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CATSKILL — With legislation banning single-use plastic bags on the horizon, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and a Greene County lawmaker are calling for an end to the Styrofoam era.

In his State of the State Address on Wednesday, the governor called for a series of environmental initiatives.

“Last year we banned plastic bags and we were exactly right,” Cuomo said. “And this year we must end the thousands of tons of Styrofoam that are creating toxic contaminants and littering our waterways. Let’s get it done

this session.”

The ban on single-use plastic bags will be effective in March.

Greene County Legislator William B. Lawrence, R-Cairo, commended the governor for setting this goal.

“I think it’s a good move,” Lawrence said. “Styrofoam is a very dangerous material.”

Lawrence proposed a countywide ban on Styrofoam last year.

“The bill was meeting some resistance because people don’t want to affect small businesses,” Lawrence said. “I think it would be better for people, landfills See BAN A2

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The Catskill Central School District late in 2019 shelved its Styrofoam lunch trays and replaced them with trays made of nontoxic materials.

Activists rally for affordable housing

Hannah Taylor knocked down four three-pointers and finished with 18 points to lead Chatham to a 59-36 victory.

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Hundreds of members of groups including the Housing Justice for All Campaign, local elected officials and state senators and Assembly members gathered on the Million Dollar Staircase at the state Capitol to call for more funding for public housing, homes for the homeless and a good cause eviction measure in the 2020 budget. Pictured in foreground are Assemblymembers YuhLine Niou and Andrew Hevesi.

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ALBANY — Chants echoed throughout the state Capitol and boomed off the steps and walls of the Million Dollar Staircase as activists made sure state legislators heard

their demands for affordable housing and an end to homelessness.

“Fight fight fight, housing is a human right!”

“Tax the rich and house the poor!”

“Cuomo, Cuomo, you can’t

hide! We can see your greedy side!”

Hundreds of members of groups including the Housing Justice for All Campaign, local elected officials and state senators and Assembly members gathered on the steps to call

for more funding for public housing, homes for the homeless and a good cause eviction measure in the 2020 budget.

The demands come on the heels of the legislature passing a historic rent stabilization act in the last session.

“It was a historical victory, but it was an incomplete victory,” said state Sen. Julia Salazar, D-18. “We need to pass good cause eviction because there are hundreds of See HOUSING A2

Questions arise over budget gap, Medicaid

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ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo took to the stage for his 2020 State of the State address Wednesday, highlighting a reel of his administration’s accomplishments over the last decade and introducing dozens of his proposals for the new legislative session.

Cuomo’s agenda was ambitious, he admitted, including investing in environmental protections, expanding women’s rights and legalizing recreational marijuana — an initiative he pushed for last year, but was foiled by the Legislature over disagreements on regulating the industry and where revenue should go.

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivers the State of the State address on Wednesday, Jan. 8.

But to Republican lawmakers, other government officials

and citizen groups, Cuomo skimmed over one of the

biggest issues facing the state this year: a $6.1 billion budget

gap, largely attributed to a $4 billion deficit from Medicaid costs.

“While he was saying spend, spend, spend, spend, spend, he did mention in the middle of his speech, it was very brief, the $6 billion budget gap,” said Assemblyman Mark Walczyk, R-116. “I have some serious concerns because ... here it looks like the governor is going to spend and shift mandates onto counties to make up for that shortfall.”

Cuomo brought up the budget gap and Medicaid costs in the middle of his speech, first by touting that 95 percent of New Yorkers have health care

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thousands of tenants who don’t live in rent-regulated housing [and] living without protections from eviction. We are fighting for a homes guarantee.”

Salazar is the Senate sponsor of a bill that would prohibit the eviction of tenants without good cause, such as failing to pay rent, violating a “substantial obligation of the tenancy,” using the rental for an illegal purpose or committing a nuisance.

The purpose of the bill would be to protect tenants who are pushed out by landlords who increase rental prices or do not allow for lease renewals to increase rents.

Also on the rally’s agenda was the Home Stability Support bill, sponsored by Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi, D-28, and state Sen. Liz Krueger, D-28.

The bill would create a statewide rent supplement for those eligible for public assistance and facing eviction, homelessness or loss of housing because of domestic violence. According to a Senate press release, New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer estimates the bill could reduce shelter population in the city by 80% among families

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Chants echo throughout the state Capitol and boom off the steps and walls of the Million Dollar Staircase as activists made sure state legislators heard their demands for affordable housing and an end to homelessness Thursday.

with children.

“It’s not rocket science,” Hevesi said at the rally. “It’s a great supplement, because it’s cheaper to help people with rent than put them in shelters.”

Hevesi said “everybody in the Legislature is for it,” but that Gov. Andrew Cuomo hasn’t gotten on board because of money and business.

He went on to list shelters in New York City that make

hundreds of millions of dollars each year.

“Since Gov. Cuomo came into office the industry has grown by 66%,” Hevesi said.

“But the shelter industry is failing. They’re not just supposed to house people ... they’re also supposed to reduce the length of stay with the shelter.”

In his 2020 State of the State address Wednesday, Cuomo discussed the rise of

the local governments to continue administering the Medicaid program, there was a loss of control in terms of how the money was being spent, when it was being spent, why it was being spent, and that has created structural issues that now have to be addressed,” DeRosa said. “There is without a doubt waste, fraud and abuse within the system.”

A Cuomo spokesman said more details would be available in the 2020 budget, which is due Jan. 21.

But Republican legislators remain concerned about what a Medicaid redesign would mean for their districts.

Walczyk said changes to Medicaid costs could be “devastating for the North Country.”

According to the latest data from the state Department of Health, there was an average of 4.8 million Medicaid beneficiaries in New York each month. While the majority of non-New York City beneficiaries reside in western New York, nearly 41,000 were in Jefferson and St. Lawrence counties combined.

“I agree with (Walczyk) wholeheartedly,” said

Assembly Minority Leader William Barclay, R-120. “The whole purpose we put that provision in for has been a great relief for property taxpayers in New York. [Changing] that would have a catastrophic effect on taxpayers.”

In their own proposal to balance the 2020 budget, Citizens Budget Commission recommended reducing Medicaid costs to close the budget gap, and commended the reinstitution of the Medicaid Redesign Team.

But they warned against shifting costs back onto localities, with David Friedfel, director of state studies, saying such a move would be “regressive.”

The New York State Association of Counties, which was a member of the first Medicaid Redesign Team, applauded Cuomo for freezing the local share of Medicaid.

“Counties have a long history of working with the state to bring efficiencies,” the Association said in a statement.

“We look forward to providing the county perspective and contributing to future discussion to create a more fiscally sustainable Medicaid

the ecologically and economically important striped bass.

State investments protecting vulnerable animals and their habitats also help communities across the region at risk from sea-level rise and increased flooding through projects such as wetland restoration.”

Cuomo has high aspirations for the bond act.

“We must develop the solution to the harmful algal blooms before they destroy our water source,” Cuomo said. “We must restore fisheries and streams and wetlands. We must conserve more forest areas. We must replant more trees. We must filter drinking water. We must stop the nitrogen runoffs.

And that’s what the Restore Mother Nature Bond Act will do, those investments and more. It is our responsibility to leave our planet cleaner and greener and more sustainable for our future generations. We must, we can, we will. And we’ll start this year.”

homelessness in New York.

According to the most recent data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, there are more than 92,000 homeless people in New York — a 50% increase since 2009.

Cuomo said the two factors that can solve the problem are commitment of resources and administrative competence, and proposed $20 billion to go toward the solution.

Cuomo’s office did not directly respond to claims that the governor is cozy with the shelter industry, but said combatting homelessness is one of the administration’s top priorities.

“This administration has dedicated unprecedented resources toward combating the homelessness crisis - a cause that the Governor has dedicated his entire adult life to,” a Cuomo spokesman said. “Under this $20 billion housing plan we are well underway to creating or preserving 100,000 units of affordable housing and creating 6,000 new supportive housing units.”

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shores of the Hudson River,” Cherson said. “New York City and other communities in the state have already phased out the environmentally damaging packaging, which is derived from fossil fuels. We are thrilled to see this proposal included in the State of the State and look forward to its passage.”

Cherson also approved the proposed Restore Mother Nature Bond Act, a $3 billion bond act aimed at natural restoration and increasing resiliency throughout the state.

“We are thrilled to see the $3 billion Restore Mother Nature Bond Act included to ensure clean water and environmental programs receive the funding they deserve,” Cherson said. “Restore Mother Nature can give New York’s animals stressed by the climate crisis and years of exploitation a fighting chance to recover and thrive. Nearly all of the Hudson River’s iconic fish are in serious long-term decline, including

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and the health of New York state.”

Lawrence’s resolution allowed a 6-month period for businesses to use up their Styrofoam materials.

Many businesses are already switching to paper alternatives, Lawrence said.

Lawrence plans to bring up his bill one more time for a vote, he said.

Former EPA Regional Administrator and Beyond Plastics founder Judith Enck supports the proposed statewide ban, she said.

“I strongly support the proposed ban on polystyrene that was proposed by the governor and hope that it passes this year,” Enck said. “Last year the governor proposed updating New York’s successful bottle bill and I was sorry not to see that

in the State of the State speech.

I hope it will be included in the governor’s budget proposal. We need to update the state bottle bill to expand the deposit system to non-carbonated beverages, put deposits on wine and liquor, and increase the deposit to a dime.”

Ulster, Albany and Suffolk counties, as well as New York City, have banned Styrofoam, Enck said in August.

“Styrofoam is not recyclable.

It has to be burned or buried,” she said.

A study conducted by the environmental watchdog organization Riverkeeper found that Styrofoam was the Hudson River’s most common pollutant, Enck said.

Riverkeeper Legislative Advocacy Manager Jeremy Cherson voiced his support for the proposed ban in a statement Wednesday.

“Styrofoam packaging is one of the most common items Riverkeeper finds along the

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coverage — an unprecedented number. But that achievement came at a cost, Cuomo said.

“Six years ago, we froze the cost of Medicaid to local governments to help local governments meet their property tax cap,” he said. “The local governments still administer the program even though they no longer share the costs. It is too easy to write a check when you don’t sign it.”

Cuomo called the situation unsustainable and went on to suggest restructuring the Medicaid program, but did not clarify in his speech what that restructuring would look like.

Many audience members, like Walczyk interpreted it to mean the costs would be shifted back onto localities. Later on, Cuomo’s secretary, Melissa DeRosa, said that would not happen.

“When the state took over the growth in Medicaid costs and held the local governments’ harness but allowed

program for state and local taxpayers.”

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Goldstein offered Travis $50K, DA says

By Amanda Purcell Columbia-Greene Media

HUDSON — Barry Goldstein promised Stuyvesant resident William Travis $50,000 before having him set fire to his home for insurance money in October 2017, prosecutors said Wednesday.

Opening statements were given in Goldstein’s arson trial. Goldstein, 76, of Stockport, was arraigned Nov. 14, 2018, on charges of first-degree insurance fraud, a class B felony; third-degree arson, a class C felony; and firstdegree reckless endangerment, a class D felony.

Goldstein is accused of hiring Travis to set fire to his home at 290 Route 25 in Stockport on Oct. 1, 2017.

Columbia County District Attorney Paul Czajka spoke to the jury for about 20 minutes and defense attorney Roy Nestler, of Delmar, spoke for about 12 minutes.

Czajka laid out a scenario in which Goldstein groomed Travis, who has a mental disability, for several months before convincing him to burn down the home. Travis, who was seeking to regain custody of his children, was going to use his share of the insurance payout to hire a lawyer. Travis’s children were taken away by the courts because of his mental and emotional issues, the county’s head prosecutor said.

Travis, who was initially named as a co-defendant in the case, was expected to testify in the trial late Wednesday.

He has been in jail since he was arrested for the arson Dec. 20, 2017, police said. He was charged with third-degree

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FLUSHING — The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced that more than 1,300 boats were used in 2019 through its recreational boating program in the Catskills, including 711 canoes and kayaks that were rented to visitors by local businesses. Rentals made up the majority of boats used for the fourth consecutive year, underscoring the program’s aim to improve access for visitors and support local tourism and outdoor recreation businesses.

“We continue to receive excellent feedback from visitors who enjoy the unique outdoor experience of canoeing and kayaking on our reservoirs,” DEP Commissioner Vincent Sapienza said. “DEP will continue to collaborate with our tourism and business partners to attract more visitors who enjoy paddling and other activities that spotlight our natural resources.”

2019 marked the eighth year of recreational boating at Cannonsville, Neversink, Pepacton and Schoharie reservoirs.

A total of 1,331 canoes and kayaks were registered with DEP or rented through a local business this year. In addition, local nonprofit groups led outings for dozens of additional visitors, including school and summer camp groups, throughout the year. Of the tallied visits, 711 boats were rented from local businesses and 620 boats were registered directly with DEP. Neversink Reservoir led the way with 590 visits, followed by Pepacton Reservoir with 517, Schoharie Reservoir with 152, and Cannonsville Reservoir with 72. Of

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arson, a class C felony.

Prosecutors allege Goldstein, who had previously attempted to get an appraisal of his more than 4,000-squarefoot home, was disappointed when he discovered its market value was only $300,000. Goldstein’s insurance policy was for $1 million.

“Barry Goldstein is not responsible for creating such a large policy, but that is what happened and he took advantage of it,” Czajka said. “Rather than selling that big, old house, he burned

it down and attempted to collect the $1 million because he knew if he had sold it he would get nothing close to $1 million.”

Czajka also alleged Goldstein sold items from his property just before the fire. The burglar alarm was inactive the night of the fire, and wires were also cut to the outside surveillance cameras, he said.

The house burned to the ground.

Goldstein volunteered and trained as a firefighter in the town of Stockport

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Barry Goldstein appears in Columbia County Court beside his attorney, Roy Nestler, in November 2018.

the boats registered directly with DEP, most were owned by residents of watershed counties and visitors from the New York City metro area. Boating tags were also issued to visitors from 10 states, including Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Texas.

Rental boats were available at the reservoirs for the sixth year. The rental program, administered in partnership with the Catskill Watershed Corporation (CWC), provides easier boating access for visitors and local residents who do not own a boat. CWC funded the acquisition of 30 storage racks for the rental boats, and it administers the process to vet and approve businesses that applied to participate in the rental program.

Prior to 2009, DEP only issued tags for metal rowboats that were used and stored at the reservoirs for the purpose of fishing. More than 12,000 tags are currently issued to anglers who have rowboats at the reservoirs. Regular waterquality monitoring at each of these reservoirs has shown no impact from recreational boating. DEP’s invasive species experts have surveyed every boat launch site and found no sign of aquatic plants or animals that can harm drinking water quality. Every boat that is used on the reservoirs is required to be inspected and steam cleaned to avoid the spread of invasive species.

DEP manages New York City’s water supply, providing more than 1 billion gallons of

high-quality water each day to more than 9.6 million New Yorkers. This includes more than 70 upstate communities and institutions in Ulster, Orange, Putnam and Westchester counties who consume an average of 110 million total gallons of drinking water daily from New York City’s water supply system. This water comes from the Catskill, Delaware, and Croton watersheds that extend more than 125 miles from the City, and the system comprises 19 reservoirs, three controlled lakes, and numerous tunnels and aqueducts. DEP has nearly 6,000 employees, including almost 1,000 scientists, engineers, surveyors, watershed maintainers and other professionals in the watershed. In addition to its $70 million payroll and $168.9 million in annual taxes paid in upstate counties, DEP has invested more than $1.7 billion in watershed protection programs—including partnership organizations such as the Catskill Watershed Corporation and the Watershed Agricultural Council—that support sustainable farming practices, environmentally sensitive economic development, and local economic opportunity. In addition, DEP has a robust capital program with $20.1 billion in investments planned over the next 10 years that will create up to 3,000 construction-related jobs per year. For more information, visit nyc.gov/dep, like us on Facebook at facebook. com/nycwater, or follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/nycwater.

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in 2004, and knew the dangers of firefighting, Czajka said.

“He [Goldstein] was responsible for putting those firemen in a position where they could become seriously physically injured or even die,” Czajka said.

Nestler said Goldstein owned the home with his late wife, Barbara, who died three years ago. All of Goldstein’s wife’s belongings, including jewelry, photos and other mementos, were destroyed in the fire, Nestler said.

“Every memory of his late wife was in that house, burned to the ground,” Nestler said.

Nestler said Goldstein and his wife regularly made meals for neighbors and for people in need. Nestler asked the jurors to use their common sense.

“The burden of the proof falls on the people,” Nestler said. “It never shifts to me or my client ... If we listened to what Mr. Czajka said, we could go home.

What this was is a foreword to a mystery novel. Hang in there and pay attention. Don’t listen to the first thing you heard.”

Before Goldstein left for the weekend he closed down his home and moved his firearms to a safe in his barn, Czajka said in his opening statement.

Nestler countered that Goldstein regularly locked his gun collection in a 1,100-pound safe whenever he was going on a trip.

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STATE POLICE n Christopher L. Cohen, 47, of Watervliet, was arrested at 10:29 a.m. Jan. 1 in Coxsackie and charged with seconddegree criminal contempt, a class A misdemeanor. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Robert J. Hatker, 35, of Catskill, was arrested at 10 a.m. Nov. 19 in Athens and charged with third-degree arson, a class C felony. He was held. n Leo A. Reilly, 48, of East Durham, was arrested at 7:07 p.m. Jan. 2 in Durham and charged with second-degree aggravated harassment, a class A misdemeanor. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Robert W. Cook, 49, of Catskill, was arrested at 10:35 p.m. Jan. 2 in Coxsackie and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a bloodalcohol content greater than 0.08% and driving while intoxicated, both unclassified misdemeanors. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Joseph E. Heimink, 53, of Catskill, was arrested at 10:40 p.m. Jan. 4 in Catskill and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol content greater than 0.08% and driving while intoxicated, both unclassified misdemeanors. He was

issued an appearance ticket. n Serene M. Martin, 34, of Acra, was arrested at 6:14 p.m. Jan. 5 in Greenport and charged with aggravated DWI with a child, a class E felony, and seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a class A misdemeanor. She was issued an appearance ticket. n Robert J. Hatker, 35, of Catskill, was arrested at 3:19 p.m. Jan. 6 in Catskill and charged with fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property, a class E felony, and third-degree identity theft, a class A misdemeanor. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Kevin A. Calliste, 44, of the Bronx, was arrested at 1:30 a.m. Jan. 7 in Catskill and charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, an unclassified misdemeanor. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Robert W. Cook, 49, of Catskill, was arrested at 10:16 p.m. Jan. 7 in Catskill and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a bloodalcohol content greater than 0.08% and driving while intoxicated, both unclassified misdemeanors. He was issued an appearance ticket. n Justin T. Grafton, 49, of Saugerties, was arrested at 2:10 a.m. Jan. 8 in Catskill and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a class A misdemeanor. He was issued an appearance ticket.

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Deficit throws shade on State of the State Gov. Andrew Cuomo talked a lot about destiny and hope, tempests and superstorms in his 10th State of the State Address at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center on Wednesday. He also called for unity and equality in New York state in 2020.

It’s what he didn’t mention that caught our ears, though, namely a $6.1 billion budget deficit looming on the horizon.

Despite this, the governor proposed cutting taxes for middle-class families and small businesses.

Cuomo’s 2020 agenda touched on everything from legalizing recreational marijuana, expanding women’s rights and addressing homelessness. But his main point,

that opened and closed his address, was the rise in hate crimes the state has seen over the years, particularly the number of anti-Semitic attacks downstate over the past few weeks.

Throughout the rest of his address, Cuomo highlighted many proposals he has slowly been unveiling recently, including a ban on Styrofoam, ending the “pink tax,” a ban on fentanyl, widening access to medical-assisted treatment of opioid addicts and pushing for tougher sexual assault laws.

His economic plan includes tax cuts for small business from 6.4% to 4%, and middle class families from 6.85% to 6.09% for families earning between $40,000 and $150,000.

The current middle-class family tax cut applied to families earning up to $125,000.

One significant carryover from last year is legalization of recreational marijuana for the new decade. Cuomo said communities of color have for too long been disproportionately impacted by the drug’s criminalization.

Tax cuts, unity, equality, the opioid crisis, legalization of recreational marijuana, women’s rights and combating homelessness are all fine goals for 2020. Now, all the governor has to tell us is how he will pay for all of this in the shadow of a multi-billion dollar deficit.

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2019 saw a major setback in fighting polio The Washington Post

Last year was dispiriting for those struggling to eradicate polio, especially in Pakistan. The goal of eradication seemed at least possible when there were only eight cases in 2017, and 12 cases in 2018.

Now, the latest data show there have been 128 cases of polio in Pakistan in the past year. Moreover, the global campaign to eradicate polio, which began in 1988, is facing a whole new set of uncertainties.

Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria are the three remaining countries where polio is endemic, and Nigeria had been free of wild poliovirus for three years. Highly contagious, the poliovirus largely strikes children under age 5 and can cause permanent paralysis. Vaccinations must be sufficiently widespread to break the chain of transmission.

Unfortunately in Pakistan, political instability, population mobility and violence driven by intolerance have made it hard to reach all children for vaccination. Two policemen were killed Dec. 18 while on their way to accompany a polio vaccination team in the Lower Dir district, about 112 miles

northwest of the capital, Islamabad. Since 2012, at least 98 people have been killed in attacks on Pakistan’s polio vaccination campaigns.

Hard-line Islamist forces still spread irrational beliefs that vaccines are contaminated or a Western plot. Social media in Pakistan has accelerated false rumors about vaccination, leading to waves of refusals by parents. According to a recent account by Al Jazeera, another worrisome trend has arisen lately: Villages are using vaccination as a bargaining chip to win other needs from the state, such as water, natural gas, electricity and jobs. No global eradication effort can be successful without Pakistan. This year must see progress against these serious obstacles, which are caused by human behavior, not virology.

At the same time, new problems have cropped up in the global vaccination effort. Three poliovirus strains have existed: wild types 1, 2 and 3. The wild type 3 was declared eradicated last year. The wild type 2 had not been sighted since 1999. Vaccines use an inactivated version of the wild strains

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to trigger an immune response by the human body. Sometimes, the inactivated strains pass into the environment and revert to active. When wild type 2 disappeared, a decision was made to omit the type 2 component from the oral polio vaccine used by 155 countries.

The “switch” in April 2016 was made with a realization that some type 2 outbreaks were possible if the vaccine-derived strain reverted. Now this has occurred, to a far greater extent than anticipated, especially in Africa. There have been 47 outbreaks in 20 countries since the switch, some very difficult to stop. By comparison, there were only eight outbreaks in five countries over three years before the switch. Existing supplies of a type 2-only vaccine are insufficient. Global health officials are rushing to get ready by this summer a new type 2 vaccine that won’t revert to active and is believed to be effective. Hopefully it will work.

Otherwise a major strategy shift may be required in one of the world’s most difficult battles against disease.

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The U.S.-Iran shadow war is not over Adam Taylor The Washington Post

Hours after ballistic missiles rained down on U.S. soldiers in Iraq, President Trump took a triumphant tone. Speaking from the White House on Wednesday, the president said that there had been no casualties in the attack and only minimal damage to bases.

“Iran appears to be standing down, which is a good thing for all parties concerned and a very good thing for the world,” Trump said, flanked by top administration officials including Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper, Vice President Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

But in Iran, where officials were still reeling from the U.S. killing of military commander Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad last week, a different story was portrayed.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told a crowd in the holy city of Qom that Iran “slapped” the United States “in the face.”

Tehran’s allies praised the move. “The Iranian strike is a great successful beginning on the path to removing American domination from the area,” Abdulmalik al-Houthi, the leader of Yemen’s rebel Houthi group, said in a televised statement.

The two narratives conflict at a basic level. Iranian state media has claimed that dozens of U.S. personnel died, but the United States has said that there were no casualties. Though Iran portrays the strike as evidence of its willingness to take the fight back to the Americans, U.S. officials say they had hours of advance warning.

In the short term, the contradictions may ease the escalating tensions surrounding the shadow war between the United States and Iran: The two powers have been engaged in conflict through proxies involving sanctions, acts of terrorism and violent harassment since Trump pulled out of the 2015 nuclear deal in 2018. Since the

killing of Soleimani, it has spiraled into the light, hard to distinguish from open warfare.

But if indications from Trump and Iranian officials are to be believed, the core standoff is still unresolved, and it carries with it many long-term risks. Speaking on Wednesday, Trump said that his “maximum pressure” campaign was not only continuing but that it also would increase in intensity. The president described “additional punishing economic sanctions” that will “remain until Iran changes its behavior.”

This unrelenting pressure will hurt the Iranian economy, though it probably will not bring the government to the negotiating table. Brian O’Toole, a former senior adviser at the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control who is now a fellow at the Atlantic Council, warned that the already expansive list of sanctions means any new measures would be symbolic at best.

Iran could not afford an all-out war with the United States, and the death of Soleimani will be a major practical problem, as the charismatic leader maintained personal relationships with militias that harassed U.S. troops across the region. But to the government’s hardline supporters, the death of the military commander merits more than just a slap.

As martyrs, Soleimani and his slain allies may serve as powerful symbols to stillpowerful proxy forces in Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen.

Some analysts warned that without Soleimani’s influence, these proxies might take even more rash actions aimed at the U.S. presence in the region.

In Baghdad, there have been calls to avenge not only Soleimani but also Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, a veteran Iraqi militant who was also killed in the strike early Friday. “Now it is time for the initial response to the assassination of the martyred

commander Muhandis,” Qais al-Khazali, leader of the Iranian-backed Asaib Ahl alHaq group, wrote on Twitter on Wednesday.

Only hours later, sirens in Baghdad’s Green Zone blared as rockets crashed into the secure area of the Iraqi capital.

Even as he walked away from the Iran nuclear deal, Trump has long insisted he ultimately wants a deal with Tehran. As recently as September, the president was mulling a meeting with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. “I’m a very flexible person,” he told reporters at the time.

But the president’s dealmaking influence has been tempered by the influence of advisers like Pompeo, deeply skeptical of Iran, as well as the broader political gains of taking out America’s high-profile enemies. After his speech on Wednesday, the Trump 2020 campaign ran campaign emails that praised the killing of Soleimani.

“The Left is attacking the President for eliminating a dangerous world leader who repeatedly threatened our Nation. It’s disgusting,” the campaign email read — not noting that Trump had also made rather provocative statements about destroying Iranian cultural heritage sites.

Trump said Wednesday that he still hoped for a deal with Iran, but his move against Soleimani has alienated his Iranian interlocutors and further isolated the United States from its allies in Europe and the Middle East. The result is not likely to be another world war, but instead the extension of a simmering, insidious conflict that has already taken far too many lives in the Middle East.

Taylor writes about foreign affairs for The Washington Post.

Originally from London, he studied at the University of Manchester and Columbia University.

ANOTHER VIEW

The taxman does not cometh The Washington Post

Republicans have hollowed out the Internal Revenue Service over the past decade, and it is showing: The agency’s audit rate has plummeted. If you pay your taxes, on time and in good faith, you should be outraged. If you believe it is important to obey the law, you should demand better.

If you want the government to provide better services without hiking tax rates, you should insist on change.

The IRS reported Monday that it examined only 0.45 percent of individual income tax forms in 2019 — lower than in 2018 and less than half of 2010’s rate. The agency’s budget has dropped by about a fifth, adjusted for inflation, since 2010, and it lost 30,000 employees over the past decade. “These losses directly correlate with a steady decline in the number of individual audits during the past nine years,” the IRS noted. An additional 20,000 full-time employees are slated to retire over the next five

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years. Republicans’ anti-IRS campaign came even as the agency had to manage Obamacare’s rollout, a major shift in the tax code and the rise in concern about identity theft.

The beneficiaries have been the lawbreakers who get away with shortchanging the treasury — and the victims have been everyone else whose taxes had to fill the gap.

The IRS boasts that it processed 255 million tax documents and collected $57.5 billion in enforcement revenue last year. Yet the amount the IRS has left on the table is staggering: The agency pegged the net gap between revenue and what the government was owed at $381 billion between 2011 to 2013. Because no enforcement system is perfect, there will always be some tax gap. But Harvard economist and Post contributor Lawrence H. Summers found that, with better funding and reorganizing, the IRS could collect an additional $1 trillion over 10 years — without raising tax rates or

demanding any more from those already obeying the law. Focusing on those who tend to avoid paying taxes — the 1 percent makes up about 70 percent of the tax gap — would also help.

On the other hand, continuing to erode the IRS could have the opposite effect. If people realize that they can get away with cheating, more will do so. The IRS reports that Amerians pay voluntarily, without enforcement proceedings, about 84 percent of the revenue they owe. A loss of confidence in the IRS could diminish this number.

Few people enjoy doing taxes, and audits are not fun. But the alternative is a less efficient, less fair system that punishes those trying to comply — including with tax rates that are higher than they would otherwise need to be in order to fund the government. The GOP effort to hobble the IRS has been an irrational populist spasm that Congress should finally suppress.

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Vincenza L. ‘Chancy’ Kellerhouse Vincenza L. “Chancy” her beloved husband William Kellerhouse 95, of Hudson, Kellerhouse as well as sisters: died peacefully on Wednesday Nancy Paone, Rose Cresky, January 8, 2020 at CoLucy Rossi and Jenlumbia Memorial Hosnie Paone. A Mass of pital. Born in Hudson Christian Burial will be on March 27, 1924, she Celebrated 1:00 PM was the daughter of the on Monday January late Joseph and Mary 13, 2020 at the Church (Carnivale) Squillace. of St. Joseph 2824 Chancy was a memAtlantic Avenue Stotber of the Church of St. tville, NY 12172 with Fr. Joseph in both StotGeorge Flemming oftville and Stuyvesant Kellerhouse ficiating. Burial will folFalls. She will be greatly low in Cedar Park Cemmissed by her sister Josephine Kelley of Hudson as etery Hudson. To leave online well as many nieces and neph- condolences please visit: www. ews. She was pre-deceased by saccofuneralhome.com

Clyde L. Tinklepaugh Clyde L Tinklepaugh, 96, a ington, DE, Patricia T. Moore of longtime Livingston resident, Red Hook, NY, Pamela Tinklepassed away on Wednesday, paugh of Millbrook, NY, PrisJanuary 8th, 2020 at Northern cilla (Bob) Mazal of Livingston, Dutchess Hospital in Rhine- NY, and Prudence Richmond of beck, NY. Born on February Red Hook, NY; a sister, Mary4th, 1923, in Utica, NY, he was ann Tinklepaugh Fish of Washthe son of the late John R and ington, DC; his grandchildren, Myrtie (Lasher) Tinklepaugh. Karen, Kathryn, Kim, Jason, He served in the Marine Corps Tiffany, Christopher, Whitney, from 1943 to 1947 during WW Tyler, Paul, Andrew, & Parker; II. Clyde participated in action five great grandchildren; a in Okinawa and during niece; a nephew; along the occupation of North with extended family China. He was woundand friends. A brother, ed in action in May of John “Jackie” Tinkle1945 and earned a paugh predeceased “Purple Heart” for his him while serving in the service. Clyde married Air Force. Friends may Patricia Abrial on Janucall at the Burnett & ary 24, 1948 in Red White Funeral Homes, Hook, NY, and Patricia Red Hook, on Monday predeceased him on Tinklepaugh January 13, 2020 from May 25, 2000. For ma11 AM - 1 PM. Funeral ny years, Clyde worked service will take place as the Director of Real Property at 1 pm. Burial with military honTax for Columbia County. An ors will be at St. John’s Lutheran avid boater, he was a longtime Cemetery, Manorton. member of the Hudson Power Arrangements are under the Boat Association and served as direction of Burnett & White Commander for over 15 years. Funeral Homes 7461 S. BroadHe also was a member of the way, Red Hook, NY. For direcCoast Guard Auxiliary. He is tions, or to sign the online guest survived by his children; Clyde book, please visit www.Burnett(Nancy) Tinklepaugh of Wilm- White.com.

Allan R. Wirth Allan R. Wirth In the early ident of the Catskill 3500 Club, morning hours of December having climbed all the moun27, 2019, Allan passed away. tains in the range over 3500 feet He was born in 1928 in Law- in all four seasons, sometimes rence, MA to Robert C. Wirth accompanied by his faithful and Frances Humphrey. Allan dog Shanti. Upon retirement, attended Lowell Tech and re- he received much enjoyment as ceived a degree in Chemistry, a volunteer at the Claverack Lispecializing in dyes and fabrics. brary and volunteered as a bird He met his future wife, Phyllis, counter for Cornell University after picking out her shoe from a for many years. He was an avid box at a Halloween dance. Fol- vegetable gardener, supplying lowing their marriage, L’ Hostellerie BresAllan took a job as a sane, Hillsdale, NY with Research Chemist with the best shallots the Dow Chemical in San chef had seen outside Francisco, CA., where of France. He was an his family grew with excellent cook, handthe addition of Dorothy ing down this passion and Christine. While at to his daughters. His Dow, Allan was honlove for classical music ored to have worked continued throughout alongside Linus PaulWirth his life and comforted ing, a Nobel Prize rehim at the end of his cipient. The family relocated days. His daughters loved hearto Williamsburg, VA where he ing stories Allan would tell about set up a new research lab for being babysat by Leonard BerDow and accumulated numer- nstein while growing up in Lawous patents in his name. There, rence. the family welcomed their third Allan is predeceased by his daughter Betsy. Shortly after, brother, Robert; sister, GeralAllan left his position to attend Princeton Seminary and ob- dine Wirth Kirk, her husband, tained a degree in Theology. Oliver, and their son, David.

Upon graduation in 1964, he He leaves behind his beloved served as a minister at the First wife Phyllis; daughters DoroPresbyterian Church in Hudson, thy, Christine (John) Sejan, and NY until 1971. During his orien- Betsy (Renee Stone); grandchiltation at First Presbyterian, he dren Adelaide and Sam Sejan; made a visit to the last mem- niece Allison Kirk and several ber of the renowned Church other nieces and nephews. He family residing at Olana. In the was Papa to Joslyn, Emily and community room of the church, Kat and father to his beloved cat Allan helped to create the Hud- Morris. A special thank you to son Day Care Center. In 1972, Jackie who cared for both Phylhe combined his passion for lis and Allan at home over the chemistry and love for people past couple years. We cannot to become a Chemistry teacher thank you enough. Aside from at Hudson High School, where family, Allan touched and influhe would go on to be the head enced many lives. He accepted of the Science Department dur- everyone for who they were and ing the ‘70’s and ‘80’s. Allan made everyone feel special. and Phyllis were together for 65 He was particularly passionwonderful years. They loved to ate about his students at Hudtravel, mountain climb, camp son High. He will be celebrated and bird watch, especially with in the hearts of many. Fly high their friends, Katy and Stan Papa!

There are no calling hours. A Bardwell. Allan was passionate about protecting the environ- celebration of his life will be held ment and sailed with his family in early summer at the conveon the Clearwater. He was Pres- nience of the family.

Too late to leave: Australia’s advice for surviving a bush fire when surrounded Diana Leonard The Washington Post

Australia is under a fiery siege. Bush fires have leaped over rivers, merged with other fires, and spawned fire-generated thunderstorms. It’s one of the continents worst bush fire episodes on record.

As fires have surged into vulnerable zones, officials have urged tourists and residents to evacuate. But the blazes, intensified by climate change, have in some cases spread so quickly that fleeing the fires is no longer feasible.

The situation has become so desperate that officials are offering messages of last resort: Shelter in place and prepare to fight the fire.

This scenario presented itself last weekend in eastern Victoria. As fires erupted amid record-breaking temperatures, notices to “Evacuate Now” went out for many rural towns while there was still time and a clear route out. But by afternoon, fires were on the move, and because roads had been impacted by smoke or flames, a steady stream of emergency warnings for fast-spreading blazes announced that it was “too late to leave.”

Bush fire messaging then turned toward helping people endure the passage of a fire front, and that may become increasingly necessary in a warming world.

Deadly fires in not only Australia, but also California and Europe, have been too explosive and unpredictable for all to escape.

“Climate change is producing more frequently these unprecedented conditions,” said Crystal Kolden, a professor and fire scientist at the University of Idaho. “Fires are moving faster than people have ever seen.”

• Too late to leave Leaving before a bush fire threatens is always the safest option, but it’s not always possible.

“Historically, late evacuation has been a major cause of bush fire fatalities,” Joshua Whittaker, a research fellow at the University of Wollongong’s Center for Environmental Risk Management of Bushfires, said in an email. “As such, Australian fire services try to discourage people from leaving at the last minute, when they are more likely to encounter hazards such as flames, fallen trees, thick smoke and road accidents.”

The dangers of fleeing during a wildfire have been wellestablished and can account for a large proportion of fire disaster fatalities.

“We see this everywhere globally,” Kolden said.

Vivid examples include the June 2017 Portugal firestorms and the July 2018 fires in Greece. Many also died in last-minute attempts to outrun the 2003 Cedar Fire, the 2017 Tubbs Fire and the 2018 Camp Fire in California.

For those in the fire front’s

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Fire burns in bush land in Batemans Bay, New South Wales, Australia, on Dec. 31, 2019.

path, the greatest danger lies in exposure to intense heat and smoke - a bush fire’s two biggest killers. Australian warning messages therefore direct people to immediately seek shelter in a solid structure, and to wear sturdy shoes and protective clothing made of natural fibers that won’t melt, such as cotton or wool. As fires spread across East Gippsland, Victoria, in the past week, some messages were particularly urgent and graphic: You must take shelter before the fire arrives. The extreme heat is likely to kill you well before the flames reach you.

• Active sheltering While leaving late can be deadly, more than half of the 173 people who died during Victoria’s extreme Black Saturday fires of Feb. 7, 2009, were actually found in homes, which was a sharp departure from fatality patterns in previous bush fire disasters.

Kolden called Black Saturday a “real reckoning” because the fires moved faster than anyone had anticipated.

With more than 400 blazes spreading quickly during high winds and soaring temperatures, those who were trapped were forced to improvise.

“Many people were unaware they were at risk and did not receive warnings in time to safely evacuate,” Whittaker said. “Many of those who died were not prepared to shelter and did not know how to do so safely.”

There had been scant research on safe sheltering practices because Australia’s established bush fire policy, known as “Prepare, Stay and Defend or Leave Early,” offered two choices: 1) leave well before a fire arrives or 2) stay and defend your home - a long, arduous process that is only for the most prepared homes and homeowners. But as bush fires raced across the landscape in February 2009, people needed alternatives, and often more than one place of refuge.

Recent research by Whittaker and others, along with investigations into the Black Saturday disaster, has informed guidelines for sheltering when it’s too late to leave. Although

the phrase “shelter in place” implies simply waiting indoors for the fire to pass, experts have found that surviving a bush fire requires constant monitoring and activity.

They recommend a practice called active sheltering, which may include extinguishing fires both inside and around the house, monitoring the fire’s location, or leaving a burning house to seek refuge in a nearby location, like an already burned-out field. It’s also important to shelter in a room with two exits and with a clear view to the outside, ideally on the side of the house farthest from the fire.

On Black Saturday, 57 people sought protection in a bathroom - now considered the worst room to shelter from a bush fire - and of those, 37 became trapped and perished.

These recommendations for active sheltering are now integrated into bush fire warning messages across Australia, many of which have been broadcast repeatedly during this year’s fire season: In the United States, wildfires that threaten communities are handled through evacuations directed by local law enforcement. “Australia has long had this concept of shelter-in-place and we simply don’t do it in the U.S.,” Kolden said. There are, however, a few communities planning for shelter-in-place scenarios, such as Rancho Santa Fe, California, near San Diego.

• Refuges of last resort Given the high number of fatalities in the 2009 Victorian bush fires, a commission undertook a thorough investigation and issued a final report less than 18 months after the disaster. One of the commission’s most important findings, according to Whittaker, was the need for officially-designated shelters for those who cannot evacuate or defend homes. States now recognize that certain locations, like athletic fields or community centers, could provide protection during a bush fire.

Emergency warnings in the past week directed people to these areas, and also suggested open fields, beaches, bodies of

Wealthy investors steer billions toward new Trump tax break Noah Buhayar Bloomberg

The controversy keeps mounting over a new tax break for investing in poor U.S. communities. But investors keep piling in.

They just pumped $2.26 billion into funds that are planning to take advantage of “opportunity zone” tax incentives, a 51% jump from early December, according to a survey released Thursday from tax adviser Novogradac. To line up the full benefit, investors had to commit their capital by the end of last year. But the figure also rose because the survey’s sample included more funds and because respondents updated how much they raised.

Once heralded as a novel way to help distressed parts

of the U.S., opportunity zones are now being slammed as a government boondoggle. The perks -- included in the federal tax overhaul that President Donald Trump signed in late 2017 -- are being used to juice potential investment returns in luxury developments from Florida to Oregon. Several reports have shown that politically connected investors influenced the selection of zones to benefit themselves.

While Congress weighs changes to the law to boost transparency and ensure the poor benefit, the Trump administration has been working to get more money flowing. Last month, the Treasury Department issued a final set of rules about what will qualify. Some investors had held off on committing to funds until the government provided

more guidance.

“We expect even greater levels of investment in the coming weeks and months thanks to the additional clarity provided by the final regulations,” Michael Novogradac, the tax adviser’s managing partner, said in a statement.

The group’s tally — now at $6.72 billion — is also probably an undercount. Funds aren’t required to say publicly that they’re claiming the tax breaks, let alone how much they’ve raised. Many wealthy individuals and corporations have formed opportunity funds that aren’t seeking outside capital and have remained under-the-radar.

“It’s easy to estimate that the actual dollars raised to date are double or triple $6.72 billion,” Novogradac wrote in a separate blog post.

water and other areas as possible places of refuge.

In Mallacoota in southeastern Victoria, 4,000 people sought protection on a beach as fire encroached and smoke enveloped the town, while others sheltered in a community center.

With a long summer remaining and many communities still under threat, Whittaker said it’s too early to say what key lessons will emerge from Australia’s catastrophic 201920 fire season.

“But given the scale, severity and impact of the fires to date, there will undoubtedly be a major public inquiry,” he said. “Public debate has already turned to the role of climate change in these fires and important questions are being asked about our capacity to manage fire in a changing climate.”

Kolden said recent fires in California, Australia and elsewhere are exhibiting “extreme conditions that are unprecedented and that there’s no memory for.”

That means lessons from the past might not be enough to guard against future disasters, and it might require planning for fire scenarios that have no historical analog.

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JAN. 11 CATSKILL — A Red Cross blood drive will be held 8 a.m.2 p.m. Jan. 11 at the Catskill United Methodist Church, 40 Woodland Ave., Catskill. To schedule an appointment, call 1-800-RED CROSS or Ernie Moss at 518-943-5477.

VOORHEESVILLE — Fireside Stories to Warm a Winter Day at 2:30 p.m. Jan. 11 at Thacher Visitor Center, 830 Thacher Park Road, Voorheesville. Come on up to Thacher Park Visitors Center, relax by the fireplace and listen to some tales. Travel with storyteller, Claire Nolan, from the snowcovered land of the Norse myths to the sultry heat of an Indian epic, with a variety of stops along the way. And then she will bring you home, safe and sound. Call 518-872-0800 for information.

JAN. 12 EAST DURHAM — The East Durham Fire Company, 2401 Route 145, East Durham, will serve breakfast 8 a.m.-noon Jan. 12. Full menu available.

Eat in or take out. Freewill offering will be accepted.

VOORHEESVILLE — ‘New York’s Native Pollinators’ at 2 p.m. Jan. 12 at Thacher Nature Center, 87 Emma Treadwell Way, Voorheesville. Dr. Matt Schlesinger, Biologist at the NY Natural Heritage Program, will present an overview of pollinator biology, introduce attendees to some of the main groups of pollinators and discuss the Empire State Native Pollinator Survey, a 3-year effort to determine the status of many of these important insects. We’ll also talk about how you can contribute your own observations to the survey in its final year. Call 518-872-0800 for information.

KINGSTON — An annual mass choir concert will be performed at 2:30 p.m. Jan. 12 at St. Joseph’s Church, 242 Wall St., Kingston. Hosted

by St. Joseph’s music ministry the concert will feature a 75-voice community choir, from Greene and Ulster counties, the Redeemer Lutheran Church Bell Choir and Catskill resident soprano, Alison Davy.

To close out the Christmas season, familiar sing-a-long Christmas Carols and several special choral works will be sung. There is no admission and all are welcomed. Coxsackie resident Bob Gaus is the conductor and Jane Touhey the accompanist.

windows using lead safe work practices. Workshop topics related to window replacement will include lead poisoning prevention education, tools needed, cost benefits, and energy savings. Educational resources and FREE cleaning supplies will be provided to all participants. The Window Replacement Workshop is free, however pre-registration is required. The class is funded by the Albany County Department of Health. To register by phone or for more information, contact Al at ARK249@ cornell.edu or 518-765-3529.

Online registration is available at https://pub.cce.cornell. edu/event_registration/main/ events.cfm?dept=201.

JAN. 15 VOORHEESVILLE — Thacher Park Friends will meet at 7 p.m. Jan. 15 at Thacher Visitor Center, 830 Thacher Park Road, Voorheesville. Interested in volunteering at Thacher Park? Come meet the board members and find out what the Friends are up to and how you can contribute. For information, call 518-872-0800.

ALBANY — Cornell Cooperative Extension Albany County is offering a free Window Replacement training 6-8 p.m.

Jan. 16 at the Capital South Campus Center, 20 Warren St., Albany. There is no charge for the class and the public is welcome. The program is designed to teach landlords, homeowners, tenants, and contractors how to replace old

Way, Voorheesville. During much of the Ordovician Period (488–443 million years ago), New York state was a tropical paradise for organisms that lived in shallow marine water. Thick layers of limestone formed from the abundant skeletons of marine organisms that thrived and died in these shallow, epi-continental seas. Then, in the Late Ordovician, all of that changed. This talk focuses on trilobite diversity in the Late Ordovician of New York in comparison with other parts of Laurentia (North America) and examines the environmental changes in our area that affected the organisms that lived here. For information, call 518-872-0800.

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JAN. 21

HUDSON — The FASNY Museum of Firefighting, 117 Harry Howard Ave., Hudson, presents a Super Saturday event at 10:30 a.m. Jan. 18.

Professor Sparks and his robot companion, Spot 2000, will present an interactive program that is full of surprises.

After the program make your own “slime” to take home. This hands-on program is appropriate for children 5 and older.

This program and admission to the museum for the day is free to residents of Columbia County (with proof of residency: a drivers license for head of household). For information about this program, other upcoming Super Saturday programs or the museum, call 518-822-1875 ext.17 or visit www.fasnyfiremuseum.com.

GREENPORT — The Greenport Branch of the Columbia Memorial Hospital Auxiliary will meet at 1 p.m. Jan. 21 at the Greenport Town Hall, 600 Town Hall Drive, Greenport, weather permitting. Plans for the coming year will be discussed.

VOORHEESVILLE — An Ice Fishing Clinic will be held 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Jan. at Thacher Nature Center, 87 Emma Treadwell Way, Voorheesville.

Learn all about ice fishing at a free clinic co-hosted by NYS DEC, Albany County Conservation Alliance and NYS Parks.

DEC will supply some bait and tackle, but experienced anglers are encouraged to bring their own fishing gear. After a short lesson on the basics of ice fishing and filleting your catch, anglers will try their luck on the ice. Volunteers will be on hand throughout the day to assist participants on the ice.

A warming area and refreshments will be available. For information, call 518-872-0800.

Rain date is Jan. 25.

JAN. 19 ATHENS — The West Athens-Lime Street Fire Co. will serve an all you can eat breakfast 8 a.m.-noon Jan. 19 at the West Athens Firehouse 2, 933 Leeds-Athens Road, Town of Athens. Freewill offering will be accepted.

EAST DURHAM — The East Durham Fire Company, 2401 Route 145, East Durham, will serve breakfast 8 a.m.-noon Jan. 19. Full menu available.

Eat in or take out. Freewill offering will be accepted.

JAN. 14 LATHAM — The local group of The Society of American Magicians, Assembly 24 meets at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 14 at the S. W. Pitts Hose Co., 226 Old Loudon Road, Latham. All persons, 16 and older, with any interest in the art of magic are welcome.

For information about our organization, or for a link to a local magician, visit WWW. SAM24.SYNTHASITE.COM.

CATSKILL GLEE CLUB PRESENTS WINTER CONCERT

VOORHEESVILLE — ‘Paradise Lost–The Late Ordovician of New York’ will presented at 2 p.m. Jan. 19 at Thacher Nature Center, 87 Emma Treadwell

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The Catskill Glee Club presented its 92nd annual Winter Concert Dec. 7 at the First Reformed Church, Catskill. Under the direction of Michael Wright, the club sang a variety of traditional and contemporary seasonal songs. The Glee Club’s guest artist this year was the Ravena-CoeymansSelkirk High School Harmonics. The collaboration of men’s and women’s choruses sang Adolph Adam’s treasured classic “O Holy Night” and G.F. Handel’s majestic “Hallelujah Chorus.” An array of complimentary home-baked treats and fellowship were offered. Rehearsals resumed 7-9:15 p.m. Jan. 6 at the Community Life Church, Catskill.

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JAN. 26 EAST DURHAM — The East Durham Fire Company, 2401 Route 145, East Durham, will serve breakfast 8 a.m.-noon Jan. 26. Full menu available.

Eat in or take out. Freewill offering will be accepted.

SAUGERTIES — Strawberry Hill Fiddlers, Saugerties Pro Musica Youth String Orchestra performs at 3 p.m. Jan. 26 at the Saugerties United Methodist Church, 67 Washington Ave., Saugerties. Adults, $15; seniors, $12; students, free.

For information, call 845-6795733.

JAN. 29 PALENVILLE — Narcan Training will be held 6-7:30 p.m. Jan. 29 at Palenville Branch Library, 3303 Route 23A, Palenville. Participants will learn to recognize, respond to and reverse a suspected opioid overdose using naloxone (narcan). Rescue kits are available for those with an immediate need and for all first responders. Training is provided by the NYS Office of Alcoholism & Substance Abuse Services (NYS OASAS). Admission is free. For information and to register, call the library at 518-678-3357.

JAN. 30 HUDSON — The ninth annual Hudson River Historic Boat Restoration Meeting and Reunion will be held at 6 p.m.

Jan. 30 at the Hudson Power Boat Club, Ferry Street, Hudson. Members are asked to bring appetizers, entree or dessert to share. Guests welcome. For information, call 518-828-7884.

JAN. 31 COXSACKIE — D.M. Hamilton Steamer Co. No. 2, 117 Mansion St., Coxsackie, will host a Hot Sub Night, take out only, 4-6 p.m. Jan. 31. Meatball or pepperoni are $8 each. For information, call Chris at 518819-6692.

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SUNY POTSDAM POTSDAM — The State University of New York at Potsdam recently named 946 students to the President’s List in recognition of their academic excellence in the fall 2019 semester. The SUNY Potsdam students were honored for earning top marks by President Kristin G. Esterberg.

The students included: Grace Chesbro of Greenville, Faith Kuliszewski of Catskill, Vincenzo Bonaiuto of Selkirk, Eric Nicotina of Selkirk.

SELKIRK — Simon Lindmark of Selkirk was named to the fall semester dean’s list at SUNY Potsdam.

SUNY CANTON ROUND TOP — SUNY

Canton recognizes Nylah Interrante of Round Top for earning Part-Time Honors during the fall 2019 semester. Interrante is majoring in the Finance program.

CANTON — Students are being recognized for earning dean’s list honors during the fall 2019 semester at SUNY Canton.

Students who earned dean’s list honors include: Mandrake E. Vermilyea, a SUNY Canton Criminal Investigation from Athens; Madison Timothy, a SUNY Canton Game Design and Development major from Catskill; Carly R. Voerg, a SUNY Canton Veterinary Service Administration major from Saugerties and Noah J. Voerg, a SUNY Canton Game Design and

Development major from Saugerties.

CANTON — SUNY Canton President Zvi Szafran recognizes more than 500 students for earning academic honors during the fall 2019 semester. President’s List Honors are awarded to full-time students who achieve a 3.75 or greater grade point average.

Students recognized include: Ashly M. Costello, a SUNY Canton Finance major from Kingston; Jasmine Carr, a SUNY Canton Criminal Investigation major from Selkirk; Shayla M. Costello, a SUNY Canton Finance major from Kingston; Shayna J. Ostoyic, a SUNY Canton Criminal Justice: Law Enforcement Leadership major from Saugerties.

4-H Veterinary Science program now available STONE RIDGE — All youth ages 13-19 with an interest in animals and veterinary science can now sign up for the 4-H Veterinary Science Program, which will be held at SUNY Ulster, 491 Cottekill Road, Stone Ridge, beginning Jan. 30.

The program is a nineweek commitment, covering two units of study. The program is sponsored by Dr. Beth Alden, professor of biology and director of the SUNY Ulster Vet Tech Program and Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County’s (CCEUC) 4-H Youth Development Program.

The program meets 6:30-8 p.m. Thursdays from Jan. 30

through March 26. Area veterinarians and other speakers will provide hands-on lessons in a clinical setting.

In the first unit, youth will explore the normal animal, including attitude and behavior, maintaining animal health, and the organs and systems of the animal body.

In the second unit, animal diseases will be discussed, including viruses, bacteria and parasites that affect animal health. The instructors will also discuss the profession of veterinary science and possible career paths. The final class will include a guest speaker and a graduation ceremony.

The registration fee is $80

for 4-H members enrolled in Ulster County; $100 for non4-H members or those outside of Ulster County, which includes two course books and materials. Participation is limited to 24 students.

Full details and registration can be found at ulster.cce. cornell.edu/vetsci2020. Registration will be received on a paid, first-come, first-served basis. Sorry, no refunds. In the event of bad weather, lessons may be cancelled and an extended period will be offered the following Thursday.

For information or help with registration, contact 4-H Program Coordinator MaryLou Giuliano at 340-3990 ext. 339, or email mg257@cornell.edu.

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Recycled & Refashioned: The Art of Ruby Silvious

ALBANY — “Recycled & Refashioned: The Art of Ruby Silvious” will be on display Jan. 25 to June 7, at the Albany Institute of History and Art. Artist Ruby Silvious begins her creative process with a cup of tea. For the past five years, Silvious has been painting and drawing on tea bags that have been steeped in hot water, emptied and dried. The stained paper (and occasionally cloth) of the tea bags offers a distinctive canvas for her miniature paintings, which

present a visual journal of her life and travels—a watercolor of breakfast or flowers encountered on a walk, a street scene of a French town, or a museum gallery and its artloving crowds.

Her adventure with tea began as a test of self-discipline in January 2015.

Even before her experiment with tea bags, Silvious had been using recycled products in her art. She is particularly fond of pistachio shells and eggshells, which offer fragile

surfaces for her imaginative and whimsical designs.

In 2019, Silvious took a step in another direction, making shoes from colorful scraps of salvaged paper. Her gorgeous footwear are enough to satisfy any shoe aficionado and even caught the attention of Vogue Italia, which featured her Gogo Dots Pumps made from scraps of handmade and banana leaf papers.

As if paper shoes weren’t enough, Silvious has also created kimonos and stylish

dresses from printed tea bags, and, to go underneath, origami paper brassieres (her Oribrami series) constructed from recycled restaurant food wrappers and other rescued paper.

Fashion has informed much of Silvious’s work and will be featured alongside tea bags, egg shells and other reclaimed items in the exhibition “Recycled and Refashioned: The Art of Ruby Silvious,” which runs Jan. 25 through June 7.

SAUGERTIES PRO MUSICA presents Strawberry Hill Fiddlers, Jan. 26 SAUGERTIES — Saugerties Pro Musica presents the Strawberry Hill Fiddlers on Sunday, Jan. 26, at 3 p.m. for another exuberant appearance onstage.

The Strawberry Hill Fiddlers always play to a full house and receive rave reviews. They are middle school and senior high students from throughout the Hudson Valley who are dedicated string musicians.

This year their youthful energy will help to ring in the new year with a concert filled with

smiling, foot-stomping, fiddleplaying,good family fun!

Included in the playlist, which will be announced from the stage, are traditional, folk, Celtic and classical pieces arranged for string instruments.

Free refreshments and a “meet the performers” reception follow the concert.

The Strawberry Hill Fiddlers are directed by Emily and Carole Schaad.

Evolving since 1999, the Fiddlers are now part of

Stringendo, Inc., a 501(c) 3 non-profit community music school. Besides learning string instruments, these students are taught how to present themselves well and please an audience. There will be some singing, some dancing, and, of course, some great string music performed for your enjoyment.

Please join in for the irrepressible enthusiasm these talented young string players are guaranteed to bring to the

stage.

Concert times are 3 p.m.

Sunday afternoons at the United Methodist Church, on the corners of Washington Avenue (#67) and Post Street in Saugerties. Adults $15 and seniors $12. Students are always free.

Call 845-679-5733 for more information, email info@saugertiespromusica.org or visit the website for the most up to date programming schedule at http://www.saugertiespromusica.org.

‘THE SOUND OF SPRING’: A CHINESE NEW YEAR CONCERT WITH THE ORCHESTRA NOW ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON — The U.S.-China Music Institute presents its first annual Chinese New Year Concert featuring Bard College’s The Orchestra Now performing a lively collection of Chinese symphonic works.

Conductor and director of the US-China Music Institute Jindong Cai will share the stage with guest conductor Chen Bing and Chinese instrument masters from the world-renowned faculty of the Central Conservatory of Music, China. The concert will be performed on Saturday, Jan. 25, at 7 p.m. in Bard’s Fisher Center’s Sosnoff Theater. Admission is $20. For tickets and more information go to fishercenter.bard.edu, or call the Fisher Center box office at 845-758-7900.

The Orchestra Now

Special guest soloists from the Central Conservatory of Music include Wang Jianhua, percussion; Wang Lei, sheng; Yu Hongmei, erhu; Zhang Hongyan, pipa; Zhang Weiwei, suona;

and Shaanxi Folk singer Ji Tian.

The program features HongMei (Red Plum) Capriccio for Erhu, by Wu Houyuan; Yun Xiang Hua Xiang Pipa Concerto,

by Wang Danhong; Long Teng

Hu Yue Percussion Concerto,

by Li Minxiong; YanAn YanAn for Tenor, Suona and Orchestra,

by Li Shaosheng; Wan Li Xing Sheng Concertino for Sheng and Orchestra, by Hao Weiya; and The Spring Festival Overture by Li Huanzhi. Special Chinese New Year public reception before the concert, starting at 6 p.m.

The program will be repeated on Sunday, Jan. 26, at 3 p.m. at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater, New York City.

Visit barduschinamusic.org/ new-year-2020 for more details.

This concert is co-presented by the Central Conservatory of Music, China, with the participation of China Institute in New York.

CALENDAR LISTINGS JANUARY 11 Architecture Opening Saturday, January 11, 2020, 2 p.m.

Join us for openings of Single-Handedly: Contemporary Architects Draw by Hand, and InConstruction: SO – IL. Featuring refreshments and remarks from the exhibiting architects.

Single-Handedly collects original drawings from a group of accomplished contemporary architects who, in an industry dominated by digital technologies, continue to work by hand. This exhibition is cocurated by Warren James, Director, Art Omi: Architecture; and Nalina Moses.

InConstruction: SO – IL presents a model of Site Verrier de Meisenthal (2015), a cultural center in an 18th century glass factory, composed of three independent, interrelated institutions.

Saturday, January 11, 2020, 2 p.m., https://www.artomi.org/calendar/ architecture-opening-jan-11-2020 Art Omi, 1405 County Route 22, Ghent, 518-392-4747 www.artomi.org Opening Reception Saturday, January 11, 2020, 4 p.m.

- 6 p.m.

Art for the Academy Over 50 artists from throughout the region have heeded the call to help by donating prized works that will hang at the Academy from January 11th through February 2nd. For art lovers, the featured works will be offered at special, lower prices to make the show that much more irresistible to buyers. Fine arts, photography, ceramics, illustration, sculpture – all will be on display in our galleries.

Eat, drink, be merry and support the Academy at this special opening of “Art for the Academy,”.

The full price of the ticket can be credited toward any purchases. $25, Saturday, January 11, 2020, 4 p.m. - 6 p.m., https://spencertownacademy.org/event/art-for-theacademy-gala-opening-reception/ Spencertown Academy Arts Center, 790 NY-203, Spencertown, (518) 392-3693 https://spencertownacademy.org/ An Evening of American Songbook Jazz Saturday, January 11, 2020, 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. ….with Atla & Matt DeChamplain!!

The library will be hosting a lively night of music from acclaimed jazz duo Atla and Matt DeChamplain.

The couple will be joined by bassist Nat Reeves, who has spent nearly forty years performing jazz across the globe.

Free admission. All ages welcome.

Saturday, January 11, 2020, 5 p.m.

- 6:30 p.m., https://www.facebook. com/events/824250098027096/ Roeliff Jansen Community Library, 9091 NY-22, Hillsdale, 518-325-4101 www.roejanlibrary.org Opening Reception Saturday, January 11, 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Winter Nocturne – on display January 8th – February 23 The heightened intensity of the winter makes the mundane all the more intriguing. We dance between the discovery of our own independence and the inherent interconnection of nature. The beauty of this season reveals itself in the desire to share our inner worlds with others.

These are the ingredients that form the future, and as we start a new year, we will find strength through its spontaneity and enthusiasm.

Carrie Haddad Gallery presents Winter Nocturne, an exhibit of contemporary painting, sculpture and photography that explores the subtleties and structures found in nature. Selections will include works

by Frank Faulkner, Gary Buckendorf, Joe Wheaton, Don Bracken and photographs by Betsy Weis.

Saturday, January 11, 5 p.m. - 7 p.m., http://carriehaddadgallery. com/index.cfm?method=Exhibit.

Upcoming Carrie Haddad Gallery, 622 Warren Street, Hudson, 518-828-1915 www.carriehaddadgallery.com

JANUARY 16 Open Figure Drawing for Adults Thursday, January 16, 5 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Gather in the Newmark Gallery on Thursday evenings to sketch, draw, and render from a live male or female nude model. Open to artists of all skill levels ages 16 +, each twohour sessions is self-guided and intended to provide time and space for members of our local community to share in the exploration of this traditional art practice. We supply drawing boards, paper, and basic drawing pencils. Participants are encouraged to bring preferred tools and materials. $8/class drop-in (pay at the door); ages 16 and up.

Model Schedule: Jan 16 – male model $8, Thursday, January 16, 5 p.m. - 9 p.m., https://www.facebook.com/ events/749731722191488 Art Omi, 1405 County Route 22, Ghent, 518-392-4747 www.artomi.org Birthday Tribute to ‘The King’ Friday, January 17, 9 p.m.

Elvis Presley’s impact on all music that came after him is impossible to tally. Bob Dylan, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, U2 – they’re all impossible to imagine without Elvis having paved the way. (For proof look no further than U2’s song, “Elvis Ate America.”) For several decades, the Capital District-based Mark Gamsjager and the Lustre Kings have been keeping the sound of early rockabilly alive, both in the region and across the U.S. and around the world. They bring an immediacy to the joyful music with a dark underbelly that has compelled performers like Wanda Jackson, the Queen of Rockabilly, as well as Bill Kirchen, Eddie Angel and Robert Gordon, to draft them into the service of rock ‘n’ roll revivalism.

But the Lustre Kings aren’t only about Elvis Presley. Pointing out how they contextualize the music, capturing an entire era in protorock ‘n’ roll, local music critic Seth Rogovoy wrote, “The Lustre Kings dig deep into early rock and related styles, steering away from a greatest-hits oldies approach, preferring to connect the dots among such unlikely musical bedfellows as Conway Twitty, Peanuts Wilson, Link Wray and Duke Ellington (they even render a surf-guitar version of the Duke’s “Caravan”).

For the Elvis Birthday Bash at Helsinki Hudson, the Lustre Kings are expected to be joined by other members of the region’s talented rock ‘n’ roll revival scene. $20 – $25, Friday, January 17, 9:00 pm, https://helsinkihudson.ticketfly.com/e/elvis-birthday-bashfeaturing-mark-gamsjager-andthe-lustre-kings-85482928741/ Club Helsinki, 405 Columbia Street, Hudson, 518-828-4800 www.helsinkihudson.com

Volume Reading Series HUDSON — “Volume Reading Series,” hosted by Hallie Goodman and Dani Grammerstorf French, happens at The Spotty Dog Books & Ale on the second Saturday of every month.

The event features an hour of prose and poetry readings (7-8 p.m.), followed by a DJ set (8-9 p.m.) to warm up the room. Meet your favorite writer, get your book signed, bust a move and/or stare at the floor awkwardly. They will provide the soundtrack. This event is always free. Save your $$ for books and beer!

“Volume” is proud to present: Lynne Sachs, Amy Rigby, Hallie Goodman and Lee Ann Brown, followed by a special guest DJ, to be announced!

Now it’s time to brag about the January lineup: Lynne Sachs makes films and writes poems that explore the intricate relationship

between personal observations and broader historical experiences. Her work embraces hybrid form and combines memoir with experimental, documentary, and fictional modes. Between 1994 and 2006, she produced five essay films that took her to Vietnam, Bosnia, Israel, Italy and Germany — sites affected by international war — where she looked at the space between a community’s collective memory and her own subjective perceptions. In recent years, she has expanded her practice to include live performance with moving image. Sachs discovered her love of filmmaking while living in San Francisco, where she worked closely with artists Craig Baldwin, Bruce Conner, Ernie Gehr, Barbara Hammer, Gunvor Nelson and Trinh T. Minh-ha.

Sachs has made 33 films, which have screened at the

New York Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Walker Art Center, and Wexner Center for the Arts. The Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema, Festival International Nuevo Cine in Havana, and China Women’s Film Festival have presented retrospectives of her work.

Sachs received a 2014 Guggenheim Fellowship in the Creative Arts. When she turned 50, Sachs dedicated herself to writing a poem for every year of her life, so far. Each poem investigates the relationship between a singular event in her life and the swirl of events beyond her domestic universe.

She lives in Brooklyn.

Amy Rigby is a songwriter, musician and performer. Her most recent album, “The Old Guys,” was voted one of the top 100 albums of 2018 in the

Pazz & Jop U.S. music critics’ poll. Her 2019 memoir “Girl to City” follows one young woman’s progression from Elton John fan in the Pittsburgh suburbs to Manhattan art student; from punk show habitué and fledgling musician with bands Last Roundup and the Shams to cult singer-songwriter who caused a sensation with debut solo album “Diary of a Mod Housewife.” She plays her songs all over the world and lives with her husband and sometime duet partner Wreckless Eric in New York’s Hudson Valley. When she isn’t touring, she pours beer and sells books at the Spotty Dog in Hudson.

NPR’s Ken Tucker called “Girl to City” the best rock memoir he read all year.

Hallie Goodman is a writer, editor and content strategist in Hudson, where she co-founded Volume Reading and Music Series, and founded Volume

Workshops. Her writing has appeared in many magazines and newspapers, including Glamour, Condé Nast Traveler, Redbook and the literary journal Hunger Mountain. A recent essay was nominated for a Pushcart and listed as “notable” in this year’s Best American Essays anthology.

She is a MacDowell Colony and NYFA MARK fellow. Goodman holds a GED and an MFA. Lee Ann Brown is a poet, curator, editor, composer and singer of neo-hymns and ballads. Recent publications include a poem in the Literary Fieldguide to Southern Appalachia (University of Georgia Press, 2019) and Other Archer (PURH, 2015). Recent fellowships and awards include the Judith E. Wilson Poetry Fellowship at the University of Cambridge, the Lord Nose Award and Acker Award. She is founding editrix of Tender Buttons

Press, which publishes experimental women’s and genderexpansive poetry through innovative forms that play with the boundaries between life and art, generations and generativity. Brown curates events through Torn Page, and is a professor at St. John’s University in New York City.

Stick around after the reading for book shopping and signing, along with a 1-hour DJ set (8-9 p.m.). Organizaers offer special thanks to Spotty Dog Books & Ale for “helping make magic” every month and to Anna Victoria Photography for capturing it all.

The event will be on Saturday, Jan. 11, 7-8 p.m. Visit https://www.facebook.com/ events/731045427299110/.

The Spotty Dog Books & Ale, is located at 440 Warren St., Hudson, 518-671-6006, or www. thespottydog.com.

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Annual Blue Plate restaurant benefit for Chatham Animal Haven

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CHATHAM — Chatham Animal Haven (CAH), a nonprofit farm animal sanctuary in Chatham, now in its fifth year of operation, is holding its annual fundraiser on Jan. 11, at the Blue Plate Restaurant, 1 Kinderhook St., Chatham.

Founders Colleen Carpenter and Marcia Cary started the sanctuary with the arrival of one farm piglet and since then, the Haven has welcomed five more pigs, six goats, two sheep, a very vociferous duck

and many chickens.

Most recently they took in a pot-bellied pig and 11 bantam chickens, nine of which are roosters, who did not have appropriate shelter and surely would have suffered in the last storm and cold weather.

All have their own rescue stories, ranging from a local family no longer able to Lillian keep and provide for a goat, who thought their only option was to euthanize him, to Marty McDermott and Steve Collins, the a 500-pound Berkshire pig named Oscar. Green’s Blues Band and Sideshow Willie!

Oscar escaped from a farm in western New Tickets are $30 and can be purchased as York and was hunted for two months until he found his way to a wildlife rehabilitator, the door. Advance tickets can also be purwho then found the Haven online and ar- chased online at www.brownpapertickets. range for his transfer there. com.

The event features a buffet dinner, live For more information, email chathammusic, dancing, silent auction and great animalhaven@gmail.com or call 518-528company!

Musical lineup includes Abby Lappen, 3714.A.

Exhibit by Nancy Hagin at Claverack Library CLAVERACK — The Claverack Free Library announces the opening of an exhibition of still lifes by painter Nancy Hagin, a nationally known artist who lives both locally and in New York City, on Saturday, Jan. 18, at 4 p.m.

This is the second show in the library’s new Marilyn and Bob Laurie Foundation gallery space. Hagin will be present to discuss her work, so bring your questions and stay for refreshments. The library is located at 9 Route 9H, with parking at 629 Route 23B. Nancy Hagin is a contemporary realist painter. Working in acrylic and watercolor, she is known for her lush hues, exploration of color symmetries and opulent patterns. Hagin received a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University and a MFA from Yale University. She has served as an instructor at the Maryland Institute of Art,

Fashion Institute of Technology, Pratt Institute, Cooper Union and SUNY/Purchase in NewYork, and worked as a visiting artist/guest lecturer at the Rhode Island School of Design.

Hagin has been honored with a Fulbright grant, two grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, and awards from the National Academy of Design and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Her work has been shown at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, Mass.; Brandeis University; and the Art in Embassies Program of the U.S. State Department among others. She showed for many years at the Alpha Gallery in Boston and the Fischbach Gallery in New York City. Since 1983, she has maintained a house and studio in Glenco Mills.

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SPENCERTOWN — A special opening reception will be held on Saturday, Jan. 11, 4 -6 p.m.l, at Spencertown Academy.

Tickets are $25. The full price of the ticket can be credited toward any purchases.

As of now, the organization is about $150,000 away from reaching its goal for the building restoration and maintenance endowment fund. To help get there, they are holding a special New Year art show fundraiser.

Over 50 artists from throughout the region have heeded the call to help by donating prized works that will hang at the Academy from

Jan. 11 through Feb. 2. With their generosity, all proceeds will go to help the Academy reach its fiscal goals. And, importantly for art lovers, all works will be offered at special, lower prices to make the show that much more irresistible to buyers. Fine arts, photography, ceramics, illustration, sculpture - all will be on display.

Enjoy passed hors d’oeuvres, sparkling beverages and good conversation to support the Academy at this special opening of “Art for the Academy,” a fundraiser to bring the organization closer to its Building Restoration Campaign goals.

Tivoli Artists Gallery presents its first show of the year celebrating all things ‘new’ diverse mix of works from many of TAG’s members – including paintings, prints, mixed media, sculpture, photography and more. Artists will be displaying recently completed work or work that has never been shown at the gallery until now. TAG’s new works show is an annual spotlight of original creations.

Show curator Alan Reich explains, “The discipline of creating new work can be exciting and challenging. We

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Musicians Tribute to Jackson Browne concert will take place at The Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield, Massachusetts on Saturday, Jan. 25, at 7:30 p.m.

The concert will feature an eclectic mix of Berkshire Country musicians as well as non-Berkshire special guests performing the songs of Jackson Browne. Performers include Matt Cimini, Bobby Sweet, Ed Moran, Bernice Lewis, Rob Sanzone, legendary Northampton troubadour Ray Mason, Jack Waldheim, Diane Wieland, Bruce Mandel, Jeanne Laurin and more.

Browne, who has sold over 18 million albums, was born in Germany in 1948, where his father, an American serviceman, was stationed. At age 3, Browne and his family moved to Los Angeles. In his teens, he began singing folk songs in local venues such as The Troubadour Club and The Ash Grove.

After graduating from high school, Browne did a short stint with The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band before moving to Greenwich Village in New York City. Before his 18th birthday he became a staff songwriter for Elektra Records in New York. In 1971, he signed with Asylum Records and released his first album, Jackson Browne,

which gained considerable airplay and included the songs “Doctor My Eyes” and “Rock Me on the Water.”

His performing and recording career took off from there, with critically acclaimed albums “For Everyman,” “Late for the Sky” and “The Pretender” to follow.

His biggest commercial success was the 1977 release “Running on Empty,” which, unlike any album before it, was recorded live in hotel rooms, on tour buses, backstage and in concert. The album releases continued with great success as “Hold Out,” “Lawyers in Love,” “Lives in the Balance” and many more. Browne was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2004.

The concert is a celebration of Browne’s songbook and will feature over two dozen tunes including “Running on Empty,” “The Load Out/Stay,” “The Pretender,” “Rock Me on the Water,” “Doctor My Eyes” and many more.

Tickets for the Berkshire Musicians Tribute to Jackson Browne are on sale at The Colonial Theatre Box Office at 111 South St. in Pittsfield, by phone at 413-997-4444 or online at www.berkshiretheatregroup.org.

Open auditions for “Fun Home”at St. James Catholic Church in Chatham, Jan. 14-15

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TIVOLI — Tivoli Artists Gallery presents its January show in celebration of the new year, a new decade and the presentation of new ideas, aptly titled “New Year | New Works.”

The show runs from Jan. 17 to Feb. 9, with an artists’ opening reception on Saturday, Jan. 18, from 6–8 p.m. Wine and snacks will be served, along with a chance to mix and mingle with artists and the local community; free of charge.

The exhibit will feature a

Jackson Browne celebration to take place at The Colonial Theatre

like to think of this show as an opportunity for artists to start the new year, and in this case the new decade, with inspiring and innovative work that is being seen for the first time.”

He added, “The month of January can be quiet in the Hudson Valley. But our gallery is open and a wonderful destination to experience art and grab a drink or bite in Tivoli along the way. Our neighbors at Santa Fe and Rojo will be open and it all makes for a

lovely visit here.”

Reich will present a series of new photographs that feature his use of contemporary composition, bold colors and implied storytelling. Other featured artists of the “New Works” exhibit will include TAG members Ania Aldrich, Marie Cole, Peggy Farrington, Lana Hirsch, Andrew Marchisio, Gilbert Rios, Fumiko Sugaya, Karl Volk and Maria Kolodziej-Zincio, to name a few.

GHENT — The Ghent Playhouse announces auditions for the Capital District Community Theatre premiere of the TONY Award-winning musical “Fun Home.” Auditions will be held Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 14 and 15, at 6:30 p.m. at St. James Catholic Church at 117 Hudson Ave. in Chatham.

Major and minor roles for all ages are available for seasoned actors, as well as those who have considered acting but have little or no experience. Those auditioning will be asked to present a post-1960 musical theater song; an accompanist will be provided. The audition process will also include reading from the script. Additional details about the characters can be found on the website https://www.ghentplayhouse.org/audition.

Winner of five 2015 TONY Awards, “Fun Home” is based on Alison Bechdel’s best-selling graphic memoir.

Moving between past and present, Bechdel relives her childhood, her growing understanding of her own sexuality, and questions about her father’s hidden desires.

Music by Jeanine Tesori, book and lyrics by Lisa Kron, directed by Michael McDermott and Michael C. Mensching, with musical direction by Joanne Mensching.

Those auditioning for “Fun Home” should be prepared to commit to MondayThursday rehearsals, which begin Jan. 27, the three week run (Fridays-Sundays) March 27-April 12, and a preview performance on March 26. For questions or alternative audition arrangements, please contact the director at 518- 669-5414.

The Ghent Playhouse is an award-winning, nonprofit, volunteer-run community theater. Now in its 45th year, the historic building is equipped with comfortable seating, modern accessible restrooms and air conditioning, in addition to a set shop, dressing rooms, kitchenette, costume storage and sophisticated lighting and sound systems. Drawing talent from all around the Hudson Valley and beyond, the playhouse now presents five diverse productions each year.

Womenswork Art hosting CelebrateWomxn845’s POUGHKEEPSIE — Opening reception this Friday!

Womenswork.Art is proud to be hosting the CelebrateWomxn845’s Third Annual CELEBRATION exhibition!

CELEBRATION is a multidisciplinary arts exhibition that aims to organize, recognize, & celebrate(!) women, femme, & nonbinary creatives. This salon-style show will be curated by CelebrateWomxn845 and will feature

both visual and performing artists- — both local and international — and creative events that are open to the public.

Opening Reception: Friday, January 10 5-9pm Food Provided by Earth, Wind and Fuego Interactive Floral Installation by: Honeysucker Floral For more info about CelebrateWomxn845, please check out their website.

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How a Washington woman is making history with the Yankees Nicole Brodeur The Seattle Times

WEST SEATTLE, Wash.

— It was 7 a.m. on the day after Christmas, a sleep-in day if there ever was one.

But Rachel Balkovec had been up for hours, running the dark, cold streets of West Seattle, swimming in the icy waters of Puget Sound, showering and then driving to work in Kent.

That kind of discipline and focus is why she just made history: In November, she became the first woman to be hired as a full-time minor league hitting coach for a professional baseball team — in this case, the New York Yankees organization.

She will report for work in

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Tampa, Fla., on Feb. 1.

Until then, she is working as a baseball research and development fellow at Driveline Baseball, a pitching and hitting training facility in Kent.

“I feel like people are throwing me a graduation party and I’m just a sophomore,” Balkovec, 32, said of the attention she has been getting since signing with the Yankees on Nov. 8. “This is a stop.

It’s not a finality.

“Wait until I’ve won five World Series as a GM,” she said. “Then you can throw me a party.”

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Chatham’s Hailey Cascioli drives to the basket during Wednesday’s Patroon Conference girls basketball game against Taconic Hills.

A. Jepsen 4-0-12, Johnson 1-0-2, McDonald 2-1-7, Oliver-Ragland 2-0-5. Totals 30-5-74.

3-pointers: A. Jepsen 4, McDonald 2, Oliver-Ragland, Alert.

RENSSELAER (37): Allert 3-17, Cancer 4-15-23, Endres 1-0-2, Gergenti 1-0-2, Hess 0-1-1, Lopez 1-0-2. Totals 10-17-37.

Maple Hill 67, Cairo-Durham 20 CASTLETON — Maple Hill warned up for Friday’s showdown with Hudson by defeating Cairo-Durham, 67-20, in Wednesday’s Patroon Conference girls basketball game.

Tasha Strock led the Wildcats with 11 points, 10 rebounds and five steals. Karsyn Berger added nine points and five steals, Paige Bleau and Sophia Chevrier had eight points apiece, Mia Fleck contributed seven and Claudia Eckel had five.

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CHATHAM — Hannah Taylor knocked down four threepointers and finished with 18 points to lead Chatham to a 5936 victory over Taconic Hills in Wednesday’s Patroon Conference girls basketball game.

Veah Daigle added 14 points to Chatham’s cause. Paige Eaton chipped in with 12.

The loss overshadowed an outstanding shooting performance by the Titans’ Marleah Perry, who drained eight threepointers and finished with a game-high 26 points.

Chatham built quarterly leads of 22-6, 41-13 and 50-27.

TACONIC HILLS (36): Sparacino 1-0-2, Shumsky 2-0-4, Perry 9-0-26, Mottoshiski 1-0-2, Beck 1-0-2. Totals 14-0-36.

3-pointers: Perry 8.

CHATHAM (59): H. Taylor 7-0-18, Eaton 5-0-12, Daigle 5-314, Cascioli 2-2-7, Kelly 1-0-2, Engel 3-0-6. Totals 23-5-59.

3-pointers: H. Taylor 4, Eaton 2, Daigle, Cascioli.

Hudson 74, Rensselaer 37 RENSSELAER — Deja Beauford dropped 22 points to spark Hudson to a 74-37 conquest of Rensselaer in Wednesday’s Patroon Conference girls basketball game.

The Bluehawks were n control from the start, racing out to a 21-8 lead by the end of the first quarter and stretching it to

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Chatham’s Veah Daigle shots a free throw during Wednesday’s Patroon Conference girls basketball game against Taconic Hills.

43-12 at halftime and 63-22 after three quarters.

Shayna Coppersmith and Abby Jepsen each had 12 points for Hudson.

Mechelle Cancer led Rensselaer with 23.

The win sets up a showdown

for sole possession of first place in the Patroon with Maple Hill on Friday at 6:30 p.m. in Hudson. Both teams are 6-0 in league play.

HUDSON (74): Alert 3-1-9, Beauford 11-0-22, Coppersmith 5-2-12, K. Jepsen 2-1-5,

Columbia 51, Catskill 37 CATSKILL — Janay Brantley recorded a double-double, but Class AA Columbia High was able to post a 51-37 victory over Catskill in Wednesday’s nonleague girls basketball game.

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New York Knicks head coach David Fizdale watches play during a Nov. 24 game against the Brooklyn Nets at Madison Square Garden.

Fizdale is totally wrong to blame the Knicks’ failures on outside pressure Stefan Bondy New York Daily News

NEW YORK — David Fizdale, again being paid by ESPN as an analyst, broke his silence Wednesday. He declared he has “no ill feelings” toward the Knicks and

coaching them was a pressure cooker because of fans’ expectations.

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How Joe Judge’s unconventional jump from special teams to head coach could work for Giants Charles McDonald New York Daily News

NEW YORK — The Giants made an unusual head coach hire with Patriots special teams coordinator Joe Judge. Most teams are looking for offensive or defensive playcallers when they hire new head coaches, but the Giants opted to go for someone that does neither. It’s not necessarily a bad idea.

Specials teams coaches deal with literally every player on the field. They have to be able to teach proper field goal block technique to offensive linemen and also teach defensive backs and wide receivers how to be effective gunners on punt coverage. They have to be able to accurately manage field-position battles, strategy on passive and aggressive punt returns and help draw up trick plays to gain yards. Those qualities alone don’t make Judge qualified for the Giants’ head job, but having hands on experience with players on both sides of the ball should be an asset when he gets to actually coach the Giants.

Ravens coach John Harbaugh is the only head coach in the NFL that has an extensive history as a special teams coordinator. He spent 1998-2007 as the Philadelphia Eagles’ special teams coach before being hired by the Ravens in 2008. Harbaugh was also given the title of defensive backs coach in 2007 by Eagles

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New England Patriots special teams coach Joe Judge (left) looks on during warm-ups with head coach Bill Belichick before Super Bowl LI against the Atlanta Falcons at NRG Stadium.

head coach Andy Reid to increase Harbaugh’s chance to becoming a head coach, which has

obviously worked out.

Bill Belichick puts a lot on the plate of his

special teams coaches. The Patriots have been consistently cutting-edge on special teams, one of the very few topics Belichick will publicly elaborate about. Here’s an answer from Belichick when Evan Lazar of CLNS Media Network asked him about punt coverage last year: “Well, on the punt, punt return game, let’s talk about that. On the punt and punt return game, most teams will put out a defensive personnel around midfield — so, let’s call it plus-50 punting — to handle any kind of fakes or gadget formations or anything like that. A lot of times you see that same personnel or a part of that same personnel on fourth-and-1 and fourth-and-2 — could be anywhere on the field, backed up. So, if you’re concerned about those kind of plays or if a team has a personal protector that’s a good runner, or it’s team that’s done those type of plays before, then you probably want to keep your defensive guys out there. Some teams just leave their defensive unit out on the field and put in a punt returner- you know, punt safe look — and just make a one-for-one sub with the free safety for the punter returner and play their defense.”

That’s only a third of the answer. Belichick went on to describe the different types of player and body shapes and styles of play that See GIANTS B3

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NHL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OT SO Pts Boston 44 25 8 5 6 61 Tampa Bay 42 25 13 4 0 54 Toronto 45 24 15 3 3 54 Florida 43 22 16 2 3 49 Buffalo 43 19 17 6 1 45 Montreal 44 18 19 6 1 43 Ottawa 43 16 22 3 2 37 Detroit 44 11 30 2 1 25 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT SO Pts Washington 45 30 10 3 2 65 NY Islanders 42 27 12 2 1 57 Pittsburgh 43 26 12 5 0 57 Carolina 43 25 16 2 0 52 Philadelphia 44 23 15 1 5 52 Columbus 44 21 15 6 2 50 NY Rangers 42 20 18 2 2 44 New Jersey 42 15 20 3 4 37 Western Conference Central Division GP W L OT SO Pts St. Louis 44 27 10 4 3 61 Colorado 44 25 15 3 1 54 Dallas 42 24 14 2 2 52 Winnipeg 44 24 16 3 1 52 Minnesota 43 20 17 4 2 46 Nashville 42 19 16 4 3 45 Chicago 44 19 19 2 4 44 Pacific Division GP W L OT SO Pts Arizona 45 25 16 2 2 54 Vegas 46 24 16 6 0 54 Edmonton 45 23 17 4 1 51 Calgary 45 23 17 5 0 51 Vancouver 43 23 16 3 1 50 San Jose 45 19 22 3 1 42 Anaheim 43 17 21 4 1 39 Los Angeles 44 17 23 3 1 38 Tuesday’s games Tampa Bay 9, Vancouver 2 Arizona 5, Florida 2 NY Islanders 4, New Jersey 3, OT Washington 6, Ottawa 1 Carolina 5, Philadelphia 4, OT NY Rangers 5, Colorado 3 Detroit 4, Montreal 3 St. Louis 3, San Jose 2 Boston 6, Nashville 2 Calgary 2, Chicago 1 Pittsburgh 4, Vegas 3 Columbus 4, Anaheim 3 Wednesday’s games Winnipeg 4, Toronto 3, SO Philadelphia 3, Washington 2 Dallas at Los Angeles, 10 p.m.

Thursday’s games Winnipeg at Boston, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Montreal, 7 p.m.

Arizona at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.

Vancouver at Florida, 7 p.m.

New Jersey at NY Rangers, 7 p.m.

Buffalo at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Nashville at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Los Angeles at Vegas, 10 p.m.

Dallas at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

Columbus at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

Friday’s games Ottawa at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Arizona at Carolina, 7:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Colorado, 9 p.m.

GF GA 146 113 156 127 162 145 153 146 127 135 139 143 118 149 96 168 GF GA 163 133 120 108 146 116 145 123 140 136 117 121 138 141 109 148 GF GA 138 121 159 130 115 104 137 134 133 144 144 143 128 143 GF GA 133 114 147 137 137 142 125 135 143 134 121 151 113 136 112 140

Pro football NFL PLAYOFFS Wild-card Round Saturday, Jan. 4 Houston 22, Buffalo 19, OT Tennessee 20, New England 13 Sunday, Jan. 5 Minnesota 26, New Orleans 20, OT Seattle 17, Philadelphia 9 Divisional Round Saturday, Minnesota at San Francisco, 4:35 p.m. (NBC) Tennessee at Baltimore, 8:15 p.m (CBS) Sunday Houston at Kansas City, 3:05 p.m. (CBS) Tennessee at Baltimore, 8:15 p.m (CBS) Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 19 AFC, 3:05 p.m. (CBS) NFC, 6:40 p.m. (FOX) Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 2 At Miami Gardens, Fla. AFC champion vs. NFC champion, 6:30 p.m.

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Pro basketball Atlantic W L Pct Boston 25 10 .714 Toronto 25 13 .658 Philadelphia 24 14 .632 Brooklyn 16 20 .444 New York 10 28 .263 Central W L Pct Milwaukee 32 6 .842 Indiana 23 15 .605 Detroit 14 24 .368 Chicago 13 25 .342 Cleveland 10 27 .270 Southeast W L Pct Miami 27 10 .730 Orlando 18 20 .474 Charlotte 15 25 .375 Washington 12 25 .324 Atlanta 8 30 .211 Western Conference Northwest W L Pct Denver 26 11 .703 Utah 25 12 .676 Oklahoma City 21 16 .568 Portland 16 22 .421 Minnesota 14 22 .389 Pacific W L Pct L.A. Lakers 30 7 .811 L.A. Clippers 26 12 .684 Sacramento 15 23 .395 Phoenix 14 23 .378 Golden State 9 29 .237 Southwest W L Pct Houston 25 11 .694 Dallas 23 14 .622 San Antonio 16 20 .444 Memphis 16 22 .421 New Orleans 13 25 .342 Tuesday’s games Detroit 115, Cleveland 113 Portland 101, Toronto 99 Oklahoma City 111, Brooklyn 103, OT Memphis 119, Minnesota 112 Sacramento 114, Phoenix 103 L.A. Lakers 117, New York 87 Wednesday’s games San Antonio 129, Boston 114 Toronto 112, Charlotte 110, OT Miami 122, Indiana 108 Orlando 123, Washington 89 Houston 122, Atlanta 115 Denver 107, Dallas 106 New Orleans 123, Chicago 108 Utah 128, New York 104 Milwaukee at Golden State, 10 p.m.

Thursday’s games Cleveland at Detroit, 7 p.m.

Boston at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Portland at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Houston at Oklahoma City, 9:30 p.m.

GB — 1.5 2.5 9.5 16.5 GB — 9.0 18.0 19.0 21.5 GB — 9.5 13.5 15.0 19.5 GB — 1.0 5.0 10.5 11.5 GB — 4.5 15.5 16.0 21.5 GB — 2.5 9.0 10.0 13.0

College basketball WOMEN’S COACHES POLL Record Pts Prv 1. Connecticut (24) 12-0 788 1 2. Oregon (5) 12-1 753 2 3. Oregon St. (3) 14-0 743 3 4. Stanford (0) 13-1 684 4 5. South Carolina (0) 14-1 653 5 6. Baylor (0) 11-1 649 6 7. Louisville (0) 14-1 613 7 8. NC State (0) 14-0 570 9 9. UCLA (0) 14-0 559 10 10. Texas A&M (0) 14-1 490 12 11. Florida State (0) 14-1 479 8 12. Mississippi State (0) 14-2 424 14 13. Indiana (0) 13-2 385 15 14. Kentucky (0) 12-2 378 13 15. Gonzaga (0) 14-1 346 16 16. Maryland (0) 11-3 334 11 17. DePaul (0) 13-2 311 17 18. Missouri St. (0) 12-2 231 19 19. Arizona (0) 13-1 226 18 20. West Virginia (0) 11-1 197 21 21. Arkansas (0) 13-2 160 20 22. South Dakota (0) 14-2 141 22 23. Princeton (0) 12-1 89 24 24. Tennessee (0) 11-3 69 23 25. Florida Gulf Coast (0) 15-2 52 25 Others receiving votes: Michigan 37, Arizona State 14, Northwestern 8, Rutgers 7, Syracuse 6, Iowa 2, James Madison 1, Creighton 1.

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James Harden scored 41 points en route to his second triple-double of the season and the visiting Houston Rockets beat the Atlanta Hawks 122-115 on a historic night Wednesday.

The Hawks’ Trae Young finished with 42 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists – the first 40-point triple-double in Hawks history. It was Young’s sixth 40-point game and his second tripledouble of the season. The game also marked the first time in NBA history that there were two 40-point tripledoubles in the same game.

Harden had a subpar shooting night – making only 9 of 34 – but was 19 of 23 from the line with 10 rebounds and 10 assists. It was Harden’s 44th career triple-double and his 15th 40-point tripledouble, second-most in NBA history.

The Hawks trailed by as many as 23 in the second quarter, but cut the lead to 118-115 with 18 seconds left. Harden made four free throws over the final 10.4 seconds to put the game away.

Houston defeated the Hawks for the sixth straight time.

Jazz 128, Knicks 104 Bojan Bogdanovic scored 20 points, and Emmanuel Mudiay added a season-high 20 off the bench to lead host Utah to a win over New York in Salt Lake City.

Rudy Gobert added 16 points and 16 rebounds to lead the Jazz. Donovan Mitchell chipped in 16 points, and four others scored at least 11. Utah won for the 12th time in its last 13 games and notched its seventh straight victory overall.

Frank Ntilikina led New York with 16 points. Elfrid Payton and Bobby Portis finished with 13 points apiece. The Knicks lost all four games on their Western Conference road trip. Utah outscored New York 60-38 in the paint.

Nuggets 107, Mavericks 106 Nikola Jokic scored 33 points, including a go-ahead layup with 7.9 seconds left, and visiting Denver held off Dallas down the stretch for the win.

Jokic added seven assists and six rebounds as he won a showdown with Dallas’ Luka Doncic, who had 27 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds in

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Houston Rockets guard James Harden (13) works against shoots Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young (11) during Wednesday’s game at State Farm Arena.

a losing cause.

Dallas played its fifth straight game without Kristaps Porzingis (knee), while the Nuggets were without two starters, guard Will Barton (personal reasons) and Paul Millsap (knee).

Spurs 129, Celtics 114 DeMar DeRozan led the way with 30 points as San Antonio crushed host Boston.

Lonnie Walker IV added 19 points in 19 minutes off the bench as the Spurs won for the fourth time in their last six games. San Antonio shot 55.2 percent (48 of 87) as a team to avenge a 135-115 home loss to Boston earlier this season.

Gordon Hayward scored 18 points, as the Celtics narrowly avoided their worst loss of the season in just their third defeat at home. Kemba Walker, returning from three games missed with the flu, had six points before getting ejected in the third quarter.

Heat 122, Pacers 108 Jimmy Butler, who missed the previous game due to a back injury, had 14 points, seven assists and six rebounds to lead Miami to a convincing win in Indianapolis.

Miami, which never trailed past the first quarter, had six other players with

double-figure points: Tyler Herro (19), Derrick Jones Jr. (18), Bam Adebayo (18), Duncan Robinson (17), Goran Dragic (15) and Kendrick Nunn (15).

Adebayo also had a team-high nine rebounds.

Indiana, which fell to 15-5 at home, was led by power forward Domantas Sabonis, who had game highs in points (27) and rebounds (14). He also had six assists. The Heat’s Justise Winslow returned after missing 15 consecutive games due to a back injury. Winslow, who hadn’t played since Dec. 4, played 16 minutes off the bench but did not score. He had two rebounds and one assist.

Bucks 107, Warriors 98 Milwaukee used a stellar defensive effort to overcome poor shooting, struggling past host Golden State.

Two days after shooting 15-for-45 on 3-pointers in a 126-104 loss at San Antonio, the Bucks were dreadful from behind the line – 9-for-41 – but still managed a sixth win in their last seven games.

Giannis Antetokounmpo had 30 points, and Khris Middleton 21 for the Bucks, who won for the third straight time at Golden State, this time in their

first visit to the new Chase Center in San Francisco.

Magic 123, Wizards 89 Nikola Vucevic had 29 points and nine rebounds, and Orlando routed visiting Washington.

Evan Fournier added 19 points on 7-of-10 shooting for Orlando, which has won four of five. D.J. Augustin added 18 points off the bench. Khem Birch had 11 points and nine rebounds.

Reserves Troy Brown Jr. and Admiral Schofield led Washington with 18 points each. Wizards guard Bradley Beal missed his fourth straight game with lower right leg soreness. The Wizards remain without a group of regulars that includes Thomas Bryant, Rui Hachimura and Davis Bertans among others.

Pelicans 123, Bulls 108 Brandon Ingram and rookie Jaxson Hayes each had a double-double as host New Orleans defeated Chicago.

Ingram had 29 points and 11 assists, falling two rebounds short of his first career triple-double, and Hayes had 14 points and 12 rebounds for his second double-double. Ingram had 16 points as the Pelicans took control by outscoring the Bulls 44-27 in the third quarter.

Zach LaVine scored 32, Thaddeus Young had 18, Kris Dunn 15, Lauri Markkanen 14 and Coby White 10 to lead the Bulls, who lost their fifth straight and for the sixth time in seven games.

Raptors 112, Hornets 110 (OT) Serge Ibaka made two free throws with 5.1 seconds remaining in overtime to give visiting Toronto a victory against Charlotte.

Ibaka finished with 23 points, matching teammate Terence Davis as the Raptors avoided losses on consecutive nights. OG Anunoby’s 19 points and Kyle Lowry’s 15 points aided the Raptors, who also received 13 points from Patrick McCaw. Charlotte’s Terry Rozier missed a potential winning 3-point shot at the end.

Rozier heated up in the second half and ended up with 27 points, while teammate Miles Bridges had 26. Cody Zeller added 14 points and P.J. Washington had 12.

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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — A strange week in Chapel Hill somehow managed to get worse Wednesday night, with North Carolina searching for rock bottom and not yet finding it.

It may be Saturday, when Clemson comes to town.

The Tar Heels’ remarkable run against Clemson in Chapel Hill has survived four buildings, multiple generations, a world war and an 8-20 UNC team, but if there was ever a season when that 59-game streak might fall, it’s starting to feel like this one.

Things, any realist can tell you, can always get worse. That would qualify.

“When things are going bad, a lot of things continue to go bad,” North Carolina coach Roy Williams said.

“Some way, somehow, we’ve got to figure out a way to stop the bleeding and start playing better.”

Williams remains tied with Dean Smith at 879 wins after a 73-65 loss to Pittsburgh, and a long season already only figures to get longer, even when Cole Anthony comes back, if he does.

It’s hard to put into perspective just how soft a target the Tar Heels have become. Pitt, coming off a home loss to Wake Forest, not only had never won in Chapel Hill, but hadn’t won an ACC road game anywhere since February 2017, 22 straight.

Streaks like that aren’t typically broken in this zip code.

“Guys,” Williams said, “it’s not a pleasant time.”

After the first-half debacle against Georgia Tech on Saturday, the Tar Heels actually led by nine at the break Wednesday, which only made the eventual result all the more painful.

While Justin Champagnie was banging in 3-pointers in the second half for Pitt, North Carolina was getting more and more hesitant with the ball. By the end, no one even wanted to shoot, and the lead withered.

“They were both equally frustrating because we lost,” North Carolina guard Brandon Robinson said.

“This one definitely hurts more, just knowing that we were up at halftime and it was a game we should have won.”

This team’s issues and shortcomings are so readily apparent that it’s hard to argue the quest to pass Smith is any more of a distraction than everything else going on, but there doesn’t seem to be a way out of this mess even when Williams finally surpasses his mentor in the wins column.

In the wake of Saturday’s loss, the Tar Heels tweaked their offense, tried to play more aggressive on defense and tightened their rotation, all to very little avail.

The Tar Heels’ late-game stagnancy on offense was so jarring it recalled the

famous John McKay line when the football coach was asked about his team’s execution: “I’m in favor of it,” McKay said.

That sounds like something that might come out of Williams, especially in a week where he made headline news by referring to this team as one of the “least gifted” he has coached on his radio show Monday night. That comment that brewed up a firestorm when taken by itself but was less sensational when viewed in the context in which it was said, essentially that this group has to work harder because it can’t get by on raw talent, at least not with Anthony, the explosive freshman, on the shelf.

Williams wasn’t backing down, either. His fondness for hyperbole can sometimes muddle his message, which certainly played a role here in turning a sound bite into a national news item, to his chagrin.

“To me, to me, to Roy Williams, that’s the most ridiculous thing to have any attention,” he said. “That’s like me wearing lucky socks or something. Good God almighty, you gotta play the damn game.”

As Williams said that, he crossed his feet behind the podium, exposing a gout of color at his ankles. He was wearing bright blue socks with a cartoon face on them.

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Philadelphia Flyers center Kevin Hayes (13) and right wing Travis Konecny (11) celebrate Wednesday’s win against the Washington Capitals at Wells Fargo Center.

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Travis Konecny, Robert Hagg and Kevin Hayes each scored one goal to lift the host Philadelphia Flyers past the Washington Capitals 3-2 on Wednesday.

After a rough 1-4-1 road trip, the Flyers returned home, where they’re now 14-2-4.

Flyers goaltender Carter Hart allowed two goals on his first eight shots but wound up with 26 saves.

Nicklas Backstrom and Jakub Vrana each scored firstperiod goals for the Capitals, who had their three-game winning streak snapped.

Braden Holtby stopped 24 shots.

The Capitals began the night with a league-best 65 points. Despite the loss, Washington is still an impressive 176-1 on the road.

Jets 4, Maple Leafs 3 (SO) Blake Wheeler scored the decisive goal of a shootout and visiting Winnipeg defeated Toronto.

Mark Scheifele, Nikolaj Ehlers and Mason Appleton scored in regulation time for

the Jets, who have won two games in a row. The Jets are 2-0-1 on a four-game road trip that ends Thursday against the Boston Bruins.

Auston Matthews scored two goals for Toronto, tying the game with a slap shot with just 14 seconds left in the third period. Matthews is the first Maple Leaf to reach 30 goals in four consecutive seasons to open his career and the first U.S.-born player to do so.

Stars 2, Kings 1 Jamie Benn and Blake Comeau scored 37 seconds apart in the second period, and Dallas held on for a win at Los Angeles.

Dallas goalie Anton Khudobin, who entered the game ranked second in the NHL in save percentage (.931) and third in goals-against average (2.20), made 30 saves.

Esa Lindell had two assists for the Stars, who opened the four-game trip with their fifth straight win, all since the Christmas break.

Anze Kopitar scored, and Jonathan Quick made 30 saves for the Kings, who have lost seven of nine (2-6-1).

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Taconic Hills’ Marleah Perry (12) and Emily Mottoshiski (13) in action during Wednesday’s Patroon Conference girls basketball game against Chatham. Perry hit eight three-pointers and finished with 26 points in the Titans’ loss to the Panthers.

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all-around game’ by Cats coach Chris Quinn.

Lauren Filien led Columbia with 16 points.

The Blue Devils looked to be en route to an easy win after taking a 19-5 lead through one quarter of play and widening the gap to 33-14 at halftime, but the Cats battled back to within eight by the end of the third quarter.

Columbia was able to weather the storm, though, and held on for the victory.

“We played our best game of the year,” Quinn said. “We just battled our butts off against a bigger, more talented team. I’m beyond proud of my girls’ effort.”

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Chatham’s Hannah Taylor (2) brings the ball up the floor with Veah Daigle (32) during Wednesday’s Patroon Conference girls basketball game against Taconic Hills.

Chatham’s Hailey Cascioli (11) brings the ball up the floor with Gabby Morse (24) during Wednesday’s Patroon Conference girls basketball game against Taconic Hills.

COLUMBIA (51): Angelo 2-06, Bissailon 1-0-3, Dougherty 1-0-2, Filien 6-1-16, Forte 2-1-5, Kelley 2-0-6, Phillips 2-2-6, Poissant 1-0-3, Scarano 1-2-4. Totals 18-6-51.

3-pointers: Filien 3, Kelly 2, Angelo 2, Bissailon, Poissant.

CATSKILL (37): Brantley 6-10-23, O’Connell 2-3-7, Salierno 0-2-2, Shook 1-0-3, Sisto 1-0-2. Totals 10-15-37.

VOLLEYBALL Ichabod Crane 3, Catskill 0 VALATIE — Ichabod Crane posted a 3-0 victory over Catskill in Wednesday’s Patroon Conference boys volleyball action.

The Riders (7-0) took the three games by scores of 25-8, 25-17 and 25-19.

For Ichabod Crane, Harrison Puckett had 8 kills, 9 assists and 1 ace; Trevor Wolfe 7 assists, 1

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Taconic Hills coach Tom Davis talks with his team during a timeout in Wednesday’s Patroon Conference girls basketball game against Chatham.

ace and 1 kill; Dean Warner 5 blocks, 4 kills and 1 ace; Logan Groat 5 kills; Ryan Tricozzi 6 kills; Cam Ames 2 aces and 1 dig; Paul Zietsman 4 assists and 1

ace; Jake Siter 4 aces and 3 kills and Carson Weaver 1 block.

The Riders travel to Cobleskill-Richmondville on Wednesday.

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Taconic Hills’ Emily Mottoshiski (13) and Chatham’s Erin Madsen battle for a rebound during Wednesday’s Patroon Conference girls basketball game.

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up in Omaha, Neb., has traveled the country — and moved to the Netherlands — to earn two master’s degrees in the science of human movement and work with minor-league baseball clubs.

It started in 2012, when she had a temporary contract with the St. Louis Cardinals as a strength and conditioning coach for their affiliate in Johnson City, Tenn., where the Appalachian League awarded her strength coach of the year.

Two years later, the Cardinals hired her full time as the strength and conditioning coordinator for the same minor league team — making her the first woman to be hired as a pro-baseball coordinator. In 2016, she was hired by the Houston Astros as the first female Latin America strength and conditioning coordinator. (She taught herself Spanish to be better able to connect with the players). In 2018, she became the strength and conditioning coach for the Astros’ Class AA Corpus Christi Hooks.

It was in Houston where she met Dillon Lawson, now the hitting coordinator for the Yankees. When he thought of Balkovec for his coaching team, he didn’t think twice about the fact that she was a woman. His mother had an accomplished corporate career, and his wife owns a business.

Balkovec was simply the best person for the job and the Yankees organization is “100%” behind her hiring.

“Rachel’s worth and her value far exceeds what is traditional,” Lawson said. “She has made herself so good that whatever traditions say, she eclipses it. She’s in a place of her own.”

Balkovec has worked hard to stay on top of changes in the game,

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about New York and Madison Square Garden is just the patience level,” Fizdale said on ESPN Radio. “It’s a team that has struggled for a long time and fans really want to get it going as soon as possible. And it’s unique from that standpoint because there’s other places where you can take your time more and build

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determine the outcomes of players. From defensive tackles to linebackers to wide receivers, a special teams coach already has experience

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Rachel Balkovec, left, places reflective markers that are used in the biomechanics lab on Evan Brandt at Driveline Baseball, an analytics-based data-driven performance center based in Kent and used by players at both the amateur and professional level. At center is research and development engineer Kyle Lindley.

specifically using data to build a team and improve player performance.

The Oakland A’s pioneered the practice, she said, but the Astros “took maximizing data to a whole new level,” Balkovec said.

In order to stay current, Balkovec enrolled in Vrije University in the Netherlands for her master’s in human movement sciences. There, she studied eye tracking for hitters, and the hip movements of pitchers. She seeks to train batters to focus on a pitcher’s center, the peripheral view of the pitcher’s body, and to look ahead of the ball to better predict its flight.

That combination of skills is invaluable, Lawson said: “That she can see through a coaching lens, a strength and conditioning lens, a gaze-behavior and ball-tracking lens ... She doesn’t just have depth, she

has breadth.”

Balkovec remembers how hard it was to get a job in baseball as a woman, “and that’s a tale as old as time,” she said.

She recalled 2013 when she was working as a waitress and at Lululemon. She applied to 15 baseball teams in the Phoenix area for a coaching job.

“No responses,” she said. “And I had two master’s degrees, and had interned for the St. Louis Cardinals.”

She changed her name on her resume and her email from Rachel to just “Rae.” (“It just shows you how desperate I was”) and instead of saying she had been an NCAA Division I softball catcher, she said she had been an NCAA Division I catcher.

“I got a ton of responses,” she said.

But once they heard her voice on the phone, the only offers came for jobs

a little more slowly. But in Madison Square Garden, it’s a tough environment and the media market surrounding the team and scrutiny that’s around that, it can really put a lot of pressure on people in that building.”

Fizdale lasted just 104 games in New York so it’s understandable that his comment about outside pressures being the downfall is totally off base. The Knicks, and Fizdale, were largely given a pass for tanking away his first season.

The problem was they traded

away the team’s best player — Kristaps Porzingis — for cap space to land superstars who didn’t want to meet with them in free agency. Fizdale was supposed to be an attraction to these star players. It didn’t work out that way.

After the Knicks spent over $70 million on second-tier free agents, it should’ve been fair for the fans and media to expect solid improvement from the 17-win campaign last season. And even after they started 2-8, it was the front office and owner — not the media or

coaching fundamentals to every single player on the team.

In terms of knowing the skills and techniques for a wide variety of players, a special teams coach has to be one of the most knowledgeable members of the staff. Since Judge doesn’t have the background as a playcaller, his coordinator

hires will be key. At the very least, Judge has been trusted

by Belichick to be hands-on with a wide variety of players.

Betting on Judge to become the next Harbaugh is risky, and maybe even not fair to Judge.

But the groundwork for being an all-encompassing, CEO type of head coach is there.

in women’s sports.

So she kept on waitressing and selling activewear, believing that her time in Major League Baseball would come. And it did, a year later, when the St. Louis Cardinals — where she had interned — called and offered her the strength coordinator position. At the time, she had $14 in the bank.

The men who have helped her along have been men who like Lawson; those who have strong women in their lives. “They have just been around it,” she said.

Once she starts working with players, her gender is never an issue for very long.

“There’s a window of curiosity,” she said, “but it closes within days or weeks, or as soon as they find that I am out there to work. They see your work ethic, they see you’re there to

fans — who set off an alarm by holding an impromptu press conference.

Fizdale was fired a few weeks later.

“That’s the business we’ve chosen. I respect those guys they had to make a tough decision. I miss the hell out of them. All the players, the staff,” Fizdale said. “But that’s the business. At the time we were 4-18 and they had to make a tough decision. I have no ill feelings toward the situation. I understand this is a business. And I obviously

help them. They don’t care.”

She is one of three sisters raised by an American Airlines customer-service manager father and mother who was a bookkeeper. Her father missed just three days of work in 35 years.

Her mother went back to work as soon as her youngest started school.

“They’re not superheroes, but they both overshot their coverage for life,” she said. “They raised us for that. It’s who we are. It doesn’t matter what we do, we’re going to go around the brick wall, or right through it.”

Ironically, Balkovec has never been a fan of baseball. It’s just too slow compared to softball, “where you get a grounder and just get rid of it.”

She got to know the game when she dated a guy who played baseball in New Mexico and was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

“It showed me the inner workings of professional baseball,” she said. “I became fascinated with the business of professional baseball and the onion that it is.”

She was a catcher on the softball teams at Creighton University and New Mexico, and earned a master’s degree in kinesiology from Louisiana State University in 2012.

“This is who I am as a human,” she said of her drive. “Manifesting.”

At her West Seattle apartment, Balkovec keeps a quote from architect, systems theorist and futurist Buckminster Fuller taped to the wall: “What is my job on this planet? What is it that needs doing, that I know something about, that probably won’t happen unless I take responsibility for it?”

“I have to do this,” Balkovec said.

“I honestly feel like I am no longer driving the car. The way my parents raised me, my mentors in college, coaches I’ve known. If I don’t use what I have been given, I’m totally wasting my time on earth, and letting people down who need to see this.”

learned a ton from it. And I really was just grateful to have that opportunity to say I was the head coach of the New York Knicks.”

Fizdale had two years remaining on his $22 million deal and Knicks employees typically sign a non-disclosure agreement after they’re fired.

No bad-mouthing the company.

Interim coach Mike Miller has provided a boost since taking over for Fizdale, going 6-9 despite a current three-game losing streak.

The Knicks are in the midst of their worst six-season stretch in franchise history and have been the worst NBA team over the last 20 years.

But they do have two intriguing prospects — RJ Barrett and Mitchell Robinson — and own all their draft picks moving forward.

“I really think they’re on the right track. They got a ton of young talent, a ton of cap space and great people under that roof,” Fizdale said “I think it’s just a matter of time before it all comes together.”

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Ravens’ Lamar Jackson having season for the ages Daniel Oyefusi The Baltimore Sun

BALTIMORE — Days before Ravens rookie quarterback Lamar Jackson made his first NFL start against the Cincinnati Bengals in 2018, he received a phone call from Washington Redskins great Doug Williams.

The former quarterback wanted to provide words of encouragement for Jackson, who was set to become the next in a line of black quarterbacks to start in the NFL. “As a young, African-American quarterback, sometimes the road might be a little more slippery for him than for other people,” said Williams, senior vice president of player personnel for the Redskins who, in 1988, became the first black quarterback to play in and win a Super Bowl. “The call was basically to tell him, ‘Don’t look back. Just keep going forward.’ And I think that’s what he’s done.”

Jackson, starting for an injured Joe Flacco, led the Ravens to a 24-21 victory, beginning a stretch of six wins in the last seven games as the Ravens won the AFC North for the first time since 2012 and reached the playoffs for the first time since 2015.

After a disastrous performance in a wild-card round loss to the Los Angeles Chargers, he returned in his second season a vastly improved player, leading the Ravens to the league’s best record (14-2) and the AFC’s top seed while becoming the presumptive NFL Most Valuable Player.

Jackson headlines a list of young, black quarterbacks — many of whom are producing from inside and outside the pocket — who have had standout seasons as the NFL celebrates its 100th anniversary.

Their achievements this season merit praise, but also serve as a stark reminder of how far black quarterbacks have come and a time when they were overlooked as signal-callers.

Of the league’s leaders this season in QBR, ESPN’s all-encompassing metric of quarterback play, five of the top 10 are black. Four of the

six quarterbacks named to the 2020 Pro Bowl are black: Jackson, Deshaun Watson, Patrick Mahomes and Russell Wilson. Jackson, Watson and Mahomes each led their teams to a division title.

Heading into the 2018 draft, Jackson was one of the more widely scrutinized prospects in recent memory. At Louisville, Jackson dazzled the college football world with his arm and legs, and in 2016 became the youngest player to win the Heisman Trophy.

But as he approached the NFL scouting combine and the draft, questions arose about his ability to transition to the pro level. Draft analysts and scouts questioned his mechanics, his style of play as a runner and whether he could be an accurate passer.

Some, most notably former NFL executive Bill Polian, suggested Jackson would be better suited switching to wide receiver, or another skill position that could make use of his rare athletic ability. Earlier this season, Polian acknowledged fault in his assessment of Jackson, telling USA Today Sports he “used the old, traditional quarterback standard with him.”

Still, the commentary was eerily similar to a time when biases and stereotypes prevented qualified black quarterbacks from getting a fair shot in the NFL. Marlin Briscoe, after starring as a quarterback at Nebraska-Omaha, was drafted in the 14th round of the 1968 AFL draft and forced to switch to cornerback with the Denver Broncos.

Briscoe, whose dual-threat capabilities Williams said most reminded him of Jackson, eventually got his opportunity at quarterback as a rookie after an injury, becoming the first black quarterback to start in the modern era of American professional football.

In the NFL, Baltimore Colts running back George Taliaferro, who starred at multiple positions, became the first black player to start at quarterback in 1953.

Although Briscoe set records in 1968, he wasn’t considered for the starting job

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Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson has a laugh while giving a postgame television interview following a 31-15 win against the Cleveland Browns on December 22 at FirstEnergy Stadium in Cleveland.

at the beginning of the next season. After requesting his release from the team, Briscoe never played quarterback again but won two Super Bowls as a wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins.

Briscoe’s football journey was similar to many black players who had aspirations of playing quarterback. As the NFL demographics shifted and the league became predominantly black, AfricanAmerican faces were missing at the game’s most important position.

Former NFL executive Louis Riddick said in his time as a pro scout and director of player personnel, these notions were never displayed outwardly, but “we’d be naive to think that some people don’t have those biases.”

“Lamar looks different than Tom Brady. We all can see that,” said Riddick, an ESPN analyst. “And some people will then go even further with that and say, ‘Well, he’s going

to be different than Tom Brady in many different ways’ or any other white quarterback.

“His success, though, is showing those people who have those biases, hey, what’s more important to you? Your stale, narrow-minded ways of thinking ... or winning football games and having the best players play and utilizing their strength and trying to minimize their weaknesses?”

This season, Jackson has replicated the type of success he saw in college, dismantling arguments that his style of play can’t translate to the highest level of football.

Questions still remain about the sustainability of Jackson’s game, and whether a quarterback who runs as often as he does can withstand the bruising hits.

Dating back to his days at Louisville, Jackson has been compared with Michael Vick, who Jackson said he grew up idolizing. The two connected when Jackson was a

sophomore at Louisville, and have maintained a relationship. In December, Jackson broke Vick’s record for most rushing yards by a quarterback in a single season.

“Those questions are going to come up naturally because of his style of play, and you don’t see quarterbacks getting hit or running the football the way he does, or the way I did,” said Vick, a Fox Sports analyst.

“So those questions are going to come up: Can you protect yourself? Can you sustain?

Can you be a more effective passer as opposed to runner?

“With Lamar, for him to continue to play his game, that’s what’s most important.

I don’t think him coming in was any added pressure. He had somebody that he can model his game after, and that was me.”

Williams and Riddick lauded the Ravens’ front office, at the time led by former general manager Ozzie Newsome, for having the foresight to pick Jackson, and coach John Harbaugh for fully investing in an offensive system based on Jackson’s unique talents.

Williams said changing mentalities over the years have paved the way for quarterbacks like Jackson to receive an opportunity in the league today.

As Jackson attempts to lead the top-seeded Ravens to their third Super Bowl appearance in franchise history, Vick and Riddick said a championship run would further validate that a player of his mold can be successful in the league and change minds as to the way to build an offense and play the position.

“I think Lamar, along with the success of Russell Wilson, has opened people’s minds now — and even the success of (No. 1 overall draft pick) Kyler Murray so far this year — have opened people’s minds to what does the prototype quarterback look like,” Riddick said.

“He doesn’t have to be 6-4 and stand in the pocket and be that big, strong, statue-in-themiddle-of-your-front-lawn type of thrower. He can take on the shape of many different sizes, many different types of

athletic abilities because it’s all proven to be successful so far. And if the Ravens win the Super Bowl this year, it’s really, I think, going to bode well for those who are willing to be open-minded.”

Though Jackson isn’t the first dual-threat quarterback in NFL history, he’s reaffirming that a different style can have success. Not only did he break Vick’s rushing record, but he also led the league with 36 touchdown passes.

According to ESPN’s The Undefeated, black quarterbacks have combined for more starts, wins, touchdown passes and yards in the 2019 regular season than in any other season in NFL history.

“It’s a big deal,” Williams said. “We’re going into the 100th year NFL anniversary.

There was a time when people didn’t believe a black quarterback could be in that position because it came along with being able to think and figure out stuff. And we’re in America: Let’s be fair, some people didn’t think that could happen.

“Just because I won the Super Bowl 30-something years ago, or was part of a Super Bowl team, there were guys before me. The James Harrises of the world. Marlin Briscoe was the closest thing to Lamar Jackson there is back in the day. ... There’s a lot of guys that today would be playing in the National Football League.”

As shown in his touching sideline conversation with Harbaugh in November — and throughout weekly podium sessions this season — Jackson doesn’t often sit back to ponder the impact his historic season will have on future generations of players.

But before a November matchup with the Texans and Watson, Jackson was asked if he takes pride in seeing the number of black quarterbacks excelling in the league.

“Yes, that’s incredible. We just have to keep it going,” Jackson said. “We have others coming in, (the) next generation, and years on years coming. We just have to keep it going — keep doing great on the field, off the field, and help our other brothers out.”

NASCAR introduces new pit stop procedure at select races Field Level Media

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – NASCAR announced new competition rules for pit stops in select NASCAR Xfinity and NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoor Truck Series races designed to enhance competition and create intrigue.

The change affects the two Xfinity Series races at Iowa Speedway plus the Road America and Mid-Ohio road courses as well as Truck Series events at Iowa Speedway, World Wide Technology Raceway and the Canadian Tire Motorsports Park road course.

During stage breaks, per the new rules package, the race field will be frozen when cautions come out at all these venues. Teams will then decide to pit for fuel and change two tires on a single stop. On the road courses, teams may either add fuel or pit for four tires per stop.

Two pit stops for a full service – four tires and fuel – will now be required at these select events. The pit stop must be completed with a “designated time period” and the team roster for both

series will include eight crew members, including the crew that goes over the wall.

After pit stops occurring under caution, restarts will be established based on the order of the cars at the time of the caution and the pit strategy used.

Vehicles that did not pit would be at the front of the field, followed by vehicles that pitted once, followed by those that pitted twice and the free pass wave-around and penalty cars.

“I think it’s great to be a part of something that is essentially moving the sport forward and really emphasizing the strategy and allowing some different scenarios to play out that haven’t necessarily been playing out like it has been over the last few years,” said Ryan Pemberton, director of competition at JR Motorsports.

“So we’ve got a lot of good crew chiefs, not only here at JR Motorsports but in the industry and I’m excited to see these guys. It’s a good time for them to be able to use their strategy, their wit, and really be able to mix up the field and play a little bit different

than it’s been played before.”

Eric Peterson, NASCAR’s technical manager of the NASCAR Xfinity Series said using the smaller race samples this year in the Xfinity and Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series will be a good way to gauge if these rules are something that could be implemented on a grander scale. The series has pondered the idea and received input from various teams over the last five months.

And stand-alone events for both series were specifically chosen for logistics sake as the sanctioning body evaluates the new format.

“It’s somewhat of a departure from what we do today, so we wanted to dip our toe in the water and do a deliberate, strategic approach to implementing it and getting a look at it,” Peterson said.

He acknowledged the new rules bolster strategy and said he is encouraged by the competitive possibilities.

“The reason for limiting what they can do on each pit stop is so that we have the opportunity to have differing

tire strategies,” Peterson said. “So if we had it where they can do whatever they want on each pit stop, then that would not allow us the opportunity to get different restart scenarios based on what you elected to do between two tires and four tires at an oval or four tires on the road courses.

“That decision was basically purely based off incentivizing the teams to make different strategy plays.”

David Pepper, the general manager of the ThorSport Racing team that just won a NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series championship with driver Matt Crafton echoed the same positive sentiment as Pemberton, confident the new rules will create another element of competitive zeal. And, perhaps help bring up the competition level across the grid.

“We’ve leveled the playing field and I think you’re going to see a lot of really good stories from a lot of really good race car drivers that are out there and that are going to have an opportunity to go run in the top five and go run in the top 10,” Pepper said. “And

it’s going to create stories and names that maybe aren’t household names that you see every single week and it’s just going to make the competition better.”

And, he added, “We want to go to the racetrack and have 15, 20 teams that have an opportunity to get a topfive finish or compete for a win or a solid finish. That’s just going to make it more exciting for the fans, both at the track and watching on TV. “At the end goal, if Monday it’s a buzz on social media and all of you folks that we had a great event and what a fantastic race it was the day before, then we’ve all done our jobs and we’ve put out a great product and had a great race.”

The 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series begins at Daytona International Speedway on Friday, Feb. 14 followed by the NASCAR Xfinity Series on Saturday, Feb. 15 and the season’s NASCAR Cup Series opener, the Daytona 500 on Feb. 16.

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Analysis: The fatal flaw that could stop each NFL playoff team from reaching the Super Bowl Neil Greenberg The Washington Post

If defense wins championships, many of the eight teams remaining in the NFL playoffs are in trouble. Some struggled in the red zone this season, while others had issues with forcing opponents into three-and-outs; strength in those metrics is often indicative of a potential Super Bowl champion. Two of the weakest defenses in the field reside in the AFC, giving the conference’s top seed, the Baltimore Ravens, a relatively easy path to this year’s Super Bowl.

The Ravens, however, have defensive issues of their own. Their defensive line has had trouble generating pressure with a traditional fourman pass rush, forcing coach John Harbaugh and defensive coordinator Don Martindale to blitz a league-high 55% of the time. (The league average is 28%.) That can leave the Baltimore secondary vulnerable. The remaining playoff teams that faced Baltimore this season produced an 84.6 passer rating against its blitz but just a 68.9 passer rating against its traditional pass pressure, with significant differences in completion rate and yards per attempt.

That difference might not be dramatic, but it’s easy to imagine how giddy Tennessee Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill is at the thought of facing plenty of blitzes Saturday night. Tannehill averaged 11 yards per attempt against the blitz this season, with eight touchdowns, no interceptions and a 133.9 passer rating.

If generating pressure with a four-man rush is Baltimore’s biggest weakness, here are potentially fatal flaws for the rest of the playoff field: AFC No. 2 Kansas City Chiefs Fatal flaw: Rush defense The Chiefs stopped just 14% of opposing rushers at or behind the line of scrimmage during the regular season (the third-lowest stuff rate of 2019) and allowed 71% of runs on third or fourth down needing two yards or less to achieve a first down or touchdown, the fifthworst rate in the league. Those numbers limited Kansas City’s overall rush defense, after adjusting for opponent, to 29th in the NFL, with opponents going three-and-out a league-low 22% of the time.

Over the past 16 years, only the 2006 Colts won the Super Bowl after a regular season in which they forced opponents to go three-andout less than 30% of the time.

No. 4 Houston Texans Fatal flaw: Pass coverage Houston’s defensive component of Defenseadjusted Value Over Average (a measure of team efficiency based on comparing success on every play to a league average based on situation and opponent) ranked 26th, per Football Outsiders, putting the Texans precariously close to a worrisome line of futility. The only time a Super Bowl champion ranked 26th or lower in defensive DVOA was when the Colts, who also ranked 26th, won it all after the 2006 season.

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Los Angeles Chargers running back Melvin Gordon (25) runs the ball as Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Kendall Fuller (29) makes the tackle during a recent game at Arrowhead Stadium.

Houston has also allowed the most touchdown passes (33) of any playoff team. Of the five Houston cornerbacks playing at least 25% of the team’s defensive snaps, just one, Bradley Roby, has more interceptions (two) than touchdowns allowed (one). Two of those five corners, Vernon Hargreaves III and Lonnie Johnson Jr., allowed a passer rating of more than 130 in coverage.

No. 6 Tennessee Titans Fatal flaw: Red zone defense The Titans, like the Chiefs, struggled to force three-and-outs (33%, ranking 22nd), but they also allowed more than two-thirds of drives to end in a touchdown, with a 68% defensive efficiency in the red zone during the regular season. Only the Texans were worse. Since 2002, when the NFL expanded to 32 teams, no Super Bowl winner has ended the regular season with an opponent red-zone efficiency higher than 60%.

NFC No. 1 San Francisco 49ers Fatal flaw: Ball security It should come as no surprise that the team with a positive turnover margin wins a majority of playoff games. From 2002 to 2019, a positive turnover margin has led to a 118-36 record in the postseason. And just five teams over that span appeared in the Super Bowl despite losing the turnover battle in the postseason.

San Francisco has struggled with ball security; its 23 turnovers are the most of any remaining playoff team. Jimmy Garoppolo has thrown 13 interceptions, the most of any of the remaining playoff starting quarterbacks,

and also fumbled 10 times, losing five of those.

(The NFC’s other three starting QBs threw a combined 15 interceptions.) Minnesota, which San Francisco will host in the divisional round, was fourth in the NFL in takeaways (31), with 19 forced fumbles (tied for fifth most) and 13 fumble recoveries (tied for third most). The other two remaining NFC playoff teams, the Seattle Seahawks and Green Bay Packers, ranked third and seventh in takeaways.

No. 2 Green Bay Packers Fatal flaw: Receiver depth and passing efficiency Aaron Rodgers is on the decline. The twotime MVP and nine-time Pro Bowl quarterback was the 21st-most valuable passer of 2019, per ESPN’s Total Quarterback Rating, after finishing 16th in 2018 and fourth in 2016. (In 2017, he played just seven games because of injury.) Rodgers’ corresponding decline in his traditional passer rating is also a red flag (he posted a 104.2 passer rating in 2016 but just a 95.4 passer rating in 2019, which is average), dragging down the team’s net passer rating to plus-14.2, the ninth-best differential during the regular season.

Teams outside the top five in net passer rating face an uphill battle in the quest for a title.

Since 2002, 23 of 34 Super Bowl participants had a passer rating differential among the top five in the league, including 11 of the 17 winners.

Perhaps Rodgers’ reduced efficiency is due to defenses focusing on Green Bay’s No. 1 wideout, Davante Adams. On passes to Adams, Rodgers completed 83 of 124 targets for 997

yards, five touchdowns and just one interception, producing a 101.4 passer rating on those throws. Rodgers managed a much lower 93.3 passer rating when targeting his other receivers.

No. 5 Seattle Seahawks Fatal flaw: Pass protection Russell Wilson was the highest-rated passer of 2019, per Pro Football Focus, despite a porous offensive line that was deemed responsible for more than half (27) of Wilson’s leagueleading 48 sacks. After adjusting the team’s sack rate for strength of schedule, Seattle ranked 24th in pass protection, per Football Outsiders. Just one Super Bowl champion in the past seven years had an adjusted sack rate that ranked worse than 24th: Seattle in 2013.

(Those Seahawks had a league-worst 9.6% adjusted sack rate.)

Wilson’s production also declined from a 115.2 passer rating in a clean pocket to 88.7 when facing pass pressure. To be fair, Wilson’s passer rating when facing pass pressure was the fourth highest of the season, but it is still a significant drop-off from his performance in a clean pocket. To put that drop in perspective, it’s roughly the difference between how well Drew Brees performed during his record-setting romp through the regular season (116.3) and Daniel Jones’s rookie campaign for the New York Giants (87.7).

No. 6 Minnesota Vikings Fatal flaw: Pass coverage The Vikings’ cornerbacks are, for lack of a better word, weak. Out of 128 cornerbacks playing at least 25% of their team’s snaps, only one Vikings player - slot corner Mackensie Alexander - ranked in the top 50 during the regular season, according to Pro Football Focus.

But Alexander was inactive for Sunday’s game at the New Orleans Saints because of a knee injury, and he will reportedly be out against the 49ers. Mike Hughes ranked 68th but was also inactive Sunday with a neck injury that landed him on injured reserve. Trae Waynes ranked 79th, and Xavier Rhodes ranked 125th.

As a group, the quartet allowed a league-high 72% of targets to be caught, producing a 107.7 passer rating against. The rest of the NFL’s cornerbacks allowed a 62% completion rate and a 93.7 passer rating against. Rhodes and Waynes allowed an opponent passer rating of 110 or more when targeted in coverage.

When you have weak cornerbacks, you can’t play as much man-to-man coverage, forcing Minnesota to be a zone-heavy defense that drops back in coverage and yields the underneath area of the field. Seattle, San Francisco, Baltimore and Tennessee are four of the five best teams at exploiting this area. The Vikings already dispatched the league’s best in this regard, the Saints, but New Orleans completed 21 of 25 passes within nine yards of the line of scrimmage in its loss Sunday. The Seahawks were successful on 18 of 20 underneath passes against the Vikings in Week 13.

Scott Fowler: With Matt Rhule in charge, the Panthers feel like an expansion team again

By Scott Fowler The Charlotte Observer (TNS)

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Matt Rhule was high on energy and low on specifics Wednesday during his first press conference in his new job.

“I will work tirelessly each day to bring you guys a championship,” Rhule, the new Panthers head coach, said, “because that’s what this region deserves.”

Rhule’s charisma and his gift for public speaking were all obvious. The man is a born motivator.

But the road to that potential Carolina Super Bowl win shimmering in the distance — the same vision the Panthers have been chasing unsuccessfully for the past 25 years — will be a bumpy one.

Rhule got a seven-year contract from owner David Tepper, which is a good thing, because this is going to take awhile. He inherits a Carolina team that finished 2019 on an eightgame losing streak. And his quarterback situation is iffy. Cam Newton’s last two seasons have ended prematurely by injury, and he has only one season left on his contract. I got the first question in at Rhule’s press conference, and figured I should ask about his plans for Newton.

Rhule’s response dodged the issue as adeptly as a matador sidestepping a bull.

“Yeah, to be quite fair,” he started,

“I probably haven’t had a chance with regards to any player to talk with Marty (Hurney, the team’s general manager) and Mr. Tepper in terms of the long-term vision. I would never want to speak out of school. ... What I will say is this: I had a chance to talk to Cam yesterday and I have the utmost respect for him and what he’s done.

And I love the way he talked to me, to be quite honest. He didn’t want to talk about the past, he wanted to talk about the future.”

Rhule was vague about what that uncertain future held, however, and said no more about their conversation.

I get that.

After 24 hours on the job, you don’t immediately say you’re going to move on from the team’s franchise quarterback for the past nine years. And with Newton’s injured foot still an issue, you also couldn’t say you’re definitely starting him opening day.

I still think Rhule, Hurney and Tepper will ultimately decide to part with Newton, either via a trade or a release, sometime this offseason. It’s not the $21.1 million Newton is due if he stays so much as it is that the Panthers are now in obvious rebuilding mode.

“We sort of have an open canvas,” Hurney said Wednesday when describing what sort of stamp Rhule can put on this franchise.

Or, as Tepper later said: “We’re in the building process here, and sometimes you have to tear things down to

build them up.”

That doesn’t sound like the ideal situation for Newton, who will be 31 soon and entering his 10th NFL season. A place where they are tearing it down in order to build it back up? That sounds like a place where a young quarterback should be taking his lumps and growing along with his team.

But Rhule wouldn’t commit on his quarterback one way or the other, on that or much of anything else. He used the word “process” a lot, and the word “build,” and the word “toughness.” He did say that he generally favors a 4-3 over a 3-4 defense, which will be good news to Luke Kuechly fans. And he was funny telling a couple of stories about his family — he and wife Julie brought their three young children to the press conference.

I’ve been to the “First Day on the Job” press conferences for all five Carolina head coaches over the past 25 years. And you really can’t tell how it’s going to go from that day, no matter how much anyone pretends you can.

Do you know which one of those five had the most palpable level of excitement?

The one announcing George Seifert before the 1999 season.

Think about it. Seifert had already won two Super Bowls as a head coach in San Francisco. As a head coach, he boasted the highest winning percentage in NFL history. He was coveted by lots of people. His resume sparkled. A

lot of Panthers fans felt that day not too far off from the the way North Carolina fans felt in 2003 when Roy Williams finally came home.

And then it worked out terribly. Seifert is the only one of the four previous Panthers coaches to never make the playoffs. He was fired after three seasons when Carolina went 1-15 in 2001.

But Wednesday didn’t feel like the Seifert press conference. What it felt like was the press conference announcing Dom Capers as Carolina’s first-ever head coach in 1995. This press conference in 2020 had an expansion-team vibe, with plenty of references to blank slates, open canvases and building things from scratch.

That’s right — after 25 years, the Panthers are once again an expansion team.

That’s not all bad. That first Carolina team went 7-9 in 1995, and then the second one went all the way to the NFC Championship game. Things can change quickly.

Rhule got Temple and Baylor all the way out of the doldrums by Year 3, winning at least 10 games in both cases. In his first seasons at those jobs, though, he was a combined 3-19. He brought that record up himself Wednesday, making the point that it’s easy to talk about how to do things right in the offseason but harder when you start to lose games. Rhule promised, no matter what, to work hard every day and not throw his players under the bus.

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Panthers owner David Tepper is a Pittsburgh guy who in this coaching search was looking for his own personal Chuck Noll. Noll took over the Steelers in 1969, went 1-13 in his first year and then ended up winning four Super Bowls for Pittsburgh in the 1970s. Noll set the Steelers on a road to prominence, one they have rarely veered from over the past 40 years.

Rhule is supposed to be that sort of guy for Tepper. A program builder.

Said Tepper: “This is a guy who’s no bull----. He speaks plainly, says what he says, believes what he believes.”

That’s the way Tepper talks, too — although he’s blunter than Rhule.

Tepper is pouring money into a new Panthers training facility in South Carolina. He likes the way Rhule talks about sports science and recovery and regeneration, about toughness and running the ball and playing good defense. The owner liked Rhule enough to pay him ridiculously good money to leave Baylor and come to Charlotte.

Money, as usual, appeared to be little object to Tepper.

The Panthers have had a lot of bad days in the past three months.

This was a good one.

A happy one.

It all sounded rosy.

But they’re still going to have to figure out what to do at quarterback.

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Ashes have waited 30 years to be scattered Dear Abby, Thirty years ago, a friend of my husband’s roommate passed away of AIDS and was cremated. His family had ostracized him. I have no idea who they are or where they are. The roommate left and later died, also from AIDS. He left his friend’s ashes in his old room DEAR ABBY in my husband’s house in the San Francisco Bay area with instructions to scatter them in Hawaii.

The ashes have been sitting reverently in a cardboard box on a shelf in our several homes for all these 30 years. We are still together, but getting old. There is no paperwork of any kind. All we know about the deceased is his name and the fact that he was a friend.

Before I die, I would like to resolve this problem and arrange for the ashes to have a permanent resting place, preferably in Hawaii. I have a nephew who lives on the Big Island, where the scattering should take place. How should I proceed, in light of the no paperwork problem?

Mike In California

there are no relatives who have an interest in them. If you plan to carry them on an airplane, be sure to have them in a scannable container — nothing metal or such heavy earthenware that an X-ray scanner would be prevented from seeing inside. There is no requirement that you carry a death certificate, or any other certificate, with you. You do not need ‘papers’ to walk around with an urn or to travel with one.

“As far as scattering goes, people scatter ashes all the time. Cremated remains are sterile calcium and no threat at all to the environment. While public lands usually discourage, or prohibit by rule, scattering of ashes, it is common practice that cannot be stopped. Use discretion and care — there is no such thing as ‘ashes police.’”

I applaud your caring heart and your determination to carry out this man’s last wishes. I took your question to Joshua Slocum, executive director of the Funeral Consumers Alliance, and this is what he told me: “There is no impediment to your taking the ashes and placing them where you wish since

I have encountered compulsive talkers like her. They are exhausting. Remember, she has to breathe SOMETIME. The minute she starts to inhale, start talkin’!

JEANNE PHILLIPS

Can the cancer actually START in the brain and metastasize into the lungs? How long does it take to wander from the lung to the brain?

Many causes of chronic lung disease lead to low oxygen levels. If the resting oxygen level is low (less than 89% oxygen saturation), then oxygen is usually preTO YOUR scribed. Oxygen may also be preGOOD HEALTH scribed for people whose oxygen level drops significantly during exercise, and in people with complications of low oxygen levels. There have been several studies looking to see whether oxygen therapy will give people a longer life.

Among people with lower oxygen levels, those who were treated with oxygen therapy for most of the day (18 hours) had a lower risk of dying than people who were treated with oxygen only at nighttime. This study was done specifically in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, but other studies have confirmed that supplemental oxygen is beneficial for people with low oxygen levels, regardless of the underlying cause.

I hope your husband agrees to using oxygen while outside. There are several types of devices to provide supplemental oxygen, some of them very small and portable, with many under 5 pounds.

I am sorry about your husband. It can take a very long time before you can look back on the life of a person you loved with more joy and less pain.

Cancers often start in one organ and spread to another. Depending on the type of cancer, the pattern is usually reliable.

However, there are some tumors that metastasize (this means to spread, from the Greek roots for “change” and “placement”) in ways that are surprising. For example, stomach, intestinal and even breast cancers can metastasize to the ovary, which is then called a Krukenberg tumor.

Most brain cancers in adults have spread from other parts of the body. Primary brain cancers, those that originate in the brain, can spread from the brain, but when they do, it is most commonly from its origination point to other parts of the brain or to the spine. For glioblastoma multiforme, the most common and deadly form of primary brain cancer, only 0.2% will spread outside the brain.

In your husband’s case, the fact that it was small cell cancer absolutely confirms its origin in the lung. It would be extremely rare for a pathologist to miss the diagnosis. Seventy percent of small cell lung cancer has already spread outside the lung by the time it is diagnosed: The liver, brain, adrenal glands and bone marrow are common sites for metastatic disease. Had his doctors suspected metastatic disease to his brain, he would likely have been recommended radiation therapy to the brain.

Horoscope

By Stella Wilder Born today, you are a creative and energetic individual with the drive and desire necessary to succeed in any number of artistic endeavors — and yet you don’t always display the kind of discipline required, or the willingness to sacrifice for your art. Of course, there are those who can rise to great heights without discipline or sacrifice, but it cannot possibly be clear that you are one of those without putting yourself on the line and striving for what you want.

You may dabble in magic and mysticism in some form, but you’re not the kind to make such things central to your work or way of life.

You find that there is much to study and explore in the world, and you don’t want to limit yourself to the things that make sense for you to do; you want to do whatever you want, when you want — period.

Also born on this date are: Rod Stewart, singer; Pat Benatar, singer and songwriter; Jim Croce, singer and songwriter; Ray Bolger, actor and dancer; George Foreman, boxer; Paul Henreid, 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, JANUARY 11 CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You may chafe at the thought of someone else doing what you believe you should be doing instead, but you can come up with a good alternative.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — You can strike a bargain with someone who is usually unapproachable. What happens late in the day has its roots in this unexpected deal.

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My husband is on oxygen, and he won’t take the mobile tank while he is outside. Will being on oxygen give him longer life?

With great interest, I read your recent article about small cell lung cancer and the connection to the brain. My husband died from small cell lung cancer in 2014. He was a very clear thinker, but gradually acted very strangely over the two years he lived with the disease. There was never a cancer check of his brain.

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Dear Abby, How do you cut off a person who talks constantly without a break? By the time there’s a lull in her speech, I have forgotten what I wanted to add to the conversation.

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Mobile tank is a safe, beneficial option for low oxygen therapy

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Baby Blues PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — It may be someone else’s turn today, but you must use any time available to you to prepare for when your turn comes. That will be soon.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — You are opposed to much that someone else stands for, but that doesn’t mean you cannot forge a bond based on common traits or beliefs.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — You are working closely with someone on a project that requires absolute secrecy for now, but a third party is trying to unveil the truth.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Those working for you are your true friends, but you mustn’t consider those working against you your enemies. It’s all part of the game!

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — You can put your best foot forward, surely. Seeking the right outlet for your creative talents may prove time-consuming today.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You can grasp someone’s meaning very early in the conversation today. Once that happens, you’ll both surely be on the same page for good.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — You cannot understand another’s behavior today — but then, you don’t really have to, do you? It’s not impeding your progress in any way.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — You may have to change course midway through a journey of discovery today. What you learn as a result confirms some unusual suspicions.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Practice what you know to be the best possible tactics in order to see your strategy succeed tomorrow. Everything is connected right now.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Any doubts you may have about what you are trying to do will almost surely be dispelled today as you overcome a major obstacle.

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B8 Friday, January 10, 2020 Close to Home

SUPER QUIZ

THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

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

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

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Three what?

Level 1

2

3

Under what category do the three belong? (e.g., Surat, Harbin, Baku.

Answer: Cities.)

Freshman level 1. Bora Bora, Bali, Santorini 2. Cumulus, cirrus, stratus 3. Devil’s Island, Tower of London, Sing Sing Graduate level 4. Denali, Matterhorn, Ben Nevis 5. James Earl Ray, John Wilkes Booth, Gavrilo Princip 6. Yellow, Lena, Mekong PH.D. level 7. Bole, buff, plum 8. Andromeda, Whirlpool, Black Eye 9. “If,” “Annabel Lee,” “Invictus”

4

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

Answer here: Yesterday’s

(Answers tomorrow) Jumbles: RUMOR TUMMY CHOOSY BATTEN Answer: The guy who wouldn’t stop talking about how fast his boat could go was a — MOTOR MOUTH

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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. Islands (resorts). 2. Clouds. 3. Prisons. 4. Mountains. 5. Assassins. 6. Rivers. 7. Colors. 8. Galaxies. 9. Poems.

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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Hi & Lois

Crossword Puzzle Mother Goose & Grimm ACROSS 1 “__ to My Lou”; children’s song 5 __ up; form a row 9 In a __; pouty 13 Flooring pieces 15 Crazy as a __ 16 Small skin opening 17 Make calm 18 Mechanical man 20 African antelope 21 Flood barrier 23 Most __; latest 24 Crazy enthusiasm 26 Actress West 27 Black eye 29 Unwanted nasal growths 32 Gusty 33 Devout 35 Curved bone 37 “Rome wasn’t built in __” 38 Jacks & jokers 39 Explorer Marco 40 Up until now 41 Shoe bottoms 42 Bit of gossip 43 Nostril separator 45 Bewilder; confuse 46 Hightailed it 47 Erie or Panama 48 Shocked 51 Traitor 52 Four qts.

55 Fraternal 58 “__ of Two Cities” 60 Path 61 Ooze out 62 Early guitars 63 Watched 64 Blemish 65 Mrs. Truman DOWN 1 Male animal 2 Potter’s oven 3 Brighten 4 Split __ soup 5 Camel’s smaller cousin 6 Debtor’s note

Bound & Gagged

Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews

7 As likely as __; probably 8 Very big 9 Actor Kevin 10 Musical symbol 11 Element whose symbol is Fe 12 Circus shelter 14 Most populous Australian city 19 Lunch & dinner 22 Lung contents 25 Mayberry resident 27 Convince 28 Conceals 29 Groups of whales 30 Make known publicly 31 Farm towers 33 Part of the hand 34 Rage 36 Use a drill 38 Earl’s wife 39 Wild feline 41 Store away 42 Hertz car

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Thursday’s Puzzle Solved

Non Sequitur

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44 Babbled 45 Pasture cry 47 Burial chamber 48 Suffix for reason or respect 49 Hair color 50 Put a sharp edge on 53 Stein drinks

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54 __ than pleased; unhappy 56 Pelosi, for one: abbr.

57 Name for 13 popes 59 “Rub-a-dub-dub, three men in a __…”

Rubes