth in the Paris jazz clubs and presents a contemporary spin on jazz standards, bossa nova and strikingly beautiful original compositions.

Solo Piano Summit Saturday, February 15, 2p.m.

Tickets: $25 Kevin Hays Francesca Tanksley Cidinho Teixeira Saturday afternoon’s Piano Summit highlights the eclectic and singular talent of three gifted pianists. NYC-based Kevin Hays is a Grammy Awardwinning jazz pianist, composer, and singer/songwriter who has appeared on over 60 albums and collaborated with Joshua Redman and was one half of a widely-acclaimed piano duo project with Brad Mehldau. Francesca Tanksley is an acclaimed jazz pianist and composer, and has had her music referred to as “…mesmerizing, captivating and monumental music” (Jazzreview.com).

Brazilian born, and NYCbased pianist, Cidinho Teixeira has worked with Brazilian musical legends such as Gal Costa and Gilberto Gil, and has made a name for himself recording and performing within the spirited Brazilian musical community of NYC. Billy Harper Quintet Saturday, February 15, 7p.m.

Tickets: $35 Saturday evening brings the legendary and singularly talented saxophonist Billy Harper to the Hudson Hall stage with his formidable quintet, featuring trumpeter Freddie Hendrix, Francesca Tanksley on piano, Hwansu Kang on bass, and drummer Aaron Scott. Harper is one of a generation of Coltrane-influenced tenor saxophonists and has played with some of jazz’s greatest musicians. The Saturday night headliner performance promises to be a memorable one.

Hudson Jazz Festival Workshop for Youth

Saturday, February 15, 11am For ages 12 & up. Free registration required Students are invited to join Hudson Jazzworks co-founders pianist Armen Donelian and saxophonist Marc Mommaas for a hands-on immersion in jazz improvisation and composition based on the curriculum and methods of the annual Hudson Jazz Workshop. This workshop is free and open to all young musicians ages 12 and up. Bring your instrument! Intermediate playing and reading ability recommended. Email hello@hudsonhall.org for any questions about the workshop. To apply for the workshop, fill out the this form.

Film Screening: I Called Him Morgan (2016, 92 mins) Sunday, February 16, 11a.m.

Free and open to the public, reservations encouraged Sunday morning, saxophonist Billy Harper returns to the stage to introduce the screening of a poignant and moving documentary about his friend and former musical collaborator, trumpeter Lee Morgan, titled I Called Him Morgan, by Kasper Collin. This free documentary looks at the prolific and whirlwind life of this celebrated musician, which was tragically cut short at the age of 33.

Slavic Soul Party!

Sunday, February 16, 4 p.m.

Tickets: $30 Peter Stan, accordion Peter Hess, saxophone John Carlson, trumpet Kenny Warren, trumpet Tim Vaughn, trombone Adam Dotson, trombone Kenny Bentley, tuba Chris Stromquist, percussion Matt Moran, percussion “Of all the NYC dance bands that draw on Eastern European music, Slavic Soul Party! is the coolest…” – Time Out NY The festival concludes with a resounding bang when Slavic Soul Party! invade the stage at Hudson Hall. This highly energetic collective mix European folk forms with the energy and irreverence of punk rock. Famous for “delivering a great time” (NYT), Slavic Soul Party! has played everywhere from Serbian school yards to Carnegie Hall. Might not want to sit this one out!

JoAnne Carson: ‘Rise Up and Shine!’

JoAnne Carson: Rise Up and Shine!

EXHIBITIONS @ OPALKA Reception FRI, Feb. 7, 6-8 p.m., Artist’s tour: 5 p.m.

Artist’s Lecture Tus, Feb. 18, 6:30 p.m.

NOW OPEN! We are excited to present a twentyfive year survey of the work of JoAnne Carson. From her punchy, exuberant paintings

to her quirky, zoomorphic sculptures and expressive drawings, Carson has established a unique artistic voice that merges references to the natural world with strange juxtapositions, unexpected materials, and playfully dark moods.

Listen to her recent WAMC interview and read recent Art & Object blog about her work.

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Mohawk Valley’s Jordanny Cuevas-Marte drives against Columbia-Green’s Cameron Thomas during Wednesday’s Region III game.

Columbia-Greene’s Jason Davis (10) shoots a jump hook over Mohawk Valley’s Jason Primus during Wednesday’s Region III game.

Twins fall to nationally ranked Hawks

By Matt Fortunato Columbia-Greene Media

HUDSON — The Columbia-Greene Twins lost to the Mohawk Valley Hawks on Wednesday night, 120-100, in a Region III men’s basketball game.

Zach Hedgepath led the Twins in scoring with 26, his teammate Anthony Diaz added 21. However the Hawks had three players with 20 or more; Johnathan Dean 20, Jordanny

Cuevas-Marte 23 and Justin Steed 26.

The Twins looked outmatched from the start, and were playing slow in the beginning of the game. They played with no sense of urgency, and the Hawks took advantage on a number of possessions.

Mohawk Valley continually ran plays that easily got their players open shot attempts, and they were leading 11-5 in just the first couple of minutes.

Steinbrenner trying to look past Astros cheating scandal, focus on loaded Yankees squad Kristie Ackert New York Daily News

ORLANDO, Fla. — Hal Steinbrenner wants to talk about the future. The report issued last month by MLB confirming that the Astros had cheated against his team in the 2017 American League

Championship Series clearly still burns him, but the Yankees managing partner will not spend 2020 talking about what could have been.

“Let me just say, when the report came out, I was as upset as anyone. Certainly there

Midway through the first half, the Twins trailed 28-16 and managed to score a few baskets to pull within four at the 6:25 mark.

Columbia-Greene’s ability to hit three-pointers every once in a while, kept them in the game for the time being.

The Twins hit a jumper to end the half, and cut the lead to 5748 at the break.

The second half began, and the Twins still could not box

out the Hawks for rebounds in the paint. This gave Mohawk Valley numerous second chances for points, and prevented the Twins from the extra possession time they desperately needed.

The Hawks continued flirting with a 20-point lead as they passed ten minute mark in the second half.

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Columbia-Greene’s Cameron Thomas drives to the basket during Wednesday’s Region III game against Mohawk Valley Community College.

LOCAL ROUNDUP:

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VALATIE — Ichabod Crane earned its 13th Patroon Conference boys volleyball without a loss on Wednesday, defeating Voorheesville, 3-1.

The Riders took the first two sets, 2511 and 25-5, dropped the third, 25-21, then came back to take the fourth, 2522.

For ICC, Harrison Puckett had 21 assists, 5 kills and 2 aces; Dean Warner 13 kills and 2 blocks; Cam Ames 2 kills, 2

aces and 4 digs; Jake Siter 7 kills, 3 digs and 2 aces; Jim Konderwich 5 kills and 2 blocks; Jared Cook 9 digs; Bobby Boll 2 digs; Ryan Tricozzi 5 aces and 3 kills.

BOYS BASKETBALL Coxsackie-Athens 62, Cairo-Durham 43 COXSACKIE — Coxsackie-Athens broke open a close game with a big second half in posting a 62-43 Patroon Conference boys basketball victory

over Cairo-Durham on Wednesday.

The Indians led 15-12 after one quarter and 29-27 at halftime, but outscored the Mustangs 33-16 over the final two quarters to earn the victory.

Kane Schrader paced the Indians with a 20-point effort. Josh Kiefer added 16.

Ethan Handel’s 20 points topped Cairo-Durham. Ethan Phillips had 11.

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Fans, Chiefs savor 50-year party knowing such moments are precious Sam Mellinger The Kansas City Star

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Believe it or not we have professional standards for this space that are generally easy to meet because we are not part of the story. We watch, usually from a press box, often with too many chips and coffee, and we write what we see after talking to those involved.

It is, in other words, very straightforward ... except for the times once every 50 years (or is it 5 now? Less?) when you cover a championship parade in Kansas City.

So in the interest of transparency, I am typing these words from a side office at a friend’s building two blocks off the route, my shoulders and feet screaming because that’s what happens when you hold a kindergartner over your head for dang near an hour surrounded by hundreds of thousands of friends and strangers celebrating the Chiefs’ Super Bowl championship.

The biggest crowd any of us have ever been part of or even seen on TV was enough body heat to make 30 degrees with a light snow feel almost balmy. The party started before sunrise, and if we’re honest, probably closer to sunset the night before.

Tailgating has always been done best by Chiefs fans. They don’t just tailgate. They wake up early enough to tailgate the opening of the parking lot gates — a tailgate as they wait to

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Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs celebrates atop one of the team buses on Wednesday in Kansas City, Mo. during the city’s celebration parade for the Chiefs’ victory in Super Bowl LIV.

tailgate.

No such restrictions can be made on a threemile parade route that started near City Market

and ended at Union Station, so for many the party started Tuesday night, peaked around noon Wednesday when the confetti trucks

drove by, and ended, well, I’m not exactly sure because these words are being typed Wednesday afternoon. Maybe the party will be done by the time you read this?

These are the days that fans dream of, the payoff for all the heartbreak. Once every 50 years can be enough, but what happens when it feels like this won’t be the last time they celebrate? They stood on tiptoes, jumped as high as they could or pointed their camera phones above their heads to see when the buses might start rolling by. The crafty ones found a news camera — they were EVERYWHERE, by the way — to ask for updates.

The whole thing was a half-hour or so of action — 37 minutes at our spot near 18th Street — with fans who never get this close seeing their favorite players without helmets. Frank Clark hugged friends. Tyreek Hill waved the Lombardi trophy. Eric Fisher took two Budweisers, slammed them together, then chugged what he could in a sequel to his Stone Cold celebration against the Texans. Patrick Mahomes danced to M-V-P chants and punched the air with his right fist the same way he does after touchdowns.

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Pro hockey NHL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OT SO Pts Boston 55 33 10 5 7 78 Tampa Bay 53 33 15 5 0 71 Florida 52 29 17 3 3 64 Toronto 54 28 19 3 4 63 Montreal 55 25 23 6 1 57 Buffalo 53 23 23 6 1 53 Ottawa 53 18 24 6 5 47 Detroit 54 12 38 3 1 28 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT SO Pts Washington 54 36 13 3 2 77 Pittsburgh 52 33 14 5 0 71 Columbus 54 29 16 7 2 67 NY Islanders 51 30 15 4 2 66 Philadelphia 53 29 17 2 5 65 Carolina 53 30 20 3 0 63 NY Rangers 52 26 22 2 2 56 New Jersey 52 18 24 4 6 46 Western Conference Central Division GP W L OT SO Pts St. Louis 54 32 14 5 3 72 Dallas 53 30 18 3 2 65 Colorado 51 29 16 5 1 64 Chicago 54 25 21 4 4 58 Nashville 52 25 20 4 3 57 Winnipeg 54 26 23 4 1 57 Minnesota 52 24 22 4 2 54 Pacific Division GP W L OT SO Pts Vancouver 54 30 19 3 2 65 Edmonton 53 28 19 4 2 62 Vegas 55 27 21 6 1 61 Arizona 55 27 21 3 4 61 Calgary 54 27 21 5 1 60 San Jose 54 23 27 3 1 50 Anaheim 53 22 26 4 1 49 Los Angeles 54 19 30 3 2 43 Tuesday’s games Boston 4, Vancouver 0 Colorado 6, Buffalo 1 Tampa Bay 4, Vegas 2 Montreal 5, New Jersey 4, SO NY Islanders 4, Dallas 3, OT Washington 4, Los Angeles 2 Columbus 1, Florida 0, OT Anaheim 3, Ottawa 2, SO St. Louis 6, Carolina 3 Minnesota 3, Chicago 2, OT Nashville 2, Winnipeg 1, OT San Jose 3, Calgary 1 Arizona 3, Edmonton 0 Wednesday’s games NY Rangers 5, Toronto 3 Boston 2, Chicago 1, OT Thursday’s games Detroit at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Anaheim at Montreal, 7 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.

Vegas at Florida, 7 p.m.

Los Angeles at NY Islanders, 7 p.m.

New Jersey at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Colorado at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

Winnipeg at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Vancouver at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Nashville at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Carolina at Arizona, 9 p.m.

San Jose at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.

GF GA 183 138 192 147 188 171 194 181 172 170 151 167 144 179 111 207 GF GA 197 160 176 142 144 135 150 139 170 157 169 145 171 169 141 190 GF GA 174 153 142 136 188 150 161 168 171 172 159 166 160 174 GF GA 177 163 170 165 170 166 155 148 147 166 139 178 137 163 133 171

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Rangers score twice in six seconds, down Leafs Field Level Media

Mika Zibanejad and Chris Kreider scored six seconds apart late in the first period Wednesday night for the host New York Rangers, who went on to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-3.

The back-to-back goals by Zibanejad and Kreider fell short of the team record for the fastest two goals set by Martin St Louis and Rick Nash on Oct. 19, 2014, when they tallied four seconds apart against the San Jose Sharks.

Filip Chytil, Pavel Buchnevich and Greg McKegg also scored for the Rangers, who have won three out of four.

Buchnevich had two assists while Zibanejad had one.

Rookie goalie Igor Shesterkin made 27 saves to improve to 4-1-0 in the NHL. Auston Matthews scored a pair of goals and John Tavares had a goal and an assist for the Maple Leafs, who lost their second straight. Goalie SARAH STIER/USA TODAY Michael Hutchinson record- New York Rangers left wing Chris Kreider (20) skates with the puck as Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Tyson Barrie (94) defends during ed 30 saves.

Wednesday’s game at Madison Square Garden.

The Maple Leafs took a short-lived lead on Tava- Leafs’ net before he moved to bounced to Zibanejad, who defenseman Justin Holl tried Buchnevich doubled the lead res’ rebound of William Ny- the right of the net, where he fired a shot over the glove of poking the puck free from with his goal 34 seconds later. lander’s shot 7:36 into the was stationed to tap home a Hutchinson with 2:42 left in Kreider, who eluded Holl’s efMatthews again pulled first period, but the Rangers pass into the crease by Tony the opening period. forts and backhanded a shot the Maple Leafs within one needed just 74 seconds to tie DeAngelo.

Zibanejad then won the en- past Hutchinson. by scoring on the power play the game.

Matthews cut the gap in A pair of faceoff wins led suing center-ice faceoff from Chytil started and finished to the Rangers’ back-to-back Matthews. Buchnevich cor- half by scoring his first goal with 3:28 left in the third, but the sequence by picking off goals. After Kreider won a fa- ralled the puck and passed to with 3:04 left in the second pe- McKegg iced the game by a clearing pass by Rasmus ceoff from Matthews deep in Kreider, who was streaking riod. Once again, the Rangers scoring an empty-net goal Sandin behind the Maple the Toronto zone, the puck toward the net. Maple Leafs didn’t wait long to respond as with 58.2 seconds remaining.

NBA Eastern Conference Atlantic W L Pct Toronto 37 14 .725 Boston 35 15 .700 Philadelphia 31 20 .608 Brooklyn 23 27 .460 New York 15 36 .294 Central W L Pct Milwaukee 43 7 .860 Indiana 31 20 .608 Chicago 19 33 .365 Detroit 19 34 .358 Cleveland 13 39 .250 Southeast W L Pct Miami 34 15 .694 Orlando 22 29 .431 Washington 17 32 .347 Charlotte 16 35 .314 Atlanta 14 38 .269 Western Conference Northwest W L Pct Denver 36 16 .692 Utah 32 18 .640 Oklahoma City 31 20 .608 Portland 23 28 .451 Minnesota 15 35 .300 Pacific W L Pct L.A. Lakers 38 11 .776 L.A. Clippers 35 15 .700 Phoenix 20 31 .392 Sacramento 19 31 .380 Golden State 12 40 .231 Southwest W L Pct Houston 32 18 .640 Dallas 31 20 .608 Memphis 26 25 .510 San Antonio 22 28 .440 New Orleans 20 31 .392 Tuesday’s games Milwaukee 120, New Orleans 108 Houston 125, Charlotte 110 Denver 127, Portland 99 L.A. Lakers 129, San Antonio 102 Wednesday’s games Detroit 116, Phoenix 108 Boston 116, Orlando 100 Brooklyn 129, Golden State 88 Toronto 119, Indiana 118 Atlanta 127, Minnesota 120 Oklahoma City 109, Cleveland 103 Memphis 121, Dallas 107 Denver 98, Utah 95 Miami at L.A. Clippers, 10 p.m.

Thursday’s games Orlando at New York, 7:30 p.m.

New Orleans at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

San Antonio at Portland, 10 p.m.

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

GB — 1.5 6.0 13.5 22.0 GB — 12.5 25.0 25.5 31.0 GB — 13.0 17.0 19.0 21.5 GB — 3.0 4.5 12.5 20.0 GB — 3.5 19.0 19.5 27.5 GB — 1.5 6.5 10.0 12.5

Transactions BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE Baltimore Orioles - Outrighted RHP Branden Kline and CF Stevie Wilkerson to Norfolk (IL).

NATIONAL LEAGUE Cincinnati Reds - Designated RHP Sal Romano for assignment. Signed RHP Pedro Strop to a one-year, $1.85 million contract.

Colorado Rockies - Signed RHP Ubaldo Jimenez to a minor league contract.

Philadelphia Phillies - Claimed RHP Deolis Guerra off waivers from the Milwaukee Brewers.

Designated RHP JD Hammer for assignment.

Outrighted RHP Trevor Kelley to Lehigh Valley (IL). Signed 2B Logan Forsythe, RHP Blake Parker, and RHP Anthony Swarzak to a minor league contract.

Pittsburgh Pirates - Signed CF Solomon Maguire to a minor league contract.

FOOTBALL NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE New York Giants - Named Anthony Blevins assistant defensive backs coach. Named Ben Wilkerson assistant offensive line coach. Named Bobby Blick offensive quality control coach. Named Bret Bielema outside linebackers coach and senior assistant coach. Named Burton Burns running backs coach. Named Derek Dooley senior offensive assistant coach. Named Freddie Kitchens tight ends coach. Named Jerome Henderson defensive backs coach. Named Jerry Schuplinski quarterbacks coach. Named Jody Wright defensive assistant coach. Named Kevin Sherrer inside linebackers coach. Named Marc Colombo offensive line coach. Named Mike Treier defensive quality control coach. Named Sean Spencer defensive line coach. Named Stephen Brown offensive assistant coach. Named Tyke Tolbert wide receivers coach.

Philadelphia Eagles - Named quarterbacks coach Press Taylor passing game coordinator.

Pittsburgh Steelers - Re-signed vice president and general manager Kevin Colbert to a oneyear contract extension.

NBA roundup: Ibaka hits key shot in Raptors’ record win Field Level Media

Serge Ibaka made the decisive 3-pointer with 30.4 seconds remaining to finish with 30 points as the Toronto Raptors extended their winning streak to a franchise-best 12 games Wednesday night with a 119-118 victory over the visiting Indiana Pacers.

Kyle Lowry had 32 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds for the Raptors, who have won 12 straight regular-season home games against the Pacers.

Pascal Siakam had 25 points and nine rebounds for Toronto, Terence Davis II had 11 points and Fred VanVleet chipped in 10.

Malcolm Brogdon had 24 points for the Pacers, who have lost three straight. Doug McDermott added 19 points for the Pacers, Domantas Sabonis had 15 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists, and Victor Oladipo scored 13 points.

Celtics 116, Magic 100 Jayson Tatum scored 33 points, and host Boston shot a blistering 56.5 percent from behind the 3-point arc to outlast Orlando. Ahead of his first career All-Star Game appearance, Tatum carried the scoring with fellow All-Star selection Kemba Walker sidelined due to a sore left knee.

Tatum shot 5 of 11 from 3-point range and added eight rebounds and five assists. Gordon Hayward finished with 23 points, seven rebounds and seven assists for Boston. However, Jaylen Brown, who scored 18 points and grabbed five rebounds, appeared to turn his ankle in the closing minutes of the win.

Evan Fournier led Orlando with 26 points. Aaron Gordon posted 23 points and 10 rebounds while Nikola Vucevic finished with 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Magic, who have dropped six of their past seven games.

Hawks 127, Timberwolves 120 Trae Young and John Collins each produced a double-double to lead Atlanta to a win in Minneapolis, handing Minnesota its 13th consecutive loss.

Young scored 38 points, hitting six 3-pointers, and had 11 assists for his 19th double-double this season. It was the 26th time Young has scored 30-plus points. Collins had 27 points, making 11 of 19 shots from the floor, www.facebook.com/ HudsonRegisterstar www.facebook.com/ CatskillDailyMail

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Toronto Raptors forward Serge Ibaka (9) celebrates a win over the Indiana Pacers at Scotiabank Arena.

and grabbed 12 rebounds. Minnesota had three players score 20-plus points, led by Andrew Wiggins with 25 points and seven rebounds.

Both teams had only 11 players active because of pending trades. Atlanta’s Evan Turner and Minnesota’s Robert Covington, two players rumored to be part of a four-team deal, were not available.

Nuggets 98, Jazz 95 Nikola Jokic had 30 points, 21 rebounds and 10 assists, and shorthanded Denver came from behind to beat Utah in Salt Lake City. The Nuggets had just seven players available due to injury and a pending trade.

Jokic tied a career high with his rebound total, and he notched his fourth triple-double in the past nine games. Jamal Murray added 31 points and Monte Morris scored 15 for the Nuggets, who improved to 9-0 against the Northwest Division and won for the sixth time in eight games overall.

Mike Conley had 21 points, Donovan Mitchell scored 18 and Rudy Gobert had 16 points and 14 rebounds for the Jazz, who have dropped five straight. Bojan Bogdanovic and Jordan Clarkson added 16 each for Utah, which blew a nine-point lead in the

last seven minutes.

Clippers 128, Heat 111 Paul George and Landry Shamet scored 23 points apiece, and Los Angeles earned a victory over visiting Miami.

Miami forward Jimmy Butler (strained right shoulder) and Los Angeles guard Patrick Beverley (sore right groin) left the game in the third quarter and did not return.

Kawhi Leonard, Montrezl Harrell and Lou Williams each scored 14 points for the Clippers, who had eight players reach double figures. Derrick Jones Jr. had 25 points and nine rebounds while Bam Adebayo scored 22 points and grabbed 11 boards for the Heat.

Thunder 109, Cavaliers 103 Dennis Schroder scored 30 points off the bench to lift Oklahoma City to a home win over Cleveland.

Schroder shot 10 of 17 from the floor. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander added 23 points and 10 rebounds for the Thunder.

Collin Sexton had a team-high 23 points and Kevin Love added 20 points as Cleveland’s losing streak stretched to five games. The Cavaliers have dropped 12 of their past 13.

Grizzlies 121, Mavericks 107 Ja Morant scored 21 points while Jaren Jackson Jr. and Tyus Jones added 19 each as Memphis capped a busy day with a victory at Dallas. Memphis won for the sixth time in its past seven games and now has 12 victories over its past 15 contests.

Brandon Clarke had 18 points as the Grizzlies won the game shortly after the team reportedly agreed to trade Andre Iguodala to the Miami Heat.

Iguodala was acquired from the Golden State Warriors in the offseason but declined to report to Memphis.

Kristaps Porzingis scored 32 points for the Mavericks, who were playing without leading scorer, rebounder and assist man Luka Doncic for the fourth consecutive game because of a sprained right ankle.

Pistons 116, Suns 108 Andre Drummond powered his way to 31 points and 19 rebounds, and host Detroit pulled away to beat Phoenix.

Reggie Jackson had 25 points and nine assists for Detroit while Christian Wood contributed 21 points and eight rebounds. Langston Galloway added 15 points off the bench, and Bruce Brown chipped in nine points and seven assists.

Kelly Oubre Jr.’s 30 points led the Suns, who have lost four straight. Deandre Ayton contributed 26 points, 12 rebounds and four blocks while Devin Booker tossed in 22 points with seven assists. Mikal Bridges added 13 points, six rebounds and four assists.

Nets 129, Warriors 88 Caris LeVert scored 23 points as Brooklyn started quickly and cruised to a rout of Golden State in New York.

Joe Harris added 17 and tied a season high with nine rebounds while reserve Garrett Temple contributed 16 for the Nets. Rodions Kurucs and Taurean Prince chipped in 12 apiece for Brooklyn, which shot 51 percent on field-goal attempts.

D’Angelo Russell received a tribute video after the first quarter, and the former Brooklyn guard scored 17 on 7-of-20 shooting. Russell missed all eight of his 3-point tries as the Warriors shot 36.5 percent from the floor and 12.8 percent (5 of 39) on 3-point tries.

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Red Sox have set a terrible precedent with Mookie Betts trade Bill Koch The Providence Journal

BOSTON — It’s October 2021 and the Red Sox have just missed their third straight postseason.

Boston’s multi-year rebuild staggers along with no end in sight. Prized prospects have disappointed and the Back Bay is growing restless. Attendance at Fenway Park begins to dip.

Then, a bombshell — Rafael Devers rejects a second contract extension proposed by Red Sox executives. The star third baseman publicly states his intent to test free agency following the 2023 campaign no matter what sort of price Boston is willing to pay. The Red Sox begin to engage in trade discussions regarding a player who projected to be one of their long-term cornerstones.

This scenario might make sense in a current baseball world where chasing value seems to be the only mandate.

And the precedent for such a move was set late Tuesday night when Chaim Bloom executed his first blockbuster as Boston’s chief baseball officer.

Mookie Betts and David Price were dealt to the Dodgers as part of a three-team swap, and it’s the initial name included who dominates the headlines.

The marriage between Price and the Red Sox always seemed an arranged one, but Betts was the franchise’s brightest homegrown talent in recent memory.

His exit after winning an American League Most Valuable Player award, four Gold Gloves and three Silver Sluggers is nothing short of a shame.

There will be folks — many reputable, some less so — who will defend this trade as one Bloom had to make. The

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Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw surrenders a sixth inning solo homer to Boston Red Sox’s Mookie Betts during Game 5 of the World Series on Oct. 28, 2018 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.

27-year-old Betts declined on multiple occasions to commit his future to Boston beyond the 2020 season. Bringing back outfielder Alex Verdugo from Los Angeles, right-handed pitcher Brusdar Graterol from Minnesota and shedding upwards of $45 million in payroll by moving the remaining three years on Price’s contract will be rationalized as wise business.

What’s missing? Any sort of legitimate attempt to contend this year. The Red Sox will exhaust a prime season of Devers, Xander Bogaerts, J.D. Martinez,

Andrew Benintendi, Chris Sale, Nathan Eovaldi and Eduardo Rodriguez. That’s just to name a few players who are either on the wrong side of 30 or one year closer to hitting the open market themselves.

This is certainly the kind of bold move Bloom could have made in Tampa Bay with little pushback. The Rays play in a toothless market with an underwhelming fan base and have reached just one World Series since their 1998 founding. Their 186 victories over the last two regular seasons defied the odds,

Pete Rose petitions MLB to overturn lifetime ban

coming despite few expectations and one of baseball’s lowest payrolls.

Boston will always be a more pressurized setting, particularly over the last two decades with all four major sports franchises capturing championships.

The Red Sox have won all four World Series they’ve reached and topped $184 million in payroll in each of the last five seasons. Those costs are inevitably passed on to the patrons, and their desire for victory is insatiable.

Betts and Price both chafed

under that spotlight at times.

Betts was frequently among the first Boston players to depart the clubhouse postgame, leaving teammates like Bogaerts to address the failings of 2019 and assume the de facto role as team captain. Price publicly feuded with NESN analyst Dennis Eckersley, one of several uncomfortable interactions with Red Sox media members.

Those are minor inconveniences compared with what Betts and Price had to offer on the field. And by any available measure, be it statistical

or otherwise, Boston is a worse baseball team today than it was yesterday. Bloom has been in charge for barely three months and has already cemented his status as the perfect patsy for Red Sox ownership should this shift in philosophy blow up in their faces.

Boston’s negligence in overseeing the spending of former president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski helped lead to this moment. John Henry simply didn’t exercise enough control, failing to monitor an executive who built a long track record of cutting the biggest check for the shiniest star.

The combined $430 million lavished by the Red Sox on Price, Sale and Eovaldi seems rather profligate indeed.

Bloom’s hiring represented an overcorrection to what has been accepted as a more modern approach, and on nights like Tuesday it evoked a visceral reaction. It also brings about the maddening temptation to predict the future, one that has the likes of Devers being moved even earlier in his Boston career. An extra year of comparatively cheap team control for Betts might have persuaded the Dodgers to take all of Price’s money or include an untouchable prospect like infielder Gavin Lux, right-handed pitcher Dustin May or catcher Keibert Ruiz.

What’s to stop the Red Sox from making such a move again? If you can trade a generational talent like Betts, you can certainly do the same with Devers. We can have the same discussion in 2026 or so if Triston Casas develops into a superstar at first base.

Nothing should be unthinkable in Boston anymore.

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Pete Rose petitioned commissioner Rob Manfred to overturn his lifetime ban from baseball on Wednesday, saying his punishment was “vastly disproportionate” when compared with discipline of other players linked to improper conduct, ESPN reported.

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y., also received a copy of the petition, ESPN’s Don Van Natta said. By being on baseball’s ineligible list, the 78-year-old Rose cannot be considered for Hall of Fame enshrinement.

The petition, obtained by the network, argues that MLB did not punish players on the Houston Astros involved in the 2017 sign-stealing scandal and allowed a player banned for life for steroid usage to return to the game.

“There cannot be one set of rules for Mr. Rose and another for everyone else,” Rose’s 20-page petition states. “No objective standard or categorization of the rules violations committed by Mr. Rose can distinguish his violations from those that have incurred substantially less severe penalties from Major League Baseball.”

Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti banned Rose from baseball in 1989 after an investigation showed that Rose had bet on major league games while manager of the Cincinnati Reds, including on his own team to win. While Rose initially denied the allegations, he admitted to betting on the Reds in a 2004 book.

The all-time hits leader previously asked Manfred to remove him from the ineligible list and reinstate him to baseball, which the commissioner denied in December 2015.

Manfred rejected Rose’s previous application in part because he said Rose continued to bet on baseball in Las Vegas, where he lives. Former commissioner Bud Selig also had turned down a request from Rose.

Rose told ESPN in an interview that aired last month that

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Former Cincinnati Reds player Pete Rose waves to the crowd during a pregame ceremony of the unveiling of his bronze statue at Great American Ball Park.

he regrets not owning up to his actions from the beginning.

“People should know that I’m very sorry that I made the mistake that I did. ... If you want to look back, which you can, I should have admitted to (Giamatti) the first time he called me in the office in January of ‘89, but I didn’t.”

Part of Rose’s argument now is that Manfred has given out lesser punishments to players whose actions affected the integrity of the games. While Manfred suspended Astros manager AJ Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow for one year after an investigation into sign stealing – they subsequently were fired – the players involved weren’t suspended.

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Given the manner in which Major League Baseball has treated and continues to treat other egregious assaults on the integrity of the game, Mr. Rose’s ongoing punishment is no longer justifiable as a proportional response to his transgressions.”

Rose retired in 1986 after a 24-year career with the Cincinnati Reds (1963-78, 1984-86), Philadelphia Phillies (1979-83) and Montreal Expos (1984). He won two World Series with the Big Red Machine in the 1970s and another with the Phillies in 1980.

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3010 Clarendon Holdings LLC filed w/ SSNY on 12/13/19. Office: Greene Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 674 4th Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11232.

Purpose: any lawful.

508-510 State St. LLC Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company ("LLC"). Articles of Organization filed New York Sec. of State ("NYSS") 1/14/2020. Office loc.

Columbia County.

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

NYSS shall mail a copy of any process to c/o The LLC, 344 Grove Street #201, Jersey City, New Jersey 07302. There is no specific date set for dissolution. Purpose: to engage in any lawful activity or act. Name and Business Address of Organizer is John R. Marvin, Esq., 44 West Market Street, P.O. Box 151, Rhinebeck, NY 12572.

ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF 296-298 MAIN, LLC Under Section 203 of the Limited Liability Company Law FIRST: The name of the limited liability company is: 296-298 MAIN, LLC. SECOND: The county within this state in which the office of the limited liability company is to be located is: Greene County.

THIRD: The latest date on which the limited liability company is to dissolve is: Thirty years from the date of filing.

FOURTH: The Secretary of State is designated as Agent of the Limited liability Company upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Office address within or without this state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the Limited Liability Company served upon him or her is: 551 17th Street, Brooklyn, New York 11215.

FIFTH: The future effective date of the Articles of Organization is upon filing.

SIXTH: These Articles of Organization have been filed with the Secretary of State on January 8, 2020.

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NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING The Planning Board of the Town of Copake, New York, will be holding a Special Meeting on an application by GRJH, Inc., for a Site Plan Review for a proposed Convenience Store and Gas Station at State Route 23 and Craryville Road in the Town of Copake. The site under review is located at the northwest corner of the intersection of State Route 23 and Craryville Road and is identified as tax parcel 144.4-1-5.

Said parcel is bordered now or was formerly bordered by the following Lands of: Brian & Elinor Bannon, Craryville United Methodist Church, Methodist Parsonage, Thomas Martin McCormick, EB5 LLC, John F. Daprile, Charles & Nancy Benansky and Diedrich Bottjer.

The Special Meeting will be held on Saturday, the 15th day of February 2020 at the Copake Town Hall at 230 Mountain View Road, at 10:00 a.m.

The purpose of the meeting will be to continue the review of the completed Site Plan application and may include action by the Planning Board to vote to approve or deny the proposed site plan application for the project, or to take other action in relation to the proposed GRJH project. The meeting is open to the public.

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75 Hill Street LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 11/12/2019.

Cty: Greene. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Terrence Maul, 75 Hill St., Tannersville, NY 12485.

General Purpose.

ARTICLES OF 781 COUNTY ROAD GANIZATION OF LIABILITY 25, LLC, Arts. of Org. LIMITED filed with the SSNY on COMPANY NR LEVITES 12/19/2019. Office loc: THE Greene County. SSNY FAMILY LLC has been designated Notice of formation of as agent upon whom Limited Liability Comprocess against the pany (“LLC�). Articles LLC may be served. of Organization filed SSNY shall mail pro- with the Secretary of cess to: Larocca Hor- State of New York on nik Rosen & Greenberg (“SSNY�)

LLP, 40 Wall Street, 01/21/2020. Office loColumbia 32nd Fl, Attn: P. cation: SSNY has McPartland, NY, NY County.

10005. Purpose: Any been designated as agent of the LLC upon Lawful Purpose. whom process against NOTICE OF FORMA- it may be served.

TION of CAMPETA SSNY shall mail a copy WELDING LLC. Arti- of any process to the cles of Organization LLC to Kristal Heinz, filed with New York ESQ., P.O. Box 1331, Secretary of State on Hudson, NY 12534.

January 7, 2020. Office Purpose: To engage in location: Columbia any lawful activity.

County. Secretary of Notice of Formation of State is designated as Inspirited Ventures agent of LLC upon LLC. Arts. of Org. filed whom service of pro- with SSNY on 2/4/20. cess against it may be Office location: Columserved. Secretary of bia SSNY desg. as State shall mail pro- agent of PLLC upon cess to 43 Cove Road, whom process against Hillsdale, NY 12529. it may be served.

Purpose: any lawful SSNY mail process to act or activity within Eleven Times Square, the purposes for which NY, NY, 10036. Any a limited liability com- lawful purpose. pany may be organized pursuant to the COPAKE PLANNING Limited Liability Com- BOARD pany Law. TOWN OF COPAKE

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Handsome Hitch, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 12/6/2019. Cty: Columbia. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 11 Lake View Dr., Elizaville, NY 12523. General Purpose.

Legal Notice Notice of Formation of a Limited Liability Company (LLC); Name: TFAL PROPERTIES, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/18/2019. 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 process to: c/o Tfal properties, LLC PO BOX 767, 1113 RTE. 217, Philmont, NY 12565. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Latest date upon which LLC is dissolve; No specific date.

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING H U N T E R - TA N N E R S VILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a resolution adopted by the Board of Education of the Hunter Tannersville Central

School District on December 19, 2019 that a special meeting of the qualified voters of the School District be and the same is hereby called to be held in the in the Hunter Elementary School located at 7794 Main Street, Hunter, New York on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 from 1:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. prevailing time for the purpose of voting on the following proposition: Shall that the Board of Education be authorized to (1) replace the non-functioning stage rigging, stage lighting fixtures and controls, at the District’s High/Middle School.

(2) associated equipment, piping and wiring, and incidental costs related thereto at a cost not to exceed $325,000; (3) expend such sum for such purpose; and (4) expend $325,000 from the FaImprovement cilities Capital Reserve Fund to pay the cost of such purpose?

The vote upon such proposition shall be by paper or absentee ballot. The hours during which the polls shall be kept open shall be from 1:00 P.M. until 8:00 p.m., prevailing time or for as long thereafter as necessary to enable qualified voters who are in the polling place at 9:00 p.m. to cast their ballots.

Personal registration of voters is required for the annual vote, and no person shall be entitled to vote whose name does not appear in the register of the school district, except those persons who register to vote pursuant to the provisions of Election Law #5-612.

Persons otherwise qualified to vote who voted in any annual vote conducted within four calendar years before the preparation of the register need not personally register for this vote. Registration of qualified voters will be conducted by the Board of Registration at the Tannersville Building, Tannersville New York on March 13, 2020 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Any person shall be entitled to have his or her name placed upon such register in the District in which that person resides, provided that in such meeting of the board of Registration that person is known or proven to the satisfaction of such members to be then and thereafter entitled to vote at the annual vote for which the registration is prepared. Any person 18 years of age or over, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the school district for 30 days next preceding the date of voting is entitled to register and vote. The register of the school district so prepared shall

be filed five days before the date of the vote in the District Office in the Tannersville School where it shall be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the district between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., each day up to and including the day set for the vote, except Sunday.

Absentee ballots may be applied for at the office of the District Clerk. Applications for absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk at least seven days prior to the vote if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or on or prior to March 17, 2020, if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter.

Absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk not later than 5:00 p.m.in the Hunter Elementary School Cafeteria on March 24, 2020. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots have been issued will be available for inspection to qualified voters of the School District in the office of the District Clerk between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on weekdays prior to the day set for the vote. Any qualified voter present in the polling place may object to the voting of the ballot upon appropriate grounds for making his/her challenge and the reasons therefore known to the Inspector of Election before the close of the polls.

Dated: February 7, 2020 Elizabeth Rizzo District Clerk H u n t e r- Ta n n e r s v i l l e Central School District

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF COLUMBIA Bank of America, N.A., Plaintiff AGAINST Kim L. Singletary, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 11-13-2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Columbia County Courthouse, 401 Union Street, Hudson, NY on February 14, 2020 at 9:30AM, premises known as 270 Washington Boulevard, 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 Greenport, County of Columbia, and State of New York, SECTION: 100.18, BLOCK: 2, LOT: 42. Approximate amount of judgment $122,358.85 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #11465/2017. Shawn T. Nash, Esq., Referee Frenkel Lambert Weiss Weisman & Gordon, LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 01-083888-F00 67236

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

SECOND: The Articles of Organization of the Company were filed with the Secretary of State on November 20, 2019.

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

FOURTH: The Secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process against the Company may be served. The post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail process is Bryce Dusenbery, 5 Joanne Drive, Hudson, New York 12534.

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 15, 2020 FREEMAN HOWARD, P.C. 441 East Allen Street P.O. Box 1328 Hudson, New York 12534

Notice of Formation of Corsun Equities, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 12/23/19.

Office location: Columbia County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 170 Hamilton Ave, Ste 201, White Plains, NY 10601. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is Steven Corsun, 170 Hamilton Ave, Ste 201, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF COLUMBIA MidFirst Bank, Plaintiff AGAINST The Estate of Flora Larkin, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 11-19-2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Columbia County Courthouse, 401 Union Street, Hudson, NY on February 28, 2020 at 10:00AM, premises known as 6640 Chester Avenue, Stottville, NY 12172. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Stockport, County of Columbia and State of New York, SECTION: 91.3, BLOCK: 1, LOT: 72.

Approximate amount of judgment $74,226.76 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #13029/2018. For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www.Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832.

James Caruso, Esq., Referee Frenkel Lambert Weiss Weisman & Gordon, LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 01-088100F00 67284 NOTICE OF FORMATION of Himmapan LLC. Articles of Organization filed with New York Secretary of State on January 13, 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 911 Snydertown Road, Craryville, NY 12521.

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 PUBLIC HEARING The Town of Catskill Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a Public Hearing pursuant to Article 160-11 of the Town of Catskill Zoning Laws to allow 20' Variance for placement of shed on lands owned by Robert Harkin located at 10 Mill Lane Application Area Variance V-18-2019 Tax Map# 199.07-1-27 The Public Hearing will be held on the 12th day of February , 2020 at 6:00 PM , at the Town Hall located at 439-441 Main Street, Catskill, NY. to allow public comment on the application.

The above application is open for inspection at the Office of the Zoning Board of Appeals located at 439 Main Street, Catskill, New York between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., or by appointment.

By order of Gary Harvey Chairman, Zoning Board of Appeals, Town of Catskill NOTICE OF FORMATION OF THE SWELL PARTY, LLC On 7/21/15, Art. of Org. of The Swell Party, LLC were filed with the SSSNY. The office of the NY LLC is located in Columbia County. The SSSNY is designated as the agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and the post office address within NY State to which the SSSNY shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon the LLC is The Swell Party, LLC, PO Box 125, Malden Bridge, NY 12115. The purpose of the LLC is for any lawful business purpose or purposes.

Notice of Amendment to the Hudson Housing Authority’s Housing Choice Voucher Administrative Plan

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The Hudson Housing Authority proposes to amend its Housing Choice Voucher Administrative Plan to include HUD’s Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) Project Based Voucher (PBV) regulations. The Administrative Plan describes the details about HHA’s policies, programs, services, and strategies for handling overall operations, resident concerns and needs.

The Hudson Housing Authority hereby announces the scheduling of a Public Hearing concerning the proposed Amendment to its Housing Choice Voucher (HVC) Administrative Plan on Thursday, March 26, 2020 at 6:00pm in the Bliss Towers Community Room located at 41 N. Second Street, Hudson, NY 12534. Persons with special needs relating to handicapped accessibility, hearing or vision impairment or foreign language shall contact the Hudson Housing Authority Office at (518) 828-5415 prior to the date above.

The Hudson Housing Authority will also conduct a 45-day public comment period beginning on Monday February 10, 2020. The public is advised that the amendment and related documents will be available for inspection at the principal office of the Hudson Housing Authority located at 41 N. Second Street between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:00pm, closed between 12 noon and 1:00pm for lunch Monday through Friday.

Comments will be received until Wednesday 4:00pm March 25, 2020 and can be addressed to Timothy Mattice, Executive Director, Hudson Housing Authority, 41N. Second Street, Hudson, NY 12534.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF 362 EICHYBUSH LLC On 1/10/20, Art. of Org. of 362 Eichybush LLC were filed with the SSSNY. The office of the NY LLC is located in Columbia County.

The SSSNY is designated as the agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and the post office address within NY State to which the SSSNY shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon the LLC is 362 Eichybush LLC, PO Box 125, Malden Bridge, NY 12115. The purpose of the LLC is for any lawful business purpose or purposes.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: 40 HILL STREET LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on December 27, 2019. Office location: Greene County.

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 the LLC, 40 Route 23C, Tannersville, NY 12485. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF COLUMBIA QUICKEN LOANS INC., Plaintiff against ROBIN L. RINGWOOD A/K/A ROBIN RINGWOOD A/K/A ROBIN L. WILKIE; BLAKE WILKIE, et al Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on November 6, 2019.

I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Lobby of Columbia County Courthouse, 401 Union Street, Hudson, N.Y. on the 21st day of February, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. premises described as follows: All that certain lot or parcel of land with house and garage erected thereon situate on the Westerly side of Old Manorton Road in the Town of Livingston, County of Columbia and State of New York.

Said premises known as 138 Manorton Road, Elizaville, N.Y. 12523 a/k/a 138 Old Manorton Road, Elizaville, N.Y. 12523.

(Section: 181., Block: 1, Lot: 27).

Approximate amount of lien $ 222,671.28 plus interest and costs.

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

Index No. 12645-18.

Janet K. Kealy, Esq., Referee.

Stern & Eisenberg, PC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff Woodbridge Corporate Plaza 485 B Route 1 South – Suite 330 Iselin, NJ 08830 (732) 582-6344 *For sale information, please visit www.auction.com or call 800280-2832*

NOTICE VILLAGE OF ATHENS Pursuant to Section 4-408 of the Village Law, the Treasurer's Report of the Village of Athens for the fiscal year ending May 31, 2019 is on file at the Village Clerk's Office, 2 First Street, Athens, New York. This document is available for inspection by any interested person Monday through Friday be- SUPREME COURT OF tween the hours of THE STATE OF NEW YORK - COUNTY OF 9AM and 4PM. GREENE SUNTRUST MORTPlease take notice that GAGE, INC., the Village of Coxsack- V. ie Historic Preservation CATHERINE J. CARCommittee will hold a RANO; ET. AL. Public Hearing on Feb- NOTICE OF SALE ruary 11, 2020 at 6:00 NOTICE IS HEREBY p.m. at the Village of GIVEN pursuant to a Coxsackie Hall, 119 Final Judgment of Mansion Street, Cox- Foreclosure dated Desackie, NY. cember 17, 2019, and The subject of the entered in the Office of Public Hearing will be the Clerk of the County to review the proposal of Greene, wherein received by Empire SUNTRUST MORTRiverfront Ventures, GAGE, INC. is the LLC. at 52-60 South Plaintiff and CATHERiver Street, Coxsack- RINE J. CARRANO; ET ie, NY bearing Tax AL. are the DefenMap #56.20-2-11 & dant(s). I, the under56.20-2-12, to extend signed Referee will sell the Historic District in at public auction at the downtown Coxsackie GREENE COUNTY along South River COURTHOUSE, 320 Street, which currently MAIN STREET, CATSends at 48 South River KILL, NY 12414, on Street, to include the March 13, 2020 at 9:00 52 and 60 South River am, premises known Street properties. De- as 337 ROOSEVELT tails of the proposal AVENUE, CAIRO, NY can be viewed at Flach 12413: Section 82.02, Development & Realty Block 3, Lot 12: Inc., 45 Sunset Boule- ALL THAT TRACT OR vard, Coxsackie, NY PARCEL OF LAND 12051, and asking for SITUATE, LYING AND Aaron Flach.

BEING IN THE TOWN Respectfully Submit- OF CAIRO, COUNTY ted, OF GREENE AND Nikki Bereznak, Clerk STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions PUBLIC NOTICE Please take notice that of filed Judgment Inthe Germantown ZBA dex # 0320-2014. Max will hold a Public Hear- Zacker, Esq. - Referee. ing on Thursday, Feb- RAS Boriskin, LLC 900 ruary 20, 2020, at the Merchants Concourse, Germantown Town Suite 310, Westbury, Hall, beginning at 7:00 New York 11590, Atp.m. All interested par- torneys for Plaintiff. ties are welcomed to NOTICE attend and be heard SUMMONS, on the following mat- AND BRIEF STATEter: Jennifer Greim has MENT OF NATURE OF applied for an Area ACTION CONSUMER TRANSACVariance to erect an 8 CREDIT SUPREME foot tall fence along TION OF THE her side property line COURT bordering Stewart’s STATE OF NEW YORK gas station to mitigate COUNTY OF GREENE the impact on her Index No. 2019-401 home located at 106 M&T BANK, Plaintiff, CATHLEEN Main Street, German- againstCASEY MCCULtown, NY 12526.

AS POSIf you are unable to at- LOUGH, tend and choose not SIBLE HEIR TO THE to speak at the Public ESTATE OF BRUCE R. DEHearing, written com- MCCULLOUGH, MATTHEW ments will be accepted CEASED; AS at Town Hall c/o Jami MCCULLOUGH, DelPozzo, 50 Palatine POSSIBLE HEIR TO ESTATE OF Park Road, German- THE town, NY 12526 or BRUCE R. MCCULg t o w n p z - LOUGH, DECEASED; KATHRYN O'BRIEN, sec@yahoo.com Jami L. DelPozzo- AS POSSIBLE HEIR Secretary Planning and TO THE ESTATE OF BRUCE R. MCCULZoning LOUGH, DECEASED; DAVID MCCULTannersville Pantry LOUGH, AS POSLLC, Arts of Org. filed SIBLE HEIR TO THE with Sec. of State of ESTATE OF BRUCE R. NY (SSNY) MCCULLOUGH, DE11/12/2019.

Cty: CEASED; PATRICIA Greene. SSNY desig. PECORA, AS POSas agent upon whom SIBLE HEIR TO THE process against may ESTATE OF BRUCE R. be served & shall mail MCCULLOUGH, DEprocess to Terrence CEASED; CAROLINE Maul, 75 Hill St., Tan- WASIAL, AS POSnersville, NY 12485. SIBLE HEIR TO THE General Purpose.

ESTATE OF BRUCE R. MCCULLOUGH, DEVidbel Mountain CEASED; SARAH Homestead, LLC, Art. WOLFRAM, AS POSof Org. filed with SSNY SIBLE HEIR TO THE on 7/8/19. Off. loc.: ESTATE OF BRUCE R. Greene Co. SSNY des- MCCULLOUGH, DEignated as agent upon CEASED; ALL UNwhom process may be KNOWN HEIRS, DEVIserved & shall mail: SEES AND PERSON149 Siam Rd., Wind- AL REPRESENTAham, NY 12496. Purp.: TIVES OF BRUCE R. any lawful purp.

MCCULLOUGH AND

ANY OF HIS, HER OR ANY OF THEIR SUCCESSORS IN RIGHT, TITLE, AND INTEREST; et al. Defendants.

TO THE DEFENDANT(S): All Unknown Heirs Devisees and Personal Representatives of Bruce R. McCullough and any of his, her or any of their successors in right, title and interest YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to serve upon plaintiff's attorneys an answer to the complaint in this action within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service is complete if the Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York. 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 answer, judgment will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. Trial is desired in the County of GREENE. The basis of venue designated above is that the real property, which is the subject matter of this action, is located in the County of GREENE, 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. The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of Hon. Thomas A. Breslin, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed on January 3, 2019 in Catskill, New York and to be duly entered in the GREENE County Clerk's Office, in Catskill, New York. The Nature of this action pertains to a note and mortgage held by Plaintiff on real property owned by the above named defendants as specified in the complaint filed in this action. The above named defendants have failed to comply with the terms and provisions of the said mortgage and said instruments secured by said mortgage, by failing and omitting to pay the balance due and owing and the Plaintiff has commenced a foreclosure action.

Plaintiff is seeking a judgment foreclosing its mortgage against the real property and premises which situates in the Town of Durham, County of Greene, and State of New York and is commonly known as 7353 Route 81, East Durham, New York 12423 and all other relief as to the Court may seem just and equitable.

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Columbia-Greene’s Zack Hedgepeth draws a foul on his way to the basket during Wednesday’s Region III game against Mohawk Valley Community College.

Columbia-Greene’s Anthony Diaz (20) takes a shot during Wednesday’s Region III game against Mohawk Valley Community College.

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Columbia-Green’s Tyrese Carter (15) fights through a pair of Mohawk Valley defenders on his way to the basket during Wednesday’s Region III game.

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periodically dropping three point shots here and there though, and were not going down without a fight. Their fight, though, only seemed to be on the offensive side of the ball.

Columbia-Greene was just not playing defense well enough to stick with a team that is among the top junior colleges in the nation. The Hawks responded on multiple occasions from beyond the arc, hitting three pointers at will down the stretch.

Mohawk Valley put its 100th point on the scoreboard with over 6:00 left in the game, and

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CAIRO-DURHAM (43): Salvatore 1-0-3, Handel 9-2-20,

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Kansas City.

Kids can hear it, and they might even try to believe it, but then again what they now know is a baseball team that gave them a parade five years ago and now a football team that’s providing another with a 24-year-old MVP quarterback who is hanging off the back of the last bus tossing beers and footballs into the crowd.

Sports are the least important thing in the world right up until the moment they’re the most important thing in the world, the only thing left

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were direct implications to my organization, our team, our 2017 team. But at some point I think we all for the sake of the game and the good of the game, need to move on. Everyone needs to make that decision obviously themselves.

And so ... standing here on Feb. 5, I am moving forward,” Steinbrenner said during a break at the MLB owners meetings at the Waldorf Astoria. “I am looking forward up the hill. That’s the 2020 season. That’s my focus right now.”

With his decision to look forward, Steinbrenner is emphasizing that 2020 should be a championship season for the Yankees.

“I believe we had a championship caliber team last year (and) the year before,” Steinbrenner said. “I think we absolutely did. We’re even better this year.”

Still, there are concerns and fallout that linger from

kept their foot on the gas to make a statement of sorts.

Though the Twins also managed to score 100 before the game’s end, the Hawks put up an extra 20 points in the final minutes of the game to win convincingly.

MVCC (120): Dean 9-2-20, Goldsby 1-0-2, Codrington 4-0-8, Steed 9-2-26, Merritt 6-0-16, Cuevas-Marte 8-5-23, Miller 4-0-13, Primus 5-2-12.

Totals 46-14-120.

3-pointers: Steed 6, Merritt 4, Cuevas-Marte 2, Miller 2.

C-GCC (100): Rodgers 6-316, Thomas 8-1-18, Davis 4-19, Hedgepeth 9-3-26, Diaz 8-0-21, Ukoh 4-0-10. Totals 39-8-100.

3-pointers: Hedgpeth 5, Diaz 5, Ukoh 2, Rodgers, Thomas.

Columbia-Greene’s Myles Ukoh (22) drives around a screen set by Kaijah Rodgers (1) as Mohawk Valley’s Jordanny Cuevas-Marte defends during Wednesday’s Region III game.

Columbia-Greene’s Zack Hedgepeth (11) looks to the basket as Mohawk Valley’s Johnathan Codrington (4) defends during Wednesday’s Region III game.

Phillips 4-0-11, Doble 2-0-4, Morgan 1-0-2, Rivera 1-1-3.

Totals 18-3-43.

3-pointers: Phillips 3, Salvatore.

COXSACKIE-ATHENS (62): Kiefer 7-0-16, Boehm 2-3-7, Kane Schrader 8-1-20,

Simmons 1-1-3, Carroll 2-0-4.

Totals 25-5-62.

3-pointers: Kane Schrader 3, Kiefer 2.

Rensselaer 68, Chatham 37 RENSSELAER — Rensselaer had four players reach double figures in scoring in handing

Chatham a 68-37 Patroon Conference boys basketball setback on Wednesday.

Ramell Johnson’s 18 points led the Rams. Samir Lockhart had 15, Patrick sullivan 12 and Xavier Baker 10.

Jayshawn Williams had 13

for Chatham. Tobias Jeralds chipped in with 11.

CHATHAM (37): Baccaro 1-0-2, Clarke 0-1-1, Gregg 1-0-3, Jeralds 4-3-11, Kastner 1-0-2, Thorsen 2-0-5, Williams 5-2-13. Totals 14-6-37.

3-pointers: Gregg, Thorse,

Williams.

RENSSELAER (68): Baker 5-0-10, Johnson 7-2-18, Lockhart 5-5-15, Nixon 2-1-6, Sanders 1-0-2, Sullivan 4-2-12, Wright 2-0-5. Totals 26-10-68.

3-pointers: Johnson 2, Sullivan 2, Wright.

in this world that can convince schools to cancel without snow, offices to close without a holiday and something like a million people to pour Fireball or vodka or Irish coffee into Yetis before noon for a party none of them will forget.

Coffee shops turned into bars. Bleachers were installed for fans to watch traffic. What looked like an abandoned building in the 1600 block of Grand filled with fans, some leaning out window panes where the glass used to be for a better view. Surface lots that are half full most Wednesdays sold for $50 per spot, fans from the Northland and Midtown and Spring Hill gathering for the one thing they can all agree on.

Maybe fans from Platte City stayed closer to City Market, and maybe those from south Overland Park helped pack around Union Station, but they all felt the same things with the same smiles and the same chops.

The images of this party will live forever on living room walls and in man caves, the stories told at birthday parties and Thanksgivings and graduations. There are a lot of good sports towns in America.

There are much fewer that get to have parades.

The Royals did this five years ago, and that one felt personal. The stars who made that championship possible had belonged to Kansas City since they were teenagers.

Their stories had been told since before they could legally buy beer. A city and a region watched them soar, watched them fall, then watched them get back up again and win the whole thing. Baseball is local.

Those stories were ours.

The Chiefs are something different, something bigger.

The franchise has given its fans good teams in the past, and a few that might’ve been great. The stories always ended in the same way, though, the heartbreak delivered in creative fashion but the end result something of a replay.

This team has flipped that autobiography on its ass, and you know that because now it’s the rest of the AFC West wondering how they’ll catch

up to the Chiefs’ franchise quarterback. Now it’s the Texans wondering if they’re good enough. Now it’s the Titans who blew the playoff lead, and the 49ers who celebrated an interception by posing for pictures and 15 minutes later watched in tears as the Chiefs made snow angels in confetti.

This is the new reality, and it’s being consumed by adults who know how strange and perilous this can be. There are grandparents who can’t remember the Chiefs’ last parade.

That explains the back-inmy-day soundtrack from parents to children, and really, neither side is wrong. That’s why it’s important to enjoy these moments, and to take

away memories. For many it’ll be Mahomes in a red-checked jacket and ski mask having what must’ve been the time of even his young life.

All the same, I’ll walk away remembering Mahomes’ bus driving past, then most of the crowd around us walking back toward their lives. I started to do the same, but the kindergartner on my shoulders wouldn’t have it. He saw another truck. Some police cars.

More flashing lights.

Even for another minute or two, he wanted to stay. He didn’t want to miss a second.

He couldn’t know when he’d be able to do this again.

boxes. He really does and he’s going to be a game changer for us,” Steinbrenner said. “Not every big free agent I see as a game changer, but he is — I believe — going to be one of them for a number of years.

And I’m excited. I know the fan base is very excited, the city’s buzzing and it’s continued since the day we signed them.

It’s going to be exciting.”

Steinbrenner also cited the behind-the-scene investments he made this winter to combat the record number of injuries they had last season.

The Yankees revamped their medical and training staff bringing in Eric Creesey, well known for his private work with athletes, to oversee the overhaul.

“It was a very high priority and something (GM Brian Cashman) and his people spent months looking at, what needs to be fixed and then you got to go through the process of getting the right people,” Steinbrenner said, “and so as much as a lot of people would have wanted a change sooner, it takes time. I think we did it right.”

And frankly, Steinbrenner

sees how the American League landscape is primed for the Yankees to make a move. The Astros are in recovery mode and lost a huge part of their rotation in Cole. The Red Sox, who dealt Mookie Betts on Tuesday night, are going into a rebuild mode. The Yankees biggest challenge could come in the division from the Rays.

“I think we’ve got a very, very good group of young players, and it’s going to be that way for the next two or three years,” Steinbrenner said of the Yankees window. “We’ll see what happens when some of these guys hit free agency. But we’ve got a good solid base here for a good three years, I think. It’s always going to be a tough division. Tampa’s always going to be tough. And Boston, you know they’ll be back. If they’re not going to be here this year, they’ll be back. But Tampa is certainly going to be tough this year. Good young team.”

With pitchers and catchers reporting to Tampa on Wednesday, Steinbrenner is done talking about the 2017 team. He’s ready to start talking about the high expectations for the 2020 squad.

the biggest baseball cheating scandal since the 1919 White Sox threw the World Series.

Steinbrenner said that he is confident that MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred has this under control. For Steinbrenner, at least, it has to be a priority moving forward.

“I think Rob is going to do a very good job as he has the last couple years in really making sure that (we are) doing everything we possibly can,” Steinbrenner said. “Yes. It’s going to be a priority that’s for sure.”

The scheme, which had the Astros using a video camera to steal opposing catchers signs and relaying them in real-time to the batter by banging on a trash can, cost the Astros draft picks, a $5 million fine, their general manager and manager. The fallout also cost the Red Sox and the Mets their managers, as well.

It also cost the Yankees their best chance to get to the World Series in the last decade. They took the Astros to Game 7 of the ALCS in 2017 while MLB confirmed the scheme was still being used. Houston went on to win its first World Series title that year. The Astros also

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New York Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner during the 2017 winter meetings at Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort.

ended the Yankees 2019 season in the ALCS. The Red Sox, whose manager Alex Cora was the Astros bench coach in 2017 and portrayed as the scheme’s mastermind in the report, ended the Yankees’ 2018 bid for a World Series.

So, Steinbrenner isn’t saying he has not thought about what would have happened if there was a level playing field in that series.

“I think enough people have brought that to my attention and I’m a reasonably smart

guy. I mean, I’ve certainly thought that,” Steinbrenner said. “Yeah.”

With that in mind, Steinbrenner doubled down on the 2020 season. His predictions for a championship team have merit. He cited the obvious: signing right-hander Gerrit Cole to a record-setting, nineyear $324 million deal.

“I’m very excited. You know, this kind of investment is not something I take lightly.

It needs to be the right person.

And this guy checks all the

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Teen in sketchy situation resists efforts to help her Dear Abby, My 15-year-old granddaughter has lived for the past several years in an environment with adults who have done drugs, can’t or won’t keep a job and are in and out of jail. I want her to have a better life, and I try to explain what DEAR ABBY a responsible adult life looks like. But when I do, she accuses me of being judgmental and nonaccepting. How can I get her to understand that the lifestyle she’s exposed to isn’t good without coming off as judgmental?

At A Loss For Words

JEANNE PHILLIPS

The lessons we teach others don’t always have to be verbal. One way would be to expose your granddaughter to people who have chosen a different way of life and are reaping the rewards for it. Perhaps then she will begin to draw her own conclusions and realize that she can have a different life if she’s willing to work toward it.

Dear Abby, My ex-fiance decided to leave our relationship and our 10-month-old son, “Nicky,” about a month ago. He sees Nicky regularly and is a good father. I know our relationship is over and that it’s not going to be fixed.

The other day, I suggested to my ex that maybe once a month we take our son out together to do something, like go to the park or the zoo.

My reasoning is that Nicky needs to know that even though his mom and dad are no longer together, we can still get along. His response was he didn’t think it was a good idea. He doesn’t want our son to get the wrong impression.

Is he right? Would it confuse our son, or is he being selfish? It seems unrealistic to me that we will never do anything together. My son is my

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No. 1 priority, and I just want to handle it the best that I can for him. Please help me.

Confused In Santa Maria, Calif.

Your ex may have said what he did because he doesn’t understand that you have accepted that the romance is really over.

Don’t accuse him of being selfish. Be patient. In the future, Nicky will understand that, although Mom and Dad are not together, they get along, if you truly DO get along. As Nicky grows older, there will be events such as birthdays, sporting events, graduations, etc., you will probably wind up enjoying together — or eventually with significant others or spouses included.

Dear Abby, I am a 13-year-old dancer, and I recently had a recital. The mothers came backstage to help their children change in the dressing rooms.

A girl my age who has two lesbian mothers was near me while I changed. It made me feel self-conscious. I’m normally not like this, but it felt awkward, to say the least. I’m not against same-sex couples, but it felt weird. Am I overreacting?

Midwest Dancer

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Garfield

I think so. Those two mothers were more interested in what was going on with their daughter than with you. If you plan to become a professional dancer — or part of any branch of the performing arts — you will be changing costumes under all kinds of conditions. This means you will be around straight males and females, gay people of both genders and, occasionally, trans people.

It’s a fact of life because separate dressing rooms may not be available.

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I know that an infection lasting so long is very dangerous and can lead to sepsis. I am willing to do whatever is necessary to rid myself of this bacterial menace. Please advise, and soon, as I am desperate!

DR. KEITH ROACH

Cellulitis, infection of the deeper tissues of the skin, is a common infection. It is usually caused by Staphylococcal or Streptococcal bacteria. Not everything that looks like cellulitis is an infection, however, and when several courses of antibiotics have failed, it’s time to reconsider the diagnosis.

Looking for a blood clot was wise; blood clots can cause redness and swelling that looks very much like cellulitis sometimes.

A deep tissue abscess can prevent cure with antibiotics, but that should be apparent after a few days, let alone three months.

There are several other less-common chronic skin conditions that can mimic cellulitis.

A wound care nurse colleague of mine with far more experience than me suggested the possibility of acute lipodermatosclerosis, which is a noninfectious inflammation of the deep skin. It happens more commonly in people with poor venous drainage of the legs, which is common in women (but men, too) in middle age. The airplane flight and walking is a setup for exacerbating any venous insufficiency. This condition is diagnosed by a wound care expert or dermatologist, and is usually treated by high-potency steroid creams and compression. It can frequently be misdiagnosed in its early stages, and is among the most common skin disorders misdiagnosed as cellulitis.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — You may be called upon to assess the performance of someone you have long admired. You can still be objective — and you must try to be!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — You’ll want to take things one at a time today, and not in a single chunk. You must be willing to learn as you go — and to accept mistakes.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — You may not have

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Horoscope

By Stella Wilder Born today, you are one of those who likes to see things done the “right” way, and you will insist that everyone around you, working with and for you, follows your lead — and your instructions — and do everything just so. What they may see as strange, however, is the fact that you don’t seem bound by the same rules that you apply to them: You will do things willy-nilly, in whatever way you choose, at whatever given time, based on nothing more than a whim or a fleeting desire!

In truth, you have great affection for those who hitch their wagons to your star, and you will do all you can to see them advance and succeed. You are loyal to a fault — to those who are loyal to you.

Also born on this date are: Chris Rock, comedian and actor; Ashton Kutcher, actor; Steve Nash, basketball player; Garth Brooks, singer and songwriter; Charles Dickens, novelist; Laura Ingalls Wilder, author; James Spader, actor.

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.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8

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to do quite as much as you had originally expected — or intended — today. A friend raises a possibility — and you’re in!

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — You may not be able to do what others are doing today — but instead you are likely to hit upon an activity that rewards you as no others can.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — The decisions you have to make today require you to dig deeper than you have before — especially where a certain central issue is concerned.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — You have a good many options to choose from today — but that may be the problem. You are eager for things to be simpler and streamlined.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You may be concerned about what lies ahead when the week opens, but certain preliminary developments instill you with confidence.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — An attraction pulls you away from yourself in some way today, and you may have to explain yourself to a loved one after things go too far.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — You’re attracting attention at this time — but is it the right kind? Today you’ll have the chance to do something that wins you newfound respect.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — There are forces working for you and against you today, and you must determine which you can address head-on and which require handling subtly.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — You may want to shift gears today after someone points out what lies ahead. You cannot continue at the same pace and be truly safe.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Someone comes to you with a few suggestions that seem, at first, to be wholly unacceptable — but second thoughts change everything.

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SUPER QUIZ

THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME

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

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Yesterday’s

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

Friday Level 1

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(e.g., For what does “TGIF” stand? Answer: Thank God it’s Friday.)

Freshman level 1. This castaway named his companion Friday.

2. Who was assassinated on Friday, Nov. 22, 1963?

3. Jack Webb played Sergeant Joe Friday on this TV show.

Graduate level 4. The film “Friday Night Lights” revolves around which sport?

5. Which Christian holiday commemorates the crucifixion and death of Jesus?

6. This 1980 slasher film is about teenage camp counselors.

PH.D. level 7. This Katy Perry song is subtitled “T.G.I.F.” 8. Months with a Friday the 13th always begin on which day of the week?

9. The weekday Friday bears the name of this mythological goddess.

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

(Answers tomorrow) Jumbles: ABATE LOOPY COARSE GOTCHA Answer: The mobile hot dog vendor did a great business selling everything — A LA “CART”

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Solution to Thursday’s puzzle

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

For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit

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SUPER QUIZ ANSWERS 1. Robinson Crusoe. 2. President John F. Kennedy. 3. “Dragnet.” 4. Football.

5. Good Friday. 6. “Friday the 13th.” 7. “Last Friday Night.” 8. Sunday. 9. Frigg (Frige, Frea, Frigga).

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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Pickles For Better or For Worse

Get Fuzzy

Hi & Lois

Crossword Puzzle Mother Goose & Grimm ACROSS 1 Here to __; permanent 5 Classic Pontiacs 9 Blueprint 13 No-no 15 Hilarious person 16 Freeway division 17 Love in Paris 18 Audacity 20 Sawyer of fiction 21 Fissure 23 Drinking spree 24 Furious 26 Flying mammal 27 Bulldog or boxer 29 Abnormal tissue growths 32 Last name for 2 U.S. presidents 33 “I’ve got __ that jingle, jangle, jingle…”

35 Skelton or Buttons 37 Teases 38 Disdain 39 Game of chance 40 Internet giggle 41 Square or triangle 42 Actor Willem 43 Nose cartilage 45 Man-__; dangerous beasts 46 Tupperware top 47 More rational 48 __-on; intermittent 51 Boat used for towing 52 Flow back 55 Persevering effort 58 Comedian Kovacs 60 Word of disgust 61 Trick 62 Hudson’s namesakes 63 __ sail; leaves shore 64 Make a tiny cut 65 Buzzers DOWN 1 “Now!” in the ER 2 __’-shanter; Scottish cap

Bound & Gagged

Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews

3 Revolting 4 TV’s “Mad About __” 5 Bellyache 6 Allen or Daly 7 “Alley __” 8 Hardheaded 9 Good & __; licorice candy 10 Terra firma 11 Suffix for avoid or allow 12 __-do-well 14 Heart & kidney 19 Passes out cards 22 Suffix for liquid or consul 25 Tire centers 27 Rob Reiner’s dad 28 Foreign farewell 29 Untainted 30 First choice 31 Hombre’s title 33 Ponzi scheme 34 “__! Goes the Weasel” 36 Mothers of fawns 38 Trembles 39 Actress Mulgrew

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Thursday’s Puzzle Solved

Non Sequitur

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41 Beekeeping danger 42 Peril 44 Makes braids 45 __ de cologne 47 Difficult to climb 48 Beat the __; succeed when not expected to

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49 Blaze 50 Driver’s woe 53 Two-wheeler 54 Nickname for Elizabeth 56 Convent resident 57 Series for Jorja Fox 59 Rip off

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