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CATSKILL — An investigation into charges of misconduct at the state police barracks in Catskill that became a flashpoint in the election campaign for Greene County sheriff revealed that the allegations are unfounded, state police officials said Tuesday.

State Police Director of Public Information Beau Duffy said in a statement that the Internal Affairs Division investigated an anonymous complaint in 2018 regarding an alleged theft of evidence that occurred in 2010.

In early 2019, additional information

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The barracks of the state police at Catskill in South Cairo.

about the allegation was referred to state police by the state Attorney

General’s Office and was investigated.

“The investigation has closed and

the allegations were not substantiated,” Duffy said Tuesday.

No disciplinary action is being taken against the informant, Duffy said.

The investigation was a point of contention between sheriff candidates Peter Kusminsky and Diana Benoit, although Kusminsky did not start at the Catskill barracks until 2013.

Benoit alleged Wednesday that the informant has been demoted and transferred to a desk job in Middletown.

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Cuomo pushes for unity and progress COURTESY OF GOV. ANDREW CUOMO’S OFFICE

Jury selected for arson trial

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

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ALBANY — Unity, equality and progressiveness were themes and values heavily stressed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo during his 10th State of the State Address at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center on Wednesday.

Cuomo’s 2020 agenda touched upon everything from legalizing recreational marijuana, expanding women’s rights, cutting taxes for middle-class families and small businesses to addressing homelessness.

But the governor’s main point he started and ended with addressed the rise in hate crimes the country and state have seen over the years, particularly the number of antiSemitic crimes downstate over the past few weeks.

“Our ship of state is stronger than it has been in decades,” Cuomo said. “But the ocean we navigate is as much a tempest as we’ve seen. Waves of anxiety are being fanned by

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COURTESY OF GOV. ANDREW CUOMO’S OFFICE

Members of New York state’s faith community applauds as the governor speaks out about fighting hate crime during the annual State of the State address in Albany.

winds of anger and division, creating a social and political superstorm.”

He ended the address on the same note, introducing the New York Hate Crime Anti-Terrorism Act. The legislation would make what Cuomo calls a “domestic

act of terrorism” motivated by hatred a felony punishable by up to life in prison without parole.

Individuals over the age of 18 who intend to kill five or more people because of their real or perceived race, gender, gender identity, religion or

religious practice, sexual orientation, age, disability or ethnicity — and who kill at least one person — will be subject to this charge.

“In this turmoil, let New York State remind the nation of what we are,” Cuomo said.

“And let’s reclaim at this time

the simple truth that without unity, we are nothing.”

Cuomo was met with a roaring applause and standing ovations from the hundreds of elected officials and community members in attendance, some people wiping tears from their faces.

Throughout the rest of his address, Cuomo highlighted many proposals his office has slowly been unveiling over the past few weeks, like banning styrofoam, ending the pink tax, banning fentanyl, increasing access to medicalassisted treatment of opioid addicts and tightening rape charges.

But the governor also discussed a range of new proposals for New York in 2020.

CLIMATE CHANGE Cuomo called climate change the most “transcendent threat of our time” and proposed a $3 billion Restore Mother Nature Bond Act that would fund natural See CUOMO A8

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Luxury camping development off table

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HUNTER — The application for a controversial luxury camping, or “glamping,” development in Elka Park has been withdrawn, Planning Board Chairwoman Sarah Basagic confirmed Wednesday.

Submitted by Under Canvas, a company that specializes in luxury camping nationwide, the project included 100 camping sites on 56 acres, Basagic said. The campground was proposed to operate from May to October.

Some larger suite tents would have private bathrooms, while smaller tents

would have access to communal restroom and shower facilities. Other proposed amenities included communal fire pits, barbecue areas, hiking trails and volleyball court.

No residents attended Tuesday’s public hearing, Basagic said, because Under Canvas had withdrawn its application Dec. 11.

“They are rolling out nine other glamping sites this year,” Basagic said. “We did not make the cut.”

Under Canvas will focus on other projects instead, according to a statement from the company.

“While the Hudson Valley

region presents an attractive location for Under Canvas and an opportunity to get people outside together, at this time, we are withdrawing our application as we focus on other developments,” according to Under Canvas. “For travelers based in the Northeast, we have our sights set on Acadia, Maine, in 2020.”

Legislator Larry Gardner, D-Hunter, said he received a number of phone calls from residents about the project.

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In an address to the nation from the White House on Wednesday, President Donald Trump said no Americans were wounded when Iranian forces launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles against two military bases in Iraq early Wednesday local time, marking the most significant Iranian attack in a growing conflict with the United States.

“The American people should be extremely grateful and happy no Americans were harmed in last night’s attack by the Iranian regime,” he said. “We suffered no casualties, all of our soldiers are safe, and only minimal damage was sustained at our military bases.”

He also called on European nations, Russia and China to abandon a 2015 nuclear deal with Iran. “They must now break away from the remnants of the Iran deal,” he said.

“The United States is ready to embrace peace with all who seek it,” he said.

He added that the United States would impose additional sanctions on Iran, without offering further details.

“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.

The al-Asad air base in western Iraq, which houses some U.S. troops, was hit by at least six missiles, according to a U.S. defense official familiar with the situation. In a tweet late Tuesday, Trump proclaimed “All is well!”

But Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed that dozens of U.S. troops were killed in revenge for a U.S. airstrike last week that killed a top Iranian commander, Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani.

Iran “slapped” the United States “on the face” with the barrage of ballistic missile strikes, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said. In an address in the holy city of Qom, Khamenei said that “military action is not enough” to avenge Soleimani’s death.

The “corrupt presence of the United States in the region should come to an end,” Khamenei said. He then praised Soleimani, who was buried in his hometown Wednesday morning, as a “brave and prudent” military

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Shiite Muslims hold pictures of slain top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani to pay him tribute during a candle light vigil in Islamabad Jan. 8, 2020. Iran fired a volley of missiles late on Jan. 7 at Iraqi bases housing US and foreign troops in Iraq, the Islamic republic's first act in its promised revenge for the US killing of a top Iranian general.

and political strategist.

“He would go into the heart of danger to keep others safe,” the Tasnim news agency quoted Khamenei as saying.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani also alluded to the strikes in Iraq overnight, saying that the United States may have “cut off the arm” of Soleimani but that American’s “legs” would be cut off in the region, too.

Iraqi President Barham Salih has described the intensifying U.S.-Iranian showdown on his country’s soil as a “dangerous” development.In a statement, Salih condemned Iran’s overnight rocket attacks “against Iraqi military locations on Iraqi soil” and said he rejects attempts to turn Iraq into a proxy battlefield.

The prime minister of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region said he spoke to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in the early hours of Wednesday morning, urging deescalation and saying that the region must not be dragged into the fray.

In a statement hours later, Masrour Barzani’s government stressed that Iraq’s Kurdish region would “not be a field of conflict.”

Officials of the United Arab Emirates called for de-escalation after Iranian missiles crashed down on U.S. bases in nearby Iraq, while maintaining that the flow of oil from the region so far was unaffected.

In a tweet, Emirati State Minister for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash said it was

“essential that the region pulls back from the current & troubling tensions. Deescalation is both wise & necessary.”

UAE Energy Minister Suhail al-Mazrouei, meanwhile, said war had not yet broken out and the situation should not be exaggerated.

“We will not see a war,” he said at a conference in Abu Dhabi, according to Reuters.

“This is definitely an escalation between the United States, which is an ally, and Iran, which is a neighbor.”

He added that the OPEC cartel of oil producers would make up for any shortages caused by the tensions between the United States and Iran in the region.

“We are not forecasting any shortage of supply unless there is a catastrophic escalation, which we don’t see,” he said.

In London, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Wednesday that he opposes any further military actions in the escalating conflict between the United States and Iran. Johnson also said that the “United States has a right to protect its bases and its personnel” and that Soleimani was responsible for sustaining the “brutal Assad regime in Syria” and supplying weapons and explosives to terrorists.

British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab condemned Wednesday the Iranian missile attack on coalition bases in Iraq expressing concern over “reports of casualties and

use of ballistic missiles.”

In a statement, Raab urged Iran not to engage in further attacks, adding that a war in the Middle East would only help the Islamic State group and other terrorist groups.”

Iraq’s security communications office confirmed that 22 missiles were fired at its territory against coalition bases, with no Iraqis killed. The tweets said 17 missiles hit in the area of the al-Asad air base with two not exploding and five missiles hit Irbil, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdish region.

Iran’s military has said that more than 100 U.S. targets in the region have been identified. In earlier statements, leaders have said the response would be restricted to military and civilian targets.

U.S. authorities have told commercial shipping to be cautious in waters near Iran and the FAA has banned U.S. carriers from Iraqi, Iranian and Persian Gulf airspace because of the “potential for miscalculation or misidentification” for civilian aircraft.

The Washington Post’s Louisa Loveluck, Steve Hendrix and David Crawshaw contributed to this report.

Erin Cunningham is an Istanbulbased correspondent for The Washington Post, covering conflict and political turmoil across the Middle East. She previously was a correspondent at the paper’s bureau in Cairo, and has reported on wars in Afghanistan, Gaza, Libya and Iraq.

Australian wildfire smoke obscures skies half a world away

By Brian K. Sullivan and Jason Scott Bloomberg

Smoke from deadly bush fires that have devastated Australia has now spread halfway across the world, darkening skies in Argentina and beyond.

As Sydney and Canberra on Wednesday faced another day of toxic haze shrouding the skyline, a U.S. weather satellite captured the smoke crossing South America and spreading out over Buenos Aires before it drifted into the Atlantic Ocean -- some 7,328 miles (11,793 kilometers) east of Sydney -- according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

More than 25 million acres (10 million hectares) have burned, which is about the size of Indiana and five times larger than Wales in the U.K. The death toll since the fire season began has risen to 25, with the announcement on Wednesday that a car accident last week that killed a

43-year-old firefighter from Victoria state was caused by the blazes.

The Sydney Opera House and harbor bridge were barely visible on Wednesday through the smoke wafting in from bushfires that have devastated huge swathes of the Blue Mountains and other national parks to the north and west of the city. The air quality in national capital Canberra, which at times has been the worst in the world in recent weeks, was deemed unhealthy by AirVisual.

As Australians awoke on Wednesday, there were almost 120 blazes burning in New South Wales state alone, with about 50 not contained. South Australia state is facing “extreme” fire danger on Wednesday. Authorities are warning that dangerous conditions will return to the nation’s blaze-ravaged southeast on Friday, when the temperature in Canberra is forecast to reach 102 degrees

Fahrenheit (39 degrees Celsius).

More than 1,500 homes have been destroyed in New South Wales alone this fire season and the tally is rising daily as the fires continue to burn and authorities assess damage. The University of Sydney estimates that 480 million animals have been killed by the bushfires in the state since September.

The Australian government has pledged A$2 billion ($1.4 billion) over two years to assist recovery efforts, focused on repairing infrastructure and boosting mental-health care.

Prominent Australian residents, including actor Russell Crowe, called for more action on climate change to mitigate the risks of more devastating infernos.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has faced criticism for his belated response in pooling national resources to combat the fires. He’s signaling his conservative government won’t

toughen policies to combat climate change, which has been blamed for exacerbating a crippling drought that’s helped create tinderbox conditions.

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CALENDAR Thursday, Jan. 9 n Coxsackie Village workshop meet-

ing 6 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie n Greene County Legislature finance audit 4 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., Catskill n Windham-Ashland-Jewett CSD BOE audit finance committee 5:15 p.m. in superintendent’s office; regular meeting 6 p.m. in the School Library, 5411 Route 23, Windham

Monday, Jan. 13 n Ashland Town Board 7:30 p.m.

Town Hall, 12094 Route 23, Ashland n Catskill Village Planning Board 7 p.m. Catskill Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill n Coxsackie Village Board 7 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie n Greenville CSD BOE Business/Budget 1 meeting Senior Citizen & Disabled Tax Exemption Hearing 6:30 p.m. MS/HS Library, 4976 Route 81, Greenville n Greene County Legislature special health services committee; county services; public works; economic development and tourism; Gov. Ops.; finance and Rep. and Dem. Caucus 6 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., Catskill

Tuesday, Jan. 14 n Cairo Public Library Board of Trust-

ees 3:30 p.m. Cairo Public Library, 15 Railroad Ave., Cairo 518-622-9864 n Catskill Town Planning Board 7 p.m.

Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill n Coxsackie Village Historic Preservation Committee 6 p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie

Wednesday, Jan. 15

Jury selected for arson trial

By Amanda Purcell Columbia-Greene Media

HUDSON — A jury was selected Tuesday to hear the case of an alleged arson in Stockport.

Testimony and opening statements are expected to be given Wednesday in the trial of a Columbia County man accused of having someone burn down his home.

Barry Goldstein, 76, of Stockport, was arraigned Nov. 14, 2018, on charges of firstdegree insurance fraud, a class B felony; third-degree arson, a class C felony; and first-degree reckless endangerment, a class D felony.

Goldstein is accused of setting fire to his home at 290 Route 25 in Stockport on Oct. 1, 2017, a blaze that put neighbors and firefighters at risk, authorities said. Goldstein is fighting the charges.

William P. Travis III, 33, of Stuyvesant, is also accused of setting fire to the home and is being tried as a co-defendant.

Travis was charged Dec. 20, 2017, with third-degree arson, a class C felony, in connection with the Oct. 1, 2017, fire that destroyed the Stockport home.

Travis is being tried

separately but has not been indicted. He has been in jail on $25,000 bail, awaiting trial since his arrest in 2017.

Columbia County District Attorney Paul Czajka is prosecuting the case. Attorney Roy Nestler, of Delmar, is defending Goldstein. Columbia County Judge Richard Koweek is presiding over the case.

The first panel of the day was brought in at about 9:30 a.m.

In the first group, 21 potential jurors were questioned by both attorneys for 25 minutes to see if they were qualified to sit on a jury. Jurors were also allowed to ask questions.

Out of that panel, seven were chosen; three women and four men. Twelve jurors and two alternates are expected to be chosen to sit on the jury. The remaining jurors are expected to be selected from the remaining panels of jurors.

Czajka asked potential jurors whether they would have a problem finding Goldstein guilty of arson even if he did not personally set the fire himself but had someone else do it.

“I can tell you, personally, he [Goldstein] did not set that fire,” Czajka said. “He may have

even been out of state. Rather, the grand jury indicted him for that arson, because it is alleged he engaged in conduct and that gave opportunity in some way for someone else to set the fire on his behalf.”

Czajka told jurors he will call witnesses who have criminal records or who may be subject to some kind of criminal prosecution. Travis, who faces charges similar to Goldstein’s, is expected to testify against Goldstein, Czajka said. Another witness is charged with theft in a case unrelated to this case, Lance Wheeler for Columbia-Greene Media Czajka said.

Barry Goldstein, of Stockport, appears in court on Nov. 18, 2018.

Three jurors from the first panel said they would have a Nestler asked. “That you will sit to potential jurors. “Who you difficult time finding a witness there as long as it takes to come believe and who you don’t believe. Or whom you’re not really credible if they were accused of up with a fair verdict?”

Nestler asked jurors whether sure you believe. As you do so, I a crime. Those jurors were ultithey would give testimony of ask that you use your everyday mately not selected.

Nestler asked potential ju- police officers more weight experience and common sense rors whether they had physical than any of the other witnesses. when you make your determiailments. Breaks will be every Potential jurors in the first pan- nations.”

On Wednesday, the jury, if hour-and-a-half, Koweek said. el said they would not.

After interviewing the pro- selected by that time, is expectJurors will not be permitted to take notes, as they need to pay spective jurors, the attorneys ed to hear opening statements attention to witnesses’ body selected jurors behind closed and testimony, said Koweek. doors.

To reach reporter Amanda language, Koweek said.

“In the process of coming Purcell, call 518-828-1616 ext.

“Can I have your assurance that I will have your attention, up with the facts, you will have 2500, or email apurcell@thedaithat you will hang in there and to determine who is credible lymail.net, or tweet to @amanI will have your full attention,” and who is not,” Czajka said dajpurcell.

n Catskill Central School District BOE

6:30 p.m. High School Library, 341 West Main St., Catskill n Catskill Library Board 6:45 p.m. at either the Catskill Library, 1 Franklin St., Catskill or Palenville Library, 3303 Route 23A, Palenville n Catskill Town Board committee meeting 6:30 p.m. Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill n Greene County Legislature regular meeting No. 1 6:30 p.m. Greene County Office Building, 411 Main St., Catskill

Thursday, Jan. 16 n Coxsackie Village Planning Board 7

p.m. Village Hall, 119 Mansion St., Coxsackie

Monday, Jan. 20 n Catskill Town Offices closed n Coxsackie Village Offices closed n Greenville Village Offices closed

Tuesday, Jan. 21 n Athens Village Planning Board 6:30

p.m. Village Hall, 2 First St., Athens n Durham Town Board 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 7309 Route 81, East Durham n Hunter Town Board 7 p.m. at the Town Hall, 5748 Route 23A, Tannersville

Wednesday, Jan. 22 n Catskill Village Board 7 p.m. Senior

Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill

Monday, Jan. 27 n Catskill Village Planning Board 7

p.m. Catskill Senior Center, 15 Academy St., Catskill

Tuesday, Jan. 28 n Athens Village Board 6:30 p.m. Vil-

lage Hall, 2 First St., Athens n Catskill Town Planning Board 7 p.m.

Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill

Wednesday, Jan. 29 n Catskill Central School District BOE

budget workshop 6:30 p.m. High School Library, 341 West Main St., Catskill

Routine call leads to rape charge

By Amanda Purcell Columbia-Greene Media

STOCKPORT — A Connecticut man was charged with raping a teenager he met through social media and driving while intoxicated in Columbia County, Sheriff David P. Bartlett said Tuesday.

Timothy J. Humphrey Jr., 28, of Sharon, Connecticut, was charged with second-degree rape and second-degree criminal sexual act, class D felonies, according to a statement from the sheriff.

Humphrey was also charged with drunken driving and

operating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol content greater than .08%, both Class U misdemeanors, Humphrey and ticketed for parking in the road.

At about 1:34 a.m. Sunday, sheriff’s deputies were sent to Mitchell Avenue after Columbia County 911 dispatchers received a call about a suspicious vehicle in the road.

When deputies arrived, they

interviewed the two people in the car. Sheriff’s deputies determined that the driver, Humphrey, was intoxicated and that the child with him was younger than 15.

The Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigative Branch continued with the investigation. After interviewing Humphrey further, he told investigators that he interacted with the child on a social media site and made arrangements to meet the child at the location in Stockport.

Sheriff’s investigators also determined that the alleged sexual activity took place in

the vehicle. The sheriff’s office did not elaborate on what happened to the child. The Register-Star does not identify alleged victims of sexual assault.

The investigation is continuing, the sheriff’s office said. Any other potential victims, witnesses or alleged victims are being asked to contact Investigator William Dunspaugh at 518-828-4316.

Humphrey was sent to Columbia County Jail in lieu of $15,000 bail or $30,000 bond after his arraignment by Judge Jack Mabb in Stockport Town Court. Humphrey is due back in

court Jan. 20 at 6:30 p.m.

Second-degree rape carries a maximum sentence of seven years in prison. Criminal sexual act carries a sentence of 2 to 7 years in prison.

The Columbia County District Attorney’s Office assisted the Sheriff’s Office with the case.

To reach reporter Amanda Purcell, call 518-828-1616 ext. 2500, or send an email to apurcell@ thedailymail.net, or tweet to @ amandajpurcell.

Barclay elected new Assembly minority leader

By Massarah Mikati Johnson Newspapers

ALBANY — Assemblyman Will Barclay, R-120, was unanimously elected new Assembly minority leader Tuesday.

Barclay’s new post comes on the heels of the resignation of Brian Kolb, R-131, after he was arrested for drunk driving on New Years’ Eve. Court records showed he had a blood alcohol content of .16 percent, double the legal limit, when he crashed his state-owned SUV into a ditch in front of his Ontario County residence.

“I didn’t see myself becoming a leader under these

circumstances, but I’ve very humbled and honored,” Barclay said. (Kolb) had a great legacy. He obviously made a bad choice and I think he’s paying for the price for it.”

Barclay is a long-standing incumbent, first elected to the Assembly in 2002. Prior to Tuesday’s election, he served as the minority ranking member on the Assembly Ways and Means Committee.

After Tuesday’s vote, Barclay said his major focus will be amplifying the Republican voice in a Democrat-controlled legislature.

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Fellow Republican Assemblymembers have sounded optimism and faith in their new leader, particularly as part of the minority party.

Assemblyman Mark Walczyk, R-116, said he was disappointed in Kolb’s drunk driving arrest, but is excited for Barclay’s leadership.

“Will Barclay is a great guy and a great legislator, and I think he’s going to be an excellent new voice for the conference,” Walczyk said. “He’s got a servant’s heart. He steps back and is going to listen to the voices of

the other Republicans before he steps out.”

Barclay’s ability to reach out to both sides of the aisle was a major factor for Assembly Stephen Hawley, R-139, in throwing his support behind him.

“That’s an important thing to have working for us when you’re in the minority,” said Hawley, who nominated Barclay for the position. “He’s evenkeeled, he’s a good listener.”

Hawley also commended the conference for its swift and united replacement of Kolb as their leader.

Reserved, intelligent and good with the people are the

three ways Assemblyman Chris Tague, R-102, described Barclay.

“He was our leader in the Ways and Means Committee and brought a lot of good debate and ideas. I think he’ll do the same thing this year,” Tague said. “He’s going to put the right people in the right places not just to improve the Assembly but to better New York state.”

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

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Make adjustments to bail reform Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed bail reform legislation into law in 2019, but did he leave enough time for police, judges and district attorneys to acclimate themselves?

Bail reform foes say the new law puts the public at risk. They say it doesn’t allow consideration of defendants’ background or if they are a threat to the community. They say the public safety concern is too great. They say judges, district attorneys and police were circumvented in the law’s development.

And they say it puts politics ahead of safety.

Supporters claim otherwise. They say in place of bail, a defendant can be released with a variety of conditions such as travel restrictions, being prohibited from owning firearms, being required to have frequent check-ins with probation

and wearing ankle monitoring bracelets. They say bail has become a matter of affordability, that justice is not supposed to be about who has money in their pockets to buy freedom. Rich people go free; the poor go to jail.

So it’s wise of the governor to announce, just six days after the reform law went into effect, that he wants to make some adjustments. Changing the bail system, which the governor set out to do, is a complex task carrying with it a number of implications.

“There’s no doubt this is still a work in progress and there are other changes that have to be made,” Cuomo said Tuesday. “It’s literally three or four days, the Legislature comes back next year and we’re going to work on it because there are consequences that we have to adjust for.”

One of those consequences is the law’s

polarizing effect. Conservative law-and-order types see bloodthirsty killers set loose to terrorize our streets. That is an exaggeration, the kind of alarmist thinking that more liberal supporters of the law call scare tactics. The supporters point to several other states with similar bail laws. Those states have no crimes resulting from releasing defendants, supporters say.

No law is perfect, least of all one with so many complexities. Given more of a chance, the new bail reform laws will work themselves out as judges, district attorneys and police solve the ambiguities. Meanwhile, some adjustments would be preferable to the fearmongering comments on social media and the chaos bail reform is producing.

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The future of weapons looks frightening. We can do something about (c) 2020, The Washington Post

Russian President Vladimir Putin likes to put the hype in his hypersonic glide vehicle, named Avangard. In 2018, he said it was like a “meteorite”and a “fireball,” and he declared last month that it is “invulnerable to intercept.” Russia has deployed the first of these weapons atop two SS-19 intercontinental ballistic missiles. No one should doubt this technology is advancing, but that should not distract the United States and Russia from negotiating limits on existing nucleararmed, continent-spanning missiles.

They are also fast and dangerous.

Hypersonic weapons can go faster than five times the speed of sound, which comes to nearly 4,000 miles per hour.

Russia’s military says Avangard can zoom at 27 times the speed of sound, or over 20,000 miles per hour. Such speed makes any weapon hard to stop, but Russia also claims that Avangard is highly maneuverable as it approaches a target, making it especially difficult to intercept by potential missile defense systems, if they are ever built. Right now, the United States has deployed missile defense interceptors in California and Alaska that have only limited capabilities, with no ability to stop Russian weapons.

China and the United States are also investing in hypersonic weapons research, and the technology is one of several — like cyber and satellite weapons — changing the face of warfare. Other sorts of hypersonic weapons, such as air-launched cruise missiles, are in the works.

However, hypersonic glide vehicles

such as Avangard are not some magical advance. The Russian ballistic missiles upon which the Avangard is hoisted also fly through space at hypersonic speeds.

So do U.S. missiles; both the U.S. Minuteman III and the Trident II submarinelaunched missile reach about 24 times the speed of sound. While an ICBM usually releases a reentry vehicle that arcs through space toward the target, the Avangard would eject from the launcher and dive into the atmosphere, flying low and zigzagging to avoid interception. Russia says the new glide vehicle is capable of carrying a nuclear as well as conventional warhead.

For those worried about warp-speed war, it would be well to seize today’s opportunities to reduce the dangers. The ICBMs on duty today in Russia and the United States can reach their targets in about 30 minutes. Russia has offered to work expeditiously to zigzag by five years the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty limiting these weapons, including Avangard. The treaty, signed in 2010, expires a little more than a year from now.

A five-year extension is a concrete move the Trump administration could take to prevent the expansion of these missile arsenals. Another step to reduce the danger of a miscalculation would be to find a way - bilaterally with Russia - to take the missiles in both nations off launch-ready alert, a Cold War anachronism that remains in place.

The future of weapons looks frightening. But so does the present - and we should deal with it.

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Beware the ‘Market Skeptic Republicans’ WASHINGTON — The sails of Sen. Josh Hawley’s political skiff are filled with winds gusting from the right.

They come from conservatives who think that an array of — perhaps most of — America’s social injuries, from addiction to loneliness — have been inflicted

by America’s economy. Individualism, tendentiously defined, is the Missouri Republican’s named target. Inevitably, however, the culprit becomes capitalism, which is what individual freedom is in a market society’s spontaneous order.

In a November speech to like-minded social conservatives of the American Principles Project, Hawley said: “We live in a troubled age.”

Not pausing to identify a prior untroubled age, he elaborated: “Across age groups and regions, across races and income, the decline of community is undeniable. But it is not accidental.” Well.

Time was, Marxists’ characteristic rhetorical trope was “it is no accident” that this or that happened. As economic determinists, they believed that everything is explained by iron laws of economic development.

They insisted that culture is downstream from economics and is decisively shaped by economic forces.

“It is not accidental,” Hawley asserts, that there is “an epidemic of personal loneliness and isolation — driven by the loss of community.”

This is a consequence of being told “that to be truly free is to be without the constricting ties of family and place, without the demands of faith and tradition.” Oh? By whom have we supposedly been sold this caricature of individualism?

Hawley says, “We’ve been told that liberty means release, separation.” Actually, the intellectual pedigree of America’s public philosophy traces to John Locke, who rejected Thomas Hobbes’ view that man is naturally “solitary.” Locke stressed that limited government is possible and desirable because human beings’ natural

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Hawley, however, says, “It’s no coincidence that the breakdown in community and the rise of oligarchy have happened together. They are both the products of a worldview.” The culprit is “the Promethean ideal.” In the 20th century, Hawley says, this “ideal taught that the individual self exists apart from all social ties and relations.

Our family, our religious society, our neighborhood and town — these communities don’t constitute one’s identity, because who one truly is exists separate from all of them.”

William F. Buckley once described a friendly intellectual adversary as a pyromaniac in a field of straw men. Through the smoke of burning straw one can see in Hawley’s social diagnosis the belief, held by many progressives and an increasing number of conservatives, that individualism, as expressed in and enabled by capitalism, is making Americans neither better off nor better.

“The statistics tell us,” Hawley says, “that we are living in a new age of inequality.” Actually, the statistics are complicated, shaped by assumptions about what is relevant, and can tell strikingly different stories.

Hawley calls it “unjust that the global economy” works “for so few.” Actually, for a few billion people. Globally, 42% of the world’s population lived in extreme poverty in 1981; by 2015, just 10% did. In America, The Economist reports, after adjusting for taxes and government

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Hawley asserts, without demonstrating, a broad “collapse of community” across America, and blames this, without explaining the causation, on “market worship,” without identifying the irrational worshipers. His logic is opaque but his destination is clear: Because markets do not properly allocate wealth and opportunity, much of their role must be supplanted by government.

Confidence in markets and confidence in government often vary inversely. Today, progressives assert a severely limited efficiency of markets in allocating resources for the public good, and they proclaim government’s duty and ability to improve upon it. Increasingly, “Market Skeptic Republicans” (a Pew Research Center category) agree. They are selectively skeptical, having extravagant faith — in government.

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IRS’ failure to collect from tax cheats could cost you $3,000 a year

By Laura Davison Bloomberg News (TNS)

WASHINGTON — The average U.S. household is paying an annual surtax of more than $3,000 to subsidize taxpayers who aren’t paying all they owe, a new report from the Taxpayer Advocate Service found.

Reduced funding for the Internal Revenue Service has led to lower staffing levels and fewer audits, which has reduced the amount the IRS has been able to collect from taxpayers voluntarily or through enforcement, the Taxpayer Advocate, an independent branch of the IRS, said in its annual report to Congress Wednesday.

The IRS recently estimated the tax gap — the difference between what the federal government is owed and actually collects — averaged about $381 billion in unpaid tax from 20112013. That equates to roughly 14.2% of taxes never being submitted to the agency.

With approximately 122 million U.S. households in 2013, that adds up to each U.S. household effectively paying an average annual “surtax” of more than $3,000 to cover others who don’t pay their full tax bill. The report, which included suggestions for legislation, said this calculation was based on the assumption that the government is seeking to collect a fixed amount of revenue, leaving compliant taxpayers to pay more to subsidize noncompliance by others.

‘Fair to All’ The report comes as the IRS has faced criticism from its watchdog, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, and outside groups that it isn’t effectively auditing corporations and high-income individuals with complicated returns. IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig has said he is focusing on

improving IRS enforcement — in both criminal and civil cases — and has asked Congress for more money to staff these efforts.

“To be ‘fair to all,’ the IRS should be funded to reduce noncompliance,” the Taxpayer Advocate said in the report.

“But equally important, it must be staffed to answer calls from taxpayers against whom it takes collection actions, such as wage garnishments, bank levies or the filing of notices of federal tax lien.”

Taxpayers who find themselves being audited or face adverse action from the IRS often cannot reach the agency to resolve the situation, the report found. The IRS received 15 million calls on its consolidated automated collection system telephone lines in fiscal year 2019. IRS employees were able to answer only about 31%, and taxpayers who got through waited on hold for an average of 38 minutes.

In the past decade, the number of income tax returns increased by about 9%, but the IRS’ funding and number of employees both declined by more than 20%, the report said.

Individuals face a 0.45% chance of being audited, while businesses are audited at a rate of 1.6%, some of the lowest audit figures on record, according to the IRS’ annual report released this month. Individual income taxes are the largest group of uncollected taxes before audits, representing about $314 billion, according to agency statistics on the tax gap. (c)2020 Bloomberg News Visit Bloomberg News at www. bloomberg.com Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

Did you get ‘drafted’ by the U.S. Army via text message?

It’s a hoax.

Kim Bellware and Kayla Epstein The Washington Post

The message seems urgent: The “United States Official Army Draft” has repeatedly tried to reach the recipient via email.

The unwitting recipient has been been marked “eligible” and now must report to the nearest branch for “immediate departure to Iran.” Failure to respond could spell a six-year jail sentence.

The bizarre message is also entirely false, military officials reassure.

It’s unknown how many messages have been disseminated and to whom, but individuals from around the U.S. have been sending Army recruiters screenshots text messages saying they’ve been drafted or are eligible for the draft, U.S. Army Recruiting Command Spokeswoman Kelli Bland told The Washington Post.

At least two versions of the hoax messages with slightly varied wording appear to target individuals in Florida and New Jersey.

The Selective Services, the federal agency tasked with maintaining a database of young men aged 18-26 who could be called up to serve should a crisis necessitate a military draft, hasn’t had a draft since 1973, notes the Tuesday statement from USAREC. “The military has been an all-volunteer force since that time. Registering for the Selective Service does not enlist a person into the military.”

But among young Americans -- particularly young men born decades after the last draft and who fall into the age range for mandatory Selective Service registration -- anxieties around conscription for service have grown in the days a U.S. airstrike killed one of Iran’s top military commanders, Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, in

Baghdad.

Google searches for terms such as “conscription,” “Selective Service” and “Iran” spiked since the Jan. 2 attack, according to Trends data. A day after the airstrike, people flooded the Selective Service website until it crashed.

Even as tensions escalate between the U.S. and Iran, Congress and the president would have to pass legislation in order to reactivate the draft; such a move would be unlikely given the historic opposition that ended the last draft. Antiwar sentiment around Vietnam propelled the end of the draft in 1973 and the requirement to register for the draft was dropped two years later.

Today, eligible individuals need only register with Selective Services within 30 days of their 18th birthday. Nearly all men in the eligible age range are required to register, including U.S. citizens, documented and undocumented immigrants, refugees and legal permanent residents. Women are not currently required to register, though a 2019 court decision about the matter has renewed debate over whether that should change.

Even if those hurdles were cleared, Patricia Sullivan, a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill professor who studies military policy, said the current situation with Iran hardly compels a draft.

She added that the military is now so professionalized, and the cost of training each soldier so high, that it would not necessarily make sense to add a surge of new recruits that may not be qualified. Escalating hostilities with Iran are more likely to affect military forces already in the Middle East region, Sullivan said, not civilians who might be conscripted in a hypothetical draft.

Roberts would hold the gavel, but not the power, at Trump impeachment trial

By Todd Ruger CQ-Roll Call

WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. will preside over any impeachment trial of President Donald Trump as the Constitution requires, but don’t expect him to make decisions that substantively reshape the action.

Although there is speculation about how active a role Roberts will take in an impeachment trial and whether key witnesses testify, the Senate under past rules has given relatively little authority to the nation’s top judicial figure. And in the areas Roberts might have authority to make rulings, such as questions about whether evidence is relevant, the rules also allow the Senate to call for a vote to overrule him anyway.

Also, past impeachment trial rules, such as those for President Bill Clinton in 1999, give the chief justice the ability to defer making a ruling on his own and instead put a question to a Senate vote.

“All he has to do is look straight at the senators and say, ‘What do you think, boys and girls?’” said Frank O. Bowman III, a law professor at the University of Missouri and author of “High Crimes & Misdemeanors: A History of Impeachment for the Age of Trump.”

“I think there’s substantial likelihood that in any matter of any probable consequence, he’ll do that,” Bowman said.

House impeachment managers who present the case, along with Democratic senators, are almost certain to raise issues that will put Roberts in a tough spot if he were to rule. For example, Democrats are calling for the Senate to hear testimony from former national security adviser John Bolton and other Trump administration officials, while Republicans are not interested in allowing that.

That highlights the potential pitfalls for Roberts, a George W. Bush appointee whose instincts as chief justice have been to try to keep the Supreme Court from appearing political or stepping into the role of the political branches. A ruling that sided with Democrats would risk eroding Roberts’ reputation among conservatives, and could be overruled by the Republican majority. A ruling that sided with Republicans would invite criticism that it was politically motivated.

That makes the third path an attractive option: Just stay out of the way and punt the contentious questions to the politicians. In that way, Roberts might be wearing a robe, but his role will be different from a trial judge who is overseeing a criminal case.

In a criminal case, there is an extensive

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history of legal decisions that guide a judge to decide whether a witness could testify or not, Bowman said. In an impeachment trial, “the problem is there isn’t any” such history for Roberts to apply. The Constitution states only that the chief justice shall preside “when the President of the United States is tried,” but gives the Senate “sole power” to try all impeachments.

The senators themselves somewhat take on the role of the judge in an impeachment trial, something underscored by a ruling that then-Chief Justice William Rehnquist made during Clinton’s five-week impeachment trial.

At one point, Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, had made a motion that House impeachment managers who were presenting their case against Clinton should not refer to the senators as “jurors,” as Sen. Mike Lee, RUtah, wrote Tuesday in an op-ed published

by Fox News. Rehnquist decided “that the Senate is not simply a jury; it is a court in this case,” and there were no objections, Lee wrote.

“They can even override the presiding officer, who in the case of a presidential impeachment is the chief justice,” Lee wrote.

“No jury can do that.”

That turned out to be one of the more memorable rulings Rehnquist made during the five-week Clinton trial, when he otherwise had little substantive role.

Rehnquist would later tell television interviewer Charlie Rose that “I did nothing in particular, and I did it very well” — a line from a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta that made it into the chief justice’s New York

Times obituary.

In the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson, then-Chief Justice Salmon Chase had to rule on motions and issues about live witnesses and more, Bowman said. Chase would often say something like, “it would appear to me under the standing rule that would be out of order,” but then would automatically turn to senators and invite a contrary view and potential Senate vote, Bowman said.

The most extraordinary power that Roberts may wield during the impeachment trial would be in the event of a tie vote on a procedural question or appeal.

Because the chief justice is the presiding officer for the purposes of presidential impeachments, Chase believed he had the authority to cast tiebreaking votes (as the vice president would during normal Senate business). In at least one case, Chase actually broke a tie on a procedural vote. Sen. Charles Sumner of Massachusetts made a motion that Chase’s tiebreaking vote was “without authority under the Constitution of the United States,” but the motion failed.

There are other potential situations that could put Roberts in the hot seat.

Ross Garber, who teaches political investigations and impeachment at Tulane Law School, brought up a possibility related to potential Bolton testimony. If the Senate subpoenaed Bolton, and if he showed up, and if Trump’s lawyers tried to block answers based on the president’s executive privilege, the trial could raise questions for Roberts about the scope and extent of executive privilege that could have lasting implications for the future of congressional oversight, Garber said.

Roberts would not be inclined to make such sweeping rulings himself. And Republicans don’t appear inclined to let Roberts take control of the Senate process.

“The chief justice is not the judge. He’s the presiding officer. There are no standards of proof. There are no rules of evidence,” Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., a former law professor, said last month on CNN. “And every senator, unless we pass a new rule by 51 votes in the Senate, is entitled to approach it his own way.”

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Voting machines touted as secure option are actually vulnerable to hacking, study finds

By Joseph Marks The Washington Post

New voting machines that hundreds of districts will use for the first time in 2020 don’t have enough safeguards against hacking by Russia and other U.S. adversaries, according to a study out this morning from researchers at the University of Michigan.

The study marks the first major independent review of the machines called ballotmarking devices, or BMDs, which at least 18% of the country’s districts will use as their default voting machines in November. The results are a major blow for voting machine companies and election officials, who have touted BMDs as a secure option in the wake of Russia’s 2016 efforts to compromise U.S. election infrastructure.

“The implication of our study is that it’s extremely unsafe [to use BMDs], especially in close elections,” Alex Halderman, a University of Michigan computer science professor and one of seven authors of the study, said in an interview.

People who use BMDs cast their votes using a computer touch screen, but the machine spits out a paper record of those votes. That is usually used to tally the results and can be saved for audits that ensure votes were tallied correctly.

The machines were touted by election officials as a compromise between paperless voting machines, which experts uniformly agree are far too vulnerable to hacking, and hand-marked paper ballots, which serious cybersecurity hawks favor but which can be tougher to tally and are inaccessible for many

people with disabilities.

But only a handful of people who vote on BMDs are likely to check that their votes were recorded accurately, the researchers found - meaning that if hackers succeed in altering even a small percentage of electronic votes, they might be able to change the outcome of a close election without being detected.

“There’s been a lot of discussion in the election security community about whether BMD verification works as a defense against hacking, but nobody really had any hard numbers,” Halderman told me. “Now, for the first time, we have an experimental data point and, unfortunately, the results confirm some of our worst fears.”

The findings come as election security groups in Pennsylvania are already suing to block some counties from using a specific brand of BMDs, the ExpressVote XL machines designed by Election Systems & Software, over hacking fears. The same machines also went haywire and called the wrong winner in a Pennsylvania county judge’s race in November.

ES&S did not respond to a request for comment about the study.

The researchers list several recommendations for how election officials can use BMDs as safely as possible,but the clear lesson is that voting jurisdictions should switch to handmarked paper ballots if at all possible, Halderman told me.

“There is a strong security reasons to prefer handmarked paper ballots,” he said.

The researchers watched 241 people vote on a BMD

machine in a simulated election - all of whom had at least one of their votes changed on the printed-out ballot.

They found only 40% of voters reviewed their ballots at all and only about 7% told a poll worker something was wrong. At those rates, it’s highly likely that if hackers changed just 1% or 2% of votes in a close election, they wouldn’t be discovered, they said.

The researchers also tried several methods to get voters to check their ballots for errors, including postings signs and having poll workers urge them to review the ballots but none of them improved error detection “to the point that BMDs can be used safely in close or small elections,” the researchers found.

Congress, however, has steered clear of mandating that states use specific voting equipment, such as machines with paper ballots, or to conduct post-election security audits. Lawmakers have appropriated about $900 million for election security since 2016, including $425 million in December, but none of it has come with any of those specific cybersecurity mandates favored by Democrats.

Yet even most Democrats don’t insist that voters should use use hand-marked paper ballots rather than BMDs. Only one major bill, sponsored by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., would mandate that hand-marked ballots are the default for voters. That bill also includes $250 million to develop secure BMDs for people with disabilities who cannot use hand-marked paper ballots.

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New year, new ‘determines’ Meeting to discuss Lexington’s

By Lula Anderson For Columbia-Greene Media

Happy New Year to all of my readers! Looking back to last year’s New Year’s column, I stated that I was going to make “determines,” not resolutions.

I was determined to get my porch in order. I was determined to empty boxes that were packed during the cleanup from Hurricane Irene. I was determined to sort and throw out.

Well, I started the year adhering to my goals. I got box after box off my porch.

The memories found were poignant, but things were thrown in in no order. I found pictures in with kitchen utensils. The box I thought was books turned out to be items from my kitchen junk drawer, which I have since replaced.

I was really proud of myself. I could actually get into all four corners of my porch. Until...

I got notice that Wally was going into assisted living and had to empty his trailer. Of course, I was elected to clean it. I thought it was wonderful news, as I wanted to open a thrift shop and there were many items that I could use.

Racks to display items, clothes, kitchen utensils, etc. I hoped to rent a building in Ashland, so I moved everything onto my porch. It’s a good thing it was clean, because everything fit.

Unfortunately, I could no longer walk around.

Good news — I did get rid of HIS stuff, but everyday it seems people think my porch is an excellent drop-off point, and I keep finding more treasures on it. In the fall, I got to clean out my nephew’s storage unit, so here we go again.

Rose Hudecek had a very busy December. On Dec. 14, she was taken up to Marty’s house for an early Christmas.

All five of her grandchildren were there, and four greatgranddaughters. It was a nice time for all the cousins to get together and, in the case of the adults, really talk for a change.

The week before Christmas, grandson Jay came for a week to make cookies and prepare the shrimp for Christmas Eve. Carolers from East Jewett UMC and Jewett Presbyterian Church were welcomed, and thanks to all who stopped by. On Christmas Eve, the LoPresti family presented their annual Feast of the Seven Fishes. Christmas Day was spent prepping for dinner, which included Bill, Barb and

Sandy Mead as guests. On the 30th, Rose celebrated her 99th birthday with many phone calls and Facebook wishes from friends, plus cards from many others. She was so tired out she forgot to stay up to watch the ball drop on New Year’s Eve... the first time ever.

Pastor D.H. Choi and family spent a few days at the Lawrence farmhouse. They wish everyone a happy New Year.

It goes to show that once you live on the Mountain Top, you have to keep coming back.

Wally Thompson calls every day to keep in touch with what’s happening in the area.

He wants to share his news: on Christmas Eve at Greene Meadows, while in the dining room having dinner he looked out the window to see a large bright cross in the evening sky.

It only lasted a few minutes and he wondered if anyone else saw the sign.

Holiday greetings from all the snowbirds.

Dot Giordano called to catch me up on her family news. On Saturday, Patrick, Liz and Quinn, Lewis, and John, along with Clarence and Jeannie Soule, came over to spend the afternoon with her.

A nice family get-together!

The winter schedule for the WAJPL Golden Age Club starts today. Meetings in January, February and March will be on the first Monday of the month, unless WAJ is closed, then will be the following Monday.

Only one meeting per month until April.

The WAJPL Golden Age Club is hosting a five day, four night May 11-15 trip to Williamsburg and Charlottesville with Berkeley Plantation and Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello. The package includes four breakfasts, buffet lunch at a historic tavern and three dinners, plus guided tours. Price is $689 per person double occupancy. For information, call MaryLouise at 518 622-3397 or Vicky at 518-734-4164.

PRAYERS AND CARES The winter woes have hit hard this year, so please keep Sara Drum, Richard Biegle, Ted Heissenger, Anita Drum’s mother, and Janice Maben in your prayers. Diane Maben Osborn has been with Janice making sure she doesn’t overdo. Prayers for Diane that SHE doesn’t overdo and get sick. Tricia LoPresti, wife of Rose Hudecek’s grandson, Anthony, has been in the hospital suffering from cellulitis.

Prayers for her. Tricia just got good news that she has been cancer free for two years.

Prayers and condolences to the families of Steve Vanuche, Shirley Hanes Paladian, Karen White and the sister of Irene Draganeties. Also to the family of John Slevens, who passed away Saturday.

With the new year, I have no coming events to pass along.

Please send me notice of your activities at least two weeks in advance so I can share them — lmgeand@yahoo.com. or 518734-5360.

AS I REMEMBER IT While enjoying lunch last week, I spoke to a local Ashland resident. We talked about his father in Florida, and about his mother, who passed many years ago. As we chatted, we drifted to the topic of fellowship.

Many remember when a family member passed, all would gather at the home.

Neighbors would start bringing food the moment they heard about the passing. Food would continue to arrive: casseroles, sliced ham and turkey, scalloped potatoes, cakes, pies, breads. Food enough to live on through the long days of preparation and mourning. After the funeral, everyone would come back to the house, where even more food was shared, along with stories about the deceased and family memories. If not at the home, it would be held in the local church hall with the church ladies preparing and serving the food, then wrapping it up to send home with the family.

The idea was to have enough food for the gathering family so the family members could sit and talk about the past.

The trend now has turned to going to a restaurant. No more worries as to cooking and cleanup, but as I see it, not the family. Togetherness is what is needed now, not a gathering for a meal. The family acts as host to the mourners, which precludes them eating, and when the two hours are up, off you go. No leftovers packed, no cakes to take home for a sit down when it’s calm. Just a sterile atmosphere where you sit alone with your thoughts.

As the holidays pass and the new year is upon us, I think of family and friends. Did your family get together and renew the bond of family? Did you have at least one day to sit and laugh about days past? Send me some of your memories .

future, Jan. 25

By Christine Dwon For Columbia-Greene Media

Betsy Pellitteri was guest speaker at the Lexington/ West Kill UMC on Jan. 5 in Pastor Bob’s absence. She gave a very inspiring sermon on “Hope.”

Happy birthday to Alvena Hitchcock — 102 years young Jan. 9. All our best wishes, Alvena! Adam Cross has a birthday on Jan. 9 also. Jan. 10 is Nancy Bower’s birthday. Happy birthday wishes to Mary Palazzolo on Jan. 12.

Also celebrating a birthday on Jan. 12 is Diane Cross. Jan. 13 is Roseann West’s birthday.

Maurice Nelson’s birthday is Jan. 14. It’s happy birthday on Jan. 15 to Mike Ryan. Jan. 16 we wish Jannel Mellott a very happy birthday. Bridget Osborn celebrates her birthday

on Jan. 17. Best wishes to all.

Combined Sunday worship service will be held at 10 a.m. Jan. 12 at the Jewett Presbyterian Church, Route 17.

In Pastor Bob’s absence, Jim Franz will be guest speaker.

Bible studies will resume Jan. 20 in the Lexington/West Kill UMC when Pastor Bob returns.

You are invited to attend the non-partisan meeting and help create the future of Lexington at 6 p.m. Jan. 25, location to be announced. Join us when we vote on projects to pursue, listen to Liza and Paul Dwon talk about Lexington’s emergency services, get an update on the status of the comprehensive plan, find out about the progress on the reshaping of the website, and discuss town current events.

Feb. 14 is Valentine’s Day. You know what else is on Feb. 14 — the annual TGIF Brooks’ BBQ at the Lexington/West Kill UMC in Lexington. Bring your sweetie for a delicious chicken dinner and cupcakes for dessert from 3-6 p.m.

Enjoy the fellowship in the dining hall or pick up some takeouts. Adult dinner is $12; children 5–10 are $5; and under 5 years are free.

I have received catalogs with Valentine, St. Patrick’s Day and Easter decorations already. Have you taken down your Christmas decorations yet?

By the way, Daylight Saving Time starts March 8.

Until next week take care, be thankful and please be kind to one and all.

Coffee hour and breakfast for vets

By Abby and Gabby For Columbia-Greene Media

Prattsville — Have a great New Year. The Christmas season this year continues to Jan. 12, so enjoy your Christmas and holiday decorations for a few more days.

Deb and Bill McCuller made a trip to Kingston and ended up dining at Deb’s favorite eating establishment, MidHudson Chinese Buffet. They were in Kingston for vehicle checkup.

Two complaints by Deb — eating too much and the traveling distance. While there they met up with the Gurleys, who were restocking the shelves after the holidays. All wished the restaurant was somewhat closer.

Congratulations again Adam Brainard on your promotion. You are indeed a hometown (Prattsville) boy.

The “girls” were out for lunch on Thursday at the Prattsville Tavern for super sandwiches and extras. Lana, Laura and Adrianna Breigle, Marianne Krauss, Cathy Martino and Ginny Gurley. More time was spent talking than eating. Plans are already underway for the next get-together. Cathy and Dana Hommel were in Prattsville on Saturday delivering the extra bread from Bread Alone. It is shared with parishioners of many churches. Thank you, Cathy and Dana.

Darlene Mattice had her

mom Gloria out on Sunday.

Darlene is an EMT with the Ashland Rescue Squad and didn’t get home until the early morning hours. She figured she might as well stay up and took her mom to church at the Ashland UMC and then the ladies had breakfast at the Prattsville Diner. Darlene made sure everyone there got a hug and kiss and happy New Year greetings. It was a picker-upper for sure. Darlene is continuing her education in the medical field and we wish her success. She did admit it was harder than she had thought it was going to be. Good luck.

Get well wishes go out to Hank Gockel, husband of our Postmaster Linda. Our prayers are with them both.

Boo hoo — the Buffalo Bills are out of the race for Super Bowl. Some day.

Alisa Brainard has returned to Wilmington, North Carolina. She was able to see her brother Adam at his ceremony for undersheriff.

Abigail Tompkins has made America’s Girls Softball Team.

Funds are being raised for her trip to Europe. She will be competing in many countries so financial support is necessary.

If you ever saw Abby pitch during her high school days, you know she is well qualified for this honor. Believe there is a Go Fund Me page for this cause.

Let’s send Abby to Europe.

Did you note the announcement that there is a coffee hour, or two, at Robinson Terrace 7-9 a.m. every Friday.

Believe our own special Carrie (Mrs. Bob) Hermance of Lexington is in charge of this. The establishment is lucky to have her because she just takes the lead and carries through for the benefit of her clients. Know it is early for those who can take advantage of this but give it a try. Can remind veterans at this time that there is breakfast at Ambrosia Diner, Catskill, at 9 a.m., sponsored by the Honeyford Memorial American Legion Post 110, Catskill.

World War II and Korean War veterans will be their guests. It is a time of camaraderie and friendship. All veterans and their families are invited at their own expense. Give it a try.

Having attended, know you will enjoy it.

Get ready to take your sweetie out for dinner on Feb. 14. The Lexington UMC has the answer of where to go. Their annual TGIF Brooks barbecue will take place on that day.

More precise information to follow.

Happy birthday to Brian Dibble, Karen and Ken Aurigema’s son-in-law, on Jan. 14. Michael O’Hara is wished happy birthday on Jan. 17.

Send news to gurleyrv@gmail.com or call 518-299-3219.

More Hunter-Tannersville yearbook dedications

By Dede Terns-Thorpe For Columbia-Greene Meda

This article continues with yearbook dedications from the Hunter Tannersville Central School.

THE CREST – 1980 Dedicated to: Mr. Robert Graham. Thank you for your guidance and understanding during our high school years.

Mrs. Clara Thompson, our yearbook, is dedicated to you because of your dedication to us.

THE CREST – 1981 Dedicated to: Miss Winters (later to become Lynn Byrne), you have always stayed with us, even though it was difficult at times. Your enthusiasm, vitality, and perseverance have given us

the strength to stay together.

To Mr. (Harry) McGuire. To a man who has touched the lives of the students, his talent and knowledge have been an inspiration. Teaching is Mr. McGuire’s life. His giving of himself never ends at the close of the school day.

Memorial: THIS BOOK IS IN MEMORY OF OUR FRIEND WILLIAM BLOODGOOD.

THE CREST – 1983 Renee Wolny, Tracey Merwin, and Kathy O’Connell were co-editors.

To Berna Showers. Through thick and thin, she stood by overseeing our activities and offering a helping hand.

When everyone else had given up on us, Berna didn’t.

Her overflowing enthusiasm kept us going right through to

graduation day.

CREST – 1984 Dedicated to Terri Legg, warmth – advice – dedication.

Terri was the class advisor.

We’ll never forget your advice and urging us in the right direction.” To Howard Bolte, wisdom – leadership – character.

CREST – 1985 Dedicated to both Robert Graham for his “warmth, advice, and dedication,” and to Michael Holcomb for his “wisdom, leadership, and Character.”

CREST – 1986 Dedication – We, the Senior Class, dedicate our 1986 yearbook to Mr. Michael Holcomb and Mr. Peter Glass, because they were dedicated to us.

Thank you for your stories, your advice, and for treating us like real people. A special Thank You to Mrs. Adeline (Chicky) Basil, our Class Advisor. The Senior Trip, our dinner, and Graduation were all successful thanks to you. We’ll remember you always.

CREST – 1987 Editors: Jennifer Johannessen; Medora Kizyma; and Paul Merwin.

Dedication - To A Man Who Has Given So Much Time and Energy. Don Endy.

The Yearbook Staff is proud and pleased to honor, in our ‘88 Crest, Don Endy, our dedicated man of the year. In Memoriam – Leslie Phelan, a graduate from H-T-C- in 1963 as the Salutatorian. She was a wonderful person and will be

missed by all.

CREST – 1989 Editor - Justin Wasserstrom “This Is Dedicated to The Ones We Love.” Mr. John Glennon led an exciting life as an FBI Agent, teacher, and principal for ten years at HTC. We wish you the best. Mrs. Clara Thompson is one of the most caring members of the teaching faculty. She was our home economics teacher, along with being the Honor Society Adviser. Thank you, Mrs. Thompson.

The remaining yearbook dedications should (hopefully) be covered before long.

It’s been a pleasure looking and reading through the books. The time, effort, and individually that goes into each yearbook is impressive.

No two are alike, not even similar. It’s easy to appreciate the sensitivity, knowledge, and wit of the many senior students. The dedication our teachers have for their students is undeniable. How fortunate our community is to have such a great school up on the hill.

These articles concentrated on school Dedications, but there were always many good employees in all the various school departments.

Until next week, take care, be thankful and be kind. You never know how your act of kindness may change someone’s life. Please, any comments or concerns, contact: hunterhistorian@gmail.com, or call 518-589-4130.

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‘NEW YEAR/NEW ARTISTS: DEVLIN AND DOOLEY’

Local artists on display at RiverWinds Gallery BEACON — RiverWinds Gallery, located at 172 Main St. in Beacon, is presenting “New Year/New Artists: Devlin and Dooley.”

The gallery is starting out the new year with the works of two new artists on display.

K.P. Devlin’s paintings are inspired by artist Hieronymus Bosch’s “The Garden of Earthly Delights” – specifically the Hell portion!

Jennifer Dooley skillfully uses wide-angle lenses to magnify the tattered grandeur of public spaces that had been built to impress.

The Artist Opening will be held Jan. 11, from 6-9 p.m.

The show runs through Feb. 2.

From the early 1990s through roughly 2010, Devlin was very active as a singer, songwriter, performer and recording artist. He produced albums for other people.

He gigged in New York City, toured nationally and around the globe, including shows in Australia. He received extensive radio play on college and indie radio, both in the U.S. and around the world, licensed his songs to films, television shows, commercials, promos and even a video game.

Devlin currently lives and

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K.P. Devlin, acrylic, “Robin’s Big Fig”

works in New York City Dooley’s view of the world is tied to analysis, spacial consideration and creativity; it is usually realistic, but she escapes into the surreal by distorting and using creative techniques.

“It’s fun to exaggerate and draw the viewer’s attention to

a piece of something, she said.

“My eye always gravitates towards graphic shapes, patterns, perspective and leading lines.”

Dooley is a quality assurance analyst and lives in Port Chester.

RiverWinds Gallery, LLC, is a member of the Beacon Arts

Community Association (BeaconArts) www.beaconarts. org.

The opening reception will be Jan. 11, from 6-9 p.m. at RiverWinds Gallery, 172 Main St. in Beacon For more information visit www.riverwindsgallery.com or call 845-8382880.

‘Embracing Winter Blues’ WINDHAM — On Jan. 11, from 5-7 p.m., Windham Fine Arts will host the opening reception for its newest exhibition, “Embracing Winter Blues,” which will explore all the ranges and emotions of the color blue in a diverse group show featuring new and old artists alike.

From vivid navy hues to bright robin’s egg, this popular and timely color palette will grace the walls in all genres, from impressionism and abstraction to realism and everything in between. Whether the color evokes a sense of calm or inspires a steadfast stability in your impression, you will regardless experience first hand why this classic hue was recently named the 2020 color of the year.

Evocative skyscapes and serene winter scenes will both display the varied hues of this soothing primary color, from wellknown artists near and far. Mara Lehmann’s soft and ethereal winter scenes alongside the pristine and precise strokes of Anne Johann’s brush will bring the viewer through a spectrum of tones and feelings, while newcomer to the gallery, Ken Salaz, will thrill with his vivid and hyper-realistic visions of

broad star-studded skies and sweeping crepuscular vistas.

Opposite but not at odds with these moving and serene pieces, the works of Gina Blickenstaff will delight and inspire with her whimsical and fantastical landscapes and

still life works, the large scale and loose interpretation inviting the viewer in, through and around a unique and wondrous world inspired by emotion and color more than direct representation. The abstract and organic print work of gallery favorite Nancy Previs will draw the viewer even further into the tonal spectrum of this calming color palette, where shapes and shadows morph and shift in a multi-layered play of ink and texture. Bridging the gap, new work by Kim Do, well-known landscape artist of the Hudson Valley and beyond, will display new works of the local region, his vivid colors a masterful play of warm and cool versions of the same base color.

Regardless of where your own preference falls on this spectrum, the color blue will inspire in a multitude of ways. Visit the gallery on Jan. 11 for an adventure in “Embracing Winter Blues” and see for yourself how this soothing and classic color can lend peace and serenity to your own living space and gain a deeper understanding of why this particular shade of the color wheel is so renowned for its healing, restorative and calming reputation.

Superb Theron lights a fuse in ‘Bombshell’

By Raymond Pignone Columbia-Greene Media

Beauty slayed the beast is an old story, but it’s been revived and energized in Jay Roach’s defiantly entertaining “Bombshell.” The movie concerns the women of Fox News, whose allegations of sexual harassment brought down network CEO Roger Ailes in 2016.

Roach walks a tightrope, for as he presents the courage it took the women to topple their tyrannical boss, he offers the viewer women who are prickly, ambitious and self-indulgent.

“I don’t care that you like me, only that you believe me,” one of them says.

It’s difficult to balance heroism depicted in characters who dare the viewer to disapprove of them, but Roach pulls it off by undercutting the moral compromises with cinematic style.

Jon Poll’s editing gives the movie a kinetic drive and Barry Ackroyd’s nimble camera glides through the Fox News offices as host Megyn Kelly (Charlize Theron) explains to the viewer how Ailes hired attractive women with great legs to hook men on a 24-hour news channel. “This is why all the tables are see-through,” Kelly elaborates.

“Bombshell” eventually turns more sober as the details of Ailes’ toxic reign kick in.

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Charlize Theron and John Lithgow in “Bombshell.”

Roach’s style and tone shift to a documentary-like approach.

Women try to find the nerve to speak up but are silenced.

Friendly meetings with Ailes turn sinister. The movie’s quieter moments are the most difficult to watch.

Talk show host Gretchen Carlson (Nicole Kidman) is the first to come forward in earnest.

She files a lawsuit against Ailes claiming he fired her after she rejected his advances. Kelly, for much of the movie, holds out as she performs a balancing act of her own: Bite the hand the made her a star at Fox or follow Carlson and go public with accusations of sexual harassment.

Margot Robbie is cast as the “evangelical millennial” Kayla Pospisil, a fictional character who embodies all the women

wronged by Ailes. Her job interview with Ailes begins cheerfully and ends in a nightmare of fear and humiliation. It’s the movie’s finest, scariest moment.

A weakness of the movie is the introduction of Donald Trump as a secondary villain and his feud with Kelly. Trump went on television and accused Kelly of, as she put it, “anger menstruating,” when she moderated the Republican presidential debate.

The sequence feels calculated to make a wider point about sex and politics, but the picture goes slack here and the scene never achieves its aim.

More successful is writer Charles Randolph’s treatment of the women’s political beliefs, which are presented in a convincing, matter-of-fact way.

Another virtue is that the actors

don’t go over the top into satire.

These are credible, restrained performances.

Theron is amazing. She floods the character and completely disappears behind Kelly’s perma-blonde hair and freeze-dried smile. Her voice deepens and her gaze intensifies as the movie goes on. It’s an uncanny transformation. John Lithgow makes a memorable nemesis of Ailes. Jowly and piggish, Lithgow’s Ailes conducts his reign of terror by blending jocularity and manipulation.

“Bombshell” is a tough story to tell, but the refusal of the actors and filmmakers to downplay the highs that money, power and privilege mean to these women elicits an honest ethical ambiguity.

ningham’s artistic evolution over three decades of risk and discovery (1944 -1972), from his early years as a struggling dancer in postwar New York to his emergence as one of the world’s most visionary choreographers. The documentary weaves together Merce’s philosophies and stories, creating a visceral journey into his innovative work. A breathtaking explosion of dance, music, and never-beforeseen archival material, Cunningham is a timely tribute to one of the world’s greatest modern dance artists. 2019. 1h33m. n Midnight Family — In Mexico City, the government operates fewer than 45 emergency ambulances for a population of 9 million. This has spawned an underground industry of for-profit ambulances often run by people with little or no training or certification. An exception in this ethically fraught, cutthroat industry, the Ochoa family struggles to keep their financial needs from jeopardizing the people in their care. When a crackdown by corrupt police pushes the family into greater hardship, they face increasing moral dilemmas even as they continue providing essential emergency medical services. In Spanish with subtitles. 2019. 1h21m. n Judy — Winter 1968: Showbiz legend Judy Garland (Renée Zellweger) arrives in Swinging London to perform in a sell-out run at The Talk of the Town. It is 30 years since she shot to global stardom in The Wizard of Oz, but if her voice has weakened, its dramatic intensity has only grown. As she prepares for the show, battles with management, charms musicians, and reminisces with friends and adoring fans, her wit and warmth shine through.

Even her dreams of romance seem undimmed as she embarks on a courtship with Mickey Deans (Finn Wittrock), her soon-to-be fifth husband. And yet Judy is fragile. After working for 45 of her 47 years, she is exhausted; haunted by memories of a childhood lost to Hollywood; gripped by a desire to be back home with her kids. Will she have the strength to go on? 2019. 1h58m. n A German Youth — This documentary on the political radicalization of German youth in the late 1960s that gave birth to the Red Army Faction (RAF), a German revolutionary terrorist group founded

by Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhof. The film is entirely produced by editing preexisting visual and sound archives and leads the viewer to question the significance of this revolutionary movement during its time, as well as its resonance for today’s society. In German and French with subtitles. 2015. 1h32m. n Earth — Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Berlinale Forum (2019).

“There’s an essential dialectic at work in the films of Nikolaus Geyrhalter. Although his documentaries assume a critical perspective on their often sobering subjects … they also always contain a strong element of awe at the grandeur of the human enterprise and achievement on show. His preferred aesthetic strategy involves shooting from a distanced and fixed camera position to create monumental tableaux that are at once impressive and terrifying.” – Sight & Sound. Several billion tons of earth are moved annually by humans – with shovels, excavators, or dynamite. Geyrhalter observes people, in mines, quarries, and at large construction sites engaged in a constant struggle to appropriate the planet. In English, German, Hungarian, Italian, and Spanish with subtitles. 2019.

1h55m. n Float Like a Butterfly — In this powerful and timely story of a girl’s pursuit of freedom and belonging, 15-year-old Frances fights for her humble Irish community by becoming a boxer like her idol, Muhammad Ali. While society may be determined to break her spirit and destroy her way of life, Frances was not born to be broken. Instead, she digs deep to prove to her disillusioned father that she’s a true champion. 2019. 1h41m n Fantastic Fungi — When so many are struggling for connection, inspiration, and hope, Fantastic Fungi brings us together as interconnected creators of our world.

A consciousness-shifting film that takes us on an immersive journey through time and scale into the magical earth beneath our feet, an underground network that can heal and save our planet. Through the eyes of renowned scientists and mycologists like Paul Stamets, best-selling authors Michael Pollan, Eugenia Bone, Andrew Weil, and others, we become aware of the beauty, intelligence, and solutions the fungi kingdom offers us in response to some of our most pressing medical, therapeutic, and environmental challenges. 2019. 1h21m.

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JANUARY 9 Open Figure Drawing for Adults Thursday, January 9, 2020, 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 9 – male model, Jan 16 – male model $8, January 9, 2020, 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm, https://www.facebook.com/ events/749731748858152 Art Omi, 1405 County Route 22, Ghent, 518-392-4747 January Nature Night: Moths Thursday, January 9, 2020, 5:30 p.m.

- 7:30 p.m.

Learn about the land you love! In these monthly gatherings, we’ll meet in the office to learn about different topics in conservation and the fascinating work members of our community are doing to protect and engage with the land. Refreshments will be served!

January’s theme is Moths of Columbia County with Dylan Cipkowski of the Hawthorne Valley Farmscape Ecology Program: A night delving into the mystery of moths! Focusing on the many moths we have right here in Columbia County, Dylan will discuss the importance of moths and the research being conducted by the Hawthorne Valley Farmscape Ecology Program. He’ll share ways for all of us to live and operate as land stewards with a more mothminded approach.

Space is limited, please pre-register Thursday, January 9, 2020, 5:30 p.m.

- 7:30 p.m., https://www.facebook. com/events/531331250754983/ Columbia Land Conservancy, 49 Main Street, Chatham, 518-3925252 https://clctrust.org/public-conservation-areas/overmountainconservation-area/

JANUARY 11 Met Opera HD Live: Berg’s Wozzeck Saturday, January 11, 2020, 12:30 p.m.

NEW PRODUCTION / FIRST TIME IN HD Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin Production: William Kentridge Co-Director: Luc De Wit Projection Designer: Catherine Meyburgh Set Designer: Sabine Theunissen Costume Designer: Greta Goiris Lighting Designer: Urs Schönebaum Cast: Elza van den Heever (Marie), Tamara Mumford (Margret), Christopher Ventris (The Drum-Major), Gerhard Siegel (The Captain), Andrew Staples (Andres), Peter Mattei (Wozzeck), Christian Van Horn (Doctor) Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts William Kentridge’s new production of Alban Berg’s expressionistic masterpiece Wozzeck, regarded for its intense emotional power and brilliant score as one of the most significant operas of the 20th century. Composed during and in the aftermath of World War I, Berg’s dark exploration of a soldier besieged by the evils of society is staged by Kentridge in a ramshackle warren of stairs, ramps, discarded furniture, and debris. His own theatrically animated charcoal drawings, along with other projected drawings, maps, and film clips, evoke a nightmarish world of crashed planes, searchlights, ghostly gas masks, and battlefields.

Peter Mattei makes his role debut as Wozzeck opposite Elza van den Heever as Marie, the mother of his child. Singing the roles of Wozzeck’s tormentors are Christopher Ventris as the Drum-Major, Gerhard Siegel as the Captain, and Christian Van Horn as the Doctor. Andrew Staples makes his Met debut as Andres.

Kentridge, who previously directed Berg’s Lulu and Shostakovich’s The Nose at the Met, unveiled the new production at the 2017 Salzburg Festival, where it received critical acclaim. Kentridge’s production is a co-production of the Met, Canadian Opera Company, Opera Australia, and Salzburg Festival. $15 – $27.50, Saturday, January 11, 2020, 12:30 p.m., https://timeandspace.org/calendar/wozzeck/ Time & Space Limited, 434 Columbia Street, Hudson, 518-822-8100 www.timeandspace.org

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Teen sentenced to 65 years for murdering pregnant girl Lateshia Beachum The Washington Post

Aaron Romeo Trejo, 18, of Mishawaka, Indiana, was sentenced Tuesday to 65 years in prison for felony murder and feticide for murdering a teen who was pregnant with his child. He was 16 years old when he stabbed 17-year-old Breana Rouhselang in the heart and placed her body in a dumpster behind a pizzeria in December 2018, according to a probable cause affidavit.

Trejo had been ruminating for a week about killing Rouhselang, a multisport athlete who played softball and managed the football team, the affidavit stated.

Rouhselang was a lifelong athlete

and wanted to study athletic training when she graduated from high school, according to her obituary.

She had waited too long to tell him about the pregnancy, and neither of them wanted the baby, Trejo told authorities. She was six months pregnant when she died, according to her obituary.

Indiana doesn’t allow abortions after 22 weeks, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Rouhselang’s mother, Melissa Wallace, knew her daughter had gone to an alley behind the house to speak with Trejo about 11 p.m. on a Saturday, according to court documents.

Wallace and Rouhselang’s father,

Dave Rouhselang, didn’t respond to requests for comment.

Wallace told police that she woke up about two hours later, and that her daughter was missing. She went to Trejo’s house, where he told her that Rouhselang never showed up to their scheduled meeting. He also told Wallace that he had lost his phone, so she wouldn’t be able to reach him, police documents say.

In the place the teens were supposed to meet, police found glasses, a stocking cap and a bloody hat - items that matched what Rouhselang was last reported wearing, according to court records. More blood was sighted before Rouhselang’s body was

discovered with a black plastic garbage bag covering her head and upper torso, according to the affidavit.

Trejo and his parents were taken to a homicide unit where Trejo recounted the same story he had given to Rouhselang’s mother and police. He ultimately admitted the truth under questioning.

“I took action. . . . I took her life,” he told the detective, before confessing that he threw his knife and Rouhselang’s phone into a river.

An autopsy found that Rouhselang died of multiple stab wounds and suffered from strangulation before her death, according to the affidavit.

Trejo entered a not-guilty plea days

after he was booked. He changed his plea to guilty in October, court records show.

The St. Joseph County superior court judge who sentenced Trejo on Tuesday ordered a DNA sample from him but didn’t specify why.

Trejo’s attorney and sister didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.

It’s unclear whether Trejo and Rouhselang, who had known each other since elementary school, had an ongoing romantic relationship or a history of violence.

Macy’s to close 29 stores after drop in holiday sales Abha Bhattarai The Washington Post

Macy’s, which has been trying to woo new shoppers with quirky new concept stores and Backstage outlets, is returning to a familiar strategy after a tepid holiday season: store closures.The Cincinnatibased department store chain said Wednesday it will shutter 28 namesake stores and one Bloomingdale’s store in the coming weeks, according to a company spokesperson who declined to provide further

details.

The retail giant has shuttered dozens of underperforming stores, many of them in declining shopping malls, since 2016 as it invests more in its most lucrative properties. Even so, it has struggled to win over customers who are increasingly buying online. On Wednesday, Macy’s said same-store sales - a key measure at stores open at least one year - fell 0.6% in November and December.

That compares with the 1.1% growth recorded during the

same period last year. Analysts said the performance was disappointing given the relative strength of the holiday season, in which overall retail sales grew 3.7%.

“Macy’s performance … shows the group is still losing customers and market share at a rapid clip,” Neil Saunders, managing director of research firm GlobalData Retail, wrote in a note to clients.

Macy’s, founded 162 years ago in New York, was for decades one of the nation’s

preeminent retailers. It had anchor stores at hundreds of shopping malls and was one of the largest sellers of apparel in the U.S. But changing consumer habits and mounting competition from Walmart, Amazon and Target have reversed the its fortunes in recent years.

Same-store sales fell 3.5% in the third quarter of 2019, while profits were down 97% from the same period a year earlier.

(Jeff Bezos, the founder and chief executive of Amazon, owns The Washington Post.)

Macy’s has been investing heavily in its website and 150 top-performing stores, which Saunders said helped shore up overall holiday performance.

The Cincinnati-based company, which had $25 billion in sales in 2018, is one of the nation’s largest retailers.

“The stores where it has been focusing investment looked very festive,” he wrote.

“Online performed well, too, thanks to a reasonable assortment and convenient delivery and pickup options. Together,

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restoration and resiliency programs across the state.

“No economy strategy, no social justice reform, no education policy, will be worth a damn if we don’t have a planet to live on,” he said.

In addition, he wants to update and expand the state’s emergency response capacity and drive the state toward an electronic vehicle future.

ECONOMIC JUSTICE Cuomo also laid out a plan for an “economic justice crusade.”

The plan includes tax cuts for small businesses — from 6.4 percent to 4 percent — and middle class families — 6.09 percent, rather than 6.85 percent, for families earning between $40,000 and $150,000. Currently, the middle class family tax cut applied to families that earning up to $125,000.

Again, Cuomo put the legalization of recreational marijuana on his agenda for the new decade, saying communities of color have for too long been disproportionately impacted by the drug’s criminalization.

“This year, let’s work with our neighbors to coordinate a safe and fair system and let’s legalize adult use of marijuana,” Cuomo said.

His proposals include working side-by-side with other states that have legalized recreational marijuana

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Any potential impacts of the

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truth, 100%,” Benoit said in an emailed statement. “I think anytime you have someone questioning the integrity of an evidence locker, the police and the district attorney get nervous. It is because they know if they find that there was a problem, many, many cases can be appealed.”

Kusminsky was happy to see the case resolved, he said Wednesday.

“I had faith in the system and am satisfied with the outcome,” he said. “It is

COURTESY OF GOV. ANDREW CUOMO’S OFFICE

The annual State of the State address, presented by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday.

these two parts of the business saved Christmas for Macy’s.”

In addition to 608 Macy’s and Bloomingdales stores, the company operates 171 Bluemercury beauty shops and has been building up its fleet of Macy’s Backstage outlets. Its “Story” concept stores, meanwhile, offer a range of experiences including yoga classes and cooking workshops aimed at attracting younger shoppers who do most of their buying online. the veteran population that he wants to tackle in 2020.

“We do not view society from the penthouse, we view it from the ground level. And from the ground level we see too many of our brothers and sisters sleeping on the streets,” Cuomo said. “There are only two factors for a solution: commitment of resources and competence of administration.”

Cuomo proposed committing the largest amount of funding to help the homeless and build affordable housing.

For veterans, the amount is $5 million. The Homeless Housing and Assistance Program will receive the funds to expand permanent housing services for homeless veterans.

Cuomo also plans to arm the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance with a Veteran Homelessness section and connect them with local Division of Veterans Services to pinpoint homelessness issues and solutions specific to certain areas.

With the collaboration, the state hopes to guarantee permanent housing for veterans within 90 days of becoming homeless, and provide temporary housing in the interim.

to create a cannabis program that would stimulate the economy and protect consumers.

Cuomo also wants to create an Office of Cannabis Management to regulate marijuana use, both recreationally and medically. The office would oversee market structures, market entry and social equity licensing, while also prioritizing a reversal of the disproportionate impact the criminalization of marijuana has had on communities of color.

But Cuomo is approaching the legalization with

caution. He proposed a minimum age of 21 to legally use recreational marijuana and is pushing for a partnership with SUNY to create a Global Cannabis Center that would research toxicity, bioavailability and dosing mechanisms.

His office estimates legalization will create thousands of jobs and generate $300 million in tax revenue, which some speculate would go toward closing the $6 billion budget gap the legislature is facing this year.

Cuomo is also turning his eye toward the agriculture

industry.

As the agriculture industry across the country and state continues to suffer downward economic trends, Cuomo proposed multiple plans to protect and integrate the industry more with the community-at-large, diversify the field and promote sourcing local farms.

A Blue Ribbon Task Force will be created to suggest operating standards for growers, producers and retailers in the state, which Cuomo said will inform consumers and prevent food-borne illnesses.

One of the populations Cuomo is seeking to increase protections and resources for is veterans.

The governor highlighted issues of homelessness, suicide and education among

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project did not come to fruition, Gardner said.

“It never really came to a head because they decided to withdraw,” he said. “They made a business decision that their resources would be better spent somewhere else.”

Caitlan Cullen, Under

Canvas’s manager of real estate, said she believed the residents’ concerns would have been addressed had the planning board’s review continued.

“We appreciate the candor and scrutiny with which that project has been reviewed and

are confident that the comments raised by neighbors during the review process could be addressed to ensure a successful project for the community at large,” Cullen wrote to Basagic on Dec. 11.

“Should we return to the town of Hunter at a future date, we

look forward to addressing the comments and questions raised.”

Under Canvas has locations near national state parks across the country including the Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee, Mount Rushmore in South Dakota, Glacier

in Montana, Yellowstone in Wyoming, Grand Canyon and Tucson in Arizona and Zion and Moab in Utah.

Other up-and-coming locations include Yosemite, Sonoma, Catalina Island and Joshua Tree.

sad, though, that the hardworking, dedicated men and women serving in the state police were made pawns in a political campaign.”

Benoit suggested that The Daily Mail contact the informant but when asked to provide contact information, she refused.

“Seriously? You don’t have a telephone at your office,” Benoit said in an emailed statement. “I would think that if someone was transferred, working at the desk and answering the phone, it would be pretty easy to call.

Call during all shifts, see who answers the phone, ask for him. Leave a message for him. You won’t get spoonfed

stories. The real stories are hard work.”

Press inquiries to the state police are typically directed to public information officers.

Throughout her campaign, the investigation was a sticking point for Benoit.

In a letter to Republican voters in June, Benoit wrote that the information regarding the theft of evidence from the barracks came from a Bureau of Criminal Investigations investigator who worked with Kusminsky.

“The person being investigated for the thefts is someone who Kusminsky supervised,” she wrote. “I know you are being told that this

all occurred 10 years ago — way before Kusminsky was in charge of the Catskill BCI. That is false. The most recent allegation of theft happened as late as 2018. The allegation is that he knew that it was happening and condoned it and did not report it.”

Benoit named this investigator in conversations with Catskill resident Scott Myers, who submitted the conversations as exhibits in his lawsuits against the county.

“You should know the AG investigation and the theft of gun parts and subsequent sale of those parts was by him,” Benoit said, referring to the investigator. “With knowledge of Kusminsky.”

In October, Benoit questioned the lack of coverage on the investigation.

“I wonder why you won’t report on the AG investigation that shows Pete knew that one of his investigators was stealing gun parts?,” Benoit said in an emailed statement. “Want to see the text history?”

Benoit declined to send the text messages, requesting they be reviewed in-person.

Benoit canceled multiple times to meet for an in-person interview for the election.

On the day she was scheduled to come to ColumbiaGreene Media’s office in Hudson for an interview,

Benoit sent an email at 12:34 a.m., stating she had an event at 3 p.m. she had forgotten about and would have to cancel the 5 p.m. interview.

Benoit suggested the interview be moved to Oct. 25, in Cairo.

The Daily Mail agreed to meet Benoit at 10 a.m., at which point she refused to do an in-person interview, requesting to submit answers through email.

“It is the truth that Pete has been accused by a BCI investigator of knowingly ignoring the theft of items from the evidence lock at SP Catskill while he was in charge of the evidence locker,” she wrote in her interview response.

A group of food system thought leaders are also to come together to develop plans to use local produce more in schools. Already kicking off this year will be a pilot program to use bulk milk dispensers in cafeterias, rather than individual milk cartons, to reduce waste.

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Taconic Hills swimmers split with MAU Columbia-Greene Media

COLLEGE BASKETBALL:

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Columbia-Greene’s Kaijah Rodgers loses the ball as he drives to the basket against Hudson Valley’s Avery Deas (30) and Iziah Pigott (2) during Tuesday’s Region III men’s college basketball game.

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CRARYVILLE — The Taconic Hills girls and boys swim teams split a recent meet with Mount Anthony Union.

The girls won, 98-68, while the boys dropped a 71-60 decision.

Lauren Madsen and Emma Avenia each won two individual events and were a part of two winning realy teams. Madsen took the 200-yard intermediate (2:45.75) and 100 butterfly (1:20.57), while Avenia won the 200-yard freestyle (2:16.27) and the 500 freestyle (6:09.13).

Madsen and Avenia teamed up with Lily Russo and Clare Howard to win the 200 free relay (1:58.31) and joined with Howard and Daisy Plaza to claim the 400 free relay.

Josh Sena eanred two first-place finishes for the Titans in the boys meet, taking the 200 freestyle in 2:35.72 and the 500 freestyle in 7:30.46.

Logan Fink won the 100 backstroke for the Titans in 1:28.64.

Taconic Hills’ 200 freestyle relay team of Sena, Aaron Bonsi, Chris Russell and Dylan Foutch finished first in 1:55.55.

“This was a tough loss, but it was not for lack of effort,” Taconic Hills coach Tom Russo said. “Josh Sena led the effort with three

first places, while seventh grader Logan Fink won in the 100 backstroke. All swimmers scored at least 6 points each for the Titans Mt. Anthony was up by as many as 12 points, but we were able to cut the lead down to 3 points going into the last relay.

That gave us a chance to win the meet if we won the last relay.

“The team gave it everything they had, but we came up short this time.

You hate to lose, but I am proud of our team’s effort.

The only reason we even had a chance at the end was because we won all of the close races. Their team was bigger than ours. As a result, they were able to put more entries in events than we were able to. That was ultimately the difference in the meet.”

WRESTLING PATROON Catskill 60, Berlin 24 BERLIN — Catskill remained unbeaten in Patroon Conference wrestling with a 60-24 triumph over Berlin on Tuesday.

The Cats posted nine victories by pin in rasing their record to 6-0.

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Hudson Valley’s Iziah Pigott brings the ball up the floor against Columbia-Greene’s Rande Harper (4) during Tuesday’s Region III men’s college basketball game.

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Columbia-Greene’s Zack Hedgepeth pulls up to take a shot during Tuesday’s Region III men’s college basketball game against Hudson Valley CC.

HUDSON — ColumbiaGreene Community College lost its first Region III men’s basketball game in 2020 to the Hudson Valley Vikings, 80-67, on Tuesday afternoon.

HVCC’s Brandon McKenly led all scorers with 23 points on the afternoon, 17 of them coming in the second half.

The Twins were in the game early on, trailing 17-16 midway through the first 10 minutes. Both teams played tight defense throughout the opening half, and traded the lead more than a few times.

With 6:34 to go, CGCC freshman Rande Harper had

a chance to take the lead again at the free-throw line, but missed one and made the other, and the game was tied 24-24.

The Twins continued to look good on defense by getting in between pass attempts by the Vikings and forced more than a handful of turnovers.

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CATSKILL — Lavon Fernandez scored his 1,000th career point to highlight Catskill’s 8048 Patroon Conference boys basketball victory over Coxsackie-Athens on Tuesday.

Fernandez, who began his high school career in Hudson before transferring to Catskill, finished with 20 points as the Cats improved to 8-0 in the Patroon and 9-1 overall.

“I can not say enough about this young man,” Catskill coach Doug Lampman said.

“To come into a new environment at his point in his career and do what he does is remarkable. Every day he strives to be the best player, and more importantly, the best student.

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Special teams coordinator/wide receivers coach Joe Judge (center) stands with New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick before their playoff game against the Tennessee Titans at Gillette Stadium.

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Catskill’s Lavon Fernandez scored his 1,000th career point in Tuesday’s 80-48 Patroon Conference boys basketball victory over Coxsackie-Athens.

NEW YORK — The Giants made a stunning head coaching hire on Wednesday in the wake of preferred candidate Matt Rhule’s stiff-arm of their franchise, landing on Patriots special teams coordinator Joe Judge.

They also reportedly

requested to interview fired Dallas Cowboys coach Jason Garrett to be Judge’s offensive coordinator, which would put an experienced coach the Giants have long coveted very close to the big chair.

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NHL ROUNDUP:

NBA Eastern Conference Atlantic W L Pct Boston 25 9 .735 Toronto 24 13 .649 Philadelphia 24 14 .632 Brooklyn 16 20 .444 New York 10 26 .278 Central W L Pct Milwaukee 32 6 .842 Indiana 23 14 .622 Detroit 14 24 .368 Chicago 13 24 .351 Cleveland 10 27 .270 Southeast W L Pct Miami 26 10 .722 Orlando 17 20 .459 Charlotte 15 24 .385 Washington 12 24 .333 Atlanta 8 29 .216 Western Conference Northwest W L Pct Denver 25 11 .694 Utah 24 12 .667 Oklahoma City 21 16 .568 Portland 16 22 .421 Minnesota 14 22 .389 Pacific W L Pct L.A. Lakers 29 7 .806 L.A. Clippers 26 12 .684 Sacramento 15 23 .395 Phoenix 14 23 .378 Golden State 9 29 .237 Southwest W L Pct Houston 24 11 .686 Dallas 23 13 .639 San Antonio 15 20 .429 Memphis 16 22 .421 New Orleans 12 25 .324 Monday’s games Indiana 115, Charlotte 104 Orlando 101, Brooklyn 89 Philadelphia 120, Oklahoma City 113 Washington 99, Boston 94 Denver 123, Atlanta 115 Utah 128, New Orleans 126 Dallas 118, Chicago 110 San Antonio 126, Milwaukee 104 Sacramento 111, Golden State 98 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 New York at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s games San Antonio at Boston, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Miami at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Washington at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Houston at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

Denver at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Chicago at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

New York at Utah, 9 p.m.

Milwaukee at Golden State, 10 p.m.

GB — 2.5 3.0 10.0 16.0 GB — 8.5 18.0 18.5 21.5 GB — 9.5 12.5 14.0 18.5 GB — 1.0 4.5 10.0 11.0 GB — 4.0 15.0 15.5 21.0 GB — 1.5 9.0 9.5 13.0

College basketball MEN’S AP TOP 25 POLL 1. Gonzaga (16-1) 2. Duke (13-1) 3. Kansas (11-2) 4. Baylor (11-1) 5. Auburn (13-0) 6. Butler (14-1) 7. San Diego State (15-0) 8. Michigan State (12-3) 9. Oregon (12-3) 10. Florida State (13-2) 11. Ohio State (11-3) 12. Maryland (12-2) 13. Louisville (11-3) 14. Kentucky (10-3) 15. Dayton (13-2) 16. Villanova (10-3) 17. West Virginia (11-2) 18. Virginia (11-2) 19. Michigan (10-4) 20. Penn State (12-2) 21. Memphis (12-2) 22. Texas Tech (10-3) 23. Wichita State (13-1) 24. Arizona (11-3) 25. Colorado (12-3)

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) Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 26 At Orlando, Fla. AFC vs. NFC, 3 p.m. (ESPN) Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 2 At Miami Gardens, Fla. AFC champion vs. NFC champion, 6:30 p.m.

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Pro hockey 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 44 24 15 3 2 53 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 44 30 9 3 2 65 NY Islanders 42 27 12 2 1 57 Pittsburgh 42 25 12 5 0 55 Carolina 43 25 16 2 0 52 Philadelphia 43 22 15 1 5 50 Columbus 43 20 15 6 2 48 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 43 23 16 3 1 50 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 Vegas 45 24 15 6 0 54 Arizona 45 25 16 2 2 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 42 17 20 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 at Vegas, 10 p.m.

Columbus at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

Wednesday’s games Winnipeg at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

Washington at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.

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.

GF GA 146 113 156 127 159 141 153 146 127 135 139 143 118 149 96 168 GF GA 161 130 120 108 142 113 145 123 137 134 113 118 138 141 109 148 GF GA 138 121 159 130 115 104 133 131 133 144 144 143 128 143 GF GA 144 133 133 114 137 142 125 135 143 134 121 151 110 132 112 140

Rookie Shesterkin leads Rangers to victory Field Level Media

Rookie goalie Igor Shesterkin made 29 saves in his first NHL game to lead host New York past Colorado, 5-3, on Wednesday.

Called up after an outstanding debut season in the AHL, the 24-year-old Shesterkin looked solid while facing 32 shots from the high-scoring Avalanche, who entered Tuesday second in the NHL in goals. Avalanche goalie Philipp Grubauer saved 24 of 28 shots.

Artemi Panarin collected two assists and an empty-net goal. Jesper Fast had three assists for the Rangers. Ryan Strome and Mika Zibanejad each had a goal and an assist, while Tony DeAngelo collected two helpers. J.T. Compher scored twice for Colorado, and Andre Burakovsky had two assists.

Islanders 4, Devils 3 (OT) Anders Lee scored with 51 seconds left in overtime to lift New York to a come-from-behind win over New Jersey in Newark, N.J. Lee’s shot beyond the stick of goalie Mackenzie Blackwood capped a frantic overtime in which each team had 3-on1 opportunities in the 90 seconds prior to the game-winning goal by the Islanders’ captain.

It was the second game-winning goal in as many nights for Lee, who scored in the third period of a 1-0 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Monday.

Lightning 9, Canucks 2 Six different players scored in Tampa Bay’s six-goal second period, Carter Verhaeghe tallied his first career hat trick and the Lightning routed the visiting Vancouver Canucks 9-2 on Tuesday night.

Tampa Bay tied its franchise record for goals and extended its winning streak to a season-high eight games, the club’s longest since a 10-game stretch last February.

The Lightning’s six-goal period matched the franchise record set in 1995 against Winnipeg. Brayden Point scored and assisted on three goals, and Steven Stamkos posted his 17th tally and had two helpers.

Elias Pettersson and Loui Eriksson scored for Vancouver, which had its seven-game winning streak snapped.

This matchup was was just the second instance in NHL history featuring two teams carrying a winning streak of at least seven consecutive games.

Coyotes 5, Panthers 2 Former NHL MVP Taylor Hall had the go-ahead goal and an assist, and team captain Oliver Ekman-Larsson added one goal and two assists as Arizona defeated Florida in Sunrise, Fla. Hall, acquired from the New Jersey Devils last month, had his first multipoint game since joining the Coyotes.

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New York Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin (31) looks on during Tuesday’s game against the Colorado Avalanche at Madison Square Garden. The game marked the NHL debut for Shesterkin.

games with his new team. The Coyotes also got goals from Christian Dvorak, Carl Soderberg and former Panthers first-round pick Lawson Crouse.

Goalie Adin Hill had 37 saves, and Phil Kessel added three assists for Arizona. Florida got goals from Noel Acciari and Mike Hoffman – that’s 15 on the season for each – and 32 saves from Chris Driedger.

Hurricanes 5, Flyers 4 (OT) Dougie Hamilton scored through traffic 1:56 into overtime to give Carolina the win over Philadelphia in Raleigh, N.C. The Flyers’ Travis Sanheim scored with 4:11 remaining in regulation to tie the game. It came on one of only three shots for the Flyers in the third period.

Travis Konecny, Michael Raffl and Nicolas Aube-Kubel had earlier goals for the Flyers. Brian Elliott had 28 saves.

Lucas Wallmark, Warren Foegele, Jake Gardiner and Joel Edmundson scored in regulation for Carolina. Sebastian Aho had two assists, including one on the winning goal. Carolina goalie James Reimer stopped 17 shots.

Bruins 6, Predators 2 David Pastrnak scored his NHL-leading 32nd goal of the season and goaltender Tuukka Rask made 33 saves as Boston defeated host Nashville, spoiling the debut of Predators coach John Hynes.

Hynes, who started the season behind the New Jersey Devils’ bench before being dismissed Dec. 3, was named coach earlier in the day after the Predators fired coach Peter Laviolette and

associate coach Kevin McCarthy on Monday.

Danton Heinen, Patrice Bergeron, Chris Wagner, David Krejci and Charlie Coyle also scored for the Atlantic Division-leading Bruins, who won for the first time in four games (1-1-2). Filip Forsberg and Mikael Granlund scored power-play goals for the Predators.

Goalie Pekka Rinne stopped 30 of 35 shots.

Blues 3, Sharks 2 Goaltender Jordan Binnington stopped 27 of 29 shots as host St. Louis snapped a three-game winless streak by defeating San Jose.

The loss could be especially painful for the Sharks since captain Logan Couture exited the game in the second period with a left leg injury. He needed helped getting off the ice after getting checked into the end boards by Blues defenseman Vince Dunn.

Tyler Bozak, Ivan Barbashev and David Perron scored for the Blues, and Timo Meier and Erik Karlsson scored for the Sharks, who got 24 saves from Aaron Dell.

Red Wings 4, Canadiens 3 Frans Nielsen scored two goals and host Detroit scored three third-period goals to collect its third victory this season over Montreal.

Filip Zadina scored what proved to be the game-winner for Detroit, which has only eight other wins besides its victories over the Canadiens. Robby Fabbri also scored for the Wings while Jonathan Bernier made 23 saves.

Nick Suzuki had a goal and an assist

for Montreal. Artturi Lehkonen and Victor Mete also scored for the Canadiens, while Charlie Lindgren stopped 26 shots.

Capitals 6, Senators 1 Alex Ovechkin and T.J. Oshie each scored two goals as Washington won its third consecutive game by beating visiting Ottawa.

The Capitals scored the game’s last six goals – three each in the second and third periods. Rookie goaltender Ilya Samsonov played well again for the Capitals, stopping 26 of 27 shots. Washington held a 41-27 edge in shots.

Ottawa took a 1-0 lead when Artem Anisimov put a high shot past Samsonov at 5:40 of the first period, but the Senators dropped their fifth game in a row (0-4-1).

Flames 2, Blackhawks 1 Elias Lindholm scored a pair of goals and Calgary held on to beat host Chicago for its third victory in a row.

Matthew Tkachuk assisted on both goals for the Flames, who improved to 11-5-1 under coach Geoff Ward after posting a 12-12-4 record under previous coach Bill Peters. Flames goaltender Cam Talbot stopped 31 of 32 shots.

Dominik Kubalik scored the lone goal for the Blackhawks. Chicago’s Corey Crawford dropped to 7-12-2 despite turning aside 26 of 28 shots.

Penguins 4, Golden Knights 3 Tristan Jarry made 31 saves and Dominik Kahun had a goal and an assist to lead visiting Pittsburgh over Vegas in Las Vegas.

Evgeni Malkin, Patric Hornqvist and Brandon Tanev also scored goals for Pittsburgh, which improved to 12-3-1 in its last 16 games. Kris Letang, named an All-Star Game replacement along with Jarry earlier Tuesday, added two assists.

Max Pacioretty, Paul Stastny and Reilly Smith scored goals for Vegas, which had a four-game winning streak snapped and fell into a tie for first place in the Pacific Division with Arizona.

Marc-Andre Fleury stopped just 12 of the 16 shots he faced.

Blue Jackets 4, Ducks 3 Nathan Gerbe and Zach Werenski scored goals 72 seconds apart at the end of the second period, and Columbus rallied to defeat host Anaheim.

Werenski added an empty-net goal with 1:33 remaining, and Eric Robinson also scored for the Blue Jackets, who won on consecutive nights in Southern California after defeating the Los Angeles Kings on Monday. Goalie Elvis Merzlikins made 37 saves for Columbus.

Ondrej Kase had two goals and Ryan Getzlaf scored another for the Ducks.

Anaheim goalie Ryan Miller made 23 saves in just his fourth start since Dec. 6.

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Carmelo Anthony made a tiebreaking shot with 4.1 seconds remaining, and the visiting Portland Trail Blazers rallied to defeat the Toronto Raptors 101-99 on Tuesday night.

Damian Lillard, who tied the game for Portland on a 3-pointer with 38.5 seconds to play, had 20 points – 18 in the second half – and nine assists. Anthony finished with a game-high 28 points.

After the Raptors failed to score, the Trail Blazers took possession with 13.6 seconds to play and set up Anthony’s shot from the top of the key. Kyle Lowry, who missed the final shot of the game, had 24 points and 10 assists for Toronto.

The Raptors were without Fred VanVleet (hamstring), who joined Pascal Siakam (groin), Marc Gasol (hamstring) and Norman Powell (shoulder) on the sidelines. Toronto, which led by as many as 14 points in the third quarter, took a nine-point lead into the fourth.

Lakers 117, Knicks 87 LeBron James scored 31 points as host Los Angeles, which lost Anthony Davis to a back injury, crushed New York.

Davis left the game with 2:45 remaining in the third quarter when he landed hard on the floor after losing his balance in a collision with the Knicks’ Julius Randle under the basket. X-rays on Davis’ lower back were negative, but he was to undergo more testing.

Rookie guard RJ Barrett scored 19 points to top the Knicks, who were without leading scorer Marcus Morris Sr. with a sore neck. Randle, a former Laker, had 15 points and 10 rebounds, while Elfrid Payton contributed 12 points.

Pistons 115, Cavaliers 113 Derrick Rose capped a 24-point performance by making the go-ahead shot with 26 seconds remaining as Detroit topped host Cleveland for just its third

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Portland Trail Blazers forward Carmelo Anthony (00) scores the winning basket during Tuesday’s game against the Toronto Raptors at Scotiabank Arena.

win in 12 games.

Detroit’s Andre Drummond recorded 23 points and 20 rebounds, including 11 and 10, respectively, in the first quarter.

Tony Snell made four 3-pointers to highlight his 18-point performance for the Pistons. The Pistons announced earlier Tuesday that forward Blake Griffin was out indefinitely after having arthroscopic surgery on his left knee.

Cleveland’s Kevin Love collected 30 points and nine rebounds, hours after calling his recent behavior “childish” in referring to recent outbursts in showing up his teammates and coaches. Collin Sexton had 20 points, and Cedi Osman scored 17 points for the Cavaliers, who

have dropped five in a row.

Thunder 111, Nets 103 (OT) Chris Paul scored 28 points and hit two clutch shots in overtime as surging Oklahoma City outlasted slumping host Brooklyn in the second night of a backto-back for both teams.

The Thunder won for the 10th time in their last 12 games. Paul came within two of his season-high for points and shot 9 of 15 from the floor, including 4 of 8 from 3-point range.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander added 22 points and hit four free throws in the final minute to ice Oklahoma City’s win and send Brooklyn to its seventh consecutive loss. Taurean Prince scored 21

points to lead the Nets.

Grizzlies 119, Timberwolves 112 Dillon Brooks scored 28 points to help host Memphis sweep the three-game season series over Minnesota.

Ja Morant added 25 points and seven assists as the Grizzlies matched a season best with their third consecutive win.

Jaren Jackson Jr. had 21 points, seven rebounds and three blocked shots, and Jae Crowder recorded 14 points, eight rebounds and matched his career high of five steals for Memphis.

Rookie Jarrett Culver scored a seasonhigh 24 points and Jeff Teague added 18 off the bench for Minnesota. Robert Covington tallied 17 points, Andrew Wiggins scored 15, Gorgui Dieng added 11 and reserve Naz Reid scored 10 for the Timberwolves. Minnesota center KarlAnthony Towns (knee) missed his 11th straight contest.

Kings 114, Suns 103 Nemanja Bjelica gave visiting Sacramento the lead for good with a 3-pointer with 7:31 remaining in the game, and De’Aaron Fox saved nine of his teamhigh 27 points for the final 7:02 in rallying from a 21-point deficit to stun Phoenix.

Devin Booker shot 12-for-21 in extending his franchise record of consecutive 30-point games to seven with a game-high 34-point effort, but it wasn’t enough to prevent the Suns from sustaining a second consecutive home loss.

Bjelica finished with 19 points, and Buddy Hield had 16 for Sacramento.

Deandre Ayton had 21 points to go with a team-high nine rebounds, Oubre 17 points and Ricky Rubio a game-high nine assists to complement eight points for Phoenix, which had won two of the first three games in the now-complete season series.

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OPINION:

ESPN should drop McFarland and Tessitore as ‘MNF’ announcers Phil Rosenthal Chicago Tribune

The final straw on ESPN’s lead NFL announcing team — or as analyst Booger McFarland might put it, the last of a series of incidents that convinces you it makes no sense to continue — came during Saturday’s Bills-Texans playoff game in the closing seconds of regulation.

A lot of people ding McFarland for stating the obvious, just as the common criticism of play-by-play partner Joe Tessitore is that he is way too excited way too much of the time, nuance falling prey to bombast.

But in what can only be hoped is their last NFL telecast, each was terrible in uncharacteristic ways on thirdand-10 at the Texans’ 29, the Bills with the ball and down by three, their season on the line with 15 seconds to go in the fourth quarter.

“I tell you what,” McFarland said.

“If I’m (Bills coach) Sean McDermott at this point, you almost just want a quick draw play, get a few yards, spike it.”

Not even McFarland’s harshest

critics would say his suggestion was obvious, mainly because it defied all logic.

A draw for just a few yards on third down followed by spiking the ball on fourth down would give the Texans the ball and the game.

Tessitore, who has a tendency to speak in all caps, meanwhile, responded only with a subdued, “Third-and-10,” the one time football fans across the country watching ESPN and ABC wanted him to crank it up to 11.

You know, maybe Tessitore could have boomed something along the lines of that being one of the dumbest ideas ever, but no.

McDermott’s Bills, fortunate enough to not have to watch the game on TV, sensibly tried another pass, then kicked a 47-yard field goal to tie the Texans 19-19.

The Texans ultimately won the game in overtime with a field goal of their own in sudden death, ending the football year for both the Bills and ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” announcing team.

At the risk of hypocritical obviousness and obnoxiousness, we’ll simply say it would bother few if this were the end of ESPN’s TessitoreMcFarland era.

In their first season on “MNF,” once-and-future Cowboys tight end Jason Witten was so badly miscast as an analyst with them that it took heat off every other aspect of the show.

Clearly, problems remained in Season 2.

In its big pro football and baseball showcase programs, ESPN has a knack for obscuring the games it’s supposed to cover by larding its telecasts with fancy graphics, special camera angles, hype and other tinsel.

The Booger Mobile rolling up and down sidelines — and in front of ticket-buyers — in 2018? Really? Did that really seem like a good idea or just expensive?

ESPN often seems more interested in trying to impress the NFL with all the resources it devotes to “Monday Night Football” than in serving viewers, who typically prefer depth to volume.

Louder and flashier has never trumped cogent competence, which brings us back to Tessitore and McFarland.

As it turned out, without Witten around, it became abundantly clear they weren’t all that great, either.

ESPN has a veritable army of football play-by-play announcers from which to choose. Why not go with someone who dials up (or down) the enthusiasm as events warrant to better convey what’s actually going on?

Tessitore burned hot and stayed there, wearing the audience out over 3 ½ hours, especially when the action couldn’t match his call.

As for McFarland, how about he switch with rock-solid, razor-sharp pregame/halftime show contributor Louis Riddick, and everyone calls it a day?

Live game coverage isn’t for everyone. McFarland fell into a habit of speaking more to fill the silence than improve it. The result was insights such as “Your playmakers have to make plays” and explaining that a two-point conversion with

a one-point lead would make it a three-point game.

McFarland nevertheless had his moments. He unhesitatingly called out NFL officials for blown calls during a Monday night Packers-Lions game he and Tessitore worked in October.

Those miscalls, too, may have seemed obvious to many, but not everyone with a microphone will take such a firm stand on something that makes the league look bad. The default is to give the refs wiggle room.

Not everyone with a say will take a stand on something that makes a network look bad either.

A new “MNF” graphic that confused viewers was ditched after just two quarters this season, but correcting more significant mistakes can take longer. Bailing on an announcing team can be as hard as giving up on a young quarterback who hasn’t panned out.

Still, the need for offseason changes in the “Monday Night Football” booth seems obvious, or as Booger would say ... oh, never mind.

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ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY DD GRYPHON, LLC Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (“LLC�). Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (“SSNY�) on 12/30/2019. Office location: Columbia County.

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

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CAMP NOW DISTRIBUTIONS, LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/16/19.

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SSNY to mail copy to Daniel A. Benoit, Esq., 126 Orchard Dr. Leeds, NY 12451.

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LEGAL NOTICE CITY OF HUDSON NOTICE TO BIDDER PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that sealed bids will be received for the following: Dunn Warehouse Emergency Roof Repair At the office of the City of Hudson, Department of Public Works, 520 Warren Street, Hudson, New York 12534 until 10:00 A.M. MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 2020. Bids shall be contained in sealed envelopes, clearly marked: Dunn Warehouse Emergency Roof Repair The bids will be publicly read at the office of the Superintendent of Public Works, 520 Warren Street, Hudson, New York at 10:00 A.M. MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 2020.

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JM OBJECTIVE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/19/19.

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SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 969 Park Avenue, Apartment 2F, New York, NY 10028. Pur- Notice is hereby given pose: Any lawful pur- of the Annual Meeting pose. of the Athens Rural Cemetery Association NOTICE OF PUBLIC to be held on January HEARING 13, 2020 at 3:30 PM in The Town of Catskill the board room of the Planning Board will Association building hold a Public Hearing on Olivett Lane, Athon application Special ens, NY for the purUse Permit SUP-6- pose of any business 2019 that may be legally pursuant to Section brought up at this 160-13 of the Town of meeting.

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By order of Joseph Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY Izzo Chairman, Planning (SSNY) on 12/16/19.

Board, Town of Cats- Office location: Greene County. SSNY desigkill nated as agent of LLC Notice of Qualification upon whom process of The Maker Group against it may be Brands LLC. Authority served. SSNY shall filed with Secy. of mail process to: Sissel State of NY (SSNY) on Cooper Bos, 65 Ho11/25/19. Office loca- ward Road, Tannerstion: Columbia County. ville, NY 12485. PurLLC formed in Dela- pose: any lawful acware (DE) on 11/14/19. tivity.

Office of LLC required to be maintained in Notice of formation of DE: 614 N. Dupont SANOFIELD, LLC. ArtiHighway, Suite 210, cles of Organization Dover, DE 19901. filed with Secretary of SSNY designated as State of NY (SSNY) on agent of LLC upon November 22, 2019. whom process against Office location: Windit may be served. ham, Greene County.

SSNY shall mail pro- SSNY is designated as cess to the LLC to agent upon whom proKristal Heinz, Attorney cess against the LLC at Law, P.O. Box 1331, may be served. SSNY Hudson, NY 12534. shall mail process to: Arts. Of Org. filed with Burke & Casserly, PC, State of DE, Secy. of 255 Washington Ave State, 401 Federal Ext, Suite 104, Albany, Street, #4, Dover, DE NY 12205. The pur19901. Purpose: Any pose is to perform any lawful act or activity. lawful activity.

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LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 11/14/19.

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HOOKY, LLC Articles of Organization filed NOTICE OF SALE with the Secretary of SUPREME COURT State of NY (SSNY) on COUNTY OF COLUM11/10/17. Office loca- BIA tion: Columbia County. Bank of America, N.A., SSNY has been desig- Plaintiff nated as agent upon AGAINST whom process against Mark Stephenson it may be served. The a/k/a Mark A. StePost Office address to phenson; Gary Stewhich the SSNY shall phenson; et al., Defenmail a copy of any pro- dant(s) cess against the LLC Pursuant to a Judgserved upon is Playing ment of Foreclosure Hooky, LLC 5 Stever and Sale duly dated Hill Rd Chatham, NY July 1, 2019 I, the un12037.

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LLC tain plot piece or parformed in Delaware cel of land, with the (DE) on 12/27/19. buildings and improveSSNY is designated as ments erected, situate, agent of LLC upon lying and being in the whom process against Town of Kinderhook, it may be served. County of Columbia, SSNY shall mail pro- State of NY, Section cess to: 28 Liberty St, 33.15 Block 1 Lot 29. amount NY, NY 10005. DE ad- Approximate judgment dress of LLC: 1209 of Orange St, Wilmington, $258,609.69 plus interDE 19801. Cert. of est and costs. PremisFormation filed with es will be sold subject DE Secy of State, 401 to provisions of filed Index# Federal St. Ste 4, Judgment Dover, DE 19901. Pur- 7202-14. pose: any lawful ac- Henry Bauer, Esq., Referee tivity.

Shapiro, DiCaro & BaNotice of Qualification rak, LLC for the of Old Mill Road Solar Attorney(s) A, LLC. Authority filed Plaintiff Mile Crossing with NY Secy of State 175 (SSNY) on 12/30/19. Boulevard Rochester, Office location: Colum- New York 14624 bia County.

LLC (877) 430-4792 formed in Delaware Dated: December 10, (DE) on 12/27/19. 2019 SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon NOTICE OF RECEIPT whom process against OF 2020 TAX ROLL it may be served. AND WARRANT FOR SSNY shall mail pro- TOWN OF CHATHAM

TAKE NOTICE, that I, Beth Anne Rippel, the undersigned Collector of Taxes of the Town of Chatham, County of Columbia, and State of New York, have duly received the tax roll and warrant for the collection of taxes within the Town of Chatham for the year 2020, and that I will attend at Town Hall, 488 State Rt. 295, in the said Town of Chatham from January 2, 2020 to March 31, 2020 on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 8:30 am until 4 pm for the purpose of receiving the taxes listed on the said roll.

TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that taxes may be paid on or before January 31, 2020 without charge or interest.

On all taxes received after such date, there shall be added interest of 1 percent for each additional month or fraction thereof until such taxes are paid or until the return of unpaid taxes to the County Treasurer pursuant to law.

TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that pursuant to the provisions of law the tax roll of the Town of Chatham will be returned to the Columbia County Treasurer on the 1st day of April, 2020. Tax bills can be VIEWED and PAID online at www.egov.basg o v. c o m / c h a t h a m .

Convenience fees will be applied for on-line transactions.

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NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF GREENE THE MONEY SOURCE INC, Plaintiff AGAINST DAVID ROBINSON, ET AL., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated November 1, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Lobby of the Greene County Courthouse, 320 Main Street, Village of Catskill, on February 3, 2020 at 2:00PM, premises known as 838 COUNTY ROUTE 31, PURLING, NY 12470.

All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Cairo, County of Greene and State of New York, SECTION 99.00, BLOCK 2, LOT 43. Approximate amount of judgment $146,878.74 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 2019384.

MICHAEL C. HOWARD, ESQ., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF GREENE NEW CENTURY MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Plaintiff AGAINST STEVEN D. HOROWITZ, PATRICIA A. CAMERON, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated November 29, 2007 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Lobby of the Greene County Courthouse, 320 Main Street, City of Catskill in the County of Greene, State of New York, on February 05, 2020 at 10:00AM, premises known as 8 BARTELS LANE, CATSKILL, NY 12414.

All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Catskill, County of Greene and State of New York, SECTION 138.01, BLOCK 2, LOT 18.1.

Approximate amount of judgment $228,034.75 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 1187/07.

JAMES E. GROSS, ESQ., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 PUBLIC NOTICE The Clermont Town Williamsville, NY 14221 Board will hold a meet- The Tavern At Central ing on Saturday, Janu- House LLC. Filed with ary 18, 2020 at 10:00 SSNY on 12/4/2019.

A.M. at the Clermont Office: Columbia Town Hall to review County. SSNY desigthe books of the Su- nated as agent for propervisor, Town Clerk, cess & shall mail to: Tax Collector and Jus- 220 Main Street Gertices for the year 2019. mantown NY 12526.

The board will also re- Purpose: any lawful view the policies and PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given address any other is- Notice of the Formathat the fiscal affairs of sues which may come tion of a Limited Liability Company (LLC). the City of Hudson, before them.

New York, for the period beginning January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018, have been examined by Independent Auditors and that the report of examination performed by the Office of Sickler, Torchia, Allen and Churchill has been filed in my office on January 2, 2020 where it is available as a public record for inspection by all interested persons. Pursuant to Section Thirty-Five of the General Municipal Law, the Common Council may in its discretion prepare a written response to the report of examination performed by the Independent Auditors and file such response in my office as a public record for inspection by all interested persons not later than April 9, 2020.

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TAMPA, Fla. — Retired Orlando Magic executive Pat Williams says Orlando is the natural future home for the Tampa Bay Rays.

And he’s made that pitch to team executives in recent months.

Rays co-presidents Matt Silverman and Brian Auld have met with Williams “several times” since Rays owner Stu Sternberg announced his split-season concept between Tampa Bay and Montreal. The last meeting with Auld was just before Christmas, Williams told the Tampa Bay Times this week.

“We have a good relationship,” Williams said. He and Auld had discussed the possibility of Orlando being part of a split-season scenario after the team’s use agreement expires in St. Petersburg in 2027, he said. However, Williams says, he’s not interested in sharing a team.

The Rays declined to comment.

Orlando, Williams says, is the logical full-time home for the Rays. That’s a big change from November when Williams first unveiled the Orlando Dreamers proposal. At that time, he was vague about whether the team would pursue an expansion franchise or an existing team.

Now, Williams is confident that Orlando can lure the Rays to a brand new ballpark ready for the first pitch of the 2028 season.

Williams has fleshed out his vision for a $1.2 billion dollar state-of-the-art domed ballpark built with the help of tourist tax revenue. He’s confident that his booming metro area will outpace Tampa Bay in population and clout within a dozen years. And, he argues, Orlando is uniquely poised to

introduce America’s pastime to tens of millions of foreign tourists who come for Mickey but might stick around a day longer for baseball.

Baseball can be a thriving business in a fast-growing region heavy with deep-pocket corporate sponsors like Disney and Universal, he says.

“We feel that the Rays need not look to Montreal, need not look to a split season — 41 here and 41 somewhere else,” Williams told the Times this week. “This is their perfect new home.”

Orlando passed St. Petersburg to become the state’s fourth-largest city five years ago. (Tampa is third.) It’s the fastest-growing metro area in Florida and fifth fastest in the nation. Orlando is currently the 18th largest TV market, several notches down from Tampa Bay’s 11th ranking, but it’s just a matter of time before Orlando passes Tampa Bay, Williams said.

Unlike Pinellas, which is largely built out, and with more room to grow than Hillsborough, the Orlando area is “growing in all four directions,” Williams said.

St. Petersburg simply isn’t big enough to support a major league team, he said.

“It’s a tiny little market.

They’ve tried everything they can for the last 20 years to make it work. It’s not a great tourist town. It is what it is,” Williams said.

St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman chuckled when he heard Williams’ characterization of his city. He noted that Major League Baseball is planning to expand by two teams in the coming years.

“He’s going to do what he’s going to do to pursue a team.

That’s great,” Kriseman said Tuesday. “He can certainly toss his hat in the ring with all the other communities, and all the

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Tampa Mayor Jane Castor, who recently said she’s open to the idea of splitting a season with Montreal, declined comment through a spokeswoman.

Kriseman said the Rays hadn’t told him they had discussions with Orlando, but said the news didn’t surprise him.

Williams also said the Tampa Bay area is too fragmented by geography and politics to make up for St. Petersburg’s weaknesses.

Tampa Bay isn’t a unified market like Minneapolis-St. Paul, he said, adding a more apt comparison might be Oakland and San Francisco.

“I don’t get the sense that Tampa and St. Pete are kissing cousins. I get the sense they’re more like hissing cousins,” Williams said.

Tampa wouldn’t really be losing the Rays, Williams insisted. He contended that a drive east on Interstate 4 is more convenient for Hillsborough fans than a jaunt over the bridges “unless you have a helicopter.”

“We would not be taking away Tampa’s baseball team at all,” he said. “We’d just be moving them a little to the east.”

Although he hasn’t spoken to the Rays owner, Williams said he doesn’t believe Sternberg wants to sell the team and thinks he would retain ownership if the franchise moved to Orlando.

Orlando does have some clear advantages. Orange County collects about triple the tourist bed taxes each year than the combined totals of Pinellas and Hillsborough. A move east likely wouldn’t nullify a reportedly lucrative new television contract that the Rays just inked, since the Rays currently broadcast statewide.

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Another coach from Bill Belichick’s tree was made a head coach when the Giants hired wide receivers/special teams coach Joe Judge to be their newest head coach.

Judge now joins a much maligned fraternity of former Belichick assistants to become head coaches in the NFL. Here’s a rundown of Belichick’s previous assistants who became head coaches after leaving New England.

The Good (Enough) — Jim Schwartz: Lions (2009-2013) Schwartz’s first role in the NFL was as a personnel scout for Belichick’s Cleveland Browns. He was also tasked with the impossible job of turning around a Detroit Lions team that went 0-16 the year before he got there.

All things considered, Schwartz did a fine job.

Three years after going 0-16, Schwartz got the Lions at 10-6 in 2011 before they lost a wild-card game to the New Orleans Saints. He was fired after posting an 11-21 record in the two years after, but Schwartz should be commended for dragging the Lions from the gutter to the playoffs.

— Bill O’Brien: Texans (2014-present) No one thinks O’Brien is the best coach in the league, but he’s been relatively good compared to his peers since being hired as the Texans’ head coach in 2014. The

Texans have only had one losing season in that span (4-12 in 2017) and have two playoff wins. The AFC South may be a complete dumpster fire of a division, but O’Brien’s 52-44 record is pretty good.

The Bad — Romeo Crennel: Browns (2005-2008), Chiefs (2011-2012) Crennel went 28-55 in his career as a head coach.

He was the head coach for the Browns’ lone winning season (2007) in the last 15 years, which resulted in Derek Anderson (of all people) going to the Pro Bowl. Outside of that season, Crennel never managed more than six wins. He went from interim head coach to full time head coach in Kansas City, but went 2-14 in one season before getting fired.

— Josh McDaniels: Broncos (2009-2010) McDaniels might be getting another head coaching job in the coming weeks, but that doesn’t erase what happened the first time he got a head coach role.

McDaniels drafted Tim Tebow in the first round of the 2009 NFL draft, which was an objective disaster.

He also got caught up in a situation where he and Steve Scarnecchia were caught filming a San Francisco 49ers practice prior to a game in London. He went 11-17 and ended up getting canned.

— Matt Patricia: Lions (2018-present) Patricia hasn’t done anything in two years as the

Lions head coach. He was brought in to improve the Lions’ defense and has completely failed to do so at this point, ranking 25th in yards per play in 2019. Detroit has gone 9-22-1 during his head coaching stint.

The Fine — Al Groh: Jets (2000) Al Groh only coached one season with the Jets before heading to the University of Virginia, his alma mater, for nine seasons. He went 9-7 in his one year with the Jets.

— Nick Saban: Dolphins (2005-2006) The big mistake Saban and the Dolphins made was choosing Daunte Culpepper as their quarterback over Drew Brees. If Brees was the quarterback for the Dolphins in 2006, Saban might have never left for Alabama. Saban went 15-17 in two years with Miami before heading over to Tuscaloosa where he’s dominated college football for over a decade.

— Eric Mangini: Jets (2006-2008), Browns (20092010) Mangini immediately won 10 games with the Jets upon his arrival in 2006 after spending five years in New England as a defensive backs coach and defensive coordinator. Mangini had another winning season in 2008, but was fired. The Jets collapsed that season, finishing the season 9-7 after starting off 8-3. Like most people to coach the second iteration of the Browns, he had two losing seasons.

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them.

Hudson Valley’s Luke Bourgault hit a big threepointer with 5:00 left before

halftime and this provided the jolt the Vikings needed to go up 35-32 at the half.

HVCC started second half with two alley-oops on consecutive possessions to McKenly extend their lead and spark a 10-2 run.

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Columbia-Greene’s Cameron Thomas drives to the basket as Hudson Valley’s Luke Bourgault defends during Tuesday’s Region III men’s college basketball game.

Columbia-Greene’s Zack Hedgepeth (11) drives against Hudson Valley’s Luke Bourgault during Tuesday’s Region III men’s college basketball game.

C-GCC’s overzealous ball handling persisted in the latter half of this game, and was keeping them from scoring points to get back in it. It was not looking good for the Twins with ten minutes left in the game with the Vikings

up by 20 points.

After a timeout, CGCC suddenly played with more focused urgency, defended more effectively, and chipped away at the Vikings’ lead.

At the 4:19 mark, Cameron

Columbia-Greene’s Jason Davis (10) goes to the basket against Hudson Valley’s Daviel Jackson and Brandon McKenley (11) during Tuesday’s Region III men’s college basketball game.

Thomas was awarded his layup and a foul shot, which he converted to bring the Twins within nine points of the lead.

Unfortunately for them, this was as close as the Twins would get in the final few

The Wildcats led 17-2 after one quarter of play and widened the gap to 24-2 at halftime and 44-4 through three quarters.

Ben Marra’s 14 points paced Maple Hill. Rian Jewett contributed 11.

MAPLE HILL (52): Decker 3-0-6, Hirschoff 2-1-6, Jewett 5-1-11, Marra 6-2-14, McGarvey 2-0-4, Shaw 1-2-4, Sherwood 3-1-7. Totals 22-7-52.

3-pointers: Hirschoff.

CAIRO-DURHAM (12): Budz 2-0-6, Doble 1-0-2, Handel 1-0-2, Phillips 1-0-2, Wagor 0-0-0. Totals 50-12.

3-pointers: Budz 2.

CCHS 58, Ichabod Crane 50 TROY — Jackson Brown drained seven three-pointers in Catholic Central’s 58-50 Colonial Council boys basketball victory over Ichabod Crane on Tuesday.

Brown finished with 23 points for the Crusaders, who built quarterly leads 18-9, 3625 and 52-39.

Zach Kennedy led Ichabod Crane with 15 points. Brett Richards chipped in with 14.

ICHABOD CRANE (50): Holzhauer 2-0-5, Kennedy 4-5-15, Ogden 3-1-8, Richards 6-1-14, Suafoa 1-0-3, Vecellio 2-0-4, Walsh 0-1-1. Totals 188-50.

3-pointers: Kennedy 2, Ogden, Richards, Suafoa.

CCHS (58): Anderson 1-0-3, Brown 8-0-23, Callaghan 3-19, Clinton 2-0-4, Mattfeld 3-18, Siple 3-0-7, Turner 2-0-4.

Totals 22-2-58.

3-pointers: Brown 7, Callaghan 2, Anderson, Mattfeld, Siple.

GIRLS BASKETBALL Ichabod Crane 45, Albany Academy 34 VALATIE — Madie Graham scored 19 points to lead Ichabod Crane to a 45-34 victory ovr Albany Academy in Tuesday’s girls basketball.

“We’ve come a long way since November,” Ichabod Crane coach Adam Vooris said. “It was a rough start losing some close ones. Seemed like today was the closest we’ve been to putting it all together.”

ALBANY ACADEMY (34): Juste 3-4-10, Burke 0-2-2, Mar. Ottati 2-3-7, Mel. Ottati 7-115. Totals 12-10-34.

ICHABOD CRANE (45): Dolge 2-0-4, A Ames 2-1-6, More 2-2-6, Knapp 3-0-6, Graham 6-5-19, Culver 2-0-4. Totals 17-8-45.

3-pointers: Graham 2, A. Ames.

Gettleman remained.

I have it on good authority, in fact, that if Rhule did not accept the Carolina job, his second choice was to return to Baylor.

This came on top of Ron Rivera not even interviewing with the Giants before going to Washington, even though he and Gettleman went to a Super Bowl together in Carolina. And it came on the heels of Mike McCarthy interviewing but deciding to sign with the Cowboys.

Meanwhile, in East Rutherford, Gettleman appears to be in full control of personnel once again.

That is, unless the Giants intend to let a special teams coach with no offensive or defensive coordinators’ experience, let alone head coaching experience, run their NFL drafts and free agency.

Not to demean Judge.

Players who know him tell the Daily News he’s “a smart coach” and “a hard worker” who also commands respect because he is “a proven winner.”

Judge won three Super Bowls with the Patriots in 2014, 2016 and 2018. And he won two national championships on Nick Saban’s Alabama staff in 2009 and 2011.

He’s been with the Patriots since 2012, first as special teams assistant (2012-14) and then as special teams coordinator (2015-19). New England ranked in the top 10 among the league’s special teams units in all five of his seasons as coordinator.

This season, though, he handled both special teams and wide receivers, and New England’s outside wideouts were a huge weakness of their team.

Judge was born in Philadelphia. He is married with four kids and working on a PhD in education.

He played quarterback and strong safety in the suburbs at Lansdale Catholic. Then he earned three letters at Mississippi State (2000-04), arriving as a backup quarterback but seeing most of his time on special teams.

His father, Joseph, played

football at Temple and professionally in the CFL. His uncle, Jerry, reportedly is a former boxer who fought both Larry Holmes and George Foreman.

John Mara and the Giants long have wanted to land a branch off the Bill Belichick coaching tree, if not the man himself. And they now get their wish.

Plenty of Belichick’s disciples have fizzled or failed as head coaches when they’ve gone out on their own: Eric Mangini, Charlie Weis, Romeo Crennel, McDaniels, Matt Patricia and Saban in the NFL. But Bill O’Brien (Texans) and Mike Vrabel (Titans) have teams in these playoffs, and Brian Flores (Dolphins) looks like the real deal. So Judge will get his shot to prove which group he belongs in.

Many are comparing Judge to Ravens head coach John Harbaugh, who went from being the Eagles’ special teams coach to a well-respected head coach in Baltimore. But there is a big difference between the two: Harbaugh had head coach

written all over him when he was in Philadelphia; no one anticipated Judge was going to land this gig.

Do not buy for a second that this was the end result the Giants eyed when they fired Shurmur.

It’s also confusing to more than a few people that the Giants hired another team’s special teams coordinator when they didn’t even interview their very own, Thomas McGaughey.

McGaughey, an African American, had completely turned the Giants’ special teams around the past two years, and he is well thought of

by Giants’ players.

In the end, Mara and Steve Tisch rolled the dice big-time on this hire, landing in uncharted territory with no clear idea of where it goes from here.

No one can definitively judge the decision yet, no pun intended. But it is more than safe to say the jury is still out on this massive shock of a coaching hire.

Angelo Caprisi, 1:23; 182 — Stephen Forbes (C) pinned Pat Root, :43; 195 — Jerome Van Alstyne (C) pinned Phil Oakes, 1:34; 220 — Kevin McVeigh (B) pinned Ricky Edwards, 5:58; 285 — Will Rogers (C) pinned Jesse Cameron, :10.

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Maple Hill’s Kevin Ackerman had the high individual game with a 220. Damien Calvo of Coxsackie-Athens was second with a 214.

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court with Lavon Fernandez, you should be proud of his achievement — that goes for whether you wear blue and gold or blue and orange.”

The Cats built quarterly leads of 25-6, 42-21 and 65-31.

DeVon Haye followed Fernandez in scoring for the Cats with 18 points. Leviticus Johnson added 16.

Killian Schrader and Josh Kiefer each had 11 points for Coxsackie-Athens.

COXSACKIE-ATHENS (48): Kiefer 5-1-11, Boehm 3-0-7, Killian Schrader 4-1-11, Kane Schrader 2-0-5, Simmons 1-03, Roe 3-0-8, Hynes 1-1-3. Totals 19-3-48.

3-pointers: Killian Schrader 2, Roe 2, Boehm, Kane Schrader, Simmons.

CATSKILL (80): Christian 2-0-5, Johnson 6-4-16, Gibbs 2-2-6, Lyles 1-1-3, Fernandez 9-1-20, Lowe-Scott 1-0-2, Scott 3-0-6, McEachern 0-2-2, Haye 6-3-18, Kent 1-0-2. Totals 31-13-80.

3-pointers: Haye 3, Fernandez, Christian.

Rensselaer 71, Hudson 67 HUDSON — Ramell Johnson dropped 24 points as Rensselaer defeated Hudson, 71-67, in Tuesday’s Patroon Conference boys basketball game.

The Rams jumped out to a 15-9 lead in the opening stanza and were up 35-26 at halftime and 50-41 after three quarters.

Samir Lockhart added 18

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Judge’s hiring coming following his Monday interview with the team, though, perhaps outside of Judge and his representatives themselves.

“Shocked,” “wow,” and “Joe Judge?” were three texts from sources immediately after ESPN broke the news.

Sources say Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Don Martindale had reason to believe he was the leader in the clubhouse as late as Monday evening, when the New York native Rhule chose the Carolina Panthers before even interviewing with his hometown team.

But when Rhule officially agreed to a seven-year contract with the Panthers on Tuesday morning, smearing the Giants organization’s sullied reputation even further, something changed.

Judge, 38, who had an offer to coach his alma mater,

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Harrison (B) pinned Seth Marquart, :30; 126 — Dan Smith (C) pinned Josh Zlotnick, 1:01; 132 — Shane Sprague (B)

minutes of the contest.

When the buzzer sounded, the Vikings beat the Twins to improve to 10-4. The loss drops Columbia-Greene to 5-9. The Twins go to Clinton CC on Tuesday at 4 p.m.

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Rensselaer’s Samir Lockhart (2) and Hudson’s Noah Hedgepeth (3) in action during Tuesday’s Patroon Conference boys basketball game.

points to the Rams’ cause.

Amani Nixon had 15.

Isaiah Maines led Hudson (4-2, 4-5) with 22 points. Dayquan Griffin had 21.

RENSSELAER (71): Johnson 8-6-24, Lockhart 6-5-18, Matthews 1-0-2, Nixon 7-0-15, Sullivan 4-0-9, Wright 1-1-3.

Totals 27-12-71.

3-pointers: Johnson 2, Lockhart, Nixon, Sullivan.

HUDSON (67): Alexander 2-0-4, Anderson 1-0-, Gorman 3-0-9, Griffin 9-2-21, Hedgepeth 3-0-7, Johnson 0-2-2, Maines 9-4-22. Totals 27-8-67.

3-pointers: Griffin, Hedgepeth.

Chatham 67, Taconic Hills 29 CRARYVILLE — Chatham raced out to a double-digit lead by the end of the first quarter and went on to hand Taconic Hills a 67-29 defeat in Tuesday’s Patroon Conference boys basketball game.

The Panthers led 35-13 at halftime and 53-18 through

three quarters.

Jayshawn Williams led the way for Chatham with 22 points. Mateo Talbott had 10 and Zach Gregg nine.

Kyle Delamater’s nine points topped Taconic Hills.

CHATHAM (67): Gregg 3-19, Williams 9-2-22, Thorsen 0-2-2, Baccaro 3-0-6, T. Jeralds 1-0-2, Talbott 3-2-10, Ford 2-1-7, K. Jeralds 1-0-2. Totals 25-9-67.

3-pointers: Gregg 2, Williams 2, Talbott 2, Ford 2.

TACONIC HILLS (29): B. Atwood 3-1-8, Van Alstyne 1-3-5, Delamater 3-3-9, Nowak 1-14, Bradway 1-0-2, N. Atwood 0-1-1. Totals 9-9-29.

3-pointers: B. Atwood, Nowak.

Maple Hill 52, Cairo-Durham 12 EAST DURHAM — Maple Hill limited Cairo-Durham to just two first-half points en route to a 52-12 victory in Tuesday’s Patroon Conference boys basketball game.

Mississippi State, suddenly was reported as the Giants’ next head coach to succeed the fired Pat Shurmur.

Perhaps ownership made an executive decision.

In doing so, they selected Judge before even interviewing Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels on Wednesday. McDaniels wasn’t interested in the position anyway, however, as long as Dave Gettleman remained in power as GM, according to sources.

Gettleman and the Giants had been pitching candidates on a collaborative roster building process. So they’ve been singing a different tune than two years ago, when Gettleman was telling candidates that he would pick the players and they would coach them.

But when Rhule chose Carolina without even flying to New Jersey to hear the Giants out, one source said: “What does that tell you?” The answer: candidates such as Rhule were wary of just how much say they would have running the Giants as long as pinned Marco Dodig, 1:52; 138 — Anthony Prather (B) pinned Diego Dodig, 2:22; 145 — Jesse Davies (C) pinned S. Gates, :05; 152 — Daniel Forbes (C) pinned Josh Westcott, :43; 160 — Logan Denniston (C) pinned Josh Bosso, :32; 170 — Justin Unvino (C) pinned

BOWLING

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Hudson’s Isaiah Maines follows through on a shot in front of Rensselaer’s Amani Nixon (24) during Tuesday’s Patroon Conference boys basketball game.

CATSKILL — Catskill had the high team score with a 2,815 at Tuesday’s George Cotich Memorial Bowling Tournament at Hoe Bowl Lanes.

Maple Hill was second in the team scores with a total

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Couple is target of ridicule for their healthy lifestyle Dear Abby, We need advice about how to respond to friends and family who poke fun or show disdain because of our healthy lifestyle. We are in our 60s. We rarely eat out, and when we do, we avoid fast food. We cook most of our meals with an emphasis on vegetables, DEAR ABBY fruits, fish and chicken. We exercise regularly and have occasional treats. We have no chronic illnesses and aren’t on any medications.

For some reason, our food choices rub people the wrong way. If we are asked why we are in good health, we answer, “Over the years, we’ve learned not to consume foods or beverages that make us feel bad.” If we’re invited out to eat and order the baked salmon with broccoli instead of the burger and fries, we hear, “Your diet is so BORING.” We usually laugh and shrug it off, but we don’t think our diet is boring. We simply enjoy being healthy and know that food is “medicine.” Should we continue to keep our mouths shut?

Healthy Living

JEANNE PHILLIPS

YEP! Your friends and family react the way they do because seeing you eat the way you do makes them feel self-conscious about their own food choices. Continue laughing and shrugging to age 100. The others may not be as fortunate as you.

Dear Abby, My girlfriend recently discovered that I am still talking to another girl I used to date. I’ll call her Kyra.

Kyra and I had agreed we would remain strictly friends, and the breakup was before I started dating my current girlfriend, “Jan.” Jan is devastated by this, and I can somewhat understand why. She got cheated on multiple times in her last relationship.

Do you think I was crossing a boundary by wanting to maintain the friendship with Kyra? Or should I have dropped it when I started dating Jan? I’m asking you because everyone I talk to agrees with me, and everyone Jan talks to agrees with her. I assume it’s because people agree with whoever is telling the story. You are unbiased, and your opinion would be greatly appreciated.

Doing The Right Thing In Utah There’s nothing wrong with remaining friends after a breakup. Jan is insecure because her last boyfriend cheated on her, and who can blame her? However, that is her problem, and you shouldn’t make it yours. Your mistake was not telling Jan when you first started dating that you are still in touch with Kyra — and that she’s a platonic friend, nothing more. Jan does not have the right to control your friendships, and you shouldn’t let it happen.

Family Circus

Classic Peanuts

Garfield

Are fish oil supplements friend or foe?

I have heard that fish oil can clog the arteries and cause problems, but I’ve also heard it’s good to take. I don’t know if it is good or bad!

Can you help me out with this?

There remains controversy about fish oil, but recent studTO YOUR ies prompted the U.S. Food GOOD HEALTH and Drug Administration advisory committee to recommend wider use of a prescription fish oil. These new studies showed that icosapent ethyl (Vascepa), a highly purified fish oil ester, reduced the risk of cardiovascular events by 5%, and lowered the risk of cardiovascular death by 0.9% in people with high triglycerides, known coronary artery disease, diabetes and at least one other risk factor despite the use of statin drugs.

However, there are several important cautions.

The first is that this is a high-risk group, and the results of this study cannot be applied to people who do not have these risk factors. The second is that two potential side effects (bleeding and abnormal heart rhythms, especially atrial fibrillation) were seen at higher rates in those who took the fish oil drug. The third is that this drug does not take the place of statins, which have been far better studied and in different populations. Finally, this drug is highly purified and subject to intense regulation. There are very good reasons to think that the prescription version of this drug has different effects on the body than omega-3 supplements you can buy at the pharmacy or health food store.

For people with higher-than-average risk of heart disease and high triglycerides despite statin therapy, I believe fish oil, or fish oil-based pharmaceuticals, has a role to play in reducing the risk of heart attack, stroke and death that will be further revealed in the next few years.

DR. KEITH ROACH

I’m well aware of the benefits of a good exercise regime, but I have run across something that interests me. Being of an age when replacement parts — knees, hips, shoulders etc.

— are becoming the norm among my friends, I’ve noticed that those with the most vigorous exercise programs prior to surgery seem to have more post-operative problems than those with something more moderate. Is this a problem of muscles being too strong, or is it just a coincidence?

Many people believe that exercise causes arthritis, but it seems to be injury that causes arthritis. Regular, moderate exercise appears to be beneficial to the joints.

It is true that injury can be caused by overly vigorous exercise, especially exercises that involve a great deal of sudden stress and especially in people who have not taken the time to gain muscular strength. This strength helps joints remain stable and tends to prevent excess trauma to the joint. While regular exercise does not prevent the development of osteoarthritis (the reason for 90% or more of joint replacements now), exercise certainly improves function and reduces pain.

My experience is that people who were fitter before joint replacement surgery tend to do better than people who weren’t. Perhaps some of your friends with aggressive prior exercise regimens were impatient and may have attempted to overdo movements of their joints when they should have been recovering. Having had many patients go through joint replacements, the ones who have done the best are the ones who most closely adhere to their therapist’s (and their surgeon’s) instructions and advice.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — You may be somewhat lax in your approach to a certain job today, but only because you know that soon another will be more important to you.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Showing someone you care is not as difficult as you may think today. Give yourself credit for your strengths, and try not to rock the boat.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) — It’s a good day to

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Zits

Baby Blues

Horoscope

By Stella Wilder Born today, you are a logical, orderly and well-disciplined individual, and most of your successes in life will spring directly from your ability to make sense out of the seemingly senseless in life. There will be times, however, when your usually well-maintained calm is threatened by the unexpected — and usually the stage for this tumult will be your personal affairs. For as businesslike as you can be in most aspects of your life, you are far less able to keep things in order where your heart is concerned.

You have a healthy estimation of your own talents, and not without reason! You are capable of much, and if you develop your skills in a dedicated and conscientious fashion, you will surely make your dreams come true.

Also born on this date are: Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge; Jimmy Page, rock guitarist; Richard Nixon, U.S. president; Dave Matthews, singer and songwriter; Bob Denver, actor; Crystal Gayle, singer; Joan Baez, singer.

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.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 10

Blondie

start something new and end something for which you long ago lost enthusiasm. Some things must stay the same, of course.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — You are required to jump through a few bureaucratic hoops today before you are free to do what you think is best.

Clear thinking is a plus.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Someone close to you is likely to be even closer by day’s end. Take care, however, that you don’t relinquish control altogether.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — You can score a major victory today, but you must first be willing to do something others are unwilling to do. Getting started is the trick.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Quality control begins and ends with you today. You can’t turn a blind eye to what someone is doing that affects your team adversely.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You turn your back on an old partner at your own peril today. If you want to make the most of a certain situation, you must preserve that bond.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — You may think the game will be over in just a few moves, but your opponent has a trick up his or her sleeve. Don’t count on a quick win.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — You can make use of any spare time this morning by tending to those few things from yesterday that were left undone. A plan takes shape.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — You may be up before anyone else today, but for reasons that are not clear to you until everyone has joined you and work has begun.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — You observe something rather unorthodox early in the day, and this is likely to influence you and those around you very strongly.

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SUPER QUIZ

THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME

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

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

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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.

Complete the history Level 1

2

3

Provide one word or date to complete the historical information. (e.g., The ____ River was famously crossed by Julius Caesar. Answer: Rubicon.)

Freshman level 1. King Henry VIII had ____ wives.

2. The Reign of ____ refers to a period during the French Revolution.

3. The Spanish ____ was a naval force created to invade England.

Graduate level 4. The Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, ____.

5. The Spanish ____ was a tribunal for upholding religious orthodoxy.

6. The Pax ____ was a long period of peace in the Roman Empire.

PH.D. level 7. Anne Frank lived in the city of _____.

8. Napoleon was born on the island of ____.

9. Florence Nightingale was born in the city of ____.

4

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

Answer here: Yesterday’s

(Answers tomorrow) Jumbles: RUNNY HEDGE ODDITY SLEEPY Answer: The hotel room was expensive and they had no choice but to — SPEND THE NIGHT

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Solution to Wednesday’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. Six. 2. Terror. 3. Armada. 4. 1776. 5. Inquisition. 6. Romana. 7. Amsterdam. 8. Corsica. 9. Florence, Italy.

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?

Mutts

Dilbert

Pickles For Better or For Worse

Get Fuzzy

Hi & Lois

Crossword Puzzle ACROSS 1 Married woman: abbr.

4 Egyptian dam 9 Dermatitis symptom 13 Highway 15 Black card 16 Guy 17 Yarn 18 Grab 19 Make hazy 20 Esteemed 22 DDE & others 23 __ up with; tolerates 24 Blood analysis site 26 Bits of parsley 29 “The Merry Widow,” for one 34 Gives up 35 Like a lie 36 On one’s __; independent 37 Strong desire 38 Cause of measles 39 Longfellow or Whitman 40 __ blonde; hair color 41 Bank vaults 42 Uses an emery board 43 Blow-by-blow 45 Comfortably warm 46 Wildebeest 47 Dobbin’s home 48 Healthy 51 Foolishness 56 “Once __ a time…”

57 __ out; say without thinking 58 Dinner course 60 Gave, but expected back 61 Sri __ 62 Texas __; univ. in Lubbock 63 Without changes 64 Actor Buddy 65 __ pole; staff for Killy DOWN 1 Actor on “The A-Team” 2 Laugh loudly

Mother Goose & Grimm

Bound & Gagged

Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews

3 Garage __; weekend event 4 Will distributions 5 Eyeglasses, for short 6 Be patient 7 Tool with an arched blade 8 Unnecessary 9 Drink 10 Discussion 11 Classic board game 12 His and __; matching items for Dad & Mom 14 Notwithstanding 21 Wrinkly-faced dogs 25 “Diamonds __ Forever”; 007 film 26 Crew; team 27 Handbag 28 Correct 29 Rowed 30 Adder’s sign 31 Implements 32 Nest noise 33 Nervous 35 Small flute 38 Costly

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Non Sequitur

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39 Liberace or Elton John 41 Envy or greed 42 20th-century U.S. president 44 Travel __; trip planners 45 Kilt pattern 47 Actress Delta 48 Maui dance

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49 Ridicules 50 Actress Anderson 52 Reveal another’s secret 53 Phoenix team 54 Ballerina’s support 55 “That food looks awful!”

59 __ Beta Kappa

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